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$bc WLccMn Mt. CAMIVAL OF BIOOD. 11 THE FEARFUL RITES THAT USED TO ' OBTAIN IN AFRICA. Business Proposition. A successful busi ness career cannot be achieved without sound health. - The business man should sruard his health aa he cnn1 his vnitl- for health is part of his capital and: the vi uiai vupiuii an ecu every business interest A sedentary occupa tion and quick lunches, soon show their effects in a sluggish liver. The use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will cure "liver trouble" as well as in digestion and other diseases of the or gans of digestion and nutrition. The " Discovery " strengthens the body by supplying Nature with strength mak ing materials. It contains no whisky, alcohol or other intoxicant. "After three years of suffering; with liver trou ble and malaria," writes Mr. Edward Jacobs, of Marengo, Crawford Co., Indiana. "I rave no all op of ever getting stout again, and the. last cnance was to try your medu ill the home dot liei. Alter taking- three golden Medical Discovery and one vial of his 'Pleasant Pellets' I am stout and hearty. It is lue entirely to your wonderful medicines." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist the action of "Golden Medical Discovery." ur medicine. I had tried and received but little re- A TOAST TO THE LOSING JTIAN. Here's to the man that loses the pa tient, luckTes wight, Who battles ever manfully,' though in a Josinar fight. Who work away by night and day, and ever meets defeat, Tet knows that, dim. ahead of him, success success is sweet. Drink to his health the losing man commoner, prince or priest Who has no hate for his hard fate ' for he tried, at least. Health to tbe man who loses the one who works in vain. The one who struggles gallantly, and garpers naught but pain. Down to the grave bis heart is brave, his hope is ever high, For he has learned what we have spurned that it is good to try. Drink to his luck the loser's luck skeleton at the feast Sorrow and rue may be his due, but he has tried, at least. Health to the man who loses loses and pays tbe price Pajs the price of tbe loser unfavored of Fortune's dice. Courage to dare a fate unfair that is ms good J y mark, Mettle and might to search for light, though groping in the dark. Drink to bis health the losing man soldier, or slave or priest. What though he fall? He's better than all for h tried, at least Baltimore American. SUDY SERVICES. To do God's work we must do it His way. The rays of haDDineBa. Hk those of light are colorless when un- ! broken. j Too much sensibility creates unhappine8; to much insensibility , creates crime. j There are' thousands of nannlo ' who live on tbe cold, dark side of me. w bat they need love. is light and JNo matter in what land the Christian if, or under what sky he turns nis eyes heavenward, he looks homeward, to the bliss and rest above. More than half of the unhappi ness in the world comes fro u a per verse unwillingness to look on the bright side so long as a dark side can be discovered. The Christian who works as hard as it everything dedended on himself and as unconcernedly as though everything depended upon God, has a nearly perftect working theology. Nelson Heirs: The will of the late Cnief J usiiee Faircioth is admitted to probata Bis estate is valued at about $70 .000. His property is de vised Xo his widow, relatives and friends, with handsome bequests to Thomasville Orphanage and the Bap tist Ft- male University t Chicago Tribune: Something ?m8 a; Jrwid: Hra you Dickens Tale of Two Cities!' " asked the occas ioual customer- No, sir," replied the new salesman at the bookstore, after a glance at the shelves, "but I see we have a 'Romance of Two Worlds' by Mane Corelli. Won't that do?" Consider how august a privi lege it is, when angels are present and archangels tbrong around, when cheru bim and seraphim encircle with their blaze the throne, that a mortal may approach with unrestaioed confidence, converse with heaven's dread Sover eign! Ob, what hot or was ever con ferred like tbihl -Chry808tdm. iwlNkLIJNUiS Hewitt "Is your watch right?" Jewitt -I don't know Oue can never tell what car, thes- pawnbrokers take of them " Town Topics. Stout Lad j-"Doe's a bicycle reduce th fl b?" Mr. Siimpurse (weanit) - If u buy it on the in- 'f,"nl pau d-s" Wew York Weekly Lady Tourist (doing the Cath edral of-a.Mtta..o)-'Tbis is Gothic, &il ,J,,h,4" Juvenile Vendor of "Guid.s" (several. )-"No, mem; this is Presbjterian."-iWfc 7" Kate "I wouldn't marry him if he were the lust man on earth " t.VJT"1 Would " Kate "What for, 1 d like to know ? Jane "Oh. juat to nice all . the other women," Detroit Free Press. v "See here!" exclaimed the shopper, excitedly, "there's a man just dropped dead in that bargain crush P How inopp'.riuQ I" cried the floor walker l We have not yet opened ek,DR department "-Phlia aelpnta Press. .Mifk?ed int0ne Maneuver. roily, do you know much about parliamentary law I" "Oh. yes; ofjen in our club, when somebody tells me to, I move to lay something on the table. "Chicago Record.. Miaa Santeek "I don't be lieve Thomas a Kempis was such a rood man. He didn't always stick to the truth." Miss Budde "Didn't he?" Miss Santeek "No; it was he who wrote 'Man proposes. " Tenon Topics. . Former Governor Curtis EL Broa den dien at the age of 85, Thursday, in Goldsboro, N, 5. t Hamaa Sacrifices Were of Common Occurrence Tbe Execution Bowl and the Infliction of the Death Penalty on the Victim. Ashanti, in western Africa, embraces about 70,000 English square miles in area, and its population has been various ly estimated from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000. The country proper is one continuous for est, and this is traversed by ' narrow, winding paths which are broad enough for pedestrians and chair and burden car riers, but not for vehicles. Despite the dense woods there is a remarkable ab sence of animal life, and men who have penetrated into the deepest parts of the woods have wondered at the absence of bird and beast. When the land has been cultivated, it has been found extremely fertile and productive of large crops of grain, vegetables, yams and fruits. Gold is also found in. large Quantities, and the principal exports are gold dust and Dalm oil. For many years it was one of the greatest slave shipping points. Twenty- five forts were built upon the coast in the course of as many years, and in these the European merchants earned on their slave trade. In this barbaric country polygamy ran riot to the extent that a king's regular al lowance of wives was 3,333, and the cus tom of human sacrifice was so well estab lished that a ruler could have his subjects or prisoners killed for no reason further than that he wished it done. The system of human sacrifice was founded to some extent on the idea of piety toward Bar ents asti superiors. It is the popular be lief that one's standing in the next world depends on the number of , attendants sent after him. Several times every rear the king visited- the places where his predecessors were kept These were not buried, but they sat in state, their bones held together by links of precious metal. There the prisoners of war were brought before the king and executed in ways to suit his fancy. In a sketch written by Colonel George .Baaen-roweii in 1896, when he was a major of the Thirteenth hussars, that of- ncer and this to say of the practice of hu man sacrifice: " 'Kumassi' means the death place. One town possessed no less than three places of execution. One, for private execution, was at the palace; a second, for public decapitations, was on the parade ground; a third, for fetich sacrifices, w.as in the sacred village of tsantama." In speaking of the execution bowL he said: "it is a large basin of brass, some five feet in diameter, ornamented with four small lions and a number of round knobs all around its rim. excent at one part, where there is a space for the vic tim's neck to rest on the edge. The blood of the victims was allowed to putrefy in the bowl, and, leaves and certain herbs being added, It was considered a very vaiuaDie xeucn medicine. .1 . - . . . . jxuj great inncnon was seized upon as an exense for human sacrifices. The King went every quarter to pay his devo tions to the shades of his ancestors at tsantama, and this demanded the death of 20 men over the great bowL On the death of any great personage two of the household slaves were at once killed on the threshold of the door in order to at tend their master immediately in his new I life, and his grave was afterward linwl ! with the bodies of more slaves, who were j to form his retinue in the spirit world. It ! was thought all the better if, during the ounaj, one or the attendant mourners could be stunned with a club and drop ped, still, breathing, into the grave before it was miea in. in the case of a great may aying siave girls were the victims." Then there was a death penalty for the uuracrion or laws. D'or instance, any body who found a nugget of gold and who did not send it at once to the king was liable to decapitation; so also was any uue- woo picaea up anything of value ly ing on the parade ground, or who sat down in the shade of the fetich tree. It is said that the king of Bantama, one of the provinces, preferred a richer oolor in the red stucco on the walls of his palace and that for this purpose the blood of 400 vir gins was used. When once a man had been selected and seized for execution, there were only two ways by which he could evade it. One was to repeat the "king's oath," a certain formula of words, before they could gag him. The other was to break loose from his captors and run as far as the Bantama-Kumassi crossroads. If he could reach this point before being over taken, he was allowed to go free. In or der to guard against their prisoners get ting off by either of these methods the executioners used to spring on the intend ed victim from behind, and while one bound his hands behind his back another drove a knife through both his cheeks, which effectually prevented him from opening his mouth to speak, and in this horrible condition he had to, await his turn for execution. When the time came, the executioners, mad with blood, would naase a rush for him and force him upon thebowL Then one of them, using a large kind of a butcher's knife, would cut Into the spine and so carve the head off. At great executions torture was re sorted to in order to please the specta tors. It certainly seems that the people had by frequent indulgence become im bued with a kind of blood lust and that to them an execution was as attractive an entertainment as is a bullfight to a' Spaniard or a football match to an Eng lishman. ' The contract made between the king and the English government in 1874 con tained a clause which provided for the abolition of the custom, but sacrifices were made until the expedition of 1895 was undertaken. The objects of this ex pedition were besides putting an end to human sacrifice to wipe out slave trading and raiding, to insure peace and security for the neighboring tribes and to settle the country and protect the development of trade. The expedition ended in the downfall of the Ashanti king. it need not be supposed that A FAMOUS SEA FIGHT , THE ARMY BILL IN THE SENATE. COUNTERFEITERS OF . i ALL-SILVER COIN. CENTRE OP POPULATION. FARRAGUT'S GREATEST VICTORY AND HOW HE WON IT." The Story of the Battle of Mohlle Bay, In Which "the Great Admiral . Fearlessly Sailed O.ver the Mines Planted In the Harbor. . On the night of Aug. 4, 1804, the Union fleet rode nt anchor outside the harbor of Mobile. The defenses of the bay were formidable and carefully devised. The only deep water channel for the passage of ships lay directly under the guns of Fort Morgan, the waters of the bay be ing for the. most part shallow. Across the entrance, from Fort Gaines to the edge of the deep channel, the Confeder ates had driren a double line of stakes and in the channel "itlfelf they sunk a triple row of torpedoes and submarine mortar butteries. V Within the harbor and above Fort Mor gan lay the Confederate fleet, command led by Admiral Buchanan. Consisting of khreej gunboats and the ironclad ram Tennessee. It was small in point of num ber, but formidable from-the strength of the Tennessee, an improvement on the Jlerrimac and the most powerful ironclad constructed in the south. Against this array of forts, vessels and submarine mines, Admiral Farragut com manded a fleet of 21 wooden vessels and four monitors. Every preparation having been made for the approaching battle. Admiral Farra gut, in the silent watches of the night, went below into his cabin, as Nelson had done before lifhi at Trafalgar, and wrote to his wife, I am going into Mobile in the morning, if God is my leader." At half past 5 next morning while the ad miral was quietly breakfasting, he said to his fleet mptain, "Well, Drayton, we might as well get under way," and an hour later the line of .battle moved slowly into the bay. Lashed together two by two, the vessels sailed in pairs, a smaller with a larger ship, the Brooklyn leading the column and followed by Farragut's flagship, the Hartford. Ahead, in single file, went the four monitors, led by the 1 pcuniseh. " "Farragut had ordered himself lashed to the rigging close under the maintop, from where he could clearly see the progress of the battle. The Tecumseh fired the first two shots and was the first to attempt the dangerous crossing of the line of tor pedoes. The monitor had singled out the Tennessee and was bearing down upon her. She was within a hundred yards of the Confederate ram, when a sudden ex plosion was heard, and the Tecumseh, having struck a torpedo, . plunged head foremost, with her colors still flying, to the bottom of the chauneL g The critical moment of file fight had now come. The wooden vessels backet upon one another and became entangled in what seemed to by inextricable confu sion. The line of battle was doubled up in the most dangerous part of the , pas sage; the ships were at the mercy of the guns of the fort and tbe enemy's vessels. i.ue brilliant daring of Farraeut in this crucial test, his prompt decision and bold action were the qualities that won the day at Mobile, as they were on that May day when Dewey entered the harbor of Manila. Seeing that the Brooklyn wavered after the terrible disaster of the Tecumseh. the admiral signaled. "What's the trouble?" The answer came, "Torpedoes ahead!" Then followed Farragut's famous reply, which will go down in history: V the torpedoes Jo ahead. Four bells (full speed)." The admiral's flagship, the Hartford, new took the lead. On she went, full speed, straight for the line of torpedoes. Complete silence fell unou the crew ni the flagship passed the fatal line. A scraping sound was heard against the copper bottom of the vessel, but no ex plosion followed, and as the warshin cleared the submarine defenses with fly ing colors, the vidlory was practically delay the other ves Little. Progress Made, Though Some Committee Amend ments Were Adopted. Important Arrests Made la New York City-Elf ht Mea Caught at Their Nefarious Work. DV ATORY TACTICS EMPLOYED None of Contested Amendments Consld ered A Few Calendar Bills Passed. moDx These Was $5,000 for Moore's Creek Battlefield. all the property found In the palace was of great value. There were piles of the tawdriest ana commonest stuff mixed indiscrimi nately with quaint, old and valuable ar ticles. The celebrated dinner service of Dutch euver, the king's golden hat, his golden chair of state and, above all, the royal tool, the emblem of the king of Ashanti, had been removed before the victorious English troops took possession of the palace," which was- nothing more than a collection of straw and mud covered huts. These were destroyed by the Eng lish troops, and some of the sacrificial paraphernalia was blown up with dyna mite. New York Tribune. His Little Joke. An enterprising Philadelphia restau rant proprietor hung out a large black board sign one day with the following announcement: "You Can't Beat Our 15 Cent Dinners." ' This sign proved to be a goodrawing card until a young man of hnmorous turn of mind came along. The latter, seeing the sign, stopped and, after scru tinizing it closely, smiled one of those smiles which bode no one any good. He waited until none of the employees was watching, and, taking out his handker chief be erased the letter "b" from the word "beat." The transformation was complete, and It was not until a crowd had collected that the proprietor of the restaurant dis covered why there was a larger crowd outside than inside. An Illustration In Point. "Right ahead of us," resumed the trav eler who was narrating his experiences, yawned the mountain pass" "Do you know," artlessly interrupted one of the younger women in the compa ny, that seems very qneer to me? How tan a mountain yawn?" ,"Di 70u never see Cumberland Gap. miss?" he asked. And there were no more interruptions, Chicago Tribune. 5 "War Hot Indeed? "With the help of Providence," said the pious physician, "I hope to restore you to health." i w "Ah!" exclaimed the sick woman whose sole ambition was the 'achievement of so cial distinction, "if i mn8t have the cli- nniV ?V!:?Unf wh not New port?" Philadelphia Press. wou. After a shor sels followed their aklmiial across the line and np into the bay-. During ail this time the Uni on shine had been exposed to a eal'inir fire from the forts and the gunboats, answering with their own formidable broadside and moving in a very storm of shot, whirli inflicted heavy losses and great damage. Fort Morgan and the line of rnrnorlnoa had been bravely Dassetl. flio fnnra.i. erate gunboats had surrendered or taken to flight, and the various vessels of Far ragut's fleet were brought to anchor around the flagship in the upper part of me Day. At this staee of the mnflit Admiral Buchanan made his crcat error. Instead of remaining under the nrotprt. ing batteries of Fort Morcan he brought the Tennessee up the bay, inviting a single handed fight with the whole Union neet. it was a charge of splendid dar ing, but ill advised and purposeless. Farragut's men had been leisurelv nt. ing their breakfast and clearing thoi? decks from the debris of the battle, ex. pecting several hours of quiet, when the warning cry, "The ram is coming!" ran through the ranks. Instantly the order was given, "Attack the ram at full speed," and the great rammine strug gle began. Again and again the bie wooden ves sels charged, bows on, and struck the enemy's ironclad. Blow followed blow and still the Tennessee stood im nrpimn. ble. The shot of the broadsides irlfinrori harmlessly from her armored sides. Arter awhile the monitors iomoil in the contest, and the continuous hammer ing was fcept up while shot after shot shook the great frame of the Ten At last the rudder chains were shot away, the smokestack was broken, the ship be- cuine neipiess ana Admiral Buchanan was wounded in the leg. The command was taken by CaDtain Johnston. 20 minutes longer fearful pounding, and then. disabled, the Tennessee ran up the white uag ana surrendered. Thus was the ereat fitrnt Farragut left master of the bay. Deeds f gallantry and heroism, whirh ed the admi-ation of the entire land, brightened these scenes of horror, and the seal and skill of the ofticers. the diseiniino of the crews and the, splendid marksman ship of the gunners brought out the hteh- tst commendations from Farragnt. un Dotn sides the couraee of the mm was only equaled by the remarkable dar ing of the two admirals. But with n. chanan this amounted to recklessness, with Farragut it was genius. Jessie Pea- Doay trrothingbam in St Nicholas. A Larare Rat. There was once killed in EnIsnd rt which holds the record for size. He was gray as a badger, weighed 2 pounds and measured 20 inches from the tin nt hia nose to the tip of his taiL A Yonng Barbarian, i They don't have family prayers in the Household circle of n ni4.;. tt i Thereby hangs a story of an embarrass ing episode. The minister called the oth er day andat the close of his call offered prayer. The next Hav k .3 foresaid, the bright and shining lighVof the household where the prayers were of- -xcu, rmenameu ner mother callers with an account of the pastor'a visit. y dld an awfnl queer thing." said the youngster. "They never did that atour house before." "And what was that?" 7r,u.i. j one of the callers. J """ jn,8t tefore the minister got Xh K a Utt,e out ook. ot the chairs.?' Lewiston Journal. Tke Rise of tbe Cranberry. The cranberrv in n trra development, coining forward in the aatfJO years from a small, hard, bitter Jerry to a handsomely shaped and good Srlf alityhTsjmprfvId the berries. have increased In popularity W,ffiC0S'imers.?ntil 8nPP"e8 are hardly Sdent Mtkfy normal demandX National Fruit Grower. Outstripped It. "As I recall things, yon once had a fu ture before you," said the old friend. Vea," replied the fate tossed man. "but. you aee, I lived bo fast that I got ahead ot It."-Chlcago Post. ""Vf ntL f00 stains practically By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, January 5. While the Senate was in session for over three hours to day little in the way of important legislation was accom plished. Tbe committee amendments to the Army Reorganization bill, to which no objection had been raised, were agreed to, but none of tbe con tested amendments were considered. Dilatory tactics were employed by 8enator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, to prevent the consideration of matters that would advance the business of the 8enate. A few unobjected measures were tafcen rrom the calendar and passed, among them a bill to appropri ate $5,000 to enclose and beautify the monument on the Moore's Creek bat tlefield. North Carolina. When the section of the Army bill was reached providing for the app int ment of volunteerofficers to be officers in the regular army an extended dis cussion ensued. Senator Money declared there were many officers ia. the volunteer army who were as clearly entitled, as gen tlemen and officers, to commissions in the regular army as the cadets who, by hazing and by their testimony before the investigating committees, "are to day disgracing the whole coun try at West Point." The committee amendment provi ding that volunteer officers might be appointed to second lieutenancies was disagreed to, thus restoring the House provision that volunteer officers might be appointed to tbe grade of first lieu tenants. Commenting upon this part, of the till. Senator Daniel, Virginia, de clared that he wholly disagreed with tbe committee which had drawn the bill. As to the proposition for the appointment of volunteer officers to tbe regular army. Senator Daniel said : "It looks like a skillful niece of en gineering by a regular army officer to keep out of the army many of the brightest and best military spirits of ine country. This is the most pro scnptive bill against the volunteers of this country that has ever been pre sen ted." Senator Daniel declared sarcastically that the bill constituted a beautiful welcome to the volunteers returning irotn me rnuipp'nes, providing as it did that no volunteer officer could look forward to any better grade than that of first lieutenant in the regular army. "This is an exclusive bill," hede clared, "provided for the purpose of beine exclusive. I am not in favor of turniDg over tbe military affairs of the country to the regular army." At 3.25 the Senate adjourned. Senator Bacon to day introduced the following resolution : "Resolved, by the Senate, That any and every public document, paper or record on the files of any department of the government relating to any sub ject whatever over which Congress bas any grant of power, jurisdiction or control, under the constitution, is subject to the call or inspection of the Senate for its use in tbe exercise of its constitutional powers and jurisdic Hon." The resolution went over for future consideration. GOLD IN THE TREASURY. Tbe Gross Amount is $480,709,005, Break log All Records. Br Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. Washington, January B. "The gold in the Treasury," said Ellis H. Roberts, United States Treasurer, "is $480,709,005, breaking all records. At the end of March, 1889, the treasury held $328,293 901, which was the largest sum accumulated during any adminis tration in recent years until within the last two or three years. Our immense gold holdings are due, of course, to the great prosperity of the country, to tbe increased production of gold in all directions, and in large part to the fact that the United States is now tbe cred itor nation of the world." Captain John 8. Groom, aged 73, died at Liberty, Mo. He was in tbe Mexican war under Doniphan and fought for the Southern cause in the civil war, organizing two companies for service in the Confederate army. By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star. . " Washington,' Jan. 5. The officials of tbe secret service of the. Treasury Department, under the direction of Chief Wilkie, made a number of im portant arrests in New York last night atd this morning. For at least two months the secret service people have been, at work to discover the makers of a large "number of all silver coun terfeit coins, mostly quartans and halves, which-were being freely cir culated in New York city. Tbe re suit has been that Pio Paris and seven companions, all Italians, were arrested and are now in jail awaiting the ac tion of the United States commis sioner. The fact that large numbers of these all-silver counterfeits were being freely circulated in New York during the last two years has given Chief Wilkie a great deal of trouble. The coins being of almost pure silver, 900 fine and fairly .well made, they readily passed wherever presented ana rendered extremely difficult the task of locating the makers and passers. Thearrests came about in thisVway : Some time ago two Italians called on Messrs. Piatt & Co , of Gold street New York, large dealers In sheet stiver and gold, and purchased a thousand ounces of sheet silver. One of the men was observed at the time of the purchase to compare one of the sheets with a coin which he took from his pocket, probably with a view to determining whether the sbt-et was of the same thickness as the coin he had in his possession This circumstance was made known to the stcret service officials by Messrs. Piatt & Co., and a force was imme diately set to work upon this new lead. Fron the fact that the men took away -with them only a small part of the purchase, 1 it was assumed that they would shortly return for the rest. After a time the two men again appeared and took away another quantity to 111 Msngin , street, on the east side of New York. From there they were shadowed to 95 Watt street, on the west side. The secret service officials forced an entrance into both houses, where they found several of tbe men, eighty in all, at work. The Mangin street Chouse, as well as the house on Watt street, was fully equipped, with modern machin ery for rolling silver, punching blanks, etc. In' one of the places a screw press, weighing five tons, was in operation. About . a hundred ounces of silver, and quite a large babket, full of steel dyes, were se cured. Chief Wilkie said to-day that this gang probably was responsible for at least hty per cent, of all the silver counterfeits which had been put in circulation ia New York during the last two years. It Now Rests la Southern Indiana, Near the City of Colnmbas. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, January 5. The Cen sus Bureau has issued the following- "The centre of population is in the following positions. Latitude 89 de frees 9 minutes 36 seconds; longi tude 85 degrees 48 minutes 54 seconds. "In ten years the centre of popula tion has moved westward 16 minutes 1 second, about fourteen miles, and southward two minutes 20 seconds, or about three miles. It now rests in southern Indiana, at a point about seven miles southeast of the city of Columbus." RUSSIA AND CHINA. m- ..... . . ... -r. - - ' , -. . C m La A Treaty Said to Have Been Arranged at St. Petersbarf. By cable to tbe Morning Star. London, Jan. 5. A special dispatch from Pekin, under yesterday's date, says: "According to an official Chinese source. Russia has arranged to make a treaty with China at St. Petersburg. The Chinese minister- there has been appointed to act for China. WARM W RELETS. The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been i:i iisfl for over 30 years, has borne the signature of - ana lias been made under us per- 77 Jas sonal supervision since its infancy. (CcCiCw AHour no one to decaf ve von In this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and' Jnst-as-goed" ore but .Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What is CASTOR! A Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil. Pare goric, Drops and Soothing: Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other 'Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. 1 GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of CIQAR MANUFACTURERS. A Deal in Progress Ten Million Dollars to Be Invested la the Project. By Telegrlbb to the Morning star. New York, Jan. 5. While no positive statement could be obtained from a 'reliable authority in relation to the purchase of a controlling in terest in the cigar manufacturing firm of Powell, Smith & Co. by the American and Continental Tobacco companies, it was generally under stood to day that such a deal is being negotiated. It is rumored that $10,- wu.uuu are to be invested in the project ; but as far as the negotiations have gone nothing definite has been realized, but definite arrangements iuj oe orougni aoout early next week. . . t im- TO CEASE HOSTILITIES. Walthough won the six days bicycle race at Boston. The distance covered was 1099 2 miles. ' The United States- training ship Buffalo and the Scorpion have arrived at Laguayra, Venezuela. The builders' trial trip of the battle ship Illinois will take place February lctb, off Cape Henry. All of the armor plate, except that for the tur rets, is on the ships. F. M. Player, dispenser at Kings tree, 8. C, was arrested yesterday on the charge of malfeasance in office. The dispensary was robbed of a large sum f money Christmas night. Tom Sharkey and Kid McCoy are matched by Manager Jim Kennedy, of the Twentieth Century Athleue 11- . ri Til . . . uiuu, or oan ts rancisco, to meet in a twenty-round bout there on February 28th. Official announcement was made yesterday that the controling interest in the Central railroad of New Jersey, recently accquired by J. Pierpont Morgan & Company, has been sold by that firm to the Reading railroad. Mrs. Mary E. Lease has changed her mindabout suing her husband, Charles Lease, for divorce. The .suit which was prepared two months yago, was never filed and never will be un less the Leases quarrel again. In Goochland county .Va. .yesterday, Wm.Tyler.colored, attempted to chas tise his son, aged 18, when the latter seized a double barrelled shot gun and emptied its contents into his father's body, killing him almost instantly. Tbe murderer escaped. Two legal executions took place in Mississippi yesterday. William Mc Culloch, a white man, was hanged at Woodville for the murder of a man named Cole, and Will Kerby. a negro, was banged at Vicksburg for the murder of Isaiah Johnson. The Illinois Central railway and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway, beginning Sunday, January u ,rU1 inaugurate a daily Pullman buffet sleeping car service from Chicago to Jacksonville, Fla., over the ' Dixie Flyer" route through Nash ville, Cnattanooga and Atlanta. S7 The Kind You Haye Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TM CWTI COMMIT. TT mvmUHt TUCCT. NEW TORN CfTV. Wilmington's Big Racket Stre ii Just north of the Postoffice, has just received a big lot of New Goods. Orders Issued by the German Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee. By cable to tbe Morning star. Shanghai, Jan. 4 A dispatch re ceived here from Tien Tain says Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee has notified his staff to cease hostilities. but that some Of the CommandArn had not been informed of these instruc tidns. t is explained that they are in the field after Boxers. Prince Chine and Li TTnnv Ohn have again urged Count Von Walder see to ask the commanders to desist from hostilities. The Car 8hOD8 Of the Virinnia anA Southwestern railroad, at Bristol, Tenn , burned. A new locomotive and other rollio? stocir. tnvthtr with office records, tools and machinery were destroyed. The loss is estimated i fo.uuu to fioo.000. The Rieht Rev. Rishnn Will iom Wigger, of New York, died shnrt.lv after midnight last night at 8outh Orar-ge. N. J. quickly an- IATARRH THE CLEANING AND HI A LIN 3 CUHJE FOB CATARRH is Ely's Cream Balm Eavy and pleasant to nae. Contains no in jurious arusf, it Is quli sorbed. Gives Belief at once. It Opens and Cleanses AflKX: COLD 'NHEAD ncwBina rroteeta tbe Membrane. Restores enseeof Taste and Smell, tifge 50 ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren street, New York. sepistf aa tn tb For FREE POSITIONS GUARANTEED. ELP FOR YOU For honest treatment 'and a speedy cure write or go to Dr. J. Newton Hathaway whose great reputation is a sufficient guarantee of satisfactory results. Consultation ofbSi'Free. Under $)8,000 Cash Deposit. Mlirota Far Paid. Oya all yaar Both Saaaa. YeryOhaa JIMM, ey is em w Seed Rye. 50 Bushels Rye. 85 Buahel. Seed Wheat. 75 Bags Hudnut Grits. 1,000 Kegs Na.il,. 4 Car Loads Hoop Iron. 9 Car Loads Flour. 5 Car Loads Hay. 800 Cases Canned Goods. ou Bags Coffee. ??2 xe Toco, Bargains. 500 Bags Shot., wuwKb.816- Wrlt9 orcaU ana D. L. CORE CO., MILLINERY French Felt Flats in assorted colors, worth $1.00 each, are now 50c; fresh and new. Lady Snr-ith Hats and WalkiDg Hats at 75c and 98c are now 50c. 100 new Felt Hats in assorted styles, our regular 50c line, are now to close out for 25c each. 100 very fine silk draped Velvet Hats, worth $5.00 each, ijow $2 50. Thirty dozen Sailors, nicely banded, for 20c ea- h. 125 rolls No 80 Ribbon. price 30c per yard, all in assorted c Ion, are now 20c yard. , 500 pieces of new Embroidery and Insertion from 5c to 25c per yard. 500 Baby Caps, samples to close out very cheap, from 10c to fl 00. A big line of new Velvets, all colors, from 50c per yard up. 1,200 bunches Feathers, Winffs, etc., to close out; worth 10 and 15c, all now 5c. . Nice Quills two for lc. LAL)lio UAPES A nice, full sized Cape, fur trimmed, worth $1 00, now 69c. Velvet Capes as low as $1.00 each and up to $5.00 each, all grades and styles. CLOAKS We have 150 Cloaks Jo close Afeood Cloak as low as $1.50, lined throughout. Oar $5 00 Jacket are now $4.00 each. Our $7 50 line are $6 00 each, and ou $10 00 Cloaks are now $7.50 FURS Now is the time to buy them. Fur Collarettes with 3 tail on each end,-Xor $1 60; regular price $2.00. Fur Capes and high collars at $2 00, and all grades and prices up to $5.00 each. SHOES We have just received a big shipment of them, and now have on hand about 5,000 pairs. We have the Battle Axe Shoes in all grades, ladies' and men's. In our $2.00 line you can get any toe you want and any size, and every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction. We also handle the Wolfe Bros.' line for children, all solid, euarac- iteo, irom ouc per pair up to $i 25 We have 135 pairs Misses' and Chil dren's Rubbers at 10c pair. 100 Ladies' Rubbers at 25c pair. 1,000 yards Remnant Percale, yard wide, good quality and pretty patterns at 5c yard. IN LADIES' DRESS GOODS We claim to have more goods in this line than any house in Wilmington. We have all grades. Fines tX3repons, Serges. Cashmeres and Henriettas. Laides' Clotb, Vene tian Cloths, Meltons, double facd Skirt Goods, Flannels and Suitings, and the new Suitings for waists. We have tbe quantity and tb- styles, and we guarantee the price to meet any competition on any ground We want your trade and we want you too look at our line before buying elsewhere. KID GLOVES We have just re ceived a new supply of nice, new Kid Gloves in button and lace fastenings, in all sizes, from 5J to 7i - Our $1.00 Glove is warranted. Ladies that wear No. 5 and No. 6. We have 150 pur that we want to sell. They are the Foster Nook best Glove, worth $1 00 in these two s zfs only; we will sell at 50c pair. Ask to see them. Remember the cards and the pres ents. We are giving away chaiis, luuvgn, Kiasonarc, tiiiuawaro, uiuicb, etc., given away free with cash purchases. THE BIG RACKET STORE, 208-10 North Front Street, Near the Postoffice. GEO. O. GAYLORD, fane tf PROPRIETOR. statement onh8wilmington Safiflgs & Trust Co. VtlLIOINGTON, At close ot bnalneas, Dee. 13tli, Report to Corporation RESOURCES. Blood Poison Contiacted or Ilereid tary SyjiaHlU in all Us terrible stages, producing copper-colored spots on face or body, little ulcers on the tongue, in tbe mouth or throat, falling out of the hair or eyebrows, decay of the flesh or bones, completely and forever eradicated without the use of injurious druas, leaving the system in a pure, strong and health- iui state. or enlarged veins, which lead to a complete loss of rexual power; also Hydrocele, Gonorrho?a, Cloet, Stricture and all Private and Venereal Diseases an( Weaknesses of men quickly ureu Varicocele Kidney and Urinary cult. Too Frequent, Bloody or Milky Urine; all f imeticuul diseases of the Heart, Lungs, Liver and Stomach; also Catarrh, Rupture, B:ieumatism, Piles, Fistula and aU Blood -and Slcin Diseases and all Female Diseases tre.ite 1 according to the latest and best methods knows to medical science. Home Treatment deynce0ySp: cessful. Write for free bork just published and Symptom blank if you cannot call. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. O. Dr. Hathaway & Co 22K Son h tlroad Street. Atlanta, Chu MENTIO.T THIS PAPKU WHEN WRITING, WHOLESALE jane tf GROCERS, Wilmington, N. C Loans and Discounts $608,105 63 Real Estate..... s.ooo.oo Furniture and Fixtures l0.00 Burglar Proof Safety Deposit Boxes. . 100. 0 Cash on hand and dne from city banks 69,055 44 Due from out ot town banks 5,105.40 N. C. 1900-, condensed from Commission. Liabilities. Capital. a 25.010 oo Profits-less expenses and taxes paid 27.199 88 Deposits. 63i.666.59 1685,466.47 Schr. f Nellie Floyd" H8 ARRIVED WITH 459 tons American Salt. Ckmmon tine In White and Burlap sacks. 100 pounds each. Coars Grain salt in TO potrcd sacks. Table Salt In 8 pound ilrta. 100 pkta to barrel Sales which we bare booked will be filled promptly. ; Orders ollclted. . j HALL & PEAHSALL, (INCORPOKAiED ) JU U III " To Repair Broken Arti cles use Major's Cement Remember MAJOR'S RUBBER CEMENT. MAJOR'S mar 9 ly Pw We desire To express . Onr sincere thanks through your paper to Chief of Fire Department Chas.Schnibben, Capt. W. P. Monroe, and their efficient corps of assistant firemen individually, for the admirable way in which, they manaeed the fire which broke ont in onr Department Stores at an early hour yesterday morning. For Christmas. Apples, Oranges. Nuts. C. C. Nuts: Candies In Basket Buckets . . and Boxes. Raisins, and a fall line of Heavy Groceries. Williams Dec. 18, 1900. ros. deett 1685,465.47 Interest paid to depositors 4 per cent, per annum, compounded quarterly. J. W. NORWOOD, President. II. WALTER 8. Vlcf PM.u..i .1a b i tf C. . TVl,OB. Jr.. Ci.hl.r nO nnO ftO tdJeMon good security By the ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK: with a larger combined North Carolina, and tve Bank bas ample meats capita', surplr-s and profits tban any oher bank in Eastern KlUttJJL5 wt? to 8ta the AtUnMo NauSna" to Ireat liberally custpmers offeijnsr aatlsfactory security. P. E. J. W. NORWOOD, PRES. D. L. GORE, VICE-PRES F. J. HAYWOOD, JR., ASST. CASHIER. DIRECTORS: a. P. HCNAIR H. B. SHORT, W. E. SPRINGER, a W. WORTH, J. w. NORWOOD. L. BRIDGERS. J. POWERS, declStf O. H. A. NORWOOD U-VOLLERS, GROCERIES. We thankennh customer Tor hl bnaiaen during 1900. Continue with u if you please. New customers badly wanted. A. E BRTJV80N, J. F. BUZZARD, A. F. P4DRIOK. f. d. Mclean will call for your orders. CLOSE PRICES, BEST' QUALITY, PROMPT SHIPMENTS. Mercer & Evans Company. w. janltt A. COLWELX. Anil T vr nnnon. ... uwru will watt on you at headquarters, 80S, 810 and sis Nutt street. W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Oroeer, janltt wnmlnaton. N. a Send feb U tr us your orders. 0. McEACHERM, Wholesale Grocer. Z804 ana SOB North Water street REASONABLE GOODS MULLETS, new catch. Best Cream Cheese, Martin's Gilt Edge Butter, Bagging and Ties. " . SALT. A GK2JEKAL LIKE OF CASS GOODS ITS DEMAND AT "THIS 8EA80K. Sole agents for SQBRQT FLOUR. LIcHAIR & PEARSALL. sep
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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