r
$1 a YE8R CASH IS ADVANCE.
"LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMS! ' AT BE THV COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S ASD TRUTHS."
ESS JDVERTISIKG HEDIDH:
WILSON, N. C, JULY 21, 1898.
NUMBER 29.
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3IGCALL FOR WAR BONDS
Entire Issue Li'rely to Be Taken
In Small Blocks.
VINAilOIEin AP.B SURPRISED.
Sim tho Popnlar Feature Was
Wholly tthVxoected '"Aiiibiig New York
Hunkers Throe 'Syndlcatea Orjranized to
. Take Part or tho Vl:l of This Isaac.
Simla's Failure to Grasp the Situation.
To one can tell just now how many
otrerings for bonds of the new war loan
iu' small .blocks either of $;"00 or les;t
have been inado in New York. The rec
ord at tho subtreasury is reported to
show more than o.OOOoXEexLQof tbhl
kind, but that is not an accurate record
at least, some of the offerings are in
formal, imperfect-or clearly, lacking in
good faith, so that if tho wholo number
of offerings ho 5,000, somo allowance
must be. made for these defective ones.
Assuming that each of these is for 500,
then through the subtreasury tho secre
tary has been able to place at least
$J, 000, 000 of 'these bonds in tho manner
which he earnestly desired. But sub
scriptions are received at many of tho
banks and in other responsible places,
tho number of which no -man can esti
mate, but an inquiry made tho other
morning leads to the impression that
tho amount subscribed in this way may
perhaps- be as largo, as that offered
through the subtreasury. ..
In fact, it is assumed that at least
5,000,000 of theso bonds will bo taken
by people of moderate means who are
citizens of New York, and if . that pro
portion is kept up throughout the Unit
ed States, then it is fair to assume that
the wholo issuo will go to those who
have subscribed for small amounts, and
thus tho loan will be technically "pop-:
ularized. " For even though there be a
premium, as now seems certain, never
theless it is doubtful whether, except
in the larger cities, a- majority of those
who bid for small amounts for bonds
will caro to sell them at a premium.
They will get them, put theni away in'
a safe place and feel that they have
somo share in tho financial responsibili
ties of tho government and in a certain
way take a place which only tho great
er capitalists and tho banks havo here
tofore occupied.
It inust bo said that tho apparent suc
cess of this loan, so swiftly consummat
ed that the answer to his appeal reached
the secretary of the treasury before tho
echo of his calk died away, has given
bankers iu New York something to
think about. Many of them have pre
sumed that in floating a great loan the
agency either -of . a financial institution
or somo prominent financier, like those
who floated somo of the loans made in
civil war days, was essential.- The sin-
glo attempt heretoforo made by a secre
tary of the treasury to popularize a
loan was a f ailiiro, and. it has been as
sumed that the same causes which com
polled Mr. Sherman, when secretary of
the treasury,, to abandon tho attempt to
.popularize a lean would prevent the
. success of a like effort made by Secre
tary Gage. , -
So certain were somo of tho men who
aro accustomed to : operations of this
kind that Mr. Gago would" not fully
succeed , that at least three groups of
financiers and financial institutions
were organized here prepared to take
the whole or auv part of this issue of
bonds. Besides theso offerings, subscrip
tions in largo amounts running from
$ 1 , 000, 000 to $ 1 0, 000, 000 and aggregat
ing probably 200,000,000 in all, have
been made by filnglo corporations or in
stitutions in New York.
The experienco of tho past fow days
suiins to show '-already that, -notwith
standing tho rather crude or unsystem
atic method necessarily adopted by
tho government to get theso bonds di
rectly .to tho people, these obstacles
havo been overcome ' and tho bonds
aro to tro to the people. It - should
bo remembered, however, that somo
thing of sentiment, patriotic and war
like, is responsible for this condition.
The banks and other institutions and
corporations havo offered facilities for
' subscriptions, free of cost, and are will
ing to apt as agents of the government
in tiiotranstcr witnoui any comimsiua.
This is duo to the desire to make it
clear to the world that the American
people responded instantly, and over
whelmingly to an appeal from the gov
ernment for a loan. But it is, doubtful,
if there aro to be other loans by and by
whether theso institutions would feel
justified in undertaking this work free
of cost It has been made clear, how
ever, that tho people will subscribe to a
popular loan and have probably over
subscribed at this, the first opportunity
tney nave nan ior investing in govern
ment bonds direct. Therefore it is pre
sumed that ' the treasury department
may undertako to perfect hereafter a
better means for 'direct communication
between the people and the department.
It is pow known that even before Mr.
Gago was absolutely certain that the
senate j would accept a war revenue
measure built substantially upon tne
lines adopted by the lower house he
was-assured, that if he had occasion to
ask for !a loan he would meet with in
stant response. r That pledge was given
to hi ml l.v Krvmft of tho capitalists of
New Yprk, so that ho knew long before
ho asked the public to subscribe to the
issue of bonds that the whole issue
would bo marketed or could be market-
r. A i- 1 . . XT A Vrtnlr nl tir
(lb IfUf 111 IU( ui.
It is now tho understanding in inner
financial circles in New York that tho
secretary of tho treasury was also told
that he could instantly market the
whole amount proposed iu the bill as it
was first drafted by the house commit
tee, and furthermore that in easo it was
necessary to call for. another loan he
knew exactly where he could go to gfit
tho money on the terms proposed in the
house measure. That picafjge still stands.
If the money borrowed on this issue of
bonds is speedily exhausted and It be
comes necessary for Mr. Gage to issue
another loan of $200,000, 000, he knows
that oven though the resources of the
plain people have been exhausted by
this first issuo tho second issue will bo
immediately taken up at: par by the
New York finanoi
Furthermore, it is the understanding
iu ixew xorK that it will bo possible to
borrow as much as $1,000,000,000 with
out appealing to Europe to take any
part of tho loan. Undoubtedly Europo
would get some part of it, but if she
did it at first hand it would be dono
under cover, and if she got it at second
hand she would have to pay a premium
for the bonds. In other words, she will
TZISZ: ,arKeM
w t-v j.iicxu uruuuuiv Will -DO no
.need, bowvcr, of another issue unless
the war be carried far -'into next year.
The $400,000,000 which the secretary
- i - -1 -
was authorized to borrow will carry the
government along until the sprincr of
1899, unless there should be unexpected
and very ereat reverses.
In contrast with this condition is tho
situation in Spain. Some faith is placed
in jN'ew York financial circles in the re
ports that Spain is casting about for the
means by which she can, without too
great humiliation or mortification to
her, pride, begin suggestions which have
peace in view. But it is also the im
pression here that this impulse is riot
duo to the apprehension of military or
naval reverse ?, but to the more ominous
and in one sense dangerous portent of
acknowledged bankruptcy at home. If
Spain is thinking earnestly of peace, it
is because the ministry is aware that
the nation is practically bankrupt and
that the Bank of Spain is in the same
condition. That is a danger more to be
dreaded in Spain than the reports of the
capture of Santiago and the destruction
of Cervera's fleet or the surrender of
Manila. Bankrupt, she can appeal with
less confidence to the nations of Europe
for friendly mediation. . If she appeals
after bankruptcy, she. does so as an ac
knowledged pauper. Besides, the condi
tion at home which would follow con
fessed bankruptcy would, it is believed,
be more dangerous to the dynasty, cer
tainly to the . government, than one
which the report of the loss of the Phil
ippines, the defeat of Ceryera or the
capture of Havana would cause,
It is then because the belief U firmly
entertained in New York that Spain is
now practically bankrupt that the re
ports that she is looking for the way to
enter into negotiations with the United
States for peace are believed to have
ome foundation. The report comesnot
only from interviews with members of
the Spanish government, but by way of
private information from financial cen
ters of Europe. Yet coupled with these
reports comes -also tho astounding sug
gestion that Spain hopes that the United
States will consider propositions look
ing to peace upon the basis of the con
dition which existed before the procla
mation of the war, and it is said in
New York by those who are well in
formed that it seems to be impossible to
persuade tho Spanish government of a
truth, which all the rest of Europe
knows to be a truth, that the United
States would refuso to listen to any sug
gestions of that character. Holland in
Philadelphia Press.
The VeBuvlu.
Darkness her armor is; life giving breath
Pent up she hold:: to send ruin and death.
On through tho Ktlent night stealthy she creeps
Where the dark castles ;shadow the deeps.
Foenien on yondor hills watch in the gloom.
No warning comes te them of nearing doom.
Not a sound, not a ray, reaches them there
Into the mists beiow vainly they stare.
Now! good Vesuvius, breathe forth a shell j
Give those hidalgos a foretaste of hell I
II;irk! O'er the silent sea' quivers a sigh;
Bwiftly a something soars toward the skyj
Out of the durkness leaps light as of day ;
ISoar as of world's collapse sweeps o'er t he bay.
Echoes die out in the distance, anS then
pcath's silence broods where the foemen had
been.
Arthur Lucas; in Npw York Bun.
Quite Seasonable,
Santiago de Cuba is enjoying the de?
lights of a summer and "fall' season
it one and tfle same time. Scranton
Times. . " ,
PURE BLOOD is the foundation
of health., Hold's Sarsaparillamakes
the blood pure., rich and nourisliingand
gives and mai lit lin good H EALTH .
War's Demand For Willow Wood.
"Since the beginning of the war,"
says the Philadelphia Record, "specu
lators have been buying up all the wil
low wood available for tho uso of the
powder manufacturers. Trees not over
four feet in diameter aro the best and
bring the most money. " They are most
thickly found along streams in Pennsyl
vania and adjoining states. .The reason
that willow is sought after is that it
makes the best charcoal for mixing in
tho ingredients necessary in the making
, of powder. Willow wood charcoal is
also more easily pulverized than that
from any other wood. The wood is pur-,
chased by shrewd buyers, who claim
that it' is to be used for making kin
dling 6ticks, but a cord of it is worth ten
times as much as either pine or hickory.
In times of peace its value' amounts to
but little. " '
Demand For British Flag.
. British flags seem just now to be
somewhat popular in the United States
cities, to judge from the present large
demand in Ottawa for thorn. Local
manufacturers in Ottawa are booking
many large orders from American firms
and aro continually in receipt of re
fjuests for quotations of prices.
Why allow yourself to be slcvvly tor
tured at the strike of 'disease? Chills
and Fever wi!! undermine,-and eventu
ally break down the strongest consti
tution VFEnRI-CUM' ..('Sweet 'Chill
Tonic of Iron) is more effective, than
Quinine and being combined with Iron
is. ail excellent Tonic and Nervine Med
icine. v U is pheasant to Like, is sold
ender 'positive guarantee to cure or
PROBLEMS OF THE WAR
Henry Watterson on Disposition
of Islands We May Capture.
FAVORS IK) LDDIQ ALL OF THEM.
To Snrrentli r Cnha, forto Kico aad tlm
Philippine After Acqnirlnc TIicf.i
.Woold IV, He Asserts, a Cowardly
Aban don rr. r n t of Obligations Our Coun
try DcatlmeU to Bo a World Voxrvr.
Views ou Alliance With England.
.' . -'"-,""'
I had a long talk with Henry "Wat
terson recently relative to some of tho
problems growing out of the present
nr., . rrr-,-.
liai. tUIl -BAl. K lLl.t 1M711 ftilll 411. 1 li: Wh
fully and fraukly." "In the event that
the Philippine islands, Cuba and Porto
Rico aro occcupied by tho American
troops at the conclusion of tho present
war, what disposition do you think
should be made of them?" I asked. "I
think we should retain possession of
them, ' ' Mr. Watterson replied. ' Would
you legard tho possession of those is
lands necessary to indemnify us for the
cost and saenfico of tho war or tsjsen-
tial to the protection 01 our commerco
or our citLxns having interests in
them?" "Direct indemnification for the
losses of a war such as this is not of tho
first consequence. No money indemnity
could satisfy us or bo collected of Spain.
A nation of shopkeepers they call us,
and a nation of shopkeepers we may bo,
but in this business we are not after
money. If Spain were less barbarous
and corrupt, we could afford to be more
generous.
"We set out to free Cuba of Spanish
misrule and incidentally to redress a
long series of Spanish outrages, culmi
nating in the destruction of tho Maine.
But war rarely ends where it began.
The war for the Union began with tho
declaration that it was not waged to
free the slaves . and ended with the
abolition of slavery. Tho conquest of
HSNKT WATTEKSON.
arms raises up unexpected conditions
and responsibilities. The truth is that
Spain is reaping tho evil fruit of three
centuries of national debauchery, and it
is simply a historic accident that tho
final settlement of the account is relo-
gated to the United States.
"Wo are, as it were, a trustee of civ
ilization. In that character we shall
presently lmu ourselves masters 01 a
great deal of outlying territory, such as
Cuba, Porto Rico and tho Philippine is
lands, having by that time already pos
sessed ourselves of Hawaii. With these
acquisitions there will spring into exist
ence not merely a crop of commercial
interests hitherto .unknown, but of na
tional aspirations hitherto undreamed
of. -We can no more escape these than
we could any other imposition of good
or ill fortune. ,
"To surrender territory acquired by
tho outlay of so much blood and treas
ure would bo a wanton and cowardly
abandonment of obligations and oppor?
trinities, literally heaven sent, for (hey
were not originally contemplated by
anybody. Wo cannot remand the Phil
ippines to -Spain or commit them to a
population incapable of self govern
ment, to become a prey of European di
plomacy. Neither can we sell them to
somo purchasing power. .We are bound
to keep Porto Rico, if for nothing else
than a coaling station, in case we get it.
Jjook at tho map of the West Indies,
See where Cuba lies right across our
southern water front. - Will any sane
man say that we should ever permit it,
once acquired, to pass out of our con
trol?" ' ' , ; '
"Should the United States, in view
of these things, "change its traditional
foreign policy?"
"The traditional stay at home and
mind, your own business policy laid
down by Washington was wise for a
weak and struggling nation, and. if it
couia oe nanerea to, would re wise ior
every people. But each of the centuries
has its own tide pf progress to tell, each
rsisps nn its own nroblema to be solved.
The difference between a scattered pop
ulation, fringing the east Atlantic sea
board, and 80,000,000 of people, occu
pying and traversing the continent from
ithe Atlantic to the Pacific, is too great
to admit of contrast
"As no preceding cycle, the interven
ing century has revolutionized the
' world. Another century may witness
the i transfer of. human ambitions and
activities from Europo and America to
Asia and Airicas The Pacific,' and not
the Atlantic may become the wash
basin of the universe. Can the United
States stand apart and aside while these
movements of mankind, like a running
6trcam, pass them by,, an isolated and
helpless mass of accumulated and cor-;
rupting riches? Wo could not if we
would and we should not- if we could.
." Wo must adapt ourselves to the
chanced order We must make a new
To, make your business
health- is a prime factor.
pay, cood
To secure
good health, "the blood should be . kept
pure find vigorous by the use of Aver's
SarBanafilla.' 'When the vital fluid is
map. xne vista, as it opehs to our sight;
is not so great as would have been th
vista of Texas and California, Florida
and Alaska t;i the eye of Washington.
For all hb wisdom the Father of His
Country could not foresee electricity nor
tiStiKiate tho geographio contractions it
would bring. Already the eld world is
receding. Another world is coming into
view. The statesmanship of the twen
tieth century must address itself to this
and will bo . largely constructive in its
character. Tho cloth has been already
partly cut cut. It' remains for statesmen
to put it together so that the world may
wear it. . : - r -
"The United States from now on is
destined to . be a world power. Hence
forth its foreign policy will, need to bo
completely reconstructed. The man who
would cling to the traditions of Wash
ington is as one who would reject tho
railway and travel by the stagecoach,
or, disdaining tho ; highway, would
strike through tbo woods. "
"Do you think we should permanent
ly increase our army and navy and en
ter into a -competition with" the Euro
pean powers in and across the Pacific?"
Undoubtedly. From a - nation of
shopkeepers we become a nation of war
riors. We escape tho menace and peril
of socialism and agrarianism, as Eng-.
land" has escaped them, by a-policy of
colonization and cooqucflt. Ftotn a pro
vincial huddle of petty sovereignties
held together' by a rope cf sand we rise
to the dignity and prowess of an im
perial republic incomparably greater
than Rome. .1 -
"It is trno that we exchange domes
tio dangers for foreign dangers, but in
every direction we multiply the oppor
tunities of the people. ,We risk Csesar
ism certainly, but even Caesar ism is
preferablo to anarchism. We risk wars,
but a man has but one time to die, and
either in peace or' war he is not likely
to die until his time comes. Sufficient
unto tho day is the evil thereof. In
short, anything is better than the pace
we were going before these present
forces were started ,ij to life. Already
the young manhood of the country is
as a goodly brand snatched from the
burning and given a perspective replete
with noble deeds and elevating ideas."
"On what groundtwould you favor
the much talked of Anglo-American, al
liance?" ;V. ' '
"I have never been, as you know, an
. Anglomanias '- I have regarded England
as our greatest rival. Indeed, as a life
long friend of Ireland I have held the
English at arm's length. But the inter
position of some disastrous mischance
whenever Ireland bus had a show of
better timet; has made me despair of
Irish freedom in that direction and by
the old prou : s of agitation, armed or
otherwise. Irdeed, Mr. Gladstone being
dead, the Irish seem'now to have more
to expect froiii the Conservatives than
from the Libendsi am-hence in thispar-
ticularrogaidjho Ii& question is elim
inated altogethtrTTi:aM' " J
MIn a general way, let me add, I have
not much faith in international alli
ances. : They often serve a purpose on
occasion, Liki an umbrella, they are
good for a rainfall, but scarcely for a
roof. Yet it cannot bo denied that "we
are of tho .same blood and faith, and as
no American would willingly see ill
pome to England so we might very well
join the English in the work of putting
the Anglo-Saxon imprint upon the re
organization of China and the reparti
tion of territories in Africa and in
Asia."
"What is your opinion of American
sentiment a to these questions?"-
'That is a matter to be determined
by the future. Inevitably they will in
volve prolonged and it may bo acri
monious cli.-K'Utision. All other issues
will be subordinated to them. In my
opinion, however, tho end is inevitable.
We havo thrown off the swaddling
clothes of national babyhood and stand
forth an international giant, armed
cap-a-pie. "Cor. New York Herald-
VclxyiMo to Women.
Especially valuable to women is Urowns'
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place of
weakness, and the glow of health readily
comes to the pallid cheek when this won
derful remedy is taken. For sickly children
or overworked men it has no equal, No home
should le without this famous remedy.
Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The Array 8a rg-eon's Protect,
Jdlstaken women of the land, .
.'--. Iist o the doctors' cry
And stay your ull too willing hand
And do not question why
- Each doctor shakes his grizzled head -
And gives his chest a slam '
And scores in tones to scare the dead
Your Jellies and your jam. .
They say that you must stop the stuff
Or else you'll undermine
The stomachs of our warriors tough
And make them peak and pino.
Of glass, of china or of tin, .
' Each harmless looking can
A terror holds that lurks within
And downs the soldier man.
So, ladU-'Sv will you please refrain.
With peaches and with pears,
With apricots and damsons plain
And all the canny wares? v
You wouldn't see each fighting man
Become an ailing Iambi ;
Then stop the most pei uicious can, .
- The jelly and the jam.
- Cleveland Plain Dealer.'
' Oar Lady of the Snows Melts.
The mayor of Portland, Me. , has ask
ed fouf companies of , Canadian militia
to assist in celebrating the Fourth of
July, and the invitation has been ac
cepted. These family parties will add to,
the interest of the day. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
- Back to First Causes. -
Turn about is fair play. A stamp tax
caused our first war, and now every war
causes a stamp tax. Boston Traveler.
Permanently tired by the ' masterly
powvrs oi , .v.ouin American Nervine
Tonic Invalids need suffer no longer,
because this great remeiv"-raii cure
them ad. It is a Cure for the whole
world of. stomach weakness and ipdi
gestnnr. The cure-begins vvilh l he first
dose.. The relief it brings is .'-marvellous
an' surprising. ft makes iro fail
lire never, disappoints. ; No matter
how long you have suffered, vopr cure
is certain under the" use of thfc great
health giving force, fitasar.t ami al-
Y ?1 V S 5 f ' " ' . - '
HEW FIELDS OF FORTUNE
Wonderful Resources of the Phil
ippine Islands.
I.2EAT FERTILITY OF THE SOIL.
Natural Riches For American Enterprise
to Develop Mineral Wealth Besides
Agricultural Trod acts Hemp the Great
est Article of Export How the Civet
Scattered Coffee Seeds Characteristics
of the Genuine Philippine Natives.
' Manley R. Sherman of Los Angeles,
who told of his observations in the Phil
ippines in tho New York Sun on "May
22, believes that there are great possi
bilities in the islands. .;:.".'"-'
'-I have been wondering," said Mr.
Sherman, "how the United States will
set about to .develop the natural re
sources of tho Philippines when the war
in ended and General Merritt and his
troops have settled down to a steady oc
cupation of the islands. The American
people, indeed but few Europeans, re
A&ce tho " unsurpassed resources of the
Philippines. - .
"The natives of the Philippines'are
different from any race the United
States government has ever governed.
A dozen tribes that I know about and
there are many more I don't know
about aro more intractable than
Apaches or Sioux, and they occupy ter
ritory abounding . in. very fertile areas
'and regions where gold may be mined.
The Chinese in the islands number near
ly half a million. The true Spanish,
outside of the soldiers and sailors, who
come and go. every few years, never
number more than 3,000. The British
are about 500 strong and the Americans
about 150. The genuine natives, the
aborigines, are of Malay origin and have
the face, color and manners of the Ma
lays. Tho race is very conglomerate.
The best natives are handsome, brown,
lithe and grateful, with hair as black
as a raven's wing and small hands and
feet. . . ' ' .
"Then there aro what the Spanish
call the Negritos, They number 8, 000, -000
of the Philippine population, and
their origin is unknown. They are as
wild as Hottentots on some remote is
lands and have been known to eat hu
man flesh. Tho Negritos have woolly
heads and . black skins. . The brown
skinned or Malay aborgines who live in
the northern part of the archipelago are
known as Itocans, and there are fully
15 tribes of them, each speaking a dif
ferent dialect. The aborigines in the
central islands of tho Philippines are
the Tagals. They are . by. far the most
intelligent and industrious people. Some
-of hrm are abont.ns fine people as one
wisnea to meet a proud, generous.
hospitable, honest people. The abo- i
rigines in tho southern part of the archi
pelago are Visaians, and they are far
removed from the Tagals in intelligence
and worth, but aro mild, very dirty and
lazy. The natives on Luzon and about
the coast of Mindanao aro almost
wholly Tagals, Their servants' and la
borers are the Negritos.
"Hemp is the greatest article of ex-
port in the Philippines, and the official
documents in Manila show that in the
last decade about 40 per cent of all the
enip grown on the islands has been
sent to tho United States. One firm in
Boston paid an average of 3 cents a
pound in Manila for 79,000 tons of
hemp in the ten years previous to last
January. During the same period the
total quantity of hemp exported from
the Philippines amounted to exactly
914, 10Q tons. For a dozen years the im
portations of hemp into the United
States from tho Philippines have aver
aged $2,400,000 a year. There are im
mense possibilities in hemp culture in
the Philippines, now that the grip of
Spain on every legitimate industry has
been shaken off. As sure as the sun rises
and sets there will be millionaire for
tunes made in hemp in tho Philippines
in tho next decade. "What the Yankee
sugar planters have done in the fertile
valleys of Hawaii in the last generation
may be duplicated in hemp in Luzon,
Mindanao and Samar. There will be a
Clans Spreckels and a Colonel North in
Philippine hemp before wo know it
"Then there are some great possibili
ties also in the line of fortune making
in the sugar, industry in the Philip
pines. The annual imports of raw sugar
into the United States from tho Philip
pines during -the last few years have
averaged $2,150,000. The total annual
exports of raw sugar from the Philip- J
pines have averaged $4,o00,000 for
some time. Sugar cane grows like magic J
in the well watered valleys of the five
chief islands of the group. The decom
posed lkva soil from the extinct volca
noes that run north and south througn
the larger Philippine islands, side by
sido with the activo earthquake making
volcanoes, has exactly the qualities for
growing sugar cane. The cane comes to
maturity from seed in ono year. The
plantations on Samar hold tho world's
record for high production of rich cane
to the acre. I have known Spanish
planters pn Samar and Luzon to make a
clear profit of $300 an acre in one year.
The Negritos laborers get from 5 to 10
cents a day for cultivation. Nature does
the rest With American invention and,
energy many a man can become a mil
lionaire in sugar growing in the Philip
pines. ; to. ' -
"Indigo plants grow in .incredible
luxuriance throughout the Philippines.
The soil is so fertile that the least labor
gives surprising results. Indigo plants
yield double the capital used Many cf
the richest families in Manila people
who live in Madrid and Paris about
one-third of the time and keep up royal
establishments have made their wealth
"In a minute" one dose of Hart's
Essence ok Ginger will relieve any
o'rdinary case of Colic, Cramps or Nau
sea; 'An unexcelled Vemedy for Diar
rhoea, Cholera Morbu- Summer com-
1 In tne. indigo trade. Tao-Alvarado fam
ily owns an indigo plantation' of about
25,000 acres and an indigo works on
Samar, and it derives a revenue cf 1'aiiy
$40,000.-- An American with half an
eve 'can .sea' many . improvements .aad
economise that might be made there,
but he would not be thanked for sug
gesting them to any Philippine or Span
iard. ' "
"Cocoanut trees are a bigger resource
than one might suppose. The fruit is
demanded in the markets, cf tho world
as much as oranges and lemons. Every
part of the tree is useful. Tho juices
make oil and wine, the fibers of t,ho
leaves is woven into cloth, and tho
husks cf the nuts arc shipped by the
boatload to England for doormats and
- .. r
common, but in this land of sie-stan aad
procrastination the people are so thrift
less that they 'never riso to meet. .tho.
market by extensive plantings of cocoa
nut trees. To the native a cocoa nut tree
is a veritable staff of life. It will fur
nish his food, intoxicant, oil, vinegirr,
vessels, brushes, fish lines, ropes, fuel 1
and water. . A cocoanut produces fruit
when 6 years old in tho Philippines. 'I
know a young " Englishman who spent
about $5,000 in starting a, coconu nl;
grove 17 miles from Cavite, on Luzon.
The Spanish;'-were so afraid' -he would
induce other enterprising . British - to
come and do -like, him that they ruined
him ina'few years by all manner of im
posts and exactions. For instance, ho
had to pay about $100 to the govern
ment at Manila before he picked his
first crop, and he had to pay an export
duty of 10 per cone extra because ho
wras not a native, , - '
"To illustrate how mar'vclonsly'fer-.
tile is the soil in tbo Philippines, let'
mo tell about the coffee plants'. About
70 years ago several Spaniards began
the cultivation cf coffee ui a little val
ley away at tho north end of Luzon.
They were tho first coffee plants ever
known on the island. A little, wild ani
mal resembling the civet cf Africa (a
cross between a weasel and a fox) began
eating and scattering tho growing coffee
4berries. In a few jrars the. plants grow
ing from the scattered coffee berries
were all over that part of ...Luzon. For
years past there have been" wild "coffee
bushes all over tho island, and all canio
from tho civets' scattering of. the coffee
seeds.. Thousands of pounds era gather
ed jErom theso wild bushes " by the na
tives. "Nowhere else docs . rico grow" so
prolifically as in tho Philippines. Tho
Chinese control the rice 'industry of-tho
islands, but the Negritos do the work:
Thero are a dozen Chinese millionaires
in Manila, and they havo made their
wealth largely in the rico a-id fcugar
trade. Under American Management
the profits, of rice growing could bo
easily 'enlarged. I think I ara conserva-
tuac dv tne cruao. iazv
ways of -.barves
ci:g 50 per cent of tho
yield is wasted. It would make a thrifty
Yankee f arm tr groan to see the recklesj
waste of tho natives. . ...
"Tobacco grows cn all the principal
islands. Vanilla, pepper . and castia,
which are cultivated elsewhero in" the
world, grow wild and iu great. clumps
ou the Philippine islands. Wheat and
corn may be grown at tho extreme north
of- tho archipelago. Oranges, -lemons
and guavas -fiourish in the forests and
back. hills. Not tho least horticultural
science has been exerted toward making
superior varieties of these fruit.s. I havo
seen in the dense tropical forests - .of
Mindanao thousands of tho trees cf cobt
ly woods, as logwood, ebony, mahogany
and iron wood. Great fortunes a.w"ais
tho men who shall get a concession to
go and operate there. Sailors' who havo
ventured far into thche forests tell mo
that the -"ebony jmd malV.iuy trtes
there aro the fiiiot-S theyrhayf e ver seen.
Pineapples and bananas .boniid in damp
spots ana are a source, or- revenoy on
some islands, but the Central -Amtiican
products have kept theso fruits oat of
the American markets.
"Navigators who visited the Philip
pines in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries ajl told cf the quantity of gold
the . natives had as ornaments about
their necks, wrists and ankles and of
how the precious metal was dug in tho
river beds of the islands.-' I have heard
metallurgists s:iy that the topography
of the islands of tulu and Gegr itos indi
cates the presence of "gold. Tho Spanish
have always been chary abotit permit
ting foreigners, especially English and
Americans, .to outer those islands,
therefore no scientific prospecting for
gold has been dene. The Spanish, you
know, are the poorest miners of any
civilized people. They have sever , done
a thing toward fostencg tho -developments
of the copper deposits on Luzon,
yet these are known to. be well worth
mining." ;
' A G R EEN VOLTjnTE E R .
Ile. Was Exceptionally Verdaat I-or One
WitU a CotniuUsfpn.
Some. of these volunteers aro ratl:er
fresh when it comes to military eti
quette. They are telling of a young
lieutenant down in Tampa who wa3
sitting by the door of General Wade's
headquarters, talking to some officers
of ..the regular army, when General
Wade and his staff CEtered. The regu
lar" officers arose' and- saluted.' the gen
eral, but the volunteer lieutenant sat
stilL . ' '
"That is General Wade, commander
in chief, ". said one of the regulars.
"Why don't yon salute him?"-
". "0!i,-I have only been hc-ro-a fev
days," replied the volunteer, "and havo
not yet- been introduced." Eoston
Herald. ;-
" !t-li-f i :x Hour.
Distressing Kidnf-v md .Bladder disease-relieved
in six Jiours b'- "New
.Great South American Kidxfy
Ct'KE" It is a great s-.irpnVs'on i c
count of ils, exceeding" rrmt-li!eSs' in
relieving pain in b?add.
back; in male or female,
tention of water almost
If you want-quick r?!:of
kidney, and
I'c'devrs ret
DYNAMITE IN WARFARE.
Views of Charles R. Flint, Who lint
Uel It on 'the Nlctheroy.
Tbo terrific; destruction at Santiago
by the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is
still the most interesting topic among
students of the art cf war. Charles R.
iTliat, who ha3 had perhaps more ex
perience -with guns and fighting ships
than any other private citizen, ia anen
thusiastic admirer of the dynamite gun.
-,r0ur w,ar with' Spain,'.' ho said to a.
reporter, "has developed a new way of
using a terrible weapon. I was very much
interested in reading the result of the use
cf the YesA "'ius guns. I havo always
tecnuriou;s to know what would be tho
U.vt.a.'.l'.v..
!i. It seems to me that tho
us. of d uaiairo'. projectiles is the novel
fy-Uu e of c ar war with Spain. Dyna
EiiiC er uitrogvlatin to be correct, No
bel's gel it in -has already been used on :
land ia Cuba Jiu charges shot from tho
Sims-Dudley pneumatic gun, which has a ;
capacity for two 2 shells carrying four
pounds and- a 5 inch shell carrying ten
pounds. Tho range of the 2 inch cali- -ber
is from quo to two miles and its rate -oi
firing five or six times per minute.
This guu had andther advantage in the
almost entire absence of smoke and noiso
when 0 red. The dynamite gun not Only
accomplishes terrible destruction where
ever cuo cf its shells bursts, but its
moral effect does even greater harm .f
the enemy. From all that has been rosC
ported about the work of tho Vesuvius r
haxe no doubt that hereafter tho mere '
fact of her presence in an engagement -will
so terrorize' tho enemy as to prac
tieally disablo'many of them from fight
ing, ifc seems t.d me that tho practical,
safe, efficient use of projectiles contain
ing largo bursting charges of dynamite
marks tho beginning of a new era in'
war. Ultimately tho dynamite project- -ile
.may -make' war so awful that tho .
natural evolution will bo from tho hor- ;
ror of dynamite to tho settlement of all
international disputes by arbitration. " '
New York World. - . -
BOUNDTOGOTOTHE FRONT.
How Two XSoys Kladed Their Father and .
a Detective at Houston.
."I witnessed a pathetic scene at
Houston tho other night," remarked J.
C. Schloss, one of the bestj known of
the corps of New York salesmen "who
stop at the St. Charles in Nbw Orleans,
"audit is typical of these war times
too. The regular train was about ready
to pull out of the station md the special .
carrying tho would bo $ Idlers was 4 to ,
follow ijr ten minutes. I was standing
by the side of the platform when a'fa
ther, accompanied by a detective, came
up aa 1 inquired of tho conductor if he
had seen anything of two boys, and ho
gave their description. He dwelt partic- ;
ularly upon tho kind cf shirts and the
neckties worn by tho lads!. He said they .
were barely 1 S years eld and . that they
had rua away from home and were go
ing to New Orleans to join Hood's im
"iauncs. Thocondnctor' said he had not
seen any icch boys. :
"The father .and the detective had
net been gone five minutes when two
youngsters camo slipping up from bo
hind the train and got cu the last plat---form.
They said the 'old man' was after
them, but that they were determined to
go and would go whether or no. In an
other ten minutes two more boys joined
them. Tho latter two climbed up on top"
of tho sleep-: ;uiid lay there for somo
time. They were afterward put off the
train, I believe, but theirst two staid
it out. Wheri Pfuw them, T told them
that if they ever hoped to get to New
Or kaus they had better take off thoso
shirts and the neckties, as tho detective
was banking everything on the kind of
sbirt and cravat tho boys wore. They
shed then i liko snakes and rolled them
up in somo pa pi r. The next morning
when we wci'e ia Algiers I sarsv the two
lads, and they- waved
their hands at
me. They remember
thiit they bad eluded
dme, and I saw
the 'old man and
the detective all right
and were bound
for the front. "New Orleans
Times-
Democrat. ;
Modifying the Watchword.
A proposed new reading of an old
mrastf i.i ua.w ii:o lax east uuu grow
t-.p with tho country." St. Louis
?lol.;-Democrat.
Copper Colored
j.ncr-3 js onjy one cure ior tonwigioas -
li.ood roiooii tae -uibeese wmcn n&s
completely 'bafh'ed the doctors. They
ai-e totaliy unable to cure it and direct
; tneir euqrts towara Dottimg tne poison
np in tho blood and concealing it from
-. o c- o . it. .1 :
View. o. p. 3. uuies me uiseaec
tively nr.d permanently by forcing out
every trace of the taint. - j
T -tvs sfSi-Tf".! v. lth a U'Tible blood disease.
1 riii:ii va li epocs at lin-t, r.ui arierwaras
rprruJi aii over my ixxjj.
Tbe soon broze oat Into
iKre. and It la easy to
imagine the aaffertar 1
endured. Before I be-
ruiriC (.inttncrt th&t tfu
. . .. i j j .
S th'mwn away. I the a
5iXf y-i: tried various patent
V-nv. medicine, but they did
f: 'UhrJ not reach the disease.
Wf tJ k When I had flnlBbed my
u'tiv;i -Fy nm-botti of s. s. 8. i
"iir" was jrreatlT lmprored
- and -was deli jjh tea trlth
tfv roicU. Tu Isrgc red splotches on my
ct"-A i r-- ti ' frrzvr paler and smaller, and
b6?or i"n? ''3ipearel entirely. I regained
m 7 lif-t vre?ht. -ciroe ctrouKcr, and my ap
petite greatly t!r,Trcr'.d. I wsw goon entirely
v??Ii, anl rcT skiii r.'ear as a piece of Klasfl.
r r r . . . ' ti..M ( - V- T
Don t tiestroy all possible chance of a
cure by taking the doctor's treatment
of mercury and potash. These minerals
cause the hair to fall out, and will
wreck the entire svstem. .
is prmrLT . VEsgTAELE, and is the only
b'ocd remedy gi:arar.tec-d tocontsin no
L
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