WILII&te B BEE5ARD.
-w-THB WARrMTUATIOK-"
The recent five days battle of the
Hun river, near Mukden: appears to
have been brought about by the
tmnhiAii nf Rnaaia at home. Indeed
the situation mUs't' haf - been "des
perate when, General Kuropatkin,
In the midst of weather! below zero,
was ordered to get put ot liis winter
auarters and make a desperate as
sault on the Japanese jin order to
detraot attention from it
trouble and anarchy prevailing all
over the Czar's empire.
The result of that forced
move
ment by General Kuropatkin was
practically a defeat with the loss of
10,000 men killed or wounded. The
fact is Bnssia has no more chance of
winning in this war than the South
era Confederacy had in j 1864 after
her resources had been wasted in a
Tain effort to beat overwhelming
forces and undiminished! resources,
The New York Times well asks
"Why should Russia continue the
barren struggle in Manchuria r"
The Times goes on to say that the
1 i. a. a ir 11 i
latest movement arcana aiu&aeii oj
General Kuropatkin was plainly an
attempt to feel the Japanese po-
sltion and determine
possible to find a'
it were
weak spot
where an attack won
d not be
hopeless. It has failed completely,
so far as we can judge. So soon as
it progressed far enough to betray
; its purpose it was met by a vigorous
- counter movement,and the Russians
have been driven back with serious
loss beyond the Hun river. Ten
thousand men have been killed 6x
. a. a . - in -i i
ncaiiuea, aau naming nas oeen
gained. Further action ofthe
same or more desperate kind can
In alprbbabiUty yield no better
results. The Japanese nave forced
the Russians from all of Manchuria
that WAR Aett-faH V tttaTn'anlYrna. 4tia
yatrongest fortified place of modern
times has fallen into . their hans;
ua uogt niuuu aiuuu uuuiu. tnraawu
their easy, prompt, and safe com
'. munications with their home base
.nas oeen destroyed or captured; it is
hard trt Hlfh hnvr tVtav nin ! V Aia
'lodged even if the effort to dislodge
them should be kept up for years.)
And what hope can Russia have
of maintaining such an effort long
enough even remotley toj threaten
the, exhaustion of Japan? - -
Another question: Why should
the nations of the earth treat
Russia in this situation otherwise
than they would treat Japan? Sup
pose that the Japanese had Buffered
defeat from the time that they cross--earthe
Yalu. . Suppose that they
had succeeded only in holding the
passes of the mountains west of that
region and were compelled to strain
every resource to do that.' Suppose
that they had been cut off on the
sea, and forced to give up the siege
of Port Arthur. What would have
been the attitude of the powers to
ward Japan? J Would they not
have demanded that a vain and
wasteful and disturbing con
flict should be settled and while
trying to safeguard their own inter
ests, as they did when Russia had
defeated Turkey, would they not
insist that peace should bo made on
the best terms practicable? Sooner
or later, it seems inevitable that the
intervention of Europe will occur,.
Why not now?. The answer will be
f Vl at Ana TV IM"a A nnialvn Until a l
wausuium UJLUOli VV iOUgllC. iJUt
wnat reason is there to suppose that
such a battle will do more than em
phasize the present situation? All
that can happen in the meantime in
a military way; is that each Power
will strengthen its forces to the ut-
uiuau, nuu, Tivu me resources ox
each; the relative distance from the
home base, and the efficiency of the
two military ; systems, can there be
serious question as to which Power
will gain the! more 'in the interval?
YALE AMD
SOUTHERN EDUCA
TION.
the Baltimore I Sun.
This, from
will be read
with unusual interest:
The Yale Alnmnl Week! v rma an
interesting article on the results of
4.1 1 n ---
ooum oy rroiessor aneatn, oi lale,
to acquaint the teachers of the South
with xale's plans and "put himself
in
connection wun tnose wno are
the leaden ini Strath am adnftfttwin.
Yale aspires to j regain the Southern
patronage it once had and make its
opening of a Summer school the oc
casion of a special effort. Professor
Sneath is much pleased with his
trip. He called upon nearly all the
city and State superintendents of
public instruction and attended
a number of educational conven
tions. He (met many teachers
and principals- The result is that
he is "enthusiastic," being im
pressed with the excellent spirit of
... Southern educators and the praise-
worthy character of their work. It
' is the AHA nf a wall Vnnwn Unmln.
J . M .... M WWUiUi-
ence" of Northern would-be patrons
ujl me oouinern puoilo school sys
tern and of their Southern hangers
' on to denreciiata Snntham
to search with imicrosoopio eye for
i "li?,um pon tnem alone,
With the Oblertfc nf hnfT...ti...
slaers know host Vm A 3 it.
coming generation especially fu
ture neo voters. ' But, accodln
to Professor 8ntK , Ji.tlL
Sq1 thue "Ute.of whool affair8
wui,a are mwieadlng. Speak
D.!aiSS PHc.ohoolf,atePmo
I hey have done great things
there flnH'-g the last quarter of a
century. Ia the face of tremendous
difficulties they have built up an ex
cellent Bjstem of public instruction.
This bas called for much sacrifice on
the part of the Southern people. But
they were willing to makeit., ;De'
prived of nearly every thingwTut
moral courage ly the Civil War, and
tJSFIitenfof public-Mhoela-ta
existence, they .createa good sys
tern in tverjr Stated " The have tri-mphed-ereconomict-iadnstriatr
social, racial difficulties, and have
given both the whites and blacks
equal educational advantages. I take
. . mm m . .
my hat on uterauy ana ngurativeiy
to such! a people, and we a
11 ought
notable
60 -be tbankiui lor suon a
achievement."
.That is a just dictum. Apprecia
tion of -j what .has been done and
what ia doinir must be the first step.
If an ontaider wishes to train the COn-
ndence or southern educators, me
- - . mi.
onmahno moth nil nf devious aDDrOach
with thft nhiant nf ffflttin? Control Of
Southern education and changing its
A 9 H
character accorainjco preconceivea
Northern . ideas, is an erroneous
mthnd. Yale will best resrain
vogue in the South by becoming the
exponent of jast views as to the ac
tual work and animus of Southern
educators and taxpayers.
THE DBLIHEATOE FOR HARCH
Containing the first authentic re
ports of the Spring and Summer
styles, the March Delineator is of
special interest to the woman of
fashion, and a most attractive num
ber .throughout. A discussion of
"The Use and Abuse of Armorial
Bearings," by William Armstrong
Crozier,' is a noteworthy contribu
tion, containing a fund of informa
tion in regard to coat armor that is
little known or widely disregarded.
N. Hudson Moore's article on
"Old Pewter," the first in a series
on kindred subjects, will appeal
particularly to collectors, and the
story of : Charlotte Elliott's famous
hymn, "Just as I Am," as related
by Allan Sutherland, is of greatest
interest.! Other features are "Rob
ert and Clara Schumann," by fetus-
tav Kobbe, in the Composers'
Series, "The Game of Politics as it
is Played in Washington" and
more particularly, woman's part in
It by "Marie Columbia," bnd a
reproduction of miniatures j from
the Marie collection. There are
two notable pieces of fiction in
"The Things That Are Real," by
Zraa Gale, and "His Honor vs.
Cupid,"! by Virginia Woodward
Cloud, in addition to delightful
verse, ifor the young folks, li.
Frank Baum gives an "Animal
Fairy Tale," Grace MacGowan
Cooke a "Son Riley Rabbit" story
and Lina Beard an amusing pastime.'
There are the usual departments
and other matters of interest to
women within and without the home.
The Delineator is the delight of a
home and can be had from any
bookstore or by addressing the But
terick Publishing Company, New
York. .-.. ' -
CURRENT COMMENT.
i Ia the Morse in . the Dod co-
Morse divorce scandal our old friend,
Gen. B. E. Morse? Baltimore Sun.
A diamond worth I4.C00.00O
has been found near Pretoria. This
beats all records. Bnt wait until it
is lost by a popular actress of a Wall
street broker.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The reading public would for
for the most part be willing to con
cede that! Hannah E iaa is no lady
ana that Mr. f latt is no gentleman
and let it go at that. Washington
star. : .1 .......... .
Death was kinsr in claiming
Thomas Brackett Reed before
"Uncle" Joe Cannon arose to make
his rules look like a set set of ex-
Dur&rated regulations for nl&vinor the
noble game of ping pong. St. Paul
uiooe.
Before the investieratinn nf
the Colorado election frauds is end
ed it will probabiv be discovered
that some of them voted ballots
with escallopped edges, or medal
lions in front of the names. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Kansas Legislature has
killed a bill requiring the Pullman
Company to fumigate its cars in that
State. The company probably showed
mat it always lumigatea the cars as
soon as they got out of Kansas.
Washington Post.
, Mr. Toms stated in the North
Carolina Legislature that ginseng
growers reaped a harvest of $240.
O00 an acre. He, however, stated
that only 25 acres in the United
States were devoted to its cultiva
tion. Why not more? This beats
ten cent cotton, and rivals the coo
per farms of Louisiana, where the
principal ingredient of tabasco sauce
is growm-Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
!fesTaent i&sosevelt - insisted
on a collored man fdrcOilector. of
the port of Charleston, but a colored
physician has been promptly re
moved from a board of. pension ex
amining surgeons in Missouri be
cause the people of the neighbor
hood protested against the appoint
ment of a negro. If South Carolina
had voted for Roosevelt its white
population would also be treated
with consideration. Philadelphia
Record, it
erare Tronbl0 rorseB.
It needl but' littln fniwalvht in tall
thkt whnn vnnv ilnmanh turf liwav ...
badly affected grave trouble la ahead,
amen 70a iaae tne proper meaictne
ior jour auease, a . tin. John A.
XT m -r w . a w
loung, 01 uiay, n. x., aia. one ayt:
"I had neuralgia of the liver and
stomach, my heart was weakened and
I could not rat. I waa very bad for a
long time, but in Electric Bitten I
fpund just what I needed,; for they
quickly relieved and cured me." . Is
the. bait muHlrinn (a,' tlr nm.n
Sold under guarantee by, B. B. Bxir
amy, ornggist,! 80e a bottle.
: : i Foihm Iff Food.
I I ... j.
Perhapa you don't reallxe that many
Bain notiona nrlirlnatn In mnf fnoH'
but some day! you may feel a twinge
of dyipepaia that will convince you.
Dr.-King's ITewiLlfs Pllli are'suap-
an teed to rare all aleknen due to
tttklaOBB nf BnnfMiiul 9rtnA ttm mni
back. Only Sfte, at a a BzUdUty'9
uruK tore, xrymem. - - t
AFTER SKKHESS
VINOUS A WOKDERFULpTONIC AND
i STRENGTHENING.
Robert R. Ballamy Refunds Money in All
-IStethweir Fans To Give
I Satisfaction.
-i "During tha paet tew months there
baa been a great deal of liekneia of one
kind and another in tbia vicloity,"sald
Mr. Bellamy, "and I want to say to
the people of; Wilmington that the
one thing to aid recovery after sickness
is to give the people a blood building
and strength restoring tonic, one that
will give strength to every organ of
the body.
"Now," continued Mr. Bellamy, "I
don't believe there Is another remedy
In the country equal lojour delioious
cod liver oil preparation, Vino), for
making pure, rich, red blood and
building up strength. I say this from
an Intimate knowledge of almost every
medicine on the market, and after
considering what Vinol is aod has
done. .
'Vinol contains every one of the
body-building, medicinal elements of
cod liver oil, without one drop of oil
to upset the stomtcb and retard its
work, and tbir, with organic iron,
which is a needful constituent for the
blood, dissolved In a delicious table
wine, makes Vinol. It acts directly
on the stomach, creates a healthy ap
petite and enables the digestive organs
to obtain the necessary elements from
the food eaten to make rich, red
blood, and healthy flesh and muscle
tissue, and create strength, and you
know what you are taking."
Continued Mr. Bellamy : "We have
a good many letters like the follow
ing:
Mr. A. Manser, of Poagbkeepsle,
N. YM writes: "A severe fever left
me In a very weak condiuoo, and no
matter what I took . I could not teem
to get any strength, until through a
friend I learned of Vinol. Two bottlea
worked wonders for me, so quickly
did it restore my health and strength,
and I am fast gaining in weight.
Vinol ia a wonderf a 1 strength creator,"
"In the strongest manner we unhes
itatingly endorae and guarantee Vinol
to increaae the appetite, cure atomach
troubles, give strength and renewed
vitality to the aged, build up the run
down, tired and debilitated and restore
health to the convalescent, or we will
return every dollar paid us for it."
Robert R. Bellamy, s
First Comedian I told mv
barber to order a new mug for me.
Second Comedian I ! don't blame
yon. Philadelphia Bulletin. I ;
jars. Kicker "Does your cook
know her place?" Mrs. Bocker
'That's just the trouble; she knows
any number of them. Harpers
Bazar. - i
Mrs. Ragg "Now. sir. do I
make myself plain?" "Mr. Ragg
"No. you don't have to; the Lord
attended to that for you." Cleve
land JLieader.
Clara-"Do von think Dick
Dobfon is very clever?" Helene '
"You can judge for yourself: I
went sleigh riding with him last
night and nearly froze!" Detroit
Free Press. r ; f
"Your husband told mv i hus
band that the doctor told him whis
ky would make him strong: does
it?" "I gness it is going to; it has
already begun on his breath."
Houston Post. 1 i
Seedy Some people are always
howling for more, no matter how
much they have. Don't you think
you'd be satisfied with enough?
Greedy Don't know: I've never had
enough I Detroit Free Press. :
Mr. Lingerlong "How do von
like the looks of this hat of mine.
Miss de Muir?" Miss de Muir "I
like the style of it exceedingly. I've
been wondering for the last hour
how you would look with it op."
Chicago Tribune.
I blieve in keenin' this a free
kentrv." observed the Pohick nhiloa.
opher, as he bit off a fresh chew of
navy ping, "out alter readm' the de
tails of this latest NooYork scandal.
it does occur to me that it might be
a good thing 11 some men were not
allowed to have money." Pittsburg
rose. i
At Magnolia on Wednesday Dr.
Smith, the local Physician, and Mr.
Lloyd Merriman, a young man who
armed inere Tuesday from Virginia,
to visit his mother, started in a
buggy for a bird hunt. When thev
arrived at the hunting ground, they
alighted from their buggy and the
gun of Dr. Smith, as he was pulling
it muzzle foremost from the buggy,
exploded, and the entire load en
tered the breast of vounir Merriman.
Dr. Smith immediately hastened
back to Magnolia with his wonnded
young friend, and after making him
comiortaoie at cue home 01 the lat-
ter's mother, wired for Drs. John
and Wm. Spicer, otGoldsborq, plac
ing a special tram at their service to
take them to Magnolia.; Drs. Spicer
arrived at Magnolia and together
with Dr. Smith, did all in 3 their
power for the young man, but with
out avail, as he died about 5 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Smith
Is prostrated with grief.
Raliegh News and Observer:
Feb 2: The people of North Caro
lina take a i Proper and neiirhhorlv
interest in the Jamestown Exposi
tion, which is to be held at Norfolk,
beginning in May, 1907, to com
memorate the three hundredth an
niversary of the landing of John
8mith at Jamestown, Virginia
Hearty welcome is extended to the
progressive and patriotic representai
lives ox - tne .Exposition company
who are in Raleigh andrwill be given
a hearing 'In the Senate Chamber
this afternoon. . The interests of
North Carolina and Virginia are so
interwoven, that what concerns One
State concerns the other. Thia ia
particularly true of the city of Nor-
aw., wuiuu largmj owes hi great
prosperity to Worth Uarollna busi
ness. The Exposition will ' be a
great occasion and North Carolina
will take great pride in aiding the
Old Dominion in making it notable.
Near 8elma, N; O., on Tues
day, Willie Morgan, 12 years old,
waa shot and killed by his 14 year
oM-brotneTi.o The latter was hand
ling a Flobert rifle which he thought
wast unloaded and pointed it at his
brother, saying: "Look out, Willie,
I'm going to shootl" The usual re
sult was that the gun was discharged
and a bullet Went through the brain
of the victim.
B0S0R WflFUfi IT I oue.
Story of Reicne of Shis'" e'w by the
f Life Savisf. tstlon.
! Oape Fear, Life Saving Station,
r: r I Jan. 23, 1905.
Iditob SiAKt-rThree weeks have
elapsed since tbe wreck of the schooner
'Emma O. Middleton," and as there are
rumors and newspaper reports in circu
lation, or have been circulated, that are
Untrue and misleading' about that ves
sel! wish to correct tbem. .1 uill give
yon a correct statement of the entire
matter; .
On the morning of the 4th . instant at
half past sir o'clock, the station watch
b ied a schooner.jon;the Frying Pan
Shoals about eight miles distant from the
station, which he. proniptlv reported to
the keeper. Meanwhile there were two
surf men on their respective .beats. On
their return preparations were at once
begun to go,to the; stranded vessel, la
the meantime CapuWat a sent our ste w
ard, Samuel "Berry j to the Oape Pear
Light Honse,with a flag which tbe keep,
er and his assistants displayed. Tbis
was aaignal to tbe steamboats and the
Oak Island Life Saving men that there
was trouble on hand. Before eight
o'clock we had our f surf boat launched
and on our way to the stranded vessel.
It waa a cold morning.our thermometers
registering twenty-jeight degrees abeve
zeroeverything trozen the wind was
blowine very strong and there waa a
hi h sea. Under short sail goose wing
and jib we proceeded to the distressed
daft which we reach d in about an hour
and a half. When about two hundred
yards from the vessel we took in sail and
rowed to her. Approaching we saw two
in the mizzen rigging. No others at that
time were to be seen. They seemed to
be very; much confused and unable to
understand the orders that were given to
them. After awhile we got a line to
them. Tbe first : one to ; board us
was . little slow sliding down the rope
and a big sea forced our boat from him
and he was hanging by tbe rope,cxclaim
ing,'I am gonel" fL am gonei,,,4I am
gone " I He was encouraged by our men
to hold on, that we would soon be to him.
A moment or two later we had him safely
in our boat, and also his shipmate. Mean
while we were told; that there were five
others on the jib-boom. We employed
all means to get them to come aft. One
did make the attempt but did not sue
ceed, owing to the ( fact that tne vessel's
decks were gone. Now a more difficult
and dangerous situation confronted i.s.
We rowed up to the windward of the
vessel and dropped anchor and let our
boat drift near the jib-boom where the
five other men were. Finally we sue
ceeded in getting a line to them by which
they, one at a time, descended to onr
boat, l suppose we were at least nan an
hour rescui ne these men. We then took
up anchor and rowed to the "Blanch,"
br ing assisted by the Oak Island cre w.
The "Blanch" towed us near our fetation,
for which kindness we are very grateful.
Now, in conclusion, let me add that k
was the Cape Fear life-saving crew that
gave the warning of the schooner "Emma
C. Middleton" being in distiess, and it
was the Cape Fear surfmen that rescued
her crew. i ( - i j '-M.- .
SPIKI I I UKPfcN TINE.
The Corbitt Buggy Co, of
Henderson, has been authorised to
amend its charter in order to in
crease the capital stock from $30,
000 to $60,000. t
Greensboro Telegram: An ex
change which contends that there is
too much legislation is outspoken In
its contention that there is need for
an act improving the jury system.
The Asheville Citizen says that
for the first time in nine years the
French Broad river at Asheville was
frozen over last week, it being posi
sible to walk across the river on the
ice. .
Major J. T. Gardner, of Shel
by, was elected colonel of the First
North Carolnia Regiment at the
meeting of the officers of the regi
ment in Charlotte Monday after
noon. Major, Uardner succeeds
Col. Tom Robs Robertson, appointed
adjutant general. )
Greensboro Telegram: "Looks
as if some of our seaboard metropo
lises might find a dangerous rival In
the form of the town of Southport.
(Jhairman Uurton, of the House com
mittee on rivers and harbors, has an
nounced his interest in Southport
and saya it ought to be the best har
bor south of Norfolk."
Rilelgh News and Observer:
While most of the divorce cases are
of negroes, there are - altogether
too many cases in which white
people are seeking divorces. Of
four cases put on the docket in
Wake this week, two were white
and two were colored.
The work at 1 the Bell Green
Orphanage at Montreat, near Ashe
ville, has been abandoned and no at
tempt to rebnild the institution will
be made. Wm. B. Streeter, super
iotendent of the j North Carolina
Children's Home Society, has de
cided to place the children in homes
and will take charge of them within
the next week or ten days.
Greensboro Telegram: Some of
the Raleigh women" have opened a
warfare against the practice of throw
ing waste paper on the streets. That
is a reform that is sadly needed in
most of the large towns of North
Carolina, all of them so far as we
know. And yet it seems that . it
would be tolerably jeasy of accom
plishment. Each person who con
tributes to the piles of waste that ac
cumulate on the street could carry
his part to his own waste-basket
just abont as easily as he can throw
it down on the street.
Charles Caldwell, colored, who
for a number of years has been a
servant about the heme of Mr. H.
A. . Barnhardt,. of Salisbury, on
Tuesday stole cash estimated to the
amount of $500 Jrom. -safe in the
dwelling. The money belonged to
Mr. W. W. Reed, an elderly mem
ber of the household, who thought
lessly left his safe door open only
to be robbed during daylight hours
by the trusted servant. The negro
made his escape and all efforts to
locate him have thns far been un
availing. , j:
At Washington, N. C, the Old
Dominidn Steamship Company's
warehouse was the scene of a trage
dy abont ten o'clock Tuesday night.
A darkey named Louis McCuIldngh
who came up on the schooner Ve
nus went aboard the steamer Myers
mistaking her for his own boat. He
was directed other wise and the as
sumption is that he walked over
board as he was in an intoxicated
state at the time. His body was
discovered later by the deck hand,
on tne Myers and with tbe assistance
of tbe watchman be sucoeeded in
fastening the body to - the dock till
it could be drawn out. - ?
On ofcasaat aays there la no better
place to spend an hour or two than
the beach. The 10 o'clock car lay
over ta the beach an hour and three
quarters.! The 8 o'clock car lays over
an nour ana one Quarter. I
Beart the 1 -J Kind Ysa Haw Always
" " ! ' t - -
WALLED SEOUL.
Ancient Capital of Korea
Seme of It Pecnltarltle.
Seoul, the capital of Chosen, is built
amid a network of hills eighteen miles
from the sea. It is an ancient walled
city, fortified in the strongest way by
Binolls that would drive any, but an
Asiatic army forthwith into the ocean.
It is poor tn appearance, but' rich in
fleas. On autumn nights tigers fre
quently contest the right of way with
belated." pedestrians, "land "this is - the
chief reason why one has the entire
street to oneself in a moonlight stroll
after 8 o'clock. Metaphorically, one
can scarcely see the town for the bald,
bulbous and bullet beaded Buddhist
priests who fatten on the superstition
of the populace. I .
Barring an occasional court function,
marked by street processions, Seoul is
triumphantly devoid of sights interest
ing to a traveler. The streets lack en
tirely those picturesque characteristics
of a Chinese or Japanese thoroughfare,
and a vista across the Korean house
tops is one of appalling monotony. One
seeks in vain for attractive souvenirs.
In the small shops of Seoul Japanese
beer, matches, cigarettes and cheap
crockery form the chief stock in trade,
while long stemmed 'Korean pipes and
metal banded. Korean knives are of
fered in the most pretentious shops.
Here, likewise, can be had the really
unique Korean fans, made of silk or
paper, finished in oil and covered with
curious native designs. These fans
are dipped in water before they are
used, and the little breeze produced by
them is astonishingly cool. j i
The : wall surrounding Seoul, from
which kites are ever flying, Is but a
pocket edition of the great Chinese wall
that leads down to the sea at, Shanhal
kwan. Piercing, this Korean 'copy are
the city gates picturesque passage
ways which are promptly and irrevo
cably closed with the setting of the
sun. The west gate will be entered by
the tourist on reaching the capital from
Chemulpo, and should be come to the
outside of . this but a minute after the
sun has disappeared behind the horizon
and the "big bell'? has boomed its
mournful warning note he is elected to
camp in tbe open until Phoebus has cy
cled the world on the equatorial path.
If he reaches tbe gate five minutes be
fore it closes on its groaning binges be
will witness a sight that will almost
repay him for the toilsome trip up from
the coast. Outing.
PITH AND POINT.
Faith defies fate. :
( Duty is always divine.
A muzzle la not a cure.
The time to boast is when you don't
need to.
' He who cannot bear humility cannot
wear honor. ' I
j The best kind of hope is that which
lends a hand.
An empty dignity is as valuable as a
hollow dollar. , j
The work of this life writes the
lease of the next.
i Hitch your wagon to a star, but
don't sell your mule.
The only effective prison bars are
those we forge with our habits.
You cannot sanctify your sins by
calling- their consequences crosses.
I The soul with wings does not worry
as to .tbe stability ot this world. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Home of Lwther.
Few thoroughfares have been pre
served In Europe which give an ade
quate idea of the streets of the middle
ages. One of the most interesting of
these relics is the home of Martin Lu
ther, in Frankfurt-am-Main. It stands
on the corner of a narrow street and
rises to a height which seems unusual
even in these days of tall buildings.
Like most of the architecture of its pe
riod, the Luther house is half timbered
and richly decorated. It is a very
roomy place, though somewhat dark
and probably badly : ventilated. The
Luther house, like many of its time,
contained floors increasing in size as
they rose, thus giving a curiously pic
turesque but top heavy appearance to
the building.
A RICH GOLD MINE.
For Sevl -t'ttn ; Baser Fortnae
Seekers Worked Over It.
A tale ia told of a rich gold mine in
Idaho with a ledge of ore which once
extended above the surface of the
ground in a clear, solid ridge several
feet high and entirely distinct from the
surrounding. formation. Tbis ledge was
long and unbroken and lay directly
across the course which hundreds of
prospectors took every year to reach
other gold fields. This obstruction of
rock, the great value of " which waa
long unknown, was too high to be sur
mounted by pack animals, so the pros
pectors cut a trail directly through it
For several years these eager gold seek
ers passed backward and forward over
this trail in search of gold mines. One
night a prospector camping near this
ledge of rock picked up a bit of It and
from force of habit took it, to a creek
near by and washed it. Then he exam
ined the stone, and, to his great aston
ishment, be found "colors" in It bits
of sparkling gold. The prospector does
not mistake gold when he sees it. He
is not deluded by iron crystals or bits
of mica, as the "tenderfoot" frequent
ly is. The gold sparkle is clearer and
brighter than that of any other miner
al, and it is the same in sunshine and
shadow. - j .
f The prospector, tremendously excit
ed,, broke off more pieces of the ledge
and found more of it bearing free gold.
Then he located his claim, and that
was the beginning of a rich mine. Yet
for years the sagest of prospectors had
passed over this trail through the cut
in this ledge, never suspecting its val
ue, although by its very prominence it
seemed to ! invite inspection. Leslie's
Weekly. -l : . 1 ! " -
. ia .i i . I, i
An Italian Brlaraad's Horae.
Among, south Italian brigands even
their horses are taught to resist tbe
officers. of ; the law. During the en
counter at Rana Bucca, in which the
brigand Mirto was killed, the gen
darmerie was amazed by the furious
behavior of his horse, which lashed out
on all sides, and succeeded in Injuring
one of the officers. On inquiry after
ward among the prisoners taken it was
ascertained that the horse had been
trained to behave in this way by being
repeatedly 'flogged until he kicked one
of the brigands, dressed as a carabi
neer, approaching him. : The horse at
last became such an adept that he
might be relied upon to kick and rear
furiously- at the mere sight of a uni
form. London Globe.
; . Hoas;h on the Lawyer.
They have a way of settling lawsuits
In India that it would be well tocopy
here, according to the Springfield Re
publican. When a dispute arises over
the ownership of land two holes are
dug near together and the two oppos
ing lawyers nicely planted Up to their
waists. The; first one to become bitten
by a bug or becomes so exhausted that
he has to be exhumed loses the case
for. his cUentS 'Thiar does-away with
unnecessary-talking and adds an In
teresting element of chance to the
gome.
CCXMEKCIAL.
ILMIN liTUK MARK KT
(Quoted officially at tbe closing; by the Chamber
STAB OFFICE, February 8,
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
dome. " -
ROSIN Nothing doing. :
TAR Market firm at $1.60 per bar
rel of 880 pounds. ' ir
, CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm at $3.30 per barrel for bard, 13.70
for dip.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin firm at $3.50; tar firm at $L40;
crude turpentine firm at $3.50125.
' " BEOKIPT8. ' :
Spirits turpentine. 37
Rosin... 281
-- 183
Crude turpentine. 3
Receipts same day last year 70
casks spirits turpentine, 282 barrels
rosin, 867 barrels tar, 69 barrels crude
turpentine.
OOTTOS. "' - ;
Market steady at 6c for middling.
Same day last year, market steady
at 15e for miMOne. i
Receipts 26S bales; same day last
year, 197. . - j
(Corrected Becnlarly by WUmlngton Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
sion Merchants 1
OOTJHTBT PBODUOBV
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 95c; extra prime, t L00; fancy,
$L10, per bushel of twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia Prime, 85c; extra
prime, 90c; fancy, 95c Spanish, 85&
90c ' - . . -
CORN Firm; 6065c per bushel
for white. V
N. a BACON Steady; hams 14
15c per pound ; shoulders, 11c; sides,
dull, 10llc.
. EGGS Dull at 1820c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 15
85c; springs, 12X15c.
TURKEYS Dull at 13c for live;
16&c for dresied.
BEESWAX Firm at 237c
TALLOW Firm at 66c per
pound.
PORK Firm at 67c net.
PEA8 White, , $1.75 1.85 ; clay,
$L10L2K.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60
75c per bushel.
3? BEEF CATTLE Dull at 28c
per pound. -
FINANCIAL MARKETS
by TeiearaD w tne Momma 8tj
Nam Tom. Vh. 9 Mnn nn ..Mil
firm at tier cent.: clnatno-
bid 2 per cent ; offered at 3 per cent;
time loans steady; sixty days 3 per ct. ;
ninety days 3 per cent. : six months S U
3tf per cent. Prime mercantile pa
ner ner cent fltarlino- at.
change was slightly easier, with actual
ousiness in Dancers' dills ass for
demand and at 485.75 for sixty
dav bills. The do ted rates win
486 and 489. Commercial bills 485 J
485m'. Bar silver 61 tf. Mexican
dollars 47X. U. 8. refunding 3's.
reg'd, 104 X; do. coupon, 104
U. 8. S'a, registered, 103; do.
coupon, 103; U. 8. 4V new,
registered, 180 K; U. ti. 4'a. new,
coupon, 1S0X; U. S. 4'a, old; reg
istered, 105 ; da coupon, 105 J4,
American Tobacco 4's cert,, 74 i;
American Tobacco 6,s cert, 116 iZ;
Atlantic Coast Line 4'. 103:
LoulsTllle A NaahTille. Unified
4'a. 103: Baaboard Air Linn 4'a
63 tf; Southern Railway rs. 119.
etoexs: Atlantic uoait lam 12U:
Baltimore ft Ohio - oref erred 97:
Chesapeake ft Ohio 49; Louis
ille ft Nashville 137: Manhat
tan I L 170; New York Central
148J4": Reading 93K: do, 1st nrefd.
93; da Snd pref'd 91; Bouthern
Hallway 84V: do &refd 97: Amain-
mated Copper 74H; People'a Gas
107; Tennessee Ooal and Iron 71 i
u- d. Lieawer 14; u. o. Laeatner pre
ferred. 108 ; Western Union, 93X ;
D.-S. HtMl S0Vt dn nmfumul 04 V.
Mexican Central 23 K ; Virginia-Carolina
Chemical, 34: sales shares;
da i preferred, closed 107; sales
shares. Standard Oil 644.
Baltimore. Pen. a. Ruhmrri At
Line, common. 19 S4 bid: do. nreferred
8888X. I
NAVAL STORES BANKETS.
' tatasrapn to the Morning star.
If air YORK. Feb. 2. Boaln stead r.
Ssplrlts turpentine easy at 54Ji55c
Cbabustoh. Feb. 8. Snlrits tur
pentine and rosin nothing doing.
Bayajwah, Feb. 3. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 51Jc; receipts 48 casks;
sales 71 casks; shipments 185 casks.
Boaln firm: receipts 363 barrels: sales
3,089 barrels; shipments 3.561 barrels:
A,B,U, 3 553 60; D, $3 60; E, 2 63K
L65' JfJ WX; G, $3 83 jfi W 15;
L $3 50; K, $4 05; M, $4 50; N, $4 75;
W O. $5 00:W W $5 15.
COTTON BANKETS.
n taMwraab to the Momma bm
New Yobt, Feb. 2. The cotton
market showed a still further 1m
proTement In point of actltity with
business more general than for some
days past Fluctuations were very ir
regular, however, and after having
good net gains early in the setsion,
prices closed without material change
as compared with the figures of yester
day. Tbe opening was steady at an
advance of two to six points. Some
of tbe local scalpers had sold late yes
terday on the theory that Liverpool
would not respond to the Amencn
gains of tbe previous day and covering
by this contingent on the cables which
were quite as high as looked for,
caused the initial bulge. There was
heavy realising at the advance, but
there were other buying orders from
outside sources in the hands of wire
houses and after some "hesitation the
market advanced " sharply sell
ing ab3ut ten to thirteen' points
over last night's final inside of the
first 30 minutes. Following this, fluc
tuations were irregular with prices
ranging between the opening figures
and tbe high point of the morning.
Many of those who had bought at the
low level of last week and some with
a profit of nearly half a cent a pound
at the morning's prlces,;took profits on
the theory that the advance would
lead to increased spot offerings, and
when the larger holders saw the llquK
datlon In progress they evidently
started feeling for tbe top. In the af
ternoon many private wires were clr
cuiated telling of increased spot offer
ings in the 8outh and bear, encour
aged by expectations of increased li
quidation, pounded the market more
vigorously. The closing was steady
but at the lowest of the setsion a net
decline of three points to an advance
of one point.
Ww Xoax, Feb. 2. Cotton The
market was quiet at 7.45; net receipts
T N"' ross receipts 2,251 bales;
stock 80,788 bales. ' -!
Spot cotton closed quiet ' and 10
Points higher ; middling upland 7.45 ;
middling gull 7.70; sales 1,710 bales.
1 Futures opened steady: February
j March 7.08. April , May 7.17,
June 7.80. July 7.35, August 7.37, Sep
tember. 7.33, October 7.38, November
7.38, December 7.43. :
j Futures market closed steady: Feb
ruary 6.95, March 7.03, April 7.05,May
7.1L June 7.15, July 7.19, August 7.33,
September 7.25, October 7.83. -1
Total to-day, at all seaports Net re.
celpts 12,167 bales; exports to Great
Britain 10,911 bales; exports to France
141 bales; exports to the Continent
89,508 lal: experts to Jan-n .
oaiea; exports to Mexico bales
Stock 786,568 bales.
Consolidated, at all seaporu (reviled)
Net receipts 120,733 bales; exports to
Great Britain 32,595 bales; exports to
France 3.164 bales: tmm4itA rv.H.
nect 95,889 bales ;exports to Japan 8,083
i;ie; spuria io uexico 1,314 bales.
Total since Sept. l.at all sea portt (re
vised) Net receipts 6,685,583 bales ;ex
norts to Great-Britain 2,467,683 bales;
exports to France 551,799 bales ;exporti
to the Continent 2.03S.S4S 1w1m ex
ports to Japan 90,444 bales-, exports to
aiexico iy.ua nates. . .
Feb. 2. Galveston, firm at 7 a lit
net receipts 2,554 bales : Norfolk.steady
at7Xc, net receipts 826 bales; Balti
more, nominal at , 7ic, let receipts
bales: Boston, quiet at 7.45c, net
receipts 813 bales; Wilmington, steady
at net receipts zoj naies; Jfhliaael
phla, steady ; at 7.70c, net receipts -
naies; cavannan, quiet at 7c, net re
ceipts 3,869: bales: New Orleans,
firm at 7 116c, net receipts 3,732 bales;
mo oue, nrm at 7c. net receints
490 bales: Memphis, firm at iVk. net
receipts 610 bales; Augusta, steady at
7 3-iec, net receipts 858 Dales; Charles
ton, steady at 7c.net receipts 78 bales.
PN0DUCE "BANKETS.
By Xe-ontAOh to tbe Motnina st:
w iuki. ijeo. 3. uiour waa
firm but quiet. Rye flour steady.
Wheat Spot firm, No. 2 red $1 22$$
t. o. b. afloat. Options mat set closed
at H&e net higher: Mav closed
$11611-16; July closed $1 Q3H: Sep
temner closed . 95Hc. Uorn irreeuiar :
No. 2 58c at elevator. Options Xc net
lower with wheat; May closed sOxc:
juiyiosea auic uata spot steady;
mixed, m$t pounds. 3636 54. Lard
tead; Western $7 15; refined barely
steady; continents Z0. Pork quiet
Cheese firm: Stae, small, colored and
white,b-uxe. Jggs flrm;jefrie era
tor 2025. Butter firm ; creamery, com
mon to extra 2030c Peanuts firm;
fancy hand-picked 5M5c; other do
mestic grades SllaSX. Potatoes
Market was i steady; Lone Island,
tn bulk,-per 180 fi. $1 7S8l2 00:
Siate and Western $1 25a 1 40 f
Jersey iweets $2 004 00. Cab
bases quiet; flat Dutcb. per 100. fi2 00
3 00. Freights to Liverpool Cotton,
1314c Sugar Raw aufeU refined
steady. Rice firm. Tallow qatet. Mo
lasses quiet. Cotton seed oil easier, with
light trade: Prime crude, f.ab. mills
1616Jic; prime summer yellow 24
34Mc; off summer yellow nominal;
prime white 27 273 c: prime winter
yeUow 27 28c.
OHIOIOO, Feb. 2 Decrease of re
ceipts as a result of extreme cold :
weather tbrougbout the west and
northwest bad a strengthening effect
on the wheat market. here today. Fi
nal quotations were practically at the
highest point of the day. May wheat
closing with a gain of 5 8c to 3 4c
Corn and oats are up l-8c to 1 4c and
provisions a shade to 7 l2c
Omoaoo. Feb. 2. Cash prices:
Flour dull. Wheat-No. 2 spring $1 14
1 16; No.3 da $1 04$1 16; No. 3 red
$1 15X1 20. Corn Na 3 43e: Na
2 yellow 43c. Oats No. 3 29Xe;No.3
white, 31X32Xc; No. 3 white
SOHc Rye No. 3 75c. Mess pork.
per bbl,l3 6512 70. Lard, per 100 hV,
$6 35. Short rib sides, loose, $6 63
6 75. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, no
market report 8hort clear tides,
boxed, $6 756 87. Whiskey Baals
of high wine, $1 23. :
The leading futures ranged as ?oi
laws opening. ' hisrheat lowest an
closlne: Wheat No. 3 May $1 15X
1 16, 1 17. 1 15X, 1 16; July 98X
99H. 99H99, 98, 99X99.
Corn February j , 41Jc; May
443444, 44, 44X44K, 447ic;
Ju.y45H,45K. 45H 45H. Oat.-February
, , , 38; May 80 J).
30HO30K. 89, 30Hc;July 29, 31K
81, 22H. 31H31Xe. Mess pork,
per bbl February , . , $18 67;
May $13 83, 13 87, 13 80, 13 87. Lard,
per UQ. Dt February . ,.., $6 92;
aj f 9 az, 6 . Q 87, 6 92; July. 17 07.
7 07,7 02,7 05. Short riba per 100 1 bs
Feoruary $570, 6 70, 6 67, 6 67; May
$6 87, 6 87, 6 85, 6 87; July $7 00, 7 03,
6 97,7 03.
NEW YORK COFFER FUTURE8.
New York, Feb. 2. Coffee 8 not
steady. Futures were steady at 510
paints decline, i .
FOREIGN BANKETS.
. Br:cable to tbe Mommc Star.
LivxBPOOL, Feb. 3. Cotton: Spot
io good demand; prices nine points
higher; American middling fair 4.34d;
good middling 4.04d; middling 3 93d;
low middling 3.80d: good ordinary
3.66d; ordinary S.50d. The sales of tbe
day were 12,000 bales, of which 2,000
bales were tor speculation and export
and included 11,600 bales American.
Receipts 33,000 bales, including 31,700
bales American. :
Futures opened firm and closed
steady; American middling (roc):
February 3.80d ; February and March
3.80d; March and April 3 85d; April
aod May 3.89d: May and June 3.93d:
June and July 3.941;. July aed.Au
gnat 3.96d; August ; and September
3.97d; September and October a 99d;
October and November 4.00d; Novem
ber and December 4.0ld.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Dunlin. Creel. Cbinauenln.
T D Love.
Norwegian steamer Kings wood, 1,209
tons, OUeo, Pomaron, Heide ft Co.
Clyde steamer Navahoe. Bunnell,
Georgetown, S C, H G Smallbones.
CLEARED.
Sehr C A: T Iinntos. TonoatrMt.
Brunswick, Ga, C D MatfitL
Steamer Uaptatn A F Lucas, Bu belli,
Port Arthur, Tex, Standard Oil Co.
- British steamer Armenia, Scearf,
Glasaow. via Newnort Nawt. Heidn
ft Co.
EXPORTS.
, ; FOREIGN.
GLASaOW British tarr ai Arm.
nia, 580,000 feet gum logs, valued at
io,wu; cargo By Acme Tea Chest Uo,
per Will L Miller, agent: vessel by
Heide ft Co.
BY Rives AND R4IL
CMslpts .ef Baval stares asu Cotton
, Testarday.
C C. Railroad 87 bales cotton, S3
barrel ts rosin ; 80 barreia tar.
W. ft W. Railroad 11 bales cotton ;
10 barrels tar.
W. C. ft A. Railroad 304 bales cot
ton, 5 casks spirits turpentine; 59 bar
rels tar; 3 barrels crude turpentine.
A. ft Y. Railroad 33 bales cotton. 1
cask spirits turpentine, 15 barrels
tar: 1 barrel crude lurnentin.
t Bteamer W hillock 8 caska spirits
lurpsnnne as oarreia roals.
Mflat 15 casks spirits turpentine
200 barreia roitn 89 hin.i. i..
Total 365 bales cotton, 37 'casks
Finis lurpenune, zax Barrels rosin, 1S3
timrmm iar, 3 Darreia crude turpen
tine. . ;
The lL!ght Houw" for an oyaler
roast! r Everytbinir new. Electrfa
lights. Cheerful n fires. Last car
leaves wrigntvui lU:SOF.M.; heat
ed, closed cars. The 3 o'clock car from
town comes bek fr as the Light
House at 4:30 IV M to give you an op
portunity to ett an oyster roaat as
wen as visit the tbe ocean. , t
f
KUST BELIEVE IT.
Wh.n Well Known WiUnW
' When public endorsement is
by a representative citizen of
mlngton the proof ia J
must believe it. Bead this tea?
monj. Every tkache S
eyery man, womanoi&iia iith !?'
v'B. B. King, the well known -,
hceman, residing at 706 w0
street, saya: "I tad terrible p
in my back which worked aronnPdS
my side and in my stomach, ao h!
at times that it laid me up t ;a
mtenialmedicineiandtheVdaS
help me. I; put on plasters
rubbed withlliniment, Vd non o
them helped me at all s. 1
Doan'a Kidney Pillf recLm'S
I got a box of them at BellalS
drn? store. The next day
commencing to use them I n0
relief. Since i using two boxe .n
them I have not had an ache or
paininmyack. It is Mth lZ!
nre xnati add my name to oT
endowing the claims Ib VS
remedv.,, , m ,U
: For sale by all dealers. Prw , ?
nan fa n Vvrx UU. "w '
for thf, TIritaA fJtof' e 8nt8
. Bomember the name-Doan'8.
and take no other.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
Miot7Va9laln Port of WilmtBg.
V C( February 8.
, SOHOONER8.
Crescent, 397 tons, Mehaffey, C D !s.
fitt. .
Wm Booth, 435 tons, Easmonr. CD
Harry W. Haynes, 250 tons, Qoodw ti
O D Maffitt.
STEAMERs.
Kings wood, (Nor) 1,309 toot, OiitB
Heide ft Co.. i
ABE YOU
Keeping In Stock
Blossom
AND RENOWN CIGARS i
They are as good as ever.
Silver Coin Flour
Can't be beat.
H. L. Volte
Wholesale Grocer and Distributor
dec 18 tf
REMEMBER !
In addition to manufacturing
Stills for Turpentine and Spirit i- e
Plants, we do all-kinds of rep i
workand Brazing in Copper, Al-o
we do Plating in
lllckle, Brass, Silver
AND GOLD,
Bepairing work of evsry kind n
Metal solicited.
We buy all of your discarded Sil
ver Plated ware, Also old Br
Candlesticks, Brass Andirons and
all kinds of old metal.
dec 15 tf
Schooner John B. Fell arrived
to-day, Saturday with -
10,000 BAGS OF 100 POUND
.' ,! i
WHITE COTTON SALT
We will begin to discharge same
Monday, the 9th inst., and all
orders will be shipped promptly.
The Schooner C. C. Lister with
10,000 BAGS SALT
is expected to arrive at any hour, so
we will be in shape to take care of
all orders in North and nth Caro
lina that onr customers may send us
and immediate shipment will be
made.
D. L. GORE COMPANY,
.Wholesale Grocers and Importer!.
ja 8 tf Wilmington, N. C.
DIRECT FROU MAINE
Cuban
Carolina Coif ills
a i
Cargo Salt Just Mm
JUST ARrllVED
One Car Seed Potatoes. Jj?
Early Ohio, j
, Eavrlx Rose, ' j
Early Bllws.
Your orders will have our prompt
attention.
HALL & PEARSALL,
IHCUUrOUATBD
V
fO
Mr
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Jan 19 tr