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.WHAT.WAE COSTS
Man is naturally a pugnacious
animal and the time will probably
1 nerer come when the swords will be
beaten into plougshares, unruffled
. peace prerail oyer the world and
wars be no more. There is but one
nation on the earth to-day which
holds peaceful pursuits more honor
able than war, and that is China,
and China is paying the penalty for
that in oppression and humiliation
and in loss of territory. But the
aggressive "Civilized, Christian"
nations are educating the pas;an
followers of Confucius out of their
notions as ts peace and war and are
forcing them to the study of war,
and then the peace-loving China
man will become a soldier, and pos
sibly some day a f ormiaable one, and
take delight and glory in avenging
the indignities and the wrongs
forced upon his country by the
military nations of the earth.
At no time in the world's history
was the war spirit more prevalent
f than it is to-day, at no time were
the nations of the earth ever more
formidably equipp-d for war than
they are now and ' at no time did
they ever spend as much money as
they are now spending in equipping
and maintaining monster armies and
navies, not only for defensive but
for offensive war, and at no time
was war so costly as it is now. In
point of expense, the wars of the
past, although some-of them were
very costly, were for the same pro
' portionate time, picnics compared
with the wars of these days, and the
trouble is the expense does not end
when the wars end.
There are few people who, while
doing their "hero" worship and
singing their war songs, think of
the awful coat of war in money, not
to speak of the sorrow and misery it
brings in its train, but both are
frightful, so frightful the wonder is
that men who have control of the
government of nations can get con
sent of their minds to go to war if
there were anv way to avoid it
without submitting to something
worse. To people who think, who
have not in their infatuation for
, military fame lost the power of
i thinking, there is an instructive and
impressive lesson in the following
editorial which we clip from the
New Orleans Times-Democrat:
"Am there seems a strong: rentiment
for militarism and war prevalent in tb
the Uoited Stat just now, lt'inay well
to recall the fact tnat warU a most ex
pensive luxury, andtnaTeVen as rich
a country as the United States can
with difficulty stand the burdens. We
are brought face to face jast now with
a very heavy increase in the cost of
our army and navy, and that, too, in
spite of the fact that we are not at war
This is what always occurs after a war.
s It inflamrs the military spirit of a peo
pie. and there is a demand for a larger
army, bigger guns, more men of war.
The army and navy appropriations,
once increased, never go bac to their
original proportions, at least not for
many years. Thus it is found that the
actual cost of conducting a war, of
maintaining the army in the field and
the navy at sea, is after all bat an item
in the total expenses resulting from a
war; and this is especially the case in
the Uoited: States, where the pension
raid i so strong.
"We have an example of this in the
cost of our civil war. In 1880 Sher-
I man, then Secretary of the Treasury,
1 save the disbursements by the Unit d
States Treasury on account of the
civil war to June SOib, 1879, as $6 -187,243,885.
But the expenses of tne
civil war did not end there, although
we had already enjoyed peace
for fourteen years. Mr. Thomas
E. Wilson, in the Review of the Re
public for March, shows that tbe dis
bursments made since June, 1879, on
account nf the civil war amount to
$3 904.838,775, making tbe totl ex
penditure on behalf of tbe United
States $10 092.082.160. About one
third of this was expended on the war
itself and two-thirds for pensions, in
terest on bonds, etc
"The disbursements of the Con fed
erate government for tbe mere main
tenance of the army and navy were
$3,000,000,000; and Mr. Wilson est!
mates that when the books are finally
closed; that is, when the pensions are
all paid up and the war bonds run out,
the civil war will have cost directly
117,720,000,000. As for tbe Individ
ual losses, they cannot be estimated,
but Mr. Wilson is inclined to put them
at $30,C00,000.000, an excessive figure,
we think, for it means tbe exhaustion
of the entire , wealth' of this country.
It is safe however, to estimate that the
civil war in the destruction of prop
erty set back the' whole 'country at
. least ten years and tbe South possibly
twenty years that many years of
labor, beinjr required to make good the
losses entailed by civil strife.
With these facta before us, we can
form some estimate of the cost of the
Spanish war. Apparently that war,
with tbe President's Philippine war
which followed it and may be re
garded as a part of it, cost us only
$520,000,000, that being the amount
; actually expended . for it. . But this is
really too low a figure. We have
still a, big pension Jlt topay, the size
of which cannot . yet : be , determined,
but which promises to be proportion
ately as large as the pension roil of
the civil war, that contains at this
day, thirty-six years after bos
till ties closed, more pensioners than
soldiers and sailors the United States
had enrolled at any time. Nor does
it include the hundreds of millions of
dollars that will be' needed to keep
the Ehilippines in subjection. .And
still more important ana threatening;,
it does not include the great increase
in-army and tmvy which- has - resulted
from the adoption of a, policy,, of mill
wnsm ana imperialism; a apoieon's
first victories were very expensive
glory to Fran;r thex tarted the:
country on a career of conquest which
cost it millions, and which left it
fifteen years: afterwards with only a
big debt to show for it. The civil war
did not have this effect. Its losses
were so immediate that it created only
a iietire lot peace, and there : was a
strong popular re vuhnoa against mill I
tariim; but the 8panish and Philip
pine wars were carried on so far away
that we cannot see their worst results,
and in the present -period of activity
and prosperity woaa only dimly feel
as yet the burdens they have placed
on our soldiers ,
. "U it esosatad iaat the Napoleoaia
-' - a
iMi rKm 17QA tn " 1815 COt $6,250.'
000.000: the war between Russia and
Turkey in J wo, iiwwwv, w
between spam ana rwtuKi "uui auuv
to 1840, $250,000,000: the war between
Aiireria from 1830 to ,1847,
$190,000,000; civil war in Europe in
1848, $50,000,000; the Crimean war,
$1 125 000.000; the war in 1859 between
Jfrance ana ausiru, a,uw,wv,
war of 1866 bet w ten Prussia and
Austrs, $100,000,000; the war between
France and German v in 1870 and 1871,
$1,158,000,000; tbe war of 1877 between
Russia and Turxey, isau.wu.wu; me
war between France and Mex CO m
1875, $75,000,000; between Brazil and
Paraguay . in 1864 to 1870, $240,000,000.
Toese figures are from Mulhall
and include only direct government
expenditures. It is estimated that the
minor wars of Great Britain tu inaia,
Egypt and Africa have cost $2 000,-
000,000. The Boer war has already
cost England f50U,UUU,uuu. jj ranee
minor wars have cost $1,600,000,000,
and Spain has spent in various wars
$6,000,000,000
"Thf se are very heavy expenses for
glory; and several of the countries
mentioned in the list have been bank
rupted bv their military expenses, and
most of Europe is paralyzed to day by
the cost of maintaining armies and
navies. It would be well for the peo
pie of the United States to consider
these figures add tbe whether even so
rich a country as this can atand
such a drain as a policy of
militarism and cor quest will entail.
There is much grandiloquent non
sense indulged in by those who,
like Teddy Roosevelt, (puffed up by
the little cheap fame he won in the
Cuban war,) talk of a "strenuous"
national life, about being a "wori4.
power" and afl that sort of Btuff,
which simply means that we must,
as a nation, enter the arena with
the other war-like nations and be
prepared to match swords with
them whenever the hot bloods who
hanker for fame say there is provo
cation. There has not been one
war in ten since Cam (the first
man killer) slew his brother, for
which there was just provocation,
nor one in ten that could not have
been averted if the spirit of justice
prevailed and reason, instead of
greed or passion, ruled, and this is
as true of the wars of to-day as it
ever was of the' wars of any day or
age. There isn't a war going on on
the earth to-day, (and ' there are
several in progress or impending),
for which there is justification or
would have been began if honesty or
reason ruled.
There is true honor and fame in
the war that is waged for the free
dom of men, for relief from oppres
sion, for the betterment of man
kind, or for the defence of one's
country against the invader, but in
none other, whatever the pretence
may be. Invasion of one country
by the armies of another for con
quest or self aggrandizement is
nothing more nor less than brigand
age on a large scale and is no more
justifiable or honorable. But for
all such nations pay and bleed.
A STUPID IS QUIRT.
Hon. J. SterTnig Morton, who
achieved some notoriety when a
member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet
by the loquacious war he made
upon silver and by his frequent
assaults on Wm. J. Bryan, is now
running a paper in Nebraska City,
Neb., in which he hurls squibs,
large and small, at the man for
whom he seems to have conceived a
pet aversion.
In a recent number he propounds
the following conundrum: "If there
were no capitalists with money to
pay for labor, how could labor ex
ist?" Mr. Morton thought that was
a heavy drive at Bryan, who cham
pions the cause of labor, bnt does
not teach antagonism between labor
and capital
Suppose the question were asked:
"If there were no labor, where
would capital be?" What would
Mr. Morton ray to that? Without
labor there would be be no capital,
for labor is the creator of capital.
It existed before capital, and has
created every dollar of wealth there
is in the world.
But Morton is one of the wealth-
worshippers who places the dollar
above the man who extBtedrcefore
the dollar and created it. Hf is one
ot those who believe that . capital
has a divine right to be codled and
protected at the expense of labor,
and that any one who espouses the
cause of labor as against combined,
greedy and oppressive capital is a
social disturber and an enemy to the
country. He ignores the fact that
they who speak for labor are not
necessarily socialists or anarchists
when they say that labor should be
protected from the aggressiveness of
selfish and oppressive combinations,
and that the man who earns his
bread in the sweat of his face is as
much entitled to the consideration
of law makers as the man who has
accumulated millions by the labor
of his fellow men. It isn't capital
the fight is against, bur against the
grasping and oppressive use of that
capital, which . would . grind the
laborer down, make a helot of him,
and rob the pnblio' at the same
time. .t; :;-. 3 v;
A deformed besrsrarl Vecentlv da
ceased in Vienna, at the age of 84
, ca3 . r
years, has achieved more notoriety
and developed a more numerous
family than he ever ' thought r he
would. He died worth about $600,
000, which he directed in his will
should Vbe, used , in! establishing
unTersity.y His relatives are kick
ing at that, and are trying to break
IUB Will.
r i
I A member-of ihe?;Britlsh Parlu.
menvaeoiared ta speech , that the
British soldier could not be
ex
piected to do first-class-;-nVhtine
22 cent a day. Well, why don't
they strike for Higher jragetE ! :J
A SORE DKAPPOIKTEDEffT. -
A week ago the people of Great
Britain were congratulating them
selves on the promising prospect
for peace in South Africa but the
prospect has vanished and' they are
no nearer peace than they were be
fore the negotiations with --Genr-
Botha began. They felt so confident
that Botha would accept the terms
offered that l)eWet-was ruled out
and some expressed the wish that he
might be killed in battle or escape
and thus relieve them of the job f
shooting or hanging him as a mur
derer. : This shows how confident they
were that the war was atoutt an
end, while the utterances of some of
the London papers since the fiasco
between Kitchener and Botha show
how sorely they are disappointed
for they are now putting the re
sponsibility for the failure on Kitch
ener, and what they call his blun
dering. And some of them have
begun to suspect ana to hint that
the mix up in China may have had
something to do with reviving hope
in the breasts of the fighting Boers.
Isn't it more than possible that
President Kruger may have received
some intimations from Russian or
French agents that it would be well
for-the Boers to hold out in view of
the possible clash that may come in
m a
UDina wnen tney coma count on
support that would immensely
strengthen and be very valuable to
them?
. UI course neither Kussia nor
France cares anything for the Boers
but if they can play the Boer against
the Briton tbey will play him. If
there be any prospect of a clash in
China it will be to their interest
to keep John Bull as busily ecu
pied in South Africa as possible
The indications now are that he will
have considerable business to at
tend to in that neck of land for
some time to come.
BOOK NOTICES.
The Smart Set tot April begins
with an interesting story entitled "The
Taming of Sylva," followed by a num
ber of other stories and articles long
and short which the reader will enjoy.
Address the Essess Publishing Com
pany, New York.
We are under obligations to the
Newfoundland Government, for a
copy of a handsomely bound, ' neatly
printed and nicely illustrated volume
descriptive of that country and its
resources. It is a very interesting.in-
structive and valuable publication. It
is issued from the presses of the South
Publishing Company, 195 Fulton
street. New York.
We are under" obligations to the
President of therState University for a
copy of "The Congressional Career of
Nathaniel Macon," by Edwin Mood
Wilson, followed by letters of Mr.
Macon and Willie P. Mangum, a very
interesting and valuable publication
which should be prized by North Car
olinians. Issued by The University
Presses, Chapel Hill. N. O.
"Poor Boys' C isncea" is the title
of a neatly bound and printed little
volume, by John Halberton, con
taining illustrated sketches of a num
ber of Americans who have achieved
distinction in the vsrious walks of life,
and showing how tbey did it . Among
these are, Benjamin Franklin, Geo.
Washington, Alexander Hamilton,
and others; and coming down to our
day, General Grant, Stonewall Jack
son, Buffalo Bill, "Wizard" Edison
and others. A good book for boys
Published by Tne Henry Altemus
Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
TWINKLINQS.
"It's wrong to call such actors
hams' even." "Wht" "Because
they are hopeless, while hams may be
cured."
"Did he actually ell him he
lied?" ."Hardly that, bat be said, no
body could conscientiously accuse
him of overworking the truthun . ..
"Did I understand you to sat
there was a blood connection between
you and the Upperwons?" "In a way
Our pug and theirs are full brothers."
Plenty of backbone is adesk-
able thing for everybody, but that is
no reason why butchers should give
more than a fair share of it along with
a roast
"I can understand how badly
that French editor felt when he was
shot" Naturally. Any editor would
have a special dislike to an article.
and that article a leaded one, going in
in spite oi mm." sr
"There is only one thing," she
said to ber dearest girl friend, "that
makes me doubt Herbert's affection
for me." What is that?" "He thinks
tnat some of the snap shot photographs
be has taken of me are good like
nesses." 7V-Bits.
Not So DiffloultJ "We should
try to keep our daily record . pure and
white. It is bard, but" "Oh. no:
that's easy! I haven't written a word
In mv diarv since Jaaoarv 2d" Phil
adelphia Evening Bulletin.
"Yon may not have a saloon
in the village,", remarked the recent
Kansas arrival, but it must be dread
fully unhealthy other ways." "Why
do you think sol" "For the last hour
Pve noticed a constant stream of men'
going into that drag store."
8ft err ef A nave.
To be bound hand and foot for -veers
by tbe chaioes of disease is tbe worst
form of slavery. George D. Williams.
Of Manchester Mich., tells how such a
alave was made free. He says: "My
wire naa oeen so neipiess ror five years
that ' ahe could - not turn over In bed
alone . After, using, two bottles of
Electrie Bitters, she is wonderfully
improved nd, able ta do her own
work." 1 Tbi supreme remedy: for
female diseases quickly eurer nervous
nesa, sleeplessness, melancholy, head
ache..rbaekaebe, fainting and; dizzy
speels. This miracle working medicine
is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down
RVMr WJy ' guaranteed.
Only SOeenta. i Bold bv , B. R.V BxXr-
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE
Salisbury Sun: The granite
contractors at Faith and Woodside
complain that tbey have more" con
tracts now than -they can' get cars for
them., The Southern is so pressed for
cars that it is bard to keep tbe quarries
supplied - ..'..i.. .
Goldsboro Headlight'. ' Mr. AV
T. Uzzeli," of New Hope township in
forms us that be recently discovered a
lightwood post on his' place that 'it
vouched for to ba.150 years old. -Not;
withstanding this remarkable old- age'
the post is perfectly sound.
Reidsville Review: JFrnit in.
this section has not advanced far
enough to be : hurt -The buds have
hardly commenced swelling. While
there have been warm days it has not -continued
long enough at the time to
bring out the, blossoms - i . 4 i -'
. Greenville Reflector: Register
of Deeds T. B Moore savs the num
ber of mortgages coming in for "regis
tration this season is the smallest for
years. This indicates that the people
in the . country are in a more pros
perous condition and able to get along
without giving mortgages.
Danbury Reporter: The 12-year-old
son of Mr. James Rhodes,
who lives in the northern section of
the county, was accidentally killed
one day last week while splitting wood
in the forest The accident it is said
was due to a "glut" flying from a log
of wood and striking tbe boy in the
breast. He dnd Immediately.
Laurinburg Exchange: J ust
as we go to press we hear ibt the post
office at Red Springs. N. O . was rob
bed this morning (Wednesday) between
midnight and dav. The a'e was
broken open with dynamite and quite
a sum of money and stamps extracted.
An attempt was mad ti r b this same
office about a month ag but ih
robbers were frightened off. There is
no clue as to tbe robbers
- Rockingham Anglo-Saxon: .Mrs.
Decy Covington ditdat br home at
Pee Dee Mills last Saturday, and was
buried at Covington cemetery Bunday
morning. She was a woman of fine
character and was much beloved.
Incendiaries seem to be bent on burn
ing out the town. Several efforts
were made at Great Falls last week
Air J. R Smith saw tbree parties in
time to run them off. He fired at
them, but was unable to recognize any
of them.
Stanley Enterprise: Mrs. W.
M. Harwood, an aged and highly re
spected lady, of Bridgeport died sud
denly last week of apoplexy.- She
was found on Tuesday morning in
the barn, near the house, every indi
cation being that she died without a
struggle. She was 72 years or ago.
From our . farmer friends with
whom we conversed this week, it
seems that wheat and oats are some
what retarded on account of the un
favorable weather passed; and that
rain is needed to put most of the lands
in readiness for spring cultivation.
Raleigh Post: Tuesday's elec
tion in Rocky Mount resulted in an
overwhelming mjrity in favor of
electr;c lights, sewerage and graded
schools for the town. There had been
a heavy registration on account of the
keen interest taken in these measures
Very few voted against either, al
though the r vote for the graded
schools was a little. largeY than that
for tbe sewerage and lights. Tbe bills
voted on authorise 'the issuance of
$10,000 in bonds for lights and sewer
age aud $15,000 for schools.
Maxton Scottish Chief: Capt.
J. D Austin, who travels largely
through the beautiful and fertile cot
ton section adjacent to McColl. Hasty.
Johns, Laurinburg, Laurel Hi 1, Hed
Springs, Lumber Bridge. Bennert,
Lumber ton and Maxton, says there
will be an increase of 20 per cent in
cotton acreage tins year. Mr.
ttatthewa. the watermelon king of
this section, is energetically pre
paring bis farms and ' will com
mence planting in a few days. Ho
will have ibis year about 1.000 acres
in melons. The McQueen home
tead three miles from town, thn prop
erty of Messrs. Ed and Geo. McQueen
and sisters or this place, was destroy
ed by fire Monday evening The
engine on the :'Devaun 'tram road that
rank "near the told" homestead is sun
nosed to . have set the woods on fire.
which under the pressure of a strong
wind, soon reached the unoccupied
residence which was soon in ashes
No insurance.
CURRENT COMMENT.
So indifferent to public opinion
has tbe big Coal Trust become that
it does not hesitate to admit that a
strike of the miners would not be
objected to now, because, it has an
hand a stock' of coal sufficient to
apply the demand till some time
after the strikers would naturally be
starved into submission. A strike,
too. would furnish - an , excuse i for
keeping up the price of coaL
prooklyn VxUzen, JJem,,.
f- Henry M. Stanley made a
pungent comment . the other day
when he .read that President Had
ley had, predicted .there would be an
emperor in . Washington . within
twenty-five years." "I pity the em
peror," said Mr Stanley. "It
already requires considerable
courage to be President." ; Mr.
Stanley used to bean American him
self, and he very well understands
the character, of the American-
people and how they feel with re
spect to royalty. Savannah News',
Dent.
Nearly two thousand Porto
Rioana have alreadv emigrated to the
Hawaiian Islands in search of work,
and the labor contract agents, it is
noted, are still at work, and count
on shipping at least eight thousand
more. '.'And this.'? -as the ' Boston
Globe remarks, "is, the fertile inland
whose inhabitants went , out with
banners and decorations to meet and
greet the American army of libera-
cion i iwo years ago. Charleston
News and -Courier, Dem.
Blmark.'a Iron Nerve.
Was tfta eettn Tt nf . Mm mrAanAlA
health. ' Indomitable will and tremen
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8tomacb, Li ver, -Kidneys and Bowels
are Out of order. If .you want these
qualities and the success they bring,
use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They
developed every power of brain and
bodyv Only 25c at R. R. Beixamt,
drugstore. .v . t
PorOnrVlttrTMH
Una. WnroLows Soothhtq Stbitp has
been used for over fifty years by- mil
lions of mother f ftrthtr aMMmii
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child,, soften the gums,
and allays air pain ; euros wind colic,
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the none Wtllm mttrm
immediately. Sold by, druggists in
every part of the world. .Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for
VMrs. Window's ' Soothing rSynrp,"
and take no other kind. , v
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THE MANURE SUPPLY.
Optaloaa Aboat Hotv It
" - Be Handle In Winter. -
- Th luinrtlinu- rif mannre'-in the wln-
terand. Indeed. a?all times of the year
'la so'comples a matter that conditions
that'are best for one farmer may be
the least satisfactory for another. . In
deed," the losses "which 'necessarily' oc
cur In the storing,-in the handling and
In the" application of manure to the
land' are due td so many' causes and the
expenses which most-necessarily be
Incurred to prevent .them jkre often so
large that every farmer must use good
judgment in determining for himself
the line of practice which on the whole
will give him ; the largest, returns rrom
his manure and the least tibst. Where
a considerable number of animals are
cared for by permanent help and the
climatic conditions favor It the moving
of -the manure directly" to the field as
it is taken from the stable involves tbe
least expense, so' far "as labor is con
cerned. In placing the manure where it
Is to be used. - The losses, however,
which are associated with this method
of handling may under some conditions
be too large to regard it as an economic
practice, while under other conditions
it may be as little as it is likely to be
under any practical available method.
If the lands are level and the winter
and spring rains are not excessive,
there Is likely to be little loss by leach
ing and washing.
The fermentation during the winter
Is likely to be small, so that conditions
seem favorable for the "following' ot
this practice where conveniences aw
soil conditions permit of It. Where the
manure cannot be moved to the. field
directly so as to be used In the early
spring it is doubtful whether there is a
better method of storing It In tbe yard
than that used In Europe to a consider
able extent known as the manure mid
den, which consists of a low stone wall
three to four or five feet high suitably
located with reference to the stables
and provided with open driveways
through the opposite walls, Into which
the manure is thrown directly from the
stables and kept closely packed by al
lowing the animals to walk over it or
hogs to work it.
The fundamental principle In the
storing of manure in this way la to ex
clude the air from it as largely ns pos
sible and especially to prevent tiie sur
face from becoming so dry as to permit
the air to enter rapidly and deeply and
so hasten the fermentation. In some
climates such a midden should lave a
roof, in others it is probably better Jo
avoid the roof. There should be mois
ture enough kept upon the manure
heap to prevent the surface from be
coming dry, and where the rainfalls
are not sufficient to produce leaching It
will be better as a rule to avoid the
roof so as to take advantage of the
fainfall to keep tbe manure in the
proper degree of saturation.
Where the manure can have a depth
of two or more feet it will require fre
quent and heavy rainfalls to oversatu-
rate the manure, as "the capacity for
holding water is very large and the
rate of evaporation from the surface is
considerable. The function of the wall
Is to avoid the tendency of the tramp
ing of the animals to break the manure
pile down and spread It over the sur
face of the yard. "If stock is kept away
from the pile, then the wall may be dis
pensed with by simply stacking the
manure in a close, compact heap with
vertical walls. Bnt where stones are
plenty It will be foid more'economlcal
to adopt the European practice, which
gives the least possible surface for the
exposure of the manure to the aur.
The working over of farmyara ma
nure for ordinary farming is unneces
sary, or at least is not likely to Increase
the value sufficiently to pay for the ex
tra labor. Too much cannot "be said
In favor of using sufficient organic mat
ter In the fotm of bedding completely
to absorb, not only all of the urine
from the stable, but to give body
enough to the manure In the yard to
hold the rains and prevent leaching.
The valne of the bedding In Increas
ing, the humus of the soil and In in
creasing the area over. which the ma
nure can be economically applied in
the field is not sufficiently appreciated,
especially by eastern farmers,, where
there is so much tendency to depend
upon commercial fertilizers. If bed
ding is difficult to get. but marshes are
at band, tbe use of an abundant allow
ance of peat as bedding or worked in
with the. manure or both will be found
helpful both to the manure In prevent
ing the loss of nitrogen and Increasing
the voltrmc of it which can be applied
to the field. These are the opinions of
F. H. King as. given in Rural New
Yorker.
lfwa a. ad Nta." ,
The farm average for the Whole Unit
ed States Is less than 15 bushels of
wheat to the acre.
Tbe latest frill in farming is the rais
ing of woodchucks, which is to be at
tempted In Maine by farmers who have
found skunks and Belgian hares not
all that they bad fondly Imagined them
to be in the way of money winners.
The woodchuck fur has Aome value,
the meat is said to be better than rab
bit, the animals are hardy, require no
care and thrive in confinement. It is
said that 200 acres are to be devoted
to a trial of woodchuck farming. v
It is a matter of common kngwledge
that varieties of apples, as of other
fruits, differ greatly in their keeping
qualities. Not all varieties are adapted
to the same conditions.- In general, a
juicy fruit or one that matures' early
in the season does not keep as well as
a drier, firmer, fruit or one that ma
tures later.
Kansas grown "Kaffir corn is said to
have produced good Kentucky whisky,
and a fine : quality of high . wine has
been obtained from it by Illinois mak
ers. It is claimed that Kaffir corn Is
superior to aqy of the products now in
use for making these commodities.
: Ceres CoScci. -
The Infusion of true coffee contains
very little nutritive matter. However,
It Is ordinarily consumed not on ac
count of lis food value, but Its agreea
ble flavor. It also contains a small
amount of an alkaloid, caffeln, which
has stimulating properties. This is en
tirely lacking In cereal coffees If they
are, as tbey claim, made entirely from
cereal grains.
Presldiig EMcr'a ABpoJotmeats, Wilmiaf-
--v-- f.;.. to District, v y ;
Onslow; Bethlehem, March 23, 24.
Carver's Creek. Hebron. , March SO.
8L - -
Atlantic Andrew's ChapeL - April
. 7.
Zion, Summerville, April 13, 14.
Bladen Street, April 14.
Bursa w. Bursaw, Greek. Anril . So.
Southport April 28. 29. '
vuumw, Juuuau , HIT ,'(. -
I '.assi h "er May m
i m uui curees, a&ay us. - -
Magnolia, Magnolia, May 18, 19. r
Elizabeth, Purdie'a, May 25, 28.
j Bladen, Deem's Capel, May 26, 97.
! MiuuwTUiB, w arsaw, j one a, a. v:
1 Grace, June 2. 8 , .'
I Onslow, , June 7. "
? Jacksonville and Richland. Jack
son vilie, June 8, 9. -s. T
t waeeamaw,Zion, June la, 15. -?
Wniteville, Cerro Qordo, June 17.
I azancei Street, June 23, 24. -
R. B. Jomr. .
I
IT CURES
DRREGttJILAniTtr
DWFILAWr.MJlICK
WLCEHATIOFJ ANBl
FERlALEVEAIirJESSI
ITMAIiESWEAIt
WOMEN STRONG
SltrrtYOMEN WEIXI
Just So Little Elmer, (who
has an inquiring mind) Papa, what
is science! irrof . tfroaaneaa uon
science, mv son. is tbe name usually
given to the fear we feel that other
people will find us out. Harper s
Bazar.
He "It was your fault."
"Tbat is no reason why you shouldn't
apologize." Life.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURREIT.
Tbe quotations are always given as accurately
as possible, but tbe Stab will not be responsible
tor any variations from tbe actual market price
uuiearaoiesauoiea .
SW" The following quotations represent
wnoiesaie races generally, in maKwg
small orders blaher nrlcea nave to be charg
BAQGINO
8 Jute
Standard
Burlaps ...
WX3TKBN SUOKKD- '
Hams V x r.
Bides 9t
Shoulders
OBV 8AX1TED
Sides 8
Shoulders t
BARRKTT-Bplrtts Torpenttn
Second-hand, each. l
Second-hand machine
New New York, each. .....
New City, each
BRICKS
Wilmington f M 7
Northern 0
BUTTER
North Oarouna
Northern
JORNXXAL
Per boahel. In sacks
Virginia Meal ,
OOTTON TtK handle
OANDLES V
Sperm....
Adamantine
1HEB8B
Northern Factory ,
Dairy Cream.......
Half cream
OOlTEt-t S
lAgnyra.
Rlo.VT
DO MKSI ICS
Sheeting, 4-t, w yard
Yarns. V bunch of 5 l3 ....
FI8H-
Maekeret, No. l, f barrel ... 88
Mackerel, No. 1, f half-bbl. 11
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 18
Mackerel, No. 8 tf half-bbl.. 8
Mackerel, No. 8, v barrel... 18
Mullet a, v barrel
Mullets, Vpork barrel...... 7
N. G. Roe Herring, keg. . I
-fife:::::::::::::
rwUR--
Iiow grade .......... 8
Oholoe......
Straight
rirstPatent 4
Qvxra 9
9RAXN bushel -
Oonufrom store,bS9 White
Mixed Corn
Car-load, In bgs White...
Oats, from store
Oats, Rust Proof
Cow Peas...
HIDES 1
Green salted
Dry flint
Drv salt
HAT V 100 Bs
Not Timothy
Bice Straw....
Eastern
Western
North River
HOOP IRON. 9
LARD. V 8
Northern
North Carolina.
LIME, barrel ,. 1
LUMBER (dty sawed) WM ft
Ship Btuff, resawea 18
Rough edge Plank J5
west India cargoes, accord
ing to quality.... ...18
Dreeeed Flooring, seasoned, is
Scantling and Board, oom'n 14
MOLASSES 9 gallon
Barbadoes, In hogshead.....
Barbadoes, in barrels
Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . .
Porto Rico, In barrels. ..... .
Sugar House, in hogsheads.
Sugar House, In barrels....
Syrup, in barrels -
HAILS, V keg, oat, eod baste...
PORK. V barrel
Cltv Mess
Romp .'
; Prime.. .....j
BOPS, B
SALT, V sack. Alum
Liverpool
American.
On 125 8acks.....
SUGAR. f l Standard Gran'd
' Standard A. ..,.,..,
White Extra O.
Extra C, Qolden
. O Yellow
SOAP, f i Northern....
STAVES, M W. O. barrel 6
B.O. Hogshead.....
8g
8 O
10 O
7H9
8
9
35
O 140
140
1 45
Q 1 45
O 7 50
O 14 00
80 O 85
85 O 88
52 O SS
54 5 65
5 1 80
:e o a
p e 11
is e 14
13H! 14
13MQ 13
11 ft 12
8HO 10
S5H
70
00 O
00 O
00 o
00 o
00 o
00 a
35 a
85 a
80 00
15 00
18 00
8 00
14 00
8 75
7 50
3 85
IV
4 5c
8 60
8 5
4 00
4 75
10
60
59
o
59 O
57 &
O
6
40
1 10.
5HO 6
10 O 11
9 O 10
95 O l 09
48 6 60
90 O 95
90 O 96
a 90
6J4 8M
O 10
15 1 20
Sao 00
u 00
O 18 00
O 88 00
O 15 00
O 86
O 16 00
TIMBER, 9 M reet Shipping..
OommoQ mm
Fair mill..
Prime mill
Extra mill ...
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
M 6x84 heart.7......
' Sap
5X20 Heart. w
" Sap. ...
WHI8KEV. 9 galiou Sortherc
81
4 I
61
7 )
8 I
4 !
8 I
8 !
1 (
6 00
7 50
8 50
9 50
MARINE DIRECTORY.
list of ITsssels la the Pov of wu
snlncton w. o. nareh 2 1901.
SOHOONER8.
Massachusetts, 425 tons, Jones, George
uarriss, son cc (jo.
Edith H Syminsrton, 881 ton, George
. Harriss, Son & Co.
Oora M, 137 ton, Mitchell, George
uarnss, son & uo. .
' S BAEQUEa
Nora, (Bus) 470 tons, Aulin, Ueide &
Marie, (Nor) 441 tons, Nielsen, Heide
' &Oo. ...... ... .
Hedv g, (Swd) 465 tons, Perssen, Alex
ander Sprunt & Son.
Inverdruie, (Nor) 567 tons, Wittusen,
jxeiae p vo. ; .
. BKIGa
Audhild, (Nor) 449 tons, Arensen,
Heide & Co.
M O Haskell, 899 ? tons, : Wingfield,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
- v , : BABGE3.
Carrie Li Tyler, 538 tons, Bonneau.
Virginia uarouna- (joemical Uom
pany; , i.r:
1 For Xa0riDDe and In
fluenza use CHENEY'S
KiJPBCTOBANT.
l ' URU U 1 1 1 1 ill f1 I vl
MEDICAL
EDDSCODVEIW
COMMERCIA!
WILMINGTON MARKKT.
rQ noted officially at tbe closing of tbe Produce
-. Exohange l
STAR OFFICE, March 21. 1
i 8PIBITS TURPENTINE Market
quiet at. 34 centst per: gallon for ma
chine made casks and 33 cents per
gallon for country casks;, .f '
, , ROSIN Nothinsr doing. .
? TAR Market firm at $1.15 per bbl
of 280 lbs, h :i U tlH
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.30 per. barrel for hard,
$2.30 for dip and for virgin.
Quotations jsame ' day last year
Spirits, turpentine steady at 5382c:
rosin nothing doing; tar steady, at
$1.20; crude, turpentine quiet at $3 00
25. . - - - ' -.
- , RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine , . - 15
Rosin. . . . ... ............ . 544
Tar....... 194
Crude turpentine..... 57
Receipts same day last year 13
casks spirits . - turpentine, 3tf bbls
rosin," 94 bbls tar, .7 bbls crude tur
pentine. OOTTOH. .
Market firm on a basis of 8X0 per
pound for middling. Quotations: -
Ordinary . 5 1316 cts
Good ordinary 7 316 " "
Low middling 7 1 3-16 " "
Middling 8 " "
Good middling .... . 8 916
Same
at9c
day last year middling firm
Receipts 328 bales;
same day las t
year, 184
Corrected Begn'ariy by Wllmiogton Produce
Commission Meichnts.J
OOTJNTBT PBODTJOB. '
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
busnel of 28 . pounds; . fancy, oOc.
Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime,
55c: fancy. 60c: Snamsb. 75a
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 juc.
EGGS Dull at 10c per dozen.
CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20
'28c: springs, 10&20c
TURKEYS Live, dull at 9 to 10c;
dressed, 10 to 12c.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c
FINANCIALMARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
New York, March 2L-Money on call
steady at 2X3 per cent Prime mer?
cantile paper 8 i per cent. Sterling
exhange firm,, witb actual business in
bankers' bills at 487 488 for demand
and 484484M for sixty days.
Posted rates 485 and 489.' Oommer
cial bills 484484. Silver certifi
cates 6163. Bar silver 60 K- Mexi
can uollars 49. U. 8. refunding 2's
reg'd, 106; U. B. refund'g 2's,
coupon. 106: U. B. a s. reg'd, ; U. B.
S's, reg'd, 111M ; do. coupon, 11J i ; U.
4's, new reg'd, 138 j; do. coupon,
13SM: U. B. 4's, old reg'd, 113; do
coupon, 114; U. 8. 5's, reg'd,
illfi; do. coupon, 111H; Southern
K't S's 11614. Stocks: Baltimore &
Ohio, 92 ; Chesapeake & Ohio 46 ;
Uann&ttan L ; W. X. UentraJ
146; Reading; do 1st pref'd 73V;
St. Paul, ; da prel'd, 189; Boulnern
Kauway ; prerd 76H: Amincas
Tobacco. 128; do. pref'd ; People's
Uas 106 ; Sugar ; do.' prerd VtSH
V. C. & Iron , U. 8. Leather 13
do. preferred ; Wwtri Union 87 4.
Standard Oil 7.968.00; Consolidaud
Gas 212
Baltimore, . March , 21. Seaboard
Air Line, common, 1313K ; do. pre
ferred 3232M- Bonds 4's 78 79.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Nbw YOEK. March 21 Rosin quiet.
Spirits turpentine steady at 3738c.
CBA8LESTOB, Marcti 21. - Spirits tur
pentine, nothing doing. Rosin firm;
prices unchanged.
SavabnaH. March 21.- Spirits tur
pentine firm at 34c; sales 375 casks;
receipts 449 casks ; exports cask.
Rosin firm and unchanged; receipts
1,676 barrels; sales 455 barrels; exports
barrels.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, March 81. The cotton
market opened easy at a decline of
tbree to .nine points and further de-
clinta six and twelve points, cables
being disappointing, witb receipts still
heavy, cotton goods trade accounts
still unsatisfactory, Southern spot
markets again lower, and the earlier
indications as to the situation of affairs
between Russia and England not of a
reassuring order. . Several of the more
important long lines of cotton, notably
a few for Wall street account, were
liquidated, after which the market ral
lied part'ally: but again turned weak
under some renewed active Bellinsr.
said to be in good .part for Southern
account. There was some bovine on
the weaker intervals by good parties
on later reports of a settlement of mat
ters which threatened the) relations of
Russia and England. The buying for
a reaction was increased by
the expectation of better cables
from Liverpool to morrow on this
account. The insight movement
promises to exceed that of last
week, on the other hand, and this
checked confidence oh the long side of
the account. Toe market was final! v
steady at about the lowest figures cf
tne session, the netdecline being seven
to twenty points.
NBW YORK, March 21 swollen quiet
ana yio lower; miaaling uplands
o 7 ice
Cotton futures tuaiket closed steady
at tbe decline alarch 7.87. April 7 88,
May 7.89, June 7 87. July 7 88, August
7.63, September 7 35, October 7.85,
November 7.21, December 7 20, Janu
ary 7.21. .
Spot cotton closed quiet and yic
lower; middling gulf 8 9 16c; middling
uplands 8 7-16o; sales 300 bales
Total to-day Net receipts 25,499
bales; exports to Great Britain
bales; exports to France 7. 1 37 bales;
exports to the Continent 10,758 bales;
stock 830.902 bales. -
Consolidated Net receipts 114.027
bales; exports to Great Britain 26 519
bales: exports to France 18,461 bales:
exports to the Continent 48,108 bales.
Total since September 1st. Net re
ceipts 6,237,299 bales; exports to Great
Britain 2.351,456 bales: exports to
France 666.009 bales; exports to the
Continent 1,831.299 bales:
March 21 -Galveston, dull at 8Kc,
net receipts 5.247 bales; Norfolk, dull
at 8V0. net receipts 1 569 bales:
Baltimore, nominal at 8c net re
ceipts bales; Boston, quiet at 8 7 16c;
net receipts 390 bales; Wilmington,
nrm at 8Jfc, net receipts 328 bales;
Philadelphia, dull at- 8 9 16c net re
ceipts 137 bales; Savannah, tteady at
8Kc, net receipts 4 251 bales; New Or
leans, easy at 8 3 16c, net receipts 8,031
bales: Mobile, quiet at 8 1 16c net
receipts 11 oaies: uemnhis. ouie;r
9 fr-160, net receipts 370 bales; AugCfJ,
quiet at o o-ioc. net receipts bales;
Charleston,' nominal at 8jc net re
ceipts 524 bales, v--.
PRODUCE "MARKETS.
By Telesranh to the Mamlnir Star.
; NBW YORK. Marchl FlnnraniAter
and rather nlnainnr lnwa. tn. all
Wheat Spot -easy ; No. red 8iXe;
options were cenerall v wttakA alt dav.
reflectidg - less -warlike : conditions
abroad, unsatiakctn!
home crop condii a6(. fc
a small e?11,10, W:X
OPOt StenHn.
vpeneu steady 0n srn'
- . - -J t
No.
2
covered on a bie el .heU
steady at Hc VSt
stead v. P.k . p
active,
io ou; short
tie .1
V4U
OKI.
"wr iroDff but ,,v,.l
creamery 1622c- a., DW;
1581c Cheese fiCle.S
white llHXc; do. si
12MC Rien Ktoo. rTau
Jerseys $1 25l 60- HH
162; Long Islan'dM
swsjr sweets XI KOao
steady ;8tatetli$18Deru C
firm: citv au
Cotton seed oil quoutL
crude, in hrriD SZ""0
yellow 88088X0; off
prime winter yellow S7 3i
m 0025 00. Ooflee-SfS
DOt ft
os it, l - . ougar -Kaw gu.
fining 3Xc;centrifu8al sg?1
molasses suear 3 9 32c-,r.Cl
ureigbts to Liverpool-
steam 13c. 1
Chicago, March 21.-4, J
'3
change 8-day. This
c osed 65c lowr-r. vh,u 1.7
shade and ribs 57JC hiehi
tion from jesteruaj'g w
depressing effect on WJ?
closed at a decline of .J
lower.
CHICAGO, March 21-Cgsh.J
Flour stead ir WhrS
j - - . urai .ft II
-c; No. 3 sprine 68K74e.il
yellow 40. Oat-No.j
28. Rye-No 53c. P3
rel. $16 2016 25. Lard. 3
i son. saaori nboinl
S7 707 90. Drv salted
uusin 0. csnoii ck,
tillers' finished eoods.
8127
" 8
The leadine futures
lows opening, highest, fal
exosmg: wneat jno. 2 Kub
76. 75. 7SUanA. A nail W t.
S V O VF w ftlf
755c: Mav 7676 7R1V3
76Hc Cora-March -,-3
July 41 X to 4I(a41K iw
41Hc Oats -May 2525l4if
24 24fi Pnrlr n hhLuT.,
16 10,16 20. 16 35; Julj $15 501
15 00. 15 00. Lard, per -100 U
7U, 7H5, 7 85 7.87; h
7 9s, 7 85. 7 87Septembe
8 00, 7 90, 7 92. Shor-rik
Qw Mav $7 80, 7 85. 7 70 77$
lemoer 77, 7 77, 7 67,
FOREIGN Ir AHKE
By Cable to the Morqir& v
LIVKBPOOL, March 21, 4F
Cotton Spot quiet; price-
American middling fair SUi:
middling 4 27 82d ; middling
Jow middlirtr 4 15 32d; enoaiA
4f 2d- H ry 3Sl-32d.
oil lA day were 8.000 baieirf
500 bales were for speculation!
port and included 7.400 tula
ican. Receipts 10,000 Dales, id
4,400 American.
Futures opened quiet td
quiet; American roiddline (I
March 4 34 64d buyer; . Md
April 4 34 64d seller; April uj
4 34 64d seller; May sod Juki
B4 35 64d seller; June and.
644 35 64d seller; July and
4 34 644 35 64d Keller; AM
SSeptember 4 28 64 4 29644
September 4 28 644 29 64d
October (e 0. c) 4 9549
buyer; October and Novemlie
4 6 64d nomiDal; Noiemtel
December 4 4 64d nomitial.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Htmr ireivftr Kradsnaw. a
ville. T Ti T,nvft.
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, F
vi I In. .Tames THaHiiftn.
Clyde steamship Oneida, K
Georgetown, HGSmallbonei
CLEARED.
Stmr Driver, Bradshav, Is
ville, T D Love. J
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, K
ville, James Madden.
BY RIVER AND fcU
Receipts of Naval Stores i
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad 4 bjH
W. C. & A. Railroad-iw
. a i- : ; n ii.wnAtitinfti
rels rosin, 13 barrels crn
a. D- XT Taimai 138 a
ton, 2 casks spirits turpenf
oarreis rosin, u iw.v..
C. C. Railroad-jl bale e
barrels crude turpefKme.
on. KT T Ttrtrett
rosin, 9 barrels crud f 3
aimr Driver-183 barren
144 barrels tar. fa
8teamer 8eabrip;bt-s e-
a . I tincin.
turpentine, orre,B ' u k I
turpentine, 66 barrels row
wv - .
C Larkin's ilat i
barrels tar. ooQ .
pentine, 15 casks; wbdjJJ
tar, 194 barrels; crude
M'ntAi iJouon. oo "'..
barrels.
OLD NEWSPAP
You Can Bat
Old Newsuapj
in
Quantities to
ab tuu
STAB OFrwi
Pauer w
TCTceUent V
flan
Under
'0
Alimentary
I
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