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V ! !" 1 f ;; 'Ml K 4 The Jong Girl Often changes to the jaded woman. ''I can't see what's come over Mary ; she used to be such a jolly girl," was the remark of a young woman visiting a married scnooi- mate. Marriage changes a wom an. The drains and pains which are so often the sequence of marriage rob her of all vital ity. Give her back her former strength . and she'll, be as "jolly" a wife as she was a maid. Doctor Pierce's Favor ite Prescription gives back the lost strength by re - establishing the health of the delicate womanly or gans. It dries the drains and stops the pains. It cures ulcera tion, inflamma tion and female weakness. It makes weak women strong and ' sick women well. "Ppr two jrcars I had been a sufferer from chronic diseases and female weakness," writes Mrs. Allen A. Bobson, of 1125 Rodman Street, Philadelphia, Pa. "I had two different doctors, and. they gave me medicine which only relieved me for a time. My niece advised me to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I con cluded that to open a correspondence with you : for your advice would be safest, so I did,' and have been highly benefited:' I find that after taking six bottles of ' Favorite Prescription ' and five of 'Golden Medical Discovery ' and follow ing your advice in regard to local treatment, I am now a strong woman. Aceept-my sincere thanks for the interest manifested in my case and the happy results obtained." i Sick women' are invited to Jconsult Dr. " . Pierce by letter free. Corresjftjndence pri vate. Address Dr. R. V.Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y. THE MAN WITH THE STUFF. PETER GRANT. Let the nobles brave and fearless Boost of lineage long and peerless With unbounded zeal -and vigor, For they mean it right enough; But wn find throughout the nations. In the bulk of life's relations, That the man who cuts the figure Is the one who's got the stuff. - Men have seldom controverted What the sages have asserted, " 'Tis not wealth nor lofty station That should win the world's re- f gard;" la our circles democratic Its endorsement is emphatic, ' Yet its daily application May be found a trifle hard. Let them try life's earnest battle, And go tending sheep and cattle, , On the prairies wide and lonely, Or get down to chopping wood; And an overseer's flouting f Soon would set their minds to doubt ing ! The old bard who sang, " 'Tis only Noble to be pure and good." . Honest worth and noble breeding Evermore should do the leading; We proclaim it long and sweetly; Yet is something of a bluff ; In a sentimental ditty "Nature's nobleman" sounds pretty ; But he's handicapped completely If he hasn't got the stuff. Chicago Neivs. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Light is the task where many share the toil. Homer. i Every one has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. Jeremy Collier. There is no debt with so much prejudice put off asthat of justice. Plutarch. The weak may be joked out of anything but their weakness. Zirn mermann. It is a beautiful necessary .of our natuie to love something. Jerrold. , The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil a whjje, believe always and never.turn back. Simms. j No matter what his-rank or position may be, the lover of books is the richest and happiest of the chil dren of men. Lang ford, It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. Seott, The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skill ful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. Epicurus. So remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court him, and admires whoever will not bend before him. Thucy dides. ' If youay to a child, "I will give you something," keep your prom ise; other wiseryou teach it to lie. The -righteous promise little and do much. Talmud. i What a trustful, hopeful and amazing gift and grace is that state of mind and heart that is "not afraid of evil tiding 1" How it fortifies the soul against all that may befall it ! ' There are nnmbers of men that are not willing to do anything for Christ because they can't do some great thing. Now you will find that the men that have accomplished a great work in this world have always begun by doing some little thing; they have been willing to bring forth some little fruit. D. L. Moody, r " Owing to the continued pressure of public business of immediate impor tance, the President has been obliged to withdraw his acceptance of the in vitation p attend the national en campment of the G. A. B, at Chicago. ISA SYSTEM BUILDER.6IYES APPETITE , & CORRECTS THE LIVER. i3 sold Strieflv on its Merits. It is The best Chill Tonic at the srnalleat price. andfyoup money rerunaea it it Tans to cure you. J. HIOKS BUNTING, v J. O.-SHEPARD, JR., ' ROBERT R. BELLAMTt mar 84 1 v Wholesale and Retail Druggists. I K LOOK POM TMC ML J NONCGBNUINft DftlPTINQ AVAY,. m t ' Drifting- wy, drifting apart. Snapping the cords tbat were bound round mj heart, v Euaderlng ties that were alwaya to be Strong tlea of love between you and me, But yet, as I tee you day after day, I feel and I know you are drifting away. Drifting away, drifting apart. How Badly the future sinks into my heart! For I thought that I'd alwaya on earth a friend, , Faithful aa truth and true to the end, But yet, aa I ace you day .after day, I .feel and I know you are 'drifting away. Drifting away, drifting away, Drifting eo alowly, but surely, each day, . Farther, still farther, out of my sight, Leaving me alone jes, alone with the night Yes, alone -with the night, for even the day la turned into night when you are drifting away. Drifting away, drifting away, Drifting in silence, where, no one can gay. Let a prayer be offered that our drifting bark May never drift into the unknown dark, But may drift with its soul, so worthy of love, Into the waters that sparkle above. Exchange. M-H IHM'inil l l Ml 1 I 1 I'll Uncle Buscabeatas And His Pumpkins """ - He Carried With Him the Proof That the Pumpkins Were Hi. t M PEDRO ANTONIO DE AL1SC0N. WImh-m-kM' n urn H-niM The action commences in Rota. Now, Rota Is the least important of the beauti ful and enchanting villages that form an ample semicircle about Cadiz bay; yet, though it be the least important, it has not wanted eyes to take notice of it. The Duke of Osuna, under his title of Duke of Arcos, has long held it up to view as one of the pearls of his coronet, possess ing there a seigncurial castle of the same name, whose stones I could describe one by one..- . But here -it is not a question of castles or dukes, but of the -celebrated country surrounding Rota and of a very humble gardener, whom we shall call Uncle Bus cabeatas, although such was not, it seems, his real name. , ' Uncle Buscabeatas had already begun to stoop at the date of the episode that I am about to relate. He was even then GO years of age and had spent 40 of them in tilling a vegetable garden bordering upon the beach of Costilla. That year he had grown some stupen dous pumpkins, which were as big as the ornamental balls on a massive rampart and were now turning both inside and outside of an orange color, which indicat ed that it was past the middle of June. Uncle Buscabeatas knew the shape, de gree of ripeness and even the number of them above all, the 40 plumpest and shiniest specimens, which seemed to be saying, "Cook met" and he passed his time gazing tenderly at them and ex claiming in a melancholy tone, "Soon we shall have to part." At last one afternoon he resolved to make the sacrifice, and, picking ont the best fruit of his dearly beloved "cucur bitaceae," whose growing had cost him so great labor, he uttered the terrible sen tence: 4 "Tomorrow," quoth -he, shall cut these 40 end carry them to Cadiz market. Happy they who eat them!" Thereupon he slowly walked into the house and passed the night in the distress of a father who, the next day, is to give his daughter in marriage. "Alas, my pumpkins!" sighed he again and again, unable to woo sleep, but pres ently he began to reflect and concluded by saying: "Yet, what else can I do bnt dispose of them? Why, that is just what I raised them for. They'll bring me in at least 15 'duros.' " Endeavor if you can to measure the ex tent of his consternation, fury and de spair when on entering his garden the , next morning he discovered that during the night somebody had stolen the 40 pumpkins. To make the story brief, Shakespeare's Shylock, in his paroxysm of rage over the flight of Jessica with his jewels, could not have been more frenzied than Uncle Buscabeatas. "Oh, if I find thee if I find thee!" he ejaculated. Then, quieting down, however, he cold ly began to consider and comprehend that his beloved specimens could not be in Rota, where it would have been impossi ble to expose them for sale without his recognizing them and where, moreover, pumpkins were sold very cheap. - "It is plain to be seen that they are in Cadiz," he argued. "The infamous, ras cally thief must have stolen them be tween 9 and 10 o'clock last night and car ried them off on the 12 o'clock freight boat I will go to Cadiz today on the early passenger boat, and it will be a caution if I don't catch the sneak and re cover the daughters of my toil." So saying, he remained about 20 min utes longer on the site of the catastrophe, fondling the mutilated stumps and stems of the pumpkins, counting over again the missing ones or formulating the sort of accusation that he should make in com mencing a suit, until 8 o'clock struck, ana he started for the pier. The passenger boat, or hour boat, was getting ready to sail. It is an humble barge that every morning precisely at 9 o'clock starts for Cadiz, conveying pas sengers, Just as the freight boat starts every night at 12 o'clock, conveying fruit and garden stuff. The former is called the hour boat, because in that space of time, or even in 40 minutes on some days, if the wind be astern, it traverses the three leagues that lie betwixt the ancient village of the Duke of Arcos and the an cient city of Hercules. So it was about half after 10 o'clock on the morning of that day when Uncle Buscabeatas planted himself in front of a. vegetable stall in the Cadiz market and said to the puzzled policeman accompany ing him: "These are my pumpkins! Lay hold of .that fellow, sir!" and he pointed to the stallkeeper. "Lay hold of me?" repeated the huck ster, full of surprise and wrath. "These pumpkins are mine. I bought them." "You may tell that to the justice of the peace, sir," replied Uncle Buscabeatas. "I will not." -'."You shall." "You Uncle Thief, you!" "You Uncle Bum!" "Speak with more civility, gentlemen. You are indecent. Men ought not so to forget themselves," remarked the police officer very quietly, giving each of the in-' terlocutors a tap on the breast. By this time quite a crowd had gather ed round, while the magistrate in charge of the public markets, whose real title is judge of supplies, was not long in making bis appearance. The police offioer handed the matter over to his excellency, and the worthy magistrate, learning how, the case stood, inquired in a majestic tone of the huck ster: "From whom did you purchase yonder pumpkins?" 'From Uncle So-and-so of Rota," an swered the man. "That is as it should be!" cried out Uncle Buscabeatas. "He is just fit for uoh business! When his own vegetable patch, which is a very poor one, fetches him in but litttle, he sets to work to rob his neighbors!" "But," continued the magistrate, turn ing to the old gardener, "admitting the hypothesis that 40 pumpkins were stolen from you last night, how can yon be cer tain that these, and no others, -aro yours?" "WeiJ;LweUl" reP'"ed Uncle Buscabea tas. Why, because 1 know them as well as your excellency knows your own daughter, it you have any: This one look, your excellenoy is named 'Rebo londa (round and puffy); this one, Cachi gordeta (pretty, plump slice); that ope, Barrigona (potbelly) ; that one, Cooradilla (dainty colored), and that other one yon der, Manuela, because it resembles my -youngest daughter so much." And thereupon the poor old man began to weep very bitterly. "This is all very good," returned the judge of ennpllos, ''but the law is not satftfled with your merely recognizing your nampkint. The aotSorities must feel convinced as to the previous condl tiott oTtne things in question, and thereof yen must give adequate proof. Gentle men, yon have no right to smile. I am a laWarl" - . ? tpTi. then, vnnr excellency shall see how auickly I can prove to everyooay without ever stirring from this spot that yonder pumpkins were grown in my vege- ! table garden," exclaimed Uncle Bnsca- I beatas, to tne no smau amazement ox uie bystanders. And, dropping on the ground a bundle that he had been carrying and crouching down till he sat upon his heels, he began quietly to untie the many knots in the handkerchief wrapped about the afore said bundle. - The wonder of the magistrate, the stall keeper and the crowd Increased rapidly. "What is he going to pull out?" they asked one another. At the same instant up came another inquisitive body to see what was occur ring, and the stallkeeper, espying him, called out: "I am glad you have come, Uncle So-and-so! This man says the pumpkins that you sold me last night and that are here listening to the conversation "were stolen. Now, you answer him." The newly arrived turned yellower than wax and tried to run' away, but the by standers bodily prevented him, and the judge of supplies ordered him to stay where he was. As for Uncle Buscabeatas, he was 'al ready eyiag the supposed thief and say ing: r "Now you shall see what is good!" Regaining composure, Uncle So-and-so held forth as follows: 1 "You are the one who had better heed what you are talking about, for if you do not ana you cannot prove your accusa tion I shall have you sent to jail for libel. These pumpkins were mine. I raised them, as likewise all the others that I have brought to Cadiz this season, in my kitchen garden at Egido, and nobody can prove the contrary." "Well, you shall see!" ejaculated Uncle Buscabeatas, who, having at length got the handkerchief untied, drew forth and scattered on the ground its contents a multitude of pumpkin stems, still green and dripping moisture and then, seated on his heels and nigh dead with laughter, he addressed the following speech to the curious bystanders: "Gentlemen, haven't 'you paid taxes? And haven't you seen the ugly green book, from which the tax collector tears off receipts, leaving still attached to it a stump or little slip, so as to prove wheth er such and such a receipt be false or not?" "You refer to the 'libro talonario' (stub book)," gravely observed the judge of supplies. "Well, that is just what I am fetching here the 'libro talonario' of my vegeta ble patch, or . otherwise the heads to which these pumpkins were joined before they were stolen from me. Look, gentle men, and see! Here is the head to this pumpkin. No one can doubt it." This next one, as you see, belongs to this oth er pumpkin. Here is one thicker, which fits on yonder. Exactly! And here is one for this. There is another for that. And this pumpkin goes on yonder stem." Thus speaking, he kept fitting a head or stump to the cavity made in each pumpkin when torn from the vine, and the spectators saw with amazement that, In fact, the irregular and crooked ends of the stamps fitted most exactly into the wbitisfi shape and slight hollow present ed by what we may call the cicatrices of the pumpkins. Then all the bystanders stooped down, including ., both the policemen and the magistrate himself, and began to assist Uncle Buscabeatas in so singular a ver ification, all exclaiming in the same breath with childish glee: "No, no! Jt is so undoubtedly! Look here, gentlemen! ' This goes here; that goes there. Yonder pumpkin belongs to this stem; this pumpkin to that stem." And the loud laughter of grown up men mingled with the shrill cries of urchins, with the imprecations of wo men, with the old gardener's tears of triumph and gladness and with the thumps that the bumbailiffs began to be stow upon the now convicted thief, as if impatient to carry him off to jail. There is no need to add that the bum bailiffs got their wish; that Uncle So-and-so beheld himself obliged to hand back, to the huckster the 15 duros re ceived from the same; that the latter at once turned fcbem over to Uncle Bus cabeatas, and that the said uncle wended his way home to Rota, supremely con tented, albeit murmuring to himself on the road: "How beautiful they looked in the market! But I ought to have brought 'Manuela' back with me, so as to have eaten her tonight myself and preserved the seeds!" Translation From the Span ish For Short Stories. Just Like Grandpa. . Mrs. Barbinby was regaling Mr. B. with a few selections from the advertis ing columns. "Now, here's something," she exclaim ed, "that I would like to have in tables. Just look here, John! Polished white top and cnrvedlegB" At that Instant little Madge entered. "What's that?" said she. "Who's been Wrltin in the paper 'bout gran'pa?" r WHY WEAR HATSt We dinar to a Custom Neither Be coming: Nor Health Giving. Why do both men and women persist in wearing hats? asks Pearson's Maga zine. There are three reasons why w should wear clothes. "We may wear them for the sake of decency, for the sake ol warmth, or for the sake of display. None of these reasons applies to thr wearing of hats. Of course there are head coverings that are warm, such ai the Icelander's sealskin hood or the fish erman's toque; but, as a rule, there is no real warmth in the hat of either sex. When a woman pins a slight structure of straw and artificial flowers on the top of her hair, she never for an instant imag ines that the thing will keep her from taking cold. The masculine top hat is certainly warm on a hot day, but it ii very far from warm in cold weather. Neither are hats worn for the purpose of display. Doubtless there are times when women make the hat the occasion of displaying their fondness for dead birds, muslin flowers and other beautiful objects, but this is only when fashion has decreed that big hats shall be worn. At other times the female hat is so micro scopically small that it could not be suc cessfully used for displaying anything. As tor men's hats, they never display anything except the atrocious taste which makes them fashionable. Why, then, in the name of all that is sensible, do men and women wear hats? As a rule, every man and every wo man looks better without a hatithan with one. This is why we all take off out hats at the opera or at an evening party. And yet we cling to a custom that has not a word to be said in its behalf. We persist in wearing the ugly,- useless and injurious hat. Why do we do it? I should like to find a good Irish echo that Would answer the questidn at length and !n a satisfactory way. Thinning; Tlvn. Ajto methods of thinning fruit few absolute statements can be made, so ttuchTdepends on the conditions under iwbich thinning is to be done. There axe certain things, however, which must be considered in any case. Thin ningiShould be delayed until there Is ri farther danger of premature dropping ofjfrult from lack of pollination, the effect ' of frosts or other accidental causes. It should be done, however, before the fruit becomes so large as to px-ithe tree. The usual recommenda-jtlona-are to thin plums when about ihalf grown and before the pits harden, Xjpacb.es when the size of small hickory nuts-Tor when half an inch in diameter, apples .when the size of hickory nuts to lynches In diameter. The amount of frjilt removed will depend largely on the 'previous pruning and on the age, size and variety of the tree. The fruits should be left far enough apart gojas not to touch each other, and It la fften recommended to leave them from fotttito six Inches apart JTrult should be picked by hand, the jWonny, diseased and otherwise Inferior srjutsbelng removed. Mechanical de- ces'tor thinning are not recommend- lnce they do not discriminate be en good and bad fruits, do not leave LWeu distributed and often break injure the fruit spur. discord among ALUEU r UKua. Russian Commander at Pekin j Forbids Communication With Chinese. RUSSIA AT WAR WITH CHINA. Report Comes from Remey Is Not Offi cial Officials at Washington Un communicative as to Relations Between Powers and China. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, August 25. The di plomatic feature of the Chinese situa tion took precedence over both the naval and military features. The offi cials of this government were, it any thing, more uncommunicative than heretofore as to the relations between the powers and China. It was stated authoritatively tbat no news of opera tions had been received and that the diplomatic negotiations could not be made public. The most unsatisfactory develop ment of the day, so far as the pacific programme of this government goes, was the receipt of a dispatch from Ad miral Ermey, convejiDg the reports which had reached him of a disagree mt tit between the commander of the Russian forces in Pekin and the other internatiobals. The test of, this dis patch was not made public, but it was said on good authority to contain the stattment that the Russ an commander had forbidden communication with the Chinese, on the ground that Rus sia was technically, as well as practi call y, at war with China. It may be said tbat this information was not con veyed by Admiral Remey as official news, but merely as a report from re liable sources which he considered this government should possess for its own information., Assuming Admiral Re mey's report to be correct, this move on the part of Russia strikes the first note of discord in the heretofore har monious concert of the powers. The possibilities of future complications that it opens up are almost infinite and would be serious to a degree. It may be said, however, that the news is not takenvery seriously by this govern ment, and certainly will not affect our course in any way until it has been officially confirmed. A Delicate Situation. It was explained that the situation growing out of the joint occupation of Pekin by the powers was delicate, although' not necessarily to be de scribed as serious. The interests of all the powers there represented were at least competitive, if not antagonistic, and an ill considered move on the part of any one government might easily entail disagreeable consequences, in which all would be more or less involved. At the same time it was explained that all of the govern ments represented in China were anx ious to avert any open clash, if this could be done without' sacrificing what they considered their rights in the premises. In this situation the United States occupied the position it had held all through the disturbance, namely, of being the one power least under suspicion by the others of selfish and ulterior motives. This govern ment is exceedingly anxious to main tain this vantage ground and retain the confidence of the other powers, so that it is now more than ever cautious as to the next step to be taken. Instructions to U. S. Representatives. The decision to address instructions to the United States representatives at the courts of the various powers was reached yesterday after the most ma tured deliberation. It would have been a satisfaction to this government if the action could have been taken without exciting public comment of any sort. Owing to the fact that this communication was not addressed directly to the other governments and that it contained merely instructions for the guidance of our diplomatic representatives abroad, it was decided not to make public either the text or the substance of the instructions, lest their premature publication should de feat the very object for which they were designed, namely, of ascertain ing the temper of the various govern ments interested, with a view to de termining what form of procedure is most likely to meet with general ap probation among them and lead to a speedy solution of the problem. The State Department is taking steps to have all of the American consuls in China to return to their several posts as soon as , immediate danger from anti foreign outbreaks is passed. The attention of the department has been called to statements emanating from various consuls to the effect that they left their posts at the direction of the department. The officials say that this is not cor rect, that the consuls merely were permitted by the department to leave their posts on their own responsi bility if they considered their lives were in danger,- Now that the danger is passing the department is getting ready to have them go back to their posts and take up their routine work. Delayed Reports Awaited. The War Department has not received from General Chaffee the report re quested of him a few days ago upon conditions in Pekin. In fact several recent cablegrams of inquiry addressed to General Chaffee have not been ans wered. It is supposed that the uncer tainty of communication between Pekin and Tien Tsin is responsible for General Chaffee's silence. The wires have been cut between the capital and Tien Tsin and it is probable that the messages were sent by courier to Pe kin Li Hung Chan?; Chinese officials expressed a belief to day that Li Hung Chang, the Chi nese peace envoy, had started for Pe kin or Tien Tsin. While there are said lo be no official advices to this effect, yet it is so in accordance with the expectation of China's course that the officials accept it as a fact. If this proves to bo correct, it may bring about early opportunity for personal exchanges between Earl 'Li and the commanders of the allies and the min isters of the respective powers. The Chinese government has been entirely silent since the capture of Pekin, except in the two communica tions from Li Hung Chang, and up to the present time Minister Wu has re ceived no word responsive to the American answer sent to him by Mr. Adee last Wednesday. To Repair Broken Arti cles use Remember MAJOR'S RUBBER CEMENT, SIAJOR'S LEATHER CEMENT. WJ ' Major's mar 9 ly ' " D&W " hughes' Tonic. PALATABLE. Better than .Calomel and Quinine. The Old Eeliable. EXCELLENT GENERAL TONIC as well as A Snre Core for CHILLS ani FEVER, It Never Fails. Just what you need at this season. Mild Laxative. Nervous Sedative. Splendid Tonic: Guaranteed by your Druggists. Don't take any substitute. 50c aM $1.00 Bottles. my 18 dm WARM WSPBi.KtS The population of New Orleans is 287,101, against 242.039 in 1890; an in crease of 45,065 or 18.61 per cent The United States transports Crook McPhersoti, Rawlics and Sedgwiqk, having on board the 1,300 Cuban school teachers who spent two days in seeing the sights of Philadelphia, sailed for Havana yesterday morning. Application has been made fos a charier fi r the Hardee Transportation aiM? Commission Company of Tampa, Fis , which will run alineof steamers to llouduias aod South . American The threatened trouble between the whites and blacks of Saline county, Texas, is over. The negroes arrested for tiiculating incendiary letters have been released and no further trouble is anticipated Michael A Conolly has attached the property in Savannah of ex-Captain Carter and B D. Greene and the Gay no rs for an alleged indebtedness Con niliy. who was Captain Carter's clerk, alleges that the tormer engineer of ficer is indebted to him in the sum of $5,498. The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus re serve, increase $3,331,875; loans, in crease $2,518,700; specie, increase $4, 603,300; legal tenders, increase $483, 200; deposits, increase $7,038,500; cir culation, increase $502,400. The banks now hold $23,888,925 in excess of legal rtquirements. WHY DR. HATHAWAY CURES. Reasons for His Marvelous Success His New, Free Book. Dr. nathaway's method of treatment is no experi ment. It is the result of twenty years of experi ence in the most exten sive practice of any specialist in his line in tho world. 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McEACHERN Wholesale Grocer. 804 and 206 North Water street. feb 11 tf WILLIAMS BROS., WHOLESALE GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 16 & 18 North Water Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. Virginia Water Ground Meal. Flour Patent, Straight and Clear In barrels and bags. Lard, Soap, Lye. A FULL LINE OF TOBACCO, CIGARS AND CIGARETTES. Bait In 100 B, 125 lb and 800 ft bags. Cakes and Crackers of all kinds. Candy In baskets and boxes. Sardines, Molasses, Cheese. WrapDing Paper, Twine, Bags Nails, etc jymf THE GROCERY TRADE Will find oar stocks and prices Interesting. Correspondence solicited. TRUCKERS. We have Fine Ground Fish Scrap and High Grade Guanos for Lettuce Beds and al! crops. Bee us before buying, HALL & PEARSALL, WHOLESALE GROCERS. an ss tt Nutt and Mulberry streets. CROPS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 Disastrous Effects of the Hot Weather Combined With Drought Cotton Reduced Forty Per Cent. . By Telegraph to the Morning Star Atlanta, August 25. A special to the Constitution, from Columbia, S. 0., says: South Carolina crops have suffered diastrously from the present hot spell, combined with' the drought. Recently a few local showers have fallen over very limited areas, but otherwise there has been no rain in August. Some farmers estimate the cotton crop has been reduced forty per cent., but only allowing a loss of twelve per cent, on an average yield on tne acreage planted, the loss will 100,000 bales, or $4,500,000. The loss on other crops- sugar cane, late corn and nay win make the total over $7,000,000. Unless there are general rams witnln a very few days, the drought will become a diaster. Cotton fields are as white as they are generally late in September, but over half the bolls that are showing the white are unmatured, being burst open by the heat, and the lint is with out value. Many of the plants are dying, the leaves drying up and fall ing off, and no more blossoms are coming. Nothing can save the farmers from the loss already sustained, but rains would start the plants to blos soming again and late frosts would permit the new bolls formed to ma ture. - r TWINKLINGS. "I. suppose," ' said the poet's frii-iid. '"you seek the plaudits of pos terity?"' "No," replied the practical poet; 'Tin simply after contemporary cash." "Are you a member of our church?" "Olyes." "Are you, really? I never see you there." "No; you see I'm er well, I'm a non resident member." t Oh! yoA will fight, then?" gleefully replied the fire eater; "name your weapons." '"Swords," replied the timid man. "Very good, sir." "At twenty paces." The Neighbor: "You mean to tell me you didn't notice those cats yowling all last night? What a sleeper you must be !" The Other Neighbor "I wasn't asleep. Neither was the baby." Indianapolis Press. j Magistrate "Bou admit that you punched your landlord's head. Don't you know you know you had no right to do that?" Defendant "No, I don't. Nothing was said about it in the lease." THE GRADY SCHOOL, Turkey, N. C, will begin its next session September .3rd. For particulars apply to B. F. GRADY. au 14 4w tu th iu W 4t Littleton Female College A VEBT PROSPEROUS INSTITUTION WITH MODERN BUIIjDIXGS, SPLEN DIDLY LOCATED IN A REMARKABLY HEALTHY SECTION IN WARREN COUN TY, ON S. A. L. ROAD BETWEEN RA LEIGH AND WELDON, N. C. PANACEA WATER KEPT IN BUILD ING AT ALL TIMES FOR FREE USE OJH INMATES. FIFTEEN OFFICERS AND TEACHERS TERMS VERT LOW. For Catalogue, address. Rev. J. if. RHODES, A. M., Pres., je IS Sm, . Littleton, N. C. FOR MEN AND. BOYS AGENCY. sells rapidly with us. We now have a One assortment on band, and several large orders with tne factory to come soon. - - A IE LOT - - of Duttenhofers' fins Ladles' Lace and Button just received. - - IB Cot Ptl on our Bummer Stock and Broken Sized lots are moving tne goods. Come early and get your size. Much of this Is nice, fresh, new stock. Don't miss the cnance to get your nt. Respectfully. MERCER & EVANS. auiotf 1 The carefal purchaser of Hardware, wholesale or retail, inquiring after the beet stock and Lowest Prices consistent with quality. .'in the general Hardware line, cannot poslaoly make a mistake by taking a look over oar stock, which Embraces Everything in the i General Hardware line. We haye a number of season able specialties Just now that Invite your inspection before purchases are made elsewhere. X I J. W. MljRCHISON & CO. Orton Funding. .Han 10 tf REASONABLE GOODS, MULlETS, new catch. Best Cream Cheese, Martin's Gilt Edge Butter. Bagging and Ties. SALT. A GENERAL LINE OF CASE GOODS IN DEMAND AT THIS SEASON. -I ' Sole agents for ROB ROY FLOUR. IMIAIR & PEARSALL. Ibis Hi M ces Art I I uOi peopiyn I soi are I OtHSG. seplOtf ! jVegctablcPreparatioriforAs similating thcToodandRegula ting the Stomachs andBowels of Promotes Digcstion,Checiful ness artdrfestContaias neither Opium;Morphine nor Mineral. OT NARCOTIC. fyax ofOldDrSAMUELPITCBER PumJcul 5etJL JfaUlUSJtt AnUt Stfl Ilvpenaifit JA tartanattXiWr- Warn Sad - V t WfW. Aocrfect Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea. ... - -r worms Ayonvuisions.r evensn ness and Loss OF SLEEP. facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. exact copy or wrappeh. Interest. No notice Is required from depositors before withdrawing any part or all of their balances with us. Can you uae . your money to better advantage tlian Safety Deposit Boxes for rent. Prices $4.00 to (15.00 per year. Wilmington Savings & Trust Co., J. W. NORWOOD, President. If. WALTERS, Vice President. C. K. TAYLOR, Jr., Casbler. an -2 tt One GREAT VJ ASS of Sum mer Wearables At Gaylord's Branca Store, Fourth and Campbell streets. We will continue our Great Sacrifice Sale this week. We did a (rood buslnesi last week for the simple fact Oat we have pnt oar Summer Goods down at and leas than eoit, and tbey are nolng. Your Attention i& called to our Superior Line of Overalls. We can nd will gladly show yon the best line of Overalls and Jackets la tte city. The Union juaae Army ana avy quality, .We extend many thanks to our many, many customers for past favors, and we -trust they will continue to trade and be trea'ed rUht at the Cheapest house iu tin city. at GAYLORD'S Branch Store, rorncr Fourth and ampbell Streets. J. R. BOYD. ntncr. ' Bell Phoue SoT. . au 36 tf NOTICE Our doors stand open every night nntll 0 o'clock. ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, WILMINGTON, N. C. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS AND WILL MAKE IT TO YOUR INTEREST TO DEAL WITH US PROMPTNESS, ACCURACY AND SAFETY GUARANTEED. NO INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS. CAPITAL, $125,000.00. SURPLUS, $100,000.00. DEPOSITS, $1,000,000.00. J.-W. NORWOOD, PRES. P. L. BRIDGKRS, E. J. POWERS, au25tf D. L. GORE, H. B. SHORT, O. Wy WORTH, J. W. NORWOOD. New Yorlc Correspondent, Chemical National Bank. AT COSTTOR TWO WEEKS. I have got to move my immense stock of goods in my new build ing beginning September 15, and from now until then I will sell my goods at cost, beginning Monday morning, August 27. I have a very large stock and am disposed to turn it into money. My best Summer Calicos at 3c per yard. Fruit of the Loom Sheeting, 1 yard wide, at 7c. Masonville Sheet ing at 7c. . One yard white Sea Island Sheeting, 10 yards to each customer, at 4c. Three quarter wide Remnants in Sheeting at 2Jc. Best Simpson Mourning Prints at 4c. Good Val Lace at 10, 15, 18, 25c per yard. Velvet Ribbon at reduced price. Fancy Ribbon almost half price. One hundred Fine Corsets, odd sizes, at 50c. Fine 25c best Rubber Combs at 19c; fine 10c, at 7c. Hooks and Eyes at lc. Spool Cotton at 1 and 2c Chad wick bix cord best Spool Cotton at 3c a spool, worth 5c. Best Writing Paper at 10c a pound. Fine Bond Linen Paper at 15c a pound. Qood Ink at 3c a bottle. Pen Staffs at lc each. Children's Hose at 3c; full Size at 5c ; my best 10c Ladies' Hose at 8Jc each. I One hundred and fifty rolls of Matting at cost by the roll. Mat ling I sold at 18c now 12Jc. Three hundred Trunks to close out. Fifty rolls of Carpet at cost. Good Brussels Carptt for 36c per yard. My 65c Carpet 52c. My $1.25 fine Mcquet Carpet at 80c. In grain Carpet, 22, 24. 29, 33, 38c: sold from 25 to 50c. MEN'S CLOTHING. I have a big stcck I will sell you a Man's Suit at $1.75, $1.98, $2 50, $3.50 and $5.00. Good Wool Boy's Suit for 69c rold at $1.00. My $1.50 Suits for $1.19. , My Millinery Department is full of good things that I want to selL I will sell extra nice 25c Sailors for 15c. One hundred fine new Shapes I sold at 25, 39 and 50c; now to close your choice at 15c each. Baby Caps at 9, 12i, 15, 18 and 25c. i We have a big stock of all classes of oods to sell, and we want to sell them. SHOE3, SHOES We have about 3,500 pairs of Shoes to close out. I will save you from 25c to 50c a pair on your Shoe bill,v We have any style Ladies' Shoes. Nice Doagola Shoes at 79, 95c,v$1.15. We ' sold at $1.00, $1.25 and $1 50. ' Men's and Children's Shoes in the same proportions Come to see us and buy your goods at cost. The first time I ever advertised goods at cost in my life, and now this sale will last two weeks, and then I have'got to move in my new store, just north of the postoffice. Come and bring this adv. and buy your goods for cash at the lowest possible cost, at . THE BIG RACKET STORE, GEORGE 0. GAYLQRD, Proprietor. au2C tf HAY, OATS & CORN. 2,000 Bushels Feed 0t. 5,000 Bushels Texas R. P. Oats. 1,000 Bushels Mixed Corn. 500 Bushels White Corn. 400 Bales Fine Hay. 400 Bags Bran. 15,000 Old Glory Cheroots. 15,000 War Eagle Cheroots, 5,000 Old Va. Cheroots. 100 Boxes Crackers. 100 Boxes & Buckets Candy. And car-loads of other Btnff. We have cot to sell, dot oar prlcesv D. L. GORE CO., - WHOLESALE GROCERS. an 25 tt Wilmington, N. O. IBI1 For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bear& n se or Over i - Thirty Years 0) ill THC CCNTfkUR COMMNV, MCW VOft CITY. Oar next regular quarter begin September lat. Money deposited N W, will begin to b?ar Interest from tbat date, payable Dec. m 4toncall? 108 PRINCESS STREET. urana, second to none in q 7 R Per m, suit the U' F TO D. L, GORE, VICE-PRES. H. L. HUNT, ACT. CASHIER DIRECTORS: . S. P. MCNAIR, W. E. SPRINGER, Q. A. NORWOOD H. L. VOLLEKS, Opposite The Orton, near the postoffice. NEW MULLETS. 4100 9000 5000 3600 2800 1000 920 116 100 110 840 Founds New Mullets. Pounds White Fish, Lombardy Cigars. Jole Carr Cigars. Founds Mixed Candy. Pounds Stick Candy. Founder Broken Candy. Barrels New Wheat Flour. Barreln and Bags Sugar. Cases p. & M. Powder, y Cases Toilet Soap. ' Barrels Va. Meal. W. B. CQOPEE, WB.OLEBU.LK OBOCKK aa 19 ti tilmwKtor, u.. . V A v - -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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