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2he iitoruiua Jla BY WILLIAM tt. UCiUNARD. WILMXNOr'i'U-M. iM. C. B en" dat MoRHiiro, Feb. 24. PROBLEMS TO FAC. The late consolidation of the steel Trusts manipulated by the Morgan Rookefeller syndicate has revived interest in the Trust question gen erally, and awakened a keen interest in these combinations of Trusts, for unless some action be taken to dis courage that kind of business, there will doubtless be more of such com binations controlling other than manufactures of steel. There has been a good deal of discussion of this monster steel combine, by par tisan, non-partisan, and non-political journals, and a good deal of speculation as to what the outcome will be. One of the latter class, which has devoted close attention to the Trust question and closer to this consolidation of steel Trusts, pub lishes a lengthy but conservative ed itorial in a recent issue, in which, after speaking of the Trusts gener ally and their organizations, thus points out some of the problems the Trusts will have to face. We quote from the New York journal of Com merce and Commercial Bulletin: "Henceforth, however, the inves tors ia these new enterprises will have to face a set of problems which they have so far ignored in a p rit of lais sez faire optimism. Tnoso neglect' d factors are, from every point of view, very serious matters, which neither the "trusts" nor the public can afford to leave to their own drift. Tnat, we take it, will at least prove to be the sentiment of the American people. "Let us briefly glance at a few of these imperfectly considered problems. And, first, the capitalization of the ' trust." At the close of 1900. their nominal capital consisted of $680 000. 000 in bDad. $1250.000 000 of prefer red stock and $3,796,000,000 in com miastoclc, the latter comprising 5i p r cent, of the total capitalizttion. Whilst nearly the whole of the bonds and the preferred share may be con ceded to have represented the posi tive values contaiued in the merged corporations, probabty nine tenths of th comnon shares have notaing be hind them beyond such transient fig ments as compensation to "promoters." good-will, past profits without any guaranty of their, continuance, and bonuses (over and above the Jtrue value of the properties amalgamated) to induce co operation in the "deals." Toese common shares have brought no accessions of capital or property to the consolidations; they may serve as counters in gambling speculations, or as shams to bolster up false confidence among the uninitiated, but by no true or proper use of language can they be design tted as "capital stock" In nearly all cases they are a worthless fiction. "Our railroad experience illustrates the outc me of this sort of fioancer ing. As a general rule, until within quit recent years, our railroads have been built almost exclusively on the proceeds of bonds, whilst the common . stock, to an equal amount, has been issued without any substantial equiva ient, the consequence being that, for thirty to forty years, those corpora tions have bad to contend against crippled credit and from two thirds to three-fourths of them have had to pass through bankruptcy, with ruin ous loss to investors. What is the capitalization of the "trusts" but an attempt to repeat in our industrial system the stock watering fronn which our railroad system has suffered so much discreditable wreckage! It car rie3 a damning stigma upon the whole morale of the "trust" movement that it shou'd have been built upon such a vicious finan cial basis; and equally it casts an omi nous shadow upon th future status of our industrial securities. Had the sys tern been fortified by a Bound capitali zation, it would have appealed to the conservative spirit of the investing public; based, as it is, upon a grossly speculative capitalization.it sacrifices tne most essential prerequisite to pub lic confidence; and seriously vitiates our system of industrial credit. ''The 'trust' system strikes so directly at so many established interests that it seems inevitable that it will have to en counter an unsparing public hostility; and there are ways of attack which the consolidations will find it very difficult -to defeat For instance, a reconstruction of the tariff upon a revenue basis would overthrow the artificial basis of com mercial values established by pro tective duties and the "trusts" would have to compete with the cheapest markets in the world; in which case what would become of the mechan ism for controlling prices on which these institutions are to largely de pending! The perpetuation of the present tariff is wholly dependent on public opinion, and there is no mis taking the signs that popular senti ment is fast coming to the conclusion that, for the United States, protective duties have already done their work If to this conviction is added the pop ular motive of depriving the "trusts" of the support of the protective policy, there is nothing more probable within the range of federal politics than that the next election will be run upon the issue of an anti trust tariff. At this point, therefore, the "trust" system stands seriously exposed to ceeck, if not overthrow. "Another of the most vital props of the 'trust' system is afforded by the patent laws. Ia themselves those laws constitute a monopoly, which by cer tain accommodations to legal formal ities can be made almost perpetual. True, these privileges are available to private persons as well as to consoli dated carporations; but it is neverthe less a fact that there are few trusts which do not largely owe their mo nopolistic power to their ownership of patents. Our patent system is full of wrongs and inequalities which cry aloud for remedy, and yet there need be no difficulty in devising a law which, while adequately compensat iog the inventor, would make the invention- available for common use upon common conditions. A reform ing Congress, bent upon establishing or restoring equality of opportunity in every department of human effort, would find no reform more welcome to the people at large than one that expunged monopoly from our patent system. Here is another of the trust strongholds to which' public opinion and reform politics may be expected to direct assault from this time for ward. "Beyond these points of exposure conneetea witn tne trust movement, there is the more insidious and less demonstrative popular conviction that. through all the larger movements of capital, a strong obligarchical ten dency has set in as an element un friendly to popular institutions. A sub consciousness of this tendency is beginning to pervade all classes, affect ing the upper and lower in very con flicting directions. No public move ment has so directly encouraged this sentiment as the oast and currant area tion of the trust consolidations, and r.ir rh it rauitn those institutions must expect to encounter the popular sus- p cions as to tne aggressive wnuBosira of wealth. It is an unwelcome duty to call attention to these drifts of tbe times; but it is to be feared they are serious realities, and it is best for all interests that the tendencies should be openly recognized in their infancy and when guidance can be most effectively applied. This differently expressed means that, in the opinion of this able con servative journal there are storms brewing for the Trusts, but for the combinations of Trusts in particular. This does not come with the air of prophesy for we have had the indi cations, the rumblings already in the utterances of Republican Con gressmen who have heretofore been the friends of or apologists for the Trusts, for1 many of them have not hesitated to declare in favor of re pealing all protective dutie3 on articles controlled by Trusts, which if done would bring the tariff with in the Democratic requirements of "a tariff vf or revenue only" and we would havj the unique spectacle of theRjpablican party with the great ideal protectionist in thePresidental chair, turning its back on its prog eny, the Trusts, and taking its pos ition on the once denounced Demo cratic platform. If they begin on this line, (and they can't very well help it now after having gone so far) the logical result will be that the whole protec tive system will go to pieces. The abolition of the protective duties as demanded in Democratic platforms, was denounced by the Republican protectionists as free trade so that we may expect to see the free trade denouncers suddenly become free traders. But this will not mean free trade, and these Republican protectionists knew this when they declared that removal of the protective duties meant free trade, for while this government needs as much rev enue as it does now .and will need in the future the tariff duties that supply the revenue or any con siderable part of it must necessarily give as mnch incidental protection as any American industry will have need of if there need of any. But the Trust question has been brought to the front by this steel consolida tion and they must meet it, whether they will or not, and the Trusts must face the problems. SUGAR FE0M COBS. We read several years ago about experiments made by a corn cultiva tor somewhere in the North, (we have forgotten where), which proved, according to him, that sugar could bo profitably produced from the corn stalk. He published the results of his experiments, the percentage of sugar from a given amount of stalC and claimed that he would secnre better results with further tests. We are reminded of this by a re cent publication in the Macon, Oa., Telegraph on the authority of Capt. D. G. Purse, of Savannah, who for several years has taken an interest in this subject, and has worked in conjunction with several scientists. He claims that the problem has been solved of making sugar for commer cial purposes, from corn stalks, that it can be prodnced for about one cent a pound, and that experiments show that the corn stalk yields a higher per centage of saccharine matter than the Louisiana cane. And what gives color to the statement is that he and others interested have the capital and propose to put up in Georgia a plant, which will be fol lowed by others. The formula for making the sugar is not given to the public, for we suppose there is something in that which the com pany desires to retain for itself, and profit by, but we are told that the cultivation of the corn will cost no more than it does now, although the method will be somewhiVdiffer ent. Some of the advantages to accrue from this discovery sire thus stated in an editorial in the Tele graph: i'The corn is not to supplant sugar cane, but is o supplement it. Usually the cane crop in Louisiana, for in stance, is consumed in three months, and the mills lay idle for nine montns in the year. Tne new product comes in when the old is exhausted. A mill in South Georgia, for instance, could run during the Winter months on sugar cane product. After this crop is exhausted, the mills could lay in, as it were, for repairs until the 15th of May, when tbe first crop of corn comes in. By successive plantings as to time the mills can, run on the corn product until frost, when the cane comes in again, So that in the sted of running a sugar mill three months in tbe year by utilizing tbe corn it win run nine montns in tne year. "rests have been made from corn- grown in Thomas, Lowndes, Chatham and Effingham counties, and in several counties in South Carolina. Tbese tests have shown that the juice from the corn grown under certain condi tions or by a certain method produces two per cent more of jsucrose than the Louisiana sugar cane. "The result of these experiments have never before been made public. Further developments will be looked forward to with great interest." If this-be all that is claimed for it, the sugar problem as to this conn try will be solved, and there need be no more talk of bounties for beets, nor piotection for our sugar growers, for we can produce sngar enough to sweeten the universe. Some men have the luck of run ning np against disappointment in nearly everything .they undertake. A prisoner in a Newark; N. J., jail decided to hang - himself, and had made all the necessary arrangements, but when he swung off the rope broke, and he fell on the brick floor, fractured his skull and died from it. KITCHENER'S IB0N HAND. We have had numerous reports of British brutality in South Africa. These reports have been denied, as might have been expected, and a strict censorship is exercised to pre vent the facts from being given to the world. Bnt they do get out through the medium of letters of soldiers to friends, the same way that we learn much as to the situa tion in the Philippines, where the military censorship suppresses wbat it is not deemed well for the pfcblio to know. A few days ago a proclamation was issued by Gen. DeWet, in which he denounced the atrocitis perpe trated by the British soldiers, giv ing them notice that he would re taliate, but on men and not on wo men and children, who would be safe from their avenging hands. This proclamation and these re ports are substantiated by letters from soldiers, extjjicta from one of which are produced in a recent number of the London Truth, de scribing the march of oae of the British columns in the country north of Belfast: "During the trek our pro r ess ws like the old time forays in the high lands of Scotland two centuries ago We moved on from valley to valley, lifting cattle and sheep, burning, loot lug, and turning out the women aiid cbudreu to sit and weep in depair be side the ruius of their once beautiful farmsteads. It was the first touch of Kitchener's ima band a terrible thing to witness. We burned a track about six miles wide through these fertile valleys. Tbe column left a trail of fire and smoke behind it that could be seen at Belfast." Describing the sack of Dullstrom, he sayB: "Nobody who was there will ever forget that day's work. About 7 o'clock in the morning our force seized tne town after a little fiht. The Boers went into the surrounding bills, and there was nobody in the town except women and children. It was a very pretty place, nestling in a valley. The bouses and lovely flower garden, and the roses were in bloom. "Toe Boers drove in our outposts ou tbe flank and began sniping the guns, and amid tbe row of the cannonade and tbe crackle of rifl fire the sacking of the place oegan. First there was an ominous bluish haza over the town, and then the smoke rolled up in volumes that could be seen for fifty miles away. The Boers on the hills seemtd paralyzed by the sight, and stopped snooting. Tbe town was very q liet, save for tbe roaring and crackle of the flames. On the steps of the steps of tbe church a group of women and children were huddled. Tbe women's faces were very white, but some some of them had spots of red on either cheek and their eyes were blsz in?. Tne trot pi were systematically lookijg the place over, and as they got quite through with each house they burned it. As I stood looking, a woman tumid to me and pathetically exo aimed : 'Oh, how can you be so cruel?' I sympathized with her, and explained that it was an order and bad to be obeyed. But, all the sm-, it was an intensely sad sight to s e the little hondfls burning and the rose bushes withtnogr up in the pretty gardens, aud the pathetic groups of homeless and distressed women and little children weeping in abject mis ery and desptir among the smoking ruins as we rode away." "War is hell," aa it has be'en said, bnt this is hell intensified, and yet England claims to be a Christian, highly civilized country, which a few years was shocked at the atroci ties perpetrated Jtf the Turks on the Armenians; but the atrocities committed by the Turks were mild compired with this ruthless revelry of wild, wanton brutality and de vastation. CURRENT COMMENT. A dispatch from Ras Jibtiti says the King of Gojam has been poisoned. This is bad enough, but it might have been worse. Gojam is probably one of those kingdoms where the people do not have to put on clothes when they go into mourn ing. Louisville Courier-Journal, Liem. The controversy between our Government and that of Russia over tbe tax on beet sngar may have far-reaching consequences. If we recede from our position with refer ence to Russia, we may have to face a demand from Germany and France for a similar concession, while should we fail to convince Russia that she . i 1 is wrong we stana to lose a large amount of trade as well as to lay the basis perhaps for a continental sys tem of protection against American imports. Brooklyn Citizen, Dem. During the past fiscal year the imports of sugar into tbe United States amounted to 4,951, 152 tons. Of this 1,730,457 tons werexlutiable at an average rate of 73 pettent. on , the value. The total value of the dutiable sugars was $77,929,745, and tbe custom house revenues from it amounted to $57,417,772. But tbe American people paid a tax equivalent to tbe dnty on all the sugar dutiable and free, foreign and domestic that they consumed. What did not go into the Treasury was poured into the coffers of the Sugar Trust. Philadelphia Record, JJem. Manv a man is willin&r to hold on to Christ, who is not at all willing that Christ should hold on to him. ForLaGrippe and In fluenza use CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT. . No R Ik lit to Ugliness. 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 impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin erruptioos and a wretched complexion. Electric Bit ters is the best medicine in tbe world to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and to purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a good-looking, charming woman of a run down invalid. Only SO cents at B. R. Bellamy's Drug otore. f . . Bears the BJfnaton of slha Kind Yoa Haw Always wans I? A man who has been running a race with steam and electricity for years, finds himself suddenly stopped. It seems as if a cold hand clutched his heart. His brain whirls ; he can hardly see. "What is it?" he asks himself as the attack passes. If his question meets a right an swer, he'll be told that his seizure is a warning to pay more attention to his stomach, which is already deranged by irregular meais and rich foods. Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and or gans of digestion and nutrition. It eliminates from the blood disease breeding poisons. It makes the blood rich and pure, and furnishes a found ation for sound, . physical health. "About ten -years ago I began to have trouble with my stomach,'' write Mr. Wm. Connolly, of-$3 WftlUUl OLlCl, v.aiu, Ohio. "It got so bad that I had tc lay off quite oncn iwu three days in a week. I have been treated by the best doctors in this city, but got no help. Some said I had cancer of the stomach, others catarrh, others dyspepsia. Then I wrote to you for advice. You advised the use of your 'Golden Medical Discovery ' and Pleasant Pel lets." These medicines I have taken as directed. I commenced to get better from the start, ana have not lost a day this summer on account of my stomach. I feel tip-top, and better than X have for ten years." Keep the bowels healthy by using Dr. Pierce's Pellets. They dent gripe. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Wilson Times'. Last Thursday a week 8go. Mr. Raymond C. Thorne, of Old Fields, was found dead in his bed. He was in good health and spirits on Wednesday despite his 74 years, and so it was supposed that be died of heart failure. Rocky Mount Argonaut: Capt. J. H. Baker died at his nonoe Wedues day of heart disease; aged 63 years Commilsorv vaccination is being en forc-d in Ricky Mount and the whol of Edgecombe. Only one case ot small pox has been repined near ton, and the house is under quarantine. Carthage Blade: Last Tues day, Mr. Mauess of Bitters township, killed a large young eagle near Island Ford. It measured from tip to tip 7 feet and its claws were three inches long The eagle had killed a goose and was feasting on its prey when it suddenly rose in flight and was shot in mid air by Mr. Maoess. San ford Express: There is talk of a cotton factory being built at Pine Bluff, this county. Mr. John T. Patrick is interested in the pr. p sed enteiprise. Toe building will bt four stories high. An electric light com -pany was recently organized there, and are nw constructing a lighting plant. O lie of the most prosperous enter prises in Sanlora is tne veneering iac tory. They work a gooa numoer or hands and mn readily dispose oi an tbe material they can turn out. The hands are required to work some at night. Smithfield Courier: The com missioners or omitnueia nave naa several deep wells bored in differei t parts of the town. Dr. u j. Kbin- . . , . , son, Mr. J al Beany ana Diners nave bad wells bored at their nomes. ureal good baa already been done for tbe health of the town by tbese wells. The farmers of this county are busily engaged in preparing for another crop. Much plo'ng bas been done in some sections. We think there win oe no decrease in thj tobacco acreage, and as far as we learn there will not be much difference in the acreage in cotton from last year. Monroe Enquirer: The grip, grippe, lagrippe, lake your choice as to spelling, has Ibis county in us clutches. Hardly a family in the county bas escaped the miserable dis eise. Schools have closed, business his been clucked and everything has almost surrendered to the epidem c Mr. F"nk Winchester, who lives near Price's Mill, in Sandy Ridge township, lost his house by fi e lat Saturday morning a while before day. Wneo the accupants of the bouse awoke it was too late to save any of tb furnishing of the house. Mr J Gav. a Mexican war veteran, died at his borne in Buford township last Suodav. February 17th. He was. about seventy five years old. He had been demented tor a number or years It is aaid that a love affair with a Mex ican lady was tbe cause of tbe old man 8 mental derangement, but more likely the cause of the failure of his mind was a wound be received in tbe war in which he made a good soldier. TWINKLINGS. His Method: "Does that young man next door to you play bis trom bone by ear or by not?" "Neither. Bv brute force." Chicago Times Herald. The Deacon "Do you know what happens to boys who tell lies?" Small Youth "xessir They gets orr, most times, if they tell good ones." Harlem Life. In this ago of combines: "How do you think Mr. Simpson proposed?" "I ll never guess." "tie asked me it I felt favorably disposed to a uoifica tion of interests." Chicago Record. Barber Shave, sir? Crusty Customer Yes, and I don't want any conversation with it. Barber (tfood naturedly All right, sir, you upply the chin and I'll do the rest. Chicago New8. Not Complaining The New Pastor "I'm very glad to have your husband a good opinion." Sister tiara shell "Ob! he's auite satisfied. He says, what can we expect at such a salary." tuck. The Truth Forced Home: " am afraid," she srhed. "that 1 am getting old" Whs?" he asked. When I go to the grocery now the clerks don't nearly break their ncoRs trying to beat one another in getting my orders." "I hope you will be lenient with me. your lordship," said the thief, as he stood up to be sentenced 'I have a good many dependent on me for their support." "Uhildrenr asked th judge. "No; police detec tives." Tit J?ifs. For Over FlUV Tears Mrs. WjysLOw's Soothing Syrup has been used for over, fifty years by mil lions of mothers for tbeir children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften tbe gums, and allays all pain; cures wind colic. and is tbe best remedy for diarrr cea. 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. Window's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. t i m r San tU Signature sf t The Kind Yoa Haw Always Bought TMISGS THAT NEVER DIR. , CHARLES PICKENS. The pure, the brighl, the beautiful, That sxirrea our nearts iu juuiu, Tbe impulses of wordless prayer, The dreams of love and truth ; Tbe longings after something lost, The spirit's yearning cry, Tbe striving after bitter hopes These things can never die. The timid hand stretched forth to aid A brother in his need, A kindly word in grief's dark hour Th.t nmni a frin'nd indeed: The plea for mercy, softly breathed, When justice tnreatens nign Tbe sorrow of a contrite heart These things shall never die. Tbe memory of a clasping hand. m. - a 1 . xne pressure oi a uw, And all the trifles, sweet and frail, That make up love's first bliss; If with a firm, unchanging faith, auu iiuijr trim bum uiku, These hands have clasped, those lips nave nici These things shall never die. The cruel and the bitter word. That wounded as it fell, Th chilling want of sympathy We feel, but never tell ; Th- hard repulse that chills the heart W hose nearts were oounaing uigu. In aninfading record kept These things snail never aie. Let nothing pass, for every hand Must find some work to do; Lose not a chance to waken love- Bo firm and lust and true. O So shall light mat cannot fade Beam on thee from on high, And angel voices say to tbee These things shall never die. SU.NDaY SfcRVICES. MVkrninir nraver and sermon at St. John's church to day at 11 A. M.t by the rector. Owinc to the extreme inclemency of the weather, there will be no ser- vict-sat St. Jonn's episcopal cnuicn to-day. Christian Science service at the Masonic Temple, room 10. this morn iog at 11:15 o'clock. Subject of Bible letson, "Christ Jesus." St. James' Church, holy commu nion, 7.45 A. M ; morning service and wrmnn. 11 o'clock: Sundav school. 3 45 P. M ; evening prayer 5 o'clock. First TUntiat Cnurch. Rev. Calvin S Black well, D D , pastor: 11 A. M., "John the Udoveo;" y:d r. oa.., "Home, Father, Mother and Child ren." Si PdiilV T.titharan Church. Sixth and Market streets, Riv. A. G. Voigt pastor: Uerman services to aay at xx A M TC nrli.h service at 6 30 P. M. : Suuday school at 3 30 P. M.; Lenten services Wednesday at 5 P. M. at MattkaBB1 Rnarlfati T.ritriApan church. North Fourth street above Bladen street, Rev, O. U. Bernheim imslnr Mnrnino anrvim onlr at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 9:45 A. M. All seats free and every person wel come. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Trust the Lord mnch while he is with you. Keep no secrets Irom him. His secrets are with you; let your secrets be with him. Spurgeon. It is most Important that our voung people found their faith, as re gards all things which they believe, ur on tbe notions or men, bia ou the Word of God. What' we ask in relation to our Lord Jesus Christ is steady, constant obedience to his will, a quiet bouse hold life, a business conducted face to face with the decalogue and the whole life lived in the spirit of the love of Jesus Christ. Christian faith is a grand ca thedral, with divinely pictured win dows. Standing without, you see no i; lory, nor can possibly imagine any. Statidiug within, every ray of light rt veals a harmony of unspeakable splendors. Hawthorne. I knew a miser who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all tne esteem of his fellow citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendohip, for the sake of accumulating wealth. "Poor man," said I, "you pay too n uch for your whistle." Ben Frank lin. JJever has the Revelation of God assumed such grand proportions or so grave a charm, such an awful splendor or such penetrating sweet neas, as at the present time. And it comes as one of old, not to destroy, but to fulfill. It takes up into itself tbe best of all that bas been in the Revelations of the past. Jesus is still Immanuel, God with u: he is still the Word made flesh. J. W. Chadwick. BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton YesterdayT W. & W. Railroad 26 -bales cot ton, 5 casks spirits turpentine, 9 bar rels crude turpentine. W. C. & A. Railroad 252 bales cotton, 1 cask spirits turpentine 73 barrl8 rosin 83 barrels tar, o barrels crude turpentine. A. & Y. Railroad 6 bals cotton, 5 casks spirits turpentine, 50 barrels tar. O. C. Railroad 13 barrels crude turpentine. Steamer A. P. Hurt 3 casks spirits turpentine, 196 barrels rosin, 170 bar re l s tar. Steamer Compton 3 bales cotton, 8 casks spirits turpentine, 40 barrels tar. Steamer A. J. Johnson 249 barrels roio, 5 barrels tar. Steamer Argyle 30 barrels rosin, 88 barrels tar. Johnson's Flat 30 barrels rosin, 38 barrels tar. William' Raft 100 barrels rosin. Total Cotton, 237 bales ; spirits tur pen tin. 19 casks; rosin, 791 barrels: tar, 386 barrels; crude turpentine, 28 barrels. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Ripen pears in the house. Improvement goes forward bv selec tion. Currants and gooseberries nekl an nual trimming. Use wooden tree protectors to keep rabbits from young trees. A liberal top dressing of wood ashes on an orchard that is beginning to fail will often give satisfactory results. In testing a new variety of strawber ries early fall Is a good time to plant out. The plants will bear some fruit next season. When plants of any kind are first taken indoors In the fall, they should have all the air possible and be kept moist If the position be a dry one7. Piles of brush or weeds or old boards and logs afford harboring places for In sect pests, and they can be best de stroyed by burning such material early In the fall. Dwarf pears and. grapes are two fruits that, are especially adapted to small places where not much room can be spared and where It is desired to combine the useful and the'' ornament al St. Louis Republic OUR NAVY USES PE-RU-NA. Paymaster Collier says: "IHaye Taken Pe-ru-na WM. A. COLLIER, PAYMASTER OP THE TT. S. NAVY, One of the rnqst responsible positions In the practical management of the United States Navy is the Paymaster's Office. Only men of great executive and clerical ability can fill such a position. Such a man is the Hon. William A. Col lier, Assistant Paymaster of the United States Navy. In a recent letter of his to Dr. Hartrr. an he says : Washisotos, D. C, Jan. 23, 1899. ,1 have taken Pe- rn-na and take pleas ure In recommending it to those needing a first-class tonic, feeling assured that it will do all that is claimed for it. Yours truly, Wm. A. Collier. Sergeant Back Taylor, New York City. Sergeant Buck Taylor, one of the famous Rough Riders, Is a personal friend of Governor Roosevelt, of New York. He accompanied Governor Roose velt on his great stumping tour through npper New Tork state. He was pro moted through gallantry in the field luring the late war. The Sergeant has the following to say COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. ronoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange STAR OFFICE, February 23. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 33 A cents per gallon for ma chine made casks and 38 cents p-jr gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at $1.10 per bbl for strained and $1.15 for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.20 per bbl of 280 lbs. , , CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.30 per barrel for hard, $2.30 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 5453c; rosin firm at $1 45i 50; tar Brm at $1.80; crude turpentine firm at $2 00 $3.25. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 19 osin....r. 791 Tar 386 Crude turpentine 28 Receipts same day last year. 17 casks spirits turpentine, 767 bbls rosin, 233 bbls tar, bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 9c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 6 9 16 cts V Good ordinary 7 1516 " " Low middling....... 8 9 16 Middling 9 " " Good middling 9 516 " " Same day last year middling quiet and steady at 8c. Receipts 287 bales; same day last year, 202. Corrected Regularly b Wl mlngton Produce Commission Mercoaots.J COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c, Virginia Prime 50c; extra prime. 55c; fancy, '60c; Spanish, 75c. CORN Firm, 58 to 60c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to 15c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c; sides, 8 to 10c. EGGS Firm at 14c per dozen. CHICKEN8-Dull. Grown, 12 25c; tprings. 1017c. TURKEYS Live, dull at 8 to 8c; dressed. 10 to 11c. BEESWAX Firm at 25c. TALLOW Firm at 5J$6c per pound. SWEET POTATOES -Firm at 55c. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Ntow YORK. Feb. 23. Prime mer can tile paper 34 per ct. Sterling exchange steady; actual business in bankers' bills at 437 H for de mand and 483. for sixty days Posted rates 484&485 and 488. Commercial bills 4834483. Silver certificates 6263. liar silver 61JI. Mexican dollars 48. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nbw York., Feb. 23 Rosin quiet Strained common to good $1 65. 8pirits turpentine steady al41)42c. Charleston, Feb. 23. Spirits tur pontine dull, nothing doing; quoted at 35K36c; sales casks. Rosin firm and unchanged. Savahhab, Feb. 23. Spirits turpen tine firm at 89c; 'sales 275 casks; re ceipts 280 casks; exports 397 caskd. Rosin firm; sales 4 189 barrels; receipts 3 425 barrels; exports 2.889 barrels. Quoted: A, B. C. $1 15, D,$l 20; E, $125;F, $135;G. $1 85; H, $1.50; I, $165;K,$1 75:M, $L 85; $190; W G, $2 00; W W, $2 25. .m it wm Do All X That is Nj For It of Pe-ru-na: "I think there Is no better medicine on earth than Pe-ru-na, for catarrh. It has cured me. It would take a volume to tell you all the good it has done me. Pe-ru-na is the best ca tarrh cure on earth, and I know, for 1 have tried nearly all of them. Respect fully, Buck E. Taylor." Major Algernon A. Mabson, ot th Tenth Volun teer regiment, stationed at Macon, Ga., in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman from Washington, D. C, says: "I think there is no better medicine on earth than your Pe-ru-na for catarrh. It has' surely cured me. It would take a vol ume to tell you all Major Mabson. the good it bas done me. Pe-ru-na is , the greatest remedy ever prepared, and ; I think I have tried them all." A. A. Mabson. Pe-ru-na attained great popularity among the officers of the army as well as , the navy during the late war with Spain. A great many letters were received froml field and hospital corps, indicating that this popular climatic remedy has become well nigh indispensable to them. Pe- ru-na is not only a National remedy, but has proven itself a National blessing. Letters from every quarter are received daily testifying to the virtues of Pe-ru-na in cases of catarrh that had long since given up all hope of cure. Coughs, colds, influenza, la grippe and acute catarrh yield at once to the action of Pe-ru-na. No case of catarrh can entirely resist the curative virtues of Pe-ru-na, aFevery casn is either cured or permanently bene fited. A lecture on catarrh and its cure by Dr. Hartman sent free by The Pe-ra-na Drug M'f g Company, of Columbus, O COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star New York, Feb. 23. Considerably higher pr cef were reached in cotton to-day. The market opened firm and three to seven points higher on active buying for both accounts from neariy all quarters. The influences at wora were strongly in favor of bull specu lation, the most potent factors being a better ruling of the . English market over the holiday than expected. At the time of our opening Liverpool was fully two points higher than figured to be a fair response to Thursday's rise here. The bull sales were ac companied by generous sized buying orders, chiefly May and July. Con tinued small port and interior receipts, claims that Southern markets were 1 to 3-16c higher on improved demand for export and domestic mill account, together with more cheerful cloth trade news, swept away props of bear confidence and led to a hasty further retreat. Tne wave of buying carried May to 9.16 and July to 9 17. There after more or less irregularity was noted, due to light flurries of profit taking which were invariably followtd by new bursts of covering. For a Sat urday half holiday trading was active and speculation as a whole was healthy. Sentiment in local cir cKs was somewhat mixed after the first hour; the pit reconized the fact that the market bad had twenty-five points reaction from the recent break aod that the weak shorts were pretty well weeded out. Yet conditions were bullish beyond question, serving to arrest selling from a decline. The market for futures closed barely steady and nine points higher to four points lower, having eased off in the last few minutes under realizing. Nsw York, Feb 23. Cotton steady ; middling uplands 9 He. Cotton futures closed barely steady: February 9 01, March 9 02, April 9.05, May 9 09, June 9 09. July 9.11, August 8 79, September 8 30, October 8 09, No vember 7 99, December 7 95. Spot cotton closed steady and 1 16c higher: middling uplands 9c; mid dling gulf 9c: sales 2, 120 bales. Net receipts 945 bales; gross receipts 2 265 bales; exports to Great Britain 4.397 bales ; exports to the Continent 205 bales ; stock 144 030 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 16,850 bales; exports to Great Britain 4.397 bales; exports to the Continent 20,866 bales; stock 853,529 bales. Consolidated Net receipts 16 850 bales ; exports to Great Britain 4 397 bales ; exports to the Continent 20,866 bales. Total since September 1st. Net re ceipts 5,740 617 bales; exports to Great Britain 2.154.189 bales; exports to France 504.099 bales; exports to the Continent 1.643 428 bales. February 23 Galveston, holiday, net receipts 3,994 bales; Norfolk, steady at 9c, net receipts 1,088 bales; Baltimore, nominal at 9 5 16c, net re ceipts bales; Boston, steady at 9 5 16, net receipts bales: Wilmington. firm at 9c, net receipts 287 bales; Philadel phia firm at 9c, net receipts 160 bales ; Savannah. quiet and steady at 91 16 net receipts 3,029 bales ; New Orleans, firm at 9 Vc, net receipts 6.658 bales; Mo bile, firm at 9 1 16c, net receipts 64 bales; Memphis, holiday, net receipts 767 bales: Augusta, firm at 9c. net receipts 503 bales; Charleston, quiet and steady, 8 s, net receipts 625 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, February 23. Flour stedy; Minnesota patents $4 00 4 SO; winter patents $3 654 00 Wheat Spot dull but firm; No. 2 red 81c f. o. b. afloat; options opened firm but quint and ruled slow, with only locl tradiog in the absence of new eatur a beyond the small Argen tine hipm na and the light run of NorJxwest receipts." Prices rallied - j ,. it if a i close stead w r .eri.. 3 HKe: No. 2 receipt, aaij core,i.M; l0illK;SVl8fi fancy white 12c eX,00 Pennsylvania at mfifr4? xW t-fciroleum N Voi.li- ? nr . r1 UVi 9i;fhil. hmnra if ai j V' Kice quiet; domestic .-ak 6e; jaDail tyWfiS stead,; Western dned qmet: enmi. " American $8 60- torn"'! Callow ..!r. . '."aiidiJ 4;countr;fZK Otooag. stead; LoqVi?1'! $3 004 00. PeSSl 5c. Freight, to L.J other 29; off ?US;5 nu, prime wfl te 33 winter vellr, si or 0i Coffee-Spot voice 7Mc; mild ouietf "Jf 2c . Sugar- Raft fair refir.inc as-. .Jk 4 Vc: molasses hUtr'arSKc standard lA$5 30;coDfS eutlnaf (111. ,u.j ueB mould A ftK RK ' CHICAGO, Feb 23 iiriH .Iabc.i1 r., . 1 . Oatsclokfd up 4UJ' unchanged toOWc higher. CHlOAGO,Feb. 23 -CashflJ v 4uic, wmier patents; winter straights 13 Ma clears $3 603 30; spring ml ou; straights (3 Wheat No. 2 6772c; No. 2 red Bit No 2,4Uc. Oats No &v white 27M28Mc tort rel, $14 0U14 05. Lard o&, 9y ou. Bnortrih a.W sr m n n - a uu(qy za. ury sa ders, $6 256 50. Short I da boxed $7 -407 60. Whisfa tillers' finished goods, pei The leading futures rand lows opening, nighest, io4 losing: Wheat No 2 74, 74, 74H&74Jc; MuJ tky&. liy. 74H974c: Mail 76 X, 75?S76, 7676icCol ruary c;marcD 6d. 6Vt 3), May404l, 41. 40 4t)jt ceoruarv 34?&c;May 25S2s 26, 2525. 25c Port February 14?AjO; Marl 14 17J. 14 0754. 14 15. m tbs May $7 4714: Julv 17 Si 7 52H 7 52-4- Short ribs,pe Febru&rv $7 M I 7 12H, 7 074. 7 12 , SfptenbJ Y 35, 7 ZO, 7 25 FCREI6N KARKE By Cable to the Mornioz 8t Liverpool. February 23.! Cotton Spot quiet, pricM American middJiDg fair 5 2! .if middling od; middling 511 middling 5 5 32d; pood ordiJ $9i ordinary 421 32d. The vwere 6,000 bales,, of whicia were for speculation and eia included 5,700 bales AmerioJ ceipts 2,000 bales, iDcludiDgl,!, ican. Futures opened and cM American middling (1. m cifr 5 18 645 19 64d sell-r; Frbnfl March 5 15-64 5 16 64d seller, and April 5 14 645 15,64 April and Mav 5 13 6ii nlii and June 5 12 64d seller; li July 5. 10 64d buyer: Julyi! 5 8 64d buyer; August aodtn 4 60 64d seller; September seller: October (e. o. c) 4 64d nominal: October and m 4 31 644 32 64d nominal. MARINE, CLEARED. Stmr A P Hurt, Eobesoo, Fi ville, James Madden. Swd baique Bertha, Peterson tin, Germany, tteideauj. Clyde steamship Oneida, New York. H Q Smallbones. Schr Helen Sbafner, Cm coris, S D, George Hams, EXPORTS. FOREIGN. Stettin Swd barque BertW barrels rosin, valuta cargo by S P Bhotter Com sel by Heide & Co. MARCORis-Schr Helen j 169 koq ft nitfh nine luuw at $2,048; cargo by ChadW ber Company ; vessel oy " riss, Son & Co. COASTWISE. Ooe;da, 800 bales cotton. tar, 50 barrels (ru e. ber, 10 bamls p. cD. -H;: ton gooas "-l 0 .nj signets: vessel byHGS. - - mm A mitTD .n .ii T.U of itTsls in ' nt'ntftoa. w- Feb" 21' ; SCHOOEW Laguna, 328 tons. BtflA Harris?. Son & tf Edear C Ross. 380 tA George Harms, - h J Howell Leeds, 7. George Harriss 8onftJ Lillie, (Br) 311 tons, Harriss, Son 8c Co. ; STEAMSHIP Oaklands, (Br) 1.25! I UJJ Alexander SpruDt60" f -n a -DnrrKS. Albatros. (Nor) 491 tons, TTi J S-r rv , Cbas Lorine ,(Am) Harriss, Son & Co. cuTftS. M C Haskell. "Tf George Harriss, Son The Barber It makes no geJiT$i is hot or cild. You aeea have all the same- we cut .nair, Vfl Ib well as sMJ?nii J ..., ., in CP 1 4
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