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Evening star., 1898-06-11

in his pay. He may also save, during a
fve-year term, as much as 500 on the
single item of clothing, If he Is careful Of
daily pay and ratiop money plus his mile
age to the place where he enlisted often
amount to from $50 to $125 extra There are
thousands and thousands of young men in
France who would welcon}e such life as
a career to be embraced with enthusiasm.
The British army gives Tommy Atkins
less than eight pence a day In cash when
all the extras deducted. Even this
seems large to the French conscript, whose
two cents a day means practically nothing.
1t is not even the matter Of pay, however,
which forms the greatest contrast between
The life of the continental conscript and
that of the English or American volunteer.
The last named is regarded soldier,
while the first is looked upon as con-
script. He has not come willingly, is not
paid for his work and will go out of active
service in three years He is a young man,
and his heart and his career are elsewhere.
The army is the school that must pound
into him enough obedience. hardness. readi-
ness. military habit ald knowledge to last
him through his life.
Made DcplOrnble Soldiers.
When only last year. the old project for
forming school bdttalions of young men
from seventeen to nineteen years old
seemed on the point of revival it was this
consideration that was used to kill it, The
idea was to give military instruction and
training in all French lycees, or colleges,
In view of increasing the enthusiasm and
adaptability of the future conscripts and
perhaps even shortening their time of SER
vice for six months a year.
But the veteran General Lambert would
EaVe none of it. Il was at one time a
PARTISAN of the idea" he said 'and it was
trleu, some ten years ago, on a limited
scale That experience cured me- Those
young men made the most deplorable SOL
dlers imaginable, for the simple reason that
they supposed themselves to know some
thins OF the military trade when they
knew nothing, or, to be correct, knew
padly 1t was, therefore, necessary to
make them forget all they had learned and
recommence their education. And it could
not be otherwise. The military trade is
learned only with the aid of rigorous dis
cipline. You cannot be sufficiently hard
on schoolboys to make anything of them"
Tainted and BuIIied.
Hardship and unceasing discipline is
therefore the lot of the French conscript
He is part soldier, part apprentice, part
prisoner In jail. He is taunted and
pulled by non-commissioned officers, whose
word is law. With the utmost faithfulness
and correctness it Is difficult to escape the
police hall, with Its ennui and it's bread
and water. And all for what? To be pre-
pared! To be prer erared-some day-for war
revenge,
1t is slow waiting for revenge on Ger
many. The ideas of France have been
greatly modified during the last ten years
Dating from the time of the exposition of
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Suakfm you will find the road clear. AS
for the dervishes who attacked my recon-
noitering party yesterday, they were beaten
off and disappeared. I have no idea where
they are. But you can't start now. Turn
In and rest awhile"
The exhausted men could not refuse.
They thanked the officer and gladly threw
themselves down in a shaded tent. They
slept until o'clock, when they were sum-
moned to breakfast. And an hour later at
the head Of fifteen picked soldiers-nine
Englishmen and six Soudanese-they rode
away under the scorching sun, back across
the desert toward the entrenched caravan.
All of the party were mounted on fresh
camels. and Lieutenant Koe, an experience
ed young officer. was in command.
The day had drawn nearly to its end,
and the breath Of evening cooled the air.
when the range Of low hills was sighted
in the distance. At faster pace the cam
els glided over the sand. and the weary
men on their backs frightened a little.
With but brief halt at noon they had
pushed steadily on their way. enduring un-
complainingly the hercest heat the Nu-
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was pretending to work. II not actually
working. At last those favors shown to
him by his officers became his ruin At
last the fast life and army routine COM
bined to make him seriously i'll. He should
have been formed''-discharged from
service But the Boulevard journals had
been already holding him up as an arch ex-
ample of the rich duty shirker, and the au-
thorities did not dare to let him of. So he
died in the hospital.
Uncle Sans Men In Contrast.
The private in the regular army Of the
United States has t13 a month, a varied
diet. with all the meat he can eat, coffee,
abundant clothing and plenty Of leisure.
After the second year of service there is
an increase Of q dollar q month each year
Evening star., 1898-06-11

How the American Scout Captured
the Spanish Camp.
From Harper's Bazar.
Evening star., 1898-06-11
UNWILLING RECRUITS
Young Frenchmen Who Are Forced
to Serve in the Army.
MEANS GREAT SACRIFICE TO THEM
For They Start With Handicap
in Lies Battle.
THREE YEARS OF DRUDGERY
MEANS GREAT SACRIFICE TO THEM
THREE YEARS OF DRUDGERY

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1898-06-11
A Simple Preventive.
CThe end.)

From Puck.
Mstress-"Why, Bridget! are your eyes
weak? 1 notice that you wear colored
glasses every time you go out Of the
house"
Bridget-"It's not me eyes, mum; but
when the sun shines like it does outdoors
today I'd tan black a naygur If L
didn't moderate the light a little by wearin
thin colored spectacles."
Evening star., 1898-06-11

OF arms. And. as the system itself may
not be fmpeached on pain of showing lack
OF patriotism. the discomfort of the i'm
patient, fretting youth of France finds It's
relief in sneering at the methods of the
present and In looking backward at the
golden past.
In those days" one will say, 1.-The non
commissioned officers were only non-com-
missioned officers. while now they are pre-
tentiOns tyrants-"
And their men were brave fellows, VINO
loved war
What IS our war time now? To be
locked up in the police hall for a week.
on. We are eminentIy pacific"
What were their barracks? According
70 the hazard Of combats! the chateau,
the stable, the field"
our barracks are bright and clean We
are all day doing chamberwork In them"
Domestic servants"
Feel That They Are Servants.
Seriously, there is some truth in the self
accusation. II must be remembered that
France is pre-emlnently the land of small.
snug fortunes Now. as every mother
son must do his military service irrespec-
tive OF ;he family wealth. the army of the
Frencn republic Is filled each year with A
gooi PROPORTION OF disgusted boys dragged
from their pleasures and their studies
from their easy home life and their 1oyrul
leisure. 10 what proves to be a bad dream
OF rough clothes, rough food. rough sleep
ing, uneccustomed and distastefuI manual
labor. tedious drilling, rigid discipline and
niue time TO seek amusement. Instead of
being served. they must now serve They
must scour and clean, repair their clothes
groom horses. carry burdens empty dirt
arise early and have their persons and
thelr work examined by sarcastic non-com-
n-issioned officers, " 10 would take off their
hats to them in private life
Ihey ieel that they are servants indeed
Ihey have not had the pleasure of yo!un-
teeTlng ali this foT the love of country
Ihey have not been invited out. They have
been orGered out. They are most of them
good fellows. and they love the patrie
Well, their love Is taken FOR granted.
Three Principal Classes.
II It is unpleasant foc these, 1t is no bet
ter and even worse for the others. Roughly
tho conscription of each year may be said
to be made I'D OF one-third well-to-do
young men, one-third poor young men Of
the peasant, artisan and workingnan class
and one-third clerks sens of small store
keepers. small farmers, struggling students;
In word. all those who see future for
themselves. but must be struggling for 1t
with diligence and haste.
IL u undoubtedly on this last named class
Evening star., 1898-06-11

Il ~ hSE. II =
theory is patriotic,
and the practice is
admitted to be of ne
cessity: yet the con-
script system of re-
publican France. by
which young men are
forced to be soldiers
even before they are
voters, finds more eX-
preston of discoll-
tent than does its
pattern across the
Rhine. We may be-
Evening journal., 1898-12-17
ADJUSTMENTS
,NE LONG LAUGH.


On Tuesday evening neXt at the
irand Opera House the new farce
omedy. 'N1cDoodle's Flats" will be
RESENTED. Among the specialties in
reduced are Berry & Hughes in up
c-daRs musical ac,s; Joseph Leslie and
rlorenee Clair in character imperson-
aicns; John 7. Hanson and Mabel
Drew in the deineatiOn OF the quaint
lOwn East Yankee character Misses
May Cook and Jennie Hamdlton, aptly
lescrGbed by an admiring critic as
lreams of Ioveliness dome up in Pa
.dsianj connections, and Miss Grace
Warren in topical vocahsms. In addi-
lion to these capable entertainers there
Is a chorus of young and handsome
women arrayed in gorgeous costumes
who appear in a number Of choruses
songs, duets, medleys, etc, making up
a production created to make the pub
bic laugh and to feel happier after see
ing it, and in this respect it AMPLY
fulflls all the requirements.
Evening journal., 1898-12-17
THE WEATHER.

New York Herald's Forecast.-In the
Middle StatCs and New England to-
day, fair to PARTLY cloudy weather and
fresh southwesterly winds will prevail
with slight temperature changes, fol
lowed by light snow or rain in north
ern districts.
On Sunday, partly cloudy, Slightly
colder weather and fresh westerly
winds win prevail, with snow or rair
in New England.
On Monday, probably fair and slight
ly colder.
European steamers now sailing Wi n
have sOulthwesterly winds to the Banks
Forecast for Saturday Eastern
PENNSYLVANIA. New Jersey and Della
ware, increasing cloudiness, with prob
ably rain at night; light to fresh south
erly winds.
Maryland, increasing clOudiness, witt
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T]IIIIIII7.1'.E1IlE.

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you have taken Mercury, lodide, Potash
and still have aches and palms. Mucous
Patches In mouth. Sore Throat, Pmples,
Copper Colored Spots, Ulcers ON any part
of the body. Hair or Eyebrows Falling
out, it is this Secondary BLOOD POISON
we guarantee to cure. We solicit the
most Obstinate Gases and Challenge the
World for a Case we Cannot Cure This
disease has always Banled the Skill Of
the Most Eminent Physicians. $500 600
capital behind our unconditional guar
anty Absolute Proofs sent sealed on APP
plication. Address COOK REMEDY CO.
223 Masonic Temple, Chicago, III.
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cHRrsrNnAs EVE ArTRACTTON.

CHRISTMAS EVE ATTRACTION.
If john Philip Sousa had De Wolf
Hopper's reputation to make for him,
lit is doubtful if anybody would Ques-
tion his ability to accomplish the task
But Mr. Hopper does not require Mr.
.Sousa nor NTr. Anybody to insure his
solidity with the public. Nor will Mr..
Hopper in the least augment Mr.
.SOusa1s renown, for thaU is grated
upon the music peTvaded souls Of sew
entity mdlliOns OF people. 1t is merely
the case CT two adapted spirits coming
together. to which combination
Charles Klein has added his experience
and capabiMty in writing THE Charia-
tan" This trio makes q combination
that is we'll nigh irresistible. In this
new opera Mr.. Hopper is appearing
with extraordinary success. In Mon
treal. Washington and Baltimore, and
other large cities. his business has
been greatly in excess Of any he ever
enjoyed with WANG" and 'El Capt.
tan" "The Charlatan" will be at the
Grand OPERA House on Saturday night
December "a.
Evening journal., 1898-12-17
DEATH OF MRS. BURROUGHS.

Mrs Mary A. Burroughs, mother Of
George Burroughs. train dlspa tcher of the
p, w. & b. railroad, in this city, died Of
erysipelas at her home, near Chase, Bal
timore county. Nd, Thursday. She was
born in Elk Neck. Cecil county. iifty-two
years ago. She leaves a husband who Is
William j. Burroughs, and five children.
Evening journal., 1898-12-17
GRIp AGAIN PREVALENT.

Physicians report numerous cases Of
stances it is quite violent in form, the
victims being obliged to take to their
beds. Eight members of the clerical force
Of the Harlan and Hollngsworth Com
pany are said to be suffering with the
malady.
Evening journal., 1898-12-17
CORNrrT. NAY RE HERE.

1t Is expected that John J. Cornell, Of
Baltimore. will attend at Friends meet
ing. at Fourth and West streets, at II
o'clock tomorrow, and also a meeting
which has been appointed at his request,
at the same place. at $50 p. M A cordial
invitation to attend is extended.
Evening journal., 1898-12-17

COAL, WOOD AND GRAIN.
II. T. Sergeant. Coal and Wood, office
Seventh and King. Delmarvia phone
$40. B. & i. checks with cash purchases.
Evening journal., 1898-12-17
may GRAIN-OI TRY GRAIN-nI

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee The
children may drink it without injury as
well as the adult. All who try II like H.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown Of
Mocha or Java, but 1t is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-.
ceives It without distress. u the price of
coffee. JS~. and 25cts. per package. Sold
py all grocers.
Evening journal., 1898-12-17

probably light rain at night; light to
fresh sCutheaet TO east winds.
Evening journal., 1898-12-17

Don't buy until you have seen the
New Ludwig Piano. SIS Shipley street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-01
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Sept 30.-The stock mar
ket displayed rising tendency for a
brief interval. today under the influence
of higher London prices and moderate
commission house demand. Support was
also extended to the specialtios ana for
the half hour succeeding the opcnin :
prices gathered Roadway unde" lively
bidding. The condition of affairs, how
ever, proved to be only a fash in pan
order. A drive against the, rubber stock
met with unusual success, the common
losing 615 and preferred Ga. The fact j.
that holders of industrial stocks are
pretty nervous over the operations pt the
bear cliqucs and when raid is made
stop loss orders come tumbling out on
every 1h off There were no definite de
velopments to account for the rubber
slump.
The general railway list sagged
steadily and along in the afternoon took
the lead. Discussion of tine monetary
conditions was more favorable today
and expectations are entertained that
tomorrow's bank statement will make
an encouraging showing. Sugar and
Tobacco commanded marked attention
but there were no developments of con
sequence concerning these properties
and their price movement was of the vio-
lent up and down order some time. To
ward the close the mraket firmed up
in spots and ended with fair.
steady tone. Final prices indicated
substantial losses in the specialties, but
the railways figure for only fractions.
The bond market moved in an erratic
manner. but variations were of slight
fractions with Denver and Gulf first
notably strong. Total sales 81, 10000.
Government bonds were pressed for
she and the new tours, registered, ruled
"a and the twos registered y lower on
bid transactions.
The total sales of Stoke today were
3S3, 7S0 shares, including 11,1O0 Atchi-
son preferred; 10000 c. Il. and O.; 5,625
l.. and N; 1920 Manhattan; 1882 Met
ropolitan; 1880 Northern Pacific; 90
100 do. preferred; 9,930; Rock Island,
ex. div: 10.430 Union Pacific: II. 100
st. Paul: 3S,020 Tobacco; 6.S79 Union
Pacific preferred; $3.50 Peoples Gas;
65,620 Sugar.
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SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING
LOTS.

Under and by virtue of a decree of the
Superior Court of Wake county, North
Carolina, rendered at the July term,
1898, of said court, in Special Proceed
ngs, entitled e. Nee. Snow ct al, eX
parte,. will, on Monday, the 18th day
of October, 1898, at II m. o'clock, at
the premises below mentioned, sell at
public auction to the highest bidder,
the following described land, viz: Sit
uate in Raleigh township, Wake county,
county, North Carolina, west. of the
city of Raleigh, adjoining the lands Of
Mrs. Snow, Miss Adelaide Boylan and
others and bounded as follows, viz: Be
ginning at a point III the northwest cor
ner of the lot belonging to Mrs. Snow
on Morgan street extended, running
thence westwardly along the southern
boundary line of said Morgan street eX-
tended 1,040 feet to a point in the right
of way of the North Carolina Railroad,
thence with said right of way south 81
degrees east 1913 feet to stake in
said right of way, thence north 3 de-
grees east $50 feet to the beginning,
containing five acres, more or less. Said
land will be sold in lots of ordinary
building sizes, map or plant of which
as already surveyed and laid out can be
seen at the office of the undersigned
commissioner.
Terms of sale: One-third cash, bal
ance in one and two years.
This 18th day of September, 1893.
VIM. b. SNOW, Commissioner.
Daily-30 days.
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LOCAL STOCK MARKET
NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept. 3O.-Turpentine
firm at 28a28 ID; receipts SO casks.
Rosin firm at 81 GOAL .05; receipts 374.
Crude Turpentine steady at $1.10, S1.60 and
81 so; receipts IA barrels.
Tar firm at $1.20; receipts 374.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. 30.-Turpentine
firm at q 1-2; sales -.
Al 10; G., 81. 25; H, $1.30; /, S130; K, $1.35; M,
81 40; N, $1.65; w G, $1.80; w w, S2.15.
SAVANNAH, Ca, Sept. 30.-Turpentine firm at
28K bid: sales 1888; receipts 95S.
RosiIi firm; sales 1885, receipts 1892: A, b, c,
D. 95: IL 81; f, $1.10; G, $1.20; III, $135; l. 81 35;
K S1.35; M, $1.4O; N, s16O; w G., Sl.s0; w w,
$215.
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HEAVY RAINS REPORTED
GAVE THE STAPLE A TEMPOR-
AIRY ELEVATION.
RUSSIAN WHEAT DRIVES OURS DOWN
Sugar and Toblcco Continue their Game Of Vic
lent See saw, General Ris, in Prices
Proves to bea Flash in
The Pan,

New York, Sept. Bottle market for
dry goods is comparatively without fea-
ture. Both cottonS and wOolenS were
quiet in all grades. The latter were the
subject of some perfunctory trading.
chiefly in worsted lines. But a small
number of recorders Tor lightweight
goods were recorded. Cotton continued
dull in nearly all grades.
COTTON.
New York. Sept. Fluctuations in
cotton futures today were quite violent
at times with the market feverish dur
ing the morning and early afternoon.
Trading was spasmodic with aggregate
transactions the largest, perhaps, in sew
eral weeks. Prices declined to 4
points sympathetically at the opening,
futures at Liverpool having shown weak
ness Immediately following the call
our market became unsettled under es-
Inmates for an exceptionally heavy move
ment of cotton at the ports as well as
the more important interior towns.
Liquidation set in on a moderate scale
and the more confident bears materially
increased their obligations on the short
side. believing that the downward turn
towards cent cotton was at hand. y few
scattered selling orders were received
from the South and abroad which added
to the general weakness. While sales
of 10000 bales spot cotton at unchanged
prices in the Liverpool market were con
sidered liberal a decline of to 212
points in futures more than offset this
factor. Rumors that the Central Gulf
States had been visited by a veritable
cloudburst during the past twenty
hours. later corroborated by official
weather bulletins, led to Il change of front
and by midday the bull crowd had sue
ceeded in regaining the early loss and in
scoring Il point or two in addition.
Shorts covered on an excessive scale and
for time even the stronger bears show
ed great uneasiness. According to the
bulletin on Change. $50 inches of rain
had fallen within the past "A hours at
Chenneyville, La, IA inches at Waynas-
boro. Miss: $50 inches at Monroe, La;
) inches at Mobile, Ala: 2.52 at Warren,
Ark; 1.S at Forest City and Brinldey.
Ark; 1.36 at Memphis; 1.02 at Cairo:
ITO at Vicksburg and 224 inches at
New Orleans.
Showers to moderate rains were also
noted III other sections from Texas to the
sCarolinas. The market again eased off
i'll the afternoon under. realizing the lat
ter being due to estimates for another
heavy movement at all points t0mor-
row. Trading was less active. although
the usual squirt occurred just at the
close. The market finished the day
barely steady with prices ] to = points
net higher.
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
New York. Sept. 30.-The following
are the total net receipts at all ports
since September /, 1898:
Galveston, 25S, 697; New Orleans, 1b2,-
731: Mobile, 22.5S9; Savannah 1l3 1850:
Charleston, 3,143; Wilmington, 433, ga
norfolk. 2S,45S; Baltimore, 162; New
York, 1.760: Boston. 5,46S; Philadelphia,
$50; Brunswick. 1863; total, 6S6,490
NEW YORK.
New York, Sept. sO.--Cotton futures opened
steady at the decline.
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Business Education

The clearest and best work on the
subject of Double Entry Bookkeeping,
orw the science of accounts, and book
that has been sold in nearly every
State of the Union is
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-01

More than twenty millions free samples
of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have
cen distributed by the manufacturers.
What better proof of their confidence in
its merits do you want? it cures piles,
burns, scalds. sores in the shortes- space
of time j. Hal Bobbitt and Henry L.
Hicks.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Sept. 30.-Extreme dullness
was the principal feature of today's trad
ing in all the grain and provision mar
kets. Confirmation of reports of heavy
Russian offerings, large receipts and
weak cables were influences in wheat,
which closed at II decline. Corn and
oats closed at practically unchanged
prices. Provisions received fair packing
support and closed ) to ~ points
higher.
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TRAYLOR'S
MAGISTRATE
CIGAR

in bankers bills at $4.Sia4.St1l for demand
and at 4.s1 15a4S13l for sixty days. Posted
r9tes $4.S2a4.s2 I-2 and $4.s5. Commercial bills
S.S0k. Silver certificates 61a61A. Ban
silver 60a6l. Mexican dollars an. Government
bonds weak. State bonds firm. Railroad
bonds irregular.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-01

Nos. 403 and 402-"The Atlanta Specials,
Solid Vestibuled Train OF Pullman Sleepers
and coaches between Washington and AT
ianta, also Pullman Sleepers between Ports
mouth and Chester, ). &.
Nos. 4t and 38-The S. A. /. Express" Solid
Train. coaches and Pullman Sleepers be-
tween Portsmouth and Atlanta. company
SIeepers between columbia and Atlanta
Both trains make immediate connections
A. Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New On
leans Texas, california, Mexico, Che attain oogs
Nashville, Memphis, Macon. Florida
For tickets, sleepers, etc, apply to
FL, S. Lizard. T. =. A.
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Raleigh, n. G.
e. ST. JOHN,
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II. w. Il. GLOVER,
Traffic Manager.
V. Il. McBEE,
General uperintencent.
II. J. ANDERSON,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
General Offices, Portsmouth, Va.
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BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, Md, September 3O.-Flour dull;
western super S2.25d250; do. extra $2.90a3 25 /;
do family S3.5Oa4OO; spring wheat straight
$43504.50.
Wheat dull; spot September and October
69ka694s; December 6S]i ass; steamer No. reu
-; Southern wheat by sample 6lG70A; do. on
grade .
80 l5a33L; October SO ass; November 80 l-2l
33sf; new or old, November or December, 49,
d33; steamer mixed ~; Southern white corn
35036; yellow -.
oats firm; No. Q white western, 2sa2s IL;
No. mixed
Rye firmer; No. nearby 81; No. 2 western
3d.