North Carolina Newspapers

.'I i.i i.. - I Ji I..1 M4- 'MS Pi 1 It 1 - V "A SECIIET." One grreat secret of youth an4 beanty for the young woman or the ' mother u the proper understanding of her womanly aye tern and well-being. Erer Woman, young or old, ahould know herself and her phys ical make up. A good way to arrire at thin knowledge is to get a good, doctor book, such, for instance, the -People' Common Sense Medical Adviser." by R. V. cored by sending twenty-one cents in one- cent stamps for paper-Donna omme, en-thirty-one cents for cloth-bound copy, ad dressing Dr. R. V. Pierce, at Bufialo, N. V. The change from maidenhood to woman hood is one tnat involves tne wnote pout. The strain at this time upon the blood forming structures may be too great Dis orders of the functions peculiarly feminln are 'nearly always dependent upon de fective nutrition. In all ucn easel jDr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is just the vegetable tonic for the female system. I cannot express my thanks for the benefit I have received from Dr. Pierce's medicines, writes Mr. Julius Webrly, of Cambridge, Dor chester Co., Md. "I took 'Favorite Prescrip tion and fcel that a perfect curs has beck; effected. I feel like thanking rod for CM kind and fatherly letters which jroO wrote. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was the first exclusively woman1 tonic on the market. It i has sold more largely in the past third pf a century than any other medicine-for women. Do not let the drug gist persuade you to try some compound that has not had the test of so many years' success, a Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be used with "Favorite Prescription' when ever a laxative is required. CURRENT COMMENT. "On account of the polyga mous habits of flowers," the teach ingofbotanj has been stopped In the public schools of New Bruns wick, N. J. Another case for the Smoot investigating committee. Washington Post. An editorial in the Outlook sajs "the negro is really the most intelligent citizen in the South." He is also more intelligent than some people who are writing editorials in the North. Washington Post. The forecast of the cotton crop by the Department of Agricul ture, based upon an average condi- - tion of 91.6 on the 25th of Jnly, warrants the expectation of a crop of 12,000,000 bales, when consider ed in connection with the increased acreage. This will be a record breaking harvest of the staple The commercial crops of recent years have been: 1902-3, 10,725,422; ' 1901-02, 10,062,995; 1900-01, 10, 401,435; 1899-1900, 9,142,838; 1898 1899, 11,189,205: 1897-8, 10,897,857 bales. , Owing to the high range of prices, partly specnlative and partly the rosult of shortage, the crop of 1902 3 represented the formidable total value of $538,000,000, and onr cotton exports were worth $343, 666,902, considerably exceeding the exports of breadstnffs. This statis tical position of cotton is ield by -many to warrant the prediction that the 1903-4 crop will bring the South something over 1700,000,000, and that of this cotton to the value of between $466,000,000 and $500, 000,000 will be exported. There are large figures. They show with- j out argument the importance to the South of turning a deaf ear to the mistaken advice to restrict its cot ton crop as much as possible, to the end that artificial scarcity may keep the level of prices high and favor speculation. TWINKLINGS "I see M. Ignatleff is being boomed for minister of the interior," laid the first Russian. "Poor man!" said the second mournfully, "boom ed to-day, bombed to-morrow." Buffalo Express. 1 Harper: So your wife is going away for the rest of the rammer! eh ? Carper: Not at all; she's going away for the balance of the sum mer; she don't need the rest. Bos ton Courier. "Did your father teach you to do such things?" asked the minister of the boy whom he caught pum mellinff a comrjanion. "Hnhl I , should say not. Dad can't even . i 1 1 whin me." Houston Post. ill This conversation took place i over the telephone line at BIchmond: ' .J i 9 "TTftllftl" TTo11a1' -ftr, fil ? 'mo, ym not 60 vet." She hung n the receiver like hitting the box wit! i a rock. BIchmond Musourian. "But wasn't you brought up to work?" asked the kind lady who had staked the tramp to a handout. "Dat's wot I wuz, lady." replied the hobo "De las' time I wna brought up de judge put me tor work for ten days." Chicago News. A . W a. mm . "unr jonn's coin' to be a fpreacher, I guess," said Farmer Korntop, "jedgin' from his college perfeaaor sez about him." "What's that?" asked his wife. "He sea he's inclined to be bibulous." Philadel phla Press. ! J una Mildred Has just an nounced ner engagement to young omvtne. Stella Indeed! And hfl niArl tn sat art a wrvnldn'fc Kumar. hi. l" $ Red to the best man on earth WJt ii Julia And she won't. I'm engaged fo tnat individual myself. Chicago tNews. HEW YORK BANK!. tatea est of Hear lax Bme Aversxes ler las Past Wsek. By Teiegrapn to Uie Honing Btar. lixw Tork, Aug. 6. The stale- Vent of averages of the clearing house hkM of th.li edty for the week shows: loans, LO95.478.900: decrease. L 51300. Depoaiu, $1,204,313,400; de- rease, uircQiauon. tss, U.BO0; derease,$32L400. Lecal ten br, $34,194,000; decrease, $1,854,100. peeie, s773,168.200 laerease, fl.vso, M. BMerve, $357,S'1,200; Increase, 8,880 ; decrease, $188,060. Burplxu, tu,ouo,oou: inoramae. ki.jmu. rux- rdi deposit. tsi.l5i,875: increase. CASTOR I A lor Infanls and Children. 3 KM Yea Hava Always Bought Bears the 1 Unatoreof llow to Mate ia fortune In Literature (OnslneX) They bad met at Lake George. Now they vrero on the day boat going from Albany to New tork, thinking of the charming daya they had been pending In Idleness. Seated on camp chairs on the upper deck they enjoyed the scenery and talked of their outing. The man smoked and the woman heleV a magaslne in her lap. Tomorrow," said the former, "1 hall be back In my office." "Do you work hard?" "No; my werk la very- easy. People who hare anything to sell come to me, X only buy what is cheap j therefor 1 have no trouble in selling it" "Ml work, too, Is pleasant I sit In tho morning after breakfast in tnf caft room bx an east window where I get the sunlight and scribble ttt hall a day. In the afternoon I do a little d$ mostlc work, then amuse, myself "tThat la your line of literary work?" fiction." "So you are the Irene Buckingham whose story appears" in that magaslne yon are holding so lovingly f" "(I la mx first published story." she replied, smiling from her brows to her chin, "ffow many times haTe you read It lnprlntr te me see. I think it is six" blusfdng t must have read my first prodnc tloh in print sixty ttxnes "Xou? 1 did not know you were on author." fcwol rpry many people, know that' "Tod keep modestlt In the back ground. Bow delightful! Your works go out Incognito." "No; they have usually been pub lished under my own name." "But t never heard" "Of Matthew Brlggs?" "Pardon me; I'' "(Singular, since I have had consider able success. I have made a fortune at literature." "Ton surely don't mean that you write this trash that is so profitable f "My work has been as good as nry talents would produce, t think t can say that it is for above the average," "you made a t ortunftto hit wrote something that was original." 1 "1 wrote several original things, but. the more original they were tne great er difficulty I found In securing a pub lisher. One very original bit of mine was published, ut I mismanaged th& ffispdsal of it and made nothing out or fiHioOgh it took Uke wildfire." "Do, please, gatlsrj my curiosity. You shy that you nave done good, ip- eitlmate work which It does not ap pear, from what yc-Q $ay, has been re munerative, and yet yoft have made a fortune by It" "I will give you a brief account of my career. Jjy first productions were in Imitation of my favorite uthot. They were not even accepted. My sec ond were my own peculiar ideas writ ten fn my Owli style. They, too, re mained unsold, finally I made up mi mind to write what tho people wanted rathej than what 1 wanted.' Fortu nately there was a field lq which was very much at home. There was plenty of romance In It and this t extracted, t wrote what seemed to please every one, but my productions did not reach the great mass of the public. The re alm was a failure. At last I found k friend, a partner in a publishing house, who gave me his Influence, and the concern published a novel for me." " see. This was your chance. How many thousand copies were sold t" "Two thousand." "Only two thousand? Surely this could not have made you a fortune or a reputation. By and by you will tell me .of some great work of which I have often heard." "X never wrote another." "Wenr "My royalty on my novel was $300. I made a fortunate Investment of this honey and got what men who .have made fortunes declare to, be the hard est part of then work L e., the first thousand dollars. I lived 0b little more than nothing and kept turning over my money. Today 1 am account ed a rich man, all, as you see, made In literature." "But you could as well have made it in molasses." . "I had no molasses to sell. I had a acuity for scribbling, and this gave me. a lump sum. Fortunately I bad the good Sense not to try to live by literature alone, so that I could Invest Sy little capital. While I was mak S my living this capital was making money for me. The disproportionate ability between capital and labor to make money Is as the sands of the sea to a single gram. Of the million dol lars of which I am possessed three-hundred-milllonths were made by a very high order of intellectual work and the .rest by capital." "I flm disappointed." "i fear you will be more disappoint ed if you set your heart on making a large sum without any other assist ance sav$ your brain, 'the brain is simply, a lever to put that powerful en gine, capital, into operation. If the brain and the muscles, after keeping the body alive and In condition, do this they will do all that should be re quired of them.' The rest is the work of capital." "But how about authors .who make great sums from their works?' "Tell me about the winners of the first prize Id a lottery, and 1 will re spond with something of interest about these literary prize winners." &he, too, made a fortune at litera ture, she married the man who got hla start as a capitalist by writing a novel. EDWARD 8ANDEBSON. HAD A GOOD MEMORY.""" Congressman Gibson of Tennes see was in the commissary depart mgnt of the Ifnion army civil vpax oar In December, 1863, $6 wai Crafted from Washington tQ a poinj farvland. The onlv wnVt re was wagon, sj iv mules the entire mars died as a result r r . - and Gibson was bv order of GejierB eriAriro rf rtrrrtrlirf leic evenings ago the "flttennen im entertain n A Iiiithertm' rhiirp on. deliverfncr a ehori fl' e he had concluded an r bearded man approached 6aid, "Uil 'Gibson. I Atill rrtftintjiSTi tf overdrove those mules! h?h"e f, bearded man was Ueneraf Diy- wnom uibson had not seen ice tne court martial cnisode or A llorrlstown dispatch says : ' Much interest was aroused by the appearance of a crucifix and a figure 0f rjhrlat on the back of Abbott Parker, of Oharles towu, Mass., after he had been struck by lit htntng in a storm here yesler- itav -hnt It dTlnMl tn-v thai thm cruclflx1 had been tattooed "on the dfevanca. nmTe5- ddresB. r SrouitHtttp His Senses (OrlclnaLl Before the window of a railroad tick et office at Chicago stood a young lady rery daintily dressed, very feminine and with the manner of one not used to traveling alone. She was fumblmg la her hand bag for her pocketbook. Be hind her, waiting hla turn, was a young man, also of a very genteel appearance, "Isn't it In your pocket?", suggested the young man deferentially. 'rocket? haven't a pocket" toextl" cried the unfeeling ticket, vender. "Two te New York," aa&the man, producing two twenty and securing two tickets. "Permit me," he said fo the gtrL "tp offer you this ticket You cansmd iffe the amount when yoo racn iw xorB. Come, we have but twt mmuteB.'' Without waiting tot a feply ho her belortgiiigB, carried them to a lng room ca and paid for net; then gave ner a card) "Begtnahl( IX ciub.v This done, bi wen' his seat, took up a paper and began to read. was not long before the handed him A card, "Miss Thome," and, said the rouna. lady sired to speak fo him. Grant dmri hh paper and hastened to hex chain "qn gave me no dpportuulw tp than yoV 8 eai 9ot5fei h pay the fare of a stranger, taking the Adhere if no risk,'' tie interrupted "I know a lady whep I see her. bathe I .coneidej 11 a rmWim$nt (hat yon should tfecept thp lavet froaS bni whom you have never met before" -This completed the introduction and the two passed much time fh chat during the trip, Whefc they reached the Grand Central station at New Tork a carriage was waiting for Miss Th6rne, Mr. Grant pot ner lit lifted hla hat and went nls wa& Jonathan xhorne, the father pf the young lady, when informed of the epi sode was much displeased with his daughter's action. "You should have returned to your upcles," he said "got what money yoh needed from him and come by another train." fidna explained that It was all done so quickly that she had no time to consider, but this did not appease bfef father, whose ideas of the relations qT young people of opposite sexes Wefe rather Parisian than American, Tjfie next ovening before dinner Mr, uranr was sitting in yhe coffee rooi ia.ni0 Club wtten be received a adj proceedhu to the receptipn roor mei tne rather ox his traveling ooi panlon have come to pay my daughter's debt, sold the gentleman coldly. "1 should have preferred that she should have waited and received the funds from a, different source." Grant smothered his indignation and apologised for his action. Mr. Thorne took out his pocketbook and, as It was necessary to send to the office for Change, laid It oA the table. When (he account had been adjusted he left the dub and neglected to take up the pocketbook. Grant saw ft and took dharge of Ik Half an hour later My. thorne drove again td the club doOT. Grant, who was expecting tujn, Was looking 6pi of a window and recog nized In the coachman One he oftep need himself. Instead o'f responding at ofiee to Mr. Thome's card the young man went out to the coachman. "1 want you to do me a favor and I'll make it all right with you," he said to the man. "Go Into the club, right past the doorkeeper and Into the re ception, room. There you will find tie gentleman you drove here, (temand your fare. Accuse him of trying to beat you. Be violent and abusive." The coachman knew that a rtcfi fee was In store for him and played bis part welL When Grant entered the reception room the man was shouting: "I want my fare, and I won't be beaten out of It" 3 left my pocketbook here, I tell you, as soon as I get it I'll pay you," "That won't da Give me fhy fare, I say." Wbat Is the trouble, Mr. Thome?" asked Grant politely. "When I left here my pocketbook was on that table. This rascal" "Don't be alarmed, Mr. Thome," in terrupted Grant "All articles left In the club are deposited at the office, but there's a good deal of red tape about it Meanwhile I shall be happy to supply the amount," Mrt Thorne declined the favor wljh dignity, and at a wink from Grant the coachman recommenced his abuse. Faces of lnXu$tive clubmen appeared at the door. Mr. Thorne finally sur rendered, and Grant paid the Indebted ness, "Be seated, Mr. Thorne" h said after the coachman had left "I will go to the office and inquire for your pocketbook." Leaving the room, he soon returned with the missing article. I am pleased, Mr. Thorne," he said, "to have had an opportunity fo make some reparation for my fadlt In re spect to your daughter. I bid you a vtetr good evening." He turned on his heel and was leav ing the room when the other stopped htm. Mr. Grant" he said, "I have beep very harsh and ungrateful. thank you, for ydur loan to my daughter as well as to myself, and beg that you will drive homo with me ana dine with US, that my daughter may also have J if opportunity to express her gra ti lde." hat was the beginning of marked attentions oh the part of Mr. Grant to Miss Thorne. J HBSTEB B. MERIWETHER. Corralling a Client. A leading king's counsel recently said at hla club In- London that he was indebted for his rise sv the world to the active co-operation of a humble but resourceful individ ual In the days when he was a brief loss barrister he went 6no afternoon to read In the Innei Temple library, it had not been there long when Sis small errand boy appeared, greatly excited and breathless from fonning. . "It you please, sir' the bo v gasp ed, a gentleman is waiting for y6u at the chambers with, a brief. Be cant get out, sir. Fve locked Mm - Together the barrister and the boy hurried back fo ti;e chambers. , tho gentleman with a brief. ard became a most Secretary Metcalf has astabllshed the following schedole of salaries for local Inspectors of steamboats through out the country during the present fisca year : $1,800 for eieh in the dis tricts of Memphla, Tana?., Nashvilla, Tenrt, Jackton rllle, Fla., aad Aptr lachiBola, Fla.; S1.&00 each: In Bavaa nah,! Ga., and Charleston; $1,800 at Mobfle, Ala.; 13,000 at -Norfolk, ,Va.' and $3,280 at HeQgwt.,.. P16 ana anerw client. r -. rg-rtj--"' lMajAaf7VI --r JsU-. ' The Octagon House : tOrlsrnat " My nerves having given out, I con cluded for a tonic to ride on horseback from Boston to Nova Scotia, keeping the coast all the way. - It was In July, and the weather was delightful. . - One evening after I had been out a week I was riding on a beach, looking for a house In which to put up for the night On a point of land standing out into the ocean I saw an octagon shaped building and rode toward it When I reached the place I was disappointed to find U deserted. I 'cast my eye northward along the beach for an In habited dwelling, but could see none. As t was growing dark, t determined to dismount and see if I cooJf efect on entrance and spend the night there, t found the bouse securely locked. Affw er examining every door and window on the ground floor t went down, to th& water's edge to loot again rot another habitation. While there I noticed atone built opening that had evic been used for a sewer. Bendlas, tared it and walked till 1 came trapdoor, which removed and out in what had been' the klftheA. To my surprise, t found 4 house the? bad evidently been shut nil t of majfy years. There were hAlrcloth and. m hogany chairs and sofas, ana four post bedsteads. Pictures, all old faahloned one, was an engravihtf of General wh fleld Scoti labeled Qur Next Presi dent" hung 55 the wails, dome qf them were oil portraita, qfle 5f,a fl looking- old, gentleman ho might bhh been tne owtev off the ploe In the kitchen bantrf waB food" that aaa cromotea to ausr. i rounq a oanoif qn the shelf which I appropriated took with nie into the principal room. Opening the curtams, I saw that the bed was made up, though bedding was yellow and had a musty smelL But I was tired and concluded to cover it with a blanket t carried with me and sleep there. $efore doing so, t amused myself for a few minutes examining the furniture and the pic tures. That of the old gentleman in terested me most It seemed to be. tn excellent condition except Its old fash ioned design frame, t noticed the eyes particularly, for they were very ex pressive. A deserted bouse ts not a slumber winning place, and after a futile effort to get to sleep I opened my eyes, glancing from one article In the room to another till they fell on the old man's portrait Great heavens I .The right eye was not painted at all I It was real; not only real, but it was looking straight at me. Sat op la bed and stared at ft, as it Was staring at rpe. fhe other eye tvaS still ft Oointed ere, with the Mme expfe$8loh had hoticed In both befqfe t went to bed. 1 glanced from one eye to the other in a vain endeavor toOetect the cause of the difference. Thep re membered that I was traveling o benefit overstrained nerves, and cov ering my face with my blanket X tried to quiet myself. No effort of self control could keep md from looking again. It seemed to me' five Or ten minutes at least it was doubtless the fraction pf a. minute When I threw off the blanket There Were the two eyes, the one ot paint the other of reality, forming i gro CeSquq contrast, the right eye looking straight at me. Then suddenly thero was a quick aide glance and return to the sanje position as before. This wok too much for fny already qvefstruni nerves. 1 ffave a cry qf 4gony ana burled fny face again under my blanket. It occurred to me that there was but ote chance of my retaining thy reason that was to occupy my mind till morn ing. 1 had Often put myself to sleep by repeating the multiplication table, and after many. Ineffectual efforts to repeat the multiples of 2 I succeeded In fixing my mind on the table and went through with It to the end. As soon as 1 had finished I went over it again and continued the process till I began to feel drowsy, and at last fell Asleep. ThS sun rising out of the ocean cast his first beams upon me ana awakened rhe, le was Very beautiful to look upon, but I was no sooner awake than 1 remembered my experience of the night before and turned to the por trait Both eyes were painted and har monious as the night before, i got up and stood directly beneath the picture. There was something Uke a line cir cling the pupil of the right eye. Draw ing the table to a position where X could Btand on It and face the picture, I mounted and put my finger agahist the pupil of the uncertain orb. a my surprise, toV finger went through ft without resistance. X withdrew the finger, and the pupil was again in place Then, t saw that it had been cut so that It swung from the upper edge by a few threads Of the canva. Some one had uqed it for a peephofq. Ihere has never been, a moment In my life of such exquisite mingled Joy and relief as the discovery that I was not on the verge of Insanity 6o inter ested was I that I resolved to prop the matter till I had discovered a com plete explanation. In the adjoining room I found a hole in the wall coh ered by a picture and under it a stand on which i mounted and, lifting the pupil of the od man's, portrait, looked dowp upon the bed in which I had slept Then I explored the house end, tn the cellar found under a pOe of ruj bfeh an entrance to a subcqllar In which were stored boxes and bales Without number. It was plain that the place was a den of smugglers. Jt turned ouf that Che owner was a grandson of the gentleman whose por trait had been pierced, who bad gone to the. bad nfid to sea as well before he came into the property. He was the leader of the smugglers and bad looked at me through his ancestors eye. AtJSTTN ALLEN tONGSLB. USEFUL MEASURING DEVICE An ingenious "inch measure" is nofr on the market in London. It cons is t& a six pdintlH star made oi alnmfniufn, tha distance oi each point from its neighbor being x dcthr one inch. At the CenWr of the star fa a loose thn wtdch.is held in the flm the star Is rolled along, point 50 t fttflr thn Rnrffartt trt no m. Each -point learn a alight f, winch toaika an inch space the peyonone; ily this i any cuxace-Ckn e measored readilj followed" or-afr ixume a9ard thi W! nwhjsimjhr inap The freight steamer Mohican, built for the Olyde Steamship Company, was launched at Cramp's ship yard. The Teasel was christened by Mrs. Wilbur F. Bose, grand-daughter of the late William Cramp. -Tha Mohi can will ply between Boston, New York, Charleston and Jackson villa. She is 384 feet In length, has a depth of 40 feet and her carrying capacity la 1M.0Q0 cubic feat j curved oTOUnary devics "AIFAfJOUS CONSPIRACY." The Plot to Liberate Marie Antoinette . : - and Her Children, r , After Kg Louis JCVL had been guillotined at the time of the French jvvolution a bold plot was formed by a few royalists to liber ate Queen Marie Antoinette, her two young children and Mme. Eliza beth, the king's sister. These con spirators in chief were a curiously assorted trio. First in rank comes the Chevalier de Jarlayes, who had married one of Marie Antoinette's ladies in waiting, a shrewd and ex perienced soldier. The, second and third of the chief partners in the scheme were jailers of thi queen. Toulan and Lepitre. Toulan. oncfl s book and nmsic eellpr in Pana, wsjB now" a member of the ogmmuga 8) indefatigable, gay. isourceiul asqon, honestlv repnbilc,an by ocn vjction. but with a redho (Jascan Heart for a womaii fc aanger ana distress, pepitre was a) schoolmas ter ajM rhetorician, fie had a seai 00' the provisional committee, and mOre important by far to the. inter ests of tpe conspiracy, he was pres ident at the passports cxrnnuttee and could famish the necessary paaseft. 4 very likely plan had been elab orated, un a dara night 1 Tcmlalt ana Lepitre being of lli prison, the qtleen t Elizabeth, disffuised as municlDal QjBdalB, were simply to walk out of the gaps, PS Louis Napoleon, In Ids Clpentere aothee. walked out of tbd cKateau oi Ham. The little Mme. Koyale was tp be dressed like the child of the prison lamplighter, ana a loyal kitchen hoy was to carry in a basket the small Louis XVII. Janayes would have three cabs in readiness, end the fugitives were to make for (he coast of Normandy, where an English boat would stay for them. The scheme offered very considerable difficulties, hut they Were not insurmountable. But the poor queen's luck was cold. Lepitre, a fomantic coward, failed her when the time came to furnish the passports. One other chance was left. De Jariayes and Toulan, doubly strong in their devo tion after the defection of Lepitre, planned an escape for Marie An toinette alone, but she would not leave her children. "Xt has been a beautiful dream." she wrote to ar jayes. It was tne last dream of lib erty that she had. Alexandrian Blue. Artists often sigh for the secret of the rich, lasting colors used by the ancients. A French chemist has been analyzing the famous Alex andrian blue on some fragments of a mosaic from Pompeii, and he finds that the pigment was composed of sand and carbonate of chalk subject ed to a very high temperature and mixed with copper. He has exactly reproduced the tint by this mixture. Alexandrian blue is the most "fixed" color known, however, and was man ufactured in the 'time of the Ttol emies, being introduced info Italy early xn the Christian era. A German Revolt. The Germans are resenting pun ishment for "majestaetsbelcidigung" more and more. Not long ago a teacher at Ottweilcr was accused of speaking disrespectfully of the em peror. He denied the charge, but was nevertheless suspended and pi;t on half pay. The whole town took his part. Kvery day he was invited to meals and otherwise cared for. A petition was sent to the govern ment, and a boycott wa9 placed on the merchant who had denounced him and who consequently had to go out of business. Xwo Women and an Eagle. Miss Lena Demann and Mrs. Vio la Wikening oi Cold Springs, Ind., captured an eagle the other day aft er a fierce fight. Armed with pitch forks, they attacked the eagle in a fence corner, where U was devour ing a large turkey. The eagle got 39 talons fast fn Mias Demann s . othes, and. being unable tp extri cate itself, Mrs. Wikening plunged the fork into the eagle and killed it. The bird measured six feet six inches from tip to tip. Qrtaln of a Family Name. ;C. P. Rcddrop of Chicago knows vhere his family got its name. Just under his left eye is a red mark, looking much like a strawberry. "Every member of my family, as far back as can be traced, hadlluch a mark somewhere on the left side qf his or her body," said Mr. Red drop. "Wo are convinced that the family name came from the fact that our ancestors haq a red drop mark oh their bodies." Louisville Herald. Red Rust Fits! Oats. We have just received a car of Rust Proof Seed Oats and are now in position to fill orders. Get onr prices before bay Ink!. W. B. COOPER, 308, 310 and 312 Nutt St., ; ' an 6 tf Wilmington, N. C. SALT, An TTj t r, h. ROCK, ICE CREAK), COARSE, FINE. Prompt shipments and lowest price. HALT. & FEAESALLs UOOBPORATXD. aaf.tt rs aLtness of dead sea." ' What makes the Dead sea salt is a question that has been discussed for centuries, and the most recent explanation is that advanced by William Ackroyd, who assigns as the most important cause the at mospheric transportation of salt from the Mediterranean sea. Pre viously it ha3 been assumed that the saltness of this historic body of water was due to the soil and rocks, which, it is now thought, would not be able to furnish the amount re quired and that the Dead sea was once a port of the Red sea, which had been cut off by the rising of Palestine and concentrated by evap oration,, a hypothesis which is not supported by. facts. According to Ackroydi theory, the winds blowing from the Mediterranean would bring rain charged with salt. In proof of this it is stated that the propor tion of chjorin to bromip is the some m tho Dead sea that it in the Mediterranean. Harper's Weekly. . A Most Remarkable Case. A wonderful anaesthesia under terrible injuries has Just occurred in Parig. A young married woman, Mme. Deplats, feu in her room in a. fit of giddiness, upsetting a lamp, from which her clothing caught fire.' Tho Ifldys husband found her un conscious and suffering from very severe burns about the lower limbs. At the sound of his voice she recov ered consciousness, but seemed to bu&i no pain and to be quite un aware of her condition. She merely urged him to "see that tho" soup does not boil over." At the hospital 6be' displayed similar freedom from discomfort; to the utter bewilder ment of the doctors, considering the extent of her injuries. Death took place within a few hours. 8peaKcr Cannon's Ink Work. When Speaker Cannon takes his pen to sign a few bills everybody moves away from his immediate vi cinity, so as to be be3-ond reach of the ink shower he U sure to dis tribute. In five minutes the marble rostrum at which he sits looks like the back of a coach dog.' Mr. Can non is 'always much afraid of blot ting the document awaiting his sig nature, so he shakes the pen vigor ously before putting it to work. On days when the speaker has much of this work to do Asher Hind, the Earlianu nlary clerk, who sits beside im, wear what he calls hla "sign ing trousers," which garments are about as much soiled ns they can be. Nicknames For British Warships. Jack likes n name which rolls easily off the tongue short, handy and open to familiar alteration. The Howe, of the Admiral elasa, which he has dubbed Anyhow; the JEolus, klnown ns tho Alehouse; the Reso lution, nicknamed the Rolling Itez zy; the Barhain, which bluejackets know chiefly as Baa Lamb, and the Old Immorality, or Immortalight, by which he is wont to identify the handsome cruiser lately in eastern waters bearing a famous record all have handles that suit and please him. London Telegraph. Big Cc!J Storage Plant. The United States has a cold storage plant in Manila that is without an equal. It holds 1200 tons of beef. V00 -tons of mutton, 150 tons of butter, 100 tons of po tatoes, 100 tons of bacon, etc, or sufficient of the necessities of life to feed well an army of 10,000 men ior three months. Besides its mere ftorago capacity it has an ice plant with a daily output of forty tons. New Exouse For Drunkenness. In the Portland municipal court last week a woman got to the limit of excuses by saying that an appar ent drunkenness was in reality only A desnerate attemnt on her Dart to c jreax m a pair oi new snocs ana at ie same time to walk on ice. Judge smiled, but cave her thirty lys. Bangor News. ttonarch Stump Puller. Will pan Stamrs 7 feet In alameter. Guaran teed to stand a strain ot RO.ooo pounds. For catalogue and dis counts on first machine. Address MONARCH QBUBBKtt ICO.. Lone Tree, Iowa, if 29 w am Wanted. 5,000 pounds Beeswax. 6,000 pounds Wool. 1,000 pounds Cow Hides. Prices furnished on application. SAM L BEAR, SR, & SONS. wmniagton, N. a.. Box 3. jy H DAW tt Hammocks . . We have an entirely new line which we will sell as cheap as any on the market. Call and see us before you buy. ROBT. C. DeROSSET, The Stationer. my29tf 32 North Front St. A Word About Butter! We are sealing a most delightful tresn But ter, from tne Mountain of reanerlvania. It Is churned on Monday, sent by express to as, and is received every Wednesday morning, it comes In 5 pound pans and l-pound blocks. We can sell tt to yon perfectly treeH every Wed nesday. A each lot arrives we place It In a refrigerator and keep tt hard and sweet untt sold. Wilmlnoton Grocery Co., Jno. L Boatwrtgbt. Wnaarer. Those 14 jeiau So uifiRli .Jlt : Vf 4.1 WVi-.vA rf-l -i Tho Kind You Have Alway3 In uso for over 30 years, nwl lyy2" sonal All Counterfeits," Imitations and " Just-ns-jrortI- nrt- hut Experiments that trifle with andcnrtangortlio healtls of Infants and Children Experience against Uxpnrhncnt. What is CASTORIA Castoria 1 a harmless snbstitnte for Castor Oil, Pare goric. Drops and Soothing Symps. It is Pleasant, ft contains, neither Opium. Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worm and allays Feverishncss. It cures Diarrhoea and, "Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, enres Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the W Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TH( nuTwii omniw. n wmui evMcr. rw tom env. NEW ARRIVALS AT GAYLORD'S BIG DEPARTMENT STORE. Ladies' Belts In all the new colors and shapes, 25 and 50 cents. Ladies'1 Lace Collars 25 cents at Gajlord's Store this week, worth 00c, We have 10 pieces of Jap wash silks in pretty colors that are 50c. values and we will sell now for 25c. One yard wide black taffeta silk at 65c. a yard; a better quality of yard wide black taffeta silk at 75 c. a yard; onr warranted and guaran teed black taffeta silk, $1.25 value, we will sell this week for $1.00. We have a full line of black Fean de Solr silks that we are selling for 74c , $1.00 and $1.25 a yard. Some short pieces in Foulard silks that is strictly all silk, that we will sell for 15c a yard. Summer Goods. Alpine Lawn, in pretty Summer colors, we are selling this I week at 3o a yard. We have a nice line of 10c Lawns in pink and light bluea that we sell at 7c a yard. A spe cial drive in India Linens that we are closing out. A 6c quality for 4c; our 10c Indlas we think are the very best; the same quality we sold the first of the season at 12c; we have a full line of Indias at all prices 12T, 15, 18, 20 and 25c a yard. Lace Department. In this department we have re cently made large purchases and we are able to show our customera an ex tremely handsome line of Val laces, Allovers, Yoking- and Rucbings. We have Val laceg as low as 10c per dosen yards. We are showing an extremely nice line at 25c per dozen yards; we have a splendid as sortment of the very prettiest pat terns for 40, 50, 69, 75c, and $1 per dosen yards. Uillinery Department. In this department we never have dull times. We keep our stock up-to-date all the time. We have plenty of pretty new duck hats, the very latest styles, at 50c. each. We also have a nice line of white chiffon hats, the kind we sold for $1.69 we are now offering for $1.00 apiece. We also have a nice line of pretty Remember the Place, GEO. O. GAYLORD, iv 31 tf G. W. Yates & Co., Wholesale' and Betail Booksellers and Stationers. r Depository for School Books adapted by the State of North Carolina. School Furniture and School Supplies of all kinds. jy24tf FOR SALE ONE FARM We have for sale cheap one good farm cart, first class, every - thing new. Can be seen at our place of bnslneis. Will sell for cash or on approved security. 33- 3L. G-OEE OO., Wholesale Grocers and Importers. Wilmington, N. C. Notice ! This ! We carry a full stock of CORN, HAY, OATS. MEAL, Flour, Sugar, Uolasses, v 1 . . . and all kinds of can goods at lowest prices. Come and see u- or Bend your orders. S. P. McllAlR, i e 26 tf Wilmington. N. 0. 13ohtt anil wKwh h. hew; has horu the Kiii:Unvo of has been nuulo nuslcr hin pov- supcrAislon since its inlhiu-y. Signature of straw hats, in newand pretty goods, no old stock nor trash. Our very best 50c. sellers we are now Belling at 25c apiece. We have a few hun dred odds and ends in bats, all prices represented, and give yon jour choice for 10c. each. Ribbon Department. We have on sale 5 inches wide beautiful fancy ribbons, tho very best quality of satin taffeta embroi dered patterns, ribbon that retails for 35c. for 15c. per yard. Wo have everything in ribbons, all prices, all styies, all widths. A plenty of nice taffeta ribbons at 10c. per yard. Veiling Department. In this department we look to the wants of all our customers We have the ready made veil to sell at 25c, 50c, 75c and $1.00 each. The latest and prettiest style of veiling at 25c. and 50c. a yard. A nice line of all Bilk veiling at 15c. per yard. Muslin Underwear. Nice quality of muslin underwear for ladies. This has grown to bo quite a strong department in our store. We sell the Royal Under wear maker's goods, and every gar ment is warranted to be perfectly made, full size, all felled seams, goods that are the very best, the muslins are all good quality. Wo have everything that ladies wear. We have them from 10c a garment to $3.50 a garment. The Big Racket Store, PROPRIETOR. 117 Market Street, Wilmington, N. C. CART. SOLE AGENTS MERCER & EVANS COMPANY. 115Princess St., SELL FINE FOOTWEAR SHOES n he lowest basis Of a living profit. By their Cash on Approval system they are en abled to surprise yon with low prices. CALL AND SEE THEM. Fresh arrivals of Douglas' Low Cuts in all leathers. Also, Ladies' Low Cuts from Krippendorf-Ditt-man Co.'s. See onr White CanvaB Goods. They, are beauties. llercer & Evans Go.