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I - ' ' ; it""'' i '-.' ' "" ,..,-..,'.' '.'-', - ' ' J.- .- - ; . - : ''!; .,, . .' ' - " ' ' - ' -'. ' . . '. .... i-. '",-- "' 1 , -. V :'.- .". : " i;7 .' . ' v . '- "v . -V .-'v.-'. " r' .-' '-'- .v-vV .' .- ' -?V1 rr: i f ' f ...... V 4 :". - -,-'v.f " -' :: ,""-"- . i-'-V,' ;l, V , ,-'-. . ' . " . ' 4. I. VILLI AM E. BE ENAED, 1 . j i . - . " ! , . Edltoi and Proprietor. - WILMINGTON, N. C. Friday, - - Decmber 4, 1896. tf In writing to change yonr addrea mlputyt tfn , ftrmtr direction u well full particolart" where ' von with your pwper to be tent hereafter. Unlen yon ; do both cnuvee can ni be made. j i rr Notice of Marriage or Death, Tribntei i of Re pect, Rewlntioni of Thanka, Ac, are charged for at I ordinary ed vertiiementa, bat only half rate when paid for ttrictly In advance. At thii rate SO cent wtll par for a aimple announcement of Marriage or Death, j fW Remittance! mnatbe made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order or Registered Letter. Ponmai ' :er will register letter! when desired. i t CP- Only inch remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. i . :. ' ff Specimen copies forwarded when desired. ' f Fill Nye 1 Often spoke his witticisms laden r with , the greatest truths. J Among; the most noticeable, most Nyefsh and! most apropos is the following: j A man may use a wart on the back of his neck for a collar button; ride on the back coach of a train to save interest on his money until the con ductor comes around; stop his watch at night to save the - wear and tear; leave his "i" arid "t" without adot or cross to save ink; pasture his -'-lrfdther's grave to save corn; but a man of this kind is a gentleman and a scholar compared to a fellow who ' will take a newspaper, and when asked to pay for it, puts . it into the post-office and has it maiked, "Re- ' used."' : i i- '. NORTHEEN CAPITAL. We were told during the past! cam paign that the; triumph of "sound money" 'would! result in bringing millions of Northern and European money into the South for investment. z Numerous deals were announced as pending, . but depending upon the decision rendered at the ballot boxes; and if sound money won there would sorely be a great flow of money into this section. This was one of the devices resorted to by the political . managers Who were fighting free silver to influence public sentiment against it, just- as these same man agers m. tne North induced the p .trons of the manufactories of that s ction to make their orders condi- . c doal upon the election of McKinley, .which so many of ; them did. This was to bring pressure to beatj-upon the employes of these manufactories, who were thus given to understand that employment for them depended upon, the defeat of Bryan. This I, game may possibly; have influenced some voters in the. South, as the game played on the employes of Vf manufactories Q the North infla - ocadYery many there. , We willSst say that all of these stories werebnventions to deceive. Possibly ther may have been some , foundation forborne of them, but so far there are no indications of a mygpent of Northern or foreign Tpita Southward in any larger vol V pme thXn it had been coming pre v vious to the election. The nearest ! approach to it that we have yet no 1' , ticed is the annoxmcement in some ; 6f the papers of h the arrivals' of ; lorthern and Western prospecting 1 : parties who had come for the pur- pose of spying out timber and min ; eral lands. 1 Considerable of that kind of thing has been going on for some years, and the result is that . wide areas of our best and most valu-'-1 ajble timber, and some of our richest L mining tracts have passed into the ;l hands of these investors at a very .-j low price, either. to be worked. by them . or held . fojr future sale at 1 prices many times larger than they ; paid. " i j". '; " 'r . The South does pot profit by the .' sale of these timber lands, -but is rather injured, for the longer they ': are left untouched,! the more valua lile they will become, as the supply of timber grows smaller and the de mand for it grows larger. ' The same U true to a greater or less extent of our mineral lands, such as coal and iron, which are in greatest demand. When these minerai tracts are pur chased with a view to opening and working it is well enough, for this not only exhibits the buried wealth, but the opening of the mines may lead, and does lead to the establish- . ment of industries that bring money into the country and give employ ment to labor. , ; -. ' ' ; When this is the case, capital from ' any quarter should fcbe welcomed, but the capital that comes with spec ulation in its eye, to possess itself of choice pieces of property with a view a.ii.old and sell again, to buy at a ""low and self at a bigh price, is not "a thing of beauty and a joy for . ever" that we should go into trans ports over. . A bucket making or , a broom making shop would be worth - to our people more than a gross of such Investments. But as a matter of fact this North ern capital talk has been very much overdone, so much so that it has be come monotonous and irksome. We -. have had the,, regulation instalments j ; of it in every campaign since the war. ' It was rung on as in a .seductive or threatening way in every campaign in which the tariff figured, and we were told time and again that if we wanted or expected Northern capital to come to us to help us develop our resources ( and make our waste places bloom we I must not show ourselves hostile to the beneficent protective tariff sys . tern, which the Republican statesmen ' bad fabricated. This had its effect on some, but they were generally those who were benefitted in some :l ) way by the protective tariff. The majority of the Southern people kept , right on Totiqfj against the protective . : 1 ... - tariff until it was finally giverj a set back by-their votes. If th$t has" ever kept any Northern or other cap ital out of this section the fact has not been recorded or chronicled!. iln all these years more or, less out- side capital has come into the $outh utterly regardless of what the South-; ern people had to say or how they' voted, for not a'dpllar of ;itj came where the man who put it didn't be lieve be had a good, thing and would gei that dollar and some moire dol lars back. That's the way capital has of doing. There isn't a scintilla of sentiment or caprice in it. j Socia bility or accommodation . aie not among its characteristics. Il never, goes to any place because it rs in vited, and there may be brass bands and barbecues waiting to welcome it, jbut because it wants to go and thinks it has business there, j When that is the case it will go, and not stand on the order, of its going. Of J-course, j it likes .to be wel comed, to the extent of feeling that it will . be safe and not liable to be jumped on by! some long-h'aired," wild eyed . statesman who might to be disposed to regard it as a threatening innovation, as some of the backwoodsmen of Mis souri did the first railroads that were built in thai then remote ArcaTdia. The capital that- the Southern people will! have to depend upon mainly in the future as they have had to do in the past is the ir own well directed effort with the means at their individual or co operative command.. . On their own thrift, genius for business, and progiessive ness they must rely and thus continue to demonstrate, as they have been doingr what a field the South offers foe the investment of capital. When Capital is satisfied that this is the place for it, and that it can't do any better anywhere else, it will come here whatever politicians may say, and without our sending.special dele ga'.iohs with blue ribbons on to ask it to come. 1 4 . m&0& ULJSRlIUS. MMSBWasMW "Obi ect lessons" were a favorite method of illustratiotiin the past campaign. The advocates of a high protective tariff are laying the plans now for an advance upon Congress with a view to securing legislation for k higher tariff, to give them more protection than they have under the present tariff. One of the main ar guments, (but one without the slight est foundation,) in defence of the protection they demand is that while it builds ujj our manufactories! it also builds up the farmers by making home markets for farm products, thus ensuring prosperity to the far mer. Secretary Morton, of tie Ag ricultural . Department, has com pleted his report for this year, a por tion of which is devoted to s lowing that the farms of this country" are not mortgaged as heavily a:i repre sented to be, only 28 out of 100 farms .occupied by their owners be'mg mottgaged. . It occurs, to us that this is a pretty heavy showing for the mortgage when more than one farm out of every four is mort gaged. But the Secretary proceeds to dispose of the assertion that the West and the South are in sucp a bad predicament: by quotiog the census report to show that mortgages are heavier in the East .than IrL those sections and that the State of New Jersey carries a-heavier mortgage debt, in proportion to the value of her farms, than any State in the Union. Here is the "object lesson" in this connection. If protection furnishes a home market for the farmer and assures htm prosperity, how does it happen that the I arms in these highly protected State i are so largely mortgaged after eipying these home markets for more than: a quarter of a century? Here is some thing for the protection advocate to explain. According to the last report of the Commissioner of the United States Land Office, Uncle Sam had on the 3i)th of June, 1896, 600,040,671 acres of unoccupied public lands distri- buted as follows: State or Territory. Total area. Acres. . (601813 . 55.868 141 . 4.122 023 . 45,239 503 . 40.209.278 I l 818 245 . 48 278 477 Alabama..... Ar zona.,.... Arkansas . ... California.... Colorado .... Florida . . Iiaho Kansas Louisiana . .... 1.012.813 917,641 527.187 Michlean MinnesDta . . Mississippi .. Missouri . . . . Montana.. . . Nebraska . . . Nevada ..... New Mexico 7,152 860 529 818 617.245 71763 087 10 829 026 61618 798 57.223418 23,853.106 .'. . . .,...t... North Dakota Oklahoma . ... Oregon ......... South Dakota . Utah......... Washington... Wisconsin .... Wyoming...... 16 886 214 88,492 643 13 889 353 45 260 798 8 255 077 544 699 0531.504 Total.;;..;!. 600.040,671 Of this amount 283,388,810 acres are unsurveyed. Much of this con sists of what are called arjd lands, and have been classed as worthless, although where irrigation is practi cable they have been found to be very fertile. Some of the jnost pro ductive lands in California Arizona and New Mexico are irrigated lands. Nearly the whole State ot Kan 1 - sas was at one time put down on the maps as an arid waste. In the Southern States the unoccupied lands still owned , by the Govern ment consist mainly of swamp lands, and in the West of mountains. ..The interest this country has in the Cuban straggle is not inspired altogether by sentiment, although it is sentiment as far as the masses of the people are-concerned, for they always sympathize with a people struggling for liberty, .. especially when it is a few heroic people con tending against a strong, despotic and cruel oppressor. In; the begin ning of the trouble -the sympathies and best wishes of the masses of the American people were with the brave Cubans who, a mere handful at first, took up the sword and began the unequal contest. Since then, watching the gallant fight they have made, and thecruel methods resorted to to crush- and disperse the bands of fighters this sympa thy has increased until! theije is now an almost universal demanjei for some action to put an end to ttje slaughter there. But this country has other interests which; are suffer ing by the war. We imported from that country over 500,000,000 pouods of sugar. The'Josses in our revenue from this have amounted to over $8,000,000, .the losses on revenue from i tobacco to over $3,000,000. This lb what the Government loses, and does not compare with what our importers and exporters lose by the destruction of their'trade, for Cuba consumed much American flour, meat and other things, the supplies of which she got from this country. Theidollar argument is a strong one, and whea the pretty dollar finds an ally in widespread popular sentiment, not influenced by the dollar, the combination becomes one that it will be very hard to resist. Editor Dana of; the New York Sun, is enjoying lilt now.' He pre sents his marks of esteem to Hon. Grover Cleveland about three times a week. In the last editorial mes sage he charges Grover with haying furnished the Bryanism its battle, cry, when in; Providence he uttered the declaration V Thou shalt not steal," and later characterized Trusts as f'the communism of pelf." But Cleveland was talking as an Ameri can then uninfluenced by the associa tions that h'ave surrounded him since. . ; Senator dandier, of New Hamp shire, has written a paper for the Lortdoa National Review in which he says the last election didn't settle the silver qaestion by a long shot. "Them's our sentiments." Mr.j Chan dler prpfessed to be a free silver man before iMcKinley was nominated, but he tumbled in ail the same ana whooped it up for the gold stand ard, and used his influence, whatever that might be, to knock silver out. He is a bimetallist provided his party can accomplish it, otherwise not. . Mrs.; Gadd, of NewlYork, isn't nappy because ner nuspana wants her to live in: New Jersey.l There are a good many people in New Jersey, but they got btoke in by degrees. Some of them were born there. Mrs. Gadd couldn't be born over again, but Mr. Gadd j might have, tempted ' her to cross on the ferry occasionally her in gradually. - and thus broke D. L. Moody says Bryan would make a good preacher and ought to preach. Mr, Bryan did some pretty earnest missionary word last Fait" and made some converts. But the combination of Hanna and the ;money devil" that Hon. H. Watter son1 discourses about occasionally, stood la the way of a thorough re formation. 1 .. !: The increase of divorces in this country within the past forty years is considered a very serious matter by people who think there should be something sacred and binding in the marriage relation. The Republican party began to bob up about that time and since then has had a hand in most of the legislation in. this country. '. I Twa farmers in the interior of New York are under a $1,000 bond each for giving another farmer a drink of cider on Sunday. It was hard cider. It was also hard on the farmers. This was under the Raines law, which now reigns supreme in that State. - While Henry Willis, of Troy, New York, was exploring for the joints in carving his Thanksgiving turkey, he got provoked at some 'rtmarkj of his niaeieen-year oia son ana quit the turkey and went to carving him. When he got through the young man was as dead as the turkey., Hawaii is waiting for Mr. Mckin ley to take charge at Washington, when she will rap for admission into the Unibn. We don't like off colors much,.but that is a nice patch of ground ; and we need a half-way house in the Pacific. A contemporary remarks that "foot ball brings out the courage of the players." It brings out the cuss words, too, and sometimes 'handsful of hair. ''; ': -'; There is morfc climate to the acrf in this country than in any other country ia the world. Sometimes we have several kiods in one day, . - Catarrh Bleans Danger, Because if unchecked it may lead di rectly to consumption. Catarrh is cansid by impure blood. This fact it iully established. Therefore, it j is use less to tty to cure catarrh by outward applications or inhalants. The true way to cure catarrh is to purify the blood. Hood's Sarsapatilla. the great blood purifier, cores catarrn by its power to drive out all impurities irom the blood. Thousands ot people testify that they have been ' perfectly and permanently cured of catarrh by Hood's $ars?parilla. 1 - -.. I WDTD AND BAU7. Wilmington Cat Off Almost Batirely trosn j the tBott of the Country TelegMipU i Wins Down in All HUeotlona j and Covered With :8lMt' nd y : . Soow. I" : --. r I .. -"' . . i - ' ; The storm of wind and rata that pre vailed yesterday played havoc witb tele graph wires, and last night' Wilming ton was cut off almost . entirely from communication by wire With (he outside world. The Postal Telegraph Company's lines went down early in the day and the Western Union, out of twenty two wires, had only "one clear last evening,; and that was between Wilmington and Newbsrn. The Press' . leased Southern ' ' Associated .1 .wires went down consequence witb the rest and the Star is uaaule in this morning to iurnibh its readers with the usual quan tity ol telegraphic nes, North of Wil mington tbere was ; heavy soow and sleet, and the linemen j sent out tore pair the breaks In the lines will have great trouble. At Mount Olive the snow yesterday afternoon was five incites on a level, and still falling. Magnolia reported three- inches of sleet. South and west of Wilmington pretty ctach the same state of affairs was re ported. Advices from along the line of the Cape Fear & Yadkin; Valley rail road were that a heavy snow storm pre vailed, and the Western Union. people reported that over ooe hundred of their telegraph poles between Wilmington and Florence were prostrated, t The wire, to. South port was reported all right but no telegraphic news was re ceived from that place. A tag came up in toe lore noon ana orougnt report that a gale was raging, and no one could reach the stranded tug Bald Head beach. Levi Davis, on In this city there was rain, rain, noth ing but ram, with wind accompaniment; business was almost entirely suspended. The maximum wind velocity op to 8 p. m. was 34 miles, from the north. At 9 o'clock last night the; barometer was rising and the wind; had; saifted to the northwest, with decreasing force, show ing that the Gjlf storm was moving east wardly off the coast. ; The temperature then was 83 degrees and falling, ' HEADQUARTERS. i , ! - - !,i .. II - 1 North Carolina Division. United Confederate Veterans. Wilmington. N. C; Nov. 25, 1895. General Orders No. 19. I The date for the next" annaal re union has been fixed by the Command ing General, with tbe concurrence of the Department of Commanders, for the 5th. 6ib and 7th davs ot May. 1897. Tde Maj. Gen. Commanding earnestly hopes that the several Camps in the D -vision will take early steps to' arrange for a representation at, what promises to be, ihi largest and most! interesting re union ever held, and thus show our hearty good will. j ' ' IL The following Comrades are named as the Staff of the Maj. Gsn. Command ing: ". v .; ' Junius Davis. Adjutant General and Cnief of Staff, Wilmington, with rank JQt Colonel. 4 ; James M. Ray, Inspector General, Ashe ville. with rank of Colonel, t i William J. Woodard, Master, Wilmington Colonel. Chief witb Qjarter rank of Samuel H. Smith, Chief Commissary, with rank ol Colonel. i John Gray Bynum, Judge Advocate Gen eral, Greensboro, with rank of Colonel. Joseph C Sbepard, M. : D., Surgeon General Wilmington with rank of r-, i I. Kev: Nathaniel Harding. Washington, with rank of Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel. i ! B. H. Cathey, Aid de Camp Bryson ' City, with rank of Major. Wilson G. Lvuo, Aid de Camp, Wil liamston. with rack of Mjr. Hnrv A. London, Aid de Cmp, Pitts boro. with rank of M-tjir. j John B idger Brown. Volanteer Aid de Camo Baltimore, with rank, of Major. Cicero R Barker, Color Bearer, Salis bury, with rank of Captain. They are requested to signify to these. headquarters their acceptance, By order of Wm. L DeR: SSET, - i Maj Geo'L Comd'g. Junius Davis. Adj. Gen 1 and Chief of Sidff. " ' ; . ' Tai LTl DkTie Iioew :.! ' The steam tug Levi Davis went ashore on Bildbead beach Sunday nfght. The Davis left bavarnah, Ga., Tybee buoy. Saturday at 6 80 p. m. j Sunday after noon at 5 o'clock the tug went ashore on Baidbead-beach. At 10 20 p. m. she was abandoned, with four feet of water in the hold. Her captain, Mr. Z. B. Greer, of Southport, and her crew of euht-meo all landed safely. The tug is owned by Mr. P. S. Ross, of Jersey City. PULE AT LIZABIH10Wff. Uvery stable, .Store and Berber Shcp Barned Ho lainraaoe Tne Towa ; 8Ted from Destrnotion by ' t Hrd Work. Star Correspondence ; ElizAbkthtown. N. C, Decsmber 1. A fire occurred here last night that de stroyed the livery stables of j Mr. John Martin, one store house owned by Fred McDowell (col.) and a barber shop owned by W. Swaim. j No .'insurance. The stable building was owned by Dr. N. Robinson. The fire was accidental, originating in the barber shop, which was occupied by a colored man as a bed room. . - ! The rain and hard work of the citi zens of the town, both white and col ored, saved the balance of the town from burning. j j .. It is with regret-that the people of our little town have heard that Mr.G L. Hall has been Superceded a$ manager of the PostaLTelegrapb office at this place.Lane Is a general favorite and his many friends hope that he will get a better place soon. , : - : , C C. L. How's Ibis! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foradycs of Catarrh: that cannot be cured by H U's Catarrh Cure. F. J.CHENEY & CO..Props.. Toledo. O. We the undersigned have known F. T. Cheney lor the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. -; j ' ;j ,; -!.-.', West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, - To'edo. O. I r Walding KlNNAN & Marvin, Whole Sale Drueglsts, Toledo, O. i I -Hall's Catarrh Cure! is taken inter nally, act ing directly noon the blood and mocous surfaces of the syttem. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists, Testimonials free. : t . ; ' For Oxer jmty Tear Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect i success. It soothes the child, sottens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and it the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve; the poor little sufferer -immediately. Sold by druggists in every part ol the world. .Twenty-five cents a bot tle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Wins tow s dooming ayrup.. ana take no otner Etna. . i , MR. CHAS. IL EOITEAM. HIS Dd Body Vnnd In tbo BIto the Toot of Hun Street-Ooronot In q.aest Aootdental Drowofnj ths . Verdiot The Mn and Woman . TJoder Arrest Duohsrged . ' from -; Cnatedy. "The mystery attending he disappear ance of Mr. Cbas. M. Bonnam last rri- dav niebt (as told in the Star) was cleared up Sunday afternoon by the dis covery of his dead body in the river near the foot ot Ann street. ; ! At an early hour last Friday morning, Mr. Banham left his truck farm, about four miles from the city; and came to town-, bringing wun mm auom ui m money. He was last seen auve mat night about 7.80 o dock, by two colored women. Rena Pearsall and Mary Jane Battle, in a shed used es a warehouse for naval stores On Water between Ann and Nun streets, talking wun n other colored woman.' Ross Ella Hill. Between 8 and 9 o clock ol me same night Mr. Bonnam s horse and cart were found near the railroad tracK on Water street, between Ann and Nun. Diligent search was made lor the owner, but proved fruitless. Foul p',ay was sus pected, and a warrant was issued for the woman (Rose Eda Hin),( who was ar rested aud placed in the guard house. Toe woman denied that she bad been ia company wun Mr. connam ana ciauucu an alibi, saying that she ws . wun a sailor. Bob McKendrick, on: Friday night. Kendrick was also arrested, but failed to'-verify the Hill woman's state: ment. - ' . All day Saturday search was made for Mr. Bonnam, but without success. Sun day afternoon the river near where he was seen last was dragged by Lmy Lowe, and about 4.30 p. m. the body was found, . - i. ' S Coroner Jacobs, who was present, viewed the body and bad it removed to . - t a an undertaker s saop on worm inira street, where it was examined by Dr. ihepird, who did not, however, deem an autopsy necessary.- Alter oeicg pre pared for burial the body was removed to the late borne of the .deceased. Dr. Saepard said there were no marks of yiolencj oa the body. Wni-e in the city Friday Mr. Bonham collected rents for different stores owned by him. but only $3 61 in money, tax receipts for about $38 74. a pint bottle-of whiskey and a newspaper were found on bis person after death. Yesterday morning at 1U o clock an in quest was held at the Court House, the following being impannelied as a jjry by Coroner Jacobs: Da'n'l .Qajnl.van (foreman), J. W. Galloway, Coas. Col-' lins. Thos. C. Miller (col), Alfred A Jordan (col.) and Iiaac Bnnkley (col.) The'j jry then adjourned until 12 m. At 13 o'clock the jury reassembled and the testimony in the case w.-.s begun. i Hezekiah Bonham, son of the de ceased, testified that he had seen the body and recogniz-d it as that of his father. Chas. M. Bonham. r. W. K. Vann. testified : "I was with Mr. B jnham Friday night last about 7 80 o'clock at Mr. A. C. Wesjell's store. We talked about a set of harness which be was thinking of buying from me. I took a drink witb him and a man named Martin. Saw Bonham take out a purse, the same as the One . that was found on him Sunday, and pay the barkeeper fit tren cents. He had both paper and sil ver money in the purse. He was not drunk but had been drinking." Fri z Punke, who cletks (or Mr. Wes-sel-, and Martin Adams (colored), cor roborated Mr. Vann's statement. W H. Todd testified: -Last Friday night the optain of the three-masted schooner Wni. T. Green; lyioa; at Nor throp's mill,' "and on which I was em ployed as watchman, sent me up to Mr. Wuliatnson'a on an errand.- i White I was walking on the dummy) railway track, whicn runs up Water street, I came across a horse and cart between Aon and Nan streets. The borse was without a bridle and grazing alongside the track.' Took hold of the horse and turned him around arfd lead him up Water street. I hollowed for its owcer, but received no reply. I met a man who told me the borse and cart be longed to Mr. Chas. Bonham. I then blew my police whistle. Officer Wm. Murray and two women came up. When the trio walked up.the two women, Rena Pearsall and Mary Jane Baale. said, 'Theretis the horse and cart now.' I then Isle the horse and cart with Police Officer Kuhl. who had in the meantime come up, and we -t with the two women back to where I bad found the horse and cart, and by the light of a torch searched the yard, but found nothing. One of the women said. 'I believe that woman El!a has drowned him.' We then1 went to bunt for Rose Ella Hill, and after searching two dacce dai s finally arretted her on Nutt street, near Grace. , Sd accompanied us back to the yard and we made another search, but again found nothing. Rena Pearsall and Mary Jane Battle pointed out the place, where they said they had seen Rose Ella Hill and Mr. Bonham talking. The Hill wordan said she didn't know anything about it. She appeared to be perfectly cool, but gave two different names." ' Re a Pearsall testified: "Mary Jane Battle and myself were walking up the dummy railroad track on Water street last Friday night between 8 and 9 o'clock. We 'saw a horse and cart standing at a gate. We heard some one talking. A man got out of the cart and commenced talking with Rose Ella Hill. As we moved eff we heard them talking Underneath the rosin shed, which is near by. We then went and told Police Officer Murray. We started on back but met Mr. Todd with ahorse and cart." She corroborated tfee rest of Mr. Todd's testimony. ;T R. A. Biddle testified that he saw two men carry Mr.' Bonham out of Mr. Wessell's store, Friday night, and put him in bis cart.v The horse went to ward's1 Front street. Mr. Bonham was under the influence of liquor. Rose ElU Hill testified: 'Friday nigbt last I was sitting down bv a spring near the foot of Ann street. I heard a tuts, and looked around but saw nothing: Walked down .the dummy track nearly to the gas house, and then turned arour d and walked back again. I walked up and down the track about four times; saw the borse and cart each time, -and at last walked down to Mrs. Williamson's dance hall. After staying there a little while I again walked down the track. Between" Ann and Nuu streets I saw the cirt again; an old man was kneeling down beside it. I Slid, 'Hello, beau!' He jeplied." Who is you?' I then walked off and left him." Chief of Pol ce Jno. . R. Melton and Robt. McKendrick also .testified. The jury, after being out about thirty minutes, returned a verdict ot accidental drowning. Rose Hill and Robt. McKendrick were then discharged from custody. Cotton Baoeista and Exp.ita. The receipts of cotton at this port so far this season show a large increase as .compared with receipts for the same time last year. During the month of November there were received 68,061 bales, while the total receipts the same month last year were 37,870 bales. Re ceipts for the crop year to December 1st are 176,571 bales, against 109 831 bales to same date last season an increase of 67,843 bales. - Exports so far this season are: 'Do mestic. 11,860 bales; foreign, 114.216 bales. . The stock at this p-rt is 26,889 bales; at same a ate last year, avf 31 bales. Trains were considerably - de- fayed yesterday. PAINE'S CELERY COMPOUND. The Best RemeiY in the Woria- It Maies People fell. 1 here is one true specific for -diseases arising frprd impuie blood- and a debili tated nervous svstem, and that is Paine's celery compound so generally prescribed by physicians It is probably the most remarkable ! remedy that the scientific research of this country bin produced. Prof. El ward E. Phelps. M. D.. LL. U , of Dartmouth college, first prescribed what is new known the world, oyer! as Pdne's celery compound, a positive cure for dyspepsia, biliousness, liver com plaint, neuralgia, rbeumatism.all nervous d'seases and kidney . troubles. For the latter Paine's celerv compound bss 'suc ceeded again and again where everything else has failed. : , RALEIGH NEWS LETTE ''( ; V - SENATOR BUTLER INDULGES IN ABUSE OF;THE DEMOCRATS. 6T Bryan Was Defetd Broanaa of Be fal ot Sewall t Bit-ra rrona tbe T.ok9 Piadlo'.a TOat Priiohard Cannot ba Sleoted. f Special Star Correspondence. J i Raleigh, N. C Dec. 2. ; Senator Butler, in an editorial in this week's Caucasian, says that it cannot be denied that there : is strength and truth in some of Watson's letter. He further says: .. - ' j V Watson! j is either something of a prophet or; a good guesser. He pre dicted the result of the election, and we 'think he gave one good chance for the result. i 4 ; j : "We think, however, that Watson was right in predicting that Bryan would be defeated on account of ' the refusal of Sewall, tbe Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, to retire from the ticket, and we further believe that if bewail bad retired Bryan and Watson would hive been elected. This! stupid and brutal mistake on the put of the Democrats is simply but anotner chapter ia the record of Democracy, aod makes remote the poss.bility of an attempt at uniting; the Populists and Democrats ia any future national campaign. Ia fact, we think such a thing altogether impossible, for we do not believe tbe People's party will follow, berealter, any man who tries' to march under a Democratic banner." Tbe Populists say that an effort is be ing made lo have the six percent, inter est law, enacted by the l:St Legislature, repealed... i - r ' '. - The Caucasian says that the patron age of tae McKinley pie counter cannot be used to - get enough votes to elect Pritcbard. L further savs that any man who would support Pritcbard c juld get a good fat j b. - j The Conference Daily is to be a feature of tbe Metnodist Conference, which meets at Kinston on tbe 9-h. The pro ceedings in full will be reported in the Daily. ' ' Tne new county officers take the oath next Monday. The Weithcr to November. : The monthly meteorolokical sammaiy of the Weather Bureau for November, issued from the Wilmington station, makes the following exhibit. ' The mean atmospheric pressure was 80.26; the highest 80.88. on the 23d; the lowest 29.79. on the-8th. The mean temperature was 60 degrees; the highest 80 degrees, on the 11th, and the lo we t 29 degrees, on the 15. h and 17th. The mean temperature, for this month for 28 years is 55 degrees. . . The prevailing direction of wind was north; the maximum velocity was 83 miles from the southwest, on tbe 5:h. Tne total precipitation was 8.62 inches : There were 15 clear days; 9' partly cloudy; 6 cloudy; light frost on the 14th, and heavy Trost on the 15.b. I Wilmington Division Naval Beaeivei. I '. The Wilmington D vision Nval Re serves will hold their regular monthly inspection next Tuesday night, after which an important meeting will be held to act On fifteenapplications and to decide whether to attend the militia. association's annual meeting at Boston, Mass., next May,- in a body or not. The State authorities are now in correspondence with the Navy Depart mint at-Washington. D. C, to secure the ship . Lilly for transportation pur poses, to be used afterwards as tbe North Carolina Naval Battalion's training ship. The latest adv-ce is that North Carolina stands a fair showing of securing the vessel. j ; Bsv. W. 8. Sana. Rev. W. S. Rone. Presiding Elder of the Wilmington District M. E. Church South, will close his labors on the ap proaching Sabbath in Onslow county. Having served the district four years the limit allowed by tbe law of his church the Conference wh'ch will con venein Kinston next week will send him somewhere elie and send someone herein his place. He held the fourth and last Quarterly Conference for the Conference lyear for Grace, church Ion Tuesday night, when comolimentarv r. solutions to him were passed. CI 8tate Onard. j The Charlotte Observer of yesterday uav aj of says: Col. Lil Smith. Insnectnr nnr9 the North Carolina State Guard, has r turned from a visit to hMrtmnrt.,. at ivaieigu. ana oas stored away his epau lettes among the archives of the Smith family, for with the advent of Governor Russell Colonel Smith rrttrf a General Cameron and the entire staff aiso give way to new men of Governor Russell's selection. It is thought! in Raleigh that Mr. Devereux will suc ceed Colonel Cameron. Governor Rus sell may also have one nrtn min,i gentlemen on bis staH. Col. C b. L: , Taylor is mentioned as one unon hr Ak the honors are td latl rninn.i r- m eron's job, aside from the honors, pavs au0ut H2?Per 'caf: Colonel Smith's about $100. i Don't Woery about your health! K. 1 rui j. ucam cCD VOUr hlnnrl miro t.ki.. u barsaparilla and you need not fear the grip colds, bronchitis, pneumonia or ty phoid feyer.: t i ' "."! ;V-: ' f..: -I Hood's Pills cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate.! AT SUGAEING TIME. f HE SWEETEST SEASON OF THE YEAR . ON ST. LAWRENCE FARMS. ! V. flow tbe Sap Was Gathered Ia Troughs and Boiled In Fotaah Kettlea i In the. Days of Our Hm&Oitm-r All That Ia Cbmnged Now, nd Sugrar Making; la "Up to Xtate." Sugaring time ! - What a charm Is hid den in the sweet words 1 - '.;!. What memories of boyhood days at the old farm homestead are awakened thereby I ' ,The long reign of winter is at last broken. ; Thesenow Is yet deep on the ground, but the climbing sun and the winds of Maroh are beating It down With steady persist ency. A few stray robins have returned and chirp cherrlly around the farmhouse as the bright spring morning breaks. The crows are cawing over the hillajor holding" their noisy congresses in the cedar swamps. All day long there is a steady drip, from the eaves, which in the morning : are fringed with glittering icicles. There is freezing by night and thawing by day, and tLis is "sugarin time." In this lati tude the sugar making season usually be gins about the middle of March and lasts until the middle of A priL- Although maple sugar is made to a limited extent In many different states, northern New York produces a large share of , the entire output of .the country and it is to the maple groves along these foothills of tbe Adirondacks that the dwellers in the cities look mainly for their panoake trimmings. Tbe primitive methods of sugar making practiced hereabout in our boyhood days have now given way to modern improve ments. The old f ashionod sugar camp was very different from . the comfortable boil ing house of today. To begin with, it was right out of doors, with maple tree trunks for walls, their budding branches for raft--era and the blue sky for a ceiling, f It was located as near the cepter- of the "sugar bush" as possible, and here the great caldron kettles were suspended by log chains to long poles. ! ' and strong green beech These "sweeps, " as the poles were called, wero balanced on tbe top of convenient stumps and held in place by a wooden pin or pivot so that a man at the longer end of a "sweep" could easily raise the heavy potash kettle and swing it away from the fire. When the kettles were all swung into line a foot or so apart, the ox team snaked a huge elm back log alongside the cal drons, while a smaller fore log was rolled into place opposite. Then, with unmeas ured heaps of cord wood piled between, the, great potash kettles (used in yet earlier days to render " black salts") would soon be rapidly boiling down the sap, occasion ally threatening to boil ovor and spill their sweet contents, but calming down on be ing fed a scrap of greasy bacon rind. More or less ashos and charcoal got into tbe ket tles from the fire, while an occasional dry leaf was blown in by tbe March zephyrs or a few beech nuts were contributed by the scampering red squirrels in the branches overhead. This., with the bacon rind, bad a tendenoy to give tho sugar a deep rich tint and a dark brown taste, but it was "healthy." In those good -old days the trees were "boxed" with an axo and tapped witb a gouge for the insertion of a long wooden spile. A good .deal of the sap , leaked around the spile and was wasted and tha, rest was caught in a clumsy maple sap trough or ash hooped sap buoket. The sap was gathered by hand in those good old days and after a heavy "run" the sugar maker had to wade through the deep and heavy snow back and forth from eaoh tree in the bush to the sugar tfamp gather ing the amber blood of tho maple trees With a sap yoke and emptying the drip ping buckets into the steaming kettles, to return and gather another "turn. " But, although laborious work, tho joys of sugar making were many. It was pleasant to sit by the roaring lire after the sap was all gathered in, and while watch ing the great kettles to listen to the chat ter of the squirrel among the maples or the' drumming of the partridge in the ever greens, and in the evening, when the con tents of the kettles were thickening into rich golden sirup, it was pleasant to tend tbe caldrons, while the little space of fire light around was walled in with the thick darkness of the . woods and the spectral trunks of the tall trees, and the hooting of the owl or the barking of the distant farm dog -was the only sound to break tbe still ness. The crowning joy of the season,, however, was the "sugaring off, ' when the sirup which tho caldrons contained at tbe end of a heavy "run" of sap was all put into one kettle, with a mixture of milk: and eggs added to gather the impurities heretofore hinted at and cleanse the batch, and when, over a .slow fire, the golden sirup was converted into sugar. When the sirup in the kettle got to the proper con sistency j 60 that a film of it on a twig would depend unbroken like a "leather apron," the kettle was swung away from the fire, and all hands reveled in the de lights of warm sugar. It was "waxed" on snow banks, stirred until granulated as white as chalk, or poured into empty egg shells,, and thus formed into maple sugar plums. All the neighboring boys and girls were on band to help "sugar off," and after the batch was poured into the family sugar tub to granulate the youths and maidens wandered through the Woods to gather slippery elm-bark,' or sought the first spring flowers along some: sunny southern slope from which the snow banks had retreated, and the rustic swains, with their trusty jackknives, carved' their own and their sweethearts' initials upon the smooth bark of the old beech that towered above the sugar camp. . How changed is all this now: Where the old sugar camp, with its rows of cal drons, stood in days of yore is now an tip to oate oouing place, witn brioR arches, under cover, and adjoining a small snug frame house, where all tbe appliances for sugar making are stored. . Tbe arch is top ped with a tall brick chimney, to insure a good draft, and is fitted witb broad, shal low iron pans, or, if strictly up to date, . With a patent evaporator, which is as muob ahead of tbe common pan as the pan is ahead of tho old potash kettle. Canton (N. Y.) Commercial Advertiser. Worms That Live In the Eye. ; This is not so improbable as it may seem, but only people who live in tropi cal countries suffer in this way. j The worm in question is a mere thread- -one of the filaria and looks like a very lit tle, piece of vermicelli, but when ex amined under a microscope it is seen to have a round head and a pointed tail. It has been found in the eyes of Eu ropeans who have, lived on the Kongo and in similar countries. The eye be comes morejor less inflamed and swollen until ; the yorm is either extracted or migrates of' its own accord. ' '. This migration is one of the peculiari ties of the "loa," as it is sometimes called. , It goes from one eye to the oth er, passing under tho skin at the back of the nose. It will be seen in ino eye for a day or two then it will disappear, but a few days later reappear in the oth er eye. ; .. It does , not always remain upon the surface, in the conjuctiva (its usual abode), but occasionally makes a tour of the whole of. the organ of vision, otrana Magazine. ' Explained, "The difference. " said Ashnrv "Pen. pers, though no one had asked him, "the difference between a bicycle pump and an anti prize fight law, is' that one is used to blow up" the tires and the other ia used to tie-up the blowers." . Whereupon the Berious boarder told bim that he ought to go on the stage, ox, if the stage were not available, to go on the next train. Cincinnati Ea- iiuirer. r . A Coming; Prophet. . '" - : Mrs. WabaRhT h oil nnf in the MJUM HUM W 1 U llU least astonished if Johnny develops blair Mrs. Jackson-Parke Indeed? " Yea. - Br in tho nn A . u i ... band, you know. -Indianapolis Jour- Flft I - i !. .'I.I' s In the neighborhood of Shanghai there growa an herb known. as the laughing plant, the flowers and seeds of which, when eaten, are said to cause the same effect as that nrnAnnart v.- Constio 1. B ' - r Causes fully half the siekness in the worlds It retains me digested food too long in the bowels and produces biliousness, torpid liver, indi- run gestion, bad taste,, coated tongue, sick headache, in somnia, etc. Hood's Pills cure constipation and all it results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. All clnigjrtsts. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Massl The only Pills, to take with Hood's Sarsaparilia. toler'o mord:roos;poligy, ', j ' ; THE WAR SITUATION" IN CUBA FA VORABLE TO The insurgents Beoent Hnooeaiea-Tho Cuban u'mjr Stienstbenrd and Madn Bt&dy ltj the Wiuur Cansp.is'E. Ssnor Gonzilo As Quesada, Charge d'Affaires of ths Cuban , Legation. has re-established the Legation uiQ Raleigh; in Washington City, was inn-r-rosiated by a Washington Star report, r on the conditions in Cuba, and the ro gress of the revolution. S inor Q ,, s d j said that the Spanish au.hoiuits had evidectly become alarmed over the con stant publication in American" papers cf trjie stories of the atrocities practi ed by their jtrpops in the island, and were now engaged in sending cmjssaiiia tbrouri" the country under the guiss olimpa ti l observeis. who secure i the puolici-.ion Of interviews with themselves putp Jtt ing to be correct viewa of 4tte leal cis and seeking inj this way tdcvercDme the indignant sentiment of ihe American people. ' . ' WEYLER'S MURDEROUS POLICY "The murderous policy being pur ur.1 by "Wevler and bis agents in Cua." s , -1 Senor Q jesada, "has been inniciitd ty the reports of everf newspaper corre spondent who has got-e vh re Ironi ;i is country. , These corjespoi dents hjwe given the names of persons bruta K uf tured and killed, the pUces. wn-.re it was done and the dates of the occur rence. Not Cubans, but Arcr'ic.:s have been the orst 'witnesses agair.'t Spain in this regard- The Spinisn offi cial reports, too, lell every dsv i f "he shooting of prisoners, the mijor iy f whom are only suspecttd of svmpatt y With the Cuoan cause, while Luncr-.-ds of others are sentenced to pe; ai serv -tude, which is worse than deaih. "The recent decrees of VVeyler." con as tinued Qaesada, "all ihjw tht ex tx; j ' mination is the purpose of bis po i j-". 1 But Weyler . is merely carrying Spain's orders. Toe same c u s: h -s -been pursued ia the Pmliipine Is d'-.c.s as scores of reputable EngHeh witness s have testified. In the Ph'llipp nt-s ,i of the tortures of tbe icquisuion have been brought infoVequisitton, am the proof as positive that s xtv revoiuiiomsis were pu'. in the bfack hole at Maiala and asphyxiated."; -1 ' TH MILITARY SITUATION. "What is the military situation in Cube?" inquired tbe reporter ' In tbe past few months," was jhe . 4 i rppiy. "theT Cuban army . has Oett strengthened and made ready lor the active winter campaign by the lard i of over 7,500 riflis and several pieces of attillcry.- A large suoply cf ammuni tion has also been safely - landed, as well as a quantity of m d c 1 and other nec essary . supplies. We have now about -85 000 men fully armed and equipped and twee, that cumber ready io take weapons as soon as thev Can be sup-. plied. The stories of sickness ravaging rur forces are pure Spanish invention. Uur.men are in the best of spirits. ar being tborouKhly scclimated, are in good health and are determined to keep up the fight indefinitely if neces-ary." "How about the food supplnt?" " "We have abundant food supp'jfs.'' answered Senor Qjesada, "the t uhtn generals having long ago taken tbe pre caution to drive the cattle in the temto ries of their operations into sicire places. Even Maceo. who occnp es the least favorable province, that of P.r.ar del Rio, has cattle enough to last his forces lor two years, Bes des this, trie Cubans who have'no weapons, and are living under the various prelecss in the thrre csstern provinces, are cultivafir. larae areas in all kinds of vegeta A. s Tbe CubES have alio estatiliboel f-a i i works at different points on the corst, and there is a complete interchange cf products. CUBANS HOLD THREE FOURTHS OF THE . ISLAND. "It must be remsmoered." continu cd Senor Qaesada. "mat more than thtet fodrths of tbe Iilapd ol Cu'oi is in the hands ol the Cubans and under tar con trol of the Civil governmect. Putlic schools are taeinV establishetl it, the m: terior and the first book pufjliscd hs been a piimer containM'g the p Irrrarv lessons in the language. In the p;ou r( s of Santiago de Cuba' ann Port-au Prin cipe tbe Spaniards hold but five or six inland towns, and the are beavnv tar risoced. Some of these towns ate i o being besieged by the Cubars trie Kst one taken bv' the pvtriot loices beng Guaimaro, Gen. Calixto Gatciatcon f ( c town tf ..er a twelve days' siete. Thcru were sixteen foits. protecvini; the ton; and one by one tbey w-re disaDedby our artillery, and abandoned b; their Spanish srarrisons, who tooK r fuc ai d barricaded themselves in a lare s" r.e church in the centre cf the tow n. G r Garcia ordered twelve-pou ider arm s x pounder guns to be used asiis. mc massive old buildine. The Spanish sent messapes to Geo. Caatellanos for reinfoicemen s. bat weic compelled to surrender before beh) ar rived. Qne captain, four lieutenn'.. twenty-five subaltern officers ami near ly 800 privates surrendered Wcviei s policy of sbootiig prisoners s r.et earned out by Gen Garcia- wfu srjpi nineteen wounded to the Sp-nph rr.pKs. The Spanish commander, GVh Cas el Unos. sent six carts to get the vkm- d!fi thus accepting the prisonrr3. wh" delivered by the: Cuoan Gen-ral L pc ReCio. Thus it will be seen that-'iiis-Cubans are recoenizng the bumu'ey, of war, despite the murderous p tiicy off their f nemies. ' MONEY AND' AMMUNITION CAPTURED. "In Guaimaro we captured S I m Spanish gold, over 3J0 MiUier r n s, 125.003 rounds of -amGiusiiir.nr 5" machetes, and a large supp y ol cl-A--h ni and medical stores. An active crspe0 will be contir ued by our f jrets w ! e Weyler is fruitlessly attempting to citen Maceo." ' "Da.vou think Hivana will be be .Sieged this Wintei?" asked 'the n puner. "If we can send enough anility, in cluding our dvcamite guns, to HiVi a. which is probable, I th nk the nvist tnent of. Havana will be pisst e " v Di you us c action on the part ot. the Ur ited Statet?" ,. . "I will answer that auestion. repntu Seror iQjesada. with a snvle. -'when Congreis meets and tbe President s (message is read. I do not believe. n...w ve that a civilized and iree-nauuu r, tbe United States will much longer tu mit to a continuation of such Drutal atiO inhuman warfare as Spa;n is prose cuting at her verv doors.' V i . ' ,, . Bneklen'a Arnica m.ive. Thk Best Salve in tbe. world lor Cuts, Br uises, Sores. U c-rs. Rheum. Fever Sores. Tetter. Chapped Hands! Chilblains. Corns. an1 s'1,'" Eruptions and positively cures Files or no pay required. Jt is guaranteed to give perfecti satisfaction or raocev,r . j . j r. ? ok nrr hOX. ror i.. J J ale by R. R. Bellamy; r
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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