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NAVAL STORES.

Wilmington, N. c., Sept. 5.-Turpentine
nothing doing: receipst 124.
Resin dull at 81 GOAL b; receipts 21s.
Crude turpentine dull at UlOG2. 10; receipts
l27 barrels.
Tar quiet at S1.40: receipts So barrels.
Charleston, S. G. Sept 5.-Turpentine nothing
doing; sales =.
Rosin steady; receipts -: sales $50; exports -
Quote: b, c. ID, 81 90 E, e1.3D; #, tl.40; g. lao:
H. Sl50; l, S1.55; X, e.65 M, E175; N, 500; w 6
2.15; w w, $3.50.
Savannah, Ca, Sept 5.-Turpentine firm at "a;
receipts 1871; sales 1,52l; exports %
Rosin nrm; receipts 3o2; sales 3,54l; exI orts
1885.
Quote: A, B, C, D, $40; E, E145; F, $3.50;
g, Los; Ii, sl.55; /, Sl55; X, SLIGO; M, Sizes;
N S1S5; VIZ, S2.05: WV e2.40
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New YORK. Sept. - p M.-Money on call
easy at 114@1h per cent; last loan = per
Sier ing exchange soft. with actual business in
b4nkers bills at "a. 81 s0477h for demand and at
o. S3X04S4lfor TO days. Posted rates s4.S5 and
o. $50 Commercial bills S83A04 1874. Silver
ceruacates 6Ol60le0%. Bar silver t2S. Mexican
tolars 4sK. Government bends strong; State
b uds inactive; railroad bonds irregular.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Ills, Sept Am improved eX-
port demand was the main support to a
dull and generally weak wheat market
today. October closed Il to ssc. under
yesterday. Corn closed &c. lower ana
cats &c. higher Provisions closed
shade to 71ac. lower
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NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 5-Peanuts steady new
fancy, 24; strictly pr ime, 25s; prime, 2%02H
common, lK02.; Span ish, 9Oc Der bushel.
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HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
Iousness, Indigestion, headache.
Easy TO take. easV to operate. 2S~-
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NEW YORK.
New YORK, Sept. 5-Cotton Iutures openeu
seldy.
Cotton futures closed firm.
LIVERPOOL

spot ~ tton closed steady; middling upland-
OK; midding gulf 1895 sales 80 bales
LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL Aug. "a P. M.-Spot cotton,
fair DE- maad; prices hlghei; American mdding
fair GU; good middling 1-S2d; maallns
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BULL MOVEMENT
IN FULL SWING
Traders Short on Cotton
Shown Monterey.
THE BEARS DEMORALlZEO
Cables Amazingly Strong, Numerous
Buying Orders.
CLOTH MARKET SITUATION BRIGHTER
American Spinners Competing With Foreigntrs
for Supplies. Liverpool Stocks Low.
A Net Rise Of Thirty One to
Thirty-Sx Points.
tBy the Associated Press

New York, Sept. Small sale of hall
a million pieces of regular print cloths al
price of 2Hc. NJ. c. D. Borden was the
buyer. Cloth market closed very firm
no better demand before for heavy cotton
goods and prices very irregular, not being
helped by strength of cotton market
Other cotton goods departments feature
less. Mems wear woolens and worsteds
dull and irregular. Dress goods quiet and
unchanged.
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RALEIGH STOCK MARKET.

Corrected Daily by Grlm9s = Vnss. o
Raleigh, y. g., Sept 4 $780,
ROM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-12
THE MANIA FOR CLUBS.

The man or woman of city or town
who does not belong to club or society
Of some sort or other stands out sin
gular in the community. Aside from the
fraternal, religious, patriotic and literary
styles Of society there are clubs of fat
and lean men. one-legged men, anti-to-
bacco clubs and anti-meat and anti-veg-
etarian clubs, and now comes Cleveland
dhe home of Mr.. HANNAH with the APP
pendicitis club, composed Of members who
have had their vermtform appendices re-
moved. If the mania for club organiza-
ton on a disease basis become the rage,
we may expect goitre societies, pale peo-
pie coteries, bunion unions. false teeth
clubs, wart organizations, and so on.
Some one tells how things are going in
verse:
'Al1 this world is a-runnin to clubs,
There are clubs of every kind
Some that's to make you big and strong,
And some that improve your mind.
There's Monday clubs and Tuesday clubs;
Wednesday and Thursday, too;
Friday clubs and Saturday clubs,
And even on Sunday a few.
There's clubs where you don't get mite
And some where there's victuals galore.
Some of EN- read Shakespeare most all
night
And Ibsen and whole lot more
There's clubs for men an women an kids ;
For bachelors and wise old nl2ids;'
There's clubs for all nations under the
sun,
For all races. conditions and shades"
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as a foreigner within the meaning of the
naturalization laws.
Ii Mr. Panellas still desires to vote.
after having learned that. though sub
ject to the laws and within the jurisdic-
ton OF the United States and upon It's
territory, he is not entitled to the fran
chise or to representation and is still q
foreigner, he must first abjure allegiance
to the United States and become natural
lied.
The situation thus created is umeason-
able and absurd. and for that reason
must be regarded as untenable The
Porto Rieans have not been Spanish sub
jects since the ratification of the treaty
of Paris. They have since owed Spain
no allegiance. and their allegiance has
been due to tho United States They have
no other allegiance to renounce than that
to the United States, and Judge Munroe
decides in effect that to acquire citizen
ship they must renounce that allegiance.
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THE MAN ron THE PLACE.

It is the intention of the United States
census bureau to take a census Of the
Philippine islands in the near future
Owing to the continuance Of war in those
Islands and the hostile attitude of the
natives, the task will not be ar easy
enc. and win require a man Of excep-
tional fitness and ability at the head of
affairs to make tho plan success.
It IS as much as. an Americans life Is
worth to put his nose outside Of the
gates Of Manila, and in other parts of the
archipelago strong parties Of United
States troops accommodating en- the out
skirts of cities on the coast are continu-
ally being ambushed and slaughtered
The supervisor Of the Philippine census
will therefore need to be a man of the
coolest courage and daring.
AS there are no less than eighty-four
different tribes IN the archipelago, each
speaking a separate language, the super
visor VIII need to be a linguist of tho
utmost versatility, capable of making
himself readily understood by the most
perversely ignorant OF people. He must
also be man who will not be afraid to
resort to physical force to extract true
and correct answers to his interrogato-
RES
It Is the pride and pleasure of the city
Of st. Paul that It possesses a citizen
in every way Qualified for this important
position. He is man who has often
aspired to Office and occasionally secured
1t. He has served his country as an
immigrant Inspector and as a gauger in
distillery; be has been brought into
reasonably bclose contact with Indians,
having held the tentative appointment
of Indian paymaster for about ten days,
and only retired from office because his
predecessor, would not quit He IS not
entirely unacquainted with census work,
having served as enumerator extraordi-
nary on one occasion. ard his business
has made him familiar with one of the
chief products of the Philippine islands,
namely, tobacco.
This man. who has dwelt in our midst
peaceably, harmlessly and continuously,
and paid hts taxes manfully. for the past
fifteen years, is the very man for the Job
OF census supervisor in the Philippine
islands, and the Clio b e takes infinite
pleasure in presenting to the Hon. W. r.
Merriam, census director, the name of
our amiable and accomplished fellow
citizen. the Hon. Samuel Lowenstein, and
in urging his appointment
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usuRERs AND THEIR VICTIMS.


In every city In the world today there
are so-called loan agencies In operation
which are little more than legaIized rob-
Der resorts. One of the worst
Of recognized social evils is that
which enables notorious and un-
considerable usurers to live In
apparent respectability in the commu-
mites they infest. while robbing their vic
reach such. There are tricks in the trade
which are more effective than law, and
which enable such as they to lead the
foolish victim of their thievery on fruit
less pursuits in one direction or other
until patience and endurance fail and
the victim finds himself at the end robbed
alike of his money and his time
In this state the highest court has re-
peatedly declared that any loan negot-
ated at any rate of interest higher than
that declared by law shall be forfeited.
1t does not matter on what pretense the
additional amount is exacted, the rule
AAOtdS SOOOB clllo dII G1lOItS TO ENFORCE such
loans will end, at least In theory, only in
one way. So at least the law says. But
what do the poor people who are the
victims of such usurers know about the
law? Their need Is sore when they have
to resort to such people for the money aid
they need, and the security they offer Is
usually all they have in the world in the
way of merchandise property. When
they have paid their debt and an adj
vance on what the law would force them
to pay it does seem the very essence of
brutal greed which will exact more from
them. And yet the exaction Is almost
always made, and it is followed up in too
many cases by forfeiture by sale un-
der foreclosure of the little possessions
which they pledged in such absolute con-
f1dence that the need which begot the
loan would be at best but passing af-
fair.
There is none of us who mfngle with
the poor who has not had brought to his
or her attention cases of this kind. They
arise every day, and the usurer Is
ruthless in exacting his pound of flesh
just In the degree in which he believes
his victim to be ignorant, friendless or In
capable of self-defense. There is more
than a suspicion that In many of the
large cities. If not In them all. there is
collision between many of this fraternity
and the pay agents of large corporations
which enables such usurious transactions
to be enforced against their victims under
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-12
DO ATHLETICS HURT.

Americans have derived much pride
from the demonstrations which have been
made in recent years by the athletes
among their countrymen of the splendid
physical development of the race The
recent contests in London. In which so
many of the prizes We're carried off by
Americans, will long remain a notable
event in the minds of all college athletes,
and indeed In the mind of the general
athletic-loving American public
A good deal of discussion has prevailed
from time to time as to the effect on the
scholastic attachments of the college stu
dent Of his assiduous pursuit of athletics.
But kept within reasonable limits with
reference to class obligations. as the fac
ulty of every college have it in their
power to keep the practice of athletics, it
is now conceded that no great evil results
from that source.
Strangely enough it Is not In the dfrec-
ton of mental but of physical develop
ment that the danger OF athletic training
and skill is now apprehended. The closest
observers, approaching the subject from
the view point of scientific hygiene, are
reaching the conclusion that the train
ing which is necessary to great pro-
f1ciency in athletics inevitably produces
physical deterioration. In effect the con-
clusion reached is that the violent and
prolonged exercise which is necessary
during the training period has the ten
dency to increase functional disease and
to shorten the average life Of those who
indulge In it.
Attention seems to have been called to
this tendency when 1t began to be OBJ
served that college athletes upon reach
ing middle. life experienced In the ma
jority Of cases what has been called "the
premature decay of physical endurance"
It was seen or at least 1t was thought to
be observable that those who had given
much effort to athletic development in
ability to endure hard labor, either physi-
cal or mental, than men of much slighter
mold, who had never engaged themselves
In the work Of trained athletes. Observa-
ton. 1t is declared, goes farther than this:
1t reveals the truth that even those who
during college days were supposed to be
mere weaklings stood the ordeal Of life
and its hard work, as rule, better than
the big fellows who rowed In the uni
versity teams and excelled In the uni
versity athletics
Prof Edwin Checlkiey. of New York,
distinguished teacher of athletics and of
physical development has much to say
on this score. The following quotation
from his opinions certainly cannot be said
to be dictated by self-interest, what
ever else may. be said of 1t. Prof. Check
ley says: 10 sa
'T have no hesitation in saying that
our systems of athletic training, at least
the most Of those now in vogue, are not
only vicious in principle. but tend to
break down the system, shorten life, and
generally do more harm than good.
When your young athlete begins to train
for rowing contest or for the football
team. or for anything like that. he Is
going to ant excess. and that Is tust as
bad as excess in any other way. And
the chances are that he will exhaust I,Io
system. come out Of the contest with q
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OCEAN LINERS.

NEW YORK-Sailed: Chief Waldersee.
Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg:
Aller, Southampton; Marquette, Lon
don; Amsterdam, Rotterdam via Bou-
logne; Campania, Liverpool
RBOURG-ArriVed: Grosser Kur-
furst, New York for Bremen. Sailed /:
TraVe (from London and Southampton
New, York: 18th, st. Louis (from South
ampton), New York.
HAzVRE-Sailed; La Touraine. New
LiyERPooL-saned: Lucania, New
BOSTON Sailed: UItonia, Liverpool via
Queenstown.
LIVERP0oL-sai Assyrian (rrom
Glasgow, st. Johns, N. F., Halifax
N. s., and Philadelphia.
GLASGOW-Arrtved Sarmatian, Mon
treaI; Corean, from Philadelphia.
HAMBbRG-Arrtv Kaiser Friedrich.
from New York via Plymouth and
Cherbourg.
QUEENSTOWN-Arriv Umbria. New
York for Liverpool and proceeded
NEW TORK-Arriyed: St Paul, from
Southampton; Etruria, Liverpool
SOUTHAMPTON Arrived: Steamer
Westernland, New York for Antwerp
BAN FFANCISCO-Arrived: Steamer
Gaelic Honolulu. Sailedi City of Pc
kin, Hong Kong.
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ANOTHER PORTO RICAN Alb
STJRDTTY

The beauty of the policy pursued by
President Mckinley towards the people
of Porto rico has received an excellent
Illustration In the case of one Miguel
Panellas, native of Porto Rico, who for
one year past has resided at Lebanon,
Ill
1t was the very commemorate ambition
of this man Panellas to cast vote
his first vote In the United states-at
the election in November. but he had
some doubts as to his citizenship. So
he asked the attorney general Of Illinois
to give an opinion as to whether he,
Panellas. had right tc vote in the
United States. In reply Judge B. d.
Munroe. the first assistant attorney gen-
eral, gave an opinion holding that Pan
elias is not entitled to vote. and that he
is still an allen and must be regarded
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W We near1 or some other trouble, and
p oe RiiiyslGally damaged for the remainder
OF nus life: What the man of today
neeuS is not athletics, but plenty of fresh
ar IN MS lungs. Instead of quantity of
violent exercise that leaves him weak
Tor several hours afterwards he needs
sit right
In some respect this represents an ex-
treme view, or will so appear to the
majority Of those interested in the sub
ject. 1t certainly shows the good sense
of its author in the stress which is laid
on the great need Of learning to sit right,
walk right and breathe right, and in the
overwhelming need Of plenty Of fresh air
as a prime essential to physical health
and development
We may not be able to accept all the
conclusions along this line which those
opposed to prolonged physical training
reach; but we can readily believe that
the athlete who develops his body alb
normally in one direction by the cultiva-
ton of one set Of muscles to the disre-
gard of others must inevitably pay the
penalty sooner or later In a broken down
physical system.
| Despite all that may be said in the
way Of warning, young men will con-
tinue to resort to extreme physical exer-
else in training themselves as athletes
Nor may the consequences be as serious
as many believe But in physical train
ing and development the old truism holds
as good as it does in all other directions
that all things should be done in mod
GRAFTON to get all the benefit and enjoy
ment from them that they can yield.
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SUNDAY. AUG. u. 1900.
EASTERN TRADE AND EPOCH
MAKING.

To the close student of the worlds his
tory the rivalry of other nations for su-
premacy in the trade of Asia is the most
fascinating feature. Indeed, it has been
the vital feature of history so far as are
concerned the making and unmaking of
Western centers of power and luxury
Babylon, at the height Of its splendor.
was the chief trader with the far East,
and it's glory was lost when a stronger
hand wrested the trade supremacy from It,
When Babylon fell the center Of Occi-
dental power moved westward. Greece,
Carthage, Rome, each In, turn became SUI
preme and fell, and each fell as it was no
longer able to hold the rich trade Of the
Orient. The trade power progressed
westward till it reached Spain, then It's
course was northward in Europe, until to-
day the nations of Northern Europe con-
tain the center of the worlds CONNER
cial power. Each change In the center of
power has marked an epoch Each
change has amounted to a revolution. and
In each case a bloody war has preceded
the acceptance of the new order. But.
while the rivals Were fighting over the
Eastern markets, the wars took plaza
thousands Of miles from the prize itself:
that is, as the movement westward from
Persia commenced, the dominant nation
had to defend Itself at home against all
corners. Rome fell as the result of fight
Ing at home. as did Carthage, Babylon
Ind NIneveh This point is interesting
chiefly as furnishing a contrast to the
present direction of wars menace. If tho
Oriental markets are going to cause an
other great war the fighting Will nearly
Rl occur at the very market gates. or
this much significance is the gathering Of
great fleets and armies. the building IF
aocks and store houses, in the Orient.
which has been going on for several
years. Not for moment have the states
men of Europe been unmindful of the inn
portance Of Asia. The conviction that the
more Oriental trade country enjoys tho
fcher and greater that country must ba
3 indicated in even the deepest and most
ldroit diplomacy present day civilization
Jan afford. The thought and the purpos,
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dread of discharge. There is in fact no
protection against such transactions for
those who do not know their legal rights,
and there rarely is for even those who do,
so cunningly devised is the machinery of
those who cary them on.
The only power which can dispense with
this form Of robbery is the power Of public
opinion. Such transactions should be ex-
posed wherever they are discovered. AS
rule they are covered up rather than
exposed because those who are engaged in
them usually have friends or business
connections which secure them secrecy.
The evil, however, has gone so far that
a movement has developed in many COM
munities locking toward the establishment
Of ioaning agencies which charge but u
reasonable advance on the prevailing
rates Of loans on good security. All such
organizations have thus far been attend
ed by great success. both as business ven
lures and as benevolent undertakings.
The law in New York. for instance. ena-
bles pawnbrokers to exact 80 per cent
per annum, yet there Is at least one as
ISOLATION established In That same city by
prominent clergyman which loans mon
ey to deserving persons on personal Sc
curtty at the rate of 1 per cent per month
and prospers greatly as a result.
There is hardly any direction In which
benevolent work can be done with more
gratifying results than in this. Aside from
the suppression of the human wolf which
is involved, such a movement is dictated
by humane considerations. The thrift
less and the foolish and the dishonest will
no doubt keep ON securing or trying to Sc
cure loans on any terms. But they will
rarely if ever succeed in negotiating them
where there is not more than reasonable
assurance that the pound of flesh can be
successfully exacted. There is no attempt
made at the criminal prosecution of
usurers. And there is accordingly but
one way to break up their operations.
That Is for benevolent people to concern
themselves in applying what they find
to be the most effective remedies.
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SMART SHORT STORIES.

A. pale and disheveled Frenchman who
had not found "a life on the ocean wave
all that could be expected was sinking
into his steamer chair. when a passenger
asked cheerily: "Ah, good morning, mon
sieur; have you breakfasted2" mo,
monster" answered the pallld Frenchman,
ST have not breakfasted; on the con-
trary!"
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In 1850
As to VirxInius Amir

The G o e has been asked to answer
the following question concerning the
capture of the Virginius. The answer is
appended to the query:
How was the capture of the Amerf-
can vessel Flrginius effected by the
Spaniards in 1873; what disposition was
made of the captain and crew and what
resistance did the United States offer 10
the Spaniards' treatment of the rnen?"
The Yirginlus, under Capt Joseph
Fry, took on a cargo Of war material
for the Cuban insurgents at Port au
Prince in October, 1873. She was over
taken on her voyage to the island by the
Spanish gunboat Tornado, Captured and
taken to Santiago de Cuba. There Capt
Fry and his crew were tried by court
martial and committed to death
The captain and ffty-two OF his men,
with four insurgent chiefs who had TAX
en- passage on the Virglnius. were sum
marily shot. Ninety-three more under
sentence, were saved by the vigorous
protests of the captain OF the British
steamer Niobe, which arrived from Ia
malea in time to interfere
Much as Americans were horrified and
excited by the deed. the American gov
ernment could not bring the Spaniards
10 account. since the Virginius was un-
lawfully engaged, and her captors had a
technical night to the savage penalty
they exacted