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BT WILLIAM a. UBKNARD. WILiMrNWTOJN. JS. C. FRtIA MOBNIJTft, Maech 15, THE TEX JS OIL FIELD. Yesterday we presented some facts and figures about the oil busi ness and the Texas oil field, taken from the article published in the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record of last week. We herewith give a some more extracts bearing di rectly upon the industry in Texas. After speaking of the formation in which the oil is found, which is identical with that of Cuba, the Barbadoes, Trinidad, Mexico and Colombia an oil sand ranging from thirty to fifty feet in thickness, either soft, poms sandstone or lime stone and shale, generally found at a depth of from 1000 to 1150 feet he gives an analysis of the oil found in the Navarro field,showing that the value of the refined petroleum is a little over six cents a gallon. Then speaking of the extent of this field he says: "Unquestionably, the value of the Navarro field is still gieatly under estimated by those familiar with the petroleum industry, its business possi bilities and its technology. A few years will prove that the area now tapped by development is only the outpost of an extensive undrilled ter ritory that extends in a northerly and southerly direction. "Over and above the value of the petroleum, the natural eas that is found in the vicinity of Corsicana represents values of the highest im portance in the unfoldiug of the man ufacturing possibilities of Texas. The gas in this field could be delivered at an enormous profit at the rate of twenty-five cents per thousand feet. This is the price paid in Pittsburg by largo manufactories. From a careful examination of the Corsicana gas made a few months ago I found its heating value to be: Eight cubic feet of C. gas equals one pound American steam coal, or 1,000 feet of eas equals 135 pounds of coal. Tiia would ap parently make the cost of fuel equal to $4 per ton, but as a matter of fact, there being no loss from starting of fires, besides, the gain in labor would bring the cost down to equal coal at 13 per ton. l am here calculatngon gas at twenty- five cents per 1,000 feet, when, as a matter of fact, it can be delivered under the boiler, if the wells are operated by the consumers, at five cents per 1,000 feet, including interest on plant, depreciation of well and in cidentals. This would make fuel gas equal to the best coal at eighty cents per ton. Surely such advantages at Corsicana should result in making it a manufacturing center of no small im portance. "Vast pools of fuel and lubricating petroleum extend along the valley of the Neches river through Shelby, Na cogdoches, Augustine, Angelica, Ty ler. Jasper, Harding. Orange and Jefferson counties, This has been demonstrated by the bringing in of the Lucas well No. 1 at Beaumont, and follows well upon my predictions on this region published in the Manufac turers? Record January 18, 1900. This field, which I shall call the Neches field, was first operated at Oil Spring, Nacogdoches county, in 1868 69, when a 300 barrel well first announced the existence of a valuable pool and eighty other wells were drilled. The fieM was abandoned because the petroleum was feu ad too low in kerosene to per mit it being distilled, and because at that time no method had been devised to successfully burn crude petroleum "A glance at the map of Texas will show that the Neches field, which is generally supposed to be limited to Beaumont, extends, as I have shown, for a distance of nearly 300 miles to the northward from the Gulf of Mex ico. Another glance at the map of the Gulf, the Carribbean Sea, the West Indies and the Spanish Main will show how vast is the market for liquid fuel, illuminating and lubricating oils, especially will this impress the reader when it is stated that coal fu Spanish American ports sells at from $8 60 to $14 per ton. As attested by Russia, Peru and California. d SaiSe:SS: 41 1 i . . kuo uicrcnaat marine ana navy, as well as the ordinarv steam consumer is to be assused that the supply can be made practically permanent." He then gives an analysis of the oil found in the Beaumont field,show ing its value as a fuel, from which it appears that there is 71. per cent, more efficiency in the Beaumont oil than in the best American steam COal. Four and threft.fnnrt.na har. rels equals one ton of the best steam coal, which is 17 per cent, greater than the Russian fuel petroleum, and 20 per cent, greater than the California. He follows this up with some information as to other qual ities of oil found and the prospec tive value of flowing wells as fol lows: "Besides this fuel oil, the Neches field affords a valuable lubricating oil of a gravity of 161 degrees Baume. Other petroleum was tested some years ago, and gave SO per cent, "headlight oil," value oil of 13 de grees G., and an engine oil of 22 de grees G (United States Geological Survey Report) "It may not be generally known that natural lubricating oils com mand a much higher price than ordi nary petroieums. The Franklin (Pa ) premium oil brings from $1 to $3 per barrel more than the oil of adjacent uoiuh, wuue me Wyoming natural lubricant sells for $10 per barrel. "Tie Beaumont well has electrified the country by extending a knowledge pf the possibilities of the Texas petro leum field. To the owners of the well and the neighborhood it is of 'para mount importance, but to the cold blooded, conservative oil man it signi- 5.0ly a K8ner that mint a month or a year, but that will not ? Iwting impression upon the oil market It is a very valuable passing event in the petroleum business, but not its base and backbone any more than a comet Ja a sample of the con stellation; but, like the comet, it hns called attention to the general constel lation. Tne world's petroleum supply is derived from 5 settled' production from wells that give from one to 100 barrels of petroleum per day, and that often continue their output for twenty years. It is safe to lay down the max ium that a gusher proves the value of a new petroleum field, but does not of itself make it "During 1899 the total number of Stroleum wells in Texas was 860, and 1900, 508. The cosTof producing the 722,814 barrels of petroleum in 1900 was thirty cents per barrel, or niK uu n - nh i i 1 e v. xuo miuii vnca aver aged $L60, or a total of $1,086,331. leaving thn 'fcmWlnnm tit' vwnflk $869,376.80. In round numbers, the total investment in the Texas petro leum wells proper does not amount to over $850,003. so that the returns for 1900 were more than 100 per cent, on the total investment Outside of the Beaumont 'gusher," the petroleum output in the Corsicana and Neches fields of Texas during 1901 will reach to about 1.500,000 barrels that is, basing the estimate on the production of the month of December, 1900, wben the output averaged ten barrels per day per well, or a daily output of 5.080 barrels. A remarkable and advan tageous feature of the Corsicana fit-Id is the fact that wells 'settle' much more slowly than in the Pennsylvania field, and that the general decrease in barrel production is not marstd Tbis quality means a lasting production tor the same wells. "In the Pennsylvania and Ohio oil fields petrokutn wells sell at from $400 to $650 per barrel production, according to the price of -oil. That is to say, supnosing Pennsylvania oil is selling at $1 per barrel of forty-two gallons, and a well gives ten barrels per twenty four hours, the value of the would be $500 x 10 barrels $5,000 Of courser this applies to settled pro duction.aad not "gushers." The mar ket value; "gushers" is hard to define. If the Beaumont well, for which a production of 25.000 barrels in twenty four hours is claimed, should be a settled well, or one that ha dbeen operated for, say, eighteen months, its value, basing the selling price of fuel oil in T-xas at $1 per barrel as against $1 10 in California, would be the enormous sum of $13,500,000. It is safe to safe, however, that the barrel value of this well, if it actually gauges 35,000 barrels per day, would .be $100 per barrel, or $3,500,000. At this rate the well would have to keep up the same production for 101 days in order to pay for jtself and operating ex penses. Thir is surely a noble return from an actual investment of about $4,000. At the rate of production re ported the well actually pays for the original investment and running ex penses every 341 minutes." Here we have an immense field the boundary lines of which have as yet been scarcely crossed, although there are 508 flowing wells, yielding oil which ranks superior as illumi nating oil or as fuel, in addition to which is natural gas, the extent of which, like the oil, is yet unknown. Who can estimate the importance of these factors in the commerce and industrial development of that great State? The scarcity of fuel was doubtless one of the causes that re tarded manufacturing industries in that State, as illustrated by the few cotton mills within her borders, although the State produces over a fourth of the crop; but with cheap fuel either in the form of petroleum or natural gas, why should not that State become as noted for her manu factories as she has been as a cotton producer and stock raiser ? WHAT BAD ROADS COST. The United States have the repu tation of being the most progressive country in the world, but if the public roads be any indication of progress this reputation would be lost, for there are few civilized coun tries in the world which have, as a general thing, such bad roads. This is true even of States which have been long sgted, are numerously populated and well supplied with railroads, which cost about ten times as mnch per mile as good, first class country roads would. The difference, and perhaps the reason why we have more railroads than good country roads, is because the railroads are built by companies, who expect to make money by them, while the country roads are bnilt by the public simply as a matter of ne cessity. The public does not expect to make any money out of the roads and does not realize how much money it loses for want of better ones. Tables showing this have been frequently published, but the fol- I0' hich P om the San Francisco Call, shows the avera I hnl frnir, th. o,m u I - LAX. WW VUO lilalAOby railroad or river, in the different sections of the country, and the cost of hauling per ton. The average haul is: Eastern States 5 9 miles ixortnern states 6 9 miles Southern States 8 8 miles Cotton States 12 6 miles rraine Biates 8 8 miles Pacific States . .23 3 miles This is the average cost ofjiauling a ton of produce to markeyrailroad or river, in the respective slctions: Eastern States . .$189 Northern States 1 86 Southern 8tates. 2 73 Cotton States 3 05 Prairie 8tates 1 94 racinc mates 5.12 This is the ayerage cost, which, of course, may be more or less, as the roads are bad or good. The average cost for the United States is 25 cents per ton per mile, while the cost of transportation on the railroads is half a cent per ton per mile. In European countries, generally speaking, where they have fewer railways, they have good roads, of which they take good care, while here we have lots of railroads, and our farmers work their horses to death getting to them, and very often can't get to them at all for weeks on a stretch. In view of the tax upon farmers in getting their produce to market, to what more sensible or profitable use could penitentiary convicts be put than to building good roads? Kakki is another disease that there is danger of being brought in to this country by Philippine sol diers. It is said to be about as ser ious as leprosy. It seems to be a common disease in prisons, asylums, schools, and in the army, and near ly always fatal when not taken in time. It is no respecter of persons and tackles a robust man with as much suooess - as it - does a weaklv one. Jto Kind You Haw Always BougHi Siaraatm 7sr PAYING THE PIPER. Confronted with a deficit in the Treasury of about $330,000,000, John Bull is beginning to' realize the cost of the racket in South Africa, and doubtless in his reflective moods wonder 8 that he was such a fool as to be led by the nose into that thing where there was so little to be gained even if it did not cost much. But he got into it; got a good deal more rough handling than ha an ticipated, and now he must hustle around to foot the bill. The fol lowing, which we clip from the Baltimore Sun, will give some idea of what this bill is: "About the end of March the Brit ish Chancellor of the Exchejuer will make known to Parliament his budget of expenditures for the new fiscal year beginning April 1. The people of Great Britain are confronted with the prospect of increased taxation and a heavy addition to their national debt, whether there is early peace in South Africa or continued war. A new loan of $370,000,000 is probable u n Je8s a duty is imposed on sugar. A duty of a centapouod wold bring in a reve nue or between $35,000,000 and $40.- 000,000. Since the war in South Africa began the loans negotiated by the Government have amounted to about $135 000,000. The additional loan which is now necessary will make the total indebted count of the war almost $700,000 000 The scheme of army reform intro duced iu Parliament by the Govern ment contem plates the permanent ad d tion of 130,000 men to the army at a cost of only $10,000,000. Thi3 esa mate is far below what will be the actual cost, according to competent authorities. On a mere peace footing the army in the coming year will necessitate an expenditure of $137, 500,000 or $50,000,000 a year more than the total cost ten years ago. and about $37,500,000 more than the ex pendilure for the year before the war with the Boers began. The aggregate expenditure on the army from March 31, 1898. to March 31, 1901, will reach the enormous sucu of $1,135,000,000. The 'world conquering' policy is a very costly one." DESERVEDLY HONORED- In the death of ex-President Har rison this country loses a citizen who was justly respected and ad mired, and one who had won for himself an honored place in her his tory. As a soldier and civilian he ranked high and although a vigor ous partisan there was nothing nar row about him, and he had in him that virtue which is conspicuously absent in many politicians, that is respect for principle, and adherence to what he believed to be right, which was bravely shown in the position he took on some of the questions which sprang out of the war with Spain, which put him into antagonism with his own party. This marked him as a man of con victions with the courage to avow them and commanded the respect even of those whom he censured. The South has a kindly feeling for him beonse as President his actions were not circumscribed by sectional lines, and he was about as broad-guaged anal free from sectional bias as any man of his party who had occupied the Presidential chair, and in addition to that he followed no man's leading strings. This made him enemies in his own party, but friends in the country at -large. CURRKIVCOMMENT. Tennessee is becoming much interested in a dog law. It is strange that the men of southern states regard dogs of more value than sheep. Augusta Chronicle, Devi. Aguinaldo, it is noted, "has not been heard from directly for nearly a year, and the belief is be coming general that he is dead." . It reall7 appears that the belief is well founded. It will be remembered that his party was attacked by a' raiding expedition and that his horse was captured with a bloody saddle. Charleston News and Courier, Dem. Recent details of exports show that Great Britain is buying more boots and shoes of American make every year. The British manufactures have been addicted to ponderous footgear built to last. but generally too thick, heavy and clumsy for easy wearing. Brother Jonathan taught John Bull long ago mat in carnages ana wagons and all sorts of things on wheels he could combine lightness with strength auu saieiy. .na now ne is giving him lessons in leather. New York Tribune, Rep. Popular approval in Cuba of the refusal of the Constitutional Convention to accept e Piatt amendment has been wideryevinced, and the delegates will thus be en couraged to delay still further the initial steps toward final settlement of the vexed question of interna tional relations. The Cuban states men evidently do not regard tha eights proposals of the amendment as a a ederal ultimatum, with con tinued military ocenpation of the is land as the only alternative. Philadelphia Record, Dem. Salisbury Sun: The stock for the furniture factory which it is pro posed to establish here is being rapidly subscribed by our citizens, but there is yet quite an amount lacking tn mafcA up the total capital desired. Tkat Throbbing Headache. Would quickly leave you if you used Dr King's New Life PUla. luwHuui ui Bunerers nave proved I their matchless merit for Sick and I Nnn. n.k.. mL " . uu I xnousanas or sufferers have proved wervous Headaches. They make pure uiwu sou strong nerves and build up your health. Easv to tab-a t. th-m Only 25cnts. Money back if not cured. Sold by B. B. Bellamy, druir- For Over Flrtv Tears Mas. Winslow'8 SooTHEsra 8yrtjp has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child," soften the gums, and allays all pain; cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. 8dd-by-druggists in very part of the world. Twenty-fire Mrs. Window'--Soothing ; Syrup," and take no other kind. f. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Goldsboro Headlight: After an illness of twenty two days with pluro pneumonia, Mrs. W. P. Granger quietly breathed her last Thursday morning, aged 47 years. The death of Mrs. R W. Ederton occurred at her home iu Green leaf Monday night, after a lingerie illness of pneumonia,- aged 56 years. The reck less burning of grass caused a 'forest fire on the lands of Mr G. P. Britt. in Grantham township, Tnursday. which destroyed a valuable tut of timber and about 7,000 fence rails. The area burned over was more than a mile. Winston Journal: We were informed by the officers tbis afternoon that nothing had been beard from J. P Fulton, who is wanted charged with whipping Bans Hart to death. Mr. F. B Eflrd, one of our popular groceryman, keeps bees for the fun of the thing. He likes them because they are active, industrious and profit able. Lst year they made 1,600 pounds of fine honey, which, at the usual price of 12c. per pound would sell for $300. The bees give Mr Eflrd but little trouble, so that the receipt are nearly net profit. Greensboro Record: A farmer in Guilford has a lot of hay cut in 1866 that is as sound as it ever was, and seems to be fresh and all right in fact, he got some of it out a few days and the cattle are eating it right along. He is one of those old farmers who rais-s all he wants and s-ldom buys much. This lot of hay was put a ay in the barn and was not con sumed during the year, so at the next mowing the new bay was put in on top of it. This has heen kept up from season to season. Curiosity led him to delve down and get some of it out. Greenville Reflector: The Eastern Carolina railruad going out from Tarboro is completed to within a few miles of Farmviile and will reach there by summer. Mr. Allen sajs that the sudden fall in temperature last week killed 40,000 cabbage plants for him. But he made haste to sow again. Monday Mr. W. J. Laughinghouse brought the Reflector a pecular egg that he found in his yard. He called it a lamp egg with a wick, and that is about the best name that could be given it. She shell is soft and has a string-like projection an inch or two long on one end. Stand the egg up on the other end and it looks very much like a lamp with the with the wick sticking up. Durham Herald: A negro woman who claims to be the Second Christ and hails from no one knows where, is creating considerable excite ment near Stagville. 8he has been in that community for about two weeks and has gathered about her a large following of negroes, "who have quit their work and stand ready to obey her bidding at any and all times. The woman is a stranger in that section and will not tell her name or where she came from. She has been preach ing to the negroes and says that she is the Second Christ and will do great things 8he has predicted the death of a number of prominent people in that section and says that the world will not stai.d long. On April 6tb. she says that she will leave this world j and will carry wifh her all of the j Lord's people, leaving the others here i on earth in their misery. i 1 YVI.NKLIN'-ih If restriction of immigration is not a duty, what is it ?'' "It strikts me us rather a kind of income tax." -r After all, what is pulling a man's ieg but tryiag to make a good ihibg stretch as far as possible. "They say he was crazy vith j 'alous.v aud entirely without cause." That was just it. He was crazy be-b-us- he bad no reason." Indifferent Luck: First Hunter (Adirondack) "Any luck today?" Second Hunter "No. 1 saw a guide, but I was to the windward of him. so I c u id n't get near enough to shoot." Puck "Mrs. Bunk won't let her daughter get married." 'Wby not?" "3 tie says she has her otn husbaud and two sons to look after, and tht cn t have another man around Chicago Record. Doctor Dose "I was called to Friend "Did he shake and make up?" Doctor Dose "I don't know about making up, but he certainly did shake, tie bad an ague chill." "Messages in bottles from the sea are common, dui tne latest was in a big demijohn." What did it saj? "The message in it read, 'We have just seen the sea serpent. ' ' "Easing her Burden Mrs Polkadot "rihe is a fine nurse isn't she?'' Mrs. Pahducah ' Ideal Whv. I can go for days without even seeing tne cmiaren. isrooKiyn L.ije. "I think your minister is in consistent," said the unbeliever; "he's opposed to any kind of work on Sun day, and vet whats preaching but work?" "Oh! with him," replied the church member, "it's a pleasure. He likes to hear himself talk." Hot Bloodhounds. "We hare for many years past," says iue ew uneans btatcs. "been protesting agaiuBi me practice not ouly of the north ern, uui even or uie soutliern, press, wnose eauors snould kuow better, of speaking of the dogs nsed in pursuing criminals or runaway slaves before the waras 'bloodhounds.' It is extremely doubtful if jfhy of these wiseacres eyer saw a 'bloodhound,' but the term is so Diooa curdling, you know. The dogs nsed for this purpose are the common fox or deer hound, probably the most timid of all dogs, and ave remarkable for their keenness of scent. Their owner or train er simply follows their cry and thus comes up with the fugitive. The latter wnen overtaken has no difficultv in kwn. ing off the dogs, which bay around him, out Keep .at a safe distance from knife or buck nntu the hunter comes up." Muse of the Unenlightened. uia yon read Jibber's poem called -woman's Timid Toncb? " there ought to be a law to prevent bache i uuinu if 1 1 11 hi nnrn r 1 ih wuuj wining poetry about women." Vnicago Kecord. A Clerical Epigram. Do uui ue uiscouraeea Decanso vnnr A I ,! . " work is not appreciated. God never tires or making flowers and sunsets, although so few stop to admire them. Rev. Frank urane. Robbed tile Grave. A. startlincr incident, nf wMnii m John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the nhWt is K I T in t!!!rlti- 61 follows: I 1 was In a most dreadful condition. I my sarin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, nain ually in back and sides, no nnnAtitA rraauaiiy growing weaker day by day. Three bvsicians had trivan mn nn l , . . - Fortunately, a friend advised trying and surpiV the first bottle made a decided improvement. I continued tneir use ror three weeks, and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim." o one should fail to try jnem.vniy ou cts , guaranteed at a. a. Bellamy's drug store. f lna Kind Yog Hare Always Booght JMarsue BUttMM UP A MAN. THE ARTIFICIAL THINGS-THAT COULD BE ySED ON HIM. 10 Make a. Unman Being; That Weald Be ns .Nearly Artificial as It Could Be and . Live Would Coat About f 1,000. "What is the cost of an artificial man that is, a man who is as nearly arti-, ficial as he can be and live?" "Well," answered 4he maker of arti ficial limb. "that would depend upon how much he could pay for reconstruc tion. Assuming that you were the man and that you had come to me from the hands of the surgeon all ready to be trimmed up, I would begin by putting you on your feet or, rather, putting your feet on you. If you were satisfied to go stumping about the world on pin legs, I could fit you a pair for any price from f 15 to $50. "But if you wanted' a really artistic pair of legs, with knee joint, ankle joint, rubber buffers and a springy and elastic foot, they would cost you from $150 to $300. But you could stand and walk with these so as to deceive a drillmasrr, and you could wear the two easily. Dancing and riding would not be too dif ficult for you after a little practice. If you had lost only a foot, I could replace it for from $25 to $50, made to measure. "Then you would want a pair of useful arms, with hands and various necessary implements. I am supposing that you had lost your armsabove the elbow and wanted them replaced with working members. Both of them would cost you from $125 to $225. They would have flex ible hands and wrists and elbow ftints. With these hands you could hold If pen or pick up small objects and shake hands with a person without his knowing what he "was grasping. "But you .could not do any hard work with them. You would therefore need several instruments which you could screw into the arm after having removed the hand. There would be a fork, which would cost $3; a knife at the same price; a spoon, same price; a hook at $2.50 and a vise at $2.50. If you wanted to play cards you could have a card holder at $2, or a cue holder for billiard playing for $1.50, and a rein holder for driving at $1.50. "I could furnish you with a hammer, saw, clothes brush and many other use ful things call it $50 for the lot. This would make a good sized total for the arms complete, bu,t when you consider that a single finger of the first grade would cost you $15 the whole parapher nalia for from $150 to $250 is not so dear. "Of course your head would need a lot of repairing. Your hair would be torn off, and I would have to fit you with a wig. This I could do well for about $30, but if you wanted a really first class arti cle that would not be detached as a wig I would be obliged to charge you from $100 to $150 for it "Then there are your teeth. You would not have one left, according to the speci fications, and your palate would be smashed. 1 could replace the palate for from $5 to $15. The teeth I could do for $10, but you would take no comfort with them. They would never be really easv in your mouth and you would lose flesh worrying about breaking them. Better give me $40 for them, and then you would have no fear of their falling out or breaking. "Then there's your nose. Of course that is shaved off. The nose, as I need not remind you, is an important feature and requires great care to be made to fit the rest of the face. It is possible for me to make a nose for you for $10, but it would pay you better to" give me $100 and have a nasal organ that would do you proud and last as long as you lived, a really artistic production. "Both eyes haae been gouged out. I have ready maoV eyes for almost any figure you might wish to name. But if you have the money to spare and want a particular shade or color Ifvould be obliged to charge you from $0 to $25 for the pair. They would be the best the market affords, however, and an exact reproduction of the eyes you lost 'and made of the best material. "Then you would want a pair of ears. I would build these up of alurriniuru and wax, paint them like flesh and fasten them with mastic for a fee of from $40 to $100, according to your order. "Your ear drums having been destroy ed, 1 would have to replace them. This would cost you from $5 to $15. They are perishable and would have to be renewed frequently. "That is about all I could do for you unless you wanted a silver tube put in your windpipe. This would cost you $1.50 if you could not afford more and from that up to $25. "Make a list of the parts, and you see they will foot up something like tbis: Two legs and feet 300 Two arms and hands 225 Set of instrument! 60 wig : i5o Thirty-two teeth 40 Palate 15 Nose .m 100 Pair o"eyes 25 Pair of ears 100 Ear drums 15 Tube for windpipe 25 Total renovation $1,045 "Then you would bo a work of art." New York Press. Bonlllabaiaa. Do yon remember Thackeray's delight ful "Ballad of Bouillabaisse," those rich, epicurean lines that the laird in "Tril by," when he fell sick, kept muttering over to himself in bed and the French doctor thought he was saying his pray ,ers? J This Bouillabaisse nobff dish is A ort of soup or broth or brew Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes That Greenwich never could outdo. Green herbs, red peppers, mussels, saffron, Soles, onions, farlic, roach and dace " AU these you eat at Tern's tavern In that one dish of Bouillabase. This fishy stew is as much esteemed by the French now as it was in Thack eray's day. Bouillabaisse has been aptly termed the "mutton broth" and once the taste for it is acquired it is a truly appetizing dish. The most Important item is the absolute freshness of the fish used and the variety. In the south of France it consists chiefly of Iangouste, soup eels and a species of small green fish. The soup and the fish are served in BeDarate dish po Tin fF 1 muw-cv Commercial. i THe Cultivated Rubber Tr. Native Indian gatherers,' intent nnlv npon present gain, cannot be expected to be more thoughtful of the tree than they are of their own an,i th-n either cut so deep as to injure the woodv uDer or. me tree or leave it with rreat gaping wounds that cannot heal. It is inadvisable to draw too heavilv from the, tree for other reasons than the direct in jury that results from the loss of its life sustaining fluid. Owing to the soft na ture of the free a clean incision made in it will drain . but a comnarativflv small area before the swelling wood closes the wouna ana stons the flow. Tn drainthe trees more completely, the short sighted natives do not stop at making a cut, but chop out a piece of the bark to prevent the wound filling up. Such an injury soon renders the strongest tree a prey to water, fermentation nnf. m.i "et lleB mat enrer tne woi der the bark. Modern M , . . beetles that enter the wound and get un- exico. Tetl In the Bible. A Kensington dentist, who is likewise a pillar of the church, consulted the Scriptures some time airo in smiroh t o suitable passage to advertise hia hllsinnce ays the Philadelphia Itecord, and came across the following from the Song of Solomon vi, G: "Thy teeth nrtt , f C or sheep that go up from the washing, whereof everv on hoaroth i there is not ono hnrn L , xnis qnotation he emblazons) nn ks nd w'hen his pastor remonstrated Wltn him th( dontiat arnloln.,! .t. .L . lines were applicable, as the teeth he re ferred to were "sheep teeth," or the first teeth that grow in a Child's mflnth. ery one of which ia mwAkA h. other teeth of, the second growth. The dentist is authority for the statement that there are only two other fnnA -. teeth in the Bible. ; He com Believe II. He's blowing with fall his mieht and can barely stir, the record ing hand from zero. There's many a big, healthy looking man who is weak in the lungs. Probably half or two - thirds of. his lung surface barely knows the contact of oxygen. He's the kind of man, who, when a cough attacks him, goes galloping down the road toward consumption . Many such a man has found strength and healing for weak lungs' and tissues lacerated by coughing and drained by hemorrhages, in the u .e of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery. The healing power of this medi cine in pulmonary diseases seems little short of marvelous at times, so extreme are the conditions which it cures. The "Discovery" contains no alcohol, and no narcotics. "When I started to take ytour 'Golden Med ical Discovery,' " writes Mr. A. P. Novotny, of New York, N. Y.. Box 1437. "I had a regular consumptive cough, of which I was afraid, and everybody cautioned me and warned me con cerning it. I was losing weight rapidly, was cry pale and had no appetite, whatever. Now my condition is changed entirely. I do not cough at all, have gained eight pounds in weight, have recovered my healthy color, and my appetite is enormous. I can recommend your medicine to everybody who may be in need of the same, as it is a sure cure." Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation. Presidiof Elder's Appointmeats, Wilmiog too District. Onslow, Bethlehem, March 23, 24. Carver's Creek, Hebron, March 30, 31. Atlantic, Andrew's Chapel. April 6, 7. Zion, Summerville, April 13, 14. Bladen Street. April 14. Burgaw, Burgaw Creek, April 20, 21. Southport, April 28, 29. Clinton, Kendall's, May 4, 6. Scott's Hill, Bethany, May 11, 12 Fifth Street, May 12. Magaolia, Magnolia. May 18, Id Elizabeth, Purdie's, May 25, 26. Bladen, Deem's Capel, May 26, 27. Kenansville, Warsaw, June 1, 2. Grace, June 2, 3. Onslow, , June 7. Jacksonville and Richlands, Jack sonville, June 8, 9. Waccamaw. Zion. June 15. 16. White ville, Cerro Oordo, June 17. Market Street, June 23, 24. U B. John. BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores Yesterday. and C0M0& W. & W. Railroad 22 bales cotton, 4 casks spirits turpentine, 8 barrels tar W. C. & A. Railroad 150 bales cot ton, 1 cask spirits turpentine, 10 barrels rosin, 18 barrels tar. A. & Y. Railroad 32 casks spirits turpentine, 64 barrels rosin, 9 barrels tar. C. C. Railroad 20 bales cotton, 22 barrels tar, 4 barrels crude turpentine. Steamer W. T. Daggett 1 cask spirits turpentine, 8 barrels rosin, 4 barrels tar. Steamer Seabright 6 bales cotton, 8 casks spirits turpentine, 53 barrels rosin, 12 barrels tar, 21 barrels cruoe turpentine. Johnson's Flat 60 casks spirits tur pentine, 30 barrels-tar. Total Cotton, 198 bales; spirits tur pentine," 101 casks; rosin, 138 barrels tar, 103 barrels; crude turpentine, 25 barrels. WHAT THE MAJOR DID. Explanation of Remarkably Uneven Career of His Reg-intent. "There wasn't a man at the officers' mess but despised the major," said an old army captain, talking to some friends in a down town cafe the other night. "We all felt that he distinctly lowered the social tone of the regiment. He was sullen and loutish and slovenly, with the air of a man who had proved false in some crisis and who had a grudge against fate for his own misdeeds. He was full of mean, contemptible ways. Besides, he drank heavily and would lie ror days at a time in a drunken stupor. "We would have got rid of him on charges but for the fact that he could fight. It was in the early days of the campaign in the Tennessee valley, and there was plenty of fighting to do. In battle the major became another man. The boys forgot his ugly and contempti ble ways, and I guess the major himself did. Then we got a glimpse of the man as he must have been before some great trial spoiled him. His eyes lost their dull and filmy look and blazed beneath his shaggy bnms, and under his soiled uniform his frame took on the command ing lines of the soldier. In the noise and smoke his manhood had a brief and savage resurrection. "Somehow, before the regiment knew it, on such occasions it was following the major Iickety split in a dashing charge or taking his orders as it stood grimly in line awaiting attack. The colonel and lieutenant colonel, good fel lows though they were, did only a think ing part. It was the major who was do ing all the fighting, and the boys knew "After every battle we would treat the major with respect for a little while. Our regiment was winning glory. The colonel got the thanks of congress, and the general of the brigade got a promo tion, but we all knew it, was that mean cuss, the major, who did it. We tried to be nice to him, but he always spoiled things. Once we actually got up a ban quet In his honor after he had led the regiment brilliantly in three successive days of fighting in the woods. But he drank himself under the table and into a prolonged debauch, and the next day the regiment went into battle under the colonel and was on the run until night fall. "I think we were all relieved when the major disappeared once for good. Jt maue tne officers mess more congenial. out tne regiment never amounted to much after that. While it began the war brilliantly, it ended it in disgrace, and our brigadier is unofficially on rec ord with the statement that the only good charge we made in those last years was once on the sutler's tents. The war department never knew why our record was so uneven. It was all on account of that heroic old scoundrel, the major." New York Mail and Express. The Translation. On the gate of the cemetery in Rio de Janeiro is a notice in Spanish, French and English that no dogs a.e admitted unless led by the owner. This is how the announcement is made iu "English:" "Noble mesdames and gentleman who may desire a dog to follow in this tombs yard will not be permission unless him arawn ny a cable round him throttle." A Philanthropist. He (angrily) You've no right to be en gaged to so many men at once. She (sweetly) Yon see, I believe in the greatest good to the greatest number. Brooklyn Life. For LiaGrirmft anrt Tn fluenza use CHENEY'S s2LifEUTOIlANT. , . 1 1 j COMMERCIAL' WILMINGTON MARKET f Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce fixcDanse.j STAR OFFICE, March 14 SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ' ROSIN Nothing doing. TAR Market firm at $1.15 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Mar kef steady at $1.30 per barrel for hard, AO Ol J . " f i lur aip, ana ior virgin. uuotauons same dav last vear Spirits turpentine steady at 54J54c; rosin nothing doing: tar fcteadv at $120; crude turpentine quiet at $2.00 RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 101 Rosin 138 Tar 103 Crude turpentine 25 Receipts same day last year 16 casks spirits turpentine, 159 bbls rosin, 613 bbls tar, 10 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound ror midaung. (Quotations: Ordinary 1 cts. tb tood ordinary 7 9 16 " Low middling 7 " " Middling 8 " " Good middling 9 " " Same day last year middling firm at VYzC. Receipts 198 bales; same day last year, 328. r :orrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce commission mercnacts j COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 70c. Extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 54c; fancy, 60c; Spanish. 75c. CORN Firm, 58 to 60c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to 15c per pound; shoulders, 8 to 10c; sides, 8 to 10c. EGGS Dull at 12c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20 28c; springs, 1020c. TURKEYS Live, dull at 9 to 10c; dressed, 10 to 12c. BEESWAX Firm at 25c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c. FINANCIAL MARKETS, By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Naw York. March 14. -Money on call steady at 2 per cent. Prime mer cantile paper 34& per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers' bills at 487H for demand and 484 X for sixty days. Posted rates were 485 485 and 488 J. Commer cial bills 483X483tf. Silver cer tificates 61X63. Bar silver 61 Jf Mexican dollars 49. Government bonds strong. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds irregular. U. 8. refunding 2's reg'd, 105; U. 8. refund'g 2's, coupon, 106; U. S. 2's, reg'd, ; U. B, S's, reg'd, 111; do. coupon, 111; 0. S. 4's, new reg'd, 138; do. coupon. 138; U. S. 4's, old reg'd, 113; do. coupon, 114; U. 8, 6's, reg'd, 11154; do. coupon. 111: Southern R'y 5's 116. 8tocks: Baltimore & Ohio, 92 ; Chesapeake & Ohio 48J ; Manhattan L 120; N. Y. Central 144 , lieading 33 ; do. 1st pref'd 73 Vs ; St Paul, 150; do. pref'd, 188; South ern Railway 24; pref'd 78; Ameri can Tobacco, 122 J : do. pref'd 140; People's Gas 105 ; Sugar 140; do. pref'd 119; T. C. & Iron54jJO. 8. Leather 12;'do. preferred Tt e-ti Uniou 8824. Coi so?:daud Gas closed 2095. - Baltimore, March 14 Seaboard Air Line, common, 13i3 ; do. pre ferred 8233. Bonds 4's 79 k 79H NAVAL STORES MARKETS By Tulegraph to the Morning Star. New York. March 14 Rosin steadv. Spirits turpentine dull. Ohablbsstos, March 14. Spirits tur pentine, nothing doing. Rosin firm; prices unchanged. Savannah March 14. Spirits tur pentine, nothing doing; sales casks; receipts 165 casks; exports casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales 1,192 barrels: receipts ?,8ip barrels; exports 500 barrels. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegrapi to the Morning Star. New York, March 14. Active upon incentive furnished by the cables, shorts turned for profits in to day's cotton market and public bujiDg for a generous improvement became some -what of a factor. Europe was a large purchaser of the Summer months, while New Orleans ceased the selling pressure so loner in vogue at.d bought May and July cotton spaungly. The opening was firm, with prices one point lower to nine points higher. Soon after the call buying was general and very active on a basis of eight to nine points above last night's figures, with the feeling once more bullish. The English market was reported stronger. Before mid day the local market had partially reacted under room profit-taking and a slight falling off in the outside sup port. But early in the afternoon re newed buying for both accounts sent prices back to about the best level of the morning, with tb n -rsei thereaf ter tolerably firm ai d ."airly active. Lree prt and interior receipts had been thoroughly 0 vojx t?d by the local trade and piaytd . uY. important part as an influence Tue Eilyson es umate for a shortage in the supplies on September 1st uxt had more weight in Liverpool than hfre. The market was finally firm, with prices net eight to eleven points hightr. Nnw York, March 14 -Cotton steady ; middling uplands 8c. Cotton futures market closed firm as follows: March 8.38. April 8 40. May 8.43, June 8 48, July 8.50, August 8 22, September 7.84, October 7. 74, No vember 7.64, December 7.62, January 7.62. , Spot cotton closed steadv: middling uplands 8&c; middling gulf 9c; sales 200 bales. Net receipts 299 bales; gross receipts 402 bales; stock no report Total to-day Net receipts 19,800 bales; exports to Great Britain 6.131 bales; exports to France 100 bales; stock 837,295 bales. consolidated Net receipts 108.217 bales; exports to Great Britain 41.107 bales; exports to France 19.408 bales; exports to the Continent 45.425 bales. Total since, September 1st. Net re ceipts 6,092 818 bales; exports to Great Britain 2.291,898 bales; exports to France 552,090 bales; exports to th uonnneni i.yoy.dzb bales. March 13 Galveston, quiet at 8c, net receipts 6,974 bales; Norfolk, steady at 8 1116c, net receipts 1.824 bales; Baltimore, nominal at 8Jc, net re ceipts 1,338 bale liostoniquaeUt ac. net receipts 806 bale; Wilmington, 8J? net "Ceipts 198 bales; FMladelphia, steady at, 9c, net receipts 25 bales; Savannah, quiet at 8 5 16, net receipts 1,917 bales; New Orleans, firm at 8Kc, net receipts 6,888 bales; Mobile, quiet at 8Kc, net receipts 20 bales; Memphis, quitt at 8c, net receipts 557 . bales Aiiow. 8&, net receipts 453 hales: Charles ton, steady at 80, net receipts 611 bales. PRODUCE By Telai?ro unchanged and arch 14 3' still dull an4?Ji red 80Hcf.o. b TflM firm and for Hwft lLflueoced bV . hei subsequent favSJ at.WerpoQl and points. WMb'fiht .7m May c,0Sed S ' Jf 79fiC. Corna " 3C: 12 ai .k iiTii- arr hLTi -jujr, unowned- Mav n AfAl An., M September cl..' 'ou c; Jui 1 fii steady; No. 2 3le. OJ but firmly heioV&l easy; retmed dull- " South America $8 85?c! 5c. Butter firm-f,', WojBuiedairySiftj. fancy large white 11J oman wnue 12(12U State and PenusvivaT,i:3i i4J4c; 8outbern " New York Hi an, t il BOrfhl Turj: Cabbage quiet; State tnM reanuts quiet' t 4M5;othVd0ffiS-?J dull: N,-w Yn,l, Pl and Roltimnn- n . i Ptl -..iuiuic $f ay if, ; . steam 13c. Rice sir. oil firm and consider" Dromnt Oil. rpfl-m; "uim rather active demand ? ported of prime yello'w T, lag quotations were- P in barrels.. 2.- : . uaimer . prime white 3Srv ..;.Jt low 8536c ; prime meal fej nominal: mi H m,i.n-. ,"1 fining 3c; centrifugal il maov, oujjar oc; refill xavAu, marc a 14 A J provisions, prevailing ; vuuuiiiuus wnicn wprA ik.i considerable streneth euji closed! is slower. Cmd a shade down and proTisia, depressed. Chicago. March uv r'V" ' . '""r-arm dull j Wheat No. 2 sDrin A Lii Ait . s ' " 6 woue zoc; no. 3 wbjJ Pork, pe: barrel, 15 tf uara, pe? tuu n,s. rt ml Short rib sides. Irl 7 45. Dry salted shon!l t tZ5S. Bnor clear titl f7 707 90. Wlikkej-f finished goods, pi gallon. Ill xne leading futures nsA lows openmc. Highest. closing: Wheat No iM 745. 7474, 74a74M: aJ '424, 74c- Maj 7S, 75. 7575K- Cofd-M May 41414.41 41ff.d March 24i. 2it. 24 W. ?tl perbbi May 15 60, 15 (il 15 32K;Julj $15 00. 15 00 111 Larti, per 100 tbs May $7 Vi 7 65. 7 67K; July 7 7M 7 t7, 7 67J; September M 7 72 26, 7 75. .Shoit ribs, ne! May $7 4?. 7 50. 7 40' 7 1 berf7 47. 7 50, 7 40, 740. FOREIGN m 3f G&lSe to tSf 1wm IiIVERPOOi.., March 14, Cotton Spot, good busies prices 1 32ftl 16il higher; ; middling fair 8 11 16d; good 5 5 33d; middling 4 3132J; dling 4 25 33d; food 32d; ordinary 4 9 32d. 7b I the day were 12,000 bales, i 1,000 bales were for specula export and included llil American. Receipts none. futures opeced quiet steady; American oiddliit March 4 55-64d seller; M April 4 55 64d seller; April 4 54 644 55 64d buyer; June 4 54 644 55 64d bupl and July 4 54 64d buyer;. August 4 53 b"4d buyer; Avf September 4 45-644 m September 4 45-644 46 64c October (e. o. c) 4 25 f October and November iil 64d nominal; November aicl ber 4 18 144 19 t4d tomm MARINE- CLEARED. Georgetown, S C, H GSotJ Br steamship UaKianas, Queenstown, for orders, Sprunt & Son, EXPORTS. FOREIGN. Queenstown Br sitvm lands, 6,384 Dales w j ?ns 500: fl vessel by Alexander Spruslfj MARINE DIRECTO fcut flVaaselt la SCHOONEBA a ku. n rvio 932 tons. Col' Harriss, Son & Co. ' rwa iw 137 toD. MiW61" Harriss, Son & Co- . m , t, r..i Oil tOffl nnrafL Harriss. Son & Jno R Fell, 319 tow George Harriss, SonS' BARQUES Nore, (Bus) 470 tons, AtB ,n tons, m lunar, - ander Sprunt & Son. , Inverdruie. (Nor) 567 If Heide & Co. Aeolus, (Nor) 548 tons, Jj' U Hieoen, Heide & Co. BKIGS. M O Haskell. 299 tool George Harriss, d The Barber hi It makes no dD la hot or cild. You neo , Bhave all the eame. I-. jjr ni udm " " inWIf x mmm ,ii 'Left lung d mm' ,du tvDnoia,!""" Agents, E. Fo0ger' mmm 1 Aliment" Si nfl
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