ST
X.
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I
She miecltlg larv
J BLACKBIRD'S SONG.
Bwoetkor.rt, I no'er may know,
Never liny srr -
Whifco la the blossom snow, .
Groon if th-. lea : j '
Btiii tho ftroai'.i Einps of yon,
All tbo v.:tjct rinsi o you ;
BWnothcart, oh, v.reethcartv mints
Truo lovo; I ijn'er may meet
All thrt jvovUlhrousli-
Din j fj vho tlawu, and sweet;
Dtp is tho di;v. ' )
Lislten, eh. I.Jt-5 anil dear!
Coino, fprj.yowj lovo Is here,
Ecra i:i tho haStfl wood.
Vau.:i:: for yen.
Now fiTork Tripnne.
SHE MAt)E A MIST1KE
I havq kaow
n Joan hotsyth irom tflo
timo wnen ei-.o.
worn her hair about he;:
Cfu-3 ami her, foiks about heir nnklosJ Sho
I, vas Joan Langley t.'ieu nod until sbo waa
' EO, when 8ho jn.-urioil Charley Forsyth,
' nntl was sorry fpr her mistitko within the
i year. However;, when ho died, about three
yrnrs later, slid Bj.iko of him with great
. auction. I cOulil not tell If It was genu
. Mno or' proiriptrfcl by nn artistic deslro to
-' Eiiiko her manners snatch her mourning.
I bylievo it wall an udoodbcIous rolxturo
' of; propriety mlrl pnilitudei At any rate,
slru mnuiiKHl uniruirrieil for some time,
. auJ lived bj herself in a pretty little house
oi tho cniufori ahi? iucciiiio her husband
hud u'o5 hail tiimo to lose. I was wrong In
eaylnrt she lived by herself, for a friend, or
ci'unin, or eoffip- old schoqlfullow waa -al-
wav3 staving with. her.
Y
Joan is a popular and
cheerful
young
wenian, anil 1 have always been very fond
of her, butV.iihas, cr hadono peculiarity
: wlicli I could) not appreciate. Until sho
was a widow t was in abeyance, but as
Boon as she ptefc off her first mourning and
began to.go ftljput null seb her friends; it
developed rapiiily. Sho loved matobmak
iug I coulil never understand why, ,for
her own experience of nim-riage had been
niift unhr.xjny.j If sho had been less sweet
tempered I should havo imagined sho was
cni-ying tho f us who, having lost bis own'
tr; :-l, tried to crsuado his friends to fol
low his examine. Obco I suggested to hor
that' as marr ages wero mado In heaven,
and ovon tlitii wero not always success
ful, sho would bo wiser to leave then) to
bo rk-alt wiUi n tho usual way. 1 .
"Vou nro cjuito wrong,'? sho said f"I
.don't ; know who said that Silly thing
about heaven uid marriages. Of course it
war, a man, ;Aiiil of courso he thought ho
was mying foWlbina very clover, bulb he
r.'ally wasta'lkipg udDsenso. Now there is
Biudy Maehinl. She is such a dear girl she
dosurves tQDU:happily married.
'So you-look on a husband aa a reward
of virtue, n matter what ho is like?", (
9) Vl'ero sjUing in her drawing room at
fVl ' ;.tir.iti. liiks Muchin, who was stavins
4 Ji her, hudinot como in, so wo were en
i he
n our' tt'fv together. Joan looked so
iteu fVjlivious of tho past, $o de
termined to t hink well of marriage as an
institution that I could not help laughing.
ioW horrid you avo, Jimr"'sh.o said.
i You're not a;bit sympathetic. You ought
I) bo glad to tako an interest in any one
rid bother about. - them. Do 'you think it
for niy owii pleasure I do It? Po you
link I enjoy Jiayiug Mr: Stamford al
ays here, foif instance?" j
"Oh, Stamford 1 Is he to bo a 3ctlmr.'
asked.. j . ; : I'
"I don't know why you should call him
a victim,"' sho sa4d coldly. "I think be
rill be a most suitubio husband for Biddy
vlachiu. Sbo is ono of tho nicest girls I;
now, and has no money, poor thing I So
no muss marry. ' . i
"Why should Stamford provide for her?".
asked. -'. '; .
"Ho will bo very fortunate If she lets
him. Sho is charming and pretty, and he
is well off and a very good sorlj of man. It
Is an excellent match."
"Does. sho think so?'rI asked. .
I have nop nsked her.. J have some
tnct, Jiim Sp.q likes him very much, and
sliu.iu.u.-iarrv somo;no- ,They are very
uoii friomis. I nr.
XI thought you intended young Slm-
moia fng. liuit, Why did you change?" I
lie's not well oCr. 'you fcnow. I found
he had ony expectations, ind very distant
ono. -o I think Mr. Stamford will do
n.iii h bctter."
. Joan:'' I exclaimed. "Bo you only think
of L.tjiipyMu your matcljuiakiug schemes?
Ilu'.v nbuufi lolve?" . i
' Uh, lovo
ir -. id, vrifli
truch n temporary thing!"
n cynicij air. "Any ono
iiii iai ounea of
reusan can get over an
i.Lk of M
o in r. uifonth, and do very
it, bat money you must
I
;'..d f tati-.'ord is to supply Miss
M::c".iii v. i: !i niom-v inktead of Kalnli Sim-
ttui.-': f.-tVlus fcer lovo.j Tliat is yery busi-ca.-iiLx'.
( WMi n do ypu expect to bring it
i- K. i i : , : .
"'Tho Crisajicmrr.t?' sho tislied.
"Iv-i. the wedding. ;Snrely you've got
heyo.iid t!:c; rnafiemeint. Miss Machln has
w t-ii v. ii.!i yoa fiix wujnks.
V Vi'.s, bub jtsaso tilings can't be hur-
rled," hli(!,s"U'. rhiwlyf. "1 think Mr. Stam
. fur l Jxirily ailing,' lor an opportunity to
';-i:rrly.vb givo him plenty," I said,
wu.-i a i.n:;;:i,
::iio l.lir-i:i
nt ail r.ii.
ti l-!- io Jan.;
li!!l'l V.Utt'l i
' Oil, i.i u..
poini?"
1 r-ndl said hastily? "You're
' i of.uvi Jim. I don't seo any
i i;t. -jl can't help it if the
vi OBui" ; -1
t it? IIIo won't come to the
'.'I wish you would be nicer,'" she mat-
'ford, IiKill jl;o
nice," I
protosted,
iy hurt.
VTell me
about, it."
There's not mhrdi to tell. I saw from
tho Cr.t ho U;; fu-.S tiio man fJr Biddy,
and sho L; d ijo H'o. him, and ho is al
ways vi rv l l.v'.y o como Iiera or go any-
wliero with Is, r.hd ho biings flowers and
swceis aiid-llilM-rfc." I
'- '1'orhur:-1,' liiski d. I
its, r..t least Sor both, and they are
. very, great fricnil-?, i uc they don't get
any flirt lar. il- bUu horo for hoars, and I
mako ull sows oi c2cii:infJ to leave them to.
getiic-r, but Avheh I .oomo; back I Ipnd them
sitting 0)p(ksituf oath other, just calmly
talking, and I Shouldn't havo th'ought he
; was ivsiiy nian.f'
-' v -'Ho certainly; never struck ine as being
. Buy," i said;
then he must be a fool?" !she said
crossly. 'I ain always talking to him
about Eiddy and how sweet she is at
uonie. l ve a. but asUpd him to propose
to nor, snd he only smiles and agrees with
everything i Ray. . Never mind. I'ni de
tcrmined liq shall marryiher, and! I always
got-my way.'j ; J
'Liko all. protty womin," saidj I,: "
but
, takearo! Matches arc
to play witty and somet
your fingorsl burnt."i; "
'dangerous things
day you will get
"NonseuSel I know What
I aim about.
'ft I approvid of bening
would bet any-
thing that Philip Stafford
proposes to
"Biddy within a week
I arose td go as tho door opened to
ad
mit a. vtftttGr. "Mr. Stamford.'l said the
maid. I smiled and glanced at Joan, but
she was back to tho light and did not no-
tlco mo. Ilulf way dow the street I came
on "MisnMaehin walking with a tall youth,
wboni I recognized as tho undesirable
SimmonF. I AS tlioy did, not see kno and It
was no business of mine I passed on.
It was a week beforo I hoard of Joan.J
Then I met. young Simmons looking so
unusually cheerful that! I wanted to ask
blui what good fortuno'ihad como to him,
but. civilization forbids: such inquiries of
acquaintances. . After mentioning the
' . wcat,hor hi iaid with fidmo oonfosion: "It
was a pity jou missed Mrs. Forsirth's river
Pi"'.'. "We had a ripping day."!
'''Whuroii Kvhon?" I exclaimed.
Last Wednesday. Sho said she'd asked
you.-
r " Yes, but B : didn't know she had asked
! ycai " iKaldjbluntly. I . "
wo bluiliiU a littlo: ho Is a fairly ln-
0.n"ous yoih and has not outgrown the
i on, you', see," ho saidVshe didn't
exactly ask inle, but I heard sho was going,
ami i iiapbouisi to bo there. That's how It
was. . !'
un, you happened to hear and be there?
xnniH vqry cbrious.M said I.i looking at
film gravely, and ho 'blushed I more than
ever, triuq to speak, failed and left me In
a uurry. ! . i .. , . . j
i wondered what had been the result of
vao .party, and that afternoon I went to
aaying she- would see If her mistress would
see me. I am so used to making myself
at home in Joan's house that the girl's
formalifyannoyetl mo, and, to assert my
old footing, I pushed i open the dining
room door, meaning to wait there.
Tho room was dim, but I saw two fig
ures very closo together, which disen
tangled themselves when they saw me, and
one gave a littlo shriek. i
'Miss Maohln,". I cried, "I beg your
pardon!" And In confusion I jretired to.
cue nan. x nau seen mac tne secona ngure
was Simmons. "Does, Joan know)"' I
wondered.. Before I oould satisfy myself I
heard tho drawing room door slammed,
and n man rushed down stairs. It was
Stamford, looking very cross. Ho did not
6ce mo till I ventured to speak) to him;
then ho glared, muttered something, seized
his hat and left tho house.! - I
I went slowly up stairs and Into the
drawing room.; Joan wna standing by the
mantelpiece with her handkerchief In her
hand. She was crying and; gavo a little
jump when she beard me.
'Oh, Is it you, Jim? Why did you come
up? I can't see any one." i
'I'm no one,'' said I. r-'WhaPs the
matter?" .'!:- ), .r
"Nothing,'? she said.
"Nonsense," I said, with
severity.
"Come, tell me all about it, as
you used
to do when your dolls wero. broken." I
bon." I I
pushed a chair toward her, and
into it with a sob.
h b I
'I' vo boon such a fool 1" she I
bald.
can never respect myself again!"
'Is it as bad as that?" said I. '
"Worse. You werd richt when you said
matchmaking was dangerous. It is, hor
ribly I" ' j ." A. .'. I j1;
' Ah.1 You've burnt your flngjers?'
'And for no purpose. Biddy and Ralph
Simmons" 1
'I know," I said.! "They aro in the
drawing room. I disturbed them. But
surely Stamford does not blamo you?"
jl course no noes bno aaDoea cer
eyes. "He thought he didn't understand
he imagined men are so vain." She
stopped short.
'What did ho imagine?" J ask
-'iiiac is was lor my own
she
faltered. ; .
i '
'Good gracious!" I cried.
Lnd you
havo just undeceived him?"
'It was dreadful. Jim. Ho t
ought I
cared for him, as he did for mo,
nd when
he found out it was a mistake ho! was aw
fully upset. Ho said I'd made a fool , of
him and that ho would leavo England and
go away." And the poor littlo woman
broke down.
I let her Bob a' few minutes, then I said;
"Was it a mistake? ,i Do you wanit him to
.. stay in England?" i
'I don't want to drive him away." she
sobbed. I I
"That Is not what I moan," I said. "Do
you lovo him after all?" I
Sho hesitated. "That's a horrid thing
to askj" sho said.
'Never mind," I said sternly. "If you
don't love him"
"But Idol That's the awful part of it,"
sho cried, ''I've only just found it out,
and how could I tell him Ididl when he
took it for granted I'd been rum ing after
him? I had to let him think it was a mis
take or despise myself all my life "
You're In a messr Joan.'l said I.
"Shall I toll him?" - '
"Not a word!" she cried.
Just then I caught sight oft a pair of
men's gloves on a chair. "Are those his
gloves?" I said, pointing to them
"Ob, yes!" she cried, catching tbem up.
"They are a good pair. Ho will bo sorry
to loso them," I said. '.'Supposevyou write
and tell turn they are here and suggest he
snouiu can lor inemr "
t 1 mi 1 i n
"Jim. ydu're an angel!" she cried.
Mrs. Stamford has abandoned match
making. St. Paul's.
LOUISA M. ALCOTT'S CREED.
Was Tanchtl That "the stove of Goodness
4 . Wm the Love of God."
In a number Of letters written at long
and short intervals from 1873 to 1886 by
Louisa M. Alcott to five little girls in Al
leghany county, Pa.; the author of "Little
Women", most- fcharmingly and frankly
discloses her extraordinary nature, and
the missives, edited by Edward j W. Bok,
are given to the' public in The Ladles'
Home Journal. In one of the tendorest.
, oi inese letters, invoKeu uy me saa imor-
mation of the death of ono of the sisters.
Miss Alcott wrote her sorrowing correspondent:-
I '. '( 1 Y ;
I will toll you my experience, and as it
has stood the test of youth and age, health
and sickness, joy and sorrow, poverty and
wealth, I feel that it Is genuine and seem
to get more light, warmth and help- as I
goon learning more of it year by year.
My parents never bound us to any church,
but taught us that the love of goodness
was the love of God, the cheerful doing of
duty mado life happy, and that tie love of
one's neighbor in its widest, setise was the
best help for oneself. Their lives showed
us how lovely this simple, faith was, how
much honor, gratitude and affection it
brought them, and what a sweet memory
they left behind, for,, though father still
lives, his life is over, as far as thought or
usefulness is possible.
Theodore Parker and Ralph Waldo Em
erson did much-to help me to see that one
can shape life best by trying to build up a
strong and1 noble character through good
books, wise people s society, an interest in
all reforms that help the world and a
cheerful acceptance of whatever is inevita
ble; seeing a beautiful compensation in
what often seems a great sacrifice, sorrow
or loss and believing always that a wise,
loving and just Father cares lor us, sees
our weakness and fs near to help If we
calL Have you read Emerson? He 'la
called a pantheist, or believer, in nature
Instead of . God. tie was truly christian
and saw God in nature, finding strength
and comfort in the same sweet influences
of the great Mother as well as the Father
of all. I. too, believe tnis, ana wnen urea,
sad or tempted find my best comfort in the
woods, the sky, the healing solitude that
lets my poor, weary soul find the rest, tne
fresh hope or the patience which only God
can give us.. i
People used to tell metnat wnen sorrow
came I should find my faith faulty because
it had no name, but they were wrong, for
when the heavy loss of my dear, gifted sis
ter found ine too feeble to do anything but
suffer passively I sMlr had the sustaining
sense oi a love tnat never laiiea, even
when I could not see why this lovely life
should end when it was happiest. As a
Door, ntoud. struggling girl 1 hold to the
belief that if I deserved, sucoessi it Would
surely come so long as my ambition waa
not for selfish ends, but for my dear fam
ily, and it did come, far more fully tnan l
ever hoped or areamea, tnougn youin,
health and many hopes went to earn it.
Npw, when I might enjoy rest, pleasure
and travel, l am still tied by new duties
to my baby and give up my dreams, sure
that something better will be given me in
timo. Freedom was always my longing,
but I have: never had it, -so I am still try
las to feel that this is the discipline I
need,-and 'when 1 am ready, the: liberty
will come. : I f :
' 1 l
A Funeral Dress.
r.
"I have learned that there is something
now under tho sun, alter an," saia tne
wife of a representative in, congress. "It
is what the owuer calls . a funeral dress.
The' novelty is not the dress- itself, but
what composes it. Apparently it is an
ordinary black silk dress, f It is made np
of funeral sashes such as are furnished
pallbearers at congressional funerals and
consists of sashes that wore worn by prom
inent men. at the f uuorals of Vioe Presi
dent Wilson and Senators ! Sumner, Car
penter und Logan. The lady who owns it
keeps our boarding house, and she got tho
sashes from those who wore them after the
funerals. JA trreat nortion of tha dress
consists of siik that once wftvwd in tbe
gown of a justice of thfi'iiitod States su
preme court. Thepurplo velvet collar was
riven by the wife of a diplomat, and the
lace by tho widow of a senator who has
died in the past six years. The lady who
owns it attends many funerals and always
wears tbo dross on such occasions."
Washington Star.
. Condaclve to Trathfalness.
J'l understand that Brown claims
be hasn't told 6 lie in 10 or 12 years.
Do yon believe it?", r '
"Well, it .may be so. I know be
made great preparations about ten
venrs aeo to be from that time on
a man of absolute truth. " ...
: ; "Preparations!" 'i , , I ,
; "Certainly. 1 He put- all his prop
erty in his wife's name nnd let her
make out all the statements for the
assessor. "Washington Star. ......
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SPIBITS TURPENTINE.
Fayettevilie -Observer i We re
gret to ohronicle the death of Mr.
Jatrifs Boone, which occurred to day
at 12 o'clock, at his son's residence
on Robinson street, t
Oxford Democrat: Mrs. Mollie
Aycocke, a popular and htgniy esT
teemed lady, wife of Dr. Mack
Avcocke. died at the home of her
husband at Louisburg Monday even
ing.
Washington Progress : Mr. Sol.
Woolard wh'Ie crossing the bridge
which leads into Ba side had a short
stem pipe shot from between his lips.
To say he was very much surprised
is to put it mildly. After his fright
he searched the wdods, but found no
one
Raleigh News and Observer'.
Joe Isoggan, the negro
from Rich
mund county who is
in jail here,
seems to be a fiend
seems to be happy
incarnate, rle
only when en
gaged in some deviltry.1 Duriop; his
stay here he! has given the officers
more trouble than all the rest of the
prisoners together. Though closely
confined in an iron cage it is won
derful how much mischief he can
hatch up. His latest desperate deed
was to attack the negro boy, wu
liam Rogers, who shares his cell with
him, take his rations from him and
stick: the Knife with which he was
eating into- his back several times.
This assaulc was made without any
provocation, except the threat of the
boy to tell the jailer of how he was
being robbed of bis food. Boggan
is in custody fori raping a white
woman near Hamlet several months
ago," after beating her husband al
most to death. The general opinion
here is that be ought tb be hanged
on general principles,- He will be
taken back to Richmond county next
Monday, when court begins there for
trial. '
f
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i
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TWINKLINGS.
"Mrs. Stately, how can we ac-
eouat for the fact that the snrUce of the
ear'b is constantly growing cjldci?
I ra uc'ioed to think u Decause
Boston is the hub." Detroit Free Press.
Clara I suppose the brightest
moraenvin your lite was when Jack pro
posed f - "
Cora Brightest i mere wasn ca p-,r-
ticle of light in the room! Yonkers
Statesman. ' I
Smith You told me your
friend sang like a Oird, I thick heias a
horribly hearse voice. Ho can you
siv it is like a bird's r !
Tones Well, the bird I meant was a
crow. Judy. '
O'Mike Phy do they always
make tne last Thuisiay in November
Tdatkseivin' Day, Oi dunno ?
Mcf hat baure, utis or cause ine
Thuisddy afther tbot aiW't' November at
all at all, ye gomeril. Lfe.
Prison Inspector-1-i hat. man
over there seems to positively enjoy the
treadmill.
Warden Yes, fir. 'E's used to the
baction. E was a bicycle thief.
"I second the motion,! snathe man
on tbe rear tf the tandem. Household
Words. ; I
' Mr. Citily Aren't you always
worrying lest your train gets snowed in,
or your ferryboat stuck in the icer
Mr. Isolate (ol Lonesomeburst)
Hardly! Why, I always have a basket
ful of groceries with me, and genera ly
a new cook who would prepare some of
them! Puck.
. The modern JTlotlier
Has found that her lute ones are im
proved more by the pleasant Syrup oi
Figs, when in need of the laxative enect
oi a gentle remedy than by any other,
ar d that it is more ecceptable to them.
Children enjoy it and it benefits them.
Tne true remedy, bruo of ! figs, 'is
manufsc.ured by the California
Frg
Syrup Company only.
t
COMPARATIVE STATtMENT
Of Btocka.Beceipts and Exports of Cotton.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. f
New York, Nov. 27. The follow
ing is the comparative cotton state
ment for the Iweek ending this date:
.1896
1895
Net receipts at all
I:
United States ports
during the Week: . . j 808,003 i 191.858
Total receipts to this I- - ! f t"
date a 510.001 ss 7 843
Exports for the week . 217,892 1 148,193
Total exports to this
date ............... 9,207,807 I.314,5SU1
Stock in all United I. i
States ports...... 034.709 973.803
Cl. nil Mt..!. 5.
towns.............
493,805
630.000
479 078
923.000
Stock in-Liverpool.. .
American afloat for
Great Britain .'
400.000 218,000
Public officials are; public
servants, and as such their acts are
proper subjects for public criticism.
Citizens who hold office are not the
masters, bat the servants of the peo
ole. It would be well for; public om-
cials to bear in mind thai this is not
a government of offrce-holdersi for
office-holders and by office-holders;
on the contrary, tt is a government
of the people, for tbe people and by
the people: Augusta Chronicle, Dem.
ANIMALS TOO' RICH?
COME OF THEM HAVE MORE ADVAN
TAGES THAN THEY NEED. ,
How Evolution Das Affected Certain Spa-
olea Progs Are Poorly. Equipped, Te
They Get a Xivins Easily Cats tead the
Predatory Classes. I ;.;:-' '
Certain snakes of medium size carry
the most deadly weapon,) whether of of
fense or defense, owned by any animal
In addition they have the perfect ver
tebrate structure which) Sir : Richard
Owen so much admired, and can there
fore swim, climb and make their way
in places where no other ; animal of sim '
liar size can go. They are 'the best
equipped animals of their kind. Side
by side with these are found snakes of
similar size and equal powers, except
that they lack the invincible lethal
weapon. They only, carry blank car
tridges in the battle of life. . Evolution
seems arrested for no reason. They not
only fail to grow the poison tooth, but
do not develop the power of crushing
their prey as the constrictors do. It
would be far easier for sj common grass
snake to kill a frog by poison before
eating it, as the cobra does," than to
have to swallow it alivej It would save
it trouble to crush it, as a young boa
constrictor of the same! -size would do,
but it does neither, because it neither
has developed, nor, seems in the least
likely to develop, the necessary equip
ment for so doing, i ;j
By the theory of evolution the grass
snake ought therefore td go back in the
world, while the other doinmon English
snake, the poisonous viper, armed with
a weapon," powerful as a protection and
a means of killing prey, increased in
size and numbers and! took; its place.
Yet this is exactly what has; not hap
pened. Grass snakes are larger and more
numerous than adders, and there is no
evidence that the absence of the noison
fangs' in any way endangers the survival
of the species. j ' -
It is difficult to account for the ab
sence of any visible failure in life of in
sect feeding creatures competing for ex
istence on the same food, but with such
unequal physical means for obtaining it
aa aro possessed by the swallow, the
marmoset, the shrew, 1 the chameleon
and the frog. ; In this st of five crea
tures living upon similar food we find
that the physical appliances for obtain
ing it range from the jperf ect develop
ment of speed m flight jin the swallow,
the addition of hands for capture in the
marmoset, bodily quickness and activity
in tho shrew, the power of j assuming
jcolor exactly similar to! that of environ-;
ment in the chameleon, supplemented
by a special apparatus for shooting out
the tongue and capturilig insects when
motionless, to the absence of any special
equipment at all, excepj; that of a rather
long tongue, in the insect eating frog.
Yet the frog, destitute of! all these
specialized appliances, ives just as well
as the swallow, the shrew, the marmo
set or the chameleon, and at least one
species, the baikihg frog, finds that to
get on in the world it! has only to be
still and wait till creatures walk into
its mouth. It has acquired a skin color
suited to its environment and a large
mouth. But it is not, i and could never
be, considered well provided for getting
its living.
Gur estimate of the!
physical means
and appliances necessary for the survival
and well being of animals is probably
set too high. We judge the needs of all
from the perfect development and ac
quired powers of many, perhaps of
most, which evolution has prlrVided
with appliances in excess of j their real
wants. Most animals are overequipped.
Evolution has run riot and provided
them with means and metal far in ex
cess of their needs, just; as it has provid
ed them with' an exuberance of orna-
kment which delights is, but must ; al
ready have passed beyond animal com
prehension. .
Probably the cats, great and small,
would at once be named as the best
cquippedi of all classes of predatory
creatures) and the predatory creatures are
by necessity superior in most forms of
physique to those on Which they prey.
They are all "built" oh one plan, with
a special armament of
teethj sheaths to
keep their Claws sharp, ; muscles for
springing suddenly to great distances,
padded feet to deaden the sound of their
movements and color adapted for con
cealment These acquired appliances are
in excess of their wants. I
The polar bear, which cannot spring
and has no sheaths for its claws, and
has little obvious provision to aid it in
swimming, catches and kills animals
larger than those killed by the tiger and
can kill them in the jtvateri The wol
verene, or glutton, which is heavy, slow
and has the feet of a Krret, gets its lur
ing as a carnivorous animal no less well
than the tiger cats, vhich have a far
more, specialized equipment for their
work., i j - I I
There is actual evidence from the fos-;
sil bones ef tigers that this excess of
equipment once went! further and has
been discarded as superfluous. An ex-j
tinct species developed canine teeth of
such enormous size that it has been
named the "saber tootlied tiger. ' ' The
teeth were too long for its jaws, and the
modern species use shorter weapons,
just as modern ironclads are provided
with lighter guns. The curling t&sks of
some of the mammoths and the palmated
horns of the Irish elk were also in excess
of requirements and arid modified for use
in the existing elephants and reindeer.
Many monkeys possess a thumb, but
some do not, and there
is nox evidence
that they are therefore
at a disadvantage
for their nonprogressive
life. London
Spectator.
What Happened.
"Shame on you!" cried 20 voices as a
teamster was beating bis horse, but no one
raised a hand to restrain him. He was
pounding the brute oyer the head with a
.coal shovel when a young man swtmg
himself off a cable car, reached the man
with two jumps, and the' way he dropped
him. with a .'bin" under the ear was a
beautiful thing to see. As the teamster
went down the young man caught his car
on tbe far side of the street and went his
way without looking back
"What's happened?"
he got up very slowly.
"Man knocked you
one of the crowd.
"What furr"
asked the driver as
down)" answered
'.'For beating your horse."
"Oh, that's it? I didn't know but "it
was fur lickin the ole woman last night 1'
Detroit Free Press.
Emperor William's Bumps.
An English phrenologist who has exam
ined the head of Emperor William III says
that there Is nothing unusual about, is.
"It is," he says, "a medium head, ofthe
military type, such as can be found by the
score in the army. The bumps ox self love
and corabativeness a-eJ abnormally devel
oped. He will never let himself be stopped
by an obstr ale. ; There is no power on
earth that could exercise the least pressure
upon him. His self love is so great that
it would not surprise ine if he should pro
claim himself infallible; He would be
perfectly sincere in so doing."
Maryland long ago was known as the
Old Line State, the reference being
to the line drawn by Mason and Dixon
along the northern boundary of . Mary
land and the southern limit of Pennsyl
vania, an effort having been made to
consider this line the horthern boundary
of the slave territory,1 ' . v
'.-;,. None Too Cordial. - '
The HostessI suppose there is no use
pf asking you to stay to dinner?
The Caller Not in that way. Cleve
land Plam Dealer. i .
- mm "5
fiiiib
v.. IMS.
Gladnes
Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the laany phys
ical ills, which vanish before, proper ef-,
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts '
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms pf
sickness are not due io any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated eoadj--tion
of the system, which tha pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. ' prompt-'
ly removes. That is why it is th only
remedy with taittiona.of ,tTnj liea, eadis
everywhere esteemed So highly by all
who value good lieaiilt. Its beneficial
effects are clue to the aacr, tl t iti:3thc
; one remedy which, promoted 'urarrial
j cleanimess witiicnt ciebuiiacing uie
I organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-.
licial effects, to; note when !. you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is raamifactpred by (the Cali-fornia-Fg
Syrup Co. only and, sold by;
all reputable druggists. .
If in the enjoyment of good health,
other remedies are then not needed. If
'.afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, out ix m neea oi a laxative,
one shonld have the best, and with the
.vell-inforraod . everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands Ugliest and is most largely
,nf '1 r:-.- -'' cPTieral satisfaction.
SPAIN GETTING READY.
Preparing a Flying Eqiidrsn Qreat Ao-
tivitT in Spanish Pons,
New York World.
Madrid November 3U. ureat ac
tivity continues in all Spanish ports, par
ticularly in Cartaeenas, where the fall
available strength is now employed in
fitting' out six ironclads and three
cruisers, which, with the Glasgow tor
pedo boat destrovers. will make a power
tul flying tq.adron.
1 bear that tbe bpanisu c-3vernmnt
has accepted specifications and has given
an Eiswick firm an order for a powerful
battle ship and a cruiser, cat as no
money whatever has come to hand in
Newc s'-le, notning has yet been done
toward their construction.
In case of need the cruiser could be
ready in a vear. but it would take twice
as long to finish the iron -clad. I under
stand the cruiser is designed for cp
tional spred. and that it would be able
tcoalfjr 5.00) knots at twenty-three
knots bouilv.
v . All Free.
Those who have used Dr. King's New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have now tbe opportunity to
try if tree, tali on the advertised Drug
gist and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send
your name and address toi H. E. Buck
len & Co., Chicago, and get a sample box
of Dr. King s . New Life rills tree, as
well as a copy of Guide to Health and
Household Instructor, Free. All of
which is guaranteed to do you good and
cost you nothing at R. R. Bellamy s
Drug Store. ' t
DISTILLERS W LL RGHT.
Strongly
Opposed to an Inoreare of the
WhUkej Tx,
Chicago, December 1. Memfcen of
the American Spirits Company did not
meet in Chicago, as expected. Levy
Mayer, tbe attorney for tbe company,
states that a meeting of all the leading
distillers of tbe country will be held bere
during the week. The meeting, said
Mr. Mayer, will be secret and among the
-natters to be considered will be Con
gressional legislation as affecting the in
ternal: revet ue tax. The Government
now co'l' c s $1.10 per gallon, or nearly
$50 000 000 a vear, as a tax, and some
talk has been icdalged in of lccreastng
tbe same.
Any higher, tax would be practically a
confiscation of tbe business. It may be
that some steps will be taken to ssnda
committee to Washington during the
next session, bat of this he was not cer
tain.. I hear, Rustly, that you sat in
a game at Cnpule Creek and had four
ace s beaten. What did the other fellow
hold ?' " j
"A bobtail flush and a six-phooter."
Detroit Free Press.'
EXPORTS FOB THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.
London Barque Aurora 5,153 bbls
rosin, 400 casks spirits turpentine.
Garston- Barque Antares 4.500
bbls rosin.- ' '
CHKNTStmr" Naranja 2.675 bales
cottoh. : .
, COASTWISE.
Nsw York Stmr Pawnee 729 bales
bales cotton, 666 bbls tar. 174 casks
spirits turpentine, 186 bbls rosin, 110,714
feet lumber, 43 pkgs mdse.
: New York Stmr Oneida 511 bales
cotton, 458 bbls rosin 225 da spirits,
290 do tar, 75 do pitch, 15.000 feet lum
ber ,48 pkgs mdse. j: !
Patchague Scbr Cottingham 223,-;
403 lect lumber. , i ,
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Tie ft
timils flgaatBrs,
of
Appoint met for Tuiution by tbe Bishop
of Eist Crollri.
December 2, Wednesday, Pitt county,
Dawson's School House.
December 6, Sunday, 2d in 'Advent,
M. P.. Lenoir county. Holy Innocents.
D-cemaer 6, Sunday, 2d in Advent,
E. P.. Kinston. S. Mary s.
December 8,,Tuesday, E. P., Trenton,
Grace. -:- i v
December 9,-Wednesday, Com., Tren
ton. Grace.' ) , . ! ' "
December 13 Sunday, Srd in Advent,
M P., Snow Hill. S. Barnabas.
December 15. Tuesday, M. PM Farm
ville, Emanuel. - - 1
Decern oer 16 Wednesday, E. P., Ham
ilton, S. Martin's.
December 17, Thursday, Com., Hamil
ton. S. Martin's. ' . ' . I
December 18, Friday; E, P.. Winston,
S. John's. . i -' 1
December 10, Saturday, Com., Wins
ton. S.'lohn's. I '
December 20, Sunday, 4th in Advent,
Murtreesboro. S. Barnabas.
December- 25. Christmas, Wood ville,
Bertie countv. Grace. ;
December ,27, Sunday after Christmas,
M. P., Roxobel, S. Mark s.
M. P. Mdrmng rrayer. ' i
x E. P. Evening Prayer.
; Com Communion.
" At all Morninc: Services the Holy
Comconion.
iTbe Vrstries will please be ready to
meet the BshoD. J
. The Children will please be prepared
to be catechized. ' w
Off erimts! Jor Diocesan Missions unless
otherwise announced. 1 vv
COMMERCIAL,
WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAR OFFICE. November 25.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
closed steady with sales at 21 J cents
per gallon for machine-made casks, and
4 cects tor countiy casks. . i
RQalN. Market firm at ftl 50 oer
bbi lor Strained and tl 65 for Good
Strained
TAR. Market
firm at $1 10 psf
bbi of 280 lbs.
CRUDE ! TURPENTINE. Oaieri
Hard 1.40, Yellow Did 8 00 and Virgin
1 90 per barrel. ' , i
Quotations same day last vear--Soirits
turpentine 5U'a24c: rosin, strained.
$1 80; good sirameu $1 85; ; tar $0 95;
cruae turpentine 1 10, 1 60, 1 60.
RECEIPTS. i
bplrits Turpentine 137
Kosin 849
Tar 22t
Crude Turpentiue....... ....... 89
Receipts , same day last vear 126
casks spirits turpentine, 803 bbls rosin,
sua dms tar. 24 bbls crude turpentine;
- COTTON.!.!
Market firm . oa a basis
of.7c for
, " I
cts lb
mc,ai Uiotations:
Ordinary. .. 4 ........ .
Good Ordinary;......
4
6 -
7
7 5-
low Middling.
Miaaiing. .'. ; . .v.,
Good Middhng...
16
Same dav last vear. middlinc fiUc.
Receipts 1,433 bales; same day last
year, i.oua.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS--North CarolinaPrime.
4050c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
rrime, 00c; fancy, 6065c. Virginia
axtra frime. 6065c; Fancy, 6570cJ
CORN Firm; 88 to 40
bushel. I
, cents per
N.s C BACON Steady; Hams,
to HJ4C per pound; Shoulders, 6 to
Sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch,
hearts and saps, 81 60 to 2 25; six inch,
$3 OU to 8 00; seven inch, (5 50 to 6.50.
riMoh.K Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50 per M. ,
STAR OFFICE, November 27
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
dull; nothing doing.
ROSIN. Market firm at $1
per bbi for Strained and $1 65
Good Strained.
TAR. Market firm at $1
bbi of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Oaiet
Hard 1 40, Yellow Dip 2 00, and Virgin
l u per barrel''
Quotations same dav last year Spirits
turpentine 25 rosin, strained,
$1 30; good strained $1 85; tar $0 95;
crude turpentine $1 10, 1 50, 1 60.
; PVPITTPTS
Spirits Turpentine. ..... .1.... 262
Rosin 1,248
Tar . 674
Crude Turpentine.; 37
Receipts same day last year S24
casks spirits turpentine, 1,089 bbls rosin,
oio bbls tar, 82 bbls crude turpentine
COTTON .
Market steady on a basis of 7 Jc for
mtaaiing. y dotations
Ordinary 4jji cts
4K
7 7-16
lb
Good Ordinary. . . .
Low Middling. . . . .
Middling .........
Good Middling....
Same day last year, middling 8Uc
Receipts 2,622 bales; same day last
year 2 579.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANU rs North Carolina Prime,
4050c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Frime, 55c; Fancy, 6065c. Virginia
hxtra Prime, 6065c; Fancy 6570j
tUK-firm; ss to iv cenis per
bushel. ' I
N. C. BACON Steady; Hms, 8
to 11 c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch.
hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2 25; six inch,
$2.50 to 3 50; seven inch, $5 50 to 6.50
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE. November 28
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
dull: notbiag doing.
ROSIN Market firm at $1 50 per
bbi for Strained and $1 55 for Good
btramed. '
TAR. Market firm at $1 10 per
bbi of 280 lbs. t.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Qjiet.
Hard 1.40, Yellow Dip 2 00, and Virgin
1.90 per barrel. I
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 25J 24c; rosin, strained,
$1 30; good strained $1 35; tar $0 95;
crude turpentine 1 10. 1 50, 1 60.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine....' 96
Rosin. . . . i . . . ; 419
Tar .: -108
Crude Turpentine ......... . iW
Receipts same day last year 93
casks spirits turpentine,' 551 bbls rosin,
B5U obis tar, 80 bbls crude turpentine.
. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 7Wc lor
middlinc Quotations:
Ordinary.............. 43 cts 1 ft
Good ordinary....... 6JJ "
Low Middling 64 " '
Middling 7 " '
Good Middling. ...... 7 7-16 " '
Same day last vear, middling 8 Vc.
Receipts 1.818 bales; same day last
year, 1,005.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North CarolinaPrime.
4050c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy, 6065c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 6065c; Fancy, 6570c.
CORN Firm; 88 to 40 cents per
bushel. ..,
N C, BACON Steady; HamsJ 8
to HKC Per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
bices, i to 8c.
1 SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch,
hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six inch,
$2.50 to 3.50; seven inch; $5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50 per M. .
STAR OFFICE November 86.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
dull; nothing doing. .
ROSIN Market quoted firm at $1 60
per bbi for Strained, and $1 65 for Good
Strained. At the close sales were re
ported oa a basis of fl 50 for Good
Strained - ' .
! TAK. Market firm at 10 per
bbi of 280 lbs.
. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Quiet.
Hard 1.40, Yellow Dip 2.00, and Virgin
1.90 per barrel.
Ouotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 25 K24c; rosin, straihed,
$1 80; good- strained $1 85; tar $0 95
crude turpentine $1 10. 1 50, 1 60.
;;i RECEIPTS. '
Spirits Turpentine. . ........ . . . . I 46
Rosin.... ..................... 481
Tar ..... 871
Crude Turpentine ........ ... . . . 'A 15
Receipts same day last year 60
casks spirits turpentine, 69. bbli rosin,
217 bbls tar. 43 bbls crude turpentine.
fv-: cotton.
Market firm on a basis of 74 for
middling. Quotations:
Ordinary.... 4 V cts lb
Good Ordinary. ...... a
Low Middling. 6
Middling............. 1
Good Middling....... 7
7r'l "
Same day last year, miaanne bc
Receipts 1,563 bales; tame day last
year 884. j .
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime,
4050c per bushel of 28 ipounds; Extra
Prime. 55c; Fancy, 065c. Virginia
Extra Prime. 6065c; Fancy, 6570c.
CORN. Firm; 88 to 40 cents per
. .... -
ousnei. i
ROUGH RICE 65aT0 'cents! per
bushel. '
N. C BACON Steadv; Hams, S
to llc per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides. 7 to 8c '.".- ': ! ' :f 1 --'' '
SHINGLES Per thousand, five Inch,
hearts and sans, tl 60 to 2 25; i six inch.
$3.50 to 8 50; seven inch; $5.60 to 6 50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.60 per M.
STAR OFFICE. December! 1.
SPIRITS- TURPENTINE Market
firm, ar 24 cents per ga-K.n bid for ma
chine-made casks, and 23 K cents for
country casks. Later, sales were made
at 24 ad 233. ; i ' jj
KOaiN Market steady at $1 45 per
bbi lor Strained and $160 lor Good
Strained. .!.:. ; ,'.i r ;' I
TAR Market steady at $1 10 oer
bbi ol 280 lb. . ' u' i- i. ' .
CRUDE TURPENTINE Ouiet.
Hard $1 40, Yellow Dip 1 90, and Virgin
eu per oarrei. j - '(
Quotations same day last vear Spirits
turpentine 2524c; roiin.J strainrd,
$1. 80; good strained. 1 85; taT, 0 95;
crude turpentine. $1 10, 1 60. 1 60. . !
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine
151
Kosin
Tar..;
Crude Turpentine. ...........
464
75
86
Receipts same day last year-
-125
casks spirits turpentine, 593 bbls rbsin
six ddis tar. iod oois crude turpentine.
. I COTTON. '; :..'.)":.
. Market firm on a basis of 7J4C for
miaanng. quotations:
Ordinary. ....... i$ cts ft
oooa uromary v- "
Low Middling........ 6 ' 'f. "
Middling. ........... 7 ' " "
Good Middling. 7 7-16 - f "
Same day last year, middling 8Jc.
Receipts 2,453 bales; same day last
year a.zuo. -.j 1
I COUNTRY PRODUCE. '
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime.
4050c per bushel of 28 pounds; ( Extra
Prime, 65c; Fancy. 6065c- Virginia
rixira rrime, B0B5c; Fancy, 6570c.
wr rirm; oa to 4J cents per
uusuei. ;- .
ROUGH RICE 6570 cents
bushel. .n I
per
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams, 8
Xf lljjcper pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
siaes, 7 to 8c. M i
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch,
hearts ano saps. $1 60 to 2.25; six inch,
$2 50 to 3.50, seven inch. $5 60 to 6 50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
u.ou per m. . !, ; J
STAR OFFICE, December 2.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at, 24 cents per gallon for ma
chine-made casks, and 23m cents lor
country casks. in
ROSIN Market steady at $145 per
DDi ior atrainec and si 00 104 Good
ouauieu. .. j, j.
iak. Market steady at $1 10 per
001 or zu ids.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. -Ouiet.
Hard 1 40. Yellow Dip 1,90 and i Virgin
1 ho per oarrei. f
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 2324)c; rosin, strained.
$1 80; good strained $1 85. tar $0 95;
crude turpentine $1 10 1 50, 1 60,
i : RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine
124
Kosin
Tar
860
1
I
1 k
106
43
Crude Turpentine.
Receipts same day' last
year-117
casks spirits turpentine, ' 615 bbls rosin,
li54 ,bbis tar, 52 bbls crude turpentine.
cotton. V I
Market firm on ' a basis of 7Jc for
miaanng. uaotations:
Ordinary AK cts ft
uooa uromary t&
low Middling. ... Hi. . 63
Middling... j..:..LiL. IXi,
Good Middling... i... 7 7-16
Same day last year, middling 8c.
Keceipts 1,383 bales; same day last
year 2,101. I I
country produce.
PEANU TS North Carolina-Prime;
405Qc per; bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy. 6065c. Virginia
Hxtra Prime, 6065c; Fancy, 6570c
CORN Firm; 88 to 40 cents
per
bushel. ! ii
,
ROUGH RICE-65a70
cents
bushel. -
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams. 8
to lljc'per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five loch.
hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2 25; six inch,
$2 50 to 3 50; seven inch $5.50 to 6.60
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7,00 per m.
Ringing noises in the ears, snapping
buzzing, roarlnc, caused bv catarrh, ail-
disappear with tbe use of Hocd's Sirsa-
parilla. f
CQTfON AKD NaYAL STORES,
MONrHLT 8TATSMXRT.
RECEIPTS.
For month of November, 1896.
Cetten. Spirits. Kmm, Tar. CnuU.
63,061 8,9 19,613 4,142 1.0J
RECEIPTS.
For month of November, 1895.
CtUn. Stiriti. Rett: ' Tar.. Crudt.
87.CT0 8,906 . 18,429 10,829 . 186
; , EXPORTS.
"- For month of .November, 1896,
Cttm. Sriritt. Rotin. Tar, Crudt.
Domestic.. 8,107 2,931 .1,185 4,978 913
Foreign... 60,726 tU0 39,060 0.0 (W
63,833 8,434 30,265 4,978 . 43
; EXPORTS. ,
For month of November, 1895.
Cotton., Stiriti. Roiin. ; Tar. Crude.
Domestic. ,
Foreign ...
S.074
83,630
2,557
2,863
764
31,6.11
7,211
U00
812
400
84,704 :
5,239. 22,4 5 7,211 1,212
STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat, Die. 1, 1896.
Atkoro. Afloat .
Total.
Cotton.... 18.539
13 750
6
1G0
00
00
26.289
Spirits .-. 1 753
1.7
Kosin,.,.. ., 23.867
Tar 1.8i9
28,467
1,8 9
v6o2
Crude ... 6&2
', STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat, Dec.
t, 1895.
tar.
(8,447
Cttttn. Stiriit. Rttin.
Crude.
29,818
4.187
87.494
496
MARINE.
ARRIVED. I
Steamship Oneida, Chichrster, New
York. H G Smallbones. . f f
Scbr Cora M, 130 toos, Mitchell, Bar-
badoes, Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
Nor barque Atalania, 555 toes.
Berntzeo, Bristol, Eog, J T Riley & Co.
Br scbr HB Homao, 299 tout, Mc
Neal, Havana, Geo Harriss. Son & Co
Scbr Annie Ainshe, 288 tons. Mc
Andrews. Charleston, S C, Geo Harriss,
Son & Co.
Br scbr Tarban, 157 tons, ! Bulford.
Bermada, J H Chad bourn & Co,
Steam Ship Croatan, McKee, ,-New
York, H- G Smallbones. ! 4 . I ' ' j
. Scbr B I Haztrd. 873 tons, Blatcb-
ford, Norlolk, Va, Geo. Hifriss. Son-
j CLEARED.
Nor barque Aurora, J Koss, London,
Heide & Co; cargo by Paterson, Down-
tne & Co and Murchison s. Co.
Scbr Iobn H Tingae, Burdge, Fernan-
dina, oeo Harriss, son & Co.
bteamsbip- Pawnee, Chase, New
York. H G Smallbones. t f
Steamship Oneida, Chichester,. New
York, H G Smallbones.
Scbr Jtjo C Cottingham, Thomas.
Patchague, L I, Geo Harriss, Son & Co;
cargo by Cape Fear Lumber Co.
Ger barque Antares, Rabden. Garston,
En. E Peschao & Co: careoi br S P
Sbotter Co. 4..;!. A?" t ! -': -
Br stmr Naraoji, Tinkler, Ghent,
Belgium, Alex Sprunt & Son. ,v
r .
The Hon. Bourke Cock ran
promises that if we interfere in Cuba,
civilisation will De elevated, Dem
ocracy vindicated, republicanism
made triumphant, and the flag of
this country will forever remain a '
symbol of liberty and progress in
tbe eyes of all mankind' These are
fine, handsome sayings; and if, as
Ruikm tells us, imagination is the
one faculty that never errs, they ire
doubtless as true now as they were a
few weeks ago, when Mr. Cockr.. ,
his sonorous metal blowng even
more martial sounds, was usjit h m
against Mr. Bryan's .' candidacy -
New York Journal, Dent.
for,
Infants and ChildreR.
I IVIOTHER3
Ftp Von Know that Paregoric, Bate. I
:aa's Drops, GodiVey's Cordial, many so-called
Boothing Sy rupa and most remedies fot claldrea
axe composed of opium or morphine I
Tin Voa Know that opium and mor
phiiie are etupefyiug uarcptie poisons t
Do Von Know that la most countries
rujjisls .are not permitted. to sell narcotics
without labeling them poison ?
I Yoit KOwi:intCa'oiL-iiaatirel-
vegutahie prcparatiua, and t'.iat a list of ita
incredlents is published v?itii every battle?
Io Von Knoiv thr.t Castorla is th
prescription of the ixuuoua 5r. Samuel Pitcher?
That it ha3 been i.-t use to ncarlyitUUty j-ears,'
and that more Castoria Is iu;wsold than of gI2
other remedies for children' combined ?
Ho Vow ?t:o-iv that you Ehou'.d Dt
permit any medicine to be given your child
unless you or your physician knew of what it la .
composed?
Jtn Yon TyKCT-tv that when possessed of
this perlcct pieparauuu, your children may D9
kept well, and that you may have unbrokeu rest?
Wetl Tlicae TliiTpra ere worth know
lug. They are tacu.
FOR PITCHER'S
CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS, ATAX9
FEVERISHNES3, CURES ZMARRHCEA ANO
WIND COLIC, RELIEVES TEETHING
TROUBLES AND CURES CONSTIPATION
AND FLATULENCY.
CASTORIA
Foir Infants and Chfltlren
Do not be Imposed". upon, but Insist iiipon
havinrr Castoria, and see that the fac-siniile'&iar-
nature ols-
selves and the public at all hazards. ' a
The CEKTAtnt Company, 77 Murray EL, N.
Wholesale Price
tV The fallowing qnotaM
i'nee generally. . in man
prices nave to be charged.
The Quotations are ar
possible, bat the Stab will
variation! from tne actual
c noted.
bagging ; '
t lb Jute......
Standard .....
WBSTEkN SMOK
Hams D
Md s V u
bnon acrt
DRY SALTE
I Sides tt B
' Shoulders tt,'
Seconds.,
I." New N
i New Ci'
BKESWA
BRICK!
wtlnuni
Northern
BUTTED
North Carol
N rthern
CORN MEA
Per Bushtl. in sacks ......
Vinrioia Meal ............
COTTON TIBS- bundle.,,,..
V ID
bperm . ...................
Adamantine1............. .
CHRESE ttlfr
Northern f actory ............
Dairy, Cream., ...... ,....
stte . .
COFFEE V
LKnvra... ...,,.,
Rio
DOM ESI ICS
Sheet ng, 4-4, tt yard.,,..,,..
Yarns, tt bunch..............
EGGS tt dozen .................
rib-
Mackerel, No 1, tt barrel ....
Mackerel, No 1, tt half-barrel
Mackerel, No 3, tt barrel... . .
Mackerel, No 8, tt half-barrel
Mackerel, No 8, tt barrel. ....
Mullets, tt barrel
Mu lets, ft pork barrel. ..... .
N C. Roe Htrrlng-, tt keg....
Dry Cod, tt 9
" Kxtra
33 00
'M 00
16 (0
8 00
18 00
8 00
6 75
t 0
6
8 85
OtJR-tt barrel .
ixw graae.,,.,, .......
j Cho ce .?.,....
j Straight............. ,,,,
1 First Patent ....X....
GLUE 1 ........i.. ......
UKAiM B u-nei
Com, fron store, rfp White,
Corn, a'go, in bulk White...
Co n, cargo, in bgs White..
0t, from s ore ...a..,,
Oats, Rust Proof....,,,,....,
Cow Peas
HIDES, tt J , - ,
oreea ............... ........
Dry
HAY, tt 100
cascert
V6.tern
North River. ...
HOOP IRON. B J
LARD, tt 1
ortoern ,,,.,,,....,,.,,
'North Carolina.... . .
LIME tt barrel
LiV M d a. R (ay tawed),tt M tee;
Ship stun re tawed.. , is 00
Rongh-dge Plank............ 15 09
.West India cargoes, according
to qnalitv 18 00
TtMH.il WTnnrlnrt mmwmuJ . Al
9000
, H 00
I C .1 J D ' I ' i. A..
MOLASoES, tt gallon
ew crop tnna. la ddos,.,,,, .
" " in bbls ; '
Porta Rico, in hhds. ..........
" . in bbls ......i..
Sagar-House, in hhds.........
" 44 la bbla...,..M.
SrruD. in bbls
85
NAILS, W keg. Cot 604 basis.,,.
PORK, tt b rreV .
S64
City Mesa..,,,
8 50
vKnmp.
Prune
10
SALT, V tack Aiwa
i ijiverpool...
Lisbon ..... ,,,.,..........
; Ameiicaa ....,,.......
On 126 Sacks .
SHINGLES, 7-ioch,tt M
Commoa ,
Cypress Atps ... ......... .
SUGAR, tt Standard Grnno?
Standard A
. White Ex. C ...............
Kzf a C, UoMen.,,,:
C Y-lbw . . .. . ,
SOAP, V fc Northern,..,
STAVES, tt M W. O. barrel,
R. O. Hogshead . ....
TIMB'R, tt" feet Shipping....
- Mill, Pr
VUl, Fair.....
-" Commoh Mill
Inferior to Ordinary.... ......
TALLOW, tt .....,..
WHISKEY, tt gallon Northern.
North Carolina
800,
. ..
Child
4 t IllrV
r -
-'
v -
- t
f
18 "V
9 ia
.10 11 Sk
11 - 18
10
so . :
10 16
-18 S 80 .'. I
C 16 ' S
5a The maid lf n,. n the hall.
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