The commonwealth., 1898-03-17

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the National Won en- 8 Christian Union
It is left to Misses Gordon and Mar
Bannlster Willard for their life time
and then as before indicated.
NoOne can guess what convenience
will enchant us even by the open
ing of the Goth century. Already ther'
Is German process of making breat
direct from the whole wheat, dispens
ing with the work of the mill. The
wheat is sifted and cleansed, subjected
to tepid water for hours. It is ther
poured into machine which converts
it into paste This paste is again
run through machine which gives it
the consistency of dough. A good
thing this for bakeries.
The Goldsboro Argus we'll says that
Eastern Carolina ia wonderful coun-
try. 1t refers to the late New Berne
Fair as an illustration of what can be
shown from this region. The old no.
ton that Eastern Carolina is a grave
yard is fast passing away. People are
as longliyed and as healthy here as
anywhere in the State and conditions
that are a result of enterprise and
industry are fast taking away the
probabilities of hurtful malaria here.
As lands are cleared and better drain
age prevails, all this region will be safe
tor all who come. Indeed it has
long been so.
If our criminal courts must have
stenographers they ought to be men.
In the Criminal court in Halifax two
weeks ago case was introduced which
promised to bring out some language
from a witness that was not chaste.
The witness was told not to give the
exact language, because the stenograph-
er for the court was 4 lady. Then it
was decided for the lady to retire and
the language was brought out. We
offer no criticism against the young
lady, but we insist that the frequency
OF this occurrence makes it desirable
that the stenographer be man who
can hear the case through. As it is,
the stenographer is frequently not
allowed to do what she is paid to do.
The bill for appropriating fifty mil
lions of dollars to be put at the Presi-
dents disposal for national defense,
passed both branches of Congress last
week without dissenting vote and was
signed by the President.
This was proper but 1t by no means
signifies that the members of Congress
desire that as result the nation
should become engaged in a war with
Spain. 1t is entirely proper for the
United States to be ready for an emer-
gency of war but Notwithstanding the
eloouence which rang through Congress
halls for the appropriation, not many |
supporters of the bill-which meant all
Of both branches-are anxious to meet |
fire and sword" on the battle field.
This being campaign year, t-ele is
danger of our people losing too much |
time in politics. 1t is incumbent up
on every man to know as much as he
can conveniently about passing events,
the condition of the country, etc. But
every mau ought to remember that
the world is made up OF individuals,
and that a careful attention to business
by every individual would make all
enterprises and industries more like
The North Carolina Baptist, chiefly
devoted to religious and temperance
interests, prints the following we'll
timed paragraph:
I'VE verify believe that North Caro-
lima has more politics and worse poll
tics than any state IN the Union. And
this spending of so much time and
money on politics rather than on
business, may have much to do with
the condition of our state. After all,
most of the politics amongst us is the
whipping of voters into ravine that