BY WILtUB Ii. utNARD.
Fkiday MORlmse, Fkbbpaby 8.
moneVwhion would prevent capital-
iata from mating won '"IUB
from any of our Southern ports, at
j least for some years to come.
The Northern pota mth tneir
superb floating palaces will continue
to control the passenger traffio for
voara to come, as they have in the
FOR THE FEW. NOT THE MAHY. paatj subsidy or no subsidy, because
There is little probability of the
Hanna Ship Subsidy bill passing
this Congress, although if it came
to a vote it would, under the party
whip, pass, but the opposition to- it
are determined not to let it come to
a vote and have speeches enough
in reserve to consume all the time
for the rest of the session. The op
position is not all against subsidy on
general principles, because there are
gome Senators opposing this scheme
who would favor a subsidy system
that might build up a merchant
marine and help one section of the
conntry as well as another, but they
are opposed j to the Hanna scheme
wniCU giveo iiiuov vfi u j
shipping companies already estab
lished and doing a profitable busi
This - fact was shown clearly by
.ness. Senator, Vest in his recent
strong and able! speech against the
measure and also by Senator Turner,
of Washington who supported his
contention with the following state
ment of the subsidy provided in the
bill for differeat classos of ships.
The allowance per ton per hundred
miles is as follows:
they have the start in it, ana are
strong enough to hold what they
have Subiidy will mke them that
much the stronger, and will be really
that mnoh clear gain to them, the
amounts drawn practically paying
their running expenses.
On this showing (and it U a fair
one) isn't it apparent that the sub
sidy is, notwithstanding Senator
Hanna's assertion to the contrary, a
sectional measure, from which the
North will reap nearly all the benefit,
and the South little or none ?
ON
j Cents
Uncle- Ukaita, per ton per 100 miles I B
IS rn 1J .
14
15
16
17
18
19
SO
31
2 5
6
.87
.9
SI
3-1
.3,9
.3.6
Nine-tenths of the freight ships
that ply the oceans are under twelve
knots an hour, and vessels of this
class, the class that is most needed,
receive"but little over one-third the
subsidy allowed to the twenty-one
knot vessels. These twenty-one
knot vessels do not carry freight;
they make no pretensions to carry
ing freight, and the nearest they
come to it would be in carrying the
mails. One of the reasons alleged
. for the higher rates allowed the
speedy .vessels is to encourage the
building of skips that could be
quickly utilized as auxiliary war
vessels in case of war. That's the
way that England does, they say, to
secure her auxiliary war vessels; but
England spends very little in this
way compared with the $9,000,000 a
year which Senator Hanna and the
Bubsidy boomers propose to divide
among their, friends. The class of
vessels contemplated by these higher
rates of subsidy would be pretty
costly naval auxiliaries, for they
would be fitted np in style as modern
passenger ships, their adaptability as
crnisera or transports being about
the last thing taken into account in
their construction. But it is these
fast ships that the subsidy advocates
have in' view, while" the real ship of
commerce, that is the freight car
rier, is practically ignored.
Turning his attention from the
classes' of vessels that would receive
the subsidies, he showed who would
be the principal beneficiaries and
how much the leading . ship compa
nies would draw, as follows:
International Navigation
Ob $1,245,804 40
New York and Havana
Jine 179,430 64
New York and Vera Cruz
line 272 060 16
Admiral line. ........... 105,031 68
New York and La Guaira
lloe 75.125 12
San Francisco to Hong
line ; 282,359 72
Seattle to Hoog Kong line 51,059 04
San Francisco te Sydney
line: 153,558 72
155,501 tons not belong
iag to any specified line 1,771.778 34
Senator Hanna says the Snbsidy
bilUis no t "sectional." In one
sense it is not sectional because the
ocean is not sectional and ships sail
from all our parts. They asserted,
also, when they were discussing the
protective tariff that it wasn't sec
tional. In one sense it was not and
yet both the Subsidy bill and the
protective tariff are sectional. The
tariff was for the benefit of Northern
manufacturers f . and even to-day,
twenty years after the passage of
the McKinlev tariff, which was
less protective than the Ding
ley tariff, the greatest benefi
ciaries of the protection given
are Northern manufacturers, and
so with the subsidy scheme. Its
principal beneficiaries will be the
rich steamship companies of the
North and the ship building plants
of the North. The great cities there
like New York; Boston and Phila
delphia with tkeir large capital and
already established business will con
tinue to control the ocean passenger
traffic and the Trolk of the freight
traffic, and the result would be that
nearly all of the subsidy would go to
the companies owning the vessels
running from those ports.
.: . Ia the course of time perhaps
Southern ports might reap some of
the benefit, an insignificant portion
' compared with what would go to the;
Northern porta, because the class
of vessels most needed! or the South
ern business would be the class
which would f receive the lowest
allowance under this subsidy scheme.
It takes a good deal of money to es
- tablish passenger lines of steamships,
more than could be raised in the
A BRITISH SHIP BUILDER
MR- CRAMP-
Mr. Charles, Cramp recently pub
lished in a London paper an article
in defence of ship subsidies and giv
ing reasons why the Hanna bill
should pass. But like most oi ine
subsidy advocates he put his foot in
it before he got through. In noticing
his letter the London correspondent
of the Philadelphia Record, pub
lished in the city where the Cramps'
yards are, quotes a prominent Glas
gow ship bnilder as saying:
"I am amazed that such a responsible
business man as Charles H Cramp can
treat facts so recklessly. One of his
main arguments seems to be that Eag
land has secured the carrying trade of
the world by means of Government
subsidies to ship builders. Cramp
declares that during the past 60 years
Government aid to the extent of
$240,000,000 or $4,000,000 annually
has been thus bestowed. It seema
unnecessary for me to point out how
ridiculously far frofi the truttt this
statement is. The remainder of Mr.
Cramp's argument seems to be demot
ed to proving that America has such
.advantages as to command raw ma
terial and can underbid English ship
builders in their owq market, but he
apparently loses sight of the obvious
rejoinder. If this is so, why should
fon ask the United 8tates Govern
meat for an annual dole, euphemisti
cally termed a subsidy!"
England's superiority as to her
merchant marine consists in the
number of her freight carriers, which
are Been in nearly every port of the
world, and to these she does not pay
a nennv of subsidy. They are car
riers for the world's trade and are
built to be chartered for trips or for
seasons by men who put their money
into that kind of business because
there is money in it, and they don't
ask the assistance of the Govern
ment to build their ship3 or to op
erate them.
But Mr. Cramp, being a ship
builder himself, remarks in conclu
sion that while the American work
man receives higher wages than the
British workman, Jie does more
work, and thia offsets tht lower
wages paid on the other, side, which
being so the Glasgow ship builder
very pertinently asks why should
the American ship builder ask Gov
ernment assistance when he has
cheaper raw material than the Eu
ropean Bhip builder and labor that,
considering the amount of work
done, costs no more? That is a
question that Mr. Cramp and the
reBt of the subsidy boosters find it
difficult to answer.
Another Glasgow ship bnilder
some time ago, in showing one of
the Cramps around his yards, struck
the nail on the head When Mr.
Cramp remarked that the difference
in the cost of labor gave the British
ship builders an advantage over the
American builder, and he replied,
'that is not -the reason. The rea
son ia that while we are content
with a Bmall profit on our work yon
want a large profit" twice ' or three
times as much.
AFTER HEADS
The sticking point in the settle
ment between the allied Powers and
the Chinese Government, that is if
there be any suoh thing as a - Gov
ernment in China, is the matter of
the punishment of the Chinameu
who took an active and ptominent
part in the uprising and subsequent
proformances of the Boxers. The
ministers of the allied nations do
mand the death penalty against
about a dozen of these, all high-up
fellows among the Chinese, as high
as Prince Tnan, the father of the
heir apparent to the throne.
According to all report the Ex
press Dowager stood iu with jVme
Tuan aud was about as deeply mixe i
up in that bnsinoss as he was. Why
do they not demand tht the old
woman's hed be chopped off? or
that she bo invited to swallow a big
hunk of gold foil, like that buss
Boxer did some time ago, or to wind a
nice silk cord aroumjf her neck and
-u.u hm-aolf tn death? If thi8
mischievous old dame were out of
the way one of the most trouble
some factors in China would be re
moved. . ,
But seriously, what right have the
allied Powers to demand the death
punishment of any of these men ?
Reverso the case, and imagine au
uprising in thia or iu ,any of the
other countries figuring in China
against the Chinese residents, in
which Chinese subjects were out
raged and murdered. What would
be thought about it in a case like
that if the Chinese Government
should insist upon the arrest and
execution of leading citizens 'who
took part in the uprising against the
Chinese? Wo have had some little
rackets of that kind in this country,
but no one was ever punished for
them, and to prevent more of them
we have done what China has not
done, passed laws prohibiting Chi
nese from coming to thia country to
settle. If China excluded the for
eigners, as we exclude the Chinese,
there would be no uprising of the
Chinese, and no cause for it.
While the men who are responsi
ble for the outrages against foreign
ers ought to be punished, the man
ner of punishment should be left to
the Chinese government just as it
would be to other governments if the
conditions were reversed and China
men were the sufferers. Simply
because they have China down is no
reason why thero should be a de
mand for more blood.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Clarkton Exprssv. The grip is
very prevalent in this ecfT?'l "T77
Mr. John Irer Thompson got nlsmlll
burned on Monday night last. : It is
thought to be the work of an incen
diary, as there was no fire around.
Wilkesboro Chronicle'. A charter
has been applied for, for the construc
tion of a railroad from Caswell county
to Mt. Airv. through Wilkes and into
Ash-i and Watauga It will probably
run by the Stone Mountain qu.iry
section and into the mininig regions
beyond the Blue Ridge. Col. J. 8.
Oirr. of Durham, is one of the parties
connected with tne project.
Liurinburgv&waflre: A roller
rtrtnrin mill has been organized at
Vlooroo, with a capacity of one hue
dred barrets psr day. ome oi mo
strongest business mea are named as
promoters of the enterprise. A
cottou seed Oil Mill will be built on
the site of the old oil mill, bought by
Dr. K A Blue. , The new mill will be
larger than the old one, will have a
capacity of forty tons of seed pr day
aod will be built by borne capuai.
Goldsboro Headlight: The
three year old son of Mr. W. G.
Smith, on "Harrell's Row," was terri
bly burned athiahome Saturday even
ing. The little fellow, alone in the
room, walked to the open fire placj
and threw a box lid into the fUmes
The lid ignited, the flames from which
set fire Jo his dress, and he was burned
from knees to mouth. Death relieved
him of his sufferings on Sunday even
ing.
Washington Oatette: What
mo v be another murder occurred on
the railway track between this city
and Wharton's Monday evening. Gil S
Tucker, col., whore sides at Wharton's
was in town yesterday and left last
night for home by way of the railroad.
This morning he was discovered on
the railroad with one large gash over
the eye and another near the nose,
and in an unconscious condition. And
has remained so ever eiaca. The in
dications are his skull is fractured.
Thus far there is no clue to his as-
sailent.
WinBton Journal'. A brutal
murder was committed at J. A. Ray's
distillery, in Yadkin county, three
miles from Jonesville, late Saturday
afternoon. Henry Cheeks 8 hot and ia
stantly killed Andrew Pinnix. It is
said that C&eeks held an old grudge
against Pinnix and had threatened to
kill hia: on sight. The opportunity
presented itself and he carried out the
threat, using a double barrel shot gun.
The contents of one barrel entered the
heart, and the other carried away the
entire top of his head. Cheeks nude
no effort to get away and is now in
Yadkin jil.
TWINKLINGS
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THE PER CENT. HUMBUG
When the expansion boomersgrant
to humbug people with storiertl the
large increase of our trade wih our
new acquisitions, they exhint the
percentage of increase andxclaim,
behold that. The Philadelphia
Times punctures that thus:
"An old story about a town out
Wt which doubled its population in
year is suggested by the Treasury
statistics showing two years' increase
of exports to our colonial dependen
cies. "The Western town with a high-
wnndins name had one house at the
beginniog of the year-land two at its
close. Oar fx porta to Porto Rico, Ha
waii, the Philippines and Samoa were
$8 496,000 in 1898 and $13 251,000 in
1900. A hundred per cent, increase
in oar colonial exports sounds very
big until the figures are furnihsed.
Then the pertinent question, wheth r
it pays to spend a hundred millions a
year to maintain an army and nearly
as much more for the navy, to increase
our exports to our new possessions less
than seven million, will persist in
asking itself.
"With Japan our exports for the
same period increased twice as much
and with other countries which we
have no disposition to acquire in still
greater proportion. From the dollar
and cent standpointour colonial acqui
sitions have proved very unprofitable
investments."
Viewing this question simply
from a mercenary and commercial
standpoint, with the reported and
prospective increase of trade, how
long would it take to pay back
the hundreds of millions of dollars
that have already been expended in
this new kind of commercial expan-
sion, ana tne minions that will have
Further reports confirm onr
opinion that Lowndes county, Ga.,
enjoys an encouraging climate for
hogs. A .late dispatch from Val
dosta says that there is in that
county another hog larger than the
1,300 pound shoat recently slaught
ered, which made in addition to
meat, 500 pounds of lard, and hun
dreds that will weigh from 500 to
700 pounds. There is rtalk of es
tablishing a pork packery there.
As far as the hogs are concerned
they offer all the necessary inducements.
Old Lady My good man, are
you a CnnsiUu? Tramp Well, lady,
uobody couid ever accuse me of haytu'
worked on Sunday. Philadelphia
Record
Football Note: Bill Kikhard
"Wot's the matter with the referee?
Has he lorst 's 'ead t" Jem Ouabena
-On, no! Only an ear, a few teeth.
and some hair." Glasgow Evening
Times
Not That Dr. Kure "I
fear, air, that ypu have been living
tx hiifh." Jaundice "It can't be
that doctor; you knew we've moved
out of that eight story flat." Ohio
State Journal.
Judge This lady Bays you
threw both arms around her waist
while trying to get her pocket book.
Prisoner I was simply makin' love
to de lady, your honor. I am a foreign
nobleman 1 Pucfc.
After Consultation. Patient
"Now, doctor, woat'a the matter with
me, anyway?1' The Head Consulting
Physician "My dear, sir, ao you aup
pose that if we knew what was the
matter with you we would have de
cided to hold a post mortem?"--Har
per 8 Bazar.
He "I wish I was worth a
million dollars." She "I don'i like
to hear you talk that way. It sounds
mercenary." He "So that I could
give it all to you, dear." She "After
all, it is not money that one cares for,
but the things that money will buy."
Boston Transcript.
Towne "He's quite a linguist,
I bslieve." Brown Ys. he can con
verse in fourteen different tongues."
Towne "So I understand; but there's
one tongue he has never succeeded in
mastering." Brown "What's that?
Chines-?' Towne 'No, his wife's."
Philadelphia Press
CURRENT COMMENT.
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A SEVEN YEARS TEST.
A Comparison, of Slxtr;XUereitt
rletlea of Wheat.
About 60 different named sorts of
wheat are annually grown in compara
tive test -at the Ohio experiment sta
tion. In this test the different varie-
Hm are erown on plot of one-tent
n pro--the Dlots being arranged so that
a standard variety, Penqulte's Velvet
Chaff, appears on every, third plot in
the series, and in computing the. re
sults the yield of a given variety ia
compared with that of the two plots of
Velvet Chaff between which it grew.
The treatment of the crop Is as near
ly uniform for all the varieties as pos
sible. "The land was selected in the
first place for its apparent uniformity r
a tile drain is laid at one side of every
plot; the plowing is done across the
plots; all are manured alike with barn
yard manure, distributed by a manure
spreader, which also Is driven across
the plots, thus giving no opportunity
for differences in time of plowing or
manner of manuring to effect the yield,
and the greatest possible care is taken
In seeding, harvesting ana tnrasnmg.
Below are the general results of this
test for the seven years 1893 to 1899 in
clusive. The following sorts have exceeded
the Velvet Chaff in yield: Pool 0d
Mealy by an average of more than four
bushels per acre each, Red Russian by
nearly four bushels, Nigger, Early
Ripe, CurreU's Prolific and Egyptian
by two or three bushels, Mediterra
nean. New Monarch and Democrat by
one or two bushels and Bearded Mon
arch, Valley, Deitz, Lebanon and Hick
jnan by less than one bushel each.
Of the sorts which have fallen below
Velvet Chaff in average yield -are
Jones' Winter Fife, which has aver
Gged more than three bushels lesB;
Theiss and Silver Chaff, between two
nnd three bushels less; Royal Austra
lian (or Clawson), Early Red Clawson,
Yellow Gvosy. Missouri Blue Stem,
New Longberry, Lehigh and Martln'ft
Amber, between one and two bushels
less, and Fulcaster, Hindostan and
Early White Leader, whose average
yield has been less than a bushel below
That of Velvet Chaff.
These tests have been made on a
rather thin, somewhat sandy clay. On
gravelly loams the Valley has made a
relatively larger yield than that quoted
above.
No variety has proved exempt from
attack by Hessian fly, but Mealy, Med
iterranean, Fulcaster and Clawson
seem to suffer less from the fall attack
of this insect than most other sorts.
The Ohio station has never succeed
ed iu growing spring wheat.
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WILMtNGTON MARKET.
The Charleston News and Cour
ier, which has done much to stim
ulate the cultnre of tobacco in
South Carolina, remarks that "one
acre of tobacco beats five acres of
cotton." That depends on the kind
of tobacco and the kind of cotton.
There are tobacco growers in some
of the npland counties of North Car
olina who have been growrog to
bacco till they have become gray
who couldn't raise money enough
to day to vJ fo two bags of fertilizer.
from A S
Boutnior jeaa vv kuuio tt lb Linottalksbotttthe lives sac
1 iteini tjecanse these passenger I rificed and thai sacrificed ?
ihina wouiiJiave-o compete with I v th niaitions have been
these floattngtiaiaora remung i unprofitable investments.
- Iftrthero. ports, ana De equ iu
i -:peea w ,ir-"rr7 " TV - - o.
I oommbdatioas n4 -treatment eHu I Kgaixm
tt 1-J U II lk
Story or a Slave. -
To be bound hand and foot for
years by the chains of disease is the
worst form of slavery. Geo. D. Wil
liams, of Manchester, Mich., tells iow
such a slave was made free. He says:
"My wife has been so helpless for
five years that she could not turn
over in bed alone. After using two
bottles of Electric Bitters she is won
derfully improved and able to do her
own work." This supreme remedy
for female diseases quickly cures Ner
vousness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy,
Headache, Backache, Fainting and
Dizzy Spells. This miracle working
medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly
and run down people. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only SO cents. Bold by
B; R. Bellamy, druggist t
Is all stages of Nasal Catarrh
there should be cleanliness. As ex
perience proves, Ely'n Cream Balm is
cleanser, soother and healer of the
diseased merabrane. It is not dryinsr
nor irritating, and does not produce
sneezing. ' Price 60 cents at.aruggisis.
or it will be mailed by Kly Brotners,
66 Warren street. New York. Upon
beta nlaced into the. nostrils, it
spreads over the membrane and re
lief ia immediate. It is an agreeable
cur. " t
Baanfba Ulafl Till Haw itwajS RBgt
"The stories from China, South
Africa and the Philippines of the
outrages committed by soldiers from
the most civilized nations on earth
are enough to make Christendom
hang its .head in humiliation.
Augusta Chronicle, Dem.
A nation that does a foreign
commerce of $2,307,102,970 m a
year, with a balance of 648,yys,
738 to the credit side of the trans
action, is not only a fairly busy and
prosperous natien, but can hardly
be under the necessity of offering
subsidies to American-owned vessels
to stimulate commerce. rnuaaei-
phia Times, Dem.
From the deck of the lux
uriously furnished yacht Mayflower
with which the Government provides
the carpet bag satrap of Porto Rico
he has discovered that the inhabi
tants of the island are rolling in
prosperity. No satrap is ever known
to make unfavorable reports, lest
they should interfere witn tne
tenure of his office. Philadelphia
Record, Dem. . ' '
What had long been believed
to be a myth of the Gulf, of
MAxifto. namelv. the reported exis
tence of an oil pool some forty miles
south of Galveston, is to be investi
gated by a Louisiana man and
others, who have formed a company
to sink a well in the bottom of the
pool in order to obtain the large
quantity of oil supposed to be ex
uding from the bottom of the sea at
that place. A company, with a capi
tal of $500,000 is to be framed, and
its promoter says he is confident of
success in his enterprise, provided
anchorage can be obtained for the
well-drilling machinery. Mobile
Register, Bern.
Prevemte m. Trmaedy.
Timely information given Mrs.
George Long, of New Straitsviile,
O., prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. A frightful cough
had long kept her awake every night.
She had tried many remedies and
doctors, but steadily grew worse until
urged to try Dr. King's New Dis
covery. One bottle wholly cured her,
and she writes this marvellous medi
cine also cured Mr. Long of a severe.
attack of pneumonia. Sacn cures are
positive proof of the matchless merit
of this grand remedy , for curing all
Throat ' Chest and Lung Troubles
Only 50 cents .and $L; Every bottle
guaranteed. Trial bottles 10 cents at
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Quoted offlcUaiy at the closing by the! Produce
' STAR OFFICE, Febuary 7.
SPIRITS; TURPENTINE Market
steady at S cts per gallon for ma
chine made casks and 36 cents per
gal Ion for eon n try casks. -
KUdlN iiNothlng doing.
TAB Market steady at $1.20 per bbl
of 280 lbs. I!
CRUDE 1! TURPENTINE;. Market
quiet at fl.30 per barrel . tor nam,
$2.30 for dip and for virgin.
Quotations same aay last year.
Spirits turpentine firm at 54j54e;
rosin nrm j ai $i.3ti.iu ; iar unu
st $180; crude turpentine firm at
$2.COf3 2S.
RECEIPTS.
WHOLESALE PRICES COBBEI?
..tntvmi ua innvs crrvan as accurately
m possible, bat the 8ta will not be responsible
tor any variations from the artcal market pries
of the articles auoted
BT The following
smaU horders hlsrher nrlces Saw to be char
oaotations represent
ally. In making np
have to Decnargea
Seedins Grm on Inverted Sod.
I have practiced this system (seeding
grass on Inverted sod) more or less for
nearly 30 years and believe there is no
system that will produce more hay
with a given amount of manure. I have
been In the habit of turning over the
sod on reasonably moist ground in Au
gust, applying 30 good loaJs to the
acre oi stable manure that has been
well cared for in the barn cellar. After
this I harrow fine and sow eight quarts
of timothy and 10 quarts of redtop seed
to the acre- 1 haveUsually top-dressed
after cropping one Jlar and find in this
way I can get as much hay as will
stand on the ground without getting
down. f
I have tried many other ways and
have found none that will do as well
for me. This time of seeding Is reason
ably sure, perhaps as sure as any sea
son, without it is early spring. In the
past few years I have fitted land ready
for the seed any time up to the freez
ing season In November. Then as soon
as the snow is off In the spring sow on
the seed, adding a little clover. I have
never failed In this way to get a catch.
Weeds may trouble a little the first
crop, but not after. New England
Homestead.
Get tins Rid of Weeds.
One of the best methods of getting
rid of noxious weeds, especially per
ennials, is by sowing the infested fields
to wheat or rye in the fall. Soon after
these small grains have been harvest
ed plow under the stubble, thus check
ing the development of the first crop of
weeds.
When the second crop has started on
the plovd ground, go over it with a
disk harrow, corn cultivator or any
other farm implement that will kill
the young weeds.: Repeat "this opera
tion as often as necessary to prevent
the maturing of any seed or the devel
opment of root stocks. Seed the field
to winter grain again in the fall and
repeat the operation the following year.
If the weeds are very persistent, as
the Canada thistle, quack grass, etc.,
cultivate the fallow often enough to
prevent any green lear suriace ap
pearing. Otherwise the underground
stems will live for a long time. This
is the best method of treating, an in
fested field and If persisted in will bo
successful, says The Farm Journal.
Tne Cramlest Crase.
"The craziest craze here Is the Bel
gian bare infatuation. We are glad to
know it Is passing eastward an-7 north
ward and trust we are to be spared
further infliction," writes a California
woman to Ohio. Farmer. Jumping by
strides of $20 at a time, the prices
have gone from $25 to $80 for does and
from $60 to $800 for bucks weighing
little more than an ordinary rabbit.
The fabulous prices obtained were for
hares for breeding purposes and not
for marketfwhere probably not more
than 40 or 50 cents a pound could be
realized. Belgian hares are nice to
sell to the other fellow for breeding,
but not for ope's own table lw for
profitable raising for market."
aaaorjsa
8 s Jute
Standard....
Burlaps
WESTERN 8HOKED -
Hams V Bi
Bides 9t
Shoulders 9
DBY SALTED
Sides t......
Shoolders
n a HKEiJt Rntrlts Turpentine
Second-hand, each 1 40
Second-hand machine
Kew New York, each
New City, each
BK1CKH
Wilmington V M 7 J
Northern 9 00
8UTTER
North Carolina
Northern
OORN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks
Vlrsrlnla Meal
COTTON TIER bundle...,
0ANDLE8
Sperm
Adamantine ..............
CHEESE V
Northern Factory
Dairy Cream
Hair cream
COFFEE
Lagayra..
Bio
-OME8TIC8
Sheeting, 4-4, y yard
Yarns. V bunch of 5 s .
FISH
Miu-.irnrAi. No. 1. barrel
MiuMrnreL Na 1. half -bbl. 11 00
Mackerel, mo. . v oarrei... 10 w
Mackerel, No. 2 half -bbl
Mackerel, No. ft, V barrel.
MuUeta, V barrel
8H
o
io a
&
8J
86
1 45
1 45
1 45
1 45
7 50
14 09
SO
25
5
IS
8
o
13 O
11 o
6 C
25
53
63
35
85
Jl
14
14
IS
12H
5H
70
S3 00
Mallets, V pork barrel.
N. C. Roe Hen
8 00
18 00
3 50
7 00
3 00
5
4 35
3 25
30 00
15 00
& 18 00
9 00
14 00
3 75
4 50
9
59
56
36
90
lerrine. keg.
DrT'Cod, Extra'"
rtOUR-W
Low grade
Choice
Straight
First Patent
3LUB
3 RAIN bushel-
Corn, from store, birs White
Mixed Corn
Car-load, In bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Bast Proof
Cow Peas
SIDES V
Green salted
Dry flint -
Dry salt
HAY 9 100 B8
No 1 Timothy
Bice Straw
Eastern
Western v
North River
HOOP IRON, 9
bABD. V t-
Northern
North Carolina
tmi, barrel
uuhbsb (city sawea) y n rc
shin Stuff, resawea
Rough edge Plank 15 00
west India cargoes, accord
Ing to Quality 13 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
OLAtHMGS v gaiion
Sarbadoes, In hogshead.. . . .
Barbadoes, la barrels. ..... .
Porto Bloo, In hogsheads.... 38
Porto Rico, In barrels 28
Sugar House, In hogsheads. 18
Sugar House, in barrels.... 14
Syrup, In barrels 15'
NAILS, f keg. Cut, 60d basis. . .
PORK. 9 barrel
Oltv Mess
Rump
Prime
ROPE, 9
SALT, 9 sack. Alum
Liverpool 90
American. 9o
on 12S m sacks
8UOAB. 9 Standard Qran'd
standard a
White Extra C
Extra C, Golden
u xeuow
&
13H
9
0
a
2H
G
9
1 15
18 00
7 50
8 28
10
4 50
3 0
3 75
4 00
4 75
10
60
57
67
S7fi
o
1100
6H
13
10
1 01
60
95
95
90
294
8?4
in
1 80
Spirits turpentine 0
Rosin i 406
Tar II.... 808
Crude turpentine HI
Receipts flsame day last year. 29
casks spirits turpentine, 471 bbls
rosin, 519 bbls tar, 4 bbls crude tur
pentine. !i
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 9 5 16c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary.. i .... 6 cts $ lb
Good ordinary 6 '
Low middling 8 " "
Middling.!.....-... 9 6-16 " "
Good middlinff . . . . . 9& " "
Same day last vear middling firm
at7c. 1!
Receipts-450 bales; same day last
year, 519. j
rcorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Coivmlssion MeichintsJ
ooSjntry produce.
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 75Sj; extra prime, 80c per
bushel of 128 pounds; fancy, 86c
Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime,
60c; fancy, 66c; Spanish, 80c.
CUKJN mrm; dh to eu cenis per
bushel for white.
N. C.BACON steady; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, 8 to iuc;
sides, 8 to 30c.
EGGS Bull at 12 to VIM cents per
dozen. . ii
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 1ZM
25 cents; Isprings, 1017 cts.
BEESW AJL JJ'irm at Z5 cents.
TALLOW Firm at 5Ka63 cents
per pound. I .
TUUKUMtS JLiive, auu at a to ojc;
dressed, 10 ib 11c,
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
ii
By Telegfaph to the Morning Star.
New YoBB. Feb. 7. Money on call
was steady kt 2 ner cent. Prime mer
cantile paper 34 per cent. Sterling
exchange easy, with actual business in
bankers' bills at 457 lor aemana
and 484 !for sixty days. Posted
rates were 435 and 488j489. Com
mercial bills 4833484f- Silver cer
tificates 6163. Bar silver 60
Mexican dollars 47. tiovernmeni
bonds steady. State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds irregular. U. 8 refund
ing 2' s reg'd; 105 ; U. o. reiund'g z s,
coupon, 105;U.S. 2's, reg'd, ; U-8.
8's, reg'd, ijum ; ao. coupon, xiv& ; v.
S. 4's, new ireg'd, 137&. do. coupon,
137; U. 0. 4's, old reg'd, 113;
do. couponi 113; U. 8. 5's, reg'd.
110; do. Jcoupon, 110; 'Boutnern
R'v 6's 111. Stocks: Baltimore &
Ohio 91M ; liGhesapeake & Ohio 41 Ji;
Alannaiian 1j aioj; it. x. vcu n
144V : Reading 83X ; do. 1st pref'd 75 ;
St. Paul, 15S; do. pref'd, 190 ; South
ern Bailwar23: prefd 76 Amen
can v Tobacco. 117 X; do. pref'd 140;
Peopled Gas 101; Sugar 137H ; ao.
pref'd 119; fl C. & Iron 63; O. 8.
Leather 13 j ;do. preferred ih : West
ern Union 86. Standard Oil 818820.
Baltimore. February 7. Seaboard
Air Line. cdmmon.UViOll V ; do. pre
ferred 26&26&- Bonds 4's 69M-
options opened firmer on . "-
lish cable news. Later theVt
under' disappointing ontAjS
and small clearances, ralC
-; "fwi w uu local COvbJ8
the close firm at X3c n Ji
Sales included Nr. o j Wh
79 He: Mav elrd
79tfc. Corn Snnt . etJ
elevator and 46cf.o b. afl03
AnAna1 flwm mU - . fW
quetly declined owing to M
and . small export inquire W
rcoveritw oa & !t ,i m
advanced' May clostd uLH
closed 43c. Oats-Snnt c.; 1
steady; XNo. 2 SOc; Vugs? Zf
barely steady. Lard firm.
steam $7 80; refined firm-'JI!
$7 95; South American is's?6
firm ; family, f 15 0015 60- sh'
14 7516 50. BiuierooowSl
fresh creamery 1622c; f4eln3
14 c? Kgga steady ;State and pi i
nnia at mark 21 S.k..
19X20Kc. Potatoes steady
11 lA ; small fancy, fall made
made r
Petroleum dull. Molasses stP,H?V
stead v. Cabbacre stead v p.fA
. " . . .? .
Liiverpooi iOtton by Heamin.
uuaciiuv. juiiuu beta n-
1 1 1 1 . . 11
steauy auu uncnangeu with n
Bujnn LruQf tijusiijr ui a 1CC&1
Quotation's: Prime crude
305c: Drime white SiiaSSn-fJ
vcr joiww utfijjitfuj prime ffii
Onffo Hint Rm etaA . XT.
y8c, nominal; muu steady fv
812Xc. Sugar-Raw steadr
I mnlaocoo liiivo flln aKkAj T
iuvioov9 suki vzv ituucu Slew
Chicago, February 7 When
ir regular to aay, out averactJ
and closed c up, with the assuJ
or liberal export engasements n
ed near the end of the sainn
advanced lc and oats a sbade. p.
sions finished a dull day, uncbti
to 2i5c higher.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. Casb quouu
Flour dull and weaker. Wheai-5
-; No. 3 sprine'6572c; No. j
7475c. Corn No.2,;37M37H ( !
No. 2 2525c; No. 2 wtme i
28c:No. S white 27Vfa27c. vj
barrel, $13 8013 85. Lard, pem
$7 407 47. Short rib sides,
6 907 15. Dry salted 3
ders, $6 256 50. Short clear
boxed $7 207 '30. Whiskej
tillers' finished goods. pei talloa,
The leading futures ranged u
iows-r-openmg, nignest, loweaj
closing: Wheat No 2 Februir
73a73.72. 73c; March
73li.73W73Hc;May 75ift7jvJ
7474. 75c. Corn-Frtil
36 , 36 . 36, 36M ; March 37tf i
375. 37C; May S8&39. 39 if
38. 38Jgc. Oats February UL.
2iH, 24c;May 25X, 25,25
25X25H. Pork, per bb!-Fe!&
18 80; May;$14 05, $14 07, lit
14v00. Lard, per 100 fos-Febrfi
$7 42H 7 45, 7 42. 745; Marchrl;
May $7 7 SS.-TiSU, .7 M. Un
ribs, per 100 lbs February UiJrTi
May $7 02W. 7 07. 7 02. 7 5. fr- r
FOREIGN RJARKtT Xr
BV Cable to the Morntnz su j, t rr
Liverpool, February 7, 4 P. t...'. "
1 16d higher; American middling ; -5
27 32d: fiood middlin? 5 9 16d;t ;
rllinor 5 15 32d: low middling 5 5- '
eood ordinary 5 l lod ; oram
13 16d The sales of the day weir
000 bales, of which 500 bales were
speculation and export and mem.
7,400 bales American. Ktceipta
bales, all American.
FuturesjoDened quiet andstcadj
closed oulij American middlii;
. m.rm - r CIO ftjAt Ml
m. c.) u eoruary o unsa m
seller: February and Mach 5 IS!
seller; March and April 5 17 6ld!
April and May , 5 15 64d seller;
and June S13 64d seller; Juot
July 5 10 645 11 64d seller; Julji
NAVAL
STORES
!i
MARKETS
a ao oo
O 16 00
a is oo
& 23 00
15 00
88
O 80
O 82
14
IS
8 85
2 35
15 00
814 BO
14 50
O 1 25
85
95
68
a
SOAP. V 1 Northern 8MO 4
STAVES. 9 M W. O. barrel... . 6 00 14 oa
R. O. Hogshead. 10 00
5
4
TIMBER. H teet-ebipplnx., 8 00
Common mill 4 00
Fair mlU 6 60
Prime mill 7 60
Extra mill 8 60
SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed
M 6x24 heart. 4 85
" Bap 8 00
6x20 Heart 2 25
u Sap 1 60
WHISKXT, aallon Northern 100
9 00
5 00
7 60
8 50
9 53
6 00
8 25
2 60
1 75
8 10
MARINE DIRECTORY.
A Famous London Tavern.
The Mermaid wns the name of a fa
mous London tavern frequented by
noted literary men and actors during
the reign of Queen Elizabeth. All the
wit and talent of the time assembled
there for convivial enjoyment. Au
thors have made It the scene of great
mtnd combflts between such men as
Shakespeare. Ben Jonson, Beaumont,
Fletcher, Selden. Carew, Donne and
others of reverential memory. It was
the gathering place of the celebrated
Mermaid club, the origin of which is
ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh. The
Mermaid tavern was located In Bread
street and was handily reached from
three thoroughfares, so that it has been
often referred to in various ways. The
Mermaid in Bread street, the Mermaid
In -Friday street and the Mermaid In
Cheap street were, however, all one
and the same. - It was the nearest to
Bread street. The Mermaid was de
stroyed in the great London fire. There
were other Mermaid taverns, one in
Cbeapslde and another In Cornhlll, but
they had no such associations as clung
to that of Bread street.
I.iat of lYcasels la the Port of wa
aatBKton w. c. Feb. 7 1901.
SCHOONERS.
J Howell Leeds, 152 tons, Bateman,
Qeoree Harriss, Bon & (Jo.
Jno I Snow, 394 tons, Ott, George
Harriss. Son & Co.
Mary T Quinby, 1.047 tons, Avre, R
W Hicfes.
Edith and May. 104 tons. Kelly, J T
Rilev & Co.
J Howell Leeds. 394 tons. Bateman
(for orders).
B I Hazard, 873 tons, De Buhr, George
Harriss, Son & Co.
STEAMSHIrc.
Dora. (Br) 1,105 tons, Goulding,
Alexander Sprunt & Son .
BARGE.
Carrie L Tvler. 610 tons. Bonneau,
Vireinia-Carolina "Chemical Com
pany.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.,
Receipts of
'Answered tne Inqntrr.
What did you tell those people about
the flat. Eliza r
: They asked me if It was good walk
ing distance, and I told them It was;" .
"Gracious! Good walking distance
rrom what?" . . s
How do l' know? They didn't aay,
and. I ' wasn't going to be InqulsitlTe."--Chicago
Record. -
Naval Stores and Cottoo
- Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad-14 bales cot
ton.
W. C. & A. Railroad 410 bales cot
ton. 4 casks Bnirits turpentine. 140 bar
rels rosin, ivs Darreis tar, iu. turrets
crude turpentine.'
A. & X. Kallroad 9 casks snirits
turpentine, 88 barrels tar.
C C Kailroau 1 cask spirits tur
pentine, 38 barrels rosin, 53 barrels
tar, 92 barrels crude turpentine.
Steamer W. T. Daggett 15 bar
rels tar, 95 barrels rosin. 6 barreli
crude turpentine, 4 barrels spirits tur
pentine.
8teamer Comnton 26 bales cotton.
zu oarrels tar.
"Steamer Seabright 50 barrels rosin,
26 barrels tar.
Steamer Driver 83 barrels rosin,
163 barrela tar.
Total Cbtton. 450 bales: . spirits
turpentine, 20 casks ; rosin, 406 -barrels ;
tar. 608 barrels; cruae turpentine, jlx.
barrels.
By Telegraph to the :Morntng Star.
New York. Feb. 7. Rosin quiet.
Spirits turpentine dull.
CHABLEston, Feb. 7. oporits iur
pentine steady at 36J4c ; sales casks.
Rosin firm and unchanged.
8avanhaH. Feb. 7. Spirits turpen
tine firm at $7c ; sales 190casks ; receipts
165 casks; liexports caskd. wosin
firm and unchanged; sales 2,016 bar
rels; receipts 4,495 barrels; exports
bairels. 1
1 i
COTTON MARKETS.
. ii
By Teraph to the Mornlne star
Niw YoitK. Feb. 7. The cotton
market wasji strengthened to-day by
bullish cables from Liverpool and a
further decrease in the crop move
ment, to sat nothing oi tne presence
of moderate, orders from the South
and Wall street. On the opening call
the market Was firm with prices two
to eight poilbts higher, soon increased
to a matter of eight to ten points Dy a
scare or spit snorts ana oriss
outside baying. Liverpool ad
vanced steadily on general buying
which resulted directly from a small
stampede ef the bear forces abroad.
Official reports of receipts pomtea to a
shortnesss tor the week as compared
with last year, and a shortage in the
"insieht" ajr tne week oi 7U,uuu to
75,000 bales, as contrasted with that of
last year, tv mid day-the market naa
tapered off Several points under realiz
ing, but manifested marked stability
, - - - . m l
ana a aispoaiuon to wo uiituer. nauiy
in the afternoon business dwindled to a
mere scaJpmg trade with prices hover
ing around the noon bids. Wall street
bought tha near months, while con
servative operators absorbed the offer
ings of the new crop options. The
market was finally quiet wilb prices
net one point lower to five, points
higher; I '
Nbw Yozk, Feb. 7. Cotton steady;
middling uplands 9ft c. - '
Cotton futures market closed quiet:
February 9. 35, March 9.29, April 9 23,
Mav 9.25. June 9 22. July 9. 23. August
8.85, September 8.41, October 8.19, No
ember 8 03, December 7. 99.
Spot cotton closed steady : middling
uplands 93c; middling' gulf 10c; sales
3.411 bales:
Net receipts 1.881 bales ;gross receipts
1,904 balesi stock 150,403 bales.
. Total to-day Net receipts l.iua
bales: exports to France -100 bales;
exports to the Continent 14,903 bales;
stock 926,391 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 120,888
bales: exports to Great Britain 23,395
bales; exports to France 7.719 bales;
I . . - nr. ., T 1
exports io me continent o,x9o uaica.
Total since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 5,452, 477 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2,030.244 bales; exports io
France 4891,499 bales; exports to the
Continent ,502,Sllbales.
February! 7. Galveston, quiet at
9He, net receipts 8,140 bales; Norfolk,
steady at 9fc, net receipts 1,091 bales;
Baltimore, nominal n c, net re
ceipts bales; Boston, auu at mc.
net receipts 347 ' oaies; wuming
ton, firm at 9 5 -16c, net receipts 450
bales; Philadelphia, quiet at- 10c,
net receipts, 85 bales: -Savannah, firm
at 9c, net' receipts 2,656 bales; New
Orleans, steady at 90, net receipts
5,417 bales; Mobile, quiet at ajic,
net receipts 27 bales: Memphis,
steady at 9Kc net receipts 751 bales:
Augusta, quiet at J4C, net receipts 02a
bales; Charleston, quiet at 9jc net
receipts 45 bales. ,
PRODUCE MARKETS.
An crust 5 7 64a5 8 64d buver; A:f
nnd Rnlember 4 29 644 60 64d -,
September 4 69 644 60 64d seller; V
tober (g. o. cj 4 37-caa nominsi;i
toberand November (g. o. c)il
nominal.
MARINE.
ARRIVED,
finhr Jno I . Snow. 394 tons,
Naw York. George Harriss, Soo4
fihr J Howell. Leeds. 152 Uf
Bateman, Norfolk, George hirr
tjon cc jo. .
TTorT.flftrinTifi and
fluenza use CflENEl
EXPECTORANT.
1837
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