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THU LlOIUmZG Gli VVILliniGTON, YiaDlLJSDAY, JULY 17, 1G07 PAG2 ETVU S: 2 ft Wr l l, COMPETITIVE DRILL. Wnn bv Seraeant P. L. Cafit -TimeContest. Tie quarterly -Inspection -and drill for the meaai.onerea uy 77" sioned officers of the WilminonLIght infantry for the. best drilled soldier ia the company too phmw vQ ormnrv There was a good at tendance- and the medal, contesr was quite spirited, Sergeant Paul L. Cant well finally winning with Corporal. a T ft rlose secona. aisj iorerhaps ten : minutes before. Ser powpII was declared the win ner TMs is the fourth time he .has won the medal since u was esuur m.- nt,nnt two vears sago. t The indees of the drill were the commis: SJed officers CapL Wm. F. Robert nontenants Orrell ana tMJii. au v nonea With last night the company began drills twice weekly, riraesaay ana jjti dav nights, in anticipation 01 me eu campment trip xo jaiucownu . Additional Beach Cars. Th Consolidated Company an that hereafter there will be a car leaving the beach daily at 12:45 instead of a last car at 11:45 P. M., as formerly. Sundays the first car to the Beach will be at 7 A. M. instead of sn a M as formerly. These addi tional cars will be appreciated by the early and late travelers on tne su Dur ban line.. HELD UP A TRAIN of Harvest Hands Resisted and One Them Was Killed. mv Wire to the Morning Star.) Cherryvale, Kas., July 16. Two rob bers held up a St Louis and San Fran cisco freight train five miles east of rhprrwale early today ana snot ana killed O. J. Brown and seriously wounded Otis Taylor, harvest hands. Brown and Taylor were beating their way home to Western Kansas after having worked in the wheat fields in the southern part of the statp Thpv resisted the efforts of the road men to rob them of their earnings. Brown was shot and died almost in stantly. Taylor was brought to the hospital here. The robbers escaped. In a terrific electrical storm which swept Lima, Ohio, at noon yesterday, liehtnine fired one of the huge tanks of the Standard Oil Company. A quarter of a million barrels of .petro leum were ignited and the city was at once enveloped in clouds of darkness, almost stifling. Cannons were brought inft-use to prevent a spread of the flajffies to other tanks nearby, there Being millions of barrels of crude oil in the immediate vicinity. Som Wives Are Different. "Most men," said the man of expert ence, "think It must be awfully nice to have a wife who takes things as cool ly as Dave Potter's wife takes them. but others, more discriminating, prefer a good honest row to her style of quiet cynicism. The way she behaved the other day when she found a letter In Daves pocket from a girl In Brooklyn is an example of her method. " 'I don't see,' wrote this girl, how on earth I can ever live without you.' ".Dave's wire read mat gush and a lot more just like it without evr turn ing a hair. "Well she said quietly, that girl is a fool. If she knew you as well as I do she would be wondering' how on earth she could ever live with yon.' "And that m the opinion of the -dis criminating few, cuts a wtiole lot fleep- er than a common, everyday rumpus." New York Globe. The Axial Rotation of Venus. For over two centuries it was gener ally accepted that, like the earth, the planet Venu3 rotated on its ht1s in a little less than twenty-four hours, but since Schlaparelli after long and care ful observation of the planet suggest ed that the actual rotation period was between six and nine months astron omers have devoted much attention to this matter. In the Observatory Mr. Denning sums up the available evi dence on the point and can only con clude that this particular problem still defies solution. Life on Venus would be very different from life on the earth should the planet's avlal rotation, be, as Schlaparelli asserted, identical with the period of its revolution round the sun, as in that case the same hemi sphere would always be turned to the sun and enjoy perpetual day, while the opposite hemisphere would be doomed to eternal night. A Plant of All Work. The fields as well as the broad roads of Ecuador are inclosed by adobe walls surmounted by the broad leaved Amer ican aloe. The aloe, sometimes called the century plant, is one of the most useful and important plants in the country. The Indian- thatch their huts with its leaves. The leaves when tap ped yield sirup. They can also be used as soap and the spines as pins. The fiber Is woven Into sacks, and from It are made the coarse sandals worn by the common people. The tall flower stalks are used for beans and ladders. The flowers, boiled and" soaked In vine gar, make an agreeable pickle. Nation al Geographic Magazine. Like Talking Shop. A stockbroker whose mind is always full of business was asked a few days ago how old his father was. "Well," said he abstractedly, "he's quoted at eighty, but there Is every prospect that he will reach par and possibly be at a premium. HOLUSTEFVS Boclcy fountain Tea Iluggcfs A Baiy Mecfidn for Busy People, Brines Gotten HealtH and Jtenewed Yteori , A specific for ConstijtIon. Indigestion, liver r Kidney troubles. Pimples, Eczema. Impure if'ootf. Bad Breata. Slusrgisto BoweU, Headache ?1 fackaehe. Its Rcxjkjr Monntain. Tea In tab Jfonn. 35 cents a bor. Genuine -made by The DrMmakeraDlploma." - w ' Many New York . women who patron lie,, a new. dressmaker"; for - the - first time propound an embarrassing, question.- -.-r U- t 'r.r i-.'-i- ? TBAre Son a diploma? they ask: ? - i I : didn't faiow what answer to make to the first customer that put that question to me," said . one dressmaker." -"I certainly did' not -have a diploma. I knew how to sew, but I had no cer tificate to that effect. ; Finally. I f dund that many women have . suffered" so grievously at the hands of incompe tents that they were unwilling to trust their work to a person who could not show some ' guarantee of experience and efficiency, so, although I knew more about sewing than half the fash ionable dressmakers In town, I actual ly worked in one, such establishment for four months so thaftl could point to a printed diploma which. says, 4Forr merly with Mme.- A. of Fifth avenue. It pays any dressmaker to. arm herself with credentials of that ' kind. She ought to have her diploma framed and hung on the wall like a doctor's diplo ma, so as to give confidence to doubt ing customers." New York Sun. "These schemers Great Schemer. traveling men are great when it comes to getting rooms assigned to them ahead of other guests who registered first," said a hotel clerk. "There were several guests ( he's shore mad," the negro said excit Witches SiilJ Believed-tm ; Neglected ' by the. powers, witches ceased to be so notorious but the be lief continued to exist, arid does exist nov, .in :'rural parts of Scotland and England,5 and In England and France, even in the towns, fortune 1 tellers, whether they-, charge t a guinea or a shilling for their advice; are witches under the terms of the bid statutes and flourish abundantly, but as they are-not; burned, they are supposed by superficial observers to have been ex terminated by school boards and elec tric lightlng,The blacker s)rt of -witch who ''overlooks' ; and " casts . spells 6n man and beast may be found in many rural regions north and south. One of them was brought before a squire and Justice of the peace of my 'acquaint ance as a dangerous nuisance. lie said to her solemnly, .t'You knowy-Bet- ty, the Bible says Thou shalt not suf fer a v witch to live in. the parish." And she migrated, under certain condl tions of compensation, to another par ish. London Post. A ' . Was This a Trained Mad Dog? Not long ago a telephone call was received at the Flora avenue police station requesting that an officer be sent to a house to kill a dog supposed ly mad. When the officer arrived he met a negro. t ; "There's a dog under them steps, a,n on the waiting list for rooms yester day. One traveling man came up to the desk holding his hand to his stomach, saying he was so sick he must have a room at once. He was accommodated. In a few minutes an other traveling man who was among the list of guests waiting for rooms, came up and said he had boarded a sleeper at 2 o'clock in the morning and tried to get some sleep, but that it ran into an open switch and gave him such a shaking up he couldn't sleep. He said he was almost dead with exhaus tion and loss of sleep and. must have a room at once. Hardly had he gone to his room when a third one came up arid said he, too, must have a room lin- mediately. What do you suppose his reason was? He said a horse fell on him the day before, and he thought he was Injured internally.' Kansas City Star. Pepper and Onions and Qarllo and At a restaurant downtown, redolent of pepper and garlic, where swarthy representatives of Spain and all the Spanish-American countries gather ev ery day at the lunch hour a lone Amer ican, accustomed to strictly unseason ed food, was glancing apprehensively! at tne mil 01 iare. What is chile con earner he asked the waiter. Ah, senor, zat is pepper and a lee- tle ,meat and pepper again and once more pepper and No matter. What is bacalao a la vizcalnaT" "It is delicious codfish and red pep per and gar "Forget It! What is olla a la Espa- nola?" Ah I Zat Is onions and pepper and garbanzos and chorizos and" Bring me roast beef!" New York Times. edly. The officer fired one. shot without hit ting the dog. The animal started to run away. r "Gimme that gun quick. I'll kill him," the negro shouted. Saying which he reached for the of ficer's revolver and got It. He then pursued the dog, aiming the revolver at it as It ran yelping down the street. The policeman waited, expecting the negro to shoot at any moment. The negro and dog and the revolver went round a corner and never came back. The officer has bought another revolv er. He says he thinks the dog was trained. Kansas City Star. Barrymore's Dilemma. Maurice Barrymore, the once famous actor, was once in London with a new pjece which he was anxious to have produced. He had read it to a man ager, and it had been decided that he was to play the leading role. About a week after it was supposed to have been definitely settled Barrymore re ceived a note from the manager ask ing him to call. Barrymore called, and the manager said: "I like the piece, old fellow, but I don't see how I can use you in the cast. Your beastly American dialect won't do at all you know. They won't have it" "Well, that's strange," said Barry more. "They told me on the other side that they wouldn't have me on account of. my beastly English dialect. What am I to do, give recitations on the transatlantic steamers?" Changing His Colors. Every Sunday a young bootblack in New York attended a mission school. This school, through its well meaning teachers, decided to have a Christmas tree. The gifts for the pupils were provided for them by the. teachers and some patrons of the school. Jimmy, the bootblack, was there Christmas eve, but was much disap pointed when Ills present proved to be a copy of Browning's poems. He fold ed it carefully in the paper in which he received it and took It home. The next Sunday the superintendent of the mission school announced that any child who was disappointed with his or her gift could exchange it. Jimmy marched boldly to the front with his. "What have you there, Jimmy?" "Browning, sir." "And what do you want in change?" "Blacking, sir." ex- v - ' "One Question .To Much. ? J. The -servant problem was underjdis tussion, and4experience?Cwere being related. ' Several women stopped talk- ling at the same moment, and the si lence, whiclLhad lasted nearly two sec onds, was; broken by a young matron, who said: ?But, ladies, , thafs all noth ing to what happened to me last week! My' cook left me, you know,, for no earthly reason except that she told the, chambermaid we starred the help.. The idea! Well, I went to the intelli gence office arid after a long search found 'the girl I wanted to" take. Mag gie's place. : She answered every ques tion to my, satisfaction until I asked her, 'Why did you leave your - last place? Then she got red in the face, threw her head " back and said In an angry tone: 'Because I wanted a change. Why did your last cook leave? And before I could answer she turned away, saying, You'll not suit' Now, Isn't that dreadful?" - Arid then all the other women told "dreadful" stories. New York Tribune. An Ancient Irish Custom. In the district known as "the barony of Forth," in County Wexford, Ireland; is to be found a race of hardworking, Industrious peasants living In thatched cottages with clean, whitewashed walls which by" their perfect whiteness -at once arrest the attention of the visitor. These people differ in many respects from the inhabitants of the other parts of the same county and have habits and customs peculiar -to themselves. When a funeral takes place twor wood en crosses are provided. On the way to the cemetery a halt is made at a certain spot by the side of the road. Here prayers are said for the deceased, after which one cross, is deposited in .a lfewthorn bush or under It' The pro cession then goes on its way, and after the interment the other cross is fixed at the head of the grave. This strange custom dates from time Immemorial, as the great pile of crosses by the road side indicates. V We Say to You : - Something New Jn Town! MODERATE PRICES FOR A FIT. 0 STEIN-BLOCH SMART CLOTHES THE PROOF: TRY ON! A PLEASURE. THE STAR NEGLIGEE SHIRTS THE TRiANULE LINEN COLLARS 4 PLX15e 2 FOR 25c BATHING 8UITSi - STETSON HATS AND A COMPLETE LIN OF GENTS FUR- m.m m m. a y . , . THE J. IX FLEET"S5 MPANY How to Stop Runaways. The policeman had stopped the run away very neatly. Now, though puff ing a little, he was quite calm. "It's nothing to stop a runaway," he said as he wiDed his foam, covered Viands. "It is like jumping on or off a moving cardead easy when you know how. What you want to do when you see a runaway tearing "toward you is not to stand still, but to run all your, might in the same way the nag's a-going. Then, when it catches up to you, ou grab the bridle and keep a-run-ning. Then you are not thrown, you are not trampled on, and in a minute or two the horse slows down. I've stopped a dozen runaways without an accident It's part of our training, and the policeman who would refuse to take a chance would be disgraced the Same as a soldiejr who would refuse to fight" New York Press. " No Insult Intended. A London exquisite had gone into a west end restaurant and was far from pleased with the way In which his or der was filled. "Do you call that a veal cutlet?" he demanded of the waiter. "Why, such a' cutlet as that Is an insult to every self respecting calf in the British empire." The waiter hung his head for a mo ment but recovered himself and said in a tone of respectful apologyi "I really didn't intend to insult you, sir!" London Answers. Origin of the Cross Bun. The exact significance or origin of the cross bun Is riot too certalnr A superstition regarding baked bread on Good Friday appears to have existed from an early period. Bread so baked was kept by a family all through the ensuing year under the belief that a few gratings of it In water would prove a specific for any ailment Leeds and Yorkshire Mercury. x Suspiciously Cheap. Mrs. BchoDoen The orice seems low, but rm afraid of antique rags. You know the old sayings "Snug as a" Salesman "As a bug in a rug. Ha! Hal But there are no bugs about this rug. Mrst Schoppen (shrewdly) No? I half suspect the presence of a ittle humbug. Philadelphia Press. Her Troubles.? . Teacher Who was the most patient person that -ever lived?; Student Mrs. Job. : Teacher How do you make that but? Student Why, Job endured-a whole. lot but she had to endure Job. Judge.'--..; r"sc ; -Viv Ls He who seeks; a brother; without : a faults will have to"-remain without a Quadrupeds That Lay Eggs. The salesman as he wrapped up the eggs conversed politely. "There are quadrupeds that lay, ma'am," he said. "That lay eggs?" "Yes. They are mammals, ma'am, too. Their home is In South America, their names are the ornithorhynchus, or duck billed platypus, and the echid na, or porcupine ant eater. They are the lowest mammals known. "Really?" "Oh, yes! The duck billed platypus lays two eggs at a- time. But the echidna lays but one egg, which it car ries in a natural pouch beneath its stomach there's an idea for the hen there until the kid echidna, so to speak, is hatched out" Los Angeles Times. Her Ambition. This incident was told . by . an ac tress who was once' playing -Rosa lind, and playing it as she fancied rather acceptably. As she entered her dressing room at the theater one night a note from a woman was handed to her which read in this wise: "Dere lady I work for a dentist but I have spoiled so many of his teeth saying over your rjart in the play that now I can say it Just as well as you do, and I want you to let me try It tonight and see if I can't for the den tist says he cannot have me any more and I must pay for his teeth, and so I must go on the stage and I will be here at 7 o'clock." The exchange was not made. "Not Worth a Curse. ; Curse, anything worthless. Corrup tion of the old English word kerse, a small, sour wild cherry; French, cerise; German, kirsch. "Vision of Biers Plow riaan:" ; , . ' . : Wisdom and wltt no we la not worth a kerse, But If it be carded with cootls as clothera Kembe. their woole. - The expression "not worth a curse" used frequently nowadays Is therefore not properly profane, though it is fre quently Intensified" by a profane ex pletive. . w ' ' . - . ;, . . ; - VJC- . : A" Little In Doubt.' ' Hostess I hope we shall see you again; next Wednesday. I'm giving a dance.: Mr, Young Tin awfully sorry, butTm going to a wedding. Hostess Obindeedl ; I'm sure you'll enjoy, your self, far more. Mr Young Tux not so You see; It's my own rweddlng. sure. r; j Recipe, For Happiness, v.. - To watch the corn grow or the blos soms set, to draw hard breath over plowshare or spaded to read, to think, to love, to pray theseare the things that make men happy. John . Ruskin. . Animals to the number of 70,000,000 Try This. Bill had a billboard. Bill also had a board bill. The board bill bored Bill so that Bill sold the billboard to pay his board bill. So after Bill sold his billboard tc pay his board bill the board bill no longer bored Bill. The Right One. "Sir, I want your daughter's hand." "You may have it with the greatest pleasure, dear boy, if you'll take the one thafs always in my pocket." Bal timore Sun. , Nitrate of Soda We have only a very limited quan tity of Nitrate of Soda left. . Those who have not purchased had better send their orders in Immediately, as It 'is very scarce onthe market Let us have your order on any other goods in our line. PHONE 673. NO. 7 N. FRONT STREET. ju!4-tf AVhiskey he Y vl ows ne win nave a he comes away he ' I jl U pT When a man go of Belle of Virginia huiriesbecause he h fine drinkrand whe smiles and smacks his lips because he has had it. Belle of Virginia is a blended whiskey a rye whiskey carefully, and scientifically blended from fine, pure, old whiskies. It's a really good hon est article and to those who like a blended whiskey it will give satisfac tion clear down to the ground. Sold at the places where gentle men go to get a drink. E. MAHONEY Portsmouth, Virginia The C w. Polvpg t Co D, L Gore Co., Wholesale Grocers and Importers, Wilmington, N. C. jul9-tf ItVl. C A TUll Aliau 'Baa9S Odds and Ends From INVENTORY SALE 10c Bottles .. 2 Doses 25c Bottle 8!Doses Asli your dealer for It FOR KEOT 7 Immediate Possession given;' that desirable store 315 N.- Front, known as Bullucks Drug Store. Apply to Stamiiel Bear, Sr. SSons, Must be closed out before we take stock, rather then measure or count them we will sacrifice them. Bargain hunters now is your chance. ' Ladies Lawn shirt waist and skirts in Suits were $2.0Q &tf 2.25 each, your choice for $1.25 a suit. -jg$1.25 tadies Lawn waists sacrifice price 95ct, $5,00 waists $3.75, $3.50 waists $2.50. Ladies trimmed hats at just half price. I7A11 mixed Gray Skirts to sacrifice at Cost. 3TX Carpets and Matting laid free during July. "HlYou will find? the largest assortment of Trunks and Bags and Suit Cases in the City at our Store. jui mi . AGEHTS FOR TAWSr TAWS! TARISt LOW COT ; BEAUTIES In the Different -widthsi and sizes Douglas Tans a specially. e Set our "win dow. Then come in, and get your fit. . 1 EESPEOTFULLY MERGER & EMS CO. All otaer Wnda ct fimnmer Fo Wear. Cheap But Gotd, . N.1 i 1 - mw . i if, r J. brother. Talmud: , A :' .-. fur. 18 Sand 2tT MARKET. STREET. SAUjOW PEOPLE "V- 1f
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