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, TYPHOID GERMS. it The microscope show that in the blood of erery person suffering from typhoid the little germs can be found as shown above. They are supposed to get into the water or milk we drink. The germs multiply so that one germ is capable of producing about one hundred trillion germs in twenty-four hours. That is why if they erer get into the water supply of a town they multiply so fast that nearly everybody drinking the water comes down with the disease. - There are exceptions, however, and they are the persons whose health is perfect, whose blood is pure, and liver active. When the germs get into a healthy body they are thrown off with the other poisons. Recent Chicago statistics show that one-eighth of all the deaths in the past two years in that city have resulted from pneumonia. The best advice we can give is to put the body into a perfectly sound, healthy condi tion. Be assured that you have rich, red blood and an active liver. Many years ago Dr. R. V. Pierce, who is consulting surgeon to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute at Buffalo, N. Y., found certain herbs and roots which, when made into an alterative extract (without the im of alcohol), seemed to be the very best means of putting the stomach, blood and vital organs into proper condition. This seemed to him as close to nature's way of treating disease as it was possible to go. For over a third of a century Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Disccwery has had a wonderful sale and the cures resulting from its use are numbered by thousands. It is a tissue-builder, better than cod liver oil because it does not sicken the stomach, or offend the taste. It strengthens or renews the assimilative or digestive pro cesses in the stomach and puts on healthy flesh when the weight of the invalid is reduced below the normal. Accept no substitute for "Golden Med ical Discovery." Nothing else is "just as good." Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness. TWINKLiNQS. Mr. SIpp Young man, how dare yon swear before my wife? Boy How did I know yonr wife wanted to swear first. Chicago News. "How's business ?" asked the dealer in office supplies. "Just moving," replied the storage man. "Howls it with you?" "Oh, sta tionery." Philadelphia Ledger. "Ah, good morning, Chester afield," said the M. D. "How are you this morning ?" "I'm sorry to say, rejoined the polite Chesterfield, "that I'm feeling remarkably well this morning." Chicago News. "Spoonamore, how are you getting along with yonr new girl?" "Swimmingly, I've made her think I am a prey to hopeless melancholy, and I've succeeded in getting both her parents down on me" Chicago Tribune. Just before dinner was served word was brought to the hostess that one of the waiters had failed to appear. "What a frightful pre dicament ! " she exclaimed. "I won der if we have a French count among our guests." -Chicago Pest. Mrs. Stubb I tell you if there were no women it would be terrible. Mr. Stubb I should say so. A lot of sapheads at public banquets wouldn't know what to say unless they could rear up and bawl "to the ladies!" Chicago News. "He said I was tall and wil lowy," remarked the girl who likes flattery. "Do you think I look like a willow tree?" "No; you look like a chestnut," retorted the savage young man in the loud vest. Chi cago News. Borem (11 P. M.) Yes, I'm a perfect martyr to insomnia. I've tried everything I've ever heard of, but I simply can't get to sleep at night. Miss Cutting (suppressing a yawn) Did you ever try talking to yourself after going to bed? Chicago News, CURRENT COMMENT. It would seem funny to find Ohio trying to add a grandfather clause to her constitution. Wash ington Post. "When Congressman Legare got an appropriation of some $600, 000 a few weeks ago for the Char leston navy yard." says the -Anderson Mailt "the Charleston papers gave him column after column of adultation. Then Senator Tillman stepped and got $225,000 more and these same papers refer to It in only a few lines. Is this quite fair?" Eeally, we shall have to ask the News and Courier to attend to this. We are weary to-day. Charleston Post. ' - It seems that Mr. Hearst is no more unmindful of his publica tions than Mr. Bryan. In a recent letter the pay-roll candidate says: "I had the pleasure of voting with others for the strengthening of the American navy, believing that my vote expressed the opinions of my New York constituency and of, that greater constituency of six or seven millions of Americans who read my various newspapers." And still there are persons who talk about the writer of such lines for President of the United States. Louisville Cou- .rier Jeurnal, Dem. - The Rev. Bam Jones' made Charleston a pop-call a week or so ago, and while he was here, under the escort of some guide whose name is not given, he went Into "six full fledged Charleston blind tigers." This- adventure followed, as we are told by Mr. Jones, his visit to a restaurant, where he found "four ?roung men not eating, but drink ng." "When' I got back to the hotel! remarked," he says, "that there seemed to be more to drink , than to eat at the restaurant they referred ma to." Tfc is om .f ran rro . - - - - mm m VMU w V4 Mm K V how easy It Is for visitors to see the earn j giae ox things which never present themselves to those of the natives who do not trilnlr it. oitva - Interesting or profitable to make "a 1. nil 7 . . trip to umnaiown in oraer that they may have their souls stirred bv , unwholesome things. Charleston jxews ana vourter Mr. David A. Smith, who at tempted to kill Mr. Henrv Brown. near Pikeville, Thursnay morning by shooting at him with a shotgun, was given a preliminary hearing at Goldsboro on Friday before Jus tice Broadhurst. He save bond In the sum of one hundred dollars for his appearance at the next term of Superior Court. . It developed at the trial that Brown also did some hooting. After Smith fired his gun. Brown pulled a pistol and fired three times without striking Smith. THE BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR. Japanese Fire, Indifferent in Previous Attacks, Showed Marvellous Accuracy. THE CASUALTIES WERE MANY Kctvlisi Was Struck Seversl Tlaes. Parts Badly Dunsied One Billd lac Destroyed aid Shell Ai sibilated Eotire Family, Br Csblelto the Morning Star. Tizs Tsis, March 13. Tha first credible reports of the effect of the bombardment of Fort Arthur from midnight on Wednesday to part noon Thursday lait, which have been re ceived here, arrived to-day. Eye witnesses say that the Japanese fire, which was indifferent In previous at tacks, showed marvellous accuracy. The fire came from the direction of Pigeon Bay, where the Bunlanare ported slffhtfaa: double the previous number of Japanese vessels, and It li supposed that transports of various kind accompanied the fleet. It Is re ported that the Betvlzan, which, It Is understood was then Inside the en trance of the harbor, was struck sev eral times and that there were fatali ties among the crew. It Is also said that the Golden Hill forts ware badly damaged and that there were many casualties among the remaining non combatants in the new town which suffered most One building in the rear of the war bureau was destroyed and elsewhere a shell annihilated an entire family. The Russians are suppressing the circulation of foreign newspapers, and any person suspected of being a cor respondent Is ordered out of their lines. ' The Russian Account. Port Abtbvb, March 11. Last night passed without incident The Japanese squadron, which disappeared after Thursday's bombardment has not returned. The Russian squadron pro; ceeded to sea this morning and return ed thla afternoon. It Is understood that no Japanese ships were sighted. Altbougn during the bombardment a number of shells from the Japanese ships burst In the streets of the town, the damage to the buildings was com paratively slight The new town sus tained the greatest damage. A shell burst a few yards from the house of M. Sldorskl, a lawyer, whose wife is a daughter of Colonel Baron Frank. M. Sidoraki and his daughter were killed on the spot, the latter's head be ing blown off. Mme. Sldorskl was injured by fragments of the shell, and a girl named Waleritch was wounded and died soon afterwards in a hospital. A Chinaman was killed and several Chinamen were wounded. General Stoessel, the commander of the Russian troops at Port Arthur, and his staff, while watching the bombardment from a battery, were peppered by splinters from a shell, but sustained no Injuries. On Golden Hill, Lieutenant Wachtin and one soldier were wounded. Two sentries on Electric Cliff were wounded. A. Japanese ironclad was struck by a Russian shell and slowly withdrew. The bombardment, which was severe, only ceased at 18:45 in the afternoon. Japasese Movements. St. Petersburg, March 12. A tele gram received from General Zhlinaky, General . Europakln's chief of staff, says that according to reports pub lished in Corean newspapers, 18,000 Japanese have landed at Chinampo, Cores, and are marching to Ping Yang. Five hundred Japanese are said to hare landed at Kieng-Sieng, on the northeast coast of Oorea, and 2.000 other Japanese, who reached Klang-Sleng before this detachment of 500, are marching along the coast to Bbeng Jin. uoreans from the points named, however, deny emphatically the reports of the landing at Klang Sleng. All is quiet at Port Arthur and Vla divostok. There are no Japanese troops anywhere in Manchuria and only small patrols of the enemy are to be seen in Northern Cores. Americans ia lorea Seoul, Friday. March 11. The U. S. 8. Cincinnati will leave Chemulpo to-morrow for Ohlnnampo to bring away the women and children ' from the American company's mines at Unsan. The families of American missionaries south of the Yalu are not conaidered to be in danger, but every precaution is belng'-taken for their safety, a messenger tfrom the mines at Unsan, who left Ohlnnampo on Wednesday last aays that everything ia quiet in that vicinity. Only a few re- connoitering parties of Cossacks are seen north of that point and there are probably only a few hundred Russians in all south of the Yalu. There is little prospect for any serious conflict in this quarter within the next six weeks. Thus far there has been no trouble at the mines and there la little likelihood they will be interfered with, both sides having given every assurance in that respect The only possible danger Is from straggling par ties of pillagers, but from these the miners are In a position to protect themselves, having on hand three Colt guns and an ample supply of rines, Qeneral Knropstkao. St. Petersburg. March 13. Gen eral Kuropatkin, accompanied by his entire staff, left here at 6 o'clock this evening on a special train for the Far East, where he will take command of the Manchurlan army. xne departure of the general was marked by demonstrations of patriot lam and personal regard such as sel dom have been witnessed in the Rus sian capital. The thousands of per sons who lined the Nevskv Prospect and the approaches to the Nicholas railroad station, vied with the highest persons in the empire in giving vent io mo expressions or connaence in the new commander who Is to lead the emperor's armies to victory. uooestiy and without the accom panlment of-music or escort the gen erai drove to tne station in an open carriage. His passage down the broad boulevard was followed bv a storm of cheers which grew louder as the crowd grew dense near the station. Here the enthusiasm broke out into mighty shouts. As General Kuropatkin reached the head of the stairs General Kggrestoff. white-haired and trembling with emo tion, presented him with a small image of Alexis. General Kuropatkin knelt reverently and accepted the talisman. General Kuropatkin then ateoped forward.- Hlaatrong personality was strikingly illustrated in the way he moved through the room. . ills grls sled beard and piercing eyes suggested a resemblance to urant. ' lie greeted To Cure a Cold in One Day . a r Taxe IvUXUUVU oromo quinine Tablets. JS Seven MUHon boxes sold In post 13 months. ThlS Signature, v all present, embracing and kissing old comrades and shaking bands with offl- C6fVs - The Corean minister to Russia was present and enthusiastic as any Rus sian and seemed to regard General Kuropatkin as the saviour or his coun try. He pushed and struggled bard to get near enough to shake the general's band and wish him every success. Several ladles wbo were present could not refrain from kissing the hero or the hour, an. attention which be gallantly reciprocated. As the train slowly gathered head way every voice In the vast multitude broke out Into a roar of cheers and blessings. fsvslry Eizafemeat. Seoul, Friday, March 1L AnenJ gagement took place on the 8th Inst, between Russian and Japanese cavalry scouts near Kaaao, 57 miles north of Prang Yang. One Japaneae trooper was killed during the fight. The Russians eventually retired. The engagement referred to in the above dispatch la possibly the same as the one reoorted from Tokio nnder date of March 10th, which, however, made no mention of casualties. Affairs ia Seonl. Beottl. Satnrdav March 13. De tachments of Corean soldiers march ing up and down the main streets in the neighborhood or tne paiaco ai an hours of the day and evening, give an air of martial activity to this city. But few Japanese soldiers remain here. All have gone north, and the foreign legations continue to be guarded by marines. The American legation has thirtv-five men on duty in the grounds and others are quartered at American business houses for the sake of better accommodations. Foreigners, bow ever, feel nerfeclly safe, although there is more real business activity at Chemulpo. t The Jananese authorities treat for eigners very courteously, and have just given American Minister Allen permission to go to tne iron?, wun passage on a transport to Chinnampo, where be is expected to arrive to-uay. War preparations continue here methodically, while about 80,000 Uoreans pursue their normal every day life free from excitement The funeral of the late Uoapress Dowager will take place on Monday next Hero of the Hoar. St. Petersburg. March IS Ad miral Makaroff's name ia on every lip in St Peteraburg to-day. He is the hero of the hour. There ia a deep seated conviction here that henceforth there will be a complete change of sea tactics and that Admiral Makaroff will make the fleet at Port Arthur an ag gressive force. He enjoys the repu tation, throughout the length and breadth of the empire of being a dash ing officer. His ideas run counter to those generally accepted by naval ex perls and strategists. One of his pet aversions Is armor. The admiral is ever out-spoken in his criticism of the big: battleship, and shows bis partial ity for a fleet composed of a large number of swift nnarmored cruisers armed with heavy guns and attended by an unlimited number of torpedo boats. The cruiser Novik, to which he transferred his flag in the attempt to rescue the torpedo boat destroyer, is practically without armor protection. Admiral Makaroff's piedellctlon for swift ships has earned him the sou- brtque of the '"Cossack or the ses." He is not likely to give the enemy much rest while any of bis cruisers or torpedo boats remain afloat Japaa's Flaaices. . Tokio. March 13 Practical! ? com plete figures, with Formosa and some districts of Japan mining, show that the first issue of 100,000.000 yen of exchequer war bonds has been sub scribed four and one-half times. The subscriptions recorded by the Bank of Japan amount to 450,000,000 yen. This proves the correctness of the prelimi nary estimate, that the government would be able to raise 500.000.ooo yen for war purposes from domestic sources. - The cabinet and elder statesmen conferred Jfor four hours today. They discussed the financial situation and the war tax measures to be sub mitted to the special session of the Diet and decided to realize $55,000,000 by postponing the government under takings and $35,000,000 by a war tax. It is understood that a plan extending the government tobacco monopoly so as to include manufactured tobacco and the creation of a salt monopoly was considered. Russia's extensive military programme makes an exten sion of Japan's financial programme imperative, so the monopoly measures possibly may be submitted to the special session of the Diet Another Attempt. Paris, March 18. The Tokio cor respondent of the Gaulols reports that hanother unsuccessful attempt to ob struct the entrance to Port Arthur harbor has been made by the Japan ese. The Petit Parlslen publishes a dis patch from St. Petersburg this morn ing saying that a Russian squadron, composed of the battleships Osllabia, Slava and Alexander IIL, the cruisers Dimitrl Donskoi and Aurora and a number of torpedo boats and subma rine vessels will go to the Far East In May. Why Tker Parted. "Yla," said Mrs. Clancy, 'Tat and I have parted foriver. 1 went to the hospital to ax after him. 1 want to see me husband sez I 'the man that got blowed up.' 'Yez can't see him, sez the doctnor; 'he's under the lnfloo ence of Ann EstheticW 1 don't know the lady.' sez I, mighty dignified lolke, 'but If me lawful wedded husband kin act lolke that when he's at ditb's door I'll have a divorce from him.' " Enrloo,. Visitor You haven't got half as nice a cemetery here as we have in Elm ville. Prominent Citizen (of Hawville) No, I've always heard that the cemetery is the only part of your town that holds out any inducements for perma nent residents. Chicago Tribune. Safltcient Caaae. Mary But why do you think they are so certain to fall in love? Ann In .the first place, their parents hate each other; and, in the second, neither of them has a penny . in the World. Smart Set. A Change. "You certainly look better. You must have followed my advice and had a change." ?Tea, doctor, so I have." "Where did you go?" "I went to another physician. The maximum endurance of a 13 Inch gun is 300 firings, while the 6 Inch gun may be fired upward of 2,000 times without injury. Weekly Stab one year, $1.00. MORE TESTIMONY IN MORMON CASE. Smoot Could Not Have Been Fleeted Senator Unless an Apostle of the Church. JUDGE HILES A" WITNESS. He Believed That Polyfiay Was Mora Flsrraat Siace Utah Was-Atalttei as a State More Feltgaaaeas Children Were8ora. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. . Washington, March 13. That Beed Smoot could not have been elect" edtothe United States Senate with out having first been chosen as an apostle of the Mormon church, and that after he was so chosen he could not hare been defeated, was asserted to-day by Judge Ogden Hilea, former ly assistant United States attorney and later a judge of the District Court In Utah, who was a witness in the Smoot case before the Committee on Privi leges and Elections. He told an In teresting story of the prosecutions of Mormons f ortpologamyous cohabitation and the manner in which they had been met by the defendants. Mr. Critchlow was first heard. He was questioned in retard to the sentiment for or against Beed Smoot for senator, and said that ao far as he was concern ed be had no objection to Smoot per sonally but opposed him on the ground that he was a general authority of the church. To ascertain the difference between the influence exercised by the Mormon church over lay members and general authorities was the object of inquiry by Senators Hopkins and McComas, and the answers of the witness indica ted that the machinery of the church was so adjusted that either might be compelled to obey the behests of the church, and that the wishes lot the high authorities might be enforced by the "reserve force" in politics whleh the church Is said to maintain. In the examination concerning the Thatcher episode it was brought out that Thatcher was in the same status In 1895 as to polygamy as was Brig ham H. Roberts when he was elected to Congress, and that Mr. Cannon made his campaign for the Senate against the wishes of the church just as did Thatcher. It also was brought out that In 1895 Mr. Roberts refused to sign the church rule In regard to poli tics, the same at Thatcher had refused to subscribe to church dictates. This was In Roberts' first campaign, bat Mr. Critchlow could not say whether Mr. Roberts recanted before or after the election. "Did he recant at all t" asked Sena tor Overman. "Oh, yes, there is no question about that" The witness was asked to explain the change of mind, and said : "It Is understood, in fact it baa been published in the official church paper, that authorities of the church labored and prayed with Mr. Roberts for six weeks, and then announced that he had received a vision of his dead an cestors being lost to perdition, because he was out of harmony with his church and could not go into the tem ple and be baptised, and thus save their souls as welL" After that, the witness sald.Mr. Rob erta subscribed to the church rule and was not dlafeliowahipped. Inatances were aaked in which the church interfered In business matters in the last five years, and Mr. Griteh low mentioned the location of a union depot in Salt Lake, the Incident at Brlghaxn City, in which the church is said to have opposed a certain amusement hall, a case before the high council of the church In which-the parties were- Jenson vs. Dietrich Land and Live Stock Com pany, and certain water litigation be tween Salt Lake and the West Jordan canal. The witness was asked con cerning a statement in former testimo ny that a Mormon dictated legislation in the first session of the Legislature. He was asked for a list of the commit tee and he gave the following: C. W. Penrose, W. W. Bite, Jamea Sharp, William H. King, F. S. BIcharos and James H. Tanner. Judge Ogden Hilea, in prefacing his testimony, aald he had drawn more in dictments and prosecuted more cases of unlawful cohabitation than any other official in Utah, under the Edmunds-Tucker Act. Judge Hilea said for the first two years the people re fused to obey the law, despite the fact that opportunity was given offenders to escape punishment if they would promise not to violate the laws in re gard to cohabitation. "But the peo ple," aald the witness, "said they must obey the law of God rather than the law of man. They seemed to think It an act of apoiUcy to go counter to the church rules, even In obeying the laws of the land. Then came the Ed munds Tucker Act, which made adul tery an offence and provided a heavy penalty for violations. We began to prosecute polygamists for adultery. The cases were pressed hard, and then the people began to promise to obey the law, for they were poorrcou'd not pay the fines, and consequently It be came generally reported that the prac tice of polygamous cohabitation was breaking up." He said there was a disposition not to prosecute casea when the law gen erally was obeyed, but that after the manifesto it was seen that the Mor mons had returned to their old prac tice. -He said thla was evident from the new "crops of children" from polygamous families which continued to spring up. In the cross-examination, Mr. Van Oott brought out a great deal of testi mony regarding church Influence for the election of Beed Smoot for the Benate, and Judge Hilea stated posi tively: "Mr. Smoot could not have been elected to the United States Sen ate if his candidacy had not been ap proved by the Mormon church." "Do you mean that if Mr. Smoot had been a lay member of the church that he would not have been elected, or that if he had been an apostle and had not the endorsement of his quorum he could not have been elected " i "Mr. Smoot could not have been elected without being an apostle and Without the consent of the church." Mr. VanOott asked the witness how he accounted, In view of the testimony he had given, for the Mormons send ing non-Mormons to the Senate. "How about John L. BawltniP he asked. "He is not alMormon t" "John L. Bawlinst Oh, yea, he is a Mormon." "What! Bawllns a Mormon P "He was born into the church of Mormon parentage." "But surely you do not mean to aay that because a man Is born of Mormon parentage he Is always a Mormon P "Pretty close to it." Cures Crip in Two Days. f7Ljf yTjCrx on every box. 25c. irk. ftn aald his basis for be- xuv " M i: Vi.t haItmhiv wii more HA grVnt aince Utah was admitted as a Btate was lamt mora poijnmuuB dren were being born. Senator Hop kins asked a number of questions to find out if Judge Hilea knew whether there had been any poiygamoua mar riages since the manifesto, and he said u. jia Tint WltnMi aald he believed that such marriages bad taken place. Mr. Taylor staiea tnat wey oau great deal of evidence to offer thai niural marriages had taken place since be manifesto. . There being no oiuer wi.bmot m ...mi thn committee aaiourneo. subject to the call of the chairman. The End of A Quarrel . COrtglnaL Burglars were in possession of the town not in open possession, for they were never seen; they hid somewhere 'all day, doing their housebreaking at night This was comparatively Bimple, for the police force consisted of five men, who were expected to watch 5,000 houses, or a thousand houses to each man. On Sunday evening when- the Burnes family were at church and the Eervant "out" burglars entered the house and got away with much plun der. On Monday night, or, rather, morn ing, they cut a hole with a jig saw In the kitchen door of the Lawrences, turned the ky, walked in, took every jthlng on the ground floor and depart- 'ed' without awakening the inmates. 'And so they proceeded, nearly every night entering some house and carry ing off valuables. Why they contin ued operations in one locality for so long a time no one could tell unless it was on account of lack of protec tion. Young Mrs. Bartlett bad a tiff with her husband in the morning at the breakfast tahfe. Her servant the day before had left her in the lurch, there was- an unusually large washing and no one to do it She had requested Mr. Bartlett to go out and hunt up a wom an to come in and launder. Mr. Bart lett had replied that by . so doing he might possibly lose an Important busi ness deal and a thousand dollars that would go with it. Then Mrs. Bartlett had told him that if he refused the washing would have to go over, and this would disarrange the household for the whole week and perhaps lon ger, whereupon Mr. Bartlett told her that he would rather the washing stand over a month than that he should lose his deal. This was the way it started, and it ended by Mr. Bartlett putting on his hat and going out, shut ting the door on the middle of a sen tence his wife was firing at him. As soon as the husband had departed the wife went out herself, luckily found a laundress, brought her home and in a few minutes the serenity of the household was only broken by the rub, rub, rub in the laundry. Mrs. Bartlett's irritation cooled down as the water in the range boiler grew hot, and she began to regret her harsh words. Mr. Bartlett went to his office, had an unlucky business day and when even ing came, supposing his wife would be in the same humor be had left her, in stead of going home to continue the quarrel went to his club, dined and spent the evening there. When the dinner hour arrived and Mr. Bartlett did not return Mrs. Bart lett began to tremble for fear she had gone too far. She dined alone that is, she went through the motions of din ing, for she was in no mood to eat When she paid off the laundress and found herself absolutelyaione In the house her heart went, down like the mercury on the eve of a cyclone. Two terrors vied with each other for the honor of absorbing her attention one that she had driven her husband away from her, the other that the burglars who were infesting the town might make her a visit Locks and keys were a great deal for her, and she locked and bolted every door In the house, in cluding the front door, besides noting carefully that the catch was properly set on every window. The evening was spent, first, in abusing her hus band for not coming home; second, fearing that he never 'would come borne, and, third, expecting every min ute to be burglarized. About 11 o'clock she went upstairs, and, putting on a. wrapper, lay down on the bed. Suddenly she started up. Had she heard a sound below or had she dream ed it? While she was wondering there was a step in the rear of the bouse. Go ing to a back window she peeped through the blinds, which she had pur posely slanted, but though she could hear some one below she could see nothing. Noiselessly opening the shut ter, she put out her head and looked down upon a man trying the window catch on the floor below. Sometimes the most timid unexpect edly display the greatest bravery when put to a trial; Mrs. Bartlett realized that something must be done to drive the man off. She feared that if she cried out she would not be heard and It would Incite the burglar to kill her. There was neither gun nor pistol in the bouse, and if there were she would not dare touch either. Like a flash it came to her that the water in the boiler was very hot having been kept so all day for laundry purposes. Seizing a pitcher 6he rushed to the bath room, filled it with steaming water, returned to the window and poured It down on the head of the burglar. There was a yell and the man, wring ing his hands, stepped back and looked up at the window. "Fiend," be cried, "how can you be so devilish as to pour scalding water on your husband?" There was a shriek at the window, and Mrs. Bartlett frantic, rushed downstairs and threw open a back door. There was a passionate protest from the husband, while the wife beg ged him to come into the house. Mr. Bartlett had been protected from the hot water excepting his hands, which looked like boiled lobsters. The water was not boiling, but was hot enough to blister them. His wife wrapped them in cotton saturated with sweet oil, and a neighbor, looking in through the win dow, saw Mr. Bartlett approach his wife to embrace her and thought the couple were entering upon a sparring match with "boxing gloves. He was wrong. The sparring match was ended, and the couple, disgusted with the fruits of it. Lave taken every precau tion against Its repetition, LUCY BLAKEMAN. The Senate has confirmed the nomi nation of Bichard M. Norment to be postmaster at Lnm barton, N. C CAR LOAD RICE. AIL GRADES. 300 Barrels Salt Bullets. Full line of Groceries at rook bottom prices. ' SAU L BEAR, SR., & SONS., wuBUngton, ST. O.. -rebisD&wti is surket street. uia wn T- . The rich are not unthrifty. That probably explains why they are rich. You have been told of the wealthy wives in our New York Faubourg St Germain who after wearing a gown twice or three times at most sell it to a certain Sixth "avenue dealer in sec ondhand clothes for about one-sixth of Its original cost Women in moderate circumstances who know this dealer keep themselves in finest regalia at a reasonable outlay. Rich men are more particular and less thrifty than rich women. They despise the "ole do's" man and prefer to hand down their cast offs to servants to do with as seemeth good to them. But many a parlor ornament in swell houses la bought with old clothes; many a new pot or kettle in my lady's kitchen is the result of barter with the peddler. New York Press. - It Is a common belief that many ani mals see ghosts and future events. Kerner declares that they are endowed with second Bight This faculty is thought to be especially strong in dogs and horses. Storks are known to have foreseen the burning of houses on . which they have been wont to build their nests and to have abandoned -them, taking up their abode on other buildings or on trees in the vicinity. No sooner bad the anticipated confla gration taken place and a new house been erected on the same site than they returned and built their nests-as be fore. Oldest Clock Im tne World. The great clock of Wells cathedral, in Somersetshire, England, is very nearly the oldest and certainly the most interesting of clocks in existence. It was built In 1322 by Peter Light foot one of the monks of Glastonbury abbey, six miles from Wells, where it ran for 250 years until the abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII. and its last abbot hanged over the town gateway. The clock was then removed to Wells, where It has been running ever since. St Nicholas. A Valnable Asset It was after her husband's failure. "She acts as if she expected to re trieve their fortune," was the com ment "Have they any assets left?" "Oh, yes!" was the reply. "What?" "A daughter who is pretty enough to be quoted high in the matrimonial market" Chicago Post Extremely Small. Tom You called on Miss Milynn last night didn't you? Dick-Yes. Tom Spent the evening indulging in "small talk," eh? Dick Well, her talk was entirely too small. She said, "No." Philadelphia Press. Saddening;. Professor (discussing organic and in organic kingdoms) Now, If I should shut my eyes so and drop my head so and remain perfectly still, you would say I was a clod. But I move, I leap. Then what do you call me? Voice From the Rear A clodhopper. Thonahtfal. Mistress Kate, I found the gas es caping in the kitchen last night You must never blow it out Kate I didn't mum. I turned it oat, then turned it on again to have it ready to light in the morning. New YORK B 4 INKS. Itatesaeat of Elesrlsr Hoaie Averse es for tbe Past Week 07 Tetograpa to tbe Homing Star. Nirw York, Feb. 13. The statement of avers ires of the clearlne bouse banks of this city for tbe week shows: Loans $997,399,000; decrease 2.519, 400. Deposits $1,037,868,900; decrease $3,334,900. Circulation $37,963,600; decrease $1,306,900. Leral tenders $70, 119.300; decrease $780,800. Specie $319,135,100; increase $57,300. Re serve $389,354,300; decrease $817, 500. Reserve required $359,317,335; decrease $831,335. Surplus $39, 937,075; decrease $6,375. Ex-U. & deposits $39,830,835; Increase $93, 175. Mr. Isaiah Seymouth dropped dead at the plow handles on his farm in Sau'eton township, Wayne county, on Friday afternoon. He had lived in the neighborhood in which he died for over fifty years and had reached the advanced age of four score and two. He leaves a large family of grown np children. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Timothy Hay. Corn-Heal, Grits-Flour, Molasses-Syrup, Butter-Cheese, Candy-Crackers, Citron for Fancy Pies. SEND ME YOUR ORDERS. S. P. HcHAIR, feb 7 tf Wilmington, N. C. DESIGNED FOOTWEAR ForMiBaes, Children and Infants for Spring. . See a few styles dis played in our window. Up-to-date light weight and low cuts for Ladies and Gentlemen. Also sole agents for Douglas Shoes for Men and Boys. Sole agents for Klppendorf-Ditt-mann Go. for Ladles and Misses. HERCER V EVANS CO, Same old place, marigtf The Kind You Havo Always in use for over 30 years, and L- sonal supervision since its infancy. f-ccccA&Zt Allnw no one to deceive tou in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing: Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worm and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food,' regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. thc ecnruiit eeaMurr. tt wun ray stmcct. nrw t am. An Unusual Offering in Wash Dross Stuffs. Here's fine news for women who are planning waBh Dresses, Waists and Shirt Waist Snits. Here's an opportunity that comes bnt seldom a chance to getTlrbest and most beauti fnl 1904 washable fabrics for very much less than the current prices for these goods wonld warrant onr asking for them. Through pare good lnck we are able to offer these bright, fresh 8pring Goods at a time when there's the liveliest kind f demand for them. What yon will save ia the loss of a jobbii g firm, a part of whose over-stock we secured at remarkably low figures. There are yards and yards of the newest and most desirable weaves, in tbe daintiest and prettiest of the Bp-ring designs and colors. Alt the popular cotton fabrics are here; plenty of white stnifs among them for white will be a great favorite for this Summer's dresses. A beautiful line of Persian Lawns that range in price from 10c, 12Jc and 15c, 20c and 25c per yard. India linens, book-fold, clean new goods at 4jc per yard, and a little better for 5c and a very good quality at 8c per yard. The best line in the city for the price at 10c per yard; 12cand 15c linens are strong numbers with ns and are a popular price goods and we are giving the people the best that money can buy. Those who want better lines, we have them We have looked well to yonr wants and have bought them for 20c and 25c per yard. The high price in thesa linens do not represent profit, bnt means value, of which the ladies are better judges than most men. Onr colored goods in the latest, daintiest styles we think are winners. We have a line of Fantasie 811k Tissues that are beautiful, rich and sheer; they are 50c values, bnt onr price is 35c. Embroidered dotted Swisses in white and colors. These goods make swell evening dresses and bridal gowns. They are not high, and the quality is far in excess of the priced being only 12c., 15c, 20c and 25c a yard. The next article is a lot which we picked np 25 per cent, less than value and which I am now offering to my customers. This is Batiste Boxane, and the price of the goods is 20c a yard. I am now of fering these goods at 12c a yard. Colored Piques: they are beauties; will not fade and will stand washing and boiling; the groundwork 1b white and the patterns are neat and dainty. If I should ask their value, I would get 12ic a yard, but now they are on sale at 10 cents a yard. Pinder Batiste; it is 32 inches wide, is a washable fabric, dainty Gaylord's Big Department Store on Front St., Nos. 208-210. Geo. O. mar 1 tf WILLIAMS BROS., Established 1866. Wholesale Grocers ani 16 and 18 North Complete Stock of Groceries or Every Description. jan 13 tf Cargo of Salt Coining. The Schooner John R. Fell sailed from New York last Thursday, 10th Inst, with 10,000 bags Salt for us, all sizes. If Jon want a car load to go promptly on arrival send you max 13 tf Celluloid Special Celluloid Starch 60, size $2.50 ease. 6 Cases $2.50 delivered, 1 free. 10 Cases $2.50 delivered, 2 free and 6 per cent, discount. 25 Cases 12.60 delivered, 5 free, 12 per eent. discount. Send orders to W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Grocer, mar 4 tf Wilmington, N. C. Bought, cud vfrjiicli :$ been has lcrne the Eigiiatnre of has been mado under his per- Signature of little patterns, and an extra good wearer, makes pretty jjowdb and is cheap at Co yd. Madras Dimity Cloth is a special thread fabrio that has Buperior qualities (or wearing; the patterns are neat and the price is 10c a yd. Some short pieces of White Pique; while they last they are 10c; trie; are 34 inches wide L. Mercerized striped and fancy figured Madras; only a few hundred yards left; they are goods that are worth 25c a yard; strictly this sea son's patterns; onr price is 18c a yard. Mercerized basket weave Madras in small dot designs are 25c. Wc have some very fine Madras in bas ket weaves Jhat are prettier than silk and wear a great deal better which are of 75c valnes, now 65c h yard. A yard wide Madras Gingham; something that is scarce and hard to get for children's clothes, and is shown only in small pieces, which we sell for only 10c while it lasts. We have 2,000 yards of Percale that we have picked np in from ten to twenty yard pieces. They are light shades and Spring patterns; they are now 8c a yard and would be cheap at 10c a yard. A 36-inch Chambra at 10c a yard; think of it. In Violes, we have sev eral pretty styles; it is washable cot ton goods, at 15c a yard. We have just put on display to-day a splendid assortment of all Voile in dainty light green, also, the cream and white, black and several colors. These goods usually sell for 69c; we will sell them at 49c. In Coverts, we have them at 10c and 12ic To describe to the readers of this paper the different kinds of goods ; we have wonld be impossible. I wonld deem it a pleasure and a privilege to show yon this line of goods before yon make yonr Spring pnrohases I feel sure that I will save yon money on everything that yon buy at Gaylord, PROPRnrTOP Commission Merchants, Water Street. -3 Wholesale Grocers and Importers, 118 to 125 North Water St.. Wilmington, N. C. Genyine Peruvian Goano. Cargo Just Received. Can fill your orders promptly for any quantity. Price remarkably low. HALL & PEABSALL, ntOOBPOBATED. mrisu