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WILMINGTON, X. 0. Tuesday BlOBiniffp, Pbb.28. TAX ON PACKING HOUSES. QcorfU'a kaw to tolled SZQO from sgeais j Saitaincd Iho Tens Aotl-Troil Law Upheld. ay Telesrapn to ens Morning Star i WAiaraaTON, Feb. ! 27. -The Su preme Court of the United 8tates to-: du affirmed the deciaion of the Su preme court of the State of Georgia in thecaaeot Frank K. Kehrer An drew P. Stewart tax collector for Ful ton county, Ga. The case grew out of an effort to collect a tax of f 300 from Kehrer as the Atlanta agent of NelionMorria & Company, of Chi cago, under the State law fixing a tax of $300 on the agenta or packing nouses doing business in the State. The Georgia court held that In caiei In which meats were merely consign ed to an agent to be distributed to pur chasers the law cannot be sustained be came it is an Interference with in terstate commerce, but that In cases In which they are shipped to him for sale It is valid and that under it the agent is liable for the tax. The opinion to day was delivered by Justice Mcj Senna. . . , ! The Supreme Court to day also de cided the case of the National Cotton Oil Company vs. the State of Texas. Involving the Texas anti-trust law. The State court found the company guilty under that law and held that It had forfeited Its right to do business in the 8tate. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court on constitu tional grounds. That court, however, in its opinion to-day, which was de livered by Justice McKenna, held that the charge was untenable and sust tatned the verdict of the court below. MINE HORROR IN WEST VIRQISI. Fifteen terpses Recovered aid Others Yet ia the ttlae. Br Telegraph to ue If ornlnz star. . Bmjwteuj, W. Va.J Feb. 27. As a result of an explosion In shaft No. 1 of the United 8tates Coal and Coke Company at Wilcoe Sunday, twenty three miners are supposed to have lost their lives, and it is possible that, the number will exceed this. Up to 8 P. M. fifteen dead bodies had been taken from the shaft A larsre rescuing party worked in the mines Sunday night It is barely possible but not likely that some of the remaining entombed men will be rescued alive. The explosion was of terrinc force and shattered glass windows a mile distant Immediate ly after the shock great numbers of miners, who were off duty, it being Sunday, rushed to the shaft to nod great clouds of smoke and dust gush log from Its mouth. Mothers, children and other relatives soon were weeping and pleading for the rescue of those dear to them entombed in the mine. The officials of the mines, including General Manager Rels. were soon on the ground and the work of rescuing miners was directed by Mr. Eels. The misers; thus far recovered are all Ital ians and Hungarians aad have not as yet been identified. i The company usually works in this shaft about seventy-fire miners, but as n was Sunday the men were not all la. hence the small loss of lives .can b attributed only to this fact. The United States Coal and Coke Com? osnv. With nridcinal offices in Pitts burg. Par. is a part of the Uoited Btaets Steel Corporation.. JRUSTEES OP UNIVERSITY. Those Recommended to Let lilatnrfe for Election Eople, of New Hanover. Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. 0 , Feb. 37. The Committee on Trutseea of the Univer sity of North Carolina tonight decided to recommend the following to be elected by the Legislature: For term ending 1913 B. F. Dixon, Cleveland; R. A. Douehton, Alleghe ny ;Fj A. Daniels, Wayne; a. V. Lang, Iredell; F. W. Hancock, Gran ville; If. J. Cox, Ansoa; O. Price, Zswan; T. 8. Rollins, Buncombe; F. 8. Spruill, Franklin: Claude Docker v, Wake; John 8prunt Hill, Durham; ; L. F. Moore, Pitt: R. T. Grav, Wake; J. uoit Guilford; Uharles J. Jones, Buncombe; N. A. Ramsey, Durham; &.. M. Scales, Guilford: George W. Connor, Wilson, J. S. Cunningham, tVrson ; B. U. Brsgaw, Beaufort. t For term ending 1907 A. H. Elisr. Forty the; J. A. Lockbarf, Jr., Anson; U. is. Aycock, Wayne; w. 8. Fear s n, Burke; Charles H. 8tedman, Guilford. For the term ending 1909 Toomas Baffin, Mecklenburg. For the term ending 1911 B. G. Em pie, New Hsnover;C. F. Tomt, Henderson. VENDER SUPERIOR COURT. Jsdfe Oliver H. Allen Popolsr la Coonly. f- j Docket for Trial. j Special Star Correspondence. Btjegaw, N. a, Feb. 27. The Spring term of Superior Court con vened here to-day, Judge O. H. Alien presiding. . Judge Allen was solicitor of this district for a number of years and Is known by most every citizen of the county, and no one knows him but to say that he is. one of the ablest and most I efficient judges on the bench. The following is a list of the grand jury : a. w. Ulvenbark (foreman), J. O. Jones, Ii. J. Meadows, K. D. Cor- bett, B. J. Padgett, a J. Sldbury, W. v uixie, a. x. Moore, GK W. McBIll lain, G. W. Gurganus, B, O. Oalson, Lake Gllsioa, H. O. Bell. G. W. Mal lard, J. J. Bonham, M. 8. Books Ma jor Clark and Harry Durham. There re 90 civil and 19 criminal cases on the aocket.. it istnougbt that the court win continue until Saturday. ; - ' ,! I mmm am ... j Ptnomsital-eiHHapacn Record. IT-. .. i The importations in 1904 ofG. H. Ma nam's Champagne aggregate 131,- 830 oases, the largest on record. The magnificent quality, purity and natur al dryness o' G. H. Mamm'i Extra Dry is r .u f. ible for this showing. Immen i rewrves cf the superb 1898, icy, - a ti i9tio vintages guarantee HiMBK-ti.Ttce of auailtv. hiS ":,u "Moved and perfectly h,e1? b? Bucklen's ArnlcTsalve. wrlS. .Tw J! of Norfolk, Va., TL"'..??. y knee dreadful- .:r.."Q"VMBred l Bucklen's ,w" Kmivv sionned thn healed it without acar:" pain and Alan heala B. n. Bixlamy'b drug store. Only 85c, at J A. si cx 1 f una xob Haw Hlways BougW PARTISAN VOTE ON IMPEACHMENT. i.iar Charles swavne rouDu MUaW w - - . Not Guilty of Misdemeanors and High Crimes., DEMOCRATS VOTED GUILTY. :.. leasts Stands for wester navy-, w insck Declared Roosevelt Is IsIIicted With Propensity to Interfere Is Affairs of Other Natlooa, By Tslesrsph to the Xontlar Btv. Washington , Feb. 27,-Tfae Senate to-day concluded the impeachment trial of Judge Swayne by acquitting him on all the charges him In the articles of nresented by the House. made against impeachment rtrntinv on the Swavne case began at 10:10. 20 minutes after the Senate livened and continued until 11:45. Thra was no discussion and the ! time was consumed In the taking the twelve votes necessary to dispose of each of the articles. The highest vote i f pr Imnnanhment WtB 85 VOteS. and the lowest against 47, On the two articles Aharixincr the use of private railroad eira oniv 13 votes were cut for con viction. The larger votes were large ly along party lines. f ! LTndira flwavne was not In the Sen ate durinejthe roll calls, but sat In the President's room just back of the chamber. The result of each ballot was sent to blm by his attorneys. Five of the House managers attended dur- inir the nroceedlncs. r f I When the first was reau cnargmg Judge Swayne with making a false certificate for expenses while holding court at Waco, Texas, the presiding officer said: I I ! "Senators, how say you! Is the re- pondent, Charles Swayne, guilty or pot guilty as coargea in uus ruwci iThe calling or tne roii oy mo seers- tin waa then beran. The first Sen ator to riso in response to the call waa Mr. Atear. who voted 7'noigumy in Hnav and distinct tones. ' I Mr. Bacon was the first Democrat on the roll and likewise the first to answer in the affirmative, finding Judge Swayne guilty. The vote tbrouarbout was lareeiv partisan,; ana stood 83 to 49. - i - ; The Senators who voted guilty were Bacon, Bailey, Bard, Bate, uarry, Garmack. Clark, of Montana. Clay Oockrell, Uuiberson. Damei, roster, of Louisiana. Gorman. Ktttrldge. Lat imer, UcUreary.UcUumoer, ja.cn. aery, McLaurin, Mallory, Martin, Money, Moriran. Nelson. Newlands. Over man. raltersen, rettus, Dimmonv, Taliaferro, Teller. . ! 1 1 under the rule requiring a two- thirds vote to convict, 65 votes In the affirmative would have been necessary to convict. As this vote was almost reversed. Judge Swayne was I pro nounced to be not guilty. The chair announced this to be the resulr. j The reading and voting npon the other articles followed in rapid sue cession. The second charge was that of an excessive charge for expenses while holding court at Tyler, Texas. The proceeding in this case was an exact eounteptrt of that on the first articles, and tbe result was 33 for con viction and 50 for acquittal. - j . Tbe third charse also related to ex cetslve expense charges at Tyler, Tex as, and the vote was identical with tbe vote on the aecond article, S3 16 50. - I - . ., . ." Tne 4th and 5th articles related to the use of private cars. - There were only 13 votes of guilty on them aa follows: Bailey, i Berry, Black burn, Carmack, Oockrell, Culberson, Daniel, McLaurin, . Martin, Money, Morgan, Newlands and Pettus, all Democrats. Sixty-nine senators voted for acquittal. I On tbe sixth charge, that of non- residence by Judge 8wayne in his dis trict, the vote waa 31 to 51. ! On the seventh article, relating to residence, the vote was 19 for convic tion and 63 against. The affilrmative vote was as follows: Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Carffiack, Clark (Mont.), Oockrell, Daniel, DuBoit, Gibson, Latimer, Mccreary, Meunery, McLtn rtn, Mallory, Martin, Money, Morgan, rettus and Taliaferro 19. I The vote on the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh articles, covering the contempt cases of Davis and Belden was 31 to 61. The 13th article was the last. It dealt with the conduct of (Judge Swayne in puniabing W. C. O'Neal lor contempt in assaulting a trustee in bankruptcy appointed by him.! On the final vote the result waa 85 eullty to 47 not guilty, the largest vote given for conviction. Ill HThe result on this vote being an nounced, and with it the entire ver dict as ascertained, tbe chair directed the secretary to enter an order of ac quittal on all the articles. This beloe done, the long and tedious proceed ings came to an end. BIG NAVY OPPOSE). The Senate toav nassed the naval bill carrying a total annronrlation of fiuu.suu.ouu. Tne bill waa discussed by Messrs. Gorman, MeOumber, Blackburn, Carmack, Hale, Lodge. Martin, Perkins and Teller. Mr. Hale again criticised the too rapid increase oi tne navy, and Mr. Lodge defended the policy of the administration in foreign mattera and in naval increase. Mr. Gorman, discuaslne ' the ore poied increase of the appropriation for the marine corps, declared there could be no excuse for such an increase In times oi profound peace. "1 suppose if this is to continue." be said, "that we will soon have our marines In all of the weaker South American repub lics, tra one improvements bad been paralyzed by the big appropriations for the Army and Navy, r Public buildings and river and harbor im orovements ha& been utterly sacrl need. "The time la close at hand" be said, "when the people will not tolerate these conditions at the coat of the trsde Interests of the country." ..Mr. Carmack submitted an amend ment to reduce the number of battle ships to be provided by the bill from two to one. and Mr. Blackburn sun- poriea tne amendment. , Mr; Black burn said the battleship had never been tested until "the skirmish at Santiago" and its qualities have not been established. l ...... ( - l "Every time we build a new battle snip we have anew spasm of terror. no ao every time we bave a new spasm we build a new shin." said Mr Carmack in beginning a ibeech in de precation of a too great increase of the navy. "We bave just elected to the office of chief executive," he said. the most militant and strenuous gen tleman who ever planted his armored heel upon our soil. He Is inflicted with an incurable propensity : to Inter fere with tbe affairs of other nations. especially with those of the republics to the south of us." He asserted that from these circumstances other nations have a right to conclude that we are arming for aeirresslon. rather than for aerence. . . .. . - l - t. v Mr. Lioage spose or tbe naval es tablishment, saying, "I want a strone navy for one simple reason, because I oeiieve it la tbe guarantee of peace. In this age you cannot defend the country with bluster and you cannot go on the tneory that no one will at taok us beeauso we are rich and iron? " Continues?, he said that the autocracies of Europe did not like ns; that the were ail land nungry ana that thev would not refrain from Undid troona in Houtn American nnnntrtoi bat for the nearness ol American fleets." Mr Lodge de fended our policy in Ban Domingo and said emtfnilieallv that be did not desire anv more annexations; to the southward. I Mr. Martin defended ! the usefulness of battleships. Mr. Carmack's motion j was voted down, atojta.- DESPERATB F1QHIINQ ALONG RUSSIAN FRONT. Japaacse Making Persistent and Success fnl Flanking Movements Battle Kaflsf for Several Days. Si Cable to tbe XornlaK Star. Ndw Chwano, Feb! 87, via Tien- Tsln. According to a person who has just returned here from the front the Japanese are shelling Mukden with eleven Inch mortars. V The bombard ment which was recently commenced la further renorted to have caused great damage far behind the Russian lines. Advices from Chinese sources are that a general engagement la in prog ress all alone tbe line. The heaviest fiehtlnar Is renorted to be occurring on the Japanese right and Gen. Kuroki is said to be sweeping far north and threatening to crumple the Russians back on the railroad, i A special iorce la renorted to be movincr from tbe south and east with the intention of cutting off the Russian communication by railroad with Vladivostok-. - , DESPERATE FIGHTING. ' ' ' Madtadabi, Mahchuria. Feb. 27. After fighting of the most desperate nature the Russians remained yes terdav evening in noesession of Che and Da nasses azainit which the Jananese had i been I flinging themselves madlv from noon until dark. The Russians, who were great ly outnumbered, sustained repeated attacks, some units losing as high as 70 per cent, in killed or wounded in band-to-band fighting with the bayo net, to which they were reduced owing to having fired their last bullets. In order to bold Da pass tbe last reserves were sent to the firing line. The Jap anese turning operation in the region of Gauto pass waa checked by a bat talion of Russian infantry and several squadrons of cavalry, who repulsed the Japanese with heavy loss. MR. KENLY'S FATHER DEAD. Pfomlaeat Marylaadev Passed Awaj la ; flit Year el Bis AfeJ -r Yesterday's Baltimore San has the following with reference to the death of the father of Messrs. John R. and A. O. Kenly, of tnis city, both of whom have gone to Baltimore to at tend the funeral: Mr. George Tyson Kenlv. who died at Malvern Farm, the home of his son. Ed ward Q. Kenly. near Berlin, Worcester county. Thursday nieht. in the ninetv- first year of bis age, will be bailed to. day at 1 o'clock in Greenmoant Come- tery. Tbe funeral service will be con ducted by Rev. Mr. Dame, and the pall, bearers will be Mr. Eenly's five sons and one nephew. :- . .. -i .. i Mr. Kenlv was born in Baltimore Not yember 8, 1814. His father was Edward Henly, a descendant of an English Prcs- Dvterian family that settled in Uartf ora county in the seventeenth century. The father served in tbe War of 1813 in the citizen soldiers of Baltimore, Company u. Twenty-seventh Kegiment, ; known as the "brave Twenty-seventh."i and took part in the enaraeements at Fort Mc Henry and North Point. He was a mer. chant and manufacturer of Baltimore. His mother was Maila Keener Reese, originally spelled Rhys, of the well. known Reese family of Mary lan 1. who were members of the Soeiety of Friends. George T. Kenlv was educated at Lin den Hall, a Moravian Seminary at Lititz, Pa. He received bis early business training in lhe counting room of Col. Jacob. G. Davis, former Mayor of Balti. more. Buosequently ho engaged in the grain commission business, forming a partnership w ith Mr. Solomon B i-tts. In 1886 he formed a partnership with Mr, William B. Tilehman. of O.ueenstown. Queen Anne county. The firm existed for 80 years, and wss one of the oldest and best known commission firms in Baltimore. He was treasurer of' the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce for 17 years. He was one of the original char. ter members of the Baltimore Corn and Floor Exchange, now known as the Uhamoer or commerce, and was a di rector in both organizations for a nnm ber of years. ! j . . .. Mr. Kenly was married April 16. 1844. to Priscilla Agnes, daughter of Col. Gassaway Watkins and Eleaner Bowie Claggett, of Howard county. Colonel Watkins served . In the 'Revolutionary War from 1776 to 1783 in the Maryland Line. He was one of the Maryland 400 that saved the American army at the battle of Long Island. At the end of the war he was mustered put of I tbe service sb a captain of the Third Reziment. commandad by Col. John Eager Howard lie was colonel ox the Maryland troops in the-War of 1812, and was placed in command of the defense of Annapolis. At tne time of his death be was resi dent of the Society of the Cincinnati of jnaryiana. i . Five sons survive Mr. Kenly. They are: Edward G. Kenlv. Worcester coun ty, of the Maryland State Library; John R. Kenly, Wilmington.N. C, vicc-pres- iav ni ana general manager or tbe Atlan tic Coast Line railroad; Davies L. Kenly, of D. L. Kenlv & Co.. Haeerstown: WiL liam W. Kenly,' of New York, treasurer and general manager of ithe United States Mortar SuddIv Comnany: Albert C Kenly, or Wilmington, N. C, general freight claim acrent of the Atlantic Coast -Mr. Kenlv was a brother of the late Major Gen. John R. Kenly, United States Armv. who commanded the Mary, land Battalion in the Mexican-War, and a ulyision oi general drench's coros. Army of the Potomac. He was also the brother of Major William Li Kenly, for merly Chief Engineer ol the -Water De. partment of-BaUimore. Mr. KenJv was by marriage connected .with the family oi governor idwm 'Wartteld. In pon tics, throughout life, he was a Democrat oi tne oia-iasmonea school, Appointed Jailor, Sheriff Frank H. Stedman yesterday morning appointed Mr. EL! 8. Oapps to succeed his father aa ; jailor of the county, effective March! 1st. Mr. Oapps is a tinner by trade, but has been employed for some time as a motor man on the street cars;. Ate, la a younfc man of character j and ability and will make a worthy 1 successor of his lamented father. The family will continue "to occupy the residential portion of tbe iall. The "L'gbt House" : for: an oyster roastl Everything - new. ; EUetrie lights. Cheerful open fires. Last ear leaves Wrlghtvllle at 10:80 P.M.; heat ed, closed cars. The 8 o'clock ear from town comes back as far as the Light uouse at a&O f . M. to give you an op portunity to get an oyster roast as weu as visit tbe tbe ocean. . . i "Ah! Miss Eoxey," began the weather-beaten English - nobleman. with a soulfnl look, "let us - not be so formal. May I not call you Qol- aie, ana win not you address me by some appropriate, some familiar" "All right 'Grandpap!" interrupted ine-neiress. rnuaaeipnia tress. FIRE DISASTER AT NEW ORLEANS! Great Docks of tbe Illinois Cen tral Railroad Totally De stroyed Sunday Mbt. LOSS $3,000,000 TO $5,000,000. jBif Qrala Elevstors.ItnmeBSO Vareboaset, 700,000 Boshels of Qrain, 23,000 Bales lottse, 15,000 Barrels f of ar and -500 Freight Cars Destroyed. x Br TUectapn to tne Hornlnc Btar. Nhw Obleaks, La., Feb. 87. Fire involving millions of dollars loss In physical property and that strikes 'a serious, If temporary, blow at the im mense export trade of New Orleans, swept the river front Sunday night and wiped; out the vast freight termi nals of the Illinois Central, known as the Siuvveaant docks. Nearly a dozen squares of modern wharves and freight sheds, two magnincent gram elevators, hundreds of loaded ears and vast quan tities of freight, including 20,000 sales of cotton, were destroyed, together with a large number of small resi dences. . Tbe fire waa still raging furi ously at midnight, at which time It bad almost reacnect tne upper ena w the Illinois Central property. The ocean-going shipping seems to bave escaped damage. A number of fire men and employes or tne aocis were injured. Actual estimates of the losses may exceed 15,000,000. ' LATBBPABTICTJLaRS. ; ; New Orleans. FebC 27. Complete figures of the loss involved in the de struction of the Stuyvesant docks of the Illinois Central compiled ,by the local officials of tbe company to-day,. will not re available until aa inspec tion of tbe books of the docks Is fin ished. Fortunately ail of these were saevd. - . ? - - - ' To-day local freight agent Cousins and bis office force went to work on them, and Mr. Cousins announced to night that it might be possible to morrow to give tbe result. The value of the wharves, sheds, warehouses, elevators and : trackage is known roughly, but the number of ears and quantity of merchandise destroyed cannot be riven until tbe Inspec tion Is concluded. In tbe meantime estimates of tbe loss vary between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000. The ruins of the fire smouldered all day and two enginea were kept at the scene to protect surrounding residential prop erty. Including the Crescent ice plant, the police bave complied a list of approximately forty buildings, mostly occupied by laborers, which were destroyed with an estimated lose of $100,000. Earlier estimates of the damages to shipping were modified to-day, the principal sufferer being tbe Leyland liner, Indian Head, on wbfch tbe loss la $5,000. .. i Officials of the fire department said to-day that the fire might have been extinguished in its inception if the streets leading to the docks bad not been closed by authority of the coun eil and long lines of freight can had not been packed on tbe tracks, it was Impossible for either the engine or the firemen to set through until too late to be of service. Chief O'Connor said one of tbe results of tbe fire would doubtless be to force the city to pro vide a madern fire beat for tbe harbor. He said the disaster could have been averted if there had been one. Some distress is reported among the poorer classes who lost their Belongings. Th-? local charily organization' society has asked for funds to deliver ;lt. I It Is stated that the fire originated from spontaneous combustion. j . No one is mlsslnr and It Is gener ally believed that the fire was without loss of life. Conservative estimates or the Immediate loss by the fire are $5,000,000, divided as fol lows:. Two elevators, warehouses. sheds, $9 500,000; 83 000 bales 1 of cotton, $920,000; 700.000 bushels srratn. $386,000: 15.000 barrels sugar. $300,000: cotton seed cake. 130 car loads, $97 000; lumber. $16,625; cement, $56,850; meal, 20 cars, $10,- 000; sundries, $150,000; five bun dred freight cars, $315,000; ship damaged, $50,000; city fire depart ment, two engines and six horses, $15,000; orivate property and otber damage $215,000. The railroad com pany carried Its own insurance and the contents ofshe various elevators and sheds were insured in local and foreign agencies. . i n . The wharves covered 475 feet, over distance or ten blocks. Of this wharf age, 8,5000 feet and what It contained was destroyed,, and tbe remainder at the upper end of the terminals beine saved through tbe fact that the wind blew strongly In the opposite dlrec tlOn. : r The destroyed wharf coat $500,000. Elevator "D" lesaed to Harris, Scott & Company, of Chicsgo, cost $300,000 When built, and elevator "IE" wblcb was operated by the Illinois Central, cost $400,000, : v L05AL POUT PARAQ8APHS. Carta of Fish Oil far New Yerk-Airlvsl aad Dtpsrtare of Vessels. j Tbe cotton market continued down ward yesterday. New York spot hav ing been quoted dull at. 7.60. Local receipts were Hi bales against only same day laatiyear. ill.' Tbe schooner "Elizabeth T. Doyle," wbleh brought cargo of coal for tbe plant, cleared yesterday for New York with cargo of 3, 550 barrels of fish oil from the Caps Pear Fisheries Co., at Old Brunswick. v ; a Schooner V'M. C. Haskell? cleared yesterday for New York with cargo from the Cape Fear Lumber Co. scnooner "waccamaw" arrived yes terday from New York with cargo of cement for tbe 8. A. L. warehouses, i The steamer "E. A.Hawei,"Oapt.W, Jttonsson, wmcn nas neen tied up at Fayettevllle for some time,! has re sumed her runs on the. Cape j Fear, having left Fayettevllle yesterday. Extra fioBdensed flsrjlsod Rye. "Here's a pint of Old Maryland Bye, 20 years old, condensed into tablet the she of a buck shot," said a well known railroad man, uncovering a little, air-tight, tin receptacle,; at the aesx oi xne urton last nigbt. a re porter was given a sniff Inside the box and was. prepared;: thereafter to swear U was the genuine article.! The gentleman stated the little scientific curiosity had been sent him by friend in Baltimore, . a celebrated French chemist, who had been expert- mentine along that line. There was no joke about tbe affair at all and the tablet ia valued very highly by the gentleman,' whose name would be re cognized anywhere were it called. But the reporter was en joined' to secrecy. Tbe possibility oMhe com merclal development of the tablet in question puts .the Walt' Law to shame. ANIMALS NEVER IDLE. I They Me to Keep Very Bir Wlthoat Dolnv Very Mack. How Is it that birds and beasts man- aee to pass through life without suc cumbing to ennui, or, at least, without being bored nearly to death? Animals, as a rule, do not loaf.! It is not thus thattbfy solve the problem. Loafing Is an art .wblcb but few living creatures understand. Lizards, crocodiles and cbaprassis are the greatest authorities on thesubject. Animals bave acquired the knack of making much ado about nothing; they have learned to be very busy without doing anything. .This ac complishment obviously differs from that of loafing. It is one which ani mals have brought to perfection and of which many human beings, chiefly women, are very able exponents. There is overhead a wasp busily exploring the holes in the trunk; of . a tree. Why, he does this he probably does not know; be has no time to stop and think. He is 1 quite content to explore away as though bis life depended upon it. Five times within the last six minutes he has minutely Inspected every portion of tbe same hole.' All; bis labor Is use less, in a sense; without it, however, the wasp would in all probability , die of ennui. The wasp is not an Isolated case. Most animals are experts at frit tering away time; they spend much of their 4Irea In actively doing nothing. Watci a canary in a cage..(He hops backward and forward between two perclies as though he -was paid by the fly. It lead an aimless existence. Nev ertheless : it is always busy. A bee probably visits twenty times as 'many flowers In tne day as a butterfly;, for all that the butterfly Sis always on the move. r ' - ! . i , When speaking of the swift, I notice how long it took to find the materials for its nest," how it went afar off to seek that which was at its feet This, although tbe result j of stupidity, is doubtless a blessing to "the bird. Nest building affords great pleasure to the bird the more protracted the amuse ment "the better for the architect. The squirrel labors from j early morn till late ere laying up a store i of nuts. When one storehouse is full, the indus trious animal opens another and then proceeds to forget the existence of the first i Lastly, animals; spend no incon siderable portion of jhe day! in play. Nearly all tbe higher; animals indulge In. play; some go so far as to play reg ular games. Times of India. WISDOM OF NOVELISTS. It fs mostly the women who are tbe gamesters,, tbe men only the cards. Thomas Hardy. j I I Cynicism is merely the art of seeing things as they are instead of as they ought to be. Robert Hichens. There Is no man so much at the mercy of his own vanity as he who en- Joys a limited notoriety. Seton Merri- man. A wise man reduces his affairs to a minimum and bis interests in tbe af fairs of his neighbors to less. Seton Merriman. i It la his sweetheart a man should be particular cbout Once be settles down, It does noc much matter whom he marries. J. M. Barrie. f I Good finance Is knowing bow to util ize tbe fullness of otber people's pock ets without revealing the emptiness of one's own. Richard Bagot - j A person who can't argue is like a person who can't' chew. He swallows the facts of life unprepared for diges tion. Sara Jeannette Duncan. SOLAR MOTION. Tfce Little We Kmw About Where -. the Sum Im Golmar. - Can we find out anything about the motions of our solar system? The old astronomer, before jtbe Invention of. spectroscopic : methods, i could attack the problem only by a consideration of certain stellar motions. It baa been found that these motions are not alto gether casual in character, as yr should expect, but there is a tendency to a grouping of the motions an ar rangement other than fortuitous, jit appears that the individual stars form ing the so called constellations on the sky are slowly closing , up near a cer tain point of the heavens and as slow ly opening out near a point diametric ally opposite.' This: is just what we should expect if the polar system Is ap proaching Jtbe point where the stars are opening xrat The phenomenon has been compared to what we see when a regiment of soldiers marches toward! us. At first 'there is visible a confused mass of men only, but as distance di minishes the ranks Open out until each Individual becomes at last plainly visi ble. .... 1 jj ; . In this way it has been possible to de termine approximately the position . on the sky of the "apex" of solar motion, or that point toward which our solar system is at present traveling. It is In the constellation Hercules. We are obliged to assume that our path Is for the moment a straight line. But we mean that "moment" which began when James Bradley commenced the first star catalogue of modern precision, about , 1700, and which will end long after present generations of men have passed away. So mighty is the orbit in question that many centuries must come and go as moments before we can hope to detect the orbit's curvature. ! We are like travelers in the famous "corkscrew" tunnel of tbe St. Gothard railway. Trains enter on; a low level and after going around a huge curve cut in the mountain emerge from the tunnel again on a higher level and at a point almost directly ' above , the j en trance. Passengers while in the dark tunnel often amuse themselves I by Watching the needle of a pocket , com 4asar which ' makes a complete revolu tion during the passage. But without the compass they could not know wheth er the. train was moving on a straight or curved track, and so we passengers of the solar system, too, cannot know by observation whether our great cos rale track is straight or curved until, -like the compass, tbe astronomer's in struments shall tell us the truth. Har old Jacobyt Pb. D.,in Harper's Weekly. The SelOler'a Idle Time, j Military life is necessarily made up lareeiv of loafmar. Yon rnrmnt keen a man continuously fit drlllinsr. mnrohlrie or any other branch of military train ing ror eigne hours a day and five 04 six days week. You have to invent t great many otber jobs for him, even t make a pretense of keeping him occu Died. But these loba nre nearlv nil "loafing" jobs,5 and when it is all done tne soldier has a great many more idle hours on his bands per diem than any -otner man in tne same rank of life, do not know whether it is possible arrive at any remedy ! for this, bnt it is, the direction in which I should jiook for. tbe remedy would be to make every soldier work at some other trade for a certain number of hours each day. The number of j hours might shorter in the summer, when there . more opportunity for training and mill- wry exercise, ana .longer in tbe winter ii inis were practicable, no doubt would make an enormous difference the . value of the soldier as a citizen when he leaves j the ranks. London Vote here for the Merchants' Gift Library. We Big Special Umbrella Sale Just Commencing Tuesday, 1 '.'111 Prepare now for all rainy day. 60 Ladies' Umbrellas, 250 Steel Bod. 75a Ladies' Umbrellas, 480 Wood Handles. $1.50 Ladies' Umbrellas $1.10 All Silk. f $2.00 Ladles' Umbrellas, $1.45 Assorted Handles. . $1.00 Men's Umbrellas, v 69c Self-opening. , J. H. But Umbrellas at this sale and On olcatanl qsts there is no better place to spend ao hour or two than the beach. The 10 o'clock cariiaja orer ta the beach an hour and three quarters. The 8 o'clock car lays loTer an boar and one Quarter. ! BUSINESS LOCALS. ssr nonoss ror Kent or sale. Lost or reuBS Wants, ana ether snort snsosuaneons iflfW Msements msertea la tnis Debartment, 14 solts KODparlal Type, tor 1 t per word eaeb lnw ; ami tmt no lareraflement taken tor lees tbaS SO term posttrteir eub ta cm Km for hatchlnsr from nnre bred BAT.d Flymoatb Bocks ana White Wndottea. 1 1. 00 ror 13. h. k Msrun, mi nana rouna irw WUmington H. C. febS8 j- War Rant Two nw savan-room residences now being built at nortbaaat eornw of eeoondj and Son streets. All 1 modern conTenlenceej Possession glren Karen 15th. Address D V.T1 Oapps. city. leo 8 i h For Sale Grocery and Uaaor Business sit- uatel in business part ot tbe acy. Besson tor cillofflstomoTlnUie country. Address Pi D.3 , care Btar office. febtaiwr !: AMOBaknowlnffofBoEerHazeLor anyot bis h-lrs, will do wall to communicate mta Ui u. uroy uo., us rnaeess snees. j . n For sala OslvSMcafor a bnslcess bouse on Front street, nortn or Karket, touto ot Hd Grots. For terms call on M. C. Darby & Co., 1MJ4 Princess street, real estate agents. iex4u .s.:.ji m good Satan Horse for Sale, for reference call for mf. S Sorth Water street, febkSlw. f will sell mv comitate line of groceries at a sacr flee. Must be sold by March ! 5th 'as ;I will leave the city. C. Jj. KudI, loth 8t. bet Priacess and Caestnnt. fed U. Orercoat. Wilmington Pressing Ulub. sostf Call on A. S. WlnstMd for Onans. Annies. Bananas, Irian Potatoes, and all kind oi country produce, a. 8. Wlnstead, 313 Market street. Bell 'Phone 203. . . , dec ssttH Hells. 1 Call phone Na 1182. D. A. Bowan. Practloai Tin and Sheet Iron Worker. Plum ber and Oas Fitter. 818 Market Bt. j j - CHEROOTS! CHEROOTS CIGARETTES. White ttnieht '' . Fontella, . El Capitan. El Provedo ana La Exceptional. j 0HTERS, TOO Tbe P. B. Hasbagen Do; Wholesale arooerles and Tobaccos.; febWtf " i J. A. MORRIS; MACHINIST, 6UN AND LOCK SMITH. Bep&iring Typewrlteirs) and LicM Machinery a gpeelslty. 212 Market St., Wilmington, M. fob 24 tf ; - a Martinez I1 i GAR THE BEST SMOKE INC FORM FOR i 5 j. o. vann; . ..-. V- i , feb 26 tf North Front S troet ADaliahtful Plsssure. Nothteg pleases a man more tnan a good , clean sbave. We fire toe cleanest shave ob tainable, not only In polfit of keen raaon, bat as to real closnlfneao. we use a clean towel tor each man and eterytwug else la tborongbly nttseptlc. s , QUION A DAYU. . iOUmax Barber Shop, "r v Hnnth Trout strestj : fol. IS tr CIGARS! CIGARS Norm READER'S, CIve Premium Punch Card. '1 umbrellAu $3.50 Men's Umbrellas, $2.69 Assorted Handles. $3.00 Men's Umbrellas, $2.19 Assorted Handles. REHDER 615, vote for tht Library, 1 ROLLS of A 00 NOTE PRICES : 25 ROLLS 85 CENTS QUALITY 25 CENTS YAR0. 50 29 " 22 " 25 26 " This Week Only. $3.50 Qoquet How Is 12 1-2 cents 40 Inch 16 26 i 86 40 Inch 40 Inch Persian Write For Sampleo. Geo. 0. Gaylord, 206, 208, 210 North Front Street. The Place That Saves You Money. feb 21 tf Tate ttaiiui el to Men'a t 17 50 Suit! now 16 15 8 25 8 75 10 00 10 75 12 50 13 50 14 60 16 00 18 00 10 00 11 00 12 59 13 60 15 00 16 60 18 00 20 00 22 50 Youth's $5.00 Sniti.... .now $ 4.00 4.75 , 5.75 6.00 7.60 10.00 11.00 19.50 13.50 15.00 16.00 800 8 50 9.50 10.00 13.00 13.60 t t. Underwear at Low Prices. .50 cents Bhlrts or Drawers. . . . . t-VK - It . .40 .60 .80 ' .99 100 LS5 160 8.50 it ii i ii LOO 1.15 ti ti it ' ii 00 OVERCOATS AT 60EATLY REDUCED PRICES. Men's Black and Gray $10.00 Overcoats now ........ $ 6 50 lien's Black and Gray 12.00 Overcoats now 8 00 aten-s tsiacs ana Uray 1S.BO OvercoaU mv. s.w Men's Black aad Gray 15 00 OvercoaU now , jriOOO Hen's Blaek and Grav 16.00 Orereoata now lien's Black and .Gray 18 00 Overcoats now lien's Black and Gray 88.50 Overcoats now Sweaters and Cardigan Jackets will be sold at two-thirds of their regular tI A Complete Line of BOY'S KNEE PANTS in all sixes, at ereatly, reducer prices. . i J. M. SQL K & & OO. i r Bemember this sale Is for two weeks BarJnk. Vote here for the Uerchanta' Gift Library. v for Ten Days, Feb. 28th. $1.00 Ladies' Umbrellas, 69c Fanoy Handles. $1.25 Ladies' Umbrellas, 95c AJU Silk. $1.15 Ladles' Umbrellas, 90c Mourning Handles. 75o Men's Umbrellas, 45c Steel Eod. $2.00 Men's Umbrellas, $1.45 AU 811k. & CO, 617, 619 North Fourth Street. f eb 25 tf MATTING i rri " 18 M Rags $239 This: Lawns 10 cents 12 12 " 18 " 25 ft Lawns Clearing Sate Prices. Men's 7 00 6 60 6 00 5 50 5 OO 4 50 4 00 3 50 3 00 2 60 Pants 5 50 now a it tt (f it l 5 0 4 75 4 6 4 0 3 7fi 3 vj 9 75 2 3j 2 I'd i ( IC ( ( . SOOCbildren's Baits, snea from ii.re i to aixiaen jeirt, In all tba latest t'jie1 1 at the rollowlnr redaction: vui tu ti w ami.,., .... ...iiu" ' " s 3.00 3.25 2 50 t it ti 165! 1.75'. 8 3i V 88! 4 1 i 4 7r 8 00 4.00 5.00 6.0Q it it Colored Top Shirts. 60 cents BhlrU 75 " " 1.00 " " IM " LC0 ' " 8.00 " l.tf 10 60 11 50 16 60 One rrletvlothiersand Fnrnlshers, t UaiAMlit TaimmIa HfliliUnfT MSIVUIU AQUINO ia a . only. 8o be on hand for j - feb85 tf ... jrantj a Slrsola! I i. v - l-i. At Wasihi . ' committee o J SeuAtot Sp ... Hirrictive rei j ' nation and u . under-- tne amendment 'i '. nriat ion bill ably be stria $ same provil I' In tbe Senafl r. ; of Utah, maj - thet Mormod V controls pol T W iat the n i jtMorsran boo f Indian fundi , Tbe Japan d I t uaaden thr Russians: so I -all along th ; At North IP in the suit his wife det to noison. still loves h 2 . wick and he - Statements At Chattaq tinea rthed soldiers sun . the despera Ridge. rA estimation fsctihatco , pl;es for tlx v saren urn w .Tfs yest 8moothinec New ' Y oris firm at 2i(Sl at 760; tija spot weak. " corn, spot e . oatd, spot q S7(&U8c: rd to good $ uiet. WE ". ' -i - Meteoroi four hours Tempera degrees; mum 41 de Rainfall since first inches. Stage of Payettevilu day) 2l.a f Washin Carolina; day; liglit Port! uu Rises Sun Bets l. ay's LcnJ llieh Wat JliRhWate! Many af her huabaf Jakey turing dq declares abhors bo p88. In St. been lyin mens. Tl corn still comers A writ ! J; exposes : . IIMUi whoia M tamed o . - A NeW CODTlDCd has fonr 1 never- gs sophist i A won , vince wo to her 88 ' ; be quit r . them ac ;' Dr. t 1. eating ."V qnent s ns their Jr and - re deglutitf Good t "'resentai 'pires m '.chase h Spot th any staf Dr. physic! reach remoya i Just lif :f people h bandy com mil 'Co a man en by neer i" 'day?" women fanoy . mothe the ja think; ..things Oityi ; Aca? T.H : Atia TodepJ J. F, ( 1 1 Notl w Troth. , ' ' ':- ' ."V 3