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1 ' : . - . - , a ghg aiioa)mfi f tat BY WILLIAM U. gtiBWABPt WBDKBSDAY MOBKIfG't Jajt. .2. SOMETHIHO TO THINK ABO T- Some time ago there was held in Madrid a Congress representing the several Central and South American Repnblics, the object of which was to build trp closer commercial rela tions with Spain. The Congress was the result of the efforts of the Span ish Minister of Foreign Affairs, who presided" over it. Although the polit ical relations between these coun tries and Spain were broken when they revolted and won their inde pendence there is yet a kinship feel ing between the people, because the leading classes of the Republics south of us are of Spanish blood and feel more kindly towards Spain to-day than they do towards any other 'country on the earth. This was strikjngly shown by their sym pathy with Spain in the war with this country, although this country has been their friend, was the only Government to give them moral support in their struggle for inde pendence, and the first to recognize their independence. Since then it has practically thrown its shield of protection over them by the declara tion of the Monroe doctrine, and several times risked war to assert tHat doctrine. This waXevidence of friendship and- interest that ought to make those people feel kindly towards this i country, but notwithstanding that, I kindred" blood and common lin t eage assert themselves, and they like i Spain, which once oppressed them and against which they fought, bet ter than they do the Republic which encouraged them in their struggles for independence and has stood as their friend and protector ever since. But' there are reasons for this aside from a common blood, some of which are of quite recent origin, and go back no further than the grasp ing spirit shown and the breaches of faith in dealing with Cuba, Porto Kico and the Philippines. Whatever . they may have thought of this coun try in the past, they now regard, its movements with suspicion, and fear that where the American gets a foot hold and influence there he will stay. This, perhaps, had as much to do with that international. Spanish American congress as any other one thing. The following are some of the proposals made at that congress: "The establishment of free porta, or "zones," at K Barcelona and other Spanish ports, with .the object of facilitating the export trade to South Am nca. "The formation of an international bank, either with branches in the Various Central and 8outh American .republics, or with close connections with the banking firms already estab lishecL The capital of this bank, it is calculated should not be-less than 30,000,000 pesetas, and should Ce raised partly in Spain and partly in South America. The Spanish govern ment is to be asked to guarantee a cer tain small annual interest, in con sideration of the important advant ages that will be derived by Spanish trade." i "The suppressing of the favored nation clause in all treaties to be made involving a&y special advantages that may hereafter be mutually conceded by Spain and the Spanish republics. The favored nation clause that exists in all the treaties between the Spanish American States and European nations, it is c'aimed, hinders the development of commercial relations between the former States, inasmuch as the smallest concession . granted to any of their neighbors is immediately claimed by all others. State-regulated emigration agenices, to stop the indiscriminate emigration of the working classes to countries having nothing in common with the Spanish race, supported by private societies at all the different foreign ports of arrival, to look after and as sist the immigrants in the Spanish speaking couu tries "Formation of commercial museums? in all the cities of South America and, reduction in raiiroad and steamship fares besides oth?r facilities to com-! mercial travellers j "Improvements in the postal service between Spain and Central and South America and establishment of a parcel post, Tbe laying of a cable between Spain and 3uth America is also advo cated, and the establishment of a uni form currency." $ Freed from the burden of her colonies, which were a cause of con stant annoyance, expense and no profit to her Spain, relieved of this ' incubus, is starting out on a new departure and is laying plans to be come a manufacturing, and commer cialVation, turning attention first to the countries inhabited by her own People and their descendants, who are disposed to meet her more than half way and extend the hand of fellowship. There is no reason why with her natural resources, .and good harbors she should not be come both a manufacturing and commercial nation. Americans who admire pluck and perseverance will wish her well although her success in building up trade on this hemi sphere may be somewhat .to our cost, for the territory she is aiming at should naturally be ours. While Spain is moving 1 on one side to capture the trade of the Spanuh-Alnerican countries on these two ! continents, there are efforts being made . to form a Euro pean combination against us to bar oat our trade from those conn triev , To i accomplish- this Yari oua ' proposals have , been made, such as high duties on "Ameri- ; can products,: low, .duties; on European products where free trade " "between the countries partieiothe combination would be impracticable. ? Some of the dnties proposed would. ' be absolutely prohibitory inoh as fox instance the .proposed duty of 44 M vMUflUDl UU W 11 H2ft ll imborted into Germany. , This feeling is not confined to one or two of the European nations but is shared to a greater or lesser extent by all, even by England with all her professions of kinship and fraternal feeling. The fact. is that all of these nations, with the possible exception of Russia, have become alarmed at the commercial progress this coun try has made in their territory at home and abroad, and they feel that banding together to stay this pro gress is necessary, for mutual pro tection. No one nation could alone . accomplish what is aimed at' by the proposed "edonomic alliance"' as that French economist calls his scheme Doesn't this movement of the European trade guardians and pro moters give their American competi tors something to think about, and doesn't it suggest that some extra ordinary efforts may become neces sary to hold our own against such combinations? Holding our own. home market by the levying of high and practically prohibitory duties is one thing and the holding of mar kets in other countries where the Bame prohibitory game may be played against ns is another. The only way we can checkmate that is by shrewd, discriminating states manship, and by building up trade in the countries? what these European combinations cannot control. We must aim at further success in cheap ening production so that we may sell more cheaply than our competitors can, and we must seek the shortest routes to the markets to lessen the time and cost of transportation. Succeeding in these we can hold our own against the world, for we are the only nation on the globe, with the possible exception of Russia, which has all the resources needed within its own borflbrs, and is thor oughly independent. There is none of the nations in which the combi nation against us is discussed which is not more or less dependent upon us for food stuff 8, and for some of the crude materials needed in their manufactures, so that we have the advantage of them when it comes to a fight for supremacy. .but to do this weNinust give our manufacturers the benefit of free raw materials, and give them the shortest routes to the markets they seek, open the gates between the oceans and open waterways from the lakes to the sea. TEE TEEMS TO CHINA. The advices from China published yesterday say that the Chinese Gov ernment has practically accepted the terms of the allied powers, but has shown what is called "a fine stroke of diplomacy" by accompanying the acceptance with a request for ex planations, whi& mkes it to all in tents and purposes a conditional acceptance, based upon its interpret tation of the provisions. If the Chinese Government did not feel. itself forced into the dust, it would never have accepted these terms, the enforcement of which stripsChina of the power of offence or defence and leaves her at the nffercy of any power that might declare war on her, for any real or fancied greiv- ancy. They; are terms that never would have been imposed on any other nation on earth, and would never have been imposed on China if the allied powers had not become pretty well satisfied that all the fight had oozed out of the Chinese. . They have not declared war on China, and do not charge the Chinese government with' making war upon them. They simply hold that gov ernment responsible for uprisings and outrages against foreigners that it did not or could not prevent or suppress, and are punishing it for doing what they admit it could not do. xms country was drawn ing co operation with the other PowdFs, to relieve its embassy in PekirTnd to protect American citizens will might be threatened or in peril. WJfen that was accomplished the profnsed ob ject was attained and theo-opera-tion Bhould have cease In the main the authorities at Washington who have had the management of this affair, and the army intrusted with the execution of their instruc tions and the duties to be performed, have acted conservatively, have shown some regard for the Chinese and have exercised a restraining in fiuence on the other allies, whose thirst for vengeance has been some whatallayed although there is venge ance enough in the terms they have made. Lest failure to accept "might result in something worse, and ultimately in a collision between the Powers that are now combined to crush China, it is to be hoped that China has or will accept the terms offered; harsh and humiliating as they are, but whether or not the sooner this Government gets out of that mess the better. . , DeWet played another of bis prac tical jokes on the Bretons just before Christmas. He captured )' train of wagons loaded with Christmas good things for the 'British Soldiers. The Boers hate.' "not ,beeii inuch accus tomed to; delicacies lately, but they en joyed themland theV1 jote all the same, wluoWuns"didn't. , Washingten?6uke5! Sfuiham who is , now a t milUonaire, served through ihe war rai a Confederate soldier,' and after the war peddled tobacco in a wagon. Buck ' Black 'well, who became a millionaire, -.'and afterwards a bankrupt, did the same. HOT DOING THEIR PART. We hear much these days about the great prosperity, and the phe nomenal increase of wealth in thi3 country. If the expansion of some industries, the expansion of com merce and the enrichment of a com paratively small number of people, be prosperity, then the country is prosperous, but is that prosperity in the true sense ? That we as a nation have made wonderful increase in wealth is also true, but there is nothing astonish ing in this, for this is a young coun try, with a vast and richly endowed domain, covered with a fertUo soil, forests of priceless value, power giving streams, and underlaid with inexhaustible quantities of useful and precious minerals, awaitiDg only the industry of man to " utilize and make tributary to. his own enrich ment. In this respect we are an ex ceptionally favored people, but are more indebted to the bounties of na ture for our great and rapid increase of wealth than to our own genius, energy and industry, great as these are. And yet all this wealth has not done for us what it should have done, for in some respects we are not far in advance, if in advance at all, of countries that cannot com pare with ours in natural blessings. Referring to this Abram S. Hew itt, of New York, himself a man of large, honestly acquired wealth, at a meeting to consider the social and moral conditions in that city, said: "Since 1840 our national wealth has increased five times as fast as our pop ulation. Who shall say that with that wonderful increase in wealth there is not means in abundance to remove all the misery and all the evil conditions imong the humble classes which at present are stains and sores upon our body politic? The advance of iudus try which has brought us this wealth beyond the wildest dreams of avarice has also brought on conditions which make it an absolute impossibility for some people to live decent, respecta ble lives. 'The rich have not even begun to do what they ought to do. Men that I almost worship for their generosity and solicitude for those that have less are not giving in proportion to their wealth tbe half that was given by their families a generation ago. If these tenements, these over-crowded drstricts, these dark and foul dwelling places and all the attending miseries aiust go with industry,' then I would to God that every industrial centre could be destroyed, as was Sodom and Gomorrah of old, and men be driven back to the land, where they can at least have the breezes and the green grass and the sunshine and the blue of heaven to look up to." This is a rebuke, a rebuke of the rich, not by a socialist or a leveller, but by one of themselves, talking to the rich, a man whose soul is not absorbed in ding to his millions simply to posses more, and with a heart that feels for his kind and would send the sunshine of cheer and hope into the dark, gloomy cor ners where it seldom penetrates. Rich himself he believes that duties as well as privileges follow the ac cumulation of wealth. Some rich men are giving gener ously to schools, even lavishly and perhaps injudiciory; others to public libraries and other benevolent institutions, a sum aggregating many millions of dollars, but there is not one in five hundred giving for the amelioration of the condition of his unfortunate fellow men what he could rive without missing it. If there were more of the spirit, the absence of which in a great measure Mr. Hewitt deplores, more of the watchful guardianship over what may be called the under strata of society, there would be need of fewer prisons and there would be fewer inmates in them. By its thoughtless, if not hearless neglect of those who need its care, society helps to .make criminals and pun ishes itself. The Sultan of Turkey is in prickle. If he wraps up that $90,000, claim of Uncle Sam in that cruiser orderedyfrom the Cramps, Germany will insist on his paying the Krupps their back dues, .England will pre sent her bill, and Russia will pop a 145,000,000 claim at him. It will! take.a good many cruisers to coyer allofthese. Count Boni Castellane is slouch. He recently placated and put off an importunate creditor who had sued! him for a big bill of back dues for bric-a-back and other truck by buy4 ing another big lot from him at big! prices, and on tick as usual.1- We have heard of a distinguished North Carolinian, who had the same happy accomplishment. Coldteel Or Death. . "There is but one small chance to save your life and that is through an operation," was tbe awful prospect set before Mrs. A. 15. Hunt, or Lame Ridge, Wis., by her doctor after vainly trying to cure her or a frightful case of stomach troubles and yellow jaundice. He didn't count on the marvelous power of Electric - Bitters to . cure Stomach and Liver troubles, but she heard of it, took seven bottles,, was wholly cured, avoided surgeon's knife, now weighs more and feels better thaa ever. It's positively guaranteed to cure -Stomach, Liver and -Kidney troubles and never dissappoints. Price SO cents at B. R. Bellamy's drue store. - t . -a - Trait those have tried. : ' j I 8TJFFKBKD from : catarrh of the worst kind and never hoped for cure, but Ely's Cream .Balm -seems to do even that." Oscar Ostrom, 45 Warren Ave.. Chicago, IlLv- v' I btjtterkd from catarrh; it got so bad I could : not work ; I used Ely's Cream Balm and am entirely well. A. C. Clarke, 841 Bhawmut Ave.; Boston, Uass. ;: ;. ;-;,. rr C ; 1 Ewi tu ' stto KinilVotttiaw Mways fiontfrt v SPIRITS TURPENTINE Lumberton Argus: Mrs. Eliza Whitfield, mother of Mr. J. S. Whit field, a former citizen of this town. died at the hound of her sister, Mrs. Edwards, who resides abr-ut one mile north of her?, last Sunday morning. She had been in ill health for some time, and sufferea from a strone oj paralysis on Saturday night, passing away the roiiowing morning. Kinston Free Press: Owing to the fctthat the Kinston Mantel Co., receive more orders than their nresent capacity will allow thm to fill, they havo decided to put in a larger slant. nir. otepnen roraum nd a hearing Deiora w, v. jmciuh. j. P., 8sturdy evening for striding Mr. W. C. Dupree Friday. He was placed under a $200 bond for his appearance t the next tem of Lenoir superior court. There was no new eymence at the preliminary trial, all the witnesses estifying that uupree auempiea nri ;o strike Fordham. Mr. Dupree's condition this morning was somewhat improved, He is getting along as well as could be expectea. Charlotte Observer: Alexander Turner, colored, in Albemarle conclu ded Sunday night to kill his wife by cutting her throat. He deposited her tin the floor, spread out a bea quia 10 keep (as he expressed it; toe oiooa from ceetinir on the floor and drawing forth an ugly knife was in the act of cutting her throat when some one came to the rescue and hurried the negro to the lock-up. -His prelimin ary trial was held Monday morning and the officer had started with him to jail when Alex suddenly ran. Several shots fired at the fleeing ne gro failed io stop him, but after an ex citing chase a civilian managed to col lr him and bring him back to jail. Wilkesboro Chronicle: The school teachers up in Job's Cabin stem to be having some trouble. John Crouch, a teacher up there, was in town last week and swore out a war rant for a Mr. Beshears for assault. Mr. Crouch had made Mr. Beshears' little boy kneel and learn his lesson. A few days later Beshears met Crouch and with a drawn gun made Crouch kneel to h m. This compulsory kneel ing does not seem to be appreciated in Jobs Cabin. The snow up on the Brushies was some six inches in depth, while back on the Blue Ridge it was a mere skiff.; There was not much along the i Valley here. The snow came from the East and expended it self when it struck the Brushes. It was a damp snow and gathered on the trae branches like sleet. Raleigh News and Observer: Sunday morning the dead body of a negro man was found near the rail road track, a short distance from Hide brand, a small station on the Southern railroad, about five miles from here. His head was bloody and a number of bruises were found on his body. The examination of the corpse before the coroner's jury disclosed a bole through the dead man's head made by a forty -four calibre bullet. The jury came to the conclusion that the man had been murdered and his body thrown on the track in the hope that it would be mangled by the train and the rea cause of death concealed. Strangely enough the engine instead of crushing the skull, marely tore off the scalp and tossed thW body aside The dead negro's name. was Frank Gleason. A negro named John Corpening has been arrested charged the crime. TWINKLINGS He "Has your father any ob jections to my calling on you f" She (an heiress) "No ! But he said you couldn't call on him." Harpers' Bazar. ''Well, my boy, any college debts?" "Nothing, sir, but what with diligence, economy and stern self denial you will be able to pay." Life. An Exception He Some men can't keep their eyes off the ladies. She Unless tnose men happen to be sit ting in a street car. while the . ladies are standing. Philadelphia Press. Mr. Newpop You haven't seen our baby yet. He's only three months old, but I tell you he's bright Jack Bacheller That so? Can he er sit up on his hind legs and beg? "There's an old saying that ought to be revised," remarked Silli cos. tossing awav a half-eaten amle. 'Howt" remarked the other. "The worm will turn when bitten upon." "Well, Christmas is over," re, marked the man who loves to quote. "You can't eat your cake and have it, too." "Maybe not," replied the dys peptic, "but you can eat your plum pudding and have that for days." Mr. Billincoo Ah! my dear, I wish l might be like a knight of old. and perform some deed of daring for you. Miss Lovylipz O, George! Now that you're worked up to it suppose you speaK to papa. A Fine Ethical Distinction: "What are you hear for, my man ?" inquired the benevolent visitor at the jail. "Why, you see, sir," answered the prisoner, "I tuck something that didn't belong to me by rights, an didn't do it accordin' to law.' Wash ington Star. Shakesperian Criticism: "A feller name o' Shakspere fooled our folks purty well las' week," said Mr, Meddergrass. "He gave a show call ed muuus Uae3ar' down to the opry house, an' blamed ef the whole thing wasn't made up out o' pieces that's been spoke at the school exhibitions here for twenty years." Baltimore American. CURRENT COMMENT. Governor Pingree is to punished for contempt of the supreme court of Michigan. If (Pingree is punished in proportion to the contempt that he feels for that court, he is good for a life sentence. Atlanta Journal, Dem. Some Southern papers are imitating the yellow journal style of double-width editorial colums, with out observing that when the editorial appears in the shape it is less easily read than if a single column , were used. More over, it is generally re cognized by the public that a double-width editorial is an effort '-. to' substitute size for quatity.-ifo&tfe Register, Dem. : .- ; :: In acquiring control of the North American CBmpany, a repre sentative of the oal Trust says that the object is to make it the sole sel ling agent of all the coal the Trust brings to market, because here'tof ore the .members of ;s.the Trust ' have broken their agreements and r tried to undersell each other.; But,' how can it be expected that men engaged in extorting money from the publio would be honest with each other. ? Brooklyn Ottizen, 'J)emir : Bean the Elgutnn : of ThsKtud Yob Haw always BacjJF PARIS OF THE FAUBOURGS. Vfce Worlcinarmam'B Pride and De lls-fct la the Beautiful Streets. An article in The Centurjr, "Paris of the Faubourgs," by Richard Whitelng-, throws a bright light on the difference between the lives of the laboring classes In the French capital and in London. The Parisian lives in the streets and prides himself on their beauty and clean liness. The Londoner has less to beast of in this respect and takes less interest in the external aspect of his city. The people of the faubourgs, the bum ble folk generally small traders and small annuitants, as well as workmen like all the rest of us, are the product of their surroundings. They are shaped by the private life and by the public life, by the street and the home. These people in Paris owe a great deal to the publio life. It condescends to their needs for color, variety, movement, in a way uni versal among the Latin nations. Out of doors is merely their larger home, and they expect to find adequate provision there for every kind of enjoyment. Our own race tends to regard that domain as a mere thoroughfare xbetween the work shop and the fireside, where all our inter ests are centered. If it serves that pur pose, that is about all we ask of it It may be as ugly as it likes and within cer tain iimits of indulgence almost as dirty. To the Frenchman it is more than a place of transit It is almost a place of so journ. So the Parisian common man has bis share of the Champs Elysees and of the boulevards in his freedom of access to their fountains and promenades and their bordering alleys of tender green. He comes down stairs to them, so to speak, as soon as the scavengers have done thalr timely work. He descends to his tiA oughf are as the millionaire expects to de scend to his breakfast room or his study, with all its appointments fresh from the broom and shining in their brightness of metal and glass. So whatever the gloom of the domestic prospect his street helps him to feel good. The beauty of the stat uary, of the public buildings, Is a means to the same end. For nothing the poor est of poor devils may see the glorious bronzes in the terrace garden of tbe Tul leries, the outdoor figures of the Luxem bourg, the greaTj horses of the Place de la Concorde, the magnificent compositions of the arch. The very lamppost that will light his way at nightfall serves the pur- Sose of a-thing of beauty all through the ay. Compare it with the English bar of cast iron, hideous to the eye In form and color, foul with the mud stains of years of traffic. The Frenchmen must have It suave and shapely in its lines, a model of a good renaissance ornament In its deco rations, bronze in its material and wash ed and polished every week or so to keep It smart THE PELICAN. A Bird That Offends Both the Bye and the Note. Pelican bend, in the Missouri river, sear St Charles, Mo., is the scene of a rat annual gathering of pelicans. There a big flat bar in the river there which has endured far beyond the nsnal span of bars' existence in tbe treacherous, shifting current of the Missouri. This bar is the semiannual stopping place of vast flocks of pelicans that migrate from south to north in the spring and from north to south in the fall. Persons who have observed their habits claim that they invariably arrive at Pell can bend on Sept. 4 and remain until cold weather sends them south. The pelican i not an attractive bird. He offends both the eye and the nose. But he is commendably regular in his habits. The parent birds catch -fish and after eating their fill deposit the others in their pouches under their Wills and carry them to their young. Those poaches will hold from three to eight pounds of fish. They are elastic and when distended to their utmost nearly toucthe ground. When empty, the pouch lies close up nnder the big bill and is merely a mass of wrinkles. It is this pouch that gives the pelyan his characteristic -and disagreeable odor, caused by particles of decaying fish. The pelican's legs are short and strong, and its feet have large webs. It is not a fast swimmer nor a rapid flier, but it is practically tireless in both air and wa ter. On land it is awkward and un wieldy. Its feathers are pure white ex cept for a fluffy tuft of brown plumage that is seen in the top of the head for about six weeks in the early summer. This tuft disappears in August and leaves a pimply bald pate that is red, then pink, then a straw color. By Nov. 1 tbe skin on the bead hardens into a horny crest, which grows as the winter progress, un til by the time the bird arrive at its breeding place in the northwest it is so prominent that it is called the "center beard," because of its resemblance to the eeaterboard of a sailboat When proper ly cured, the pelican skins and plumage are largely used in women's garments and hats. fit Lotus Republic WANTED HIS FARE RUNG UP. An Italian Who Demanded Mnste of the Street Car Conductor. The conductor of a Brooklyn trolley car had a peculiar experience with an Italian one night last week. The Italian wanted to ride with music thrown in for his 5 cents. A passenger described the incident: "I boarded the car with six other pas sengers, Including an Italian, at the suburban end of the road on one of the late trips. The car had gone a short distance when the conductor began to collect the fares. The Italian was on the rear seat, and his money was col lected last. Everything went well for about 'half a mile, when the Italian Jumped to his feet an waved his hands at the conductor. The conductor went to the excited man and asked him what the trouble was. The Italian said: " 'Me wanta my flva centa back.' "The conductor told him hat he could not have the money. The Italian Insisted: " 'Every boda getta music for a flva centa; me no got' "The conductor grasped the situation at once, and, seeing that he was ac cused of 'nickeling,' started to clear himself. He showed the Italian that there . were seven passengers on the car and that that number of fares were registered. He also explained why the Italian did not get any music for his nickel. He said: "'While collecting the fares In the front part of the car I rang up one fare too much, and in rang up yours I would be out 5 cents.' "While this explanation was going on the man from Italy was still shouting for his flva centa,' and did not stop until be got off the car farther down. still Jabbering at the conductor." New York Sun. In the light of the aggregated appropriations recommended in the varioua bills now before congress, me Doascea surplus will soon he a memory. These bills call for over $700,000,000 and do not include anything for the ship; canal or for a ship subsidy. The economy and reform frenzy that possessed, the politicians only: recently- seem: to nave taken its wonted . post-election four year's. T&o&tion'-Chattanofga Times, Ind. . . f ;., .': " - , ' V' ' ':'' yfVA' irialht or Terror. -- ji "Awful anxiety was? felt for the Widow of the brave General Burnham of lachias, Me., when the doctors said she could not live till morning" writes Mrs. 8. EL Lincoln, who attended her that fearful night. "All thought she must soon die from "Pneumonia, but she betceed for Dr. King's New Dis covery, saying it had more than once saved her life, and had cured her of Consumption. After three small doses she slept easily all night, and its further use completely cured neK". -is mar velous medicine is f arantw-i to cure all Throat, Chest t i Lung D:ses. Only 60 cents and . LOO. Trial littles 10c at R. IV- Ftxa t's drug stc- t . In the storm. Sty child, your hero may not be, "Sg, In truth, hero. 11 th time;' -Remember, it must chance that he Shall atill bare rugged steeps to climb. Don't place him tm too high a plane In fancy; then he will not fall In your esteem and may attain To something noble after all. ' My boy, don't think your sweetheart bean A halo on her golden hair; A crown of purity she wean, And you must help to keep it there. But she will have her trj-injj moods And be not always kind and sweet; Thegare life's nerving interludes . Saa pitfalls for unwary feet. Vou both are far from perfect j-et,' And quarrels will, unhaply, come; Both may be wrong; so don'tforfret. In anger's blind delirium. That sweet concessions each must make And tender promises renew , m Or else a loving heart may break And sorrow come to dwell with you. Pearson's Weekly. TRICK OF A WOMAN SHARPER She Found a Ltuse Handkerchief and Quickly Turned It Into Cash. "I lost a $3 lace handkerchief today, but I learned one of the tricks of the light fingered people in Chicago," re marked a North Side woman as she came back from a shopping excursion. "Was it worth 53?" asked her hus band. "Hardly, but it's interesting. I bought a lace handkerchief, and as I walked to the car I stopped to buy a newspaper. I had my purse in my hand and a number of things, of course, and I laid the parcel containing the handkerchief and the check for it down on the corner of a fruit stand near by. After I got to the car I thought of my package. I hurried back, and the package wasn't there. " 'Where is the little package I left here?' I asked the Italian vender. " 'Zatta litt' paper " 'Yes. " 'Other lady took it.' "I wanted that handkerchief espe cially to give to a friend for a birthday present. ' I went to the store again and picked out another handkerchief. " 'I am sorry the first one didn't suit you,' the clerk said. " 'Why, I lost it!' I replied in aston ishment. " 'You don't say so!' said the clerk. 'Why, about ten minutes ago a nice looking woman came in here with tjiat handkerchief, and we took It back and refunded the money. b.e said that you were her niece and that you were out shopping together. You decided the handkerchief was net just what you wanted, and she came back to re turn it. We gave her a ticket for the $3, and she cashed it.' "Chicago Inter Ocean. QUEER EFFECTS OF WHIMS. Bleu Who Conld Dress Well on Mon ey Wasted For Ciarar. "It's a curious thing how some peo ple will sacrifice themselves to their whims," said a man who prides him self upon his study of human nature. "I don't mean wealthy people, for they can usually afford to do as they like. I am speaking now of people In moder ate or less than moderate circum stances. I have In mind a young man whose tastes run to expensive neck wear. He wouldn't think of wearing a tie that costs less than S2, and he - has stacks of them. Now, he can't af ford this luxury, so he .has to stint him self by wearing $3 shoes and $15 ready made suits. He doesn't realize the in congruity of his attire and is perfectly happy if his tie is all right. "Another chap I know doesn't pay the slightest attention to his personal appearance and is usually rather fray ed looking. That's, because he spends his money on expensive cigarettes; He smokes only the highest priced import ed Egyptian brand, and they cost him 4 cents apiece. He Is a fiend and smokes probably 40 a day. You could not hire him to smoke a domestic cig arette which costs half a cent, yet if he did he could afford to dress himself ns he should. I could cite nuruerdus in stances of this tendency to one extrav agance which have come under my per sonal observation. I can only explain it as a lack of mental balance." Phil adelphia Record. Washington Church Kodak Fiends. "The story that a Washington wom an sent notices to the ministers of the capital of the opening of her summer home with the request that they be read from the pulpit may be a libel, al though I have been told that it is a fact," said a man who has been in Washington for several months, "but I'll tell you what 1 have "seen there men and women carrying kodaks into their pews on Sunday. No; not to take a snap shot of the minister, but the Washington kodak fiend stops on his way to church to make shots, and after the service he lingers on his way home to do likewise. There Is no other place in the country where the kodak fiend is so insatiate as he is in the capital." New York Sun. Peculiar Problem. Subtract 45 from 45 and have 45 left. It can be done, strange to say. Here la the method: Put down the numerals X to 9 In a row In reverse order; under neath place the same numerals In regu lar order. The sum of the figures in each row is 45; subtract the lower row from the upper: 98766432 liS 12345678 945 864197S3 245 The sum of tiie third row of figure Is also 45. Thus you have taken 4! from 45 and have 45 as a remainder. If a census of the colored people were to be taken, we would find that the: e are few black Smiths among them. Philadelphia Bulletin. The metal in the big bell of Moscow weighs nearly 200 tons and is valued nt several thousand pounds. Pessimistic. The traditional attitude of the pessi mist toward all thing3 is represented thus in a dialogue with a Georgia farmer "How do you. like this weather?" "Not much. I'm feared it's goin5 to rain." "Well, how's times with you?" "Sorter so-so but they won't last." "Folks all well?" "Yes; but the measles is in the neigh borhood." . "Well, you ought to be thankful you're a-livia." "I reckon so; but we've all got to die!" Atlanta Constitution.. -JiPSulBclent Reason. ! - "And why does your master want to sell the horse?" - , 'B doan care for 'im, sir. - "But - why doesn't he care for .him ? f Yon teir your master that I ehouia like to see him about It. v : . "Well, to tell -ye. the. truth, sir, ain't come out o' the 'ospital yit, air." Punch. - .. Heart Wblee.; - : ; There la good collection of. Bibles in the National museum at Washington and among others; one" ot Grom well's - pocket Bibles' which he gave to every soldier In his army, with Instructions to carry it In a pocket made especially) for that pur pose In the waistcoat overbite heart. . r '.I " . Bars of It Then. " S 'Do you think that lawyer whom yon retained to break your father will will be successful?" - ,." ' - T - i rWri wraSnlv. ; "What makes you "thin nnk sor "-f j fill 0X11." HE0 SrS: thlBXPEOTOI "Why. he's the fellow will up for my father, King.- Hard work does not. Vmrt a wit woman. It is the weak woman, suf fering from diseases peculiar to her sex, who breaks down under the daily strain of household duties. For dis eases oi me aeucate womanly organs Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the standard remedy. Over half a numcu uwe aeaiin ana Hap piness to Dr. Pierce's treatment. AA ttJ?aia "S the pain that I endured befefre I commenced takinjr Dr. Pierce's mpHiin. n . , - ""t muuie 1.-01- gate, of Randolph, Charlotte Co., Va. "I "T . "1Z- ""yining; at au. could ? u,yth,n8' except breld and tea or if it 1 he ?R r m? head- hurt so it seemed it would kill me; but now I can eat a lit I -J5 f.aimost anything 1 want and can do & SrOOd dav'S -nrnrlr ac s Aw . . . J . o iiuy ooay can. Am better than I have been for yers. I Uiink your medicine is the best tha. ever was made for it is the only thing that ever . ... Jo uku many oiaer Junas , y wjuoi juctucai jjiscot- ery. l can never praise them too highly." MARINE DIRECTORY. List of iTsssels in tms Pot of WI1- atUucton w. jam. 2, 1901.' SCHOONERS. . Chas C Lister, 367 tons. Robinson. George Harriss. Son & Co. James C Clifford, 358 tons, Sbarpley? George Harriss, Son & Co. Cora M, 137 tons, Mitchell, George tiarriss, fcjon x Co. Senator Sullivan, 654 tons, Hopkins, coosigned to master. Preference, (Br), 243 tons, Terfry, George Harriss,Son & Co. Robert A Snyder, 358 tons, Oatten, Virginia-Carolina Cher ical Co. STEAMSHIPS. Buckminster, 1,297 tons, Brown, Alex ander Sprunt & Son. i , Chalfield, (Br) 1,904 tons, Hill, Alex ander Sprunt & Son. BARQUES. Aneelo Castellano, (Ttal) 489 tons, Muoio. Heide & Co. ! Victor, (Nor) 61. tons, Ostrik, Heide & Uo. i BRIGS. Iona, (Br), 196 1 tons. Barkhouse; George Harris Son & Co. BARGE. Carrie L Tyler, 538 tons, Jones, Vir ginia Carolina (Chemical Co. And SIVA DEVI. The Fearfnl Devil oftlie Hindoo and His lirlncipal Wife. Sira is both typical of destruction and of reproduction. But the latter, at tribute was doubtless a later addition to the sum of his qualities. The orig inal conception pf this deity was that of a power delighting in destruction, in the achlevemqntvof physical evil and wrong and jtn, hurling death and devas tation upon the people, and their land. He is represented in the sacred books of the Hindoes as "the terrible destroy er," "the one who delights in the de struction of naeni" But in all this there is no whisper asjyet of any moral qual ities of evil. Thjj conception is entirely one of physical! power, used ,wifh the utmost malevolence and injustice against men. ' Along with his principal wife, who is variously called Devi, Durga, TJma and Kali, he is bortrayed as the incar nation of physical evil, wrong, injus tice or misfortune. In the "Puranas" Siva isdescribei as wandering about surrounded by ghosts and goblins, in ebriated, naked; and with disheveled hair, " covered with the ashes of a f u: neral pile, ornamented with human skulls and bones, sometimes laughing and sometimes Crying. Devi, his con sort, is represented with a hideous and a terrible countenance streaming with blood, encircled with snakes, hung round with skulls aud human heads and in all- respects resembling a fury rather than a goddess. The only pleas ure which Siva land Devi feel is when their altars arej drenched with blood, which, of course, could not be hed without the destruction of some form of life. Westminster Review. Pilkertoni Won he Race. At one of the Regattas of the Nation al Association of American. Oarsnien during the early!) nineties James ii!ker ton, for many yars the champion scul ler of America,? was matched to row double against another team. He aud his mate were tbe champions, sml the general belief was that they would win without effort. But the night before the regatta public opinion suddenly and mysteriously changed. Mr. Pil kerton knew that this wa3 not caused by atfy new development ofistrength In -his opponent sor any loss, fit skill on his own part. After makiug'some quiet inquiries he discovered that there was talk of his rowing mate having been bought up by the other side and of an arrangement to throw the iace He didn't say anything about his sus picions, but when the two men were seated In the shell and - were well out Into the deep water he leaned over to his mate and said: "Look her, you' blooming cutthroat! You've got to swim, drown or win this race! You know me!" He won. Sat urday Evening post. . Watch Spring's. The watch carried by the average, man is composed of 98 pieces, and its manufacture embraces more than 2,000 distinct and separate operations. Hairspring wire weighs one-twentieth of a grain to the inch. One mile of wire weighs less than half a pound. The balance gives five vibrations every second, 300 every minute, 18,000 every hour, 432)000 every day and 1S7. 680,000 every year. ' ! . f The value offsprings when finished ind placed In watches is enormous "in proportion to the material from which they are made.j A ton of steel made np Into hairsprings when in watches Is worth morej than 12 times the value of the Bame weight in pure fold. . A A Gallant Clersnnao. v lt is said that the Rev. Sydney Smith could be gallant as well as witty on oc casion. - "On, : Mr. Smith, I' cannot bring this flower . to perfection," said a young lady to .him once -as she 'showed him abont her conservatory. .. .. r Whereupon he took her- by the hand,. and said, "Then let me bring'perfee Uon to the flowey.' For XaGrippo and In- EXPECTORANT. 14 COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON MABKJjiT. STAB OFFICE. 3 Miliar, li Holiday No quotation. j Cotton and Naval Sfcres. j MONTHLY STATEMENT. For mont Crude 2 219 Cotton. 28,446 1.477 ; 15,070, RECEIPTS, iprir month of December, Crude. l,S9fr Cotton. 89,158 ,-JS3S."uSS EXPORTS. 1 For month of December, 1800. . j Cotton. Spirftft. Rosin. Tar. Crvde. A M7 1.887 1.208 ,98? 294 Foreign:::: ssm s 19,579 m I 00 8.107 1,890 10,782 79,51 .$294 EXPORTS. For month of December, 1899. Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Domestic,,. 646 2,501 895 7,980 Foreign.... 54 957 000 27,484 000 J 55.653 8,601 87,879 7,930 Crude. 1 330 000 1,330 ' STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat January 1, 1901. Ashore. AJtoat. Total. Cotton.... 5,190 i.w 7,153 Spirits... 1,125 Hosln..... 82.612 Tar 8,765 Crude 631 7 8,509 000 000 86112 .8.765 631 STOCKS. Ashore and Afloat January 1, 1899. Cntinn Hirlrttx. Rosiin.- TOT. 4.4 63 962 MAKIIS Stmr A P etteville, James Clyde steamship JNew xor&, Ji 3 C Stmr A P Hurt. ville, James Madden Clyde steamship 8a Georgetown, SC, H Q "WHOLESALE PRICES f Tne quotations are aiwaj as possible, but the Stab w mr any variations from tbf oi tne araciea ouotea iar The following wnoieeaie rnces y-e small orders BAGGING 2B Jute... Standard.. Bnrlaoe WESTERN SMOKE I- Jiams V b 8ld Sho CRT S Sides Bhoul BARRELS Bp eecona-nan Becond-hand New New York, new uitv. eacn Wilmington V Norwern BUTTER North Carolina V nortuern ... CORN MEAL Per bushel. In sac virmnia nea COTTON TIES 6 UAMJLEB f B ' sperm CHEESE 9 Northern Facta Dairy cream. State COFFEEr-S B Lagnyra kio... ...... DOMESTICS-; Sheeting, 4-4, 9 yard Yarns, fi bunch or 5 FI8H ' alackerel. No. 1, T? is aiacicerei, imo. i, p MackereL No. 2. N XT .. 1 1 .T I l i. V " aiacKerek no. is, v oarra. Mullets, barrel ......... Mullets, w oor& barrel N. C. Roe Herring, 9 kegj wry jci. v FLOOR- . Low grade Choice Straight . . . FlrstPatenil BLUE GRAIN- bus Corn,fromsl Mixea uorn Car-load. In" Oate. from si Oats, Rust P: Cow Peas HIDES 9 lb Green salted. Dry hint iry sail HAY 9 100 Es No 1 Timothy..., Rice 8traw.... Eastern. Western North River.... HOOP IRON, V B LARD. - Northern North Carolina LIME, V barrel ... LUMBER (city ea ShlD BtuQT. reeawi Roueh ediro Plank west India cargoes, ing to quaniy.. Dressed Flooring, scantling ana a BOLA6SB V gl uarDaaoes, sarDaai Porto Rii Porto Rico; sugar to' vSusrar Ho 8yruu, In ba RAILS. V Keg. PORK, V barret . City Mess Bump.... Prime.... ROPE, SALT, V sack. Alum, Liverpool American, , . On 126 W Backs 8UOAR, V Standard Gran Standard A ,. White Extra C... Extra c, Golden.. . ' C Yellow ... SOAP. V a Northern 8TAVES, 9 M W. O. barrel. B. O. Hogshead. TIMBER, V M f eefr-Shipp uommon nuu r tux: iiuu.. .. ,.... Prime mill Extra mill SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed- y H6x24 heart. " Bap..". 6x20 Heart WHISKEY. V gallon Northern We desire To express Oar sincere through your paper to J3hief of Fire Department Chas. Schnibben, Lapt. , W. - P. Monroe, and their efficient corps of assistant firemen individually, for the admirable way in which they managed the fire which broke out in our Department Scores at an early hour yesterday morning. , Mercer & Eyans Company. NEWS AKD OPINIONS National Importance, : V ALONE . tVONTAINS-BOTH a year Oaily and Sunday, bsfmiUt". $8 1 year ;; Tho SimdayStmfC THE GREATEST- SUNDAY- NEWSPAPER in rut wftBi n 5c a cody.- Bv malL &9 v. TliiJ11 3,0 13,934 ABRJjy HurW Madl 1 3 ....... s 3w a ..i ersV r I r r eew-i col. I I ct -X ft Ji ti -fr-r loo . Inf b on 1 . i 09 4 v ro 8 06J 8 25 2 25 a 2 60 i eo a in . i oo a 8 10 ; ..." ' 1 "I. "
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