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BY WILltiAtt H. MiiWABD
Wsdotsdat Mosms, "Sept. 18.
WHEEE THE PEOPLE RULE.
. : Within thirty-six. years tnree
f Presidents of the . United State!
haVe been assassinated r and three
. 'times the Government by the peo
. pie demonstrated its ; strength, - for
H in each case it was 'shown that' the
life of the Bepnblic does'no depend
. upon the life of the President.
' Lincoln was assassinated -near the
.7 end of the meat war" betweeirtbe
,
y. StAtesYYwhenr- the North : was : in
: : arms, and the tramp of the sol
dier was heard nearly everywhere,
Yhnt there was no fear for the Re-
-when Lincoln fell. .
Garfield was assassinated sixteen
.years later, and exclaimed when
: shot, "The Republic lives." The
Republican party was divided into
two great factions" then, but there
was no- f ear xf6x the Republic. - He
- lingered for eleven weeks, but as
.far as the running of the government
- went the world' would never have
known whether President Garfield
7 was at his post in Washington or on
his death bedat Elberon, X. J. The
Republican party r was . divided into
two rival factions then,' but there
was no fear for the Republic. ; ;
Nearly twenty years later Presi
dent McKinley was shot in the pres
' once of thousands of people by a
Y lunatic or a devil, and while, , the
great heart of the American nation
was shocked beyond expression at
'the atrocity of the deed, and melted
y inj sympathy v and V sorrow ;for .;' him
. and his, there was no fear for the
Republic, the eovernment of the
' - people, for the people knew it would
live whether in the inscrutable dis
pensations of Providence President
, McKinley lived or died.
iY There isn't another government
on earth that could, bear the assas
sination of a ruler with ; less disas
. trous results, or with as much im
: jmunity from 1 danger. - In other
' Icountries the assassination of rulers
is either preceded by revolutionary
j uprisings or is followed by them,
," unless prevented, and therefore
. the mUitarr arm is called into
Y action to ' suppress any revolu
tio nary demonstrations and. guard
against any revolutionary up
risings. On such occasions, there
are always summoning of troops
to be prepared for emergencies and
detectives by the hundred go among
y the people to hear what they are
talking about and catch as far as
possible the sentiment of approval or
. - disapproval of the assassination, and
thus learn what the danger might
. be. Our Presidents may be shot
down, and aside from the national
, horror and indignation, and . the ex
citement natural at such a shocking
event, there .is no hurrying to and
':. fro, no rattle of musketry, no tramp
- ing of armed men, no clang of
swords, no rattling ; of hurrying
horses' hoofs, no detectives sent
r among the people save on the tail of
suspects, for the people here are sov
ereign and it is their representative
that is smitten, : This is the differ
ence between a government by the
people," where the people are sovereign
and all power comes from them, and
a government not of the people,
whether it is called a Republic, as
some governments are incorrectly
called, a limited or unlimited mon
archy, or an absolute despotism.
None of these are as safe from tur
moil or overturning when the assassin-
blow comes, as this Republic is,
with its seventy-six millions of people
exercising sovereign power.
i -, Men may be snatched suddenly -from
the earth, administrations may.
change, new' counsellors 1 may be
called in and new, policies adopted,
but the Republic lives and will live.
It will live for ' several reasons; one
because it is a government of the
ruwnln in vninli avunr inIvir?Til
xt4. Ji1 v -ha!1 direct interest, 'be it much or
- little, and every .one feels that the
. preservation .of. the-government,. is
vOy. necessary. .to '.him;' and because the
s-;VY' machineryl which. provides for the
Succession to the. Presidency ;is as
, . : perfect as human foresight s could
Y :vy1 devise. . There is.no possible !emer-Lw-.--Vv,l
r gency that might -arise ' that would
leave the country without some One
eligible to the Presidency, to fill the
vacancy in the event of the death of
i ;t the President even it were followed by;
-the death of the Vice President
i Such a government is stronger than
.. the : monarchy supported: by bayo
' nets,' no matter .how numerous or
' formidable i, those, bayonets may. be j
r v for those bayonets themselves may
.; : be turned against the monarch and
"N.ta .' . : ' ... . . ' "- ' . -. ---t..-- - - - " T"
gui ne government in wnose ser
vice they; are are employed. It
Ifrty supportecT by 'millions of freei
7$. whowxrald stake their . lives, in
, - ..defence of it if assailed, .and there
are no lntznai. foes to'-conspire
Terainsior scheme for its .Overthrow.
. These millions of men may differ as
ls6 policies which'should be pursued,!
the? raav become " excited 'in their
;:; pIiticiJjfiontesfa and ? upbraid -eachs
"iv'other, but when dangersf ,anyJand;
t comes, -when the representatives'of
. their sovereignty are . struck ; down
ithey -cbne together ias a; band. of
brothers an! rcc:nt -tha blow as if
' "-I r.t thea fiidtha country thst
American peopTe moulded into one
grand, majestic patriot;: in whose
heart, thoughts and eyes the Repub
lic stands first and before all things.
We have had five Vice Presidents
to succeed . deceased r : Presidents,
three i" of : them i the successors of
Presidents who had ;. fallen: at the
iands of assassins, : and in each case
these Vice Presidents : entered upon
the higher office with, as little com
motion, or parade, or excitement as
if they were taking ; the oath of a
justice, of the- peace, and", were as
loyally recognized as ; Presidents : as
if they had been chosen directly by
the votes 1 of their ; countrymen.
President Roosevelt was hunted for
and found gunning to be summon
ed to take the dead President Mo-
Kinley's place. He came, took the
oath of office with entire absence of
parade'and entered upon j the office
with as little ceremony and pomp as
he might go to church. He is to
day President Roosevelt,, as fully
recognized as was his - lamented and
honored predecessor, and not a
ripple in the body politic Men may
die but the Republic still lives.
LESS EABD8HAXIE0.
- Several days ago we wrote an edi
tbrial-' deprecating the custom,
which has become so general and so
much abused, of inviting our Presi
dents to -attend various kinds of
public gatherings j "whethe they be
of much or little importance, of na
tional or merely State or local in
terest. These invitations are pre
sumably inspired by respect! for the
office of President or regard for the
man who fills it, but in eight cases
out of , ten there is a selfish motive
at the bottom of it, and the Presi
dent is simply utilized to draw a
crowd for the occasion. It is often
a source of embarrassment to the
President who feels disposed to be
accommodating and to reciprocate
the kindly Jeeling implied! by such
invitations, for having accepted, one
he feels constrained, if his public
duties permit, to accept others,
ana sometimes when forced to de
cline he unintentionally gives of
fence because his motives, are not
understood or are misconstrued.
And for this reason, doubtless,
many invitations are accepted which
would otherwise be declined.
With these frequent draws upon
him a President, however good na
tured he may be, cannot feel other
wise than bored and wearied at the
ordeal through which he has to go,
a much abused and hard -worked
man for a mere 'unnecessary parade,
that adds nothing to but rather di
minishes the dignity of the office he
holds. The country has become too
big for that now, there is too much
of it, and it imposes too much labor
on the man, who has more than
enough to do without it. f
In this connection we also suggest
ed the discontinuance of the public
receptions, held by the President for
the same reason, because they have
become simply unmeaning for
malities, and are an imposition on
the man who is required to stand
for hours and shake or rather touch,
for there is little time to shake, the
hand of every man or woman who
hankers to touch a Presidential
hand. It is unnecessary labor im
posed on him for which1 there is no
compensating offset. .
.- When we wrote" that article we
were not thinking of it as a means
to protect the President from the as
sault of assassins or cranks, but sim
ply as a relief from an entirely: un-'
necessary ordeal that our Presidents
should not be subjected to.
Since expressing the views con
tained in that editorial, we find simi
lar views entertained by leading pa
pers of the country, and by men of
national prominence, among them:
Hon. Thos. B. Reed, who declares
that the senseless : and useless cus
tom of public receptions should be
abolished, a custom which has out
lived its- usefulness, i it ever had
any. . -m - -.
PEAYLVQ CRAZY.
: As anticipated the assassin of
President McKinley is playing the
roll of the crazy man when called to
answer for the life he. took. . He is
crazy in the sense that a ' man who
pursues a forbidden passion is, that;
the man who nurses malice , in his
heart and lays in wait for and slays,
the object of his hate is, or that the
man who deliberately takeshis own;
life is.- He was crazy for notoriety,
that was the consuming passion that
lured him and led him on to take the
part he did in that horrid tragedyi
liButhe was sane enough to fully;
comprehend, what he contemplated,
to travel from another city to do it,
to plan with cunningandjdeliberation
and to follow ; hisT intended victini
day after daynntuhe 3 could get
close, enough to ishootwith; fatal
precision; There was - no iinsanityv
in aU that. ' : f tr4$
r When arrested and locked I up he
put a padlock on his : mouth,'-unta
finallylforced to speak, he threw the
responsibility: on. Emma: Goldman,
whose writings he said fired his'
blood and hardened his heart' to this
horrid deed. There was no insanity
in that. , It is simply the plea of the
cowardly i cur,t who r Realizing that
his'own . life. has-; been, forfeited;
abandons - the. role r of, hero,and
cringinzly takes' .-refugei- under,the
the pies of -insanity to ; prolong- a
life that: - ought .to be a7 torture; to
hin if he be not- entirely devoid of
1 .
.
Of
cfi:
Hv,
surely die in tne electrocution chair as.
he killed William McKinley,: unless
he dies before the 'Vday'set for: his
execution comes.--:-."-".:: ;-vr'",, .; -
But for Jll that' he" wUltle -tried
in conformity ..- witn jaw, wui 00
given1 able counsel to defend, him,
and will have all the protection and.
fairness in his" trial -that ' the law
which- he i would deitrojf.f throws
around any other man charged with
crime. -rf' 'V; ; -r
This is an object lesson that
ought to impress even anarchists, if
anything could impress them, wnen
a viper like this is taken -under the
wings of the law, after killing . the
Republic, whose deatn is smcereij
mourned not only by seventy-six
millions- of his countrymen, but
throughout the civilized world. .
An Ohio preacher who -has been
working to locate the garden of
Eden thinks he has conclusive" evi
dence that it was in Ohio. When
Adam and Eve were evicted they
probably camped in Indiana. The
fact is they are locating' the garden
in about as ; many places as Sam
Jones, has located.. helL? One has
nitftbfid on the Philippines, another
on South Carolina, near Charleston,
and now this investigator puts in
his claim for Ohio. There area good
many parts of the United States to
be heard from yet.
Hiram Baxter, of Kansas, who
expected to be married by this time,
is still single, just because when he
was courting his girl he rode a $125
horse. When she consented to De
cthis'n," he sold that $125 horse,
bought a $25 plug and rode that
plug when he next visited her. She
didn't object to thrift, but con
cluded that this was too sudden and
violent an exhibition of it, and can
celled the agreement. Therefore
Mr. Baxter is still a bachelor with
a plug. "
CURRENT COMMENT.
- -Admiral Dewev said: "Ad
miral Howison is excused from ser
vice, rorwnicnx Know ne is very
elad." If Admiral Howison had ex
cused himself 'several weeks ago, he
would have occupied a more enviable
position. Augusta Chronicle, Dem,
When Lord Kitchener speaks
of a "bag" he means the dead and
wounded of the enemy. English
soldiers are - taught to look upon
their adversaries in war as beasts or
birds, and the corpses and captives
they can show or swear to represent
the "bag." WaMtnfffn rost, una.
An inauirv into the pursuits
of colleee-bred negroes ' received
1.312 replies. Of this number one-
half are teachers, one-sixth preach
ers, one-sixth students and prof e88-
ional men. : 6 per cent, farmers,
artisans and merchants, and 4 per
cent in the government service. The
teachers, if competent, are all need-
ed. but the number of mechanics,
farmers and tradesmen is signifi
cantly small. The failure to engage
in trade may not be altogether
voluntary, but the disposition to
crowd the professions is as evident
as among whites, and with less
chance of success. Louisville Cou
rier-Journal, Dem. '
TWINKLINGS
. The Patron Isn't there some
mistake about this bill! Proprietor
Two weeks' board and extras; $230;
that's right. The addition's .right but
I've more money than that Life.
.Lady 1 always come out so
D&ztn in mr photoeraohs. Plainer
eren than I am. Photographer (gal
lantly) On madam that . is imposad
ble. Life. r
With Germany trying to crawl
under the Monroe doctrine and France
over it. Uncle Sam will also have to
arrange his interference to stop runs
1 . 1 m fi n -
roana uo enus. jjvvnnh xrxwma.
Not a Flattering Attention
"Who la that strange looking man
who stares at me so much fn "Why.
that's Von Humperdinck, the eminent
Insanity: expert" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
That Yale professor who claims
to have successfully grafted the tail of
an adder on the front end of a rattle
snake ought to try his luck at form
ing a new political party. Cleveland
Plain Dealer. : r . : 2
Unable to State What is the
name of the .President 01 your coun
try? said the- Tiaitor. I don't know.
answered - the - citizen of the South
American republic. We haven't yet
had a full report from the latest bat--
tle." . - - . . .- ,
Little Ethel Mamma, I know
why it isn't safe to count your chickens
before they're hatched. Mother
Why, dear? Little Ethel Cos sum of
'em - might - be ducks. Ohio State
Journal. ' v . : .
There is one thing about modt
era society that puzzles me," said the
philosopher. "What's that? The
older women are all the : time anxious
to get in; the . young and pretty ones
want to come out." amort Set.
'Waiter, bring me a couple of
soft-boiled eggs." ; Voice , (at the next
table) 'The same for me. But, waiter;
be sure they are fresh." Waiter' Voice
(In the distance) "Four toft-boiled
eggs; two must be fresh.? What to
; EaU ' a " 'i ' m
- Bnggs "Woman's love . of
dress has been the ruin of, many
household." - Griggs "Perhaps that
is why Baldwin fell in love with that
chorus girl. - Surely she cannot think
much of dress, or' she'd wear more of
it." Hoeton Transcript.'
i ."I saw Blnks to-day and he
was in terrible ahape--both eyes closed
MdJrmall.ver,He Jsu!t a, quar
relsome man is he tn , "Qhv no; quite
the reversed: He never., sees a quarrel
uuh ne aoesn-i want 10 act as peace
maker." :" Ah, that explains it, then."
- 'sa. Powder BXlll Snloiloa
-,Removes everything in sight; so do
drastic mineral . pills, but , both are
mighty -dangerous. Don't - dynamite
the delicate- machinery of your body
with calomelr eroton- oil or aloes pills.
when -Dr, King's New Life Pills,-
wmcn are genus as a summer breeze,
aoue worx penecuy. uures Head
ache. Constipation.' Only SS cts. at
.R." ,B. UxlIlHIT'S Drugstore. .- 11
T 1
"'J "'9 A!ws BcvSt
SMflJSTBWN
Has been responsible for .much of human
mortality. Men and -women die by thou-
because bf lack of food but be
cause caste superstition prevents
them from accepting it. - Even '
arill to be
IOUI1U ' U1VI3C T wm... . . o
herbs lack virtue unless gathered during
cenazn.paases m mc mwu. - - . -
The great foe of superstition is science.
t . - anv. tnwauM tlie tem-
iireiY vcu ow- . .
tnrwm rni-TiHuinu uis
e x p e n se .of : the super-:5
natural. - - ; - , :
Doctor Pierce's lioiaen -
Medical Discovery
achieves its successful
cures because it is . a , -aMa4ifi
ntvtftrfltion onsr-
jjti w r J
inated by a scientific man.
It cures diseases m -
stomach and other organs of digestion
, s- fhi. Mood and
ana nuumuut .. - - - -
estaoiisnes -mc wuy . , ,
As the writer of the following letter
1,4- y,incr for nervous-
says, VI l IS W wa. - - .
ness and for a weak run-down condition
that anybody .would-want. It gives a
person new life and new blood.'' .
11 ui,i niemwrv " contains
: -HWlUCU JUCUWM "' 7
.wi.nl and is free from opium, co-
caine and other narcotics... . -:.
I mast again send a. few linea to yon to iex
you know how I am .gung t?'SD .
the wonaermi meaiane "--Ji- "SJii:;
beler. of Ui Benton Street,
St. Ioaia, Mo. 1 stm continue
in vctt iood hemlth and. think
-there is not a better median on
earth than Dr. Ker'a Go' den
Medical Discorery.- It is the best
thinr for nerrousnesa and for a
wealc. run-down condition, that
. A-w wnnlfl want. It nres
' person new
I can now
new life and new blood, -
m-lr nil dST lonO
without feeling the least bit tired.
I was very nervous and weak; l m",-
took five bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Dveryand it just made me feel Ukeanew
Pe?'pierce's Pleasant Pellets stimulate,
the liver. - - - - ;'
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Beidsville Weekly: A, petition
is being circulated asking - the ttov-i
ernor to offer a reward tor tne cap
ture of John Ware, who snot nis
father, and a negro August 27th and
i,aa 1nAA lb n nfRefira in far. No
reasonable effort should be spared to
bring him to justice, ior tne crane
which he and John Stephens com
mittH waa nna of the moat dastardly
that has ever, taken place in this sec
bon. . ;"-.... :-. . .'. .v i "'-"''"'.---y-
Charlotte News: - Mr. James
AHama of th Newella section, died
suddenly last night. . He, with sev
eral others, were on weir- way to
Newells to attend the evening service
at thn PrAahvtftrian church. When
within a mile of the church Mr. Adams'
waa suddenly stricken with a severe
Ttain in the rerion of his - hear L He
fll hv the roadside in neat aCTODT
Those with him did all they could for
. . ..... r 4. 1 31
mm, out a earn came m a snort wane.
Newton Enterprise: It is now
a settled fact that Newton is to have
two National Banks. Application has
been made for the charters 01 botn or
them. Another gang of thieves
are operating in Newton on the same
plan as that of the gang sent to the
penitentiary last spring. They oreax
into the dining room "or kitchen of
of several houses every night and car
ry out whatever they find that suits
their appetites. . One. of their dens was
found in a dense thicket near the old
fish pond above the depot Monday.-It
was a brush arbor in which there were
numerous tin cans, fire-brands and
other evidences of a regular camp.
Fayetteville Observer: Sunday
afternoon about two o'clock as Hepsy.
Hattie and James, Robert and Lizzie
Harrlss(all colored) were : returning
from a trip after grapes in a batteau
on the Cape Fear river in charge of a
boy nearly crown, in trying to land
between the steamer Hurt and a flat
Ivine beside the wharf, one of the
children in jumping from the boat fell
into the water, causinsr the boat to
careen and throw out another. The
boy in his endeavor to save -the two
-which he succeeded in doing, found it
necessary to leave the boat in which
were Hepsy Roberts, aged about 14
and Lizzie . Harris,- aged about 18,
who, it is supposed fell out and were
at once drawn by the strong current
under the flat-- In a short time the
body of the Harris girl was recovered.
but at : last accounts the body of the
Roberts eirl had not- been found.
Hepsy Roberts is the daughter of Zack
Roberts, the well known pilot of the-
steamer Driver, while Lizzie Harris is
the daughter of Willie Harris, em
ployed on the same boat, both of
whom were in Wilmington ' at the
time of the accident - The name of
the boy who was paddling the boat was
Ed. Jessup, aged 17 years-
r There is probably no more
prosperous industry in the United
States at this time than the ship
building industry. It has. indeed,
no drawback except in present" facti
tious prices for iron and steel, and is
kept in control of the home trade by
an absolute prohibition of outside
competition. Yet it is proposed-to
further encourage shipbuilding by
the payment of Uovernment subsi
dies, so that the owners of dear ships
may engage in competition with the
owners 01 cneaper snips ior tne ocean
carrying trade l-PhiladelphtaWecord,
Dem. -
No Right To Ugliness.
, The woman who is lovely in ; face.
form and temper will always 'have
friends, but one who would be attrac
tive must keep her health. ; Jf she - is
weak, sickly and all run : down, she
will be nervous and irritable. If she
has constipation or kidney trouble,her
impure blood will cause -pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch
ed complexion. 1 Electric Bitters is the
best medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and - kidneys, and ' to
purify the blood. It gives strong nerves.
bright eyes; smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion, it wjll make a good
looking, charming woman of run
down invalid. Only 60c at R. R. Bel
lamy's drug store. - : 7 "t
Vor orar rutr Xmm
Mrs. WnrsLoWB Soothing Stbtjp has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while ; teething with . perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the gums,;
and allays all pain ; .cures wind colic,
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be sure' and ask for
"Mrs. - Winslow's Soothing "Syrup,
and take no other kind. 7;
' -..'v ' . iArtAHTA, qXV Nov. 19.1900.
- We have handled Dr. Moffett's TKETHIKA
(Teething Powders) ever since its first Intro,
auction to the irabUo and trade ma a nroiH-tetarv
medicine, and oar trade tn it has steadily In
creased from year to year until our orders now
amount ce t wo or toree nonarea gross per year,
which is a very strong evidence of its merit and
the country, for they say that nothing so effect
ually counteracts the effects ot the summer's
hot sun or overcomes so Quickly the troubles
Incident to teething. . Tz .
"j THB5 LAJ1AB RANKIN DBUG CO., it
-.. f. . ...... ... Wholesale Dnurslsts. :
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KaSSA HARRY'S
BODY SERVANT.
v 7 ;By Elizabeth Guerard,
3ood mornin, massa." ; ':
Judge Marsden saw beside him a tiny
specimen of a negro boy looking np, into
his face with expressive eyes.
"Well, - boy, what do you wisnrv ne
asked kindly. . - ..7Y.,-' -Y :-7; :-
"Wv. massa. I jes wan' to ax you to
tek me in de big house to wuk." -, .
"Tour" said the judge.7 "Wny, yon axe
too small. YWhat could you dor' -- 7
"I knowed I . ain't ben growed mncn,
massa. but 1 sarun i prara grow numc
mo one ob dese aays, an sm i
do anything. " Why massa, I could be
li'l Massa. Harry's body servant, jes' use
William is yours, sab' . . 7 ' Ytt
Judge Marsden smiled at tne iaea or
Harry, a baby of 2 years, having a
body servant in this child, who did not
look very much older.---' -i--rY7Y:.YY5ii
f'How old are you, iiojm;.- .;;;:,,..
"I is gwine on foteen, sah,,' "came the
surprising ' answer. "De reason I ain t
neber growed no mo.', ne , explained as
the judge made a gesture of dissent, "is
cos Big Jim let me fall down de bluff
when I ben 6 years old, an all de growin
I would ha' done is gone Into dis here
lump on my back, but dat don hinder
me. ---- - .
"Surely; you are not that child I" inter
rupted the judge. "Why, I was told at
the time that yon were dying!" " ; -
, "Well, mammy done shame ob me, an
she neber let me come to see you nor
nobody else ef she kin hep it, cos she
say 1 : too : ugiy an u i an . uagat - kuc
dem.' -:. - -, r
- "Poor little fellowl" thought the judge
compassionately. Y ' ' ' ' " Y
- "One day, massa," continued the boy,
"Nancy brung li'l massa down to de
cabin, an while she an mammy ben
a-talkin I slipped up to de kerridge, an
he ain't neber ben scairt in de leas',- but
jes' hel' out his li'l hands .to me an say,
I lub you, boy.' I gib him some Sowers,
an he jes' lafl so sof ' an. sweet. Oh, sab,
I know I could tek sech good-care ob
him!" - Y '.Y ' : T ' 7
"He has a nurse already," said the
judge. Then, seeing the disappointment
in the child's eyes, he added good natur-
k-edly, "But come up to the big house to-.
morrow, and I will see If I can find some
thing for you to do there." Y 77
"Tankie, massa." And with hope in his
heart the little unfortunate went back to
his mother's cabin, careful not to' excite
her by any allusion to an interview with
the master. 7 7 v
: Bright visions haunted the little boy
that night as he lay on his humble pal
let. The height of his ambition was about
to be realized. The "bhr house. as he
termed it, which was a . large colonTaTI
structure, seemed-to -him a beautiful pal
ace and its inhabitants such superior be
ings that he was not worthy to touch the
hem of their garments. 7 ; Y v yj
80 ' occupied was the judge with his
business that the incident with the little
boy passed out of his mind,' and he was
surprised the next day when Andrew, the
butler, told him that Napoleon Bonaparte
wished to see him.
"Who on earth is Napoleon Bonaparte?
I was not aware that I had made an ap
pointment to meet the ghost of that fllus
trious man. Did you know it, my dear?"
turning to his wife.
"No,- indeed, I did not . Who is this
person, Andrew?"
. "Well, mam, he's Liza's chile, da one
wat Big Jim let fall down de bluff. Ton
ain't 'member dat, mam, cos it happened
afore you wus married.
"I remember now, Andrew. Show him
In," said tbe judge, and seating himself
by his wife he said:
"My dear Lucy, he Is the most pitiful
specimen of humanity I ever saw, but he
haa fallen a victim to Harry's charms agd
wants to be his body servant.
. With mingled feelings of awe and de
light . the little cripple walked into the
presence of the judge and his wife, salut
ing them with a low bow, cap in hand.
' "Heah I is, massa. Andrew ain wan'
let me in, but I tell him I reckon you
knowed your own business. How li'l
Mass Harry today?"
"He is well. Napoleon," replied Mrs.
Marsden. "Would you like to see him?"
-'Deed I "would, missis! See, I brung
him some shells wat I got on de beach! '
And he drew forth some lovely pink and
white shells from the depths of a ragged
pocket. -7.
r ' Noticing : his tattered garments, Mrs.
Marsden said: - i
"Why doesn't your mother provide yon
with better clothes?"
"She .gib all de good clos to La Fay
ette and Esmeralda an mek me wey ail
de ole . ones cos she -say it don matter
'bout me; nobody gwine notice me no
how." .
Meanwhile Nancy brought little Harry
In, and as soon as he laid eyes on Napo
leon be toddled straight for him.
"See, massa I" exclaimed the delighted
boy. "He ain scairt ob me one bit.
Here lit massa, - here some shells - I
brung you." And he put the pretty
things in the baby's hands. ,
It was truly -a charming sight, the
handsome, laughing boy scattering the
shells on the floor and .the eager faced
hunchback . gathering them again and
again, only to have the baby cast them
down immediately with TOguish delight.
- "He's too small to have charge of Har
ry," whispered Mrs. Marsden to her hus
band, "but .he could help in the kitchen
and be allowed to ampse him some
times." ,1 -v7 .---7Y---
- She then said to the child: "Tour mas
ter and I think you too small to have
charge of Master Harry,- but you may go
Jmtothe kitchen and help the cook, and
sometimes you may play with him.
'"Tankie, mam." But he added as he
backed out of the door, "I gwine do some-
thin to show you dat ef I is li'l I ken tek
charge ob de baby."
Y "Very well, we'll see," said Mrs. Mars
den. -Atlanta Constitution.
- The Bishop's Umbrella.
; Once when the late Bishop Creighton
was. at Tottenham laying thef oundation
stone ot St.t Peter's church there he was
asked by a leading local resident how he
liked the place. . "I should like it better,"
said his lordship, "if some Tottenhamite
had not annexed my umbrella this morn
ing. 7 1 don't know whether the experi
ences of other prelates are similar to my
own, but It seems to me that a bishop's
umbrella has a special Individuality and
Is peculiarly marked-down for spoiL" -
This remark reminds pne of his friends
of the impromptu skit the bishop jotted
down on a pad at the church congress in
xjouuuu in ikw; . . 7 . .
-. Y7 Tle rain it ralneth every day ::
Upon tha Just and nnjust taller, '
; ; "Bnt chiefly on the lost, because -
; Tb onjuat takes the Just's nmhrella. .7
-Am Ssutr Ooln Arties. .. '
' Recently published lists of prices charg
ed by prominent portrait painters remind
ns that: if modern artists take the cash
eighteenth century, painters' often took
their time. Augustus Hare says that Lord
Mexborough asked Sir Thomas Lawrence
again and again to send home the por
trait he was doing of Lady Mexborough
and her child.. 1 allow 1 have been
long time," replied the artist at last, "but
if Lady Mexborough will kindly bring the"
baby and give me another sitting I really
WUI OnlsV ' . - - v Y- - , -
- fWeII, Sir Thomas," was the answer,
nny wife will be happy to give you an
Other sitting whenever you like, but the.
baby is In the guards I" Touth'i Conv-
pauon. --j-. ...t-1-
v-4, a,.-.V j--. m .x.i. .- Y
. ' . ' Rkeptieml. :v"" ' - Y
;Y Baekblte-Digby is a fooU-Y 0&M&
.:: Bilkins He said the same of you. Y -":
7 Backbite-Wbat?, He's a liarl . -
, uuiuns Exactly what he. called yon
when I told him yos said he was a fool.;
Dear me, but yon fellows 'are skeptical!
. Ohio state Journal.'.--- 7'-.-7- : :
The Right of 'War'" -
7-In a crowded street keep to the right.
isnouia you . wisn o break this rule .re
member, that you. should turn aside 'to
the right when others wish to pass you.-
It Is courteous,' Whether you" or ' the
stranger has the right of way, to 'turn
-aside for. -your elders or for those -who
have a burden. -
DTOnXA.
Bears the
ef
Tlw Rind Ysu Have Atagrs BonjS
-v I - - ' 7 - . .-- r- ... . r I A. ' for n
' i Infte SchHti brewery you
j j
are cooiuik v'f-d' " .
are cooling pipes,
A air filter, and no air comes into
Nbeeras can reach beer handled with such rare caution.
Hfrbr-dKelMttrlf, bottle and seal it.
?-then sterilize every.bcWe,--.'M-.
1 ,v. trirl nretautions because beer
product." Impurities multiply it they get into it
7- r't nrit.an(i utter lmouritv.-
"Evera"5c.i and purity js
healthfulness-r-jYour physician knows-e ask bjm.; -.
; ' -Phone L S.-202. Sol Bear & Oo.. SO Iferket St, Wilniingtoa. . .
.. - . - . - i . . ::. . . ' (jail IO UIO
-s(ll6ollcd
CUMKKCIAL.
WILMINGTON MABKET
f Quoted offlclany at the closing by the Produce
" STAR OFFICE, September 17.
SPIRITS -"TURPENTINE Market
steady at 33 jc per gallon for machine
made' casks; .nouung aomg m wuu
try casks.' , - v'Krr; syY-yy yy
ROSINMarket steady at 95c peri
barrel for strained and fLTJO per barrel
for god 8tramed.-?7-7j,it-
TAB Market firm at fl-35 per bbi
of 280 lbs. .. . - ' - n
CRUDE l TURPENTLNlfi. Market
quiet and steady at $1.00 per barrel for
hard, $1.90 for dip and for virgin.
Quotations same day last year-
Spirits turpentine steady at 35i3Gc;
rosin dull at ii.ioi.zu; lar nrm at
$L40; crude turpentine steady at $1.10
2.10. " '
7-i;- RK0H2PT8. 1
Spirits turpentine.. ; . .. . .. . .
Kosin J-oa
Tar ...T 301
Crude turpentine. ' 7 74
7 Receipts same day last year 82
casks - spirits turpentine, " 409 bbls
rosin, 203 bbls tar, 49 bbls crude tur
pontine.' -
OOTTOir.
Y Market firm on a basis of 8c per
pound for middling. ; Quotations;
Ordinary
7-16
cts
Good ordinary . ... .
16-16
7-16
Low middling . . . . . .
Middling ..'.
Good middlini?.. ...
6-16
. Same day last year, marget nrm at
10e for middling. Y - y '
Receipts 1,150 bales; same day last
year, 4,864. - : ' '-' 'Y ' : r .-'
r Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
- those paid for produce consigned to coiamia
r slon Merchants.J . .- ; -
7 ' -' OOTJSTBT PRODUCT. Y
- PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, - 60c ; extra - prime,. 65c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy,' 7075c
Virgfaia Prime ' 55c; extra - prime.
60c; fancy, 65c. Spanish, 75c.
CORN Firm, 75 to 77c ir bushel
foryrhite. " y ,.!' -' Y 'Y y: yy
N. a BACON-Steady; hams 13 to
14c per pound; , shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c - - - 7
EGGS Firm at 1616Xc per dozen,
t CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 22 to
25c; springs, 1020c. .
TURKEYS--Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c.
CALLOW Firm at 5K6c
per
pound. ft Y1 -
SWEET POTATOES Nothftg
tog.
to-
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
Bv Telegraph to the Horning star.
Nsw York. Sept 17. Money
on
call was steady at 25per cent ; the
last loan 2 per cent, and the ruling
rate 4 per- cent. Prime mercan
cantile paper 55X per cent. Sterling
exchange steady, at the' decline in
prices, with -actual business in bank'
ers' bills at 484484 for demand
and i82H&i82X for sixty days. Posted
rates were "4834 and 486. Com
mercial bills 4813483Jt'. Bar silver
68 V. Mexican dollars 45. Govern
ment '-' bonds steady. State bonds
firm. Railroad bonds irregular. U.
a refunding . 2's, reg'd, 108; "U.
S. refu'g ys coupon, 108K; U. S.
2's, reg'd, ; U. S. S's,: reg'd, 108; do.
coupon, 108; U. S." 4s, new reg'd,
139; do. -coupon, 139; -U. 8. 4's,
old reg'd, 112; do. coupon, 113; U.
a S's, do." reg'd, 108; coupon, 108;
Southern Railway S's 116 Stocks:
Baltimore & Ohio 102 tf. Chesapeake
ft Ohio 45 t Manhattan L 119$$ ;
N.Y. Central 1531ft Reading 41 ; do.
1st prefd 75 ; do.. 2nd , pref 'd 62; St.
Paul 161M ; do. prefd, 187; Southern
R'way S2HX do. prefd 87; Amalga
mated Copper 106 U ; American Tobacco
; People's Gas 108 ; Sugar 181 W, ;
T. C, ft Iron-62; U. & Leather
12; do. prefd, 80 ; Western Union
92H ; U. S. Steel 43jbi ; da; preferred
93 ; Mexican National 14 SUnd
ard OU 755760; yirginia-CaroUna
Chemical Co.,60;do preferred 122.
Baltimorb:. Sept: 17. Seaboard Air
Lane, common, 27 5 27; do. pre
ferred, SOX&SOH' .Bonds 4's 83jkf
83. ,.- it77 v - - Y-
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
;- By Telegraph to the Morning star. "7 -Y
New York, Sept. 17. Rosin steady.
Spirits turpentine steady. -
- Chablestoh, Sept 17. -Spirits tur
pentine firm at 33c. , Rosin . firm
and unchanged r v ' 7-
r: 8atasbab, Sept 17. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 83jtf c ; receipts 1,537 casks ;
sales 1,546 casks; exports 4 611 casks -Rosin
firm; ; receipts 4,805 - barrels;
sales 1,558 barrels; exports 2,481 bar
rels. A, B, C, 95c ; D, $1 00;E, $107Xf
F, $1 12 ; G, $1 20; H, $1 25; I, $1 40 ;
$1 85; M,: $2 25;7N.$260;W G.
$3 00; WXW, $3 50.-r-r. -. 7-7-' -
Y By Telegraph to the Horning Siar Jfe .f
" Nrw York,' Sept? 17. The market
for' cotton 1 futures . opened firm - and
. three: to,five paints higher on active
room covering and some support from
the bull faction despite the, fact that
cables from ' Liverpool -weref very dis
appointing and the demand for public
account yery light. ; Following' the
call the market exhibited pronounced
strength and 'rapidly stiffened on in
creasing '" nervousness among - local
shorts and growing confidence on the
part of the bull shorts. The English
market quickly responded to the firm'
ness here and also sent liberal buying
orders, j - Before .the- close -of -the
first hour the South,- Wall street, the
West' and commission houses were
brisk buyers eof' the later options.
There was very little cotton for sale
other than that offered for the purpose
of securing profits. By midday a net
rise of eleven to twelve, points was in
rogue, .with the demand even at those
figures somewhat in excess of offers.
Rumors that the tropical - storm wss
rapidly - approaching the 7 northern
Gulf., coast and wass increasing in
intensity, and that . continued heavy
rains orer the central f and eastern
celt were i-doi2 great y dams -e
ta ccttca cct - quits -cs-traliy
will find a plate glass room, fart
. . t jjnps. Above it is an.
;r-. - .ww r, fitter
ims rouiu -----
SB
13
a saccharine
There is no ,
toe
orewcij
open did much to strengthen the mar
kt t Receipts fell short of predictions
and cropreporls were unfavorable on
the averages The weekly government
rf port proved to . be- one " of the
w rst, if not the worst, received this
season, and gave shorts fresh cause for
uneasiness, and in covering January
was quickly bid up to 7.77 or 'thirty -six
points above the lowest figure of.
last Friday. Tbe South, and West
continued to V buy for a further ad -vance,
while pit bulls supported the
market 71 with more confidence than
manifested in a -long time. Spec-.
uUtion was quite active and reactions
were exceptionally small and few and
far between. ? In ithe last hour the
market was strong at the top notch of
the day on expected covering and
more frost talk. The close was firm,
with prices net eighteen to nineteen
points higher. Y , - . c -m'bw
York, Sept. 17. Cotton steady;
a iddling uplands 8Hc
' Cotton futures 'market -closed firm,
as follows: September 7.76, . October
7 74, November 7.76, December 7.78,
January 7.79. February 7 60; March,
7.83, AprU 7.82, May 7.84' ' -
Spot cotton v closed steady and yic
biKher; middling uplands S ;middling
g lf8Xc; sales 2,412 bales yy
Net receipts 322 bales; gross receipts
2,905 bales; stock 91,055 bales. --
Total to-day Net receipts 19,137
bales; exports to Great Britain 9,738
bales; exports faTthe Continent 13,605
ba Jes; stock 227,349 bales. .
Consolidated Net - receipte 50,848
bales; exports to Great Britain 14,031
buies ; exports to France bales ;
exports to the Continent 32,471 bales.
Total since September 1st Net re
; eipts 159,516 bales ; exports to Great
Britain 72,618 bales; exports to
France 11,243 bales; exportt to the
Continent 56.042 bales.
. 3ept.l7. Galveston, steady at 8 1-16,
net receipts 8,213 bales; Norfolk.steady
at 81-16c, netsjeceipts 208 bales; Balti
more, nominal at 8c, net receipts
bales; Boston, quiet at 8Jtfc. net . re
ceipts 16 bales; Wilmington, firm at
8c,netreceipts 1150 bales; Philadelphia,
fi m at 8Kc, het receipte 50 bales;
Savannah, steady at 7Mc, net receipts
4.408 bales: New Orleans, firm
at 8 l-16c net receipts 4.011 bales;
Mobile, firm at 7tfc net receipts 598
bales ;Memphis,steady at 8, net receipts
318 bales; Augusta, steady at 7 lo-ibc,
net receipte 1,936 bales; Charleston,
steady at 7 11-16, net receipts 158 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
Nssw S"oRK.Sentl6. Flour market
was more active and stronger. Wheat
Spot strong; No. 2 red 77c. Options
closed strong at (Sic net advance.
No. 2 red May closed 80 c; September
closed 75 96c; October olosed 75c:te
cember closed 78X. Corn Spot firm ;
No. 2 66a -Options closed strong at
2X2o net higher; May closed 66i ;
September closed 65 Kc; October closed
65; December closed 65 Xc Oats Spot
firmer: No. 2 $8Xc Options were
higher with corn. Tallow quoted firm.
Butter - firmr creamery 1520.gc;
State dairy U&18H-- Cheese quiet and
steady ; fancy large white 8c; fancy
small white 9tfc. Pork strong; fam
ily $17 00: short: clear J15 7019 00.
Coffee Spot Rio quiet; No.7 invoice
534c: mild quiet; Uordova ii54c.
Cabbage Market was steady; Long
Island flat Dutch, per 100 $4 00 5 00.
Eggs firm; State and ; Pennsylvania
1819c Peanuts quiet; fancy hand
nicked 4Kc: other domestic 2hic
Sugar Raw steady; fair refining
3 6-16c: refined steady. : Lard strong;
Western steam $10 05; refined strong;
compound 7K7c. Potatoes quiet;
Jerseys $1 752 60; Long Island $2 60
2 75; Jersey sweets, yellow; $2 00
2 75. Freights to Liverpool--Cotton
by steam lOo. Cotton seed oil very
quiet The closing quotations were:
Prime crude, in barrels nominal; prin e
summer yellow 4041c; off summer
yellow 37XS8c ;prime white 44 ;prime
winter yellow 44c; prime meal uu.
OHiOAdO,' Sept: 17. All grains were
active to-day n the Board of Trade in
response to reports or frost last night.
Wheat closed lie higher than yester
day. December corn made a gain of
2$2$c and December oats closed lfc
up. ' Provisions were active and closed
with gains of from 17522tC.
Chioago, Sept 17. Cash quotations:
Flour : was. steady. Wheat 1N0.
spring c; No. 3 spring 6868c;
No. 2 red 717134. Corn Wo. 2
Sellow- 5858Xc Oats No. 2 c
o. 2 owhite ,3838Jic; y Na 3
white 37a38ltfc,Y Rve No. 2 66
57c Mess pork, ; per barrel, $14 90
14 95. Lard, per 100 Ibs,$9 66H970.
Short ' rib sides, loose? $8 : 658 75.
Dry , salted shoulders, boxed, $7 75.
Short dear sides, boxed, $9 259 SS.
Whiskey Basis of T high wines, $1 SO.
The leading futures ranged, as lo
lows opening.- highest lowest - atf.
closingT" Wheat-No." 2 - September
68tf,693c; December 703
707L; 72. 70 it-.: 71m72e; May 74M
74H 75tf, 74f, 7575c. Corn i
No.S Beptember 56B64, 68M,
68Xl December; 6858M,' 60, 58,
60c; May 60H604, 62N 5960,
62c.y Oats No. 2 September 35,?
35,34, S5c;December 36&S6Hr
S7H, ?36H.Y57KcMayl88XS8j,
89K. 38M30,89X394c.i Pork,
per bbl September - : October $14 77J4Y
14 95, 1477X, ;14 90' January J$15 85,
16 10, 15 85J4V 16 02JC.iLard,per 100 Ds
September $9 62J6T9 67t 9 62.K,
9 67 ; October $9 60. 9 67 Jf 9 67
9 65; January- $9 r 20, 9 35, 9 20,
9 32 Short ribs per 100 lbs Septem
ber $8 65, 8 70, 8 65, 8 70 ;October $8 65,
8 70, 8 66, 8 70 ; January $8 17, 8 S7H ,
8 15, 8 80i "fi.?; MRi i -i
S LiVKRPOOT Sept "17; : 4 :80 P7 M.,
Ootton: Spot," good business done;
prices 1-S2d higher American mid
dling fair 5 S-16d- good middling 4 15
16d; middling-d;: low middling
4 13-32d; good ordinary 4 3-32d; ordi
nary 3 29-32d. The sales of 1 the day
were 10,000 bales, of which 500" bales
were for speculation and export and
included 8,000- bales American, Re
ceipts 6,000 bales, including , 6,800
. bales Americanr:S ?7-t7; :.' ;
Futures opened and closed steady ;
American ciiilir (L m. c.) Septemf
Sim "S0S s '
33-644 34-64TT
d 00 o. , lvk sella,.
November and Div?d
ler:
December and J.T1
r: Jann -V. Wttr Pi
selsVer; Janua
417
Her; March aV
le'5 April and
64d sellAi-
bav
oimr a f Hurt 0u
ville, James Madden W
CLEARED '
MARINE D1RECT0RV
list of Vessel, m h .M
. -tmatoB, n. SepteU
8TKAMSPri.-
Roxbv. (Brt 1.9R4 tamm nt
anderBprunU sor'
Torgorm, (Br) 1,065 tons. iTlt I
.Alexander Sprunt&Son'
BCHOnNiTDQ ' I
Catawamteak, 119 tons, Brown oJ
Harriss, Son & Co. V
BY RIVER ND RAIL
Receipts of Naval stores ltf jJ
Yesterday. J
' W. & W. Raiiroad-34 balet J
8 casks ffnirUstnvnnnin.
10 barrels crude turtiBntin.H
W. C. & A Railroad-LOffl J
cotton, 10 casks spirits turpJnO
barrels rosin, 41 barrels tar SiC?
crude turpentine. ' Z
C. C. Railroad 7 bales of or
3 casks spirits turpentine 17 D
tar.
A. & Y. Railroad 21 balaw'
7 casks spirits turpentine, 30 D
rosin, 24 barrels tar.
Steamer A. P. Hurt 6 casks r
turpentine, 48 barrels rosinTlRii
rels tar. 12 barrels
Hi I... . ------.u
oieamer a., j. Jonnson-8,
spirits turpentine, 6B barren 1
51 barrels tar.
Total 1,150 bales cotton, (
spirits tur Dentine. 163 hami. .
301 barrels tar, 74 barrels ens j
penune.
WHOLESALE PRICES CD
3Sf Tne following quotations
small oraen uieHfir Drtces have to be si
Tne qnotataons are arways given saif
as possible, bat the Btak wllfnot be rw
xor any ranauunii iruiu me brcosi nuni
BAGGINQ
s Jute
Standard
Burlaps
WISTERN SMOKED
Hams V s
Sides t I
Sbonlaersy a I
DRY SALTED
81dee
- - Bboolaers ft
BaSBELS Spirits Tnrpentlne-
Seoond-hand, each 1
Second-hand machine 1
New New York, each
New City, each
BBICK8
Wilmington TH
Northern i
BUTTEB
North Carolina V a...
Northern
OOBN MEAL
Per bushelj In Backs .,
COTTOrJnnaia
CANDLES V -
Sperm
Adamantine
COFFEE! 9
fjagrnyra
Bio
ISO I
'SS
DOME8TIC8
Sheeting, 4-4, V yard
Tarns, fl bunch of 5 Kb ....
. ' jgH
Mackerel, No. 1, barrel... 8
Mackerel, No. 1, f half-bhl. 11
Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... 18
Mackerel, No. 2 half-bbl.. 8
MackereL No. s, V barrel...
MoUets, V barrel
Mullets, Wpork barrel 8
N. O. Boe Herring, keg.. I
Srycoo, .
- m . TTTtm
Extra....
FLOtna
: , U)W grade
Ctielce......
Btralght
First Patent
8I.TJE V S
6BAIN- bushel-
Cornjrom store,bgs-White
' Mixed Com.
Oats, from store (mixed)..
OatsBast Proof
Cow Peas
HIDES -
t Sreen salted
Dry flint
Dry salt
HAT m 100 B8
No 1 Timothy
Bice Straw
Eastern
; Western
. North River
N. C. Crop
HOOP IBON, V
CHEESE V
- - Northern Factory
Dairy Cream...
- Half cream
i.ABD.S-
Northern
NortH Carolina
LnMEItsawedV M
3 80 I
38 1
3 as
49 1
I I
n 1
171
SI
HI
IN
7!
il
191
18 OS f
,. us
. . BDlp oiua, resawou
: west inaia carKooo, a
unalltlF. 11'
onaUtv I
a1
ureBsea e iooruns, uv -- -
Scantling and Board, com Wm
MOIa.88E3. 9 gallon-
o..hajinaa in hncrftnftflQ
Dressed Flooring, eeasonea. :
I Barbadoes, In barrels..
Porto Bloo, to hogsheads...
Porto Bloo, In barrels. . . . . .
Bngar House, in hogsheads
Sugar House, In barrels....
NAILS, keg. Out. eoa pauis.
PORK. 4 barrei-
. . city mess
' Bump
Prime.........
ROPE,
SALT, V sack, Alum
Uverpool
American.
On 125 Sacks - "
8UOAbT V-Standard Gran'a
Standard A....
, White Extra C
- Extra O, Golden
CTellow
SOAP, t Northern..
SprrfcA m -W. O. barrel-
4
6
B. O. Hogshead........
TIMBEB, 9U feet-fihlppiw?.. J
Common mill "
. . Fairmiu ; est
- Prime mill , g
Extra mill .j
8HINQLE8.N.O. Cypress sawea
M6X24 heart gji
- sap. s
Bx20.Heart iSi
sap '"-jr'X
WHISKEY. eaiiou
NEWS AND
om
J ' ' of
National Im
I
yr'. ALONE
U CONTAINS BOfl-
Dally,, by mail, - ' f
Daily and Sunday.
The Sunday
& GREATEST SUNDAY "
.kTHEWORLI
Pries 5c a copy. J
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