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Saturday Morxis($j January 2G.
THE SUB ilDYj GRAB.
This is the day of great enter
prises, great combines, and also, of
great grabs. the Philippine grab,
for instance, and tie Hanna 6hip
subsidy grab. The "first of these
has already proved la very costly
grab both in money and in life and
the other will prove 4 costly oue if
the schemers succtedjin carrying it
out. Neither is defensible, although
the attempt is made to defend both
on patriotic ground. As far as
patriotism is concerned they tare
both frands and both are inspired
by the spirit of greed, ' greed that
stalks in disguise and would rob
in the name of country.
The subsidy grab! is now undtr
discussion in the Senate of the
United States, whew the effort is
being made to ' pasaj it under the
fraudulent pretence of resuscitating
the American merchant marine,
which, as far as oceanj-carrying goes,
has been dead for a gsneration. The
advocates of this deal have assigned
various reasons for tie decadence of
our marine, a mixture of truth and
falsehood, some true j reasons, some
assumed and false otes, the falsity
of which has been repeatedly ex
posed by the opponents of ihat
measure both in the Senate ana out
of it. (
. Senator Vest made a three hours
speech against it last Wednesday in
which he exposed ths false positions
of the advocates of the bill who con
tend that its object b to revive the
merchant marine, which they say
cannot be revived without subsidies.
In that speech he Contended that
the antiquated and monstrous
navigation laws are Responsible for
the present condition of our mer
chant marine, and ttat if this bill
passes the money wifl not go into a
merchant marine but into the coffers
of a few rich owners $f Bhips. There
are thousands of thinking people
who agree with SenaSor Vest in both
of these contentions
as do some ol
the ablest journals
n tne country.
The Philadelphia R
ord, published
in one of the leadin
of the country,
shipping cities
iscussing the
scheme, but not the speech of Sena
tor Vest, thus accords with his views.
"The recent detailed reports of a
new movement to consolidate the ship
building interests of 4be country in a
graod Trust, with a capital of $60,
000,000, come rather inopportunely for
the subsidy mongers in Congress.
Whether this scheme shall be consum
mated now or not, it is certain that it
can be consummated and that the com
bination would be atlf the stronger if
propped by an enormeus Government
subsidy. It is stated tlat this combina
tion has for its object oly the building
of ships of war; but in that particular
it will be necessary lot reckon with tbe
Government. Rathei than permit any
body of shipbuilders Bo substitute com
bination for fair competition the Gov
ernment of the Uuiiel State would es
tablish its own sbipyferds on both the
Atlantic and Pacific cpasts. This would
undoubtedly prove Very expensive,
but it would be far better than to snb
mit to the dictation and control of com
binations of shipbuilders. Ih fact, it
would become the inoperative duty of
the Government to jbreak down this
attempt to monopolizctbe construction
of its war ships. It ii this considera
tion tbat raises. grav doubt as to the
reported shipbuilding combination so
far as ships of war art concerned.
"But American merchants needing
ships have not the alternative at the
command of the Government. With
the advantage afforded by the Navi
gation laws for prdbibitiDg foreign
corn petition it would! be as easy for
tbe shipbuilders to combine as U war
to form the Steel Trust. Under ex
isting conditions fLmerican ship
builders have no desire to enter into
competition with foreigners to build
vessels for rc -fan transportation when
under cover of the Navigation laws
they are in enjoyment of much larger
profits in furnishing ships for the.
coastwise trade. In sbis is one of tbe
potent causes of the f slow growth of
the American merchant marine on the
high seas, notwithstanding the great
advantage this country possesses in
the cheapness of Its shipbuilding
materials of every description.
"Should the Subsidy bill be passed
the shipbuilders' com bination and their
allies, and not the owners of American
merchant vessels, would reap the chief
measure of advantage. For every new
ship the price would be measured by
the amount of Government bounty,
and thus the money pf the Treasury
would be drfily transferred (except so
far as the vessels now afloat are con
cerned) from the anticipatory grasp of
American owners of merchant ships to
the coffers of a shipbuilding monoply.
It is a very pretty tcheme. An alter
native against it is fa continuing to
buy foreign shif.g and operate them
under foreign flugs. put the one sure
means of defeating Any prospective
combination of shipowners or ship
builders in ocean transportation is in
the absolute repeal of the navigation
laws," I
If the advocates of this scheme
were as anxious to see ships sailing
the Beaa under the American flag as
they are to ran theii arms into the
U. S. Treasury and transfer its con
tents to the coffets of the ship
builders and ship owBers they would
repeal the navigation! laws that pre
vent Americans from fcmying foreign
built vessels and sailing them under
their own flag. Americana can't put
their money in foreign-built ships and
run them under theijr own flag, but
they can put their money in foreign
ships and sail them J under foreign
flags from American ports. It is said
that there are millions of dollars of
American money niw invested in
ships which sail nndsr foreign flags,
simply because these antiquated and
absurd navigation laws prevent them
-from sailing under oijr flag.
Tho fact that they refuse to re
peal these obstructive laws shows
that, whatever the pretence, the real
object of this subBily scheme is to
put money into the coffers of the
ship-building and ship-owning com-
bines, and to compel others who de-
sire to own and sail ships to have
them built'in the yards of the com
bines, thus; levying tribute upon the
commerce of the country, not to
give it a merchant marine but to en
rich those; who are in the ring. II
we had no such navigation laws to
stand in the way of American mari
time enterprise we would see an
immediate revival of our merohanj
marine, and within a few years be
shipping our products under our
own flag and see our ship-owners
competing with the ship-owners of
other countries in ocean transporta
tion. j -Jy
That's what we want, what we
hope to see,! but that is what these
subsidy schemers do not propose to
let us have while there is a hope of
buncoing the people of the United
States out of the millions in subsi
dies which the Frye-Hanna grab
calls for. !
NEED OP A REFORMATORY.
Theresa a bill pending in the Leg
islature for J the establishment of a
reformatory; for white juvenile crim
inals, a reformatory for the blacks
to be considered later. This bill is
in accord with the best sentiment
of the people pf North Carolina, or
should be if it isn't, for it is the
right move for the sake of the young
ing criminals, shd also for the sake
of the people who have to pay taxes
for supporting courts, jails and pen
itentiares. j
The official records show that
there are about eighty youthful
criminals now in the penitentiary of
this State, and no thoughtful, candid
person would assert that this is the
proper place for them. Some of
them may be depraved, perhaps in
corrigible, but the majority are not.
The probabilities are that their
wickedness is mole the result of
circumstances and environment than
of natural inclination. Be that as iiri
may, the effort should be made to lead
them in the way of becoming better,
instead of throwing them into con
tact and association with hardened
criminals and making them hope
lessly worse.
As one illustration of many that
might be cited we clip the following
from a letter which 'recently ap
peared in the Raleigh Post, from its
Durham correspondent:
' "In the Superior Court, which is
now in session here, there is a case
the defendant being a small negro girl
which calls strongly for a reforma
t ry. - Tbefnegro girl, Daisy Pointer,
is charged with arson. She is but 12
years of age and had been in the em
ployment of Mrs. Bettie Turner, of
this city, practically all of her life.
Finally she got it into her head that
she wanted to quit work and then
she could j run around the streets
like others of her race. She con
ceived the idea that the only way out
of the trouble was to burn the btauti
ful home bf Mr. Turner. The per
sistency with which she followed up
her idea was woxly of a better cause
Within less than tbie days she had
fired the building four or five times,
aud was final y cornered and made to
coness. The Pointer girl' does not
come of a vicious family. She is v- ry
bright, and from appearances would
make a smart woman; yet if she is
sent to the iwork house to become the
associate of mean and vicious wo
men, she will probably come away a
hardened criminal.
"There are many cases of a similar
mture here from time to time and the
opinion of those who have looked into
the matter fs that the demands of soci
ety are such that the State must es
tablish a reformatory, and every day
tbe matter is deferred it makes that
many additional criminals that will be
throughout the remainder of their
lives a tax and expense to the State.
The reformatory is the cheapest, even
in the matter of dollars and cents."
It isn't in the nature of things
that a child which has been doomed
to sppnd ai term of years in a peni
tentiary in contact with the de
praved could grow up into anything
but a confirmed criminal or a worth
less vagabond. When society thus
dooms the! child it does gross injus
tice to it and pays the penalty itself.
As a long distance tramper, and
cute pathfinder, "Sport," an
setter belonging to a Chicago
the record breaker. His owne
some time last September in
Dakota where he took a fa
Mr. Boulder Head, an Indian
gentleman who poses as a chief.
Mr. Boulder Head also took a fancy
to the IriBh dog, which was pre
sented to him as a souvenir. The
Chicago man came home by rail
three months ago and the other day
the dog, which didn't like North
Dakota or his Indian associates,
came home afoot looking lien and
the worse of wear having travelled
over 1,000 miles.
Elias Masuras, a Greek Anarchist,
who was sent to this country some
time ago to assassinate somebody
didn't leave all his sense behind him.
After looking around a bit he
changed his mind and concluded
that running a peanut stand
promised more in the long run than
the assassination business. He is
now running a stand in Yonkers,
N. Y., and takes in lots of nickels.
Lire and Death Flsht.
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Mr.W. A. Hines, of Manchester, la.,
writing of i his almost miraculous
escape from death, says: "Exposure
after measles induced serious lung
trouble, which ended in Consumption.
I had -frequent hemorrhages and
coughed night and day. All my doc
tors said I must soon die. Then I be
gan to use Dr. King's New Discovery
fpr Consumption, which completely
cured me. I would not be without it
even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundreds
have used it on my recommendation
and all say it never fails to cure Tboat,
Chest and Lung troubles." Regular
size 50c and $1 00. Trial bottles 10c.
at R. R. Bilulmy's drug store. t
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AND STILL IT GB0WS.
The New York Sun, a Republi
can organ, publishes the following
facts about pensions "witnout com
ment:"
"The annual Pension Appropriation
bill now before Congress carries $145,
245,230. This is the largest appropria
tion on record.
"The amount to be appropriated this
year for pensions, thirty-six years
after the- close of the Civil War, to
which the enormous charge is chiefly
due. exceeds the aggregate payments
on the ame account during the five
years from 1879 to 1883 inclusive.
"It is more than double the appro -priation
for 1890,' eleven years ago.
"It is more than double the expeDdi
tures of the Federal Government, for
all purposes, in 1861, the first year of
tbe civil war.
"It nearly equals the total expendi
tures of the Federal Government, ex
eluding interest on the public debt, in
1871. only thirty years aeo.
"It is more than five times what the
republic was paying for pensions in
1878 thirteen years after the end of the
civil war.
"The total number of pensioners
now on the roll is 993,529 Ten years
ago there were 637 944. Twenty years
ago there were 250.802
The total number of the near claims
allowed last year was 40,015, excei d
ing by more than 2,000 the reduction
occasioned in the roll by the deaths of
oid pensioners, thirty six years after
the end of the Civil War."
The Sun, which does not believe
in Buch wholesale robbery, under
pretence of doing the right thing
by the soldier, doubtless considers
suctoa statement of facts "sufficient
without any comment to show the
enormity of this pension business
It ought to be, but it isn't, for the
pension appropriations have been
srrowiner for some years right along
and will in all probability continue
to grow for some years to come
when the returns come in from the
Cuban and Philippine wars.
There is not perhaps one Con
gressman or Senator in a score who
believes that the pension busies,
as it is and has for some years been
conducted, is honest or defensible;'
but there is too much. ppiitic3 in it
for the average politician on the
other side of the line, at least, to
attack it and demand reform.
The gold output of Western
Australia in 1899 was $30,000,000;
the first six months of last year it
was $14,250,000. There are in that
region eighteen gold fields, covering
an area of 324,000 square miles The
difficulty in mining thus far has
been the Bcarcity of water, but a
company has been organized to con
struct aqueducts to' convey water
from some of the rivers into the
mining camps, for the use of the
miners, who will be charged for it.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Kinston Free Press: The
negro who was fun over and killed by
a freight train at Falling Creek Tues
day night was John Rollins, and had,
nearly all his life, been in the employ
of Mr. McF. Cameron, of Kingston.
Winston Journah The matter
of bringing the waters of the Yadkin
to Winston continues to be -discussed.
It is estimated that it will cost about
$400,000 to accomplish this undertak
ing, but others think the amount can
be reduced one half.
Laurinburg Exchanqe: Our com
munity was shocked to near that on
Monday last Mr J. S? ; McNeill, who
conducts a merchandise business about
three miles from R-d Springs, was
shot tw.ee by negroes and his store
robbed. There were four negroes in
tre gam?; they fired on Mr. McNeill
ith pistols and shot guns loaded with
buckabot
Monroe Enquirer: Rev. W.
A. Fernell died at his home in Bu
tord township, January 17th, at tbe
age of 84 years. He was for about
forty ears a minister in the Metho
dist Protestant Church. All tbe
high schools of the county are 'full to
overflowing. Tbe public schools are
also well attended.
.Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli-cer:
Toere is some sort of wild animal
loose in Anson ville township that has
been killing and devouring dogs. Sev
eral negroes have seen it and they all
describe it as looking like a very large
dog, but opinion is divided as to
whether it is a . panther or a bear.
Whatever it is, eoDsternation reigns
among the colored population, and
tbere is not much nocturnal prowling
going on among the negroes in the
neighborhood where the varmint has
his lair.
Dunn Banner: Last Monday
night tbe Mary Stewart school bouse,
located about three miles from town,
was destroyed by fire. The general
belief among the people is that it was
burned by some person opposing the
incorporation of the building. A
few days ago a colored woman about
25 years of age, living a few miles
from town, went on a visit to her sister,
Rev. W. M. Smith's wife, and carried
with her two children, the yonngest
about two years old. After spedding a
day with her sister she slipped away
and left tbe children, and at last ac
counts nothing had been heard from
her. Rev. Smith is in a peck of
trouble, says he is not able to provide
for the children and tbat there is no
one else to whom they can go.
Glorious Ifewa
Comes from Dr; D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. x He writes: '"Four bot
tles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs.
Brewer of scrofula, which had caused
her great suffering for years. Terrible
sores would break out on her headend
face, and the best doctors could give
no help; but her cure is complete and
her health is excellent." This shows
what 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 liver,
kidneys and bowels, expels poisons,
helps digestion builds up the strength.
Only 50 cents. 8old by R R Bella
my, druggist Guaranteed.
, For Over Flltr Year
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty 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 tbe best remedy for diarrhoea;
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,"
and take no other kind. f
OAST"
Ws a j 11 Kiiul Yob Haw Always Bough!
wgnstazs
of
FOR A CHILD
who is "not doing well" the
condition occurs now and then
with all children.
Scott's emulsion of cod-liver
oil is a food that begins to
build you up at once of
course, it don't show at once.
"Not doing ivell" means
that the child is not getting
the good of his food. Not
today, or this week; it may
have been going on for a
month; before it begins to
show in the child's condition.
You want him to get back
to turning his usual food into
strength.
You want the food that
begins to build, up at once.
We'lisend you a little to try, if you like.
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl street. New York.
CURRENT COMMENT.
As one of the "strong measures"
taken by Lord Kitchener to suppress
the fag end of the Dutch resistance
to Britsih rule in South Africa, it is
reported that he has placed the
wives of men in the field on reduced
rations. This is not regarded, of
cours1, as making war on defenceless
women. Phil. Telegraph Rep.
The Constitution sketched by the
Cuban Convention contains no pro
vis oris in regard to tbe future rela
tions of Cuba with the United States.
Yet the Cubans were duly notified
that this is an" essential matter in
the framing of their new constitu
tion. ;Do they cherish the daring and
rebellious design of withdrawing
from the parental care of McKinley's
Administration ?-Phil. Record, Dem.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN OYSTER.
"Bine Potnte" Gives the Public a
Fctt Facta Rearardtna Illmself.
An enterprising oyster house on Fuiton
street had printed on blotter paper the
following:
"I am born without jaws or teeth, but
I've got fine muscles, liver and a heart.
In each year of my life'I produce 1.20O.-
000 eggs. Each of my children is one one-hundred-and-twentieth
of an inch in
length, so 2,000.000 little ones can be
crowded into a space of one cubic inch.
1 am ready for the table in from one to
five years after birth. You will never
find me in cold parts of the, world. 1 dis
like cold. In Ceylon I sometimes grow to
a foot in length. One of me there makes
stew, when I am half a foot broad. I
am not of mui account in England, un
less I am imported from America. It
makes me very sad to think of fetching
up on the Strand U who was discussed
by Tiberius and Julius. 1 have been the
cause of much bloodshed. Men fight fierce
battles for me all along the American
coast, the 'Italian and the coast of Kent
and Essex.
"If you eat me raw, you are not at all
likely to regret it, for I am, in a raw
Btate, very nutritious and easily digested.
As a fry, I am inclined to be uninterest
ing and heavy, so few know how to fry
me. I am about the only animate thing
that can be eaten with impunity in a raw
Etate. Parasites -cannot exist in me as
they can in chops and steaks and fruits.
I am a pretty good friend to man. And as
to woman. Look at the pearls I've given
ber. Thackeray has compared me in a
raw state to a new baby. Yet I never
kept him awake nights.
"I'm not half bad in a stew, but as a
roast in the shell all the poetry in me
comes out. Then I sizzle with emotion in
butter, red pepper and a little sauce. Tbe
clam is like the driver of a hansom cab
then not in it with me. The clam! That
commonplace fellow! I avoid him as
much as possible. I am not a snob, nor
yet a cad, but 1 really must not be ex
pected to fraternize with the clam, nor
can I discuss him. The line must be
drawn. He's not in the Four Hundred.
Well, I am. Blue Pointe." New York
Mail and Express.
A Fortune For a Single Flower.
The purchasing power of money in the
eventeenth century is shown by an arti
cle in Tbe Ladies' Home Journal on the
tulip craze in Holland, which reached its
height about 1G34. At a sale of bulbs
about that date a smgle one of the Vice
roy variety was purchased by delivering
to the seller 200 bushels of wheat, 400
bushels of rye, 4 fat pigs, 8 fat oxen, 12
fat sheep, 2 hogsheads of wine, 2 barrels
of beer, 500 pounds of butter, a bedstead
with pillows, mattresses, blankets, etc
1,000 pounds of cheese, a suit of clothes
and a silver goblet. The money value of
the bulb was $1,000, but as the purchaser
did not have the cash the seller was will
jbg to accept its equivalent in the form
just recited notwithstanding that it was
somewhat bulky and diversified.
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BY THE
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"Florida and West India Short Line"
TO THE
Winter Resorts of tbe Sontb.
The Only Line Operating Daily Limited
Trains to Florida.
Effective January 14th, the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, the only live opera
ting daily limited trains to Florida,
will put on its magnificent new train.
"Florida and Metropolitan Limited,"
8o:d from New York via Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Washington to Richmond,
Raleigh, Columbia, Savannab, Jack
sonville and St. Augustine. Connec
tions at Jacksonville lb Tampa and
all points and at St. Augustine
for the East Coast This train
also carries Drawing Room Sleeping
car New York to Atlanta. Leaven Bos
ton 12:03 A. M., New York 12 55 P. M.
(from 23rd Street Station Pennsylva
nia Railroad) Philadelphia 3:29 P. M
Baltimore 5:45 P. M., Washington
6:55 P. M .arriving at Southern Pines,
N. C, 5:56 A. M., Columbia, S C .
10:00 A. M., Savannah, Ga., 12:25
P. M., Jacksonville 3:50 P. M., 8t.
Augustine 5:00 P. M , Tampa 6:30 A
ML, Charlotte 9.51 A. M., Atlanta 4:35
P. M. Connections are made both at
Miami ontbe East Coast and Port Tam
pa on tbe West Coast for Key West and
Havana. The "Florida and Metropoli
tan Limited" is luxuriously equipped in
every respect, with Pullman Drawing
Room Car, Compartment Car with
Drawing Room and State Rooms, Ob
servation Car, through Day Coaches
and unexcelled Pullman Dining Car
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 S71
Broadway, New York; 30 South Third
street, Philadelphia, 207 East German
treet, Baltimore; 1434 New York
Are., Washington, or to R. E. L.
Bunch, General Passenger- Agent,
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TEICKS OF WAITEES.
METHODS BY WHICH THEY INCREASE
' THEIR REVENUES.
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They Get Small Wagei; but Bfanase
to Swell Their Pay hy Tip,' by
Making Mistakes and by "Standing
In With the Caahler." i
Men who patronize the German resorts
which are a combination of barroom,
club, restaurant and debating society and
possess many of the characteristics of the
real German "bierlokal," , have seen a
great change in the manner of conduct
ing them in the last few years. There
are still some places where the regular
customer, the "stammgast," makes his
own score and tells the waiter how much
he owes when he leaves the place, and
there are many places where the waiters
call for what they want for their patrons
and make a lump settlement before go
ing home. But those are the small places,
and even in these there are cash regis
ters as checks on the person who finally
handles the money.
But in the larger establishments there
are many elaborate systems by which
the waiter is held in check and com
pelled to curb his inclination to tip him
self. A system which Was introduced
by one of the largest resorts of this kind
is known as the metal check system.
When the waiter goes to work, he buys
$10 worth of metal checks, and with
these he pays for what he takes from
the bar. At the end of the day or night
he receives cash from the cashier for
the checks still in his possession.
"That system worked splendidly," said
an old waiter, "as long as the cashier
was honest, but when he formed a coflr
bination with a waiter or with sever&V
it became an easy matter to make a nice
bit every day. A waiter would throw
do'vn a dollar check and receive twice
as much in change, and at the end of
the day or week there would be a di
vision. Could this last? Well, I should
think so. I have been here for seven
years, and in that time several $15 a
week cashiers have opened places of
their own.
"Some of the best places in town be
long to men who were waiters and cash
iers, and when they become proprietors
their help 'does' them just as they 'did'
their former . bosses. But the metal
checks were not enough for the new
saloon people, and they put in a new
thing,-' in which many slips, rubber
stamps, cash registers and spotters were
employed to keep the cash outof the
waiters' pockets.
"Well, that was the worst of alL Com-,
binations can be made in that game just
as well as in the old one, and at one
place the waiters ran things so high that
the smart ones cleared as much as $10
a night. Wait till I get this order," and
he halted in his German discourse.
"Yes," he resumed, "it's pretty hard
for an honest man, because he gets no
credit for being honest. The boss knows
that he's being swindled, but he makes
money just the same, and if he got all
he made he would be able to ride about
in a carriage on his day off the same as
the cashier does. Low wages do it all.
A cashier gets from $10 to $15 a week
aud handles all the cash, and he natural
ly pays himself a little every day on
account. He usually swears at the wait
ers and puts on- a stern front, but those
who know all about the business will tell
you that the waiters at whom he yells
the most are the ones who are his secret
partners.
"A waiter at a 'bier kneipe' gets the
princely pay of $4 to $7 a week. In
some "of 'the best places there are old
hands who get as much as $8, but they
are few. They go on duty at 6 o'clock
in the evening and remain until 1 o'clock
in the morning, and in those places where
there are dancing halls in connection
with the regular business the waiters
often have to remainAintil 3 o'clock and
later. Many of tQse waiters have
'down town jobs' during the day, where
they work from 10 o'clock in the morning
until 3 in" the afternoon for $4 a jveek.
What do you think of that?"' AnoTafter
propounding that question the waiter
hurried off to fill an order.
"But the waiter doesn't get left," he
resumed, making marks on the pad which
he carried, "and tips make the jobs worth
holding. In places like this waiters make
good pay even when they don't stand in
with the cashier. Men give big tips to
show off before the women, and at times
when there's a fight at a table as to who
shall pay, when every one insists that he
should foot the bHI, the fellows who get
off free usually tip the waiter liberally,
but in such a way that every one at the
table sees just how much they give.
'Cases of that kind make up for those
where a man gets even with the house for
serving beer with too much or toto little
'collar,' or a poor sandwich, or a Hat si
phon of water, or mustard with a fly in
it, by refusing to give the waiter a tip.
Making' a mistake in addition is a fine
way to make an extra dollar in those
places where the check is not made out
at the dest, but, taking it all in all, stand
ing in witX the cashier is the best game."
Many waiters in up town establish
ments took their first degree in the serv
ice in Bowery resorts where brawn and
muscle were counted among the necessa
ry requisites for success. The old waiter
was one of this class. In speaking of his
early experience he said:
"Down there we had to serve a rough,
tough gang and often had to fight for
our pay. Occasionally we could 'do' a
man who had too much or forgot to set
tle for a trayful of stuff at the bar, or
maybe sneak a couple of glasses in the
rush. But that's the only way there was
of making an extra cent. The bosses
know that, and that's why waiters in the
Bowery district, where tips are scarce,
get three times as much pay as the men
who work up town. A good, tout waiter
who will keep sober durclg business
hours can make $15 a week in wages in
some Bowery places."
The waiter stopped in his discourse to
greet three men who took their places at
an empty tal le with the air of men who
were prepared to make an evening of it.
Beer in large glasses was served to them
without much delay, and then the waiter
whispered: "Those are the customers we
like to see. They know how to treat a
waiter."
"Who are they?"
"Waiters with a night off." New York
Tribune.
Antarctle Gales.
With short interruptions we bad con
tinually experienced heavy gales, some of
which exceeded 00 miles an hour. These
gales naturally considerably checked the
progress of sledge expeditions. Borche
grevink of Souths rn Cross in Geographic
til Mntrazine.
TV1ARTNK
ARRIVED.
Clyde steamship Oneida, Staples,
Georgetown, H G Smallbones.
Scbr Jno G Schmidt, 450 tons, Nor
bury, Philadelphia, George Harriss,
Son & Co.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
LUt of IVeaaaia In tha Po of Wll
aalnrton. iw. n., Jan. 26, 1901.
SCHOONERS.
Jno G Schmidt, 450 tons, Norbury,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
D M Anthony, 493 tons, Barlow,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Isaac K Stetson, 272 tons, Trask,
George Harriss. Son & Co.
Jno B Manning, 1,134 tons, Sprague,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Chas C Lane, 306 tons, Kelley,
George Harriss, Bon & Co.
Wm F Campbell, 169 tons, 8trout,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
W R Perkins, 143 tons. Gay, George
Harriss, 8on & Co.
Carrie A Bucknam, 235 tons, Torrey,
J T Riley & Co.
STEAMSHIPS.
Buckminster, 1,297 tons, Brown, Alex
ander Sprunt & Son. !
BARGE.
Carrie L Tyler, 638 tons, Jones, Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co. .
ForLaOrippe and In
fluenza use CHENEY'S
EXPECTORANT.
TfiE OEY REMEDY
TBAT ALWAYS CURES.
Senator D wyer Gives
Celery Compound.
Pa ice's celery compound has been
for years, and is now, the general pre
scription of most eminent practitioners
of medicine in this country. It is the
result of the best scientific knowledge
and research of the last quarter of a
century. It is in no sense a patent
medicine, and for that reason more
physicians of high standing aro using,
prescribing, and recommending it than
any other remedy.
Senator Dwyer had used various
medicines, and they had done him no
good. Just how Paine's celery com
pound was first brought to his atten
tion, be does no tretnembar, but it has
done so much for his health that it
has no more enthusiastic advocate in
the city of Chicago." He gives full
credit to Paine's celery compound for
the creat improvement in his health.'
"Senate Chamber, General Assem
bly, 8pringfield, 111,, Feb. 25, 1900.
"Gentlemen: It is with sincere
pleasure that I furnish this testimonial
to the superior merits of Paine's celery
compound. I have found it an effi
cacious and agreeable remedy for
various complaints which refused to
yield to other forms of treatment, and
I can cheerfully recommend it.
"Edward M. Dwteb "
Senator Dwyer has held many posi
tions of trust, both in the city and
state. Elected Southwest town clerk,
before be had concluded his term
Mayor Washburne appointed him
superintendent of the city water office
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET
Quoted officially a the closing by the Produce
ExcoangeJ
STAR OFFICE. January 25.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doinc.
ROSIN Market firm at $1.20 per
bbl for strained and $1.25 for good
strained.
TAR Market" firm at $1.30 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.30 per barrel for hard,
$2.30 for dip and for virgin.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 6151c;
rosin firm at $1 251.30; tar firm at
$130; crude turpentine firm at $1.75
3.00. ,
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 4d
Rosin 1.038
Tar 529
Crude turpentine 39
Receipts same day last year. 58
casks spirits turpentine, 829 bbls
rosin, 361 bbls tar, 00 bbls crude tur
pentine. Market firm, on a basis of 9ic per
pound bid for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 6 15-16 cts lb
Good ordinary... r... 8 5 16 " "
Low middling 8 15-16 " "
Middling . 9 " "
Good middling. ..... 9 11 16 " "
Same day last year middling steady
at7Xc
Receipts 440 bales; same day last
year, 1,220.
f Corrected Regu'afty by Wilmington Produce
Commission Mei chants.
COUNTRY PRODUCE,,
PEANUTS r North Carolina
Prime, 75c Extra prime, 80c per
busbel of 28 pounds; fancy, 86c.
Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime,
70c; fancy, 70c
CORN Firm; 58 to 60 cents per
bushel. '
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 11 to
12c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c;
sides, 7 to 9c.
EGGS Dull at 13c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 22
25; springs, 12 17c.
TURK EYd Live, dull at 8 to 10c;
dressed, 11 to 12 He.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c
TALLOW Firm at 5J6Xc per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 50c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York. Jan. 25. Money on call
easy at 1K&2 per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper 3K4& per cent. Sterling
exchange firm, with actual business in
bankers' bills at 487H487 for de
mand and 483 for sixty days. Posted
rates were 484 and 488. Com
mercial bills 483483X. Silver cer
tificates 63465. Bar silver- 62.
Mexican dollars 48 . Government
bonds strong. State bonds easy.
Railroad bonds strong. U. 8. refund
ing 2' s reg'd, 105$$-; U. S. ref und'g 2's,
coupon, lOSHi U.S. 2's, reg'd,; U.S.
3'a,reg'd,109M; do. coupon,lll;U. 8.
4's. new reg'd, 13631; do. coupon,
13751$:; U. 8. 4's, old reg'd, 113;
do. coupon, 113H; U. S. 6's, reg'd.
110; do. coupon, 111; Southern
R'y 6's 113X. Stocks: Baltimore &
Ohio 87; Chesapeake & Ohio 39;
Manhattan L 114 Ji; N. Y. Central
141 ; Reading SIX ; do.lst pref d 71 & ;
8t Paul, 149X; do. prefd, of'dl89;
Southern R'y 19H ; pref d 70i ; Ameri
can Tobacco. 114X ; do. pref d 140;
People's Gas 98; Sugar 133 ; do.
prefd 118X; T. 0. & Iron 67K; O. S.
S .:
Full . Credit to Pa
ne's
Later he because West town assessor,
and in 1894 was elected to the Illinois
State Senate, in which body he took a
prominent part during last winter's
session. ' :
Senator Dwyer has recommended
Paine's celery compound to many, of
bis friends, and has yet to hear any
thing but the most favorable results
from any one of them. . j
Busy men and women threatened
with failure of nerve force and showing
the effect of too prolonged, too hard,
or too anxious work by periods of
languor, depression, nervousness
dyspepsia, or other signs of nerve exf
haustion, will find Paine's celery com
pound an invigoratoras superior to all
o1 her remedies as modern scientific
methods are superior to old fashioned,
it accurate on esj. j .
When Paine's celery com pqu ad j is.
used, other members of the-family are
quick to see the great gain in health!.
Paine's celery compound is the one
known nerve feeder and nerve restora
tive. By its means all the functions of
tbe body receive a fresh supply of
nerve food. It encourages the body to
produce an abundant supply of this in!
dispensable vital force, without which
there can be no health, strength, nor
happiness in living. From the lack of
nerve fores men and women aro driven
to despondency, melancholy, insanity;
and suicide. j
There will be no neuralgia, no per
sistent headaches, no dyspepsia, no
haunting pain over the eyes, no nerf
vous exhaustion, if Paine's celery
compound is uled. f
Leather 12 i; do. preferred "?3 ;West4
eirr, Union 82 Standard Oil 793795.
Baltimore. January 25. Seaboard
Air Line,
common, 9Jt10: do. pre
f erred 24 25.
Bonds 4's 96-
NAVAL STORES MARKETS;
By Telegraph
to the Morning star.
New York, Jan. 25. Rosin quietj
Strained common to good $1 70
8pirits
Spirits turpentine quiet at 4040j4c.
CHARLESTON,
pontine steady
Rosin firm and
Jan. 25. Spirits turi
at 36c; sales
casks.
Unchanged.
Savannah Jan. 25. Spirits
turpn.
tine firm at 37c; sales 50 casks;
receipts
431 casks; exports 1,306 easka.
Kosm
firm and unchanged ; sales 4
641 har
rels; receipts 4,265 barrels; exports ll,1
728barrels
Nb!w Orleans
Jan. 25. Rosin !
Receipts 394 barrels
.Turpentine Re
ceipts 3 barrels.
COTTON MARKETS.
'. J
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York, Jan. 25. Tightness in
the January position, due to nervous
demand from shorts rather than to
any ..'extra effort on the part . of tbe
bulls, was easily the feature of to4
day's developments on the Cotton Ex
change. At best speculation was very
small and quitejof a professional turn.
There was not much in the way
of news and not until the January deal
began to work itself out; was there
any important pbanges in value. Od
the call the market was steady, with
prices unchanged to three" point j
lower. Coveriibg soon restored thei
entire list to last night's' basis, after
which a point'.or two ran tre constituted
fluctuations up-to the neon hour. The
current month shorts were made ex4
tremely uneasy by talk of' a small "in
sighi" lor the week and higher prices
in Southern markets. A turn to cover
was soon decided upon and for the
rest of the afternoon buying by Janu
ary shorts was ,he feature of the busi
ness done. F'om outward appear!
ances January Jongs made no effort to
place their opponents at adisad vantage.
Ten cents was soon reached and later
10.10. This ad ranee caused the rest
of the list to Improve sharply also. A
few moderate sized buying orders front
tne boutn anal an advance of c in
spot cotton hefe helped the market!
a.i tne close tne market was
steady,
with prices three to nineteen
points
higher, with the exception of
Februl
ary, wnicn was
nominally fout points
net lower.
New York,
Jan. 25. Oottou
dull
middling uplands 10 He.
Cotton futures market closed
January 10 06. February 9.46.
steady
March
9.39, April 9,34 May 9.34, Juiie 9 3l
July 9.32, August 9.00, September 8.53,
uctooer o.au, iNOvemoer iz.
Spot cotton closed dull and
higher; middling uplands 10d; mid'
dling gulf 10$d; sales 1,310 bales.
Net receipts 801 bales ; gross receipts
6,797 bales: stock 106,241 bales. I
Total td-dayNet receipts 26, 51S
bales; exports to Great Britain 2,280
bales; exports to the Continent 5,465
bales; stock 880,780 bales. I .1 j
Consolidated-t-Net receipts 16,900
bales; exports to Great Britain 54,957
bales; exports to France 25,184 bales
exports to the Continent 78,383 bales.
Total since September lst Net ref
ceipts 5,140. 545 bales ; exports to- Great
Britain 1,934 266 .bales? exports to)
France 459,257) bales; exports to the
Continent 1,414, ?65 bales. -j
Tne Cotton Exchange will be closed
on the day of Qaeen Victoria's funeral.
: : - r- v
.January z.-VjHUTesion, dull at
9Kc, net receipts 7,200
folk, steady at 9 He. net
bales; Baltimore, nominal at 1
9c. net receipts 589 hoiL uiL
mington, firm at 9c,
DPI
net receipts 43 bales; Savannah i ' S
at 9 7 16c, net receipts 5,554 bales it - '
Orleans, steady at 9c, net rL lH '
6,554 bales; Mobile, quiet at -
receipts 571 bares; pbis, nU,v''
9HC net receipts l'.2?Sales: Au ' '!
steady at 9c. net receipts 558 c' I
Charleston, steady at 9c, ct J?? -
1,234 bales. I . j
PRODUCE MARKETS. ;
By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar ft "
New York. January 25. -Flour f r
steady aDd quiet, but held a sh '
higher, closing firm. Wheat-s!:
strong; No. 2rjd 82c f. o. b. afloat I4
tions weie strotig and dispw !
Ktrpncrth and ; fair sKliniin )
Balls" were stimulated hy tmall A.rt ;
-i
the Northwest, higher cables llf,
Northwest receipts and a broadni'
speculative trade. Closed stron'
lMlc net adcance: No. 2 red A
uary 81c; ,March 8l&c; May r"
c July closed c. Coru-g,
steady; No; 2 47c at elevator T
46 sc f. Oi b. afloat; options J
moderaU-ly active and firm all dan
strength abroad, the- rise in
small Argentine shipments nd
local coverings. Clo-d firm at
net ad vaucj Sales included : Jnnut
closed 47'Ae; March closed 46c; M,',
closed 44cj Oats Spot steady
30c; options inactive but sttad
Pork dull? family $15 0015 75;sh0,
clears $13 7516 50; mest, $13 25u j
Rice, steady Lard refined sit-ad
continent $7 80: South American 8i
compound 5.fe56c. Butter sicaoi
Western creamery 1622c; Sul
dairy 1420c; factory llHc. Etf
steady; State and Pennsylvania 2i
zzc ai marks tor average lots; Wm' ,.,
regular packing 1922c. Cut. V
steady; fancy large, fall made ' '
11J ; small fancy, fall made 111&
Potatoes quiet; Jersey $1 5ui ; '
New York $1 50gl 87 ; Lu, '
Island $1752 00; Jersey sweets tli
3 00. Petroleum dull. Tallow w.i, fjHj
Molasses steady. Cabbages qu a4!
Freights -to Liverpool Cotton
steam 16 ( Cotton seed oil inactive ai C X
quiet, bujt steady at a shade under WY y
night's outside prices. Prime true- k ft
in barrels. 27c, nominal;' nn:.i
summer yellow 31C; off suajn ((
yellow. 30H31c; prime white V V
35c; prime winter yellow 35K3lx '
prime meal 25 00. Coffee-Spot A 1 Jr
dull; No.2 invoice 7J$C; mild quiet Co'f )
dova812K-' Sugar Raw quiet iutl
easy; fair refining 3c; centrifugal,?
test 4X-: molasses suuar 3jc; rtfiw JT
quiei.
Chicago, January 25. rNewsaffn V
ins the wheat market was all bull: V? s
to-day and the market ruled strong trJt
. CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (-ash quotation-g-.
Flour dull, unchabgt d Wheat No
c; No. 3 spring 6573c; No, 2mw
75Kc. Corn No. 2, 37& c. 0ar Q
No. 2 2424c; No. 2 white 27cf"
No. 3 white? 26327c IV-rk. rj
barrel. $13 67&13 85. Lur. serif fcJ
EDS, ll wnort no iCe
$6 907. 10. . Drv! aliwi
ders, 6 256 50. Short clear siciV
boxed $7 25 7 35. Wnisfeev-O
W r
tillers' finisher) goods. pei gailofc, fl Z (ft'
The leading futures ranged as fo
lows opening, higBist. -lowest ' anvJ.
closing:' Wheat NoMl7acua.y 73)(?$
mtr . to X & in r . 4 -a t ; r w m v
ruarv73.74 734. 746c: May 7M J
75.77. 75 W. 7677c Corn-Ju
may closing ;i$iJcover yesterdaja ;
Other markets benefitted ' by ibCL,
strength, corn; closing &c, oats icsuv' T
provisions a shade trf12c higher. l f
o p
10
uary 37. 37U- 37. 37c; Febrnw
3839, 39 if S8H. 39c Oats-Ja fJ :
uary.23. 24. 23. 24c; May 25tf.2JV 1
25X. 2525X- Pork, per bbi-Jw ij
uary 13 87-: May $13 77, 13 85,W J;
13 77X.113 92 Lard, per HO 8TQJ!JM!
January $7 32: March if 7 35;Ma;
$7 35, 7 42, 7 35, 7 42 Short rik- -- .
per 1UU us January $0 ot?2; m
$6 92M, l00, 6 92, 7 00.
FOREIGN ARRET
BTCable to (tie Morula s; 1;
'LlVERPOOt., January 25, 4 PM-r
Cotton Soot. dull: prices easier:
American middling 5 'Ad The sain'
of the day were 7,000 bales, of which
500 bales were for., speculation and
export and included 6,800 bales Amen
Can. Receipts 10,000 bales, includiof.
9,800 bales American.
Futures opened quiet and closes
steady. Americau middling (1. m. c;
January 5' 24 645 25-6ld buyer
January and February 5 23 64d seller
February and March 5 20 64d seller
March and April 5 18 64d selln; An
and May 5 16-64d seller ; May aDd Juit;
514 64d ouyer; June and July 9l&
5 12 64d buyer; July and August !
9 640 seller: August and '. September
4 69 64a4 60 64d buver:' September
4 69 644 60 64d buyer; October
o. c.) 4 40 64d nominal ; October mt
November (g. o. c.) 4 23 64d pomimH
t
BY RIVER AND RAIL
Receipts , of
Naval Stores and Cotto'l
Yesterday.
W W
Railroad 92 bales;cot!OD.
5 casks snirits tumentine. 14 barrel!
tar. e .
W. C. & A. Railroad 199 bales col
58 bar I
rnjs rosin, on narreis tar. cq
crude tumentine.
. A Mr V Rftilrnod1K7 hales COttODj
8 casks snirits . turnentine. 4 barrels!
rosin. 66 barrels tar. 1 barrel ciudM
tu men tine. 1
W. & N. Railroad 15 bales cottoi
C. C. Railroad 26 bales cottpn.
casks spirits turpentine, 2 barrels rosit
66 Barrels tar, lu barrels cruae w.k
tine. Steamer Croesus 16 casks spif'
turpentine, 144 barrels rosin, 23?
Steamer Driver 3 bales cotton. 3
barrels rosin, 811 barrels tar. ..
Robinson's Flat 250 barrels rosi
Autry'b RaU 550 barrels rbsm
Total Cotton, 492 bales; spirits "j
pentine, 40 casks; rosin, 1,038 ban
tar, 529 barrels; crude turpentine,
barrels. ,
At Tbe-:-
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BIG PRUrlES25 TO THE POUND
RED CRANBERRIES.,
' , TURKEYS, DEAD AND ALIVE.
JELLY, MINCE MEAT, RAISINS,
CURRANTS, CITRON.
SMOKED BEEF TONGUES-
We can't bake your cake, but can fur-
; the best of evervthing to go !n l , t
-:-Send me your orders. J" "
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1 Arrests discharges from tho urinary o
In either sex in 48 boars. ..i!
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