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RUSSIA DISTRUSTS
CHINA'S SINCERITY.
Secret Advices Indicate That a
Powerful Party is Abetting
the Japanese.
HAVE RECEIVED EVIDENCE
GIRL'S SBQRBT.
Aunt Cassle came to visit ua and she
aw I was nervous, had the fidgets all the
time, and she asked me man nuraHnna
That the Japuese Contemplate Liadlig
oa Shlaeie Neotral Territory Mili
tary Mo?eoeots The Raaalio
Sqasdrooi Japa' Fleet.
IRRIGATION MATTERS.
, l mc many questions,
and finally said, ' Why, you dear, sweet girl!
it's not your temper that's bad, it's your
wuamuuun mai-a our or kilter. You sit
njrht down now and write a letter to Dr.
Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y.. tell him all your
symptoms 'and so I did. It wasn't Ions
before I had a long- reply, carefully going
over my case and telling me just what to
ao. I date my present happiness and little
Cupid's return to the very day I sat down
to write that letter to Dr. Pierce, for his
advice was so good and his 1 Favorite Pre
scription ' worked such a complete change
in me that now my former cheerfulness
and good health not to say anything of
good looks are restored to me. I have
summoned Tom back to my side and we
are to be married in June."
The proprietors and makers of Doctor
Pierce ' " Favorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 for
any case of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness,
Prolapsus, or Falling of the Womh, which
they cannot cure. All they ask is a fair
and reasonable trial of their means of cure.
It is natural that a woman who has been
cured of womanly disease by "Favorite
Prescription" should believe that it will
cu" others. It is natural too that -she
should recommend to other women the
medicine which has cured her. t If is
such commendation which has made the
name of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
tion a household word for the past thirty
eight years.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Food adulterers are watch
ing to see Mr. Rockefeller's lawyers
tear a hole in the law big enough to
admit his glucose honey. Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Colombia has withdrawn her
legation from .Washington. She
cannot fight the great big, bluster
ing bally and land-grabber, bnt it is
her privilege to cease association
with him. Norfolk Virqinian-Pilot.
Labor for the planting of the
new cotton crop is said to be very
scarce in the Mississippi delta. The
blacks have deserted the cotton
fields and gone o2 looking for other
kinds of work. In Louisiana, we
believe, a number of Italian and
Hungarian laborers are to be em
ployed in cotton culture this year.
Should these laborers do well, the
blacks may return to the cotton
fields after a while to find that they
have been supplanted by a more re
liable class of labor. Columbia
State.
The girls of Hardin college,
in Mexico., Mo., are not going to let
themselves be unhappy if they can't
vote. They apparently know some
thing of the value of "the power be
hind the throne." Joseph Folk,the
boodler hunting circuit attorney of
St. Louis.who wants the Democratic
nomination for Governor, spoke to
the students of the college the other
day, and they raised this cry at the
end of the address: "Joe Folk! Joe
Folkl HeVthe man! If I can't vote,
my sweetheart can!" New Bedford
Standard.
The Wilmington, North
Carolina, Star said on Wednesday
In a discussion of the relation'of
lynching and killing to immigration:
"As long as we lynch in the South.
and furthermore draw our guns and
shoot each other to death on the
streets, we are wasting time in es
tablishing immigration bureaus.
People will be deterred from immi
grating to a State where a big mur
der record is made year in and year
j out." xnat is the plain truth plainly
spoxen. unlythe desperately ad
venturous and most undesirable
.would seek residence in a communi
ty or State where a citizen's ability to
draw his pistol and shoot first is his
greatest lecurity. -Charleston News
and Courier.
V
I The Colombian legation in
i this city has been closed, and Dr.
Herran, who for a long time has
g been acting as charge d'affaires, will
leave the United States for his form
. er home in Medenn in two or three
y weeks. Future communications be
' tween the Columbian government
and the State Department will be
I conducted through Consul Geneial
fArturo de Brigard, at New York.
I The closing of the legation is the
I direct result of the events ending in
I the secession of Panama and the ne
gotiation of the present isthmian
j canal-treaty. Dr. Herran goes home
on an indefinite leave of absence.
Hit is thought that a considerable
i time will elapse before the Colom
bian government again nominates
a minister to Washington, as the
j reeling In official circleBat Bogota
ua etui very miter, ur. Herran has
I addressed no communication to the
State Department since early in
I February. Washington Post, March
17th.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
St. Petebsbitbo, March 19. The
government's private information ia
not completely re-auurlng as regards
China'a aincerity in observing a neu
tral attitude. Secret advices Indicate
that at leaat a powerful party In the
Chinese government Is abetting the
Japanese. Although at first reluctant
to credit these reports, the Buisian au
thorities continue to receive evidence
that the Japanese contemplate landing
on Chinese neutral territory west of
the Llao river, and 17,000 men are
being held especially to await develop
In that direction.
Moreover, the Emperor's naval ex
perts who have been studying care
fully the puzzle is to where Vice Ad
miral logo's fleet la coaling and pro
visioning between lta aonearaneen oft
Port Arthur, are becoming more and
more convinced that it Is using as a
base some quiet spot on the Chinese
coast.
Mukden, March 19. So far every
thing Is quiet here. Lights can be seen
at aea nightly off New Ohwang. From
Port Arthur the enemy's fleet can
sometimes be sighted, showing that it
Is still In that vicinity.
Vladivostok fsosdroo.
St. Petersburg, March 19. The
whereabouts of the Vladivostok squad
ron Is a profound official secret, but
there are those here who believe that
the Japanese may wake up some
morning to find that the two divisions
or .Russia's Pacific squadron have
effected a juncture.
The report that seven Russian war
ships were sighted the other day off
uentan creates mucn peculation here
as to whether they could be the vessels
or the cruiser division under Captain
Beltzenatein. It la considered possible
that the ships sighted were those of
Captain Beltzensteln, whose object. If
ne ventured so isr aown tne coast,
could Hardly be anything except to
Up Into Fort Arthur. If this la true.
It Is calculated that the squadron
must have already run the gauntlet of
the Corean atrait and be very close to
rort Annur.
Japsoese Troops.
Br. Petersburg, March 19. Staff
orders issued at Harbin, which have ar
rived here by mail, show that Japanese
troops nave moved much further north
than was supposed, General Tin Cheng
navmg concentrated 8,uuo men at Bo
dune, which is only 100 miles west of
Harbin. General Ma having 10,000 at
Kaupantzs, while another 5,000 are at
xsm iu.in.Tun, ana iu.ooo at Icbau. all
points bordering on the zone of Bus
sian military operations. These orders
are also significant Inasmuch as they
lay stress upon the holding aloof of
tne uumese officials at Manchuria, the
civil governor at Mukden having for-
LIU II a . .
oiuaon me uninese to supply cattle,
iooo or toaaer 10 me Kussians.
ine Uussian government has for
bidden the transmission of all doner
messsges throughout Bussia and also
abroad, as a military meaaure.
Delays Operstloos.
PARIS, March 19. The Figaro'a
correspondent in Berlin telegraphs
mai uerman omcer who has just
arrived there from Manchuria says
serious operatlona in the Far Eaat will
not be begun before the end of June.
The principal obstacle to a Russian
victory, according to the officer, fa th
fact that 40,000 Chinese troops, well
trained and with German and Japan
ese Instructors, are menacing Russia's
lines or communication. Bussia, with
tne aupport of Germany, will protest
against this concentration of Chinese
troops.
1 Affairs at New Cowing
Tisr Kow, March 19. The German
consul at Tien Tsin will arrive at New
Ohwang to-night. It Is reported that
mo nuiiian omciaia nave approached
Germany with the obiect of engaging
Teruia protection oi uauian proper
tyat wewunwang, particularly the
Russo Chinese bank, and this is the
object of the consul's - visit. It Is
tnougnt unlikely that Germany will
undertake the task, which It Is report
ed France recently declined. .
There are no Chinese laborers in the
vicinity of New Ohwang constructing
defences, though Russian Infantry are
conducting evolutions on the plain at
too ion.
The Liao river la openfor a consider
aoie distance rrom its mouth.
Battle on the Yaln.
UHEFOO, March 19, 9 P. M. A
private dispatch received here from
jauxaen, states that a battle has taken
Place on the Yalu river In whfnh th
Russians claim to have captured 1,800
prisuuera.
St. Petersburg, March 19. Bus
aian troops continue to pour into
JNortn uorea. They are In excellent
condition. It la aaid here that typhus
to vena raging among tne Japanese
Thre Great Projrt-ta Pforr fader
Consideration For California.
Three great new projects lu Califor
nia which the government is consider
ing under the natioual irrigation act
will, if undertaken, add In the neigh
borhood of a million acre of wonder
fully fertile hind to the reclaimed area
of the Golden Slate, says (!uy E. Mitch
ell in American Cultivator," In which
the accompanying cuts occur. Govern
ment engineers have been eusr.gtHl up
on preliminary surveys for upward of
EXCITEMENT HAS
: ' ABOOT SUBSIDED.
Worst Effect of the Failure. ot
" Sully, the Cotton King, Be
lieved to Be Over.
COTTON MARKET NERVOUS.
iy J ' '
Solly His Made asilznmeat Aonsiiced
That He Hoped to Resume Wltfila
Four Days-No Statertest Yet
Qivea Oataaother Failure.
TBS DESERT AFTEB IRRIGATION.
The valley of Redlands, in southern Cal
ifornia, now among the most productive
fruit sections of the world.
a year, and in southern California a
few weeks ago 4,000,000 miner's inches
'of water of the Colorado river were
filed upon and appropriated by the gov
ernment, which means In reality the en
tire flow of this "Nile of America."
The entire surrounding land, over
4,000,000 acres, has also been reserved.
The ultimate reclamation of land
through the great system of dams and
canals eventually to be constructed on
this river alone will be something over
a million acres, 1)ut the first step in
this work will probably reclaim about
500,000 acres of rich delta land.
The second project which has been
Investigated is the storage of the wa
ters of the King's river, about midway
between Los Angeles and-San Fran
cisco, formed by two large mountain
streams heading far up in the snow
capped Sierras. The regular flow of the
King's river irrigates today an enor
mous acreage in the fertile San Joaquin
valley, while the storage of its waters
by the government would increase its
Irrigable , capacity by at least 100.000
acres. At present its flood waters flow
wholly to waste, as does likewise al
most the entire flow of the Colorado
river running through the extreme
southern part of the state and empty
ing Into the gulf of California.
Still another enterprise which has
commended Itself to the government
engineers Is what is known as the Clear
lake project in the northern part of the
state. Situated 1,000 feet above sea
level, Clear lake Is a beautiful Bheet of
water covering 40,000 acres. By
stretching a low dam across its lower
end and raising its surface only six
feet 240,000 acres feet of water could
be stored, sufficient to Irrigate over
200,000 acres of the highly productive
land of the Sacramento valley. Here,
where tbera is a considerable rainfall,
much less water would be necessary
for irrigation than in the southern
part of the state, where both aridity
and an almost tropica climate necessi
tate heavy irrigation. Clear lake proj
ect, all in all, is declared by the fed
eral engineers to be one of the best
Irrigation propositions in the west.
Of the $16,000,000 and over now to
the credit of the reclamation fund Cali
fornia's share is more than $2,000,000,
and it is desired to begin the expendi
ture of this sum as soon as the best
projects can be determined- upon. In
the meantime the secretary of the in
terior is authorized " under the act to
reserve the water rights and withdraw
the land which may be irrigated as
BEFORE THE WATEB CUBE. '
well as the reservoir and dam sites
from entry under the desert act, the
commutation clause of the homestead
act and the timber and stone act Were
it not for this express provision in the
irrigation law every acre in these
three, or, in fact, any other government
projects, would be filed upon under the
above land laws the moment the inten
tion of the government to establish irri
gation works under the irrigation law
became apparent.
TWINKLINGS
mmm TlvOr Minn Vnnia fa OK
MpIcU Would you think itf Duell
! tTot so loud. Town Topics.
j j She Does your employer ever
; j foil his clerk funny stories? He
IfjKoybut we don't dare undeceive
if j aim." Town Topics.
1 1 1 -r- Bad cooker? has dona mnrh
p undermine the health of the race,
.ndeed, nothing has done more,
talesi it be good cookery. Puck.
1 First Little Girl My father is
editor: what does von An?
OOnd Little Girl Whatever
mm tells him. Glasgow Times.
Brown Don't get gay. or I'll
foroed to pound a little sensa Into
ur head. Green Huh! It wonld
ke a dozen men like you to pound
y sense into my Head Chicago
ilyjfetos.
I Phillle A poor woman was
and hanging in aback yard this
srning. Penn Did she commit
lcldef Phillle-No, she was a
.sherwoman. Philadelphia Even
1 Telegram. , '
"I want you to understand,"
marked the indignant younsr
watei, mat a. mm uv ignoramus. X
Jnt through college, sir, and hare
f sheepskin to show for it." "Sol"
I
have
en several sheepskins to show
ce then fleece and all. See?"
innati Times-Star, "
forces.
u sited states Good Offices Solicited.
Washington, March 19. Boula
will be asked by the United States to
treat ainaiT tne Jananeia nnn-Mm
batanta who have been left la Siberia
ana to enable them to make their way
back to Japan. Mr. Kogero Takirra,
Japanese miniater. called at th Rt.t
.Department to-day and informed the
omoiais mat ne bad recelyed reports
that between 40 and 50 Japanese non-
comDBianis were in suffering; condi
lion in several Siberian towns. The
minister . requested the Washington
government to use its good offices to
isia.tne sunering Japanese to reach
oman, wnere tne Japanese minister
will take them in charge. The State
Department acted promptly and a ca
blegram has beenaent to Mr. McOor-
mice, ine American ambassador at St.
reteraourg, inviting Mm to call the
attention of the imperial government
to the matter la the confident hope
that the Russian officials will take im
modiate ateps for the relief-of the
Japanese.
Mistress Did any one call
wnue lwas out New Girl Yes,
mum; Mrs. Wayupp called. "Did
oe seem disappointed whenyou
said I was sot at home? "Well,
she did look a little aueer. W T
told her she needn't get mad about 1
u, cause it was really true this
time." -Yew York Weekly.
Seed Cora SusKeationa.
Cold does not injure the vitality of
corn when it is thorouehlv dried nnd
kept dry; but, on the other hand, if al
lowed to gather moisture, freezing will
reduce the vitality and may destroy It
entirely.
It is unwise to store seed corn in bar
rels or boxes, as it will gather moisture,
even though It appears to be thorough
ly dry. This la especially true during
the fall and early winter months.
The one thing that seems to be the
most essential in the storing of seed
corn la thorough ventilation. Iowa Ex
periment Station.
Some of the negroes who lis
tened to the glittering stories told
by J. W. Boberson, the labor agent,
and left Louisburg, N. C, for
Dallas. Ga., to work for from 11.25
to $2.50 a day, are back at the old
home sadder if not wiser men. Thev
give a very woeiui, though in some
respects amusing account, of how
the hands are treated down there,
one saying that the hands are
guarded just as the convicts are
guarded on the roads, and are not
allowed, at any time, to get out of
a a a a a . "
Signs. At mffnt thev ara marcnari
into shantiea and made to sleep on
plank shelves, placed around the
sides, the only bed clothing used
being blankets. He savs that he
escaped from the camp, together
with seven other Louisburg bovs.
after they had been working about a
week. They received no pay for
what they had done being only too
giaa to escape and come back home.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Nw York, March 19. The ""ex
citement in Wall street that was
caused by the announcement of the
suspension of Daniel J. Bully & Co.
was noticeable to-day, but gradually
subsided during the market hours,
and at the close of the stock
market it was " generally agreed
that the worat of the effect of the fail
ure was over. The stock market was
strong all day. The cotton market
was nervous and slumped badly on
bad news In the early moraine, but
before the cloae the cotton market be
came buoyant and moved up toT
point far above the lowest of yester
day. It was feared that other failures
would follow the Sully crash, but only
one, that of J, EL Garriaon, a minor
concern, was reported.
After a conference between Mr. Sully
and his lawyers this morning the firm
made a formal asalgnment to Joseph
H. Hoadley. who at once took charee.
This action was taken because it
was learned that an attachment was
about to be issued and It was thought
best to apply for an assignee for the
protection of all creditors alike. Later
in the day a protest againat the selec
tion of Mr. Hoadley was made at a
meeting of creditors. Mr. Hoadley ex
plained that he had only accepted the
position or assignee temporarily, in
order to avoid the placing , of attach
ments, and that on Monday the credi
tors would meet and select a perma
nent assignee, Mr. Sully having de
clared that he would agree to any man
of their selection.
The following letter was sent by D.
J. Sully & Company to Robert P. Mo
Dougall, president of the New York
Cotton Exchange:
"While I am not prepared to make
a statement of my affairs, I feel that
as a member of the Exchange I owe to
you and its members at least to say
that the same straightforward method
with which business has always been
performed between us in the paat will
characterize my method of dealing
wnn my creaiiora in tms emergency.
"I am engaged In making a careful
examination of my affairs and at the
earlieat possible moment I will report
the result. Meantime I crave the for
bearance or you all, feeling assured
that this embarrassment will be only a
temporary one, and that I will be able
satisfactorily to adjust my affairs very
speedily."
Shortly after noon the following
statement was given out at the office
of D. J. Sully & Company:
"D. J. Sully & Company have made
an assignment with Joseph H. Hoad
ley as asignee. Mr. Hoadley, upon
advice of his counsel, George 8. Gra
ham, ex-dlstrlct attorney, of Philadel
phia, haa taken charge of the office
ana ia examining the firm's accounts.
At present he is unable to make any
statement regarding the assets or li
abilities of the firm, although he hopes
to give out this information within
two or three days. Mr. Hoadley, the
assignee, is the organizer of the Ameri
can Locomotive Company. He it a
life-long friend of both Mr. Sully and
Mr. Morse.
When Daniel J. Sully arrived at his
office to-day he immediately went Into
conference with his counsel, Mr.
Outcheon, of the firm of Hornblower,
Miller & Byrne. Mr. Sully refused
to make any direct statement, but
through a clerk announced that he
hoped to resume within four days.
Matters were in better shape to day
than was hoped lastnlghClt was said.
An injunction was issued to day by
Justice O 'Gorman of the Bupreme
Court, restraining the Corn Exchange
Bank from paying certain margin cer
tificates, amounting to 11300,000, deliv
ered on March 18 to the order of D. J.
Sully & Company. The order was
attached by S. Munn, Son & Com
pany, and the firm of D. J. Sully &
Company were notified of lta issuance.
Superintendent Kins, of thn (inttm.
Exchange, called at Mr. Sully's office
soon after the latter'a arrival and got
faimta sign contracts releasing up
wards of $1,000,000 of margin money
due to cotton brokers in this city and
various points in the country.
Just before leaving his office to day
Mr. Sully made statements In which
he aaid his troubles bad been precipi
tated by unforseen circumstances and
that had he been given another day
or two in which to arrange his affairs,
it would not have been necessary for
him to have assigned. As matters
stand he hopes to liquidate his affairs
and resume. He waa unable to give
any estimates of his liabilities.
Mr. Hoadley, the assignee.also made
a brief statement, the substance of
which was that he had accepted the
appointment against his own inclina
tions, but because of his friendship for
Mr. Sully and Mr. Morse. He inti
mated that the affairs of the firm
would be speedily liquidated, else he
would not have consented to set as
assignee, chiefly because of the con
dition of his health.
Superintendent William A. Klnar
announced this afternoon the follow
ing average prices In to-day's dealings,
1 I alt a a ... .
oeing ine prices at wnicn settlements
with the suspended firm of D. J.
Sully & Company will be made:
March 13.26, April 13.36; May 13.63,
Jane 13.66, July 13.74, August 13.30,
September 13.28, October 11.62, No
vember 11.63 and December 11.54,
J. H. Garrison, whose suspension
was announced on the Cotton Ex
change, Is in Florida, and no state
ment of his affairs will be given out
pending his return.
"P eu rv.
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Two cases of salty milk have recent
ly come : within the writer's notice.
Samples of this salty milk were taken
and allowed to" sour naturally. After
twenty-eight 'hours' duration the milk
coagulated at room temperature.- The
curd was normal looking, but the taste
and smell Were very putrid and ob
noxious. No terms srould be strong
enough to express the degree of foul
ness in this 'milk. The thought' came
at once, What an Injurious effect such
milk Is likely to bare on the quality of
butter If it were allowed to be used In
the factory, together rwlth the remain
der of the milk! This kind of milk Is
evidently one of the causes of poor
butter that are likely to steal in on a
creamery operator.
These two salty samples had a fat
content of 1.8 and 1.0 per cent respec
tively. It is Interesting to note that
both came from cows that calved this
spring. They were both In good condi
tion and about seven years of age. The
owner of the cows told the writer that
they never used to "go dry," but gave
a good quantity of milk the whole
year round. "And now," he declared,
with special emphasis, "as soon as they,
start to give this kind of milk the
quantity decreases to about one gal
lon daily, and this occurs soon after
calving. They have been 'out of pas
ture and fed on dry food without any
change in the milk." Both cows were
allowed to dry up. What the quality
of milk will be when they calve again
remains to be seen.
It is likely tha the cow, having been
milked so long without any rest, might
have been the cause of the secretion of
this abnormal milk. C. Larsen in
Creamery Journal.
The Real Hare Roale.
A picture of another cow has been
going the rounds labeled 'Cayes Roale."
Herewith Is shown an excellent like
ness of the real Hayes Ttosie. This fine
: - THE HYPOSCOPE. '
Milltarr Device nlned ftevolax
v tloahr Warfare.
Our . successful contestants for the
Palma trophy brought buck with them
from England a little instrument which
Is destined to play an Important part
in the warfare of the future. It -Is
called a hyposcope. and its purpose Is to
enable. a marksman. to Hre wrtn accu
rate aim without exposing his head to
the fire of the enemy, it was Invented
by William Youlton or Brignton . ana
was used with good results lit the lat
ter part of the Boer war.
The hyposcope Is adapted to be se
cured to the stock of the rifle, near the
breech. It consists' of a series of mir
rors mounted. In a tube of inverted I'
shape. The shorter arm lies across 4he
barrel of the rifle, while the longer arm
hangs down at one side. The first mir
ror reflects the light coming in along
the barrel of the rifle to a second mir
ror at the elbow of the instrument,
which directs the rays downward to a
mirror at the lower end of the tube, and
thence It passes out at right angles to
the eye. Thus on looking In at the eye
piece one can see the Bights of bis rifle
.and take accurate aim while holding
the gun above his bead.
The vertical "arm of the instrument
comprises two telescoping sections, so
that by means of a thumbscrew at the
side this arm may be extended to ele
vate the device for long range shooting.
The amount of elevation may be a ecu
rately determined by means of a fine
scale on the upper section. In order to
allow for windage a thumbscrew at
the end of the horizontal arm may be
rotated to move the mirror contained
therein slightly to one side or the other.
A scale on this arm shows just how far
the mirror must be moved for different
velocities and directions of the wind.
The entire instrument is very com
pact and light, weighing about a
pound. It is provided with a bolster, in
which it may be Incased to prevent it
from sustaining any Injury when not in
use. The parts, however, are not liable
to be easily injured. In case a mirror
Is broken a new one can readily be
flipped lnto-the old frame.
A company of 100 .men using the
hyposcope skillfully would be able to
kill 700 of the enemy and wound 200
more In less than five minutes. A reg
iment safely intrenched could kill more
men in half an hour than the Fed
eral and Confederate forces lost In
three days' fighting at Gettysburg. It
could put hors de combat more men
than NaDoIcon lost at Waterloo.
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Geo. O. Gaylord's
Spring Hillinery Opening will bo on Wednesday and Thurs
day, the 23rd and 24th,
Guernsey cow is the property of T. L.
Ames of Boston. She has a record of
6,872.2 pounds of milk in five months,
producing 312.26 pounds of butter fat
Need of ImproTeneat In the Dairy.
The larger part of dairy products la
produced In such poorly kept and In
sanitary dairy barns, dairies, cream
eries and cheese factories and they are
of such inferior and uneven grade that
It not only discourages the use of all
dairy products, but keeps the price of
first class products much below what
It should be.
It is largely owing to the present in
sanitary practices In dairying, causing
the poor quality of milk, butter and
cheese, that people are reducing the
amount consumed, even in these pros
perous times, when money is spent
freely. On account of this Increase In
demand the price is not so high. In pro
portion to the price of other foods as it
should be. Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Homemade Starter.
A homemade starter can be made by
saving one or rw quarts of milk from
some healthy cow, as near fresh as
possible. The milk should have a good
flavor, be well aerated, placed In" a
sterile vessel, covered with a cloth and
allowed to develop the required acid
naturally. This is used instead of the
commercial culture, and from this
point the treatment would be the same
as with the culture. When the starter
is added to cream, it should be thor
oughly strained through a small enough
mesh strainer to insure a thorough
breaking up of the coagulated parts.
No arbitrary rule as. to the length of
time a culture or starter will retain
its purity can be given, but to a great
extent it is In the hands of the opera
tor to prolong or shorten the time. W.
E. Griffith In American Agriculturist.
A Star Dalrr Syndicate.
Hon. George D. Melklejohn, former
assistant secretary of war, and a party
of capitalists have been purchasing
from the Union Pacific Railway com
pany large tracts of land on the "di
vide" in Nebraska. This syndicate pro
poses to bring 500 families of Danes
to settle on these lands and engage ex
tensively In dairying, the eam to bo
pent to Omaha and Denver. This land
lies contiguous to the Burlington add
Union Pacific railroads and Is consid
ered the finest grazing land In Nebras
ka. The" Danish Emigration society of
Minnesota -will furnish these emi
grants with ten cows each to start
and enough money to erect houses,
purchase farming implements and nec
essaries of life for one year, the mon
ey to be paid back In small installments
at -a very low rate of interest
Bnla For JHilkmea.
In .order to secure certlflcatidtaof hia
.milk by the milk commission of ?JeV
York city the dairyman must have a
fclean cement floor stable, with wbito-
ea walls and abundant wtmfom
pnws must be sponged and their tails
;bbed before each mllkinsr. Whit
suits, must be worn by attendants, not-
LCI j v. .
E aua utensils scaiaea, and filled bot
kept on Ice and shipped only In
igerator cars.
Bis Cndertaking-a.
"Talk nbout big jobs." said the cheer
ful idiot while trying to look serious.
"Well." said the victim wearily.
"WliecIInp West Virginia may be
some and l.ans!ns Michigan, may be
rather a bl?; surgical undertaking, but
Flushing Long Island isn't such a tiny
little sanitary stunt." Baltimore American.
Dnfnrtonate.
Moneybags How did your banquet
go off. Banklnrk?
Banklurk Not as well as it might,
you know. The toastmaster called on
a gentleman who had lost an arm and
ft log to answer to the toast "Our Ab
sent Members." New Yorker.
com-econ-
Polltlcal economy.
"Children," asked the school
mitteeman. "what is political
omy?"
"Political economy," answered the
precocious son of the district boss, "is
getting men to vote for you as cheap as
you can." Green Bog.
think
taxed
Hardened.
.Pretty Niece Uncle Henry, I
every old bachelor ought to be
at least oOO a year.
Bachelor Uncle Well, Myrtle, that
would be cheaper than marrying. Chi
cago Tribune.
Oar head milliner, Mies Alma
Brown, spent seyeral weeks in the
Northern markets While there
she visited the largest and finest
millinery openings in the cities and
went through hundreds of lines of
beautiful pattern hats, and she pur
chased quite a large number of the
latest and newest things in the way
of pattern hats to be found. Our
pattern hat display will be better
and larger this year than ever be
fore, and the ladies who attend our
opening on next Wednesday and
xnursaay will nna the best selec
tion and the greatest variety, the
latest and prettiest styles, and last
but not least the most reasonable
prices that we have ever been able
to show before. We have in our
line of hats a great many beautiful
chi&on bats, silk hats and braid
hats; a good many hats made of
lace and silk. Our ready-to wear
hats also are a strong feature in our
line. We have them right up to
date in all the latest prices, from
50o apiece up to $4.50. In buying
our stock of millinery we have pur
chased a complete stock. We have
not lorgotten any of the details, the
you up and bring you down, On
this floor there is nothing for sale
but ladies' goods.
SHIRT WAISTS-We have them
in all grades; we have an elegant
line of waists for 50c eacb; our 98c
waiats are made of fine material,
good work and beautiful goodi; our
silk waists we , have in all prices,
from 12 to $5 50 each; we also have
a fine line of silk petticoats that are
beautifully made which we think
cheap from 14 50 to $6 50 each; Bilk
dress skirts we are showing from 15
to 412.60 each; a nice line of worsted
skirts and walking skirts, goods
that are new and pretty, and we
know that they are cheap, prices all
the way from $1 up. In our ladies'
ready-to-wear, department we have a
full line of spring and summer un
derwear for both ladies and children:
also a nice line of wrappers for
ladies; muslin underwear, night
robes, skirts and everything that
ladies wear, we are able to show
quite an assortment and 'still at old
prices, as we placed our orders quite
a while ago and are just receiving
them now; we have nice powns at
50, 75c and tl each and a full line of
There will be perfect newspapers
whan there Is a perfect world. Balti
more Herald.
Philadelphia Press.
assortment complete. We have also
in our line the grandest assortment
of flowers. There is hardly any
thing that you can call for that we
have not got.
We have also a beautiful line of
ribbons. We have them in all widths,
grades and an extra line of fanevrib-
Sunday School Teacher Now. I bons that are new and ud to date.
Tommy, can you tell me whose day I Bemember the Opening. The
this is? Tommy Yea'm; it's Brid- 1 7nnK ladies in the store will be glad
get's. Delia had last Sunday out! I to .Ma Jon.. They are taking great
pains to nave tne store decorated and
we will have music in the store both
days, Wednesday and Thursday. Our
store will close at 7 o'clock In the
evening and the opening will be only
during the day.
TEe ha7e 1uite a lare orce f
milliners in our work room and they
are all high grade experienced trim
mers, milliners of long experience,
and we feel quite sure if ladies are
looking for millinery in any , of its
forms, we- "can serve them to their
advantage as well as ours, -we have
our millinery on our second floor and
our elevator is now in peifect condi
tion and it will be no trouble to get
up stairs as the elevator will carry
small things that go to making an I corset covers at prices ranging from
CAR LOAD RICE. AIL GRADES.
300 Barrels Salt Mullets.
Full line of Groceries at rock
bottom prices.
SAM'L BEAR. SR., & SONS.,
Wilmington, w. o..
IS Market Btrwt,
teblCDftWu
EASTER CARDS
100 to 50C each. This denartment
is under the management of young
ladles and they will take pleasure in
showing you anything that you may
ask for.
Don't forget the opening and be
sure to attend on next Wednesday
and Thursday, the 23rd and 24th.
Our drsea goods department we
think is the best in the city. We
have everything that is new and
pretty and thousands of nice things
to show We have all the latest and
newest? things on the market; goods
that are worth yon while to exam
ine and will take you only a few
minutes to examine them on your
way up stairs. It Is an undisputed
fact that our prices are lower than
others.. We -buy our goods in large
quantities and own them at the
right price. Our dress - goods is
quitea factor in our business and
oar silks are also very cheap and we
have a plentiful line to show. We
are showing a yard wide black taffeta
ilk in nice quality at 89c per yd. and
a guaranteed, warranted silk for
tl.l9oper yard. It is a yard wide.
AND
USE
EASTER
mar 20 tf
artment Stoice.
O.
PROPRIETOR,
n TIES
WILLIAMS BROS.,
Established 1866.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
Tha Kind You Hara Always Bought
Prayer Books and Hymnals,
Bibles and Testaments
in all styles of bindings.
O. VV. Yateog. Co.
mar20tf
NEW YORK BANKS.
Itatemeat of Hearing Home Awsfesfor
tbe Past Week.
Bj Telegraph to the Konina Star.
New Yobk, March 19. Tbe state
ment of averages of the clearing house
banks of this city for the week shows:
Loans $998,918,100; increase f 1,819.
800. Deposits $1,037,013,700; decrease
$365,200. Circulation $38,913,800:
uoumaao i,ufto,ouu. jjegai tenners 169,
834,400; decrease $794,800. Specie,
$317,339,600; decrease $1,895,500. Re
serve $386,864,000; decrease $3,690.-
300. Reserve required $359,253,425;
decrease $63,800. Burplus $37,
810,575; decrease $3,636,300. Ex-U
& deposits $37,433,750; decrease $3,-
,U0.
Sears the
Signature of
w aaeepuun to snow lor It." "Bo,
d the senior of the firm; "well,
in't go through college, but I hai
Cure a Cold in One
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, js m J
. Seven MmSe-boxes sold in post 12 month. This tATnaixm. v9- iViC
Cures Crip
In Two Days.
ioi every
: pox. 25c
Timothy Hay.
Oorn-Meal.
aT
Grits-Flour,
Molasses-Byrup, v
Butter-Oheese,
Candy-Crackers,
Citron for Taney Pies.
SEND ME YOUR ORDERS.
S. PrOIcHAlR,
feb Ttt WUaliiiton,;ir. a-.
DESIGNED ' FOOTWEAR -
Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants,
16 and 18 North Water Street.
jan w?fP,0t" Stk 6r?',les of Every Description.
of Salt Arrived.
The Schooner J. B. Fell now discharging 10,000 bags of
Salt at our warehouse, Orders filled promptly. '
Also, car load Flour in wood received toaj.
Cargo
max 16 tf
ROYAL
Wholesale Grocers and Importers,
118 to 125 North Water 8t., Wilmlngto
FLOUR.
n, N. C.
For Misses. Children .Till Tnl.nl.
for Spring. Sees few-styles dis
played la our window? .Up-to-date,
light weight and low cuts for Ladles
and Gentlemen. Also, sole agents
for Douglas Shoes for Men and
Boys.
Sole agents for KiniMmdorf.rHtt.
mann Co. for Ladles and Misses.
MERCER & EVANS . CO.
Same old place. mar 13 tf -
389 barrels Royal.
610 Barrels GoIAflHala V.
107 Barrels Obelisk. ' XX"
376 Barrels Golden Eagle,
842 Barrels Favorite. .
Heavy stock in 1-16, j, i and 1
barrel bags. No better grades In
all Dixie, - - . - c .
WrB.COOPGR.
Wholesale Grocer,
aw 17 tf Wilmington, N. O. r
S:- W i ....
Genuine Peruyian Guano.
Cargo Just Received.
pan fill your orders promptly for
any quantity. Price remarkably
low.
HALL & PEABSALL,
mristr
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