WILLUK XX. BgmftRD.
WILMINGTON. K. a
Stxdat Mouruto. Arotrrr SO.
7 LA 1 1 07 TffX limS CAX-
cot b 10 nut. Bat altar all this
thought dm 7 1 thrown oat bj thoii
la tbe steel corporation a manag;e
ment who have alvajs contended,
and still contend, teat do diridend
ahould bo paid on iu conmoQ clock
wstll it ia ciearlj demonstrated that
tht corporation U able to stand the
teat of hare time. SsvemnaX Anr.
EforU la secure aa Inert aae of
pay will bo res-xaed at the contention
tf tho National Association, of Lett
Ur Carrion, which wCl be held at
Syracuse beginnix.; oa An-put Slit.
Tho aaaodatioa baa Lad tale matter
tefor Cosjrrtaa for a number of
jean, hat hu been Bsnecoaxfal,
o wi to tha pcrtiitaat asd inphatia
cppoalUoo of Cocxreaaman Load, of
Caforala, for many jean chalrmaa
tho IIosjo Committee oa Poet
oea aod roal Coada. The carriers
" - Lara eour,&t to bar th!r aaiarlee la
cmaodraccorilax to Urmi of aerriee,
with a maximum o! 11,300 lacitlea
of tho' tut class. At present the
wcazlaaia' salary U II.OCO. Attar
taa rsjecUoa of tha c!a!au of tha
carrier! at tha fint session of tha
Hr.y sertath Coarrsaa, Ccers aad
wjombara of tho aaoodailoa carried
their trferaacca into polltka, aad
art cradlUd with taTing aocartd tho
dtfsal of Coarjoaaaua Load, aad
tho ect of thU political activity oa
their port wi3 bo closely wafc&ed la
tho cotuMmiioa of their claims 1y
tho ccmzaitUe la tht next Hours.
FablM aaatlaaat la doaUIaaa withv
tho carrier, la tale fixht. Their
lahora aro carar UfhL Their hours,
wh2o cot kax. roqalra than to bo
exposed to all kinia of Inclement
weather aad to bo prompt, ecca
' rata aad regular la tho dlacharrwof
their datiee. They art repaired to
strictly coca pi j with cartaia ralea
aad regal t;ost tha al!(hteat Tiola
. tioa of which carriot iU penalty.
Ainoat without exception, they art
falthfai aad ecial public aar
Taata. -Tht question of their ccra
postaiiai la oat that ahoald sot bo
laiaaacod la aa y aaaaer bypcliti
calcotuflcraioaaad tha aeavbara
of tho trxatltatlon who carried the
fight lato tho elections made a mil
Uie thai may prejudice tha caao of
thotatirw a -soda t loo. It appoara
to bo a clear caao of dollars aad
cants. Tho aim of tho adaiaiatrw
tioa far taTtral fears haa boon to
radaeo tht delciia of tho poo
tal aarrico. Tho recast diecio
rareo af fraad la tho aaaaaxtaaat
of certain diritlosj of tht deport
aaaat wSl haTt tht s-rct, undoubt
ed:, of pre Tta lis g gay nasty lagia
Uilaa oa poataj saettars la tho sax!
Coaxraaa. If tht raforma thai hart
boaa laatlUtod, aad others that wi2
bo aaccaaarUy made la tht aarrtco,
ratah la aaythisx Hko tha larj-t
aartax of tho riTaaaa thai haa Uoa
CUKRCNT IUV.MHM
tioca.
Porertr baa ita oorapanea
It la to bo noted that it ia
a! ware tho Mwaaitbt" farmer who ia
bartax told bride or raoainx away
wita hie aaJrhbora wifa or banglnx
biraatu or aaoouax to me body cua.
Tht Baody axricoitarirt la praaama
bly too bory hoeinx corn to xet into
aacat -rapa.-uu9 GA rente;,
Tha nerroa of Virjinla hart
coatribatod about 110,000 to fixbt
tha saw coartitation of thla State.
For all practical .pnrpoeaa of good
to thamaalTaa or to any one alae. ex
cept tht lawyers oa their aid a ox taa
caao, they might aa wall hart poared
their dollars la a rat halo. .Will the
aegroo neTer learn anything la the
hard achoo! of experieace? iUpocial
ly, will they oarer learn that the way
to their deration aad prosperity aa
a race doea not lie through tha field
of politico, bat In the acqaiaiUoa of
veajia aad learning r rtttriburg
Ida -J fpoL
Mr. John G. Webb of Florida
writea to the New York Sum quoting
a dictate of John C Calhoan. that
cotton cannot bo proStabiy ralaed
where there la no froeL" Taia waa
aaaonacod la one of hfa maaterly
rccea la taa United Statea Sea
ato. Ur..Wabbcoatlaoea: SIaco
then I hare become a Southern
farmer aad I hare learned tbat Mr.
Calhoaa'a dktaai la trae. The coat
of eliminating the lutyear'a foliage,
nnaided by froat, la too great.
Thla la another lUattratlon of the
profound philooophical intellect of
Calhoaa. He waa not content to go
along blindly, bat he mast first aeo
thing, and than wo the reaeon of
them. IIow many porsona, farmers
or other?, would bare thoorht of
thla aad realized that tho tenderneea
of tht cotton plant la a bleaainx be
caaao a hardy plant would not euiiy
boramored from the soil f Ithaa
boon aaid that Calhoan waa the beat
farmer la Soath Carolina. He ccr
Uiaiy waa a doae obeerrer. Colum
hi (Dun.)
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
TWINKLINMS
eatiaalel. tht way may bo nude
dear for mere UboaaroTopenaatioa
f or tho earrlera. lacreeaod coaapea
aatioa ahoald not bo granted, how
ertr, throagh fear of laSaaaco that
tho ergaaliatioa may command at
tho polle aaLroi mam bars who op
pcoo their cleime la tho commltteo
or oa the fiocr of tha Hoaee. Tha
I tier carrkri will bo wie? If they
diacoaat la adranco aay la ten tioa
of repeat! s g the mathods employed
by their prreideat la hia f ght agaiaat
Oocgreaamaa Load. WtAimtn
'Oft.
Tffii itxxi Txurrx rrxxjioTir.
Ia both fiaaacial aad ladaatrial
drt!e great tatareat U fait la tht
taalaeftho atrangth of the United
Steles Steal Corporation which are
baHered to be near. The reaeoa to
mac la being said about tho ae!ra
of thla great traai, tho greateatla
tho world, la thaiao aaaay people
are the owners of the trait's aharee.
It hat Uea aUted thai there are aa
aaay aa 60,000 people who
'Woaliat this jar year aald
tht poach to the place, at they were
w into tae praawrTt factory.
JSlUhtry DirpUX.
,,0hr aidalmad the fair earn
mar boarder aa a couple of calree
tcampared acroee the meadow,
"what pretty litUe cowiata." -'Yew
airmirtaVm. ma'am. add the old
farmer, "them's balleta. CXictgo
"I heard her bcoatiar thai bar
dinner party waa a snocees from, tho
beginning, and ended with the great
eat edaw. What'a ecJaw.' any
way y Why orthai waa the
decaert, of course. Didn't yon erer
eat a chocolaU oclaw r2a0adel.
flis Frw.
"Do yoa think, my dear, whan
we are married yoa will bo able to
aerame tie reeonaibilitiee of a
fioaeexeeperr We wont bo able to
eTord a cook, yoa know." "0, yea,
George. Why, I know three differ
ent ways of making f edge." -2?oe-
rWhat,a ' uoobllar yoar- he
aakod after the ship had put oat to
tea aad their neiire ahore waa bo
Xinnlng to fade la the distance. "I
jaei know," aha aadly replied, "that
this freedom from cart can't last.
I'm rare to remember eomathicr
Stty aoon thai I forgot. CKuroo
"Thai tSammar boarder (uarht
some fan this morning, aaid hTrs.
CorntoaselL "Says ho threw hia
line Into a school of 'em." "Any
tUhthalwu foolish enough to let
him catch 'em didn't belong to
a school,' rejoined her husband.
Thai mast hare boon aa asylum."
if out voa cnr.
The proprietor of tht theatre
had died aaddenly. "Of coarse we
mast do eomethlax to show proper
remaraaa uo treaaaaar.
A 70 pound watermelon; raised
by Ur. William Seater, ia on exhi
bition la Saliaury, says the iS'un.q
Lnmberton Ar$vr. Mr. J. 8.
Mcllee, of Maxton, we .hear, made
orer II, GOO on 9 acres of canto
lonpea.
Dan bury Reporter: A water
spout did 400 damage in the neigh
borhood of Dennis Wednesday
night. Bridges, etc, were washed
away;aleo a brandy distillery, with
150 bushels of apples and pnmmies
Tha Oestonla Gaulle says the
water In Daria mill pond waa let off
a few days ago and 278 lba of fish
were taken tnereform. Of these, 25
were carp which weighed 177
pounds, six of the biggest weighing
Jo pounds eacn.
' The Atlantic Coast Line Bail
road Co. paid into the State Treae
ary lest Thursday $59,942.20, the
amount of their State and pension
taxes nnder the new tax raluation
by the corporation oommission. The
Coast Line is the second road to pay
taxes for this year.
Winston Republican: Major T.
L. Unary has tht finest field of corn
in tht Weklon, N. C, section on
the Norwood farm. He baa 550
acrea which will make between 1,000
and 5,000 barrels of corn. He dso
has a large cotton and peanut crop
and If no freshet Interferes hia crop
ia estimated to be worth 150,000.
The Carthaxe Blade says 'Squire
A. J. Lawhon has fonnd a frog that
eats chickens. He aaya that one
mornlnx recently at his house a frog
was seen to catch and swdlow a
chicken, and that the frog was cut
open with a hot aoon afterwards and
tht chicken waa fonnd within. '
Charlotte Observer: John F.
Flack, colored, of Darlington, was
in towa yesterday. Ha informed
tht ttseretr correepondent that he
waa still la possession of hia calf,
which waa born about six xnontha
ago without tail or eyes, and that it
waa now for sale. He ears it ia
hedthy aa any calf and eats dl he
giree It.
A somewhat singular state of
affara haa arisen at Marshall, where
Judge Jones la holding court. A
Sriaoner contracted a contageona
iseaao and aa a ooneeqoenee the
Jail baa been quarantined. It will bo
necessary to adjourn court In a day
or to, aa only the bond cases can bo
reached. Amonz tht Important
caeca that must go orer art two In
wnicn tnt defendants are charged
with murder, for. In tha language
of a court officer, it la Impossible to
mete oat justice to men who are
shielded by quarantine regulation.
Durham spocid to the Rdeigh
P$t: Near this dty WjU Stray
horn, a white boy, la at death's door
aa a result of a moeqoito sting. The
iu-wc hhux aim on me uiue nnger
last Saturday and a few days ago
blood poison est In. It waa decided
that the amputation of hia ana was
necessary, bat In tht meantime
the patient became to HI that the
o Deration could not bo performed.
Hia friends and the phrsiciana who
art attending him hare little hope of
earing hia life.
FayetterHle spedd to IHdeigh
-Vrrs and Observer: Alex. Rig
gina, a yount; negro, 19 years old
waa fatally Injured at tho Ashley
Bailey 61ii Mill this morning at 7
o'dock. aad died three hoars IiUr.
The accident occurred in mill No.
2, oa the third floor, where Biggina
worked as a loom fixer, shortly after
wort negan. Kigglna waa in the
tower on tht third floor oiling tht
-aachinery, when he waa caught ia
the ahafUnr, and, before tht machi
nery could bo stopped, he was
whirled around nntil he waa horribly
mangled.
Greensboro Telfpram: There's
a man with a tender heart keeping
store near the Tint Presbyterian
church. Night before last he could
not go to sleep for thinking of tht
pitiful condition of aomt chickens
which ha left la hia store. He got
a p at 13 o'clock and went to the re
lief of thoeo chickens. He opened
uiM hck aoor ana puuea ine coope
oat into the iresh air. He refreshed
tht chickens with water aa well as
air. At he had twentr or thfrtv
- A FIGHTING PARSON. t
Biak Mor, Ilea ta fth4Jst
Cfcarcfci la EaiUra Asia.
Bishop Da rl J II. Moore. : IX. , D, of
the MetboAUt Cplsoopal church, who"
has jaet,aalod from Sao Francisco
arter a oner vacation lo this country
to resume hia duties as head of the dlo
ees of eastern Asia, has already spent
two years In the orient .
When Bishop Moore was sent In 1900
to take charge of the diocese of eastern
Asia, which J a rl -diction Include Chi
na." Japan . and - Korea, he . bad; jnst
oeen elected to the episcopate, and his
selection for that Important post
post that required the exercise of
great personal courage as well as much
tact and diplomacy was a compliment
that had nerer before been paid to a
Methodist bishop so young In office.
Bishop Moore Is a natlre of Ohio and
Is a fine type of the soldier of tha
SUNDAY SERVICES.
BL Thomas' church : First mass, 7
A. If. ; Last mass 9 A. M.
Secretary Dothan. of tha Y. M. O.
A., wiU conduct serrices at Bladen
street church this morning; aad eren
lna. Serrioes at Seamen's Bethel this
afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock,
conducted by,-Bar. Dr. CarmlchaeL
The pablio inrlted. '
BL Matthew's English Lutheran
church, North Fourth street, Btr. O.
W. Kegley, pastor : Sunday school at
0:45 A. M. ; preach logr at 11 A. af.
No nifht serrices. . Every person we)
eome. '
SL Paul'a Lutheran church. Sixth
and Market streeU: Eer. A. G. Volgt
pastor: Eacllsh serrlcea to-day at 11
A. M. Sunday school at 10 A. M.
Ererybody cordially inrlted.
First Church of Christ, Scientist;
Marchiaon bank building; on Chesnut
street: Berrlcee today at 11 A. M:
and 8P.M. Subject of Bible Lesson :
rMan.". AU are fnrited.
Fifth Street M. E. church: Ser
rlcea to-day at 11 A. M.. and 8 P. M.'
Bunday school at 4:30 P. M. -Prayer
mtetiog: Wedneaday erening at 8 P.
' F,' Bhamborgar. pastor;
All are Inrlted. .. ,
Si. Juha'e Church, corner -Toird
anorwa uross, iter. J. CarmlchaeJ.
rector: Twelfth Sundav after
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINOTONMAS-I K'
r Quoted officially at the closing by the Chamber
ot Commerce
STAB OFFICE, August 29. .
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 52c per gallon.
ROSIN Market firm . at $1. 55 : per
barrel bid for strained and $1.60 per
barrel bid for good atrained.
, TAR Market firm at $1.65 per bar
rel of 280 pounds. "
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm at $1.75 per, barrel for hard, $3.5(1
for dip, $3.50 for virgin. ;
- Quotations .same, day, last year
Pni-lt ' InmanMna ftmm al ill. .
rosin steady at $1.10L15; tar firm al
$L50; crude turpentine firm at $1.40,
2.502.60.
, tSJBOXIPTS.
Spirita turpentine. 68
Rosia. 80
Tar. ,142
Crude turpentine ... : 61
Receipts same - dav last vear 55
casks spirits . turpentine, 447 barrels
rosin, 60 barrels tar, 104 barrels crude
turpentine.
- OOTTOS.
' Market nominal.
Same day lasryear, market firm at
8)ie for middling-.
- Receipts bales; same day last
year, 1,195. . . -
dull . at old prices; Minnesota pat
ents $l 750 4 95; winter patenta $3 90
64 SO. Wheat Snot dull: No. 2 red
85. Optlons,after an easier opening,
rallied with outside markets but aoon
weakened again under!Uauidation im
pelled by lower cables. The market
closed dull and easy at He net decline:
May closed 88He; September closed
eejiet December closed 8754c. Corn-
Spot quiet; No. 2 BSc Options Cold
weather with rainaorer.the belt etart-
odrcorn stronger, ihls jnornlng miter
which it reacted a little with. wheat.
The close waa barely steady with wheat
at a partial yio net decline;, September
o-e; vecemoer 07& uats spot
duJl: No. 2 88c. Lard dull; Western
steam $825; refined ateady; continent
to ou; compound 77ic. fork dull;
mlly.17 50017 75 1 short clear $15 75
1 H OK. m . - 1 A ITA s? 1 r AW , . . - t -
firm; New Orleans jopen kettle.good to
enoice sxq&vic nice qu let r domestic,
fair to extra 4X8Xei Japaa 6c
Tallow firm ; city ($2 per package) 4c;
country (package Jree) 4Mc Sagar
tvaw nrm; rair nrennlng ujic; cen
trifugal, 96 test, Sc; moOassea augar
3Mc: refined auearfirm,-at aaotatiaika
confectioner's $4 85; mould A $5 25;
cuiioai so en; crushed fa 60; powdered
$540 ; granulated $5 00; cubes t$5 25.
5Hd'n.m M" Ooraffi SP'a. WeC
Tinttam ta.i.. .L - . I With the beat of .nK. iaw
decide yourself
Th8 Opportunity j8 hft(
backed by Wilminaton
testimony.
Don't take onr word for u
Don't depend r3
statement. Btrangei
! ton citizena and decide for 70nS
Here is one casa f u. yonr8el
I -R. A. Biddle, clerk atiou
street, residing at 606 Cast??
wife who also suffi !. n? a
nsedthem t"" Pacl
anything to act so quickly A06'
suffered quite a lon time wli. M
ka;
J co
Fcfa x weuii tf. K. He lftni .Tf"
. m "J XIIH . J .
secretions werroi.-i.i. : .vne
sediment. MX ")
Of her back, an ww uulPne,
In
mi
axaaor datid h. koobx, jm. tk
chnrch militant lie served throughout
the drll war as a sdier In the Union
army. lie rol ante red as . a private
and almost immediately; was elected
captain In the Eighty -serenth Ohio in
fantry. Taken prisoner at . Harpers
Ferry, he waa aoon afterward ' ex
changed and asHisted in raising the
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio
Infantry, of which be became lieuten
ant cokneLv After the fall of Atlanta
he resljrned from the army and re
turned to the pulpit Since that time
Bishop Sioore baa steadily grown la
Importance In the church.'
, Bishop Moore has bad many exciting
adrentnres In ail three of the conn
tries In hia JarlsdictioD. ! While mak
ing: rlalt to Korea with a party of
friends they came near meeting death
at the bands of some Korean coolies,
who mistook them for Rnsslaaa. ' The
attack was most furious, but tie party
defended themselre with tha modern
weapons In their poMomlon until they
were finally rescued by members of the
Japanese consulate. A number of the
coolies were later tried and punished
by the Korean government
During the Boxer uprising Blabop
Moore had many thrilling experiences,
bat the Chinese found that in dealing
with him they bad a genuine American
"fighting parson to consider. The
bishop Is tlxty-flTe years old.
D. D.,
Trinity, holy communion. 7 .-45 am-
I morning prayer and sermon at 11
O clock. 8eala free. fltr
cially Invited. . ,
SPRING'S UTTLE WORRY.
X wsnt a nlca two story bouse.
Built on the comfort - plan t -Just
bis enouga to bold in style
One woman and one man; 1
X want a frescoed littla hall; .
I want a winding- statrr.
I want the very soul of ease
Pervading every where. - . .
Z want six rooms no more, no less-
And one room for tbe bath;
X want soma plaster that will stlek
To every single lath;
I want a nlca big washroom and
A dining room that's light
And every window In the house
Must be set good and tight.
I want now, let ma seah, yes,
1 want the parlor small,
With room for ctfalra, a sofa and
Piano that Is all;
1 want the kitchen fixed Just so; '
I want it trim and neat.
" With places for the kitchen ware
And coolers for the meat. -';
X want a middle room upstairs.
To be my very own
A back room where. In thinking mood,
I'll meditate alone.
And when I've thought my diagram
All out and nicely filled it
I'll bet I'll never find a man ' :.
To undertake to build It.
Baltimore News,
f Corrected Bei
uommissi
I Regularly by Wilmington Produce
ion Merchant, nrinai mnnwantlmi'
- -wo-ywyjyrwittoo eouwgneu vo uoiuiujs?
' OOUaTRY PBODTJOaV
PEANUTS North Carolina, tirm.'
Prime, 70c j extra prime, 76c; fancy
Ttyic. per bushel of twenty-eight,
pounds. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra
prune, ooc; rancy, 7UC Spanish 85c.
CORN Firm, 6570c per bushel
for white.' a- -"--:. -f
N..C BACON Stead v ham
loo per pound: shoulders. I0ar2i-
sides, 13Xc. . w
EGGS Dull at 1415e per dozeni
CHICKENS Firm. , Grown, . 20
35c; springs, 1526c
TURKEYS Firm at 1313Xc for
lire. "
BEESWAX Firm at 25c
, ffl A T T MTT wju a m. ai . .
A.xAAiAKjri airm at atjec per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c
per bushel.
BEEF CATTLE Firm at 25c per
pound.
FINANCIAL MARKETS
on
IN TOILS OF CUPID.
Jeehlae Xaj
e Paeeisa,
la Imi te We-L
Josephine Dodge Daskam, the clever
atory writer, wboee engagement to 8el
don Bacon, a gradnate of Tale In the
class of 18S3, waa recently announced,
la aaid to bare the unique distinction
among authors of never baTlng bad a
manuscript rejected. . i ,
alias Daskam la a gradnate of Smith
col lege and In lier undergraduate days
won fame aa lry ora(or. editor in chief
of tbe Rmith College Monthly and com
poeer of dasa songa and poems.
atlaa; -Daskam . worked .her way
through Smith college, and after Grad
uation It was not long before ber work
negan to appear In tbe magazine, it
Im m Parry.
Br Talecrana to tbe Morning star
MKW Y OBat. All-. 29 Mnnn.
call waa nominal ; time money easier ;60
per cent; so days,.5
y per cent; aix moatna s6 per cent.
cuuv uiorauiuie naDer bib l nr
. . ai it : ' - r
ceaw oujiunr excnanira . was nrm.'
wtka actoaj ouainesa in - nan ran' hi I la
at 48648.125 for demand and 4SS.11K !
t9au.4 ror eotlay billa. Posted'
rates 484 484 3 and 4S6 487, fv,m.
merdal billa 482tfa48i Bar ail-
Peanuts steady j fancy hand-picked 44
4c; other domestic 33M. Frefgfata
to s Liverpool Cotton by -steam 12e.
Kega , Jrm ; State i and Pennsylvania,
fancy mixed 22c. Cabbages . steady t
Long Island, per 100, $5 008 00.'Cot
ton sed oil: PriniH rrurti. - f ,
mills 2930c, .new crop j prime turn-
um jreiiuw 4i9ikc; on: .summer
yellow 37X38c; prime white 46e;
prime winter yellow 4647c
Chioago, Aug. 29. Wheat closed
ateady at a decline of fc for .Septem
ber, and tj3 for, Pecember. . Corn
waa steady and unchanged'for Sep
tember with December a shade higher.
September oats closed ic lower; De-j
Bounwr-wM uncnanged. Provisions
were unchanged to 1517e hlgbe r.
CHIOAOO. ' AUC. 29. Tlash miMt
Flour quoted steady, i Wheat No. 2
86c; No. 3 spring 84c; No. 2 red 80 X
82. , Corn-No. 2 61XS1 Xcf No.
2 yellow 54Xc. Oats No. 2 33c; Na 2
white j No.3 white 3537,. Rye
-Na2 6264. Mesa pork, per .barrel,
$12 5012 66. lard, perUtHi lbs, $8 46
8 60. Bhort rib side, loose, 7 26
7 60. Dry salted ., ahoulder, boxed,
$6 87K7 00. Short clear tadey.hoxed,
7 87X8 00. Whiakey rrBasia of hijjh
T:he leading futures ran-ed ,..-
tows opening, highest, -lowest auv
oiosmg i, w neat no& September, w,
8181, 81 , 80, 81c" December;
new, 82082K, 82K, 813, 8lK&82e
May 84. 841c'. 83. 83Kc ft-m N
September 6061. 814, SOU, 50
r-m . mm - .i '"- a sr BM.1 1
Nfta f Maw -a jai a - rii a a m i'juh ei. n aa irinnAw - i
full cream fancy smalLcolored, 10 Vc; I ?P and the pains left my bacl r
saiall white 10. PoUtoes steady; Vir-1 have neither of na comDlS W
elnla sweets tl 80a me Tnc- ti.-.a I tati n tti . UIJ?.11Dea smcr
$l,60185; Jeraer ; tls I " and i
them at everj opportunity." mmend
.Forsale by all dealers. Price A
Uuffalo, N. :Y.. soIa o,.t. . uo,i
United States. 6 Ior l
Remember the nm .
and take no snbstitate. ttQ 3p ?.8"
SCHOOL BOOKS.
School Books
School Supplies,
School Furniture.
Exclusire Depository for Poblic
School Books adopted by the North
Carolina Text Books Commission.
a", . . i . -
uraers-irom the country
meet with prompt attention.
will
: Mexican dollars 447 1 bqveoZmkZ n",1!
. I funding 2'a, reg'd,106X;aarefunding I ffR? MJ M05- 6
J 2I. lOeXrulVa, retered s50o?
"8o you asked old Crusty for his
langhter, eh? How did you come out?"
Through the window!" New York
Journal.
Rarer V Lekla-r.
Almost the first words which Ital
ians learn in coming to thla country
are "Hurry up!" and thla also expresses
the, first Idea which they 'glean- from
their new enrlronment A young Ital
ian who baa been In thla country Just ,
aix months round, when he welcomed
a younger brother at the end of that
time, that there waa already a slight
difference In their point of rlew. In
deprecating hia brother's shortcomings
to a friend be remarked:
"I see my brother ees too much Ital
ian. I see ees not 'nunT.burry up. v
New York Times.
stolen a short whUe before he didn't
think It safe to leare the chickens
alone, so he sat up with them. Yes
terday morning; he boufht material
and made large enclosure big
tnonrh to hold ail hia chickana and
tire them plenty of room, and also
A laliM.Me SlaaOer.
llrs. Cobwlgger (at the oners)
There's that aIra..Lowcntte In the box
to the tight. I think ber gown la per
fectly Indecent j
Mrs. Malaprop So it is, my dear.
But wbat lie are told about her! Her
husband once aaid that every cent he
could scrape together she put on ber
back! New York Herald. .
iuo Yk ; Co. coupon, 106 ; U. & 4'a,
new registered. lSSilt dn. mmn
134; U. a '. old, registered, 109;
U. 8. 4's. old counon. 109U: D. R.
8's, regUtesred, 101K; do, coupon,
101: Southern Raiiwav.
Stocks: Baltimore A: Ohio nrerd flfiu ".
! Cheaapeake A Ohio 3ilii Manhat
tan L 136: New York Central
121X f Beading 65&: do. 1st nreferrAd
78 i do. 2nd preferred 68; St. Paul
142; da preTd, 172; Southern Bail
way 22X: da nrefd 84 - Amalo-a.
mated Conner 60X: . Pebiile'a
4X; Tennessee Coal and Iron 43;
U. 8. Leather IK : U. 8.7 leather.
preferred, 81; Western Union 8334 :
U. a Steel 22 X : da nrefl TOSS. Vf.
ruua uarouna unemieai or. - saw
! aalea shares; da preferred, closed
93; salea shares. Standard Oil 612.
m Balttjcobb, Md., Au. 29. Sea-
Doara Air Line, common, 21; da pre
ferred, 34; da bonds; fours. 77 H. Atlan
tic Coast Line, common, lioaiis? dn.
preferred, no sales.
NAVAL STORES J3ARKETS
By Tetoarapa to the llornlnc Star.
NnwYOBX, Aug. 29. Boain firm.
Strained common to good $3 06.
Spirita turpentine easy atj"657c.
CHABXCSTOif, Aug. 29. SpirlU tur
pentine nominal ; sales casks;
Boain steady; salea barrels; A, B.C.
f 1 65; IX $i;70, E, $1,75; F, $1 80; g!
M, $3 05; N, $3 15; W Q, $3 40; W ,W
13 60. , t
; Bat AS) STAB, 'Aug. 29. SpWU tnr
pentine firm at 58c; receipts; 908
eaaxa; sales 1,311 casks; exports 4,319
caika. Bosln Market firm; receipts
2,364 barrels; sales 465 barrels; ex
ports 713 barrel: A, B, O, $175; 'P,
$1 80; K, 1 85;.F,$190, Q, $2 42X;
WW Af W aa -Van 9aJzL " -1
$3 25;WG. t3 60; W W. t370. ;
l?i MXci December 36H
38 38H. 38c. Hapori. pr bbl
September $1256, 12 60, 12 60. 12 55.
vtooer iz TZ 12 70, 12 70;
w 13 05, 13 05.1
Lard, per 100 lbs September $8 40.
2 J? 8 . 8 00 ; October $7 62
7 7754, 7 62tf, 7 70:Jsnuarr $7 00, 7 06
700, 7.02. r3hort,riba,;er -lOQ .ftV--September
$7 60, 7 65, 7 60, 7 60; Octo--F
7 170,7 72k; January
4v w goo. O Mftf O D3. ' '
F0REiBNr HARKET
.BylCable to ths Komlns 8Ur. '
LrrgETOOL, Aug. 29. Cotton :; Spot,
in unuiea , aemand ; prices 14 points
njifuer: American middling ff- 7 am.
good middling 7.26d; middling 7.00d;
low middling 6.78d; good ordinary
6.52d ; ordinary 6.32 J. The aalea of
Ih Hiw. vn. tnnn u. t . , .
500 bales were for speculalioti and ex
port, and included 3,000 bales Amer
ican.: . JSeceipts 1,000 bales, including
vw w-uea American. -r - ;
F-utures opened firmer and closed
witn- near months firm ant i;.f.n-
i., . . . . .,
poaiuona quiet; American middling fe
o e) : August 6.736.74d; August and
September 6.636.64d; September 6.63
6.64d ; September and October 6. 17d
October and - November K.78aK 7!M I
November and December 5. 60d; De
'n?btr nd J"uary S.644; January
and February 5.52d : ' Ffthi-n.
Virdi 'UlOaiM; March and AptH
6.505.1d ; April and May 6.50d.
C. 'W. YATES CO.
Wholesale and Retail
BOOK-SRLLERB,
an 9 tf .;- . Wilminfton. N. r.
o w w
DUNLOP MEAL
14 M&DB OF
Best of Corn
IN A
Water Mill
and Every Bushel Weighs 46
Pounds.
As there will be a big crop of
Cotton made the demand for bag
ging and ties will put the price up,
so buy NOW and buy of
THE WORTH CO.
Jy 10 tf
Tobacco.
MARINE.
. ...
vaeuat iatia coapatUioa wiih
Krapp al Fran. Caraa
B7 t contracta in many parts of
live world. It la claimed thai re
casilj ti eose-rm, whki U a rtry
--T ose, harbt aaaj taH
Co&s of capital lnrssted la it,
ha toea sostfal La nttl cca
tncU tot which tha United fitatea
SUal CorToraUoti waa a Udder. II
thla la tho caao It memna twi tv.
i-aal ccryoraiLa wQ Lara to lower
lis prices) ta crisr to get tha h sal
aeaa It ml la ether ottntria. At
Uo head ef tho traapp s-rUhllah--aal
la a man who, It Is said.' waa
trained La tho Caraj -aa. n
saaba-ra ahxtwd taoah to sacsrs
tha sarrkas cf acme ef the Vast a aa
vhowtra traiiad -radar CarasrU.
T a a .a,-r
usaaacoea tii lj pjl- thara
aiartsa rary avach gralr thaa
they wars racei-isr tnm tha steel
eorpcraiioa. It is staled that ia
aosao baia-i-M ha doahiad tha
aalara Uay war gat liar. . Whxt
ho daairad waa tha methods . that
Hr. Crat to scccu'aL
'tho elhar Uat ia tho Uiicsdioa
lhal thart U tt!ix to U a facing
5 !a tho tlasard tst rtad prod acta.
It la Urrd j lhco w la prtUsJ,
W U eompauat to aixa ci mch
Baiunihaiwithia twain aosthj
iiart, wa te a toteaUe dadina la
tha daaaanL ' Thla opinion that
thort Us derJlas La the dt--aasd
ti bed ro doalt opoa the
raaaarkahlali q-diaiiaa thalhaa Uea
ta oa la Wall itrtet, and whlci
of cottraa r-eachaa f srrthar thaa that
Pac-pU era faal Ual thay
ar, r-t so rich and Uzc4 tie taa
7 to tract naw buiUian lad to
raiL-oad and to do other
Uiiif naWt.,a prod acta wiU
. 77 I Cartainlr." ratnrnad tha I wiem plenty or room, and
-Two' cflfStf SeJrTfSa
, , I tirht er two- "Xo-o, Bnataea " aMh dispatch 'aays:
u too good. I fnect we'd Utter
put tha chorea ia black tirhta for
abont thirty days.- CliWa En.
littie Iiorotb; rrralAa waa esuaHy a
rery trutiraJ rtliX. "Tbeo she waa
aot trot t-ful. abe was ptaoctble,
CesaUig ta from ber walk o tnoro
tag. mi l&fo-XM-l bT sotbr Uat sa
a-4 a-ea a Ilea ta ta par.
X aaaeoat mi Mrsoaakin ttt
tea; warerr-l hr etateta-rat eee hair's
ae-wdttk, so at alxat. when aae aiifsMf
ewn twakSe a-rr ta. Wr nvetw aaid.
A God -a fo-xlr yea for taat Co,
tJomby kVl ar fa for a saiacrte;
tbea aW looaed street tau ber aota-
ere. ltl tr ewa ittpr tike
-nara. ana seu. -j uj aak ''"n.
saa. oart. aad W aaid: Hoot
uoat it. MUa lYrtiaa. Taat tlx dog
a aftta f4d -o.' --Nrw Xera liar.
Agris
ratrau o-
II AU.
A
iKij siuguiar acaaens, ana one
which narrowly missed Hlng "fatal.
W4.tu.evi yeafceroay aiternoon in
Swift creek township, near thla
city. A preacher rode ns to the
housed Air. George i'ord and left
hia hone nnhitohed in the yard.
-t he none went to the well, one of
the kind baring two buckets and a
pulley, oa the edge of the curb
waa a bucket full of water. This
tho bono shored back into tha wall.
Mrs. Ford waa standing near tha
well and as the bo cast fell sprang
forward and seized the chain, to
stop the tnckst. In a second she
waa drawn headforemost Into the
well, which is 23 feet deep and in
which than la 10 feet of water. The
walla being of rough stone, her hus
band and the preacher hurried to
her rescue. She waa conscious and
whea they let some lines down to
her, sailed them and was drawn np.
liar head waa cut and bruised by
tha stones. - .
. Eaeaah Bald.
Xady (to pretty applicant) Tea, I
want a cook. But why did Ton leare
your last place?
Applicant B-becanse the bead of the
bouse kissed cue, ma'am. ;
- Lady And you objected, eh?
Applicant Well er hia wife did!
Clereland rialn Dealer.
COTTON MARKETS.
ABRIVED -
Jvl"1 t Hurt Row'nson, Fayette
rille, T D Lore. . j
w8lm.r Cl ? 0,TFyetteille, Bradshaw,
FayetteyUle, James Madden.
Schr Nathan Lawrence, 732 tons.
Philadelphis, O D Maffitt.
tjT, v ,ronB5n' Boraemann,
Newklrk'a Bridge, ..W.J Meredith.
- etmxrwxsn jxzoa vamxxu.
attracted wide attenUon. She haa pub
lished scTeral books, among them "Tbe
Imp and tbe Angel." "Fables of the
Fair and -Whom tbe j Gods Do-'
strored." alias Daskam la a rery band-
aotne woman and affects simplicity of
dress. Bhe la a ewcet singer and for a
time waa soloist In tbe leading chnrch
f Stamford, Conn., where ber father's
family Urea.
- -- AO-rase ftlee.
Maude Wbat a story teller you are I
Ton told me you were going to marry
Mr. Catcberly, and be aays be never
beard of it . - . - -
Carrie Of course he hasn't. It was
only last night that I made up my mind
to get him to propose. Boston Evening
Transcript :
CLEARED.
8Jnl:r A JlJohnson, Boroemann,
Mill Creek. W J xrJ;th '
asaasssassissaaif- isroinB. cohpany,
' UlYae stAamni- Niv.hn. T.t.. I - k j iy a ti. tit. a i
wew. 9rk-.H Q Smallbones. - I ansatr
-. By rslAKraon to tbe atormns star .
New Yobx, Aug. 29. The cotton
market opened firm at an advance of
six and ten points 'and during tbe
early session ruled rery firm And fair
ly active with prices soon reaching a"
level net eight to thirteen points up
a I a .es a a . - - r
by Ihe higher LlTernooJ cahlfia ana I DVUCIS aw T.KUey & Co. , "
the continued alow movement. The
weather map waa generally favorable
again and private crop accounts -aside
from farther reports of damage as a
result of boll weevil and other insects.
mAtmm- aST aa m A - " ' "
?-cio u s sa.niac.orv average, ami
"World Beaten" Tobacco 80c.
'Hatchet" Tobacco, Damaged 26e
Washboard Tobacco 24 c.
Big Six Tobacco 36c.
37 Gaaea Duke Mixture.
47 Oaaea Victory Tobacco.
75 Rolls 2nd Bagrgin.- 4 He.
This must be sold and we onlj
hare seyenty-fiye rolls, the ends
sowed together, and can be handled
with as little loss as the standard
Jute Bagging.
EXPORTS. .
. FOBEIQN. - -St
Ltjota. r w iru(.u l
SlttftW feot lumUr7;aiuedr
aa a
vro-ts waiJ ofUmla
Of U bear hie tiaJa fmra
tazad orgmaa, Dlxilneaa, fwVarhe,
Urar eoceplalat aad CcnslipaUoa.
IJat thaaka to Dr. hUags New Life
axa. uay pai an ea4 toll all. They
are geaUe. bat thorogga. Oaly tie.
Oaaraataad by B. B. BaXLAjrr, drag-
steaee4 state.
Waahlagloa. D. a Ormad roaa
La Uallad Order Tna Ilsamna
Tickata ow aale Aatnxst 0th. Bept 1st
aad 3d! fiaai limit P-terrS- tts I
rare for rcraad trip froaj Wllmlagtoe.
rf.a. iiLsa,
: Loa Angelas aad Baa JTraaeiaeo,
CaJ.-Naboaal tUeaa-p-seat Oraad
Army ef tha lUpubo. rksta oa
saja JaJr Hit ta A-r-riis:if flnt
Umlt October llih. S are rtraad lri
froa WUmlagtoa. N. Q, til 7Z. Fee
of 0 erau tu be charged at deaUaa
paa for valtlaUog Uckst
I Tsoa. D. Mailt. Q. A.
-KaA mt Wife WitMt.
Tiro physicians bsd a long and
tab bora fight with aa abeeoa on my
Kgbt lung.1, writea J. J. Uaghea, of
aloat, Oa., -aad gave me up.
Everybody thought my time bad
eo-na. Aa a laat resort I ir,A t.
lUag'a New PlaeoTary; for Cooramp
toa. The benefit I received was
.iLI m -
auaisg, ana i waa oa my feet la a
few days. Now I bare entirely re
gained cbt health" It ema-iM all
Coucha, Coida, aad Throat and Lung
trouble. Qaaranteed by B. B. Uxv-
"57 oruggut i'riee 80o and ILOO.
-nai eotuee free. -
Rava-raa mt taa SeaT
, No place haa been more transformed
by tha ravages of the sea than Dun
wlcb. In England. Centuries ago It
waa a large dty, with a fine harbor,'
ana was tbe capital of the eastern
counties. ' Now It ia a little decayed
village, with only one church and a
few broken down houses. Tbe other
aUtcen churches bare been washed In
to the sea. and tbe sole remaining one
la now perilously near tbe edge of the
cliff.
tie Spoke.
He I met your friend Biff when I
waa downtown in my automobile this
morning.
' She Indeed. Did he aay anything
to you?
"I should say he did I t ran over his
dogrYonkers Statesman.
this phase of the situation encouraged I t $3,428.22: careo bv m..V. Ai
some realizing on the advanea. tiu I by J T Rile- rv : 7 . r
So Sal-aat.
ea, he left tbe old roof and the
dear old domestic hearth." - .
"Too bad! Why did he do ltr :
."Well, the roof leaked and the chim
ney smoked, . and . there never was
much sentiment about him." Cleve
land rialn Dealer. - ;: ;-,
S-ee-UaH. i
A millionaire wbo died recently In
New Tork left an account book filled
wit a hia "speculations" aa ApriJl from
bla legitimate Investments. Tbe total
purrbaac and sales for tbe last tbreo
fears approximated 12.000,000. Two
bandred and sixty dollars profits re
mained to tbe financier's estate. Tbe
wonderful part of tbe story is not that
tbe profits were so small, bat that they
were so large. , ,
Ready For Easter.
Deacon Cobbs William, If your fa
ther should have SIO and some one
should give him $5, what would he
have? ,
William Nothing." ' But ma wduld
have a new batl Chicago News.
t
A Welsatr Reaaon.-
- Teast It's hard to keep a good man
down. ; .
Crimsonbcak That's why they put
such heavy -monuments over some of
them, I suppose. Yonkers Statesman.
IfMiM,
af
BTOTIXA".
iaxa4 Ta Irs fm lxt
We wvar srrtr Tears
Ma. Wwaxows SooTaraa btiu? haa
been osed for over rfxtv vttara t mil.
lions of mothars foe their children
walla leethlag with perfect neeeaa.
soouias us cruio, soften the guars,
and allays ail peln ; enrtw wind colic,
bad la the best remsdv for diarrhoea
It will relieve the poor Utile sufferer
rameoiaMiy. oid try druggiaia ia
every part of the world. Twenty-five
enta a bouie. De rare aod ask for
. ea j r a a . .
I vviaaiow tMothtna Bma
take an othai ktaa.
- -' Worn Oat. i
TTls marriage was a failure, wasn't
ttr
"Ureat smoke, no! It saved
from bankruptcy." Judge.
never
him
Tbe way o avoid tbe tmpatation of
.tmpodence Is not to be asbnmed of
what we do, but never to do wbat we
ought to be ashamed of. Dryden.
Tha Ideal Hi
Bhe Gcrtnide says she will
Snarry nntil she finds her ideal.
ne What la ber ideal?
Bhe Oh, any. man who will ask her.
Kansas City Journal.
DTOniA.
i Thi Ixi In Haw Hfra-t Bjfi
OA
Dried sweet potatoes are coming Into.
tbe market aa a valuable and. whole-'
some addition to onr ood supply.
ii i - 'i .
Family pets are all xhzht If thev hnlv
The getting rid of one of these pet-Ms"
arways a serious acair.
the market -yielded only slightly, re-f
u-aamg awaay 10 -ana around the
higher level. .
NMW TOBtT. Aur. 29. Onltnn nnti
at 12.75c; net receipts bales: gross
receipts 2 bales; atoek 10,234 bales.
Bpot cotton closed steady; mlddline
uplands 12.75; middling .ulf 13 00
aales a,lil bales.
Futures market closed firm : Aueust
leas u x . .. . . '""
"t tjcioujuor uctoner 10.69v
November 10.39, December 10.32, Janu
ary 10.30, February 10.28, March 10.28.
xotai to-day, at all aeaporta Net re
ceipts 818 bales; exports to Grea
Britain 14 bales; exports to Prance
-"balee; exports to the Continent
SOO bales: atock 159,360 bale. , "
2SE?2U&i at M ePorta-Net
ffoelpta 818 .bales; exports to Great
Britain 14 bales; exports to Prance
bales; exports to the Continent
2.bfi?Lexporii to JaPn bales.
Total since Sentember it at .m
seaportsNet receipts 7,705,748 bales;
exports to Great Britain 2,796,901 bales
exports to France 781.258 ha)M.
ports to the Continent 2,824,250 bales-
Aug 29. Galveston, steady at 12Xc.
net receipu 62 bales; Norfolk, aady
at l2Xc, net receipt 4 bales; Bal
timore, nominal at 13c, net receipts
7. Lte.t .e,
wes; wumington,,
nominal c, net receipts bales
Philadelphia, steady at 13c,?neT rt
ceipta .- balesr Savannah,', firm 7t
12Hc, net receipts 123 bales ; New Or-
rk-?. ir ui "Hc net receipts
"..SV Mobllnomlnal at 12. net re
ceipts 2 bales ; Memphla,quiet at Dl 9-16,
fteP! 8 b-"; Augusta, steady
at 12c net receipts 50 bales : Charles
ton,'flrmat DIJiC netreceipta 82 bales.
MARINE DIRfcCfOKV.
1st of Veaaaja la sit for of WUa
w. c, aaawas so. - '
SfJQOONRRS. -Nathan
Lawrence. 739 inn. n.i
CD Maffitt.
L,fi nnat??iruff 288 fon. Warner,
K,jjJ A Scribner, 351 ton, Dodd, O D
Ooa, 104 tons, Buck, to master.
. . -BY K1VEK AMI KAIL
For Sale.
One large Miller make iron safe,
weight 4,000 lbs.
One'large Marvin iron safe, weight
ZjOOOlbs. ;
One large Herring iron safe,
weight 3,000 lba.; and 25 other iron
safes of various sizes.
Show oases, all sizes, in stock and
can make prompt shipment.
SktXl BEAR. SR., & SONS.,
jy3tf - 18 Market Street.
Ten Dollars,
tad
Rscelpis ef Naval Stares
Festerdajr. . , ,
. ' W. & W. Railroads casks spirits
ST 12 crude ta
y; . 0- dfc Ai RaIlroad-5 caska
aplrits turpentine, .35 barrel rosin, 5
wr. au narreis crude turpen
tine. ,
A. 8c Y. Railroad- 7
turpenUne. 7 barrels tar 6 barrels
crude turpentine -
Steamer A. P.'Hurt 16 caska tur.
pontine 32 barrels Ur. -
Steamer WhiUock-7 casks spirits
turpentine, 5 barrels rosin V
Steamer A. J. Johnson-8 caska
spirits turpentine.
Dwamer .City of Fayetteville 13
Ours Js the only eslab-
lishcant in your City that
makes Suits to measure for
Ten Dsllars.
' -
C. E. GORDON PANTS CO.,
25 South Font Street.
-ap.tf
CATOriSVILLE. MARYLAND
u KOUHT DK BALES,
AGADEatY OF THI VISITATION.
BnUdingrs and gronnds extensive and attrw-
eiuiauon aeaitnroi; ana view
tve.
nor
bleb
mlS-A 111 t la arfvM jm Ka. Kuntlrtl!
rr-"-! aiTfJAs sbjIIU USftjr VM sanaaiai-
jM6ccno car routes. Tnorongn w-
caska e-pfrijs tamntlnsT aa T hrVal-7.. I SpBilkhTBc
barrels crurf a inm.n!i
5k1,n,'flt-40 barrela rosin. '
sn K68 cak" 'JM turpentine,
80 barrels rosin. 142 barrela tar 61
barrela crude .turpentine.
je 28 sw . tr bu we the diekctbibs.
J ; PRODUCE MARKETS 7
. Br TelearaDli to tne KorainK staa.
Narw tozx, Aug. 29. -Flour waa
EDGEW0.1TH
boardino And
- U9JM.M. 9VHUUL
rVH HIRl.l - Da r
ton. aZ ""t
- - ai year. Mrs. u
2v5?nleIl Principals,
street, Baltimore, aid.
ens Bentemher
. P. iefebvre, Hlsa B.
12-S4 Westranalla
wesa jyissm-
To Excursionists.
' The flrat thlncr win ihnnM An AnTonr afliVSl U
I WllmlDgtbn la to bare a clean, easy BMm.
I BtylWb hair-cot. or a oool and refreenlns Bhsm-
vw. srutmuiy, yon may neea au 01 m"
lorta. . ..
4ine Favorite". Barber -hop le mep'agta
QUION A OAVIS,
. aaiett . . , No. 7 Bouta Front Street.