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if I f?f"- f ftHft - WltmHCrTOK MEGBEKGEll: H ATMiDAY. -tikt 22," 1GD7 a HEW - ROE - HERRIIIG JUST RECEIVED, A I-OT OF NOBTH CAROLINA ROE HERBUG FIRST CATCH OF THE SEASON. Mackerel. ,fc:XTRA SHORE NO. 1 MACKEREL. EXTRA SHORE- NO. 2 MACKEREL. These Mackerel are the finest that can be procurod and can't out please the moBt fastidious. Salmon - Trout. A SPLENDID BREAKFAST RELISH. FLOUR. FLOUR, FLOUR. jUR "PAROLE" FLOUR STILL LEADS. Both Telephones No. 14. Call us up. lie Join 1. liifii co. Cheapest place in town to buy it. We sell it at New York prices. Headquarters for PULVERIZED BORAX. . - PETERMAN'S ROACH FOOD. HObPER'S FATAL FOOD. RAT CHEESE. - ROUGH ON RATS. CQSTAR'S RAT PASTE. DEVIL AMONG RATS. ONE NIGHT ROACH EXTERMI NATOR. DEAD STUCK. . SPIRRITTINE DISINFECTANT. SPIRRITTINE BALSAM. SPIRRITTINE SALVE. PERSIAN INHALENT. BROMO CHLORALINE. -PLATT'S CHLORIDES. CONDY'S FLUID. i . H ' COPPERAS, in bulk. . - . CARBOLIC ACID, in bulk. -Sales Agent for ICE SHAVERS. J. wnoiesaia ona Retaii-Drugaisf. 1. 0. t BUILDIHG Y. . . una Fouhti ana -Bidaen streets? WILMINGTON, N. C. Paris - Green. Largest Let Paris - Green EVER BROUGHT. TO THIS MARKET IN STOCK. WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS IN 5 and 10 POUND LOTS. JOS. 0 SHEFARD, JR; Wholesale and Retail Druggist, 121 MARKET STREET. ' WILMINGTON, N. C. Dr. PAUL BARRINGER, i Of the University of Virginia, Recoils Mrs. oner a Real Bair ' Restorer. A perfect remedy for dandruff and falling hair. Mr. T. R. Neel. of Davidson College, writes: In 18S6 my little daughter sud denly and unaccountably lost all her hair. From the crown down and from ear to ear was as bald as the palm of the hand. Months and months passed and the frightful baldness remained. My physician, Dr. Paul Barringer, recommended Mrs. Grier's Real Hair Restorer. Determined to give it a fair; trial I bought a half dozen bottles. ThretT bottles of it faithfully used,-produced no visible effect, but one morn ing, soon after beginning the fourth bottle,, to our surprise and delight, a new growth of hair appeared and so rapid and complete was the restoration that only one more bottle was needed. Ten years have elapsed and no one has a finer suit of hair. .Less than one bottle is often effectual in checking falling hair. Read inter esting: history of R. H. R. MRS. M. G. GRIER, ' - Harrisburg, N. C. ROBERT R. BELLAHY lm'ington, n. c. Foreclosure Sale. - y VIRTUE AND IN PUliSUAJNUJii of the power contained in a certain mort- jrage deed execuieu oy v-ncinro to John E. Taylor, recorded in Book No. 8 cage 489 of the Records of New Hanover county, the undersigned mortgagee will expose for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Court House door of the County of New Hanover, in the r TCiimirctnti. on Monday, the 14tn day of June, 1S97, at 12 o'clock m.. on said lay the following described tract lot or -parcel or lana situate m wj v-ij iL, tj n anri hminded as follows: -d fio. a nnint in the western line of Anderson street 132 feet north 6f the northern line of Rankin street and runs thence westwardly parallel with Rankin street 165 feet, thence northwardly and parallel with Anderson street 33 feet, thence eastwardly and parallel with Ran kin street 165 feet to the western line of Anderson street, thence southwardly with said line of Anderson street 33 feet to the beginning, the same being the southeast ern quarter of lot 3 in block 239 according . . . . , , , . . I . . i! " t ' : to tne oniciai pian oi me iJiiy oi vn znington. Terms of sale cash. J - JOHN E. TAYLOR, Mortgagee, my 15 30d By Ricaud & Bryan.- lilts! seacoQSt Roiiiom Go. The following rates , for Passenger Fare ivill be in force to any and all .t.Mnn on and after May 4th, 1897: snD-i trln tickets, one way, 20 cents Tryrmratnn tlr-keta. round trip. 35 cents each. : ' -. : :'-?Z Commuters book, 20 round trips SIS Oil ner bookl p-rnm hrenville or Bradley's Creek to any station on Beach 15 cents round trip. -From Wrightsville to any station, on Beach 10 cents round trip. From any station on Beach to eny other station on Beach 5 cents each -way. R. O. GRANT, Supt. GEO. R. FRENCH, President HI 11 1 - Ttoii & Co's Weekly Report. ? f- New- York, May' 2L-nR. GDua Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: ",. "i Unmistakable evidence of improve ment comes in the general Increases at commercial loans, mostly for eastern merchants or companies, though . some well known houses in the middle west appear with considerable rediscounts from the south. v Nut for a long time have commercial loans been fully half the whole. - The distinct change gives proof that nev; business has been larger than many have supposed. Receipts of money from the interior exceed shipments $1,500,000, mostly from the middfe west. Exportsof gold have no influence and only signify "willingness "of Russia" fo pay a -price for the gold needed.! Mean while there is a continuing increase, distinct, though gradual, to the -volume of business, in- the demand f6r pro duets Of manufacture and, consider ing the time of the year, in movement of grain and produce. - Western wheat receipts exceed lasfc year's for the week 2,384,189 bushels, against 1,783,986 and Atlantic exports were 1,670,813 bushels, fluor included, against 1,302,491 last year and for three weeks 4,778,722, against 3,385,910 for the same period last year. Western receipts of corn were 1,655,677 bushels, against 1,495,670 and Atlantic exports ,2,188,825, against 1,608,748 last year, notwith standing the enormous increase hith-. erto. - . The iron industry .'has quite an in crease of new business, though not In all branches. Part Was due to the rup ture of the steel beam pool and the fall in price "from 1.55 to 1.25 nominally quoted.- . ..The Carnegie works are now turning out ,3,000 tons of rails daily, nearly all on old orders, and exports of finished products increase. Sales of copper, said to be nearly 60,000,000 pounds, 1 -have stiffened the price to 11 for lake. and tin rose to cents in spite of large arrivals. ',; . Sales of wool decrease, but are still greater than when air the mills were busy. - Cotton goods are without change in prices; print cloths still at the lowest on record and the demand is still indif ferent 'with talk of temporary, closing of mills at the south. ' There were 248 business failures in the ...United States this week which is not far from what may be called the normal. This total is compared with 251 last week. 216 in the third week of May, 1S96. 206 in the like week of 1895, 237 in 1894 and 247 in the corresponding week of 1893. Olive Schriener's scathing polemic, "Trooper Peter Halket," is disturbing South Africa mightily, and Durban has excluded it from the public library shelves. And rest for tired mothers in a warm bath with Cl ticcba Soap, ami a single application of Cuticuka (ointment), the great skin cure. CuTiccRA Remedies afford instant relief, and point to a speedy cure of torturing, dis nirins, humiliating, itching, burning, bleed ing, crusted,' scaly skin and scalp humors, with loss of hair, when all else fails. old tljronRhoutthe world. FottibDedq aicd Cbeh. How to Cure Skin-Tortnred Babies," free. SKIN SCALP and Hair Beautified by CUTICURA SOAP. FF P.-ATP H For Threa Years Ho Suffered Could Hardly Breathe at Night One Nostril Closed for Ten Years. Mr. A. M. Ramsey, of De Leon, Texas, was a sutierer irom uatarrn in us worst form. Truly, his description of his Buffering's seem littla short of mar velous. Instead of seeking' his couch, glad for the night's coming-, he went to it with terror, realizing that another long-, weary, wakeful night and a struggle to breathe was before him. De Leon, Texas. Messrs. Lt'fpman Bros., Savannmh, Ga., GENTS; I have used nearly four bottles of P. P. P. I was afflicted from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. Your r. P. P. has cured my difficulty of breathing, smother ing, palpitation of tho heart, and has relieved mo of all pain. One nostril was closed for tea years, but now I can breathe through it readily. I have not slept on either side for two years: In fact, I dreaded to se night come. JJow I sleep soundly in any position all night. I am 30 years old, but expect soon to be able to takehold of tho plow handles.' I feel glad that I was lucky enough to get P. P. P., and I heartily recommend it to my friends and the public generally. YUrSreSPeCtfU":M. RAMSEY. The State of Texas, , . County of Comanche, ( . Before the undersigned authority, on this day, personally appeared A. M. Ramsey, who, after being duly sworn, says on oath that Mie foregoing statement made by him relative to the virtue of P. P. P. medicine. Is true. A. M. RAMSEY. Sworn to and subscribed before m this, August 4th, 1891. . - . - - - --, ,- -- J. M. LAMBERT, N. P., Comanche County, Texas. CATARRH CURED BY P. P. P. (LIppman's Great Remedy) where all other remedies failed. Woman's weakness, whether nervous or otherwise, can be cured and the system built up by P. P. P. A healthy woman is a beautiful woman. Pimples, blotches, eczema and all disfigurements of tho skin are removed and cured by PP..P. P. P. P. will restore your appetite, build up your system and regulate you in every way. P. P. P. removes that heavy, down-in-the-mouth feeling. For blotches and pimples on the face, take P.P. P. Ladies, for natural and thorough organic resrulation, take P. P. P., Lipp- man's Great Reiaedy, and get well at once. " Sold by all druggists. UPPMAN BROS.. Apotbecaria Sole Prop's Ltppman' Block, Savannah, da. For Sale by R. R- BELLAMY. 9 Mr pro Cures CORNS, BUNIONS and WARTS SPEEDILY and WITHOUT PAIN. . - FOR SALE Fv ALL DRUGGISTS. ii?p 2A!j Lotuses, prep'rs, & Ltp?iaanV C'ock, $AVAEHAH,B, HJ.S iM'ljMi VI 1 5 9 r till For Bale by R B. BEIiLAMY. Site- gfentp NORTH CAROI-INA. But two papers that published the death of Br. Mack Hays spelled his sur name correctly. All made him too old but one. A. G. CarmichaeU a farmer of Stokes county, has become insane on the subject of religion and has been carried to the state hospital at Marganton, Statesville Landmark: ,. A new Method ist church, to be known as'Falrview, has been built at Mt. Mourne. The building is of wood and is 30x45 in size. The new church will be dedicated on the 2Qth of June. Rev. Mr. Tuttle, pastor of Mc Kendree churen in Davidson township, will be pastor of Fairview. New Bern Journal: Farmers in neigh boring counties--report-that corn is suffer ing severely from cut worms The catch of sturgeon yesterday was pretty good, Fernie Gaskill getting eleven, averaging two hundred pounds, each, and G. N. Ives, getting two large cow sturgeon. The fish were cut up and shipped north. A Washington special to The Charlotte (N. "C.y -Observer, says Kl Gudger is slated : for the consul generalship at Shanghai, now held by Mr. Jernigan. The salary is pui down at $5,000, but in cluding notarial fees and other per quisites, it is nearly $7,000. He has three good appointments under him. Raleigh Recorder: We will see if the Baptists of North Carolina cannot raise $1,200 for our orphanage in four weeks. Let every one share his or her part, no matter how little. -A great many of Dr. Thomas E. Skinner's friends regretted that he was absent from the convention He intended to be present, but was pre vented by sickness. , Fayetteville Observer: If the exodus of young colored men continues at the rate of the past three nights, there will soon be none left. , Sunday night eleven colored boys took their flight on the north bound vestibule; Monday night seven followed suit, and last night nine completes a total of twenty-seven in three days. They rode on top of the cars, climbing up over the storm doors. , . Raleigh News' and Observer: Nine con victs were brought in yesterday from Edgecombe county by Sheriff W. L. Stallings. Fifty-two convicts were yester day taken down to the state farms on Roanoke river fifteen to the Halifax farm and thirty-seven to Oaledonia. Among this number was an Indian from Indian Territory. He was here with Buffalo Bill's show. When he got to Charlotte he appropriated somebody else's property and was sent to the penitentiary. He' is good natured and a great mimic and hu morist. Winston Sentinel : Miss Lou Baker, living in West Salem, met with quite a painful but not serious accident yester day, while tying her cow in the garden. Miss Baker was standing near the ani mal's head, 'When the cow threw her hfead up and one of her horns caught Miss Baker in the corner of the mouth, cutting a gash two inches or more in length. A physician was called in and dressed the wound. Three stitches were taken on the inside of Miss Baker's mouth and five on the outside. Clinton Democrat: Mr. Robert Sandlin of Hallsville, Duplin county, lost his dwelling and contents by fire a few days ago. He was insured in the Farmers' Mutual Company represented by Captain Culbreth. for $300. Rev, F. N. Skinner, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church here, has .leased the W. A. Johnson resi dence and moved his family here. Clin ton welcomes this valuable acquisition. ; Mr. R. N. Butler, of Honeycutts, has been laid up for a week by the kick of an ox. He was hit on the right knee and, can only get about now with the assistance of crutches. : - Lumberton Robesonian: Monday night after the shades had gathered thick around our aulet little village. Dr. Henry Bell Robinson,1 a widely known citizen of this community, stealthily wended his way through the darkness to the home of Mr. Alex Townsena, aDout tnree mnes from town, and there did wilfully and with malice aforethought, steal and carry away his daughter Mr. A. J. Cottong- ham. of Maxton, who has the contract to make the brick for the Caldwell buildings, moved his machinery nere and now is at work. He is making brick near the railroad in Brooklyn. His machine has a capacity of 30,000 a day. Charlotte Observer: Every Mecklen- burger's heart swelled with pride yester day at the nrst tap or the arum, wnicn assembled military and civilians, home folks and visitoj-s. on Tryon street to be gin th first great days set apart for the celebration 01 the 122nd anniversary or the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepen dence. There is no day of the whole 5b5, given for man's pleasure and profit, wihch the neooie or cnanotte ana jvieckienDurg observe with any degree of patriotic pride save thls-May , 20th,, The pride is not only local. The big heart of the Old North State beats in unison with Char lotteher fairest daughter and expresses her interest by the thousands who repre sent her on the anniversary occasion. Yesterday, the prelude of today the. great day of the year was an inspiration was an inspiration In its sunshine and bright, happy auspices. Asheville Gazette: The first of the cases against the keepers of houses of ill iame in which bills were round :some montns ago, came up yesterday .before Judge Ewart. It was a case of .: the state vs. Lizzie Smith. There was a plea of guilty. The state's attorney stated that all costs had been para, and as the derendant naa promised to leave the-state at once, that he was willing to continue tne prayer for judgment till the next term. The judge permitted that course to be taken announcing that if she ever returned to the state he woild send her to the coun ty jail for three months. She left tor Nashville, Tenn., last evening. The ne gro who killed Mrs. Brown's little son by shooting his heart out wnn a snot gun at Marion, was tried and bound to court without bond. The child was only iu years old, while the negro was full grown. L.yncning is learea oy me sueim. iis. Brown is one of the best citizens in Mc Dowell county and has the sympathy of all her friends. Trashy Medicines. Many such flood the market.' Botanio Blood Balm is a conscientiously com pounded medicine, the result of forty years' practice by an eminent physi cian. It is the best blood purifier ever offered to the public, and is guaran teed to cure if given a fair trial, iry it for skin and blood diseases, including cataarh and rheumatism in its worst form. One bottle of it contains more curative and building-up. virtue than a dozen of any other kind. Price $LG. per large bottle. HOW IT STA-NDS AT Our retail demand is such that we buy Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) in gross lots. It sells well and gives our customers entire satisfaction. Our sales have increased' 500 per cent, within a few months. We attribute its rapid sale to its size, price and merit. We are selling four or five bottles of it to one cf any other preparation of its kind. It has failed in no instance to give entire satisfaction. - JACOB'S PHARMACY, Per Fred B. Palmer, M. D., Atlanta, Ga. . That .unfaultering friend of the Bat tle Ground, who inherited from his patriotic aneesters who fought at Guil ford Court House, has just finished a really excellent oil potrait of that nob ble patriot John Penn, who signed the declaration of independence and whose remains now rest with - those of Wil liam Hooper and the splendid granite monument lately erected at the Battle Ground -to ' their fnemories. Too much gratitude cannot be accorded this gen erous artist. Like most enterprises it is the poor who give the "mite" their all. Mr. Clarke has painted several por traits for the Battle Ground, though now: he is 72 years old. Greensboro Record. ' Savannah, Ga., April 26, 1896. Having used three bottles of P. P. P. for impure blood and general weakness and having" derived great benefit from the same, having gained 11 pounds In weight in four weeks. I take great pleasure in recommending It to all un fortunate like Yours truly, JOHN MORRIS. Office of J. N. McElroy, -Druggist, Orlando, Fla., April 20, 1891. Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga. Dear Sirs: I soid three bottles of P. P. P. large size yesterday, and one bot tle small size today. The P. P. P. cured my wife of rheu matism winter before last. It came back on her the past winter and a half bottle, $L00 size, relieved her again, and she has not had a symptom since. I sold a bottle of P. P. P. to a friend of mine, one of the turkies, a small one, took sick and his wife gave it a teasnoonful. that was In the evening, and the little fellow turned over like he was dead, but next , morning was up holloowing and well. Yours respectfully, j. n. Mcelroy. Savannah. Ga., March 17, 189L Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah. Ga.: , DeaT Sirs I have suffered irom rneu matism for. a lone t'me and did no, find a cure until I found P. P. P. whicL completely cured me. v Yours truly. . ELIZA F. JONES, If Oranre BL, Savannah. Ga. WHiniiGTOH MEETS. COTTON REPO Wilmington, N. C, May 21. Receipts of cotton today 10 bales. . Receipts ame day last year 270 bales. This season's receipts to date 232,236 bales. Receipts to same date last year 170,142 bales. . - The quotations posted at 4 o'clock today at the exchange: Cotton steady. Ordinary ., Good ordinary Low middling....... Middling Good middling Prices same day last year, 7c. NAVAL STORES. Spirits turpentine Machine dull at 25iic; country barrels ... VA ... 7 7 13-16 barrels dull at 24c Rosin firm at $1.25 and $1.30. Tar firm at $1.05. Crude turpentine firm; hard $1.30; yel low dip $1.80; virgin $1.90. Prices same day last year Spirits tur pentine at 23c and 23c; rosin $1.324 and $1.37; tar $1.00; crude turpentine $1.30, $1.70 and $1.90. - Receipts today 324 casks spirits turpen tine, 1,092 barrels rosin, 305 barrels tar, 74 barrels crude turpentine. Receipts for same date last . year 142 casks spirits turpentine,467 barrels rosin, 48 barrels tar, 102 barrels crude turpen tine. " Statement of Cotton and Naval Stores Week ending May 21, 1897, compared with week ending May 23, 18M. RECEIPTS. EXPORTS Domestic. EXPO RTS Foreign. 1897 1896 1897 1896 1897. 1894. Cotton 8pirits Rosin..- Tar. Crude.... 61 806 5,9f0 1,278 216 143 227 545 401 759 186 207 8a 1,399. 679 983 3U1 3.88Q 5,447 5,167 1,33 233! SEASON'S EXPORTS. SEASON'S RECEIPTS. 1897. 1896. 1897. 1896. Cotton 234,235 170,143 235,347 164,391 Spirits 3,195 4.893, 2,691 5.879 Rosin. 19,406 17,845; 16,150 35,fitil Tar... 8,448 6,846 7.688 11,297 Crude 831 96 715 950' STOCKS ASHORE AND AFLOAT. Ashore Afloat Total. Total Cotton 3,873 307 4T18O 6100 Spirits.. 716 53 769 662 Rosin 22,465 50 22,515 20,995 Tar 4,964 280 5,241 7,921 Ot3te 393 3931 695 MARKETS BYTELEGEAPH. ' FNANCIAL. New Tork, May 21. Money" on call easy at ligli per cent.; last loan at IY4, per cent., closed offered at 1 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 34 per cent. Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers bills at $4.87g$4.87 for demand and at $4.864$4.86 for sixty days. Posted rates $4.87$4.88. Commercial bills at $4.85. Silver certificates 60 60. Bar silver 60. Mexican dollars 47. Government bonds firm; state bonds dull; railroad bonds firm. STOCKS. f Atchison 1014 N. J. Central.;... 71& N. & W., pre 26y4 N. Y. Central.... 99'A Adams n;x 148 American Ex 113 B. & 0 11 Ches. & Ohio) 16 Chic. Alton 150 Pittsburg 162 Pullman Pal 156 Reading 17 Chic. B. & Q.. Chic. Gas Con. Gas , Cot. Oil Cer. . Del. Hudson.. Del. L. & W. . 73 Rich. Tar. 81 Rich. Ter., pre.. ..159Sug. Refin. ...113i 10 IT. C. & 1 18 .103V8U. S. Express.... 38 . . 1481 Wells Far. Ex ... 102 .162 iWest. Union 7X14 Fort Wayne.. Illinois central.. z w. ScJU.li; 1 Lead Trust 23W. & L.. E., pre.. 2 L. & N 44Gen. Electric... 30 L. & N. A &)Nat. Linseed 10 Man. Consol 84 Southern Ry 7 Mem. & Char 15 (Southern, pre 23 M. & 0 17 ITobacco 69 Nat. CordageL . -Tobacco; pre. .102 Nat. Cor., pre.. BONDS. N.US 4's reg. N. U S 4'scou U S 5's reg U S 5's cou U S 4's reg .122Missouri 6's 100 ,.122iN. Caro. 6's 124 .113 IN Caxo. 4' a. 104 .113 (S. Caro. non-fu.. JN. J5. o s 80 U S 4's cou 112 T. JN. S. 5'S 105 T. N. S. 3's U S 2's reg 96 Pac. 6's, of '95. Ala. Class A... Ala. Class B... Ala, Class C... Ala. Currency. La. N. cou 4's. t T. Old S. 6'S '60 Va. Cen.... 64i 107 106 101 100 98 Va. deferred 4 L. & N. Un....... Southern 5's...... 89& N. G. C. G. 5's.... 108 COTTON. Liverpool, May 21. Cotton Spot, limited demand; prices lower; American middling fair 4 17-32d; good middling 4 7-32d; Ameri can middling 4 3-32d; low middling 3 29-32d; good ordinary 3 25-32d; ordinary 3 19-32d. Sales 6,000 bales, of which 300 were for speculation and exports, and including 5,800 American. Receipts 9,200 bales, all American. Futures opened quiet with a poor demand and closed quiet, but steady at the decline. American middling, low middling clause: May 4 2-64d .sellers ; May and June 4 l-64d sellers; June and July 4d sellers; July and August 3 63-64d sellers; August and Sep tember 3 59-64d; September and October 3 52-64d sellers; October and November 3 47-64d buyers; November and December 3 45-64d values; December and January a 44-64d sellers; January and February 3 44-64d sellers; February and March 3 44-64d sellers. New York, May 21. Cotton ouiet: mid dling 7c; net receipts 115; gross receipts 1,426; exports to the continent 3,320; for warded 546; sales 1,142; spinners 223; stock 153,125. - ! Total today: Net receipts 3,129; exports to Great Britain 1,066; to France none; to i the Continent 10,399; stock 367,508, c ; Total so far tms wwn. receipts 20,041; exports to Great Britain 11015; to France 8,498; to the continent 37,211. Total since September 1st: Net receipts 6,539,523; exports to Great Britain 2,921,492; to France 680,847; to the continent 2,011,527; to the channel 5,481. Cotton futures opened steady at the de cline and closed steady at the decilne; sales 105,400 bales: January 6.75; February 6.97; March 6.83; May 7.15;; June 7.15; July 7.18; August 7.14; September 6-84; October 6.69; November 6.69; December 6.72.' Spot cotton closed quiet; middling up lands 7c; middling gulf 8c; sales 1,142 bales. PORT RECEIPTS. Galveston Easy at 7c; net receipts 520. Norfolk Nominal at 7c; net receipts 955. Baltimore Nominal at 7c; net receipts 315. Boston-Active at 7c; net receipts 169. Wilmington Steady at 7c; net receipts 10. Philadelphia Quiet at 8c; net receipts 140. Sayanhah Dull at 7c; net receipts 115. New Orleans Quiet at 7c; net re ceipts 71. Mobile Quiet at 74e; net receipts 50. ' Memphis Dull at 7 5-16c; net receipts 127. Augusta Steady at 7c; net receipts 162. . - Charleston Steady at 7c; net receipts 140. . , Cincinnati Steady- at 7c; net receipts 707. ' t ..' " - Louisville Steady at 7c. St. Louis Quiet at 7c; gross receipts 848. ' Houston-r-Easy at 7c; net receipts 238. GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC Chicago. May 21. The leading futures were as follows: Open. High. Low. Clos. Wheat- May July 71 70 September 66 Corn- May July September 24 24 25 16 17 Oats- May July September 18 $8.35 Pork- May $8.37 8.42 September JLiard May $3.85 $3.90 4.00 July September Ribs- May ...... $4.57 4.57 4.62 Flour 7l July September Cash quotations were as ronows: unchanged; No. 2 spring wheat, 723ic: No. 3 SDrine wheat. 6873c; No. red. 87c: No. 2 corn. 24(&24c; No. 2 oats. 18'519c; No. 2 white, f. ft. b.. nominal; No 3 white, f. o. b., mess pork, per bbl.. $835asS.40: lard, per 100 IDs.. i3.siKa.st short ribs sides, loose. $4.45a$4.70; dry salted shoulders, boxed 5S5c; short clear sides, boxed, $4.65; whiskey, distil lpra' finished eroods. Der sral.. $1.19. New. York, May 21. Flour dull and easy, except on winter patents and strahrhts which were steadily held; winter patents $4.53 $4.80; winter straights $4 250. $4. 40. -' - Wheat Spot weak; No. 1 northern. New York S03ic afloat: No. 2 hard. New York 78c. Options opened weak and declined all day with few and nnimportant rallies, flnslne at lzliie net lower. Liauidation. weak Liverpool cables, lower California markets and favorable crop news were the leading factors of weakness. No. 2 red. May 7879c. closed at 78c; June 7677 l-16c, closed at ?6c; September 72(f73c. closed at 72c. Corn Snot aulet i No. 2. 293ic elevator 30c afloat Options opened steady "and was dull all dav withing a narrow range, closing unchanged to c net lower. May closed at 29c; July - 29 15-1630 1-J6c, closed at 30c; August closed at 30o. 71 724 71 71 'I'i 70 66 66 66 24 24 " 2 25 25 25 18 18 17 18 . 1S 18 $8.27 $8,37 $8.27 8.37 8.42 8.35 $3.85 $3.90 $3.85 3.95 4.00 3.95 $4.55 $4.57 $4.53 4.52 4.60 4.52 4.57 4.62 4.57 Oats Spot quiet; No. '2, 22e. Options neglected and nominally unchanged. July clos"ed at 22c Lard Quiet; western steamed $4.45; May $4.10 nominal; refined firm;, continent $4.45 $4.80; compound 3g'4c. Pork Dull. Eggs Firm; state and Pennsylvania 12c; western fresh 10'S12c; southern 910c. - Rice Steady. : Molasses Steady. " Coffee Options opened barely steady at 5 to 10 points lower in sympathy with weakness abroad. Heavy receipts at Brazil checked buying. Trading mostly for local account.. Clearances large, ware house deliveries moderate. Closing steady at 5 to 10 points.net lower; sales 13.250 bags, including Juy $7.20; August $7.25; September $7.25$7.30. Spot coffee Rio steady; No. 7 invoice 7c; No. 7 jobbing 8c; mild steady: Cardova ll13c: sales 6,000 bags Rio No. 7 to arrive and to be shipped 7c to New York grocers, 200 bags Savanilla, P. T. Sugar Raw dull; fair refining 2c; cen-r trifugal 96 test 3c; refined steady. NAVAL STORES. New York Rosin firm; strained, com mon to good $1.75. Turpentine steady at 27 28c. Charleston Turpentine firm at 25c; sales none. Rosin firm; sales none; strained, common to good $1.25 to $1.35. Savannah Turpentine firm at 25c; sales 1,068 receipts 1,819. Rosin market opened at a decline of 5 to 7c on G and below with sales of 2,023 barrels. At the close it reacted 2 cents and closed firm for H and below, and quiet for I and about at the following quotations: A B C D $1.32: E $1.37; F $1.45: G $1.50; H $1.60: I $1.70; K $1.80; M $1.85; N $2.00; W G $2.20; W W $2.60. SHIPPINGji ARRTVED YESTERDAY. British steamer Lowlands, Dormand, Huelva, Spain, Powers, Gibbs & Co. American schooner Senator Sullivan, Crockett, Punta Gorda, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. American schooner Jennie Simmons, Dougherty, New York,' Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. CLEARED YESTERDAY. Italian bark Attivo, Trapani, London, E. Peschau & Co. EXPORTS FOREIGN For London, per bark Attivo, 5,447 bar rels of rosin, cargo by Paterson, Down ing & Co., vessel by E. Peschau & Co. . VESSELS IN PORT. STEAMERS. Lowlands, (Br.), 1,165 tons, Dorman, Huelva, Spain, Powers, Gibbs & Co. BRIGS. Caroline Grey, (Am.), 315 tons, Locke, New York, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. SCHOONERS. C. C. Lister, (Am.), 267 tons, Robinson, Norfolk, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. R. S. Graham, (Am.), S21 tons. Out ten, Martinique, Geo. Harris, Son & Co. Ida C. Schoolcraft, (Am.), 304 tons, Booye, Newport News, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. Roger Moore, (Am.), 311 tons, Miller, New York, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. Meader, (Am.), 94 tons, Meader, Balti more, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. Morancy, (Am.), 160 -tons, Torrey, New York, J. T. Riley & Co. B. I. Hazard, (Am.), 357 tons, Blatch ford, New York, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. Senator Sullivan, (Am.), 654 tons, Crockett, Punta Gorda, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. Jennie Simmons, (Am.), 234 tons. Dough ton, New York, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. The New York Stock Market, New York, May 21. The stock market was relieved today of some part of the pressure of liquidation in the coalers, and especially New Jersey Central and in Chicago Gas which has been the heaviest draw upon it for several days past. The latter showed some strength today on a renewal of faith in favorable action by the Illinois legislature on the consolidation bill. New Jersey Central also recovered about two points from the lowest of the day on quite a heavy cover ing movement. The underlying strength of the market was thus allowed to as sert itself to some extent and was helped by some special strength in individual stocks, with the result that the day's trading . brought fractional gains all through the list; but while the tendency of prices was upward, the market was to tally lacking in buoyancy and was dull and apathetic, the dealings being in the strictest sense professional and very small and the variations, outside a few special cases, very narrow. A feature of the market for the last few days has been the small volume of dealings in Sugar. Efforts have been apparent at different times recently to repress any marked upward movement in this stock eince the tariff bill has been reported to the senate. Restricted dealings in a drooping market would be a natural con sequence of this policy. The engagement for export of $1,200,000 in gold here had no very marked effect cn values, as the amount was about what has been anticipated. The shipment is said to be in settlement of bills of ex change sold during the week. The ex change requirements have been very small and the probability is that such exchange as is called for is being settled by gold shipments even at the low price of ex change prevailing, and this is considered to be not unlikely to continue. The week's imports of dry goods at New York were valued at $2,873,284. which is a decrease of $423,881 compared with last week. It is probable that the imports of general merchandise at this port to be reported tomorrow will show a propor tional falling off, the decreased receipts from customs reported from day to day foreshadowing such a result and account ing in part for the light demand for ex change. A London did some buying in the New York stock market today and was a fac tor in the upward tendency of prices. New Jersey Central and Chicago Gas again absorbed about one-third of the total dealings today, the aggregate sales of all stocks being only 112,000 shares. New Jersey Central's range was 2 and the net gain 1. Lackawanna, and Dela ware and Hudson also improved, tne former 1 and the latter . Chicago Gas, General Electric and Mannattan gained about a point each on the day, the latter on reports, afterwards denied, that the new motive power to - be adopted had been determined upon. The railways practically all closed higher, Omaha lead ing with a gain or -mere was gooa buying in Western Union resulting in a rise of Kc on the day. Tobacco was heavy and lost a large fraction. The closing was strong, though dull and prac tically at the top prices of the day. The total sales or stocks tor tne oay amounted to 113,260 shares, including American Sugar 6,200, Burlington and Quincy 12,800, Chicago Gas 13,400, Rock Island 5,100, New Jersey Central 21,300. The bond market ruled quiet and un interesting with a slight tendency toward a higher plane. The St. Louis and San Francisco securities were prominent in the speculation, with the general 5's rising 1 and the 6's 1 per cent. Several issues were marked by heaviness, including New Jersey Central,' coupon and registered 5's. The aggregate gates were an.uuu, gov ernment bonds were neglected but gen erally firm, the sales were $10,000. Cotton Futures. (Special to The Messenger.) New York, May 21. The cotton market was more active today, but the activity was the result of free liquidation and prices were lower. The discouraging at titude of the Liverpool market continued this morning, futures there declining 2-64d and the spot sales being very small. Our market opened 3 points down. During tho morning it was very dull. There" was some little demand and an advance on the closing figures of last night was actually scored, but the buns nave Decome dis gusted by the dullness and depression in the market and m tne aiternon tney liauidated their holdings freely, and a 10 nolnt break ensued. August opened at 7.19, advanced to 7.22, declined to 7.12, ral lied to 7.15 and closed at 7.14 to Y.la wun the tone or tne market steauy at tne decline. Considering the small outside in terest in cotton the decline has now been auite sharp and on any further break purchases for a quick turn might prove prohtaoie. (By Associated Press.) New York, May 21. Further weakness was developed by the cotton market today,- cables being disappointing, the average of crop accounts bearish, the demand for spot cotton subsiding and Fall River reports unsatisfactory. While called quiet at 2 o'clock p. m., the spot cotton market subsequently developed an easier feeling for everything except strict low middling cotton, lor which there seems to be an unlimited demand and a readiness to pay lull quotations. There was very little speculation in futures, i The market gained in weakness as the session progressed; but this was chiefly due to persistent hammering and raids made by the bears, who in the absence of outside speculative resistance, succeed ed in dislodging several blocks of long cotton in the afternoon, when prices reached the lowest point of the session. At the lowest point the market showed a loss of 5 to 12 points with the tone finally steady at a net decline of 5 to 10 points. , .. The Chicago Markets. Chicago, May 21. The : wheat market was weak and lifeless today. Lower cables encouraged, the bears and they maintained a steady selling pressure throughout the session, crowding the closing figures to V below those of yes terday. Corn was independently firm on covering by shorts and elosed unchanged. The same cause closed provisions- at an advance of from J to 10c, but oats fol lowed wheat and lost V" f July - Sir. RdOseVelt's Investigation at Norfolk Navy Yard Washington, May 21. Assistant Secre tary Roosevelt has returned to Washing ton from a visit of inspection to the Nor folk navy yard and the ship building works of the Newport News Company. The primary purpose of Mr. Roosevelt was to look into complaints that had been rather numerous, of violation of the spirit of the labor employment rules in the navy yard. Like the complaints that had been made in the case of the New Yory navy yard, the assistant secretary found that in only a few cases was there any. sub stantial foundation for complaint, and even these will require further considera tion, before judgment can be passed upon their sufficency. As to the yard generally the conditions were excellent and such discontent as manifested itself among the workmen is attributed to the fact, that owing to the lack of money and work, it has been found necessary to make heavy reductions in the force of workmen. When a force of 2,000 men is reduced sud denly to about 600, it is no matter of sur prise, in the view of the assistant secre tary, that the unfortunates who are dis missed should feel that they have been discriminated against. Another similarity to the complaints made in the case of the New York navy yard was that the bulk of the Norfolk complaints are as to dis charges made since the present adminis tration came into power. Mr. Roosevelt spent a day in the examination of the plant of the Newport News Shipbuilding Company and was much pleased with the character of the work being done for the navy in that yard, as well as with the rapidity with which it is being prose cuted, Rheumatism Cured, in a Day. "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remark able and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immedi ately disappears. The first desa great ly benefits. T. F. Anthony, Ex-Postmaster of Promise City, Iowa, says: "I bought one bottle of 'Mystic Cure' for Rheu matism, and two doses of it did me more good than any medicine I ever took." 75 cents and $1.00. Sold by J. H. Hardin, N. C. Druggist, Wilmington, An Englishman's Influence Over Greek Volunteers Patras, Greece, May 7. Editors Messenger: The Autsrilan steamer which arrived today, presented a very novel appear ance while jentering the port. Her masts and yards were literally cov ered with men. She had on board about 600 volunteers, principally Greek sailors from the Danube. It was very important that these volunteers should be off quickly (as the forces on the frontier were in need of reinforce ments). Therefore a special train was ready to take them to Athens. - r A number of the party wanted to re main in Patras a day. but when the committee which had the volunteers in charge, heard this, they requested one of their principal lawyers to address these volunteers, and to urge them to go at once. Unfortunately, the speech, though a patriotic one, failed to con vince them of the necessity of going at once, and the men were beginning to disperse. At this point Mr. V. G. Marshall, an English resident of Patras came for ward and made an enthusiastic speech to the volunteers, in their own lan guage, telling them in a few words that moments of delay have often lost bat tles and changed the destinies of na tions. On finishing his address Mr. Marshall sprang from the steps on which he was standing, seized the Greek flag and marched the men off to the railway station amidst the roaring applause of the crowd. R. L. J. BacUen'a Arnica Salve The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positi yle cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per bottl. For sal by R. R. Bllamy. Criminal Carelessness. Washington, May 2L Owing to soma hitch at the capitol the Cuban relief resolution was not signed yesterday by the speaker; and the vice president. As the signatures must be attached dur ing the sessions of the house and sen ate, and as both houses have adjourned until Monday, nothing can be don until that date. The relief providec? for the starving Americans in Cuba is postponed three more days. Bank Clearings. New York, May 21. The total bank clearings in the" United States for the week were ,.$975,103,122; per cent, in crease 2.0; exclusive of New York $432, 597,808; per cent, increase 3.5. Death of a Sister of the Late Judge Ash (Knoxville Journal, 4th inst.) Died at 2:45 o'clock p. m., yesterday, in the 70th year of her age, Mrs. Cal los G. Smith, while- on a visit to her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gessner Tut wiler Smith. Mrs, Smith was Miss Martha Ashe, daughter of Paoli Pas cal Ashe, of "Tuskaloosa. Ala., where she was born. She belonged to the cel ebrated Ashe family of North Carolina, being a great grand-daughter of Gov ernor Ashe, of revolutionary fame. Her husband, Carlos G. Smith, LL. B, was a graduate of the University of Nashville, subsequently became pro fessor in Lagrange college, Alabama, and president of the University of Ala bama. Dr. Smith's old students are scattered all over the south, and with one' accord venerate his memory as a noble specimen of the Christian gen tleman and scholar. He passed away a few years since, and lies buried at Palatka, Fla. To them was born a large family of sons and daughters, who grew up to honor their declining years. Mrs. Smith was a type of the noble, gentle, refined woman, who pre- ferred in her life the mission of ser vice, who was supremely faithful to every interest of her home and friends, and who consecrated every act of her life with genuine deyotion and un selfish sacrifice, Truly her children rise up and call her blessed; sincerely her friends bemoan her loss. (Mrs. Smith was a sister of the late Judge Thomas S. Ashe and the late Dr. E. F. Ashe, of Wadesboro, and was the last surviving member of that family of four sons and four daughters, Ed, Messenger). - Letters With Queer Addresses "It is wonderful how much confidence people have In a letter-carrier's ability to deliver letters," said a letter-carrier to a Star reporter. "Very often, we have leters to deliver with scarcely any address at all, and even that imperfect. If they manage, however, to get the number of the house and the street right we can' generally do the rest, it matters not how the names are spelled, or even if they have been left off alto gether. In other instances the names are all right, but .there Is no address. In nine cases out of ten such letters reach their destiation, though they are often somewhat delayed. I had a let ter a few days ago which illustrates my idea. It was addressed to a nubile wagon stand, to be delivered to the 'driver of a gray horse with a covered furniture wagon, the wagon being painted green. It was the last word that secured the delivery, for it hap pens there are three white horses whieh are usuallly on - that stand, but there was only one green-painted wagon. The laughable part of it was that the letter was marked .Immediate.' I visited that stand three times during the day, and, though white horses were in evidence each time I was there, the green-painted wagon did not show up until my last trip. Then the combination was com plete, and I delivered the letter, It was an order for the driver to move some furniture. "Another letter I once delivered was equally blindly addressed. It was ad dressed to 'Mr. who owns the Spitz dogs, one a yellow and the other a gray,' In a note on the back of the envelope, addressed "To the let tar-car rier,' theJnformation was given that' the name had slipped the mind of the writer, but that the man with the two dogs was known to the carrier. It happened that I did know the man, and had often seen him with his dogs, but he lived two miles from my route, though he very frequently came through it, visiting his son, who lived In my district He got his letter, though." Washington Star, - , i7QDD' Right Prices You can pay more money lot a bicycle, but you can-? not secure a irarhint o ltigner grade than the cent , or one that will pica you better WESTERN WHEEL WORKS Chicago New York Catalogue fre ' Agents verywher . . , Business Nerr - (Richmond Dispatch.) A contemporary-twits the buslnfesg men of the present day for "lacking nerve.' It says they start at shadows, and too readily take alarm a such in cidents 'as Cuban war soarei etc., and to this is to be attributed, In onsider able degree, the failure of buvness to move and expand. Our contemporary does not o to the bottom of the evil. If it will go back to "first principles" or first causes. It will find that there is a good deal to be said in defense of the business imen. and that what It terms a "lack: of nerve" Is really wise caution. The primary trouble is In our bank ing system. Its operations are such as to concentrate the limited currency of the country In a few financial centres, and enable Wall street, and those who stand in with that unaavorv niiartw to use war scares as the basis of snpo- uiaiton. In the cutthroat gam' -7 game that follows.one side r the other in Wall street makes, but commercial credits are contracted, the general monev market is dpmnraHwl an a v.a r WMW man who is doing a legitimate business has to look sharp that toe is not squeezed to the wall. Not only are the business men in the leading money centres affected, but those in the smal ler cities and towns as waII .whan r order to accommodate the speculators, the squeezing process is commenced in New York, it is felt bv bnarnp throughout the rest of the country. Hence the business rrwn whn irnnM venture Who would show nerve is lia ble to have the support necessary to make bis venture a. swmsh Vnrw-lrai from under him, whenever Wall street and its backers can use a war scare or any other excitement to manipulate the money market. We shall never have business nerve and permanent business expansion un til there is more currency and a wider distribution thereof, and we have a . banking svstom that -win iwrfnrm i functions of commercial banklner That, aside from th the national banks do not perform that function is demonstrated by nothing more cieariy than by tne comparative growth in the numbers of such banks and other instutions doing a banking business-,. On November 30, 1875, the. number; of State and private banks, savings land trust companies, and sim ilar COrDOrations affording ba.nklne aj commodation was 4,888, and the num ber or national banks In operation Oc tober 1. 1875. was 2.087. th latter frvi-m ing about 30 per cent, of the total. On uctooer3i, 1896, the total number of national banks was 3,697, and of other institutions engaged in banking 9,260, the national banks being about 28 per cen t, of the whole. From this it will be seen fthat the increase -in number of banks other than national between 1875 and 1896 bas been 45 rvp-r pnt nl in numberlof national banks duriner th same period 43 per cent. When pt Is remembered that the aver age loans of thA hanklnc InsHtntinno other than national were $394,000, and tnat to (give this accommodation they had to loan 620 ner cent, wf thlr on.nl. tal, against 292 per cent, of national banking; capital loaned, the inadequacy of the national system to meet the de mands of business in the single matter of accommodation is apnarent. The figures iwe nave given are a striking commentary on a system wnicn, aside from operating as at present organized, to concentrate the curreziev at a. fw centres, has to be supplemented by 9.260 auxiliaries, in order to lceen he business of the country going. , Consid ering the influences that onerate at times to prevent the national banks mercial burden, and the defects in our currency. system, it is not surprising that business men are "lacking in nerve" to make ventures. It-is sur prising, however, that they do not rise up en masse in a movement for bank ing and currency reform that cannot be resisted. . , i; iif- Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC "Oar Own Stere Crane." Stephen Crane, the young novelist, is Just now engaged in reporting the Graeco-Turkish conflict, direct from the field of battle. Those who are familiar with his stories and style will appreciate this bit of sarcasm under the above head line from the Chicago Daily News. Blood, red blood, dripping, drlpplngf ceaselessly.. Crimson waves flowing, flowing. Dark purple soots, clotted aeon- ies. The past rising in stifled yearnings voiceiess. enneks unmurmured, , disap pointment, mutterings and rustlings. Restless flashings, absinthe-colored, flaring wildly. "Ah-h," a sigh, "vie vie?" The butcher wrapped up the round steak and the liverwurst in the same package and the young- man, bachelor ing it with the aid of an oil stove, paid his little old 9 cents and went. Voices in the night. Coarse brawling, flaring through the darkness in crimson laughters. Babel, loud strains, music, song, Joy, unuttered dismal hopeless. Silence. Flaming lights shining sadly; grotesque shadows, weird flames of pas sion, lurid gleaming through green, sal low terror-Jaded eyes. "Ha-ha," reckless glee, untuned, un rhythmed, lost. ' And the copper on the beat looked Into the downtown saloon, smiled and wot not it was after 12 o'clock. A man pursued a vision unattainable. " "Tis fair," he said and sighed. And reached out his eyes into the immeasura ble distance. "Hopeless." he said. And pulled them back again. The vision disappeared. She had him faded. And he was next discovered writing poe try. - : , ; The bazen sun beat-fiercely down. It didn't beat anything in particular but just raced around, tied the writhing land scape up into hard knots, chased all the cool shade into the next county and made things hot for the man. "Oh-h," it shrieked madly, "I have you neat," And the man sighed. "Dead-beat," he said. And did. He was. n fu ll milt BlgBStCI la m ef . TOW Heater's Cotton Report. New Orleans, May 21. Secretary Hes ters weekly cotton statement shows Amount brought Into sight 27,873 bales, against 30,658 for the seven days ending May 21st last year; 25,737 year before last and 19.932 in 1894; total movement Septem ber 1st to date 8.254.994 bales, against 6. 817,252 last year; 9,630,848 year before last As fas- V . - - - ' " ,- Haul sry str l ana 7,z,603 same time in ism. afefltfWMMaWaWtfUtttalHlafttBtik r . . STATE PliESS. The Boston Herald, speaking of the reported .resignation of Governor R. L. Taylor of Tennessee, in order to resume the lecture platform, says "he enter tains audinces with more or less funny anecdotes,', interspersed with perfor mances on .his fiddle. The entertain ment is not a very dignified one." This shows, we think, that The Herald has never heard Governor Taylor lecture. He Is certainly one of the most enter taining 'platform speakers in the United States. He is a born orator and humorist, and can dive deep and soar nign witn equal facility. Asheville cit izen, t ; ' We print elsewhere in this paper an act of the recent legislature appoint ing one citizen from each of the coun ties of Mecklenburg, Alexander, Cald well. Iredell. Catawba. Lincoln and Gaston a special Jury to view the Ca tawba river and designate the places where obstructions shall be removed to admit the free passage of fish. These . Jurymen are to be paid $2 per day for each day they are on duty viewing the river, the board of commissioners for each of the counties named being re quired to pay the member of the Jury for their county. Furthermore, when the jury finds it necessary to order ob structions removed from the river the expense of the removal must be borne by the counties bordering on the river at the point where the obstructions are located. Statesville Landmark. The address of Walter H. Page, Esq.. editor of The Atlantic Monthly, before the state normal and industrial school forewomen at Greensboro yesterday was one of tits most intenselv inter esting and practical addresses deliv ered in the state during the present generation. Governor Russell said truly of it. in the course of his subsequent remarks in delivering sopies of the constitution to the young . lady grad uates, that it was "remarkable and great," it was nothing short of either. Mr. Page delivered it in fine voice and with marked vigor of style, and en chained the audience during the whole fifty-five "minutes occupied in the dellverey. His theme was "The Forgotten Man,' and this unfortunate citizen and his cause were handled by the able and distinguished speaker " in a most artistic manner.-r-Carlotte Observer. ' In our news columns- today -we give wnopsis of the speech last night of Hon. W. D. Bynum, of Indiana, chair man of the so-called national demo cratic executive committee, who came to talk to our people upon a subject in which everybody is interested, viz: "Financial Relief." We confess tht we find some difficulty in recon ciling the ; pre-election arguments of Mr. Bynum's party with the position which he now takes and it strikes us there is a want of harmony between the premises that he laid down last night and the conclusions that he drew therefrom. . Now, our gold democratic friends come forward through their national chairman and frankly confess that the election did , not bring prosperity, that things are 1 terribly out of gear and that ruin is j inevitable unless something is intro- aucea as an auxiliary to tne goia stana ard, which, before the election was to prove a panacea for the ills that have afflicted us. Mr. Bynum undertakes to suggest Hvhat this needed .auxiliary should be and in introducing it takes -occasion to laud gold, showing that Ephraim is still Joined to his idol, and to decry silver as a standard of money. And yet, paradoxical as it may seem, the suggestion is made that we must, have credit money. Do what! We thought that from a goldbug standpoint such a proposition would be denounced as a tendency towards flat money and populism. Credit money, based upon our products, says Mr. Bynum. Then why not have money based upon both gold and silver? Winston Sentinel; ..t The Ideal Panacea. THE ILDEAL PANACEA cn.aaGNad James L. -Francis, Alderman, Chica go, says: "I regard Dr. King's New Discovery as an Ideal Panacea for Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints, having used It .in my family for the last five years, to the exclusion of phy sician's prescriptions for other prepara tions." . Rev. John Burgus. Keokuk, Iowa, writes: "I have been a Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Chuch for 50 years . or more, and have never found any thing so beneficial, or that gave me such speedy relief as Dr. King's New Discovery." Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now. Trial Bottle Free at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL It is estimated that the death rate of the world is sixty-seven a minute, and the birth rate seventy a minute. Ninevah was fifteen miles by nine, the walls 100 feet 'high and' thick enough for. three chariots to drive abreast. , ; . , zZZM&XZX The Free Masons were for several centuries during .the middle ages the sole architects and builders of churches. .: , CZmoE Fifty-four cadet eandidatM flrvn 11 ri der examination for admission to the United States naval academy, includ ing John W. Smith, colored, from Chi cagov , We learn from (Natural Science. o London, that the Roentgen rays have been applied to fossils embedded in chalk, and the photographs obtained have been very successful. The military display in honor of the Washington monument .dedication em braced in round numbers some 10,000 men a force two-thirds as large as that of the standing army of the United States. ' There are buried at the site of Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, the bodies of over 2,200 confederate sol diers, who died in prison. The United States, government owns the cemetery in which they are burled. Official statistics show that the Unfted States has more telephone sta tions than all the European countries put togeher. It may be inferred from this that the Americans are particular ly strong on long-distance conversa tion. New York Mall and Express. Electric lighting will cost New York city $1,250,000 this year. Philadelphia' will spend $647,000 for the same pur pose; Brooklyn $360,000; Washlngtonk D. C, and St. Paul, Minn., $175,000 each ; St. Louis and San Francisco $100,000 each, and Buffalo about $125,000. -; Conservative estimates from India place the mortality from the plague at 30,000 and from famine at 200,000 dur ing the past year. Think of 200,000 peo ple being permitted to starve hi tho richest empire of the world at the end of the nineteenth century! Take JOHNSON'S CHILLS: FEVER TONIC Stranger "There seems to be a Sun day law in this town." - Resident 'Yes. sir. If you want to get shaved you will have to wait until Monday." . ; Stranger 'x)h, I don't want to get shaved. I want to get drunk." Resident ''Come with me." New York Weekly. Restored lanhoou. DR. fJOTT'S NERVERIKE PILLS. The great reme dy for nervous prostration and - all nervous dis eases of the gei 3f. erative organs of either sex, J- such as Nervous t' Prostration. 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