North Carolina Newspapers

he Tollers in Our. Factories. o workmen in th world can do so much se the same Intelligence that our own erican work-men and women are capa- Die 01. ma. la wny America now beating the world in manufac tures ; all due to the brain and muscle of our Yankee men and women. Unfortunately where there ia amoke, dirt and dust and little sunlight there also can' be found the germs of disease. Nature's great disinfec tant is sunlight. It is in the factory, the work shop, the office, that men ana women sutler from diseases which are in the dust and the bad air. Such diaease germs enter . into th blood in two ways, either through the lungs or stomach. After years of experi ence in an active prac tice, Dr. R. V. Pierce, V.. discovered a remedy Buffalo, t is a blood-maker ana tissne-builder, the same time alleviates a cough. He led it Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis zery an alterative extract that assist the digestion and assimilation of the 4 so that the blood gets its elements m the products of digestion, the liver at same time is started into activity and re is perfect elimination of waste mat- . . The germs of grip, malaria, catarrh consumption find a fertile field if the iy is not kept in perfect order and - blood pure. because the stomach is diseased there a diminution of the red corpuscles of :: blood. This is why one is sleepless, iguid, nervous and irritable. Sensitive machs groan alond at the irritating cod er oils, but they will get all the food ments the tissues require by using the olden Medical Discovery." fhe "Discovery" is ; absolutely a non oholic and uon-narcotic medicine, ere is nothing else "just as good." Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the best ;ative for old and young people. They re constipation and biliousness. TWINKLINGS. - Ethel: How happy Gladys looks . night 1 Edythe: Yes, she en have a chance to accept Fred or ? n down Charley, and she doesn't i e which. Cincinnati Commer- 1 Tribune. : Willie: Pa, how many quarts : as it take to make a peck ? Pa: all depends my son. Less than a quart, for Instance, will some ; ies make a peck of trouble. Phil- 3ipoia ueager. Employer (to new office boy): ' jts the cashier told you what you y to do this afternoon? Office ty: Yea, air; I'm to wake him jten I see you coming. Scraps. ; Homer -What's the difference ; Jtime between Chicago and Paris? ! mnder Well, that depends on the 1 W of time yon are looking for. ;Jcago News. It is bitter cold," remarked the 1 ivering husband. "Why don't a button np your jacket?" tTha AM V i ia I" exclaimed the wife. I did that no one would know it ' lined with fur." Indianapolis 1 UUUV1. She: My husband told me to t my purse in my grip so I mldn't lose it. He: Did it make 1 difference ? She: Yes: instead losing only my purse in the train, . eft the grip. Detroit Free Press. "I assure you, I'm always lllng to acknowledge my faults ien I see them." "That's aU .v ii mi v.i ..... f 1 1 L. UUb i II DHL II 11 IIHIHr Ml- . towledge them when your neigh- r sees tnem. rniiaaeipnia irress. "How can yon let George boss u around that way? I always ought you so Independent." if es, dear, but yon mustn's forget at Christmas is only four weeks fay." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Suitor Why do you look that iy when I tell yon that I lore your .ughter and would die for her? .pa I said that same thing about y old girl, but you never heard of e hearse backing up to the door, d you ? Philadelphia Telegraph. First Bachelor Suppose you w some "beautiful scenery coming er the Rockies. What was it like? mnnd Tlaortnlnr Tfc Tiad crnv nvca w.w- i-" J j id brown hair and a blue eown: It t juBt across the aisle from me. ;. atroit Free Press. Mother: lunderstand Mr. Hug tA 1 a A noil ntAti ati mvaln 41 a ening. Jitnei: Ui course, mama: i're engaged. "What I Didn't I 11 ... il . i ii jruu mil iu Ki'O mat jrouug man ; ty encouragement at all f" "Yes, i ama, bnt he didn't need any en gagement." Philadelphia PreBs. Mrs. Gabble Mrs. Kraft has been i arrled ten years, I'm sure. I won i it now old anewnensne mar 1 ad? Mrs. Blzzy I tried to find , i iat oat the other day Mrs. Gab- : e What did she say? Mrs. Biz- 'I aBked her at what age she is married, and she said: "At the i irsonage." Philadelphia Press. . Mrs. Astorbilt You think his ; rdshlp is a bogus nobleman?" ! rs. Van Nobb-I'm certain of It. e's a street car conductor in dia- i llse. Mrs. Astorbilt What makes i m think so! Mrs. Van Nobb ! fby, when I told him he was to be i is. Bullion's escort at dinner, he ; ent up to her and said, "I believe am to nave the honor of taking u out. step nyeiy, please." , Raleigh Post: The Post is not spared to accept the dictum of te Windsor Ledger In regard to ia Democratic caucus taking charge ! all matters likely to come before jie Legislature. Debates are dry ;id monotonous sometimes, but the ;;. wrests or t He people will be sub j orred, generally speaking, by the : , v reatesi jioerty o: speecb and ao- . on upon the part of their chosen ipresentatrres. ISM i Detectives believe that some man as the accomtfloe of Mrs. Caaiie Chad wick in getting over a half Ullon dollars from those bankers. We deny the legation and defy le alligator" so far as we are con- irned. A man is never so, unsuspecting when his wife goes Into his nock I s to get money enough to bn jlm a Christmas present. ' ICASTORIA Tor Infants and Children. ilia Kind You Hava Always Bought Bear the denature of 'Uooioc O ' Ado ia " . N. FIRST ARMISTICE AT PORT ARTHUR. Arranged for Six Hours Under Flax of Truce for Removal of Dead and founded. JAPS' NAVAL PREPARATIONS. Warships la Kesdiaeis for an Esconster With ( Baulaa Sectsd Pacific Sqaadron Ootpost Ffgotlsg Nesr Makdea. By Cable to the Morning Bur. Tokio, Deo. 3. The first armistice between the combatants at Port Arthur was declared on December 2d, for the purpose of burying the dead. It luted tz hours. The Port Arthur besiegers report that yesterday bearers of flsgs of truce in the direction of the left wing ar ranged for a partial armistice to extend from ten o'clock In the morning to four In the afternoon for the removal of the detd and wounded. , To Meet Russian Fleet. Ohb Foo, Deo. 3. Japanese pre paredaeis for an encounter with the Russian second squadron was evi denced by the officers of the French steamer Bin-Than, which left Japan November 80th and arrived here to day. Near Basebo they saw the Japa nese battleship Mlkaaa unscarred and evidently repaired and painted. Forty miles south of the Shantung promon tory -the. officers of the Bln-Thuan sighted the Japanese battleship Ashahi, similarly rehabilitated. She was steaming north. The repair work of the Japanese fleet has been progresing with geat secrecy since August. The torpedo boat and torpedo boat destroyer flotilla Is reported to have been maintained In good shape. The boats are mostly at the Japanese naval base and at Fort Dalny. Outpost Flghtlof. St. Petersburg, Dee. 3. General SakharofF, telegraphing yesterday, re ports a successful reconnolsance by sharpshooters Thursday nleht In the direction of the Japanese entrench ments southwest of Lungoon (Tunga nonl) The Russians first bayonetted a Japanese outpost of thirty men, sur mounted birb-wire entanglements, en tered the entrenchments and bayo netted another twenty Japanese. Re lnforcements coming up attacked the sharpshooters with hand grenades, forcing the Russians to retire. The Russians carried off five dead and 14 wounded, some Japanese rifles and equipments. attacks by Ratslass. Mukden. Dec. 3. All day Friday Russian siege guns bombarded villages occupied by the Japanese to the east of the railroad and early thla morn ing toTthewestof the railroad. Don Cossacks routed the Japanese south of Lldlatoun and captured eight guns. This brilliant attack, described by a Chinese who dressed as a Cossack par ticipated In the attack, Is as follows: "When volunteers were called for from two infantry regiments, every man stepped forward, but the Cos sacks in chorus asked not to be left behind when the little party was form ed. The order was given to depart at 3 o'clock In the morning and all the men advanced with extreme caution and in dead alienee, sometimes crawl ing and sometimes running. The party divided and attacked the Japanese position from two sides. The Japa nese were sound asleep and did not even have time to raise a cry before all was over. "Again we advanced and soon saw before us the outlines of a battery. All the Japanese were asleep except the sentries. The Japanese had not expected such an audacious and sud den attack and when the Don Cos sacks charged on a dead run. followed by chasseurs on foot, the Japanese were badly acared and unable to real ized what was happening. They rushed half dressed from their tents, only to be received by spears and bayonets. The Qght lasted only a few minutes when the whole camn broke and ned in a wild panic. leaving eight guns on our hands. We had no losses and only one man was slightly wounded. The Japanese left at least fifteen dead and probably aa many more were wounded." Continued crouching in rifle pits and incessant tiring have so hardened the men to danger that they Ignore it- Peculiar war sports are becoming pop ular among the troops. Uen. Rennenkamplrs Cossacks are still in pursuit of the Japanese and have driven them out of the villages of xntaagoundzy and uanlndunigan, taxing many prisoners ana rines. jkjt ja fceapect. A writer in the Ladles' Field states vigorously that she is not a believer in "respect due to age." "why respect should be considered the sole preroga tive of age is a thing I have never been able to understand. When people have displayed consistent foolishness or va cuity throughout their youth and middle age why should a younger and perhaps wiser generation be expected to look up to them with reverence simply be cause seventy years have passed over their heads? Respect, Burely, should be a question of character and not of age." Asalatance. "Which of these books or periodicals would'you recommend?" asked the wo man, with a pleasant smile. "Well, lady," answered the boy who was attending to the depot news stand. 'It depends. If you want genuine first class information I'd sell yon dis copy of de Sportln News, but If you Jls' wonts somethin' to t'row at de Pull man porter I'd recommend dis substan tial bound book by Herbert Spencer." Washington Star. Hla Grievance. . "Uncle Ephralm, you are looking much better. You found something that cured your rheumatism, did you?" "Yes, sun. Bat It cured me too quick. Buh. I didn't get no use out on dem . two dollah an' a half crotches I bought week befo' last." Chicago Tribune. Unselfish. "Sir," she cried when he kissed her. "you forget yourself !" "Oh, noM he Bald; "I got half of It myself. The other half was your share." Philadelphia Ledger. Cossack (Kosak) Is a word of Asiatic origin meaning a highwayman oa horseback. Papa's Duty. ne i was tmniting or Having my fortune told. She You needn't go to the trouble. As you have proposed to me, papa will see all about that Judge. Where the mind Is also.- Bpeech is corrupted ths -Seneca. COTTON CROP OVER "TWELVE MILLION BALES. Bcport ef the Departmeit ef Africaners. Csised Sessstleasl Break ia Prices. Net Decllae ef 52 to 57 Pslats, Of Talegrapk to the Moraine Star. Washington, Dec. 3. Preliminary returns to the chief of the bureau of statistics, Department of Agriculture, show a total production of cotton in the United States In the year 1904-05, of 13,162,000 bales. Round bales have been Included In this estimate and re duced to their equivalent in square bales. The estimate does not Include Unters. The estimated production by Blatea will be made public December 5tb, at 11 A. M. In the preparation and issuance of the cotton report, Becretary Wilson gave a demonstration of the precau tions to avoid advance information leaking out. Repreaentativea Bur gess or Texas and Rantdell of Louisiana were Invited by the secretary to witness the prepara tion " of the estimate. The party was locked In the private office of the statistician and the reports from all the cotton districts were taken into the room. The doors were locked from the outside and the secretary then gave orders for the opening of the reports. The estimate of the crop for the year 19041905 was then prepared and sent out, before any person in the room was permitted to leave or com municate with any. person from the outside. "In this manner the cotton estimates are Invariably made," said Secretary Wilson, "and all human Ingenuity is used to prevent leakage of information." The Break la Prices. . Nxw York, Dee. 3. The govern ment estimate of the cotton crop, plac ing the yield at 13,163,000 bales, issued to day, was a surprise to more people perhaps than any government report of recent years. While a few of the more extreme bears had been talking 13,000,000 bales or over, the average even in bearish circles locally was that the government estimate would be un der that figure. T.e announcement was followed by another sensational break in prices. The decline that has been in progress now for over a month and carried the market down from 11 cents to 8 cents proved insufficient In the estima tion of the trade to fully reflect the new condition of affairs and a crop of the size reported. There wa undoubt edly a big abort interest in the market. but in spite of covering, prices declined nearly half a cent in less than half an hour of trading. January, which was sold around 8.68 during the forenoon, was depreued to e.lO.and other months suffered in like measure. The market was very excited, with trading exceed- ingly active. The official close was barely steady at a net decline of fifty-two to fifty- seven points, with January, which had closed on yesterday at 8.66, quoted at 8 cents end March at 8.20. The busi ness was enormous and in spite of ad ditional wires secured for the day by some houses there were many orders remaining unexecuted after the close of the market, when the sales footed up about 900,000 bales. This, it was said, led to a considerable volume of trading in an unofficial way after the noon hour. Quotations on these trans actions so far as could be learned, ranged within abojt three points of the closing figures. March, it was re ported, sold around 8.17. A LYNCHING THREATENED. Nefroes Arrested at Thomior, 0s , Can . fessed the M order of K. O. Story, -a Promises! Plaster. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. AvacsTA, Qa., Dec. 3. Guy Reld and John Bntler, negroes, at Thom son, to-day, confessed the murder of R. Q. Btory, a prominent planter, whose body was found In a swsmp yesterday. They eaid they killed him because he would not let them leave the cotton field Wednesday to attend a funeraL There la great excitement at Thomson and lynching Is threat ened. Judge Hammond left Augusta thla afternoon to arrange a special term of court next week to try the ne groes. Maoon. Qa.. Dec. 3 A special to The Telegraph from Thomson, Qa., says: There was a strong feeling here of lynching but since then there has been a meeting at the Court House, where there assembled a large crowd togeth er with Judge Hammond, who came up from Augusta and promised a speedy trial, which will take place Tueaday, the sixth. At this hour the crowd is dispersing and it Is hoped that all danger of lynching ia passed. NEGRO DESPERADO. Has Charted With fflarderlsg His Wife's Grasdoiother Near leale, Ala. By Telegraph to the Kornins BUr. I LCOLTOBU8, Qa., Dec. 3. A special from Beale, Ala., to the Enquirer-Bun, says that Wm. Vaughn, who is charged with robbing, murdering and cremat ing In her home his wife's grandmother. and who later made a sensational escape from the deputy sheriff, was cap tured to-day near the scene or his alleged crime. The negro had a bullet wound in his left arm which was Inflicted by the deputy sheriff when he escaped. The capture was made by a white man and two ne groes. After his capture Vaugh was taken from his captors by parties in the community and his present whereabouts Is unknown to the om cers. It is stated that there was im minent danger of mob violence when the negro was captured. A Ifovellat'a Characters. Stevenson said that Oeorare Meredith once read him some chapters of "The Egoist" while it was still in manu script Aa the character of rbe Egoist developed he (Stevenson) grew more and mora uncomfortable till at last he inteyupted the romlinsr and Bald, "Now, own up. M . h. you dsew Sir Willoughby f;o; Meredith burst Into, his Horn- ':, .i :inl said: "No, no, uiy dear f i!-.v.- - lio is all of us. But I found iiliu." tuppiug hia own breast, "mainly here."- William Arch ers "Real Conversation." Golngr. Mrs. Nexdore That piano we bought for our daughter was a great bargain. We bought it at an auction, you know. Mrs. Pepprey Oh, that may account for ltl Mrs. Nexdore Account for what? Mrs. Tepprey The fact that It's going, going, going. W'oiii.tu'h Rights. Ilettie 1 believe in woman's rights. Gertie Then yon think every .woman should have a vote? Ilottie No, but I think every wouaau should have a vot er. The civilized savage Is the worst of aU sayagea. Weber. MRS. C. L. CHADWIgK'S CASE. Her Flasnclal Affairs Farther CoapIW csted by lissssce ef aa Aftschsjeat by New Yerk f ridlfsrs. By TttlesTspa to um Morulas Star. Nnw Yobk. Dec. 3. The final af- fairs of Mrs. Csssie L. Chadwlck were further complicated to-day by the is suance of an attachment against her property for $1,867 60, on behalf of a firm of milliners of this eity. The ap plication was made by lawyer Theo dore H. Friend, on the ground that Mrs. Ohadwlek is a debtor and is not a resident of this Btate. , The writ of attachment against Mrs. ObadwIeVs personal property was served ufcon the clerk and manager of the Holltvnd House this afternoon. Lawyer Ftlend holds that this wss sufficient I? act as a service and would prevent Mrs. Chadwlck from removing any of her personal prop erty from the hotel. s "There Is absolutely nothing to pre vent Mrs. Oaisie L. Chadwlck from leaving the Holland House with her baggage, if she sees fit," said Philip Carpenter, counsel for Mrs. Chad wlck, to-night, when asked eoneernlng the report that a writ of attachment had been served. "The papers were served on the manager of the hotel and not on my client personally, and that fact ren ders the service null and void," con tinued Mr. Carpenter. "Asa matter of fact, Mrs. Chad wlok has no intention of leaving New York for a few days, but there would be no legal objection If ahe saw fit, ac cording to my view of the law." In contradiction to the statement of Mr. Carpenter, Deputy Sheriff Frank C Binn asld to day that he served the at tachment on Mrs. Ohadwlek personal ly, after serving It on a clerk and manager Harriman of the Holland Hoase. Binn says he was permitted to go to the Chadwlck apartments where he found Mrs. Chadwlck reclining on a couch. Owing to her deaf ness Binn says he was obliged to carry on a conversation In loud volce.1 When he made his er rand known the deputy says Mrs. Chadwlck took the papers and placed them on a table beside her. He con tinued: "I then searched the rooms as well as I could, but all I could finfl there was a small hand-bag and the woman's hat and jacket "We nave been informed that Mrs. Chadwlck has changed her apartments In the Holland House three times. We believe that the handbag that I found In her room does not constitute all her effects. A story was published in an even ing paper to the effect that several detectives, alleged to be in the em ploy of a millionaire, ' whose name has been used In connection with the Chadwlck case, are , shadowing Mrs. Chadwlck. According to this rumor two detectives are In the Hoi land House In the guise of patrons, while others are watching the exits and lounging about the corridors. The hotel management Is quite unaware of the alleged presence of detectives and it has been impossible to confirm the story. FIBE AT ST. LOUIS. One Mas Bsrsed to Desth aad Fear Yoobj Women Severely Isjared. By Telesnpa to ua moraine Star. St. Louis, Dec. 3. One man was burned to death and four young wo men nurses were severely injured by jamplng from windows and in running through the names while escaping from the nurseahome of the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, which was partly destroyed by fire to-day. The sani tarium itself was not touched by the flames. The dead man la Frank Rob erts, a fireman, employed In the sani tarium, who lost his life in attempting to save tbe nurses. The are is believed to have started from tbe furnace. THE FIRST BANKS. They Were established Ia Italy Ia the Klath Centarr. The first banks of which we have rec ord were established In Italy so far DacK as 80S by the Lombard Jews, who had benches, or counters, erected in the market places for the exchanee of money and bills. It is from their Banco, or bench, that banks have taken their name. The earliest bankers were also sold smiths and dealers in precious stones, but with the advance of civilization banking became a distinct buslnees. Merchants had deposited their cash in the mint in the Tower of London until Charles I. laid hands upon the monev In 1640. In 1645 traders agreed to lodge taelr money with the eoldsmiths of Lombard street, who had strong chests for their own valuables, and this was the origin of banking in Brit ain. Tbe chief banks in Eurone were es tablished as follows: Venice, 1171; Ge noa, 1345; Hamburg, 1610; Holland, 1685; Bank of England, 1684; Scotland, irony, Ireland, 1783; France, 1803; Unit ed States, 1810. Handwrltlasr om Iron. It was an accident that led to the discovery of the method of transfer rin!? handwriting to iron. An Iron founder while experimenting with mol ten iron under different conditions ac cidentally dropped a ticket Into a mold. He presently found that the tvne of the ticket was transferred to the Iron in distinct Characters'. Following; up the Idea Which thla fact Busreenteri. ha procured a heatproof ink, with which ne wrote invert edly on ordinary white paper. This paper was introduced into the mold before the molten iron was poured in. When the mold cooled the paper had been consumed by the heat, but the ink. which had remained in tact, had left a clear Impression on the iron. rjnalnlr, bnt Kins; of Soaring; Birds. No one would be likely to imagine, for example, that bo heavy and, In fact, apparently ungainly a bird as a pelican is a king among soaring birds. After much flopping when these great birds have acquired headway the broad wings are spread, and in majes tic circles they mount skyward, with only an occasional flap of the wing, of ten, passing beyond the range of one's vision. Country Life In America.. Boar dins; Hoase Amenities. Pins Landlady (pointedly) Well, thank heaven I haven't got no skele tons In my cupDeards. Second Land lady (sweetly) Nobody thought for a minute that you kept your boarders there. Never pose aa oi angel until you are sure that yoqr wlpgs cave sprouted a good crop of pin feathers fhiladel phla Bulletin. The Naval Reserves' Carnival wss very well patronized last night and the crowds of people seemed to tn joy themselves. The carnival will continue this week with tbe addition of a number of other attractions. Next week Manager DeVaney will t ike tbe showa for a week's carnival In Clinton. MOVING P1CTURE8. - ! tkey Wr r KrT,tlm" Loasr . tn anDDose that the mere v - ; hv which Initiates Into lernDie bw , . ... , t. irrvninn mvsterles were uie ancwut 'Z' , impressed were some sort of moving ' . nro- picturea, aiiaou- " duced before the invention of glass lenses can only re surnuseu. - From the fourteenui ceum k ientations were almost as j common, though not, of course, so per- feet, aB they are nowauajo. mentions them as the "appearances which subtail tregetours perform t ..... . . mlilih mtnM feasts, tne Kma vi - - appeal to the taste of the period famed m u hawtHmr and 1 ousting, iur uuuuug, " . - which were represented. As lenses ! . . j A il, aha anhAa. were known ai una uuie vr ances were probably managed by some kind of rud,e magic lantern, although that In Its modern form was not known until long afterward. Whatever tne apparatus , i .w must have been very widely spread, for such diverse witnesses as Ben venuto Cellini and Sir John Mande ville testify to having seen Its results. The Jatter has left it on record that he saw moving pictures ai tne cgun . the Great Khan In central Asia. DWARF TREES. The Ahneraurt Growth That Are Prodaoed hy the Japanese. The curious modification of natural growth dates far back. tTe read that In 1826 Professor Meyla'n saw a box, one Inch square and three Infcfte hlgh,( In which vfere growing a fir, a bimboo and a tiny, plum tree thick wim blos som. The Swedish botanist and traveler. Carl Thunberg. In 1807 described a number of these abnormal growths ap told of the pride witji which Japanese, garden experts produced dwarf trees for practical purposes as well as those weird little midgets which excite our wonder. He saw, for instance, orange trees six Inches high which ,be mitt, the size of a cherry, "and yetTiweet and palatable." The secret of their system Is baaed ppon such well known prlnjBples aa, the retardation of. the flow of eap, the selection of the smallest seeds, gitfcer-, ed from the smallest trees; a minimum supply of water and the nipping but of leaders and the Checking of taproots and of all vigorous shoots. They take, for their purpose trees which retain vi tality under most adverse conditions. he Chinese are their sole rivals- in eccentric art. DIAGNOSING PAIN. Physical Sterns Which Distinguish Real From Assumed SnJtertar. "'How do you diagnose painr was one of the questions put by the state board the year I recvedjgytoloma,, said a young dentist Clis rather stunipgd at the time, but I have ajnee learned that the query wits "a perfect ly natural one. The Idea' Is to differ entiate between real pain and assumed pain. There are some people so stoical while In the operating chair that pot a sound escapes them, not even the sus picion of a grunt, though they njay be. Buffering severely. On the otier'hand, there are people, men and women'alfke, who try to give the Impression that every touch of an Instrument la -torture. "But there are always physicajsigna by which we can distinguish between thea real and the assumed suftlng. Beads of perspiration on the xdraead, is one, find when the pain rs nt so' severe, pnt still keen enough to bjSjelt there Is an involuntary twitching of the muscles of the eVelid. Thea we ksow lfs the teal tldng and act accordingly. Wiry, X have even known women to Pre tend to faint and carry the bluff through when they were not Buffering the slightest pain." Philadelphia Rec ord. 1 "Has His Lotta Dough encouraged you anyf" "Why, yes. When I told her I was too poor to assume matrimonial re sponsibilities she asked me If I was too proud to take a tip." "What did you sayf "I said I'd be glad to get it. "And then?' "And then she said I ought to marry a rich girl." Cleveland Plain Dealer. As rt Struck the Old Han. A young lndy of Galesburg who had been married a little over a year wrote to her father in Carthage saying, "We have the dearest little cottage in the world, ornamcuted with the most charming little creepers you ever saw." The old man read tbe letter and ex claimed, "Twins, by thunderr Bur lington (111.) Journal. Leading; a Double Lite. "Klymer has a farm a short distance out In the country, hasn't her' "Yes." "Then what is be practicing medi cine in town fort" "He has to do it to make money enough to pay what he loses by his farmlng."-fChlcago Tribune. They Are Csually So. "Some of these verses for monu ments," observed the widow, who waa making a selection, "are very sweet In deed." "Yes, ma'am," answered the marble cutter, wlthont ceasing his work of carving. "Most of em is epitaphy, yon might say." Judge. Innate. "This picture," said the artist, indi cating an exquisite marine view, "is valued at $50,000." "H'm!" remarked the stockbroker, "there's a lot of water In It, isn't there)" Catholic Standard and Times. Just So. EVn now the grafter sometimes rets A taste of law In hla'n. For, aoon or late, the paths of plunder Lead but to the prison. Chicago Tribune. The Self Made Man. The self made man Is the one who has taken advantage of his self made pportunltles. Philadelphia Record. The Masculine Way. Unto hla friends, both far and near, Without one thought of price. The average man will freely give " Both his opinion and advice. Cincinnati Commercial Trie ana Lieutenant General Nelson A. utiles has accepted an appointment as adjutant general on the staff of Governor-elect William L. Douglas, of Massachusetts. TOT OLXANSISQ AND HXAUNQ OUBJC FOB CATARRH CATARRH flj's Cream Balm Kasy and pleasant to uoniaias no Ut junons drug, it is Quickly ah- soroeo. Gives Belief at onoa. It Onens and Cleanses ATaminatCQLD N H EAD Heals ana Protects the Membrane. Restores the senses of Taste and BmeU. Large slse.- so r "l-ss-i 1 1 CURRENT COMMENT. Governor Peabody iayi he will submit to the will of the people of Colorado. Another Instance of making virtue of a necessity. Washington Post. It will be for the United States Senate to decide whether the Crum nomination was one of the"is-suet"-' decided npon at the polls. Cincinnati Enquirer. "The voting machine is coming into great favor at the North." At the South it has been pntontof commission by the new constitutions. Richmond News Leader. Australia and Tasmania ex ported last year to England 703,000 cases of apples, losing by its venture two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars. Uncle Sam is the world's boss apple raiser and vendpr. Louisville Herald. There is a report ont that Koosevelt does not approve of the scheme te reduce Southern repre sentation in Congress. In which case how can life be worth living to Attorney General Moody and Con gressman Crnmpacker? - Macon Telegraph. . The Illinois building at the St. Louis Exposition has been sold for 4,350. It cost upward of $80, 000. Somehow statements like this one bring to mind -the prices at which transport ships were bought and sold as one consequence of - the Spanish-American war. Savannah News. The appointment of Stone wall Jackson Christian to West Point by the president was, no doubt, Intended to show that he is to make good his reported intention of giving the South a square deal. If the appointment is taken to show his personal feelings, well and good. bntnntil it is demonstrated that these same sentiments are to guide him in his political course we can not see wherein the Incident pos sesses any peculiar significance. Columbia Kecord. The simple truth is, there has not been a united Democratic party in this country for eight years, wnetner there Is to be one In the f nture ; whether there is to be under the Democratic name a party wedded to Democratic princi ples, or whether that name is to be used as a Trojan horse for the ex- Bloitatlon of principals radically un democratic, are questions not worth considering now, because they are questions which only the f nture can answer. Louisville Courier-Journal, Dem. - Prof. Beatty, of the textile school of Clemson College, has dis tributed a circular among cotton mill men asking their views as to the possibility of increasing the op portunity for training young men for higher efficiency in cotton mill work. His idea, generally, is for mills to offer a two-year scholarship of about $50 per year to an em- loye in the Clemson textile school, t Is an eminently practical sug gestion. There is now and will be to a larger extent in the future a need for such skilled labor, and it would be advantageous to the mills. it seems, to aid all in their power in securing it and from among our own people. Columbia Record. The Lutheran 8ynodIeal Board of aa r . & a oi. xjoius, ua, wui locate a coueeje in Greensboro. N. G.. for the education Of nerro nova. Work on tha nnlleo-a buildings, which together with neces sary resiaenees wiu cost w,uuu, will begin In the 8prlnr so that tbe college may open for the Vail session. For the Children's Sake, at Christmas time, as well as forthe land's sake at harvest time, fertilize your crops yritu Virginia -Carolina Fertilizers when you plant In the spring- for It will bring you prosperity long before Xmas next year, and happiness even to the chil dren, because of the increased profits thus put Into your pock et Write for information If your dealer cannot furnish you VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL COMPANY ft Richmond, V. Norfolk. Vav. Atlanta a. Tttirhetm Iff a") !J Savannah, Qa, CbaxleetoD, 8. C. Memphi.,Te Monarch Stump Puller. Win poll stamps 7 feet in diameter. Guaran teed to stand a strain ot Z0.000 pounds. For catalogue and dis counts on first machine. Address MONARCH GRUBBER CO., Lone Tree, Iowa. lySBSmw GREAT BARGAINS IN Salt We offer 5,000 Bags Salt In 100 lbs. Burlap Bags at 34: OEIsTTS. Car lots f. o. b., Wilmington. Get y our orders in before all gone. W. B. COOPER, Cor. Nutt and Grace streets, dec3tf Wilmington, N.C, it? 1 I Ala. y in. JrX. 1 V AVfcgetable Prepatallonfor As similating ttieFoodandBcgula Ung the 5 toinochs aolBowett of Promotes Digestion-Checrfur-ncss and RestContains neither Opium,Morphine norflncraL Not Xarc otic. Bspe tfOUJk-S&KUBLItraBlt ibcSmn Aperfect Remedy: forConstipa non. Sour Stoiiw,Diairtea Worms .Convulsions.Fevensh- ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. . n EXACT COPY OT WRAPPER 'Geo. (X Gaylord s XMAS mm SALE STARTS Thursday, Dec. 1st. GIRLS. $1.50 Dressed Dolls 11.25 tl.50 ' Magic Lantern 98u 60c " " 39c 1.25 Foot Balls 98c 35c " " 20c 60c Wagons 25o 13.50 Jointed Dolls $2. SO tl.25 Gnns 98c 2.00 " " 1.50 75c Steam Engines 48c 1.25 " " 98o 13.00 Velosepedes 12.60 15c Kid Dolls 10c 75c Drums 50.-. 75o Tea Sets 50c 11.50 Booking Horses $1 25 $1.25 " 98c 60c Horns 25o 15c " " 10c 15o " 10c o ?,r,kB03,M Jl, Sour display of 5and 10c games. $3.00 Doll Carriages $2.50 r J 6 1.75 " " 1.25 Don't fall to visit our store during 1,25 " " 98c this opening Christmas. 8ale starts 75o " 50c ' 46o 25o Thur8dfty- This is only a few of our values in 750 Set of picture Blook 60c Toys. Don't miss our display of lOo Toys See onr handsome display of fine Christmas Presents. i Millinery, GEO. 0. DepartTn nov 29 tf Fox River Twenty 30-pound tubs of Fox River Butter. Also 1,600 kegs steel cut and wire Nails, 203 barrels Mullets, 20,000 bags Salt. We are headquarters. Get our prices before purchasing. oct 26 tf SO LB AGENTS roa Loot Id our Window andses somsorths New Arrlrals. LABOK LOT OF Douglas Shoes for Men and Boys just received. Also an instalment of SHOES. r AT $5.00. None better at any price. KlDDendorf-DIttmann Oo.V with lots of other Ladles' FINE FOQT- WJflAB just In; also Misses, .Chil dren and Infant's Tans: th are Beauties. See us before you buy elsewhere. Respectfully, Uercer & E?aos Co. d0 4 tt WANTED. EIDESjAND furs of all kinds. Florsim's Lates Hiitest Martet Pi ices Paii.. SAMl BEAR, SR., & SONS. nov 27 tf 18 Market St. -a W1 Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years iQWih) m it i THC.ecMTAun eoMMN. acw voaa arr. BOYS. GAYLORD'S exLt Store, 206, 208, 210 North Front street. Butter. Wholesale Grocers and Importers, Wilmington, N. C. Gigars and El Balto Cigars. Cuban Hummers. Original Va. disroots. Little Va, Tips. Echo Little Cigar. , Write for Quotations. LP. UcHAIR, no 4 tf Wilmington, N. C. Your Orders for . GHRISTUAS GOODS will be glyen our prompt attention Let us have them. HALL & PEAESALL, (INOOBPOBATKD. the i in nihil ii fin Cheroots nov as tt