i 1 ill QUOTA'S "FALLER." ajjg balr was harvest golden and bis eyes were lice mo woe nf Seu depth near the Sweden that hU early boyhood knew. Bis cheek was shot with tinting of the aaaaeVa dying red, And he was Gtasta'a sweetheart or her "tal ler," as she aaid. They fashioned ont their future by Dan Cu pid's rosy plan, For love is love to general and to enlisted man Be brought her candy presents from the gar rison canteen And flowers that grew along the road that stretched five miles between. (A ten mile march each Sunday night, and waiting at the end A very punctual sergeant who was no man's special friend.) pre miles from Eros back to Kara, from stoop to garrison, Br love went with him en the way he scarcely thought It one. came and brought my baby boy a little wooden gun, And in their kitchen marchings many a fear ful field waa won iBd many a great campaign was planned on foeman fierce and strange Such as the pump, or sink, or broom, or sugar bin, or range. Ab, well, the proverb of the bard shows valor at its best .The loving are the daring and the hrav the tenderest." A soldier's heart la sot his law, nor always is bis gvuue Commanding officers there are, and Indian men beside "f '. . And Gusta sadly and my boy watched that t Inno linA nf hlna 3 1 March down the way and disappear to west- . ward out of view. Oh, lore is lore forever more, and ever grief is gnel, . Though lovers follow In the ranks or ride ahead as chief I The general came back at last and wondrous was his fame- Forgotten by his former friends was Ousta's "taller s name. They only knew that many fell upon a fatal day When guns gave earth a stain of red and smoked the Li avena gray. Some men must die when at the front is one who dan? to lead, And with tli ; hers on the plain there fell a blue ey . Swede. A servan. 1 once dreamed a dream. That dr. .1 was set at naught. A sold' i died, and no one knows that soldier - or fought. A p d, imposing monument a general glori- aeu f tie man knows the lonesome place where uusta'S 'Taller" lies. ; Only my baby used to cry and ask for Gusta's Jim To come again and mend the gun he whittled ont for him. ' ' Chicago Record. WESTERN MINERS. they Are Not as a Bale Queer In TTIalsnt or Manners. To compare Bret Harteand Buffalo B1U with each other may at first seem entirely out of order, so strong Is the contrast in most particulars, and yet they are alike in this, that both, without intending to do so. have injured the far west by greatly exaggerating the peculiarities of life In this part of the anion, if they have not actually presented that which never did, In fact, exist. Buffalo Bill has done it with his wild west shows, and in consequence thousands of men and women in Europe and the eastern part of the United States think tbat the typical tar westerner is a cowboy and that travel by stage Is fraught with danger at every step. Bret Harte has done comethlng of the same sort by represent ing the principal characters of far western towns as rough and illiterate, though it may be honest, men who use a form of speech which one would have to go far to bear In any part of the world. One is reminded of this by a criticism which recently appeared in the Chicago Tribune upon Judge France's little collec tion of short stories called "Pine Valley The critic accuses the author of misrepre senting life in Colorado mining camps by causing characters to employ what he calls parlor English. The author of tbat criti cism took for granted that the miners are .ignorant of good English, and he probably also thinks that they use a dialect peculiar to mining camps, or It may be far western towns in general. 1 . f While every now and then one encoun ters prospectors or miners who, haying lived isolated lives for many years, have acquired peculiarities of speech, these are, as a matter of fact, exceptions. As a role miners belong to the class composed In the east of intelligent mechanics, farmers and well to do residents of towns and villages, They have the command of English which It possessed by the average person educated In a publio school, and a great majority of them were born east of the Missouri river, If not east of the Mississippi. But in addition there are thousands of men living in mining camps and wearing habitually miners' clothes who are well educated and speak as pure and gram matical English as one can hear in the offices of lawyers, doctors and civil engi seers in any pert of the Union. An au- tKr.f rcnnld n-i- riA n mm Miss I sssawl rtw nnmnM parlor Rnglish in the mouths of men of this class in the east, and the criticism is no less unjust if the scene of the story is VUV nuuiu 1 J yJV JJ VI IWIV1UIM iUl 1 U VblUK laid in the far west. As for a true dialect, the far west is not old enough for the de velopment of anything of that kind. One may hear it in the mountains of Tennessee rifllllitloao r y (n wiifoI ArMmmnnlflaa In f ho f Bst. But for anything like this, the far i west is as yet too young ana its population a mixture of people drawn from too tunny uiuerent para oi not toe united States, hut the whole English speaking worm. Denver Republican. , A Princes Longed For a Playfellow. There is an article written by James Cassidyin St. Nicholas on the "Girlhood Days of England's Queen." Mr. Casaldy avs: lucre were in the life of the princ Is when she longed for oomnanions of own nee. Her mnthnr. ounaaincr this , - , o r w-'Bing, was very tender and aentle with w, and considered often how best to make op for this lack. Once the dnohess, it is id, thinking to plense her daughter, 1 mrimocoa child performer of the (lav xilln.l T ...... . I- . . i ... -v ujra, iuui sne might amuse unna wun some remarkable perform- m. on lne unrp. un one occasion." writes the biographer, "while the young musician was playing one of her favorite its, the duchess, nerceivinar how Hxni 'miKUU-r S attention Waa arurmaeaA , 1 . ... " ' "" "T a lunsic, leu tne room for a few minutes. When she returned, she found the harp deserted- The heiress of England ueguuea the juvenile minstrel from instrument- by the display of some of - wsuy toys, ond the children were dls- "'"i ! iu sine Dy siao on tne hearth ln a state of high enjoyment, sur- 2yo by the princess' playthings, from wa'cl she was makino th moat, lihml -imions for the acceptance of poor little Fertility of uoe nr , ... ' 1 . .i ""tne poultry enthusiast is that pertain- "8 " Drouerlv fprtllivnH patra tor hat.nh- M tllH fdwla hnva fpoo pnntra nrffch " iho open ground and green stuff, T "Kgs will he all right U the hen are. "uu'n with a good cook. But in con- aant n,..-.. j itii flfter. Grit, shell, oharcoal, etc., "" .vii necessity to the general neaitti ; uro cuuiineu una mug oi oourae, oc uo to be without them. Still lest it do to be without a trood aunnlrv of Lucre in nun auiiuiY. lowever manv enntond la hefter left out dnr. the lirrlln,. . A The Mlaaiter's BfWtaka. itl a rurnl nunch in the, MaaiU Am 1 nirtd vehicle, oconmed the sunt person attended service, and ITl 1 Ti i f. . i : 1 a 1 1 1 .u -"i.-i;r ttmiititjVjMm iur iiih ihuvlu approval of his me aching, and the ; "ucu lie uiHCOvereu uia auu(tiw Bl af ...I . . i i j i (tii ... ... , i t . , i - ui nig anver. wno ana ueen, VQrt I . i . i in i l l tV nepfl a rrwui flnrinir. Medicine Ost univAi-sfl.1 And Hood s ar- "a exaeilv meets thm need. Be Strong, steady nerves Are needed for success Everywhere. Nerves' Depend simply, solely, Upon the blood. Pure, rich, nourishing Blood feeds the nerves And makes them strong. The great nerve tonic is Hood's Sarsaparilla, Because it makes The blood rich and Pure, giving it power To feed theSierves. Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures nervousness, Dyspepsia, rheumatism, Catarrh, scrofula, And all forms of Impure blood HAVANA ADVICES Failure of Gen. Blanco's TrioHeflw Losses of the Spanish tn Recent Engagements. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Havana, via Key West, Fhv, Hteb- ruary 9. General Pando's sudden re turn on Tuesday was due to the fail - ire of Captain General Blanco's trip through the east, where the latter met with a cold reception at the hands of both Spaniards and niihans He is here now to keen the naner from printing any news relating to the failures of General Blanco in the field, to coerce the press and to prevent au outburst of indignation among the masses of the people over his failure to obtain the surrender of the insur gent lcades as loudly promised. jx lieutenant colonel on (renewal Pando's staff asserts that in two re cent battles with Gen. Galixto Garcia and Gen. Jesus Rabi the Spanish forces lost fifty-seven killed in the first fight and fourteen killed in the second and had 226 wounded in both. Something to Know. It may be worth something- to know that the very best medicine for restor ing the tired, out and nervous system to a healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centres in me stomacn, gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys, and aids those or fans in throwingofl impurities in the lood. Electric Bitters improves the appetite, aids digestion, and is pro nounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c. or $1.00 per bottle at R. R Bellamy's drug store. FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITION Believed to Have Sailed Monday Night from Off Long Island. By Telegraph to The Morning Star. New York, February 9. The Even ing World says: .. Another filibustering expedition to the Cuban insurgents is believed to have got away from the Long Island coast near Montauk Point on Monday night, and to have carried the mem bers of the expedition that was ship wrecked on the Tillie a couple of weeks ago. The arms and ammunition for this last expedition are said to have been carried from this city by the lighter Agnes, alleged to be owned by Mc Allister Brothers, who owned the Tillie. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Al ways Proves Effectual. , There are no better medicines on the market than Chamberlain's. We have used the Cough Remedy when all others failed, and in every instance it proved effectual. Almost daily we near the virtues of Chamberlain's remedies extolled by those who have used them. This is not an empty puff, paid for at so much a line, but is vol untarily given in good faith, in the hope that suffering humanity may try these remedies and, like the writer, be benefitted. From the Glenville (W. Va.) Pathfinder. For sale by R. R. Bellamy, druggist. THE DE LOME LETTER Regarded in Madrid as Jingolst In trigue Comment of English News papers on the Affair. By Cable to the Morning Star. Madrid, February 9, midnight. . The De Lome letter incident is re garded here as a jingoist intrigue, in tended to1 disturb the relations between the United. States and Spain. London, February 10. "With the exception of tne Daily Mail, the morning papers do not comment on the De Lome incident. The Daily Mail says: "We cannot suppose tne De Lome letter genuine ; but if it is. then all the fat would be in the fire. Things have reached a pass where little is wanted to cause an explosion. Even the recall of Senor De Lome would not satisfy the insulted jingoes. The American correspondents are all of the opinion, that Senor De Lome's recall is inevitable; but they believe Spain will be allowed to withdraw mm n) Uro ttttUM uua(recauic uiauucr, as after the Repubhcau criticisms of Mr. Cleveland's treatment of Lord Saokville-West it would be impossi ble to give him his passports. The Washington corresponaent oi the Daily News says: "President Mc Kinlev is resolved that Spain shall have no vestige of an excuse to pick a marrel with the L rated states and Spain can disown Sbnor De Lome's utterances without the slightest loss of dignity." Brooklyh, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1896. Messrs. Ely Bros. : I have used Ely's Balm a number of years and1 find it works like a charm. It has cured me of the most' obstinate case of cold in the head in teas than 48 hours from the time I feft the cold coming on. I would not he without it Respectfully yours, Frkd K. Fries. 888 Hart St. Cream Balm is kept by all druggists. Full size 50c. Trial size 10 cents. "We mail it ELY BROS., t 8ft Warren St., N. Y. City. F r Over Fifty Years Mrsl Winslw'b Soothing Syrup has bees used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while, teething, with perfect success. It sothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It iwill relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold; by Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five . cents a bottle. Be mre and ask for "Mrs. Winslow' Soothing Syrup," i and tak no other. t f TOO GOOD AN IMITATION. Story of Staffed Santa Clans Ate That Befell Him. Miss Elizabeth Allerton and her sister Augusta had for years lived all alone in a big house not a thou sand miles from Boston. It had been their pleasure on each successive Christmas to gather a company of children in the great, handsome par lors and join with them in having a gay time. But finally they planned to depart a bit from their usual cus tom of planting the Christmas tree in a cambric covered tub, and here they were on Christmas eve, sur rounded by a lot of old garments that they had found among the trunks and boxes "up garret," mak ing a figure to represent Santa Claus that should stand in. the jog by the fireplace and clasp the well filled tree in his strong right arm. Miss Elizabeth was skilled in the use of paints, and upon the surface of an apoplectic looking bunch cov ered with light flannel ' she was busily engaged in tracing sundry dabs and streaks to represent hu man features. Augusta, meantime, was brushing up the copper colored vest thickly bestrewn with green roses that was to appear from be neath the dressing gown, covering the deficiencies in the shape of broomsticks and shawls that com posed the form. A gray squirrel muff that had not seen the light of day fox many a year had been shaped into a hat and was the crowning point, in every sense, of this home made Kriss Kringle. "Dear anef" said Miss Elizabeth when the sticks had been adjusted and the curled hair pulled over the dressing fgqjwn collar, "he looks amazingly lake a real man. I do hope the children will not be fright ened when fhey see him. " f . "I was thinking of that myself. " said Miss Augusta. "I wish you had not made his eyes so staring and his cheeks so red. Let's set him down and put some flour on his face. " This was done after considerable trouble. By that time it was 10 o'clock, and the tired spinsters lifted the result of their labors, stood it up in the corner, then withdrew and shut the door. Before they were half way up stairs they heard some thing fall. "I s'pose that's one of the broomsticks," said the elder Miss Allerton. They returned to the parlor and started to repair the damage. It was true. One of the pports had slipped, and there was the figure tilted tipsily forward, with those awful eyes looking straight at the door. Each waited for the other to straighten the thing up and finally it was done. Again the sisters started for their room above. Miss Augusta pulled the door so closely after her that she shut half of her sleeve in. Her sister moted that she locked the door and put the key in her pocket They .both sat down in their room and said nothing for a few minutes, when the scurry inc: of a mouse be tween i the walls made them each give af little nervous scream. Miss Elizabeth started up. "Augusta," she said, "I can't sleep a wink to night with that man in the house. I'm jurt going down and take him to pieces."' "1 was just going to suggest that very thing myself," said the younger one, echoing, as she generally did, her elder sister. They tiptoed down once more, "keep ing very close to each other, and, creeping behind the rosy cheeked effigy, they reduced him once more to a heap of old clothes, which they thrust into the closet, putting the head into a bandbox on the top shelf. Then they retired to peaceful slumbers. Boston Transcript. I. SHE WAS WRONG. Original Poem Wasn't by All, but by Some One Else. There is a woman's literary club on the South Side which is having the hardest imaginable time to keep togeth er. Unlike moat similar organizations, it is not from want of money that this association of fair students is constant ly threatened with diabandment A spirit of discontent and rivalry stalks through the meetings. The original purpose of the club waa a thorough criticism of the works of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser and Sir Edwin Arnold. But although this laudable intention waa adhered to for several months, after awhile acme of them got to writing es says and other papers to he read before the society. The book trade may not have noticed it but at that time there was a considerable run on concordances, glossaries, books of synonyms and liter ary dictionaries. Ever since then things have gone from bad to worse. It seems impossible to maintain harmony. The vice president of the organiza tion, a charming young lady, whether considered mentally or from her photo graph, recently wrote a rather extend ed poem In a very aofty strain. She read it to the Club. Amid the general ap plause which followed there came from several remote corners of the room something like murmurs A couple of her auditors were heard to say that she had never written anything like that before; that they didn't believe any one in the club was oapable of it; that in fact several passages sounded strangely familiar. Finally' one member with glasses and a very penetrating expression, address ing the anthor of the poem, said: "Didn't you get some erf that from Oowper? I'm sure you did. " "I did Uotbing of the kind,'' retorted the vice president, flnabdng at the ac cusation. I- - "Oh, but I remember almost the ex act lines!" persisted her accuser. "$lbw dare you say sol" returnod the poet hotly. "But we'll get the book and look," persisted the other. "Vnn're a mean, mean thine. ' ' said the vioe president, bursting into tears. "I didn't get this from Oowper atalL And now that you're so smart 111 not tell you where I did get it "Chicago Tribune. " Salute In China and Japan. In China, says the Philadelphia Times, an interior on horsebaok, on meeting a superior, dismounts and waits until the snperior has passed. In Japan an inferior- removes his sandals When he meets a superior, places his right hand in his sleeve, thus crossing tis arms, and, rook ins fiinuanlf to, HTid. fro. cries: "Don't hurt met Don't hurt me!" !, Chines Soldiers. Chinese soUUera march anyhow. Their armament is in the highest degree varied. One has a rifle; a second, a sword; n third, both rifle and sword; a fourth, a spear. In fact, so diverse is their equip ment that it is impossible to describe the numerous variations. The noncommis sioned officers possess revolvers and swords, but the officers are entirely un- A BOSS ADVERTISES. HE NEVER MISSED A CHANCE TO BOOM GOODS HE SOLD. He Wa In the Ftrearmi Business In Texas and Had His Re vol vera Talk For Them elves His last "Card" Written OB a Stone With His Own Blood. "To me," remarked a man of more or less brokerly appearance in manner and cut of clothes, "the advertising methods resorted to by business men all over the country are astonishing in their intelli gence, stupidity, ingenuity and common placeness. I mean by tbat that while some of them seem to be satisfied with the money returns of the oldest chestnuts in the newspapers, there are others who are advertising Colnmbusea, never satisfied unless discovering something new Jn the promotion of the publicity of the wares they haye to sell. ' "Which reminds me," said a man who looked like a New England Yankee once removed "that I have been interested in advertising for many years, and that I have circumnavigated the United States several times, advertising' various things, from baking powder to steam engines. In these trips I have observed some things quite well worth the remembering, taut certainly the most unusual bit of adver tising I ever heard of came under my no tice during a trip I made through north western Texas. "In a trip made there some three years previously I had met a local character whom tbey called Colt Thompson, and after a talk with him at the hotel supper table, for he boarded at the best hotel in .the town, I found that he had come from my native town in Massachusetts, and that we had known each other as boys there, 40 years before, when neither of us was more than 10 years old. Though Thompson was a ' pretty hard citizen and had a record only a few eastern men would be proud of, he was a good worker, and aa tbo agent of an arms manufacturing com pany in the cast, with a territory com prising several counties, he managed to live well and wear good clothes. Of course lie gambled between times and did odd joLs of virions kinds, but the profits tn tboso(Iinea were simply used for spend ing money, lie nau snot several men una was accustomed to remark that he had to do it now and then in his business to show the merits of the goods he handled, and be alway? Baid that he would rather be horse whipped than shoot a mnn with any other gun than that made by bis firm, a loyalty tbat added much to his popularity and was a first class advertisement for bis weapons. 'Which reminds me that Thompson was the most enthusiastic advertiser I over saw, and he never let an opportunity escape that he could use for this purpose. I saw him shoot a runaway horse one afternoon on the main street, and when the owner complained Thompson paid for the ani mal and had a half column article in all the newspapers on his guns as runaway preventives. Another time about mid night he discovered a fire in u store on a side street, and, instead of turning in an alarm by the usual shouting, he began to shoot his gun as fast as he could. The noise soon had the crowd out, and the pa pers next day told all about Thompson's guns as the best fire alarms in use. On another occasion he offered the preacher who was' going to preach a shot man's funeral $60 to help out the salary fund tf he would say tbat the deceased had surely gone to heaven because he bod been shot , with one of Thompson's guns. "But I am digressing. His greatest ad vertising idea was his last one, to which I am slowly but surely coming. When I found I was going to be in Thompson's neighborhood again, I was pleased,; for I hod found him interesting, and be had in sisted when we parted that if I ever came that way again I must be sure and give him a chance to make it pleasant for ma I had not beard from him in the mean time, and when I got to bis town and asked at bis old stopping place where he was I was greatly pained, but not greatly surprised, to learn that he hnd died six, months previously. It was not necessary for me to ask if he bad died suddenly, and I did not ask the question in that form, but I did ask what the row was about, and as the result of my inquiries I found that my friend Thompson bad been called upon to act as a deputy sheriff in the ar rest of a couple of very bad men from the mountains who had been 'shooting the town up.' "They were customers of Thompson, but he did not give guarantees against dis order with his goods, and be was as glad to arrest these men as be would have been to do any other hazardous service. Thompson became separated from the sheriff and posse about aoon, and no more was seen of hir.i until about 5 o'clock ln the afternoon,-when he was discovered by the sheriff lying dead beside a big white bowlder, and not 60 feet away, stretched flat on their backs, were the two 'toughs,' quite as dead as Thompson. In the bands of each of tho three were revolvers hnd it was plain tbat the men had died game, though apparently the? end was more sud den for the others than fox Thompson. This was proved by the fact tbat just above him on the white surface of the stone be had scrawled .in as big letters as he could reach, and with his finger dipped in his own blood, toe words: 'What else could have happened when all three bad Thompsons? Call on my successor before purchasing elsewhere. ' "Tbat evening after supper I went to the town cemetery to visit the grave of my schoolmate, and on a plain White stone at ' his head was this brief inscription, placed there by his friends: "COLT THOMPSON. He Waa a Good Han. Massachusetts Sent Him to Texas, and Texas Sent Him to Glory. "Which struck me as a pretty good ad vertisement in itself, but not comparable from a business standpoint with that other one written on a white stone in the blood of a Mew Englander among the hills of Texas." New York bun. NOT USED TO HOTEL WAYS. A Young Woman After Kettering; Qtraa the Clerks a Surprise. She drifted into an uptown hotel by way of the women's entrance. She was plainly bnt neatly clad and did not look like a girl who was used to the system in operation at a big hotel. She had a hrisbt. pretty face and looked fwMih and charming. The two clerks on duty eyed ber curiously and exchanged comments about the girL She hesitated a moment when' she reached the office, but after some little display of embar rassment walked up to the desk and picked up a pen in a diffident manner. Tha ninrk wheeled the book around so tbat the place for signatures was in the proper position and waited. She chewed nervously at the end of the pen, then dipped it slowly in the ink, and with a great deal of pains wrote: "Miss Mary McClosky, 878 Weat Ninety-third street" Then she eyed her effort approvingly and carefully laid the1 pen down. The clerk, who had been watching the oper ation with a good deal of curiosity, said: "Boom, miss?" A A flush mantled her face, but she said sweetly, "Yes, if you please. " 1 'Would you like a room with a bath?" asked the clerk in a puzzled toneC Again she seemed embarrassed and hesi tated, but finally said In a low tone: "Yes, if you please. That would be very nioe and I would thank yon very much." "How much do you care to pay for a room,, said the clerk as his eye swept the rack. "Pay?" she said in sheer surprise. "Pay? Why, I didn't expect to pay any thing. I got a job here today as a cham bermaid and I have just come down. " New York Tribune Acroas the Ocean. For a single passage to America a Cu nard liner, with 547 cabin passengers and a crew of 887, carries 18,o60 pounds fresh beef, 780 pounds corned beef, 5,880 Bounds mutton, 850 pounds lamb. 860 founds veal, 350 pounds pork, 2,000 pounds .fresh fish, 600 fowls, 800 chickens, 100 duoks, 50 geese, 80 turkeys, 200 brace Arouse. 15 tons potatoes, ou ucmuj vegetables, 880 quarts ice 1,008 MEDICAL TREATMENT ON TRIAL To Any Reliable Man. Marrelooa Appliance and one month'! remedies of rare power win be teat on LrlaJ, wUJtout on fdmn wmtnt, by the foremost oompany in the worlttraatwant of men weak, broken, Ud cou raged from effeou of exeeaaea, worry, over work Ac Happy marriage tecored. oomplete raa terarionor der.lopm.nt of all robuat oondUtooa. Th time of thla offer ta limited. No cToTdI ' my 20 D&W tf thsutu COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MAEKET. STAR OFFICE, February 3. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 32 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 32 cents for country casks. ROSIN. Market firm at $1.15 per bbl for Strained and $1.20 for Good Strained. 'sTAR. Market steady at 95 cents per bbl of 280 lbs. 3SCRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1.40 per barrel fOrHard,$1.90 for Dip and $1.90 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady, 26, 25c; rosin firm, $1.46, $1.60; tar steady, 95c ; crude turpentine, nothing doing. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 20 Rosin.... 196 Tar 249 Crude Turpentine 12 Receipts same day last year. 45 casks spirits turpentine, 445 bbls rosin, 158 bbls tar, 0 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 5c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary. V. .. 4 15-16 cts. lb Good Ordinary 4& " 44 Low Middling 5 15-16 " " MirlrlUno- Kl " " . Good Middling t 14 " Same day last year, middling 69S. Receipts 349 bales; same day last year, 318. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime, 35 40c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. Virginia Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. CORN. Firm; 47i50 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 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 $3.00 to $7.50 per M. STAR OFFICE, February 4. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 32 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 32 cents for country casks. . ROSIN. Market firm at $1.15 per bbl for Strained and $1.20 for Good Strained. TAR. Market steady at 95 cents per bbl of 280 lbs CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market, steady at $1. 40 per barres for Hard, $1. 90 for Dip and 1.90 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine, steady, 26, 25c; later, 26&, 25c;, rosin firm, $1.45, $1. 50 ; tar steady, 95c ; crude turpentine firm, $1.40, $1.90, $1.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 168 Rosin..; : 474 Tar 460 Crude Turpentine i;. 26 Receipts same day last year. 84 casks spirits turpentine, 809 bbls rosin, 276 bbls tar, 58 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market - firm on a basis of 5c per pound for middling. Quotations: Urdinary 4 15-16 cts. V lb. Good Ordinary. . . . 4) , V " Low Middling 5 15-16 44 Middling. t.. 5 Good Middling. . . . 5 44 44 Same day last year, middling 6c. Receipts 319 bales; same day last year, 45. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 3540c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50. Vninia, Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. CORN Firm; 47t50 cents per bushel. i ROUGH RICE $1.001.05 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 inch, $2.25 to 3.25; seven inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to $7.50 perM. ' STAR OFFICE, February 5. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 32 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 22 cents for country casks. ROSIN. Market opened firm at $1.15 per bbl for Strained and $1.20 for Good Strained. Sales later at $1.20 and $1.25. TAR. Market steady at 95 cents per bbl of 280 Ibs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market steady at $1 . 40 per barrel for Bard, $1 . 90 for Dip and 1.90 for Virgin, j Quotations same day last year. spirits turpentine steady, 26, 25c rosin firm, $1.45, $1.50; tar steady, 90c; crude turpentine firm, $1.40, $1.90, $1.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine . . . 201 Rosin ! 315 Tar - ... 153 Crud Turpentine j... 41 Receipts same day last year. 52 casks spirits turpentine, 554 bbls rosin, 278 bbls tar, 2 bbls crude tur pentine. cottoh. Market firm on a basis of 5c. per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 2 15-16 cts. lb Good Ordinary 4& 44 44 Low Middling 5 15-16 44 44 Middling 6 44 44 Good Middling 5 , 44 44 Same day hist year, middling 6c. Receipts 391 bales; same day last year, 1,117. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina- -Prime, 3540c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50d. Virginia Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. CORN. Firm; 4750 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE. $1.00il.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 inch, $2.26 to $3.25; seven inch, 5.50 to 6.50. ie TIMBER. Market steady at $3.00 to $7.50 per M. STAR OFFICE, February 7. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 33 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 32 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN. Market firm at $1.20 per bbl for strained and $1.25 for good strained. TAR. Market steady at 95 cents per bbl of 2r lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINl-Nothuig doing. ' Quotations last year,: spirits turpentine steads. rosin firm, tl.iyS. 1.60, tair crude turpentine nrm, 4..0U. RECEIPTS. iSpirits turpentine 17 274 486 00 rtosin Tar : Crude turpentine Keceipts same day last year. 67 casks snirits turnentine. 642 bbls rosin. 174 bbls. tar, 0 bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 5c per pound for middling. Quotations: Good Ordinary 2 15-16 cts lb Good Ordinary 4& 44 44 Low Middling, 5 16-16 44 44 Middling...... 6 " 44 Good Middling 5& 44 44 Same day last year, middling 6c. Receipts 318 bales; same day last year, 274. COUNTRY PRODUCE PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 35 to 40c per bushel of 28 pounds ; extra prime, 45c ; fancy, 50c. Virginia Extra prime, 46c'; fancy, 60c. v- CORN Firm; 47 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-inch, $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6. 50. fflMBER Market steady at $3j0 to 7.50 per M. STAR OFFICE, February 8. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market steady at 33c per gallon for machine made casks and 32c for country casks. - ROSIN. Market firm at $1.20 per bbl for Strained and $1.25 for Good Strained. TAR Market steady at 95 cents per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. Quotations same day last year, Spirits turpentine, steady, 25, 26c bid; rosin firm; $1.45 to 1.50; tar steady, 95c; crude turpentine firm, $1.30, 1.80. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 34 Rosin 505 Tar Crude turpentine.. 4 Receipts same day last year? 16 casks spirits turpentine. 186 bbls rosin, 126 bbls tar, 36 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 5c per pound for middling. Quotations : Ordinary 15-16 ctsJ. II lb Good Ordinary 4& 44 44 Low Middling 5 15-16 4 4 44 Middling 5 " 44 GoodMiddliug 5 44 44 Same day last year, middling 6c. Receipts 714 bales; same day last year, 34. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime, 40 to 45 cer bushel of 28 pouuds; Ex tra Prime, 45o ; Fancy, 60c. Virginia Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. UOKJN Firm; 47 to 50 cents per bushel. KUUGil KlUiU. fl.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-$3.00 to 7.50 per M. STAR OFFICE, February 9. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing doing. ROSIN. Market firm , at $1.20 per bbl for Strained and $1.25 for Good Strained. TAR Market steady at 95 cents per bbl of 280 8. ' CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market quiet at $1.40 per barrel for Hard, $1.90 for Dip and $1.90 fdr Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine steady, 26, 26Wc; rosin firm, $1.45, $1.50; tar steady, 95c; crude turpentine steady, $1.30, $1.80. H 1 RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 18 Rosin 27 Tar 205 Crude Turpentine 22 Receipts same day last year. 242 casks spirits turpentine, 474 bbls rosin, 195 bbls tar, 1 bbl crude tur pen tine. COTTOK. Market firm on a basis of 5c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 3 1-16 cts. R Good Ordinary 4 4 4 4 4 Low Middling 5 1-16 44 44 Middling 5 " 44 Good Middling 5 " 41 Same day last year, middling-6c. Receipts 470 bales ; same day last year, 302. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime, 354dc per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 60c. Virginia Extra Prime, 45c; Fancy, 50c. CORN. Firm; 47f 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 inch, $2.25 to $3.25; seven inch, $5.50 to $6.50. TIMBER. Market steady at 3. 00 to $7.50 per M. , v Cotton and Naval Stores. MONTHLY STATEMENT. RECEIPTS. For month of January, 1896. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. 2,189 14,550 7,709 RECEIPTS. For month of January, 1897. Spirit. Rosin. Tor. Co Wm. 18,613 Crude. 866 Cotton. 14,971 Crude. 1.H3U IO,U0O 0,Oi aa EXPORTS. For month of January, 1898. Cotton. Spirit. Rosin. Tor. Crude. Domestic Foreign 1,705 2,298 750 8,976 888 85,115 9 7,019 1,612 000 36,820 8.807 7,789 5.488 388 EXPORTS. For month of January, 1897. Cotton. Spirit. Rosin. Tor. Crude. Domestic Foreign 8,986 2,089 417 5,010 448 000 17,488 1 17,848 81 21,418 2,070 18,280 5,041 448 STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat February 1, 1886 Ashore. Afloat. Total. 18,061 2,680 89,721 8,505 Cotton I44! oo Spirits 8,6W Rosin 81,884 Tar 8.273 000 8,897 f!mi 284 000 STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat February 1, 1897. rviim Soft-it. Rosin. Tor. Crude. 10,292 1,488 80,987 7,801 Bueklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter Chapped Bands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Shin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 26-cents per box. For sale by R. R. Bellamy t M. 25c: flj.4U, fl. 90, umui y m s f rr s . j7 mm ' awi wm CCamaZaV 1 ? " u-uuiini, l w as B r tr a i h - J yi t. a L,pan ai - nuuuv w uuwaaMn a aa AN. OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. 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"The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF 4 Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed Yoo. TNCCCMTaua COMMMV. 7 7 COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to The Moraine Star. New York, February 9. Recent in dications of broadening speculation in cotton were emphasized by the results of to-day. There was a quiet market, with an advance of one to two points on the first call, Liverpool cables being encouraging and the general news being of bullish purport. Later the market sharply advanced fif teen to nineteen points and finally closed firm at a net gain of fifteen to seventeen points. Total sales were 63,900 bales. The general market bearings was much the same as before as to conditions in this country. The average movement of cotton to the ports, while liberal, was offset in a ood measure by continued liberal clearances of cotton and by in dications of activity for some time to come on the part of Great Britain and the Continent in competition with American spinners for spot supplies. Recent advices from Fall River were of an encouraging character, indicating decided firmness and activity. New York. February 9. Cotton quiet ; middling 6 Jc. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 6c; sales 560 bales. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to The Morning Star. New York, February 9. Rosin steady. Spirits turpentine quiet at 34J Charleston, February 9. Spirits turpentine firm at 32c bid; no sales. Rosin firm; no sales; quotations un changed. Savannah, Ga., February 9. Spirits turpentine 34c bid; sales 63 casks: receipts 129 casks. Rosin firm with a higher tendency; no sales reported-; receipts 1,756 liarrels; quota tions unchanged. PRODUCE "MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, February 9. Flour was steadily held but quiet owing to the irregular action of wheat. Wheat Spot Unsettled; No. 2 red $103&; options opened firm at a partial He rise and advanced on better cables and foreign buying; later they were ner vous and alternately strong and weak on scalping operations, finally col lapsing under a raid prompted by dis appointing expVwt developments, closed e up on near months which naa shown relative strength on a squeeze of shorts and partly c off other posi tions ;No. 2 red February closed $101; May closed 97Jc- Corn Spot steady ; No. 2 36o; options opened steady and unchanged, advancing on better cables and liberal export sales, with a final slight reaction, following wheat, clos ing unchanged ; Feb'y closed 34 May closed 34Jc Oats Spot firmer ; No. 2, 30c bid; options were inactive all day but steady with cash property, closing cnet higher; May closed JJSJic. Liara firm; Western steam $5 30; May $5 45, nominal ; refined firm : Continent $5 50 ; South American $5 86; compound $4 12425, Pork firm; mess $10 50 1075; short clear $10 50 12 50. Butter steady ;Western creamery 1420 ;do. factory ll14c; Elgins 20c; imitation creamery 13 17c ; State dairy 1318c ; do creamery 1419c. Cheese weak; large white September 8c. Cotton seed oil firm ; prime crude 18 19c ; do yellow 22.22. Petroleum dull. Rice m ' j a any mm, at 1 hrm; domestic, lair w extra mxac, EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. FOREIGN. Antwerp Nor barque Trans- Atlantic 5,467 bbls rosin, valued at $8,418. Vessel and cargo by Pater son, Downing & Co. St. John, N. B, and Haxifax, N 8 Br schr Bessie Parker 400 casks and 100 cases spirits turpentine, 1,131 bbls tar, 1,000 do pitch, and 528 do rosin, valued at $8,766.99. Vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co; cargo by Paterson, Downing & Co. Bremen Br steamship Lucina 8,172 bales, 4,091.833 pounds cotton, valued at $265,956. Vessel and cargo by Alex Sprunt & Son. Demerara, S A Schr Jennie F Willey 276,770 feet lumber and 1,000 by Geo Harriss, Son & Co; cargo by Kidder Lumber Co. COASTWISE. New York. Steamship Oneida 419 bales cotton, 175 bbls spirits- tur pentine. 64 do rosin, 668 do tar, 52 cases cotton flannels, 75,000 shingles, 75 pkgs mdse, 550 bags chaff, 8 crates eggs. New York Schr Dora Allison 301,128 feet lumber. Vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co; cargo by Cape Fear Lumber Co. 279 New York Schr Isaiah K Stetson 295,642 feet lumber. Vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co; cargo by Cape Fear Lumber Company. PITCHER'S CASTORIA MURRAY (TRCIT, 70KK SlTY. MARINE. ARRIVED. Schr Chas H Wolston, 288 tons, Hinckley, Philadelphia, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Steamship Onieda, 1091 tons, Staples, Georgetown, H G Smallbones. Schr Harry Prescott, 412 tons, Gray, Union Island to New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. In distress at Southport. Steamship Croatan, 826 tons, McKee, New York, H G Smallbones. CLEARED. Nor barque Trans- Atlantic, 579 tons, Pedersen, Antwerp, Peterson, Down. mgT&Jpb. Steamship Oneida, 1091 tons, Staples, New York, H G Smallbones. Br schr Bessie Parker, 228 tons, Carter, St John, N B, and Halifax, N S, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Schr Dora Allison, 323 tons, Sooy, New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Steamship Croatan, 826 tons, McKee, Georgetown, H G Smallbones. lBr steamship Lucina, 1689 tons, Creese, Bremen, Alex Sprunt & Son. Schr Jennie F Willey 330 tons, Bulger, Demerara, S A, Geo .Harriss, Son & Co. Schr Isaiah K Stetson, 298 tons, Trask, New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Schr Charles H Wolston, 288 tons, Hinckley, Georgetown, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. tattt dailla stgaatm Wholesale Prices Current The quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the stab will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles quoted. I ropreaew, uuie- smau oruers BAGGING 2 lb Jute Standard WESTERN SMOKED Hams f? lb Sides T Shoulders V lb DRY SALTED Sides V ft SM Shoulders V 1b ,. BARREL8-Splrlt8 Turpentine Second-hand, each. 1 00 New New Mork, each New City, each r. BEESWAX ft lb BRICKS Wilmington V M. ........... s;oo Northern 0 00 BUTTER North Carolina "jl 15 Northern .v, . . 18 CORN MEAL ; Per bushel, ln sacks. 44 VircriniaMeal. COTTON TIES-1"? bundle. ..... CANDLES Sperm 18 Adamantine ' 8 CHEESE S Northern Factory. Dairy, Cream State COFFEE U H Laguyra is Rio... Hi DOMESTICS Sheeting. 4-4, V yard Yarns, ff bunch t.. 18 EGGS $ dozen a... 10 FISB- Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel. . . 28 00 Mackerel. Na 1, V half -bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, No. 2, f barrel.. 16 00 Mackerel. No. 2 half -bbl. 8 00 Mackerel. No. 8,f) barrel.. 18 00 Mullets. barrel 8 50 Mullets, $ pork barrel N. C. Roe Herring, V keg. . 8 00 Dry Cod, 5 r Extra 4 86 FLOUR f? -- Low grade Choice Straight First Patent 5 I GLUE f ' GRAIN bushel Corn.froiB store.bgs White Car load, in bags White. . . Oats, from store a Oats, Rust Proof Cow Peas t.. HIDES f? V Green Dry HIT 90 inn Vta Clover Hay 80 nice Hiraw . . Eastern Western..... North River. HOOP IRON. .--.- If LARD, Northern North Carolina 6 LIME, barrel... 1 IS LUMBER (alty sawed) V M ft Ship stuff, resawed..,. 18 00 . 20 00 16 00 ftougn-eoge rianx..... 10 w West India cargoes, accord ing to quality 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 08 MOLASSE8, gallon- Barbadoes. in hogshead ... Barbadoesin barrels Porto Rico, in hogsheads. . . Porto Rico, to barrels Sugar -House, in hogsheads. IS Sugar-House, ln barrels.... 14 Syrup, in barrels if NAILS, f keg. Cut. OOd basts. . PORK, V barrel city Mess. Rump Prime 10 60 10 00 10 00 ROPE J 10 as 1 10 SALT, V sack Alum Liverpool. Lisbon.... American I On 126 Sacks SHINGLES, 7-inch, f? M ( Common 1 CvDreas Bane i SUGAR, V Standard Gran' d Standard A. White Extra C Extra C, Golden c. Yellow SOAP, f aWNortoera.,.. STAVES, M-W. O. barrel . . . R. O. Hogshead............ TIMBER, V M feet-HBbJpptog. Mill, Prime.. ,yrw,....7 Common Mill. Mm. jrair.... Inferior to Ordinary SHINGLES.N.C. Cypress sawed 9 M 6x84 heart:!: " gap 5xM Heart 7 SO A 8 90 6 00 iS 4 60 A n no ?et Hood'H, quarts mUk and 11,500 .'". ' ... . ' '.' ' .i.t-. -i?K,. .i: . i