7 !
7 r J fltL(
'f r
The mccim gmv.
LAMPLIGHT.
p I Hy, so tumbled and sleepy, .
. i dusk with ber bead on my kneel
litt
.. .i.i ilim. and the l
, and the shadows are creepy.
Iimp'"' . ah, sad met
1W
, 11 .. ... -,v. r that Ms DReJa must
W'1": V.,lv-,T)nM only it bo.!
AU. "
. . .....1 ttvr. ..M
'.Jini'1
....is vvtfcn I wi ouu mm,,
that we ne'er shall sea.
rhttL- iHi'-if-. 'till tt:.y days ar
g IhvTc gt .Va.-!s at my own
K i l vi"a ksi'jw what la nnd
wi vviu.uler in New '
till piny days are over
wn tirod kneel
nndor the olover,
i'lwt vviittjicr in new xpra jfreaa.
; ) two wites; v
J. crown chilly, hpsri't It?" - I '
(Hi 'v.'" 'ul Aprnes jLawton, with a
, i..t!:r.. i-tse wasj..uddllng In kw
i!
,n ner rriona s hearth.
...ft bluwn
horribly 1 chilly, Marlon for
Aimtln r qu:
irrcl, I suppose, with your
? auarrcl this time that ends every.1
nnrf e''11 to mother in Bos-1
iMin't. niy lear. I '. -Varii
n Kiiissltmd 6poke thus In tones
H.fnauil m1 I". She was swaying her.
i 9,,i!v iii "it rocking clialr, and she bad
nded Ih'i' i"'"1 1,1 a leisurely Way. " She
'. 1 uv"- hi4"1! womilfl not handsome,
Jut 5-ith ii Ix-.iutlful figure anda faoe tail
.'yi)'i,jv,ii'vi'"nlways said that,!' replied
,,'jlrsj Lnwton, frowning at the fire.
rBuI now ! mean to disobey your ooun-
' "' "'
'VerT well, Agnes; as yon please. Be
emtr 1 vc always said one thing. Your
'Lbiind l"vt'-i -V,!U devotedly" '
i. vh iimt's the Tery point, Marion! Ho
but not uevoieuiy. ne - ana
4irtnU InU'ltlw hAP fsMUl lint).
kero ' -
irfff-' out 'the rest words In a dogged,
iink ai:(U-rt.ne-"no is not laitniuL "
"jh'c' WilliUiiins of Mrs. Kiugsland's
rocking flKilr'tititckcned the least little bit
.WW'i,lid isf" ' : l: ".. :.
"Yours." '. f j "
"Ob Trent vest I wasn't thinking of
Mm ,siiiM:f.l.ri'd. biting ifor Hpa "What
Is tile rr'--'!lt tf'Uiblo, Agnes?i Tell ma"
I .-it s very siriiplei.. I found a note'' In
Fred's I , iiiiii .Mr. Lnwton's overcoat
Ix'kot." ' -"..A ':' i ". f ".'i'-P-My
dour Allies, v?hatj wore you doing
tiiercr'...-: '- '.-'. ;.; ; : ' :.1 .
' "Doing then"' . ! . j
. "Youwre spying jealously apying,'!
aid Marion, with herusukl calm. . 4Ad-
Jilt It " " "; ' i : !' .'
You're crui'ler 'than usual, Marlon, j I
was n fool to wmo horp. Mamma will
empathize', however. I shall take the 8
o'ci'xktralii ft r Huston." - .!
'Witfthe'iii'tt? very dreadful?"
.' Oh, it toki its own story. ' And, as
you're .w:irf . this is not the first tlino"
' Tbut ymi'vo gone through your hua
band e pockets? I. know. And the slgna
rarer" ' x -.,
'-Initials .: :: ' ' .
-I sea- And a very Violent quarrel fol-
lowi:-" '.;., .'.'.- ' j, -1 "
"Tho most violent we have; ever had.
Am! the h,x wo shiill ever linva" i
' 3!:iriou Ivingstuud stopped rocking.
"Agiies," she. kiid,. brooking a pause, "I
don't know : husband who In publio la
'. more rt'?i h tful, more attentive; more posi
tively gallant t -liis wife than yours." j
; lp public! ' bristled the. other. "What
does.tiuiC lntau:-"'. - i,
"It nu-aiis a great 'deal more than many
wife gets many a wife of Our aoqnaint
wco vfhoni Tvp heard you openly pity In
. my hearin-;. ' Now, answer ;me frankly.
Might not tiiiit'letter which you found and
read have implied a llirtution, a passing
' sentiment, r.ttfet-r than the very lurid and
ncaiidalous ini rpretation you. put upon
ic 1 say, misfit it not?' Think for a mo
ment before yoh answer. V I
Agnes tnss.U4itr iiwid, Ideckod In a tiny
bonnet of tafigld pansiod -J : i
; "Well, perktfjfc," iie presently oonoed
ed, with dittliic relueiance. ,
"Perhaps,;' n peated Marion. "Now that
Is at k-iist aa adinission. It puts Fredorick
in aiuore pardiinahlu light. But it does
tot Mouse you riu being most rashly Indiscreet."-
j '.-i
"Oh." fumeij Agnes,' "I do" so detest
Hut kind cf ph iLsophy !" ' "r':-'
"Wewdiien.(;in cultivato none that is
lonsder." : : L '
"Wewoiifrn. iiarton! How Would yon
teetpray, ftyouflTSiit''- . I "
' '"Sever nkfcj.;:iiy Tront, dear. Let ns
talk genetiilitifcsi for a 'few! minutes.
, There's hatdly a household that hasn't Its
selieard's eimmljer." !
y i. .
And so you can af
ford"
"Ger,rralitio, please, Agncs,'just for a'
, little whiK There aro F.itiiriaa who do
pry, and tncro iifo Fatiihtvs who don't.
.Ihejiith r L.,v,- l:y f;lr the liost tinie of it
-that is, w.'iou riielr Uiuelieards treat
them fondly and courteously. ( Discretion
Is a Wonderful 'Fal.-gunid to conjugal con-'
WfenC Thsjuori.1 obligation with men
should l;e n? htroii.a iis it is with women.,
. I freely gratit ynit that; But society does
not (tram it, mid in tl;e lives of our great
; praj-great-fivniachild rca it will not pro c
i tiwliy em;,:., iii.y such system cf ethics
Pw I miserahly err. It is a system
telkwl aUi'.t. written alxuit, iand, if at
. it. ".-ill he ft'-tivtly exploited, on
rr! 'ly who now lives will lie,
-Itrnilyh:il.ver i:i graves 'whoso deep-
cut ttadsr;,iiM I3i ve grown undocipber
blurs. Tf-o nov.-woman may dream
r dreams nt:d tn realize a few of them,
ttit, after li it is still a man's world,
Mi man's v.,JTld for inn 117 centuries It
oust remair.. Fatimawlll reap nothing
JTr curi tlty tx.-ept unhappiness. I So
i-yot fi! o, live nnd die in blisful ig
Jf"Bee. Ai.d it is Ki iuuch better that.
Kb-rald. . Monuro men; and tho laop
n.it..ei,:iu3f his spots. i Why jnot
.71 "l"- A fo can tond and water
WMousjf'nd u:r suspicion precisely as;
' f were tvr (llXrreut Jipeciniens ;of fern f
noni'"; J'trdjiiioro. Of course marital
3 fitment,' .rudeness, ' are all.
I'?'' 1 lmvo often taken aT
JBhtfm.sryey,-.AgiK.!f,.ofiij,y own so-
5al.!Urrour,uii!gs. They are very much
"me . v.ltir.,, dear, i! 7e often
at tho . sin,,,,, tens, dinners, dances.
2n"wtil 'me settho smart set, I
on,, WllllId fll it-and most of
'lv a U !T0 mnrrM Hke our
inn' 1 ve rcpoatPdly rnsked myself,
Zl l&s h,i":!l 'wliat. they don't say
of I t" tll,:-v d0 sl-v' if vast amount
iiiy tt.rmeiit may not la avoided by
" aiiple. process of Patlma refraining
knach ' trf,-'rcm'fl wl'h Bluebeard's key
or Ag,.s spranj? frQIn hcr!'Bt bv tho
m thi T fairfnlHr' Impetuously,
friend. ' tjstofl11 sitting room of her
lklnneralities, but to me
"UUWhv Tj " l""""""'
11 Win i'. 0';aU!:o I'm not only jealous v
: i m j.-nlous of" youl. jFrora your
StS?-? Pert0 nia'riod' haPPl
all th 1 a fnnn who worships yoa,
utr, i9tWorI(1 owfl, who Is a model of
V, ?nde' the sun, and who prob
lnkln,hn , at 8 woman without
Heal it 1. ac H,ie IallH below you, bis
"taV,i Casy no"h t0 Vruach disore
fc U . n',lrcunisiw-'tion. . You've the key
. nifP,,rtlll0nts- Yo're a Fatlma
nin,, , ?rt? wj)0 Bn't know the
She i '""keddoor," i Here Agnes
""tedtn. ul "ysierio way ana
wercanr Dear chalp- "That's one of
'WatoW-" Whlle "Peakloshe
jk brf?? , room and l"ted atoass
''wfc'i''V 'Wing it aloft
Phowfin d Marln. raising her
"a-wntar t.Ruri)rlsK3- "He
NWeri.a??- leav,n8 ' down town
" of. th hlcker one of Strayne be
V8 ftCitUHKed Strayne
. Anns. Z. r he has his careless moods. "
?lntn,ti,ar odd laugh, thrust
?fesi of find"6 f the "You've
T'haPPy M ,'r1g any"tlD8. yoa' irrltot-
are'
paused
L - 111
She bad drawn
Tgw-dirV cnvelope which, had
. omn.. ? opcn at it" sides.
til "'i 'or i tMorion, sne ex-
? flate of .tUelrveI 80011 on'
'orvioi'VT'1'1 'our dy backbit
. ;W- Well, really I"
tjw,; : I -1 .'v. - '
frlomi- ward and the note
!Peed " ?ragP with uncharacter
lWws. sh-'1" Pal "lady." hut she
wL"1"! then r!.8canned the supeworlp
nei raiwd the envelopV to her
-uii g linnrt 1 ... .
Blood
means sound health. With tW
rich, healthy
i.ny oiood, the stomtoh and dl
organs will be vigorous, and ther-
no flnmniiU m
gestive
. Nenralijia
B.H O U
1. u1 rr, "eumatism and
J"r
Kbettm
JE?-- g?r.ala nd
-"-fiwar, , wita pure .
to et and yow
H. d' "Weet nd Refreshing.
Thaf hi Pf1118 "ke. pare blood
ThSt ta wh fe 7 diseases
to cu dfaeW rXK Mvn5.A 't
vent
icknees andrm embe
n d
Sarsabarhln
I the One True Blood Purser. i per bottla,
wood's phu srtoraS
GOLD-BUG DEMOCRATS.
BT.tloc.i XxeeatiT Ot mmittae In Confer-
U0'P0,p,t of FsII Can- '
"v' ' : ' ' Plb Disoustfd. ,
; !i ; ByTekgtaph to the Uoralng Star. . "
Niw York. IaiT JLfhn at'
committer ol the Natlonai Democratic
k-"t.-uo sioia oranca, of the Demo
cratic part?, met to-day at 68 William
treet. l.There was not a foil attendance.
ThcJre wa "nch disappointment over
the absence of three members ol tbe
committee and alio because a number
ofpolltiaans'who had expected to S
lrom I5wa Kentockv and Ohio
to talk over the prospects of the Fall
campaign did not appears ' .
The purpose oi the meeting was ap
parently to hear these men and to dis
cose whether to conduct campaigns in
the various State ith aru..b... .
campaign literature. :
.u," u. ine meenB was called to order
thissubiact Vai talrM r. . '71
that the gold Democrats bad a eood
nguwK cnance lor victory in Kentucky
and a fair chance in Iowa. Then whether
it was better to spend what money they
had and could get for speakers for those
campaigns or for literature war tbe
question. ! - .w , "
At the close. of the meeting Chairman
oTODin cave ont a iiiiam... u u
that after a discussion of the matter of
aaaisuuR me stales ot Ohio. Kentucky
and Iowa in their Mmrulniii tv 1 17.11 s
was bnallv decided to aair ,.
campaign committees with prominent
peaKersoi nauonal reputation.
After the discnaainm -vf y.m f
i v v .uv uiai fci jl
speakers the committee considered the
cpuus maae oy tne representatives of
KentUCkV.Onio and lama anl aA1-.nrM
tp meet at tbe call of the chairman.
LYNCHING IN LOUISIANA.
A Negro Hanged for Cilmlnally Assaulting"
J a 'Widow Idy. ..
By Telegraph to the Morning Sta.
Niw Ikkria, LA., JulyJl. About
7.80 o'clock this morning, at Baldwin,
in St. Mary's parish a negro Jack
Davis, alias Baddy Jack was hung by
the citizens of, the town for criminally
assaulting Widow Marcol. Davis way
laid the lady and struggled with her."
Her screams aroused Micah Heck, who
chased the aeero to the store nf
Beeders & Del Hav. where, nmn hfin
recognized, he was seized, rushed to tbe
oayou oank at the edge of the town and
wim no ceremony nung. He implicated
another negro, Willis Jewell, who, after
being severely whipped, was ordered to
leave the town. All excitement Is al
layed and no farther trouble is. antici
pated. I
Physical strength and energy con
tribute to strength of character, and both
may be' had by taking Hood a Sarsa-
parllla. j , . .
LEADEK8 AT LOGGERHEADS,.
Tom Watson Calls on Karioa Butler to
Bslga His ChslrnuBshlp;
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. .
Atlanta, July SI. In his People's
Party paper of this week, out to-night,
Thoe, E. Watson calls on Senator 'Ma
rion Batler to resign tbe national chair
manship of the People s Party. He says:
"With Butler at tbe head . of our host.
the host will not march. , He has de
ceived us and Is deceiving as now. ' He
is in collusion with oar foes, just as is
Allen. We cannot fight fusion wltha
Fusionist in command. There is no
sense in trying it. v
"This party is entitled to a chairman
who is in sympathy with its policy as.
declared, at Nashville. Populism can
not go to success unless a Populist
leads a leader 1 who puts principle
above office, and who realizes the
deadly mistake of putting our .party
into corrupt bargainings for office with
its foes, j ' ' i .
"Let Mr. Batler resign. Let as have
Washburn or Reed for chairman. Let
ns nave an omciai neaa in wnom ine
rank and file can put confidence."
A telegram from Stavanger, Norway,
states that a carrier pigeon oas oeen
caught in the neighborhood of Soevde
in Rifvlke. with a silver ring upon one
of its feet land tbe following stamped
upon i:s wingt: "North Pole, 142 W. 47.
62'. : i- . :' ' -
Mrs. Lovey Aldrich. one of the seven
surviving widows of the revolutionary
soldiers wbo fougbt in tne war ox n to,
died at San Diego Cal. Monday. Mrs.
Aldrich was born at San Born ton, N.
H March S9th. 1800 .
EXPORTS FOB TUB WEEK.
FOREIGN. '.
San Domingo City Schr Marion
T4iili.Annn ImI Itimher bv S & W H
Mnrthrnn 1 Of 130 feet lumber bv Chad-
bourn Lumber Co; vessel by Geo Harriss,
Son & Co. : : ; '".' .. ' -n '. .-'!; .
j COASTWISE.
New York Steamship Croatan 26
cases cotton flannels, 05 pkgs mdse, 68
bdls bags, 95 bbls tar, 225 do rosin, 683
do spirits. 450 bags chaff. 600 bales cot
ton, 20,000 shingles. 600 bales cotton.
v5J5.
MARINE.
-j ARRIVED. . "
Italbarqae Nord America, 658 tons,
Capiro, Girgenti, Jas T Riley & Co.
Steamship Croatan, 827 tons, Chiches
ter, New York, H G Smallbones. -
At Southport for orders, Scbr Cora C
Meader, 94 tons, Meader, Romano, San
Domingo. 1
Steamship Pawneer859 tpns. Hale,
New York, H G Smallbones. .
Schr Roger Moore, 277 tons, Miller,
Jacmel, master.
1 CLEARED. , "-
Steamship Croatan, 826 tons, Chiches
ter. Georgetown. H G. Smallbonta. .
Schr Marion Hill, 198 tons. Arm
strong. San Domingo City, Geo Harriis,
Son & Co. :.' -j r . .
Steamship Croatan, 7 tons, Chiches
ter. New York. H G Smallbones.
Steamship Pawnee, 859 tons, Hale,
Georgetown, H G Smallbones.
nab-. '
fcn- f I T her hn8bnd Intensely and
knew that be returned her lova Not the
sllghtoPt incident of her life had she ev
kept ensealed from him, and h6 hid a?
ways felt' confident that on hi" 0Wn .Ida
there vas a like absolution cf eonSdenol
and candor It stabbed her U the soul m
she thought now that no forgetfolness
haiprent hilu ,rou toning hr of this
TtV6r ! W8hlonWe Uv but the?
Jed them together. -For all that they might
sometimes pass hours apart, their constfnt
lnttmaoy and oomradary were beyond dis-
fiP,oMlaW ffDds she stood perfectly
still, holding tbe letter. Then she went to
tbeoverooat which Agnes had just re
placed upon the chair and slipped the let
ter back into one of its side pockets. -
WM 8 Woioan who had always been
Held to possess no common share of self
Bluebeard's chamber,", she said, with
smile, but It was a smile quite dim and
Joyless. - And then she raised one finger
and put It against her lips m a gesture
that not only symboled eilenoe, but en
joined it. '..-.-' y.: - "."''- .
vAgnes watched her In astonishment.
u Jw thafr there was never any pose
about ber lriend; that what Marion seri
ously did and said were done and said from
sincerity at daggers drawn with sham. -,.,
lnd y?uu r even ask him whom
lt'a fromJ"' Agnes exolalmed. ' ,
"Never." - t.;""';-' '
"But you suspect" ; ' i . '
:; J'No matter what I suspect"' "
r4And you'll never let him know you
saw it and didn't open ltf" . r
"Never." .-. ?:- .:..,'. '-yy': '' v;,'
. - "But this thing, Marlon, will oome be
tween you and him. It may ruin your
future happiness," - i
' ' That oan.j helped. If it's wbat I
think It is" (her plaold voice broke a little
Here), "then letting him know would do
more harm than good. " ' : "
"But perhaps it's the merest trifle, after
all," said Agnes, she herself now gener
ously turning consoler despite her own sor
rows, "some request for financial advice
or a loan of money from some "woman
whom we both know." .
. "Perhaps," returned Marlon musingly.
And then it passed through her mind:
"He would have told me if it had been
that. He tells me everything or so till
now I've believed." -
"Ah, "good morning, Agnes' a voloe
suddenly said in the half open doorway.
"Having a gossipy powwow with my wife,
eh? Yon didn't expect to see me here at
this hour, did youf You thought I was
too muoh of a poor, hardworking Wall
street drudge, didn't you? And you were
quite right. I am." . y
"Trent," faltered Marlon.
, . She had instantly seen that her husband
was a trifle paler , than usual, and that
some Inward agitation, which he struggled
to hide, controlled him. His eyes, wander
in quickly yet covertly about the room,
lit on the overcoat. : f 4
"Ah," he said, "It's here." And then
he caught tbe garment up and thrust a
hand Into one of its pockets. Meanwhile
be was talking with speed and now ad-,
dressed his wife without looking at hers
"The faot la, ' Marlon, I remembered
-when half way down town In the elevated
that I'd Jef tan important business letter
in this coat. Strayne has just told me
that he forgot to take the coat up stairs
stupid follow so Ihurrled down stairs
again to get It AAb, here's the letter I
want I" . - . . .
Marlon saw,; If her friend did not see,
the gleam of a lilao tinted envelope as it
was swept Into a breast pocket j of the
overcoat which adorned the person of Mr.
Trent Klngsland. I '
And then this gentleman, a little flushed
sifter his late pallor, said a few words of
genial farewell to Agnes, made! a few
buoyant waves of the hand1 toward his
wife and gracefully disappeared.
' The two women looked at one another
In silenoa
"Marion," at length said Agnes In a
voice vibrant with feeling, "he came back
to get that letter. And he was very con
cerned about it, was he not?"
. "Very." j ;
Agnes hastened to her friend's slda
"Marlon, do you mean that you'll never
say a word to him even now?"
"No. I shall never say a word to him
even now. " '-' ,-y ;
Agnes looked steadily at the floor as if
In deep meditation. Then she caught one
Ol Marion's hands in both her own.
"But you will suffer. " . .
"Yes, I shall suffer."
"And give no sign?"
"And give no sign." . j
Agnes stooped and kissed the band she
was holding. After a slight interval she
said somewhat brokenly, "Marlon, I I
don't think I'll take the 3 o'clock train to
Boston after all." Edgar Dawoett In Col
lier's weekly.
Cool on the Gallows. .
- "The coolest man that ever mounted a
scaffold to be hanged was George Watson,
who killed Captain Mentor about 25 years
ago," said Detective Bill Bulmer. "Wat
son was hanged on the old commons back
of York street. When the cap was placed
over bis head, he didn't say anything. Tbe
trap was sprung and the rope broke. Wat
son was hauled back on the platform, and
lust before he swung off again he said,
'Gentlemen, don't let that happen again.' "
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Flah Caught the MamT - .
A singular Incident connected with fish-,
lng is related by the author of "Wild Sports
of the West of Ireland." A party of fish
ermen were out In a boat after gudgeon
I near Sun bury. One of , the men, who bad
lamed his horse some miles from home,
bad been taken on board, but was not
fishing. As a penalty for wearing spurs,
he sat in the bow with his feet hanging
ovor the side of the skiff,
Soon after he got into the boat one of
the anglers caught a small gudgeon, whloh
he playfully hung on the horseman's pro-.
jectlng spur. The incident was forgotten,
and the gudgeon hung there, its tall just
touching the water, r
Suddenly the man gave a cry of aston
ishment, and tbe others, looking up, saw
a large Jackflah floundering about the
dangling foot and .splashing the water In
vigorous fashion. The boat began rocking,
and tbe man in the bow lost his balance
and tumbled Into the lake, where he dis
appeared from sight
A moment later he rose to the surface,
the jackfish still thrashing tbe water about
his foot, and it was seen that the fish was
caught on the spur. The jack was a huge
fellow and very strong, and in its strug
gles for freedom it plunged toward the bot
tom of the lake, dragging the man feet
foremost after it Ms weight, however,
was too much, for the fish, and It made
small headway.
The fishermen now went to the assist
ance of their luckless companion, and one
of them struck the jack with an oar and
stunned it The man was pulled Into the
boat and the jackfish dispatched. The big
fish had jumped for the gudgeon, fixed Its
teeth In its body and had somehow been
caught by the gill on the crane necked
spur. . : '-.y ' v '- ' i' 'yi
: : ; - A "Cry of the Heart." .
It was formerly the custom for young
man ahn mnklntr a beginning In lit
erature to treat the living "old masters" In
letters writh great veneration insraau ui
winning some notoriety by publicly ridi
culing tbem. -Whon, therefore, they had an
opportunity to express some honest criti
cism of a master's work, tbe expression
had about it a decided piquancy.
It is related that In 1829 Chateaubriand,
then held In very great honor, Invited a
group of literary people to bis residence at
Auteuil to hear him read, bis tragedy of
"Moses." Among the guests were Alex
andre Dumas and Frederic Soulie, then
young men, "who listened respectfully, who
even after they left the house at midnight
and started back to Paris in a cab did not
venture to express an unfavorable judg
ment, but rode on in silence. .
By and by they came to one of the octroi
stations, whore all persons who enter Par
is are required to "declare" or announce
any articles that they may have in their
possession whloh are subject to the munic
ipal import duty. The agent In charge of
the station stopped the cab in which the
two young men were, thrust his bead into
the door and said: - - ' "
V "Have you anything to declare, gentle-
Whereupon Soulie exclaimed with much
emphasis: - ity i . J
"I have to declare, and that most sol
emnly, that the 'Moses' of the illustrious
Chateaubriand is & horrible bore!" J .
The octroi employee was speechless, arid
the two young men drove on, greatly re
lieved in their feelings. Youth's Compan
ion. . -. - - '
NUTS HARD TO CRACK
QUESTIONS WHICH EXCITE STRONG
- LY INQUISITIVEJVSiNDS.
Borne of the Troublesome -Queries Whloh
the Foaers of the Fast Propounded Em
peror Tiberius an Early Example The
3uag Dic of a Chineae.
r- Bacon doubtless had In his mind the
proponrider of y unanswerable questions
wheu, in his essay on "Discourse," he ad
vised all seekers after knowledge to" avoid
putting troublesome queries a practice
which be declared wag fit only for a poser.j
The poser, however, has existed time out
of mind, y. He Is "to be found among all
olassea of men, from emperors ; down to
private Individuals who prepare scientific
conundrums, : : ..-;-' .,.
" A somewhat early example of the poser
pure and simple was the Emperor Tiberius.
The unfortunate philosophers whom. he
used to keep for a pastime in his Island re
treat ; at Capraa were continually being
plagued by absurd questions. Snetonlua
tells us that the emperor nsed to demand
of these wise men whom Hecuba's mother
was. If they refused to commit them
selves, tbe family tree of the Heoubas not
having come down to posterity, the em
peror was wont to wax wroth i at their Ig
norance and threaten them! with corporal
punishment if on the following day they
did not come prepared with ah answer: Oth
er favorite questions of his were: "What
name did Achilles pass under when he so
journed with - the virgins at i Sevres?";
"What particular song were ithe sirens
When seated on the rooks n the habit of
chanting in order to allure ; travelers to
their deatb?"j In vain was it for these wise
men to Invent fictitious' answers, for the
emperor invariably asked for authorities,
and if chapter and verse were i not forth-"
coming some ingenious punishment fell
to the lot of those; unfortunate; manufac
turers of history. ;. yj ...
'. Perhaps It was because Mine hung heav
ily on their hands that the holy men of the
church during the middle ages pestered
their spiritual superiors with foolish ques
tions drawn from the Bible. 'A bishop in
those days had to know, or rather appear
to know, even more than Maoaulay's om
niscient schoolboy. No small portion of
his time, it would seem, was spent in en
deavoring to find answers! to suoh ques
tions as the following: "What was the use
of the ladder which Jacob saw in his vi
sion, seeing that the angels I. had' wings,
and so did no require any Other means of
descent from heaven to eartb? "What
kind of implements did Adam .aibid Eve use
when tbey sewed the fig leaves together and
made themselves apr6ns?;" y Far from
checking speculations such; as the above,
the dignitaries of the church j appear to
have enoouraged them, and "the nicer the
points the better the bishop liked them."
' Theregal as well as the clerical mind
delighted In propoundins Abstruse anna.
Ijlons. Was, for instance, a man who came
w ui,jr gnu utMug in ex
treme want of food justified In stealing In
order to sav his life? Grotius, Puffendorf
and a whole host of foreign jurists declare
In the affirmative. Cicero, Hale, Black
stone and others take the opposite sida
The great Bacon himself suggests a nice
jwint If two persons are shipwrecked and
get on the same plank, but fie 6? ! it Is not
able to save them both, is either Justified
if, 4a order to save his life, he thrust tbe
other from it? '. : : !
Scientlflo men, too, hav4 raised some
curious questions for posterity to argue
over. Many of these, however, are similar
to that which Charles II propounded to
the Royal soolety viz, "If a fish la put
Into a globe full to the brim with water,
why,ls it that tbe water does not overflow?"
The society, being loyal subjects, took a
decent . time to look into this profound
question, and then informed his majesty,
In the politest terms which", tbey oould
muster, that under the given circum
stances the water would overflow There Is
that ancient question, " What would "hap
pen If an "irresistible force came into con
tact with an immovable body?".i ;
Equally fruitless is the speculation as to
which came first, the. hen or the egg. " In
spite of tbe old Greek saying, ("The begin
ning of all life is an egg," we usually im
agine hens' eggs at least to have been laid,
by a hen. , Perhaps tbe theory ;of evolution;
can furnish an answer to this, for evolu
tion cVn explain muoh. As the Americans
say, " We pass;" anglloe, we j give It up.
"Does a water wheel run faster at night
than in the day?"' The savants even of
Germany have studied this nloo point and
own : there Is no , satisfactory i answer.
Again, "Does rest improve the cutting
properties of a razor?" There is no answer
to this either. "Does a man weigh more
at the equator than at the north pole?" and
"How do birds soar without moving their
wings?" are both questions which seem to
lmbltter tbe lives of many apparently sane
people. j' !. ; : . j t:
There Is a story to the effect that a cer
tain gentleman, being commissioned to
write an article on Chinese metaphysics,
looked up the words " Chinese"; and "meta
physics" in the Encyclopaedia Britannlca
and combined his Information.; Consider
ing the questions which the : metaphysi
cians of China are in the habit of propound
ing, we think the gentleman did wisely in
sparing his readers an introduction to the
subtleties of the Celestial intellect As an
example of what they thus escaped we ap
pend the following: A oertain Chinaman
fell asleep and dreamed be was a butterfly.
During the dream, while In the form of
a butterfly, he dreamed he was a China
man.; ' On awakening, a terrible feeling
came over him. Was be now a butterfly
dreaming he was, a Chinaman, or had he
last night been a Chinaman dreaming that
he was a butterfly? The question weighed
upon this Chinese man's mind; He sought
out tbe greatest thinkers of China, who
pondered over this question, but oould
make nothing of it, It Is said that the joy
and beauty have gone out of that China
man's life. Fortune may smile upon him,
he may be decorated with peacock feath
ers and yellow jackets, yet content will
not be bis, for be oan never be oertain in
his own mind whether he be a Chinaman
or a butterfly. London Standard.
! Let Us All Talk English.
In he Boston Globe Mr. William Henry
Thome writes pungently and is fparless in
his opinions. All will agree with him that
-children born of foreign parents In Amer
ica must be brought up as Americans:
: French Canadians, Germans,! Italians
and what not living in this country
should not forget that English Is the lan
guage of the country and is bound to be
so, and as tbey all make efforts to learn
enough English to conduct their various
business avocations in English bo should
tbey studiously make efforts to understand
their religion in English. ' Further, while
the senior pastor in-all cases included in
the foregoing Class should be as indicated,
it seems to me that ,the bishop of every
mixed parish is bound to consider also the
fact that the children born to these foreign
parents in America are Americans not
Germans or Frenchmen or what not and
that these children will, by force of un
yielding circumstances, be obliged to make
the English language their own language
from tbe cradle to the grave. Therefore
tbe assistant . .pastor in all such cases
should be an English speaking pastor, ca
pable of instructing and bound to instruct
the youth of each congregation In cate
chism and in all the rites of the church in
the English language. , And where there
can be but one priest he should speak the
foreign language to the aged foreigners
and the English to the young -
Aa Epistolary Objection;
-The preliminaries of the great prize
fight were all arranged when the repre
sentative of one of the principals raised a,
protest, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I want to ask," he said, "If it is true
that the opposite side Insists upon the use
of the fashionably new red. writing paper
In this contest?" '
"We reserve that right,V replied the oth
er man's manager.- i
v "Then," said the first speaker, "I feel
obliged to declare all the negotiations off.
My principal is a gentleman: of refined and
eeetbetlo tastes, and from! bis' elevated
point of view red writing paper is quite
too suggestive of freshly shed gore. Un
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dled pens or even to rod ink, but we do
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restored by placing the flowers in a solu
tion of sugar, when the formation of starch
and the emission of fragrance will be at
once resumed.-
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WILMINGTON MARKET. :
I , STAR OFFICE, July 15.
j SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at-23lf cents nor callon hM
machine-made casks, and 23 cents bid
lor country casks. -i ' ..-.!:
ROSIN Market firm at H'ss'
bbl for Strained and . 80 for Good
acramea. : :---:'i .-:-,! .
'! TAR. Market stead at " 41 115
Tbl of 280 lbs. 1 '
! CRUDE TITRPEWTTNE
firm: ftl.80 ner harr-l - frr HarH 1 an
for Dip and 1.90 for Virgin. ; ' . i
uuotations same dav last vear Snirita
turpentine quiet, 22V. 21S4:ci rosin
8teadv.Al.S2V: 1 R71. tor nnr 1 in.
crude turpentine steady; $1.80, 1.70,
A.OV
y RXCKIPTS. !.---.:.,
Spirits .Turpentine. . . . . . . . . ... -
Rosin... ..... ... . . . .
163
483
-Tar..i.-.',il-i
Crude Turpentine.
78
69
; Receipts same dav last vear 215
casks spirits turpentine, J671 bbls rosin,
uv ddis tar. jsu DDIs crude terpentine.
" "- : COTTON. . -
Market firm ou a basis'
of 8c for
cts V lb
middling. Quotations:
uramary. ... . . . . .
Good Ordinary. .. . . .
Low Middling. w . . ..
Middlinsr. . . . i
7
8
Good Middlinff.. .
8 5-16
bame day last year, middling 7c
Receipts r0 bales; same day
last
year, 1.
COUNTRY i PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime.
6065c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 70c: Fancy, 80c.- Virginia-
Extra Prime, 45 50c; Fancy. 50c.
UJKN-rirm: 42a5 -cents ner
bushel." i -
ROUGH RICE-65&70 cents ner
bushel.
N. C BACON Stead v: Hams. 8
to 9c per ' Dound: Shoulders. 6 to 7c:
Sides. 7 to 8c. . t.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch.
hearts and sans. il.60toA.25: six inch.
$2.25 to 8.25; seven inch, $5.60 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $5.00 to
8.50 per M.
j STAR OFFICE, July 16.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 23U cents ner saltan fnr
machine-made casks, and 23 cents
for country casks. "y
ROSIN Market nalet at tl 2R rvr
bbl for Strained and 11. SO for dnr.il
Strained.
TAR. Market stead v at il.is ner
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm; . $1.80 per barrel for Hard, 180
for Yellow Dip and 1.90 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turoentlne'dnll. 22 U. 21 Ve: atearlv 22 '
21 rosin steady. $1.3atf, 1 37K; tar
quiet, $1.10; crude turpentine steady,
$180, 1.70. 1.80.
' RECEIPTS. 1
Spirits Terpentine.. . . . . .
274
850
120
Kosm.... j.........
Tar....,
Crude Turpentine.
64
Recelots same ' dav last vear fifilS
casks spirits turpentine, 748 bbls rosin,
A a lli. . ... 1 . f . .
10 ddis tar, iuu ddis craae turpentine.
1-. . ... ) COTTON. -1
Market firm on a basis Af 8c for
middling. Quotations:
Ordinary. ... . . .... ..
63i Cts lb
uood Ordinary....
7 - : ' M
1
8 ; " " '
8 5-16 " "
LOW Middling..
Middlins ...i...:
Good Middling .
Same day last year.
middling 7Jc
Keceiots 10 bales:
same day last
year 1.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North rarrlinaPrim
6065c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
rrime, vuc; rancy, buc. ; Virginia
Extra Prime, 4550c; Fancy, 50c.
uukjm f irm: 45CM7 cents ner
boshel. y j .
ROUGH RICE 65en70 cents ner
bushel.
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams. 8
to 9c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c 1
SHINGLES Per thousand, five Inch
hearts and saps, $1-60 to 2.25; six inch,
ASP - A Al- 1 Aa a . j ba
9.30 to o.jso; seven men, aja.ou to o.ou.
iiMBtK-Market steady at $5.00 to
8.50 per M. .
STAR OFFICE, Inly 17.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing. "
NOSIN Nothing doing.
TAR. Market steady at $1.15 per
bbl of 280 0s. . r :
' CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm; $1.80 per barrel for Hard, 1.80
for Yellow Dip and 1.90 for: Virgin.
Quotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine quiet 22, 21c; rosin firm,
$1.32. 1.87K: tar quiet, $1.10; erode
turpentine steady, $1.80; 1.70, 1.80.
. ! - RECEIPTS. ! :
Spirits Turpentine 246
Rosin. . . . . i. 719
Tar ........ i.v 84
Crude Turpentine .............. 68
Receipts same day last year 196
caskslspirlts turpentine, 623 bbls rosin,
94 bbls tar, 68 bbls crude turpentine.
T:- COTTON.
Market firm on
middling.
Ordinary. ... . . .
Good Ordinary.
Low Middling.
Middling. . . . . . .
basis of 8c for
5 . cts y 0)
IJ s-- ,' It
8 "
Good Middling.
8 6-16
Same day last year, middling 7c.
Receipts 7-O bales; same day last
year 7.'. .,y '.'; i . .
' COUNTRY PRODUCE. -
: PEANUTS North Carolina Prime,
6065c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 70c; Fancy, 80c. Virginia
Extra Prime. 45 50c; Fancy, 50c ;
CORN. Firm; 4547i cents per
bushel. ''- :-:':-;
. ROUGH RICE 6570 cents per
bushel. . - '
N. y C BACON Steady; Hams, 8
to. 9c 'per pound; Shoulders, 5 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c .-; .'....j' ' i f :
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch,
hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.2S; Lx inch,
$2.25 to 8.25; seven inch. $50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market; steady at $5.00 to
8.50 per M. y
y j : STAR OFFICE, July 19.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing. - ' ' - . "
ROSIN Market' firm at $1 20 per
bbl for Strained and $1 25 for Good
Strained. -v-. :.'-
TAR. Market steady at $1.15 per
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm; $1.80 per barrel for Hard, $1.80
for Yellow Din and 1 00 for Virata.
Quotations same day last year Spirits
m. ? Af t . m 1 a n 4
turpentine. nrm. xsc ,01a; auu, sic
rniin firm 11 221. 1 WlXC- tar nniet
$1 10; crude turpentine steady, $1. 80,
eat A el A A
A iV, A OU. -
; RECEIPTS.
Spirits Terpentine 114
Rosin.:. ..: 501
Tar 92
Crude Turoentine 48
w.-vw uiuu lift aauai
" ' Receipts same - day - last year 114
casks spirits turpentine, 631 bbls rosin,
ddis tar, ao ddis craae larpeatme.
r Market firm on a basis'- of 8c for
9rdinary . h cu vft
Good Ordinary..';... 7 - - ?
Low MiddliM'. . IK. -.'
Middling. ..I.... 8 -'" ... ,'",
Good Middling. y 8 6-16 :
j. Same day last year, middling 7c '
. - Receipts 0 bales; ' same day - last
year,; l.y-y--;;"frr y ;-;y '-y -',?
-' y 4 COUNTRY PRODUCE. " '
:PlT AklTTTCl'KT .u rL.uJ- ti '-
6065c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prim.! Vfl. TT . .... oaJ -tn
iuuv, vvir aty, , ov Virginia
Extra Prime. 4550c; Fancy, 50c. - -CORN
Firm; 42$f45 cents per
bosheL." 'r - -
ROUGH RICE 6570 cents per
busheL . . , --
! N; C. BACON Steady; Hams, 8
to 9c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
Sides, 7 to 8c .
i SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch,
hearts an A . 1 nn i ( ot, .:. : 1-
$2.25 to 3.25; seven inch; $5.60 to 6.50.
TTUD17D 1, , T j . .
8.50 per M. , - V
yJ 'y..'t.':;';:""- r ;;:1-;'":r'--';: --
STAR. OFFICE, July 20. .
' SPIRITS TURPENTINEMsrket
steadyt at 23) cents per gallon for-
macame-maae casks .ana- na cents
for country casks. -
ROSINw Market firm at $1 20 per
bbl for Strained and $1 25 for Good
Strained,
TAR. Market : steady at $1.15 per
bbl of 280 lbs. ' -. ,
CRUDE . TURPENTINR Marker
firm; $1.80 per barrel for Hard. 1.80
lor Yellow Dip and 1.90 for Virgin.
Quotations tama dav last vear 5nlrite
turpentine firm, 22 Wc bid; dull, 2li,c;
j r: a. mi n m . t? -
arm, io, 1 tar steaav,
$1.10; crude turpentine steady, $1 80.
170,1.80. yy
?' yjj.:" RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine... . . . . . 181
Rosin L... . . 7
Tar 86
Crude Turpentine............... 64
Receipts same day f last year 148
caska spirits turpentine, 690 bbls rosin,
193 bbls tar, 41 bbls erode turpentine
j COTTON
Market firm on a basis of 8c for
middling. Quotations: i
Ordinary. cts lb
Good Ordinary...... 7 - "
Low Middling.... 756 - "
Middling ..... ...... 8 "
Good Middling....... 8 6-16 " "
; Same day last year, middling 7c
' Receipts 1 - bale: same " day last
year 2. , , -:
! COUNTRY PRODUCE. y
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime.
6065c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
rnme,7uc; fancv, hoc' Virginia
Extra Prime, 4550c; Fancy, 50c
CORN Firm; 4245 cents per
bushel; - t
ROUGH RICE 654&70 cents ner
bushel. -
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams. 8
to 9c per pound; Shoulders, 6 to 7c;
bides, 7 to sc.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch.
hearts and saps. $1.60 to 2.25: six inch.
$2.25 to 3.25; seven inch, $5.50 to 6.50,
TIMBER Market steady at $5.00 to
8.50 per M. i
STAR OFFICE. July 21.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 23 K cents ner callon for
machine-made casks, and 23 cents
for country casks. f ' -
ROSIN. Market firm at $1 20 per
bbl for Strained and $1 25 for Good
Strained.
TAR Market steady at $1.15 per
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm; $1 80 per barrel for. Hard, 1 80
for Yellow Dip and 1 90 for Virgin.
Uuotations same day last year Spirits
turpentine steady, 22H 21c; rosin firm,
$1 82X, S7& tar, steady, $1.10; crude
turpentine steady, $1 80, 1 70, 1 80.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine ; 115
Kosin...,.... ..,...-.. 810
TalTv a m -- 4 s 86 j
Crude Turpentine.... 60
Keceipts same day last year 89
casks spirits turpentine, 614 bbls rosin,
87 bbls tar, 40 bbls erode turpentine.
I COTTON.. .
Market firm on. a basis of 8c for
middling. Quotations:
Ordinary. . . . ....... H cts 9 lb
Good Ordinary...... 7 " "
Low Middling.. 75$ '..
Middling . 8 " ,
Good Middling.... 8 5-16
Same day last year, middling 7c
Receipts 0 bales; same day last
year 0. -
I COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime.
6065c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
frime, ! 70c; fancy, 80c Virginia
Extra Prime, 4550c; Fancy, 50c :
tUKN f irm; 4BKffi45 cents per
bushel. !
ROUGH RICE 650.70 cents per
bushel.)
N. C. BACON Steady; Hams, 8
to 9c 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 25 to 3.25; seven inch, $5.50 to 6.60.
TIMBER Market steady at $5.00 to
8.50 per M.
COTTON AND NAVAL STORES.
WEEKLY STATKM3ENT.
i ' T RECEIPTS. !
ypr week ended July 16, 1897.
Sjiriit. Xttin. , Tmr.
CnuU
S58
11
1,354 5,506 406
RECEIPTS, j
For week ended July 17, 1896.
CstUn. SMU. 1 Jtarfe. Tmr. Crmft.
3 .1419 5,068 1.03S I 895
EXPORTS. -
Eor week eaded July 16, 1897. f
1
Cttton. Sririt. tt. Tmr. Crudi
Domestic.. 894 670 80 875 406
Foreign... 000 .1,000 JJ.196 1400 000
894 i 1,672 1218 1,975
T EXPORTS.
406
For week ended Jaly 17, 1896.
Cttttm. Sririt. Rttiu. Tmr.
DomestlcJ. 117 1,497 88 ' 797
Foreixa... 000 000 ItO 000
000
"in
1,497 236
I STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat, July 16, 1897.
Crudt.
S36
' 000
797 - 886
j Aiktri. AJltot. Tttol.
Cotton........ 1.765 . 75 1.84t
Spirits... 1,788 6 1.798
Rosin... .., ... 22,458 1,083 33,535
Tar i....... 1,898 000 198
Crade......; 882 U00 m
' STOCKS ;
Ashore aad Afloat, July 17, 1896.
Cttttm. StHHU. Jtttin. Tmr. CVade.
550 ..-" 197 " S8.618 7JJ68 886
CASTORIA
For Infants and Childxen.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
, Br Tekcraph to the Moraiae Star.
New York, July 21 Evening.
Money Ion call was easy at lld per
cent., last loan at 1 and closed offered
at 1 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 84 per cent Sterling exchange
was steady: actual basmess in oank
era biUs 487 U for demand and 488U
for sixty days. Posted rates 487
487K and 48304833d;. Commercial bills
485U. I Silver certificates 69560W.
Government bonds firm; fives, regis
tered, 118K; fives, coupon, 11496; lours.
registered. Ill V; fours, coupon, 112).:
twos, registered, 96y. State bonds quiet;
North Carolina sixes 128: Nortn varo-
ina fours 103. Railroad bonds firm.
' Snn?i : ssrTst m f
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To MOTHERS.
VC'"; '-- -WE ARE ASSERTING IN THB
- " - EXCLUSIVE USE jOF THE WORD C ABTORI A." .AND
. " PITCHER'S - CASTORIA." ; AS OUR TRADE MARK. 1
DR. SAMUEL PITCHER,
y that has" borne arid does now rf" 'xgy . !r"? w&V
dear the facsimile signature 0 (&&z7&
This is the original PITCHER'S CASTORIA which has been'
used m the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty tit
: years, r LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is -y
the hind you have always bought ,,mr-r , on the ':
y andyhas the signature of OSxfciZ wrap-
per: No one has authority from me to use my name ex- '
Scept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is i
President. A' - . ..-'. ' " '
. , March 8,180?. , . ' G& .2. y
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, Do; not endanger the ; life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist .may offer you y
(because he makes ay few more pennies on it), theil in-
, gredients of which even he does not know. : 1 V.1
"The Kind Yoii Have Always Bought
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NAVAL STORES:MARKETS.
By Tslampkta ths Moralmi Star.
New York, I July 21 Rosin steady;
strained common to good $1 651 67J.
spirits turpentine steady at 2o26Kc.
Charleston. July 21. Spirits tur
pentine firm at . 28c: sales 100 casks
Rosin firm: tales 800 barrels: A. B. C
$1 15, E $1 20, F $1 80. G $1 85 H $1 45,
1. K. tl 05, M $1 05. N $1 75, W U $1 90)
W W$2 00. ly - 8
Savannah, Tuly 21. Spirits toroen-
tine firm at 24Uc bid; sales 790 casks; re
ceipts 1,967 casks. Rosin firm; sales 7,964
barrels; receipts 5,326 barrels: quo
tations: A. B. C, D $1 20, E $1 25.F $1 80.
G $1 35. H $1 50, 1 $1 65 K 1 60. M $1 65,
N $1 85. W G $2 05, W W $2 40.
COTTON MARKETS.
. By Telegraph to the Moralag Stat.
: New York.! July 21. The cotton
market opened steady at one to three
points .decline, i Subsequently tbe mar
ket was irregular; with, in the main, a
downward movement, at the weakest
interval showing a net loss of six to
eleven points.The close was quiet at a net
decline of five to nine points. Total
sales futures 81.800 bales. The princi
pal cause of the decline was August
selling which, despite the buying of two
prominent nouses nere, tea tne aecune
throughout the session.: Crop accounts
bad a bearish average, indicating light
rains in Texas, copious rains in the At
lantic section and showers to steady
rains in Arkansas. Trading was chiefly
local. .- r i
New York, July 21. Evening.
Cotton steady; middling 7 15 16c
Cotton futures closed quiet and steady;
sales 81,800 bales; Jan'y 7 03, Feb'y 7 06,
March 7 10, April 7 13, May , Tuly 7 89.
August 7 84, September 7 17, October
7 03, November 6 97, December 6 99.
Spot cotton closed steady at 1.16c de
cline; middling nplands 7 15-16c; mid
dling gulf 8 8-16ci sales of 1,525 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
New York j Jaly 21 Evening. I
Flour. strong and held 20c higher with
buyers scarce at the advance; Minne
sota patents $4 854 70; winter patents
$4 404 70; winter straights $4 004 25.
Wheat spot stronger; No. 1 Northern
New York 88jC afloat; No. 1 Northern
Dulutb 88 c afloat;options opened easy,
with the decline in Liverpool.bat turned
strong and advanced all day with fewer
reactions stimulated by strong later
cables, good foreign and export buying
and less favorable spring wheat news,
closing lg2c net higher; sales in
cluded No. 2 red" July 86c, closed
88 Vic; August 8081c. closed 80c;
September 7780c. closed 79c.
Corn spot steady; No. 2 81cat eleva
tor and . 82J4C afloat; options opened
easier in consequence of country offer
ings and good crop news, rallied later
with wheat, closing c net higher; Jaly
closed 81Jc; August 8181VCClosed
81Vc; September 81 82c: closed 82c
Oats spot easy; No.2 21 22c; options
dull and barely steady,, closing un
changed to He net lower; July
closed 2lc; September 212i;gc;
closed 21c. ) Lard quiet; Western
steam closed at ' $4 854 40, nominal;
city $3 90 4 OOj September closed at
$440, nominal; refined firm; Continent
$4 70; South American $5 40; compound
$4 004 25. Pork dull. Butter was
steady; Western creamery 1 ll15c;
factory ?10Xc; Elgins 15c; imitation
creamery 9Hl4c: State dairy 10
14c; do. creamery ll15c Cheese
quiet; State large ?K7f&'c; small fancy
7& 724c: Western, part skims 45c;
lull skims 2H8. Eggs quiet; State and
Pennsylvania 1218c: Western fresh
HK12s. Tallow steady. Rice firm.
Molasses firm, j Petroleum steady. Cot
ton seed oil firmly held; better inquiry
reported from European markets; prime
crude t o. b. mills 1616Kc; prime
sammer yellow 22j4"25f c; off summer
yellow 2424c Tomatoes, per carrier,
Savannah and Charleston 75c$l 00;
Cabbage Long Island, per 100, $2 00
8 50. Coffee Spot Rio steady and held
higher; Cordova 10X16Wc: sales 900
bags Maracalbo: 1,700 bags Caramanga;
100 bags Central American. Sugar raw
firm; fair refining 8c; centrifugal 26 test
8c; refined firm. -
Chicago. July 21. Wheat had an
other lWc advance to-day, notwith
standing tbe fact that a continuation of
yesterday's enormous cash business was
lacking. ; Reports of shipments from
San Francitco to South Africa and
large cash sales for export at New York
were tbe principal elements of strength.
Corn and oats closed unchanged. Pro
visions were firm early, bat lost the ad
vance on packers selling, closing 2 to
7j$c lower.
Chicago, jaly SI. Cash quotations:
Floor firm and a shade higher. Wheat
No. 2 spring 78c: No. 8 spring, 78
75;No. 2red 78K. Corn Na 2, 26 W
26X- Oats No. 2 17K18c: Na 2
white 21X23Xc; No. 3 do 2022c
Mess pork per barrel. $7 707 75.
Lard.per 100 tfci $4 07KO4 io Short rib
sides, loose. $4 87J5. Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, $4 755 00. ' Short
clear sides, t boxed, $5 62U5 75.
Whiskey $1 19.
LETTER
COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
- '1-
of Hvanms: MassackuseUs.
Having r s
Never Failed You.
HURRAY aTacCT, NSW YORK OITV.
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IV. - 'j - .X - ' - .:''" - ' - ' - '
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T. J. DREWRY,C B., Principal.
Baltimore, July 21. Floor firmer;
Western superfine $2 90; do extra $8 00
8 70; do family $3 904 25; winter
wheat patents $4 854 60; do spring
$4 254 50; spring wheat straight $4 05
4 20. Wheat unsettled , and higher;
spot and month - 82n82Uc: Aueust and
September 79J79jc; steamer Na 2
red 78J( 78K; Southern wheat by
sample and on grade 8088c. Corn .
firmer; spot 81H31Kc:' month 81
81 Vic; Augutt 8181c; September.
81M81c; steamer mixed 2728c;
Southern white 8283c; do vellow 88
84c Oats firm; No. 2 white 2626Kc;
No. 2 mixed 23235c.
The U. S. civil service commission an
nounces a competitive examination for
the position of supervising architect of
the Treasury. The silary is $4,500 "per
annum.
Wholesale Prices Current
Tha anotatuna are aiwan nvaa a. accnratalr a.
ponible, bnt the Stab will not be responilbl. for any
variation, from the actual market price of the article!
sooted. .. ..
Wnie fonowQiK aooranoaa rennaint Whoteale
Price generally. la making np email orders higher
pricea have to be eharsed. - . .
BAGGING i '
S a Tate... ,H
Standard ........... . .......
western suoked-
Hami .,..,.
Mde. W
DRY salts:
ontraiacn v.... ...........
I
Side 9 5 O r ty.
Shonlden W 1 4Ka ; 6ti
BARRELS Spirit. Turpentine i
second-nand, eaca. ..,,,,, l uu i io
New New York, each. 1 85 O 1 40
NewClty.each 180 & 1 40
beeswax 9 a o ss
BRICKS .' i-.
Wilmington M..,. 6 00 ft 7 00
Northern 8 00 & 14 00
BUTTE K
North Carolina W .,., 10 O 16
Northern 18 a S5
CORN HEAL .
I Per Bushel, la sacks ... . 48 O 45
- VinrinU Meal u 48 a 45
COTTON TIKS-V bundle,.,.., - O 75
CANDLES t y
a perm ...................... is n as
Adamantine. ............ ... 8 A 10
CHSE-VS .
riortaern Factory ir o
Dairy, Cream,.,. ... ,.,. ..m. 13 18
Sttte a 10
COFFEE V
f........,. . w
Rio.. BV
11
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, w yard.,,,,,.,, -Yarn.
J bunch... ........... 18
EGGS VJ doiop
FISb : l . - :
Mackerel, No 1,
Mackerel, No l,i
Mackerel, No ,
Mackerel, No 2,'
Mackerel, No S,
Mullem. J barre
O80 00 -
E15 oa
18 00
half-barrel
haUf--bUTd
-
Unci
Mnllets, V pork Barrel. . 6 75
N C Roe Herrine;. kec S 00
yryCod, B
rW)UR- barrel ;
iw gnae. ........ ........... a uu
Choice 8 60
Straight..,,,,...,...... ,
FlntPatent
GLUS-1- TV,
GRAIN B bnhel
Corn, from .tore, bagt White,. 43
Car load, in bag. White., 48
Oat, from t'ore.... ..........
Oat., Rut Proof.. '. .
Cow Pea. - 60
HIDES, v - j .
Dnr
HAY, 100 -
Clover Hay.,...,.... ,. 80
Rice Straw .
aattero ...... a... .
Weitern. ,,,,,,,.,,, ,,,.,
North River.. .. ..........
HOOP IRON, ..
LARD, f) tt
ia. s .
5 Q 5Vj
I S 10
1 15 M 86
fa fjf nftrtt mitiiiit .... ......
North Carolina......
LIME, W barrel. .......... ...
LUMBARfatv Mwedl.tt M ieet
amp Dtntt, resawea., ......... 18 uo
Rough-edge Plank............ 15 00
Wet India cargoes, according -
to quality , IS 00
Dressed Flooring, eeaaoaed... 18 00
Scantltag and Board, common.14 00
MOLASSES, V gallon
IMU-Daooe, in ana.,,,,,,
" " " la bbl.......
Porto Rico, tn hhd.,.. .......
us vuis vasjt96)a
f " , in bbl...,. ,
Svrnn. In bbh
in uuim ...........
IX
14l
IS I
160
NAILS, V keg. Cot. BOd bad...,.
PORK, 1 barrel .
City Men.................... 9 00 i
Rump..... i
Prime ....... .......... . i
ROPE, Jt !...., 10
SALT, lack Alum
Liverpool,,,,. -. i
Lbon,,,,,( .
American ......... ....M..... " 8$
' On 185 1 Sack. 85
SHINGLES, 7-inch, V M,......, 6 00
Common , ,. 1 60
Cyprea. Sap. ... S 50
SUGAR. Standard Graaa'd
Standard A... , ;
White Es.C -...a,... ....... .
Extra C, Goldea.,,..,
C. Yellow ....... l ,.,.. '
SOAP.ti Northera......... 8k
STAVES, Jt M-W. o. barrel.... 8 00
R. O. Honhead
TIXi,VSETf"t
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SHlVtt?S.1.?!."-d .
.M6xS4 heart...............
t Sap
6x34 Heart.....
TW O 850
00 ft 600
4 60 a 6 00
6xJ0 Heart.. 6 00 fib 6 50
sap
SI III (7A ml Ml
TALLOW ifp'"'r 5 g M
WHISKEYfJ nikiiorSal I 00 5 8 00
WOOL V -Unw.ed 8 & U
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