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WILMINGTON. A. C.
TUBSDAT MOKKIKG. DXCEMBEB 17.
A&XSGUSHHAB'S VIEW OF
SUBSIDIES.
There are two reasons assigned in
this country for advocating subsi
dies to ships, one to revive our mer
chant marine, the other to encour
age ship-building. But neither will
stand the test, for there is no
good ground for either, in addition
to which there are other ways of re
viving our merchant marine and in
creasing our ship-building industry
without any subsidy.
This subject has been pretty
thoroughly discussed by both friends
and opponents of subsidies, and
no argument has been advanced
for them that hasn't been met by a
stronger argument and the result of
this has been the re-modelling of the
tariff bill presented in the last Con
gress with the view to obviating the
objections made and placating some
of the opposition to it, but the bill
framed by the gentlemen who did
the re-modelling of the old bill isn't
much improvement on the other for
while they have eliminated some of
the objectionable features, they
have retained others equally objec
tionable and added some just as ob
jectionable as any in the old bill.
It is still substantially a bill not to
revive the merchant marine but to
benefit the owners of fast Bteamers
which ply between this country and
Europe, the principal business of
which is to carry passengers.
It is interesting, however, to learn
the views of a foreign ship bnilder
on this subject and see how he meets
the arguments in favor of subsidies.
Sir Christopher Furness is largely
interested in ship building in Eng
land and he is also interested in the
running of ships. He spent some
time in this country last Fall, and
made it his business to study the
shipping and ship building question
from a business standpoint. He re
turned to England recently with
signed contracts for a dozen or so
steamers, the aggregate cost of
which will be about $4,000,000
These vessels are for Americans who
gave him the contracts because they
could not have these vessels as ad
van tag eon sly built in American
yards, not because American yards
"could not build them, but because
American yards are full of work and
did not care to compete with British
yards for the work. While here Sir
Christopher was interviewed on the
question of ship subsidies, and re
plied as follows:
"I can quite appreciate that any
views I might express in opposition to
an American subsidy or ship bounty
bill would be and. very naturally so
regarded as the fruit of a biased
mind for the reason that I am a for
eien shipbuilder and shipowner; but I
am frank to say that were I an Amer
ican I would still oppose a shipping'
bounty law. Why! If I am going
into a keep competitive business I
want to get down to bed rock. With a
subsidy, business cannot be Ot into
that position. In other words, a sub
sidy or bounty will not encourage the
same amount of hard work and effic
iency and self-reliance as will be
shown by a man who knows he has
only his individual energy to depend
upon and must utilize everything per
taining to economic production. A
subsidy is certainly : not needed for
transatlantic passenger steamers, for
we now have practically a steamer
sailing every day of the very highest
class of marine architecture.
"The object of a shipping bounty
law would be, of course, to stimulate
the American shipbuilding industry.
But does it need stimulating? Since
arriving in September I have visited
the shipyards all the large shipyards
in every section of the country. And'
in every case they have got as much
wore on, band, .more work, in fact,
than they- can reasonably expect to
deliver. Tftby; is it necessary,,' there
fore.1 to pass si bounty bill! Among
other shipbuilding plants I saw was
that of the Trigg Shipbuilding yard at
Richmond, Va. It is only three years
since they commenced there. Kich
mond wasnot a shipping centre, but
i round it crowded with work, build
ing not only passenger boats, but tor
peuu diwh iuu omer u-overnzneni
vessels. And this had been done all
1 l- A. I . 1 .n. .
in the space of three years. If such
results can be obtained in the exist
ing yards without a shipping bounty.
why is it necessary to give a bonntv
t all! I certainly think that the pros-
.u: l ;i J: - . t - .
travto iw uipuiLuuiug in in is country
re very good without a bounty, so
mucn so mat, although I am not in
a position to state my plans, I have
agreed to become interested in a new
shipbuilding plant in this country.
"It is admitted that manufacturers
in this country can produce steel at a
considerably lower price than we can
produce it for in England. On the
other hand, however, the demand for
steel in England has fallen off, while
4he demand for steel in this country is
so great that the difficulty is in supply
ing the orders, with the result that tbe
shipbuilder here is paying a much
higher price for steel than the ship
builder in England. Wages paid by
shipbuilders here are not higher than
wages paid by shipbuilders in England.
I am a part proprietor of five shipbuild
ing yards in England. These yards
turned out more shipping last year
than all the United .States yards put
together ; and r will undertake to say
that we have got as many men in our
shipyards earning as high wages as are
in the shipyards of the United States.
Consequently it is entirely a question
of the price of steel, and as the United
States can produce steel cheaper than
Kneland 1 it is reasonable to suppose
that in the long run they will be able
to sell it to. American shipbuilders
cheaper than English shipbuilders can
obtain their supplies. Labor for Amer
ican shipbuilding is, in fact, cheaper
than labor for English shipbuilding. I
mean by this that if the same wages are
paid in toth countries America is still
the cheaper market' for the reason
that men here work twenty per cent.
lone hours thfth qurt do. .
uefemng to wages paid on Ameri
hiPJing higher than those on
Jf J&5 nationalities, Mr. Fur
TtW"14 WM Probably true,
tSojS ?JElof iubsidy bll
wouWnfcreAse-Buch a condition 'If
.a captain, an engineer or Myother
.officelknOws that the ship U rSSt
ing something out of taxes in addition
to the amount it receives for carrying
the cargo, he naturally feels he wants
some of that extra money and he will
not give his labor on the same basis as
he would under keen competition off a
bed rock basis. 'r
. "'As I have already said, I do not
believe in subsidies. Passenger steamers
in transatlantic trade certainly do not
require a .bounty and the farmer is
fully able fco send his wheat abroad at
All times at rates that could not be
lowered by subsidies The manufac
turer does not complain of inadequate
facilities for sending bis goods to any
part of the world. He would not be
benefited by a subsidy. I think the
only thing to do is to build up the
mercantile fleet without a subsidy,
and as the shipyards are so absolutely
full of work there is evidently room
for new yards to make money."
He anticipates the possible objec
tion that being an English ship
bnilder his views might be influ
enced by selfish considerations, but
the reasons he gives are so forcible
and to the point that this objec
tion cannot weigh with the person
who views this question from a dis
interested standpoint, in addition
to which he shows his sincerity
when he says ship building does not
need any encouragement by the gov
ernment by putting his money into
a ship building plant in this coun
try. The argument that American ships
are needed is discredited by the
remarkable increaee in our export
business within the jpast few years,
nearly; all of -which! fcatrfed in
foreign bottoms. The 'only plausi
ble argument in the whole business
is that with an American merchant
marine we would save money, gen
erally estimated to be about $200,
000,000 a year, the presumption be
ing that the shippers would be great
ly benefitted 'by this. But would
they? Would they get any
lower freights from these sub
sidized ship owners than
they get now from fereign
ship owners? There is not the least
probability of that, but on the con
trary every probability that the
freights would be Higher for combi
nations of ship owners would be the
order of tbe day and after driving
foreigtr ships from our ports '(if they
did that) with the ocean carrying
monopoly in their own hands they
wonld charge their own . rates and
instead of paying foreign ship own
ers $200,000,000 a year for doing
their carrying for them, they would
be paying these ship combines that
much and as much more as they
might demand. The subsidy bill
does not provide against that for, of
course, it cannot undertake to regu
lote the matter of charges and pie
scribe a maximum or minimum, for
that wonld have to depend on cir
cumstances, the Amount of traffic,
the competition, etc. .
The testimony of ' such a Jrian as
Sir Christopher Furness on the cost
of ships, of labor in building them,
the cost of running them, and the
uselessnesa of subsidies for the pur
poses alleged ought to have a great
deal of weight in the discussion of
subsidies which, as proposed, are
simply an experiment at best, but a
costly one.
ODE STATE PIHAHCES.
The following report of our State
finances for the fiscal year ending No
vember 1st, 1901, with the receipts
and expenditures, and for what ex
pended, as reported "by the liegtBla-
tive examining committee, we clip,
as a matter of interest, from the Ra
leigh News and Observer, of Satur
day:
The receinta of the Rtata ravern-
ment for the fiscal year, which ends
November 30th. 1901. were $1,603.-
676.48,. The balance. in the.-treasury
December 1st, 1901, Was $1&36&03, '
The statement of the special school
fund, which is kept separate"; is as fol
lows: Balance Nov. SO. 1900. ... 23.219.50
Receipts from Nov. 30,
1900, to Dec 1, 1901. . . 17,620.10
Total
Disbursements .
t 40.839 60
5,304 65
Balance Dec 1, 1901 $ 35,534.05
The recapitulation of the general
treasury fund for the fiscal year end
ing November 30th, 1901, was as fol
lows: RECAPITULATION.
Balance Nov. 30,1900 101,143 22
Receipts 1608,076.8:
Total $1,703.819 70
Disbursements 1,685,556 68
Balance in Treasury Dec
It 1901 $ 18,263.02
state's xxnoroiTUBXs.
The expenditures of tbe- State gov
ernment for the various institutions
during the past year were as follows:
Expenditures.
Dangerous insane". ,.
Hospital at Raleigh
Hospital at Goidsboro
Hospital at Morganton
D and D. School Morganton
8tate's Prison
Agricultural Department. . .
Soldiers' Home
School D. D. and B
Pensions
A. and M. College
U. of N. O
Colored Normal
State Normal Greensboro. .
I 7.446 44
73,356.22
45,729.79
112 633 93
48.718 81
177.805.05
67.354 24
14,818.17
68 011.23
113 29 LOO
54.645.89
31,000.00
18.250.00
40.000 00
IfeftOO. 00
9.000.00'
Oxford Orphan Asylum. . ..
Oxford Orphan' Asylum (col
Sundry Expenditures r
795,895.92
Total f.tl.685.556.68
Bal. m Treas. Dec. 1, 1901. $18,263.03
CARJTEGIE'S GIFT.
A Washington dispatch, publish
ed Sunday,- informs 'us I that' the
President has declined Mir. Carne
gie's offer of $10,000,000' in bonds!
of the U. S. Steel Company, to es-'
wtoiisn a JNaMbnW' TJnivafrrrafc
Washington. President Eoosavelt
uvmu not nave aone otherwise, in
view of the fact that the legality of
the U. 8 Steel Company is abat--
able question, which may not only'
become a subject .for the .consider
ation of Congress,' but alio 'of "the
courts. UnUl. that -question is
authoritatively decided the Govern-
ment could not properly accept
these bonds, for by so doing it
Would virtually ?1ecome $. stock
holder, and therefore ari: interested
party in a question in?whichit will
doubtless be called upon to investi
gate and decide.
It is even questionable whether
Mr. Roosevelt can consistently
ask Mr. Carnegie to convert those
bonds into cash for the purpose of
the gift or to convert them into
United States bonds, for under the
circumstances this would make the
Oovernment indirectly a party to
that transaction by getting some
third party to take these bonds and
thus getting the benefit and use of
them. It would be better therefore
to let Mr. Carnegie exercise his own
option in the premises without any
suggestion from the President or any
one else representing the Govern
ment. If he is anxious to make the
gift and see such a University estab
lished he will find some unobjec
tionable way to do it. If he can't
or will not, it would be far better
for the Oovernment to do without
the $10,000,000 bonds, and without
the University than commit itself
and virtually tie itself to the steel
trust and discredit in advance any
investigation it might order or any
action it might take against that or
any other trust.
CURRENT COMMENT
A campaign of moral sua
sion, and not force, has been plan
ned by the "United Irishmen of the
World," with the hope of freeing
Ireland. Moral suasion for .Eng
land! That is the best Irish joke
of- the season. Atlanta Journal,
Devi.
There will no longer be any
dispute as to the flexibility of the
Constitution of the United States.
After having been administered for
one hundred years in the territories
on the doctrine that taxes and du
ties must be "uniform," it is now
found that this rule of uniformity no
longer has application to the ternto-
nes, Philadelphia Kecora, jjem.
It is hinted that the Govern
ment holds that there would be no
violation of the Monroe Doctrine in
Germany's seizure of a Veneznelean
port to collect a debt' due to her,
subjects as individuals. But, Presi
dent Castro has found a short cut
apparently, to a settlement of that
question by declaring that if tier-
man ships seize any of his ports he
will immediately repeal or suspend
the tariff duties at all. Brooklyn
Citizen, Dem.
What is a nation's richest
possession? Fit men, undoubt
edly given these, all other things
are added unto them. If Congress
will work upon this safe basis we
can spare ourselves much needless
anxiety. The experts said Spain
had the stronger navy, but we soon
proved we had the better men. The
Boers were few, bnt they are show
ing what a small number of the fit
test can cost the biggest on earth.
Jacksonville Times- union, Dem.
TWIMCLINUS
"Pop, what is a driving rain?"
"wny, a driving rain, my boy, I sup
pose, is a ram mat drives you in
doors." Yorkers Statesman.
. Doubtful He I'd offer myself
to you for a Christmas present, if I
tnougnt you'd take me. rjnerm
afraid I'd have trouble in exchanging
you. Uije.
"I specks," said Uncle Eben,
"dat de gif o' prophecy wouldn't do
us much rood if we had it. A man
knows he's gwinter' git sick if he eats
does it. Washington Star.
"And what are yon making?'
we asked of the Intelligent Artisan, as
we admired the play of bis brawny
muscles. "Makin cow catchers for
milk trains," he replied, without look
ing up from his work. Baltimore
American.
Point of View: Duffer: The
favorite in the third race yesterday fell
iu mo aireicu, sou me jocaey was in
stantly killed. Buner Horrible.
Duffer I should say it was horrible.
Why, I had $15 on the horse to win.
Chicago News.
What do you mean by this.
sir? demanded tbe angry advertiser.
wnat sine matter T inquired tbe pub
lisher of the Batfgftrwff Bugle. This
advertisement of ""our delicious can
ned meats from . the ibest Chicago
bouses," you've made it read horses.
Life.
Gooph Old Gettit is a smooth
customer. Whoon So thev sav.
Gooph Did you ever hear about the
time Boom ville, offered a subsidy for
manaiacmnng , establishments, and
he planted a rheunarb field and got in
on the fund because he was promoting
several pie plants. Chicago Record-
uerata.
. "I have noticed," said the ob
servant foreigner, who was not. 'writ
ing a book about America, "that, ac
cording to your newspapers, your best
citizens are always to be found in large
"Where?" we asked, being mildly cii-
nous." "At political rallies, prize
fights and lynching bees." Baltimore
American.
- "Don't yon think a holiday is
more cheerful when there is a large
Tamiiy garnered about tne festal
board!" "I do " answered the sar
donic person. "A large family is a
g lad assurance that there is not going
to be enough turkey left over to sup
ply the menu for the next three days.
Washington tstar.
White Mam Tnraed Yellow.
Great consternation was felt by the
friends or AL. A. uogarty, or Lexing
ton, Ky.L When they saw he was turn-
lag yellow. Bis akin slowly changed
color, also nls eyes, and ne suffered
terriblv. His maladv wai Yellow
Jaundice. He was treated by the best
doctors, but without benefit. Then
s he- was, adviaed. to try; Electric Bitters.
. (he wonderful Stomach and Liver
remedy, and he writes: "After tak
log two bottles I was wholly cured.'
At trial proves, its matchless merit for
all Htomaco. Ldver and Kidney trou-
Dies. uniy so cents, sold by K. a.
Bellamy, druggist. t
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L 1A. FOR.WEAK WOU
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Raleigh W&ws and Ofoerveri
Fridav night Ji A. Randall, of! Aber
deen, ah engineer on the Aberdeen,
and Bockfish road, mistook his wife
for a burglar and Shot and mortally
wounded her.
Mount Olive Advertiser: The
shinning of holly and mistletoe has be
come quite an important industry; it,
affords employment to a good force of
hands, and as we have heard no kicks,
we presume the returns are satisfac
tory. ' ,
Favetteville Observer: The
manv friends of Mr. Neill A. Mc-
Fadyen. of Raeford, will be pained to
hear of his death, which occurred sud
den It at his home Tuesday night. He
had been unwell for some time, and
the cause of death was heart failure.
Gold8b"oro Argus: The Argus
is pained to chronicle the death of
Mr. Ed. M. Lehman, whose critical
illness we noted some days ago. He
died Friday in the hospital in Norfolk
where be has been a patient since
August last with cancer of tbe throat.
Freemont Visitor: As the
south bound local freight went down
Wednesday morning an empty car
was sidetracked here, and when the
door was opened out stepped seven
tramps, the biggest carload of hobos
ever seen at Freemont. The con
ductor of the local was not a little
astonished to see what a quantity of
live stock he had hauled. They at
once began counting ties south.
A8heville Citizen: John Lett,
a brakeman in the employ of the
Southern Railway, met with a fatal
accident Fridav near Sttevill. in
whicb he was instantly killed. Lett
was a brakeman on tbe switching
train which runs between the Spencer
shops and Old Fort. At tbe time of
the accident he was endeavoring to
cross between two box cars on top of
the train when he missed his footing
and fell to the track between tbe
cars.
Maxton Scottish Chief: Just
as we go to press (Thurodav) we hear
of the death of Miss Unrislian macuae,
of Branchville. Capt. Jas. Oay
lor died late Thursday evening from a
comDlication of erysipelas and typhoid
fever. Capt. Gaylor was in the prime
of life, aged about 32 years, and bad
been a resident of Maxton for tbe past
two years. Mr. J. A. CH e irist,
of Melrose, this county, died Saturday.
He was a Confederate Veteran and
won distinction for braverv at the bat
tie of Bentonsvilie. Esq KdMc-
Bae was called Monday to hold an in-
auest over the bodv of Effie, a four-
vear-old daughter of Henry McMillan.
a Crotan, who lives on the Ed Percell
place some ten miles norm of town.
The little girl and her brother, John
B.. were playing in the house and
came across a pistol. John, after sat
isfying himself the pistol was empty.
pointed the weapon at his sister's
breast and fired, the ball passing
through the girl's heart.
Tbe "Study of (Growing Crystals by
Instantaneous Photomicrography" Is'
tbe subject of a paper contributed by
T. W. Richards and E. li. Archibald to
tbe proceedings of tlie American Acad
emy of Sciences and digested in Sci
ence Abstracts.
Frequent photomicrographs of crys
tals of various substances were taken
during their birth and growth, an en
largement of 4 .COO diameters being ob
tained. The salts examined potassium
iodide, barium chloride, copper sul
phate, etc. - were crystallized from
aqueous solution, and both polarized
and ordinary liht were employed.
No profx-ily focused Image on any
of tbe plates seemed to be devoid of
crystalline structure. Tbe growth of
tbe crystals is much more rapid in the
first tiiuu in tbe later stages, the cube
of the diameter being very approxi
mately proportional to tbe time.
Tbe conclusion Is arrived at that.
whatever theoretical reasons there
may be for belief ing that crystals al
ways develop from a transitory liquid
phase, the present experimental evi
dence is inadequate to prove that the
globules of sncb a pbase attain a size
visible In the microscope, except In the
case or substances having melting
points not far from the temperature of
crystallization.
Presidio Elder's Appoiatmeats, Wltalar
ton District.
Fifth Street, Dec. 15.
Market Street. Dec. 15.
Scott's HU1, Prospect, Dec. 21, 22.
Grace, Dec 22.
Burgaw, Wallace, Dec. 28, 29.
Southport, Jan. 5, 5.
Waccamaw, Old Dock. Jan. 11, 18.
Wbiteville, Whiteville, Jan. 12, IS.
xown ureek, zion, Jan. 18, 19.
Bladen Street, Jan. 19.
8hallotte Camp. Jan. 25. 26.
Carver' Creek, Wayman, Feb. 12.
Bladen, Bethlehem, Feb. 8, 9.
Elizabeth. Elizabeth town. Feb. 10.
Jacksonville and Bichlands. Rich
land, Feb. is. is.
Magnolia, Centenary, Feb, 22, 23.
Clinton. Clinton. March 1. 2.
Kenansyille, Kenansville, March 3.
Unsiow, Dwansboro, March 8, 9.
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CUPID'S ODD PRANKS J
touv SOME WOMEN' FELL IN LOVE
" . With their hUsbaNds.
Peculiar Rtuoti That t Tlmea X
flvence tke Ft Sex I: Mtiera or
tbe Heart Tie Woman Who Worn
aa Wedded a' Wouu Hater.
If there is one question more than
another to which It Is difficult to get or
give a satisfactory answer it Is surely
this: "Why did you fall In Jve with
your busbandV" Iu 19 casSout of 20
woman would probably confess candid
ly that she did not know or else she
would declare conclusively that she
did because she did. and that ought to
ciul tlit1 m;itter.
In tin i :i re cases where the lady con-
dcsceuiis to declare her reason the an
swers are both interesting and in
structive.
"Whatever made you marry the pris
oner?" a London magistrate asked a
woman whose face bore "striking" evi
donee of her husband's affection. "Be
cause he punched all the other fellows'
heads." she answered, "and nobody
else dared niake love to me."
Another good lady confessed that she
fell In love with her husband because
he was tbe "only man who ever dared
to snub her.". While other men were
stumbling over each other to pay her
court and attention, he always treated
her with absolute Indifference and even .
rudeness.
Tbe consequence was that she de
termined to bring him to her feet and
his knees. She succeeded, but lost her
heart in tbe attempt.
"I fell In love with my husband,'
one lady recently declared, "because
he was tbe only man about whom no
one was ever heard to say an unkind
word. Even the women, although he
paid them no special attention, were
agreed that he was a darling? and, al
though be was plain, almost to ugli
ness. and old enough almost to be my
father. I loved him and. determined to
marry him long before he had any
such thought of me."
Not long ago a Yorkshire lady of
wealth and beauty shocked her frienda
by marrying a poor cripple. It had
come to her ears that he had long lov
ed her In silence and had counted each
day happy if be only caught a distant
glimpse of her. She discovered that
be was a devoted son and brother and
a iu u li of unusual gifts and culture for
bis bumble position, and, moved by
one of those sudden, generous im
pulses to which some women are lia
ble, she sought an Interview with him,
told him that she had learnen his se
cret and offered him her hand and for
tune. This may appear a strange and
Improbable thing, but thousands know
that it is literally true.
Another lady whose marriage result
ed from a similar Impulse gives this
explanation of It. Among the friends
of her family was an old bachelor with
a reputation for crustiness who had
known ber from a child and had often
nursed her In early days. To her he
bad always been gentle and kind,, and
she bad loved him "In a way" as long
as sbe could remember.
une oay she said. Why nave you
never married, Mr. 7"
Marry, my dear vny, no one
would ever marry a grumpy old man
like mer
"Of course they would T' she answer
ed indignantly. "Why, I wonld marry
you myself !"
"Thank you, my dear!" came the un
expected answer. "Then we'll consider
the matter ended."
In spite of ber surprise and misgiv
ings tbe girl loyally kept her promise,
and she has never bad reason to regret
her "moment's Indiscretion."
A lady friend of tbe writer married
ber husband for tbe very illogical rea
son tnat ne was an avowed woman
hater. He made no secret of his aver
sion to the fair sex and declared it so
constantly that as she says, "I vowed
I would convert him and make him
change hls-mtnd, at least so far as one
of ray sex was concerned." He was
not difficult to convert, for within 12
months he had forsworn his creed so
far as to conduct one of the "hated
sex" to tbe altar, and now he declares
that he "loves them all." Tit-Bits.
BOUND FOR THE FRONT.
Am Iaetdeat Smowtmar tae Military
Coaraare of the MontenesrrlB.
In military courage the Montenegrin
probably stands at the head of Euro
pean races. Tbe best wish for a baby
boy Is, "May you not die in your bed!
and to face death Is, to man or boy,
only a Joyous game. Says W. J. Still-
man In his "Autobiography:"
I have seen a man under a heavy
Turkish fire deliberately ' leave the
trenches and climb the breastwork.
only to expose himself from sheer
bravado.
While lying at headquarters at Orea-
buk, awaiting tbe opening of the cam
paign in 1877, I was walking one day
with the prince, when a boy of 16 or 18
approached us, cap in hand.
"Now," said the prince, "I'll show you
an interesting thing. This boy is the
last of a good family. His father and
brothers were all killed in the last bat
tle, and I ordered him to go home and
stay with his mother and sisters, that
the family might not become extinct."
The boy drew near and stopped be
fore us, bis head down, his cap In hand.
"What do you want?" asked the
prince.
"I want to go back to my battalion.'
"But," said the prince, "you are the
last of your line, and I cannot allow a
good family to be lost. You must go
home and take care of your mother."
The boy began to cry bitterly.
"Will you go home quietly and stay
there," said the prince, "or will you
take a flogging and be allowed to
fight?"
The boy thought for a moment. A
flogging, he knew well, js the deepest
disgrace that can befall a Montenegrin.
"Well," he broke out, "since it isn't
for stealing, I'll be flogged."
"No, said the prince, "you must go
home."
Then the boy broke down utterly.
"But," be cried, "I want to avenge
my lather and brothers !"
He went away still crying, and the
prince said: "In spite of all this he
wfll be in the next battle."
J1?45 Homf pf Ehoea.
Many valleys described in guide
books as "whispering vallevs" are fa
vorite resorts for tourists in nil parts
of the world. r Few.-bewever. exceed In
wonder a valley at Stanstield in Es
sex. England. The rector of this par
ish to giving a careful account of his
own experiences states that hfs house
stands on a bill 2SS feet above sea
level, rising In rear to 300 feet, while
in front the ground slopes away to a
stream -100 feet below and again rises
180 feet on the opposite side."" From'
the rectory the bells of H or 15 vil
lages may be distinguished, while
across the valley footsteps and voices
in conversational tone may be beard
at half a mile!
To Know WUtTw-An Taklii
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic, because the formal is plainly
E tinted on eey hotels showing that it
t simply iron and quinine in a taste
less form. Noxarsv no pay, Price.
50c. utath
DYNAMITE AND MINERS.
Lonff ImmwUty From
.nit In CoiemF of F
"After a miner had handled dynamite
for eight or ten yearrlthoflt aTserious
mishap it Is a good idea to- pat him to
doing something else about the works,
said a gentleman of this city who has
had a great deal of experience with hlgn
explosives. "The chances are a hundred
to one that his long Immunity from ac
cident has-given him such a contempt
for dafiger that he is an unconscious
menace to" everybody on the premises.
He will dO tWngs that not only Imperil
bis own life, but the lives of all his
comrades. To give you an illustra
tion once I ad anld Cornisbman at
work at a mine in which I was inter
ested and rad' 4ntrusted ' him . with a
general supervision of all the blasting:
He had beennafadlingLlnynamite for
twenty years or more and was.justly
regarded as an expert." During that
entire period ne had never had an acci
dent worth speaking of. and by de
grees the tare and vigilance that were
responsible for his excellent record had
worn away until he was beginning to
entertain the delusion, common to old
hands, that the danger of the- stuff was
verr much exaggerated.
"One day I was passing through a
cut where some blasting had been go
ing on and noticed the old Cornishman
hammering a drill into what seemed to
be a boring In the rock. I asked him
what be was doing, and he told me
coolly there was a cartridge in the hole
that had failed to -explode and he was
'Just knockin' out the tampin' to re
prime It' I was horrified, for at every
blow he was liable to explode the dyna
mite, and I ordered him sternly to stop
and never repeat such a performance.
The proper method would have been to
have drilled a new hole near by and
exploded the first charge with a second
blast. He obeyed sullenly, grumbling
to himself, and less than a month after
ward was blown up while doing exact
ly the same thing. He lost his left arm
at the shoulder, his left eye and part of
his left ear. He also lost his contempt
for dynamite, and when he finally
emerged from the hospital I gave him
back his former Job. I never had a
more scrupulously careful employee
than he was from that time on. It
seems a brutal thing to say, but there
is nothing that does an old dynamite
band as much good as to get blown up
once or twice." New Orleans Times-
Democrat.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURREIT
wr The tonowinc Quotations
Wholesale- Prleea generally, in
smaU orders hiaaer oticee nave to
Tne quotations are anraysgivea as accurately
as nosfflble. but the Btab will not be resnonslble
for any variations from the aittual market pries
01 tne aructes auoiea
AQorss
a s jute O e
Standard . O 1H
Burlaps e o 6H
WE8TKKH BMOKED
Hams B 18M& 14
Sides m ... 9 6 10
Shoulders 9 9 6 .9)4
DBI SAUTED
Bides 9 O
enouiaers m o oi
baki nm BDims TorDenone
Second-hand, each 1 85 O 1 35
Second-hand machine 1 35 o 1 85
New New York, each 1 85
New City, each O 185
BBICKS
Wilmington f 1 6 50 O 7 00
Northern 9 00 O U 00
BUTTJUf. -
North Carolina ft ......... 15 O 18
Nortnern 88 O
OOBN HKAL
Per bushel. In sacks 15 o 76
Virginia Meal 75 O 7s
COTTON TISS ft bundle - 1 25 1 30
OANDLE8 V X
Sperm 18 es
Adamantine 8 li
COFFEE
Lagnyra u ia
tua 7X1 ii
DOHESTICB
Bheeang, 4-4, V yard O 5H
larna. w Duncn or 5 ae a
F18H
Mackerel, No. l, ft barrel. ..00 80 00
Mackerel, No. 1, f half-b hi. 11 00 15 00
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 18 00 18 00
Mackerel, No. 8 VhaU-bbl.. 8 00 9 00
Mackerel, No. 8, m barrel... 18 00 14 00
Mnlleta, V barrel 8 50 O 4 00
Mullets, Vpork barrel 7 CO
N. O. Boe Herring, keg.. 8 00 8 85
Dry Cod, d 6 a 10
" Extra 4 00 O 5 00
ixora-mm
Low grade 3 00 325
Choice 350 3 75
Straight 4 00 Q 4 25
nrstPatent 4 so a 4 75
BLUE S a s 10
a RAIN bushel -
Oornrom store, deb White 78 O 85
Mixed Corn 76 84
Oats, from store (mixed).. 55
Oata, Bust Proof 75 8)
Cow Peas 85 A 90
HIDES aj K
urean saiiea.. .... 4 o 5
Dry flint 10 11
Dry salt o a to
HAY loo as
oi ximotny i go i 05
Bice Straw so
Eastern,. x 00
western so 95
North River.. O 1 00
N. C. CroD 75 eh sa
HOOP IBON. a a s
CHEESE V
Nortnern Factory 12o 14
Dairy pream is 1314
Half cream 10 a iau
Northern 91 O 12W
North Carolina..... 10 a 121
POBK. barrel
City Mess O 18 so
Bump O 18 50
Prime a is no
BOPK. ft 11 A 99
SALT, f saek. Alum O 1 85
Liverpool go
American 90
On 196 ) Sacks in A n
BuuAti, v etandard aran'd 5)4 5vt
Btanaara a 5
White Extra 0 5
Extra C, Golden 49? 414
O Yellow ln 22
f TTiroVD Alta aMfe-aawt-AX SJB mM at, W "I
MvnvaiM ivivj OflWOU; fa at llr
Boip ewiff, resawea is 00 so 00
Bough edge Plank 15 00 is 00
west India cargoes, accord
ing to quality 13 00 18 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned, is 00 ss 00
Scantllns aad Board. mrn'n km aiim
MOLA88E8 gallon
garpadoee, in hogshead.. . . . a
Barbadoes, In barrels
Porto Blco, In hogsheads. . . . o si
Porto Bloo, In barrels 20 83
gugar House, In hogsheads. is 14
Sugar Hoase, to barrels.... 14 15
Syrup, In barrels.... n 27
NAIL8. Vkeff. Cut. 60d baste. .. a o a an
SOAP, f) t Northern ua 4
STAVES, M-W. O. barre! ... s 00 14 09
TIMBER, Vf'hipplng'.: 8 00 " 00
Miuuuuuouu 4 00 fi 00
SmlUy, - 5M 6 60
femm 6 60 7 60
Extra mill rati X a iX
SHINGLES, N.a Cyprees sawed
V at out oean 6 85 700
" 8ap , 5 60 6 00
SxSOIHeart a 50 4 00
" SaD . INI 3 am
WHISKEY. 9 nllua NirMr:i I m a i lo
BY RIVER AND RAIb.
receipts or naval Stores aad Cotto
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad 470 bales cotton
3 casks spirits turpentine, 17 barrels
tar, z narreis crude turpentine.
W. C. Sc A. Railroad 1.802 bal
cotton, 4 casks spirits turpentine. 46
uarreiB r, jluo oarreis crude turnon-
tine.
C C Railroad 69 bales
casa spirus turpentine, g barrels tar.
A. & Y.' Railroad 72 bales cotton.
f casks spirits turpentine, 18 barrels
tar.
W. & N. Railroad -110 bales cotton,
2 casks spirits turpentine, 4 barrels
rosin.
Steamers Driver and Highland t
Vl . - -. v
uaiea cuuon. O casks snirita tnmim.
tine 255 barrels rosing 802 barrels tar,
1 barrel crude turpentine.
steamer -! A. J. Johnson halo
cotton, 1 casks spirits turpentine, 259
uarreia tar.
Steamer Oneida 278 ha l nottnn
Total 2.811 bales cotton. 34 eaaVa
nunis turpentine, 259 barrels rosin, 645
oaxreia lar, ltfu oarreis crude turpen
tine. For Whoobing Cough
use OHEIIEY'S EX
PECTORANT.
For sale by Hardin's Palace Pharmacy.
COMMERCIAL.
'.s,fa' - i -
; WILMINGTON MARKET.
rcmoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Exchange. J
STAB OFFICE, December 16.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN Market firm at 95c per bar
rel nid for strained and $1.00 per barrel
bid for good strained. - o
TAB Market steady at $1.20 per bar
rel of 280 lbs-TOiMTrimTmi ,
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
quiet at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00
for dip and -for virgin.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine firm at 8736Xc ;
rosin firm at $1.20 1.25; tar steady at
$1.40; crude turpentine quiet at $1.30
2.30.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine ' 34
Rosin 259
Tar. 648
Cmde turpentine 120
Receipts same day last year 21
casks spirits turpentine, 277 barrels
rosin, 635 barrels-tar, 38 barrels crude
turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 7c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 5 5-16 cts. ft
Good ordinary 6 11-16 "
Low middling. 7 5-16 " "
Middling 7& " "
Good middling 8 1-16 " "
Same day last year, market quiet at
9Hc for middling.
Receipts 2,311 bales; same day last
year, 634.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
tnose paid for produce consigned to Commls
Uon Merchants..!
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 65c; extra prime, 70c; fancy,
75c, per bushel of twenty -eight pounds
Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime,
60c ; fancy, 65c Spanish, 7075c
CORN Firm; 8082Mc per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady; hams 15
16c per pound; shoulders, 1314c;
sides, 1314c.
EGGS Firm at 20(21 c per dozen.
CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20
25c; springs, 10 to 20c.
TURKEYS Dressed, firm at 10
12c; live89c
BEESWAX Firm at 26c.
TALLOW Firm at 56j4c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 50
60c per bushel.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
Bv Telegraph to tbe Horning star.
Nsw Yobk. Dec. 16. Money on-call
was easier at 24&7i percent, clos
ing, bid and asked, at 2$3 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 4K
5 per cent Sterling exchange quiet,
with actual business in bankers' bills at
487X487 for demand and at 483 i
4834 for sixty days. Posted rates
were 483484 and 487487. Com
mercial bills 483K0483M. Bar silver
55. Mexican dollars 43. Govern
ment bonds strong. State bonds
inactive. Railroad bonds irregular.
U. 8. refunding 2's, registered, 108 X;
U. 8. refunding 2's, coupon, 109 ;
U. a 3's, reg'd 108K; do. coupon,
108K;U. 8.4's,new reg'd, lS9H;do. cou
pon 139; U. a 4's, old reg'd,
111H ; do. coupon, 112; U. a 5's, do.
reg'd, 107; coupon, 107; Southern
Railway 5's 121. Stocks: Baltimore
& Ohio 100 i ; Chesapeake & Ohio
45 'A: Manhattan L 134U: N. Y.
Central 164 ; Reading 47 X; do. 1st
pref'd 79 K ; da 2nd pref'd 57: St
Paul 159; da prefd, 188; Southern
R'way 32; do. pref'd 91; Amalga
mated Copper 61 ; Am'n Tobacco ;
People's Gas 98 ; Sugar 120 ; Ten
nessee Uoai and Iron 60: U. a.
Leather 11M; do. pref'd. 80; West
ern Union 91; U. S Steel 40; do.
preferred 90 ; Mexican National 13 ;
American Locomotive 30; do. pre
ferred 87; Standard Oil 675683:
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., 60;
do. preferred, 121 offered.
Baltimore. Dec. 16. Seaboard Air
Line, common, 2626; do. prefer
red, do asked; do 4s unchanged.
NAVAL STOREsT MARKETS
BVaTelegraph to the Horning Star.
Nkw York, Dec 16. Rosin steadv.
Spirits turpentine steady.
Charleston, Dec. 16. Spirits tur
pentine and rosin unchanged.
Bavahb AH, Dec. 16. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 35Mc: receiots 1.189
casks; sales 1,070 casks; exports 87
casks Rosin steady ; receipts 3.491 bar
rels; sales 2,791 barrels: exports 6.309
oarreis.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Momma 8ta.
New York. Dec. 16. The cotton
market started out firm in tone with
prices up five to eleven nolnts on a
scare of shorts and brisk' demand from
abroad. Very bullish Liverpool cables.
urmness m spot markets and a cold
wave which covered the entire cotton
belt, were tbe factors which stirred un
the bears and gave the bulls fresh con
fidence. Following the call the, mar
ket was quite active and held its own
on scattering demand from all quar
ters. Sellers comprised rinir traders
and investigators who had gen
erous profits within easv rMih
At midday tbe market had 1nt a
portion of the earlyrise, but was by
no means weak. Wall street bought
late months, and Eurone continued tr.
bid for the Winter crop on reports
that spinners were doing a splendid
business. Private cron advio tmm
the belt reported picking nearly com
pleted and a large percentage of the
crop marketed. The government
chart reported generally fair weather
South, but recorded tbe lowest tem
peratures in many years, these ranging
wau oia ucicca ai iXLemnniB to thit.
two degrees at Jacksonville. While
tbe fkeesing weather wnt mimrH.
ed as unimportant so far as
affecting the net yield was concerned,
many operators believed it would
temporarily check receinta. 11 miner tn
its effect on "farm hands." Fear that
Liverpool will to-morrow Mnnt ih
advance bf to-day caused ring shorts
to cover in the last hour. The close
J" i quiet and four to seven points
higher. A vote on the nrrmnniti., M
close the exchange the day after New
xear was voiea aown, out tbe mem
bers voted to Close the eiehnnM tt..
day after Christmas.
Narw York. Dec 16. nnttnn n.,;.t
?l$ci net -iPl 1.856 bales; gross
15.751 bales; stock 110,543 bales!
. opoi cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 8Kc: middling ixulf flv. .i
2,900 bales.
Cotton futures market closed quiet
8.18, March 8.21rAprU 8.22 May 8 it
June 8 22, July 8 21, August 8.09, Sef
tember- . ' K
TotOtoay-Net receipts 6,093
bales : exports to the rv.nHnor.t- Vox
bales ; stock 934,806 bales.
Consolidated Net mmtni. : a coo
bales; exports to Great Britain 29,730
bales ; exports to the Continent 4,668
bales.
Total since Sentember let Nt .
WHJittPa to Great
1WU. oaies ; exports to
France 862,89"hales; exportt to the
Continent 1.149 fiflR hie
o December 16. Galveston, quiet at
8 116c net receipts 13;662 bales; Nor
folk, steady at 8c, net receipts 2.878
bales; Baltimore, nominal at 8Xe, net
receipts bales; Boston, quiet at 8,
net receipts 468
ton. fiftn of rf
bales; Philadelphia a, iJFStf
receipts 446 hai... o-V" at8i.H
7c, net receinbi q TK JSV
14,149 bales; Mobilett1161
net receipts 883 bales . M.a.
8c, net receipts 3667 Wfif
fcusta, steady at
h. receipts 4,898 bales. yt?y
rtfUUUCEJlARK
ByTeleCTat.htotheMoram.i '
Nsiw oBK. Dec. 16 -Z
was easier in tone and dull
tetions. Bye flonr .tesSS!
spot weak; No. 2 red 85v W1
opened steadv nt hx. ' Oi
expected, but fell
l.r ,-":r us,..
i.4Ulu.MUu irora local anrtl
and bearish late kbleV W
1 , : ---RT 'foiuio
.11 . 1 w
at sc net decline. uT,uHJ
85Hc; May closed 84Xc if?
83; December flosed gaT
-Spot weak; NoH2, 70v5U
after opening steady on 3
The market rallied for a LS
car-lot estimates, but fii,'0!1
with wheat Closed hf.Hl
loss. Transactions tn-ri.; "tyrf
May closed 70H; Decern 2S
Oats-spot easy; No. 2, 6i?S
were quiet and weaker
markets. Porkt steady.
easy , Western steamed tin iS
A2?!wi icnontinetlt
American $11 10; compound b$
Tallow was firm; citj of
6c; country (packages free) $3
Coffee Spot Rio steady
voice 6J6c: mild stead . A "r'i
lie. Sugar-Raw steadrS
ing 3 9-32c; centrifugal
fined steady. ButteV-u.T.3
firm ; creamery 1624C; fM3
15c, June creamery 152i jLl
tion creamerv 14(aisin. a. 'M
1522c. Cheese firm;' S??
-"-f- -"v4, laucv
tember 10Kllc; late msH.
9c; late made best smail
Tnvnro flHmnM QtntA i t
2728c; Western at markka
ouuiucru at mars Zl26c Pri 1
1 Jersey sweets 12 003 CO
steady; Long Island Flat Dntdu
inn eo nnQ on n ""Hi
fancy hand picked 44Kc: mk;
mestic 2tf3c. Freighu told
nwt uuu uuuuu uy gleam 13c pJ
llc. Cotton seed oil ws
and a shade easier, partly witl i
products: Prime crude in bamliw
idu , pruue Hummer yellow ile
white 4344c; prime vrinierwiii
44V, prime uoai kjk
CmOAQO, Dec. 161-Dullnea oi
i . i- . .,,
ueavy increase in me visi Die euppli
wneai aepresseu ail emm tr
May wheat closed fc down, Myn:
fc lower and May oats c lower." h
visions closed zi to 10 cents Iowa.
Chicago, Dec. 16 Casnquouiir.,
flour Dareiy steady. Wheat-Xt
spring ; No. 3 sprue 73tfa;
No. 2 red 7982c. Cora-Ni
c; No. 2 yellow c. Oatf-Sn
4646c; No. 2 white 48mJ
No. 3 white 47X48c. Meatd
per oarrei, f to duia 4u. im,
100 lbs., 9 82X9 85. Short
sides, loose, $8 35 8 45. Dry k
shoulders, boxed, $7373750. &
clear sides, boxed, $8 808 90. I.
key Basis of high wines, fl 32.
The leading futures ranged u
lows opening, highest, lowest i
closing: Wheat No. 2 Decemta
76, 75K75tf, 75i75c;Mi!a
80X. BOX, 7979l4, 7979Kt:
7980. 80, 79M, 79Xc Con-S
a jfecemoer o44. bin, ba. s
May 6767M. 6767M.
66c; July 6767H, 67(fif
66, 66He. Oata December m
44,44X. 44. 44 Uc: May 4561!
45, 44M, 44c; July
38Mc Mess pork, per bbl-Juir!
$16 50, 16 50, 16 32, 16 MM
$16 92J. 16 92, 16 77W. 16
per 100 lbs Januarr $9 85,5
9 9 8214 ; May $9 90, 9 9 If
9 875. Bftort ribs, per 100 fts-Juu!
$8 45, 8 45, 8 40, 8 40; May 18 H
8 65,8 57. 8 60.
FOREIGN AHtei
BV Cable CO Che Morn:r .i; v
LlVEBPOOL, Dec. 16, 4:30 F.I
Cotton: Spot, fair demand; m
l-32d higher: American middlini
4 31-32d; good middling 4d;
dling 4Md; low middline 4174
good ordinarv 4 13-32d: ordioarTl
32L The sales of the dav were W
bales, of which 1,000 bales wen I
speculation and export and am
9,2000 Dales American. Keceipu
bales, including 4,800 bales Amen
Futures opened and closed iW
American middling (g. o. c.) De
ber 4 26-64d seller; December audit
nary 4 35-64d seller: January
ruary 4 34-64d seller; Februuj-
March 4 33 644 34-64d seller; p
and April 4 83-64d seller; ami
May 4 31644 buyer; May andM
4S2-64433-64d buyer; June ana
4 3t-64d buyer; July and Aujuh
64d seller; August and September'
64d buyer.
.1 A RINK.
ARRIVED.
Stmr A J Johnson, Robinson, C
Kun, W J Meredith. . .
Steamer Highlander. BradM'
Fayetteville, T D Love. ,
vjijae sieamsnip io"yv' n
tim. Ti Krn Vnrk. a i
OHO, UUIIUOUU, - '
Small bones.
CLEARED.
Stmr A J Johnson, Robinson,
Ti. . Trr t if i;u
RtMmm Hiirh lander. Brads'
Fayetteville, T D Love. w
British steamship Jessmore, W
Bremen, Alexander Sprunt S o"11
EXPORTS.
;; FOEEJGN.
JBRKMEN Br steamsnip ,
7,570 bales cotton, 3,608,088 PJ
valiisH of Qfvr nnn- rarao ana
by Alexander Sprunt & Son.
MARINE DIRECTOR1-
of
a ii r Timb in .m
aatastom, w. c, December 17
. . . n.t
STEAMSHiro,
Spennymore, (Br) 1,749 tons,
Ueide & Co.
snHOONEBS.
George Harriss, Son & U-
Addie P McFadden, 199 tons, Ste
George Harriss, Son & U. R
Mabel Darling. (Br) 112 tons, V
J A Springer & Co. grf
Abbie G Cole, 232 tons, Cole,
Harriss, Son & Co. ru$f
Cbas C Lister, 267 tons, Moore,
Harriss, Son & Co. Qetrt1
u j sawyer, zo ions,
Harriss, Son & Co.
BARQUES.
Ei
Hutitu, (Nor) 635 tons.
hteide & Co.
AlbatrossT (Nor) 491 tons,
Heide Sc Co.
Bean the
Signature
of
The Kind w
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