North Carolina Newspapers

? WHAT OAME OF A LETTER. My Dear Aunt Kale: I must tell yon the (food news. Right alter receiving: your letter, the day before iNew year's I started in with new resolu tions on the first of the year. I wrote to Dr. R. V. Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y., as you requested me to do. I rave him all my symptoms, which were that I was tired so tired all the time and did not care to go anywhere, depressed and sad, and all ambition gone, backache and a dragged-out feeling, could not sleep, limos feeling sore and aching. I followed the doctor's advice. which he went to considerable pains to make plain to me to rest every day a nap after lunch complete relaxation cultivate repose of mind, try not to worry, get as much outdoor air as possible, and prac tice long, deep breathing, expanding the lungs. Then for a uterine tonic, Dr. Pierce's Favorite prescription, coupled with a wash he told me of. I must say that after follow ing his advice for four months I feel per- iccuy curea ana uxe a new woman. Yours affectionallv. Jewel. ' Letters like the above are not unnsuaL Mrs. Kooman, of 8u Grant Ave.. Schenectady. N. Y., says : "I continued with the medicine until I had taken five bottles, also two vials of the 'Pleasant Pellets,' and I was cured. I al ways recommend Dr. Pierce' medicines to my iricoua wnen iney are noi well." " My daughter is in quite good health, thanks 10 vt. nrw j meaiones. My wianea are mac all who are afflicted will try them and see what poo can ne aone lor me aicK," writer Mrs. muaoetn nici-oneii, 01 Kocncster, ma. Send one-cent stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for his Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages. CURRENT COMMENT. in uoi. uryan's opinion, a Democrat ia not In good standing unless he has been defeated twice. Augusta (Qa.) Herald. The best way for Parkhurgt to reconcile the people of New York to the idea of keeping the lid down ia for Parkhurst to get under the lid. Rome (Ga.) Tribune. The fellow who told the Washington correspondent that South Carolina would probably be in the Hearst column must have gained access to the "sample room" of the State dispensary. Columbia otate. We presume Judge Parker is not indifferent to what is going on about him.- But he is not seeking the nomination. The course he has followed has been one of perfect dignity and propnety. We feel sure that even those Democrats who have wished for some publio avowal irom ins lips or his pen must now see that his reticence was wise, his refusal to comply with their wishes well judged. We feel sure, too,that conndenbein Judge Parkers men tal equipoise and soundness has been enhanced by his determination to Hold aloof from political discus sion. A weak man in his trying position would have been likely to blunder. Judge Parker has made no mistake. TWINKLINUS "Sometimes." said Uncle Eben. "a man gives hisse'f credit foh bein' resigned to fate w'en he has simply settled down to bein' good and lazy." -Washington Star. "Really, 'y know.you're the belle ftf tha hall "nliottororl tVifl aillv AnA aa who surrounded her "paws'tively charming I perfect in every way" "Nonsense," protested Miss Pechls, wearily, "there are some things about me that are utterly disgusting." rmiaaeipma tress. "They say Slowsky has finally come to his senses and has given up trying to persuade Miss Jollyeyes to marry him. He's offended at last." "How did it happen?" "He dis covered that the curl of hair he has worn in his watch for the last year was taken from her switch." De troit Free Press. "Knowledge is the great thing to be sought for, after all," said the studious man. "I should say it is," answered senator sorghum. "Many a man makes a terrible mistake In demanding cold cash instead of ac cepting valuable information as to how the market is going to go." . wasningion star. uaaiDj my wne will raise Cain with me if she discovers that I've been drinking. Jagsby All you've got to do is to hold your cream wnen you go near her. Qadsby That's all rieht: but I'm afraid it's too strong to be held. xown and Country. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Property Which Eicbsored Hinds by Deeds Filed for Record Yesterday. Dr. G. D. Beroheim and wife to An nie- ic Deppe, of Craven county, for o.ou, property on east side of JTiltb, 6 feet north of Brunswick street, 66x165 feet in size. Mrs. Louisa P. Munann tn TTnrarn Percy Munson, for $1,000, property at wraineasi corner or second and Ann streets, with right of way Over adjoin lng property. Louis J. P. Cutlar. cnmmliafonar. to T. E. Brown, for $100, one half un- umaea interest in property at north east corner of Front and Queen streets, 66x165 feet In size. Oooter-necked. box-ankled and slab-sided specimens of the Repub lican party are still disputing the word of the chlvalrio and patriotic Democrats at Washington. These frequent anathemas and hurtling charges of mendacity require an emergency appropriation for "gloves." Senator Burton's conviction should convince lawyers that sometimes they can get themselves into trouble by trying to get other folks ont of trouble. The Republican party is bent on humiliating the Democratic party all it can. It is sow going to com pel us to. sit down on Roosevelt. EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE SOUTH. ' Address of Dr. Chas. W. Dabney, President of the University of Tennessee. AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, Ihowing Special Necessity for a System of Popular Education Statistics The Metro Disfranchisement Ooly a Temporary Good. By Telegraph to the Morning star. Indianapolis, Ind., April 2. Dr. Charles W. Dabney, president ot the University of Tennessee, and presi dent-elect of the University of Cin cinnati, in an address before the Southern Indiana Teachers1 Associa tion, in session here, under the sub ject "Educational Needs of theSoutb," outlined the work which has been taken up by those Interested In the move of which be Is regarded the head and leader. Much Importance Is attached to his utterances on this subject. ' vt. Dabney, by way or introduction. said that tho present educational needs of the Southern people arise from circumstances In the past. In the old Bouth there was a caste system of four general classes. The aristocracy of wealthy planters and slave owners and the small farmer living chiefly in the hills, the poor whites of tbe low country and the African slaves. "The war not only freed the black man ; it freed the white man as welf," said ne. "it made a way for the smai farmers, liberated the poor white man from the bonds of a semi-feudal sys tem, and established both-for the first time In full citizenship, it also freed the minds and spirits of the aristocratic class and by throwing? them upon their own resources, made them a stronger and better people. "The old South, whose ruling class was an aristocracy of land and slaves. has given political and Industrial de mocracy with no ruling dais. But herein lies our danger and out of this fact grows the special necessity for a system of popular educatlor, which shall train all of our citizens to think clearly and act fearlessly, each for himself. "ine actual development or aucn a system of free publio schools was long retarded by the conservatism of the aristocratic class, which refused to recognize tbe new institution and held as long as possible to old institutions and ideals. It has been delayed fur ther by the poverty of tbe people, by the sparsecess and consequent isola tion of the population, and by the ab sence of roads. But this new concep tlon of manhood has now caught the new system of education, supported by all tbe people for all the people. "In 1900, out of the 8.500.000 whites ten years of age and over in the eleven South Atlantic and Gulf Btates. In- eluding Tennessee and Arkansas, one million were illiterate. Une-tnird of the illiterates of the United 8tates are found in these States, whfcrj bave only, however, one-firth of the popu lation. Of the 5.000.000 blacks in the same States, ten years and over, 2,500, 000 were illiterates. In the same States, of 4,400,000 males, twenty-one years of age, 1,100,000 were Illiterate. more than one-half of all tbe Illiterate males of voting age in tbe United Slates live in the South. Disfranchise ment can be only a temporary good, a partial remedy for this awful condi tion. "Of tbe 4.000.000 white and the 3,500,000 black children in these States last year, only 45 per cent, were in school, 80 to 90 days. It Is not a Blair bin we want; we rejected that long ago. I hope, for my part, that the particular measure may never again ba brought forward; but that some plan may be adopted which shall make the wealth of tbe whole nation con tribute to the education and general social improvement ot all peoples who oy reason or their poverty, their race. or recent condition of servitude, or from any other cause, bave not been able to take their place in the grand army of American citizenship, or to catch atep with tbe march of modern progress. "Every Intelligent Southerner now believes that the right1 kind of educa tion makes the negro a more thrifty, a more userui, a more moral and a more law-abiding citizen, as Is does every other man. Every Southern State is now committed by its constitution and laws to the principle of negro educa tion, and in their legislatures and courts they have so far successfully resisted all proposals to divide the school funds. In fact, the disfranchise ment acta are all working to compel his education. The Southern people will be fair to tbe negro In these mat ters. Any other course of conduct ill not only dishonor but will in lure tbelr own race. "Any plan of national aid should prov.de not a largess for the Boutb, out a consistent, rational plan for up lifting the retarded and depressed population in all parts of the country. -The people In some counties in Maine and tn New York are as illiterate as those la the counties in the South Appalachians. This is truly a na tional problem, not one for the Bonth alone. "Methods can also be found to aid needy communities without naralvc ing tbeir powers, either of initiative or support. While we are helping the Porto Ricans and Philippines to establish their schools, we should aid our own neglected people whenever they need assistance." A Grand White Cocbln. ' This handsome White' Cochin cock. owned by Messrs. Clayton & Freeman, Plalnsvllle, Conn., was a dinner at the 4ast New York poultry show. The pic ture is from Reliable Poultry Journal. Weekly Stab one year, 11.00. Take LAXailVe Cromp quinine Tablets. Seven Mimoalce sold tai 12 inUia. Thb UsaMUT, .ooooo9 v -srw - v 9 OVERBOARDf By Richard B. Shelton $ . . . Copyright, 1505, by T. C. Mcdure 6 A certain Mr. Timothy Leary sat sunning himself on the stringer of a pier, finding life, as he took a mental survey of it, very dull indeed. Busi ness (Mr. Leary's business, which was carried on mainly under cover of the night) was decidedly slow. He turned his eyes to the next pier, where tbe Uteland, just arrived from Liverpool, was coming Into dock, her huge hull la. charge of three puffing tugs, which clung to her like so many leeches. The operator had no particular in terest to Mr. Leary. The people on the liner's decks and the crowd on the pier were beginning to shout to one another, which display of enthusiasm bored him excessively. Suddenly a dark object shot down the ship's side and struck the water with a splash and a gurgle. Whatever else Mr. Leary might me, he was no coward. In a very small fraction of a minute he had shed coat, vest and shoes and plunged bead long from the stringer on which he had been sitting. When the object came to the surface, Mr. Leary struck out for it. The object, by way of wel come, clutched him about the neck and emitted a series of Insane gurgles. The rescuer was not favorably im- pressed. He gave his charge a round oath from his tongue and a couple of blows from his fist, -after which, with a . much more docile man over his Shoulders, he swam to the pier head, where scores of willing bands , pulled them up. A physician was found, and the work of resuscitation began. Mr. Leary el bowed his way tnrough the crowd and rushed up- the street to Murphy's sa loon, a great concourse following. this bit of advertising, and by way of expressing his gratitude be sent out a boy for Bome dry clothes for Leary, Murphy made a good thing out of who, when he bad donned them, slip ped out, of the back way and sauntered up the street. It may have been the whisky Mur phy had given him at any rate, the HE SHED HIS APPAREL TS AN AMAZINGLY, SHOBT TIMS. germ of an Idea was stirred in his brain. Several times in the course of his walk uptown he paused to give his thighs resounding whacks and to an nounce to himself " 'twould work to a T." By 6 O'clock that evening Mr. Leary had every detail worked out, and at 8 he sought a certain uptown hotel, of none too savory reputation, where aft er a half hour's wait he encountered a loudly dressed individual, who ad dressed him as "Red" and whom he. In turn, familiarly called "Cap." The pair found a quiet corner, and Mr. Leary divulged his scheme, rather thickly, it is true, and with many halts, for be had been drinking to bis success all day. Nevertheless the other saw its feasibility. "Red," he said, "you're a genius. There'll be enough In it for both of us. Come down and have a drink on it" Some weeks later Mr. Leary again sat sunning himself on tbe pier stringer. It was a pleasant day in late spring, and his spirits were in ac cord with the season. When a loafer begged for tobacco, Leary gave hlra the remainder of bis plug. At the next pier the Slouxland. from Liverpool, was coming Into her dock. The operation seemed to interest him this time, for his eyes searched eagerly up and down her decks. Suddenly on tbe Slouxland a tall man, with a high hat and a long light overcoat, sprang upon the rail and waved his cane above the heads of tbe other passengers. A moment later be threw up bis arms wildly, lost his bal ance and 6hot down the ship's side to tbe water. There were the screams and yells. the shower of buoys, and Mr. Leary, devoid of coat, vest and shoes, plunged gallantly from tbe neighboring pier. He had shed his apparel in an amaz ingly short time. Some of those who were near him at the time remembered afterward that even before the man bad leaped to the rail Leary had torn open his vest and unlaced his shoes. This time the man In the water was quite tractable. He neither spluttered nor grabbed his rescuer by the neck. He even said In low tones, "Better hit tbe nearest pier. Red," and 'then pro ceeded to get himself into a fit condi tion to be resuscitated. Again willing hands drew them to Ihe pier, arl Again the intrepid Leary refused all acknowledgment of his he roic deed and made off through the crowd. Late that summer, when the Uteland was coming into dock, the same spec tacular scene occurred. This time it was a short man in flannels and yacht ing cap who went over the ralj. .Tbe only variation of the original pro gramme was that he said to his res cuer: "Better go up the river a bit, Red. I think they're on." In accord ance with this advice Leary swam to the next pier, where amid the cheers of the onlookers he and his dripping charge were hoisted to the wharf. That man should have a medaL" said a well dressed pontiauian had watched the rescue with breath less Interest. "It's the second time I've seen hinj do this thine. Let ev erybody do what he can." In his burst oi entnusiasm be tore off hin ht .n deposited therein a two dollar bill. But ueiore ne could uo any soliciting the interest of the crowd was drawn to the upper end of the wharf, for Leary, edging his way out, had come face to racewitn two customs officials who D-rOfrC i " " " ' . . To Cure a Cold in One hurrying down the pier to InfeT- vccpt him. lie dodged them deftly and 1 made up the pier at his best speed, the two officials in hot pursuit, yelling at the top of their voices: -Stop Aim! Stop that man!" Half way. tip the wharf Leary collided with an apple woman's cart and came limply to earth. with a large part of the carfs stock bounding about him, and there the breathless customs men pounced upon him and dragged him to bis feet. "Yes," said one of the customs men to the Dtelund's purser some hours later; "it was rather a neat bit of work. The one that fell overboard brought them over, of course, and then he'd pass them to the one that did the fake rescue business while they were In the water. They grew too frequent, those rescues did, and made us somewhat suspicious. There's half a hundred thousands' worth this time alone If there's a dollar's worth of "em." The purser went over to the table. There, spread out in dazzling array, was a quantity of perfect diamonds. That was several years ago. A cer tain Mr. Leary. nicknamed the Red, sits every day dangling his legs from a pier farther up the river. If. any one has ideas, it is well to consult him. He will pay liberal percentages on their fruition. Paid In HIa Owk Co 1m. The physician was overtaken by a storm on a cold winter night, and. rather than drive ten miles home, he put up at the tavern keeper's house. He and his host sat for an hour or two before they went to bed at a table on which a bottle of whisky stood. They talked pleasantly, but neither took any thing to drink. What, therefore, was the physician's surprise in the morning to find on his bill a charge of 50 cents for whisky. "Why, man, I drank none or your whisky," he said to the tavern keeper. "Maybe you didn't," the other re- piled, "but you might as well. It was there on the table for you." The physician paid the 50 cents, and a week or two later he put up at the I tavern again. This time he ran up a bill of good size. What with the things he ate and drank and smoked, seated with the landlord at the table, his medicine case before him, his ac count came to something like S5. In the morning when be got his bill it was S5 exactly he gave the land lord, Instead of cash, a receipted bill of his own for a like amount. At this bill the landlord stared. "Medicine, $5!" he exclaimed. "What does this mean? I haven't taken any of your medicine!" "But, my friend, why didn't your' said the physician. ' "It lay before you on tbe table all last evening. RHODE ISLAND TURKEYS. frcparinff Tkeni For the TUmnUafrlv lug; and Christina Trade. After Nov. 1 the turkey farmer -be gins to take a very lively interest in the weather, says the New York Herald. He also begins to add the finishing touches to the Rhode Island bird that he may continue to command higher prices for his productions than any other turkey raiser in the land. There are many reasons given for this , achievement. First of all, the founda tion of the constitution of the young Rhode Islander is well laid with an abundant supply of white corn, which is readily produced in his section. becond, the land is high and the soil dry and the climate just about as agreeable as any turkey could desire. Usually it grows cold early in the fall, and when Nov. 1 comes along It can't be too cold to suit the Rhode Island raiser. Under the Influence of weather that makes the mercury hover around the zero notch the appetites of the tur keys increase Immensely, and while they keep bright and lively they do lit tle else but wander slowly around the barnyard In nocks and stand closely hugging each other In the sunshine so that they may keep warm. Under these conditions the practiced eye can almost see the young spring fowls taking on weight and growing neavier ana sweeter by the hour. The finishing touches are given to the turkeys by feeding them on chestnuts. A turkey prefers a chestnut any time to a bright green grasshopper, and mat is saying a great deal. The chest nuts are soaked and cracked open and are served at the midday meal for about three weeks before killing time. They would be very expensive for tur key food ordinarily, but in this part of the country they are very plentiful. If the weather remains warm through November the turkeys show no dispo sition to bunch or remain idle. On the contrary, they do a great deal of trav eling, and as a consequence they be come muscular and not very plump wnen xnanksglving comes around. This state of affairs prevailed last season,, and for that reason many unoae isiana raisers held a mat num ber of the flock for the Christmas and New Year markets. By that time the weather becomes cold enough to put every turkey In the yard In the pink oi condition. Notwithstanding this, the Thanksgiving market is the largest or me tnree. Killing time takes . Dlace usunllv about a week ahead of the holiday, pn killing day the turkeys are called Into the barn, where rows of beams have been placed. Hanging from these beams about three feet apart are pieces of stout twine provided with a noose. After the proper fowls have been se lected and their feet placed in the noose quick work is made of the gob blers by inserting a long, thin blade through the roof of the mouth into the brain. This severs the large artery, and the blood is drained from tha body, Breeds aad Ears; Production. The ability of hens to lay depends more on the treatment they receive than upon the breed they represent. If hens are properly fed. watered and housed they will lay well; otherwise they will not. There is a difference in the laying capacities of breeds, but it la best expressed by saying that certain breeds are poor layers rather than that certain breeds surpass all others in egg production. It is true also that certain hens of blow laying breeds will some times develop good laying qualities, thus confirming what we said before that there is more in the treatment and still more In the individuality of hens than, in the breed that controls the lay ing. The best layer we ever owned was a cross of Cuban game on a common hen, and another nearly as good was a pure bred Langshan procured from the late Dr. Stonebraker of Waco and hatched from an egg purchased from Mrs. Crood of England. A neighbor who was familiar with the qualities of this hen gave the writer $5 for her when she was two years old, as he wanted to develop a laying strain. - This hen was the color of a rusty stovepipe, wore a Diacit race, was lacking in sym metry and would have been dlsquall- nea at a poultry show. .Farm and Ranch. Day Cure Crip ia Two Days. L on every were hurrying down the pier 1 (VL Jb 5' POX. 35C a DUCKS FOR THE MARKET. Tkt Beat Are Thou That HaT Ife-ver - Seem a Dnelc Foil. ; The little ducks that come to mar ket nowadays," said a wholesale dealer In New York, "and even the little ducks that stay -at home are as different from the ducks we used to sell four or five fears ago as dried, figs are as different from the fruit fresh , from the vines. It seems - an almost wmatural thing to think of a duck without a duck pond, but tbe fattest and best ducks we sell now never saw a duck pond. "Duck farming is still a comparative ly recent thing, but it is developing along new lines all the time. Experi ence has taught that ducks allowed only sufficient water to quench the thirst and not a dirty, muddy pond to wallow and swim In are more tooth some for the table and bring higher prices in the market Where there is a I pond there are fish of some sort, and the ducks will eat the fish. That gives their meat a fishy flavor, of which housewives complain. There is as much if not more mon- ey in raising ducks than in raising chickens; but, as It takes more capital to start a duck farm than It does to build a hencoop, there are fewer per sons in the business, and ducks, unless they have a pond and are allowed to roam at their own sweet will, are more troublesome to take care of than chick ens. There Is not much variation in the food of a duck fattening for the market' It is fed regularlythree times a day, and it gets mash for every meal. Nothing else agrees with a healthy duck like mash. About once a week a little cracked corn Is thrown In by way of variety, but the ducks do not seem to care whether it is there or not "Breeders have an odd Way of get ting around the natural craving of ducks for animal food. It takes a long I time to cure the birds of this, and they are very Irritable during the process. Breeders make a stew of ani mal flesh and ground bones mixed and strain off the water. This Is mixed with the water given the ducks to drink and also to moisten their bran. m m . ... ine compound gives to their mash a mealy flavor that gratifies their appe tite and adds to it a substance that makes them strong. "In fattening ducks breeders try to make them eat as much as they can. Lad it is astonishing how much a healthy duck can eat Some ducks will easily dispose of four pounds of food a day without having indigestion- enough solid material' to sustain a hard working longshoreman. If a duck refuses to eat more than enough to sat isfy its appetite the breeder thinks It Is sick. "On a farm the ducks are not allow ed to mix at will. They art kept In pens in flocks of fifty or seventy, ac cording to their condition for market ing. The greatest care must be taken with their bedding. Fresh hay and straw every other night and at certain seasons of the year every night, is im perative for healthy ducks. They do not sleep in houses like chickens and turkeys do. Ducks prefer to huddle to gether and sleep in the open. But their feet must be kept warm. A duck with cold feet is usually n dead duck. "The proportionate returns from hatching ducks' eggs, as compared with hens' eggs, Is ridiculously small. About one-half the eggs sent to batch are sheer waste. In fact, it does not pay the breeders in New York and New Jersey to raise from eggs they can buy hereabout. It Is cheaper for them to buy and raise young' ducks shipped from the west. This industry has be come so large that cars are built spe cially for the duck trade and men sent along who know how to feed and take care of them." A Little Rough oa Ma. Daughter The man I marry must b ; brave man. Father He will be If he marries you while your mother is living. New York Press. He la Ko Hypocrite. Tom Are you going to wear mourn ing for your wealthy uncle? Jack Only a black pocketbook. Chi cago News. CASTOR I A Tot Infants and Children. Tb8 Kind Yon Hare Always Bought Bears the Signature of I Boiler for Sale. Ona atoond.lia.iid 40-horaa nowar horlzictal oouer ia (tooa condition lot mis. rnoe Tory roaeo-abie. Can be seen at Pumping Station, nmos. wnceonea W. F. BOBWBT OP, BOPC., marKwlm Wilmington, J H. U. NOTICE Tot tha nmtaeticm of ill concerned: ' To timber areata and ownei of Umber rafts: on and after April lit, 1901 no timber rafts will be permitted to land or tie ap oa the east tide of city between tha Seaboard railroad dock and hnrch treet dock. All tafts coming In this harbor will be required to stop and tie np on west side of river, ODDoaite Point Peter. by order of the Commissioners of Kariration and pUotage. K. D WILLIAMS, , D WILl Harbor Master. Wilmington's Grocery Emporium, IS SOUTH FRONT ST. Oar store to the place from which to supply your store rooms, we carry a large, wen selectel stock of the goods you use dally. They are always frerh, or will not be sold you. For the same class of goods our prices are the lowest, we will give you good service, polite attention and deliver your orders at the earliest possible m ment. We strive to please. Call and examine oar large stock. See the number of articles kept by us. Get our prices, and we feel assured-yen win be Impressed. Wilmlnrjton Grocery Co., Jno. L. Boatwrtght, vanaorer. mar So if 'Phone 14. We have In stock William Tell, Best Pat. Wood. Blossom, Best Patent Wood. Miner's Pick, Best Pat. Wood All size bags. S. P. Ul Straight McNalr's Straight. we solicit yonr orders which (Aer s Pi Floor. shall hare onr prompt attention. S. P. UclIAIR, mr 39 tf Wilmington, jj; ij. SHEDDING FEATHER8. Imforaaatloa Coaeeralaar Care f Fowla Drnrlnc Bfaltlaac Ferlod. During the late summer and early fall the egg supply decreases material ly. This happens because the hens can not lay eggs and produce feathers at the same time. This annual throwing off of tbe old feathers and putting on of new plumage Is known as "molting." -As nature provides for a renewal of the covering of many animals, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects, so we find the same thing In the poultry yard. The old feathers begin to drop out, and new nnoa mtnmenn! tn eraw. This DroeM Mnn 1 ra aruuir TnnJ Illfllll MM unci H H molting debilitates the fowl by causing a great drain 4n fhe system egg pro duction ceases. The hens that begin to , molt early should be retained, as they will be the ones that will finish the process before winter and be ready for laying by the time eggs go up in price again; hence never sell those that be r1n to molt earl v. as thev will be vonr wmier (uyera, uui iceu uiem uune, meat. Unseed meal and a variety, not overlooking a little sulphur in the food occasionally. If you wish to make your hens molt quickly and with the best results a few hints will perhaps be of value. First, keep in view that feathers contain lime, nitrogen and some oily matter, but they are mostly mineral and nitrog enous In composition. If the hens are fed on oily food it seems to loosen the feathers, provided they are nearing the molting period. But after the feathers are urown on men ine roods snouid be rich in nitrogen affd lime; hence sunflower seed, linseed meal, pea meal, clover meal, bone meal, lean meat and cut bone are excellent But little grain is necessary. A tablespoonf ul of sul phur In the food of twenty bens three uiueit it wees win assist, as learners contain sulphur also. By this system of feeding your hens will molt in ten ncciLB, uie average ume .ueuiK uun months. No kind of feeding will force a hen to throw off old feathers and .put on the new at once. Feathers do not come in a day; they must grow; they do not all appear at the same time. Even if a hen molts by becoming nak ed in a day or two you will have to wait until the new feathers grow, but you can assist growth by judicious feeding. Aaralnat Folderola. If you have time and money to spend discussing tbe virtues of and buying the many egg foods, feather foods, bone foods and other special Durnose iooos ior cmcKens recommenaea dy voluminous writers on poultry, buy in stead some good, sound grain corn, wheat oats, bran and compound your own egg food, for there is nothing bet ter. These, with table scraps and grass or vegetables from the garden, make the best egg producing food ever invented. The chickens will find all the grit they need if they have free ac cess to ine sou, and rrom the same source and from their food and water they will get enough shell material to put a 'good, hard shell on every egg. unless the hen gets unwell and the mu cous membrane of the oviduct should refuse to secrete the necessary ma terial, and in that case a car load of lime or old mortar will do her no good. Farm and Ranch. CAR LOAD RICE. AIL GRADES. 300 Barrels Salt Mullets. Fnll line of Groceries at rock bottom prices. SAM L BEAR. SR., & SONS., Wilmington, N. O.. 18 Market Street rebtSDAWtr With SORIR Of tfiR Prettipct sfinrle of Easter Footwear. Goods here and daflr arrivinor rnrnhii ir.n and grown people. Do not wait UU end ot week to make selections, but come early. We will do oar ben to please, every one who oduum early or late DO HOOD in TWO WAYS-Flrst to yourself. By bnjloftaa good boa at yonr Home Stores as yoa can In AewTork and elsewhere; saving transmutation and other axtr i . A oi.h. To your Bome Merchant, by encon acin? and' enabling him to keep better, more complete and ap-to date stocks v MERCER & EVANS CO. Same old place. mar 30 tf Sure Catch Fly PaDer. 50 Packages Fly Paper. 38 Pails Paris Ureen. 950 Lbs. J ate Tobacco Twine. 139 Cases Sardines. 76 Cases Potted Ham. 360 Bags Ship Stuff. 284 Bags Wheat Bran. 279 Bales Prarie Hay. 467 Bales Timothy Hay. Get onr prices before buying. W. B COOPER. 308, 310 and 312 Nutt St., mar so tf Wilmington, n. c. EASTER CARDS AND Prayer Books and Hymnals. Bibles and Testaments in all styles of bindings. O. VV. Yates & Co. .JAPANESE EASTER HE IIS mu37 tf .