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nRADsTnEET,s REVIEW.
Business Brisk In Certain Lines and
the OutlOois Bright.

Business Brisk In Certain Lines and
the OutlOols Bright.
New York. December 23.--Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say.
Current business conditions furnish some
sharp contrasts to those usually looked for
or represented at this season OF the year.
IL is, OF course. reasonable to look for ex-
ceptional activity in holiday and retail
trade generally at this date and In this re-
spect the most sangnine expectations APP
Fear TO have been realized, Probably never
before at this date. however, was the course
OF general business so animated as 1t Is at
present.
Speculative activity Is no longer confined
TO the stock market. but has widened TO in
Glide wheat an4 corn among the cereals
and copper among the metals, while the
rush az business in iron and steel seems
little II any abated and some lines notably
cotton goods and raw wool, are displaying
an activity and strength which would have
been welcomed at amy time for year past
Prces OF securities and OF staples alike
furnish examples OF aggressive strength,
which ara so numerous as to deserve spec-
ial mention.
| In the iron trade no signs OF a Tagging
| interest are to be discerned. but rather
| more pronounced activity In new directions.
All tho old strength Of pr,ees is maintained
ihA III SS4iAN iihS~,, h>t"piy DiNetS, wire rods
plates and bars. fulthfr advances are to be
| reported, In many lines the country's
| production seems to be heavily sold ahead
and the utmost confidence Is expressed as
to present values being maintained or still
further increased.
The foreign demand for cereals continues
unabattd, any slight pr.ce reaction being
taken advantage Of b. foreign buyers
Wheat closes the week with auotations we'll
up to the highest paid this autumn and
short sellers OF December delivery are
roaming the benefit of indiscreet specuia-
ton.
Cotton displsyei notable strength and
the market for the manufactured product Is
very hrm at the recent advances. pr,nt
olcihs. in fact being higher than for a wear
past. $3.50
Strength and firmness Is a. feature also
Of the lumber market with the possible ex-
| csptcn q ye'low pine where keen compe-
shown ~ 0ther woods
In otner lines Of general trade and In
dustry REPORTS are as a rule fayorabie
L -
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coMMERCIAL nRIENs.

Paris. December 81. Threo per cent rentes.
l0If 7Tlsc for the account; exchange on Lon
don 35f &c for checks
New York December 33.--Bank clearings to-
day si75. 6S1, 40T; balances. ss.ssT,eii
New York. December 3.--Totai sales stocks
today s5S lis shares including $1,000 Mis-
souri, Pacific, 1922 Federal Steel, 5S.357 Fed
eral Steel preferred $3.50 Peoples Gas. 49,
$50 Sugar.
1l0iI: consoly for tho account. li0ss: bar sill
yer, g7ssd per ounce; money. Sa3h per cent.
The rate OF discount In the open market for
short and three months DIS '-loaS's per
cent a, r. /,
Advertisers London financial cablegram says !:
Today's was the busiest house and the largest
attendance seen in the Street exchanges here
ON the eve Of Christmas for a very long time.
Prices were generally steady. Inc American
ut the best.
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New York December 23.--Money ON call
steady at 2hGl2ts per. cent last loan 2.a per
sterling exchange steady. with actual bust
ness in BANKERS bills AT i.Siisai.sia. for de-
nand and at i.s1s.Gi,s2 for sixty days. posted
Yates 4S2iZ and 4SoiA. Commercial bills, 4.sl.
silver certincates. 5siad6ois; bar silver. 5ess;
Mexican dollars, 46as. Government and rail-
read bonds irregular; State bonds steady
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New York, December 23--In the dry goods
market to-day tho demand for the general run
OF cotton goods has been quiet. but the
as before In both staple aud fancy lines.
Stocks In iirst hands are small and in most
directions tho market is heavily oversold.
Print cloths sold largely yesterday, with man
ufacturers reserved sellers On the basis Of 2Sg
for regulars There has been a fair recorder
reported for mems wear. WOODEN and worsted
fabrics aud for dress goods. with the demand
readily met al previous prices.
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SUGAR.

New York, December ss.--Sugar--Raw. IT,
regular; fair refining. as bid. centrifugal, 81
test AK asked: molasses| sugar. SIS. Refined
New Orleans. December 2s.-Sugar-S Steady
onen Kettle. 3LGi3 9-16: open kettle. csntrifu-
rai. S5s6Il i-IG: centrifugal GRADUATED. s-1t
GaM whites. 4h64 s-16; yellows t94 S-l6;
seconds, a7s(1s 1916. Molasses Steady; open
kettle. 1$s!; centnfussi' sun' ssrup-
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otace of Tho Post.
Houston, Friday. December IS.


Today virtually closes the business week.
although tomorrow belng Christmas Will be n
busy day with commission men and fruit
dealers.
Turkeys are in full supply. but demand Is
brisk and prices VIII be steadily hold. as so
many have put of purchasing until the last
moment
Chickens are cheaper than meat. In fact.
the prices asked are below quotations. House
keepers will md unprecedented bargains to-
day II they call on tho commission houses.
They are all oyerstccked and rather than
carry over SO many chickens as they have
on hand will let the buyer name the price
The market IL bare Of apples and bananas.
In fact. T. II. Thompson Co. had about all
there were for sslo In any large lots To
show the scarcity Sol Rosenfeid remarked
eve have orders for three cars OF apples,
aud can4 get barrel. and other dealers are
Ihaying tho same experience. However In a
few days suppose the situation will ease up, !
Eres are dat. Owing 10 heavy receipts tina
prIce hnS declined to zoe per dozen.
New Orleans recorded a decline Of l-iSc IN
sugars.
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Other spot Markets..
-, -,o.. nfo...d rutnf ana =

Gaiveston--spots closed quiet and un-
chai & sd. sas 42s
Low ORDINANCES fi-ie MiddlIng
.Craipary $500 Good midd,ing.SJs
Good ordinary.4h Midding fair.s.hus
Low m!5dling ..4S snlcs .....,...-.2S5 *
New Orleans--Spots closed quiet ana un-
changed.
OrJ,nnrys.,...s.2 1916 Good middling. Is 1915
Good ordinary.s45s Middlins fairg..6 5-l6
Low micding.s.fA Sales 1850
New York-Spots closed steady 1-16 ur.
Good ui binary. a 1916 Goou ynddling, w NH
Low nl6dling IS ZIG AiiddiiDg far...6sl
Middling. ...,s..5M Sales ..........5i6
Liverpool Spots closed unchanged sales,
5000. of which 1900 were Americana; imports
2i.sGi of which all were American.
Ordinary. ...s.,2 lI-3z ,lltl. upldnd...3 o-3a
Good ordinary /. 23@s2 Good mid up. = 9-32
Low iniddlirg.. 9 29-S2 Amer. mid fair Sss
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rE,EpING AT .uILLsBoRo.

tIilsboro. TIE xas, December 2i.-Messrrss.,,
Word Son OF San Antonio are fecding. ~ W
bceves On corn here. they are also fecding
10nv head of hogs. They estimate that they
will consume eo0Co bushels OF corn
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sTo,ais United States 81, e7s.cao.o2S zo.1
Totals outside OF New .oo oeo eIs I'm
York ..,.......s.c.s.t o-',''D'e.o :. a
sTotal is fer principal tit'es.
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Quotations for middling at other spot !

Futures opened barely stendy; at noon
quiet; closed steady. The highest for March
WA ia and lowest $40; high for May DEB;
low SO. Following are the quotations Tor
all months:
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MONEY AND BANKING.
ExcuANGE Ar uousToN.

Exchange is quoted rs follows: New York.
buying 81. so discount. selling, New York. st.
Louis and Kansas City. par; New Orleans.
buying 81 90 discount. selling. SIS premium.
HOUSTON BANK CLEARINGS.
The following are the clearancos OF thu
Houston banks for the week thus far and for
the corresponding time last year. together
,rith tho Increase or decrease:
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NEW ORLEANS,

Especial Dispatch to The Post.l
New Orleans, December 23.--The New Or
leans live stock exchange reports the live
stock exchange MS follows:
Receipts Cattle, 1917; calves and yearlings,
20i: hogs 800.
Sales Cattle. i55; calves and yearllngs. 2ss;
hogs. $50.
On hand Cattle. e2s; calves aud yearllngs.
96; hogs, Sll.
Cattie--Supply ample; trade dun; prices
weak and unchanged: beeves, extreme range
2sidli; cows and heifers, 2Alf3h; yeatlings IN
light supply; closed strong. good to choice.
S9sIs; calves, 7.o0qil.0o. Hogs In excessive
supply; prices weak, ne lower: choice corn
FED tops, 4; others Sa3is: no sheep received:
more on sale; prices nominally unchanged
since last report.
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C0TFEE.

Nsw Orleans, December es-Conse- Strong;
no. ordinary TO fair. 7&G9.
New York. December &--Cohee- options
hsssiy slesdv. 800 points lower; sales soSo
IA I }o6bins, 7lt; mild. nrm: Cordosa, 7%0
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granulated. b.33.
st. Loui. Grain and Provisions.

st. Louis Grain and Provisions.
St Louis December 3.-Flour-Unchangcd;
best firm. Wheat-options strong, lac higher;
70is, track, 7Ois; December 7oss bid; May.
e2ls July, sss.; No. ? hard, cash. 664o7.
and and spot iTacti9naiiy higher
asked atsDecember i4c lower; May. &c
higher spot higher; No. 2 cash, 81 bid track.
nSsmsp s il Msy F Sa Ns Tsts
at 1::oen. Timothy seed-Prlme. go. Corn.
meal. 1.e5m1 70. Bran-Finn; sacked. east
track. asla Hay-prime timothy, steady a.
.50GS.50; prairie, weak at 650lT.00 Cotton
ties and bagging Unchanged. Whisky
STEADY at 26 Pork-Higher; standard mess.
!ol bling old sc3 new 80 III l,ardlishsr,;
meats--Boxed shoulders, ABS; extra shorts
and ribs. 4.7ba5.O0: shorts. 5.00Io.12ls. Ba-
con- Boxed shoulders, 40 extra shorts,
s. l2iHq5.25 ribs. $50, shorts, 5.G2la.
Articles Receipts. Shipments.
Flour. barrels ............ 5000 5000
Wheat, bushels .......... 5000 $4,000
Corn bushels .s....... 5000 l5looo
Oats. bushels .......... $4,000 1900
Grain and Provisions Elsewhere.
Kansas City. December 23--Wheat-Firm;
No 2 hard 62a64; No. 2 red, So; No. 2 spring,
t0al6e. Corn-steady; No. 2. SO. Oats-steady;
No white. 27%G2Sla. Rye--Firm; No. 2, 5s
Haty.steady and unchanged.
Wheat. bushels. .......... Is 500 76,SOo
Corn. bushels ........... 1890 1900
Vptss pushtiS .s...ss..s., t,Uuu p,Vu
New Orleans. December 23.--Hog products
Steady. Pork-Standnrd mess. S.756lD. co.
I Lnrd-Rcfned fierce. 3.S7la; pure. 5.62h.
Boxed meats-Dry salt shoulders. 4.s71k; sides.
WG5.l2ls. Baoon-Clear rib sides, 5000
s;i2,s. Hams! choiee augar cured. sNgaM
grain aud feedstuffs--Quiet Flour Extra
fancy, 2,30Ga30; extra patents. 3.70a3. 10
Ccrnmeal-l 75Nf.S0. Bran s4dl65 Hay
Prime. TO- 00dll2 CO., choice, IL. O0l13 so. Corn
No. 2 sacked. old, white. III mixed. II; yell
low 4igas: new, &c higher. Oats No. 2
New York. December 23.--wheat- Receipts,
~ Geo bushels; exports. "a, 645 bushels; spot
hrm; No. 2 red, 7Ss4 T. o. b. afloat. Options
were dominated entirely by the bull senti-
mens today. The close was firm at 1k0ps.c
net advance. December. 74IS Hdes--Firm
Wool--Steady. Cotton seed oii--Firm; prime
crude. llh6lS; yellow. 22ac2is Metals-Lake
copper. unchanged at 1875 bid; ia. 0O asked:
~ firmer at 1s. 20 bid: Is. 37ls asked Lead.
lirm Ct a.ssh bid; ass asked. Spelter-D Dull
HOUSTON WHOLESALE pRICEs.
oaetattona Ter Round Lots of Stanss
COmmOItttes. "a
These quotations are revised daily. anA thsly
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tbc STATE r heavy rain has fallen since the
heavy snowfall OF two weeks ago. MI. Sm,.n
reports the range In good condition and thae
cattle will do well from now on. III
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,ked: b bid: n nominal.
New York Futures,

Futures opened steady: at noon quiet;
closed steady. The highest for March was
sol and tho lowest 5.47, high for August o.bs.
low 563. Following are the quotations for all
months;
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HOUSTON
HOUSTON. 1872
Saunders Hotcbkls live stock commission

Market we'll supplied with grown cattle.
Retail market supplied with corn hogs; gooo
demand for packer hogs; several more cars
can be handled per week.
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s sash quotations we're asss as f oiows $50 '''
Flour-Frm; winter patents. 3.50G3.6o:
straights 3.20d330; spring specials, 800.
spring patents. S20fp2,50; straights, 2.SoGs.0o:
bakers, 2.20p2.40.
Wheat-No. spring. ssas5's; No. red.
Gorn-Nc. .. asa, No Q yellow. 81.
oats-No. 2. 26Aa26ai; No. white, 2s|;
No. 3 white 2714I2sia
Rye--No. .. 5iG5ih.
Barley-No ., f. o. b.. s7lamiSk.
Flaxseod-No. /, Ito; new, l15is,
Timothy seed--Prme. go
Mess pork-Per barrel, sJ0@S,ss.
Lard-Per 100 pounds, 5.15G530.
Short ribs sideS-Loose, 4.S0G5.00.
Dry sailed shouIders-Boxed, 4hM4S.
Short clear sides-Boxed. 50095o5.
Whisky-rer gal, LIS.
cut Loaf pranuiatpd an
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80, xeek. with tho percentage OF inc ressSs, OF
decrease, compared with inc
week last year. Per cent
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BILE. complied by Bradstrset's showss ~
bank caeasinss At tho principal cities Tor ~
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HEAVY STAPLES

correctness can DO relied upon. ~ W.
those ruling in Houston wholesale ~ ~
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sr. LOUIS.

ST. Louis. December es.-Catue-Reeeipts.
100, including 500 Texans; market steady fer
natives; fair TO fancy native shipping and
expert steers, 4,0oa5,66; bulk OF sales, 4.S5Gp
$50; dressed beef and butcher, steers, 5o9a
80: steers under 1000 pounds. 3.eSao:0o'
a50f.i.Oo cows and hsifers, 2O0fii,s5; hulk of
cows. 9?59S.60, Texas aud Indian steers. 2A0
@S.40, bulk OF sales, s.00di.05; cows and
helfors, 2.25GJS. 80 Hogs Receipts, 500.
shipments. 300 pigs and lights, s.20d3.S0;
packers, 33o@3,5o; butchers, S.35ssS,So, SHEEP
Receipts. 200; shipments, 100; steady; native
muttons. S.a0i A. 80: culls AMI bucks, 2.0o93.7o.
sto,kers. a,00Qi275; lambs. 3,0si0.0o.
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KANSAS CITY

Kansas City. December 81. -Catile--Receipts
200; light supply caused itrtLe, advance n
prices. heavy native steers, 5.l5it5.s0 medium,
i0fi5.ls light Weights. i,a5df5.a0, stcckers
ard 10 ,ders 3.25etI. 30: butcher cows and hcif-
ors. 26sap4 so. Western steers. S.25Gii.50: Texas
steers, Soo@iA As; TEXAS butcher cows. > soff
3a5; canning stock. a,0oGl2 90. Hors--Recaip,s
1850. pigs too largo supply. aiiG lower: heav .
les, Si0il5. 5sis: mixed S.30di3l5; lights. aiOaf
$40; pigs, 2,S0di9 TO- Sheep--Receipts official
'65c lambs. 5.00G5.5o; lnuttons. 3,sSqfs. Sc:
375; stockers and feeders. 2,25GS5o
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NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
l'ndnX HasferI
Rcichmarks. CONNER
xex Ynrk Money.

'l.ess LIE.
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COLORADO COUNTY RANGE.

Fort Worth. Texas. December ss-.J. W..
Smith. Colorado city caftleman. WAS hero
this week lie reports that In bis sesticn Of
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sabine Pass Texas, December 22.--rhe cat>
tic In this section are in fine condition all eA
ceptins the old cows being fat. The range IS
IN p,od condition; there nre about 1000 head
~ rSat,ie an range; the small number is ac-
counted for by the fact that the market peine
hIrh. the bulk of them have been sold. Ihere
nro meme being fed for market.
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Kirbyyille, Texas, December 22'-The cold
weather for the past month has been quite
Injurious to cattle on the range in this SC
lion of the State. There are no cattle being
God for nurket here The range is III u sorry
condition for this early in the season owing
10 the severe cold weather. ccnsideraole sice.
and snow, There arc nine or ten thousand
head OF cattle on tho range in this section
that will go through tho winter unless some
unforeseen calamity cuts them of
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Grain and Provisions Elsewhere.
Knnsas City. December 23.--Wheat-Firm;
No 2 hard. 62q64 No. red, So; No. 2 spring,
60llGe. Corn-steady; No. 2. SO. Oats-steady;
No. white. 27%G2Sh. Rye-Firm; No. 2, 80.
EnY--Steady and unchanged
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Week ending Since l.
Act Rccclpt. a. All y. 5. FORTS.
LOCAL TRADE REVIEW.

80. a.so7 l.7Ol 2l4.529
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LOOKS BAD FOR JOHN EVANS.
Evidence Which is Said to Completely
Destroy His Alibi.

The case of John Evans will be con-
sidered again to-day at Il meeting of the
Council of State and settled once ana
for all-whether he is to he hanged next
Friday or his sentence committed to life
imprisonment.
If it is true, as stated, that the negrO's
fate depends upon the report of Mr..
john A. Sims, who has just been to
Rockingham and Daurinburg making
Investigations in regard to some new
evidence, the prospect is not very bright
for Evans.
Though Mr.. Sims refuses to intimate
the result of his investigation, Mr..
Maxcy l.. John, of Laurinburg, one of
the attorneys for the defence in the
trial of Evans. is reported as Saying that
the new evidence to which so much
Importance is attached is the statement
of two negroes, one corrOb0rating the
other. to the effect that while confined
in Jail with John Evans they overheard
conversation between Mr.. Claude
Dockery, one Of the counsel for the
defence. and his client, Evans, in which
the latter told Mr.. Dockery that after
he got up at the livery stable, on the
morning on which the outrage was COM
mitted, he passed by the place where the
assault was made. Evans, they say,
said he was going to the place where
his sister cooked, to get breakfast. These
negroes say further that they overheard
Mr.. Dockery tell Evans never to repeat
the statement and that if it were to
get in evidence it would hang him sure.
The important feature of the statement
Of the negroes is that, il true, it destroys
the alibi that Evans counsel claim to
have established in the trial. ~
4"Ilhis evidence" says the Wilmingto
Star, was brought to light by the cor
respondence of the Governor with prom
inent citizens of Rockingham and Ian,
rnburg, friendly and unf1iendly tc
Evans. whose names were sent to the
Executive by Mr.. John. 1t seems that
Mr.. L. d. AIcKinnOn, of Laurinburg.
was one of these gentlemen, and he
wrote the Governor that he understood
that the two negroes mentioned above
had made this statement.
''One of these negroes is still in Jail
at Rockingham and the other is work
ing near I4aurinburg. 1t was to see
these negroes that Mr.. Sims was sent
and Mr. John says Mr.. Sims talked
with both of them and that they re-
peated the same statement to Mr.
Sims. They said, however, that they
did not know which Dockery it was to
whom they had made the statement but
that it was the one with no mustache
in that case it must have been, Mr.. John
thinks, Mr.. Oliver Dockery, Jr. who
is now in the office of revenue collector
Il. c. Duncan at Raleigh. 1t is not
known yet whether Mr.. Dockery de-
Mes or confirms the statement of the
negroes"
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BEATS THE KLONDIKE.

Mr. \. g. Thomas, Of Marysyillc
Tex. has found more valuable discOv-
cry than has yet been made i'm the Klon-
dixie. For years he suffered untold
agony from consumption, accompanied
by hemorrhages; and was absolutely
cured by DIR. Kings New Discovery FOR
Consumption. Coughs and Colds. He de.
clares that gold is of little value in
comparison with this marvellous cure;
would have it, ven if it cost hundred
dollars bottle. Asthma. Bronchitis
and all throat and lung affections are
positively cured by Dr. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. Trial bottles
free at any drug store. Regular size
soc and $1.00. Guaranteed to cure OF
price refunded.
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BLIND ASYLUM BUILDING.

The directors of the institution here
for the blind. have made an arrange
ment with Elliott & Co, contractors OF
Hickory. whereby they will erect the
new building for So, 800. 1t will be re-
membered that Elliott & Co. bid $21,-
900, and when the bids were opened by
the directors ut last meeting, it was
found that the Elliott bid was the low
est by $1,000. The contract was there
upon awarded them, and they put up a
guarantee of $40O. Since then they
have discovered n clerical error in Their
calculations and thrown UP the 1oD'
They came here, though, and after con,
ferring with the directors, it was agreed
that they should do the work for ~
800, with several expensive provisions
stricken from the contract.
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A RARE TROPICAL PLANT.

DIR. Joyful Laughter Ramsey, the beau
tiful and accomplished secretary of the
board of agriculture, has been presented
with a large and healthy specimen of
the Dockrootia RamseyenSiS, very rare
tropical plant. Col. Odds says it came
lirect from the Royal Botanical Gar
dem at Calcutta where it was grown.
The gift of the Dockrootia to DIR. Ram
sey is considered as a special recognition
If the Doctors knowledge of agricul-
ture in general, and of his attachments
n botany in particular, as displayed last
wear i'm cultivating a luxuriant crop of
T:msonia, Ragewediana, C0ckleburridia
and other equally rare herbs in the rear
If the Agricultural building. The Doe
tor is very proud of his new herb and
keeps it ON his desk, where it flourishes
most luxu1iantly in an old oyster can,
Basking in the light of the Doctors
countenance. breathing an atmosphere
of PIE and drawing sustenance from the
State manure pile, the Dockrootia is
doing even better here than it did
IN the Royal Garden at Calcutta.
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STATE NEWS.

The members of Cape Fear Pilot As
ISOLATION have tenedred their service to
the government in case of war.
The buckingham Rocket says that the
name of Mr.. Jnmes II. Le Grand will
he urged for Congress in the Sixth dis
trct.
The Goldsboro Argus says that Mr..
I. q. Hail. of Warsaw made $500 ON
one acre of Strawberries last year and
has fine crop this season.
The Senate Committee on ApprOpria-
tions has recommended the establish
nent of a fish culture station in North
Carolina. with an annual appropriation
of $4,000.
Mr.. Whichard has completed his first
year as editor of the Lumberton Robe
sonlan. He makes so good a paper that
some of his good Scotch constituents
call him Mac"
Inc Monroe Enquirer says that kew.
f. W. billiard. rector of the Monroe
oxford, at the request of his daughter,
to take the leadership of the Francis
billiard school in Oxford.
Mr.. Earnest DALEY, recently clerkinG
for Mr. w. G. Egerton, has entered
trinity college. line atnleTlc dSSOcla-
tlon of the college. so we learn, offered
Mr.. DALEY free tuition and board, and
the same pay per month he was receiv-
ing, in order to have him on the Trinity
base ball team. Daley is Il No. play
er. and the Trinity boys know it.-War-
rem Record.
Mr.. Charlie Fry, known as Big
Charlie" to distinguish him from the
other Charleys of that name and on
account of his size, was robbed of 1854
last week. Mr.. Fry lives near Horncr's
postoffice on the plank road and was
away from home at the time. The
money was in a safe. Mr.. Fry either ne
elected to lock his safe or the parties
were familiar with the combination, as
the safe was not injured in the least
Carthage Blade.