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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-04
NEW YORK.


NEW YORK. June - Floul market
quiet qul but closed strong and hignvl with
aye four dull st So "a o.
Corn meal quiet yellow western n: CITY
II: Branoywins. So O5a1 10
Rye regular. No. western 56AtD
Barley nominal: western feeding 4iaf5; bar
leymalt rec lac ed.
Ju c!osed,I0l&: September ahk: Dec oSH.
orn. spoG, steady 2 39A@)% options =
July closed S7l-S, sept q December ASIA
Gats. spot. dull. No. 2. asK; options. July
lay easy shipping s0as5; good to choice
55aS0.
Bee steady family sl2 Olal2 50: extra mesa
10 tCaIl.0U; utef hams a23 so: packet Il.bCa
12.0J: city extra India mess S1s 00al9C0.
Cut meats tesdy: picked OeilIes e4a7K !;
10. picked shoulders IN: do. hams 7AQS.
Lard steay: western steamed S6 40. July 6.i2
nominal re fned qui (.
Pork quiet; MOSS All.G0al2.50; short clear
sl2 25al4 20; family sI3 5ta4tU
Butter at ady; western creamery 800 70. DC
factory 20 1(@nA: Elg1ns l6H; Imitation
I2s14: State DAIRY 1.Aal5k.
Cheese easy: large white. on.
EGRs steaGy; o6sLr ana Pennsylvania
Tx: western fresh l0SalnK: southern Ill.
Pota toes steady; New YORK. s2.50a1,75 new
Tarow STEADY; city $50 per p4Oksge) 4;
country 3&aih.
| Petr0em,n ull: United -; refined New
FORK s6.lt; Philadelphia ano Baltimore 1910,
10. in bulk $500.
Rosin steady; strained, common to good
ia 'aI.4o
Turpentine easy at 28Xa!9
R1ce firm: domestic, lar TO extra 5B0
eA: Japan exa8
Molasses steady: New Orleans, op. Aettle
rood TO choice. 2Sat8.
N ahbage quiet: Southern 50a75.
Cotton seeu OF dul +: prime crude 2la22
do yellow g; butte oil 2fa29
off e--Options opsn stead wi h pri es
EaIO points higher on roIor.cc damage W
SAINT s cp oy frost md tulli h European
ca nes aetet lat-r unde re al1zin6 and
some short s5l ing osed eady uLcnav ged
to 40 points nst higher sales 1850 tag, a
cIu in June So; july Or; SO RIO quiet:
No. invoice ia: 80 jobblpg bAc, mild
quiet; CorduYa 8~a l5A.
Sugar, raw strong; fair refining 8Ea8 l-lo
Centrifugal 9o-test o-l6; refined firm graou-
| lated B. 49,
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. Md, June - Flour quiet
and unchanged; western supernne w. qua oIo
/ do. extra "a DO a.. s. do family 1b.s0onb,3l.
Wheat hrmer; spot Il2kat12%: month III
afBed July Otn August 80 .sked; courEerL
| Wneat b. sample lt7atI3k.
DOrn weak AMI ioEer; spot and Jtn6
| d6A an July 36Aai6E. steamer mi xed 8Sla6A
| southern white corn 81: do yellow 40A
mixed "a.
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y: Yo 3 g ! , June 5 Futures opened
IA closed duli aalee p .7rn hales.
vERPooL.

spot cOtton closed dull: middliur uplands
6A: n1iddling gulf 6Ac sales a57 ba es.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-04
RALEIGH cotton.

RALEIGH. ". O., Jun
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
SUBSTANTIAL HEN HOUSE.

house 20 hens, They may be divided by
a hemlock board partition three feet
high, and then poultry wire to roof.
The floor, natural earth, which is
warm, and is covered with plenty of lit
ter, will keep dry.
Windows should be five feet high by
three feet six inches wide, and hung &c
open in like door. If wide stops are
placed on the outside, these windows
will be found very tight and weather
proof. A small slide door should be
placed in each coop eight inches wide
by ten inches high, to let the hens out,
The roosts should be placed at rear OF
building, and may be the full width OF
each coop, say 12 feet. There should be
two in each compartment, three feet
six inches from floor and six inches
from drop-board, which should be at
least four feet wide. Hard pine two by
four, planed smooth and edges round
ed off, makes the best roosts. a small
door, two feet six inches wide, should
divide the two coops, The door of en-
trance placed on the east side of build
ing, will be found the warmest.
The location of hen house is always
a very important consideration. II
should be on a slight rise of ground tc
insure dryness. 1t should face south
and, il possible, a site should be chosen
in n sheltered spot, having hill, grove
or buildings on north and northwest
side to protect it from winter storms
from these points.
1t is lmost impossible to estimate
cost of this building, because of the diff
ference in price, i'll different localities
of labor and material.-Country Gentle
man.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
WILL SOON BE OURS.
Wonders and Charms of the Island
of Puerto Rico,
Uncle Sam VIII No Doubt Acquire the
West Indinn Gem before Sign
Ing II Pence Treaty
with Spnins
Especial Correspondence

Whatever the congress may eventual
ly do with Cuba, it seems probable now
that before peace with Spuin is re-
stored the island of Puerto Rico will
become an American colony. IL will be
invaluable to us as naval station, to
say nothing of its great trade and in
comparable agricultural resources. Ly-
ing as it does east of Santa Domingo,
only 60 miles distant from st. Thomas,
all the arguments that have been adj
vanced for many years as to the ad-
vantages to us in the acquisition Of a
coaling station ut the latter isle and in
West indian waters apply with yet
greater force to Puerto Rico and the
two small islands of Culebra and Vieque,
rich in fine forests of dye and cabinet
woods, which go with it. Probably no
part OF the West Indies is as fertile as
this Spanish possession, and none is so
generally susceptible of cultivation. A
single acre of its cane already yields
more sugar than elsewhere. Besides
about $4,000 tons of sugar, it generally
exports each year about 17,0OC tons of
coffee and 1900 tons of tobacco. The
yearly production Of sugar has been
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
HANDY CHICKEN COOP.

SLATED run, us shown in the cut, with
"a board cover for the top of the Slated
part. In sunny weather it can be used
,as shade for the chicks in the position
shown in the cut, OF placed on top of the
stats TO shelter both hen and chicks
from the heat, 1t is also kept on top
OF the Stats during rainy weather, Civ
ing the chicks u chance to scratch in
tho soil and yet keep dry. The top of
the Slated portion slopes little so as
to shed water. Put the Stats far enough
apart so the chicks can go freely in and
out, as crOwding through narrow
spaces often results in deformity.-
eGlTnntyf. ImIld Enrmnr
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
THE GRAIN SHUTS.
How the Most Destructive of Them
Are Caused and How TO Prevent
Them Most Effectively.

"In time of peace prepare for war" is
trite old statement that is also true OF
other matters. For instance, it is now
inadvance Of wheat sowing time, and we
ARE just in receipt of most valuable
publication from the department of ag-
rlculture, Farmers Bulletin" No. rs,
entitled, "The Grain Smuts." Winter
wheat growers who secure copy will
have time to fully post up on this mat
ter before the need of utilizing the in
formation comes, The bulletin shows
that the sinking smuts, or bunt, at
tack the kernels Of wheat, filling them
with mass of fetid spores. These
smuts cause great damage, but are cas-
lily prevented by treating the seed.
Sinking smut of wheat can be pre-.
vented by soaking the seed IL hours in
a solution made by dissolving one pound
of commercial copper sulphate in "a
gallons of water and then immersing
the seed for five minutes in lime-water.
Loose smut Of wheat attacks the
whole head and converts it into mass
Of loose, dusty spores. 1t causes con-
siderable damage in some localities and
is more difficult to prevent than other
smuts.
Loose smut of wheat can be pre-
vented by soaking the seed in cold wa
ter for four hours, allowing it to stand
four hours more IA wet sacks, and then
treating for five minutes in water at 1872
degrees.
1t will pay wheat growers to care
fully preserve the foregoing methods
uNil wheat sowing time arrives. The
old-fashoned method of neglecting
such things has now become too ex'
pensive to warrant its continuance. II
is estimated that the annual loss from
cat smut alone is over $1S,000,000, and
this could be easily saved by adopting
the methods of treatment described in
this bulletin, which also advises that
seed dealers should now begin the prac-
tioe of treating all cereals GRAIN seeds
offered for sale, both to increase the
yield ard to prevent the introduction OF
SHUTS into localities where they are
yet unknown.
1
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09

parade ground Is inclosed within the
walls, westward from the citadel, and
not far off Is the oldest house in the
city, no less a structure than the an
Gent castle of Ponce de Leon, one-time
governor here and discoverer of Flor
ida. His ashes are also kept here, in
leaden case.
Just under the northern wall OF the
castle is the public cemetery, the gate
TO it oyerhung by an ornate sentry box,
and the bones of evicted tenants Of
graves whose terms of rental have eX-
plred are piled in the corners of the in
closure. This cemetery alone is enough
to breed pestlence, and it is to be
hoped that our sailors when they anchor
Off the harbor mouth will be favored
with breeze inshore most of the time.
The prevailing winds by day are from
the sea landward; by night from the
inland mountains toward the coast.
Far inland rises the conical summit Of
the great Luquillo, mountain about
1000 feet in height, and from whose
sides descend streams that fertili2e the
island.
Puerto Rico is 100 miles in length and
from so to 60 miles in breadth, and as
square as dry goods box, East and
west, north and south its coast lines run
almost as regularly as If projected by
compass. 1t is about 80 miles from San
Juan to Ponce, the southern port, by a
fine road diagonally across the island.
The Spaniards generally are poor road
builders, but in this island they have
done better than in Cuba, and one may
travel here with a fair amount of com.
fort to the mile. There are several lines
of railroads building, a system being
projected around the island $40 miles
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
POINTS FOR BREEDERS.

Don't ship a good pig that is in poor
condition.
Don't say anything against your
sfeighbor's herd.
Don't ship SIS pig for which you
have received $25.
Don't sell a pig for breeding that is
not a good specimen.
Don't try to keep more hogs than you
can give the best of care,
Don't ELAINE man if he don't agree
with your judgment in selecting the
t6est pig.
Don't expect every customer will
4Hrite you letter that you will want
published.
Don't expect pig to show up well
after long ride in a crate.-National
;sStockman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
PRIVATE JORDAN.
A. wound Cured Him of His COwardics
and Made Him "a Good
Soldier.

"He is living, and will call him Jor-
dan. His real name is quite different
Probably he was one of the worst cow
ards in the army" Col. James Il. Ster'
ling, of Detroit, tells how Jordan was
turned into a brave soldier.
Jordan attracted my attention first
by his cleanliness and his attention to
camp duties" said the colonel, in tell
ing the story to group of Loyal Legion
men. "The officer of the guard report
ed that he couldn't keep Jordan on
picket. talked to Jordan and told him
of the consequences of deserving his
post when on such duty. ltwould mean
death to him. But it did no good. /
found that he simply could not stay
away from his comrades in camp, and it
was because of fear.
while in camp in the valley OF Vir-
GINA, the enemy was plainly in sight,
and an order was read to prepare to
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
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INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
A True story of the Execution OF
Two Union Deserters at
Verennn, Vn.

1t was in the fall of 1864, at the time
of high bounties, substitutes and draft
ed men. The command | was serving
with at that time had lately had its
thinned-out ranks filled to its proper
quota by conscripts and substitutes.
Bounty-jumping and desertion had be-
come a science that began to empty
the ranks in the field almost as quickly
as disease and lead. Out Of the little
army at Verenna some 20 deserted in
one night, and the following night 10
more.
1t became evident that something
had to be done to stop it. The officers
must find out whether the conscripts
deserted to the south or escaped north.
All officers of the picket line were or
dered to keep Il sharp lookout for
tricks, while all transport captains
were ordered to look out for stow
Always.
Every morning about daybreak sup
posed southern deserters gave them
selves up to the union pickets. They
were then marched to headquarters,
where they took the oath of allegiance
70 the union and were sent north. 1t
CHANGED one morning that captain OF
tie union picket line recognized one OF
the confederate deserters as man OF
his own company. He saw at once how
desertions had been conducted so sue
cessfully.
The soldier conscript or substitute,
would crawl through the union picket
line at night and manage to swap or
buy southern clothing from the confed-
crate pickets. Then, Wien dressed as
Johnnie, he would lie in concealment
between the two lines, and at daylight
give himself up as a confederate de-
serter, take the oath Of allegiance, and
be sent north, where he would be free
to take n thousand dollars or more, as
substitute, or, under false name
take a big bounty and watch for the
first opportunity to desert again.
The captain who had recognized one
OF his own company in confederate uni
form informed the judge advocate gen.
eral of the army, who quickly gave
orders for commanding officers of COM
panies to come to headquarters, where
the deserters were held, to see how
many could be recognized as union
soldiers. A large number of deserters
were detected, some of whom were
proved to be bounty jumpers as well
They were put under arrest and tried
fer desertion.
1t CHANGED that two of them belonged
to my command. 1 shall call them by
the fictitious names of Wier and John.
son. The letters of these two men
were intercepted by the court-martial
They were found TO be guilty of for
mer assertions and bounty jumping
Both were sentenced to be shot. The
time and place of the executions were
fixed by a division general order. The
division was ordered to march to the
place of execution-form a half hollow
square and witness the execution as q
warning
The day arrived and the division
marched with the prisoner % a large
fed, short distance from the camp
ing ground. On a slight elevation was
an oak tree, under it pile of fresh
earth thrown out of grave, while il
front of the earth were two red hos
pital collins. AS the division formed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
POULTRY HOUSE PLAN.
A Structure Large Enough for Forty
Hens, Conveniently Arranged
hut Not ExtTnyngnnt.

A substantial and convenient house
for 40 hens can be built as follows;
1t should be IL feet wide by "A feet
long and six feet rear by eight feet
front, inside measure. The sills should
be four by skies, resting on wooden,
brick or stone piers, The frames
should consist Of, sides, two by four
scantling placed Tor lathing, n l@-foot
stick for rear and a 16-foot stick for
front, which cut in two exactly without
waste. Roof rafters two by SKIES IA feet
long, allowing for overhang roof, front
and rear. The siding should be-iirst
hemlock boards nailed on studding,
then builders paper on them, then Sec
ond-quality novelty siding outside OF
all. The entire inside should be either
lath and plaster or ceiled, the former
the cheaper, This will give dead-aiI
space Of four inches in sides and six
inches on roof. AS for roofing, the
standard roofing will be found the best,
It is more durable and more weather.
tight than shingles, and decidedly
cheaper.
Nail hemlocl boards closely together
on roof rafters and cover with three-ply
felt. Coat this with two coats Of root
tar On the last coat sprinkle well with
coarse, black sand. This will set the tar
and keep it from running in warm
weather.
The internal arrangements may con-
sist of two coops, IL by IL feet, each to
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09

of Johnsons letters. It came from
a widowed mother who resided
in little town IN the state
of New York. 1t was so full OF
parental affection and good Christian
advice that | had not the courage to
tell OF her sons true fate. ! wrote her
as consolngly as could and told her
that her son was one of the soldier
dead.
During the late war incidents Of this
kind were very rare. But there were
many cases where soldiers, for deser-
ton and other acts considered crime
during a time OF war, were sent to the
Rip Raps and 10 Dry Tortugas with
ball and chain.-N. y. Commercial Adj
vertiser.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09

move at once. Everyone knew that II
meant a fight. The order had scarcely
been given, when Jordan presented him
self and said he was sick. asked him
why he didn't report to the sergeant,
and he replied that the sergeant
wouldn't do anything for him. ] told
Jordan TO go to his quarters and sent
for the sergeant, who said that Jordan
had made no complaint until after the
order to march ON the enemy had been
received.
II then took Jordan to the surgeon
and asked if l should excuse him from
marching with the company. After an
examination, the surgeon said that Jor-
dan was not sick. l told Jordan that he
must go and prepare himself. Before
the hour was up in which we were to
march, Jordan came to me again. His
face was flushed and he looked as if
he was in fever. at once went with
him TO the surgeon and said: Here is
a man who is sicll-how about himY
THE doctor felt Jordan's pulse and
looked at his tongue, as before, and
said: This man is sick, and not fit to
march, 1 replied: This is the very
man l brought you half an hour ago
and you said he was all right That
may be- said the surgeon, but he is
sick man now
And l think he was right. Jordan
was sick-through fear. l made up my
mind never to call on him again for
anything but camp duty. He was
good soldier there and very useful. i
was satisfied that he was a coward and
couldn't face fire.
"Some time in 1862 1 was assigned to
! the staff of Gen. Tyler, and went with
him to Washington. The battle of Cedar
Mountain occurred few days later.
Learning that the wounded had been
brought to Washington, | found the hos.
pital and went to see if any Of my boys
were among them. Almost as | en-
tered the room, l saw Jordan. He had
been shot through and through. | think
| llldO uC was luC hapJlCSC man hu'S
ever seen. His face was covered with
smiles, and he was positively pleased
with his wound, which was an ugly one,
but proved not to be fatal.
Jordan had got into brisk fire be-
fore he knew there was any danger, and
he hardly had time to become sick be-
fore he was struck by bullet. He was
the first in the company to fall. He had
learned what it was to be shot, and that
a bullet wound didn't necessarily mean
death.
Jordan came back before his fur
Tough expired, and there never was
call for volunteers in arduous service
that he wasn't the first to step to the
front. The officer who succeeded me in
command of the company told me that
a drawer man than Jordan couldn't be
found in the army. My theory is that
that bullet hole through Jordan let out
all the cowardice. 1t is the only in
/ stance l have ever known of a coward
being cured. Detroit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
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TIE USE OF MANURE.
AN Important Farm Problem Dis
cusscd and Explained from
Scientific Standpoint.

The manure acts upon the land in a
twoio}d character, forit eXerts a physic-
al action upon the soil as well as a
chemical agency. Under the former
agency we find Il giving stability to
light, sandy soils, and making them
more absorbent Of moisture, rendering
tenacious clay soils more open and
friable in their nature, and thereby adj
uniting the free" passage OF the rain
and atmospheric air, as well as promot-
ing the decomposition of these soils,
and thereby rendering them more fer
tile.
For dung to act mechanically in rem
Slering soil more open, and in over
coming its tenacious character the
farmer must let the manure retain
much of the rigidity of the straw, or, in
other words, it must not be much rot
ten. Experience has also proved to him
that in using it for very porous soils,
which need to be compressed rather
than rendered open, the natural tough
mess of the straw should be entirely
overcome, and the dung used in rotten
state.
There are other duties discharged by
dung which may be grouped together
under the term of chemical action.
Here we have powers totally distinct
from the former, for while 1t devolves
upon the former agency (the mechanic
all to render the soil adapted for being
traverscd by the roots of the growing
crop, the chemical powers supply that
nourishment which is needed for the
development of the crop. 1t is, there
fore, in their combined action that the
3nost desirable results become manifest
1t is, however, worthy of inquiry
whether or not the use of fresh dung
for stiff land and rotten dung for por.
GUS land is supported and confirmed
by the chemical character of the dung
When fresh dung is used upon stiff
land we find that the decay which then
takes place acts upon the land, and rem
ders the dormant ingredients of the soil
active, and thereby converts matter
which could not nourish u plant into
valuable food for vegetation. 1t also
'imparts to the soil beneficial warmth
which is favorable to termination and
vegetable growth.
In addition to this, the absorbent
powers Of the soil seize and retain the
products of this fermentation of the
dung, and secure them until required
by the growing plant. In the case of {
sandy soil, the circumstances as well as
Che powers of the soil, are totally'dif
fcrent, The porous character of tn,
soil is decidedly unfavorable to its pow
ers Of retaining manure, and conse
qu0ntly VIC cannot look upon such soils
ms safe guardians OF manure, and fol
vthiS reason the manure should be added
so as TO be Immediately available fol
the crop. The manure, consequently
Us more suitable when well rotted, upor
chemical grounds, as well as upon con
sideration of its mechanical character
The same principle is applicable to al
the intermediate description of soil
nodlisd by the same rule.-Andrew II
Ward, in American Cultivator
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09

u square, with its hollow side towards
the tree, the prisoners were marched
around the inside of it, while the band
played the death march. As they
gained the collins, clerical aid was Of
fered them by the chaplain, but re-
fused. Wier had hangnIon's cap
drawn over his head, and sat on his
coffin with his back to the firing party.
johnson asked permission to stand and
face the firing party. The request was
granted.
Then the firing party of ten men de-
tailed to do the shooting took their
place at the lead of the square
and inside of it. The guns were
all loaded secretly by one man
and handed to the firing party.
One gun was loaded with blank cart
ridge, so that none of the party knew
that his gun contained ball. The or
ders to >"take aim" and fire. were
given by the motion of an officers
sword. Johnson placed his hand to
his heart and asked the party to take
good aim. Before the report of the
muskets rang around the hollow square
the two deserters had paid the pen
atty of death.
Two weeks after the execution it
fell to my lot to open and answer one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-06-09
COOP FOR CHICKENS.
Handy Thing to Have ArOund the
Poultry Ward as 1t Serves Sew
ernl Useful Purposes

To keep hawks from catching the
chicks it is well to have them kept close
about the buildings when young. If
the hen has her liberty she will often
'tead them far afield. Make a coop with