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closely the exact equivalent of English
rnopav in o,,r oun The first table pre-

closely the exact equivalent of English
money in our own. The first table pre-
sented in this letter shows the quantity anu
cost of the liquors consumed in the united
kingdom. This estimates the consumption
of British spirits at 81, 1886. o23 gallons; other
spirits, S77S,2OO gallons; beer, 35,243. 472
barrels; wine, IL, 34S ,242 gallons, and Brit
ish Wines cider. &c, 15.O00,OOO gallons. The
spirits were figured to cost 1914 per gallon
the beer $146O a barrel, wine ABS per gal
Ion and domestic wines, cider, &C., 40 cents
per gallon. On this showing the expendl-
ture for spirits in the year 1902 was $292,-
279 915; for beer, $52S, $50 $50; for wine, @69,-
O67 900, and for British wine, cider, &c,
81, 100000. This gives the enormous total OF
1897, 499, OS5. This total is, however. SILL
1872, 40 less than the figures for the previous
year, 1901. The reduction comes from de-
crease in the amount spent for spirits,
$7,516,66O, and beer $3.979,9SO while there
was a slight gain, $304, 500, in the wine bill.
In the middle of 1902 the population of
the united kingdom was officially estimated
at just under AZ 100000 to be exact, Al, 3d.
$40. On that basis the average drink ex-
penditure in 1902 was $2O.S2 per head, while,
allowing five for the family, this made an
expenditure of no less than $104. 10 for each
household. 1t will be seen that there is
some difference between the per capita
figures and the total figures. but that is
explained by our changing total figures
into American money on the basis of 50 to
the pound, while the per capita estimates
drinks into four classes, the average con-
sumption per head figures out: Spirits.
LOS gallons, at a cost of $6.7S; beer. 3O.3
gallons, at cost Of 1927; wine, 81 gallon,
at a cost Of 81 60; other liquors, 80 gallon,
at cost Of II cents.
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Importance of Accurate Watches

THAT time is money is an old adage. but
it has been brought strictly up to date by1
the railroad men, who say that time Is .lif9i
and money" said q jeweler Of Boston to a.
Star man at the New Willard Il do a.
large railroad trade in watches, and 'FRONT.'
statistics kept it is shown that since 1Sg8l
the railroad wrecks have been reduced once,
third because the men were equipped with
accurate timepieces. In other words oneIy
third of the wrecks before 1898 were caused
by variation in the time Of watches garfield
by the different men in the service Of thu
companies. Under the system now in force
on practically every railroad in the country
the engineer. the train crew, including the
brakeman, baggageman and f1agman, as
we'll as the train dispatehers and train
masters, must be provided one and all with
watches that will not vary thirty seconds
from standard time. Every week every
man in the service carrying a watch must
have it inspected In order that 1t may ba
knownetfat it is accurate and in good COM
dition, under penalty Of discharge.
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Thoreau Loved Children.
Childs Merwin in Scribner's

:.
The common notion that Thoreau was a
mere stole. without much feeling for others,
is a great mistake, as any one who studies
his writings will discover. He was reserved.
and as shy as an Indian of expressing emo
ton. But he was fond of children, and
children were fond Of: and there are pas
sages in his letters. still more in the dia-
ries. which show that he had deep vein
Of pity. The episode OF little Johnny Rior-
dan. who Is spoken of now and then in the
diary, sometimes by name and sometimes
this fact. They showed me Johnny Riordan
today. with one thickness of ragged cloth
over his little shirt. for all this cold
>ather. with shoes having large holes in
the loss into which the snow got, as he
said This little specimen of humanity, this
tender gibbet of the fateS, cast into a cold
world with torn lichenleaf wrapped about
him. Is man so cheap that he cannot be
clothed but with a mat or rug? That We
should bestow on him our cold victuals?"
In another place we find this description OF
Johnnys going to school: Il saw a little
Irish boy come from the distant shanty in
the woods over the bleak railroad to school
this morning. take his last step from the
snow drift onto the school house doorstep.
houndering still-saw not his face, nor his
profile, only his mienl l imagined, saw
clearly in lima gination. his old, worthy face
behind the sober visor of his cap. Here
he condescends to his A. B, c without a
smile. who has the lore Of worlds I'M
counted in his brain. He speaks not of the
adventures Of the Causeway. What was
the bravery Of Leonidas and his three hun
dred bows a. the Pass of Thermopylae to
this infantsf'
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AMERICAN OPERA.
Encourage Native Composers-United
States Themes Not Essential.
Joseph Sohn in the Forum.

Joseph Sohp in the Forum.
In advocating the encouragement OF
American operate composers / do not by
any means wish to imply that subjects
taken from American life are to be chosen,
or that a new style, essentially American,
Is to be evolved. AS before stated, the de-
velopment OF art does not lie In the direc-
ton of natonalism. Even in Russia, where
1t is the logical policy of the government
to promote a dlstinctively national art
which shall draw it's material from Musco-
wife history. and where, for several other
reasons also. such encouragement finds
certain justifica ton, the composers are by
no means combining themselves to these sub
jects-as demonstrated, for example by Ma
pravnik in his successful opera, Francesca
da Rimini" The chief fact to be borne
in mind is that native composers have an
opportunity to obtain a hearing for their
works. and with the establishment of a
permanent. well organized operate COM
pany in New York, American musicians
also may become more hopeful. 1t may
we'll be then that Wagners prophecy to the
effect that his successor would come from
America viii be fulfilled, and that We shall
some day have a product, not merely cos
nrppolitan, but universal, and fundamental
~ l.. 1uan In the W.gnerian sense.
Those who are either forever looking
backward" or merely contemplating art In
the light of present political and social con-
ditions confidently declare that the Anglo
Saxon race is incapable of producing a
musical genius of the first order-a state
ment frequently accepted as sef-evident.
although 1t Is but a mischievous half-truth
The fact Is that the Specification Of the
term musical has undergone considerable
modification The relation between music
and poetry has during the last three genera
tions become closer and closer. Even In
the so-cailed ''romanticists, Schumann,
Chopin and Mendelssohn, the poetic element
is far more pronounced than Is generally
supposed. In the Drama OF the Future.
finally, we have a complete union Of the
arts True, In Wagner, the emotional or
musical element was the primal impulse;
but 1t by no means follows that those capa-
BILE Of infusing new life into the fabric
created by him shall be similarly consti-
tuted. On the other hand, It should not be
forgotten that the term American is very
broad In It's application. 1t does not include
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-02
The whdte. Elephant.
rom p,hl,otbioue Universene.

The white elephant, as is not perhaps
universally known, is mot white at all
only of lighter hue fhan his fellows, his
hide being light or reddish gray. A perfect
specimen should have, pink eyes with vel
low iris. hide of 81 light brownish red. and
the interior Of hiseearsf and trunk, as well
as his nails, should ;berwhite. and his hair
red. But Europeans are unjust in attrib-
uting the epithet white to oriental ex-
ggeration, as the error is that of trans
lators having an imperfect knowledge OF
the fine points of eastern vernaculars. The
truth is that the term of white elephant
does not exactly translate the Siamese u
Burmese word which indicates the color of
the animal In Burmese for instance, they
say sin pyu sin meaning elephant. But
pyu, although meaning white, has also
other acknowledgement as gray, light. less
dark 1t is used to characterize the lighter
complexion of a native woman less dusky
than her countrywomen without being
even remotely to be COMPOUNDED with a
Caucasian Besides. the Burmese often
use the expression sin nee, meaning red
elephant In Siamese the animal is called
chang pueuk chang being equivalent to
elephant Pueuk. which formerly meant
white or light, is now only used In the
sense Of albino. Thus we see that the
native expressions are enormously trans
lated by white elephant; the correct term
would be light elephant.
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The Appomattox Apple Tree.
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

From the Richmond Ttmes-D Dispatch.
The Appomattox apple tree fades and
withers from time to time. but never dies.
1t is a perennial. Here 1t is blooming out
again. An old soldier presented to the Uni
versity Of Georgia piece of wood which he
said came from the tree beneath which Lee
surrendered to Grant, stating that "he was
present at the time the tree was cut down
and took a portion of it to preserve as a
relic"
The dean Of the faculty, believing that
there must have been something upon
which was based the widespread belief
that the surrender took place under an ap-
pie tree. wrote to General Gordon on the
subject. He stated that he was familiar
with the history Of what occurred in the
Mclean house. and knew that the articles
of surrender were signed there, but he
wanted to know how the apple tree came
into the story. To his letter General Cor
don replied as follows:
Mr.. Sylvanus Morris. Athens. Ga:
Dear Professor-Yours received. Both
General Lonsstreet and myself were pres
ent in the room when the formal surrender
took place at Appomattox. as was also
Colonel Marshall. The account, therefore
which states that only Colonel Marshall
was present Is incorrect. The apple tree
incident is romance. No surrender took
place. except in the room of the Mclean
house. The only connection Of the sur
render with the apple tree is the fact that
General Lee and General Grant met there
FOR a few moments and agreed upon the
place for formal meeting. Probably the
most appropriate inscription you could
effect that it was taken from the apple tree
near which Generals Lee and Grant met
prior to the surrender. With best wishes, 1
am. sincerely yours. ]. B. GORDON.
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The Southern Negro.

There are many able and worthy negroes
in the SOUTH and all things considered /
would rather trust a good negro than
some white men," said F. c. Brown OF
Shreveport, La, to a Star man at the Ar
l;ngton this morning. Il employ many ne
groes, and many of my most trusted men
are of that race: In Shreveport the ne
groes have excellent churcnes and schools, and
are good examples of the results Of educa-
ton. The school is the only salvation of
the negroes Of America, and such men as
Booker Washington are doing inestimable
good and are highly respected throughout
the south. Notwithstanding these things it
is impossible to close the gap which exists
between the social lines of the two races.
No one who has ever been in the south or
has studied the question can doubt this
statement Whites and blacks are not
made the same. and there will always be a
difference in their natures"
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RAILROADS THAT DISAPPEAR.
Effect Of the Combinations Made in thad
Last Ten Years,

Last Ten Years.
From the New York Sum-
The extent Of railroad consolidation i'm
this country in the last few years is strike
lngiy illustrated by the recently announced
merger OF the Rock Island and St, Louis
and San Francisco interests In combina-
ton the two roads will constitute a system
OF some 5000 miles, and their combined
capital stock, at the present figure. will be
about $2OO,O0OO00. The territory served by
the system comprises more than a. dozen
states, the western terminal being Denver.
the eastern birmingham. Ala. the northern1
chicago, and the southern Galveston.
MOI more than ten years ago there were.
eighty railroads furnishing weekly com>
pllations of earnings Today only fffty-fiye
ROADS publish such figures 80 that twenty
IS due to the abandonment Of reports buS
in far the greater number the reason ia
FOUND IN consolidation.
Inc roads that have disappeared were ,
at sor one III time big factors in the railroad
world Their names We're on the tongues
or investors and shippers day after day
Now 1t Is doubtful If some are even E
memory, so completely has their identityA
are a part
A partial list Of such roads is of interest.
1t includes: The Baltimore and Ohio South-.,
western; Burlington. Cedar Rapids ands
Northern; Chicago and Eastern Illinois,
Cincinnati. Jackson and Mackinaw; Cleve:
land. Lorain and Wheeling; Louisville.
Evansville and St Louis: Peoria, Decatnr.,i
and Evansville; Pittsburg and Western:
Cleveland. Akron and Columbus; Cleveland
canton and Southern: Kansas City Fort
Scott and Memphis Kansas CITY Memnhta .
and Birmingham; Memphis and Birming-
nam; Memphis and Charleston; st. Louis.
Alton and Terre Haute; Western New YorIe
and pennsylvania; Rio Grande Westernt
81. Paul and Duluth; Western Marylandtl
Mobile and Ohio. and Colorado Midland.
Ihere are. of course, many roads NOT
mentioned in the list but these alone acS
them should be added the Northern Pacific.
the burlington and the Great Northern. ali
now in the Northern Securities Company
IN all these are to be included about q COO
miles of roads which have practtcailV a..
appeared as independent concerns All this
has been brought about in less than ten
years.
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the Anglo-Saxon alone but several millions
of the descendants Of those nations VINO
contributed to the development of music
when that art existed purely and simply for
it's own sake. There Is consequently no
reason whatever why we should not be rich
in artistic material capable of development.
The trouble is that this development has
been wrong, and no influence more potent
to effect a revolution in this regard can be
suggested than an operate stage upon
which masterpieces may be adequately per-
formed so that their essential dramatic con-
tent may be fully grasped. not only by the
public at large. but by the ambitious stu
dent DESTROYS Of obtaining light. Why
should we not make beginning in this
city?
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NESTS OF TERMITEs.
Interesting Addition to the New York
Museum of Natural HISTORY

From the New York Times
An exceedingly interesting case of ter
mites nests has been added to the co;lec-
lions in the north wing gallery of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History whore
the new exhibits of butterflies are located.
This termite is an insect resembling n
white ant, common to Colombia, Jamaica
and the Bahamas, and its nest resembles
somewhat in size and shape that of the
familiar hornet. 1t is made of vegetable
mold which accumulates in the coral for
nations Of the islands, and owes it's color
of reddish brown, no doubt, to the color
of the coral rock
The termite is both a boon and mi;
sance to the farmers of the region where #
is found; the first, because chickens thrive
when given 1t as diet, and the second
because 1t has fondness for encircling
trees and wandering around at random
through the woodwork of houses much to
the detriment of both tree and house
Another use It has is in eating away dead
wood in the forests so as to leave only n
ihln shell which readily crumbles and re.
duces to mold
In settled districts the termites frequently
attack houses, and SO work that the extent
of the mischief done is not apparent until
some wall crumbles away as IL made Of
paper, where apparently it was as firm DIS
ever. Even furniture is not safe Tile
termites hate the light and will Invariably
build a tunnel from the nest to the ground
and then to the point of active work.
Thousands of them live in each nest. and
the rapidly with which they make repairs
when nest has been mutilated is little
short of marvellous 1t is told that a scien-
list once cut one Of the nests squarely in
halves with a machete and came the mex
morning expecting to find it deserted Iu-
stead he saw the nest its normal size, for
the busy inhabitants during the night had
gathered enough material to rebuild that
which had been cut away
The usual inhabitants of one of these
termites nests are soldiers" workers.
males" and queen" Study of their
habits has hardly progressed far enough
as yet to admit of description of the exact
divisions of the termites' activity between
the various parts of their community.
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England's Drink Bill.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston HeraIu
Each year the Rev. Dawson Burns sends
to the London Times a letter on the amount
of money spent annually in the united king
dom for drink, with comparison of the
amount spent in previous years. This
statement is carefully compiled. and has
gained the reputation of being almost an
official statement In considering lis
tables we have changed lump sums in
pounds into United States money, on the
rough basis of s. to the pound. but with
the per capita figures we have given more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-02
DIR. AgneW's
Catarrhal Powder

is Catarrh Cure that Cures [
Colds and Catarrh.
Actually, positively. indisputably. irrefutably,
Cures Colds ana Catarrh!
Not always with first application. although eveai
tIat Invariably brings relief in 10 minutes.
But 1t Cures it Cures Colds and Catarrh!
DIR. Agnew's Liver Pills cure Liver ills.
40 doses 10 cents.
Sold by F. s. WILLIAMS, 9th anl y GtaL, al
MODERN DRUG co., 414 TIL q.
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Thousands of situations have been OBJ
tained through the want columns Of The
ataY
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Delightful Dance at Washington.

Washington, NJ c., June 26.-(Special)
Richard Bragaw the junior member of
the firm of William Bragaw & Company,
gave a delightful dance last night to
Misses Winnifred Adderton, of Lexington,
N. c.. and Misses Bess and Melissa Payne,
OF Norfolk, Va. The dance was a delight
full affair and lasted until 1 o'clock.
After the dance an informal luncheon
was rendered the dancers by Miss Bess
Nicholson, Misses Adderton and Payne
being the guests of honor.
Those dancing were: Mr. Richard Bra
gaw leading with Miss Adderton: Chas. l.
Morton with Miss Melissa Payne: Mr..
Murray Short with Miss Bess Payne; Mr..
F. II. Bryan with Miss Bess Nicholson;
MIR. James Ellison with Miss Ethel Bry-
ant; Mr.. William Bragaw with Miss An
ME Townsend Bragaw; Mr.. Frank Bowers
with Miss May Tayloe; Mr. John G. Bra
gaw, Jr.. with Miss Willie Hargrove; Mr.
Gus Bowers with Miss Salhe Bate Tay
loe; Mr.. John Williams with Miss Lucy
Tayloe; DR.. Coyington with Miss Melissa
Morton; Mr. Thos Clark with Miss Irene
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A German at the Hill.

Chapel Hill n. c.. June 26.-(Special)
One Of the most enjoyable social events
OF the season occurred last evening when
the Chapel Hill Cotillion Club gave ger
man complimentary to the young ladies
in attendance upon the Summer School
The sgerman was led by Mr.. McNider,
VINO introduced many beautiful and IN
trieate figures
The following couples participated: Eben
Alexander, with Miss Venable: Fred Ar
cher. with Miss Davis: Jack Rountree,
with Miss Archer: Tom Foust. with Miss
Gordon; Stone Adams, with Miss Medaris;
Will Lucas. with Miss McFayden: Hoy
den Clawett, with Miss Peacher; Dissos-
way, with Miss Ely: r. S. Williams. with
Miss Redford: Ted Brown. with Miss
Venable; Bohoron, with Miss Gator; Geo.
McNiles, with Miss Cowan: Graham Au-
dee. with Miss Alexander; Turrentine,
with Miss McRae; r. Stevenson, with
Miss Lewis.
Miss Lewis, Ernest Green, Miss Rober-
son. ALI Haywood, Miss Dooes.
Stays: Sibley. Green, Fuller. Ramsey,
Long, Wallen, Whitaker. Rountree.
Chaperones: DR. and Mrs. Kledz, Mrs
Cramner, Mr.. and Mrs. McRae, Mr.. and
Mrs McKie.
On last evening Mr. and Mrs. T. e.
Best delightfully."- entertained number Of
the Summer School in honor of Miss Kate
Edmundson, of Garner. N. C. Progressive
Finch as the pastime of the evening and
it proved most fascinating. Delicious re-
freshments were served at eleven o'clock.
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Morton; Mr. sam Tayloe with Miss Maude
Weber; Mr. John Crone with Miss Sarah
Myers: DR.. r. r. Gallagher with Miss
Bess Harding Mr.. Carl H. Harding of
Texas, with Miss Abbie Randolph, Mr.
Frank Jordan with Miss Matte Laughing
house; Mr. Chas. Smallwocd with Miss
May Laughinghouse; Mr.. Jarvis Sugg
with Miss Mary Burbank; Mr.. Fronts
Burbank, Jr., with Miss Lizzie Hills Mr..
Walter Windley with Miss Annie Laugh
inghouse; Mr.. Jas. f. Clark, Jr., with
Mass Helen Moore; Mr.. Will Harding
with Miss Anice Bright; Mr.. McKimmon
Saunders with Miss Julia Maughton; Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen G. Bragaw; Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank H. Short; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
H. Rollins; Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Fl. Richard
son.
stays: R. A. G.. Barnes. Or. Joshua
Tayloe, w. G.. Kyle ana TrcG 3. Warren.
Patronesses: Mrs. olivia Blakely Mrs.
Brad Morton, Mrs Chas. Nickel and Mrs.
Nat S. Fulford.
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Woman's Missionary Conference.

Shelby, ~ c., June 26.-The Woman :
North Carolina Missionary Conference
met in the Methodist church, in Shelby
ct $3.50 this afternoon The attendance
was large and the meeting full of inter-
est. About ninety delegates arrived to-
day and were all accorded a hearty
welcome in the homes of our people The
service this afternoon was an inspiration
meeting, consisting of songs. prayer
scripture reading and remarks by Mrs.
l.. w. Crawford while Mrs j. r. Brooks
conducted the inspiration service. The
conference then adjourned until $50 to-
night, when it heard words of welcome
from the pastor Rev G. F. Sheriff. and
Presiding Elder, Rev. j. Fl. Weaver. Mrs
G. f. Sheriff. representative of w. +.
NJ. s., and Miss BlaEuhe Johns represen-
tative of Light Bearers, also made ad-
dresses OF welcome. Responses were made
by Miss Minnie Johnson, of Ashevile.
for the adults. and Miss Anna Wehner
of Charlotte. for the Light Bearers An
informal reception was then held in tho
church in which the people of Shelby
mingled pleasantly with the delegates.
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Social Events at Oxford

Oxford, n. c.. June 26-(Special -
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Tayloe entertained
most enjoyably on Thursday evening at
their elegant home in honor OF their
sens, Messrs Marion and Lee Tayloe.
The spacious lawn and piazza We're bril-
iantly lighted with japanese lanterns and
presented a dazzling scene of beauty. The
entire house was thrown open to the
guests and many happy hours were spent
by the young people. who declared it
one of the most charming events of the
season. Elegant refreshments were served
during the evening.
Among the guests were Misses Wingo,
of Richmond Manning and Daniel. of Hen
derson Gertrude Winston. of Durham
Kate Horner. Antoinette Tayloe, Annie
Crews, Janet Gregory Mildred Tayloe.
Lucy Smith, Allene Cooper. Lily White
Julia Minor, Addie Jackson, Annie Bry
ant May and Edna White, Mary B Will
liams, Elsie Miller, Of Winston; Lena
Tayloe, Annie Cannady, Mary Cooper,
Sophie Tayloe, Irene Hines, Josephine
Brown. Messrs. Haywood Fender, Craw-
ford Cooper, Ray Osborn, Bert and Char
ley Tayloe, Henry Cooper James Horner,
Ike and John Brown. Kerr and Henry
Tayloe. Otis Brown. Cliff Roberts, John
Booth, John Hardaway, Lion Hines, Lin
Fleming Eugene Crews, Melvin Bragg
Marshall Pinnix, ~ Cannady, John ami
Badly Williams, Ellis Cannady, Jim Tay-
loe, b. Smith. Will Lassiter.
Miss Addie Jackson gave delightful
Garden Party on Thursday evening
in honor of her guest, Miss Miller, OF
Winston