!
hc miccTtltj iar,
to a ftOSPecTivg Bfapg;:''f -
yort toll mo that yon have a lover V t,-.
Who's coming to ask you next week A ;
To ho liis. If yon can but discover ..1 " ''
Tljy KM-tfccd tu bring him to apeak. i
If he's Baiell siiwll men tro conceited: ' -
if lonil vrrll, biii breeding is low;
It t Wvor hia brain Is too heated. ' i " '
Don't you think you hud better ay "Nor,
p0 j'cu think hell refnso in the morning
To P ana every urer -
Do you tliinit he'll forever be scanning
' r.ibitiohs to v?liich you esplrcT , -p,i
j pu thiiilt when you ore capricious
(.in your oniics a suiue no-u Bestow T - ,
-Do von thinlc tbalf he'll think you delicious:
If he doesn't, ytt'd better Bay ".No." .
po you think he c3n write tripping versea 1 ''
In meters ontl rhymes, say, like mine,
Ami trust to your critical mercies - '
Ta-roiJ them, purchence, or deeUoet " ' -
fio j-ou think yoV will mind If you lose bimt
LVn't yn thinl; hat you might disagree
Pen's you thiuk you hoil bettor refuse him ;
And iu lieu of a better take me? . ;
, I La Touohe Hancock.
' , HARD WORK ! AND HEALTH.
. ' . i . . "
Men Injured More by Imprudeno Yhajt
by Continuous Labor.
A number of successful business
; men -were engaged in a most ani- -
matoj.1 conversation in one of the
room 3 of nn up town clnb the other
day, when the! conversation turned
on a nevr spnper paragraph that an
ncupced Yth great impressiven ess
tbat a man known all over the civi
lised svorld ng a brilliant writer and
liunjiorisi was ijlyiag from overwork.
Regrets wero expressed at the condi
tion of one w hjoj waa'knbwn to many
of the mem hers of the clnb, and
Bonso comments were indulged in on
thQ folly of woriing oneself to death.
A man of .65; orthereahont broke
' into the conversation with the re-
mark: ,. . '(' ;': j"'.'''";
'I don't heheye that any man ever
died of legitimate hard work, and I
nm willing t.o hack np my statements
against any reasonable proof that
, may be furnished."
This naturally created a sensation,
and there were very sharp criticisms
on this man's ;position. But he per
sisted and gave his reasons, which
were so full of common sense and
logic that most of the company were
corrrpelled to. admit the truth of
them. i - - ;
Hen do not clio'of legitimate work,
.. neither do they,-as a rule, die of
whist the.v do during business hours.
li the man would leave his offioeand !
gOjCjnietly hoihetorjest or to reaaon
jLUfctreatidb, iewonld not be like
ly to suifcr in health. But he does
not do this. .He goes out of bis office
to tlje hotel, tjo the billiard room, to ;
the. saloon, tee opera house or other
occupations or amusements even less
reputable.
"Many a man rashes throngh his
business simply that he may get
away to plunge iQto excesses of va
rious sorts. .There may be instances
in which a complicated . business,
handicapped by lack of means to
carry it on in a comfortably smooth
fashion, may1 .wear on a man's mind
' during his waking and sleeping
hours and eventually undermine bis
vitality. But this is not legitimate
business! No man has a right 1 to
work against such desperate odds.
It is very much better to begin on a
smaller scale, to adapt one's hopes;
to the means at hand and remember
.tbatfvital force ia too valuable to be
rendered Jn straining for the alr f
. mdbWiittjjossiblo.
Straightforward commercial trans
actions, unattained with the enor
mous risks that many men take, are
lipalthfni nnrl rnrfiTv briner nad TBm
u T J A n i-u: i
buna, juuutu, uix luiiJa ucxxig mjuut
it is not; business worry that kills,
except as a maD lifts the burden of!
business worry on shoulders weak
ened bv excesses, dissipations and
unwarranted indulgences. .
, If men wenld attribute their ill.
health to its iust cause and would be
honest: with1 j themselves and tbef
world, in the majority of cases they!
would, be forced toadmit that it isf
outside matters that cause the drain
oh their systems, and eventually
bring them to broken health anct
shattered intellects. The man whor
has something to conceal, who basi
unwarranted, business or, domestioj
aflairs to lockr after, matters about;
. which he most be perpetually on thej
qui vive list some one should detect
him ,ia the ljnan who, nine times out
of ten-, will break down, and this dia
sipation is almost invariably charged
to overwork in business.
'"Poor fellow, bo was so devoted
to business jtbat he wore himself out
at it," is tbb verdict, and a more un-f
just and unwarranted" one it would
be difficult!: to render. New York
Ledger. j; - "- -l",
- : . Bird Shootine Kea Cities. ,
t A good many shooters are puzzled t
know how thpy can get practice for bird
6hooting neaij the cities during close sear
bods without paying .for practice at the
traps. .
There are several
kinds of birds which
fly in such a manner as to require skill in
the killing and are not protected by law at
any time. Of course a small gauge gun
is best for such practice, as it takes more
skill to kill with it than with a big gunj,
and the more skill required the better the
practice. ' I . ' ' - .
The kingfisher is a rapidly darting fliery
rather shy arid hard to kill. With a S3
gauge gun aj- shooter's abilities would be
well tested. ! ' ' i '. ' " i
i The English sparrow, if put up badly
scared, will give considerable sport, and
the man who can golf three with, two shots
but of a small flying flock may: regard
himself as a good shot. Of course a man
wouldn't aim at the center ot the flock
and pull. Ho aims at particular birds,
and If he misses the. ones aimed at he calls
the shot a miss. Bed winged and crow
blackbirds fly rapidly when their nests are
hot near By.il They are not protected and
may be found in partly tvooded pastures.?'
gome sportsmen may objecE to this as
being useless; slaughter, and it would be if
the birds were thrown ' away,'! but the
sportsman w6uld not throw them awav.
Ho would drssihem all, except the king
fishers, which taste fishy, and the potpie
they make wiuld be followed by another
beforo long, ji The English sparrows make
Vflne stew, as the flesh is always hard and
weot. New: ork Bun. r' v ' ! -
. ' vt . - : - !
The Smoker's Retort. - . :
A doctor irtrho had a great dislike to to
1 bacco in any) form managed, in his hurry
at the railway station, to get Into a smok
ing, compartment, i A young man sat op
posite, puflkjg away at a huge cigar. Al
!M eying him for some minutes the gen-
; tloman at last addressed him:
"Yourig roan, as a medical man let me
wam you against; smoking. Experience
, bas proved ta ma that of every ten men
; sufforlng frpm epithelium anrparalysls of
;. , the tongub bine of tbeefl jiave1 been caused
by tobaccoVVi ' ' -: '
C, fSir, " exqjaimed the youth, 'experienoe
j nua proved to me that of every ten men
suCoring fsdm black eyes nine of them
, pavo ijccn caused by people neglecting to
mind thniF
own business. "London Ht
Bits. .
" js.lmost UaUa-naat.
M. p.- This is'queer. , Have you taken
unyumng that disagreed with you? f
! Th Patients-Nothing but your ad
yioe of yeerterday.--Harleni life. ' ! -
MAGIC AID. TO LOYE.
"My aunt." said CraIIa Rm.j
planned to take me to Europe, We start in
two weeks. :, Her detestable nephew, Pen
fleld Mlokle, goes along. .She la determin-
wureanou roy engagement with Harry
Barnard and,, make-me marry PenfleW,
and as she Is my legal ' guardian what can
The matter was worse n t,hn : tv. k.
thought - Mrs. Naolev . the anne In n na
tion, was a very determined and hmi
woman, eo slmrp. that I believe she would
have seen readily things that escaped the
hundred eyea of Argus, and. though oer-
talnly neither Ceoila nor Harry had taken
her into their confidences. ah h . ,M
clear idea of the attaphment between them
ana toe necessity for prompt and decided
action if she would sa7e Ceclle's fortune
for her favorite brainless and soaDeeraoa
nephew. - -: ..
'Would
you marry Mr."' RarnnrA ":. nt. i
once?
I asked the sirL ' She hlnshnri
hesitated to reply, which of course I un-'
derstood as yes." She was softly playing
Schumann' "Traumerel" to cover the
sound of our voices, fo Mrs. Nagley was
seated at a front window of the'parlor.
"That being settled," I continued, "1
have a plan by whioh you will be able to
do bo next Tuesday evenlmr. On t,ht
night, you know, I am to give an enter
tainment in Bousby hall for the benefit of
St. Simian's hospital. You
and when I call for some young lady to
oome on the stage and be made to myste
riously disappear step up promptly. Wear
a oress oi some sort, clinging stuff, mount
the table and trust to me. Only you must
promise never to divulge my trick. -j
i promise that very willingly." . j
'Good I When you feel vonrself frinVIn.
do not get frightened and shriek- or make
any movement. -You will bo anlte safe.
When the sinking stops, you will be under
the stage and a young man there will show
you out of the back door. On the street
you will meet Harry ,s The rest foonfideto
your united Intelligence." ; : - i
I had no doubt, whoa I made that ar
rangement, of being able to see Harry and
arrange the part he was to play in the pro
ceedings, but he was-out of town and all
I could do was to leave at his place of busi
ness an earnest message that he must on
no account fall to be present at mv ner-
formance, ' for reasons verv imnortanfe ; to
himself.. His return to the citvintlmn
was assured and I had great faith in the
drawing power of that last clause of the
message. It seldom fails. ;.!;
I enjoyed in those days rather an envi
able reputation as an expert amateur per-
iormer oi parlor magic, one who could be
depended -upon to do some of the best
tricks of the professionals and generally
to produce something new, and the charity
for which the "benefit" was given had the
support of' our best people, so the hall on
the night of my last performance was oom-
lorsaDiy crowaea. jNear tne Iront on one
side I had the satisfaction of seeing Cecile
wltn her aunt and the obnoxious nophew,
while at about the center of the house; by
the aisle, sat my .friend Harry. - - J :
The first opportunity I bad for any per
sonal communication with him was in the
course of my "spirit writing" trick, when
messages, supposably written by spirits,
were caused to appear upa slates that had
just been passed about Aicjg the specta
tors and seen to be quite cjean. - Of course
the messages were written in advance, and
as I knew much about each person des
tined to receive one it may readily be sup
posed that those . communications J were
sometimes startling and always effective.
How their sudden appearance was man
aged I do not deem it necessary to explain
even now. The trick was too good a one
to be exposed. Harry was one of j those
inost astonished when he read sis mysteri
ous missive from the Invisible. , 1 ' j . .
"When Cecile mounts the stage, go out
immediately, get m cab, meet her at the
.stage ' door, marry ' before Mrs. ' Nagley
catches you." He fairly gasped as with
nervous haste he rubbed out the written
words. Then tho performance ran -along
smoothly with the "goldfish trick,' r card
manipulations, and soon, until we came to
the "mysterious disappearance of a young
lady." I had followed with much Interest
the optical illusions Invented by Professor
Pepper and by Maskelyne in 'London, the
"ghost," "sphinx," and so on, with the
result of being able to get up for myself a
new trick that I felt, assured would make
a sensation, as it did, though I am bound
to admit my method has been vastly im
proved upon since. My stage was boxed In
triangularly with a shonlder high screen
of green baize. Well back in its Center
stood a large circular table. ' Apparently
one could see under it perfectly, but really
its lower part was boxed in by mirrors
that, reflecting the soreen, gave -the illu
sory effect of clear space there. ; The top
was a large trap. " I
- I called for a young lady volunteer from
the audience. 2 Of course one was provided
in readiness, had Cecile backed out, to
take her place, but happily the girl's love
made her courageous, and before her aston
ished aunt epuld Interfere she was out in
the aisle ancKmpuntlng the "runway" to
the stage, amid the loud applause of , the -spectators,
j, . ! ' x "-
Whispering renewed injunctions to stand
steady and not be frightened, I assisted
her to step on a chair and from that to the
table. We, of course, had to approach the
table in a straight line in the center of
the stage'so as to avoid the angle of re
flection in the mirrors, andLthe lights were
lowered slightly as an additional precau
tion. When she was in place, a huge cyl
inderswung about to show- its empti
ness was lowered over her from the files,
and rested- on the table. Settling It In
place, I touched the spring that held the
trap and felt that she was sinking. Then,
I walked to the front of the stage, waved
my baton, the lights flashed up, the orches
tra played, and when, in a few' seconds, I
beard a faint click that told me the table
top was back in place I gave a signal. The
cylinder arose again -and swung about
empty. The girl was gone. f ' t
Tho curtain fell behind me while I was
bowing to the applauding spectators, and I
went off at one side. - The applause con
tinued, as I had expected, and the curtain
was raised, showing me again bowing my
acknowledgments in the center of the stage.
In those few seconds my precious trios;
table had been replaced by my able assist'
ant with another which was a perfect du
plicate, except that it had no mirrors or
trap.- :-' J -
Mrs. Nagley,. I think,, suspected some
thing,' for she made a row, demanding the
return of the girl, nut y repnea tna x nau
only promised to make her disappear, not
to bring ner DacK. 'men sne ana jremieia
and several others came on the stage, at
my Invitation,-and searched lor ner, out,
of course, in vain, By that time Ceoile
was far on her road , to marriage wltn tne
man of her choice. J H; Conmelly. ?:.
;-"', '-'' ''"Effect ot Vt v -
Mr. Jaros Payn, in his Gleams
of Memory, gives a Dit pi personal
experience illustrative oi tne truism
that "use almost can cnange mo
stamp Of nature.',
During the 35 years ne nas serveu
as editor, reaaer 'uu wijtoi v
ries and novels the question has often .
been .put to him, "How do you man:
age vrhen you are ill or out of spirits
q -write in the same nnmistaituui
cheerful strain as usual?" ,Mf.
Payn answers:- ' 1
.. "I ha.ve pf Ui wondered myself,
.hut without consciousness of the
difficulty thus suggested. ; In times
of trouble of many kinds," of severe
physical ailments, of domestic be
reavement, and even wita.deatfo un
der, the very roof, my pen, -when' I
found myself at my desk, has turned
to ordinary matters "with perfeot
f aoility and treated them in its habit
ual airy manner. : . -jr -"f -.
"It may not "be a good manner
Mr. Payn's forte is humor but it
has become my own," and misery
itself has no power to make it sad. ,
f write'these very lines in the aoutesf
pain from rheumatic I gout in my.
gnarled fingers. ".Youth's Compan- -
ion. i ''::'.y.-'-: " '''- Aj;V
- Barop Rothschild includes in hia
"Personal Characteristics'! the reply
of the4 Marquis de Bievre to Louis
XV: "I hear that you makdyjokes on
every subject Vfell, !make)ne on
me. ' VTour rna jesty is not a subi
oman
ork
Ia never done, and it is especially wearing-'
,and wearisome to those whose blood Is :
impure and unfit properly to tone, sus
tain, and. renew "the wasting of nerve:!
Tjuu;1B.na tissue. It is monbectnm of
;c,dltion ot the blood that women H
- - Tired, Weak, Nervous. - '
. Than because of the work itself. Every
physician says so, and that the only rem
edy is in building up by taking a e-ood
- nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitaUVer;
pf'rf- ,B SMsaparilla. For the troubles
ii! t0Wmen change ot season '
climate r life, or jresulting from hard"
Work. nervanannuL- - vi i '
thousands have found Uef and cure in
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Prepared only by C. I. Hood & do., Lowell, Mass.
Hood'
r; 1 1 . are the only pills to take
r 1 1 IS with Hood's Sarsaparilia.
SENATE AND HOUSE.
THREE JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THE
V . j CUBAN QUE8TION V : i
lotacduofd in the Senate-rA. Motion 'to
Take Up the Dinkier Btll Discussed-A.
Knmbtr of Bills CoDaldeted in the
-.'""Soaear-Committee ' cn ' - B skias '4
i od Caiieooj ConsteetiDg PUas
; Correct ZSvils of the ,.
" ...j Pfesent Bystem.
- - By Teletraph to the Morning .Star. ' r
' 'J' ' 1 - SENATE. ' -l 'K;::-Z i
x-. Washington, December ; d The
session 61 the Senate to-day was attend
ed by seyeral interesting and important
incidents. ' '.. '
The independence o( Cuba was the
subject of three joint resolutions intro
duced by Senators Cameron of : Penn
sylvania', Republican, Mills of Texas,
Democrat, and Call of Ftorjda, Demo
crat. The first acknowledges the inde
pendence of the .island and directs the
tender of the friendly offices of the
United States Government with Spain
to brtcg the war to a close. The second
directs jthe President of the United
States to take possession of the island
witb-the military and naval forces of the
United States and to hold possession till
the Cuban p:opie can organize a govern
ment. ''And the third recognizes the
Republic of Cuba as a free and indeoenr
dem government and -extends to it all
rights in the ports and within the juris
diction of the United States. - The first
two were referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the last was laid
on the table temporarily until such time
as Mr. Call may desire to address the
Senate on the subject. .' i ;
Something: of a political sensation was
produced by a motion made b? the
Populist Senator from Nebraska (Mr.
Allen) to take op the Dingley bill lor
action so as, be said, to preclude the ne
cessity for an extra session. At first
objection was made by Mr. Aid rich pf
Rhode! Island, Republican, bat after a
few minutes' reflection Mr. Aldricb with
drew the objection, which was thereupon
renewed by Mr. Palmer of Illinois,
Democrat. The motion, however, was
carried by a yea and nay vote 35 to 21.
A very interesting colkquy followed.,
and was still in progress . when the
morning hour expired. The matter then
went over without further action, but
may be taken up at any time that a
similar, motion is made by any Senator.
The Immigration bill came up as the
unfinished business, but no action was
taken upon it, and the Senate, at 2.80
p. rri, adjourned until to-morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The session of the House to-day was
conducted under the infljence cf the
spirit of labor which mar ted the bodv
vesterday. And while it lasted less than
three hours, nine bills were considered
and two conference reports agreed to, in
addition to some other business. Such
industry at the opening of a Session, even
a short one, is unprecedented in the
annals! of Congress. AH of the day's
business, however, related , to States of
the Middle West and Pacific coast. '
The usual resolution distributing the
topics of the President's message to the
appropriate committees was reported
from the Ways and Means Committee
and agreed to.
At 2.25 o'clock: the House adjourned
until to-morrow. -l
; The House Committee' on Banking
and Currency to-day decided that some
steps should be taken by tbem to "cor
rect the evils in our' banking and cur
rency svstem." Just what this step will
be was not disclosed by the discussion,
extending over a period, cf an hour and
a half, -vl:'. v.,-j-,i ; ; h
It was decided, and this decision was
reached with practical unanimity, that
it was; useless to call before them gentle
men who are supposed to . be experts
in finance who have not formulated in
writing a definite plan wh eh looks to a
practical solution ot the present unsatis
factory condition of the banking and
currency system.. There'was some refer
ence to the recommendations contained
in Psffident Cleveland's message to re
tire the greenbacks by an issue of bonds.
The committee generally favored the
proposition, but it was regarded as im
practicible to put it into effect, owing to
the opposition which it would meet, j
- .The?, committee do not expect to reach
a conclusion regarding a proper banking
bill in time to present it to the House at
this session, but it is- confidently ex
pected that one will be ready for the
called session of Congress, which Is gen
erally! anticipated.? The committee ad
journed until one week from today. :
MURDER TRIAL . AT, OXFORD.
Two Women and Thros Men Convlotedr-Oce
Mn Bentenced o be Hanged The
i Otbers to th PenitentUry. p- : . ...
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star, j j
Raleigh. December 9. Two women
and three men, : all negroes, have lor
several days been pn trial at Oxford for
murdering the aged father of the two
women eighteen months ago.and burying
him in their yard. All except one. Calvin
Mongum, were convicted oi muider ia
the second degree and given ten to
twenty years in. the penitentiary.--Mongum
iis sentenced to be hanged Janu
uai v 29th. The murder; was a horrible
one. i The "victim's body was coverei
with! trash and neoDle walked over it
daily x -
FiRE AT WINSTON, N. C.
Brown Bros. Tobaooo Fetory Burned
i . - Lost, $180,000.
1 By Telcanpa to the Moraine Star. -
Winston, N. C December 9. The
manufacturing plant of Brown Bros.' To
bacco Company was burned at 8 o'clock
this morning, , Loss. 1150.000; insurance,'
$59,000.' Besides te factory apdma
chinrV. 850.000 oounds of manufaetnred
tobacco aod 150.000 pounds of leaf were
consumed. The origin of the fire is not
known i t':i:C:0y.
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AFIEH THE BALL.
"-la October last an anninnt Ttnafnn hint.
Stocking, who signed tor tame' (Miss)
Philo Math, enterod, the geology class ol
the university at Ann Arbor and soon aft
er became a member of the Women's club
in that city: - ' Miss PblloiMath was- tall,
slight and angular and carried her bead
magisterially tilted back, which gave un
due prominence to a short nose and a long
chin, both of which, were heavenly In their
inclinations. -:jv'i''K-r'?:r:: -
By a strange coincidence . there was at
the same time another Miss Philo Math In
the city, a graduate of the university- and
also a member of the! Women's club.- She
was young and pretty, and, although hei
eyes,-peeping out mischievously from a
mass of silky brown hair, were a source oi
distraction to many, she was a general fa
vorite. . .-. - -i
- The graduates easily distinguished thess
ladies, for in an hour the senior was know
as Philo the Great and the junior as Phila
. the Good, whioh was abbreviated to "Mag
nus" and "Bonus' respectively. In thii
way the graduates escaped confusion, and
it theprofessors had followed, their ex-
, ample this incident Df the leap year bail
would never have boen written. . :
The Women's club and the university
classes were very olosely allied and the red
letter days of the one were known and ob
served by the other. When the Women's
. club announced its leap year ball for Feb.
89 there was excitement in both institu
tions and for some days many a pretty lit
' tie billet doux went forth from both class
and club. Each member of the Women's
dub was expected to Invite and escorts
gentleman tor. the ball,! and the majority
had no difficulty in the selection.- Phila
the. Great " was - fortunate. ; She ' had a
younger ; brother r who was only 40," bni
Philo the Good had no brother.- '
It is true that there were many aspir
ants to the honor of Phllothe Good's in
vitation, but she took; time and care ia
her selection. She-looked- the list ovei
mentally, and as each war presented sh
dismissed him somewhaS in " this . wayi
"Brownf . No; I have given up dolls yean
ago. Jonesr No; a man that carries per
fume and a pocket ; mirror la a oontradlo
tlon: Then Robinson? No; certainly not
Bobinson. It would take fully six months
to convince' him -that I -was not-deeply in
love with him." J ,".
Philo the. Good was at her wits' end
when a happy thought came to . her and
developed itself so qulokly that In ten
minutes she had written an invitation to
Professor Mica felspar, Ph. D., the rjnl
versity, Ann Arbor, Mich.':
. Dr.. Felspar was a busy and energetic
man, 47 years old, and, although his dark
hair was silvered, he looked younger. H
was tall and military In appearance and
possessed the dignity and command so es
sential to a professor. He took a deep in
terest in -every-member of his class, and
encouraged' them to write to him and ask
such questions or make suoh suggestiops
as were relevant to their geological studies.
The doctor had but little time for . his
extensive correspondence, and on Feb. 26
the questions and suggestions he received
were as extensive as the science of geology
itself. Two letters that morning attracted
: the doctor's attention particularly, and he
decided to answer them at once- i'. ; . -
- They first req nested him to demonstrate,
in his next popular lecture, the harmony
of Biblical teaching and sclentiflo knowl
edge to reconcile geology and Genesis and
to silence : forever the agnostic and the
'scoffer...- :.f. .-,
This suggestion: was from Philo the
Great, and the doctor decided to comply,
but the other, an invitation to the ball, he
would certainly decline, j ' -;
- The next day Magnus was astounded
jghen she received the following: ,.
"Many thanks, but I must decline. I
am too old, the duties too laborious, and I
do not care to be laughed at. Try the ath
letlo club. You will find them, like Barkis,
willing.".-- ...,., f, - j! ., t ,. .
, Magnus read the letter several ' times.
Was the professor afraid lot the subject!
Did he realize its importance f To say he
was too old was a feeble excuse, and to re
fer her to the muscular club swingers was
an insult, t Philo the Great was indignant,
' When Bonus reached the Women's club
that day, she was very anxious, but a note
was waiting for her whioh calmed her
" fears. It read: "I shall be most happy to
comply with your wishes. . Your note
came like an angel's whisper. I shall go
prepared to do my, duty and waltz over ev
ery obstacle. The age is progressive, and
in the grand march science should hold the
foremost place." r - . j '.; ; z t
Bonus was overjoyed. ''How kind of the
doctor to accept, and even to call the invi I
tatlon an "angel's whisper!" Philo the
uooa was nappy, i ' ; ,
, For a week Magnus 'did not attend the
geology class, but j Bonus continued her
Btudies and stood facile ' princeps in her
class, while, in happy Ignorance of his
blunder, the professor prepared his lecture
on "Genesis and Geology." On the eve of
.tlie ball Bonus called on the doctor, as his
escort, to make final arrangements. Then,
. as he held the ."angel's whisper" in his
hand, he discovered his mistake, He5
would not disappoint the fair young grad
uate, nor even disturb her by an explana
tion, and the arrangements were made. '
: ,- The leap year ball was a success, and
none was more admired than were the dig
nified doctor and the graceful Bonus. Aft
er leaving the ballroom! the doctor told
Bonus of his blunder. "I am not sorry
now," ne saiu, "mat it nappenea. " jsvery
one blunders Sometimes, but very few
blunder into such happy results as I have
done. The invitation ' was indeed as an
- gel's whisper to me." As the doctor con
tinued Bonus blushed. I want that an
gel to be always near me and to whisper
often." ; M .' , ' . - v
; . The prof essor explained his error to Philo
the Great and delivered his lecture on
"Genesis and Geology" to the most appre
ciative audience that has been seen in Ann
Arbor for years. I . Xr: ; '' :' :. .
. The members of the Women's club say
that before the Easter lilies fade there will
be a notice in the papers which win be
read with pleasure by -Philo- the Good's
many friends.. "It's all due,'' the doctor
says, "to Bonus and the angel's whisper,"
M. J. Kelly in Chioago Times-Herald. ;
Barney and the landlord, - - -v-Many
years ago, when the versatile-Bar-pey
Barnato had not even enough coth In
bis pockets to perform some of bis favorite
juggling tricks, he rented a little house in
one of the frontier towns of South Africa
and proceeded to have' trouble with his
landlord. Barney-spent- considerable in
improving the house, but the quarrels be
tween landlord and r tenant f continuing
Mr. Barnato decided to move, By insert
ing the following advertisement in the lo
cal paper - the prospective millionaire In
some measure got even .with his landlord:
."Wanted,by a gentleman whoagreed to
leave dwelling occupied; by him in condi
tion in which he found it, 100,000 living
black beetles." - Then followed Barney's
name and address.: , '
- " - The Pitcher Plant. ' ,
The nepenthes or pitcher plant la found
in SO or 80 varieties. Ifc' is indigenous' tti
Sumatra, Borneo, iouth India, peylon and
many parts of southern Asia and tropical
Africa. In its simplest form a smail recepV
tacle or pitcher depends, from the end of
leaf or stem, a hinged lid closing the up?
per part of the yesseL It ia usually about
half full of clear water, and around the
edges of the pitcher is round a viscous
fluid very attractive to Insects. . In some
varieties of the plant the inseots sip the
fluid, which seems to have an intoxicating
effect, and then immediately fall Into the
water, where they are orowneo. in otners
the lid of the pitcher ia left open and closes
with a snap whenever an lnseot ventures
in. The bodies I ot the Insects probably
serve in some way to nourish the plant. ,
.. John Bright on Books, i-
John Bright says : l I would prefer
to have one comfortable room y?el) '
stookel -with books fq-al) yop; caq
give me , in . the way of. uecoration
hicli itie highest art can supply."
There . is no greater - blessing than
oan -be given to a family than at
love of bpcOtal't.v'
-v.-i.---- 'A Coimpiex Qaostloa, 'J
, (Son And the missionary was eaten by
the cannibals! Will the missionary go to
heavenT- r. i
FatEef--Oh, yesl . '
- - SonWill the cannibal?
-;::Father JSo. -:.-''-;-v
J Son He'll " not? . Whj, how. i can : the
missionary go to heaven , if 'the cannibal
6esn't, when the missionary is inside of
the oannlbalt London Tlt-Bits.
,'4-'--
"
Gladness Comes
V7ith a better nnderstandingr-of the
. JI -transient nature of the many phys'
leal ills, which vanish before proper ef- .
forts gentle efforts pleasant effort v
rightly directed." There is .comf ort in"
the knowledge," that so many f orma-of
sickness are not duo to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a coristipatedcondi:
tion of the Bystem, -wliich the pleasant
family laxative, Syrap of Piss, wompt- s
ly removes. That is why it is the only -1
remedy wltn millions or. lamuietr, nad is
.everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health,.; Its "jenencial
effects aro due to the fact, tl t itis the"
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness 'without i debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial ; effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you Jiave the genuine artl-
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and aold by
all reputable druggists. f ? - ' .. -.r
lf in the enjoyment of good health,
and. the system is regular, laxatives or
'other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted .vtith any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
rphysieians, but if in need of a laxative,
- one should have the best, and with the
well-informed - everywhere, Syrup of
. Figs stands highest and i3 most largely
: ued aiTlcWfsrna.stsreneralsatisfaction.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
- .' . By Tewnaph to' the MornJ-j; Star. v'
FINANCIAL.-
Nkw York. December 9 Evening.
Money on call, to-day was easy at 1H
2 per cent; last loan at 1J per cent.,
closing offered at 1 per cent. - Prime
mercantile paper S1 percent. . Ster
ling exchange was quiet, with actual
business in bankers bills 483483;
sixty days and 48Sj48S for demand.
Commercial' bills . 4828&V Govern
ment ; bonds firm; United States cou
pon fours 110;United States twos 95K;
State bonds dull; North Carolina fours
100; North Carolina sixes 119. Railroad
bonds steadier. .
.Silver aftbe Stock Exchange to-day
was higher. : - -..-.-.-i'.::--
7:;W?i;t-'": -,coiMBRciAiM-"---:il:f;?..-
.Nkw York, December 9 Evening.
Cotton quiet and steady; middling gult
' c; middling 7, 7-18a ; r,;- - v
.Cotton futures market closed steady;
December 7 28, January 7:87, February
7 35, March 7 44. April 7 49, May 7 55.
Toue 7 60. July 7 63, August 7 64. Sales
2SS 600 bales.
Cotton net recepts240 bales; gross
4 613 hales; exports to Great Britain
bales; to France bales;. to
the Continent - bales; -j forwarded
717 . bales; sales 455 bales; sales to
spinners 65 bales; stock 253.920 bales. '
.Total to-day Net receipts 43 937
bales; exports to - Great Britain 23.405
bales; to1 France bales; to the Con
tinent 11.457 bales; stock 1.217,389 bales.
Total so far this week Net receipts
180.933 bales; exports to Great Britain
9.419 bales; to France 80,209 bales; to
the Continent 82,707 bales.
Total since September 1 Net receipts
8 970.826 bales; exports to Great Britain
1.423,798 bales; exports to France 886,029
bales; exports to the Continent 827.295
bales. - ;-, r.- ...;. v ";
Flour, dull, weak and unchanged;
Southern flour dull, easy and unchanged;
common to fair extra $3 60; good
to choice (3 603 90. Wheat spot
Hall and easier, closing steady; I. o. b.
97c, ungraded red 8097c; options dull
and weak at lUlKc decline: No. 2 red
December 86Jc; January 88-:; March
c; May 85c v Corn spot dull and firm;
No. 2 29c at elevator and 80c afloat; un
graded mixed 24c; steamer mixed No. 3
25jc; options were dull and firm at un
changed prices to c decline; December
89c; January 29 Jic; Maylc. Oats
spot dull and steady; options easier; De
cember 23c; lannary 23Kc; May SSc;
spot No. 2, 23c; No.;a white 25c;
mixed Western 2223c: white do. 23a
32c. Lard quiet and nominal; Western
steam $4 15; city (3 87375; Decem
ber $4 05. nominal; refined dull; Conti
nent $440; South America $4 75; com
pound $4 87XQ4 50. Pork firm and
demand moderate; new mess 18 258 75.
Butter steady and quiet; State dairy 11
iSOc; do. creamery 1523ic; Western
creamery 1524c; Eigins Eggs
quiet, weak and unsettled; btate and
Penneylvania 2024c; ice bouse 1620c;
Western fresh 2022c; do. per case $225
4 60; Southern 1920c; limed 15K
1 6c. Cotton seed oil quiet nominal;
erode 81c; yellow prime 24c. Rice firm,,
inifaii demand and unchanged. Mo
lasses unchanged. Peanuts quiet; fancy-hand-picked
84c. Coffee quiet to 5
points down; December 9 859 40;
March 9 50; May $9 459 60; Septem
ber (9 50; spot Rio dull but steady; No.
7 $10 12K10 25. Suear raw dull but
steady; fair refining 2 c;. re fined quiet
'aod unchanged. ; -v ; ; , -
Chicago. Dec. 9. Cash quotations.
Flour the market was quiet and easy;
hard wheat spring patents $4 204 60 in
wood; " other quotations . unchanged.
Wheat No. 2 spring 7577c; No. 2
red 88893c. Corn Nu.2 2323c.
Oats No. 2. 18(T. Mess i pork, $0 85
6 90. Lard $3 77J3 80. Short rib
sides $3 804 00. 'Dry salted shoulders
$4 254 50. ; ShOrt .clear sides $4 00
4 Whiskey $1 18 for hih-proof
spirits. ' -: :' ;
The leading futures ranged as follows
opening, highest, lowest.closine:Wheat
December 76M. 76 V. 75. 75c; May
79 80 14, 80. 7979K79c; July
74M74. ti. Uc. Corn Decem
ber lift, 82 22, 82c; January 23.
23H23Vr.23K; 88K23Jfc; May 26,
262tJi 26, 26c. Oats December 17.
17v ne. May SlJi. 21Jf. 20,
20 21c. Pork December $6 85, 6 85,
6 85, 6 85; January $7 60. 7 62& 7 57,
7 60; May $7 95. 7 95. 7 90. 7 92tf.
Lard-December $3 72,872. 8 72,
8 72; January $3 87, 3 90. 8 87K.
8 87X;7May $4 07Ji. 4 10, 4 05. 4 10.
Short ribs December $3 42X. 8 92.
8 93J. 8 92X; January $3 87K 3 90.
8 85. 3 87KI May $4 02, 4 05, 1 00,
4 02. . mS - -
Baltimore, Dec. 9. Flour firm and
unchanged,. Wheat dull and easy; spot
89cbid; May 8687c; Steamer No. 2
red 81c asked; Southern by sample 90
92c; dooa grade 85KQ89Kc Cora
firm; spot 2929c; year 28K88Kc;
January 2828Kc; February 28
a3?ic; Steamer mixed 26 26c. South-errr-white
corn 8329c: do yellow
2228c.- Oats quiet and steady;
No. 2 white 2526c; No. 8 mixed 82
23c . ' ;
N. C. RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Complaint of th 8; A, I. Aaaintt the
: Southern Btttea Passenger Asto- -..
' ' - otatioa. . -'
- ; ,B Telecraph to the Mornims Star. -
. Ralkigh, N. C December 9- ?be
Railway : Commission to-dav received
from General Passenger Agent Ander
son, of tne seaboard Air Line, - com
plaint against the Southern States Pas
senger Association, charging it with dis
crimination, in tbat It, with its combina
tion of roads,' denies 'the Seaboard Ar
Line the Drivilece Of thrones transnor-f
ation - rates between the North aod
Florida, and askioe that the Commis
sion prevent this discrimination against
North Carolina citizens: and railways
which have been so fortunate as eat to
become entangled, in thj Association,
COMMERCIAL
.WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAR OFFICE, December 8.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Mrket
steady at: 84 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks,' and 24 : cents lor
country Cdsks..,' t: - j...
ROSIN Market firm at $1 45 pet
bbl for Strained and tl 50 tor Good
Strained.. ' ; : .' .- ".:
TAR. MarkeOpteady atT $1 10 per
bbl -of 280 ibs.-'--
CRUDE TURPENTINE, Quiet.
Hard 1.40, YellowlDip L90 and Virgin
1 80 per barrel." . :--:'--
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 2524c; - rosinr strained.
$lr85; good strained $1 40; tar-$0 95,
crude turpentine $1 10. 1 60, 1 60. ,
vrJi:? -. 'p rkceipts. ; h
Spirits Turpentlne;?y , .7. 4 M
KosiD. . . . .Vvf- 148
Crude TurpentineTr..v...-.i ! - 18
Receipts same day last year 103
casks spirits turpentine. 1.118 obis rosin.
49J bbls tar, 94 bbls crude turpentine.
' - . ..." .COTTON, -v"?
. . Market firm on a basis of 7c for
middlins. Quotations: A ; - . ; e
Ordinary i.i
cts n
Good Ordinary.......
Low Middling. .. . . . a
Middling. ... . ; . rtJ,
Good Middline.Vi....
6
7.7-16
Same day last year, middling 8c r
i Receipts 1,668 bales; same day last
year 1,611. - - ;. .-
- - - COUNTRY PRODUCK. - '.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime;
4050e per bushel of 88 pounds; Extra
Prime, 65c; Fancy. 6065c Virginia
Extra Prime, 6065c; Fancy. 6570c.
; CORN Firm; ;88 to 40 cents per
uuauci.
ROUGH
bushel..
RICE 6570 "cents per
N. C BACON Steady; Hams, - 8
to llc per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides,-? to 8c'
SHINGLES Per thousand, five Inch,
hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2 25; six inch,
$2.50 to 8 50; seven inch. $5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50 per M. r. .-'.. . ;
STAR OFFICE, December 8.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 24 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks, and 84 cents for
country casks.
. ROSIN Market firm at $1 45 per
bbl lor Strained and $1 50 for Good
Strained.
TAR Market steady at $1 10 per
bbl of 280 Ss,
CRUDE TURPENTINE- Quiet.
Hard $1 40, Yellow Dtp 1 9u, and Virgin
1.80 per barrel. - ' ; i. v
' Quotations same day last year Spirits
tui.Lentine i8524c; rosin, strained,
Jl 85; (good : strained, 1 40: tar, 0 95;
crude turpentine, $1 10, 1 60, 1 60. -
' ' .. i- " - RECEIPTS. , "
Spirits Turpentine.."... . ...... . - 11
Rosing . v 108
Crude Turpentine .' 22
; Receipts "same ; day last year 134
casks spirits turpentine, 601 bbls rosin,
160 bbls tar. 19 bbls crude turpentine.
r cotton.
Market firm on a - basis of 7c for
middling. Quotations: . -
Ordinary. . .' 4$ cts ft
Good Ordinary.. - " "
Low Middling.. 6:- ' " "
Middling. . . J.......; 7 .- C;
Good Middlihg.....v 7 5-16
: Same day last year,: middling 8c.
: Receipts 324 bales; same day last
year 1,855. jj ', ,
' - i COtlNTRY PRODUCE. "
PEANUT North Carolina Prime.
4050c per jbnshel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 65c; fancy, 6065c. Virginia
Extra Prime 6065c; Fancy, 65 70c. '
CORN Psirra; 88 ; to 40 cents per
bushel."'--,-? ' ..-S -.-:-
ROUGH RICE 6570 cents per
bushel. - f ' -r- '
. N. C BACON Steady; Hams.- 8
to llc per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides. 7 to 8a; ;. ;
SHINGLES-r-Per thousand, five inch,
hearts and saps. $1 60 to 2.25; six inch,
$2 50 to 8.50; seven inch, $5.50. to 6 60.
1 TIMBER Market steady at $3 00 to
7.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE December 5.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
.opened steady at 84
cents per gal
casks, and 84
Ion for . machine-made
cents for country casks.
Sales later atl
84M and 84 U cents, r i. -
ROSIN Market firm at $1 45
per bbl for Strained, and $1 50 for Good
Strained. - -
TAR. Market steady at $1 10 per
bbl of 880 fits. " -. ' ,
CRUDE TURPENTINE: Quiet.
Hard 1.40, Yellow Dip 1 90, and Virgin
1.80 per barrel.
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 8524c; rosin, -strained,
$1 85; good Strained $1 40: tar $1 00;
crude turpentine $f 10, 1 50, 1 60. ;
' ,, - RSCKIPTS. ' . -
Spirits Turpentine, v... 74
Rosin... . .. . :. 322
Tar 87
Crude Turpentine . . . .... .... - 9
Receipts same - day last year 182
casks spirits turpentine, 656 bbls rosin,
876 bbls tar, 50 bbls crude turpentine.
. --I- :v" -COTTON. - 3- "-'-.
' Market firm on a basis' of 7c lor
middling. Quotations:
Ordinary. . . ....... .
Good Ordinary.......
Low Middling. . .
Middling. . . .... . . . .
Good Middling. . M . . .
cts $
6
7
7 5-
16
Same day last year, middling 8c.
. Receipts 567 bales; same day
last
year 1,151. ':r:-: - v:-;v
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime,
4050c per bushel of 88 poo ads; Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy, 6065c. Virginia
Extra Prime. 6065c; Fancy, 6570c.
CORN. Firm; 488 to 40 centa per
bushel.' ?.-y " :. ' -v.---
S ROUGH RICE 6570 , cents ; per
bushel. "" - : . "
; N. C BACON Steadf; Ham, 8
to llc per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
- SHINGLES Per thousand, five incb,
hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2 85; six incb,
$3.50 to 3 50; seven inch; $5.50 to 60.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50 per hL--"
X STAR OFFICE, December 7.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 85 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks, and 84 cents for
country casks. - Closed firm at 25J and
84C ,i - "'-:--A:v --.--' --'.: . --
ROSIN Market firm at $1 45 per,
bbl for Strained and $1 60 for Good
Strained. - - -
TAR. Market steady at $1 10 per
bbl of 880 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Quiet.
Hard 1.4Q, Yellow Dip 1.20, and Virgin
1.80 per, barrel. '
v Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 8584c; rosia. strained.
$1 85; good strained $1 40; tar $1 00;
crude turpentine 1 10, 1 50, 1 60.
- RXCSIPTS. V: -v V . V i '
Spirits Turpentine... v,v, - 125
Rosin. , . .... . . . .. ... 588
Tar 260
Crude Turpeotine .............. 74
; Receipts ... same day . last year 84
casks spirits turpentine. 1.072 bbls rosin
830 bbls tar, 11 bbls crude turpentine. "
';-Hii.-y--: COTTOIf,
'' Market firm :on. a ' basis of 7c ior
middling. Qaotations: , 5 .-; :7SV -Ordinary.
4 cts lb
Good Ordinary.... . 6 " i
Low Middling.;., 4.. 8V: "
Middling . . k. . . 7 - .
Good Middlimji.i. tl . i 6-18 5 " .
V 5am day last year, middling 8c. '
. Receipts 891 bales; same day last
year; 9:-,: sn:.
.Whkt
Castoria Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
.' and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other JNarcotlcrgubstance. It is a' harmless substitute
for PaxegoricDrops, Soothing: Syrups and Castor OiL '
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years use '-by-:
Millions of Mothers. . Castoria is the Children's Panacea'
y the Mother's Friend.
'. Caatorl destroys wormi, allays feverish
' ness, cares diarrhoea and -wind colic, relieves
teething-troubles and cores constipation. "
V ; Castoria contains no paregoric, morphine,
or opium in any form.
'. "For several years I have recommended
Castoria, and shall always continue; to do
so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results," '-v v-;.;. ,
5dwtn K. Passbb, M.D.,
125th Street and 7th Avenue,
-; s' New York City.
Children Cry for
THS eiHTkUR OOMMNV. TV
COUNTRY ' PRODUCK. " J
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime,
4050c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy, 6065c - Virginia
Extra Prime, 6065c; Fancy, 6570c. '
CORNXsFirm; 88 to 40 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH
bushel.
RICE 6570 I cents : per
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams. 8
to llc per pound; Shoulders. 6 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c. -j,
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. December 8.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
steady at 25j cents per gallon for machine-made
casks, and 24 cents j lot
country casks. r r
ROSIN. Market firm at $1 45
per .bbl for Strained and r $1 6ft for
Good Strained. .
TAR. Market steady at $1 10 per
bbl of 280 lbs. - i :r
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Qaiet.
Hard 1 40, Yellow Dip 1.90. and Vi
argia
1 80 per., barrel.
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine 2524c; rosin, strained,
$1 35; good strained $1 40; tar $1 00;
crude turpentine $1 10, 1 50. '1 60. N
y : . ' RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine....:.. ..p..- 86
Rosin ,,- ;- 188
Tar 125
Crude Turpentine.,. ............ 21
Receipts . same day last year119
casks spirits turpentine, 503 bbls' rosin.
262 bbls tar, 61 bbls crude turpentine. .
:;' v; '. ' ;. COTTON -'- '
- Market firm on a basis of 7c for
middling. Quotations:
Ordinary ............ i " cts $ ft
Good Ordinary 6 " "
Low Middling ........ 6 ; " " :
Middling .. ...... 7 f "
Good Middling:.;.:.; 7 5-16 ' ' -1
- Same day last year, middling 8c.
- Receipts 891-bales; same day last
year 1.178. .' . . - ' ' .
: V COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime,
4050d per busbeL of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy, 6065c. ; Virginia :
Extra Prime, 6065c; Fancy, 65 70c,
CORN Firm; 88 to 40 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE 6570 cents per
bnshel. - "
N. C BACON Steady; H.ms, 8
to llc per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c ; : ,
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch,
hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.85; 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. r-.' . -.
; STAR OFFICE. December 9.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing. '.-:-v ." ; .; ;- ; .
ROSIN. Market firm at $1 45 per
bbl tor Strained and $1 60 for Good
Strained. ;- - , , - ' ; '7:---- :--
l A k. Market steady at $1 10 per
DDI ot zoU lbs. . ,
CRUDE . TURPENTINE. Quiet.
tiara yellow Uip 1 80 and Virgin
l.wi per barrel. :
- Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine xo24hc; rosm, strained.
$1 35; good, strained $1 40; tar $1 00;
crude turpentine $1 10. 1 60, 1 60.
. RECEIPTS. '
Spirits .Turpentine. . . ... . .... . .. ' f 62.
Rosin........ 862
xar ..:.:........;..,. 65
Crude Turpentine.. . . . 43
Receipts same i day I last year 26
casks spirits turpentine, 119 bbls rosin,
J38 bbls tar. 19 bbls crudeturpentine.
-'.;''- COTTON.
Market steady on a basis
middling.- Quotations:
Ordinary. ............ 4
uooa urainary....... 0
LowMiddlinc .:. 6
Middling. ..... ..7
Good Middling;... 7 5-16 "
Same day last year, middling 8c.
Receipts 893 bales; same day last
year, 807. -- . y
7 COUNTRY PRODUCE.
' PEANUTS North Carolina Prime,
4050c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 65c; Fancy, 6065c. : Virginia-
Extra Prime. 6065c; Fancy, 65 70c.
CORN Firm; 88 , to 40 cents per
bushel. ::(. 7-:i- f'-:;';
ROUUH KlCl-6570 cents per
bushel. f y- ' -''m-'' ': '
N. C BACON Steady; l Hams, 8
to llc per pound; Shoulders, 8 to 7c;
Sides. 7 to 8c. ,
. SHINGLES-P-Per thousand, five Inch,
hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six inch,
$2 50 to 8 50; seven inch, $9.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.60 per M.
EXPORTS FOB THE TTE EK.
i , COASTWISE.'
New York Stmr Croatan 741 bales
cotton, 691 casks spirits turpentine, 640
bbls tar, 50 bags peanuts, . 25,000 ieet
I l o .1...
New York Stmr Pawnee 968 bales
cotton, 206 casks spirits turpentine, 140
bbls chaff. 25 do rosin, 10 0J1O bolts, 400
bags cban, 09 pkgs mdae. . ,
FOREIGN.
- LtvRPOOWStmr Roxby 0.882 bales
' Bneltlii jsjriuesi 8utv
The Best Salvs in the world tor
Cuts, ftrases, Sores Ulcers, -Salt-
Rhevm. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, ChUblains. Corns.' and all Skia
Eruptions and positively cures Piles or
no pay required.- Jr unguaranteed to
srive oeriect satisfaction or money re
funded. -Price 2S cents oet box. i For
.saje b-t;R,BE.iXAisTBe..):vi;.v; t
of 7c , for
rts lb
is
" Castoria.- i so well adapted to children
that I recommend it as superior to any pre
scription known, to me." ,
.."--.-I - H. A. ARCBSR,' M. D., '
iix So. Oxford Str., Brooklyn, N. T.
"The usa of Castoria is so universal and
Us merits so well known that it seems' a
work of supererogation to endorse It.. Few
are the intelligent families who do not keep'
Castoria within easy reach."
. Cablos Majltvk, D, D.,
t ". " . . New York City.
Pltcher'o Castoria.
MUNMt STRCCT, NKWVOKK OITV.
f Cotton markets.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .. i .
December 9 Galveston, quiet At 7,
net receipts 10.051 bales: Norfolk; ni. '
at 7, net receipts 8.858 bales; Ba j
tiraore. quiet at 7 7 16. net receipts I
bales; Boston, dull at 7 7-16, net receipts f .
1 247 bales , Wilmington, steady at 7. net I :
receipts 893 bales; Pniladeipbia qu.e at ! '
711-16c.net receipts 459 bales; Sava.
nab, quiet at 7 18 16, net receipt 6 886 1
bales; New Orleans, steadier at 71 16 net
receipts 22.687 bales; Mobile, lqu tt sti
7 15 16 net receipts 8-784 balesiMemph.s. 1
steady at 6 15-18. net receipts 4,451 r '.
Augusta, quiet at 71 16.net receipt 1,488
ales; Charleston, steady at SJg, net re
ceipts 1,879 bales. ' !
Nxw York, December . Romn
steady;strained common to good $1 88.;
Spirits turpentine quiet and' steady at
27J28c. j ' I M y-i ,1
CASTORIA
, For Infants and Children.
ARRIVED. j
Br stmr Graffoe, 1932 tons, Penniwell, '
Liverpool, Alex Sprunt & Son. 1
Steamship Croatan, McKee, George
town. H G Smallbooes.
Steamship Pawnee. Robinson, ' New
York, H G Smallbones. ' - .
Schr Winneaance, 851 tons. Manioq.
New Ycrk. Geo Harriss, Son & Co. j -
Steamship Geo W Clyde Chichester
New York, H U Smallbones.
Scbr Abbie G Cole. 232
New . York, Geo Harriss, Son
CLEARED.
Steamships Croatan, McfK-i, xr-,
York, H G Smallbones. ( -
Bf strar Roxby, Shield. lUvetnnri
B.' Robinion, n)
es.: X'-y''
Steamship Pawnee,
York. H G Smallbones.
Nor stmr Thor, Kufaule, Savacnah.
Heide & Co. J
Steamship Geo W ClydeChfchesier.
Georgetown, H G Smallbones.
Wholesale Prices ;. i iirrent.
SarTh lonowlnc qooncioDS renment Wholenkt
Price generally. In making Dp email orders higfcer
prices have to be charged, -. .. .,
The anotauont arts arwavt oivea as aeeniateiti as
posilble, but the St as will not be responslbla lot say .
variations from th actual market pries of th article ;
Quoted. ' :- . .'!,.
BAGGING
SBJute
Stands d ...................
WE8TKKN SMOKED
Hams N lb .m'.. ...
:id-i3S
Shoodors ) ft
DRY SAL 1 ED
Sides ...... ........ -
Shouloen SJ fc ..............
BARRELS piri s Turpentine :
becond-naiid, eacn.. i
New New York, each..... .... '
New City, each. ...... .....v..
BIESAXfl .
WilmiDgtoa V M. ............ I
Northein . ....... 1
u 00
BUTTS .
North Carolina V s),,,...,.
N rthera .......... ... ......
CORN MBAL
Per Boshtl. la sacks
Vlrainia Meal ............
COTTON TlKS-f) bundle......
CANDLES P
Adimaotine. ............ ..
CHIF.SK S
Northern t-actory ............. :
Dairy, Cream .....,. ,..
Cal. . .
COFFEE- fc -. - .
LKUTra.. ............
Rio
DOMES1IC8 -
Sheet ng.trt, Tr4.,,,,.
Yams ) bunch..............
EGGS f) dozen .................
Magkeiel, No I, w-barrel ....
Mackerel, No 1, half-barrel
Mackerel, No S, V bavrel... .
Mackerel, No 2. W half-barrel
Mackerel. NoS, barrel.....
Mullet. rrel
Un lets. -k barrel.
N C Roe Awning, V keg.... .
Dry Cod, f) ft ............... .
. kvtl
OUR- barrel ... . ,
. Low graoe ,.........,,..... :
Choce ......................
Straight..
First Patent '
I O S IS
Kb 4 tO
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O S 19
GLUE-fJ ft ; ......
Cora, iroia store, bafr Whtte,
Cora, ergo, in bulk White... '
Can, cargo, in bags Watt,, "
0ts, from ore....,,.,,.,..,
Oats, Rust Proof..,.,...,....
Cow Peas ....................
HIDES, fl. ft - i . .v, ... v ,
vsTCCH itititsiisisiitiliiiif II
Dr -I
luster
tv eitrsxm
.t . -ryt ?
nuns wvciimi iiiiiim
HOOP IRON, it m.
r ki-
LIME barret
vj -iwiiipsi.essttMS
LVsniKia
btllD otut
rewedr.....
soon
i IS 00
Kongb-tdce Flank............ 10 UU
West India cargo, sccordlog
to quality 18 00
Dreaiedj ripening, seasoned... 18 09
Scaotl m aad Blard. nmoa.M 00
ULAMKS, m gallon
Nw Crop Cuba, ia bhds,,,,,.
bW......
Forto Kico, ia hbds,,
.s- in bbls ...........
Sngar-Houss, in hhls. .
.r i lli.
Svnw. In bbls . IS
NAILS. keo. Cat- SOd bssls.... '
JPORK,Vkrel
( y 919
Remp, -
Prime' -J
ROPE, ft ..... , 10
SALT, sack Ahm.
l.iverpooi..s
Chi 125 ft Sacks.. i 0
SHINGLES, 1-inch, 9 U,. B 00 ft
Coaao .................,. 1 SO O
CTpres Saps... S SS
SUGAR. V ft Standard Grmnu?
j. Standard A... ...... ........ .. .j; '. & .
. White Ez. C
. Szta C, Gold.,a.t. .... r 4 o
;JC Ycfl-w '-'. '. , & ,
SOAP, ft ttorthma.. . m ; X& ,
STAVfcS, 1 M W0. barrel.... 8 00 Q '
- R. O. Hog'head. .... ' &
TIMS' R. M feet-Shlppisg.... . - &
; , Mill,Pnma '. .-
Vat, Fair 6M jf
Common Mill. .. , 4 00 T
' - Inferior to Oreaaary.... .,... -i &
TAUX)W , J &
WHISKEY. f galkai Northern. L. &
aiorth Carolina ......m.... t 00
..r. . : . . ...... .......
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