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is- - v ' u .. . A FEARFUL DISASTER IN NEW YORK THEATRE. Bridie la Street Scsse la Performiace la - Carmen csilspiet sod Pell to tbe - Stage -Ihlrty lajarcd. MSBWM-BBB) Bj Teltarai to Uw Xornlnc star. Nut Yobk, Jan. 7.-More than twenty members ol the choroa of the w..wrv...,w utuu upera uompany were seriously ini ... -uiu by the sudden collapse of the -bridge in the street scene in the opening mi or "Carmen." None of the principal! waa on the stage at the time of the accident, and the nnlninred mnmWi nt t, .1 v . ."'7 .r "uo wuwraa I uoiwiujMiT massea at the front of the I suuMgg on. in an effort to prevent the pnblio from learning what had happened. The curtain waa rung down 1 at aoon aspoaaible and Heinnch Conreid, the impreaa. rlo, prevented panic by urging the great audience to remain seated and not -be frightaned. The in jured who were removed to hoa pule were: GloTannl Roaal. two fractured rlba; Wanda Adamaky.frao Ured ribe; Natalie OornooUe, both lrgifraclured; Eatharloe Hahn, left hip injured and ribe brdlaed: Ida Itibenktein, Internal injuries and nock: Itallo Lansogarl, dislocation of rUht ahoulder ; Deaadorla Paooettl. cr irevkurcu; vincenz9 ttagKSro, frciured ribe; GloTannl Manlno, fractured ribe, all of this city. In addi tion to these, twenty or thirty more members of the chorus were painfully hart. All of the exits of the theatre were opened immediately after tbe accident, . bat scarcely balf a dozen of tbe hand ssmely dressed audience left their stats. Within fifteen minutes after the crash the performance was resum ed aod few persons in the bit theatre realised how eerlous the sscident had bseo. The trldae fell ten minutes after tha fl -t curtain was runs: P and while people were still crowding down tbe aisles to their seats. Many even were standing Mme. Arnaud was to . sing 'Carmen" with a cast including: Mdame Ackle, Madame Jacob, Dip-p-st, Journet and Dufriche. Tbe opera bad attracted tbe usual big Saturday night crowd: Vlgna was conducting. Tae opera had opened reasonably p-omptly. The chorus waa on the stage. Tbe scene represented a etreet In Seville with a bridge stretching; from the guard bouse and the cigar eite makers house at the right of the stage over to. the stairs leading up to tbe castle at the lert. This structure had done service many times. It was a massive affair, built of heavy tlm - bert, reinforced with ateel beams. Moat of the one hundred and twenty mem-' bars of the chorus were off the bridge at the time it collapsed, but there were twenty or thirty men and women dancing up and down the structure awaiting the entree ot Carmen. Without the allghteat warning the . bridge at the center of the arch gave way and the grindllng and crunching of timbers being torn aaunder, with the shrieks of the women drowned out the glad song of the chorus, and the accompaniment of the orchestra. Women In the audience jumped to their feet, screaming and endeavoring to make their wsy out of their seats. Toe memberi of the chorus not on the bridge at tbe time of the accident did . not lose their heads and immediately esme closer together to screen the scene from the frightened audience. At its greateat height the bridge was twenty feet from the level of the stage. According to the people In tbe front of tbe bouse, it seemed to give way with a rumble at first and then with a precipitate crash just about at tbe mid dle. Moat of tbe chorus on the bridge were standing at the ends. When the structure callapaed they were thrown headlong on top of the people who hald the middle of the bridge and were plied up In an lndiicrlmlnate heap. At the close of the performance, Frank II. Palmer, master mechanic of the Metropolitan, was arrested and locked up In the West Thirteenth street station, charged with criminal - negligence. Palmer, who refuted to make any statement, will be arraigned In court to-morrow. CUK8 TRADIBQ PROHIBITED. New Vark aad Blew Orleaaa Cotton Ex chaogea Will Eolorce the Rale. Bi TeMcrapb to t&e Xornlnr suu. mewubmcah3, Jan. .ii is con sidered probable, as the result of a telet-ram receired here from New York to day, that the local cotton ex change will put a stop to all "curb tr.diog." The telegram was from President Shaffer of the New York Ctotton Exchange, and ssld : "I understand tbst ordere are fre quently sent here from New Orleans prtles to buy or sell after the close of our market or as commonly called 'on the curb.' The authorities of this Ex change are firmly resolt ed to enforce the law which positively prohibits trad-, big after hours. This applles.of course, alo to members of your exchange, who are members of the New York Etcbange. May I ask your co-opera tloa in slopping tbe practice." Secretary Hester said the local ex change would take action in the mat ter. New Yobk, Jan. 7. President Schaffer, of the New York Cotton Ex change, said to-day tbst the object of his mesiage to tbe New Orleans ex change was to prevent further trading on the curb here. A rule of the New York exchange probibits trading after tbe closing hour, but this rule has never been enforced. The attention of the members of tbe local exchange, mtny of whom are also members of the New O: leans Exchange, was to1, dav directed to this rule and any fur ther violations will be severely dealt with. Tbe New Orleans Exchange - has been asked In effect to direct Us members not to send orders to this city after 2 o'clock New Orleana time, wblch Is 3 o'clock New York time. - - - Each year shows a further decadence of the phosphate Indus- try in the State. The revenue at one time amounted to over $200, 000, while for the last year it waa only 19,723.01. Only two compa nies are engaged in the business, and the output haa fallen off in about thn same proportion as the revenue. Xt,u nPP1J probably being exhausted, but the main cause of the tr ui waa the dis covery of equally as good rock at various places outside of the State which could be mined cheaper. However that may be, the deplor able fact ia that one great and profitable business in the State has dwindled down to practically noth ing. Columbia Record. CASTOR I A For infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of GEN. STOESSEL AND GEN, pit The Victor and Vanquished Met Yesterday, Shook Hands and - Passed Compliments, i NOOl'S TWO SONS KILLED. Oeo. Stoeisel Spetki Sjmpithetlcilly to Nol, Who Wllllogly O.ve His Soss -to 01s Coontry KaropitklB Metre Pall of Port Attbar. I tor Cable to the Morning Bur Hkadquabtcbs of Ihf Thibd .-. . . - jjboht o obt A.BTHUB, Jan. 5tb. via Tien Tain. The meeting of General Nog! and Oeneral Btoessel to day was an un dramallc as to the .closing of the siege. It had previously been - ar ranged to take place at noon ia the single undamaged bouse of the village of Sauishl. This house was a misera ble hovel called Plum Tree Cottage. Through a misunderstanding Oeneral Stoeisel rode out or Port Arthur at 10 o'clock aocompanied by Colonel Bsiss and two staff officers to the Japanese lines and missed the Japanese officer delegated to escort blm to the meeting place. The Oeneral rode there with out an escort and was received by a j'jnlor officer who happened to be on tbe spot. Tbe latter telephoned to Nogl who hurried his departure from headquarters and arrived at 11 o'clock accompanied bv Major General Ijichl, his chief of staff, and Colonels Yasbu ra, Matsudalra and Wataube, staff offi cers, and M. Kawakario. secretary of the foreign office at Tokio. General 8toessel Is a large man of heavy appearance and looks like a good fighter. When Nogl, looking careworn, entered tbe compound of the cottage the two generals cordially shook hands aad Nogl threw an in terpreter expressed his pleasure at meeting a general who bad fought so bravely and gallantly for his Emperor and country. General Stoeasel thank ed General Nogl tor tbe pleasure of meeting the hero of tbe victorious army. General Nogf explained that he had received a message from his Emperor asking that tbe greatest consideration be shown to General Btoessel and the officers In appreciation of their splen did loyalty to their Emperor and country. Because of that whb, he added, the Russian: officers would be allowed to wear their swords. Oeneral Btoessel expressed his grati tude to the Japanese Emperor for this saving the honor of his (3toeseP) family and said bis descendants would appr-clate the thoughfui kindness of tbe Emperor of Japan, Tbe general also expressed the gratitude of his officers and thanked Nogl for sending the message from Btoessel to Emperor Nicholas and transmitting bis Msjesty's reply which read: . "I allow each officer to profit by the reserved privilege to return to Russia under the obligation not to take further part In tbe present war or to share the destinies of their men. I thank you and the brave men of the garrison for the gallant defence.11 Both generals then mutually praised each other and their officers for their bravery. The conversation afterwards turned on tbe explosion of the mine at Buogsbu mountain fort. General Btoessel said tbe entire garrison of the fort was killed or made prisoners. Tho ' Russian commander, greatly praised tbe Japanese artillery prac tice, especially the concentrated fire instantaneous with the explosion of the Bnngshu mine. The gallant deeds of the Japanese infantry. General Btoessel added, spoke for themselves. It was Impossible to exaggerate their good qualities.! The skillful work of the engineers bad alao won hia admi ration. Continuing, General Btoes sel said he had heard that General Nogl had lost both of his sons and praised his loyalty in thus sacrificing his sons, who died fighting for their Emperor and country. General Nogl smllllngly replied : "One of my sons gave bis life at Nanabsn and the other at 203 Metre Hill. Both of these positions were of tbe greatest importance to the Japa nese army. I am glad that the sacri fice of my sons' lives bad been In tbe cspture of such Important positions, as I feel the sacrifices were not made In vaio. Their lives were nothing compared to the objects sought." General Btoessel then asked permis slon to present his charger to General Nog! as a token of bis appreciation and admiration. - General Nogl expressed his thanks for the Russian general's kindness, but said he could not accept the horse, but he continued he would accept It for tbe army, since he considered that the Russian horses were the property of the Japsnese and felt be could not make General 8toesiel's charger his private property. General Nogi also promised that when the horse was banded over to him to see that It was treated with the greatest kindness out of respect for the brave Russian general. Thereupon General Btoessel assured General Nogi that he admired his rigorous principles and appreciated bis point of view. The Japanese commander requested General Btoessel to continue to occu py his residence at Port Arthur until arrangements were completed for tbe return of himtelf and family to Rossis. Referring to the burial of the dead, General Nogl said tbe Japanese since tbe beginning of tbe military opera tions bad always burled the Russian dead. Those found later on would be interred at a special spot and a suita ble memorial would be erected as a tribute to the bravery oflhe Japsn ese's former foes. After luncheon, at which "both gen erals est together,a group photographs wss taken at the cottage and Gen. Btoessel remounted his charger to show the horse's good points, said good-bye to Gen. Nogl and rode back to. Port Arthur. The quiet and even solemn meeting of - the generals ended at about 1 o'clock. Tbe regular Russian soldiers In Port Arthur marched out to-day. The only troops In tbe city now are volunteers. The fires were stsrtedin Port Arthur to-day for which General Btoessel apologized. Be said tbe volunteers were unable to control tbe populace and he desired that the Japanese enter Port Arthur Immediately to keep order. The forms I entry of the Japanese army Into Port Arthur bas been fixed for Sunday, January 8. KVROPATKINS ABXY HBAB3 ABOUT POST ABTflUR. MVKDBN, Jan. 8, via Pekin, Jan. 7. Though the newa of Port Arthur's capitulation was first generally known here today, It was surmised by tbe Russian army, January 4lb, from the cheering heard In . tbe Japanese camp along the entire line when cries of "Banzail"' were distinctly, beard. Tbe news created no surprise because tbe army bad become accus tomed to tbe poislbtllty of Port Ar thur's 'all from before the battle of Liao Yang and tince. Although the deaths of Generals Kock and Kond- rateoko were not publiabed here tne fac's regarding Fock had been accept ed for alx weeka and the condition of Port Arthur was known throughout. While It Is Impossible to telegraph tbe tenor of opinion, yet it is evident that great events must transpire bsrore the end of tbe war Is apparent. . There was an unusual cannonading yesterday along tbe center. It was continued in -moderate form 13 day. The above dispatch contained tbe first definite announcement from Rus sian sources of tbe death of Lieutenant General Fock, commander of the Fourth East 81berlan division and of the Russian left wieg at Port Arthur. BUSSIAH 80LDIKB3 GAY. ; Mukden, January 7. The ' Rus sian soldiers say tbe town Is fill ed to overflowing with' officers and soldiers buying Christmas preients. All of them look healthy aad vigor ous. Many officers who have been in terviewed declare that the troops are well fed and are not suffering from tbe cold, being quartered in huts which are more comfortable than the Mukden hotels. ARE REPUBLICANS DIVIDED. The Conference at the White Honse Sat urday Came to No Definite Cosclu. slos-Eztrs Session of Coatreis. By Telegraph to tbe Horntoc Star. Washington, Jan. 7. An Impor tant conference regarding lrgislstive questions pending before Congress was held at the While House this af ternoon. In addition to President Roosevelt, the parties to the confer ence were 8pesker Cannon, Senators Allison of Iowa, Aid rich - of Rhode Island, 8pooner of Wisconsin, and Piatt of Connecticut: and Repreienta tlve s Payne of New York. Dalzell of Pennsylvanls, Grosvenor of Ohio, and Tawney of Mlnnesots. It can be said on tbe authority of tbe President that - no conclusions were reached at the conference. Indeed, the atatemeat is made that other con ference will be held before decisions of a definite character are reached. At the conclusion of the conference, the' President authorised tbe following atatatement concerning it: "These gentlemen are here to dis cuss various matters of pollcy-before Congress, including the tariff and the Interstate commerce law; but they are not ready yet to announce any definite conclusions." - 1 I )The President would go no further than that, bftt he emphasized the point that no definite conclusions bad been reached. Tbe conference waa a frank discus sion of the whole subject of tariff re vision, each man present elucidating bis views with absolute freedom. It was the Presldent'a desire in calling tbe conference to ascertain the opin ion of those whom he had Invited with a view to harmonizing any differences that might develop, m order that una nimity of action might be agreed upon in the end. It is the President's pur pose to have other conferences in the near future with other membera of both the Senate and the House of Rep resetatives, In the carrying out or bis policy to consult with the entire Re publican membership regarding their feeling towsrd the subject of tariff revision. If It should be found that the sentlmeut in favor of revision is sufficiently strong to warrant affirm ative action, it can be aald to be the President's purpose to call, the Con gress into extraordinary session for the purpose of crystallising-Into law the Ideas of the party leaders. It Is Indi cated by one of tbe parties to to-day's conference that if a revision of the present tariff should be decided to be necesssry, the session for the consid eration of the measure proposed, prob ably will be called next fall. "I President Roosevelt to-night con ferred with Representative Townsend, of Michigan, and Escb, of Wisconsin, both members of the House Interstate Commerce Committee. Tbe views of the two members were sought as to whether the Interstate Commerce Gomrnitslon should retain jurisdiction over freight rates or whether a special court should be created to deal with rate questions. - TWINKLINUS "Yon teem to think I'm lying about thia thing." ,rSay, didn't know you were a mind reader." Dallaa Newa. -Knloker "Wouldn't you like to be rich enough to do what you pleased?" Bocker "I'd rather be rich enough to do what my wife pleased." New York Sun. "If a married woman," said Uncle E ben, "would tale: to her hue ban' de same way de ladies talka to de gemmen at a ice cream festival dar'd be mo' happy homes." Wash ington Star. Willie: "I don't b'lieve that atory 'Puss In Boota.' How could a cat have seven-league boota?" Tom my: "Mebbe a big giant threw 'em at him one nignt " Philadelphia Press. "What did her father say when you told him yon wanted to marry hia daughter?", "He kicked." VAnd then what did yon say?" "I asked him to kick my hat out, too " Cleveland Plain Cealer. Mrs. Malaprop Mrs. Vane's awful stuck up about ' her shapely hand. Mrs. Browne: Ia ahe really? Mrs. -Malaprop: Oh! my! yes. Why she's so stuck on it that she's had a marble bust made of it. "Well, my friend Jones haa been elected," said the officer. "I want to send him some flowers. What would you auggeat?" "For get-me-nots would be the thing for yon," replied the wise friend. Philadelphia Record. . . "x see young ami has a new blow that he says will put battling Nelson to the bad for, keeps. , "What's it like?" "I don't know; but he calls it the 'Cassie Chadwick touch.' "Houston Post. Bookkeeper: 'The boss came in and caught me taking a kiss from the pretty stenographer. Actually aald I waa dishonest" Mail clerk: "In what way?" Bookkeeper: "Said I was taking something that belong" ed to him Chicago JNewt. 1 -- "Really, said Miss Passay, "all men are false, yon know. You may not. believe it, but I wouldn't marry ny man." "well," replied miss Slyr "1 assure yon I can readily be lieve that if all women were like yon there : would bo no such thing as matrimony." Philadelphia Press. They sat in the cold parlor watching the blue flames curl through the open grate. "Some times," he said, lather bitterly, think I have made a mistake in life. I wish 1 bad auother head ou my shoulders." "How would mine do?" asked the beautiful girl, nest ling closer until her raven loccks touched his ooat. Far off a cuckoo clock sounded forth the hour of 10. PERILOUS TI1S1ESC ON STORMY OCEAN. Four Men AH Night on Founder- ins; Vessel and All Pay in y. lOpen Boat on Angry Sea. LOSS OF LIFE ON MAINE COAST ! Storm Howled All' flight sad Twer Ships .- were Straaded Oreat Damage Waa Wrought to Sblpplsi Other ;v Disssters ilosg the loss!. ' - ' By Telegraph to cue Horning Star. - New Yoix, Jan. 7. Four men composing the craw of the cisl- barge Daisy - which had foundred at sea off the Jersey coast last night in a terrlffic gale, were brought into this port today suffering from exposure and exhaust on after fighting for their lives' 'all night on the foundering barge and a good part of the day in an "open boat In an angry sea. Tne Daisy waa bound from Newport News to New Haven with a cargo of coal and with the barge Annie, Wss in tow of .the tug MurrelL Coming, up tbe Jersey coast lagbt night la. the very height of the howling storm, the Daisy broke adrift. The tug could not take care of tbe barge and could render no assistance to the threatened crart. Tne abandoned craft, with no -sail sto hold her, held to tbe gale and - wallowed In the ' tough of a pounding sea. She soon sprang a leak. Her crew worked at the pumps, but unavalllngly, and at daylight to day were compelled" to abandon her and take to their small boat. When tbe erew neared Monmouth,' N. J., the surf was ponndlng the sand beach In such fashion that life savers flew signals of warning to sheer off and the weary crew neaaea for oanay hook, twenty-five miles distant from tbe point where they had abandoned tLe barge. - Ia tbe meantime the tug Murrell had returned In search of the missing craft and waa accompanied by the U. 8. revenue cutter' Mohawk. Both steam craft passed seaward of the yawl, but soon afterward the ligat house tender Larkspur was ordered by wire frotr8andy Hook, towing tbe big oon-alDkanle life boat of the Sandy Hook life-saving crew to go to the res cue of the Imperilled men, who were picked up at 2 o'clock this afternoon. DISA8TBBS ON MAINE COAST. :i . Boston, Mass , J an. 7. The heavy : northeasterly gale , which set in. last night, embraced all New. England. Tne rain, accompanied by a rise of about 30 degrees In .temperature, rap idly melted the snow and caused con siderable Inconvenience. - Tne gale, which- reached a velocity of eighty miles an hour on the coast, caused rough seas and high tides. Two dis asters were roported. Tbe schooner Lizzie Csrr went ashore at Concord Point, R-e Beacb, New- Hampshire, and Frank Treen. of New York, first mate of the vessel, wss Knocked overboard and drowned., ine following were injured: Herbert Day; of Calais, Me., fractured leg; Frank Dikes, of Calais, Col., sprained ankle. The other members of the crew were rescued uninjured. The schooner Emerson went ashore off Bennett's Point, R. L. and stuck fast but was not damaged. . " At Bar Harbor, Me., the Alain Cen tral Railroad's ferry steamer Ssphd was thrown against bar dock by a huge wave and considerably damaged. The wharf or tbe United states men Oommiiaion at Wood'aHoiewarbadt damaged, the girders being broken and tbe granite supports rolled Into the bssln. The storm had cleared by noon today. ' --v- OTHER DISASTERS. lewes. Dsz... Jan. 7. Toe schooner John A. Beckermav, from Virginia for New York, reports having lost deck losd and la leaking. Has six feet of water in bold. London. Jan. 7. xne criusn steamer Emms. Capt. Martin, from Galveston via Norfolk, for Rotterdam, before reported ashore at Nieuwews terweg. Is full of water. Neither the lire boat nor tugs can communicate with her owing to the heavy sea. . New Orleans, Jan. 7. The steamer Mtaaisaippl, Flcdlay, hence January 6 for Bremen. ran aground last nirht just above quarantine sta tlon. Efforts are being made by tug boats to float her. : CURRENT COMMENT. . - The Merchant Marine Com mission says its auggeated aid to shipping i8 not meant as a bounty. The reoipients are not particular what it ia called as long as they get the money. Baltimore Sun. Those Northern editors who have been criticing the Georgia farmers for burning their cotton can now reflect that the greatest troubles in the world are those that never hap pen. Washington Post. Whitelaw Reid will have tronble to keep up the ambassado rial jokery set np in London by Joe Choate. Reid has about the same 8en8e of humor that yon see in the face of a cigar store Indian. Macon Telegraph. Over a dozen- prisoners have lately escaped from the Fayette county jail, and the question of the hour is as to whether the Republl can majority in Fayette county will be increased on this account. Huntington (W. Va.) Advertiser. -Lydia Thompson, the cele brated turleEque actress, iscoming back to this country for a stay of several weeks. She will find things much changed from what they were when she first came over, in the Mayflower. Savannah News. --Of conrae, it will simply be Impossible for the Senate to revise the tariff or regulate railway rates bo long as the Statehood bill Is in the way, and it would be against prece dent to get the Statehood bill out of the way. Washington Post. - Admiral Dewey could give Admiral Togo some valuable counsel at this peroid of his triumphant homecoming, and he would probab ly warn him againat accepting the gift of a house and of offering him self as a candidate for the office of the Mikado. Charleston Pest. ; Nasal CATARRH . In ell its stagee there should be clmulioess. : Elj's Cream Balm clean?-, xoothes and bcela Ibe dwe.w:! membrane. It euro catarrh and drives . .way a cold in tbe bead ouickly Cream Halm is placed Into tbe noetrllg, praU over tho membrane and la absorbed. Belief la Im mediate and a core follows. It Is not drying; doet not prodnce encezlng. Large-Size, M oente at Drag;. gi,ts or by mall ; Trial Size, 10 cents by mall. ELY BI10TI1ER9. W Warren Street. KewTork. The Gnltpro)of the -.'-Scnppooig Grape -' Wilmington; N. Q, January S. - - 66 many requests have come to us as to the best methods of cultivating the 8cuppernong grape, that we give a few of the more important details in a circular letter. We wish to state, in tbe beginning, that we are better post ed as to wine making than grape growing, and did not suppose there were any land owners In Eastern North Carolina who did not know as much about grape growing-aa we did. As there does not seem to be a full know ledge, however, we give that we know for what it Is worth. ; The Bcuppernong. will grow and pro duce grapes on any of the sandy lands South of Norfolk, Vs. While cer ain sections are better suited than others, we think we may safely say that any Jand which grows cotton or corn nicely 'will produce - Bcuppernong grapes. They do not seem to bear well West of Middle North Carolina. "The home of this grape is In the Eastern part of the State." -- Cuttings may be secured in great quantity by taking any scouppernong vine and letting It fall on the ground in June, and throwing a few shovels foil of dirt on it at from two to three feet from tbe outer ends of tbe limbs. These take root quickly in the fresh eartb, and can be taken np and iut off any time from November 1st to March 1st, and set out Care should be used In selecting thrifty- vines, with sice grapes, as the vine reproduces the kind. Seedlings (vines from tbe st ed) are not worth planting, as you do- sot know what kind of grapes they will produce.: : . , i .The land should be laid off- nicely. In rows ot twenty feet apart, and vines being set out ten feet apart in the rows, and planted true and square. A good post standing out of tbe ground not less than seven feet ahwaCd be set to each vine.- These should be, where practicable, of cedsr, oak, or light wood, aa the setting of new posts cuts tbe roots off the vines A good cutting will reach almost to the top of tbe post when set out, or grow to the top In one year, If properly csred for. Xne best method ta to wire tne vines. When this is done, rows of posts, well braced, have to be set out around the edge of the vineyard,- to which are at tached the larger wires. Down each row a No. 10 galvanized wire is run as a governor wine, and stapled to the top of each post. Across these governor wires, you stretch at first, one No. 11 wire. If well braced at the ends, this gtves all the posts secure bracing. As the vines grow and spread out, you add on each side of the No. 14 wire, other wires, always 'keeping good ar bors for tbe vines to run on. If you let the branches fall down and have to support their own weight, they do not grow so rapidly. The vine should not be allowed to bunch up In knots, but be kept spread out and growing uniformly- in all directions. It takes about 110 vines to set an acre properly laid off. These can be bought through us at 5c. each, if you can not get them from a nearby vine. The land should be cultivated with crops that do noi grow too high, and the vines kept free from trash around the roots, which grow close to the top of the ground. Do not cultivate un der tbe branches, tbe roots extend and draw sustenance as far af tbe branches run. Hence if you plow close to tbe vines you tear np the roots. The best method we know la to keep the roots, all around the body of tbe vine, and as fas as the branches extend, mulch? ed with a heavy coat of wood mold and straw. The home of the vine Is the piney 'woods, where, - in . the rich virgin soil, it spreads hundreds of feet. The best vises we have ever seen were in old garden plots where they were cever plowed, but the weeds kept down. A good plan is, perhaps, to have sheep grass under tbe vines; but the best plan Is to keep in cultivation the land not ahsded, and to keep the weeds down on the rest by having a heavy mulch. While fertilizer may produce unusually heavy crops, we advise using coarse barn manure In eonnec linn with hnavv matin pa of woods - mold and straw, so as to keep the soil light and productive. While the vine will grow and produce on light sandy land that will hardly grow cow peas, yet it should not be expected to get good crops from poor lsnd. The soil should be fertilised as directed above. Arbors can be mads of wood, as are frequently sees, on a small scale, but the expense of wooden arbors on a large scale is considerable. Galvan ized wire on good postsis cheapest in the long run, aBd makes much less work once the vineyard is well wired. It means only a few posts each year, and a little wiring to take up the slack, and the hauling In of coarse manures. We do not believe in plow ing close to the vines. It breaks the roots and inevitably damages tbe vine. As to the gathering, the preferable plan is to gather by hand, and in small vineyards this can be done. We pay speclaf prices for selected, hand-gathered grapes. But In a large vineyard this is not prscticable. Pdlei are at tached to strong sheets made of canvas, each about ten feet square, and with leather bandies and man to each side of the sheet, it is easily carried around between the posts, which are set in even rows. Another msn or boy, with a forked stick, shskes the vlne gently j ist above tbe sheet, and tbe ripe grapes fall and are caught. Children pick up the few grapes which fall outside the sheet. The vines should not be beaten hard, as not only thus do you get green fruit, but damage the vines by break ing the tender new growth which pro duces the crop next year, or most of it. The leaves can be fanned out by a fan mill or picked out by hand; a fan mill is bas', and can be moved along as you go over tbe vines. The vines should be gone over as often ss tbe grapes ripen, as you can not gather aU the grapes at one time without getting green or overripe grapes, either of which lowers the grade of grapea. What we desire particularly ia tbe White Bcunnernog grape. If we are as successful In building up a trade on -the Red Bcuppernong as we have been on the while, we shall be willing to pay as much for Mish and Jsmes Grapes as for the White Grapes; and tbe James Grapea produce a heavier yield, as a rule, and require a heavier character of soil, more stiff aess though not too stiff. Good soil will produce belter re sults than poor soil, though any sandy soil in Eastern North Carolina can be mads very profitable in Bcuppernong Grapes. , . - .,, A word as to the profit. An sere will set 110 vines. At three years old, with proper care, they should prodnce from a peck to a naif bushel each. At four years old they should produce not less than one to t wo bushels each. At this time you can atili cultivate one-half the land. At aeven years old you should be getting from four hundred to eight hundred bushels per acre. Tak ing the lowest estimate, eay four hun dred bushels, at 8& per. bushel, which we propose to pay for choice grapes, you have an income of $300 per acre, at a low estimale for each year. Vines live to be over a hundred years old. The old mother vine is still living on Rasnoke Island, and Is over three hun dred years old, and bore fruit last yesr, though utterly neglected, and its roots are bre. No crop you can grow will give such sure returns. Ten seres In grapes will Insure any man a steady income after seven years, which beats any lire Insurance policy. - While it iruilaces toxe times laigei craps !Lsr others. It never f alii utterly. To land, owners who will 'set out Tines we propose to give contracts guaranteeing a market at a regular and fair scale of prices, for five years, they to guarantee to sell us the crop each yearvjwe to take all the crop that la gathered and offered properly at the nearest, railroad station, or at our winery - . -;" - v;.:. ,:. North Oarolina bas, in the Eastern part of the State, more than a million acres of lacd adap'.ed to the growth of tnis grap. uranting that only one aere In each one hundred was planted, and that the minimum crop , of . 400 bushels par acre was produced, - and that eaeh bushel produced three gal lons of Wine, we have twelve million gsilons'of the finest wine la the world when properly made. This Is not balf as much ss California makes. ' France which la not so very much larger than our state, produces over-a billion gal lons of wine. North Carolina COULD, if her people only WOULD, be In this respect, tbe SOUTHERN FRANCE OF AMERICA, and could make as much wine as France, the great st wine producing country in tbe world.4 We hope to see the work started. . If the farmers will make the grape, we will try to make tbe wine and sell it. anere is no published treatise on grape growing that is worth a cent as applied to the Scuppernone. Plant it paoperly, give it balf a- chance, and it will make you rich In spite of tour self independent, at lean. It takes a 'ittle time. Do not prune it ever, ex cept when necesssry to keepit In sbspe while young. U cut It bleeds and dies, or does not thrive. Give it arborsge, and nice rich soil protected from tbe sun and rains by rich loan, or woods- moia, ana it win grow so rest you forget you planted it five yr are be fore. Dan't be deterred by tbe five years you have the use of nearly all your land while it is growing, and once in full bearing, you don't want. at most, over fifty acres-to take care of a large family In comfort in ifflu ence. Even if it netted you only 100 per acre, ana you bad only 25 screr, it oeais jsouon or tobacco as a money cro Don't go in too big aV Brs plant five to ten acres each vear; then tbe posting and wiringrdoa't erne all at once and break sou, and you begin to get some income by the time the expense of wiring bt comes heavy. We advise, if you purpose to have a vine yard of twenty-five acre-, to set out nve acres each year. If you want fifty acres, set out ten acres each year. In five years you will bs on eaay street; In tea years you will be per feclly independent. To any man who win aet out vineyarna we wiii give a contract to take bis entire product. uei near a snipping point, so you won't bave so far to haul your grapes. They are heavy and must be ablppcd promptly-after being gathered. We have end will have facilities to handle them as fast aa the farmers can ahlp tnem. xoura very iruly. BolBeaB&Co. Cholly But aw why do you say von don t like my face? Miss Pert Because. Cholly Ah! bnt that's not a pwoper answer; there's no reason in that. Miss Pert Well, there's none in yonr face, either. Philadelphia Press.. 'Isn't this bill rather large, doctor ion only prescribed once and I only took one of yonr pills. "Well, it was that pill that enred Ton." I am not objecting to the pill, doctor, bnt to tbe pillage. " Fort Worth Kecord. I ft I l I zl A Happy New Year To yon Farmers! Ton will cer tainly have a Merry Cbrlstmas as well aa a prosperous, happy New Year, if you used on your crops at seed-time Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers. Now, to Insure yourself a happy New Tear" every year, and all the year through to Christmas continue to fertil ize your crops with these well known brands. They will pay you handsomely. . , VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL COMPANY Richmond. Va. Atlanta, Qa. Korfolk, Va. Savannah, Gau Durham, N. C. Montgomery, Ala. Charleaton, 8. C. Memihla, Tenn. Jumbo Seed Peanuts. 300 Bushels Jumbo Seed Pea nuts $1.40 Bushel. Plant tbero. W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Grocer, jan 6 tf Wilmington, N.C WE WANT ALL INTERESTED IN MACHINERY TO HAVE OUR NAMI BEFORE THEM DURING 1905 Write us stating whet kind of Machinery you use or win install, and we wilt mail you Free of All Cost A HANDSOME AND USEFUL Pocket Diary and atlas OR A LARGE COMMERCIAL CALENDAR Cibbcs Machinery Company, COLUMBIA, S. C. A STOOK OP HORSE POWER HAY FR ESSES TO BE OLOSKD OUT AT . SPECIAL PRICES rye-, Hi a' ,-im n i i inn m mfflf J The Kind Yon Have Always " n use for over, 30 years, and 1ms yriwf-jfa" sonal supervision since its Inf.incy. f, t'CcccAwt Allow no cno to deceive yo:i In this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Jusl-as-good ar but Experiments! that trifle with aud endanger the beaUit of Infants and Children lUxiMjrlencc against Experiment What is CASTORIA rjastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething: Troubles, cures Constipation ' and-Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the -Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep Tho Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend , O E N UJN E C ASTO R I A ALWA.Y8 Bears the Tte KM You Have Always Bought in Use For Over 30 Years. -' ecsmwn eosas-Aftw. rv wunsutv rr steer, str.w voust -v. Five Hundred Pairs of Headlight Overalls JUST ARRIVED AT Gay lord's . Jumpers... t' 0 Pants l.on Suit 2 00. Best made. IF YOU WANT THE BEST NEEDLE ON THE HARKET ASK FOR CRAWLEY'S. THE CROSSETT SHOES For Men makes life walk easy. We have them in all the new shapes, styles and prices. $2.50to $5.00. Ask to eee them. GEO. 0. janfitf Cargo Salt Just Arrived Schooner John R. Fell arrived to-day, Saturday with 10,000 BAGS OF 100 POUND WHITE COTTON SALT We will begin to discharge same Monday, the 9th lost.," and all orders will be shipped promptly. Tbe Schooner C. C. Lister with 10,000 BAGS SALT is expected to arrive at any hoar, so we will be ia shape to take care of all orders in North acd 8onth Cao lina that our customers may send us and immediate shipment will be made. D. L. GORE COMPANY, WbolesaU) Grocers and Importers, ja 8 tf " .Wilmington, N. C. Cocoanuts, Raisins. Mixed Nuts, Florida Oranges (to arrive.) Prunes, Dried Apples. and a full line of CANDY. Write us for quotations before buying elsewhere. S. P. McNAIR, de-6 tf Wihufngton. N. C. II 0 Bougrli .', uuel ivuclt lias 2cu lias borne the signatnro of been made tinder hi ner ' Signature of GAYLORD, . 206, 208, 210 Front Street. 4 ! WISHING Ever-bod j A Very Merry ChrUtm And a Happy New vear We sincerely Thank our ma y ' and patrons for TBE M'.OE HOLIDAY TRADE w and bee to solicit your va'u wear trade for 190S. OLB S GENTS rout .. Cordially Yotr Hereer & Mm "to 4tTtf Your Orders for CHRISTMAS GOODS will be given onr prompt attention Let us have them. HALL & PEABSALL, INCOBPOIIATID. nov ss tr WANTED. HIDES AND FURS OF AIL KIKDS. Hitibest Market Prices Pail SAM L BEAR, SR I SONS, nov27tf 18 Market St.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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