North Carolina Newspapers

V -;. ' r - - M,''- ) ! ! hi-. . 1 1 ' 3' in r " : -. . w "I,r 1 .-r.vt ' r-'i , t I : " ' v. If; v ! ! ' give actnuflfej Sxttdxt Moayurft, jAyxr-utT C. THX THBKK SITAL'HATIOIS . In oor editorUl yciterdiy, ng getted by the rennrfi of x-P8i-dent Hmon t the dedication of Colnmbu Clab Jbotiie ra Indiin poli, we preented a Uble ehoving how thii coantry kd caaghtBp with the United Kingdom in the export of domestic merchandise, and thii within quarter of een tnrr. X The "three great manufacturing and commercial oationt to-day are the United Statef, Great Britain and Germany the first and last comparatiTely young aa manufactur ing nationt. In line with this we reproduce the , following frdm the Chicago Timtt'Hercud'. "Two tutors are always throwing the Bnt:si pabllc : into eoasipUous talk oT the sacking of London by the rrteh and the loss of Britiah trade. JnU bow it is the latter that sends eoaralsiTe chills up and down the rbeamatie bek or the Loodoo lime. aadBtuh commercial supremacy u aid to oe tnreateaea 07 me nvairj 01 the Doited States and Germany. "A local contemporary .yesterday nreseated a d'agracn showisg how Britiah trade bad been orertaken and oatsuipp-'d by American trade and waa beiac bard prested : by. German trade. If aaeh a difm could have been prioti in London it would hart. set all the bells lollier,' the Bank of EagUnd would have been draped in crane, and tu who'e ciiy would hare equttied down in taekclolh and aahes to ooaro orr the DAuingof England's commercial clory "The dugrmco purported to giro th relative 'volume of American, Britiah and German trade daring the flr year from 1894 10 1898 inclusiTe, Out waa in fact coadawl to exports only Xrea in this respect it was a deliber- . ately misleadinc diagram, baue o the ehiMce of the yar 183S showed the British e porta ml the lower water - mark sine 1895 Acerdieg to the latest available Itatiatks the foreign trade of the: three countries In 1834 and 1899 was as fol lows: Total rnrer s and expnrts 1M US VBltfnBf40ttl.MnR.4iM KS7t.7S.SM Caudaooae ........ t si 4-es a.ra eraaa7 LBM SU SOS t,Oti Wj "The most remarkable feature of this table is its demonstration that the foreira trade of the United Kingdom In 1899 waa almost aa rreat as that of the TJaited 8tates and Germany com bined, la 1894 it waa actually rratr. It will be perceired that while the traded the United 8tatea and Ger many together baa increased in the past Ar years more rapidly than that of the United Kingdom, the absolute increase of British, coaimerc dnrtDg that period has been $553 000 000 to U73.000 000 for America and $351,000, 000 for Germany. Not nntil the absolute annual in crease of American trade exceeds that of the United Kingdom will we begin to over haul com martial sunremacy. Aa our foreign trade for the fiscal year endrd June 80. 1900. reached the record figuree of tj.344 434.633. there la little doubt that for the calendar year it will pats that of Germany and be la the stern chase after the leader. "Wi hare youths wealth and en ergy oa our aide and must eventually win. ' Notwithstanding that this is writ tea in a somewhat jocular strain it suggests some thoughts that will go far to explain the remarkable pro gress or this country and of Ger many, and others that will account for why Great Britain must fall to the. rear as an exporting nation. The ioTenUre, constructive genius of tha American, his self-confidence and- enterprising spirit, the atun dance of coal, iron, copper and other metals with " other raw materials used in manufactures, were prime factors in this country's rapid pro gress. These conditions still obtain, and while they do this country will hare a decided advantage oyer any competitor not possessed of such ad vantages, and there is no other country in the world that is. Twenty-fire years ago Germany was to .all intents and purposes an agricultural country, and when she resolved to enter the field of manu factures she wi stir concluded that to succeed she must equip herself to compete with other nations which had established reputations in the markets of the world. , Tq do this she must have intelligent,' skilled labor, and she proceeded at once and syst jmattcauy to establish tech nical schools throughout the empire. The result soon was an army of skilled, ambitious workings en to take places J In the manufactories which were; established, to become not only managers and workmen but also the teachers of other workmen. Her motto was that "what is worth doing is worth' doing well" and real--! iacg that to secure permanent suc cess German goods must, compare favorably with the goods of other na tions, so much so as to find sale upon, their merit, ;.she aimed' to make goods that filled her ideaL There fore she entered the markets with coafldeheenot only in the world at large but boldly invaded the coun tries with which she competed, (as this ooautry has 'been doing) told -'her goods . la - them and sold th ' oa , their merit. They bora the, national endorsement in the brand ''made inv Germany which was a certificate of character' and a recommendation ere a in the marts of EnglUh 'cities .with whose manufacture these German good competed. 'This is an illustration of what merit doe. And aa Ulustratiux. also of what a potent factor intelli gent and skilled labor Is la" achiev ing prepress and success in commer cial , viurriu2., -WlHi I Gsrnaay cODtinues in this eowV and hon estly aims at excellence her oanm sc:urti.will cqbxtczz X -rccuitou in the. market ' cf - the world, and ether .thicks, being, ihs wilL hill lCiii2J V03-- V' IlLoirir.T thrr-'.r.ci-ffci Ger many's eucceu as sa manulaotnnng nation, should nottnis country, and especially the Soutb which is be coming a great manufacturing sec tion, profit by it, and establish nur series of intelligent skilled labor? No other people in the world possess the same talent for quickly master ing the work of the - hand, and the skilful xnanfpulation of labor saving machinery. But -with all our natural talent for these things there is still la scarcity of skilled labor, - because our manufactories hare increased so rapidly and their products been so largely multiplied. There ought to be scores of these schools throughout the country and no Southern State -T - should be without one or more them, for in the march of progress skilled labor. will be one of South's greatest needs and the lack of it one of her greatest drawbacks. Great Britain neglected this and her manufacturers paid the penalty when the skilled workmen of uer many sent their goods into thi British markets and took frade from the' home makers, not cause their goods were much cheaper but because they were much better. Skill is no small fac tor is cheapening production. Leaving Bassiaont of the ques tion for soon time to come, the rivals of the future are to be the United States and Germany,, when it will to a large extent be a contest of skill against skill, which em phasises the necessity of abundance of skilled labor an in this country. Greaf Britai n 'must drop to th rear, because her coal supplies are becoming ex hausted and she is even now import ing iron. She will with her char acteristic pluck gQght obstinately, but she will go doW$ all the same, for she cannot escape the inevitable. C01VICT LABOR- For many years the question of bow to employ penitentiary convicts has been a lire one in this country, how to employ them and make them self-supporting and useful at the same time without putting their labor in competition with labor out side of the prisons. North Carolina has tried to Bolre the problem by working them on State farms, and hiring them out fir railroad construction, which is only a partial solution, for even in this way their labor comes somewhat into competition with other labor. The Stab has repeatedly urged that the best way to employ them Is in. road -building, and ha illustrated it by citing Mecklenburg county, where several thousand - miles of ad mirable roads have been constructed with the labor fidnly of county con vict. This idea iflavored in other States, and is now attracting atten tion in the State of New York, where it has been tried by some of the counties with as satisfactory results as it has ; been in Mecklenburg, in this State. From there the idea is spreading to other States as will be seen by the following, wkaoh we clip from the Cleveland, Ohio, Leader : Tbe warden of the Kbits conntv. N. Y., penitentiary has succeeded in arousing Interest ia a road building project which he is advocating, and if his plans can be carried out a lone. step will hare been taken in the direc 1100 of the solution of the problem as to what should be done with convict labor, lie proposes that a highway be constructed from New York to Buf falo, a distance of more than 400 miiea. and the work be performed entirely by convict He thiaka the road con Id e completed in ten years without ex pense to the State. . in view of present conditions. - ' 'There are several strong arguments a favor of road-butldinr bv convicts. In the first place, it would lake the convicts onto competition with free labor in industrial line. In the second place, it would give the prisoners beethfal outdoor employment In the third place, it would devote the labor of the convicts to improvements which would be or be neat to the popl oj 01 ue nneat roads in are constructed and kept in convict labor, and in view of slant agitation for good roads, a cam at me leasing or convict contractors engaged in the sure or goods sold in the in compeuuon witn the a; free labor, there ia no reescc inauguration of such a plan ia the United 8 la tea should not be favored. Experience has taught that it ia bad policy to maintain convicts in idleness bad for the men as well as costly and , extravagant for the Btate and there is no doubt that the giving of employ ment in the open air at. road building oraimilar work woald have a very beneficial reformatory effect noon , a large percentage of the prisoners." We have In round numbers twelve hundred penitentiary convicts in this State. Several hundred of them are employed on the farms, -others hired out. : The 8tate derives no benefit from their labor, save the reduction it may make in the cost of keeping them. If these convicts, or a many of them as practicable, were put to work upon the publio roads, cm some well organized plan, what an admirable system of roads we oonld have In ten or twelve years, and at an insignificant cost. ' " . : There, is so, mnck U be said in faror of this way f employing con- vicistne wonaer is mat it was. not adopted lpngxago, AAi ;deTelopers and promoters of progress 'and pros perity good roads are the next thing to railroads, to;. whieh - they would oeoome TaiuaMo tributaries. . Mrs. Carrie Nation, who is quar antined in that Kansas jH because there is smallpox in the prison, has ln 3d a proclamation 'nrgicg her crusaders .to 'arm" themselves with ''consecrated rocks, clubs, hatchets," etc, and relentlessly wie the war of smash nntH the saloons capitulate nnconditiosallj. "-".V rJbrope KJMir bv JUe con fudalso Labor to SyaDUfaC ope a market rduets 01 why the SIQIHTCA5T. UTTKEAHCES. In the debate on the army bill in the Senate, Thursday, Senator Haw- ley, replying to Senator Bacon, said: -; HW m nnt altogether out of sicbt of some possibility, of war with some jCuropean power, ry o uo nut They are in a great deal of trouble tk.M .nf T tinrlfirfctand thav look With very great jealotny upon our talk of a Jjanisn isisna, 'ana our ws acquiring other territory. In reply to an inquiry by Senator Bacon as to how long it would bo necessary to keep such a "large army in the Philippines, Sena tor Carter replied, "the word 'in definite' fiU the situation very well." These are remarkable utterances coming from two Republican Sena tors. For some time we have been turning longing eyes to the Danish West Indies, Jor which it is pro posed to pay some $4,000,000 or $5,000,000. We haven't any partic ular use for them, but are going on the principle of Jlrs. Toodles, who bought things at auction not because she needed them but be cause she considered them cheap and thought they might be bandy sometime to have around. It is a sort of dog-in the-manger business with us. . We have no use for the islands but we do not want any other country to have them, and therefore we propose to invest sev eral millions in them at the risk of Drovoking war with some other power, as some of the European nations look with "jealousy" upon this scheme, and other territory grabbing schemes, which the Sena tor does not name, but probably he refers to the Philippines. I his is an admission of probable future con flicts crrowiog out of these laud-grabbing schemes, which is one one of the strong arguments" aginst them made by the opponents of the McKinley style of expansion. Just as England has done by her grasp ing policies we are making enemies out of nations which were friendly as long as we kept on our own hemis phere, and didn't get tangled up in their affairs. Senator Carter emphasizes the significance of Senator Hawley's re marks, when he admits that the large army will be required in the Philippines "indefinitely," notwith standing the fact that we have been repeatedly assured that the war was over there, and that the people were tumbling over each other in the rush to proclaim their allegiance to the United States. BOOK NOTICES. The Century for January is a gem, superdly illustrated and filled with a list of eontentTthst will interest any reader. The list op vers a wide range of topics, in which the reader for in formation and the reader for mere en tertainment will find an abundance. Address The Century Company, Union Square, New York. The Ladies Home Journal for Jan uary ia a beautiful number, and as in teresting aa it is beautiful. The front of the cover is an artistic gem, and every-page is handsomely illustrated. The abundant readlfe matter in it ia not only interesting, but valuable in any household. Published by The Curtis Company, Philadelphia. Everybody's Magazine, published by John Wanamaker. In New York, is an interesting, handsomely illus trated month It, in which 'the reader will find much to entertain. North Carolina readers, especially, will be in terested "Joscelyn Cheshire," which begins in the December number, by Sarah Beaumont Kennedy, an illus tra ted story of the resolution, foun ded In North Carolina, whose chief characters were born and bred in this Bute. In addition to this there is an abundance of matter to interest the general reader. Address, Everybody Magsstne, New York. ' Mrs. John J. Meade, of Derby, Connecticut, is the heroine of that burg, and it came around in this way: She is a widow,' living alone. A few 4ays ago she received a con siderable sum of money, insurance on her late husband's life. .Presuma bly aware of this, some burglars concluded it would be a good time to' make a nocturnal visit to the Meade Home. Preferring the back to the front entrance, they were busily engaged-in projectirg with the lock, when she armed with her husband's pistol, crept down stairs, and appeared on the scene. The ap parition frightened them,-they ran, she followed for two blocks, emptied the seven chambers of her revolver at the fugitives, by which time she was tired running, and 'the people living on the street; called out by the fusillade, formed a procession and escorted her home in ' triumph. : -Cel. Slael Of SMaik. "There is but one small chance to save your life and that is through ' an operation." was the awful prospect set Before - iir.- X.' ii.---U.ant, or Una Ridge, Wis., by her doctor after vainly trvior to care her of a frightful ease of stomach troubles and yellow jaUndiee. lie didn't count-on the marvelous power or iuectnc uuiers to cure Stomach and LJver-lroublea, - but she heard or it, took: seven bottles, was wholly cured, avoided surgeon's knife.: now weighs more and feels better tha a 'ever. - It' -positively - guaranteed, to cure Htomacu. JUyer, and Kidney trouble and never drasappoiats . Price 60 cents - at B.- R-BziiaarrB drug Latdre. !. . ,. - - .,. War em Winy Taere ... Ifaa. WnrsLow's Qowmsd Btbt- has neon usea rorover-firty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften the gums, and allays all pain; cures wind colic, and is the beat remedy for diarrbcea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold .by druj-gists in every part of the world. Twenty five cents a bottle, Be sure and si for Vllrs. Wlnalow'a RrtntHn r . Nind take no other tied. . - " SPIRITS TURPENTINE. L Monroe Enauireri 'Mr. B. P. Tarleton.' an aged citiien of New Salem township, was- frund dead in bAd at the home of hla son. Mr. Wm. Tarleton. last Saturday morning. 'The deceased bad been in failing health for a lrtK hile Wadesboro Messecger-Intelli gencen Mr. J. Crawford Batcutr, a merchant of Rockingham, baa . filed a voluotarv petition in bankruptcy Mr. Archibald Benton died at his home in Richmond county on Wed r.etday of last week. He was 70 years old and a confederate veteran. Newbern Journal: John Man Dins' escaped from the barracks across Neuse river Wednesday night and ia at liberty. Sometime during the night he pried up one end of the building with a board sufficiently to allow him to crawl under. How - be managed to take off his manacles is unknown, but thev were removed from bis legs and left behind. They were set by a small set screw which canuot be worked without the proper instrument. This is Manning's fourth escape, twice from the jail and twice from the working gang on the roads. Salisbury Truth-Index: Wed nesday was our South River corres pondent's birtfaday.and he tells us that taere is a caain ui straugo ctcum u his familv. He has a sister born on New Year's day. be on the second, his mother on the third, father and brother upon the eighth, another brother upon the tenth, and still another upon the twelfth. His parents were married on January 12th, 1865. Both father and mother were born in January. His mother also died on the date of his father's birth. Mount Airy News: Material is being placed on the ground for the Mount Airy Furniture Company's nev factory. Toe new bui.'ding is to te larzer than the old one, and bcth factories are to be operated to their fullest capacity, giving regular em Dlorment to twice the number of hands iiow working for this, com panv This is a great forward move ment and is tbn beginning of "the te order of things " The year 1901 Droaiises to be a hummer. Unless all signs fail. Mount Airy will become noted for its wood working industries during the next few years. Raleigh News and Observer: The Winston Citizens who were in dicted in the Federal court at Char lotte on the charge of interfering with the voters at the November election, will be required to give one good dol lar bond each. Warrants were served on several of the defendants Wednes day. They will have no trouble in giving bond on Saturday when the casee come up before the United States Commissioner. Phillip Ly- book, postmaster of Winston Halem, died Wednesday in a hospital at Philadelphia. He was carried to the hospital the latter part of October. 1WINKLINQS "Say you will be mine, Gwen dolyn, and I'll swear" "So will papa." Chicago American. The Ten-Year Old "Papa promises me fiftj cents if I get on the roll of meriti? Put me there, sir, and I will give vou twtnty-flve cents. "-Le Hire. Penelope "She says she is only forty." Patrice "She certainly holds her age well." "You mean she holds it down well, I suppose." Yonker8 Statesman. Sally Gay "Wally Softsmith is a great flatterer, isn't he f" Dolly Swift "Oh, yes, he always talks as if be were dictating an epitaph for one's tombstone." Judge. Peter "Why should the an chor be the symbol of hoprt" Patriee "Well, I suppose it is because when a girl tells a man there is hope she expects to anchor him." Yonkere Statesman. Might Fill the Bill: Lady "I want a dog that will look terribly fierce, but won't ever bite." Dealer (meditatively) "I guess you'd better ret an iron one, mum." New York Weekly. A Sad Story: "My boy," said the great mao, 'I used to shine shoes myself." "Well replied the bootblack. day's a bull lot of the guvs what i led astray." Philadelphia North American. "I like to have my husband go hunting." "Does he bit anything!" "I don't think so: but, as I never ask any questions about the game he brings home, he always buys me a baodsome present of some kind." De troit Free Press. Mrs. Starvem "How do vou like the chicken salad. Mr. Joak smith?'' Mr. Joaksmith "Oh 1 that reminds me I bought a book that wa to be sent home to day. Did it come ?" Mrs Starvem "Xts: but wbv should the chicken salad remind you of it?" nr jneksmitn "Well, the book IS half calf..M Philadelphia Press Porter Ashe, a lawyer of San Francisco, had a client who wanted a divorce from bis spouse. By way of cause, he complained that his wife made a practice of throwing things at his dog. "You can't get a divorce on that," explained Ashe. .- "The worst of it is," complained the husband. "every time abe throws at the doe she hits me." San Francisco Wave. WILM1NQT0N DISTRICT APPOINT; MENTS. The appointments of Rev R. B. John, Presiding Elder, for the month of January are aa follows: Carvers Creek circuit. Wavman. Jan. 0 Atlantic. 8hallotte, Jan. 11, 12. Southport, Jan. 13. 14. Burgaw, Rocky Point, Jan. 19. 80. Bcott'a Hill, Scott's Hill, Jan. 26, 27. Mr. Alfred Harmsworth's seems to ha idea of journalism "news." and little or nothinor w This would to be sure, avoid the slush of yellow journals, but it would dam DD that little overflow nf human nature which, whan waII regulated, gives news a charm and increases gayety. The art of ; the modern reporter of the first-olaa i often rough, but is pften highi We can 1 tninK mat it is all in vain. New York 'Sun, Sep.t : ''S' r-r "' ; . A BTlgWor Tarrer. v1- "Awful "anvintV waa felt tnm it.. -. - J " II I .v.w W . W WldOW Of the hrav ftnaral Rnmlum Of Mschiaa. Ma.." when the rfrvtnra aat she could not live till morning writes airs. o. u litneoln.-who attended her that fearful night "All thought she mUSt SOOn die from Pnnnmnnlt Knt she begged for Pr. King's New Dis covery, saying it bad more than ones saved her life, and had cured her of COD SO motion. After IhlM amall r1nu she slept easily all night, and its further ubo completely curea ner.v-xnis mar velous medicine is guaranteed to cure all Throat. Cheat and T.nrxr Ti..... Only CO cents and $1 00. Trial bottles luc at M. K. Uellajty's drug store, t r CURRENT COMMENT. - What an7: exhibit lof British plight is that when 210,000 . English soldiers cannot round up and ' cap ture" about I5,000 Boers. JHther the Boera are the greatest fighter in the werld or the British are de generates. Auqmta Chronicle, Dent. It is generally agreed that there is one problem that ought to be solved some time during the com ing century, and the sooner the bet ter. ' It is the solution of the r ques tion as to how to maintain indus trial peace and prevent labor strikes. An occasional application of the gol- den rule would be one " way. At lanta Journal, Devi. A ; Federal army officer stationed at Manila' observes in a letter published by the 'Army and Navy Journal, that any man passing three miles outside of Manila is cer tain to run into a band of ladrones. The remedy suggested is very sim plemerely a proclamation with a proviso that after a certain date any Filipino caught armed will be sum marily shot. This was the Spanish way for centuries before the Philip pine purchase but the ladrones were never exterminated. fMiaaei phia Record, Dent. BUDDHIST FANATICS. Setld Their Qwa Faaeral Pjrrea aaS Then Set Them Ablaae. It is known that the Buddhistic monks or bonzes, in order to move the hearts of their, coreligionists, will inflict the se verest bodily chastisement upon them selves and even mutilate their members. Their fanatical seal and their- desire to enter into the bliss of the nirvana at limes drive them even to suicide. On the island of Patu is found a high ellff from which those priests and monks who are ambitious to attain the holiness sf Buddha hurl themselves into death. Others seek to secure the same end by ascending a funeral pyre which they set on fire with their own hands. The majority of the bonzes consist of men who become clerics against their wilL As children of poor families they are sold into the monasteries to be edu cated for the priesthood. Sometimes, however. Chinamen enter the order, and these are the ones who as a rule furnish the candidates for self cremation. Several years ago announcement was made that on a certain day a young priest from the cloister of "the mount of the spirits', would burn himself alive. The faithful of both sexes who desired to at tend the ceremony were urged to be pres ent in good time and were asked not to forget to bring something along as a gift to the zealous ecclesiast. - When the multitude arrived at the cloister, another bonze, jealous of the at tention and gifts secured by bis colleague, declared that he would burn himself alive and hastened to make his prepara tions. Two piles of wood were erected, one on each side of the temple, so that those who could not get a good view of the one ceremony could do so of the sec ond. During the hours preceding the ceremo ny the candidates for death were sur rounded by their relatives and friends and a curious crowd of outsiders who had come to ask of them their influence In the world above. Magnanimously both promised to aid all- in their power, per mitted themselves to be venerated as tree Buddhas and thereby increased the finances of the cloister materially. Finally the first of the two ascended the pile, erected inhe shape of a tent. ana lighted it with his own hands, using an ordinary match. Until the flames and smoke made it impossible any longer behold the monk he could be seed in the flames, singing a sacred hymn and beat ing the time with a skull carved out of wood. An hour later the second candidate for death made his debut. He had closely watched his predecessor and coolly enter ed his own tent of death and passed through the ordeal as the other. The ashes and bones of the two were carefully gathered and deposited in the cloister of Wen-Chao, where they are preserved as sacred relics. Milwaukee Germania. CHOCOLATE TO ORDER. Im Xmll te CbuuiMa BtaaeXae rare It Wall Tom Welt. ; In Manila they make your chocolate while you wait. Right into the house a Chinaman comes with his basket and rolls the crashed cacao bean and sugar, and then makes a supply of chocolate that Is sweeter and more palatable and cheaper than the commercial brand sold in the Chicago stores. When the Chinaman comes, he lays aside his hat and shirt, and, stripped to the waist and barefooted, he begins his work. 4 In the basket is the chocolate or cacao bean, from which the rancid oil has been extracted and which oil long ago has anointed the hair of some Filipi no belle or lighted some Filipino home. The beans first come on the board bitter and brackish.. With a rolling pin the Chi naman grinds them into a fine powder. This takes time. When it is done, he opens another basket and dips out the sugar for the sweetening and the final mixture. The sugar is what would prob ably grade "coffee C" it it were in com mercial circles. like the bean,' it grows on the island. Indnstrlonaly the Chinaman rubs, and gradually the chocolate f otia on the bot tom of tha board and drips oft. In sticky sweetness into the basket beneath. The family gathers about to sample the prod uct, and the Chinaman stops to smoke a cigarette while judgment is being passed. Cups of the beverage are handedjuronnd, and all "taste." If it is not sweetfenougb, the manufacturer throws more sugar on his board and drops in another pinch of vanilla and cinnamon for the fiavorixur. When it Is bright," he goes to work, and for several hours rubs away at his task. The deposit below the rolling pin is a brown substance hat is soft and moist, while above it is to all appearances a dry powder and sugar. Exchange. Celllma- or Clellnsf . The freauent ocennvnoa nt a heftr t in Certain words in mrninimnt, anil nt-tnted books of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in plppe of the now customary spelling is a c feature which has often forced itself on my attention. It seems to me that thA mmlarn wav (a in YttMt older writings comparatively seldom met With. I have dhaerred tha tnUnxtrirtr among other instances: Feild, neice. at- cnerremeni, reieii, reieire, greife; also, aa proper names, Feild, Purfeild, Feild- lllff. etCj Th pnnnpa nkiulu dan 1A to the change might furnish an interest ing auoject ror discussion. Cieling Is riven aa in alturnaMTa mallifiv In irarf. ens dictionaries to which I have referred. In some eighteenth century writings (the Burrell manuscripts, for instance) occurs the word deled. Notes and Queries. : ''' ' Poise Ia Potatoes. - - The Sanitary" Home is authority for the statement that potatoes contain a poison known as solanin. New potatoes contain comparatiTely little of this poison unless they- grow above : the- surface of the ground and have a green skin, when they are generally known to be poisonous. 'It is pot. However, generally known that bid potatoes contain much more of this poi sonous principle solanin and -man? cases of serious poisoning! have occurred m tne late summer, when old- potatoes were used. In 1892 and 1883 there was almost wholesale poisoning among, the troops of the German army; Meyer in-" vestigated the case and found In old po tatoes ; kept in a. damn- nlaee and besrin- JSing to sprout 24 times as much solanin as in new potatoes. ' .. . ' 1 - . - , ;. ' ' ; : Bla colsu ..- It I fnttvuotinv On Ermtian enstnm "nf nTiniT avj1 tn ka form of rings has not entirely died out ia Africa at the present day and that Eag lish merchants trading with the Kongo are cuite accustomed to retMv. o-rti.i in' the form of rings, frequently ornamented jrc a uie sijaa ci me soc:ac ia reiier. - BIG-HEAD ..CHILDREN with. long thin jiecks you see them in everj' school want Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil, to build up their poor little shrunken scrawny -bodies. , School will be of no use to them. Something will carry them off. They have no play in them There is ho fun in playing, when everybody else can run faster, jump further, turn round quicker, and Iceep on longer. Big head is no harm v let the body be big too. We'll send yon a little to try if yon like. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street, New York WHOLESALE PRICES CQBREIT. The quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the Braa wllfnot be responsible for any variations from the actual market price 01 &ne aruciea uuuuxi BAOerao t Jute... Standard. Burlaps a... WESTERN SMOKED Hams J? t. 8 8 6 8 6M UK 14 Biaee Shoulders a PUT SALTED Bldea B Shoulders j BARRELS Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand, each Becond-hand machine...... New New fork, each New City, each BBICKS Wilmington V M Northern a BUTTER North Carolina f) Northers r. .. CORN MEAli Per bushel, In sacks ........ Virginia Heal COTTON ties v bundle CANDLES V Sperm 8H 8 8 8 t a 40 40 1 45 1 43 8 75 9 00 O 7 00 O 14 00 o o as 7 30 80 O 53 SO & 52M O 145 is o as 6" 11 13 O 14 , 15 16 UKO IS' 11 12M KO ll O 5H 70 ft'ltlllWlfM FIT a .... a CHEESE 9 B Northern Factory . Dairy uream State .' COFFEE V taaguyra Bio , DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-t, V yard Tarns, y bunch of 5 ts ... FISH Mackerel. No. 1. 1 barrel... 88 00 hair-bbl. 11 00 barrel... IS 00 80 00 15 00 18 00 9 00 14 00 a 400 Mackerel, No. 1, Mackerel, No. 2, 1 nacserei, no. 1 Mackerel, No. 3. ' half-bbl.. 8 00 barrel... is 00 Muuets. v oar 3 75 Mullets. S nork barrel so o 00 8 85 10 4 50 N. O. Roe Herring, V keg. . .FExa:::::::::::::: rtouR-3 f Low grade ............ Choice Straight.... First Patent BLUE 9 .. 8 BAIN 9 bushel - Corn, from store,bgs White Mixed Corn Car-load, In bgs White... Oats, from store Oats, Bust Proof Cow Peas a HIDES - Green salted 3 00 6 4 86 3 25 O . 3 to 3 75 4 00 4 75 11 60 56 4 50 10 S 55 35 40 87 43 65 I O 6H Dry flint, 11 10 95 SO 90 85 90 rv&a.t HAY 100 Us No 1 Timothy. Bloe Straw... r... ........ Eastern Western-... North River HOOP IBON, 9 .... laABD. t- Nortnern North Carolina. . . . 8H 6& a 1 16 294 10 1 80 UMX. barrel.... LUMBER (city sawed) 9M ft- 8 hip Stuff, resawed Bough edge Plank 18 00 15 00 O 80 09 18 00 O 18 00 S 88 00 15 00 G 86 west India cargoes, accord ing to Quality 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, eom'n 14 00 MOLASSES V gallon Barbadoes, in hogshead..... Barbadoea. In barrels. ..... . Porto Bloo, In hogsheads. . . . Porto Bloo, In barrels Sugar House, in hogsheads. Sugar Hoase, in barrels.... Syrup, in barrels N AIL8, 9 keg. Out. 60d basis... PORK. 9 barrel City Mess.. auuiy iit Prime ROPE. B SALT. 9 sack. Alum uverpooi American.. On 125 Sacks. 8U9AB. s Standard Qran'd etanuara a. White Extra C. . Extra C, Golden. a xeiiow SOAP. 9 t Northern STAVES. M W.O. barrel... B. O. Hogshead. TIMBER, M feet Shipping., uommon mm Fair mill Prime mill Extra mill......... ......... SHINGLES, N.C Cypress sawed M 6x84 heart " Sap.... 6x80 Heart Sap WHISKEY. V gallon Northern 6 00 8 85 2 SO 1 75 10 MARINE. ARRIVED. Stmr Comptoo, Sanders, Calabash and Little River, S C, Stone, Rourk & Co. Stmr SeabrigbV Price, Shallotte, Stone, Rourk & Co. Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, Fayette ville, James Madden. CLiETARED. Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, Fay etteville, James Madden. MARINE DIRECTORY. atlst of iVessela tn tkte Po or wo alnatosi w. e., Jan. 5, 1901. SOHOONERB. Chas C Lister, 367 tons. Robinson, Greorge Harriss, Son & Co. James C Clifford, 358 tons. Sharplfty, George Harriss. Son & Co. ' " Cora M, 137 tons. Mitchell, George Harriss, Son & Co. r ; f. - : . Senator Sullivan, 654 tons, Hopkins, consigned to master. . , Preference, (Br), 243 tons, Ter fry , George Harriss, Son Sr- Co Robert A Snyder, 358 'tons, Outten, . Virginia-Carolina Cher ical Co. . ' , STEAMSHIPS v Buckminster, 1,297 tons, Brown, Alex ander Sprunt & Son. 1 Cblfleld, (Br) 1,904 tons. Hill, Alex- ' ander Sprunt & Son. ; '. . t-' BARQUES. -; Angelo Castellanb,: ; (Ital) : 489 tons, s Muojo, Heide & Co. J .. Victor, (Nor) 614 tons, Ostrik, Heide . & CO.':, sV,l' vr-.;: irfii; . BRIGS. ;v t Iona, i (Br), 196 ; tons, :- Barkhouse, George Harri&s, Son Co. :y-- f- "a - BARGE. Z Carrie L Tyler,' 638 tons, Jones, Vir- For LaGBio m fluenza nsb GHEIIEYO 13XPJ30TOItiUIT. . Elmufamt - jJ .'.-''V . - . ; '- ' . Of . i .- ;-: CD A Feci. 88 30 88 38 18 14 14 15 lb 85 885 O 14 SO S14 as 14 85 11 88 1 85, 99 85 So 95 63 tHl SB 4M 8K 4 6 09 14 09 10 00 8 00 O 19 00 400 5 00 500 6 00 6 50 O 7 60 8 00 9 00 485 800 a 885 160 1 00 & - Go. to B. B. Bellamy's and get a bottle Of Gooee Grease Llnlmert. It cures croup and cc "a rve magic. aaOU pains. , . . LuflSlljl l ..- .......... .COMMERCIAL.-'I WILMINGTON, MARK E l fQuvted officially at the closing by the Produce STAB OFFICE. January 4. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 37 cents ' per : gallon jfor machine! made casks at 86 cents; per gallon for country caskaj - J ; ROSIN Market firm at $1.20 j per barrel for strained and $1.25 for good strained.:' "" " -1 ' ' TAR Market "Arm at' $1.30 . per bbl of.280 lbs. -?: CRUDE TURPENTINE Market quiet at - $1.80 per tarrel for .? bard, $2.30 for dip, and for virgin, i; Quotations' same day last year. Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; rosin firm at $1.151.20; tar steady at $1.25. crude' turpentine ffroir at $1.60f3.90. ' BKOMPTS. Spirits turpentine ...... Rosiu ..... ...... . '. . Tar. Crude turoentine a . . ... . 40 194 I 105 ... 53 year. 75 598 bbls Receipts" same day last casks : spirits " turpentine, rosin, 107 bbls tar, 16 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 9tte per pound for middling. Ordinary ..... . ... . . . Good ordinary .... Low middling. ...... Middling. . . . .... ... Good middliner.. . . . Quotations: 6 15-lfr cts$Ib 8 516 .."." 8 15-16 " OH . -V " 9 11 16 Same day last year middling steady atTXc. -Receipts 312 bales; same day last .year, 864. i"-. '-: ' L ' I Corrected Regularly by Wl'mington Produce Commission Mercnants-J PEANUTS North i Carolina - Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; iancyj 80c, Virginia Prime 60c; extra prime. 65c; fancy, 70c. ' l CORN Firm, 58 to 60 cents per bushel. N. C. BACON-Steady; hams 10 to l2J4c per, pound; shoulders, s to 9c; sides, 7 to ec. .1 EGGS Dull at 15 to 18 cents per dozen. , ! CHICKENS-?-Dull. "Grown, 20 25 cents: formes. 106&15 cts. TURKEY8 Live, dull at; 9 to 10c; dressed, 1254 to 14c. I BEE3WAX Firm at 25 cents. TALLOW Firm at 56, cents per p und. . I I SWEET POTATOES Firm at 50 cents. j ' FINANCIAL RARKETS By Telegraph to tne Murninz Star. New Yobs. Jan. 4. Money on call easier at 35 per cent;, last loan being at 44 per' cent. Prime mer cantile paper per cent. 8 ter ling exchange firm, with -actual busi ness in bankers' bills at 486486M for demand and 48?i482X for sixty days, fosted rates were 483 and 487. Commercial bills 481U481M. Sil ver certificates 6465. Bar silver 63M-Mexican dollars 49 Government bonds irregular. State bonds strong. Railroad bonds irregular. LT. S refund ing2's reg'd, 105; U. S."refund'g 2's, coupon. 1 05 H U. & 2's. reg'd. : U.& 3's, reg'd, 109 ; do.coupon, 110;. U. . new 4X reg'd, 137; do. cou pon, 137; U. a 4's, old! reg'd, 114; do. coupon, 1144; U. B. 5's, reg'd, 11254; do. coupon, 11234; Southern R'y 5's 111. Stocks: ; Baltimore & Ohio 85; Chesapeake & Ohio 416; Manhattan L 1133S; N. Y. Central 144M ; heading 28; do. 1st pref 'd 61 ; St. Paul, 158X; do. prefd, 190; South ern Railway 21 ; prefd 71!; Ameri can Tobacco. 113H; da prefd 138; people's Gas 104; Sugar 140; do. oref'd 118: T. C. & Iron 63&: 0. 8. Leather 13 ; do. preferred 6U ; Wst- era Union 83. Bundard Oil 796800 NAVAL ; STORES MARKETS By TelegrapU to the Horning star.' Nkw Yobk, Jan. 4. Rosin steady. Strained common to good $1 75. Spirits turpentine firmer at 4040jc. CBABLESTOir, Jan. 4, Spirits tur pentine' firm at 36Xc; sales casks. Hosm hrm and unchanged. Si-VAHBTAH, Jan. 4. -Spirits turpen tine hrm i at 37c; sales 150 receipts 102 casks: exports 100 cask. uosin firm and unchanged: sales barrels; receipts 2,687 barrels: exports SOU barrels. i New Obleaks. Jan. 3. Rosin- Receipts 550 barrels; exports to Belfast 760 barrels. Spirits -turpentine Re ceipts 70 casks. j COTTON RARKETS. By Telegraoh to tbe Momma star. New Yobk. January 4 .The under current of sentiment in the cotton market to-day waB bullish throughout and tha ffrVirta nt tfin hAaiaa vaiv an tirely directed to the straightening uo latinn'wnn nnthtno tn kf onn. Kid Am V1 n haw . hnvlnv waa wmrAaA ana me cwuin, irom opening to clos ing,' was a conspicuous supporter of tha Ptnrinir and RnnunAr mrmtha the first call prices declined one to five points in response to disappointing lav- mnnl naKlAa anH in kuninia wih ' ww.ra. www ... &WWFM.aj T. A. U iUl eign selling orders. Low prices brought out speculative buying and local coy- 1 a' 1 ... '. . .. erwg Bum a anon umei quotations rest of the nsctinn tha aiimI tan. dency of variations, though sluggish, nao uynuu, . utverpuui raiiicq alitrntlv. Tbe local mak Hmol considerable fresh strength at mid day from small pnfimnlM fn tn mAna'. receipts. Covering and alL street buvinir' infirpBftpfT ih utvonm fitiii later the market ; forged higher on general buvinir ' baaed on 'kmnU amK wt a-. .ww.wuwv.. .wf.aja nd: "in-aht"- flonnn '. 'A. ..f , - . A . UU1IJ . VI profit, taking cut down the advance several points near the close, but on too reaction mere was noinlDg in ihe wavof bear sbeculation dntxri Th close was barely steady, iwith prices net toree 10 1 our teen points nignert New York. ''.TaW A i Wmr. inll. - ' r-i'i- -.r- r-" miaaung uplands 106. 4- "f,- - .Cotton futuma f lnafA hitn.lv .l.ir. January 9.80, February 9.59, March 9.55. Attril I K9. Mnv Q Rf .Inn. O da July 9.44: Au?u&t 9.14. SentembAv R 67 October 8 27.. & -1- ) . -Z -Spot cotton closed dull; middling up lands lOU'c: midrilintT omIf1iTi. !. 50 tzmm'mr- Net recejTjta 1.KR5i.halaa'aWaasrauAiata 1.589 bales: exrtnrbs m t'h f!n.iinpnt 1400 bales; stock 90.179 bales ; iotai to-day wet receipts 30.692 halpe a o4"avni-ts f.M.f nn.ii4 ia Oil) halM- ATnnrt. 'J'trtT? RVranna :K RDH halaa . experts to i the Continent .8,323 b les : . T nm. .ann 1 1 i - ..vl- . . iocs, vt i,wo OBieR---;'-.f,.'-'- . - ; Consolidatedr-Iiet -: receipta 175,658 half" a AVimrialA fi-rooi Tbritaln m bales; exports to -France 9,515 bales ; exports to the Continent 78,252 bales. ;o Tntl aiTia.A SATrtffrnhc let TJat ceips 4,628.551 bales; exports to Great France 574,513 bales: oiport-i to the- aJ a. -.a nne avsv a . ooiiujient i,zvo,ozj Daiea - r jttuuttry . jtsu veston, nrm - as 9 ifift. YiAt' Mmfntcl A&f hat am. Kn-m. folk, steady at 9Hc, net receipta 2,035 bales ; Baltimore, nominal at 10c, net VAflAinta 43ft haloa Ttnafym irinll af 10jii net receipta 759 tales f Wil- mirjirton- f rm- at flKrt- rrot iuir 312 bales ttPiuladel-hiaquiet at lOJic, nst recs:- s tvi CiiZ3;- cavESliah, qu:t st Cc, nst .rec::- 1,731 tilci: ire-57-. . Or!? i. -fr-i t o- net rcc:-'j 1LC1J trl " . irila: quiet st, H, net receipts 418 bales Memphis, firm, 9 9-16.net receipts 1,524 f wu(3B, auutus urn "tsc net re. f:. oeipH..ou uu; viiianeswD, nrnj at VfiC net receipt 370 oaies. PRODUCE MARKETS . r By Telegraob to tne Korpuy tti : niw iobk, wan. jj joar w, -jQuiei ana neia witn more connaence triolrf ; prices.- wneat opot ncm; jwo. i rA 7 f o. b. afloat. Options, after s steady opening, maniiested j a bullish tendency and throughout the session advanced steadily on active buying tor both accounts, partly -.Wall street v Other .factors in the, rise were export l rumors, better cables than expected i '-' small Argentine shipnients, renewed' flour demand in the Northwest andi estimates for a decrease in Monday', - V risible supply Closed firm at hu t net higher : No. 2 January closed 8ux- ' March closed 82 Jc; May closed 8UkV l-"' Corn Spot dull ; No. 2 45 c at elerlt tor. ' Options were generally firm and " higher all day on steadiness abroad -small receipts, poor grading, the jum 'r In wheat and active coyering. Closed : firm at itfc net advance.! Januart " closed 44.54c; May closed 43Xc; Juf 43c. Oats--Spot fim ;. No 2 28c! : ' Options inactive bat nominally steady Lard firm;Western steam $7 45;refined i " firm; continent $7 65; South American $8 25: compound 6M5c Butt. . steady ; Western creamery 1726; f4C . ' tory UX&16C. Rice firm. Eggs firm ' ' State and Pennsylvania 2628c at :! mark, for average lots; Western regui lar. packing 2226c Cheese firm' -fancy large, fail made 11X11M' small fancy, fall made lll2c,' Pork firm t, family $14 6015 oo -shorl clearTxt55B17 00 ; mess $12 75Q 13 25 Petroleum steady. Tallow fiim, . Potatoes r firm ; Jewey $1 25l New York $1 501 87 ; Loig Islaid ? $1 602O0 Jersey sweets $1 !7S2 (m.y. ; Molasees steady . Cotton seed oil :. firmer on scarcity of offerings, but not ; s active, the- strength applying chief? : to nearby deliveries. Sales includtd:1 I'rime crude, in barrels, 26c; piin summer yellow -29c; off fcummertel. low 2828c; prime white 33K34e- prime winter yeiiow one; prime meal $24 .'00s' Coffee 8pot Rio dull; No ? invoice 7c; mild quiet; Cordova 9WA ' lSVtC. Sugar Raw steady but quiet; lair reunipg osc; centrifugal, 96 tet 4Hc:molasses bugar3c; refloed tiVI. ChiOAGOl Jan. 4T Light receipts. better cash demand and more cheerful f: Hour news were factors in advancing wneai to uay, may closing ic over yesterday. Cam closed Jg$c atd oats Jo hightir. Provisions at the close were 5 to 17vs improved. UHIOAGO, Jan. 4 Cash quotation.: Flour quiet ajjA steady. ' Wheat No t spring c; JNo.3 spring 6572Mc: No. ' 2 red 7578c. Corn No. 1 2. 36!c. Oats No. 2 233tt'24v; NoJ 2 white 26M26 ; No.3 do. 25X26. Pork, per barrel, $13 0013 10. Lard, per 100 lbs, $7 Q0(2.7 02K Short xib sides loose, $6 656 85T Dry salted shoul ders, $587612J. Short clear sides, boxed $7 057 Whiskey D:s-' tillers' finishe! g V pet gallon, $1 27 ' The leading ftk bs ranged as u. lows opening, Ifwlest. lowest an' closing: Wheat No. 8 January 73VJ 74.73, 74c; February 74ii, 75H, 74J474X, 75 5iCc: May 76i76V. 77, 17Me. Corn January 85 wuv, uv, ua., uwv, iciniuii 7h n seu uica uru. v.k.ia... act 36H36i, S636X, 36MC, May 3Iw !37i,375i37M. 37. 37437fr Oatt U-Jnuary 2222X; 22. 2i, 2 May g4HZ4, 24, 24J4 , Fork, per bbl January $13 05, 13 12 9512 05: May $16 05, 13 20, 13 15. -Lard, per 100 fts-Jao $6 97K.7 02i, 6 97K. 7.0prMay m. 7 is, 7 is. snort nbs. ne Ids January 6 67s. 6 75; 6 6 70; May. $6 80, 6 82, 6 75, 6 180 LlVKRPOO Cotton dmarc; prices l-16d lower: American middJint fair, 5 15 16d; good middling 6d; middling 5 ,17 S2d; tow middling -5 1132d; good ordinary 5 3 S2d: ordi nary 4 27 .82d. The sales were 8,000 bales, of whic! were for speculation and included 6,900 bMs Amt? ceipts 10,000 h9IL in American. Futures openeWasy and steady. American tjddling (1. January 5 25 645, 26 64d! January ! and -. FeVary 51 22 64(S 23 64d buyer; FeVrWry and March S 19 64&5 20 64d buyer; March and Apil 5 17 64d seller; April and May 5 14-64 5 15 64d seller; May and Jut.h i 12-64d seller; June and (July j 564d buyer; July and August 6 6 645 7 64d buyer; August and September 4 7 64d value BY of RIVER -AND RAIL. Receipts Ntvsl Stores Yesterday. Railroad 154 sad Cotloi 1 W.& w ton. ! bales W. C. & A. Railroad 142 bales cot ton, 19 casks spirits turpentine, 121 barrels rosin. 29 barrels tar. 8 barrth crude turoentine. I A. cc X. Railroad 3 casks spirtu turpentine. 2 barrels rosin. 12 barre tar, 89 barrels crude turpentine. ! W. & N. Railroad 16 brs cotton, 5 casks spirits turpentine, i j U. U. Kailroad 26 barrels tar. Steamer r.W.--T. DaKett 13 caski spirits turoentine. T8 barrels rosin. barrels tar' 6 barrels crude turpentine. I Total Cotton, 812 bales; spirits tur pontine, 40 casks; rosin, 194; barren tar, 105 barrels; crude turpentine, barrels. . a S3 For Rent. One pi the most j desirable offices in the city, I ' Over Merors Zoel'ers' J etore. Entrance from proc" street. .. Apply to . - . . y SAMUEL BEAK, Sr. deolOtr 18 Market ssreet FECIAL Furniture I :u edneed aa 1 Standard valves i The after holiday e'earanoe aa?e or ;oW V ends of . . , - :: begins to-morrow andf tnere are rlcb l ror : moee wbo aon's aeiy. ETerymnH , necessary to keep our retUr swe JP?; i regular- dimensions nae been marked , ft,nrea, a tnlrd and a bait leas than prices.-These items edonld prove lrreslstaw attractive.. i.----m i nUimOD d EELLY, V5 W USB VtJ s?Oar V'.ni --Mr. r 1 a i U a, tA4, 4 P. M SootVooVnioe of da; y mi . it Rt ftl . 1M "wrooa seili-r; 1 I K W South rront aweej. . Bell Tnone us. , . . , i Jan 1 1