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HTJNT, VINTON LlDDELL, B. D. HEATH, JNO. M. SCOTT, C, F. WADSWORTH, J. FBOBEKTSON, C. VALAER, R. J. BREVARD. B. D. REATH. , Pwwldent. W. H. T WITT if. Cashier. ARLINGTON HOTEL Centrally Located, ! Near Postoffice, CHiLRLOTTEs N. C. lender new and permanent maaagvoasnt. Sixty elegantly famished rooms;, AJ1 modern improvemeDts Table equal to any in the city. Rates: 11.50, 12.00 ard 13.50 per day. JAS. i MITCHELL & CO.. i 123 ass 124ca8TiraT sr., rattiDKLrau Slj aim 58 mnotwrn sr., bostob. COTTON YARNS OF ILL WS& LATTA PARK CHARLOTTE'S GREAT RESOKt . HAXD80MB PAVILIONS, MAGNIFICENT KLORAX. tlAKBXaf SWIMMING POOL, I BALL GROUNDS. OARS TO AND FROM PARK JBVWtC THE DRUMMER'S DEAD BABY. fOHHKi MORRIS XATHETIC JTOBT. Hs Tells mat IbkM Pact. Then About the Bng sf PramatB The B from the .Balr la the ringers The UruuHr IMlif Klbboi on His Front Dow . Pen Pietnre -of . Beme rudHil Wife Vita Kyos BKt. I -wish X had not done so, but a few years ago I read two alleged poems, each from a cobbler, on a commercial drummer, who, called borne by a tele gram, arnrea too late to una his child alive. Each dog gerel, by the inartistic. unin- tellectual and nnliteraxy dolt, by reason of unequalitles in pretense of corre spondence in recurrent poetic feet, was metencally detective, and, resultantly, waa rhythmically discordant. Each waa as passionless of sentiment from the depths of an agonized father's heart as it was void of persuasion of a God- sense. The two so-called poems were fre quently 'appearing in Journals which were organ of consociations of commer cial drummers, or in saleable books, notably filled with what drummers said seriously, or funnily, or what had been said, or written, about drummers. W nether of the sorrows of a drum mer, or anyone else, the verses could not be poetic if the authors failed to grab and keep tightly, in intellectual nsts, the pangs of the grief, and had not the keen scent to smell the flavor of some divinity, perchance no higher tnan a myth-god, but better yet, li tbey sniff the perfume from censers filled by Jehovah. To write verse which is poetry, indeed, an author should have spiritual intentions, or moral pur- Dose, or mystic idealism, or the rugged ness, in cdnceit, of the jagged cliffs of a mountain, or the lucid freshness and tender softness, which is never impos sible of mental translation, from the grass of the lower slopes of the moun tain and the level medows greenly above its granite roots. If he would aspire to be majestic and sonorous, he must love his country, understand the Instructive philosophies of its history. feel the thrill of intellectual robustness in its folk-lore, commune with the spectral forms keeping vigil above its weird legends, and proffer mental wei come the captains of its chivalries. Withal, there is yet an influential sense, with separatAiess from the author's own personalism. quickened by con- celts of fancy, which a poet must in voke and feel: If pagan, he must be whelmed with the passion of some di vinitv. the loftiest of his worship; if in the civilization of the God of Jacob, he must thrust his naked soul into the surge of the Divine tide, from Him who crowns Himself with suns and puts stars and moons beneath His fet. While not precisely respecting the same victim of death, yet, despite the poorness of the sentiment by the poor mechanics of verse, instead of its exal tation by the genious of poetry, would not have to go far to find I drummer, who. if sacredness of mem ory mav have its descriptive fancies twisted roses in the hair of a wifely head when he was aboufc'to start on a commercial trip, but, called back. found that a cold, fatal breath had blown the roses from the hair. But the roses were not gone. Freshened for the burial, the stems of the roses were caught between pal lid fingers quietly on the breast. There is here and there a drummer who in the calm of the years of retro spective survey, finds that when the best sentiment or lire Decame ruauny and sparklingly a trickle of the sap of poetry not needfully in verse, but odorously in memory it was In some gone-year, when Uod, clapping a nana on each side of the soul, squeezed a regnant love of that soul so hard that the squirm and lurch of agony, within popped self-hood out of the : spirit. Drummers sometimes clinch their teeth to force back pain shrieks which God shoots through the distance from their homes into their hearts, men, sometimes, their strength weakens. their teeth part, and a hemorrhage or agony spills, a bleeding passion on the air. But God is good to all. Perhaps some old drummers will see these traces of my pencil, made plain er by the printer's type, and recollect that when he got bacK Home, in re sponse to the message to come at onoe, how startled he was when he saw his own front door where the undertaker had hung long white ribbons from the knob to warn the passer-by to walk soft ly and warn him.by the whiteness, of the ribbons, that a baby was dead within. Then the cry of the drummer told how hard God had squeezed him. But wnen he went on the inside and found God waiting for him. then he began to learn how well God loved him. For, perchance, God led him into a room and held him up, while he, the drum mer, looked into a little white dox where a mockery of pink flowers, per ishing from the dimples, in the heat of fever, had turned to purplish ashes, which, spreading over a little face, were overlapped a short way by soft lashes over" eyes wakelessly asleep. Then, the drummer may remember how God went with him into another room. There, in a room with the blinds closed, their slats tightly together and the curtains pulled so low that there was no light except what crept in when the door was opened, to shut again, as soon as the drummer was in,. God had come, too. and stood In the dark. When the drummer fell length wise, beside the prone form of his wife, God got right on the bed, too. Then. God began to whisper ana Kept on whispering until the darkness was sweet with the love out of his breath. Wnile God whispered the sobs came less frequently, and were fainter and yet fainter. Then, a low vajiishmg breath, thinly between sound and si lence, died into a hush. The drummer and his wife were peacefully asleep. What God was whispermg m tne dark was something about a lily, nip ped when it was very little, indeed, but. afterward, cracking the ground and neenine sweetlv into the dawn or a resurrection morning. It was all over. The little white box was set in the ground. The dirt was on top. The swing had been untied from its fasten ings in the ceiling of the porcn, ana the ropes wound around the little chair seat at the bottom. The picture door. which had turned the baby's mind from its sickness until the eyes, wearied with the keen, unblent lines of the sharp colors in the quaint face and clothes of both Jack and the Giant, turned list lessly away; and the doll, which kept on sleeping in the crib when the under taker had taken the baby out, were all packed into a box and put far back into a closet. The furnishings of the crib were airing on the clothes-line in the yard, and the crib, itself, had been put away in the garret. The spoon from which the baby took its medicine had been washed and put with the other spoons in the ton drawer of the side' board in the dining room, and the med icine bottles had all been overlooked and the common remedies kept, and the mixtures, the specific nature of which was unknown except to the doc tor, had been thrown away. The blinds were thrown wide open. The curtains were up so far as they would roll. The pure, fresh wind was rippling through the house, washing the taints of fever from the air. The time has come for the drummer to start on his trip. He must go. The man whose baby died in the house across the street, came back from the burial to keep close to his wife; to be with her when the twilight falls and try to divert her mind when the time comes to put the baby to sleep and there Is no baby to put to sleep. The drummer mast go. The man across the street has his business in his town, and may make what money he needs to pay his ex penses, and stay at home, too. The drummer has little or no income ex cept what is derived from selling goods on the road. The drumer must go. It Is the spring, or. perhaps, the fan. If the drummer does not sell ' goods now, he cannot sen them later, since the season for selling by wholesale, ex cept "for replenishing' by small pur chases, will soon expire, and If he does not sell now he will lose his situation, or. at least, alf his expected Income for the year.; And, now. he owes more money than when he was called from his trip. He owes the doctor. He owes for the little white box. He owes for digging In the dirt In the burial place. where the baby was taken ! out and The drummer must xo...a. g t- ' 1 The ' drummer - looks at his watch. The 9:30 train leaves in 20 minutes. The dray is at the door to convey his lug gage to the station. While he tighten the u traps on ms Bampie case, ne as as his i wife if she has a picture of ; the baby, except tne one on tne mantel. That will do for me," she says, and she goes and gets one which sheclssea and then puts It in her husband's grip- acic . ' if - I "Drsyman, oe carerut witn tnat sam- nle-ease. Here. now. take my ticket and check that case on It to W riu Don't check my gnpsacx; , noia to it; band it to me when I get; to the sta tics." . - I' ' ! - - - t l But a few minutes are left before the drummer must be at the station. But, turning to his wife, he takes her by the hand and leads her Into a room. Then he and his wire get on ineir Knees. With the eyes In their faces shut,, but. with the eyes m their soul wide open, .nil clear with faith In Him who whis pered In the dark, they look beyond the years which ui mcj wuuus cninr until eternity spreads over all duration, and. In a far off dawn, they discern a cracs: in tne gronna ana tne peep of a little nipped Illy.; JOHN lUf MORRIS. AT THE PUBLIC RECEPTION. ABOUTHKKJI WOMAN WAS HOKOKKD. Mrs. BaUinger's Tea to the Daughters of the American Bevolutlon Hn. Steven son the Quest of Bobw-TIm Xaaagaral Ban Occurs During lAnt Berry' Co lossal Bronze II(On-Dr. Mary WaTke Interviewed Mrs. Loekwood 8ad Washington Gossip. Correspondence of the Observer. Washington, Feb. 25. At the public reception, given by President and Mras Cleveland, on February 18th, in1 spite of the heavy shower of rain, waiting for several hours on wet streets, and then being rapidly pushed through th mansion, an enormous crowd of people paid their parting respects to the Pres ident and Jars. Cleveland. jrenerai a. M. Wilson made the presentation to the President, and Lieutenant Gilmore performed the same duty for Airs.uieve. land. i ; Mrs. Cleveland wore a pink brocaded silk, looped at one side of the skirt to show an underskirt of green velvet; coral ornaments were worn. The bodice was also of velvet. A feature of the reception was a large contingent of army officers. Mrs. Burton Smith, who was so well known and admired as Miss Gordon, of Atlanta. was among the visitors, and Mrs. Cleveland spoke more than the usual words of greeting and requested her to remain in the Blue Room. . . . Mrs. Butler, of North Carolina, gave a reception on the 17tb inst. Roses and palms were used In in decorating the drawing rooms. Mrs, Butler was attired in white moire, trim med with chiffon and lace. ... The most enjoyable of the many brilliant teas given the visiting Daughters of the American Revolution was mat extena ed by Mrs. Madison Ballinger on Feb ruary 22nd. .... Mrs. Stevenson, president general of the T. A. R., was the guest of honor, and was gowned in black velvet. The drawing rooms were hHirht with the freshest of flowers. The tea table had a center piece of red and white carnations. Ropes of smilax were caught to the corners of the table with tri-colored ribbons. ea, wnite and blue candles were burned in the handsome candle-sticks, and the bon bons also carried out the patriotic ef feet, The artesian well which have been dug during the past eyar in various parts of the city, have been very much in demand during tne present muaay water spell. Several of the hotels had barrels of water from the artesian pumps hauled each day for table use. Thea President has approved the joint resolution authorizing the Secre tarv of the Navy to transport contribu tions for the relief of the suffering poor of India, The Inaugural ball will take place during Lent. A handsome memorial table, a re- nroduction of the bronze memorial erected by the city of Boston to John Boyle O'Reilley, the poet, was presented to the Catholic University on February 19th, by Mrs. A. Shuman.of Boston. Mrs. Beloa A. Lockwood was sued last week by Rosa E. Breital and Wm S. Heck. She was charged witn ap r.roDrlating the monev of her ward. The answer of Mrs. Lockwood was filed February 17th, and she asserts that she has not. in any manner, appropnatea the money to her own use. The balance due the heirs is now invested in real es tate in this city. ... Dr. Mary Walker, clad in her manly enrd. with a large fur cape over her ui ter, and a tall tne nat, was conspicuous in the mothers' congress. A newspaper correspondent sent a card to Dr. Walk er by a woman usner. wn returned shortly afterward with the information: He'll write his address for you ana bring it here herself." ... An unusual amount of hair brushing, lapel dusting, tie fixing and other mas. culine primping was indulged In by the officers and other members or the m augural executive committee on the 18th inst.. as they assembled at a local photograph gallery and had a grop pic ture taken. The superintendent of the police is sued an order prohibiting the posting of circulars, advertisements, etc., on the inauguration-viewing stands, as quite a number of contractors persisted In violating their contracts toy dtsngur ing the stands with posters, etc. The colossal bronze figures recently made by E. D. Berry, the sculptor of New Tork citv. are being put in place nt the new library entrance. When finished they will form one of the finest heroic groups In the entire country. The group is to form part of a large foun tain. The center niece of the grpupe will be a fleure of Nestnne, eleven feet high. On ither side of this figure are a number of sea-nymphs, eight and a half feet high, mounted on strange "sea an imals." The water will come front the r"ouths of monster turtles. InrWne in the front of the bsin. and the frrouo will be beautifully illuminated at night. Over 15 vsrleties of tulips were seen at Gude's, during his floral exhibition last week. So? Smith Russell will be at the New National Theatre next week. On the 22nd of February Washing ton's farewell nddresp was read by Sen. tor Dsnlel. The public gallprW were crowded t n ealv hour, and the Sen ators private gallery was fairlv' well filled. The custodian of the works of nrt In the statuary hall deoorated the nlsster statue of Oeoree Washington wnlrt stands In statuary hall. , An American flag was droaned about the base of the statue, and 'trslllnsr sm'iax nsd in further decorating It. The rlMvrHon of the statue on Washine- ton's birthday Is a departure from the rnotom of the twist, but. it Is believed will be continued In the futt"e. FAN O. LOVETT THE BUf AHCTKRH STAT KM BINT. Cash tn the Clenrinc flense Banks Ket Kx eeeded Slnoe 1SS4 "Tne Openlns ef Snri at Trade The TaltA State' Never Ko Well Preparer) to Meet Industrial Ksrpnnsfen. New Tork. Feb. 77. The Naw Tork Finavner says this week: Cash in K't.r Vrrk clearing house banks is now t'oo QfiS.sno.an amount that has not heo stnee 14. Of this sum J143. 2.S25 Is reotitred as a rwwrvf asrairst deposits, leaving- S67.520.975 cash for which no present Use can be found. This e-volalns the rwarkaM ess in local money rates and the current state. rcent favors a continuance in thi pres ent plane. The nh In cash fr th wk was S2.129.700, of which SI 23. 900 M tn specie, and SL005.800 In legal. The moderate expansion tn loans devel oped "after the first of the year and notably several : weeks asfo."J seems to have been altogether checked, the rsurt week ln tne- abort farther reduc tion of S1-1T7.9O0. makimr th decrease In three weeks two land three-quarter mllliona The causes which are affeet msr the loan total are not oulte chxn. bot It is evident that . metarbsV rbli- ; ga tions incurred by several of the large concerns of late are being liquidated. Even though there - is no . incentive toward Immediate gold exports, there Is not much doubt that the rapid ac cumulation of funds in New York Is In. fiuencing sterling- exchange la Its ad vancing tendency. It is only natural that exchange should rise when local interest rates decline, as they have been aoing, hut. the automatic easalisation of rates Is now Interfered with, first, by bur heavy trade balance.' and secondly by the changes now going on in the hoarded sterling exchange still held on this side for Investment-,; The. inference is that unless the proposed heavy tariff snau influence heavy imports. . monev will continue cheap. On the other hand it is certain, that the opening of the spring trade will require more money than ever, and the local demand will have a great deal to do with ""v'"g we average rate xor six montns to come. The United States was never so well prepared to me et an Industrial ex pension as it is to-day. i v The other Items of the statement issess no significance beyond what the loans show. Deposits arei J1.O98.70O heavier and tne total reserve Increase $3,855,025. The reduction in circulation eontlues, the loss for the week having been izz,soo. Celt. 97. W. Fv a aL IKmr. HK Loans, S497,eO,TCe $40231,900 S4M.Hll.3o6 ssecie. 83.940.800 80. 304.000 eeuoo Legal Vdr 117,021,400 Net dents. 678.788,800 86,581 .SOS 489,1Z0 13,019,60s 143, 825, SOS 122, 403,05s 4.42206 SO7ZJ0O 6X440.800 Cirnatfon, 18.401400 i3,08a,6oe 100.164,708 132,110400 8454400 Total re-ve, nxussa,aw Reserve 14442,385 Esof resre, 57.880,875 Bock Mount Argonaut. A farm in the vicinity off Charlotte. consisting of 250 acres of land, was sold for 920,000. This is at the rate of $80 per acre. A pretty high price for North Carolina farming lands, but probably not any more, if as much,; as it was worth. Now what made this land sell for so much more than farming lands In other portions ox the State? The question is easily answered; Mecklen burg cownty has good roads the brag roads of the South and its people are progressive and consequently prosper ous. The rest of the counties must fol low the example of Mecklenburg, if they expect to succeed. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Cotton Market Showed a Tendency Toward Further Improvement A Con tinued t2ood Demand for Cotton at Liver pool Firm Spot Markets la the South Stimulated a Bullish Sentiment. Special By Private Wire to Harrison Watts New Tork, Feb. 27. Cotton showed a tendency toward further improvement to-day under the bullish influence of a continued demand for spot cotton at Liverpool, with sales there to-day of 15,000 bales at an advance of l-32d. in prices to 4 l-32d. for middling. Futures tnere were also nrmer, and closed steady, at a net advance pf l-64d. to z-640. These advices, coupled with firm spot markets in the South, stimu lated a bullish sentiment, and Influ enced considerable new buying, and encouraged the local bulls ' to increase their holdings, under the circumstan ces it was not surprising that the mar ket should advance. The only wonder was that the improvement was not more extensive. The movement of the crop was moderate, with the total port receipts for the day estimated at 16,000 bales, including 3,000 at Pensacola, against total receipts of 14.127 last week and 16,687 last year. Mondays re ceipts at New Orleans were estimated at 5,500 to 6,000 against 9.191 last week and 2,766 last year; Houston expects but 2,500 to 2,700 bales. With the pres ent bullish sentiment, moderate re ceipts, firm Liverpool markets and a good demand for spot cotton, a revival of active speculation would in all prob ability cause a further substantial ad vance in prices. E. B. CUTHBERT & CO. Wheat Advanced 1-2 Cent tor May and 1 Cent tor July In the Chicago Market Fu- ' tures at Liverpool Closed Quiet and Steady. Chicago, Feb. 27. Wheat broke away to-day from the depressing influence of the apathetic foreign markets and ad vanced V4c. for May and lc for July in the Chicago market, and closed firm at the advance, with an upward ten dency. Futures in Liverpool closed quiet and easy at 4 to Id.' net decline. Bradstreet's statement showed export clearances from this coumtlry of but 1,872,000 bushels for the week. The zero weather in the Northwest, with the winter wheat crop bare of snow in the southern half of Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, leading to apprehension of crop damage over Sunday helped to stimulate th'e market, and encouraged considerable new buying for long ac count, at the same time: frightening some of the shorts into covering. Large buying orders from St. Louis, with less favorable crop reports from that State and Indiana, led to increased strength at the close, and the market left off firm, with an upward tendency. There was much doing in corn and oats. E. B. CUTHBERT & CO. The Rise In Cotton Higher Prices Are Pre dicted on All Sides The Influences. Special to the Observer. New York, Feb. 27. The close of the week and the month was attended to day by a strong bull market, a dwin dling of the movement, the very firm Southern markets, the good demand for spot cotton from spinners everywhere, the Improved condition of general busi ness and the bullish tenor of advices from Europe and the South have all contributed to the advance here. Spec ulation, usually the most important fac tor in advancing markets, has not as yet had any but the slightest influence upon the course of prices. Liverpool seain cabled us an encouraging report this morning. Futures there were only one-sixtvfourth hie-her. bat the sales of snot cotton were heavy. The market here opened from unchanged quotations to 3 points up from yesterdav's closine Pr'ces. Considerable long liquidation depressed the market for a time, but New Orlenns and Liverpool sent large tvnvlng orders here, and that, toeethe with 4he efforts of the local bulls nrid the covering of short cotton, rapidlv absorbed tbe offerings and prices shot upward. "May opened at 7:20, declined tn 7.17. advanced to 7.27 Jnfl closed at 7.26(fr7.?''. with the tone of the market firm. Whether this is only the begin ning of a good advancer In cotton de pends upon the truth or falsity of the reports nw helng received about the ".mount of cotton stPl to come forward In the fiotith. and the continuance of the ea.srer demand for the actual wtiiTl The plantinr npd the m-ogTss of t new cron will h wntcbed with absorb ing inerest. and w"l soon beein to have n. Influence upon the daily fluctuations. Senti-Tent here has changed comolete'v and higher prices are predicted on all s'des. For omrolvfL.. we think tht with occasional set hacks, cotton should en toy a substantial arid wtintni a moid rising. RIORDAN & CO. A HfrrnnT Stock Msrket "Wetter Prices to Follow MeKlnley'a Inauguration.' By Southern Associated Pmn. Nw Tork. Feb. ?7. The tone of the stock market was strone to-dav and the declines were falrlv actSve, 85.894 shares helper traded In during the two hours of bo s1r ess. At first the buying was prin cipally for the account of the shorts, but toward the end of the session com mission houses were prominent as pur chasers. The btrylns' for the long ac count was attributed to he eariv d iournment of Congress and a belief that a higher range of nrlces will follow the inauguration of Mr. McTTlnley. Pro fessional operators at the East were in clined to this theory jand extended their ''Ties In the G-anerer as well as in the Industrials. Lake Sbor was again a fa-.ire ad roe to 161t. closing at to 15. asked. Rumors of a bis- short interest abroad and the orn nosed rounding of the 7 per cent, bonds Into per cent, mortsraces accounts In? t steady annrecl tlocn of the stock. Chlcaeo A -Alton, which Is seldom -dealt n. sold at 165 tor one .hnndredi shares. T the Industrial sroorK Snrr was not ably strong, moving uni to 117; on hnv. tne by bunkers supposed to hej acting for imncrtant interests. Omaha r-om-mon. Chicago Gas, St., Paul, '"iocs: Is land end -Northwestern all sold at the nst firures or the week and were tn demand at the advance. The hsnk statement showed a ctracttca tl -137.S0O tn loans., a gals of IS. TOO in cash, an an increase co tl .08.700 in ri nst The snrolns t aei locrea -d SI tw 02&v and the hanks now hold KT. 447.S7S against S34.42S.15ft tn 188 and S3,- 054. M0 In IMS. Speculation closed strong with prices trwaer from i to nc cent snore wridsv closing. Total sales were S5J94 shares. Including 14.- H. S. CHADWICK, CharlotteM 202 and Ceiling or wall Fans! It 300 Sugar, 11,800 Burlington & Quincy to-day. and 6,300 St. Paul. x His wuu uuuact was firm The sales aggregated $764,000. Treasury balances: Coin, I1ZS, 721,653; currency. $60,658,698. OTTT P&ODTJOB MARKET. Apples dried quarter bncht..... SttO s bright sliced. SO IX las t Dngntauceo.. exti a 'Y " Peaches nnpeeled halves, bright. ' peeed bright St 7 sooai'is S S9&S 16 ishSia icwSis tmaa 66J S0Q5S S&43 4938 - u vms perries anea . R .r flour sack Family " " Hides dry per " green " Wool wash Bacon hog round per pound. " sides - ahonldera Oates 33 .pounds per bushel. Peas clay " mixed Heal bolted 44 pounds per bushel ' unbolted i8 " " " Oorn old &S pounds per bushel. . . . Onions select per bushel Lard N. O Tallow 42Q4S 4 Docks Hens ner bead laais Spring chickens. Roosters per head Turkeys per pound Guineas 3eese 1315 rails 7 8 10 12 iais 8Q10V4 Butter choice yellow Honey strained per pound " comb per pound F.srca hen 18030 Wheat... : 8S80 Bye soaeo earners. u NKW YORK MONEY MARKET. Niv York, Feb. 27. Money on call easy at lttl per cent.; last loan at 1)4: closing offered at ltt. Prime mercantile paper s per cent.: Bar silver 64K. Mexican dollars Ster ling exchange steady with actual business in bankers' bills at 4 864 8SM for 60 days and 4 S74 87)4 for demand. Posted rates 4 86 liU 88. Commercial bills 4 8304 84H. Gov ernment bonds strong: State bonds dull: railroad bonds firm. Silver at the board was neglected. WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. Vrw York. Feb. 27.-The weeklv statement of the associated banks shows the following changes: Reserve Increase I 1.855,025 Loans decrease 1,378,900 Specie Increase 1,123,900 Legal tenders Increase 1,106.800 Deposits Increase 1,098.700 Circulation decrease 138,800 The banks now hold 37,44Y,va in excess oi legal requirements. BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET. Baltimobk. Feb. 27 FLOUR Dull, firm, do family 4 8SQ4 00; winter wheat patents 4 75Q5 to: spring wheat patents 4 40O4 85: spring wheat 4 aw4 40 WHEAT Dull. No. 8 red spot and Feb ruary Mav 8181!i; steamer No. 2 red .. Southern by sample 9091: do on grade 8489. OOKN Easy. Mlxea soot ana reo ruary 25H25H: March t5H; April 3826U; Steamer mixed Z44t24; Boatn- ern white Z7GZ7tt; yeiiow zwszo. NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET. New York, Feb. 27. FLOUR. -Quiet, gteady unchanged. WHEAT. Spot market dull, firm. F. O B. 8; ungraded red 7489, Options closed steady, unchanged, No, 8 red February March SOX: April sOK; May79X. CORN. Spotsidull, firm. No 2 28. eleva tor; eH afloa Adopt ions closed dull and firm. February ... ; May 29; July BOX. OATS. Spots dull, steady. Options dull, easier. February ....: May 2IM- Spot No. 2 21H; No. 2 white 8323i4; mixed Western 19LARD Quiet, steady. Western steam 4 25; city a 95; May 4 37. Refined dull; continent 4 45: S. A. 4 65; compound 44y4. PORK. Steady, quiet. New mess 8 258 75. COTTON SEED OIL Quiet, steady. Crude 2030H:yellow prime 23H24- COFFEE Closed steady at 5 points down. March 9 059 10: April ; May ...... Spot Rio dull, steady. No. 7 94. SUGAR. Raw. dull, steady. Fair refining 2 13-1A. Refined quiet, dull. Off A 3 15-16W. 4 1-18; standard A 4; cut loaf and crushed 5 00; granulated ... CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Opening Closing WHEAT February , 73t May.......... 74xX July 71 CORN February , 82 May 23X July 28 OATS February..... 15H May 16 July,- 17XX MESS PORK February May 8 OTtt July 8 20 LARD February May...... 4 07 July 4 17 RIBS February May 4 17H July 4 27H 73 74 72K 2K 23XS4 26K 15 16X17 17XQ18 8 10 8 20 4 07H 4 17 4 15 4 27H NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES. New York, Feb. 28. Cotton steady. Mid dllng upland 7 7-16; Middling Gulf Futures closed firm. Sales 111.800 bales. Highest Lowest Closing February ... March. 7 18 7 21 7 27 7 31 7 35 7 38 7 01 6 89 6 93 6 97 7 08 7 15 7 17, 7 22 7 26 7 29 6 93 5 84 6 85 6 91 7 17(318 7 2323 7 2627 7 3t32 7 3536 7 37Q38 7 00O7 02 6 8Wft90 6 921&93 6 9799 April May June July , August....... September ... October November. . . . December.... January...... CLOSING STOCKS. American Cotton Oil 12V do preferred 55H American Sugar Refined 117 do preferred 4 103 American Tobacco 74 do preferred 103 Atchison 14 Baltimore A Ohio 15 Canadian Pacific 6H Chesapeak & Ohio .1754 Chicago 6c Alton 165 Chicago. Burlington A Quincy 75 Chicago Gas .76 Delaware, Lack Western.... 153a Distilling and Cattle Feeding.. Erie7Tr!T 14 do preferred 84ii General Electric 35 Illinois Central S3 Lake Erie & Western. , 16 do preferred. .66K Lake Shore..... 1 Louisville A Nashville Louisville A New Albany , Manhattan Consolidated. Memphis A Charleston. Michigan Central... - Missouri Pacific - Mobile A Ohio. Nashville, Chattanooga A St. Louis.. Naited States Cordage. ' ., do preferred. New Jersey Central Uew York Central , New York A New England..., Norfolk A Western preferred Northern Pacific. .. . p do preferred , Northwestern 51 H 89X 15 92 it 21 67 96 93 37 1618 14 88 105 1M 95 24 S7 76 133 64 28 80 j ..... 35 834 ..... I ..... . so nreierrea Pacific Mail Read ing.. Bock Island St. Paul.. do preferred Silver Certificates. i Tennessee Coal and Iron ; do prdtesTOsl i Texas Pacific , Union Pacific..... v..... w.Kk i - r do. ore f erred. . . vy esters ij nion. ............. .,.... . . . . Wheeling A Lake Erie .4 .... do pfncned. .- .ej Alabama Class B ,4 ,; 1041C Alabama Class O...... - 98 Tislsiana 6'i . North Carolina Fa... 108 North Carolina r... ........ L 128 Tennessee Kew oeUlament fa 78 : f - - I 1 204 South Tryon Street! Charlotte, R : C. y We are dealers (wholesale I Why don't yon give us an Electric Ventilating ;Fans, ! i 1 " , i so that you may be cool during the coming, summer. It takes time to fill an order and properly wire your Duuaing. WRITE is a pleasure to promptly answer Vtrrlnla 6a deferred s 62 110 113 96 9094 28 105 122 122X Virginia Trust Receipts, stamped - virguua sunoing " United States 4's, registered. United Bastes 4's, coupons United States Ss Southern Railway 6"a .... Southern Railway, common........ do, preferred Booth Carolina 4's United States new 4's, registered... United States new 4's, coupon. CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET. These flgares represent prices paid to rTtrfSTgood middling- ;- .... Good Middling - .... Strict middling ! MiddUng ! 7 16 Tinges - 6X7 00 Btafisa j S96 The market was firm. ! NAVAL STORES. Wilmington, Feb. 27. Rosin trail strained 1 45; good strained 1 60. Spirits turpentine firm, machine 27 ; irregular 2?. Tar quiet at 90. Crude turpentine quiet; bard 1 9?; soft 1 8v; virgin nothing doing. NORFOIK COTTON. ! Norfolk, Feb 27. Cotton firm. Middling 7 1-18. Net 496; gross .... ; sales 158 bales; stock 16,480. j Twenty-six years ago a sign in the shape of, a star was hung out at the corner of College and Trade streets, with the inscription: "Mayer 4? Ross, Wholesale Grocers." You will find that same star at NO. 36 SOUTH COLTJEGE ST. With the name of John B. Ross & Co. WHOLESALE GROCERS, Thereon. Mr. Ross is one of the old firm of Mayer & Ross and he will be glad to welcome you at his new place of business and show you through his immense stock of Groceries. ' Barnhardt&Co., (Bneeeasers to Cochrane A Barns ard t.) WHOLESALE PROVISION, GRAIN AND COAL. r 801, 80S, 809 East Trade street. CHARLOTTE. N. 0 MARCH! March is marching in rather roughly, but very likely it will develop into a lovely spring month. By the way, marching just now seems to be the or der of the day. The insurgents recently marched into the quarters of the Span ish carabineers. Thousands will ere long march to the scenes of battle where Corbett and Fitzsimmons are to decide who is the world's pugilistic champion. Great crowds will march to the capitol on the fourth, when Mr. Cleveland marches out. Legions will next week march to THE Bee Hive Cheapest Store, in the; State., To witness the phenomenal display of spring dress goods. Wholesale and re tall departments will both be complete ly filled. Lovely styles emerge from packing cases. Beautiful Percales, Dimities, Marsailles, Piques, Chiffons, Satins, Elegant Lawns; plain white and figured. In such quantities as to almost burst their cases butterflies ) bursting crysalis bonds. However, the vital power which marches the great majority our way, which quickens every energy of the .re tall bargain hunter, which draws the keen-sighted cash-buying merchant from towns miles away, which has de. veloped and transformed THE BEE HIVE into an overwhelming success is wound up in these three simple little words. ; i UNDERBUY, UNDERSELL, CASH THE BEE Ever ready to profit by others' mistakes. For Instance, a gigantic factory near New York shipped by mistake 9.000 yards Victoria Lawns to New Orleans. We bought them for cent less than cost of production. Next week we will offer Victoria Lawns one-quarter cent less than mills can produce,! and IVic per yard less than any New Tork Job ber can sell them and pay expenses of salesman. I i J. D. COLLINS, HIVE, andetail) in, all kinds of 4 order for our FOR ESTIMATES. all correspjjndence.j FOR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL WEAR. Genuine vlci kid, new shade, "ox blood" (this is darkest color of . tan) button boots, thick sole extension, long wedge heel, new round toe, sises 8 to 8 $1. 8V to 11 $1.25, 11 to 2 IL54 2tt to 6 $1-75. These shoes represent advanced shoe making and will be found to meet every.. requirement of the perfect shoe. GILREATH & CO. Coke. Coal arid Wood Wholesale and Retail. Bituminous (soft) Coal a specialty, and we claim ours the best and most economical grades ever sold here; being very hard, there is practically no slack (fine teal) such being clear loss to con turaeli f Sole . agents for Blue Gem, ' Indian Mountain, Jellico and. Coal Creek. We also handle the best grades An thracite, Egg, Stove and Nut. Call at our city office, 35 North Tryon street (opposite city hall). Where samples may be seen and i orders left. I - Try our dogwood and persimmon stove wood, j It will please you. ) FREE! We will give free with each out-of town order for bicycle sundries or re. pairs for the next thirty days two of the most useful articles used by bl blcycle riders. To every repairer of wheels whose orders amount to $3 or more will be given free one of our new stock wood ; rims.-28x1. or 28x1. I W. F. Dowd, Stearns, Waverly, Pa tee and Business Clipper Bicycles. ' i Sale of Valuable City Real Estate. i - ' I By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg count" made in a special proceeding; .entitled, John R. Williams and others, ex-parte, I will offer for sale on Tuesday, the 6th day of April, 1897, at public auction, at the court house door in the city of ! Char lotte, at 12 o'clock j m,i that certain lot situate in the j city of Charlotte, fronting on Church street 97 feet -and running back 198 feet, :. adjoinif- the, lots of the Todd estate on the ( North A. J Honeycut on the. south, , and known and designated as lot No. 878. in square 102 (Beer's mao the same being lot occupied by the late Lucretlr Williams as a residence. GEO. E WILSON, Feb. 27, 1897. j Commissioner. Richard A.r BIythe, COMMISSION MERCHANT, cotton Warps and tarns, j No. 114, Chestnut Street. , 1 ; ! .- ' PHILADELPHIA. PA.! Sent ! Free I ' To a person interested In humane matters, or who loves animals, we will send free, upon application, a Copy of the "ALLIANCE." (he organ of this Society. In addition to Its intensely In teresting reading, it contains a list of the valuable and unusual premiums given by the paper. Address, - THK NATIONAL HUKANE AIJTANCK, 410-411 United Charities Building. New York, i , T. L. ELLIOTT. irk' Granite Monuments e-speeislty. . AtHEsrn fob Lsoif Fkxcbs. 885 W. Trail e Street. OnarlntteJ N. fl. It MR. S. R. NEEL'8 LETTER. I Mrs. Grier: You should have had this testimonial before, but for the lmpree slon that your valuable remedy had passed Into other hands.. j In 1888 my little daughter suddenly and unaccountably lost all her hair on the back of her head, from the crown . down and from ear to ear was as bald aa: the palm of the hand. Months and months passed and the frigbuul bald-' nes remained. My physician (now em-. inent-In his profession) recommended Mrs. Crier's Real Hair Restorer. De termined to give It a fair trial I pro cured half a dosen bottles. Three bot tles, faithfully saed, produced no vis ible effect, hat one morning, soon after beginning-, the fourth bottle, to. our surprise and delight, a new growth of hair appeared and so rapid; and com plete was the restoration that only one more bottle was used. Ten years have elapsed and no one nas a finer suit of hair. Respectfully, . --; -- . j .i-,:,4n : 8. R, NKEXi. :' FW ?filstory of Real HairsReetorer address Mrs. M. O. Grier. 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