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BY WILatiAA'li. JSfiJtCNAKD WlLAMNliTUi. iV C. WKDiE8DY AlOIlXIBr, 'J AH. 1. SHEEP IK THE UNITED 8TATES When . the -Dingley tariff was framed it put wool on the protected list, and its advocates con- - tended that this would revive the wool-growing industry, which they satd. had been .almost destroyed by theilson tariff, which put wool on the free listv There has been some increase in the manufacture of woollen goods, as there would have been regardless of the tariff, but it is doubtful if there has been as much increase as there would have been if wool had remained on the free list. We say it is doubtful because some of our manufactures, -such as car pets, and other heavy work, requite heavv. cheaD wools, which are not grown in this conntry, and the du ties on these made it unprofitable to work them. Although the wool tariff is presumably to protect the wool growers, it did them no good for that kind of wool they did not grow, but it did hurt the manufacturers who needed that kind of wool but could not afford to pay the duties on it, and consequently their business suffered. We were also assured that the pro tection given by the Dingley bill would increase our flocks and cover our farms and pastures with sheep, but the fact . is ' there are not so many sheep in the country now as there were when the Wilson free wool tariff was in operation, as will be seen by the following table from . a tablo prepared by the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, advance sheets of which have been furnished the Boston Commercial Bulletin, from which rwe clip. This table shows the number of sheep in the respective- States and Territo ries January 1, 189,3, and April 1, 1901: States and' Territories. 1901. Maine 351,599 New Hampshire. 65.318 Vermont. .'. 181.760 Mass 33 445 Rhode Island . . . 6 629 Connecticut 23.021 New York 973 464 1893 398.704 135 848. 829 612 530 2 12.260 42 479 1,493 528 61 246 1.637 216 ' 13 551 1 151.606 498 400 396 H5 78 314 433.809 106.495 358 158 477 156 191951 4 334 551 240 326 541.427 841,434 New Jersey 26 363 Pennsylvania 775 125 Delaware . Maryland Virginia . North Carolina.. Sooth Carolina. G-orgia.... Florida Alabama - Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee . West Virginia. . . Kentucky Ohio..; Michigan Indiana . ... Illinois Wisconsin. . Minnesota Iowa. : . Missouri Kansas. Nebraska South Dakota... North Dokata. .. Montana Wyoming Colorado New Mexico..:. Arizona Utah Nevada. Idaho Washington..... Oregon California Oklahoma ...... 6.964 111253 352 000 . 219 000 56.258 . 271 531 . 102 644 . 228,1 24 25 34 105.621 2 317 636 168 761 291 841 423.000 . 464 643 2,546 773 1,623.991 1,020.898 631.234 725 000 409.157 727.169 656,359 186 987 329 487 427,260 449.416 4 526,517. 3.580 856 1,362 323 3,700,000 668,458 2,804 674 612,000 2 805.000 611.000 2.021.165 1,759.850 31,000 1 237.338 4 878,725 2,618.546 1.080,383 1,187,339 1.198 175 499 941 791,043 1,099 948 389 627 272.502 324 000 - 890,400 2,528.098 1.198,567 1,231.484 2,730.082 580,879 2,117.577 555 181 764 262 833,825 3.456,077 4,124 376 Total 41,920.900 47.273.653 This is followed by a statement j showing the distribution of flocks i by sections., We quote again from 1 the Commercial, Bulletin'. Using the figures of the April flock i aioue me Association groups together ! twenty-one. JNorthern States where s sneep are a farm, not a ranch product j Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, , jxLBssacnuseiii. itnoae island, Con- nectieut, New York. New Jersey, i Pennsylvania Delaware, Marylatd, I West Virginia, Kentucky.Ooio, Mich igan, Indiana, : Illinois, Wisconsin, ; Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. ! This group of April 1, 1870, had 20.- j es,uuu sheep. : In 1901 only 11,683,- It groups the following as 8outhern ! 8tates; Virginia, North Carolina, i South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Al- abama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan i sas, Tennessee. j ''On April 1, 1870, this group had ! 2 986.000 sheep. On April, 1901, it had only 2.054,000 j "It groups the following as trans ; Mississippi Bute: Kansas Nebraska, j Sonth Dakota, North Dakota, Monta f na, Wyoming, Idaho, Washineton. ! Oregon. California. Navida TTtah j Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Tex j as, Oklahoma. -?LAptl1' 1870 this Kup bad 4,799.000 sheep. In 1901 they had 28.183,000." 3 These are significant figures and facts, effectually disposing of theo ries,contentions, predictions and as sertions. The first table shows that there were in this country on the first of April this year, over! 'six and a half millions fewer sheep than there were on the first of January, 1893, when wool had no tariff pro tection, the logical deduction from which is that as a sheep-growing stimulator the protective tariff has proved a failure. As might naturally be expected the average price of sheep is higher now than formerly, having advanced firm an average of about $2 a head for. about twenty years, to $2.93. But this increase is not in conse quence of the tariff, or the increas ed value of jwool, or the larger de mand for wool. It is, in our opin ion, due largely, although perhaps not altogether, to the growing de mand for lambs and mutton, which naa been very large within the I past few years. The fact is that many farmers, who attach little or no importance to the value of the fleec- es, raise sneep tor tne outcner, ana consequently breed the sheep that is best suited for that purpose large framed sheep. When' the wool ' protectionists were clamoring for protection that meant prohibition of, foreign wools the advocates of free wool contend ed that even admitting that such protection might benefit some wool growers who had fine flocks and produced heavy fleeoes of fine wool, it would not benefit the average sheep raiser, and therefore as an aid to wool growing in the larger sense it would be a failure, and that instead of being a benefit it would bean injury to the farmer who did not make wool growing a feature of his farming. Glance over the -subdivision of States, as published above from the report of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, and see if it does not support this condition With all the protection . given by the Dingley tariff there are some six and a I half million fewer sheep in this country than there were eight years ago, and nearly three- tourths of the total number in the country are in the States and Terri tories where land is comparatively cheap and pasturage abundant and cheap. There are a little over half as many sheep in the so-called farming States that is the . States east of the; Mississippi as there were twenty years ago, while in the West, where pasturage is abnndant and land i comparatively cheap, there are: about seven times as (many. This is proof enough and conclusive that the sheep grow ing industry is not dependent on and is not made profitable by tariff protection, but is dependent upon the cheapness of the range and pas turage for the sheep. Sheep can not be profitable ' stock on land which costs a hundred dollars an acre or more, while they may be Drofitable on land which costs - a few dollars or where pasturage; priv ileges are purchased for a few cents an acre. There sheep, even of the coarser grades, 'may be raised profit ably, and that's where nearly three- fourths of the flocks of the United States are now raised. - ' j While the; comparatively few men who have large herds of fine wool sheep, who raise them not only for wool, but to sell for stock sheep, may have been benefited by the protective j tariff, the farmers who srive no SDecial attention to sheep rafsing have benefitted noth ing by it, and the people of the country at large have paid millions of dollars more than they should have paid for woollen goods in con sequence of the duties on wool and woollen goods. COTTOH AND TOBACCO. ? As tobacco culture is increasing in the eastern section of this State, in many instances taking the place of cotton, while sometimes cotton again takes! the place of tobacco when the tobacco grower's expecta tions were not realized, the follow ing, which we clip from the Charles ton News and Courier, will be in teresting: "The relative merits of cotton and tobacco is a question of perennial and widening in this part of the country and many cotton farmers in South Carolina will be glad to have some added light on it. In a letter printed a few days ago. Mr. C. A. Bray, a to bacco dealer) of Greensboro, N. C, presents some comparative figures. derived from Government statistics and other sources, which he thinks are also conclusive. They show, he say 8. the following facts: "The average yield or cotton per acre in the United States, as shown bv the crops of the last ten years is 200 pounas. xne nignest estimate, or ine average for 1901 is 190 pounds. " Hav ing regard to the local conditions alone, the statistics show that the average for North Carolina, for 1901, will ba a fraction over 143 pounds per acre, which, at the price of 7t cents. the average price 4aid for it, repre sents a value of (10.60 per acre. "ins average yiera oi tobacco per acre for the same. State in 1901. "the worst tobacco year since 1889, is 625 pounds. The average price paid in the Greensooro market for the month of November was $8.80 per : 100 pounds, though only the poorest to bacco was offered, as the farmers do not care to handle their good tobacco in dry weather. Even at the-low average price stated, however, an acre of tobacco represents $46.62, or 340 per cent hotter tnan cotton. "Speaking for his own section of North Carolina, Mr. Bray adds: This is a very poor cotton section, and will. therefore, fall below the average yield ror tne state, while we are in the heart of the best tobacco growin? section. and can produce far above the State's average yield. -Cotton at $10,60 per acre; tobacco at $46.62 per acre. It dees not take a Solomon to decide be tween them. And he asks, finally: "If cotton is more profitable than tobacco, wny aia farmers in tne very heart of the cotton belt in North and South Carolina abandon it and turn their at tention to tobacco, and that at a time when tobacco was at the lowest price In forty. years There is little room for doubt that as between the two, taking all the chances on prices, tobacco is he better paying crop, but it is an ugly and a very. troublesome crop to handle, which necessitates not only industry and care, but skill in the handling. A little carelessness or want ox skill in handling may ruin a most promising crop and eave the grower little for his labor, when he should have realized hand somely. We have known tobacco growers who made more clear money out of a few acres of well cultivated, well j handled, properly cured and assorted tobacco than others did out i of five times as many acres of just as good, tobacco, but who did not give it the . care and attention it should h hA While neither is a crox to bo&at f tobacco, taking all the chances, is a surer and a better. crot than cot. ton, at least on land where it takes from three to four acres to make a bale. AH IMMENSE TERRITORY- One of the most troublesome fac tors the British have to deal with in their war in South Africa is the immense territory that they have to operate in, and their ignorance of much of it while the Boers are fa miliar with it. Cape Colony con tains 277,150 square miles, over four times as large as North Carolina; Orange River colony contains 48,320 square miles, nearly as large aa North Carolina. The Transvaal contains 113,620 square miles, and Natal 18,910, about 458,000 in all, while Bhodesai contains 750,000 square miles. This is the territory where the British troops have to operate in and here, leaving out Rhodesia, the small bodies of fighting Boers have plenty of room to strike and change base when they find ' it advisable. The British, not knowing the coun try so well, cannot pursue as suc cessfully as the Boers, who know the country well, can move. From Cape Town toPretoria. is 1,040 miles; from Makeflng to Pretoria 160; from Kimberley to Make fing 223; from Durbin to Pretoria 511; from Cape Town to Kimber ley 647, and Makeflng to Beira 1,135. These are the distances the British troops must cover from town to town, harassed by bold men if on foot, and put in jeopardy if they move by rail. There are now over 200,000 Brit ish troops in that territory, 45,000 of whom are in the field in active service, trying to corral the Boers, while the remainder are stationed in the towns or in the block houses which Gen. Kitchener is erecting. Fighting all these men, and. keep ing these 45,000 on the move, there are supposed to be about 9,000 Boers. If they could be cornered they conld not hold out long against such odds, but while they have such a field to operate in they may pro long the war indefinitely J The people of St. Thomas, one of the Danish West Indies, are hold ing meetings protesting against the sale of the islands to this country. In view of the experience of : the Philippines and Porto Bico, this is not surprising. BOOK NOTICES. The Century Magazine, for Janu ary, is superb, and as interesting as the illustrations are beautiful. The story of "The Settlement of the West" is continued with many other articles. which the reader will find enjoyable. and some of them instructive as well as entertaining. Published by The Century Company, Union Square, New York. Love's Itinerary is the title of the January number of Appleton's Town and Country Library, an entertaingly told story of 301 - pages, interesting from beginning to end! It begins with the "Devil to Pay" and ends all right by the hero settling- down ip Ireland. Address D. Appleton and Company, publishers. New Xork. McClure's Magazine for January, is an exceedingly interesting number, containing among other articles one on "Army Jack," a dog story, "Per sonal Beminiscenses of Famous Men and Women Savid Crocket), " "The One Who Thought." a South African war story and others, all handsomely illuttrated. Published by the 8 S. McClure Company 141-155 East 25th street. New York. CURRENT COMMENT. - Iowa now ranks Ohio at Washington. The Republican leader in thft HATIAtA. t.hn Srwalrnr nf fha 'House, the Secretary of Agriculture -and the prospective Secretary of the Treasury are all lowans. It is to be admitted, however, that Iowa has sent able men to Washington. It is probable that no. State in the Union sets a higher standard for her public men than Iowa. Savan nah News, Dem. President Roosevelt has made an undoubted hit in the selection of Governor Shaw, of Iowa, to succeed Secretary Gage at the head of the Treasury Department. It is a dem- cratic choice. The welfare of Wall street will not be especially consid sidered by the new appointee except where a hard-headed, prudent, care ful and competent man can clearly see that Wall street welfare rnns parallel with the public welfare. Philadelphia Record, Devi. - Germany, in trying the method of persuasion adopted by u ncie sam to secure his little bfl from the Turk, may not find Vene zuela so tractable. The American, whether of the Northern or, South ern division of the continent, is a stubborn citizen, and when he says he won't it will take something more than a mere demonstration to com pel him. For that reason the Kaiser may have some very interesting en tertainment before he gets through miku we iituiu ,. ouuui American re public Chattanooga Timesfslnd. A Flreaatui's Cloae Call. "I stuck to my engine, although every" joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain," writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive 'fireman, of Burlington, Iowa. "I was weak and pale, without any appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters and. after taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in my lire." Weak, , sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use Try them: Satisfaction guaranteed by K. H. Bellamy. Price 50 cents, f FAVORITE DESCRIPTION Ai .FOR.WE4K WOMEN. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Lumberton Robesonian: j Mrs. W. W. Rowland, nee; Miss I Lula Bancke, died at her bome near, Row land Sandiy night. j Charlotte Observer: Mr. W. D. Copies, of Charlotte, received a tele gram Monday night, announcing the death of bis uncle, Hon. William Hen ry Harrison Cowles, at his home near Wilkes boro Monday afternoon. The message contained no particulars as to the cause of his death and it was im possible to communicate with Wilkes-! boro last night ' Raleigh News and Observer John Brady, the negro who shot and killed E. A. Smith, or Elton uonege. on Christmas day, was caught in Charlotte Sunday. The shooting, which occurred in a druoken brawl at the home of Deck Whitsell. about three miles from Eaton College, re suited in the death of Smith, who. at the time was endeavoring to quiet the mob. - Kinston Free Press: Oar com munity was surprised and shocked Monday mornine to learn that a young woman about 25 years of age Miss Minnie Evans, housekeeper for the family of Ma vof Geo B Webb, com mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid The young woman has been house keeper for Mr. Webb for several years She is originally from Grifton. We are informed of the death of Mrs. Jesse B. Moore, near Snow Hill. She was found in her room at her father's. Mr. J. D. Britt. Friday morn ing. We are unable to learn as to the cause of her death. Alamance Cleaner: i Graham is forging ahead. Another; cotton mill Voorhees Manufacturing Co. has been organized and incorporated un der the laws of North Carolina. i The incorporators are Mrs. O 8. D. Pome- roy and her two sons, James V; and Theo U.. and daughter. Miss Grace. The authorized capital is $100,000. We understand it will be a weave mill. Wednesday afternoon, in the yard at the home of Wi D. White- sell, in Boon Station township, a diffi culty arose between B. A. C. Kernodle and a negro man named Griffin. Ac other negro man was present,, besides Mr. Smith, son-in-law of Kernodle, who wss several yards away. One of the negroes shot and the bullet took effect in the region of Smith's heart, and his recovery is considered hope less. I WINKLINUS. The man of one idea need not be ashamed. One is a good fair aver age. Life. Mr.- Wood by Is he a society man! Miss Freshly I guess so; I never bead of him doing anything. - Town Topics. "So they were divorced.: What was the cause?" "He infautuated with gardening and she insited on keeping ch icken s. " Judge. "A Massachusetts woman has eloped with a man half her age."! "I thought they called that abduction." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mr. Strong (after the quarrel) You will return n y love letters, of course. Miss Jimplecute I haven't kept tbem. Somerville Journal. The man who had the highest thermometer last Summer now has the lowest one, and he is again. lokfd upon with envy and suspicion. Bal timore American "I wonder who this man is who wants to know whether or not life is worth living t" "Oh, probably seme fellow who has more monev than! he knows what to do with." Life Head of Foreign Missionary Bu reau Where would you prefer to locate as a missionary ? i Young Missionary Wei l, if possible, where the natives are vegetarians. Brooklyn JUtgie t Crawford While your wife is away in the country, why do you; al ways send ner such small sums at a time? Crabshaw If I didn't she might use the monev to come home unexpectedly. Tit-Bits. Mrs. Rangle "I've advertised for a servant for a whole week with no result." Mrs. Cumso "Well, I advertised for a good-looking lady- help, and had thirty-four to select from the first day." Tit-Bits. Mrs. Newleywed Oh, mother, John said this morning 1 was one wo man in a hundred. Her Mother I see in that no cause for tears. Mrs. Newleywed But, mother, he used to say I was one woman in a thousand. Punch. Hubb "You call Boston slow, and yet we spent $6 per capita for pos tage sumps last year, while New Yorl spent only $3 per capita." Gotham "Well, we can't always wait for a let terto get there; so we telegraph.' xontcers statesman. Getting Serious. Mr. Young- pa (2 A. M., at the 'phone) Hello, aoctor: can you come aown and see the baby right away ? Doctor What seems to be.the trouble ? Mr. Young- pa 1 I'm not sure, but I think he has insomnia. Chicago Daily News. Backstop I'm glad to see that you are making a name for yourself as an autnor, old man. Scriblet (mo destly) Yes. Honors are being heap ed on me. Why, it was only yester day that I learned that my latest book had been thrown out of the Boston Library. Harper's Bazar. It is an interesting fact that tne county or. J enerson, Alabama, has two-thirds as much capital in vested in industry as the whole State of Mississippi has more than one-thira as many wage-earners and two-tniras as much in wages. Mooiie tieqisterM Dem. Working S4 Hoar u. Day. Thnrn'a nn rut fnr thnsA IIvaIacs little workers Dr. King's New Life mis. minions-are always busy, cur ing Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Bilious ness, jj ever ana Ague, xney Danish Sick Headache, drive out Malaria. Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste nice, work wonders. Try them. 25c atB. K Bellamy's. t ror orw Winy Yoara Mrs. Whtslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over fifty wears by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften the gums, and allays all palp ; cures wind colic, and is the best remedy 4or diarrhoea. 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. winsiows tsoothing Syrup, ana uie no oiner sana. Hatckichubbek, Ala... Jane 80, 1875. ut. v. j. Hormr-uev hit: i can assure CguuMiwir luiiuiii n wining jrewaers) i indlsDensable to as. and in no slntrle imuiim naa it evo- proved a fal nre. We have tried toothing- medicines, and everything known to as and "old women," and your Tethlns Pow ders are pre-eminently a snoceM and blessing W U1UH1WB WW VUiiWVUi A UUI Q I tUIT, tjCC . . J.M. Dal!IoV. Beart the Signature of . Th8Kir,d Yoi HavB Always u v-- . - STRAWBERRIES OF WORTH. Varieties Tejtea i Fomna Valua ble at the MlcbJsaa Station. The Michigan station has devoted much attention to the testing of straw berries, new'and old, through a num ber of seasons. In strawberry notes for 1901 It reports that several varie ties which naive stood at the head of the list" for a -number of years still maintain their position. Excelsior, QBEEKVXUiB. GAUDY. GllKN MABY. MATtgTTAT.T.. Haverland, arfleld; Clyde, Bubach and Brandywlne can be relied upon to give good crops under fairly favorable conditions, although the best results cannot be secured with the last three varieties except in rich, moist soils. Glen Mary, William Belt, Marshall and Nick Ohmer aiso are quite satisfactory under high culture. Sample in plant and fruit compares well with anjj :otber variety Morgan, Ponderosa, Ridgeway and Ruby have also been quite satisfactory. Of the newer sorts that fruited in 1900 H. and H4 Echo, Emma, Gamage, . Gladstone, Stouffer, Johnson Early and Wooll are most promising. Particularizing in regard to some of the varieties, the station says:. Greenville.-Plants good in vigor of jrrowtb and productiveness. Berries are targe in size, but not of sufficient firmness. In other points is very good. Gandy. Vinjes -tare fairly vigorous and hardy. Fruit is large, of high quality and j firmness. Season late. Only moderately productive, but the variety holds put well. Glen Mary .--Plants of good growth and healthy. : Fruit is borne in abun dance, is of large size, of good quality and firmness. -' One of the best market varieties under high culture. Marshall. This variety is a strong grower and quite prolific. Berries large, dark red and uniform. Quality and texture are very good. Except on strong soil the foliage is. slightly subject to blight. "This Is one of the best large berries upon moist, rich soils. - The Dairy Quickstep. Time Js an element of great impor tance in dairy! work. -Milk, cream and butter are of exceeding perishable na tures, and, like all quick decaying ar ticles of food they are hotbeds for breeding all kinds of destructive bac teria. The only way to fight this ene my Is by celerity of action. Hurry the milk from; the cow and out of the stable. Hurry the cream from the milk and spar? as little time as poss ble in getting the cream into the churn and the butter to the customer. To carry out this idea clean the stable, clean the cow.j milk into Covered pails, use a separator, use a cream starter, use a swing churn and start the butter to the customer the night of the day it is rnsde' j This, says L. 8. Hafti Farm, is a strict business principle i should be pushed for all it is worth, and that means large profits for the trouble taken,; for It may be safely stated that you will lose 2 to 3 cents a pound on your butter for every day you linger past the 30 hours necessary to carry out the plan outlined above. Smwt oa Cora. Corn smut may be propagated by smutty seed, although much more like ly to be carried by the transportation of the yeast spores of this smut fungus, which may alight upon any young growing part and produce smut Infec tion. From this reason and from an other, probably a greater prevalence of tne smut yeast: spores in later summer. later growing parts for example, tas sels, brace roots, ears and sucker shoots are perhaps more Often attack ed by the smut The smut spores may be scatter ed, in manure If smutted fodder is used, and it seems well prov ed that manured land yields more smutted corn than un ma oar ed. The same may be true of clover sod as compared with corn stubble. The reason cOKir siCUT. would exist in 'the decayed vegetable matter, wherein the secondary yeast spores of the smut may grow and then may be carried to the corn which be comes thus affected. Treatment - of seed corn does : not apparently reduce ' the amount of smut. Gutting and burning the smut boils before they have burst open would be useful. It is worth while to fight smut by all avail able means. $o advises the Ohio sta tion, i . doing- All he Time. "I see a Wisconsin mad claims to have solved the! perpetual motion prob lem." ; "That's nothing. 1 have a model of a perpetual motion machine at . my bouse now.'' "Does it work successfully?" "From the standpoint of perpetual motion, you bet; it does." "Have you given it a name?" "Sure." i "What do you call It?" "'Jimmie,' and it was 5 years old its last birthday." Chicago Post : Caneetiloa ta laaaratttlon. "Thirteen dollars and a half seems a high price for, such a comparatively short trip," said the man , with the traveling bag In bis hand. "We thought: people would rather pay that than $13," replied the agent of the steamer! line with a& explana tory -and apologetic cough. Chicago Tribune. "Some people," said Uncle Eben, : "doesn't seem to take no special Inter est in tellln de troof 'ceppin when If s snmpin disagreeable." Washington Star., : ForJWlibopine Cough use .uiusN.Err'S Ex. rot sale by Hardin's Palace Pharmacy ' It is an evil day for the wife and mother when she scans her worn face in the mirror, and asks the question, "Does it pay? Does it pay to sacrifice to wedded love?" But there is another ques tion which rightly takes precedence of Does it pay? It is this: "is it neces sary to sacrifice health and happiness to- wedded love?" Half a million women, answer, No! They have been weak and have been made strong by Dr. Pierce's Favonte,rrescnpnon.i They were sick and Favorite prescript tion" made them well. It will do the same for a'tnost every woman who gives it a fair and faithful trial. It stops weak ening drains, heals inflammation and ulceration and cures female weakness. It tranqualizes the nerves and encourages the appetite. I expected to become a mother, and a ; threatened mischance greatly weakened me,": writes Mrs. B. A. Nations, of Witts Springs, Searcy Co.( AtIk., "and my old disease returned. My husband got another doctor for me but I seemed to just drag along and get no better At last I told the doctor that if his medicine did not help me I would go back to Dr. Pierce's medicines, l am so, auu uy uic uuic taken them one month I could do my own , .raf wacliiMir anA tinned mv garden too. I was stouter than I had ever been while waiting baby's coming since my first baby came (this one was the sixth child). She is now eleven months old and is a healthy child, As for me, I feel as young now as I did at eighteen years of age; am thirty now. r can cheerfully recommend Dr. Pierce's medicine to aU suffering womankind." Doctor Pierce's. Pleasant Pellets curs biliousness and sick neadacne. Dosra and Somenaalti. As there is more than one way of cooking a goose, so there la more than one method of teaching a dog to throw somersaults. But the most practical and thorough manner Is to fasten a con! around the body of the animal close to the forelegs, and two people should bold the ends of the cord on either side of the unfortunate dog. A third party armed with a stout rope takes a position immediately in front of the canine acrobat and with a measured and masterly stroke flogs the floor at close quarters to the dog's nose. At each -stroke of the rope the dog springs backward, and that movement is the trainer's golden opportunity. As the dog spring backward the rope pass ing under its body is jerked upward, and, although the first few attempts may prove futile, the somersault Is ac quired in course of time. An intelli gent; dog soon sickens of this order of things and throws somersaults with out the assistance of ropes. WHOLESALE PRICES 0OBRE? The following a notations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making no small orders higher d rices have to be charged. The quotations are arways given as accurately as possible, bat the Stab will not be responsible tor any variations from the actual market price 01 sne arnciea auoiea BAGGIira-r 8 B Jute. Standard o o Oi 7i Durmpa ,., ... WE8TEKN 8HOKXD Hams Bides Shoulders a DBY 8ALTED- 8ideaB... Shoulders .... BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each. .' Second-hand machine New New York, each Sew City. acn BRICKS Wl!mlHt;!..n M Nfftthern BUTTEER - Nonta Carolina V Northern CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks Virginia Heal OOTTONTIEs V bundle CANDLES V - Sperm Adamantine OOFFEB V - 6M 9 10 9 m 9 o m . o m 1 35 O 1 35 1 35 O 1 35 ' O 1 35 O 1 35 6 50 O T 00 9 00 14 00 15 O 13 38 38 '.5 O 76 :s to 1-25 O 1 30 is as 8 11 u o im 7H9 11 O 5 O 0 Lagayra Bio. 31IC8 . . Sheeting, 4-4, yard...... Tarns. 9 bunch of 5 s . j. . ri8H Mackerel, No, l, Mackerel, Na l. Mackerel, No. 8, Mackerel, Na 8 ' Mackerel. Na a t barrel. . . half-bbl. 9 barrel... Ihall-bbl.. 83 00 11 00 18 00 8 00 13 00 3 50 3 00 6 4 00 3 00 3150 4 00 4 50 8 78 76 a so 00 15 00 a is 00 a b 00 1 barrel... 14 00 Mullet. barrel ! a a 5 o s i! 00 Mallets, vpork barrel W. C. Boe Herring, keg. 7 CO ury uou, .. a 10 5 09 rtooB- Low grade 8 25 75 25 75 10 Straight First ratenr SLUE V 9 BAIN bushel - ConLfrom store,bgs White Mixed Corn . Oats, from store (mixed).. o o o a s o 85 84 55 Oats, Rust Proof 75 OowFeas , 85 HIDES V Ik Green salted 4 Dry flint... 10 Dry salt 9 HAT 100 s Not Timothy.... .... 100 Bice Straw Eastern western go North River N. C. Crop... T5 HOOF IRON, m 83 90 5 II 10 s 1 ot si 81 00 a lsoo '80- 3 OHEE8E V 1 Northern Factory 13MD Dairy Cream... , U O Hah cream 10 O LABD. - .Northern 9 1 a North Carolina 10 O LIME,-V barrel 1 10 a 14 12J- as rvaa, w uarrtji CUT Mess . Bump Prime BOPE.V t ,.. 8ALT, V sack. Alum O 18 50 18 50 19 88 11 o 50 5!4 85 Liverpool American. SO 00 60 On 125 Backs ." 8UQAR, "ft Tt Standard Oran'd Standard A White Extra O Extra C, Golden , O Yellow LUMBER (city sawed) V M ft- Ship Stuff, resaweo Rongh edge Plank 18 00 15 00 O 80 00 It 00 a is 00 O 83 00 a 15 00 west inaia cargoes, actsoru rue to aualitv. 13 00 Dreesed Flooring, seasoned. 13 00 Bcantllng and Board, com'n 14 00 M0LA88E8. V gallon- Bar Dadoes, in nogsheao. Barbadoes, In barrels Porto Bico, In hogsheads. . . . Porto Bico, In barrels Sugar House, in hogsheads. g 1 i9 O 81 29 O 83 12 14 14 16 17 27 8 40 a 8 60 sxa 4 6 00 S 14 09 7U0 00 00 0 9 00 4 00 5 00 5 00 6 60 6 60 7 60 8 00 8 50 sugar uoaoe, in Darreis.... . Syrnu, In barrels NAILS, v keg. Oat, 60d basis . . . SOAP, Northern STAVES, M W.O. barrel.... B. O. Hogshead. TIMBER, VM feet Shipping.. Common mill Fair mill Prime null Extra mill SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed f H 6x24 heart ,. 6 25 " Sap . 5 60- 5xao,Heart 3 so " 8ap 8 60 WHISKEY. 9 gallon Northern I on 3 a o a 7-00 6 00 4 00 8 00 10 BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday. W. & W. Railroad 144 bales cot ton. W. C. & A.. Railroad 719 bales cotton, 15 barrels rosin, 23 barrels tar, 24 barrels crude turpentine. C. O. Railroad 59 bales cotton, 1 barrel tar. A. & Y. Railroad 4 bales cotton; 8 casta spirits turpentine, 11 barrels tar. Steam 'r A. J. Johnson 3 bales cotton, 20 casks spirits turpentine, 150 barrels rosin, 120 barrels tar Timber raft 41 barrels rosin. Total 929 bales cotton, 28 casks spirits turpentine, 164 barrels rosin, 196 carrels tar, 24 barrels crude turpen- uuo. Bsan the Ttl9 Kiod You Haw Alwa'rs tfft COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARK in (Quoted cfflc&Hy at the closing ot the Produce Exchange.! STAB OFFICE. December 31. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing csoing. j f ROSIN Market steady at $1 00 per barrel for strained and $1. 05 per barrel for food strained. TAR Market firm at $1.20 per bar rtl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market steady at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year spirits turpentine nothing doing; rosin firm at $1.20l-25; tar steady at $1130; crude turpentine dull at $1.30 2.30. ' RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 28 Rosin : 164 Tar 196 Crude turpentine . - - 24 Receipts same day last year 115 casks spirits turpentine, 330 barrels rosin, 309 barrels tar, 62 barrels crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary-. 5 7-16 cts. $ ft Good ordinary 6 13-16 " Low middling....... 7 7-16 " " Middling 7 " 4 Good middling 8 1-16 " " Same day last year, market quiet at 9 5c for middling. Receipts 929 bales; same. day last year, 2,939. T rcorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce commission jnercnants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Coinmls- eion juercnantaj COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 65c; extra prime, 70c; fancy, 75c, per bushel cf twenty-sight pounds. Virginia ir rime, 00c; extra prime, 60c: fancy. 65c Snanish. 70a75c. UOKN Worn ; 82 85c per nushei for white. . - N. C. BACON Steady; hams 15 16c per pound; shoulders, 1314c; sides, 1314c. EGGS Firm at 2022c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20 22c; springs, 10 to 20c. TURKEYS Dressed, firm at 15' 17c; live, 1012c. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TAL1L1UW Firm at 56Mc per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 50 60c per bushel. FINANCIAL MARKETS. Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star. w YORK, Dec. 31. Money on call was firm at 615 per cent., the market closing, bid and asked, 56 per cent. Prime mercantile paper 555 per cent. Sterling exchange easier, with actual business in bankers' bills at 486 H for demand - and at 483 483 for sixty days. Posted rates 484 and 487. Commercial bills 483483. Bar silver quoted 55M. Mexican . dollars 43. Govern" ment bonds steady. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds irregular. U. 8. refunding 2's, registered, 108 ; U. S. refunding 2's, coupon. 109 J: U. B. 3's, reg'd lUH ; do. coupon, 108 f ;u. H.'s,new ree a.i3a6 ;do. cou pon 139; U. 8. 4's, old. reg'd, U1H ; do. coupon, 112H ; U. 8. 5's, do. reg'd, 107 X ; coupon, 107K ; Southern Railway 5's 124. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 106.; Chesapeake & Ohio 47; Manhattan L 137; N. Y. Central 167; Reading 56; do. 1st prefd 82X; do. 2nd pref'd 64M; St. Paul 165; do. prefd, 188; Southern R'way 34; do. prefd 93; Amalga mated Copper 69 Am'n Tobacco ; People's Gas 104; Sugar 1163; Ten nessee Uoal and Iron 6114; U. B. Leather 11 ; do. pref'd, 81 j; Weatern Union 92H: U. S. Steel 43; do. preferred 93M ; Mexican National 14V ; American Liocomotive ; do. pre ferred ; Standard Oil 69J697: v lrginia-uaroiina uaermcal uo., 62 54: do. preferred, 123- Baltimork, Dec 31. Seaboard Air ijine, common, zoozo ; do, prefer red, 4y50; do 4s 85H5. NAVAL STORES MARKETS Bv Telegraph to the Horning Star. New York, Dec. 31. Rosin steadv. spirits turpentine steady. Charles tost, Dec. 31. Spirits tur pentine and rosin unchanged. SAVA9HAH. Dec. 81. Spirits turpen tine firm at 36 ic; receipts 379 casks: sales 876 barrels; exports 3.333 casks Rosin firm; receipts 2.768 barrels: sales 7,305 barrels ;exports 5,869 barrels. COTTON MARKETS. By TeteKraph to the Mornine star New York, Dec. 3L The cotton market opened steady, with prices un changed to six points lower, and was predisposed to weakness throughout the nrst nour in keeping with a severe decline in Liverpool and under the in fluence of heavy receipts at the ports. Long cotton was sold freely, smaller holders rearing continued de clines. Within the first hour. marcn sold oa to 8 04 and May to 8.11. Liverpool sent seliine orders and it was claimed that (southern spot markets were easier. The South also sent selling orders in the near months. January liquida tion, however, seemed to have spent itseii and ine selling by commission nouses was slraesrlintr at most: The official estimates for to-morrow's Houston receipts fell, far short of ex pectations and started a general turn abou t of professional bears. Wall street having orders commenced to sift in and the South purchased Mav contracts quite freely. Then came a light esti mate for New Orleans receipts, caus ing a general scare of ring shorts. races ran up point after point, not only retaining the early loss but scor ing an additional rise, March reaching o ia ana may 0.23. ji or tne rest or the day the market displayed a firm un dertone, though at times off a trifle from the top under selline for nroflts oy noon buyers, xne market was fi nally quiet and net. two to thirteen points higher. Nbw YORK, Dec. 311 Cotton steadv at 8 7 16c; net receipts 4,566 bales ; gross 7,805 bales; stock 110,790 bales. Bpot cotton closed steadv: middling uplands a --ioc;miduiin&r euir 8 ll-16e: Mies 0,110 DUO. Cotton futures market closed auiet: January 8.01. February a 06. March 8.11, April 8.15, May 8.18, June a20, July 8.22, August 8 09, September 7. 88. ucioDer .09. Total to-day Net receipts 78.192 bales; exports to Great Britain 25,088 oaies: exports to r ranee 8.243 bales: exports to the Continent 15,481 bales: stoca i,uiz,044 oaies. Consolidated Net receipts 186. 19K bales: exports to Great Britain 59.778 oaies; exports to r ranee z.177 bales: exports to the Continent 55,272 bales. Total since September 1st. Net re ceipts 4,754,135 bales; exports to Great Britain 1,565.001 bales; exports to trance 426,078 bales; exports to the Continent 1,319,919 bales: icuem oer 01. uaivesxon. not -re ceived, net receipts bales; Norfolk, easy at 8v net receipts 18.980 bales; Baltimore, dull at 8c. net receipts 1,383 bales; Boston, nominal at 8Jic net receipts 1,526 bales filming ton, quiet at 8 1-16C, net receipts 674 bales: Philadelphia, firm at 7ttc net receipts 929 bales ; Savannah, steady at 8 11-1 6c, netreceipts 1594bales; New Orleans, om'st it.. 0 bai Mobhit receipts 22,381 ba es 'STX atTTsc, netreceffi gusia, qmet at 715 leT.4 W bales- lbleu3 -, umiug receipts 7,79 bales. PR0DUCEH uuii at 01a prices rW: -Spot dull? & openeaeasy with cihffkfl scare of shorts and ruuM day, but KeneraltyUl! owing to a d80reasa?e11 n3 stocks, strength of 1. . J cables and moderate . . on the weak spots. nC ciuscu otc; July closert fiS.' spot steady; No. 2 margei onened ctj. 1 A vancea on iavorable ArSl Later the market yieldq 1 - . ""UJ lfti waBVM VAOY ft!, itrt closed 70a oats--; 2, 52c. Optionswere . . J i-aiiovr easier; Western 8te,I Annilt st pari it tn lined easier; continent tfH $11 00; comnound was steady; xramWT dairy 1523c. Eml9 and Pennsylvania an..1"" at mark 2228c. p0S, H Maine $2 302 75" N 3 wtszBuong Island i jersey sweets 2 253i' 100, $3 004 00: PeA iancy nana picked 4aiv. mestic 2X4c. FreigM pool Cotton bv stPon, ioT.'J quiet; late, made 8C: uT, mnrln host smoil in,, 'PW Bpot Rio dull: No. 7 itri 5 mild quiet; Cordova 7HS Raw steady? fair refiSM trifugal 96 test, 3&C; O) Pork steady., RicequietM Oil Was Steadv butrlml m. tions: Prime crude in ban! prime summer yellow dull"? mef yellow 40c; primal c;prime winter yellow meal $27 00. 15 . Norfolk Peanut Muu Norfolk?, Va., December u nut market dull far, o,,-' nrime 2- mim. ' c; machine-picked -c, nuts, fancy 3c; strictly 2gc; prime 22Xc;SB: ChicagC Dec. 31. Wheat 0 enced a choppy, nervous J day, with risfes followed q Z set backs. Other grains acted u. pathy, but at the close prices n steady. May wheat undu corn ledown and May oats icli Provisions closed 1017lc llis CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Oashqaaa Flour Market easy. WhatJ spring oovc; imo. 3 sprint Ut No.2 red 84K87c. Corn-Na! o. yeiiow c. uaU-8o. No. 2 white 4748c; No ) YiaftYc. Mess pork, per hJ io ougio u. u&ra, per $9 9510 15. Short rib sides, quoted at $8 508 60. Dr; shoulders, boxed, $7 37 78, clear sides, boxed, $8 909 10. key Basis of high wines, tl The leading futures ranu lows opening, highest, low 1 closing: Wheat No. 2 Decemle! 78, 78, 78, 78Mc; May81 83 J4, 81bl4, 82tC;Julj81j( 81, 81 c. Uorn No. I 63, 63, 63H. MXc: Ma; 66, 6666, 66c;Julj5ii 66, 65, 65c. Oats-Decemfe 45M, 44, 45c; May 45. 45, 45c; July 39X, MM Mess pork, per bb) January I 16 80, 17 05, 17 80 ; May, $17 M 17 25, 17 30. Lard, per WO ki uary $10 07. 10:07, 9 95,91! $10 12, 10 15. 9 97", ribs, per lOOEbs Jamiary $85i.!i 8S2H, 8 55; May $8 85. 8B 8 82H FOREIGN MARKET 3v Cable to the Menus: Liverpool, Dec. 31, 4:30 Cotton: Spot, fair demand; x-6a lower; American mu 4 15-16d ; good middling 4 11- l-lU:i dling 4 9-16d; low middlincl good ordinary 4 ll-32d; ordiii 32d. The sales of the day were bales, of which 1,000 bales TO I speculation and export and 9,500 bales American. Receipt 000 bales, including 61,800 American.' Futures opened easier and steady: American middling (. January 4 29-64d seller; JuW February 4 28-644 ma Februarv and March 4 28-64d March and April 4 28-64d seller; onH Mav & 9A-FAri hnver: 111 June 4 28-644 29-64d seller; and Julv 4 28-64)4 29-( and Aniriist 4 28-64(34 2Hti August and September 64d seller. ARRIVED. Stmr A J Johnson, Robinson, l Run, W J Meredith. ' Stmr E A Hawes, Robeson, W ville, James Madden. Stmr A F Hurt, Ko&eson, 11 ville, James Madden. . , Stpnmshin Snvc. 207 tons, Charleston, by master. CLEARED. Stmr A J Johnsdn, Robinson, 1 Stmr E A Hawes, Kooeson, ville, James Madden. , ufm. a v wt Knnesou. ville, James Madden. UUUi A MARINE DIRECTOR' Blat f Tsala in V?" " J STEAMSHIFb. Raberstein, (Gr) 962 tons, Boer, &Co. Gymeric, (Br) 2,598 tons, Alexander gprunt cc ouu 8CHOONKR0 flnra 9fl7 lTiB. WiiC. bV I Jno wfDana, 478 tons, Fassett, narriss, oon ex. ju. Lottie R Russell, 263 tons, n TJT:- Qnn AT UO. TXT T TT J 94 f nnR. i; Georee Harriss, Sbns M C Haskell. 299 tons, i rr an Mr flo. 1 n u.ti.jj.. 1 QQ fnnS. a &uuie r JuucBuucu, - r L. TT -- Br 1M. vteorge aunw, ouu w - Mabel Darling, (Br) 112 tons, J J A, Springer & KJo. -BARQUES. tr.-i:... -nt.- hqk tnns.. Heide & Co. I Am Just As Tnai ' For a small order as 1 amounting to jaoo.OO, for when you y sign, flolsh and construction ot n von tzji larger order la sure to follow, PnV'a3 th. won t him hnllt. nn mV "USIu,fl present mammoth proportion, ho CSig to be conrlriced of tne troth ot tne " iwuii uutu iiuw ujr uujiu . .t . Vwfni. a am&li " I wa ior some wvea one or u H P. PARKER Furniture and Furniture No in vwz Bell "Phone ens Inter- aec 89 tr A
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