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Friday Morning, March 1.
OUR IHFANT IHDUSTRIES.
When Representative Babcock, of
Wisconsin, chairman of the Repub
lican Congressional Committee, de
clared that he was in favor of re
pealing the protective duties on all
articles controlled by the Morgan
Rookefeller Steel combine, he started
a ball rolling that he can' t stop if he
should try to stop it, for that decla
ration was endorsed by other Repub
lican Congressmen, and it has been
taken np and discussed by the press
of the country, Republican as well
as Democratic. Mr. Bibcock and
his party friends will be held to that
declaration, and if they do not move
to repeal protective duties on manu
factures of iron and steel others
will and they wil& have to face the
music
As an illustration of the views of
the non-partisan press we quote the
following from an editorial in the
New York Herald, which, although
a non-part san paper, supported the
Republican Presidential ticket in
the past two campaigns. The edi
torial is lengthy, but it discusses
the question so pointedly that we
quote most of it, as follows:
"The creation of the giant corpora
lion capitalized at mare than a billion
dollars to take over the Carnegie and
seven other steel and iron companies
has made a profound impression and
stimulates anew the discussion as to
the alleged evils of ("trusts'4 and com
binations. "Pu alio attention is naturally focus
sed on the industry upoa which this
unprecedented corporation is found-d,
and point is given to the recent dc
iwation of leading Republicans io
Washington that the time has came to
lower tne protective tariff. Our
exports of 'iron, steel and manufac
turea thereof in the last calendar year
er-$l30 000,000
"The plea of 'infant industry' to
be nurseu at the expense of domestic
consumers cannot stand in face of the
fact that our manufacturers are not
only exporting the r products in com
petition with their foreign competi
tors, but are actual y underselling
them in their own markets. Why
longer maintain a tariff tax ranging
from four dollars a ton on pig iron to
forty dollars on certain kinds of fin
ished products?
It seems mat the Republican lead
ers who recentlv gave notice that the
Dtngley tariff must be lowered per
ceive the danger of their opponents
one day making of tais question an
issue which won'd sweep tne country.
With a high tariff wall the big manu
factured corporations are secured
from foreign competition, and it only
remains to combine among them
selves to suppress domestic competi
tion and arbitrarily raise the price to
the home c nsumers
"Tbere are inherent weaknesses in
this scheme, and the natural lews of
competition will io the long run sub
vertanv combination based on such
principles ; bat the fact remain thai
high 'protective' duties do foster such
combinations, and that wben formed
they do for a time succeed in taxing
the people until their inordinate pro
fits tempt new competitors into the
field. President Havemeyer, of the
American Sugar Befininff Oomnnv
last year testified before the Industrial
Commission that the tariff is the
mother of Croats' all, of course, ex
cent ktOe Sugar Trust.'
"Mr. John D. Rockefeller testified
that Industrial eombtiaiions aie a
necessity' and cited sa their advantages
larger capital, resulting in economies
of administration and production, with
ability to reach wider markets The
dangers, he said, were that combina
tions may be founded for p culation
in stocks rather than for conducting
business, and that for this purpose
p-ices mav be temporarily raised.'
There is no lack of examples of this.
A glaring instance of tne old Wire
Trust of five years ago, which made
the price so high to domestic con
sumers that one dealer secured a lot of
wire nails at the export Dries, ah n wii
them to Amsterdam and then brought
them back and sold them here at leas
than the Trust to domestic coo
sumers.
Before the Industrial Commission it
was admitted bv Mr. John W. Gates,
then president of, now Chairman of
the American Steel and Wire Com
pany, but while this company was
making good profits he bad just re
turned from atrip to E trope made for
the purpose of getting the foreign
manufacturers into line with a view
to raising the price of wire ten dollars
a ton. The proj-ct failed because the
German wire makers would not agree
to his ier-na for division of the busi
ness. Wail running the wire manu
facturers of England by under selling
them and furoiabiag 90 per cent, of all
the wire consumed there, Mr. Gates
protested tiat his company really
needrd the Dingley protection, which
ranges from $25 to $40 a ton on wire
Why is the tariff needed! Tbere is
but one answer, and the domestic con
sumer could give it.
re-ally higher priced labor than that
which they employ when the service
reudered by that kind of labor and
its results, and the profits on ft, are
taken into account.
When fault is found with these
colossal, grasping combines, the an
swer is that combination is necessary
in this progressive, hustling age of
keen competition, and that it is only
by combination, which can command
the necessary capital, that oor manu
facturers are enabled to compete
with the world. Of coarse combina
tion has its advantages, and very de
cided advantages. Every one real
izes that, but combination of capital
for the purpose of producing with
better and more economical methods
is one thing and combination to
strangle opposition and monopolize
the home market is another. One is
business and the other is extortion
and robbery. It is against the latter
that the objection and protest is
made.
Admitting that these colossal com
bines can produce more cheaply than
small concerns could, what advan
tage is it when they put up their
prioes, charge home purchasers ex
tortionately and sell to foreigners at
a reasonable price, at a lower price
than their own manufacturers do ?
The foreigner may derive some ben
efit from the organization of these
American Trusts, but instead of de
riving benefit from them the Ameri
can patron is squeezed and made to
pay an enormous 'profit, while the
Trusts are satisfied with the smaller
profits made on their exported
articles, so well satisfied that they
have increased their exports from
year to year until they now aggre
gate $130,000,000.
t When confronted with these facts
how can they whine about ' 'infant
industries," beg or more coddling,
and cry for the nurse bottle. They
will have to quit that for it will
make them ridiculous. They have
demolished their old pleadings by
the record of facts they have made
IH THEIR OWE HANDS.
With the Cuban amendment and
the Philippine amendment the Re
publican Administration will practi
cally have carried its point and will
have the game in its hands. The
Cubans show a disposition to accept
some of the conditions laid down in
the eight clauses adopted, and they
may offer some sort of a compromise
on those which they may not like to
accept in the original shape, and we
have little doubt that a compro
mise will be effected. To show an
unyielding disposition would be for
Cuba like jumping out of the frying
pan into the fire, for she is in no
condition, impoverished and handi
capped as she is, to have a contest
with a natidfcas near by and as
puwenui as cms. xae leaders in
public affairs realize this, and this
will i nfluence them to concession,
regardless of how much they may
individually dislike it or what their
individual opinions may be.
The result will be that the United
States will get substantially all
contained in those eight demands.
But whether they do or not, while
some of tlfffe demands are reasonable,
as a whole they are a disgrace to
this country, for they are the de
demands of a strong power posing
as a defender and a friend, made
upon a weak power which has
neither the numbers nor the strength
to resist. It is case of voluntarily
going to the ; escue of the crew of a
wrecked vessel, taking them off and
then demanding some of their
most valuable possessions for the
rescue. The deed of humanity and
heroism degenerates into a merce
nary, sordid, disgusting lust for gain
without the redeeming feature of
bold robbery, but cloaked in the
garb of hypocritical pretence.
VERT PSRTIEBET ISQ 3 IRES.
Senator Hanna'a ship subsidy
scheme is laid out for this Congress
but will doubtless be taken np again
when the next Congress meets in
regular session if there be no extra
session. Elsewhere we have given
an extract from the New York
Herald on tariff revision, which
mast follow as a logical result of the
building up of great combines. The
following from the New York
World bears upon both the subsidy
and protection, and suggests the
two pertittent inquires with which
it concludes:
Sir John Jenkins president of the
British Iron Trade Association, gives
it as his opinion that "as fas) as the
iron and steel trade is concerned Mr.
Carnegie's hope of seeing the markets
of the world in America s control will
soon be realized."
"Toese views of the official head of
the British iron trade find ample con
firmation in a. document where" we
should hardly have expected to find it.
In the latest Monthly Summary of
ommerce and Finance issued by
Secretary Gage there is an elaborate
ratriew of the shipping industry of the
United States. By an editorial over
siguwtne tallowing statements appear
in it and become "official uttrauces"
of Mr. McEinlep's administration:
"1. That on the Clyde, the chief
centre of Britiah shipbuilding. Am ri
can steel snip plates er io general use
and are sold at from $3 to $7 a ton
less than British-made plates, after
paying $6 per ton ocean freight.
Toat i i November, 1900, alone
150,000 tous of Am-rican steel material
were ordered by Civ de builders from
America because $350 000 Was thereby
saved on the cost thereof.
' 3. Tnat, according to Mr. G. W.
Dicaie, a leading shipbuilder of Sau
Francisco, the (Dingle,)) tariff on steel
plates and shapes enables the British
shipbuilders to ouy them cheaper than
they are sold in the United States, and
the duty on tt -el is no longer a pro
tective measure.
"With such facts attested by British
iron and steel manufacturers and oy
American ship builders, aud out form
as official documents bv our own
Treasury Department, two questions
insistently ana persistently press
themselves: Why are abip subsidies
aaked for? Why is the tariff on steel
maintained?"
There is no good reason why sub
sidies should be asked for, or why
there should be continued protec
tion on articles of export in which
our manufacturers successfully com
pete with foreign manufacturers.
The only reason for the first is to
put money into the pockets of some
of Mr Hanna's friends, including
Mr. Hanna, and the only reason for
the second is to pay back with in
terest the fellows who have been
dropping money into Hanna's cam
paign hat.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
..... r sji sjiyry
Goldsboro Argus: The death
of Mr. John W Dae, 80 years of
age, occurred last night at 11 o'clock
of pneumonia, at his home in this'
city.
Laurinburg Exchange: Nellie
McPhaller, an age! uud ouud colored
woman, was terribly burned on last
Thursday. She died the following
cay as a result of her injuries.
Reidsville Review. Jack Saun
ders, of Perndale. is or the opinion that
some sharper in K -ids vn le is taking
advantage of the negroes of his sec
tion. He says a colored pr ach-r in
that neighborhood announced from a
pulpit that a pension agent in Reids
ville cou d s-cure a lifetime persion for
all darkies who would pay him a snail
fee for his services and tnat they would
hare a pension of $2 00 par mouth
He says nearly every negro in bis
section bas approached him to secure
the necessary fee
Sampson Democrat: Mr. L. J.
Smith, aa honored aud esteemed citi
zen of Taylor's Bridge township, died
at his home on Wednesday, February
80th. The town of Faisoo lost its
oldest and one of its best citizens in
the death of Mr. Isham F Hicks, who
departed this life on the. evening of
February 11th. Toe grip bas
appeared in this section in full force,
lu fact it seems to have recruited its
strength since last season, for indeed it
seems to be of a more malignant form
than ever. From reports that come to
us, it seems to be prevalent every
where. Charlotte Observer: There is
considerable excileuieut in York couu
ty, S. C . over the reported discovery
of oil. R-v. P B Eiam, who owns
the mineral rights or has optious on
probably 10 000 acres of land in York
county sua the dj ining couu ties uf
Cleveland and Gaston, lu Norm Caro
lina, is said to have struck oil The
find is said to be near the King's
Mountain battleground The dis
pensary trouble in Union county
nas been satisfactorily adjusted aud
the agitation for the time being at
least will be stopped. The law will
stand as it is except that the time for
ciosiog the distilleries will be extended j
from May 1st to September 1st. This
concession was maun by the dispensary i
advocates to the opposition. Iua
fight over a game of cards last Satur j
uay night at Marshall, N. U, '
twenty hve miles from Ashe ville, a
dep-raoo named 8fcelton was fatally
wounded by a buLet in the necs,
fired by William Wilkinson, a lum
oer inspector of this place, who was
also badly wounded, one of his knees
being shuttered. Wilkinson is of a
wealthy family, but wild. Tne
people of Caldwell couuty are talking
q jite seriously just now of having
me A., T. & O. railroad extenoed
from Taylors vi lie to Lenoir, a dia
lance of only twenty three mi es. A
movement is on fool to secure an
election for a bond issue to meet the
ex pens of the extension, and there is
some probability i f iu success.
CURKblNT cUHMbNI .
WHEN
I LARKINS LAUGHED.
BOOK NOTICES.
Every one of the eight concerns
embraced in this gigantic combiue is
a tariff protected Trust. Does any
one sop pose for an instant that if
they bad not been tariff protected
they would have become the monop
olies they are ? Or does any one
suppose that without this fostering
protective tariff they would have been
formed at all ? It was the profits
that the monopoly of the home mar
ket enabled them to earn that
stimulated the organization of the
Trusts to work on a grand scale,
and thus destroy attempted compe
tition at home, while they were pro
tected from competition from abroad
by the practically prohibitive tariff.
While reaching out for foreign
markets, they have demonstrated
beyond all question their ability
to produce at less cost than their
foreign competitors, and thus fur
nished one of the strongest argu
ments against tariff protection which
was given them on the plea that
they could not compete against the
low-priced labor of European coun
tries, or the "pauper labor, " as they
called it. They hae destroyed this
plea, for they have not only demon
strated the ability to compete
against that kind of labor, but to
undersell the foreign manufacturers
who emploT that kind of labor.
They hare also demonstrated that
this so-called "pauper labor" is
There are as many self sacrificing
Republican patriots in th&Wp publi
can party as there ever wme. With
in six hours after the freporced
drowning of Consul Wildman, who
was lost in the steamer that sank
near San Francisco, there were
seven applications sent to Washing
ton for his place at Hong Kong.
When it comes to office grabbing
the average Republican is not back
ward in coming forward, even wuen
they have to step, as it were, across
a grave.
"Too Many Maidens" is the till of
a well told story with which Tales
From Town Topics for March begins
It is followed by numerous other tales
in prose and verse, all of which the
reader will i interesting, mtkiag
altogether 318 pageijof reading matter,
nicaly bound in paper cover. Address
Tjwa Topics Publishing Company,
208 Fifth Avenue and 1188 Broadway,
New York.
Handsomely illustrated and well
fill-d with interesting reading matter
is McClure's Magazine for March It
leads off with a biographic sketch of
Edward VII, illustrated from infancy
up, by George WSmal ley, followed
by a number of other interesting ar
ticles an various topics, including
several interesting stories, all well
illustrated. Published by the S. S Mc
Clure Company 141 155 E. 23th street.
New York.
The March number of The Review
of Reviews presents an interesting list
of contents, varied in character, in
eluding an interesting piper on Ameri
can tea gardens, actual and possible;
and one showing how the beet sugar in
dustry is growing. As usual "The
Progress of the World" is full of in
terest and information. Address The
Review of Reviews Company, 18 As tor
Place, New York.
The Century for March is, as usual,
charmii g, filled with superb illustra
tions and abounding in choice reading
matter. Among others are three in
teres ing papers one on the River
Rhine, another on iron mining and
another on the people on the roof of
the world, all full of interest and well
illustrated. Iu addition to these are
bi grspiic and other sketches, stories,
&e. Address The Century Company,
Union tquare, New Yoik.
TWINKLINtiS.
Admiral Sampson's early
education was no doubt very
through, aad his position in Dnbhc
affiirs makes it unreasonable to
question hid intellectual p dish. But
ne evidently neglected those
branches of study which enable a
man to express bis sincere views in a
manner which will not offend good
taste or affront popnlar sentiment.
Washington Star, Rep.
Yet the problem shonld be a-
simple one. Tho people of Cuba are
and ox ngnt ought to be free and in
dependent, and when they shall have
established a government the ques
tion of international relations can
be determined readily by treaty.
The Senate committee is making
needless trouble for itself by attempt
ing to establish relations with a j
government which does not vet I
exist. Philadelphia American, Rep. j
Admiral Sampson opposed
indorsing a gunner's application for
promotion to ensigh because gun
tiers are recruited from "a class of
men who have not had the social
ad vantages that are requisite for a
8'auding Admiral Sampson's "social
advantages" he seems to be sadly
oencienc in some qualities which an
officer in the American navy should
possess, among them being a demo
cratic spirit and true magnanimity.
Baltimore Herald, Rep..
Rathbone evidently means to
shoulder upon Neely, his subordi
nate, all responsibility for looting
the Cuban postal funds, but Mr.
Rathboue will have to take his
share. His extravagance, laxness,
and general carelessness are respon
sible for the spirit of recklessness
that seems to have pervaded the
whole postal business while he
directed it. Rathbone's attempt to
show that Bristow persecuted him is
the thing every knave does when
be is detected and called on to
answer. Chattanooga Times, Dem.
Astronomers say they have dis
covered that Mars, like the earth,
has trade winds. But they may be
only blowing.
Mil iloua Given away.
It is Certain! v srrat f statar tn th nub
lie to know of one concern in the land
woo are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering The proprie
tofs of DC King's New Docov-ry for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given "away oven ten million trial
bottles of this great medicine; and
have the satisfaction of knowing it
bas absolutely cured thousands of
hopeless cases. Asthma Bronchitis.
Hoarseness and all diseases of the
Throat. Chest and Lungs ar surelv
cured by it Call on R R. Bellamy
"niggist, and get a 10c trial bottle.
Regular size 50c. and ftL Rvsrt hnttl.
guaranteed, or price re unded.
i TO.0' -r Veara
been used for n
lion, of mcW for VSfJi
ftWak2 lESXsnA rEr,ecl uccess.
It soothes the Child, soften the gums,
and allays all pain; cures wind colic.
vflSi tht. Sgll ,op diarrhoea!
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Soldby drogtfsta?,?
every part of the world. Twenty five
cents bottle. Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Syrup"
and take no other kind. f
"I notice that fishing for com
pliments is mu:h like otbess tt-.hu g. "
"Io that people don't brie?" "No,
but it results in a great deal of lying."
Turkey "Yes, I feel a little
frir d-h'D foe the ballot box " DuCK
"Whj ?" Turkey Well, you s-e
w both yet stuffed in November."
Chicago News.
"Is there any special reason
for reserve officers needing to be at
least six feet high? "I know of none
unless it is they bave to stand longer
on the corners."
"What resemblance is there
between a decapitated Mongolian aud
a railroad grade crossing?" "I can
see none. "Both provide short cuts
for funerals."
"To this day Ex Queen Ld is
worried about the crown of Hawaii"
"Any woman can understand that
from the trouble she haa in getting her
own hat on straight"
"The State of Maine is named
after an old province of France "
"Does that explain whv Main. ...
dines are always put uo in boxes with
jrrencn labels on them?"
"These druggists make me
tired with their superfluous direc
iis." "What's the matter now?"
' Why this prescription I bad filled
for the ague bas a lshel on it: Shake
before taking. "Philadelphia Press
"I have noticed," remarked
the Observer of Events and Things,
"that the more a girl thinks of a young
man the longer ah a ftadtaa tn fir hr
hair when he calls; and the more the
young man thinks of the girl the more
th fir)', hair needs fixing." Yonker's
Statesman.
OUTHS' department.
Te Frost Kins'. Power Waca Eliz
abeth Wm 111 Cat Routed by
a, Bird Seven Sleepera.
wmmm
There Is In nature a king that rules
a great part of this fair earth with a
pitiless sway. Have you ever seen his
work? If not. think of this: What Is
it that brings ttie bird tribes in au
tumn, host upon host, from their north
ern summer haunts? It is the frost
king. He lifts his hand In the far
north, and the grass and the leaves
are withered. He waves his wand,
ana nnkos and crystals of the snow.
as beautiful as any created forms upon
earth, come falling In myriads, to cover
tne rood of the birds from sight.
But winter has a beauty all its own.
You have often caught the first crisp
Bakes or snow in early winter upon the
cool, dark sleeve of your coat and have
wondered at the perfect beauty of the
many shapes. I know yonr teacher has
with artistic skill drawn for you frost
patterns on paper till you have seen
that he who makes the blossom and
the leaf so beautiful bestows no less
of honor upon the crystals of the frost.
Ana tne rrost on the windows, have
you never admired Its patterning?
"just a bristly glaze of white," that
grumbler thought it. But look you
closer and better, and look again. Will
It surprise you greatly to be told that
frost patterns, like leaf patterns, have
both settled and definite formations?
They may combine Indeed into end
less variations, bnt the simple patterns
remain the same. Where most of you
live. In what are called the temperate
parts of the United States, there Is
little variation In window frost forms.
But farther north, where onr own
country meets the British possessions,
there are many frost patterns of rare
beauty. Yet even in the more northern
climes these forms are seldom seen
save in the coldest weather, when the
thermometer stands 20 to 40 degrees
below zero. P. B. Pea body in St.
Nicholas.
When Larklns laughed, all Digger
City laughed with him. Never was a
laugh more merry, more contagious.
The men of Digger City were a sober
lot, and to them the bright side of life
was generally reflected in and measur
ed by the gold they dug. But be luck
good or bad not one of the rough men
that made up the mining camp ever
had the temerity to dispute Larklns'
right to laugh and make others laugh
with him.
And yet tbere was a suspicion that
Larklns laughed because he was sad.
Larklns arrived in Digger City one
stormy winter night, no one knew from
where. With him was a child, a chub
by, golden haired boy of 4 years. Some
one asked how long the journey had
been, and Digger City then heard the
laugh it was to know so well.
"The kid and I," said Larklns, with
a wave of his hand toward the east,
"come from there. We didn't leave
much behind, and mebbe we haven't
got much In store ahead. But well
stick together, won't we, old boy?
Dad and his kid will stick together,
eh?"
The Larklns smoothed the baby's
hair and laughed until the crowd had
caught the infection.
Months passed, and still Digger City
learned little of Larklns or hisoy.
In mining camps a man Is Judged for
what he Is. The man with a past can
bury It. Digger City learned to know
and to love Larklns for himself and
for his boy. The man lived for the
child, and when other miners were at
the Screech Eagle bar trading their
dust for drinks. Larklns might be
found at his cabin bumming some
lullaby to the baby.
Often Larklns and his boy would
visit the Screech Eagle. "It's just to
give the boy a time," Latkins would
explain. "His dad's too old to care on
: his own account," Yet the man could
j not have been over 30 at the most,
j Then Lark ins and the boy would
j proceed to have the "time," and while
I It lasted the onlookers would declare
j that the frowzy headed baby was
quite as old as the big, bearded miner
who would toss him In the air and
. gallop about the room as a horse for
the little driver. To the baby this play
was a serious matter, as it clntcbed
its father's suspenders and lisped com
mands. But to Larklns It was the di
version for which he labored all day.
and the room would ring with his
merriment.
One day while Larklns was at work
the child wandered from the cabin and
was drowned In Otter creek. That
day every pick In the camp was laid
down. No man could work wben Lar
kin's "kid" was dead.
The miners went at once to Larklns
shanty and found him there, sitting
: on a barrel, his bead buried in his
hands. He did uot look up when they
j approached, and Bill Wheeler, gam
bler, who was with the party, touched
him on the shoulder and said:
"Larklns. we've come to do what we
can. It ain't much, but we can search
the creek for the boy. Cheer up"
Larklns raised his bead, glanced
about him and smiled. No one but
Wheeler, perhaps, who was accustom
ed to reading thf aces of men, noticed
the gleam in his eye.
"Thank you. boys," said Larklns sim
ply. "You're good, but you den't you
can't understand. The kid "is gone,
and It's a father's place to find him.
111 start out after a time, when I feel
a bit better. I'll find the kid, boys,
never worry. You don't think his dad
would desert him now? Goodby."
Larklns spoke earnestly, and the
miners left him by himself, still sitting
there on the barrel. They knew that
nothing they could do could soften his
grief.
That night practically every man in
Digger City assembled at the Screech
Eagle, bnt there was little drinking
and no stories. They were there to
wait and could not tell for what Some
one had suggested that Wheeler and
another go to Larklns' cabin to find
how he was coming on, when a langh
it was Larklns' was heard just out
side the door. Then the man. with a
dripping burden held tenderly In his
arms, stalked Into the room.
"Late, ain't I. boys?" said Larklns
cheerily. "Couldn't help it, though, for
the kH and I have been having a romp
that pretty near played his old dad out.
Pretty soon now he'll be too old to
play, and bis dad won't be much use
then. 3ut we had a great time, didn't
we. my boy? Now, baby, let's play
horse. Come on I Ha. ha, ha, ha!"
But Larklns laughed alone, for they
knew that he was mad. Chicago Tribune
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GyrjLERCLAL
WILMINGTON MARKET
Many a woman dresses to go out, feels
irresolute, sits down, and falls into a fit
of despondent musing. Ask her what's
the matter, and she'll probably answer
"Just the blues. " And what are the
blues ? Only another name, in general,
for a disordered liver and a diseased
stomach. Cleanse the liver, heal the
stomach, purify the blood, and there'll
be no more blues. It can be done by
the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. This medicine puts the dis
eased organs of digestion and nutrition
into a condition of sound health. It
eliminates from the blood all impure and
poisonous substances, and cleanses the
clogged liver. It contains neither al
cohol nor narcotics.
"I had liver complaint for the past fifteen
years, complicated with dvspepsia and gall
stones." writes Mrs. N. Bernler, of 461 Elm St.,
Oshkosh, Wis. "1 doctored with seven of our
prominent doctors, and not one or all of them
nave done me the good, nor begun to do wliat
your medicines have. I have used three bottles
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, one
vial of his 'Pleasant Pellets," and one bottle of
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and hove
gained about eighteen pounds since I first began
to take these remedies."
Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness.
f Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
jEzcnanse.j.
STAB OFFICE. February 28.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
don sr.
RCMIN Nothing doing.
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 nothing doing ;
rosin firm at $1 4001.45 bid; tar firm
ai $1.30; crude turpentine firm at $2.00
Q$3.26.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 8
Rosin 116
Tar 146
Crude turpentine 16
Receipts same day last year 27
casks spirits turpentine, 1,254 bbls
rosin, 609 bbls tar, 5 bbls crude tur
pentine. Market firm on a basis of 9c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 6 9-16 cts. ft
uooa orainary ...... 7 16 16 " "
Low middling 8 9 16 " "
Middling 9 "
Good middling 9 5 16 " "
Same day last year middling quiet
and teady at 8c.
Receipts 29 1 bales; same day last
year, 790.
rrance 504,169 K9i
vuunem 1.6S1
February 28.1
iPt8-rleS;B,tnai95l8?
net rnin. oston.
firmatlcet
aeiphia h
hales; Savant9!. , J
"xPts 3,782 baMletlft
ai 9Kc. n, '?M"-0riJl
net receipt, 233 bat "5.2
at aa, net recein.8430
PRODUCE
New
ti
options
. , 1 1
MUU, roilOWlDir
WHOLESALE PRICES PUREES?
Tne quota tions are ai ways gi ven as accurately
a possible, but the 8Taa will not be resnonsibl
(or any variations from the actual market prto
if tbe article Quoted
w me roiiowine a uot
vnoiesaie races generally, m mas
jactations
anal orders higher orloss
repreasn
e at
v to ho charsren
SAGGING
8 t Jute
standard
tjuriaps
WESTERN SMOKED
Hams m io 1
Sides
Shoulders ., r&Mtt
Sides w
Shoulders t.
BARBELS Spirits Turpermne-
oecouu-oana, eacn l 35
Second-hand machine
New New York, each
New City, each
BBICKS
Wilmington M 7 00
7H
Northern
BUTTEB
North Carolina y a
Northern
JOHN MEAL
Per bushel, in sacks
Virginia Heel
OOTTON TIEb bundle
:ANDLE8 V Jo
ts perm
Adamantine
3HEE8E 9 ft
Northern Factory
Dairy Cream
Hir cream
0OFFEE 9
Laguyra
Bio...
DOMESTICS ""
Sheeting. 4-t, V yard
Yarns, ft bunch of 5 a . . . .
?18H
Mackerel, No. 1, w barrel. . .
Mackerel, No. 1, half -bbl.
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel...
Mackerel, No 2 oalf-bbl..
Mackerel. No. S, barrel. . ,
Mullets, f barrel
Mallets, V pork barrel
Dryod'&tii::::::::
FLOUB-flft
Low grade
u no ice . ,
9 00
00
18 C
3 25
First'
JLUE ft,
nt ......
5HA
10 O
9 O
JRAIN bushel -
Oorn,from store, bgs White 59 a
Mixed Corn 57 &
Car-load, in bgs White...
Oats, from store 87)43
oats. Bust Proof 4sy?5
Cow Peas 9u a
SIDES ft
Green salted
ory runt..
urv salt . . ,
BAY 100 fts
No t Timothy
Bice Straw
Eastern
Western
North River
a oop iron, m
UARD. V t
Northern ,
North Carolina
wBasWeiffaaweay ' m
Ship Stuff, resawed
Bough edge Plank 15 00
vsi muia can? oar. awim
95
40
90
90
I
2H
96S
1 is 3 1
Q, 30 00
a is 00
60
59
f6
40
'5
1 00
6
11
10
1 0)
60
95
ar
90
894
8
1G
80
18 0U
ing to aualltv is nn
pressed Flooring, seasoned. IS 00
Scang and Board, com'n 14 00
BOLA88ES gallon
Barbadoea, in hogshead.....
Bar badoes, in barrels
Porto Blco, In hogsheads.... 88
Porto Blco, In barrels 88
Sugar House, in hogsheads, 18
Sugar Bonae, In barrels.... 14
Syrup, In barrels 15
hails, S keg. Cut, fiOd basis...
PORE. lT barrel
Cltv Mess ,
Bump
Prime
BOPE, ft u
salt, V sack. Alum
tt 18 00
9 88 00
15 00
rQorrected BeguiaMy by wum'nirton Produce
Commission Merch isj
OOUNTBY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina -Prime,
70c. Extra prime, 75c per
'jusnei 01 so pounds; fancy, 80c.
Virginia Prime. 80c; extra prime.
He; fancy, 60c; Spanish 75c
CORN Firm, 68 to 60c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to
1 5c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c;
sides, 8 to 10c.
EGGS Dull at 14c per drzen.
UlllUKENS-Duii. Grown. 12X(&
25c; springs. 10l7c.
TURKEYS-Live, dull at 8 to 9c;
dressed, 10 to 12c
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
TALLOW Firm at 66c per
pound.
ttWEET POTATOES Firm at 55c.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
NewYobk. Feb. 28. - Monev on call
easy at lj2 per cent. Prime mer
cantile paper 34 per ct. Sterling
exchange firm, with actual business
in bankers' bills at 487 for de
i&ud and 484$" for ixty days
Posted rates 485 4 85 and 488.
Com merciaJ bill 483 483& . Sil vei
cestificates6163 Bar silver 61J4
Ylexi.-an dollars 49 Government
bonds strong State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds firm. U.8. refunding 2 a
reg'd, 105 -x int. ; U. 8. refund's 2's,
coupon, 105 . U.S. 2's, reg'd,; U.S.
S's, reg'd. ill; do. coupon, 111; U.
8. 4's, new reg'd, 138; do. cou con
t38; D. a 4's. old res'd. 113 m int
do coupon, 114; U. 8. 6's, reg'd,
MIX: do. coupon. 11 1; Souther
B'y 5's 115 . Stocks: Baltimore &
Uric, 87 ; Chesapeake & Ohio 40i'
Manhattan L 117J; N. Y. Centrai
142M; Reading SOU : do. 1st m-ef'd 70 U.
St Paul,153tf; do. pref'd, 190; South
em Railway 23: prefd 77; Anieri
can Tobacco. H9tf; do. pref'd 140
People's GaslOlX; 8ugar 139V; do.
orsf'd 120: T. C. A Iron Ml, n ft
Leather 2 ; do. Dref erred 3X ; West
ern um, 8bfi. Standard On
Consolidated Gas closed 191 " y-
Baltimobe. February 28 Seaboard
Air Line, common, 1313 M ; do. pre
ferred 2929H. Bonds 4's 73
732s".
NAVAL SJOBES MARKETS
By Telegraph to tne Morning Star.
New Yobk. Feb. 28. Rosin quiet
Spirits turpentine quiet at 4141c.
Chaalehtos, Feb. 28. 8oirits tur
pentine dull, nothing doing; qu ttd
at 37c. Rosin firm and unchanged.
Savannah, Feb. 28. Spirits turpen
tne quit at 89c; sales 117 casks, re
ceipts 134 casks; exports 1 929 casks.
tosm nrm ; sales 2 448 barrels; receipts.
1194 barrels; exports 10,306 barrels
Quoted: A, B, C. $1 10. D,$l 15; E,
$1 60; K, $1 76: M. $1 85; N, fl 90; W
G, $2 00; W W, $2 80.
By Telecranh T7T
as generally quiet L, 7 1
Htold prices. Whe!&N
eady; No. 2 red S
opened weak 1
lowing " u"itn
lack of speculative dm N
declined under iccafe04 I
lions of large del,Vwft
continued hck of 8(SS
partially on coyeriL
at a pariial loss of Wc'.mT
d79c;MaycliH
79. Corn Spot dull wyi
7Xc at elevator a?d ?H
options opened easv mil 0 '
sole' off fccat which 12 N
trio o .j. i .... l u
scarce. Closed
' Hc March
feline
fctttdp ...
Closed
cloa.0 46Kc;Jul,el3J
-POt steady; o.23ln ..
-pri nominal. L.rdeasi wH
772775:r,fi,H,.:
7U Pork dull
tradiji
I2fc12; fancy smT,Tj
barelv stexdi Siut. .Sm
leartl4 75ai6 5o:TJ
Butter dull and weak- tn?
i724c; factory Uifc. cJ
tirm: fancy large. oiJ
uall i
It. !
rty
q uiet. Potatoes quiet. MrZ,
Cotton seed oil as witbJ
change; the market wasfi,
prime summer yeilow raJZ
iud ucixiauu rslhtf
ousiuess was restricied btj
pretentions of ht lJers U
M'ivr were: irrioie cruod
ro, nominal; primnuJ
Inn. an . r '"I
out , uii summer
ac; prime while
"'"wr yoiiuw o gas , prime i
wonee opoi Kiu quiet;
voice mild sieadv
12J c. Sugar Ra w quitt
lair renning 3 11 I6c; cent)!
test, 4 a ibe; molasses inn
renned quiet.
Chicago, February
kbuc luuveuieni on a nm
marked the early course of 1
nog product markets toijl
vwiuua ai me Close Bootd!
covery, being from 5c to W
yesterday t. final figures.
markets received ttersuoB
d p, corn closing Jc higher, 'i
coanged and wheat, the d
ibe grains, Jc lower.
Chicago, Feb. 28. Cash oi
mi -ft r , . "
riour marset dull. Whei
spring c; No. 3
2c; No. 2 red 74c.
No. 2, 39jSCc. Oat--No
25 c; No. 2 while 278
3 wnite 2728c fort,
rel, $13 9013 95. Lard,
uV., 7 407 45 Snort rib i
6 957 15. Dry saltesl
drVs, $6 256 50. Shon
wl Vf Qna r.a titi.
.V" WWII ,V. ,T ii
lers' finished goods, net i
The leading futures rai
lows opening, highest,
closing : Wheat N o. 2 Fein
? A i m a mm m s t la
'c; Marco
74. 74js;c; May 7676tf. Sjl
7567bc. Corn FeDrunrjS
, 3Sjrfc; March 38?,
3Xc; May 404U3,, 41,
4 c. Oats Kebru.ry
Pork, per bbi Februrj W3
f 14 U5, n 12, 14 02, 1401.1
i m ilbs March 17 42)4. 74U
7 37J ; May 7 50. 7 50 7 M
July 7 55, 7 57, 7VU. 7
ribs, per 100 tb February
May $7 07. 7 07. 7 00. 78
terober 7 20, 7 20, 7 15, 7 15.
FOREIGN MARKE
8 35
U verpool
American.
on 126 Sacks.
Standard Gran'd
Pet Hamming Birds.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe at one
time passed her summers at Hampton
Beach, and Into her room one day
came a delicate bumming bird, making
himself quite at home The windows
were closed, a little lunch of sugar and
water was prepared for him, and a
line stretched for the tiny fellow to
swing upon. He staid with Mrs. Stowe
several days, nntll one afternoon. Just
as Mrs. S. was going to drie with a
friend, a window was opened while the
bird was flying around, and out he pop
ped Into the open air. "Oh. dearl He's
gone, and I shall never see him again!"
airs, stowe exclaimed. But her friend,
to cheer ner up. Insisted upon it that
the bird would surely come back again.
Well, as they were driving along in
the carriage the little creature came
and hovered near them, and on their
return home he flew through the win
dow into he room, much to Mrs.
Stowe's delight. She kept him with
her until b died later on at Hartford.
Boston Transcript
s oo
SUGAR.
Standard a.
White Extra O
Extra O, Golden
O Yellow
ttJAPJB Northern
STAVES. W. o. barrel. . . .
B. O. Hogshead
"W JSset-WitpotaR..
Fair mill...
Prime mill ,
Extra mill a n
SHINGLES n c. Cypress sawed
M 6X24 heart 4 25
Sll " 3 00
5x20 Heart 225
" Bap 1 Si
WHISKEY. V gallon Northern 1 00
MARINE DIRECTORY.
List of ITsasels 1st tks Port of n il
almxtaa, n. ai, i901
SCHOONERS.
Jno R Pel, 819 tons, Loveland,
George Harriss. Son & Co.
Ltaguna, 828 tons, Bayles. Geonre
Toothbrush Cauted Cancer.
"Cancer of the lip." a physician stated
recently, "is caused more frequently than
one would think by the toothbrush. Let
me illustrate this by a typical case which
1 am treating now. John Blank smoked
a good deal, and to keep his teeth white
he cleaned them hard three times n day
with a brush whose bristles were like
wire. He brushed a little patch of skin
from his lower lip. Afterward he was
careful, and the sore spot healed. But
then he forgot, and the spot became sore
again.
"This went on a year or so. Two days
out of the seven this cne place in Blank's
"I' wua wre. r many II Degan to pain
him. It hurt all the time. It smarted
even when apparently healed. He would
awake In the night with the sharp, pinch
ing pain there, and the pain was like the
clutch of a crab's claw, for he had can
cer now cancer due to the irrirnrinn
which he had applied thrlco dailv f.ir a
year to that one spot with his stiff bris
tled brush.
"No wonder he had eanrer. oni
wonder there are mnnv unoh mnu rw.
pie won't learn that tooth rUnin.
do harm. Thev nn nnuul nf It
, , , - - vj. I., io VI
oathing, and thev onn'r holier tho
little pain or irritation rlno tn it k
other than of benefit." PftilnHolnhio n.
ord.
Harris'. Son & Co.
Edgar C Ross, 380 tons, Quilan,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Llllie, (Br) 811 tons, Davis, George
Harriss, 8on & Co.
STEAMSHIro.
Oaklands, (Br) 1,252 tons, Granger,
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
BARQUES.
Albatros, (Nor) 491 tons, Rasmussen.
xxeiae CC uo.
Cbas Loring (Am) 525 tons, George
narriss, son CZ KJO.
BRIGS.
Atlanta, 870 tons, Wallace, George
uarriss, OUO cc VJO.
M C Haskell. 299 tons. WinoflalH
George Harriss, Son & Co. '
BARGES.
Carrie L Tyler, Bonneau, Virginia-
v"ron vnemicai (jompany.
Invalidism among Federal
troops in the Philippines is a marked
feature of the military situation in
that quarter, as witness the sending
home of 2700 invalids within two
months past. Topnlar knowledge
uj. tuis urawoacK
COTTON MARKETS.
By Te'egrapa to the Morning Star.
New York. February 28 March
manipulation was the sole feature of
interest in the heal cotton market to
day. The rest or the list was quiet and
-carcely varied five points from the
closir g of yesteiday. Sentiment was
tt cuharly mixed, with a bearish lean
ing; yet shorts ar d be lie vers in lower
prices generally, feared to take aggres
sive sters so long as the spot month
was dominated by a strong clique.
In the first call, prices were one to
six points lower, a sympathetic
move with weakness in tbe English
market where a sharp decline Irom
the opening had resulted under liqui
dation brought out by tbe issuance of
forty thousar d hales notices. Re
ceip satthe ports were much larger
than expected wbile the investment
manifested positively no substantial
interest in the market. Following tbe
call March sank rapidly under selling
by the outside and tired room
longs and in tbe absence r.f
anything like stubtorn support
It was reported that 25,000 March no
iice8 were put out ai.d this helped to
undermine the March position A
sheer decline of thirteen points was re
corded, after which there was a bre
two point change until nearly the
close. It was reported tbat the parties
who hsd issued March notices pr
buying the same option in the pit at
thirteen points under the prices at
wrvch tbe sam cotton was sold late
yesterday. That they intended to re
issue notices on the same cotton again
to-morrow and repeat today's per
formance, was rumored late in the
session and gave belated longs addi
tional cause for alarm. Shorts feartd
a final corner of March room bears
and in efforts to cover present crop
mouth over sales, held these ODtions
well up to the bid level of last night
Wall street, the South, the West and
Europe furnished few orders Trad
ing at no time was active and for the
most part comprised settlements of old
accounts as a matter of precaution and
pending a return of normal conditions.
tne marxet was finally quiet with
prices net twelve points lower on
March with others unchanged to three
points lower.
Nw York, Feb 27. Cotton quiet;
middling uplands 9c.
Cotton futures market closed quiet
as follows: March 8.90. April 8 95
May 8 99, June 8 97. July 8.99, August
8 64, September 8 20, October 7.97, No
veiiiuer 1 00, isecemoer 7 bo.
Bv Cable to the Horntn:!
LdVEKrtioi,, February 29,41
Cotton Soot. fair demand;
l-?2d higher. American mil
5fd; good middling 5191
uiing 5 5 33d; low middiiu
ood ordinary 4d; ordiwi
Ibe sales of tbe uay
bales, of which 500 ba
speculation and export
9.800 bales American. Rto
bales, all American.
Futures opened and cl(
American middling (1. m. 1 1
5 13 64d seller; March and AM
610) 5 12 fU,1 spl!rr: Alt,! m
9 645 10 6ld si-Her; MJJ
8-645 9 64d sellrr; JuoeWl
6 645 7 64d seller: July 1
5 4 640 buver: August an"
4 Bfi 4d Sfllpr- SeDteD)rH
s-ller; October (g. o. c) 4 34f
October and November iif.i
64d seller.
MA KINK.
CLEARED.
Stmr ComDton. Mauders,
and Little River, S C, Swne,i
Co.
BY RIVER AND RAIL
Receipts of
Naval Stores
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad-53bl
9 barrels tar.
to n a Railroad l
ton 9. faslrs sniritS tlirpeDli"!
rels'tnr 15 barrels crud am
A. & Y. Railroad-53t"
casks spirits tu pentiue.
rosin, 2o barrel tar.
C. C. Railroad-
har rpls tar.
Stumor W T. Dag
anifita turnnntinP. IS
w.....u r
4 barrels tar. 10
Petinf- o h
Total uoiion, f - r" ,ij
pentine, o casus,
tar, 146 barrels; crude turf
barrels.
-43 bales
aggetH
barrels i
ForLaGriPPj'
EXPiiGTOKANl-
nnaneaMnnahlv
71IIIJH i.iiu ii i in ft n i r j no r.r. n i.
by the War Office in recrit ng I , 8pot cl"ed, "d
new army armv for SJSTSni Z?LJff&-
, . I uuug jruu c: IM I.I1VH
There Is Nothing
Just as Good
the
Rnnnlntr For Safety.
"Here, hold on! What are all
people running Into the stores for?'
"Heavens, don't you see rh miin
alre'a son coining down the street on
to automobile 7' - Cleveland Plain
transpacific islands. Philadelphia
Reeord, Dem.
Br. PIERCES
. MEDICAL
DISCOVERY
I.BLOOPsUVER.HJrVCS.
Net receintal.877DAiM-imi.WMtCr.
1,981 bale.. "
Total today Net receipts 84 767
bales; exports to Great Britain 6.151
pales; exports to the Continent 9.585
bales ; stock 858,708 bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 107 803
bales; exports, to Great Britain 88,048
-AfxPorte tbe Continent 59, 169.
S,e72JytpoilatoGreat
Britain 2,187,840 bales; exports to
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