'?V
gftc HccMg fea. .
I We are agalo sending bills to ur
lubscribers.- In the aggregate they
Vmount to a very large sum. .Many
f oar subscribers are responding
romptIy. Others pay no attention
the bills. : These latter, da not
seem to anaersianu wiw , iucj
l.. j I lr1tf mnrnt nhliarattari
to pay for a newspaper. ; . . - " i .
HER UNIQUE TRADE.
A WOMAN WHA CaRNSA LIVING AS
h .4 A" PROFESSIdNAU FINDffeR.V lj-J
'"V -: V , ' .. " f v-.-ti..
Ber Field of Work la the Shopplnff Dto
3 trtct if Imk City Her Method la
Go Along the Main Street tookta Tor
Valuablee Her Best Find. -; - - V
Theie ia a woman in Philadelphia whose
business it ia to walk' the principal atxoeta
during shopping hours, keeping her eyes
'ed the pavement for lost articles.'.'
Years ago alio nsod to ply the trada of
- "professlonaflnder" in Now Tori and did
unooramoniyvell, until- oompelitlort be
came too -koen, Thensho n eil to Bos
ton, where it is said; no one ever drops any
thing "save an occasional "h," the result
. ot pernlclpus Anglomania. From the Hub
she como to Philadelphia, and here she ex
pects to remain Uhtil business becomes
dull. ' ' -, : ! . ,' ' t
This Is her method. About 11 o'clock,
by which time women from neighboring
towns have reached the ciry on the hunt
for, bargains, Chestnut street is usually a
crowded thoroughfare. Jtf mo. do Blanque's
"beat" Is betweon Eighth and Broad, In
variably on the south side.. Her gait,
while slow, is not sufficiently lagging to
attract attention and her cyos are, meta
phorically, .searchlights, 'if tho young
lady in front drops herTrilby locket, of
no intrinsic value, to be sure, though dear
Irom association, madame deftly, picks It
up and walks on. Later, a woman look
ing like a local express, so laden with
bundles! of every size,' and shape, hurries
along; ihtent only upon catching a subur
baa
nr' She drops ner pooKeipooK.
Empty,
OSt likely, and yet It may con-
tala
beck, receipt, and . halfa dozen
minor
lings of Importance Only to tue
That, too; finds its' way Into ma-
owner,
dame's capacious pooket i .
i Sometimes it's ,a bit f Jewelry, now and
then a gem of valuer Once It happened to
be a taew set of teeth In a black silk bag:
. .another time ii bundle of letters, pulsat
ttlllntu therr wem. and the owner uald
well for their return. The-whole transac
tion wai conducted through the personal
column of a morning paper. A newly
married couple lost not only their money;
which the bride carried, but tneir uamaen
certificate as well, that had been crowded
into a small compartment of the unfortu-.
sate pockotbook. . '
After finding the things the lost and
found columns of, the principal dallies are
carefully road, and madame corresponds
with the advertiser, or, in the event of a
find like the bundle of love letters, madame
advertises to the effect that such a bundle
baa been found, and owner may regain
same by paying expenses. As to charges,
- naturally tpey depend altogether upon the
value of the find. 1 . '"
For instance,"' said Mme. DeBlanque,
"not 'many months ago I found a gentle
man's wallet 'Containing two government,
bonds, some "newly bought railroad stock
'and several $100 bills. It belonged to a
man living tip town. He always carried
a largo amount of money about in fact,
was cranky on the subject of bonds.
, "Well, I answered his ad. He made an
appointment, and after describing the con
tents of the wallet, etc., I handed him his
property. He thanked me profusely and
gave me f 1 to defray my expenses, he said. -"That,"
continued my friend, "was the
; meanest customer I ever had. : -.
r "My best work financially -occurred In
New York. Both parties are dead now, so
I may have no hesitancy in giving the
'. etory for the first time, although of course
' I shall mention no names. ; A i
- VIn . front of Brentatto's I noticed a
ung woman, Dandsomeiy- gowneu, looK
aboui expectantly, can a nansom, ana just
as sholfttfs" about to step In drop a package.
Mine is trade of opportunities. V. .The
lady's lofiwas my transitory gains' A
profession;)
t on tho strJ
Under never 'opens anything
When I reached homo that
. afternoon,
I inspected the package and
.judge of n
disappointment to find it con-
tained a do?
in cabinet portraits of two or-
dinary people, a man and woman,
A-VTho next day a Inorniing paper adver
tised for a 'bundle .lost bear Brentano's;
large reward if delivered at once to X".,
! Studio building.' Now -What could there
.' be In an ordinary photo of ' a prosaic mar
ried couple, no doubt, to create such anxi
ety, as I could read between the lines of
the ad. I r- .
'That same evening another ad. appear-"
ed in oil the papers, which read : 'One hun
dred dollars, and no questions, will bo paid.
'' for bundle lady dropped near Brentano's;
call room 40, Park Avenue hoteL' I wait-.
'. ed. Two different people after that bun
- die. Sure" ' enough, mora personals ap
peared next4 morning, and which to answer
was a question. In a case of two evils it is
better to have no election, so I chose both. '
My answers weo guarded, and X gave the
postofflce address only. ,i j ,
"Just as Iantlplpated, I received two re
plies, both brief. One said: 'Bring bundle
: to my room at hotel. . If it Is what I
expect, I will pay you $150 cash. If. not,'
I.Vill pay for your trouble, etc. "Room 40.'
. The other reid : 'Bring bundle to room ftj,
Studio building. If it is what I have lost,'
will pay you anything reasonable.'
"To make a long story short -1 called
first at the Studio building; : The occu
pant of room 10 was the lady I had seen
. drop the package She grasped my hand
vehemently. ' . ) . f;
"- You have the pictures With you?' she
asked feverishly. i 1
"' - "'Yes:' ' ' ;.. -.1 -., :
J" 'The other party offered me6 $150.'
;' " 'Then I'll double it. " And she count
ed out six $50 bills.
"The lady in the photograph had been
Indiscreet. Her husband had filed a poti
tlon for absolute divorce, ' continued
Mme. de Blanque, "and the photograph
would have beone used against her. She
paid well to have even the plate from the
photographer and naturally was much con
cerned when both it and the pictures wore
lost. 'The case never came to trial, for the
husband died suddenly and his wife fol
lowed him a year afterward. I
"That," concluded the professional Und
er, "was my most profitable find." Phil
adelphia Times.: I ,
' Tha Ag of Discretion. -
We hear a great" deal about arrlvina at
the age of discretion. I thought it meant
somewhere about 81. but there are so manr
. men of- 80 and 40 and 50 who have not ,
yet reached it that I want the Unvntot'of
the expression to tell me what it is. In
fact, I came across an old man of 60 the
other day who .was a bigger fool than when
a boy of 10. When does a man quit being
a fool? New York Press.
. i".. . Saved. -; i'...--r-;V-v.-'''.v
'Oh," she sold', "your conduct is enough -tomako
an angol weep!' v.. , .
"I don't sea you shedding any tears,"
be retorted, and hls tact saved the day.
Detroit Free Press. . . '-: " '
: One Drink broTe Him Crazy. '
The effect of a beverage distilled from
the gagus plant, grown on Gauptil Island,
is thus described, by Captain Casson of the
British bark Cuplca: "A grayish sap runs
out freely, and this they collect and drink,
after letting ty ferment, which it -does
easily. Within half an hour after, imbib
ing it the drinker becomes perfectly stupid
an lies around like a log. The spell lasts
a day or more, during which time the na-,
tires say they live -lqi paradise., -I have
known sailors ito try it, but never twice.
Three years ago I had a man in my crew
who was driven crazy by one drink. The
first effect of the liquor Is to soften the
bones jAnd gradually eat them away.
There are natives there, the victims of
gagua, who are Indeed boneless and unable
to walk or use their limbs. Then they be
gin to wither away ntll they die in mis
pry and convulsiona. Usually two years
Win finish the- hardlBst man. . The suffer
ingsof the slaves to the drink are terri
Rle." - ' ' . .
. :ICY FINGEBS.
; The road tan ' through a beautiful, bait
cleared wood, and at the end, on a alight
rise of ground, stood tiie madhouse. 't Of
course it woe not called a madhouse, oz
people would not have sent their mentally
unhinged friends there. It bore the eupho
nious appellation of "Dr. Bricr'e Home
Sanitarium" and was consequently well
patronized. People usually disllko calling
'thing by its proper name. , . ' j 5t
The . perfectly, kept grounds were sur
rounded hj a high Iron's fence, within -which
tho harmless inmates wandered at
will during certain hours of the day. '; .
On a rustic- bench sat a young woman..
Her eyes were closed, and as she' remained
In repose she was beautiful, with a Span
ish type of beauty that no other nation can.
equal. 7 '. . . 7"':f : '? .-
Suddenly she started nip with a wild mo
tion of the hand toward ber . throat as
though she were being choked.'' The dark
eyes showed intense fright and the whole
'face was convulsed.; Gradually the frenzy,
passed away, and she sank down upon the
bench again, with a weary little laugh.
The soft breeze rustled the loaves of the
trees -and murmured a gentle lullaby.
Slowly the beautiful head sank lower and
lower until it was pillowed on a fleecy
wrap which lay on the end of the . bench,
' and she slept. . ;;. -.- . . :i
At that exact hour it happened that a
onrlous woman, accompanied by o friend,
asked permission of one of tno physicians
on the staff to bo shown through tho place.
He had the misfortune" to, be one of her
friends, bo aoquiesoed, but being busy at
the time turned her over to the mercies of
a young doctor, who, finding the curious'
woman- and her friend rather amiable,
did his utmost to entertain tham. . r?
" And sd it ocourred tha after - going
through the building" thoyv sauntered
about the grounds' and saw tho Spanish
beauty lying asleep, with her face as calm
and sweet as that ofeveleeping child. . "--i
.. 'Oh," cried theiHrious woman ecstat
1 loally, "do tell jbs about ber. " - . ; i : ,
- The youngdoctor smoothed his budding
mustache arid looked about him. No one
was visible. " ;
don't .often tell the history of our
patients," he began hesitatingly, ,;"but
is is a rather peculiar cose, ana u you
specially desiro" -T . ' !
"Oh, do tell us," erica, jne; curious
woman with a world of persuasion in her
voice; "I assure you it will fto no 't urther.
Is she Spanish?" , ; . i: . : jr'-l x
They moved away slightly that their
voices might not disturb the aloepe..Tbe
young doctor replied: N '
v "Oh, yes. She was born in Castile and
. while yet little more than a child hardly
16, 1 believe married for wealth and posi
tion a Spaniard three tlmos her age. ;
"Affairs went smoothly for two years,
when the husband contracted a, disease
which proved fataL Now it would have
been much nicer and more like what one
reads In Sunday school books if he-had
bade his relatives an affectionate farewell
as he lay on his deathbed,! but .instead of
doing that he called his young wife to h
and said, in tones so low that no one but she
could hear, 'Inez, if you marry again, J.
hall coma back from tho grave and with
the icy fingers of death I shall choke yon
choke you!' His face was convulsed
. with passion, 'and shortly ' afterward . he
died. ; He was buried with the pomps and
ceremoniea required in a (Spanish family
. of position, and for two years the widow
remained in seclusion. !
"At the end of that time she came forth
more beautiful than ever and joined a par
ty of friends traveling in England. There
be met tho man who was to bo her future
husband a handsome, athletio young'
American of the Anglo-Saxon type. t
"Her former husband's dying words- so
hauntod her that at first she repulsed the
American's suit; However, be followed
ber to ber homo- in Castile, and at last,
sensibly concluding (hat these haunting
words were merely the ravings of a deliri
ous man, she married the American. T .
"They came to America to live and for
m time were very happy, but after a time
.they that Is, she" -
The young doctor paused and cleared
his throat. The curious woman and her
friend exchanged glances. . r
"She began to suffer from a strange
hallucination," he went on. "At night
he often woke with a scroam, bollovlng
that the icy fingers of her former husband
were choking her. (The matter grew worse,
until she felt the fingers not only at night,
but also In her waking hours, Number
less physicians were consulted, but they
offered no remedy. -
"Her husband was heartbroken and
tried'every thing in his power to save her,"
but nothing availed, and she .gradually
grew; worse, until it was necessary to
bring her here. Do you notice the crim
son roses pinned on the front of her gown?
They seem to be the only thing she cares
for. i Her husband comes every week and
brings a huge bunch of them. . She likes
the flowers, but pays no attention to him:
Some day the icy fingeswlU close tightly
together, and that win be the end." "
r "And can she not be cured?" asked the
curious woman. ' ' ' . ' '
."Oh, no!" . said the young doctor.
"Quite hopeless." Chicago News. ,
; New, but Cultured.
She was a new woman-r-bcing but 8
years old and very new in Chicago hav
ing but just arrived from Boston. , As, the
education begun at tho Hub' must go on1
she was promptly sent .under the care of a
friend and fellow, pupil to the Ogdcn
school. Hor young . chaperon conducted
her to the proper grade and then left her to
the tender mercies of 70 crude and cruel
young people. Thus forsaken the little
Bostonion, being somewhat haughty in
bearing, endured a long day of cold
glances,- shrugs and isolation. At dinner,
that evening she was observed to bo eating
her strawberries with much depression of
spirits. -' - - : .- .
. "What is the matter, Penelope?" queried
her father. "Didn't you bavp a good day
at school and get .acquainted .with some
nlce little srirls?.' -
"No, papa," was the ; plaintive reply.
'Margaret just took me to school-and'
then! didn't come near me till It was' time
to start home. And so no one spoke to me
all day long." ' ;.
"jfeneiope," said her mother,, "say ex
actly what you mean and no more: Didn't
your sister speak to you?" .
"Oh, yes, mamma," the little maid an
swered, with a brightening look, "she did,
of course. She didn't havo to be introdoo
tloned to me. "Chicago Tribune.! .
:'"'(: , or asm. . j .
The slab upon which the mosaic Is1 made
is generally of travertine, or tlburtlne,
stones connected together by Iron clamps.
Upon the surface of this a mastio pr ce
menting paste is gradually spread as the
progress of the work. requires It, which
forms the adhesive ground or bed upon
which the mosaic Is laid. ' 'The mastio is
composed, of fine lime from burned marble
and finely powdexvd, travertine stone mix
ed to the oonsistenoe of a paste with lin
seed oiL Into this paste are1 fixed the
-"amalta'' of which thn tnncutlA TtlntnTA ia
formed.
They are a mixed species of opaque, vit
rified glass, partaking of the nature of
stone and glass and composed of a variety
of minerals and materials, colored, for the
most part, with different metallic oxides.
Of these, no fewer than 1,700 different
shades are In use. They are manufactured
in Rome, In the form of long, slender rods,
like wires, of various- degrees of thickness,
.and are cut Into pieces of tho requisite .
Sizes, from the smallest pin point to an
inch. i.:v - '-;--.';-----,'
When the picture Is completely finished
and the .cement thoroughly dried, it Is
nigmy poiisned. Mosaic, though an an.
oient art, Is not nnerely a revived, but an
Unproved one. Chambers' Journal.'
- FooTEry maS"Egg.
The poultry and egg crop of the Unit?
ed States is estimated to be worth $250,
000,000 annually, j Startling as these
' figures may appear, It seems still more
remarkable that, besides the above, we
import between 60,000,000 and 100,.
000,000 dozen eggs each year.
: ' , , Unhspplneoa; ' ' ' . :.
They who have never known prosper
ity can hardly be said to be unhappy ; it
ia from the- rememhranoe of joys we
have lost that the arrows of affliction
are pointed. Emile Zola. .. : .
! Without a theory it is impossible to
know, what wo say when we speak and,
what we do, when ; we sx3t--oyer-OpI-.
lard; ; js ' , .
BUT SHE PAINTED;
f'TWo months today," said Thorpe as be
brushed away ; the gauzy wings of 1 an In-'
trusive soosquito; r;; ii'-fei -"And
it seems' like two weeks only,"
aid Falrlie, the tall blond.- '- ' .- ,
V To you, perhaps. 'Old fellow,' you are
fairly ensnared.? . ' i - ,
"Goon," he said calmly.- "I shall deny
-BOtblng.' .f 'r- A s . A d-r:
"And I can't say l, .blame you either,";
said .Thorpe, with, a sudden accession of
oandor, "for Inez Blyers. is certainly the
jjrettlest creature. I ever saw." . - , '
"And the truest and. most genuine 1"
added , Falrlie enthusiastically. "These
: women that we meet in New York false,
deceptive, playing a continual part I tell
you, man,'! would, as soon marry the doll
In a milliner's window';. ':, . ' 1
' "You are too finical," said' Thorpe,
, shrugging his shoulders, ' "If a girl's
.makeup .is protty, as a whole,' whd shall
venture to criticise, the modus operandi of
; her dressing roorav' If'.' '. r' !"
-But Falrlie interrupted ; hini wltn;
''Thorpe, you aro talking like tha i'
-oclast that you are. t;V Let-it suffloe-that we
have found one pure, peTfedt woman.
lr 4,Poor foUowl" mterjeotorpellr" ";
' rAnd, " , went on ; Falrlie, Jgnorins; tt
Interruption, " whose heart; is What nature
. meant a woman's heart to' belV f" V :
.- V Suppose! youry tt" inejse Poetry
might relieve your mind. ::But, look here,"
I don't want to make myself disagreeable,
but wiser s-Individuals than yourself have
been taken in by womankind before now."
i airue maae no answer, bat be rose ana
left the, porch, Thorpe looked after hint
with a comical contraction of the brows. J-
Now, as luck would have it, Mrs.' Dea
con Partiman sat , In . the hall, talking to
the former's wife, as Mr. Falrlie passed
through. - He bowed conrteously, for was
not the Partiman house the. casket which"'
temporarily contained the'vpeerlesa jewel
of the world, Ine Rivers?'-;: 2 "v ?,
But as be sat down where the fading
light shone softly through the. moving veil
of fine leaves, like the magical glow of
some "transformation scene," a" well
known name . struck upon his ear, pro -nounoed
in the somewhat nasal accejits of
Mrs. Partiman. '. -
. "Miss Rivers!" said Mrs; Parttman. '
.. f'Youvdon't tell mo sot" said Mrs. Wal
lace, the farmer's wife. "Wen, I would:
not ha' believed it." 1 1 vr V"; ' 1 i
A "Nor '1 nuther if I hadn't a-seen E with
my own eyes, ' r went on ' Mrs. Partiman,
."but the doaoon he first got a notion pn't,
and so I Lind 'o'. made an errand, you
know, to her room,1 when she wan't there, !
and there tho tablo was all a-covefed with
paints!'" . . , ' ' " !
."Well." said Mrs. Wallace,4" lugubrious
ly, "Miss Rivers Is a dretful likely girl to1
look at, but arter what you've told me I
shan't never think, just the same of her
I did before"
And Falrlie! it was as If a glittering
veil had fallen from his visions 1 !
Inez Kivers was in no degree superior to;
the rest of her sex, after alL She,-too,, was
dependent on oosmetios for that radiant
complexion which had so challenged his
admiration. She, too, was false; ' '
Miss Rivers was ltting in a dainty oos-
tnme of blue and lace, under the biggest
maple tree In front of Deacon Partiman's
house, the pext afternoon, when the dea-1
con's wife came put, with her knitting in
her band. ' ;-: .--)"
. "WeU," said Mrs. Partiman, "I've heard
a piece o news. Miss Wallace's boarders
have gone!" ! .' '
"Gone? Do you mean gone hunting?"
asked Inez, with a slight deepening of the
bloom upon her oheek. ! ' ' v I
i "No; I mean, clean, cleared-onf. - Paid
their bill and gone back to New. York this
morning." , . ;Jt -:'r-'- f--. v --: v.i
Inez Was pale enough now. ' Gone back!
without a word of farewell! . What did it
all mean? And she had brought herself al
most almost to regard Falrlie as a friend
'whose friendship should be Ineffably dear
to her. ' . ..--' -'-:
Deacon Partiman was at the depot when
the two young men, who,- having sent
then baggage on, had walked over the.
breezy uplands to the little railroad sta
tion, arrived there. ', ;.) ';! i
"Nice day," said the deacon socially,
"Very," responded Thorpe. '
"It'U boa good day for Miss Rivers,'
said the deacon, with a broad smUe upoi
his kindly, much wrinkled face, r "She'll
be hard at it. I'U go ban."
"Hard at what?" asked Thorpe, While
Falrlie turned away. i c I
"Didn't you know?" said the squire
"Pain tin. " Me and my wife we was np in
her room the other day Jo fix the shade to
the left hand winder, which had somehow
got a littly cranky about rollln up and
down, and there was the biggest show you
ever seed of paints and brushes and things,
and the cntest little picter of our old well,
with' the broken, curb, and the apple
boughs a-hangin over it! If she'd only
a-waited, now, till I'd got the new curb
done, I wouldn't a?felfr so cheap." , I
Inez s Rivers stUl sat with' her book in
her lap-not reading, though, for the long,
dark eyelashes were moist, and the page
was turned, when a footstep sounded on
the mossy ground beside her. ; i
i "Miss Rivers." ' :'- "'- '?.' " ;j
"Mr. FalxUe! I thought you were
gone." - . . -'u
"I did start to' go, but I returned again,
Inez.-"I shall not leave Hillsdale - until
yon bave answered mo one question." '' -j
' "Only one?" she asked. It was wonder
ful how quickly she was recovering her
self possession. . ', ' . t
"Only -one whether yon will be. my
Wife?", . - j; j
And when Mrs. Partiman came out, two
hours' later, to announce tea, and to ask
Mr. Falrlie to "stay and take a bite with
them," she , had not the least 4dea how
painfully near her loquacious tongue had
come to parting two young hearts which
were to be one henceforth and forever,
Exchange. '" : . .- ;- ;- -' t :'
i 7 Tlbetaa Itoaasferfes.
u . - - - - -
Of all the wonders of the Tibetan re-
liglon none is so striking as the abundance
of monasteries. These great assemblages
of religious houses are- full of monks, or
lamas, and. the marvels associated with
: them are. truly surprising. Their number
Is amazing. They literaUy swarm In the
inhabited portions of Tibet,- and a tra
veler Journeying through the country
passes monastery after, monastery In end
less Buooession. ; . o i.-
' So numerous are they that Mr. Bockhill,
the Indefatigable American explorer of
Tibet, tolls us that while the population
' of eastern Tibet Is but small one-fifth of
it consists of lamas. He also says that In
his journey from' Jyekundo in Tibet to
Ta-ohien-lu. on the frontier of China, a
, distance of 600 miles, he passed 80 large
monasteries, five of which contained from
8,000 to 4,000 lamas. Many monasteries
. in other parts are equally large. -. - - , -
The great monastery of Kumbum, near ,
the Lake Koko-Nor, contains 4,000 monks.,
Chiamdo, which is one of thevchiet town
In eastern Tibet and contaips 18,000 in
habitants, seems fo be halfseomposed of a
gigantic monastery, and Captain Bower,
in his recent journey through Tibet, pass-,
ed the large town of Kiuohi, whioh seemed
to him to be all monastery. The wealth
of some of these monasteries Is astonish
lng. All the Year Bound... ' u : ': V
A Bund Feraon's'Soaaosi . . - - '
- Throughout my whole life, my blindness
has had this remarkable feature, in it: i I
always have before my eyes a brilliant
light, so that the whole air around me
seems, as it were, incandescent. I appear
a be walking in light. In this light I can
1 np at will all sorts of beautiful colors,
Which I see mingled with the radlancf
and forming part of it. . Thus, my blind;-;
, hess . has always4een far me In a oertain
way brightness. - - r- ':: A "' .-:.--"-s
As I grew older tnere came to me other
abnormal peculiarities, which have been
mercifully sent as compensations. I can.
always tell when' others are looking at me,
and I can generally tell whethor they are
looking at me in kindness or the reverse.'
My sense of hearing is extremely sensitive;
and through it I can read character in the
tones of f the voioes of -men and women
around me.: - jfA ' j'-'f
-. I can sJso discern character aocurately in
the touch pf the hand. I have certain in
'stlncts for which I have no exact name,
. which sometimes make me foresee future
events. My senses of touch and smell are
excessively delicate. Argosy.
v..
in the estimated value of farm prodr
nets, according to the returns, of the
eleventh census Illinois is first, with
4184,759,013; New ;York.is seoond,V
with 8161,698,009 Iowa ia third, with.
iov,o',4a. - . -
,4-.
uiaaness
With a'beierpriaerendfng'of "this. 1
tranent aiaTirof the many pbys- ;
ical Ills which vanish-before proper ef
fortsgentle efforts pleasant efforta-r
rightly directed.- tTheres comfort In "
the knowledge that bo many forms of
sickness are-notdueito, any snil dia-'
ease? but simply to a coipatedeoBdig
tionrof the system, whicn tbe, pleasant
family laxative, Syirup o Fig, prompt? ;
Tgr reniOTeSr- That is why 'it u the only
remedv vrtth millions Of farrmieilanms
everrwher teemed so highly by all I
who- value gopdealth. JtaieaetjLciai;-
frects are due to the fact that it tne
oliefremedy-Wriich-promots:lnternal
cleanliness withoot ' debilitating the
organs pa which ivacta. . Itls tuereiore
all ImportaBVin order-toget itsjbene
ficial effects, to--- note-iWhen you pur
chase, that yon have the genuine article,
which la manufactured by the California
Fig Syrap'Cof onayi and ael by an rep'
ntable droggiata.. i. i , i -'
is thfl- njoyment of good healthy;
and the system is regular, then laxa
tives or'Otherremedies are not needed. -If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
mav be commended to the most Skillful
physicians; hnt if In heed of a laxative
then one -should have the best, and with'
the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
LATE FOREGM NEWSr
Dcatn of'Priaoa Benty of BaKenbara, Qooen
Viotoria's SoB-ia-Iiaw. . -'
; Br CabttJotae Mocoiac StujL.
London, labuaty 83. The Standard
announces that Prince Henry of Battea
berg was taken ill while accompanying
the British expedition againit the Asbae
tees, and died of coast lever on his re
turn voyage, from" Cape Coast Castle.'
The report; is confirmed at Osborne'
Bouse. . - -'r'S..!
' ; Prince Henry Maurice, o.f Battenberg,.-
wasaaon of r nnce Akzaeder, ol Bat
nbere (Hesse), and the Countess -Von
Lauck, daughter of a tormer Polish Min
ister of War, who was raised to the rank'
of Princess on her morganatic marriage
with the ruler Of Heste. He was born
October 5th, 1858, and married July 23d.
1883, ; Princess Beatrice Marv Victoria
Feodora. the ninth and youngest, child
ol Queen Victoria. Ox the 'day of his
marriage he received the rank of "Royal
Highne s" ty letters p.tent from, the
Qjeeo. . He was later appointed Gover
nor of the Isle of Wight and Carlsbrooke
Castle, and although not really an officer
of the army of ' Great- Britain, he was in-'
dicated as a colonel In the army list. .
In November last Prince Henry joined
the British Ashantee expedition, in a
special ctpacy. and sailed, on Dcember
7th, Colonel Sir Francis Scott, corn
mat ding the exptdit ion, appointed him
bis military secretary. I a the early part
of the present month he was attacked
with swamp fever at Nvisa, and returned
to Cape Coast. Castle, in charge of a
surgeon, though it was -announced that
his illness ws not serious.
All of the ships in the Sjlont, the
royal yachts and the club house of the
royal yachts tquadron are flying flags at
half-mast as a mark of respect tothe
memory of Prince Henry, of Bittenberg,
son-in-law of the Qaeen , and flags are
half-masted upan - public ' and private
buildings In London and all of the great
towns, irom which the church bells were
tolled when the news of Princ Henry's
death was received. At the desire of
the Qaeen, Mr. George Goshen, first
Sord of -the Admiralty, has cabled in
structions to the commander : of the:
cruiser Blonde to bring the body of
Frince Henry to England with the least
possible delay, Manifestations of sor
row at the death . of Prince Henry are
very : visible and expressions of sym
pathy with 'th Qaeen and ' Princess
Beatrice are beard upon all sides. ; .
London, Jan. 33. The Marquis of
Landsowne, Secretary of State for War.
in a speech at 1 Salisbury, ccuoty of
Wilts, this evening said that both -the
horse and field artillery would be put in
readiness as rapidly as possible to its full
strength, making a total of 818 guns be
sides the army reserve force. ,
j . SOUTHERfT PINES. - !
Flnsy Woods Inn Opened .by Gov. Oarr
.'. ' . ICany Prominent People PMsenk.
i : By Telegraph to the Honing Star. '.' -'
Southkrn Pines. N. C, January S3.
Pine? Woods Ian hire was opened
this evening by Governor Carr. Many
prominent people were present, includ
ing the governor Stan, iaiso, repre
sentatives of I the press from half a
dozen States The,, exercises included
a welcome by Mayor L. JL.Smithand an
address by Gov. Carr, who spoke of North
Carolina's great : development. There
were speeches by Richard H. Battle, of
Raleigh; Dr. R. G. S. McNeille, ot Boston;
and C. W. Shaw, of this: place. .The
hotel has 2S0 rooms, is of very handsome
design and Is owned by the Southern
Hotel Company. The -Seaboard Air
Line is largely interested. It is on the
S. A. L. seven miles from the new resi
dence town of Pineburst, which James
W. Tufts, of Boston, is building. South
ern Pines has become one of the beet
known Winter resorts for consumptives
m the Soutbr ' Its residents and visitors
are nearly all New Englanders.
x-i - ,; the srAcr- ;v
Vioi President 8t. John Appointed Otneral
Manager of the System. .1. " , ;, -"
A Br Tdesraph to the Morniss Star.
; Norfolk, Va.; January S3. The
Virginian learns that there was a meet
inz of the directors of the railway'lines
'comprising; the .Seaboard Air Line
psystem at the cmce ' ot tne . com
pany in . Baltimore mis evening,
t which meeting President He ff man
was oirectea to issue an oraer appoint
ing Mr. E. St. John general manager of-
tbe entire system, m . addition to his
other duties and, Vice President, In
comoliance with this order, Mr. St. John
assumed the f general managership this
evening, Gen.. Winder was retired" from
that position. i . -
KENTUCKY S EN ATORSH I P.
Hunter Camt Within One Vote of an Eleo-J
i f : By TslscmPh te the Iferalai Star. , ';
- Frankfort, Jan. 83. The report ot
both Houses relating to yesterday's bal
lot, and roll call of members of each
House, was read, showing the ' presence
of 186' members." Senator ones, pre
sented W. Godfred Hunter and Senator
Stephen nominated lilackbanu jTher
ballot resulted as follows: - Hunter, 68;
Blackburn. 68; Backner, 1; McCreary, 6;
Carlisle, 3r Wilsoni' -1, A'-A, "j :
Hunter came within one ol election
Mr. ; Poor, Populist, voud for Hunter
and will continue to do so; irprd sow on,
Thx Best Salvx in the werld for
Cuts, Bruises, t Sores,- Ulclers,' Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter. Chapped
Hands. Chilblains, Coma, and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or
no pay requirea. n is. gaarantcca . w
give, perfect satisfaction or money re
funded. -Price 35 cents per box. - For
ale by R K Bextjutt
. -;.-L,'
f W;& 'S
;;&:pFIRE !N.8tTjOUl'
Three Firemen Killed, JPtra ,I Jwed and
; $260,000 Worth of Proptrty liestrjjed. '
iC':: If Tdegrapa tha Moraine Star. '"
St. tours, Mo.,-Jaa. S3. Three lives'
were lost, five firemen ioj ared and 3Sp.
000 worth of property, destroyed by the
fire in A.' 5. Loe'a optkaTeoadt store on
Broadway last night. , Toe upper; floort
of the batldinie fell, bntTR beneath
them firemen at work oo- the first, floor
and st verai other firemen on dddct
poors. ; i ae mass of debris was so a.re;
and the neat so intense that it m
lieved that the foar .men on the lower
floor were - almost , instantly killed,
fcyertbeless. their comrades, assisted
by "he policeT worked unceasingly to
rescue them, and at jS o'clock Captain
loon Ganville, of Salvage Corps No. S
was uKeh.ouu . He ia seriously lojared.
The other three, men; were dead when
''r "
DtJintd on H;r Ulaalon for Belief of Ai-
-9h
menian Bff tftrs."
at. 1
;Bt Takajraphta the IforalngSav.
k- Niw YORK. January iss Gara.
Bariori, president ol the1 American Red
Cross 1 Society, and 1 party, sailed this
morniog on the steamer New York for
Southampton, en route; to Coos tanti
noplevwhere she will seek permission to
enter f Armenia - to 'ad minuter to the
needy andtffl cted of tha( country. - v
York, January 83. Soints tur-
entine quiet and steady at 81XQ33e.
KOSin . fleilr BtrHtBen mmmnn in onnA
rliCO! 65.X-; r . i';:,,;4 -;: ,Sf:K
f iCHAKLXSTON. ' Tannarv 33 Soirtts
turpentine arm ac zvc sales casks.
r jcosin firm; sales barrels; a and
ti l?. D 1 85 E 31 35. G t 5, H
$160131 65 ri 3165, M 3 00: other
qaotaiionsuot gtven; a
!-
When Baby was stck, we gave her Caatorla.
t She was a Child, she cried for Castoria, ' .
Whea she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
WaeashehadCaiUdreB, she gave thent Caatorlaw
EXPORTS FOR TUB WEEK,
I . 'FOREIGN.
Capbt Hayti Schr F B Belaao
136,681 feet lumber. -; -
Hutu Eng Barqae Salem 8,880
bbts rosin. X'-t'kr:.'-Jamaica
Barqae . Peerless 181.411
feet lumber, 175,850 shingles. ;
Bremen Stoar Royalist ll.Ollbales
cotton. -?;.;' 1 -. - --;-; H'
; :-j : - coastwise.
.New York Schr Emily F Northam
38,715 feet lumber. :
. New York StmrCroaun 600 bales
cotton,, 373 casks spirits turpentine, 405
bbls tar18 do rosin, 150 do crude tur
pentine, 87,000 shingles, 183 pkgs mdse.
j New York Schr Maggie Abbott
170,000 feet lumber.
M . f ai
-', j - : I or Over Fifty Tears
Mrs. Winslow3 Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by millions
of; mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success, It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain
cures wind colic, and is the bes. remedy
for Diarrhoea. - It will " relieve the poor
little snffdrer immediately. Sold ; by
druggists in every . part of the- world.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. ' Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow s Soothing Syrup,'
and take no other kind ; i
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
WXUEKCV STATKMlBirT.
';f:'- .RECEIPTS. : :.'..'.
For week ended Jn. 17, 1S6.
CttUn. .&ir&. . , Jbvta. x j Tar. ".
Crmdt
49S 878 .-V
939
190
; . RECEIPTS. . ..
- For week ended Jan. 18, 18S5.
SHritt. I JTmA. Tmr.
r : ;Ut !- -: ' 2,65 "- . 514
' ' XXPORTSJ ' .' 4 I
' .". tot week ended Jan. 17, 186.
CttUmi
CVwaV.
.106
; Cti. Spirit: Jtnin. rr. Cruib.
Domestic.. PSS C60 178 848 17
Faran ... 1.7TO UW M 0C0 x- W
I !,.'. S.59J - 661 ; 4,737 88 17
A :. j'..' ! EXPORTS. ''" '';!'
'
For week ended aa 18, 1B8B. j
CMUm. Stfritt. Rtin, Tmr. Cmd.
Domestic..
Foreiga ...
I - i -
000!
J45
8,915 !
191
1100
1
0
67
09
57
CO
09
0J
i !' -- STOCKS.' I
:' Ajboraaod Afloat. Jaa. 17. 1886.
T .- AtUr, '- JUhai.
Cottoa.. ,........... ll,45t : 1403
Spirit,. . . 8,67 ! 76
Rosta.....m...... S5J63 i 8.404
25 968
S,7J
28,667
11.099
Tar. M 11,099 ! 00
70S:
83
734
, , , STOCKS,
f ' Aabora and Afloat, Jan. 18, 1896.
CnttMa. SftriU. Ruin. Tmr. '
v 15,46) 1,864 ' 87,838 I 8J08
Crmdt.
'QUOTATIONS.
! i Jan. 17.1896. - - Jan. 18. IK 5.
Cotton.... 79&c i 6
Spirits..
1 86&1 40
96c
14ai90
SlOftaLCS
Tar.
Crude
B6c : i
$1 io. i soai to
: !.' Electric Bitters. '
Electric Bitters is a medicine for any
season, -but perhaps more generally
needed, when : the languid, exhaasted
feeling prevails, when the liver ia torpid
and sluggish and the need of a tonic and
alterative 1s felt. ' A prompt use of this
medicine has often averted long and
perhaps faul bilious fevers. .No medi
cine will act more surely in counteract
ing land freeing the system from the
malarial poison, Headache, Indigestion,
Constipation, Dizziness yield to Electric
Bitters. 60c and $1.00 per bottle at R.
R. -Beixam s Drug Store. - t
; .; ARRIVED.
Scbr C C Lister, 267 tons. Robinson,
New York, Geo Harriss, Soil & Co.
1 . Scbr Bertha - Warner 431 tons, 'Rum-
melLNavassa. Geo Harriss,' Son & Co.
r I tat barque Maria. Anna DAbundo.
575 tons. f Abancs- Gergentl, Jialy, E
Peschau& Co. ' ; -v
Schr Coral M. 137 tons, Mitchell,
jacmel, Haytl, Geo' Harriss. Son & Co.
f Nor barque Glenudal, Tonnesen, (put
oacc leasing j. neiae or xjy -
V Rus schr A Rigs. 299 tons, Muskar,
Stettin. V ; . . .
f- Str Geo W Qyde. Chichester, New
York. H G Smallbones. .
i Schr Abbie Gole. Cole, Port Plata.
.San Domingo, J T Riley & Co; cargo by
Fore ot roster. . i .
' , . i CLEARED.
Schr Emily F Northam. Johnson,
New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co;
carsro bv Caoe Fear Lumber Co. ;
Br baraue Peerless. Ellis. . Port An
tonio. Jamaica, Geo Harriss, Son & Co;
cararo bv Chadbonrn Lumber Co. .
Nor . baraue Salem, Hansen, Hull,
Eocland. Paterson. Downing & Co.
Schr Fred B Belano," SawyerCape
HavtL J T Riley & Co; cargo by S A
W irl Northrop. ; '
Steamship Croatan,- Hansen. New
York.. H G Smallbones.
Br stmr Royalist, Pritchard, Bremen,
Alex Sornnt & Son..
Br stmr Glenloig, Jlay, Charleston,
Heide&Co,
Schr Maggie Abbott, Mcintosh, New
York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co; cargo by
Parmale-Eccleson Ca - . - ;-:it
- i
"ummmt k . - a OBiaraS
CI .'L illian -"- - T-r-'ra
1
nadoaro ot tUaaaia bopa
wtlkboIKMBPrxBM. 1MW
r liii
u.nmrnirriori
i ni.ii.MMilnlii
na;i
BSiOUa- I
OC I
COIlUEIttllAC
rlTlNGTO N' 1XAHK0 Tv
STAR OFFJCBitaSi
. : i' - If AVAI. 8TORSS. s . t-j-Nr
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.Steady'
at 89 cental oer . callon ' for1 toun
try and lvbi cenu for machine-made
casks.- " "
ROSW-Market firm at 11 83 ocr
bbl for Strained and tl '40 for Good.
StealnecUc. - - i . . .
AR-Market stead v at 05 cents oer
DPI Of KHI IDS. i i - , 1pw,4;
- CRUDE ;TURPENTIrlEi Market
firm at $1 60 bid for Hard and il 90 for
Yellow Dip and Virgin. i ; ;
Qaotations same day last vear-Soiriti
turpentine -88 jajc; rosin, strained; $1.00;
gooa strainea i 05 tar fO.85; crude
vrpenuae i au. i ou, i i9m
Spirits Turpentine;; 5
Rosin , .'; iTHj V. i i V; ; . i. '. ',. "i 684
xar. .. . , .....J. .,'...t .,i . .:. ,'ii;.l83r'j
tirade Turpentine, i ..'..,;. - 3
Receipts same day vlast vear-OS
casaa spirits turpenune. 783 bbis rosin.
bbls tar, 7 bbis crude turpentine. .ui
" . u . .
iOubtatioea:
OTdrnary.
Good Ordinary. . . . K
Low Middling. ......
Middling'.,..
GoodlWdling......
6K : eta ft
t ,.: -;. -.-..i
8 8-l -
Same day last year, middling 5c,
Receipta-488 bales;Kaame day last
tear 860. ;v j ;-;; ', - .
-1 STAR OFFICE. Jan.17.
rlr i "fe?AVAi3TCK$,
:Jf SPIRITS jTURPENTINE. Steady
-at 29 cents, per : gallon tor coun
try and S9W cenu, for machine-made
casks. . j - . - '- -. i -,-
. ROSIN, Market .firm ; at $1 ,M per
bbl for Strained and $1 40 for Good
Strained. ' t ; ; -,. .""'.
TAR-Market Steady at JSTcenU per
bbl of 380 lbs. ' . .
CRUDE TURPENTINEMarket
firm at $1 60 for Hard, $1 90 for Yel
low Dip and Virgin, ? I'--vl .i
mtwug same uay jasi yew spirua
turpentine, 37c; rosin, strained, $1 00;
good strained, f 1 05; tar, 30 95; crude,
turpentine, i 10, 1 60, 1 70. - --.
J --?; RECEIPTS. ' r ? i
Spirits TurpentineUi 73 caska
Kosia . . .i; , j 305 ibbia
Tar. .... w . . .. . 171 - bbla
Crude Turpentine. -. 8 bbls
Receipts' same ' day last year 85
casks spirits turpentine, 650 bbls rosin.
76jbbis tar. o bbls crude .turpentine.
- COTTON UAMLft,k-m.i&.
Qjtet. Qaotations: T ,U-c--?i
Ordinary. . , p. . 6H cts lb
Good Ordinary., .v; J4 i" n'.i"
i-ow Miaaimg... 7 o-in. .w.,
Middlinsr ..L.r. TV " c
Good Middling. . 8 1-16
Same day) last 'year, middling 5c
Keceipts 080 . bales; , same day
last
year, 1.397. j , 5 sr -m . '
STAR OFFICE, 3aa. 18
NAVAI, STORES. V
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Steady
at 39 cents, per gallon ' for coun
try, and : 29X cents for machine-made
casks.
ROSIN Market firm at 81 85 per
bbl for Strained and 81 40 tor Good
Strained. 't .'" - .' ' V-
TAR. Market steady at 95 cents per
bbloS801hkVv :m : ;v I'O
J CRUDE r TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 31 50 for Hard. 81 90 for Yel
low Dip and ; Virgin. ; ? -;-
Uaotations same - day last year-
Spirits turpentine 87c; rosin atraineav
81 00; good strained 31 05; Ur $0 95;
crude terpentine 1 10. 1 60, 1 70 ,-s
Spirits Turpentine.............. 58
Rosin j . . . 1 1 . ........v......., " 609
Tar '. j ; . .H . i v. 114
Crude .Turpentine 9
Receipta I same day last year 00
casks spirits turpentine,' 00 bbls rosin,
00 bbls tar,1 0 bbls crude turpentine.
''A A A COTTON MARKET. ; ' 'v
Qaieti Quotations:' .;
Ordinary.. i.........6H
Good Ordinary V, 6K
CtS yfft
low Miadiing........ 7 o-io - "
MWdling.a. "a"a
Good Middling...... v 8 i 1-16 .fl.; V
Same day last year, -middling 5c : -Receipts
689 bales; same day ' last
year, 000.
STAR OFFICE, Jan. 30.
CHol
Jiday
at
the , Produce
Exchange,
stores ' or
No transactions
in naval
cotton.
STAR OFFICE,
I NAVAL STORES,
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing
doings ' i 1;-'' -.'.;, ;.;:.,- ;:-;6f ?
ROSIN. Market fire at r 31 85
per bbl for Strained and f 1 40 tor
Good Strained. , ;. a a :'
TAR. Market steady at 95 cents per
bbl of 380 lbs. . - v : - ; ? .
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 61 60 for Hard. 61 90 for Yel
low Dip and Virgin. , . .A.
, uaotations same aay last year spirits
turpentine 364c; rosin, strained. $1.00;
good strained $1 05; tar $0.85; crude
turpentine il 10, ,1 60, 110. J, i
RECEIPTS. : - ';
Spirits Turpentine. i.;. 171
Kosin;. . . i . .y v. i....V..i. , . . v j 720
Tar ; . . . i . v;: m
Crude Tuipentine . ; . ... ........ n ; '1
Receipts same day last year 70
casks spirits turpentine, 1,284 bbls rosin,
103 uuis car, iu oois crnue .turpenune
COTTON MARKET.
Quotations:,
Steady.
Ordinary.
CU ft
Good Ordinary.,. Jlfr ie' " "
Low Middling. . .... t . 1 s-ie ". 1
Middling j........... t"
Good Middling, 8.. 1-15
Same day last year middling 6c. i'
Receipts 338 bales; same aay
last
year. 652.
STAR OFtiCEJan22.
NAVAJ. STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINEV-Steady
at 88 cents per gallon
for coun-
try and 28 cents lor
machine-made
casks.! .'..i,v,rjs! - -.
ROSIN Market steady at $1 85 per
bbl for Strained, and $1 40 for .Good
Strained!' t,-- fi&'1Vsl': t4i'-
TAR. Market steady at 95 cents per
bbl of 280 lbs. - r v-
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
dull at $1 50 for Hard,. $1 90 for Yellow
uioana vireia. -i':..A'--y;,l::fl a;K
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 26c; rosin, strained, $1.00;
good strained fi oo; tar fu.po; crude
turpeutine $1 M. 4 60, 170 4VS;.4
":' I - " I '.' RJtCElPTS.. . X "
SpiriU
Turpentine. . . . .; . . ... 41
avuvjiu . . ...... . ... .
:
398
94
Crude Turpentine. ,. ; . . t . ; .-. '. f a 1
ReceipU ' same - day last' year--61
casks spirits turpentine, 398 bbls rosin,
94 bbls tar. 1 bbl erode turpentine, el ; ,
Flrml' QaotaUons: J i - ;? r
Ordinary,?. ..i.BH eta ft
Good Ordinary..;.,.. 6 ,...
Low Middling....... 7 6-18
Middline.T.,...... 7e: .
w
-
Good. Middling.. ... 8 1-16 :
Same day last year, middling
Receipts 700 bales; same, day, last
s., AHA - V -
!-- avaMH , -t
SATAMxAh, January SX Spirits tu '
-pentlae nothing doing; - receipts 256
casKS, , Kosin nacaaageo; u0 saies..
Jan. 31.
" DOMESTIC MARKETS.
B Tsksmph to uw atorahu Star .
New .YORK. January S3. Evening
Money on call -.was quoted ay at 3
4 -per 'center last loan at 8 and clos
ing off Ted at ; 8. f '. Prime - mercaatils
paper 87 per cent. Sterling exchange
easier; actual business in bankers' bills
487H048'X JoriAixty days, and 88
489 1 tot demand; Commercial . bills
486 487 U. Government bonds irregu
lar; United States jcoupon fours 108Kr
United States. ' twos 96, - State bonds
higher; North Carolina fours 103; North
Carolina-sixes- 110. A: Railroad bonds
jond: were easier.'.'t.. iv-''5
Silver at the Slock Exchafage to-day
was negiecxeq.-Jr.'W, ;-;- --.
;".:.'- .fMaTCTCTau.Ui tj?,.
f New YORK, January 83-rrEvening
.Cotton ateadf ; ; middling gulf 8 9-16c;
mtddUBg- 8 6-16ci , t";. fH - -'
' Cotton" futures clpsed quiet but steady;
lannary 7 9J; February 7 93, March 7 99,
April 8 03. May 8 J07, June 8 11. July
fcltrAugust 8 l4 :)September 7.84, Oc
tober 7 77; November 7 71. Sales 131.700
bales.' -:j j,-A,:JtA'- ua i.-nij :-r f -r; ftbj
Cotton et receipts 1.593 bales; gross
10,149 bales; exports to Great Britain
10308 bales; to France bales; tolhe
Continent 1838 biles; forwarded 4.633
bales;: sales 8.163 pales, sales to spin
ners 889 bales; stock (actual) 186,695
bales;.-.:..' -,v:;-:,.;-'--.- -. i
: Total to-day-Net receipts 18,873 bales;
exports to - Greatl Britain 14,143 bales;
to F ranee r- bales; . to the Continent
11,483 bales; stock 890,133 bales. .;
Total sq far this week Net receipts
75,175 bales; exports to Great Britain
86,057 bales; "to Erance 4586 bales; to
the Continent 68.774 bales. v !
Total since September 1-i-Net ' re
ceipts 3.814,836 bales; exports to Great
Britain 1,810.886 bales; exports to France
847,005 bales; exports to-the Continent
1,003.588. balea , r. '.-V
New York. Jaauaty 88 Flour Aun.
unchanged, and fairly active; Southern
steady, unchanged; common to extra fair
83103 80; good to choice $3 903 00.
sWheat spot dull buj.; strong . with
options, checking bisinesr, No. 3 red in'
store, and at elevator 78c; afloat 74 j
$Qci No. Northern 78s; options were
fairly active and .film; No. 3 red January
71XCS February j 1 ; March 73c; May
70c; fune 69cc 4vorn spot dull and
nm; Nov 3 at - elevator 86M86kc;
afloat 87k87Xci Options were dull and
trmat c advance; January 86c;
February '86c; May 8c; July j c
iOats spot quler; (options dull; January
84Hc; - February - B4Kc; May 35c; spot
prices No. 3 8484c; No. 8 whie
36c; mixed Western c. Hay weak and
quiet; spring 7073j4"c; good to choice
90c$l 00. , WoqJ firm and ucchanged;
demand fiirrBeef , firm and unchanged,
cut meats unsettled; pickled bellies 5Mc;
shoulders. 5c; hams S&2. ; Lard cu l.
and weak; . Western steam $5 90; city
$5 50; January $5; 90, nominal;.' refined
lard was quiet; Continent $6 85; South
America $6 50; 'compound $4 755 00.
Pork steady and quiet; old mess $10 75
It 00. 1- Butter quiet and unchanged,'
with a liberal supply. - .Tallow quiet and
unchanged. Cotton seed oil quiet and
about stetdyj crude 2425; yellow
prime 38Jc; dot off grade 28c asked.
Rice firm acd unchanged. Molasses firm
and unchanged, f Peanuts firm; fancy
band-picked 6c Coffee quiet and 5
80 points down; January 818 30 18 25;
February $18 SO; May $13 6013 65; spot
Rio dull but steady; No 7 $14 00.- Sugar
raw dull and firm; fair refining Zc
bid; refined moderately ficmer; some
grades higher; Not 6, 4c; No. 7. 4c;oS c
A 4 9-16Q4 tl-ioc; crushea oc; granu
lated 5c. Freights to Liverpool quiet;
and unchanged. j-.-;.. - ;.;";.':.
. .' CaiCAOO. January 23 Cash quou
tions: Flour firm,holders aiking higher;
quotations were itrnchanged. ; Wheat
No. 8 spring 69Q60c; No.3red63H
66c - Corn Np. 3 87 J 87HC. Oats
I No ,18kc. Mess pork; per bbl,
$10 17K10 40. Lard, per 100 lbs,
85 63X5 73X.I Short rib sides, loose,
per 100 lbs $5005 10. Dry salted
shoulders,1 boxed per; 100 lbs $4 75
5 00. Short clear sides, boxed, per 100
lbs. $5 87i5 50. Whiskey per gallon
$1 28. I '.', ,'-. i-Ar A 'V-r;
v Thcfieading futures ranged as follows
opening, and closing: Wheat No. -3
Ianuary 69. 60KC; February 60, 61c;
lay 61K6l5e f6Sc July 63K2,
63Jc. Corn January 27 JaT. 87Kc; Feb
iliary 37. 27c May 29. 39c; July
30M. S0K80&c. Oats No. 3 January
18. lSjc; May 84J80; sohoXc.
Mess pork, per bbl. January 310 22,
10 22W; May $10 60. 10 62 Lard,' per
100 lba. January 5 62, 5 62K; May
$5 93.6 92; July $6 10,6 05. .Short
ribs, per 100. lbs, January $5 03& 8 QZ,
May $525, 5 27jj;July$5 5a,5 40. .;
A Baltihorx Ian. 21 Flour firm and
unchanged. Wheat strong; No. S red,
spot and January 703 71c; May 70
71c; Southern by sample 71 73c; do on
grade 68K71t'c.' ' Corn firm; -mixed
spot' and January 88J83c; Febru
ary 8?K83Kc? "March 83t88lac;
May 85335c; Steamer mixed 82
83Kctx Southern white 82X83Jc.
Oats suady to firm; No. 2 -hite
Western 8424c; Na 2 mixed do
'23c asked., jl.'v;,.;; ilA. av:,; r::::
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J COTTON -MARKET8V i
' . ' A By Teksrapa to tha Momlaf Stat. .
Taauarv 23.--Galveston, firm at 7c,
net receipts 8,033 bales; Norfolk, firm at
7 5-16c net receipts 815 bales; Baltimore,
firm at BU, pet receipts bales;
Boston, steady at 8 6-16c net receipts
1,865 bales; Wilmington, firm at7Xc net
receipts 700 bales; Pblladelphiasteady at
8 9 16c, net receipts bales; Savan
nah, quiet at 7 816c, net receipu fl,644
bales; New. Orleans, not reported, net
receipts bales; . Mobile, dull at
7 13-loc; net receipt 918 baies;Memphts,
nrm at 7 is-idc, net receipts vao naics;
Augusta, firm at 7 1546c, net receipts
6S3 bales; Charleston, steady at, 7.
net receipta 878 bales.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
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UvgnPOOU Jan. 83. 13.80 P. M,
Cotton. -demand fair and prices firm.
American middling 4 17-82d. Sales IO.OlO
pales,' OI wnicn B.ouu . were , American;
speculation and export 1 006. Receipts
SO.poo bales, ot wpich 10,500 were Amer
ican. Futdres opened firm and de
mand moderate.) January and February
4 88-64d; February and March 4 88 64d;
March and April 4 38 64d; May and
June 4 87-64d; June and July 4 87 64d;
Jul and Aueuat 4 87-64d; Angusfeand
September 4 Z6-64d; beptemoer ana
October 41 8-64d; October and Novem
ber 4 15-64d. Futures steady. . 1 V"'"
Tenders nonei - aak.a
4; P M-rJanuary 4 87-644.83 64d
seller; January jind February 4 87-64d
seller;' February and March; 4 86 64d
Seller: March and April 4 35 6404 86-
64d- buyer; April and May 4 85 64
4 86 64d seller;! May and June 4o
64d. buyer, June , and July 4 25-64d
buyer; July and AuRUSt 4 S5-64d buyer;
August and September 4 44-64d; Sep
tember and October 4 17-64d; October
and November 418 64d seller. Futures
closed tjuiet.'i;- z aa ..aa- .
:-''- BlMrrelej Reenlta. ;
From a letter written by Rev I , duo
derman, of Dimondale, Mich, we are
permitted to malce this extract: -I have
no hesitation ; In recommending Dr.
King's ' New pipcovery, as the results
were
almost marvelous in . the case of
my. wuer Whue t was pastor pi me
Baptist, church t. Rives lunction the
vas broaghc down with Pneumonia suc
ceeding La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms
of coughing would last: hours with Utile
interruption and it scented is it she
could not survive tbem. A friend re
commended Dr. King's New Discovery,
it was quick mats work and highly sat
Ufactory te resutts.7 Trial bottles free
at R RpixtAarVs drugstore, Regular
size 68c and tl.QOy
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J. Caatorta promotea Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
.Stomach, Diarrhoea, V and, ' Feveriahneas.
' Thus the child is' rendered healthy and Its
" sleep- uatuxaL. Caatoria contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
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"I use Caatorta tn mj praotlco, and find It
specially adapted to affections of children."
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. ' . j , - lWd Ave.. New York. ;i
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prescrrptioii for Infants and Chil
dren. It contains neither Opium,
Morphine' nor other Narcotic sub :
stance, lias a harmless snhstitnte for
Paregoric,, Drops, Soothing Syrups, -and
Castor Dit It is Pleasant. Its
guarantee is thirty years use hy v
UiUions of llothers. Castoria if '
the Children's Panacea the Ilother'ii
Friend. ' -. -'v "x aa ,J a- .'
' .. .- CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
x , Do hot be imposed upon, but lnilst opoa
having Caatoria, and see that the fac iimila
.'aienatare .el: " ' . '
la on the!
wrapper. We
, shall protect!
ounelTea and tha public at all hazards.
-Thb CEaraua Comtakt, 77 Mnrray Street, K. Y. ; ;
. Wholesale Prices Current." '
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Frices eeoeraQr. - la making ap small ardec aighe ' ,v ' . -:
price ito to be chargad. . i - - ' -v
To aaotanons ara aiwari sivea as accoiataiya ; '
possible, bat the Stab will not ba responsible tor any
yariationa from tha actual auuket price ol the articles
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BAGGING ; ,
, . S-S Jate. ............ .........
Standard
WESTERN SMOKED I .
- Hams W Sk...............,.,
Sides ....
Shoulders W B.,..,
DRY SALTED - -
aiaea v v. ....... ............
' . Shoulders 9 .,...,,..
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-band, eaca
- Mew New York, each...
- New City, each.......... ......
BaCKSWAJC 9 MS aeasf'
BRICKS I - ' .
WUrategton, f) U. ............ .
Northera
BUTTER -.
, "North Carolina, Sjl 8). ... .
Northera .....................
CORK MEAL
Far bushel, in sacks,....,,.,.,
Virginia Meal......
COTTONTIES V bundle .....
CANDLES V t r 1 .
te o tt
4t'4t
48)45,
Sperm... ...... ...,
Adamantine ..................
CHEESE t-ti
Hortnem factory ....., ,
. Dalry Cream, .a. ...... ...... .
- State ........... '
conxE n
87 O
so a
16)45;
18 ia
mi-
iaguyra .,,,.. ,
Rio ,.,,...
DOMESTICS r .
Yarua, y bunca., ,,,. ......
XGGS dosea.,,w.,ff..
iia ...
' . MackereL No. I, barrel. :. ..' S3 Off
. Mackerel, No. I, V hai-barrel ll 00
- MackereL Not S barrel IS 00
Mvhml. No. lull.bvnl g 00
' Mackerel, No. S, V barrel..,. 18 00 t 14 ft"
Mullets. barrel 8 00 6 111
' - Vullets, park barrel .....
. N. C Roe Herring Jwg......
B 75
S0J
S
S 85
any MO. ...... ...........
A " .Extra....
yLOTR 9 harre!
Lswcrada ......,,.
Straight...... ........
riistPatent. .......'......V.
UL.ua, W
GRAIN bushel- Wi
Corn, irom store, oags nmm.
Corn, cargo, ia bulk White...
Corn, cargo, In bsgs WJjita.i .
. Oats, fremetcre.,.....i...,-.'
If Oats, Rust Froot.. ...... ......
BIDES, W m :
Green .,....,,....,.. ' ...
HAYnp'loo'fcs''"""?"""' .
Eastera....,,,,,,....,,..... ...
Vestere ...... ,,,,,.
North RItct.. ........ ..,,.,.,.
awr iauai v .
'Northera 6J
- North Carolina.. ........... '
LUM BKR(dty mwW y U fe
SUp Stn&nsVaWVa)eejaeffwa 18 00
I Rouffh-Edae Plank ......... 16 00
r- West India cargoes, affording
i- to quality. ., ... IS 00
Dressed ITooring, ssasnnsd . .. . 18 00
-' Scantling and Board, common. . 14 00
MOIsS,j gallon- , K
Mew Crop Cube, la hhdi ,,,,,, , ii ,
. " jabbla. ,
yorto RJce, lannds.. So
" la bbls. .......... S9
Bupr-nousa,mniHu...t,,.
..... ,W (
Svraaclubbls
NAILS, keg. CsuOOd basis ....
rOKav, m narret i
rTClty atees..,. ...........
E3R(-
Prie. ...... ...... ...... .i.
ROPE,
SALT W sack Alum............
- 101700...,.......-.....
V Iiisbon ...... ... .... ...,..
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10
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SH1NGLEB, 7-inch, M ..
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StAOdjaTd A .fleeete
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aCattrttCaj GoitfateUsiw p m'p lM -
C, Yellow ........ ............
rvnrMi Mgaiti..:.;........'i.
BUAr, 11 DnoTTers... ........
JOS
R. O. Hogshead........
TIMBER, Mfaes-ppsnf....
Mill, Prima M
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- CeXsVLW3nV MlH j)e4a)eVetft
- Iaferiov to OMiaArr. etyi(aesT ,
tallow, a a......
WHISKEY, a gaBoa Northera..
North Caroiiaa....
WOOL, A aw Washed, ,'
, dear ef ban.....,.u.... ,
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X-i WsMlRank,.-S , ; -i '.1 V- -yU ?A H-Tt.4
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