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combination represents practically
unlimited capital. It controls not a
few millions but hundreds or thou
sand "f millions. For business
it becomes omnipotent..
purposes
Fridat .Muhjii4j January 2d.
A COLOSSAt COMBINE
These are the days of Trusts and
combinations, mfehty Trusts and
mighty combinations, growing
mightier.. There jare Trusts in this
o
It
can
iudutnes
if
country now so 1
ital thev control
have been regard
as impossibilities
rvrnhfthlV Small C
f- -.
Trusts that may
hence, unless th
mense in the cap-
that they would
a few years ago
and which aro
mpared with the
xist a few years
oyerleap them
selves and the Tiust system go to
pieces. The while industrial sys
tem of the countyi outside of the
farm, is practical under Trusts in
some shape, and the farms would be
if that were practicable.
The banking bmsiness is not yet
controlled by a Trust, although the
currency of the ciuntry is to a very
large extent conjrolled by a small
number of the Urge banks, but a
Bank Trust has bbn foreshadowed
in the reported dontemplated con
solidation of sonfe of the strong
est banks in ?ew York city,
which would be to all intents and
purposes a Banking Trust,' which
would control tfce smaller banks
and the volume of currency.
Editor Harmswurth, of London,
predicts as one of he probabilities of
the 20th century J journalism a con
solidation of thej leading journals,
which will be controlled by the same
persons and pursue the same poli
cies, which would be to all intents
and purposes a Newspaper Trust,
and a mighty one too.
There are railrc ad combines, too,
some of which control many thou,
sands of miles of track, secured by
purchase, lease imd consolidation
with other lines. but these are all
eclipsed by the latest combine re
x cently effected bj ; some of the lead
ing corporations of the country, a
scheme of President Hill, J. Pier
pont Morgan and other railroad
men and financiers, which embraces
lines of railway eaching from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and
steamers on bothloceans running in
connection with! them, so that a
passenger could buy a ticket in Lon
don that would arrT4 bim to Hong
Kong, say, or hi might, if he saw
fit, ship a package of goods the
same way. IostJjad of pa3sing over
a half dozen lines of transportation,
each under different and sometimes
opposing management, the traveller
or shipper dealsj with one line on
land and water, inder one manage
ment, f
To give some iaea of the colossal
proportions of trns combine and in-
cidentally of the mighty power it
may wield, We jquote the folio wr
ins. eiving th lines and mile-
aee embraced h
stated by Mr.
Chicago Tribu
tation of being
formed railroad
this country:
. i .11
it choose control otner
vith which it is either
directly or indirectly conuecteu d
it controls railroads. The coal min
inff and iron mining and iron mak
ing industries may fall under its
control which would make it almost
absolute master of the industrial
field, i
It was given out a few days ago
that J. Pierpont Morgan had secured
practical control of the anthracite
coal fields, which may be a part of the
railroad combine scheme, and doubt
less hi mav 80on Proceed to take n
the bituminous coal fields within
the realm of this railroad combine.
XUirU ha amount of rails, lOCO-
if 1VU - "
motives, cars, etc., which this com
bine will need how long may it wait
before1 it has all the iron mines.it
wants,! all the furnaces, all the steel
plants! and all the locomotive and
car shops, or in other words oeiore
it may control the iron and steel
making industry with the coal fields
and coal supplies? This is all pos
sible, and not at all improbable, not
a bit more improbable than this 7b,
224 mile railroad combine would
have been considered a few years
ago, or even a few months ago.
We bave entered upon the era of
mighty combines, and there is no
telling the proportions they may
reach for where they may end. And
then jthink of the mighty power
such a combine could wield in poli
tics, controlling the immense army
of men it would control In its vari
ous ramifications. There is some
thing! in this that the thoughtful
may think about and ask if such
combinations do Art portend more
harm jthan good.
investment. Of course a onn wv
lina could not be expected : to ap
proximate that sum, but JNortn
Carolina should view mis 4u"
from a business standpoint, if from
no other, and be, as liberal to her
echoolsasher available means will
permit.
SENATOR SIMMONS.!
The speech of Senator-elect Sim;
mons in acceptance of the responsi
ble office to which he was elected by
the Legislature Tuesday and uly
confirmed Wednesday, was brief and
a model of good taste, characteristic
of the man. While expressing his
appreciation of the high honor con-
i i (Una
ferred upon mm and nis joy t
being singled out as worthy by his
Democratic fellow citizens, he
showed that he was not unconscious
of the weighty responsibilities at
tached to that position as the repre
sentative of a great State and a great
nnnnio fnr until a Democratic col-
utvrfi.v am
league shall be chosen he will be the
sole representative in the Senate of
the white people of North Carolina.
Conscious of this responsibility
and also of the fact that to do his
duty fully will require study and
labor, he goes with the high resolve
to do all that in him lies to dis
charge his duties well and prove
himself worthy, as he has always
proved faithful to the trusts im
posed. As a Senator he may not at
tain the distinction of some of his
illustrious predecessors, but we pre
dict for him a useful and creditable
term of service, and one that will
meet. with the hearty approval of the
constituency which it is his highest
ambition to serve.
CURRENT COMMLM.
9
Another disgraceful inter
change offensive personalities in the
United States Senate yesterday.
That the Senate has cea3ed to be a
deliberative body is an opinion very
eeuerally entertained, and a con
tinuance of these altercations may
revive the popular demand for the
abolition of the upper house. Nero
York World, Dem.
No, there is not to be any
war with Venezuela. The Scorpion
is not to blow Caracas and the
asphalt deposit and several other
things into the air with her- little
guns. She is merely steaming
around burning a little coal, and
meanwhile exercising a sort of re
straining influence upon the impet
uous Venezuelans to keep them
from hurting themselves. And as
for Uncle Sam bullying his l'ttle
neighbor pooh! Nobody ever
thought of it. Savannah News,
Dem.
-i "The humanitarian idea of
half starving the families of guer
rilla Boers in order to compel the
latter to surrender to British arms,"
says the Boston Glole, "isn't Weyler
ism. Oh, no; it is Kitchenerism.
Which do you prefer as an illustra
tion of 'civilized' methods in war
fare?" What do you think of Sheri
danism? Kitchener has not yet tried
the plan of reducing the Transvaal to
such a desert that "a crow would
starve in flying across it if he did
not carry his rations." Charleston
News and Courier. Dem.
iWliSKLINQS.
FOR THE
FARMER
POFULAB EDUCATION.
In jhis campaign preceding the
election Governor Aycock declared
himself an earnest friend of popular
education; in his inaugural address
he reiterated these declarations and
made a strong plea for popular edu
cation. The Democratic Governor,
the Democratic Legislature and the
the Democratic party of the State
are committed to this and its repre
sentatives will doubtless keep faith
with the people and redeem the
n" edges made, which becomes a mat
ter of jr, nr&JrtTportance since an edu-
califonal qualification has been added
to the! constitution as a prerequisite
to the! privilege or the franchise. 4
There is now a bill before the
Legislature to aid Ue Agricultural
-and Mechanical College at Raleigh,
which! will probably pass in some
As a hustling tiee climber ; Teddy
Roosevelt demonstrated his agility
the other day in Colorado. About
dusk he waB sneaking up and trying
to get the drop on a puma, when a
pack of wolves came his way. He
didn't stand on ceremony, but got,
and not being as good a runner as
the wolves, he shinned it up a tree,
and sat there bawling until his fel
low hunterBhove in Bight and hunted
the wolves away.
An eminent Chicago physician
says the death of the late Philip D.
Armour, who died of heart disease,
was hastened by excitement in the
trade pits, and warns other men who
congregate in the pit to go slow, if
they would tarry long in the land.
"But the way they rush few of them
seem to want to tarry long in
Chicago.
Our corn exports for the past five
years have averaged 173,000,000
year, something over two
this combine, as
m it
30 tjanman, oi tne
who has the repu-
ne of the best in-.
tews authorities in
Mileage.
... 2 340
... 495
... 5.630
1,663
New York Ceatrj
West Shore ....
Chiiaeoaod Northwestern
Michigan Central
T.afca flhnra and Michirn South
ern 4 2.2X
New York. Chicago and St. Louis
(Nickel Plate). 525
Erie 2 187
LhiKh Valley.. j.; 1235
Rsadioe .. - 1,265
Central Railroad bf New Jersey 675
Delaware. Lackawanna and
Wtrn 932
Nw York. Newhaven and Hart-
'ford i
Southern Railroad 5,823
Central of Qf-ortfa 1.609
Northern Pacific 1 4 846
Chicago, MilwaukeeandSt. Paul 6,451
Cleveland, Cinctonati, Chicago
and 8t. Louis (Ug Four) 2.495
Chesaoeake and Ohio 1,544
Boston and Albany S8S
Fitchburg .' 458
Wisconsin Central 857
Union Pacific... j 3.021
Baltimore and Olio 2,365
Baltimore and Okio Southwest
ern. i 933
Chicago aod Alton . 93
Missouri, Kausai and Texas
(Shrevepori) . . 560
Missouri, Kaoass'and Texas 3.100
Missouri Pacific. 5 375
Southern Pacific! 7,571
Kansas City Southern 825
J.
....76.224
f V m a Wl AAJ
grana total oi yd,
Total
Here is a
miles of railway jander one directing
management amd controlled as a
whole. But ths isn't all, for some
of the financial journals Bay it em
braces the Pennsylvania system and
the Northern Pacific, which would
make nearly ore-half the railroad
mileage of the whole country, in
cluding also steamer lines on both
oceans. This wtiole mighty system
will be controlled by a few master
minds and organizers, and it will be
controlled, of qourse, in their In
terests, and thq interests of those
associated with Ihem.
Accepting the combine as an ac
complished scheme the next ques
tion that inteneBts the country is
doea it mean god or evil? Will it
be the -nconrager of business and
the mental development of the coun.
ecome
Bhapei The day has passed when
one would quesTTonhe value of the
education of the brain or training
of the hand, and the day has come
when! both of these are more essen
tial than they ever were to people
who would keep up in the march of
progress. But there is a productive
and tnoney value in popular edu
cation which is not always fully ap
preciated because not always fully
known.
Prof. Chas.W. Dabney, President
of the Agricultural College of Ten
nessee, a strong and enthusiastic
advocate, of popular education, who
sustains his appeals by facts and
figures, has written some interesting
papers on this subject for the Balti
more; Manufacturers Record, len-
nessee being his own State, he takes
that as an illustration in contrast
with Massachusetts. In one of
these papers he substantially says:
"In 1898 99 the average school
period for each inhabitant of the
United 8tates was 4.4 years; in Mas
sachusetts it was 7 years, and in Ten
nessee 3 vears. The average produc
tion of each inhabitant of the United
States in 1899 was $170 00 a yer, or
In Massachusetts it
was 1260.00. or 85 cents a day
there no relation of cause an
here?
; The productivity of a
everywhere proportional to
cation, i. e.. their physical.
intellectual training ' Io 18
aaohnsffttn Amended 13.88
schools, which was f38 & per pupu m
average daily attendance; Tennessee
expended $1,628,313 on her schools, or
4 62 Dr ffuDil. The average for the
whole United States is $19 00 per pupil.
Now, the people of Massachusetts
earned last year $252,487,140 more than
the same number of average people in
the United States, and $403,969,824
more than the Bam e number of peopie
in Tennessee. Twelve miluon dollars
invested in superior education yield
$400,000,000 a year.' "
He concludes as follows, every
word of which is as applicable to
North Carolina as to Tennessee:
"Our great resources in Tennessee,
climate, soils and minerals, are useless
in the hands of an untrained people.
Moreover, if we do not educate our
own people to use these resources in.
telligently, the trained men or other
States will come in and do so, and
make our native people the hewers of
wood and the drawers of water in
their industries."
Compared in natural resources
with' North Carolina or with any
other Southern ' State, Massachu
setts is a desert, but she has become
rich and powerful by utilizing the
resources of more favored States
and I converting the raw materials
bushels a
nl a half times lareer than the
exports for the five preceding years,
which indicates that corn is getting
there.
Members of the secret societies
have the doubtful ambition of giving
each otber the "grippe." Life
Bretherin', falling from grace
ain't a good thing ter do, but ter some
fiiks it'a miehty great privilege.
Atlanta Constitution
He Women will never be paid
a much for lecturing as men. She
Why not? He Because they do too
much of it for nothing.
"What is the indispensable gift
of a successful artist nowadajs?''
"Well, he must have the 'knack of
making his work look crazy and
stylish."
Freshleieh "I never could see
how a woman can kiss a dog ' Miss
Dimples "And I dare say there ara
lots of dogs who can't see how wo
men can kiss some men.
A Moist Definition They were
once more talking about trusts. "I
heard another definition of a trust the
other day." said Mr. Northside to Mr.
Shadyside. ' What was it?" "A trust
is a body of men entirely surrounded
by water." Pittsburg Chronicle Tele
graph.
Coal: "You are my prisoner!"
"But I am innocent !" The crisp even
ing air echoed with the click oi clos
ing gyves. "Haw, then," the police
man demanded, sternly, "does it hap
pen that your pockets are full of coal
with the monogram carefully obliter
ated f' Detroit Journal.
One of the Real Victims:
"There's no doubt," said the suburban
ite householder, "that we have been
needing buiterine legislation a long
time It was only the other day my
grocer sold me some old and Jrancid
country butter for good butterine. I
made him take it back, too, quick V
Chicaago Tribune.
I consider red clover, either the me
dium or Mammoth varieties, the best
to use for hay for either colts or calves,
as they are growing and require a feed
rich In bone forming material, says a
correspondent of The Prairie Farmer.
It should be jeut when the first brown
beads appear, as the heads and leaves
do not break! off so easily and the hay
is eaten up clean. For cows nnd horses
I would prefer shredded corn fodder,
clover, millet or cane In the order men
tioned. For the small farmer I consid
er clover and timothy pay an expen
sive feed. To harvest two tons of hay
per acre requires ground rich enough
to produce 50 bushels of corn and lVs
tons of fodder. This crop jf rightfully
handled will bring in more dollars than
the two tona of hay. Milk cows- do
well on this fodder, but of course
6bould have at little grain of some kind
added. For work horses I would pre
fer shredded corn fodder to hay, as It
is slightly loosening, and there is no
danger of heaves. It takes up very lit
tle barn rootn, and what little is
thrownvout as bedding is easily shovel
ed out with the cleanings of the stable.
Sweet corn drilled thick in 30 Inch
rows and cultivated as for a cronflpf
corn Is perhaps best for the fodner
crop. This crop, either shredded or
thrashed. Is an" Ideal feed for the pro
duction of milk and butter. It can be
cut with an ordinary grain binder and
if put in small shocks will cure out per
fectly. Any farmer who Is short on
hay will be sure to adopt thl as a reg
ular crop after once trying it. Millet is
a valuable feed for all stock if cut
when the first few heads turn yellow.
We hear and read of a great many ob
jections to millet, especially as feed for
horses, but after feeding from 2 to 15
acres of it yearly for 20 years I have
yet to have any trouble with It.
A Happg r..otfier
Frolicking with her baby makes one of
the prettiest spectacles ever seen in the
home. But nothing is sadder to see than
the unhappy mother, weak and nervous,
striving in vain to hush the cries of her
-weak and nervous babe. There can be
no happiness tor
either mother or
child without
health. Doctor
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription " has
done wonders" for
many a woman,
by restoring her
health and open
ing for her the way
to happy mother
hood. This really
wondertui medi
cine is not a cure
all. It is a prepara
tion specially de
signed to cure dis
eases, peculiar to
women. It dries
debilitating drains,
heals inflammation,
and ulceration,
cures female weak
ness, and removes
the causes which
generally make
women nervous
and sleepless.
There is no alco
hol in " Favorite
Prescription " and
it contains no. opium, cocaine or other
narcotic.
Mre- James W. Blacker, of 629 Cather
ine Street, Syracuse, N. Y.. writes: "Your
medicines have done wonders for me. For
years my health was very poor ; I had four
miscarriages, but since taking Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription and 'Golden Medical Dis
covery,' I haw much better health, and now I
have a fine henlthy baby."
Use Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets with
"Favorite Prescription" if the bowels
are inactive or irregular.
COMMERCIAL.
W ILM1NGTON .M A K K '
TQucted officially at the closing by ti.e Produce
STAR OFFICE, January 24.
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE
steady at
$2.30 for dip and
Uuotauops same
atCOUV JUUCU1UC lill511r,.i
erately all day in the f ac ,Tf ;
trades unchanged cables unH
port business. As bull infln-t
email 'Nnlharuct "c3.&
fir ml iirr.rr iM in i n .-
,i , , ""iun,
sunolv. large clearance .,..
TURPENTINE Nothing nent. j Closed strong
SPIRITS
aong.
ROSIN-Mark:et hrm at suzu per
barrel for strained and tl.25 for good
strained.
TAR Market firm at $130 per bbl
"'VOL l.fc.
hifriAii So loo in . 1- 'lnt
- . . 3 t(..
i
AT t
TURPENTINE. Market
$1.30 per barrel; for hard,
for virgin.
day last year.--
WHOLESALE 'PHICES CUBBED
Tne Quotations are aiways given as accurately
as possible, but the Stak will not be responsible
tor any variations from tbo actual market price
of the articles auoted
tw The fonowine a notations represent
nrhniMuiia Triraui oronnrallv. In makma
small orders hteher nrlcea have to be charsn
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
r.e-
flay
i effect
liople is
reir edu-
foral and
99 Mas
58 on her
trr. or will it kecome a tnoute ex
acter and thus Repress business and I purchased from them into finished
- . M T 1 I . 1l' 1 "
retard developentr it may prove i forms, thus many times mtuwpijing
either gooa or tu accomiug w me i tneir vaiue ana giving empiojiueuu
to her own people, who were nttea
by education and hand-training for
this employment. As she increased,
in wealth she spenS more money in
popular education until now she ex
pends twice as much as the average
for the United States, and, as Prof.
Dabney shows, it pays.
With her accumulated wealth
Massachusetts does not feel the $13,
889,838 1 she annually pays for her
schools, whioh she regards as a good
Winston Journal: Kev
Vrs, of Spaulding, Neb , is prospecting
in North Oarolina wijh a view of pur
chasing a large bodyof land and locat
ing a colony or nis people, tie on
visited Asherille and other ; places,
and is now stopping over , at Greens
boro.
Asheville Citizen: A very unique
and rare prehistoric bowl was brought
to the city a few days ago by E. F.
Buckaer, the bowl being plowed up a
few miles from Weaverville. It meas
ures 44 inches in circumference and is
15 inches deep, tapering almost to a
point at the bottom. The surface has
the markings peculiar to ancient pot
tery. It was buried upside down in a
field that has been plowed for twenty
years, and unfortunately the plow
broke a hole in it. bit the pieces will
all be found. The bowl was probably
used as a water pot. It is not glazed
and is evidently verr old.
Lexington Dispatch: A party
of night hands at tne doelby cotton
mills have Deen seeing a iigni iu m
south. This light appears from 10 to
12 o'clock and goes from south to east.
J Y. Hamrick, of Metal, N, O ,is
one of Cleveland county's progressive
farmers and stock raisers. He has over
100 head of cattle, and twenty brood
sows, all of which are registered stock
Mr Hamrick made last year 300 bush
els of wheat and 1,500 bushels of corn.
There is a house in No. 1 town
ship that was built in 1820 by Mr. Pal
mer. The house stands to day with
all the work that was first put on.
The roof of the house has not teen
touched and there is not a leak any
where. There is another house in the
soma (nw nshin that was shingled with
hoards and Dut on with pegs. There
isn't a nail in the whole house. The
floor is put down with pegs.f
Hickory Times Mercury: At
a chopping at Mr. J. A. Aoee's on
Friday, January 18tb. Gaither Aber
nethy, a young man 19 years old, was
killed by a falling tree. Just before
sunset, young Abernethy and several
others were cutting down a Spanish
oak, about 20 inches through, which
must have been leaning some and top
heavy. Four were sawing on one
side while one was chopping on the
other. Those sawing went Tyer half
way through and when the tree started
o fall it split up about 15 feet and
broke off, letting the trunk fall back
suddenly beyond the the stump. This
caught Abtrnethy's left leg, breaking
it in three or four places, knocking
hi knee ioint out of socket bur ting
the leaders, and also knocking the hip
joint out out place and up into his
bowels. As soon as lever power could
be procured he wasextricated.and car
ried to the house and a physician sum
moned. All was was done for him
that it was possible to do. Even in
tbis condition he remained conscious
until death, which was not until about
12 o'clock that night.
A young officer, having quarreled with
a corn meiclinut in a club at Bordeaux,
sent him his seconds on the following
ST.
2, "Gentlemen, " said the corn merchant,
"I am quite w illing to fight a duel with
the lieutenant, but I do not think our
risks are equal. He is a bachelor, and I
have three children. When he has as
many children ns I have, I shall be at hia
disposal."
A man ia the neighborhood had a pret
ty daughter. The lieutenant immediate
ly courted, obtained her parents' consent
and married her. In due course he was
presented with n boy and subsequently
with a daughter. At last, to his great
joy, a third child was born.
lie lost no time in calling on the corn
merchant.
"Well," said he in a triumphant tone,
"we can fight now. I have three chil
dren." "Ah!" retorted his antagonist, a big
smile illuminating his features, "but I
have five!"---London Tit-Bits.
One Sided Gladness.
A funny story is told of the warden of
a certain prison. On being appointed to
the position, he was taken by the prison
r-hnninin into the chauel. where the pris
oners were assembled in a body. The
chaplain presented him to the company
with the remark that he would say a few
words. The warden was a bashful man
and unaccustomed to speechmaking. He
stammered, stuttered, blushed and falter
ed: "Ladies nnd er no no gentle
that is, men and fellow prisoners er I
can't make a speech. I I don't know how
to make a speech. In fact, all er all I
can say is er that I'm very glad indeed
to see so many of you here!" Kansas
City Independent.
Raised Together.
Banker You and the boy in the ad
joining office appear to be good friends.
Jimmy Yes. fir: we wnz raised to
gether. Banker Ah!
Jimmy Yep; his boss give him a dollar
more le same time you did me. Chicago
News-
Slaloney's Condition.
Irate Landlady (pounding on the door
of her slothful lodger's room Is it dead
or alive ye are, Misther Maloney?
Maloney (from within) Nayther. I'm
slapin. Tit-Bits.
Breeding; Potatoes.
It is conceded by most men who are
well versed in the raising of potatoes
that there is one certain sort of the tu
ber that will do better than any other
in any given locality, and it ought to
be the endeavor of every practical
farmer to get the most out of his
ground, whether in the way of roots or
grain. The potato that will do best in
any district oi soil is the one that Is
brought to perfection in that soil Itself,
and hence any! farmer raising any large
quantity of potatoes will do well to
form a subvariety, bred and perfected
under the conditions prevailing on his
own acres, to get tnis Kinu oi a pota
to is not so hard as might be expected,
says The Breeder's Gazette, though
the matter of selection may occupy
several years. ) Some of the best known
varieties of the potato have been ob
tained by cutting one of the eyes from
a potato of one kind and then insert
ing it in a whole tuber of some other
kind, the two potatoes chosen for the
trial being representatives of the sorts
that have done best on tne iana zor
which the new stock Is wanted. The
eye that is to grow ought to be cut
from the potato with quite a large
pointed piece , of the tuber attached,
and it ought then to be inserted in the
mother tuber tighfl fitting into a bole
of the same shape prepared to receive
it The eyes on the mother tuber
ought then to" be destroyed ana Tne
planting done.!
Adjust tne Plovr Properly.
It requires considerable experience to
properly adjust a plow to run steadily
at the several depths it may be desir
ed to use it. says a correspondent of
The American Agriculturist. When
properlyadjusted to a certain depth and
width of furrow, it should and will in
land free from obstruction run so
steady as to require the handles to be
used only at the end of the furrow.
Yet as most plows are adjusted it is
the hardest work to keep them in an
upright position, as you are obliged to
bear heavily on the handles to keep
them from going In too deeply or to
raise up the handles to make them
cling to the ground, or when a wheel Is
used It bears heavily on the axle. In
this age of improvements any farmer
who will purchase a plow that cannot
be adjusted to the right or left) deep or
shallow, the handles raised or lowered
to suit f-be height of the plowman, de
serves to. as he-will, find plowing any
thing but an easy Job. There are plen
ty of uch Improved plows, so don't
take an out of date one because it Is
offered at a reduced price. The best is
none too good. Let the "other fellow"
buy the obsolete4 tool.
Sheep Pasture.
Rough jground may be turned Into
good pastures for sheep without plow
ing, says The Sheep Breeder. If the
land is covered -with trees, It may be
scratched over as well asmay be by a
harrow, so as to get cove for as much
grass as possible. The main thing to
be done is to start the grass; the sheep
will do the rest. Once started, the
crass will thicken and spread. After
the beginning has been made itls easy
to improve the grass by scattering seed
during a rain, or, indeed, at any time,
even in dry weather, as the first rain
will start growth, and the treading of
the sheep will pack the soil and insure
the safety of the young roots. The
best grasses for a sheep pasture are
those with creeping roots, as the com
mon red top, the blue grasses, orchard
grass and tall meadow oat grass, while
clover Is one of the most valuable of
this family of : pasture plants. The
quantity of seed to be sown is 20
pounds of each of the grasses and ten
pounds of thr white clover to the acre
or the equivalent.
BAGGING
S t Jute
Standard. -
Burlaps
WESTERN SMOEEU
Hams V tt -
Blues v to .
laers
8)4 a
o
8M
m
8
8
Spirits turpentine firm at 515lc;
rosin flrm at fl.251.30; tar ti m
at $1.30; crude turpentine; steady at
$1.60f2.90.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 34
Rosin l .f . . . 1,751
Tar ....:.:, 281
Crude turpentine . . ft 134r
Receipts same day last year. 67
casks spirits turpentine, 489 bbls
rosiu, 437 bbls tar, 22 bblsj crude tur
pen tine.
I COTTON.
Market firm on a basis Of 9c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary . : 6 13-16 cts $ lb
Good ordinary. .... . 7 3-16 " "
Low middling 8 13-16 , " "
Middling .1 9X I "
Good middling 9 9 1 6 44 14 .
Same day last year middling steady
at 7c. ! I ,
Receipts 440 bales; same day last
year,
t I
Corrected Regn'arly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Mei ch nU3.J .
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 75c; extra prime, 80c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 86c.
Virginia-Prime, 65c? extra prime,
70c; fancy 70c. ' J '
CUKJN JJirm; oo to ou cents per
bushel for white. !
N. C.BACON steady; hams 11 to
12jcper pound; shoulders, 8 to 9c;
sides, 7 to 8c.
EGGS Pull at 13 cents per
dozen. I I
CHICKENS Very dull. Grown,
22K25 cents; springs, 1217 cts.
BEESWAX Firm at 25 cents.
TALLOW Firm at 56 cents
per pound J I
TURKEYS Live, dull at 8 to 9c;
J!
tog
nes:
OrinJ
NO
AW
Shoulders ft .
dry salted -
BlaesS - IftQ;
Bhonlder8
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine-
Second-hand, each 1 40
Second-hand macmne vjt
New New York, eaca
New City, each
BRICKS M
Wumington V M 7 00 7 50
Northern M 00
U w i i " A
Nortn uarcuna
Northern - 24
Par bnshel. in sacks 5
dressed. 10!
SWEET
to 11c.
POTATOES Firm at 50c.
1 45
1 45
1 45
1 45
IS
8
13
13&
12K
11
8H
23 CO
11 00
16 00
8 00
14 00
8 50
7 CO
3 00
5
4 85
3 25
4 50
9
57
55
36
70
Vtrerlnla Meal
OOTTON TIBs V bundle
CANDLES
Sperm
Adamantine
CHEESE
Northern Factory
Dairy Cream..
Half cream -
COFFEE 9
Laguyra
Rio
DOMES! ICS
Sheeting, 4-4, yard..
Yarns. V bunch or 5 Ks ...
FISH ,
MacKerel, No. 1, barrel..
Mackerel, No. 1, v half -bbl.
Mackerel, No. 2, V barrel..
Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl.
MackereC No. 8, V barrel..
Mullets, V barrel
Mullets, pork barrel
N. C. Roe Herring, keg.
Dry Cod, V V
" Extra
f LOUR-
Low grade
Choice
Btralght
First Patent
SLUE S
3 RAIN S bushel
Corn, from store,bss White
Mixed Corn
Car-load, in bgs White...
cia.tR. from store
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas
HIDES
Green Baited
Dry flint
Drv salt
SAY 100 Ss
No I Timothy.
Rice Straw
Eastern
Western
North River
HOOP IRON, .... ...
.ARD. V
Northern
North Carolina
CIME. V barrel
UMBEB (city sawed) M ft
gulp Stuff, resawed
Rough edge Plank
waqi India cAnroea. accord
ing to quality 13 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. IS 00
Scantling and Board, cem'n 14 00
OLAB8ES gallon
Barbadoes, In hogshead. ....
Bar badoes, In barrels
Porto Rico, In hogsheads. ... 38
Porto Rico, in barrels 28
Sugar House, In hogsheads. 12
Sugar House, in barrels. ... 14
Syrup, In barrels 15
NAILS, keg. Cut, 60d basis. . .
PORK. V barrel
Cltv Mess
Rump
Prime
80PE, W i "
4ALT, V sack, Alunt
Liverpool
American.
8UQAR. Standard Qran'd
Standard A
White Extra C
Extra C, Golden
C Yeuow
SOAP, Northern
STAVES. M W. O. barrel....
- R. O. Hogshead.
UMBER, M feet Shipping..
Common mill
Fair uiul.
Prime mill ?
Extra mlU
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
M 6x24 heart
Dap
5x20 Heart
" Bap
WHISKEY. srallon Northern
25
26
55
55
33
25
11
14
14
13
12H
10
5H
70
80 00
15 00
18 00
9 00
14 00
3 75
7 50
3 25
10
4 50
8 E0
3 75
4 00
4 75
10
59
56
54
42H'1
6H
11
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
' By Teleirap h to the Morning Star.
Nbsw York. Jan. 24. Money on call
easy at lf&2 per cent. Prime mer
can tile paper 34& per cent. Sterling
exchange firm, with actual business in
hankers' Mils at 48734 tor demand
and 48331 for sixty days. Posted
rates were 484$ and j 488.;: Com
mercial bills 483483J. I Silver cer
tificates 6S65. Bar silver 61
Mexican dollars 48 JS. Government
bonds stroner. State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds irregular. U.3 reruna
ing 2' s regld, 105J6 ; U. S. refund'g 28,
coupon, 105 J4; U.S. 2's, reg'dW; 0 8.
S's, reg'd,lQ9M : do. coupon, 110 ;D., S.
4's, new reg'a, 136M ; ao. coupon.
137M; U.S. 4's, old reg'd, 113K;
do. coupon, 113J6 ; U. 8.1 reg'd
110 ; do.T coupon, 111; Southern
R'y S's 113. Stocks: Baltimore &
Ohio 86 V Chesapeake & Ohio 38M :
Mnnhattari Li 11354: . X. jenmu
140H ; Reading 31ji ; do. 1st pref'd 70 M :
St. Paul, 147; do. pref'd, of'd 187;
Southern 'y 19M : pref'd 692 t Ameri
can Tobacco. 113; do. I pref'd 140;
People's Gas 98&; Sugar 133 ; do.
pref'd 118; T. U. & Iron 56?; 8.
Leather 11 H ; do. preferred 73iC ; West
ern UniohT82&. Standard Oil 793795.
Baltimore, January 24. Seaboard
Air Line, ommon,10i10M;do. pre
ferred 25M25. Bonds 4's 70.
nan Mornti 707Z. . ,BUiJ
steady; No. 2 47kc at elPr4(3"
462c; options shared the Iirm' ,Vlf M
wheat air dayrelped by few -Aj ft d&j
ciosed 47c ; March closed 45 i'.Ei
closed4Jc;-JuIy closed 44 7 tSje
-Spot quiet; No. 2 30c; ootife!
but firmly held with corn. Tailowd ' '
Pork steady. Lard st-adv.v'fi
ern steam $7 70: refined laH J
continent $7 80; South American fc"
'nmnniiViH R f?lK P....
. r j "ov. u u l icr
Western creamery 16a22c-
dairy 1420c; factory 11HC
firm- fttlitP. nriil vrmnli...':. ?
--""oj i ,auij
21c at mark, for Oversee lots; Veu
regular packing 18j19. Cheesefi!
fancy ,lrei fall made. 11 Va,,
small fancy, fall made t ... il
Potatoes quiet; Jersey 25ai"
Island 752 00; Jersey sweets li
3 00. Petroleum dull. Rice firm
lasses steady. Cabbages steady, f
ton seed oil firmly held, with gone
maud for spot at 32c, and oiheri
quiet at old prices. Brime cruds '
barrels, 2728c.- nominal; 0..
. - l ! oi i a qo . v.-
mer yellow 3031c; prime . ?
3435c; prime winter yellow 35g J-'
prime meal $25 00. JDoffee-8poU
quitt: Cordova 8 12. Suear-P
easy; fair refining 3c; centrrfuga; - '
test 4Xc. molasses sugar 3Xe;it;"
quiet,
Chioaco, Jan. 24 May wheat i
vanctd ifc today under the u;
ence of smaller receipts. Corn ciii
a shade and oats Jtc up Prorf
a the close were 5 loSc low-r.
CuiOAGO, Jan.24 Cash quotas
Flour Market dull. Wbeat-S0
c; .No. 3 sprinir 15472c; No. j.
7475c. Corn--No. 2, 37Xc. Ca;
No. 2 24K24c; No. 2 white 2?i
No. 3 white 2627c. Pork,::
barrel, $13 8013 90. Lard, ps,
Qs, $7 277 30 Short nb sit
loose, $5 87J 7 12- Dry salted
ders, $6 256 50. Short clear sii
boxea f zskq ho. wnisKey-i
tillers' finished goods. pei gallon. 3g
The leading futures ranged i W ,
lows opening, highest, lowest V.
closing t Wheat No 2 January n . Jk- VJ
72 73. 72y. TZn 73; , JTebnp
72, 73, 72, 73; May 7475,'
754c Corn January 37 , .1"' g
X7A X7Ac- February 37!. 37! .?
37&C; May ZSSS 39, 38k, Si W
tiort
ties
9 f
Oats--JaDuarj; 23H
bbl January
23, 23,.23i-
May 25, 25, 25, 25'X25X. Porti Jfe
May fl3
13 07 XA. 13 80. 13 80. Lard, peril
-January $7 30, 7 30: 7 27. It-. f .'.
March $7 30; May $7 42, 7 45.73T -i
7 37J4. Short rib, per 100 Ibs-J
ary $6 87 ; May.
7004
05, 7 05, 6
FOREiSN
&v t'aiilte to the Woi u .
Liverpool January 4,
Cotion Suoti. moderate
4 -P. .11
burnt
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a 10 NAVAL SCORES MARKETS
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6940
9
115 O I
95
60
95
95
90
m
10
20
18 00
15 00
SO 00
16 00
18 00
83 00
15 00
&
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25
28
30
32
14
15
25
2 35
15 00
14 50
14 50
22
1 25
5
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8 00
4 00
G 60
7 60
8 60
4 25
3 00
2 25
1 60
1 00
95
63
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6
64
5
4
14 09
10 00
900
5 00
7 60
8 50
9 50
5 00
3 25
2 50
1 75
10
policies its minagers pursue, but
the temptation fto levy tribute will
be so great tht it will , require no
little self control to withstand the
temptation. j
But there are other probabilities
in this schem4 of combination in
which the coTrutrr may eventually
become more poncerned and jpore
vitally interested than in the mere
transpotation ehargea and the effect
these may have on business. Such
Life and Death. Fight.
Mr.W. A. Hines, of Manchester, la.,
writing of hia almost miraculous
escape from death, aays: "Exposure
after measles maucea wnou. juug
nki. whioh nriftd in Consumntion.
T had freauent hemorrhages and
coughed night end day. All mydoc-
tors said l must soon aie. xui w
gan to use Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, which completely
cured me. I would not be without it
even if it coat $5 00 a bottle. Hundreds
have used it on my recommendation
end all say it never rails to cure i n' oat.
Chest and Lung trouble." Begular
, eice 60s. and $1 00. Trial bottles 10c
at B. B. Bellamys drug store. t
Glorlona News
Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes: "Four bot
tles of Electric Bitters has cured Mra.
Brewer of scrofula, which naa causea
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her head and
face, and the best doctors coum give
no help; but her cure is complete and
h health ia excellent." This shows
hot thousands have proved that
Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier
known. It's the supreme remedy for
eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils
and running sores, it stimulates jiver,
kidneys and bowels, expels poisons.
helps digestion builds up the strength.
Only 50 cents. Bold Dy a. cjkua
my, druggist. Guaranteed.
Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to
treatment by Ely's Cream Balm,
which is screeablv aromatic. It is
received through the nostrils.
cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which it diffuses itself. A
remedy for Nasal Catarrh .which is
drying or exciting to the diseased
membrane snouia not oe usea.
Cream Balm is recognized as a
specific. Price 50 cents at the drug
gists or bv mail. A cold in the head
immediately disappears when Cream
Balm is used. Ey Brothers, 56 War
ren street, New York. t
Only a Flurry.
Mrs. Stubb John, isn't it strange'i
Here it was clear In Chicago yesterday
and snowing in New York.
Mr. Stubb Does the paper say that,
Maria? ,
Mrs. Stubb Well, John, It says there
was a slight . flurry In Wall street
That's New York, isn't it? Chicago
News. ;
Overwhelming; Proof.
H. Irving Stormer Iv tel you, he
doesn't want It known that he's an
actor! He's ashamed of his sublime
profession!
E. Booth Barnes What proof have
you?
H. Irving Stormer Why does he
wear a mustache? Brooklyn Ufe.
Ia the Artiat'a Room.
Potztausend--My friend. It Is kolos
sal! most remark-worthy! You remind
me on Rubinstein, but you are better
as be.
Pianist (pleased) Indeed! How?
Potztausend In de bersbiratlon. My
friend Rubinstein could never bersplre
so mocb! Punch.
'Florida Fast Mail."
BT THE
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY,
"Florida aM West India Short Line"
TO THE
Winter Resorts SontL
The Only Line Operating Daily Limited
Trains to Florida.
The "Florida Fast Mail," another
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway's
splendidly equipped trains, leaves
New York daily at 12:10 A. M., 23rd
Strppt Station. Pennsylvania Rail
mad. with Pullman Drawing Room
Sleeping Car and Day Coaches to Ra
leigh, Southern Pines, Columbia. 8a
vannah and Jacksonville, where
connections are made for St. Au
gustine, Tampa and all Florida
points. This train connects at
New York with train leaving
Boston 7:00 P. M. Leaves Philadel
phia 3:50 A. M., Baltimore 6.22 A. M.,
Washington 10.55 A. M., Rich
mond 2:40 P. M., arriving Southern
Pines 9 35 P. M., Columbia 1:45
A. M., Savannah 5:00 A. M., Jack
sonville 9 10 A. M., St. Aueustine
11:10 A. M., Tampa 5:30 P. M. Through
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeper New
York to Jacksonville. Through Vesti
buled Passenger Coaches and perfect
service.
For further information call on or
write to all Pennsylvania Railroad of-
fices, or representatives of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway at 306 Washington
street, Boston, Mass. ; 1206 and 371
Broadway, New York; 30 South Third
street, Philadelphia, 207 East German
street, Baltimore; 1434 New York
Ave., Washington, or to R. E L.
Bunch, General Passenger Agent,
Portsmouth, Va. . t
By Telegraph t3 the Morning Star.
New York, Jan. 24. Rosin Steady.
Spirits turpentine dull at 40 A 41c.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 24 Spirits tur
peatine steady at 36c; sales 25; casks.
Rosin firm! and unchanged. ;
Savannah Jan. 24. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 37c; sales 50 casks; receipts
352 casks ; exports 50 caskd. Rosin firm.:
A, B, C. D, $1 25; E, $1 35; F, t 40;
G, $1 45; 3, $1 55; I, $1 60; K, $1 70,
M, $1 80: N. $1 90; W G, t2 00; W W,
$2 25; sales 1.903 barrels; receipts 4,711
barrels ; exports 1 300 barrels.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York. January 2. The cot
ton market after opening steady at an
advance of two points to a decline of
two points, ruled generally firm on
covering, ith the near positions lead
ing in further manipulation of Janu
ary contracts, which advanced that
option ten points, while the remainder
of the list scored a gain of one to
seven points. The early improvement
was chieHy due to more reassuring
cables than most of the trade had ex
pected. There were intervals of weak'
ness, owing to the continued heavy
movement; the interior receipts, in
particular,! overrunning estimates.
The market was finally quiet, with
quotations net ten points higher
to three points lower, the more re
mote positions being weakened by
sellingor short account an the apathy
of trade in cotton goods and the ten
dency to increase crop estimates. A
petition is jin circulation for the pnr
pose of making Saturday February 2,
the burial day of the late Queen
Victoria, a holiday.
f New York, Jan. 24. Cotton dull;
middling uplands 9c j
' Cotton futures market closed quiet:
January SI.87, February 19.50, March
9.36, April 9.29, May 9.30, June 9.27,
July 9. 28, August 8.97, September 8.47,
October 8.26, November 8 lb.
Spot cotton closed dull; middling
uplands 9 c; middling gulf 10c;
sales 103 bales. j
Net receipts 1,204 bales ;gross receipts
1,769 bales; exports to the Continent
714 bales:! stock 102.290 bales.
Total fo-dav Net receipts 28.493
bales; exports to Great Britain 17.682
bales; exports to the Continent 15,5i0
bales; stock 853,014 bales. I
Consolidated Net receipts 141,8.47
bales; exports to Great Britain 62 677
bales; exports to France 25 184 bales;
exports to the Continent 73.sib oaies.
Total, since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 5,113 390 bales ; exports to Great
Britain 1,1931.986 bales; I exports to
France 459.257 bales; exports; to the
ContinenO,409. 500 bales.
January 24. Galveston, dull at
9c, net! receipts 7,676 j bales; Nor
folk, steady at 9 7 16c.net receipts 1.342
bales; Baltimore, nominal at Vftc, net
Kuwintq i)79 halas: Boston, 'dull at
- r a
orices ' steady; Americau
dling 5jd The sales cf the day at
12,000 bales, of which 1,000 balesw- jS.
for sneculation and export and i
eluded j 11,?00 bales American. B
ceipts !12,O0Q bales, iccluctir,g 11,1
bates American. Tg
Futures opened quiet st:d stw;fj
and closed A.mericau mdd&''
(1. m. C.) uiliAiaj r. 25-G4d k g
Ta'miarT7 and February 5 23Wt,vJ
24 64d seller; .February and Marcb O
20 64o Zl-ri4a seller; marcu auu or fffr
5 18 645 19 64d ellt-r; April and tW , M
5 16-645 17 64d ' feller ; Maj J! .,f . ,J
.Tune 5l4-64a515 613 selltr; Junei: f-
July 5 12 64d buyer; July and tuM
5 9 645 10 64d seller ; August wyWfcj
September 4 60 64d buyer; beptetnfc
4 60-64d buyer; October, d. ci'
40 64d nominal; October and Now
ber 4 32 64d nominal.
1
4'.-.
VTTi St
Will !
,HUig? T
i areas o
ARK1V1SD.
Schr D M Anthony, 493 toes, Huston an:
low. New York, Georee
& Co. .
Harms, & sa Wesort
iCsald on
.,'"''ftlinilra
Schr Chas. H. Spraue, Harp-" heard ti
Barbadoes, George Harriss, fckm&l lag kill
au iuu '
EXPORTS.
FOREIGN. '
BaBBADOKS Schr Co as H Sprst
200,558 teet rough lumber. 21,-;
feet dressed lumber, valued at $28!
cargo by Kidder Lumber Cuoipa:
vessel by George Harriss, Son fit-
. MARINE DIRECTORY.
I.US of lYessels In the P". '
mlnKton, iv. n.. jbu. 25, 1901
SCHOONEUs.
D M Anthony, 493 tons, -Barjr
George Harriss, Son & Co.. r
Isaac K Stetson, 272 tons, Tr
i worge uarrus, oon cc
JnoB Manning 1,134 tons, Spnt
George Harriss, Son & Co. ,
Chas, C Lane, 306 J tons, W
George Harrtss, Son cc oo.
Wm F Campbell, 169 tons,
rfiu .Snn fir. Co.
W R Perkins. 143 tons. Gay, W
Harriss, Son & Co. .
Carrie A Bucknam, 235 tons,
J T Riley & Co.
Riiibminsfpr. 1.297 tons. Erown.A"
ander Sprunt & Son.
f BARGE. I
Carrie L, Tyler, 538 tons, Jones,
ginia parolina Chemical Lo-
; FortaGrippeandl
fluenza use OHENBi
EXPECTORANT.
Sire
Ton'
Bears the
Signature
of t
kinit Vfd Y.M AW
or-Trert
: passd
! bJio
tne i-K
ji nesseil
eyes.",
5 Laugnl
; known
i service
. "It 1
; captaid
y ttae.'Cir
" mind m
'. -4ay, i
my ia
i the ais i
i jSouth
J-vessel
from 11
There
and vfi.
get .the
J WllsorJ
Doat ic
made
by the
in a fi
sailors
the' ov
other
''He
named
' him co
'.circv
? most i
Bufficie
s arms
tbe-wal
. s other
,.,pick ni
. , son fir:
.rwh
il!away.
9c. net
mingtoh,
O
Baantiw
Bigntnr
of
STOXHA.
Tha Rind Yoa Wm Always Boagfrt
A
The Century SaaabMe.
"Ancient looking Individual, isn't
he?"
- "Yep. Looks as If he might date
back to the year 1."
"Excuse me, 'but you mean the year
naught." , I
Then jthe fight begins. Cleveland
Plain Dealer, j
DUCRO'S
Alimentary
LIXIR
I hiehlT recommended remeay tor
liini riiMues and a preventive for
- oid1SatLffiMdaUiid.otfewa
Aseiita. K. Fmer Co.. ggw Tork
receints 1.883 bales; WU
firm at 9 Vc, net receipts
4in hales: Philadelphia quiet at 10$
net receipts 110 balesr3Savannab.,stead&
at 3 7 loc, inei receipws mmm; "on
Orleans, quiet and steady at 9 7 16?, net
receipts 7,743 bales; Mobile, quiet
at 9 5 16, net receipts 80 bales; Mem
phis, quiet at 9c, net receipts 1,202
bales: Auerusta. steady at 95c, net
receipts 469 bales; Charleston, quiet
at 9 He net receints 401 bales, j
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph, to the Morning Star.
! Von Xrinrr Tiniiin 9.A 1T1niiv nraa
A' u TV a una, J ..ww
Steady and a trine more active on
spring patents, w neat opot stronR ;
No. a tea so ?$c r. o, d. anoat; options
and sti
stant
sight.
throng
that w
; what H
: elapsed
peared
v depth,
feet id
. splash.
He wd
two
; . . . f. said O
hilt. TtTft Still UV "and (J
" try, if
JUfc -.WU
reason
tack
one cat
I am? d
Times-I
We Have - Sold ft
Christmas! Godds!
a full line of
Groceries, j
WMh we will sell as CBj
as any others.
otve us a call and '
selves.
s for
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