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Andjdrfr m7 on8book other.
With wt speeding onward, as bee to the
olorer,
Gods world In its fairness his birth (rift to
m . ' ',
"Twtxtineandthe sunshine the eyes of no
All soft tones evading, I laugh and go free.
Adown purple hills steal the mists of the com
ing. But few are my thoughts what that future
or be.
T lark's sky born anthem, the velvet bee's
humming,
Bound sweeter than love word or love song
tome.
Yet sometimes I linger and hush in my singing,
, And wait for the passing of unsteady feet
And sigh when I hear baby laughter soft ring-
tng,
And wonder awhile if my freedom be sweet.
Yet sometimes comes wanting, unchecked and
un chidden,
When cold falls God's sunlight athwart the
pale grass.
And down in the daisies I kneel me. face hid-
And kiss the kind earth baby footsteps will
London Spectator.
Hydraulic Power In Switzerland.
Switzerland is fall of small power
plants, nearly every town in that
land of mountains and waterfalls
being well supplied with power
from the "White coal," as the melt
ing snow on the mountain sides has
well been called. When there are
no large streams, many small ones
are impounded and collected in res
ervoirs on the hillsides, and it is
rare to find a place of any size which
is not well lighted by the power of
some mountain stream.
AfMontreux the electric tramway
gets its power in this, way, and from
the old Roman town of Vevey to
the mediaeval castle of Chillon one
may ride in a trolley car propelled
by the power of an insignificant lit
tle stream which may or may not
be noticed when climbing up the
hillsides just above.
The capabilities of this general
utilization of natural power are be
ginning to be understood every
where, and, with the appreciation of
tA nnnnKi: C ji 1 J .-, I
pvjooi uiii Lira ui mt) oesTi meunoas
of long distance transmission, the
development of many mountain
streams must surely come. There
are innumerable streams, which,
while very small, are yet very high,
and these can, with comparatively
little difficulty, be impounded and
carried down many hundreds of
feet, thus making up for their lack
of volume by the great pressure
readily obtainable, and, either by
the use of electricity or compressed
air, the power may be. transmitted
to many points of application with
but little loss. Cassier's Magazine.
CARE OF BEDS AND BEDDING.
A Tew Shrewd Observations on an Kvery-
day Topic.
There is a vast difference in the way
different housekeepers manage and care
for their beds. Some of them fully be
lieve in tho fresh air theory and during
pleasant weather, as Boon as their toilet
is made, np go the bedroom win
and the pillows are laid upon the sill
for an airing; the bedclothing, if not
removed and thrown on a chair, is
turned down over the foot of the bed.
Ii a feather bed is used, that is also well
shaken up and left until the bed is
again made up, sometimes in the fore
noon. This management is in strong
contrast to the usual plan of never
touching a slept in bed until it is again
prepared for the sleeper, yet in the item,
of health there is perhaps no discernible
difference. t
The children living in homes of
squalor and wretchedness, whose bed
ding is perhaps not changed once a
month, are quite as healthy and cheer
ful as those who sleep in bed linen
changed daily. The Chinaman who
sleeps on his pillow of wood is quite as
strong and usually less nervous than
the "Mellican man" who rests his head
upon downy pillows. However, this is
no excuse why beds should not receive
-proper care and a thorough airing fre
quently, if not daily. It is certainly a
matter of habit, and the daughters usu
ally in this line follow the practice in
culcated by their mothers.
Bedclothes that are stored away
should be aired several times each year,
as moths and the carpet bug will raise
sad havoc with them if not properly at
tended to. Camphor gum or fine tobacco
scattered between each fold will keep
out the former,, but cannot be depended
upon as a panacea for the carpet bug.
If mice are known to be about the prem
ises, traps should be properly baited and
placed hear their haunts, as at nesting
time they will riddle bedding to make
a soft nest. A close fitting chest or
trunk makes the safest storing place for
all unused clothing, bedding, etc. A
large plain trunk can usually be pur
chased for a small sum, and will pay
its cost every year in the safety of its
contents. German town Telegraph.
YOUNG MEN'S POPULARITY.
Amiability, Kindliness, Maartlna , Integ
rity, Are Its Foundation.
To the query, Are young men who
cannot, from religious convictions, play
cards, dance or attend the theater apt
tH hn -nrmnlar with vounc women of re
finement and education who indulge in
such amusements? Edward W. Bok, in
"Problems For Young Men" in The
Ladies,' Home Journal, responds:
"wny, certainly. "Why not? The
amusements in which a man indulges
have nothing to do with his outward
attractiveness or popularity. It is the
way in which a young man carries him
self in his deportment that makes or
mars his popularity with girls or men.
One of the most popular and delightful
fellows I know in New York has never
been inside of a theater, although he is
85 years of age. Nor (has he ever danced
or played cards. He was a personal
friend for ten years before I knew that
his religions principles precluded his in
dulgence in these amusements. His se
cret is that he does not carry his convic
tions on his sleeve for everybody to rub
against And of bis popularity with
women, young and mature, I can assure
' you absolutely. He reads about the new
plays and can, therefore, talk about
them if they come up in conversation.
If asked if he has seen a certain actor
or play, be merely replies in the nega
tive. Never does he force his convic
tions upon others. A young man's pop
ularity with either sex rests upon some
thing more than his forms of amuse
ment. Amiability of manner, kindli
ness, a pleasant address, a manly out
look on life, honorable principles all
these go far toward insuring popular
ity." .
The male mosquitoes do not bite,
hut live upon the juices of flowers
and plants.
The railroad journey from 'New
York to Denver covers 1,930 miles.
The Chinese use the breadth of
the right forefinger as a measure.
"BY.. SMOOTH, fair 8k.n
A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
Telia all about Her Troubles when
Baby Broke out with Scrofula Sores.
"At the age of two months, my baby
began to have sores break out on his right
cheek. .We used all the external ap
plications that we ccjuld think or hear ,of ,
to no avail.. The sores spread ail over one
side of his face. We consulted a physi
cian and tried his medicine, and in a week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise in
two weeks more another scrofulous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm. It
grew worse and worse, and when ' c was
three months old;'- began giving him
Hood's SarsapariUa.' I also took Hooa's
Sarsaparilla, anft?befpre the first bottle
Was finished, the sores were well and have
never returned.' He is now four years old,
but he has never had any sign of those
scrofulous sores sineehe was cured by
Hood's Sarsaparilla, for which I feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth,, fair skin to this great med
icine." Mas. & 8. Weotek, fcarming
ton, Delaware. Get only Hood's.
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THE MONETARY CONVENTION.
It Endorsed the Report, of the Monetary
Commission snd Adjourned.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Indianapolis, Ind., January 26.
It was not expected that the monetary
cu a veu uon wouia remain in session
more than two days, and this expec
tation was realized. It settled down
to work promptly at 1Q o'clock this
morning and adjourned at 2 o'clock,
subject to the call of the chairman,
Mr. Hugh Hanna.
It was a convention that was notable
for the prominence of its delegates in'
business circles and for the large num
ber, who at the sacrifice of their private
interests made the long journey to
Indianapolis to emphasize by their
presence their strong sympathy with
me movement ior currency reform.
The number of bankers who attended
was limited to less than a dozen.
The business of the convention was
to endorse the report of the monetary
commission, which is now before Con
gress in the form of a bill, and when
this was done it promptly adjourned.
Keller In Six Honrs.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder- dis
eases relieved in six hours by the "New
Great South American Kidney Cure."
This new remedy is a great surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain inthe bladder, kidney,
back and every part of the urinary pas
sages in male or female, It relieves re
tension of water and pain. In pas
sing it almost immediately. If you
want quick relief and cure, this is your
remedy. Sold by R K. Bellamy,
Druggist, Wilmington, N. C, corner
of Front and Market streets. t
waraTwirelets
The Spanish battleship Vizcaya, of
7,000 tons displacement, has been or
dered to visit American ports.
Hon. Jos. McKenna took his seat on
the bench of the Supreme Court of the
United States yesterday as an Associate
Justice. - y
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Mail says the government will
ask the next Cortes to vote 8,000,000
for strengthening the navy.
The barge Yonkers, with four men
on board, sunk off Barnegat on Sun
day. She was in tow of the Walter A.
Luckenbach, from Newport News for
rrovtdence, K. 1.
For Over Fifty Tears
Mrs. Winslw's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for tneir cnildren
while teething, with perfect success.
'It sothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, eures' wind colic, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It
will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by Druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,"
and tak no other. t
Like a woman: Mattie "Why
have you continually stared at that
couple across the way for the last half
hour?"
Helen "Oh. I was merely watching
their actions. They were" only mar
ried yesterday. "
Mattie "That's just like you. You
never miss an opportunity to contem
plate matrimony. " Chicogo News.
Pills "Dosem has been ex
pelled from the Medical Association
for advertising contrary to the code."
Squills "How did he advertise?"
Pills "Called to lead the prayer meet
ing the other evening, ne walked up
to the front and gave out the hymn,
'The Great Physician Now Is Here.' "
Crypt. ,
Diseases often lurk in the blood be
fore they openly manifest themselves.
Therefore keep the blood pure with
Hood's Sarsaparilla. t
Equal to the Occasion: Peddler
"I have a most valuable work to sell,
madam; it tell you how to do any
thing." Lady (sarcastically) "Does it tell
you how to get rid of a pestering ped
dler?" Peddler (promptly) "Oh, yes, mad
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EXPORTS
FOK
THE WEEK.
COASTWISE.
New York Schr Nimrod 356,427
feet lumber. Vessel by Jas T Riley
& Co; cargo by Hilton Lumber Com
pany. Newbern Schr Robert F Bratton
85 bbls oil. Cargo by Standard Oil
Company ; vessel by Geo Harriss, Son
& Co.
New York. Steamship Oneida
763 bales cotton, 391 bbls spirits tur-
Sentine, 105 do rosin, 444 do tar, 100
o pitch, 49 cases cotton flannels,
34,636 feet lumber, 165 pkgs mdse, 118
bags shuttle blocks.
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AN IDEAL ikCHELOR. :
A WRITER WHO UNDERTAKES TO TELL
ALL ABOUT HIM.
Bow Be Most Dress and tie Rules of Con
duct He Most Observe to Be Classed as
"Complete Bachelor" His tt-"-
With Ladles and Servants.
There are those who would say that a
bachelor has no business to be complete;
that it is the duty of every young man
to marry at the earliest practicable mo
ment and so give over the selfish joys
of bachelorhood. But as long as young
men in their lamentable desire to be
comfortable refuse to look at the matter
in that light there is need that -they
should be duly instructed in the proper
ties of their position, and what better
instructor could they have than the
anonymous genius who writes of things
"As Seen by Him" in that very fasS i
lonable publication, Vogue? It is he who
1.-11 . l . ...' " -
tells them what
elor" should be,
and if they are wise
tney wm listen to his words. All the
contingencies which arise in the social
life of the bachelor are duly considered.
trust, there is the matter of his, public
manners, in which many men who re- 1
gard themselves as well bred are woe
fully deficient They will smoke in the !
street, keep women standing on corners
while they talk to them, sit while wom
en are standing, carry sticks or umbrel
las at offensive angles, stare women out
of countenance at theaters or hotels,
and in general make nuisances of them
selves. Now, a bachelor who will do
any of these things is wretchedly in
complete. Then comes the question of clothes.
Nothing more distinguishes the gentle
man than what he wears. Nor is it
enough, as many do, to be nice inthe
matter of gloves, shoes or cravats and
owe large sums to the tailor. Dressing
is not so much a matter of money as a
matter of taste. After a man has put
his wardrobe in proper condition he
may get along remarkably well on a
very small yearly sum. Our author does
not disdain to give economical hints,
to tell how the tailor around the corner
will do perfectly well some things for
which the "swell" tailor would charge
roundly, to explain how to get out of a
suit the utmost possible service. Such
things are beneath no man's attention,
though he be a genius or a millionaire.
Until the art of dressing properly is un
derstood, the moral progress of society
will remain an idle dream. We need
not add that the man who wears a
"made tie" belongs in the outer dark
ness of barbarism. It is gratifying also
to note that the use of the Tuxedo, or
house coat, is earnestly recommended.
Since every complete bachelor will in
variably dress for dinner, he will find
in the Tuxedo an economical and easy
substitute for the more rigorous full
dress coat, and one that can be worn
not only at home, but in informal com
panies of gentlemen and at the theater
or in a public restaurant. We note that
our author speaks a good word for the
black tie with a Tuxedo, though he does
not absolutely bar a white one. This is
a question upon which no thoroughly
satisfactory ruling has ever been made.
For our own part, we think that those
occasions whereon a man feels a white
tie incumbent also demand a "swallor
tail" coat.
The toilet is not less important than
the dress. Scrupulous care in this re
spect is certainly the mark of a com
plete bachelor. That a man should take
his tub every morning goes without say
ing. At the same time there is no need
to insist upon the rigor of the game and
say that the water shall be cold. Tepid
water is best. "Every man should learn
to shave himself." These are golden
words. A barber is occasionally neces
sary no doubt, but there is something
offensive to refined sensibilities in the
picture of a long row of men in chairs
having a part of their toilet performed.
Our author says nothing of the habit of
having boots blacked m the street, just
ly regarding it as one so bad as to be
unspeakable. Patent tooth powders,
washes, pomatums and nostrums of
every kind are condemned without re
serve. This, too, shows good sense. The
care of toilet articles is rightly insisted
upon. A man cannot be a complete
bachelor unless he is welling to take
some trouble. The custom of wearing
the hair long is disapproved.
No point is too minute for the consid
eration of this thoughtful writer. The
etiquette of cards is a matter upon
which lamentable ignorance is often
displayed, and in calling and dining
out there are those who show the lack
of breeding. The practice of grasping
or squeezing the hand of a lady is (bar
ring exceptional circumstances) -(inad
visable. "A man removes his glove
from his .right hand on entering the
drawing room, and holds this, with his
stick and hat, in his left. The hat should
be at an angle, the top about level with
his nose. This is important. But some
thing more than mere politeness is re
quired of the complete bachelor. His
goodness of heart will come out in his
treatment of his servants. Though he
must "exercise an iron will," he must
also ' 'encourage them now and then by
a kind word. " And once m awhile they
must have a holiday or some cast off
clothing. They, in their turn, should
be "noiseless and automatic." Such
things too many young men forget.
With this book, however, they cannot
go very far astray. They can learn how
to behave at dances and at country
houses and at clubs. If it be objected
that on these subjects gentlemen do not
need instruction, the retort is obvious.
Persons who are not gentlemen have
their ambitions and frequently try to be
come complete bachelors. And since
this is so, let us be grateful for the
mentor who is able to give them so
much excellent advice. Providence
Journal.
The Blue Lobster la Bare,
One of the very rarest of all ma
rine creatures, the "wandering fish'
not excepted, is the crustacean
known as the indigo lobster. Dur
ing the years 1890-1 the lobstermen
of .New London, Conn., caught five
of these wonders, two of them in
the Fisher Island sound. Lobsters
of that variety are so exceedingly
' rare that it is not known that more
than two of that kind had ever been
captured before in the history of
the world. The capture of two blue
lobsters off the coast of Maine ih
1894 was reported, but on good au
thority it is said that the report was
never verified. tSt. Louis Republic.
Old leather can be made to look
like new by applying a coat of
French polish with a camel's hair
brush. If the color is worn off the
leather in any places, it is best to
color the polish according to the
color of the leather. ,
If an express train, moving at the
rate of 45 miles an hour, were to
stop suddenly, it would give the
passengers a shock equal to that of
falling from a height of 54 feet
The ill natured man gives himself
a large field' to expatiate in. He
exposes those failings in human na
tare which the others would cast
a veil over. Addison.
There are 20 monarchies and 25
republics in the civilized world.
BECOMING INDIANS.
CLAIM THAT AMERICAN8 ARE DEVEL
OPING ON THAT LINE.
Increasing Resemblance In Faces to the
Aboriginal Type A Study of Heads.
With Especial Attention to the Resi
dents of Pennsylvania.
It is an extraordinary question in an
thropological science which has been
propounded popularly of late. The in
fluence of environment upon the race
resident in the United States must in
the course of four centuries produce cer
tain marked and undeniable physical
results. It is not generally acknowledg
ed by American anthropologists that
there is a tendency-of reversion to the
type indigenous to the soil But foreign
r 1
offdmteretmg food for reflec-
tion. A writer in the Chicago Times
Herald, commenting on the assertion of
the French authors that on this conti
nent the American white man has varied
toward the Indian type, offers a support
ing study which is curiously fascinating
possibly vastly important.
First, the familiar faces of the carica
turists' creation are called in as wit
nesses. The Yankee and the southron
large and loose limbed of these pictures
are types, even as the stout, full faced
John Bull is a type found in another
environment. Both American favorites
of the cartoonist have high cheek bones
and usually excellent straight noses.
These witnesses are not, of course, scien
tifically admissible. The faces given us
by the caricature makers are impres
sions, not testimony.
Scientific, however, is the study of
fered of the Pennsylvania Germans a
happy, thrifty, frugal people, who have
been subjected to American conditions
for nearly two centuries, with very lit
tle intermingling with other races,
much less than the English people in
New England or in Virginia.
It is true that the pervasive and be
guiling Irish have intermarried some
what with these old Pennsylvania set
tlers, but in the main it is a very exclu
sive, pure blooded Palatinate stock
Data have been secured relative to a
large number of school children and to
adult males from 25 to 50 years of age,
and many copies of portraits of original
settlers. It appears that stature in
creases and that other important gener-.
alizations may be made, tentatively of
course. The increase of .finger reach is
marked, and the head measures are im
portant. "The anthropologist places consider
able value upon certain proportions or
relations between measures," says the
student of the subject ' ' Thus the length
of the head and the breadth of the head,
when compared, give numerical expres
sion, which is called the cephalic index.
To find it the length is divided into the
breadth and the result multiplied by
100. A head one-half as wide as it is
long would have an index of 60; one
three-fourths as wide as long would
have an index of 76; one as wide as it
was long would have an index of 100:
There is no race whose head is normally
so wide as to have an index of 100 or so
narrow as to have one of 50. The higher
the index, of course, the broader and
sounder the head; the lower the index,
the longer and narrower the head. Ger
mans generally are notably round head
ed. Topinard gives for some people of
Lorraine the index of 85. S. The average
index of 100 Pennsylvania Germans is
81.9, which is notably less and nar
rower. The heads of our northern and
eastern Indians are still longer and nar
rower. We cannot at present make a
further comparison with profit. What
we have already said may prove erro
neous when we learn the actual Palati
nate type. We assume now that the
Palatinate Germans were of medium
stature, light haired, blue or light eyed,
round headed, with a finger reach of
1.043. We find that the Bannsylvania
German children are dark in hair and
eyes, that the men are probably of in
creased stature, that heads appear to be
lengthening, that arm reach appears to
be increasing. In ail these respects the
Pennsylvania German varies from the
assumed Palatinate type and in the di
rection of the Indian. If our assumption
proves valid, we may claim that our
evidence shows change, which, if con
tinued, may form an Indian type from
the German."
All this, it must be noted, is abso
lutely distinct from any of the reasons
for discussing the tendency of Americans
to revert to original types from the in
filtration of the red Indian blood itself
in the veins of the white race. From the
days of the old French and Tndian wars
fireside tales of New Tgnglni intermix
ture of that sort have been common
enough A recent novel has expressed
the country knowledge in New England
-that there is an occasional "streak"
from ancestry' that approached New
England from the west as well as that
-which approached it from the east across
the Atlantic. In the western states and
territories the great numbers of half
breeds whose descendants find their way
into the life of cities brings to bear a
curious and unreckoned force in the de
i velopment of the fiber and sinew of the
race in North America. Boston Tran
script. TESTING A WATCH.
Sow English Timepieces Are TrledV as to
Their Regularity.
There has been watchmaking at Cov
entry as long as there has been a watch
trade in England, which is for the last
200 years or thereabout. There -used to
be three centers of the TCngliHh trade,
these being Liverpool, Coventry and
London. Now there are practically but
two Coventry and Birmingham. The
test of a good watch is that it should
obtain a Kew certificate, and of the
-watches that go to Kew 75 per cent are
from Coventry.
At Kew no watch has yet succeeded
in getting the 100 marks which signify
perfection, but Coventry has come near
est, with 92, and is always well to the
: front The Kew test is no light one.
The watch is tested in every position
and its rate registered, not Only per day,
but per hour. It is hung by its pendant,
hung upside down, hung on each side,
placed dial down and back down and at
any number of angles, and to finish up
. with is baked in an oven and frozen in
an ice pail. No wonder that a watch
with a Kew certificate is a comfort to
its owner.
When it is conattBred that it makes
! 18,000 vibrations an hoar and must not
! vary a second a week, while a quarter
j turn of its two time screws, meaning
- the millionth of an inch, will make a
i difference of 20 seconds a day, the deh
j -cacy of its adjustment will be appreci
ated, as will also the risk of intrusting
: its repair to any but skillful hands.
Jewelers' Review.
Salt a Luxury In Africa.
The greatest of all luxuries in central
. Africa is salt To say that a man eats
salt with his victuals is the-same assay
: ing that he is a rich roan. Mungo Park
: says, 4 'The long continued-use of vegeta
ble food creates so painful a longing for
I salt that no words can sufficiently de
i scribe it. " Chicago Tribune.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps relates that
' once, when Longfellow was visiting her
at her Gloucester home, she pointed out
to hi the reef of Nbnnan's Woe and
' was surprised to find that, although he
' had wrecked the schooner Hesperus-an
it, he had never before seen it
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WILMINGTON MlRKET.
STAR OFFICE, January 20.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
quiet at 32 cents per gallon for machine-made
casks and 31 cents for
country casks.
ROSIN . Market firm at $1.15 per
bbl for Strained and $1.20 for Good
Strained.
TAR. Market quiet at $1.05 per bbl
of 280 lbs. :
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.40 per barrel for Hard, $1.90
for Dip and $1.90 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin firm, $1.45, $1.50; tar quiet,
90c ; crude turpentine steady, $1.30,
$1.80.
f ' RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine 102
Rosin....' 588
Tar 528
Crude Turpentine , 42
Receipts same day last year. 81
casks spirits turpentine, 778 bbls
rosin, 311 bbls tar, 1 bbl crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market dull on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary . .......... 4 15-16 cts. lb
Good Ordinary. . . . . 4i " "
Low Middling 5 15-16 " "
Middling . , 5f " "
Good Middling ... . " "
Same day last year, middling 6fc.
Receipts 764 bales; same day last
year, 665.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina -Prime,
3540c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra
Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c.
CORN. Firm; 4750 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. $1.001.05 per
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steady ; hams, 8 to
9c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sictos 7 to 8c
SHINGLES . Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to $8.25; seven inch,
$5.50 to $6. 50.
TIMBER. Market steady at $8.00 to
$8.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, January 21.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
quiet at 32 cents per gallon for
machine-made casks and 31 cents for
-country casks.
ROSIN. Market firm at $1.15 per
bbl for Strained and $1.20 for Good
Strained.
TAR. Market quiet at $1.05 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.40 per barres for Hard, $1.90
for Dip and 1.90 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine, steady, 25, 24e;
rosin firm, $1.45, $1.50; tar quiet, 90c;
crude turpentine steady, $1.30. $1.80.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine ... 128
Rosin 907
Tar 883
Crude Turpentine 34
Receipts same day last year. 68
casks spirits turpentine, 307 bbls rosin,
115 bbls tar, 20 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 5fc
ner Dound for middling-. Quotations:
Ordinary 4 15-16 sts. $ lb.
Good Ordinary.... 4 ' " "
Low Middling 5 15-16 " "
Middling 51 " "
Good Middling. . . . 5f "
Same day last year, middling 6c.
Receipts 405 bales; same day last
year, 439. ' '
COUNTRY PRODUjE.
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime,
35 g, 40c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra
Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50. Virginia Extra
Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c.
CORN Firm; 4750 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE $1.001.05 per
bushel.
N. C. BACON steady ; hams 8 to 9c
per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7
to ec.
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 $8 to
8.50 per M. '
STAR OFFICE, January 22.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm
at 32 cents per gallon for ma-
chine-made casks and 32 cents for
country casks, i
ROSIN. Market firm at $1.15 per
bbl for Strained and $1.20 for Good
Strained. j
TAR Market quiet at $1.05 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.40 per barrel for Hard, $1.90
for Dip and 1.90 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
spirits turpentine steady, 25, 25c;
rosin firm, $1.45, $1.50; tar quiet,
90c; crude turpentine steady, $1.30.
$1.80.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine 42
Rosin 298
Tar ij) 165
Crud Turpentine ...... 14
Receipts same day last year. 42
casks spirits turpentine, 375 bbls
rosin, 136 bbls tar, 4 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 5c.
per pound for middling. Quotations :
Ordinary..' 2 15-16 cts. ft
Good Ordinary 4M " 1
Low Middling 5 15-16 " "
Middling 6 " '?
Good Middling 5 " "
Same day last year, middling 6c.
Receipts 356 bales; same day last
year, 547.
COUNTRY PBODUCK.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime,
3540c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra
Prime, 45c; Fancy, sua. v rrgini;
Extra Prime, 45c ; Fancy, 50c.
CORN. Firm; 47i50 cents
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. $1.001.05
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steady; hams,
per
per
8 to
9c per pound; shoulders, 6 to
sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per -thousand.
7c;
five
ITO all!
iNCK. V.n.
dentine rem
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25 ;
six inch, $2.25 to $8.25; seven inch,
$5.50 to $6.50.
TIMBER. Market steady at 8.00 to
$8.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE. January 24.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm" at 32c per gallon for machine
made casks and 32c for country
ROSIN. Market firm at $1.15 per
bbl for strained and $1.20 for good
strained.
TAR. Market quiet at $1.05 per bbl
of 280 lbs. ,
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm at $1.40 per barrel for hard, $1.90
for dip and 1. 90 for virgin.
Quotations same day last year:
Spirits turpentine steady, 25, 24c;
rosin firm, $1.45. 1.50, tar quiet. 90c;
crude turpentine steady, $1.30, 1.80.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 35
Jsosm . 134
Tar 291
Crude turpentine 5
Receipts- same day hist year. 81
casks spirits turpentine, 121 bbls rosin,
244 bbls tar, 15 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 5c
Sr pound for middling. Quotations:
ood Cfcdinary 2 15-16 cts 1 lb
Good Ordinarv 4V " "
.Low Middling, 5 15-16 " "
miuunng 5
Good Middling 5 " "
Same day last year, middling 6c.
Receipts 539 bales : same day last
year, 570.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 35 to 40c per bushel of 28
pounds; extra prime, 45c; fancy, 50c.
Virginia Extra prime, 45c; fancy,
50c
CORN Firm; 47T to 50 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE $1.00 to 1.05 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-inph, $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch,
$5.50to6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $8.00 to
8.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, January 25.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 32 cents per gallon bid for
machine-made casks and 32 sents per
gallon bid for country casks:
ROSIN Market firm at $1.15 per
bbl for Strained and $1.20 for Good
Strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.00 per bbl
of 280 gallons.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.40 per barrel for Hard, $1.90
for Dip and 1.90 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year,
Spirits turpentine, nothing doing;
rosin firm; $1.45 to 1.50; tar quiet,
90c; crude turpentine steady, $1.30,
1.80.
. I RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine , 29
Rosin a 241
Tar.. .'249
Crude turpentin 10
Receipts same day 'last year 123
casks spirits turpentine. 510 bbls
rosin, 89 bbls tar, 27 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations :
Ordinary 2 15-16 cts. ? lb
Good Ordinary 4& " ".
Low Middling 5 15-16 " "
Middling 5 " "
GoodMiduliug 5 " "
Same day last year, middling 5b.
Receipts 321 bales; same day last
year, 810.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North CaroUna-Prime,
40 to 45 cer bushel-of 28 pouuds; Ex
tra Prime, 50c ; Fancy, 55c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c.
CORN Firm; 47i to 50 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. $1.00 to 1.05 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-six, $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch; $5.50
to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $8.00 to
8.50 per M. v
STAR OFFICE, January 26.
SPIRITS' TURPENTINE. Market
firm at S24 cents per gallon bid for
machine-mde casks and 32 cents bid
for country casks.
ROSIN. Market firm at $1.15 per
bbl for Strained and $1.20 for Good
Strained.
TAR. Market firm at $1.00 per bbl
of 280 fts. .
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
firm at $1.40 per barrel for Hard, $1.90
for Dip and $1.90 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm, 2534, 24Mc;
rosm firm, $1.45, $1.50; tar steady,
90c; crude turpentine quiet, $1.30, 1
$1.80.
RECEIPTS.
Soirits Turpentine 69
Rosin...... , 319
Tar :.. 381
Crude Turpentine. 10
Receipts same day last year. 4
casks spirits turpentine, 99 bbls
rosin, 98 bbls tar, 0 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market steady on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary.. 2 15-16 cts. $4ft
Good Ordinary 4M " "
Low Middling 5 15-16 " "
Middling 5 U "
GoodMiddling. . . . . . 5 44 44
Same day last year, middling bc.
Receipts 702 bales; same day last
year, 734.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina- Prime,
3540c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 45c ; Fancy, 50c.
CORN. Firm; 47f to 50 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. $1.00 to $1.05 per
bushel.
if. C. BACON. Steady ; hams, 8 to
9c j 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 $6.50. ' .
TIMBER. Market steady at $8,00 to
$8.50 per M.
Cotton and Naval Stores.
WEEKLY STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
For the week ended January 81, 1896.
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude.
3,685 854 2.498 2.746 189
. RECEIPTS." H
For the week ended January 22. 1897.
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude.
3,487 518 8,807 1,678 48
EXPORTS.
For the week ended January 81, 1898.
I Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tor. Crude.
Domestic 64 884 19 1,019 54
Foreign 12,888 4,680 6 09
12,452
840 4.669
1,025
EXPORTS.
For the week ended January 22, 1897.
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude,
Domestic 1,351 758 28 1,578 It
Foreign 8,758 000 5,749 000 01
10,103
758 5,777
1,578
j STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat January 81, 1898.
Ashore. Afloat. Total
Cotton.. 11,888 1,986
Spirits 8,192 77
ROSln .k ,. 88,111 90
Tar 7,161 14
Crnde 884 oo
13.219
8,869
86,181
7,165
884
STOCKS.
; Ashore and Afloat January 88, 1897.
Cotton. Spirit. Rosin. Tar. Crude.
14,748 1,647 33,943 7,985 848
PITCH ER'S
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of
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was the originator if " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same
that has home and does now sj&p. j'"" m wer
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cept The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
March 8, 1897, QL&X.x.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child ljy accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
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gredients of which even he does not know.
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COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to The Horning Star.
New York, January 26. The sub
stantial improvement in the price of
cotton made yesterday was followed
by a further improvement to-day of 3
to 5 points. The opening was steady
with January one point lower and
other months one to four points higher.
Covering was a feature of the day.
There was also some investment buy
ing. The English cables were better
than had been expected and port re
ceipts fell materially below estimates.
Advices from Southern spot markets
indicated increased firmness and a rapid
rise in the Mississippi was reported.
Reports from the dry goods market
were more favorable. The close was
steady at a net gain of 2 to 4 points.
New York. January 26. Cotton
quiet: middling: 5 15-16c.
Cotton the futures market closed
steady, with sales to-day of 109,000
bales ; January 5.72c., February 5.71c,
March 5.75c., April 5.78c., May 5.81c,
June 5.84c, July 5.87c, August 5.90c,
September 5.90c, October 5.91c, No
vember 5.93c.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 5 1 5-16c ; middling- gulf 6 3-1 6c ;
sales 2,100 bales.
Net receipts 861 bales; gross 6,553
bales; exports to Great Britain 9,436
bales; exports to the Continent 8,255
bales ; forwarded 3,284 bales ; sales 2,100
bales ; sales to spinners bales ; stock
156,644 bales. y -
Total to-day Net ' receipts 33,022
bales; exports to Great Britain 35,751
bales; to France 12,071 bales; to the
Continent 8,255 bales; stock 1,267,836
bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 150,486
bales ; exports to Great Britain t8, 258
bales; to France 39,337 bales; to the
Continent 60,983 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, January 26. Flour
was strong but slow of sale at the ad
vance. Wheat Spot strong; No. 2
red $1 05 ; options opened higher on
strong English cables and foreign buy
ing, eased off a little under realizing,
but finally recovered and closed very
strong at s8 lc net advance on Eu
ropean war rumors and firm closing
cables; No.2red January closed $106 ;
May closed 96 c. Corn Spot firm;
No. 2 36 L8c ; options opened firm on
cable news, were sustained all day by
wheat and closed firm at c net ad
vance; January closed 344c ; May
closed 34Mc. Oats Spot firm; JNo. 2,
28?29c; options were moderately
active but firm with the other markets,
closing Jc net higher :May closed 28J.
Lard steady; refined steady. Pork
quieter. Butter was steady at prices ;
Western creamery 1420c; do. fac
tory ll15c: Elgins 20c; imitation
creamery 1318c; State dairy 1318c ;
do. creamery 1419. Cheese dull;
large white September 8c. Cotton
seed oil easy ; prime crnde 19c ; prime
yellow 22Jc. Petroleum was dull
Rice steady. Molasses quiet. Coffee
Spot Rio dull; mild quiet; sales 600
bags Maracaibo, 300 bags Savanilla and
100 bags Mexican, all on P. T. Sugar
raw steady ; renned steady.
Chicago, January 26. January
wheat again received the attention of
tne jjeiier orouers w-aay. in tne
last ten minutes trading the price of
that delivery was rushed up from
around 961c to $1.01 and it closed at
$1, an advance of 2c. The effect on
May was more marked than during
yesterday's January bulge. May closed
at lc advance, the gain being di
rectly the result of the advance in
January. Corn and oats were helped
by the strength of wheat to the extent
of $c each. Provisions declined 2i5c.
Chicago, January 26. Cash quota
tions: Flour no report. Wheat No. 2
spring 9092c(hard) ; No8 spring 88
97c; No.2 red 971 00c. Corn No. 2
2727&c Oats No. 2, 23c: No. 2
white, f. o. b., 25c; No. 3 white, f.o.b..
24UKc Rye No. 2, 46c. Mess
pork, per barrel, $9 879 92. Lard,
per 100 lbs., $4 854 87. Short rib
sides (loose) $4 774 95. Dry salted
shoulders (boxed) $4 755 00. Short
clear sides (boxed) $4 975 15. Whis
key, distillers' finished goods, per gal
lon, $119.
The leading futures ranged as fol
lows, opening, highest, lowest and
closing: Wheat No. 2, January 96,
1 01, 96,1 uiatay MM, 94M, 98J,
54
94Mc; July 85, 85, 84, 85. Corn
-January 27, 27, 27, 27c;May
2928, 29M29, 29, 29
29c; July 30, 30, 30, 30
30c. Oats May 23, 23, 23,
23c; July 22, 22, 22,
22c. Mess pork, per barrel. Jan
15
uary $9 92, 9 92, 9 87, 9 87;
May $10 02, 10 05, 9 95, 987. Lard,
per 100 lbs. January $4 05; May
$4 92, 4 95, 4 87, 4 82 ; July $5 00,
5 00, 4 97, 4 97. Short ribs, per 100
lbs January $4 90; May $4 97, 5 00,
4 92, 4 95.
Baltimore. January- 26. Flour
firm and -unchanged. Wheat easy;
spot, month and February 99
99c; March 99c bid; May 96&
96c; steamer No. 2 red 96&96Mc:
Southern wheat by sample 97c$1.00;
do on grade 96c$1.00. Corn steady;
March 3333c; steamer mixed
32c ; Southern white corn 3335c ;
yenow azfe(34c. uats nrm; rso. Z
white Western 2930c; No. 2 mixed
do 28c.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph- to The Morning Star.
New York, January 36. Rosin
steady. Spirits turpentine firm at
33 34c.
Charleston, January 26. Spirits
turpentine firm at 32c ; no sales. Rosin
firm; no sales; quotations unchanged.
Savannah, Ga., January 26.i
Spirits turpentine market firm at 32 ;.
sales 160 casks ; receipts 105 casks. Roam,
firm; sales 2,056 bbls; receipts 2,355
barrels ; quotations unchanged.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Nor barque Bygdo, 496 tons, Aage
sen, Dakar, Africa, Jas T Riley & Co.
Nor barque Trans-Atlantic, 579 tons,
Petersen, Guadaloupe, Paterson,
Downing & Co,
Schr Estelle, 389 tons, Hutchinson,
Punta Gorda. Geo Harriss. Son & Co.
Steamship Croatan, 826 tons, McKee,
New York, H G Smallbones.
CLEARED.
Schr Nimrod, 257 tons, Green, New
York, Jas T Riley & Co.
Schr Robert F Bratton, 68 tons
Harriss, Newbern, Geo Harriss, Son
&Co.
Schr Emma S, 63 tons, Cahoon,
Charleston, Geo Harriss, Son & Co.
Schr Edna and Emma, 174 tons,
Richardson, Georgetown, Geo Harriss,
Son & Co.1
Steamship Oneida, 1091 tons, Staples,
New York, H G Smallbones.
Steamship Croaton, 826 tons, McKee,
Georgetown, H G Smallbones.
Wholesale Prices Current.
The quotations are always given as accurately
as possible, but the star will not be responsible
for any variations from the actual market price
or tne articles quoieu.
nOf Tlwi rlr-nr-rcr nnr.toHr.T10 rArYPTlt, W fiflle-
Prices generally. In making up small orders
higher prices nave to ue cnargea.
BAGGING ...
8 It Jute. fH
Standard vft
WESTERN SMOKED-
Hamsj. W M
Sides Tl t. I 34
Shoulders 9... 6 O 7H
DRY SALTED
sides v ow
Shoulders V tt
BARRELS-Splrits Turpentine
Second-hand, each 1 00 i
New New Mork, each. '.
New City. each. I
BEESWAX lb i
BRICKS
Wilmington II 500
Northern 9 00
BUTTER .
North Carolina f 16
Northern IS
CORN MEAL .
Per bushel, In sacks 44
Virginia Meal , , 44
COTTON Tl
TIES bundle.
CANDLES--
Sperm
Adamantine...
CHEESE W lb
Northern Factory
Dairy, Cream ....
State
COFFEE
Lagoyra.i.
Rio
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-4, yard. .
yarns, m ouncn.
18
EGGS dozen.
F1BM
Mackerel. No. 1, V barrel.
88 00
oo
Mackerel, No. 1, VI
half -bbl. 11 00
15 00
18 00
Mackerel, No. 2, barrel.. 16 00
Mackerel, No. 8 half-bbl.
s w
18 00
8 00
9 00
14 00
8 50
6 60
8 85
10
8 80
8 75
4 75
5 00
6 00
8H
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel. .
Mullets, barrel
Mullets, pork bar ael . .....
n. v. Koe nernng, i Keg..
S 00,
Dry Cod. H
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LOW g
Choice
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!holce....i..k. S
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'Irst Patent 0 81
81
First
GLUE lb
GRAIN bushel-
Corn, from Btore.bm '
Car load, in bags Wnit
uats, irom store..
Oats, Rust Proof. .
Cow Peas. I
HIDES t
ureen
Dry 1..
HAY, 100 lbs
Clover Hay..
80
nice straw
Eastern
North River
HOOP IRON, f
LARD, ...
Northern
North Carolina
LIME, barrel
LUMBER (city sawed) M ft-
Shlp Stuff, re sawed
Rough-edge Plank..,
West India cargoes, accord
18 00
IB 00
ing to quality 18 00
. Dresoed Flooring, seasoned 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
MOLASSES, gallon-
Barbadoes, In hogshead ...
Barbadoesln barrels
Porto Rico, In hogsheads...
Porto Rico, in barrels
Sugar-House, in hogsheads. 19
Sugar-House. In barrels.... M
Syrup, in barrels 11
NAILS, 8 keg. Cut. 60d basis. .
PORK, barrel
City Mess
Rami)
Prime
ROPE. lb....
10
SALT, sack Alum.
Liverpool
Lisbon ....... ....
American .
On 196 Sacks.
SHINGLES, 7-inch, M 51
Common
Cypress Saps- ' 2 I
SUGAR, f Standard Gran'd
Standard A '
White Extra C.
Extra C, Golden
C. Yellow..
SOAP. 1 Northern. .......
STAVES, M-W. O. barrelT C
R. O. Hogshead
TIMBER, IT feet-Shipping..
miu! vSs..'f '.WW e
Common Mill...... 4
Inferior to Ordinary... V
SHINGLES.N. C. Cypress sawed
H 6x84 heart... 7 50'
X, " Sap jr.... 6 00
5x24 Heart 4 1
" Sap... 41
do
6X34 Heart 6
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WHisjtKX, v gallon-Northern,
norm aruuna
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