urn.
-- --r.r -"-" -"'-V-i.;-r '-:; lt-Ti--i -v--.. - . ... - -' r''J: X-f -vV.i?-A'
Hi?
-
MP-
1
t
Hi-'
. - - -
:W-!r ' ,
i K : ;. --r- -
it
U:v:
1 :
mm
milt-
u , -
.-. -..
t W . -
91
I .-'iffi-..'
i . -re--
m
' .-
! S.
SMS
if
if ii-
BY WILLIAM B HI?ARD.
WILMIHUTtfM. 0-
Ttjksva.y Moiurare, February 19.
THE GRABBER'S FLEA.
When the then Secretary Alger
boastfully declared in a speech that
the American flag never came down
from territory where it had . been
planted by our soldiers, he subjected
himself to a good deal oisnarp criti
cism, and beine then a member
of Mr. McKinley's cabinet he was
apparently antagonizing the ad
ministration which had declared
that it was inspired by no spirit
of conquest. After all the scold-
' ing and criticism and apparent con
flict with the administration it turns
ont that Gen.- Alger was only a little
more candid than the others, per
haps more honest, and less fearful
; of : i saying - what he thought
" .and ' : what he " ' ! expected would
be done. We find the admin
istration now 1 following oh Al
' ; gera declaration, planning to ke p
' the flag"OTer Cuba and manufactur
" . ing reasons to justify the departure
from ita professed policy and its
. violation of recorded pledges.
A good while ago it began to send
out feelers through its organs in the
shape of arguments to defend what
. it' contemplated doing, and to make
. it appear that duty to this country,
to other nations and to the Cnbans
. themselves required that they treat
" the Teller resolution as a "legisla
" tive lie," the very thought of which
so shocked Senator Spooner as far
back a3 last Hay. As the time has
nearly arrived when the grabbers
must Bhow their hand and let it be
known what they propose to do,
. the papers that speak, for them be
come less cautious in their utter-
ances-fend more candid and bolder
in declaring what should be done,
il j. Wo have quoted '. from the New
York Tribune, the Philadelphia
Press, Republican organs, and from
the Washington Post, independent,
arguing that it is the "duty" of
this Government to hold on to
Cuba, and here we quote from the
Chattanooga Times, independent,
- which doesn't think that the Cubans
are entitled to any consideration
that might stand in the way of our
interests. While we can't say much
for the sentiment that inspires such
utterances, we can't .help but ad
mire the ; blunt frankness that
sweeps aside pledges and boldly de
clares for grab. Here it is:
"Some consideration mast be given
to our own people, in any final or ap
proximately final disposition that is to
be made of the Cuban question. It was
the nation, and not the politicians as
sembled in Congress, that paid the
enormous cost in money and blood re
quired to free Cuba from the Spanish
yoke. ' It is the people who will suffer
from disorder in Cuba when theCu
bans undertake to run the island's
government. It is to the people that
some return ought to be made lor their
outlay and sulfating on behalf of order,
good government and safe sanitary
conditions in Cuba. - If the politicians
forget this, in order that they may
carry out the Teller or some other
sentimental paper pledge or resolution,
they will not tnus represent the coun
try, and they will be reminded of their
mistake later on.
- The. editors and others who are
clamoring for a literal observance of
what they are pleased to call pledges
congress made to the Cubans, appear
to completely forget that there is any
body but the Cubans to be thought of.
They need to get rid of that notion.
The bigger debt is coming to this
country. We owe Cuba and the
Cubans nothing. - If our politicians
made, any pledges to or about the
Cabins, that are now seen plainly to
ha iinnraRtiflal. thnea nledirM ntnat ha
ii j held in abeyance or flatly repudiated.
vit is simply outrageous, mis . no
tion that the people of this republic
must take further great risks to please
or to coddle Cuba, simply because
congress, in .the heat of excitement, or
as the result of Foraker's and Teller's
iauigueing, made pledges and laid
down policies that cannot be fulfilled
or followed, without endangering the
country's trade or its health.
"Cuba is ours, to all honest intents
and purposes. We have already paid
a tremendous price foe the island, and
whether we forego our moral right of
. sovereignty in the case or not, we will
sin against ourselves if we neglect to
take all possible hostages for the se
curity of the future. , We must not
surrender our control until we have
made sure that we need have no trou
ble on Cuba's account in the future,
except to redoes, the island to a terri
tory of the United States.
"The constitution the Cubans are
framing must grant to the United
States ample room, on both the south
and north coasts, for naval stations
and the control of at least three good
Harbors, rne island commands our
southern coast for hundreds of miles,
including, the harbors of Pensacola,
.Mobile and. New Orleans. We must
ihave such hold on it, no matter, who
V'f T -l nominally governs it, as to insure
r..VV.v.v'. value being turn
Ind diediinto the scale of any power we
' I jmight hare trouble with."
i Whether the Teller resolution was
the work of politicians or not it ex
pressed the sentiment of the Ameri
can people, was universally endorsed,
and was substantially reaffirmed by
, . r President McKinley when he char
. acterized forcible occupation of
Cuba after Spain had been defeated
asf criminal ; aggression." They
j bvet been . pursuing that criminal
aggression" in the Philippines, and
now they are fabricating excuses
for pursuing the ' same course in
- Cuba.- ".Jjj.;X:'': .'" r -
Is it only since Spain has been
driven from Cuba that we' hare
learned what the Cubans are? Tjb
masses of- our people may not have
. . known mnch about them, but the
: men who diteot J6ctf governmental
affairs; th4 aeni Tifider whose diree-1
: - tion interveAtida took place, knew
:, tto:OnDans"'then as well as they do
f; -Jlhfy.knew as well then as
y r -r they toow xiow ihatrthViinAssW'of'
- - -. the people, :-of.- different races
' . nd ,of mixed h1o " -
the
majority of,, them, -ignorant
were not Qualified for self -govern
ment, the kind of self-government
we have been accustomed toj 6
thev als4 knew that there were S
talliirent men enough in the ' island
t6 manage public affairs and 'conduct
a government republican in form
that would protect life and property.
To assume that there are not is V
assume too much, and without i
trial, to justify contemplated crimi
nal aggression.-
If this Government had told these
people twelve months ago to prepaie
for self-government, to get togethe
and organize their municipal, dis
trict and national governments, with
the friendly counsel, if they desired
or needed it, of the United States
and after they had done that anc
demonstrated their ability to take
care of themselves, we would with
draw from the island and in d
time recognize their independence,
Cuba-would havea government o
its own to-day and there would bi
no friction between them .and us
We would have left them our friends,
f eeline some obligation of gratitude
and we could have secured from
them any reasonable concessions
that we might have asked. But that
wasn't the purpose of the expanders
They held on, hoping that some
thing might happen to warrant
a w
holding on longer, and now they are
pretending and asserting that these
things have happened and that
"duty" to ourselves, to the Cubans
&nd to other nations requires that
we hold om grip. But it is treach
ery and violation of solemn pledges
all the same.
MILITARISM COMES HIGH
The Republican champions of
McKinley expansion boast that this
country has beconfje "a world
Power" and therefore it must have
an army and navy to maintain its
position as a world power. This
s
means when reduced to its logical
essence that we must go on increas
ing our army and navy in propor
tion to the increase made by other
nations, not by any one of them,
but by all of them, for as we stand
alone we must be prepared to Bhow
a bold front against any one or all
of them. That's what being a world
power means as the phrase is used
by the expansionists.
They lose sight of the fact (for it
answers their purposes to do so) that
this country has always been a world
Power that no other nation desired
to come into cpnflict with, and one
that commanded more respect and
had more influence among other na
tions than 'any other one nation on
the earth. There un't one of them
to day that wouldn't go out of its
way to win the favor and court the
friendly co-operatiwj of this country-
There is something perhaps, grat
ifying to national pride, to feelthat we
are world Power, that other Powers
not only - respect but have a whole
some fear of us, but it is a pride that
we pay for heavily. What it costs
us was forcibly shown in a speech by
Representative McCIellan, a few days
ago, which we una thus condensed
in the Philadelphia Record: v
It costs money1 to be a "World
Power." A timely- reminder of that
fact was given by Mr. McCIellan, of
New York, in' the House of Bepre
sentatives on Tuesday last Appro
priations for purely military and
naval objects for the next fical year
wili be approximately $366,000 000
exclusive of appropriations for defie
iencies in the grants for the current
year, which will amount to about $40.
000 000 more. The aggregate of over
$405,000,000 includes expenditures
growing out of past wars, and
to meet any objection against
charging to the military budget
moneys paid out by" the pension of
flee or spent in the maintenance of
soldiers' homes the approximate
amount of appropriations for these
purposes (estimated at $154,000,000 or
thereabouts) may be deducted from
the grand total. The taxes imposed
on the people for military and naval
purposes still reach an appalling sum.
and even if pensions be left out of
the account our expenditures for
armaments in the next year willTx
eeed those of any of the great Kr.ro-
pean. military powers. r
"Uonnderaag the land forces dr the
United States by themselves, ouf war
budget will exceed that Of France, and
will be only a trifle less than that of
Germany. The Army, bill carries ap
propnauons amounting to $117,994.
649.. Adding those carried in the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
and 8uedry Civil bills which are di
rectly chargeable to the administra
tion of the army, and the appropria
tions for the Military Academy, the
sum total for the army proper will
be $121,572,800. This calculation is
based on the assumption that there
ill be no deficiencies to be provided
for. To this amount should be added
the appropriations for fortifications,
which would bring the total up to
$128,799,761. The military budget Of
France is about $125,000 000 and that
of Germany about $136,000,000 per
annum. The cost per soldier of our
army (on a basis of 100.000 men) is
more than five times that of either the
French or German soldiers the rela
tive cost of maintaining an American,
a French or a German soldier being
$1,283, $232 and $277 a year, respec
tively.
r.?On a per capita basis the taxes re
quired to maintain the military estab
lishment of the United States will
amount to $L75 for every men.woman
or child in this country. The per
capita cost of the German army to,
each resident of the Empire1 is $6.69
per annum, and the French army re .
quires a contribution in Uxes from
every inhabitant of f theJ Republic to
the 1. amount $3.25" sH year. If
the pension list should be included in
our military budget (and Being an ap-
iropriatlon On account of former wars
bought properly to be so included)
the expenditures of the United States
for military .purposes' during the next -fiscal
year would 'amount,' to $3 80 per
capita of the -population, considerably
exceeding those of either France or
Germany. The Vtime' has evidently
'passed when we" could: gomm iserate the
nations of Europe, for the huge bar-
aens imposed-upon i mem oy -urn-
tarism.'V--; -
- . Under , Preside.nt Bachanan'f "ad
moniitratiori the -total expenses of
the Government wer6 t70,000,000
for. the last yeari -which was deemed
gross eitraTaganc and was attacked
as such on the hustings by the Ee-
Dttblican speakers. Now. under Be-
rrahliean administration, with a' pop
ulation only two and a half times as
large as then, our' expenditures for
military purposes alone are five times
as great as the total' expenditures
then. It may be a big thing to be
a world Power, but it costs a big pile
of money.
- AH EXTRA SESSION.
According to Washington ad-
o
vices the President has determined
to call an' extra' session of Con
gress as soon as the Cuban consti
tution is received. This is the pre
tence, for the real object Is tf oall
an extra-session to rush' Hanna's
ship subsidy bill through. Hanna
held this as a threat over the op
posing Senators some time ago
when he informed them that if
they prevented his bill from going
through at this session an extra
session would be called. That was
before there was any talk about an
extra session on account of the
Philippines or Cuba.
When thev first hinted at it it
was said that the conditions in
the Philippines were so favorable
to the establishment of civil govern
ment that the prompt action of
Congress was necessary to enable
the President's commission to put
the machinery in operation, but
they soon-lost sight of the Philip
pines and turned their eyes on Cuba
which they said would require im
mediate 'attention as soon as the
constitution was finished. They
got in a desperate hurry all at once,
after waiting so long.
If they are going to make the de
mands on Cuba that have been re
ported it is pretty safe to say the
constitution which will be submit
ted will not be acceptable to Con
gress, and therefore there is no use
in calling it, if that be the matter
be considered; but that is entirely
subordinate to Hanna's subsidy bill
in which they are taking more in
terest at present than they are in
Cuba or in the Philippines, both of
which they think can wait longer,
especially as they furnish a cover
for other jobs.
Sir Edward Clarke says Gen.
Boberts missed the opportunity to
secure an honorable peace when in
reply to the Boer generals who
asked what terms would be given he
issued that "unconditional sur
render" ultimatum. If his fore
sight had been as good as his hind
sight he would probably have phrased
it differently.. Those two words
have cost John Bull a lot of money
and a lot of bother.
It is estimated that if Texas had
good roads the farmers would save
$2,700,000 a year. When they think
of all the money they have lost in
the past fifteen or twenty years how
hopping mad they most be.
TWINKLINGS
uid lawyer "Mow are you
getting along!' xosrcg lawyer"!
He was.1 Spare Moments. '
Hubb "Why, they say that
some of the Boston- conductors speak
five or six languages." Gotham "Ba
sides the one they speak on duty t"
loweers statesman.
A Good Cook "Is your wife a
good cook. Uhrutief "xou bet. So
good that she never insists on mv eat
ing what she has cooked." Philadel
phia Evening Bulletin.
"Why didn't Briggs come to
the mattneee. performance? ' "tie
passed the afternoon in one of these
hoes soled while-you wait shops."
(JLeveland Flam Dealer.
"Your friend Tackey is 'way
off in Honolulu now. Doesn't that
surprise' you!" "It does and it
doesn't. "Heard he was going there,
en i'r jno, ididn t Know he was in
Honolulu, but I knew he was 'way
on even wnen ne was nere."
"I understand," said the earn
est missionary, 'that you 'believe one
church is as good as another." "Then,"
replied the bard-featured man, "you've
been misinformed." "Ah I then you
have a preference I" "Wrong again.
I believe that one church is as bad as
another."
Miss Swellman "Yes, they
were married in. cburcn at burn noon.
yesterday. ' i rally expected to see
you there." Mr. Jinks (of St. Louis
society) "Well er you see, I went
ed to go awful bad. ;but I discover, d
at the last minute that I'd left mv full
Asa tmt fit tinman ViAn T shawls Vaat
CURRENT COMMENT.
Lynching i rife in Kansas
because capital punishment has been
practically abolished there; saloon
wrecking as an amusement is possible
uecauBB tuo prumuibury laws 01 me
State have not been enforced. Great
State, great people! Philadelphia
JCecora, item. .
Onions as an article of food
for conductors of the Chicago street
railways are under the ban.. An or-
J l . 3 i. ii i
uer iias ueen isauea w-me enecs
that any conductor on whose breath
the odor of onions can be detected
will be removed from his car . and
suspended or discharged. It would
next be in order, it seems, for the
company to Provide that conductors
ball ' perfume their breaths with
violet or rose lozenges. It is just as
will to do the thing thoroughly.
Savannah News, Dem .
Wot rrer Fifty Tears
Mrs. WnrsLow's SooTmua Sykup has
been- used for over fifty years by mil
lions oi mothers for, their cnlidren
wniie teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the arumsr
and allays all pain; cures wind colic,
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by drusrsrists in
every part of the world. Twenty five
cents a bottle. Bersure and ask for
Mrs. Window's 8oothfns -Svrun"
and taxe no other kind, i t
ias Mas ios m torm Bcgi
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Henderson Gold Leaf : Miss
Marv ClODton. perhaps the oldest per ;
son in this ; community, died at the
home ot her ; brother-iq iawr mr. w.
Psscball. near the new-cotton mills,
Monday (of last week).- She was sick
but a short time, pneumonia being the
cause of her death." Deceased was, 95
years old.
Smithfield "Heraldi One of the
fire deep- wells at the cotton mills has
proved to be a genuine artesian veil,
as it has been overflowing ever since
it was bored, more than two it.eka
since The well is three inches in di
ameter and fifty feet in depth, the iron
casioe Pipe penetrating into the solid
rock, thus preventing the entrance of
sli surface water. The water is pure
M&d wholesome, and a great many
visitors have already availed them
selves of the opportunity to Ute a
driok from the only artesian well in
this section of North Carolina.
otanly Jcnterprtse: An epi:
demic of la grippe has completely
taken our town. A reward could very
safely be offered for a person in our
midst who is free from a grunt.- in
some cases it is proving very serious.
Mrs. Sarah A. Mc8waice, who
lived two miles west of Norwood,
dropped dead suddenly on the 25th ult.
8h haa been in her usual health, and
was sittinar by the fire knitting, when.
it is thought, she endeavored to move
her position, falling into the fire in
mukine the attempt. Apoplexy is
suppose J to have been the cause. Her
arm. face and clothing were burned
coosid rably before Mrs. G. D. Mc-
3me, her daughter in-law, discov
ered what bad happened.
Greenville Reflector: Officers
from Grifton came up on the Friday
morning train bringipg five prisoner,
who are charged with breakin&r in J
C Gaskin's store Saturday night. They
were given a preliminary trial at
Grifton and bound over to court un
der a $500 verified bond. They could
not give the bond and were committed
to ju. A horrible crime occurred
at Will iamston Friday afternoon. A
colored man reiurninar from his work
was attracted oy toe cries oi a oaoy as
. . j i ,i . i
he reached the outskirts of the town.
Upon investigation fee found a new
b ro hat negro baby behind a fence.
The baby was in a dying condition
with its bead mashed, an arm broken
and other injuries inflicted by a club
that was left lying near the scene.
The child was placed in charge of a
physician and lived about one hour
after being found. The county cor
oner went to investigate the case and
the woman who had given birth to
the child was found and placed in
jiil. The woman's mother was also
arrested and put in jail charged with
being accessory to the crime.
Character la Tbiatba.
A man's thighs Interest me In any
mood and at any time. While you may
get a man's character from his face,
you can. If you will, get his past life
from his thigh. It is the walking beam
of his locomotion, controls his paddles
and Is developed in proportion to its
uses. It indicates, therefore, a man's
habits and his mode of life.
If he has sat all day with one leg lap
ped over the other, arm on chair, head
on hand, listening or studying preach
ers, proiessors ana &u ower seaenia-
ries sit like this then the thigh
shrinks, the muscles droop, -the bones
of the ankle bulge, and the knee joints
push through. If he delivers mail or
collect bills or drives a pack mule or
walks a towpath, the muscles of the
thigh are hauled tight like cables, the
knee of knots one big bunch just be
low the strap of his knickerbockers,
should he wear them.
If he carries big weights on his back
sacks of salt, as do the stevedores In
VeDice; or coal In gunnies, as do the
coolies in Cuba, or wine casks or coffee
in bags then the calves swell abnor
mally, the thighs solidify; the lines of
beauty are lost; but the lines of
strength remain.
If. however, he has spent his life In
the -saddle, rounding up cattle, chasing
Indians, bunting bandits In Mexico,
ankle and foot loose, his knees clutched
tightly, hugging that other part of him.
the horse, then the muscles of the
thigh round out their intended lines
the most subtle in the modulating curv
ing of the body. F. Hopkinson Smith
in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Tbe Sin Eater.
One of the most Important figures at
a Gaelic funeral of the old style is the
sin eater. It falls to his lot to con
sume all the sins resting on the soul of
the dead, and thereby enable tbe latter
to rest easy In his grave.
In remote Wales and the highlands
of Scotland a funeral is not always
complete without this functionary. He
is necessarily a poor, unfortunate per
son, for under happier circumstances
he could not be persuaded to accept the
responsibility of his post, and his part
in the ceremony is taken seriously by
himself and everybody else.
A loaf of bread and a jug of beer are
laid upon the corpse. These are sym
bolic of sins committed during life.
The sin eater is Introduced and with
much solemnity eats the bread and
drinks the beer. As he Is frequently a
hungry man with a well developed
taste for malt liquors, the part is usual
ly played with zest a little out of keep
ing with the dreadful nature of the
obligation assumed, for It is firmly be--1
lieved that in thus eating and drinking
the siu eater actually burdens his soul
with the sins of the deceased. Kansas
City Independent.
Lace Made From Hnlr.
The most curious lace is called point
tresse. It is very rare and was made or
hnman bair.- French collectors say that
It exists in tbe present day only in their
cabinets. It was confined to the early
r part of the Kisieenth cento ry. Margaret,
- counfess of Idddx, the mother of the
wretched Damley. sent from the Tower,
where she was imprisoned when her son,
Lord Charles -f-rfunox, married the daugh
ter of Bess of Iiardwicke, a bit bf this
kind -of lace to Mary queen of Scots.
This is a very strong proof of her belief
' In the queen's innocence of the guilt that
had been Imputed to her. Tbe little,
square of point tresse was worked by the
old countess' own hands from her own
gray hair. It was, in fact, hair mixed
with fine flax. v
A Caar'a Novel Visiting; Card.
The Russians tell a story of he late
Czar ' Alexander III that upon the rare
-occasions when, it was incumbent upon
him. to pay a call he would take a gold
coin bearing his "image (and superscrip
tion' and. twisting it between thumb and -
. finger, leave it in lien of a card, the only
man in Russia who had strength, for the
feat Ladie8. Home Journal. . " i .
Ne Rlfflit lo Ugllmess. ; i :
The woman who is lovely in face.
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attrac
tive must keep her health. ; If she is
weak-, sickly and all run ' down. She
will be nervous and irritable. : If she
has constipation or kidney trouble, her
impureblood cwill cause pimples.
blotches, skin ' erruptlons , and" at
wretched complexion. Electrio Bit 'r
ten is the best medicine-in the world
to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys
ana to puruy ine oiooa. u gives
strong frerves. bright , eyes. smooth.
velvety skin, -rich complexion. It
will make - good-looking, charmlng-
woman ox a run aown invalid. - Unly
SO . cents ml B H. Bellamy' Dmr
Store.W' iVV-y- i V--.V
I believe the farmer is the one who
is most to blame for the exodus of the
boy from the farm, says E. E. Rexford
In The Farmer's Guide, This is an age
pof thought, of progress, bf .new-ideas.
'The time has gone by when farming
can be carried on automatically. ... Old
methods must be superseded by new
ones which are In harmony with, the
progressive spirit of the times. These
new tendencies are seen in all lines of
life, and there is no reason why; the
farmer should remain In the old ruts.
The boy feels this, 'and he would like
to keep abreast with the times. He
would do this if his father gave him
any encouragement, but this he fails to
.get. He is kept In the background as
much as possible in the planning of
farm work and the management of the
farm. Is It to' be wondered at that he
resents such treatment? He knows the
possibilities of his nature, he feels him
self equal to responsibilities, and the
constant repression put upon his de
sires to do things In a new way and be
something more than a machine to op
erate at the will of its owner galls and
frets him until, finding be has no chance
to assert bis individuality, he rebels at
the old life and leaves the farm. . Nine
out of every ten boys -who do this
would be content with farm life If it
could be made more attractive to thenrr
They would be" willing, to " work; bu
want a chance to work in . their Owi
way a. way that has some thought
and brains in it. They object to being
treated as children after they are able
to do a man's work. Let the farmer
take his boys into bis confidence and
bis council and treat them as he would
like -to be treated by those above him
in authority, and we would hear less
about the boys leaving the farm.
Modern Feedlnjr.
Feeding for meat or milk is not the
haphazard, wasteful business it once
was, says Texas "Farm and Ranch"
Feeders are after profits and have
learned that they must study their
business as they never did before, be
cause some are doing so and to com
pete with some feeders it is necessary
to study and adopt the. truths that
science and experimentation have
shown to result In 'the greatest amount
of clear' profits. A few years ago all
that was' thought necessary for best
results was a sufficiency of sound food,
and little thought was given to nutri
tive rations. Science, aided and dem
onstrated by practice, has determin
ed that certain food substances in cer
tain proportions pive certain results.
and that certain other food substances
in different proportions give the same
results. Such facts as these have
opened a new field of thought to live
stock raisers, by which they can adopt
a cheaper combination than some oth
er affording- similar results, thus en
hancing the profits of their business.
The experiment stations have done a
large amount -of work In this field and
many enterprising feeders have done
the same. So that now feeding is con
ducted on scientific principles, and
feeders are every year questioning
science Fore . closely, wanting more
light In dairying, perhaps, scientific
feeding has been carried to its highest
pitch, for. although feeding is hot the
only thing science bag to do with in
dairying. It is luipdant and Indis
pensable to good results. Successful
feeders are interested readers.
Htarh Prtcea For Meat.
The continued high prices for beef
have caused many writers to caution
against going too heavily into the cat
tle business. Despite the "bullishness'
of all the figures, government and otto
erwise at hand, many a man has delib
erately missed favorable opportunities
to acquire cattle for fear that just as
the increase came on to be sold he
might be caught in the maelstrom of
overproduction. What may happen to
the commercial affairs of the country
to affect the consumptive demand no
man can foretell, says The Breeder's
Gazette, but, so fr as the probable
supply is concerned, there seems to be
much truth in the following statement
made by Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson at Canton, O., not long
ago: "With regard to meat producing
animals, the prices are high and will
continue high because the people west
of the Mississippi river who graze their
stock on, the range country have been
destroying '.he grasses so systematical
ly that they are not able, in many of
the states, now to maintain more than
50 per cent of the meat producing ani
mals found there a few years ago. The
meats of the country in the future
must be produced on the farms of the
country."
MARINE DIRECTORY.
IOat stf Ts Im tm the For of WU
alKStOBU W. C. Feb. 15.', 1901.
. SCHOONERS. -
Laguna, 828 tons, Bayletf George
uarnst. Son & Go.
Edgar O Boss, 880 - tons,- Qullan,
George Harriss. Son & Co.
Helen Sfaafner, (Br), 180 tons, Chute,
George Harrisk. Son & Co.
J Howell Leeds. 158 tons. Bateman.
George Harriss. Son & Co.
Mary T Qninby. 1.047 tons. Avre. B
W Hicks.
G O Wehrum, 875 . tons. Cavalier.
Georee Harriss. Son & Co. .
Lillie, (Br) 811 tons, Davis, George
names, sonde uo.
BTEAMSHEE-d. N
Oaklands, (Br) v 1,253 tons. Granger,
Alexander uprunt cc eon.
Dora, (Br) 1,105 tons, Gould ing,
Alexander Sprnntot Son. - t
BASQUES. ; ? r
Albatros, (Nor)'&l tons, BasmusseaU
Heide&Co. i . i ,..
Bertha, (Swd), 487 tons, : Peterson,"
Heide&Co. -
ObasLoring (Am) 525 tons,4 George
tumn, con ec jo. ; ,
v ' BRIGS. h'"-
M O Haskell. 299 tons. Winefield.
George Harriss, Son & Co. ' ; -
BARGE.
Carrie L Tyler.- 610 tons. Bonneau.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany. '
HUUftVu Snved.
-Mr. J. E. Llllv. a Prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a wonder
iui deliverance from a frightful death.
In telling of it he says: - "I was taken
with Typhoid Fever, that ; ran i into
Pneumonia. : My lungs became hard-.
ened. : I was so weak I couldn't even
sit up In bed. Nothinar helned me.' I
expected to soon die of Consumption, '
wnen i. neara oiur. Jung's IN ew Dis
covery. One bottle gave jrreat relief.
I continued to use it and now am well
and strong-1 can't say too much in its
praise. " This marvellous medicine is
the surest and - duiekest : cure in the
world for all Throat and Lunar
I Trouble; Regular sizes 50 cents and
$100. Trial bottles" 10c at B. B. Bel
LAJrv'8 Drug storey every bottle gu
aranteed. . .T,
Bua nuz?.L?f 101 flaw Amays mgt
f '
; BROCHITISj :
may mean a .mere cold or a
chronic, incurable r inflamma-
tion ol wind-pipes. S
The quickest relief, for '
cold, is also the most effectual
balm for the worst condition
of wind-pipes and lungs.
It takes the edge off a cold
in a night, and relieves it ,pro-
gressively one forgets it after
a little. L '
An old brorichitis. however,
is obstinate. -' JN othme re-
stores Tthe tissues, when once
destroyed : and an old bronch-
itis has gradually impared and
partly destroyed5 the lining of
those small pipes -between
throat and lungs.
Scott's emulsion of cod-liver
oil is the balm; it sooths Jf it
cannot restore.
We'l lsend tou a UtUeto try, If you lilca.
SCOTT S BOWNE, 409 Pearl Mreet, New York.
WHOLESALE PRICES CUBREKT
The qnotations are always given as accurately
ible. bnt tne Btab will not De resTxtnai
for any variations from tbe ataal market prf e
01 tne arnciea anotea
or The tonowms
Wholesale Prices arena
In uviiiluii ud
small orders hlaher nrioea
veto bruiiarzed
BiSeiKB--ss
Jnte
Standard
Burlaps
WESTERN SMOKED
S!40
C
s a
10 o
o
mo
two'
70
8
m
m
Sides B...
Sbonlaers V
DBT 8AiTED
BIdeeVSt
Shoulders V t.
BABHKL8 Spirits Turpentine
t 35
1 40
1 40
1 45
1 45
7 69
14 90
Second-band machine.....
New New York, eaoh
New City, each
BBICKB
Wilmington f K
Northern
BUTT KB
. North Carolina V
Northern. ..........
COBN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks
Virginia Heal
COTTON TIEtt V bundle
CANDLES V -
Sperm
Adamantine ....
CHEESE 9 S .
, Norttoern Factory
Dairy Cream
Half cream
COFFEE V
Lagoyra.......
Bio.T.
DOMESTICS
BheeUng, 4-i, y yard.
Yarns, fi bunch of 5 Ks ...
FISH
MackereL No. 1. V barrel. .
7 00
9 00
to o as
9 28
ii O S3
Si O 53
O 1 35
18 O 25
8 e n
18 O 14
1SH 14
12 13
U t 12
9 t 11
O SH
O 70
23 00
O 80 00
a 15 00
O 18 00
E9 00
14 00
a s 75
7 50
8 S5
S10
4 60
O 860
8 75
4 00
4 75
C 10
Mackerel. No. 1. half-bbl. 11 00
Mackerel. No. a, barrel... 16 00
Mackerel, No. 8 V half -bU.. s 00
MackereL No. S.V barrel... IS 00
Mullets, m barrel s 60
Mullets, flj
B nork barrel
7 00
N. O. Hoe Herring, kee.. a 00
Dr,xd'Ea::::::::::::::
6
SS
novB-f
ijow graae 3 a
Choice...
Straight
FlratPstent
4 50
9
59
6V
SLUE 9
8 HAIN p bushel -
Cornvtrom store, bs White
MlXOd OOCTia
Car-load, In bgs White.,.
Oats, from store
O
60
59
16
40
45
00
6
11
10
09
60
95
95
90
87a
42 S
90 O
oats. Bust froor
oow Feas
HIDES V B
reensaitea....
Dry nint.
Drvs<
BAT V 100 X8
no 1 Timothy
Bice Straw
Eastern
Western
North River
95 O
40 O
90 O
90 O
2S
HOOP IBON, V
LARD. -
Northern
North Carolina
8
10
20
LIME, barrel
LUMBER (city sawed) VM ft
11s o 1
omp btok, resawea
Bough edge Plank
18 00
15 00
O 20 00
O 15 00
O 18 00
O 23 00
O 15 00
west inaia cargoea, accora-
lng to quality 18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 13 00
Bcantllns and Board, com'n 14 00
MOLASSES V gauon
Baroaaoes, in hogshead.....
Barbadoea, In barrels
Porto Rioo, In hogsheads.... 88
Porto Rico. In barrels ss
O
o
o
o
85
28
80
82
14
15
as
8 35
Sugar House, in hogsheads.
Sugar Honse, In barrels....
Bvtuu. in barrels
13
14
15
NAILS, let. Cat, OM basis...
PORK. V barrel
City Mess
Rump ,
Prime
O 15 00
0 19 I
O 14 I
1"!
50
50
22
BOPK, S
SALT. 9 sack, Alum
11
1
25
10
05 ,
70
m
Liverpool
American.........'.
95
1
95 O
65 O
5MO
On 125 Sacks. .
SUGAR, 9 Standard Oran'd
stanoara Aw
White Extra O...
Extra C Golden.
5
4
SOAP. 9 Northern
raavBs, at w.u. narrei....
R. O. Hogshead.
TIMBER, 9 M feet Shipping.,
e 00
O 14 09
a 10 00
8 00 O 9 00
4 00 O 5 00
6 50 O 7 60
7 60 8 60
8 60 0 9 50
Oommon mm ,
Fair mill
mm.
Prime mill
Extra mill
SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed
V oxat neart
4 25
3 00
85 00
8 85
" . sao..
5x20 Heart..
8 25 O 8
1(0 2 1
in i i
8 60
Ban
75
10
WHISKEY. 9 gallon Northern
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of
Naval Stores
Yesterday.
and Cotton
W. & W. Railroad 69 bales cotton.
W. a & A. Railroad 330 bales cot
ton. 1 cask snirits turpentine. 55 bar
rels rosin. 18 barrels tar.
tV. & Y. Railroad 6 casks snirits
turpentine, 46 barrels rosin, 8 barrels
tar, 50 barrels crude turpentine. :
W. & N. Railroad 2 bales cotton.
S3 barrels crude turpentine.
U. U. Kailroad 21 bales cotton. 1
cask - spirits turpentine, 67 barrels
rosin, 12 barrels tar, 20 barrels crude
turpentine.
Steamer A. J. Johnson -10 bales
cotton, 40 casks spirits turpentine, 260
Darreis tar.
Steamer Seabrieht-r2 bales cotton.
36 casts spirits turpentine. !
? Schooner Ruth J. 6 casks spirits
turpentine, 50 barrels rosin, 3 barrels
tar. 25 barrels crude turpentine.
Total Uotton. 524 bales: snirits tur
pentine, 54 casks; rosin, 254 barrels;
tar, 801 barrels; crude turpentine, 117
oarreis. . '
THE LATEST AS TO
NERVES AND STKBHGTH
It Is not muscle so mnch as the nerves z .
back of muscle which bow one's '
strength and power of endurance. And .
the ttudy with able physiclaoa of to-day
,-ls how to keep the nerves in perfect " --
health and fitted for the'strain of every-
; dy living. -Heaaaobe of very type,
nerve weakness, dyspepsia, sleepless-
nesa, languor, resOesnees nervous dvs-
. pepsla, mnscalar weakness, brain wearl- -.
boss, poor circulation, a thousand dif
ferent uopleaaant feelings and symp
toms are due to nerve waste and nerve
weakness, especially In women and
child-en. Bnt how cut all this be pre- -vented,
one will atkf How can my
broken down oonstHtitlon be repaired,
and -nerve strength and full, robust -"
health be seenrea. Jast two polnu to - -
remember: . Determine that . you will '
grow strong in nerves and health, and
', decide to use at ooe- that meet famous '
nerve cure, CKI.IN , It Is deUcloua V
la taste. quUsk in acu n and makes the
wearied .nerves tangle with renewad -strength
-and every-"-function the
- Btromier and faculty ute brlgater by its -
asa. Druggists sell it ... , .v,
; r-SjOt ceatat
r sent F. k
Tie CavrroUtoa
Chemical.
JnT4. -
B.Ms
- j,e-M,.:'ri??wanS J7S ABOUT BV Jit tx-
COMMERCIAL..
WILMINGTON MARK ET.
Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Kxohange.J ,
STAR OFFICE, February 18.
8PIRITS TURPENTINE Sales at
4 P. M. at 36 cents per gallon for ma
chine made casks and 85 j cents per
gallon for country casks. i .
ROSIN Nothing doing. .
TAR Market steady at tl.15 ixitl
Of 280Jte ; - ..J'i'-TttJes;
4 1 TTTTS mrTv vsvm Vfnv vn . m T. 5- .
; . A , nr i l t i: Jl j
quick nit ptsr uarrwi ; lor uaru,
$20 for dip, and for firgin.
Quotations, same day last year.
Spirits turpentine firm 'at 84&53c;
rosin firm at SI 401 45: tar firm at
$1 30; crude turpentine firm at $2. 00
J3.25.
- EEOB3PTS.
Spirits turpentine . 54
Rosin 254
Tar 301
Crude turpentine 117
Receipts same " day last year. 28
casks spirits turpentine. 136 bbls
rosin, 3i)9 bbls tar, 9 bbls crude tui
pontine. '
OOTTOS.
Marset nrm on a oasis of. sc per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary.
6 aio ctsib
Good ordinary
Low middling.
Middling
Good middling
7 15-16
8 916
9
9 5 16
same aay last year miaaung
at8Xc. '".
Receipts) 524 bales; same day
year. 299.
firm
last
Corrected Regularly by Wi'mlngton l-reduce
viouuuisiuoa nerciuiuts.j ;
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina -
at
ttime, 7UC. isxtra prime, vac per
busnel or zts , pounds; iancy, sue,
Virginia irnme sue; -extra prime.
CORN Firm, 58 to 60c per bushel
for wnite.
N. C: BACON Steady; hams 13 to
15c per pound; shoulders, 8 to '10c;
sides, 8 to 10c.
EGOS Firm at 14c per dozen. :
CHICKENS-Dull. Grown. 12
25c: J-pnncs. 10al7c.
TURKE YS--Li ve, dull at 8 to 8Xs;
dressed, 10 to 11c.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
TALLOW Firm at 5Ji6c ;per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES - -Firm at 55c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Nbw York. Feb. 18. -Monej on call
steady at 22M per cent Prime nJer
can tile paper 34 per cent. . Sterling
exchange steady, nominal; actual busi
ness in bankers' bills at 487487K for
demand and 483 H for &ixly davs Post
ed rates were 485485 and 488.
Commercial bills 483483. Sil
ver certificates 6263. Bar silver 61.
Mexican dollars 47f. Government
bonds strong. State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds irregular. U. 8. refund
ine 2's reg'd, 1051; U. S. refund'e 2's.
coupon, IQ6H; U.S. 2's, reg'd,; U.a.
S'S, reg'd, 110: do. coupon, 110 ; U.
8. 4's, new reg'd, 1375&; do. couoon.
1375; U. & 4's, old reg'd, 113;
do. coupon, 113 ; U. 8. 5's, reg'd.
110; do. coupon, 110; Southern
R'y 5's 115K bid. Stocks : Baltimore &
Ohio 90; Chesapeake & Ohio40Js
Manhattan L 116;: N. Y. Central
144 X; Reading 31 4o.lstpref'd74K.
St Paul, 150; do. pref'd, 190; South
ern Bail way 23; prerd 7434 ; Ameri
can Tobacco. 116 ; do. pref'd 142 ,
People's Gas 100H; Sugar 134J; do.
prefdll9;T. C. & Iron 59HLliL8
Leather 12 ; do. preferred 74ar-
en Union 8&H. Standard Oil 799fenJb,
ex dividend.
Baltimore:. February 18. Seaboard
Air Line, common, 13j13 ; do. pre
ferred 80fi30 Bonds 4's 73.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
New York. Feb. 18. Rosin dull
Strained common to good (1 65. Spirits
turpentine steady at 4040c.
Charleston, Feb.: 18. Spirits tur
pontine 3SKc; sales 1 casks. Rosin
firm and unchanged, j
Savannah. Feb. 18. Spirits turpea
tine firm at 87c; sales 179 casks; re
ceipts .275 casks; exports casks.
Uoain firm and unchanged: sales 454
barrels; receipts 5.244 barrels; export
7,414 barrels. I
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to tbe.Hornlng star.
New York, Feb. 18. Friends of
cotton had a trying day on 'Change
while the bears scored successes the
equal of which have not been noted
in many . weeks. The feature of to
day's operations was the liquidation of
March holdings 'by thoroughly dis
heartened longs and the persistent
selling of near months' by the bear in
terest in general; From tbe start
operations wereconducted on a liberal
scale with present crop operations
receiving the bulk of i attention. Tbe
early English cables were much better
than looked for while receipts at the
ports proved to be barely half thoss
.for the same day a year ago.
There were a few buying or
ders for. March and May in
evidence, sent' in on the theory that
a reaction from the break from Kst
week was in order. The week opened
steady in tone with near months seven
points higher to , unchanged and far
months unchanged to one point lower.
The stability waa of brief duration, as
soon after the call great blocks of
March cotton came out hurriedly.
which -started active lia nidation of
May and July. General selling on a
large scale was soon in force and un
der this pressure " prices crumbled
rapidly. Liverpool opposed the weak
ness here for a time, out subsequently
conformed to the.lower figures and
closed well down to the figures cur
rent Saturday noon here. At midday
prices had recovered some on profit
taking by pit shorts but later tbe mar
ket again turned -weak under a fresh
ipuit of general selling and the ab
sence of ' demand of any char
acter. - The estimates for - to mor
row's receipts at leading points were in
accordance with general ideas and spot
markets also cbangd as expected.
Gloomy cotton' goods and dry goods
market accounts helped to create pre
judice against thejnarket as did the
heaviness in the stock market. Winter
and commission' houses were liberal
sellers all through the decline. Liver
pool bought at tbe start but later be
came a near month seller. - Atlbe
close the market was barely steady
with prices net three to twelve points
1 , K.
nigner.
New York. Feb. 18. Cotton outet:
middling uplands 9 5 16c
Uottoa futures closed barely steady:
February 8.80, March 8 84, ApriLS 86,
May 8 90. June 8 90. July 8.93. August
8.60, September 8.20, October 8.95, No
vember 7.88, December 7 84.
Snot cotton dosed 1 16o lower: mid
dling uplands 9 5 16c; middling gaYJr
v-ioc; saies 4W oaies. ; -
Net reeeints 666 bales: srroaM -Auii"
3 893 bales; exports to Great Wtain
86 bales; exports to the Continent
360 bales; stock 146.441 bales: w
Total to-dav Net reeeints 26.551
bales; exports to Great Britain 13,172
bales; exports to France 8.775 bales:
exports to Xho Continent 16,505 bales:
stock. 882,703 bales. ;U:MkpJ.Q
Consolidated N et rrecehsta 44.fiRft
bales; exports to Great Eri A72
bales; exports
exports to
Total sWfihSt lS
Sffif 2 bales
ranee w,799 bales- '
.w Bales,
J AO. llahro-
oeipts-WlealX&W
-v.-wohibi O60 oaies-Wi
at 9c, net receipts 524 haW
phia. quiet at 9 9 l6c na!
r Ul 'Zl .."wPts 5.16R cy
vyncous, quiet at 9 1 le" "'u
8,525 bales; Mobile. VuN
receipts 1,653 bales- M ,JtQ
Cnarleston. quiet at 9TlftPU5,83
797 bales. ll6'"etj
: f PR0DUCEjARKETi
' By Telegraph to th wl.
NEW York, Febr'TA
was dull and easier. withVH
shaded a liule to cWo
in wheat. Wheat SnntV?'
red Me f. o. b. afloatfopff-l
steady and for a time Jfij
nrosnects for a ffi;
crease. Their subsequent
ever, were more bearish ilr'
with a sharp break in
densome nfFnriniro l
Closed weak
. . fe- -ur UOlft
nil a ujii.n
at
itttJ
79c; May closed 79Xc-JbuS
imo. Ctorn-anotwV.m
vaiva 1UWIUUCU, iyXJ,
at elevator and 47c f. 0 b I
options advanced rapidly
ings and small cnntpaM - - 'A
later gave way to a dta."?
attack, ruling heavy all theT!
nndnr linniHatinn. ;ni...j '"t
KC net lower- Man i,j ..Ml
U1Za Ai ,r.J r,'"11
, . vaus opot quief J
30ife; nntinna nnioi i.J " 1
fined lard Jquiet; continent ?'
Pni-lr BTAaHv-Tomil. Jit
clear $14 75Znl6 50: mesa in
Butter steady; fresb creamer. iIJ
factory ll15c Cheese w S
iinKnttlf! faniv 1
11; small fancy, fall m
laland f 1 751 87,'; Jm,'3
$1 752 50. Tallow firm. E1
oquinern at mar 15 igc
steady. Fetrqleum firm. FreijiJ
uiw(iuui uituu oy steam
Molasses firm; New Orleans,
kettle, good to choice, 3240c.
iuu oocu un waa weas ana arm.i
lower, yielding todisappomtmeiil
iuo luumerence 01 Dujers.
quotations:' . Prime crude
CI
rels, 27c, nominal; prime sunwm
iow azjsc; on suoomer id
29c; prime white 3435c: A
Coffee Spot Rio firm; No,?
voice 7Ms; .mild quiet; Cordon
12C. Sugar Market steadj(w(
fair refining 3&c; flftitrifui!l,S(
o;moiasses sugar H'Ac;nnaAt
vxiiv.-Avv, jp 00. os. ine com pj;
to aay. Ine May option afOrn
vance early, broke under iiomilil
of enormous lots by lonps aud dj
tic lower. LHher markets ;
r-c -d sympatbeticallr. wheat cluJ
lie, oats 4c and provisions 7jd
uoprcsscu,
' CHICAGO, Feb; 18. Cashquouii
Flour Market was Quoted tttJ
Wheat-rr-No. 2 spring c; No.itA
6874c: No. 2 red 74 5 (6,75 Kc. Ci
HO. Z, 38MC. (Jai- Ko i
256c; No. 2 white,
o. o wane zozsc. rorn. out
rei, io ooigna au. jLara, per
tts, f7 357 37. Short rib side&lof
$6 957 15. Dry salted
ders, 6 256 50. Shon clear d
boxed $7 307 40. Whiskey-1
tillers finished goods, pei callon,t
The leading futures ranged ts
lows opening, highest, lowest
closing: Wheat No. ZFebruarjiX
73M, 74, 73 V473lc; March ?J
74 73M73. 73ji73Kc;Mjl
75U, 75ft, 75, 7575C. UOID-I
ruary 38ic; March 39, 40ft!
39K;May40 4O,41,40ai
40Mc.Uats D'ebruar 24H. Z48.H
Z4Hc; May 2525, 25K.
25 H. Pork per bbi February $131
May 114 07X, 14 07 'A. 13 97X, m
Lard, per 100 lbs March 17 40,;
7 37,7 37K; May f7 47, U
I7 4'i, 7 42 tf; July $7 47i4,7q
74756. 7 475 Shon nbs. per IK
February $7 00, 7 00. 6 97HM
May 7 05. 7 07. 7 02'A. 7
tember 17 17X, 7 17tf , 715, 715.
FOREIGN MARKET
Bt Cable to the Momtne Bt&r.
HvEEPOOL, February 18, 4 PA
Cotton Spot,, moderate buiiil
Drices barely steady; American
dling fair, 5 11 32d. The sales i
dav were 8.UU0 bales, oi vnva
bales were for speculation andeffl
and included 7,700 bales amos
Reeeints 15 000 bales, all America
Fhitiirfin nnened ouiet and CM
steady. American middling (Ll
February 5 16 64d buyer; FeW
and March 5 12 645 13 64d W
March and April 5 9 64d value;
and May 5 57 645 58 mam"y
and July 5 5-645 6 64d buyer;
A nmut kn1 Rontpm ber 4 54 Mv
64d buyer; September and OckC
rj Ciai rr CA k...... Dtnherff.H
vwut uii v uujt vw. -
vember (g. o. c) 4 26-64d uoi
MA RINK.
CLEARED.
Scbr Jno I Snow, Ott,;
st cK
Grenada, by master.
a, by master. . J
Compton, Sanders, WJV
tie River.SC, Stone,
Stmr
and Little
Co.
EXPORTS
vrv wiaN.
n . . cu- Tnn T SnOil
000 feet yeilow pine lumber,
Company; vessel by master.
COASTW1SJ!-
zu barrels rosin, oiv - M
oarreis cruae, iou.ow
casksipitch, 136 packages
- . A he VMrii"-
-Jrtrtl
iihi i mm i sninff fR: cartu
and.
fluenza use
BXPECTORAJN
White See(
Oats.
500
Bushels juat recei"
ALSO
wku. niia. Earl7
Ohl
n r..iv Ro,e
aii a..nlne Seed ro
ALSO
, k nnn
Bag-
Ga shin from Norfollt, wew--
ton or Charleston. on)Cer)
And "A Tremendous Btoci i
cc
D. L. CORE
WHOLESALE
rebl4tf
anO
yfOSBlDtO1
1
v