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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
HI SCOTTISH CHIEF
500 A YEAR.

Is published at Maxton, n. c.. the rsu.
road centre OF Robson cousty, which n
the largest county In the state, and hao
the largest capitalization Of any agricul-
SCOTTISH CHIEF publishes q Wide
OF local news. besides state ana
national notes Of interest. and pays e.
terest to people Of Scottish descent. =
VALUABLE ADvKRTI0ING MEDIUM.
The Job Work Department turns ont
nest JOB WORK at competitive prices.
In this fertile section hould write tho
editor: ]. KIRKLAND HILL
my Aaxtou, II. Q,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
MARKETS BIZ TELEGRAPH.


New York, September 2.-Money on
call steady at 2a3 per cent, last loan at
Prime mercantile paper 4Ad5 per cent:
Sterling exchange easier with actual
business in bankers bills at $.s4AG4-S
days. Posted rates S.sslaG4-A and Sass.
Commercial bills at $4.s1hG4s1A. Silver
certificates 541z@55. Bar silver o31s.
Mexican dollars Al. Government bonds
firm: state bonds dull: railroad bonds
heavy.
Liverpool, September 29.-4 p. m.-Cot-
ton-Spot, moderate demand prices un-
changed: American middling 3kd. The
sales Of the day were 5000 bales. of which
500 were for speculation and export, and
included 7,4W bales American. Receipts
1900 bales. including 3,7O0 American. Flu
lures opened steady with a moderate de-
mand and closed easy.
American middling, low middling clause:
September 3 46-64d. 8 47-64d sellers; Sep
TENDER and October 3 N-64d sellers; Oc-
.tober and November 3 33-64d sellers: No
vember and December 3 30-64d, 3 31-64d
buyers: December and January 8 29-64d,
3 30-64d buyers: January and February
3 29-64d. 8 3O-64d buyers; February and
March 8 30-64d. 3 31-64d sellers: March
and April 3 31-64d sellers; april and May
3 32-64d sellers: May and June 3 33-64d
sellers; June and July 3 34-64d sellers.
New York. September 29.-Cotton quiet;
middling SIC; net receipts 26S: gross re-
CtlDlS ,O.L, eApOIlS W 'ISdi DIildll QUIZ
to the continent ATS: forwarded 511; sales
800: spinners so: stock sc, 434.
Total today: Net receipts 80, 400: exports
to Great Britain 4,262; to the continent g.
CTS: stock 469, 259.
Consolidated: Net receipts 1880: ex-
ports to Great Britain SO, O07; to France
1896: to the continent %, 127.
Total since September list: Net receipts
729, OPS; exports to Great Britain 95. 1858;
to France "a, $780,: to the continent 101 ,243.
Futures closed steady; sales 156, 800
bales: January 6.34; February 6.3S: March
6.42: April SAG: May 6.51; June 6.55; July
vember 6.2S; December $50.
Spot closed quiet and &c net lower;
middling uplands 615c; middilng gulf CSC;
sales $50 bales.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Easy at eAc; net receipts
6,O23.
Norfolk-Quiet at 6 3-16c; net receipts
6,463.
Baltimore-Nominal at 6asc; gross re-
ceipts S31.
Boston-Dull at 6ssc.
Wilmington-Quiet at &c; net receipts
Philadelphia-Quiet at sAc:' net receipts
So.
Savannah-Quiet ct 5 13-16c; net re-
ceipts SOIL.
$3.50. g
Mobile-Weak at &c; net receipts 1916.
Memphis-Steady at 6 Lie; net receipts
1873; gross receipts 2,4S6.
Enthusiastically at 6 Lice; net receipts
2,6S1; gross receipts 1908.
Charleston-Nominal at sac; net re-
ceipts 3,156.
Cincinnati-Quiet at CSC; net receipts
s25.
Louisville-Quiet at 6hac.
st. Louis-Quiet at 6hc; net receipts
$780,
Houston-Nominal at 6hc: net receipts
9.1S0.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
WILMINGTON MARKETS.
COTTON REPORT.

Wilmington. n. c.. September -.
Receipts OF cotton todayS.41 bales
Receipts same day last .9a4 bales.
This seasons receipts to date5s. 76
bales.
Receipts to same date last years. 6S
bales.
The quotations posted at . o'clock today
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, September 29.-The leading flu
tnreS were as fOllOwS:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Tarin. Do Not Affect Trusts.

The two or three great trusts in this
country which have survived the past
are not protected industries. The
Standard Oil company is the most sue
cessful monopoly of the country, and
probably in the world. No tariff in
this country affects it. The whisky
trust held its own for years by power
Of combination and the extension of the
bonded period by the same congress-
men who are DESTROYS of turning a rev.
enue DILL into a seeming act to over
throw trusts. The cigarette or tobacco
trust cannot be affected materially by o
tariff. The cotton-seed oil trust ran it's
race regardless of the tariff. which can
not touch the industry. The antitrust
clause cannot affect the cotton packing
monopoly in which some of the sena-
tors who are Indignantly denouncing
trusts are said to be MISUNDERSTANDING
apolis Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
PROSPECTS OF THE TARIFF.
Protection Now Stands as n National
Policy.

The pleasing prospect is that the tariff
bill will be law on or very soon after
July /, and that the extra session of
tory. The special correspondent at
Washington for the Inter Ocean re-
Gently reviewed the history Of tariff leg
islation from Washingtons time until
the present day, and demonstrated that,
excepting the first revenue bill, which
was an all-round measure of protection,
no fiscal legislation has progressed so
rapidly as that which now is in prog
ress, with probability of speedy COM
pletion. The first revenue bill, that Of
1889, was under consideration of both
houses of congress for little more than
two months. But it was a simple meas
ure, with no free list, and its trainers
had to unravel or adjust none of the in
tricate complications that beset the
tariff legislation in these days of in
finite correlation and interdependence
of highly developed commerce.
The president convened congress in
special session for the passage of a rev.
enue bill March 16, the house entered
with zeal upon it's duties and April the
Dingley bill was ready for transmission
to the senate. Everybody remembers
the apprehension with which the work
of the senate finance committee was re-
garded, and the dismay that followed
the presentation of it's draft of amend
ments that completely revolutionized
the house bill. 1t is to be said in praise
of the republican leaders in the senate
that as soon as they heard the protest
of the public they receded from their
position, withdrew most of the obnoX-
ious amendments, modified others, alb
stained from prolonged or irritating de-
bate, and generally conformed their ac-
ton to the desire of the people, which
clearly was for the enactment Of tariff
bill upon the lines of that famous meas
ure that ever will be known as the Nc
Kinley law.
The special session will be noted in
history for it's manifestation of re-
newal of national spirit in tariff legisla-
ton. In the early days of the republic
looks as though henceforth the names
of democrat and free trade are not to
be regarded as political synonyms. The
protectionist sentiment in the south has
been silenced for years, but it again has
found a voice and a voting power. Pro-
lection now stands in it's true light, as
a national, not partisan, policy. This
of itself is most suspicious commence
ment of President McKinley's admin
istration; the unification of north and
south with east and west. in policy
of protection to all American industries
is n most inspiring spectacle.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
4 warning 20 Bnthers.

The oft-repeated warning to sun
bathers, and particularly TO those W.
dive, TO protect their ears from w.
water by cotton plugs. etc. is not ga
orally needed, to judge by the dama Y.
often traced to its neglect. Inc! W.
have~lost the membrane need 70.
especially careful. and to give up Op
ing. The tympanum is readily pro...
ed, by the cotton plugs firmly nu ~.
duced, but in diving even then y.
mir in the nasal fossae, accessor, -
uses, and naso-pharynx is comprv s'.,
and partially escapes by the Eus'acn, :.
tubes, and in consequence the wa,eis -.
ters so far and high in the nasal us U.s.
as to painfully irritate the pl'u,. ",,.
membrane, and leads to protrac'eu''
gestion.-Laryngos
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
FREE TRADE DONE FOR.
The Protection Principle In Decom-
Ing Established.

The one conspicuous sign OF the
times in political progress to-day is the
gradual abandonment of free trade by
the democratic party. The movement
began'at Chicago one year ago. when
the tariff issue, for 40 years the sole
stock in trade of democratic orators,
was subordinated TO the clamorous
howl for free silver. In the months
that have followed, the masses and
many of the leaders of the democracy
have been veering farther and farther
away from the revenue policy of the
party, and in the senate of the United
States we have witnessed the unusual
but gratifying spectacle OF strong
southern statesmen voting for repub-
lican tariff principles. So patent, in
deed, has been the desertion from the
free-trade ranks that Senator Vest has
been driven to the painful concession
that the democratic party is being left
without an argument"
And now comes the most significant
revelation yet made in the trend OF
democratic sentiment on the tariff
question. The American Protective
Tariff league has just completed the
listing of new papers throughout the
country that have agreed TO promul-
gate the doctrine of protection. Among
these papers there are 453 straight
democratic journals, and OF this num-
Der 1872 are in the south. where the
teachings of Calhoun and other doc
trinarians of tariff for revenue only
took strongest root.
The marvellous changes in party creed
means the ultimate acceptance OF the
protection principle by the whole Amer
lean people, without regard to past
political prejudices or sectional tradi-
tons. 1t is splendid triumph for the
genius, the craftsmanship and the
persistent courage of the republican
party. The converted democracy may
cry out in defense of its change of
heart that jefferson was protectionist
and Jackson believed in tariff of dis
in favor of American in
dustries, while Tilden and Randall
were as earnest and relentless in their
10 free trade as any public
men OF their day. But the people will
that these were the very
facts of history which latter-day dem
ocrats have tried hardest to conceal,
and they will be slow to forgive the
party which, in blind devotion TO a fall
lacious theory. has produced most of
our national ills, no matter how vocif-
erous its remorse. Democracy will con-
tinue to be regarded as the responsible
agent of free trade. 1t will not dare,
for the present at least, to openly re-
lounce its tariff principles. and even if
It should do SO in the future the mem
Dry of it's past sins will arise to haunt
md plague it foreyer.-Cincinnat Com
nercial Tribune
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Patriotism.

What patriotism have wcp How are
we serving our country Do we care
more for place, for popularity, for tho
money or present influence than we do
for the honor OF our country, the up
holding Of her rights and liberties on
which her life depends? Do we stand
up for maniiness and honesty in public
officials, condemning the place-seeker
Of low views and sordid aims, and do
we use our influence, our votes, for the
advance of our country in honor and in
righteous prosperity?-Rev. ]. Z. ]. "
Huigin, Episcopalian, Beverly, Mass
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
Pathetic Letter of n Woman N
bore the Anxietics of the liz,

bore the Anxietics of the LII.
Mr.. Kobbe quotes the following n
ter, written to a friend by Mrs. GIN.
who lived for many years on Win
Head. off the Maine coast Somedus
think the time is not far distant VIA
l shall climb these lighthouse sian
no more. 1t has almost seemed ton
that the light was part of mysg
When we had care of the old larid
lamps on Matinicus rock. they wa
more difficult to tend than these lanr
are, and sometimes they would notbu
20 well when first lighted especi
in cold weather when the oil got q
Then, some nights | could not sleei
wink all night, though | knew thekes
err himself was watching. And mr
nights l have watched the lights y
part of the night, and then could ID
sleep the rest of the night, thinky
nervously what might happen shcia
the light fail.
In all these years l always put u |
lamps in order in the morning ia |
lit them at sunset. Those old lanr
AS they were when my father h7a |
on Matinicus rock-are so thorough
impressed on my memory that eva
now often dream of them. There va
IA lamps and IL reilectors. WHEEL
dream of them it always seems TO 2
that | have been away a long whltV
and l am trying to get back in tine
to light the lamps. Then am hall
way between Matinicus and White
Head. and hurrying toward the rock
to light the lamps there before sunset
Sometimes / walk on the water some
times l am in boat, and sometimes
l seem going in the air-I must ava'
see the lights burning in both places
before l wake. always go througaM
same scenes in cleaning the lamps aa
lighting them. and feel great d'a
more worried in my dreams than via
l am awake.
wonder IL the care of the liehthcS
will follow my soul after it has
this worn-out body? II | ever ha''
gravestone. l would like it to be lns
form of a lighthouse or beacon.-uu''
Kobbe, in Century.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Population of Russia.

The st. Petersburg Novoe 'reas
says that the Russian census gn M.
population for the empire OF iz,"'
900, exclusive of the grand ducn. "a :
Finland, which takes its own ee' IA
Some other figures have still to DC "a =,
ed from the uttermost parts OF o,O 4,
as well as the nomad tribes OF n,
steppes and the mountainecrs |"
Caucasus, where an exceptionai ST n,
fall delayed the work till spripB ,,d,,
full total is expected not to DC -
130, 900 ,OOO.-Chicago Inter Ocean,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
HUMOROUS

Tommy (who has been re,a,
tory)-"Are kings always good a
his Father-"No, not ALWAYS ~ pa
they are not very good when ny, y
up against aees."-Truth.
-Myra-"That Miss Beare -.
q good deal of style when sbs pun
the opera" Minnie-"Wen eosS
cious! The woman's 90, 70 -!
something!"-Yonkers Statesm.@a
Taste in Selection.-"What ds
think of my speech, Mrs. Tao,,'s
asked the sapient young States
II thought some of your quot,,'J
perfectly grand."-Detroit Free p,.1
The Pretty Girl-"Miss smr,,I
was named after her uncle Gso.J
wasn't she?" The Bright One-4JS'
know. She looks as if she was NV
before him."-Cincinnati Comma
Tribune.
Kind of Man He was.-ama \
carry any life insurance." they al
the widow. "A little" she reDlJ|
TOO bad you didn't take out li,u1
fire insurance on him, too" thev i.
gested.-Chicago Evening Post. n
How He Figured It.-violet-4u.
did Mr.. Bighead come to accent h
doctrine Of reincarnation?" Rs
swell, you know, he always had an Al
preston that the world couldn't n
along without him, and if that ,S
stands to reason that he will ha,. \
come back."-Truth.
No Cooperation Required-Er|
Tramp read about dat trial, an \
judge told him he needn't ter say nm
thing dat would incriminate him n
ond Tramp-"Well, s'pose dat wa, N
cuz dey had enough evidence to vi
him to Sing Sing widout any assisus
from him."-Brooklyn Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
Queer Lawsuit.

A report of n queer lawsuit v ss,d
from Eastkill, a hamlet in tne lain
of the Catskill mountains. IN, ,bt
tiff is Ole Halverson, Sweoe, ,ouu.
cultivates small farm on inc p.m,r
tain side. He is suing Rev.. u Nc ~. ID
ton, German Lutheran minis. ~, b,
damages for christening his pr ,,piue
q name which was not to his l'', and
Halverson is a patriotic Sweu. = o.
wanted the child named after ME- his
car. The minister claims tina, u. ,,,;shc
tened the baby according to inc
of its mother.-N. Y. Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

owe hope that the free silver repub-
licans (handfuD and the free silver
democrats and the free silver populists
will be able to agree on some united
front. Let us have you all in one line
and NOW you down with one blow. Let
us have fair test for once. - Iowa
State Register.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

DPresident Mckinley seems TO have
secured as great an advance toward
an extension of territory" as the wild
est jingo statesman could have desired;
and yet he has not antagonized single
foreign nation. Peace hath her vic
tories" and President Mckinley is
winning them.-Chicugo Post.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

OWhen democratic congressman get
tired OF arraigning Tom Reed they 60
and rest up. They know he will be
right there when they come back
Kansas City Journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03
what Pierced the Gloom :.

perkins is q dismal pessimis',, .oru.
heard him laugh heartily TINS
ing" .rtY
"yyhat occasioned his merrin' .,,,scs
"a scorcher ran into mix "a
and broke his wheel oil to p''' :
Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-03

DIf our friend Bryan doesn't hurry
up and start on that world
trip there will not be any free silver
countries left for him to visit.-Cincin
natl Commercial-Gazette
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-09
TELEGRAPHlC MARKETS.
CONTINUED from Seventh Page.)

cen1ber, 9S1ac asked; May, 99hd992sc Corn,
spot dull and easier; No. cash, 29Ac;
September, 2SIAc; December, 309sQ301ac
MAY. 33ssc asked Oats. spot higher; No.
cash elevator 1870 bid track, 20c No.
white. 22iAQ23c; September, 1870; May
235sc bid. Butter slow; creamery, Aql812c;
dairy, Sq15c Whisky. $1.H. Pork lower;
standard mess, jobbing, new, 1925; Old
IS 80. Lard easy; prime steam, 4.6Oc;
higher, 4.65c. Bacon, boxed lots, extra
short clear and ribs. 6.S71kc; shorts, &c.
Dry sailed meats, boxed shoulders, 51ac;
extra short clear and ribs, 6. 371ac
Baltimore, Nd, Sept S-Flour strong
and higher; western superior, $3.00d3.59
do extra, S3.75Q465; do family, &.S5dl5. 2CE
winter wheat, S5.SOQ5.6O; spring do, $3.50
$50; spring wheat straights, s5.50Q5.75
Wheat firm; spot, $1.G0d1.O1; month, $1.007s
61O11s; October, $1.005s@100A; December,
81 .o1Aa1. Oily; steamer No. red, 96Ad97c;
southern wheat by sample, 96cG$1.021a; do
on grade, 9Sc6$1.O2. Corn firm; spot and
month, 36l4 G36ssc; October. S63sd3s1ac; No
vember or December, new or old, $500
S65sc; steamer mixed, 34Aq34l5c; southern
white corn, SIC; do yellow, SSc. Oats firm /;
No white, 24@24lac; No. mixed 21q22c.
Rye firmer; No nearby, 521ac; No west
ern, 53Ac. Hay steady; choice timothy,
S13 O06D13 49, new
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-09
MERCHANTS and MINERS
TRANSPORTATION co.
RATES OF PASSAGE.

TO NEW YORK-Steamer and rail-
Cabin, limited days, $3.50. Cabin, un-
limited, 5000. Excursion, limited q
months. $32 Second class, limited days.
s1475.
TO BOSTON-Steamer-C limited q
days, $24. Excursion, limited months, $40.
Second class. limited days, $19
TO WASHINGTON-Stea and rail-.
Cabin, unlimited, 1920. Second class,
limited 5 days. $1120.
TO PHILADELPHIA-St and rail-
Cabin, unlimited $3.50. Excursion, linz
tied months, $500. Second class, limi-
ted days, $3.50.
TO PHILADELPHIA-S teamer-Cabin.
unlimited, ST. Second class, limited 1
days, $11 30.
TO BALTIMORE-Cab SIS. Excursion
limited months, $25. Second class, So
The steamships of this company are aps
pointed to sail from Savannah to BalttS
more as follows STANDARD time):
d. H. MILLER, Capt Billups, SATUR@
DAY, Sept H. $50 p. m.
ITAsCA,. Capt. James, WEDNESDAY.
Sept. Is. $50 p. m.
BERKSHIRE. Capt Kirwan, sATUR-
DAY, Sept. IS, at 1920 p. m.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY,
and FRIDAY.
j. j. CAROLAN, Agent ,
Savannah, Ga.
W. F. TURNER, G. P. A., !
A. D. STEBBINS, A. T. M. I
]. c. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-09
-----e-asp-e-----
CROPS AROUND GAMBLER.
Farmers Engage in Very Diversified
Industries.

Gambler, Fla, Sept. 7.-Cotton is open
ing rapidly now and the weather has been
very favorable, the plant has been slightly
damaged by the extreme wet weather last
month, but not to any great extent.
Orange growers are now dividing their at
tention. Tobacco and cotton will claim a
portion of the time hither to give entirely
to oranges.
The Kieffer pear is now ready for mar
ket and is bringing better prices than the
Leconte
Farmers are taking advantage of the fine
weather to save thousa ads of pounds of
crab grass and beggar weed hay. Plenty
of corn will be made and there will not be
much demand for western corn and hay.
The great freeze has turned the attention
of orange growers to growing more home
supplies and the lesson, while a severe one,
will i'm the end, prove a good one.
1t is a source of great satisfaction 70
Florida people to see the orange trees
growing up again and the beautiful groves
which were levelled to the ground will
again be the pride and glory of the sunny
state which without oranges does not
seem like home. The oranges which only
Florida can produce will again delight the
lovers of good fruit.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-09
MILLIONS, BuT DIDN'T PAY.
Phiscator Thinks $5,OO0,OOO Poor
IGIOndike Recompense.
From the Philadelphia Record. /

From the Philadelphia Record.
Chicago. Ill.-Although his fortune has
grown to 100000 in gold during the little
more than a year that he has spent in
the Yukon gold fields, Frank Phiscator,
who was in this city yesterday and has
just returned from the Klondike country.
says that this is an incommensurate re-
ward for all the hardship and suffering
the dreary journey to the north entailed.
1t was with money that he had earned
at his old home, In Baroda, Mich, that
Phiscator went in February a year ago,
to the far northern gold fields to win or
lose. 81 started out alone for Juneau"
said he. telling a reporter of his expert
ences. land that part of the journey was
nothing. The work and hardship began
there. / picked UP a companion, and we
started off for Dyea in a small boat. We
were nearly drowned several times, but
even that was nothing to what came aft
er.
with another in our party--a chap
named Charles Fifer, which made us
three-we shouldered provisions for two