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: WtLLUH H . BBBBABD
Editor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday, . - Juke 7; 1901.
NORTHERN VIEWS OP THE
NEGRO.
Within the past few years the
views of the particular "friends" of
the negro in the North have under
gone a decided change, and for
gome reason they have come to un
derstand the negro and the negro
question better. It is true-we still
hear some talk about the "rights"
of the negro and some criticism of
the movement in Southern States
to restrict the ballot, but there
is comparatively little of that when
, we remember how, not, so many
years ago, the Republican politicians
and organs howled and, demanded
political equality, for the' negro
with the white man, and the per
sistent attempts that were made to
force this equality. There is little
of that now although there are some
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politicians wno tnreaien w pumau
.the States which adopt restricted
suffrage by reducing their represen
tation in Congress and in the elec-
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the only reason, why ,there is any
protest against the South's settling
this question in her own way is on
account of the negro votes in some
of the Northern States, where in
close elections the negroes hold the
balance of power.
When we speak ot the particular
llt-ria-nA a vf flia norrrnoo in thfi
North" we, of course, mean the Re
. uublicans. for the Democrats of the
North never played fool, on that
- question and have stood by the
South in holding that indiscrimi
nate negro suffrage is an' outrage,
i and that the South ought to be al
lowed to settle that question in the
way that she deems best.
But there has been with the mass
of the Republicans and with the
large majority of the Republican
organs a . radical change on that
question and they no longer get
excited and rabid when the
"brother in black" is not recog
nized as the equal of the white man.
Possibly the large influx of negroes
into Northern States has had some
thing to do with this change, by
throwing, the races so much closer
together and giving the white man
up there a better opportunity to
study the negro at close range, to
see the living, breathing negro in
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7 tne nesn ana not tne negro oi no
tion and of, emotional sentiment.
And perhaps the "object lessons"
. to which we have called attention
" from time to time when the mob
was invoked to punish the crimes
of black brutes may have had some
thing to do with it, but certain
it is that the "man and the
brother", does not fill the place
in the Northern Republican mind
that he did a few years ago. It
-4s morally certain, too, that if the
North forty years ago knew as much
about -the negro as it knows now
- there never would have been much
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xx any agibawuii ui iuc . ucgiu
problem which precipitated the war
between the States and created the
other problems with which the
country has since .been perplexed
and which are yet but partially
solved. I
Another thing is quite apparent
and that is that the country is com
ing to the conviction .that the South
best understands the negro, ' the
negro problem and how to solve it.
It may be observed, also, that while
the Democratic papers show much
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Republican papers do, the latter dis
cuss it in an entirely different spirit
from that which characterized their
discussions some years ago. Many
of them candidly admit that the
Southern white people are better
friends of the negro than they can
hope to find in the North and that
the best place for the negro is in the
South, where he is best understood,
his good and weak points best known
and where there is the most indul
gence for his weakness and even for
his folly, when it does not grow into
viciousness that makes, him intoler
able, an outcast and an outlaw! In
speaking of this the Boston Herald
says: ' '
"The place of the negro is in the
South. He is better off there than in
the Northern cities, and to remove him
entirely from the country is imprac
ticable, if it were desirable. It is clear,
also, to our mind, that the South
needs him where he is, admitting all
bis faults. He is the natural laborer
in that section, and to deprive the
South of him in that capacity would
be to take from her -what is vitally
essential to her prosperity.
This is a Boston view of it and is,
as far as the negro's being better
off in the South than in the North,
correct, although it is far from be
ing beyond question that he is the
South's "natural laborer" or the
best labor for the South which in
its present condition it is essential
labor for the reason that there, is
not a sufficiency of other , labor to
take its place, and this makes it
necessary for the time being.
V Rev.-Dr. Abbott, of Brooklyn,
gave expression to the same idea
when in an address a few weeks ago,
in which he discussed the race ques
tion incidentally with other ques
lions, he said:
"The race problem is not radically
different In Boutn or norm. , it is
ubstantlallv the same thing. Thene
ero in the little log cabin in the South
.abetter off than the nero in the
North in a tenement with fifty moe
Of bis kind."
If he is the right kind of a negro,
industrious and rightly disposed,
and has sense enough to know when
he is best off, he will be much bet
ter off in his ' little log cabin" than
he would be in the North, where he
has his race difficulty to confront
him and where the struggle to get
along, save in rare exceptions, i
incomparably harder than it is in
the South. There may be negroes
who are doing better in the North
than they could have done in the
South, but they are the exceptions
and very few exceptions at that.
The extracts we print above are
but a few of inany that might be
cited to show the change of senti
ment in the North on the negro
question.
MUST. LOOK TO AMERICA.
Andrew Carnegie, who is a pretty
long-headed fellow, seems to be
under the impression, judging from
his remarks reported in the press
dispatches yesterday, that Great
Britain is in more danger from a
combine of the continental powers
than this country is, and he is prob
ably right. This makes . the friend
ship of this country absolutely nec
essary to her, which may go a long
way towards accounting for the
friendly disposition shown in late
years by the Britons for this coun
try, notably in the Spanish-American
war.
Bui this drawing together began
before the Spanish-American war,
for when Thomas Francis Bayard
was Ambassador at London he soft
sodered the British and the British
in turn soft sodered the Americans,
and the meetings where both partici
pated were a sort of love feasts. Mr.
Bayard went so far on that line as
to evoke some pretty tart criticism
by "Americans who didn't have as
much admiration for our British
cousins as he had. The gravitating
tendency has been marked ever
since, a strong impetus being given
to it by the prospective combining
predicted by Mr. Carnegie, a belief
which is doubtless shared by no
small number of Englishmen.
They have realized the fact that
England is a thoroughly isolated
nation, without a friend among the
nations, unless she can call this na
tion friend, and they feel that the
only thing between England and as
sault by other nations is her great
navy, with Which none of them
single-handed can cope. To do this
effectively there must be combina
tion, am coming events may favor
that and make it practicable.
. In that event Great Britain would
be in a sorry plight without some
strong arm to rely upon, and hence
she looks across the Atlantic to the
only power that she hasn't thor
oughly alienated and that doesn't
thoroughly hate her.
NORTH CAROLINA MARBLE.
We found the following a few
days .ago in the Charlotte Observer:
The following letter comes to a gen
tleman in this city from a Boston arch
itect: "22 Devonshire St.,
"Boston, Mass.
"Dear Sir: I have your favor of the
10th inst, and am much obliged to you
for your kind remembrance regarding
my inquiry about marbles and the
companies in the South who might fur
ther them. The addresses that you
send I notice are all the Tennessee
marbles, of which I have already used
a large amount, and with whose stone
am familiar.
"My inquiry made when you were
in Boston referred more especially to
some marble of great beauty, samples
of which were shown in Boston, ten
or hfteen years ago at an exhibition,
and which came from North Carolina,
as I remember it. I suppose they
came from up among the hills. I sup
pose nowever, not having heard from
them since nor seen any notice of them
that the quarries cannot have been
opened." '
From the above it would seem as
though it would nay somebody in the
State to take hold of the development
or tnese sppecial marbles.
There are in Cherokee county, in
this State, practically unexhaustible
deposits of marble, of fine quality
and of numerous varieties, from the
snow white to the ebonv black.
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with various shades between, and
combinations of colors. There were
some years ago, and doubtless are
yet, in ' the State museum at Ra-
eigh, specimens of forty different
kinds of marble, all from this one
county, and it is more than likely
that exploration would show its
presence in adjoining counties.
But whether or not, there is enough
in that one county to form the basis
ofan immense industry.
The owners of marble properties
in Georgia and Tennessee are active
m bringing their marbles before the
builders in other Stetes, with the
result that Georgia quarries have
secufed some big contracts for their
stone m Boston, Providence, New
York, Philadelphia, Washington
and other cities in which it is being
or has been used in the con
struction of imposing trabliG
and private buildings. We don
know so much about the Tennessee
marble but we suppose that it is
finding a market outside of the
State, judging from this letter in the
Observer. . "i .
It has been a matter of surprise to
us that no effort has been made to
open and develop those Cherokee
quarries, which cannot be bo far
from transportation facilities as to
make that impracticable. Perhaps
our people are waiting for some
hustler to come down from the
North, buy them with a little
money and get rich out of them.
THE CRIMINAL COURT
The Day's Proceedings Yesterday
Were Without Special Inter
est to Genera! Public.
ONE SENTENCE TO ROADS.
And Judgment Reserved in Cases of Sev
eral Other Defendants Jarors Sam
mooed for To-day Term May
Extend Into Next Week.
Ye&terdav's session of the Criminal
Court, though lasting practically all
day, was without special interest.
Tn nrintinsr vesterdav's proceed
ings of the court, the name of Mr. F.
T. Mills appeared on the docket as
charged with assault and battery with
a deadlv weapon. The matter has al
ready been adjusted, Mr. Mills having
submitted it at the beginning of the
term, paid the cost and cleared it from
the calendar.
The following proceedings were had
yesterday:
King Bell, assault and battery ; judg
ment open.
Ann Pollock, larceny ; not guilty.
Leroy Perry, submitted to assault
and battery ; three months on road.
Jno. Rowland, assault and battery
with deadly weapon; not guilty.
Wm. Simon, concealed weapons.
submitted; fined $5 and costs.
King Bell, concealed weapons, sub
mitted; judgment open.
The grand jury returned the follow
ing trueTrills: George W. Price, Jr.,
disposing of mortgaged property (two
cases); John Hudson, concealed
weapons; John Hudson,1 assault and
battery with deadly weapon ; L. Her
ring, larceny; Tony Hart, false pre
tence; Mary Campbell, concealed
weapons.
The following talesmen were sum
moned for duty today: John C.
Boesch, 8. Sneeden, J. B. Hewlett,
H. L. Barden, J. H. Boatwright, J.
O. Brown, J. S. Brock, J. B. Sandlin,
B. F. King, W. G-. Webb, W. N.
Cronly, H. W. Konig, W. F. LeGwin
T. C. Bray, J. H. Taylor, J. W.
Cooper, R. H, Brady, P. T. 8tevenson
and L. J. Mason.
The court adjourned at 5:30 o'clock
until to-day at 9:30 A. M. Solicitor
Duffy and Judge Bryan are using all
possible dispatch to clean up the dock
et, but it is believed that the session
will extend over into the coming
week.
CITY HOSPITAL MANAGERS.
Regular Monthly Meeting Yesterday af
ternoon Report for May of Dr. Hsr
rls8, Acting Superintendent.
The Board of City Hospital Mana
gers met yesterday afternoon. Chair
man McEachern and Messrs. Holmes,
Montgomery and VonGlahn having
been present. The only matter of in
terest to come before the Board was the
adoption of the monthly report of Dr.
A. H. Harriss, acting superintendent,
which in part, is as follows:
PATIENTS TREATED.
City. County Pay Total.
White male ...10 01 02 13
" female ....08 03 09 20
C'Jd male 16 03 19
" female .....05 01 06
Total.... 39 08 11 68
Twenty-five patients were remain
ng in the hospital May 1st, and 33
were admitted during the month, mak
iog a total of 68, of which number, dur
ing May, 27 were discharged, 3 died
and 28 were remaining June 1. Treat
ment and rations were furnished dur
ing the month to 164 pay patients and
608 charity patients; rations were fur
nished to employes 465 days, making
with other expenses, the average cost
per capita per day 18 cents. For sub
i&tence $228. 62' was expended during
May; for general expenses $199.43 and
for pay roll, $221.45, making the total
$649.50. The receipts during the month
were $44.40 for prescriptions; pay pa
tients, $369.30; city, $166.66; county.
$250; total, $830.36. The receipts over
expenditures were $180.86.
Death of Mr. Jno. N. Bennett, f
The Star chronicles "With regret
this morning the death of Mr-John
Nelson Bennett, a native and one of
the most prominent men of Bruns
wick county, which occurred Sunday
night at 10 o'clock at his home at
Winnabow, after a lingering illness
with dropsy and Brights disease.
The funeral was held at 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon from the late resi
dence with interment at 2 ion Metho
dist church. . Mr. Bennett has served
his county in various capacities all
his life and was elected for two terms
each in the Legislature and State Sen
ate from his county and district He
is survived by four daughters and
three sons, all of whom have the sym
pathy of hundreds of friends. They
are Mrs. T. J. Gore and H. J. Bennett,
of Wilmington; Mr. D. A. Bennett, of
Brunswick; Mr. J. N. Bennett, of
Wilmington; Mrs. E. W. Wells, of
Cronly; Miss Mary E. and Miss Aman
da Bennett, of Winnabow.
Rey. W. B. Oliver Bereaved.
A dispatch from Rev. W. B. Oliver
yesterday announced the death of his
seeond son, - Andrew, a promising
youth of ten years. His lifelong
friend. Key. D. W. Herring, went over
to conduct the funeral, accompanied
by Miss Elizabeth D. Burtt, a warm
friend of the family. The First Baptist
Church in conference last night sent
through Dr. Blackwell the following
message by wire "Church in confer
ence extends deepest sympathy. II
Corinthians, 1: 2-7."
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case ot Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halt's Catarrh Cure
P.J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che
ney tor the last 15 Tears and ballave him nar
fectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obllga-
muub uiiHie uy uitsir nrm.
WEST ATrfax. Wholesale DrairolRtcLTnlA An n
Waldino, Kinnan & Maetin, Wholesale Drug
gist. Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act
ins alrectlv nrwin t.ha tilnnA nA mnmtna an.
?e of Uie system, race 75c. per bottle. Bold
"t, , ."i.""' iwumonuui ires.
Hall's Family puis are the best.
THE COUNTY TAX LEVY.
Mat istrates Met Yesterday at Noon and
Adopted Kate -About the Issuance
of Bonds for County Roads.
The magistrates of the county met
at noon yesterday at the Court House,
66 out of 89 having answered to roll
call. Mr. C. W. Worth was made
chairman by acclamation and Chair
man D. McEachern, of the Board of
County Commissioners, by request,
stated that the object of the meeting
was to pass upon the tax levy for the
current year as fixed by the commis
sioners. He then -stated the action of
the Board in fixing the tax levy at 45
cents per hundred dollars on real and
personal property and $1.35 on the
poll. This, upon motion of Maj. W. H.
Bernard, was adopted, and by amend
ment of Capt. Jno. H. Hanby, the
written report of Chairman Mc
Eachern in detail was adopted and the
newspapers or tne city requested to
publish the same, as follows:
The Board of County Commission
ers of New Hanover recommend the
following tax levy for the current
year. Prop. Pols. Est. Rev.
Gen'lfund.....23 69 $22,000
R'dsand br'ges.12 36 10,000
Hospital ;.. 6 18 4,800
Sinking fund... 4 12 4,000
Total, 45 135 40,800
With this proviso that if the election
for srood roads is decided in favor of
the bond issue, then in that event the
Commissioners are authorized to elim
inate the tax of 12 cents property and
36 poll tax and substitute therefor a
tax of 5 cents on property and 15
cents on poll as a special road sinking
and interest fund, making tne total
tax for county for all purposes 38
cents on property and $1.14 on the
poll.
in connection with tne oona issue
election, the act passed by the Legis
lature is mandatory upon the Com
missioners to order such an election,
which has been done.
As to the results thereof and its
effects, if decided against the issue
would mean the payment yearly ot
sufficient taxes to continue the road
work i. e , about $10,000 and even
this would not allow the work to be
done in the most economy, as if de
cided in favor of the issue, the latter
would give available funds for work
ing a much larger force than we now
have or can maintain and they could
be worked under the supervision of
same paid employes we now havv
which would of course reduce toe net
cost of road material and an increased
force would enable us to keep the
machinery and quarry at work all the
time, whereas now we can only work
one at a time.
As to the economy of paying inte
rest, the Treasurer has made arrange
ments, whereby interest will be paid
by the savings banks of this city on
funds derived from said bonds while
same is on deposit.
Although, if it is decided to issue
the bonds, the Commissioners will
carefully consider whether it is best to
sell the bonds at once or sell only as
funds are needed. This question is
merely a matter of calculation as to
whether the premium we would de
nye from sale of the bonds in one
block together with the interest (4
per cent) from the savings banks
would more than off set the saving of
interest by not issuing the bonds ex
cept as funds are needed.
We think the increased taxes de
rived from property improvised by
building the roads will nearly or quite
pay the interest on the bonds.
Last year the levy was 46 cents on
personal properly and 52f on real
estate, with poll tax $1.40. This year
the real and personal property levy is
made uniform and less than last year.
The poll levy is also less. The meet
ing adjourned Bine die.
Editor's Alt fa I Plight.
F. M. Higgins, Editor Seneca (Ills..)
News, was afllicted for years with piles
that no doctor or remedy helped until
he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes two boxes wholly cured him.
It's the surest Pile cure on ' earth and
the best salve in the world. Cure
guaranteed. Only 25 cents. Sold by
R. R. Bellamy, Druggist. t
SHADEUND DAIRY BURNED.
Buildings Totally Consumed With About
One-half Insurance Will be Rebuilt.
"Shadeland Dairy," situated one
mile from the city, on the Market
street road, and belonging to Mr.
Alex. O. McEachern, of Wilmington,
was totally consumed by fire, which
originated yesterday morning about
10:30 o'clock, presumably from ade
fective flue leading through the roof
of the milk house. Thirty-two cows
and two horses were gotten out of the
building without injury.
Mr. McEachern's loss is about $1,000,
with insurance amounting to $600, of
which amount $400 is with Col. Walker
Taylor.
The dairy will be rebuilt at once
and there will be no interference with
the filling of orders as usual.
THE $50,000 BOND ISSUE.
Read This If You Are Interested In the
Bond Election
Remember these facts: Unless you
register anew your vote will not count
either way in the bond election to be
held June 18th.
If you wish to vote for the issuance
of the bonds for county road improve'
ment you must both register and vote,
If you are opposed to the issu
ance of the bonds ($50,000) you
must register. Then your vote
will count against bonds, whether
polled or not. It requires a majority
of the registered vote, not a majority
of the vote cast, to authorize the bond
issue.
Do not overlook the fact that an
entirely new registration is required
for this special election.
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Marriage Last Night.
Mr. James E. Hall and Miss Leo-
norah Piner were quietly married at
the residence of the bride's parents,
No. 108 Castle street, last night, Rey.
Dr. Calvin S. Blackwell officiating.
This is a very popular couple of young
people, and quite a number of their
friends were present with heartiest
congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. Hall
will reside on Front and Church
streets.
A man who registered at a hotel in
Fhiladelnhia last Saturday as R. a.
Burnett, of Savannah, Ga., committed
suicide in his room last night by shoot
ing himself in the head. The suicide
was about 45 years of age and is be
lieved to have been a commercial traveller.
SEWERAGE PROBLEM;
Two Hours' Discussion by Al
dermen in Special Session
Availed Nothing,
DISPOSAL PLANT PERMIT.
It Wis the Cause of a Vigorous Speech by
Mayor In Reply to Kesoimion mu
nicipal Ownership and Sewer
age Commission Suggested.
For two long hours the Board of
Aldermen wrestled with the sewerage
nronosition last night and when ad
journment was reached, the status of
affairs was no more detinue man wnen
the meeting began.
Mayor Waddell presided and each
member was in his seat, when the
Board was called to order. The Clerk
read the original proposition of Mr.
Darby, offering, under conditions,
$10,000 for a franchise and a supple
mental proposition, giving the city
the power to purchase the plant under
the same conditions as those offered
by the Wilmington Sewerage Com
pany. Upon motion of Alderman
Harriss, the communication went to
the Sewerage Committee. mayor
Waddell then stated that in accord
ancewitha written request of seven
members of the Board, he had called
the special meeting and now awaited
its pleasure.
Mr. West then raised the point of
order that Mr. Bailey's motion to re
consider the matter of approval of the
plans of the Wilmington Sewerage
Company was not in order, upon the
ground that he did not ask to have his
vote recorded in the affirmative at the
original meeting until after the vote
was announced, and upon the further
ground that the Board did not grant
bim the right to so change. The rec
ords were appealed to, and in the ab
sence of objection at the time, the
Mayor did not sustain Mr. West.
Mr. Johnson then offered a resolu
tion, which contained the "milk in
the cocoanut," to the effect that the
Mayor and Superintendent of Health
be ordered to revoke their action in
granting a permit to the Wilmington
Sewerage Company to begin work on
its disposal plant in the extreme
northeastern section of the city, after
authority to grant permits for certain
excavations had been delegated to
these officials at Monday night's meet
ing. Mayor pro-tem West was called to
the chair and Mayor Waddell made a
speech defending his position and that
of Dr. Harper. He traced the history
of the much talked of excavation ordi
nacceof a few weeks ago and of the
action of Monday night's meeting in
granting he and Dr. Harper the autho
rity, which they had exercised. The
excavations he said in the disposal
plant instance were not to dig for
sewerage or to lay pipes, but to con
struct a building a mile from the City
Hall and a half mile from ail habita
tion to remove about two feet of
sand at a point beyond where the
vii'stof city garbage is left by carts
in the city cleaning service. He went
on to say that before granting the per
mit, the Board of Health had been
called together aara safeguard and the
physicians and other members of same
had unanimously agreed that the pub
lic, health would not be endangered by
the excavations asked for. If it was
the purpose of the Board to hold up
the work, for other than healthful in
terests or in the interests of another
sewerage company, he gave the Board
warning that he washed his hands
clear of any litigation that would
follow an attempt of that character.
The Mayor concluded by saying, he
considered the resolution a rebuke
and one which he could not ignore,
hence his plain-spoken statemens.
A motion was then made that the
Mayor's action be endorsed, but the
vote stood five to five. Messrs. Bailey,
Johnson, Mann, Harriss and Von-.
Glahn voting nay. The Mayor
refused to cast the deciding vote on
a question pertaining to himself and
a second vote was called for by Mr.
Maunder with no change of result.
Alderman Johnson then offered a
resolution emphasizing the importance
of a sanitary sewerage system and pro
viding for a submission of the ques
tion of municipal ownership of a plant
to a popular vote of the city. The
resolution was put to the meeting and
a five to five vote resulted, the Mayor
voting nay and explaining bis action in
so doing.
A vote was then called upon the
original motion of Mr. Johnson in
regard to the disposal plant, but after
some further discussion, the motion
was withdrawn.
Alderman Bailey then moved that
his motion to reconsider the approval
of the plans of the Wilmington Sewer
age Company be deferred until the
next meeting and it was so ordered.
Mr. Darby then addressed the Board
at some length upon his proposition
for the establishment of a system and
was followed by Hon. Jno. D. Bel
lamy, counsel for the Wilmington
Sewerage Company. Mr. Bellamy
was followed by Brooke Q. Empie,
Esq , counsel for Mr. Darby, and
upon the conclusion of his remarks,
Mr. Bailey moved that a Sewerage
Commission be appointed And com
posed of two Aldermen, one member
of the Audit and Finance Board, one
citizen, a member of neither board,
and a fifth member of the commis
sion to be chosen by the four other
members and to be a sanitary engi
neer, to determine and advise the
Board of Aldermen as to the best sys
tem of sewers to be established. This
motion was lost and soon afterwards
the Board adjourned.
The Atlantic Yacht Club
house on Wrightsville beach will be
opened Friday morning, June 7th. for
the season, with Mr. Clayton Grant
janitor in charge.
Look! AStlteitlnTlme
Saves nine. Huernes' Tonic new improved
taste pleasant, taken in early Spring and Fall
prevents Chills, Dengue ana Malarial Fevers.
I vw vu vua as vol. wum ULf LOJO DJDIA31U. XHSblOr
I than Quinine. Guaranteed, try it. At Drur
' gists. 50c ana $1.00 bottles. t
BABY'S BUSINESS.
A healthy baby is comfort
able ; and that is enough for a
baby: His business in life is
to grow.
Aside from " acute diseases,
his food is the cause of most
of his troubles. But Scott's
emulsion of cod-liver oil deliv
ers him from it.
He isn't sick; only a little
hitch, somewhere, in his ma
chine for turning food into
growth.
It is a great thing to do, for
a baby, to help him over a hitch
wi:'i mere food the emulsion
is od that has the tact to get
there.
The tact to get'there is med
icine.
Wc'l lsend you a little to try i f you Ilk.
SCOTT & BOWN, 409 Peail (treat, New iork
LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODED.
Accident Near Nashville, N. C Engineer
Killed and Others Injured.
Special Star Telegram. i
Nashville, N. C, June 5. A. ma
terial train, loaded with cross ties, was
wrecked and almost demolished about
one mile below the station here to-day,
Engineer Brown was instantly killed,
His body was dreadfully mangled and
mutilated; his head being entirely
blown off; but his hand was found
upon the throttle of the exploded en
gine. The fireman is severely injured,
and the switchman was probably fa
tally injured. The cars broke loose
from the locomotive and the engineer.
endeavoring to keep out of reach of
the approaching cars, the engine
jumped the track, went so high as to
get over the top of the telegraph wire.
and exploded, causing the terrible
wreck.
Here to Install Pipe Organ.
Mr. J. O. Funkbauser, of Hagers
town, Md., arrived yesterday to ar
range for installing the new pipe
organ in Grace M. E. Church. Mr.
Funkhauser, accompanied by Mrs. W.
H. Shaw, president of the Organ Fund
Society, and Mr. Chas. E McMillen,
inspected the interior of the chuch
yesterday morning and found that
some few alterations are necessary in
the rear of the church, of which Mr.
McMillen will have charge. It is
hoped to have the organ completed by
the hrst of .November,
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows
"I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain contin
ually in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day,
Three physicians had given me uo.
Fortunately, a friend advised trying
'juectric Bitters ; ana to my great joy
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided improvement I continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
a well man I know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave of another
victim." None should fail to try
them. Only 50 cents, guaranteed, at
K. ti. Bellamy's Drug Store. t
A PAWNBROKER'S RULE.
To Him Fiddle la m. Fiddle, and He
WMI Loan Not More Than f 1 on It.
''On a violin I will loan $1; no more,"
declared a little old pawnbroker of the
local Latin quarter, replying to the ques
tion of a casual curio hunter who was
looking over the strange medley of odds
and ends that littered the dusty counters.
"Yes?" said the visitor politely. "But
you refer, I suppose, to the general run
of violins. When an instrument Is of
real value, you make an exception, of
course." "Of course I do not," retorted
the pawnbroker Bharply. "To me a vio
lin is a violin, and $1 is what 1 lend.
Oh, to be sure, they protest often some
times they shed tears. They assure me
it is old, rare, worth I don't know what.
Very well,' I reply; then take it to a
musician. Me, I am a pawnbroker, and I
'lend $1 on fiddles, provided they are in
good order.'
"No, I did no( always have this rule,"
admitted the old man, smiling grimly.
"I thought once that I knew something
about violins myself. My father was a
musician and played for 20 years in the
orchestra at the French Opirn House,
I was brought up, as you might say,
among fiddles. But pshaw, let me tell
you what they did! One day a man
came here with a dirty old case under
his arm. He took me back in the pas
sage to open it and said, 'Sh-s-s, it is a
Stral Well, to tell you the truth, it
was a very fine looking instrument. I ex
amined it carefully, and it had all the
marks. It was signed,' A. S.' As for
the man, he told the Usual story poverty
and so on but he told it well. I was
more than half convinced, still 1 took
him to my friend Edgardo, who had a
repair shop on the next corner and was
a known connoisseur. When Edgardo
saw the fiddle, his eyes stuck out. 'An
tonio Stradivariusl' he whispered in my
ear. I led him into the hall. 'Are you
sure it is genuine?' I asked. 'I stake my
life, said he. Well, I lent the man $300
and promised to keep the fiddle for him
six months.
"In a week or so another musician a
distress showed up a friend of the first
man. He had a Magglnl burnt amber
varnish, seventeenth century. I took him
also to Edgardo, who was enchanted.
'Yon are in luck,' he said privately. 'There
is a colony of these fellows, just from Eu
rope. They are very poor and have mag
nificent fiddles. You will get them all.'
I lent $250 on the Magglnl. In a month
I had three more a Quarnerlus and two
Gagllanos. Altogether I advanced $575
on them. Then one day the orchestra
leader, from the French opera came Into
the shop. He was a distinguished man
and wore the red rosette of the Legion in
his buttonhole. We got to talking about
violins, and, to surprise him, I brought
out the Strad. I give you my word that
I thought the man would never get
through laughing. But I was already on
my way to Edgardo's, and what do you
think? His shop was closed, cleaned out
for rent! I never saw him again, nor the
five worthy musicians. The fiddles I sold
for $8 apiece. It seems there is a facto
ry in Brussels where they make them by
the gross. Since then I have established
my rule a violin is a violin, and as col
lateral it is worth $1, if in good repair.
When they protest, I say: 'Go to a mu
sician. I am not a musician. I am a
pawnbroker.' " New Orleans Times
Democrat. Tlie Polite Bara-lar.
The rattling of silver spoons awakened
the lady in the dead of night
"Who's there?" she cried, as she leaned
over the balustrade and peered down into
the darkness. "Who's there, and what
are you doing?"
The stranger in the dining room replied
with startling candor, "Jimmy Dores,
ma am, at your service," and gathering
as much of the latter as he could, fled
hastily. Catholic Standard and Times.
HY SKIPPERS LIKE OEREVCTS.
Only Way For Sea Captain to Get
Rtcb Nowadays.
"The highest ambition of a sea captain
these days is to pick up deserted wrecks,"
declared an old skipper who arrived in
port the other day. "It's the only chance
he has to get rich."
"I'm the unlnckiest dog alive," he add
ed. "I've been to sea for nearly 40 years
now and have never had the good for
tune to run on a single wreck. That's
the only way for us to make any money,
you see.
"If a skipper can't haul into port one
or two derelicts during his lifetime, he
stands a fair show of dying poor as a
church mouse. Even one good find will
fix a man up fairly well, and two or three
will settle him for life. I know several
lucky dogs who haul in something in the
way of. a wreck once in every two or
three years, but somehow I can't land
any myself.
"Why, I spend half my time looking
around the horizon to see if I can catch
sight of a deserted vessel of some kind.
Of course, I'd rather she'd fce lodged fair
and square on' some sand bank, out of
reach of the waves, but I wouldn't com
plain at finding her fiat on the botta
with nothing but the tip of her main:
showing above the surface. Even thea the
salvage money would be worth having.
"How much a skipper gets out of -a
derelict depends on its condition, of
course. If he hauls it into port practical
ly uninjured, he gets a big pile of money,
although the owners of his own vessel
and two or three middlemen take a hand
in dividing the spoils. But he gets some
thing for just finding a wreck, and it
doesn't make any difference what has'
happened to her or why she was deserted.
Just so- long as the crew has left her.
Their leaving makes her a derelict, and
her owners have to pony up to the lucky
cuss that finds her.
"Nowadays we skippers get low sala
aries and lots of work, and we don't
often own shares in our ships, as the old
time masters did. Yes, sir, our only
chance is to pick up a wreck, and that's
what we're all looking for." New York
Times.
BEATEN BY A REPORTER.
Newspaper Man's Revense For In
aalta From a Candidate
A good story and one with a moral is
related by a well known southern writer.
"No great statesman with ood hard
horse sense ever went out of his way to
offend a newspaper man," he says.
"Some years ago there was a very hot
campaign iu Georgia for a big oOice.
"In a distant city lived a i-an!'.!.'.te
who was confident of election. lie was
proud and haughty and thought only of
himself.
"A young uew.-paper man was detailed
by the managing t-ditur to accompany the
statesman and report his speeches.
'Now comes the funny part of the
story. The statesman ignored his com
panion left him to take care of himself
introduced him lo nobody treated him
without any consideration.
"Once when they were riding in a
buggy through the country they stopped
at a spring. The statesman cooled a bot
tle of wine iu the spring and drank it all.
without offering the journalist a drop.
"Then he helped himself to a cigar
from his valise and resumed his seat in
the buggy.
" 'Drive on!' he said.
"The newspaper man hated and de
spised the cold blooded politician, but he
had his work to do.
"He reported the speeches and cam
paign incidents, but in a quiet way he
knifed the statesman. The big man read
the reports and was conscious that some
thing was lacking, but he could not tell
exactly what.
"The newspaper man simply stuck to
facts and damned the candidate with
faint praise. He left out the element of
enthusiasm. He was dull and deliberate
ly so.
"The candidate was defeated, and he
never knew how much the newspaper
man had to do with it.
'Of course be did not dreap that his
own conduct had injured him. No meaq
nian ever makes the discovery that he is
njean." New York Mail and Express.
Ingenloni Tippling;.
A most ingenious and laughable plan
was that-evolved by in: ates at the
Oneida county home to outwit th su
perintendent. When they have hard colds, they are
given a bottle of cough sirup, which is
made at the home in large quantities,
containing rum and molasses. ' One of
the inmates devised a scheme whereby
be could extract the rum from the mo
lasses, so that he could get the rum out
without contaminating his stomach with
the molasses. He placed the bottle on
the window sill in the sun and discover
ed that the molasses came to the top,
leaving the rum at the bottom.
Procuring a straw at the barn, he in
serted it in the bottle below the molasses
and proceeded to drink the rum from
the bottom of the bottle. Utica (N. Y.)
Observer.
Joke on Dean Swift.
It is characteristic of. those who are se
vere on others that they cannot bear se
verity. Dean Swift, the severest satirist
of his day, was one day dining with a
company of gentlemen, one of whom he
had made the butt of his ridicule, with
repeated sallies. At last the dean pour
ed upon a piece of duck some gravy in
tended to' be eaten with a roasted goose.
The unfortunate gentleman, seeing this,
immediately said: "My good dean, you
surprise me. You eat a duck like a
goose."
The company roared, and the poor
dean was so confused and mortified that
he flew into a rage and left the table.
NO DANGER OP EXPLOSION.
Twenty Tons of Smokeless Powder Burn
log Up at Mare Island.
By Telegraph to tne Horning star.
Vallbjo, Cal., June 5. A maga
zine at the Mare Island navy yard,
containing about twenty tons of
smokeless powder, became ignited this
morning by chemical action. The
powde r did not explode but generated
enough gas and smoke to force the
top off the magazine. The powder is
now slowly burning. It is far re
moved from the black powder and
there is no danger of an explosion.
The magazine is a fine one, constructed
in 1857 at a cost of several hundred
dollars. It will be a total loss. It is
located on the end of the island and
there seems to be no danger Of an ex
plosion or of damage to any of the
buildings on the island except the
magazine.
Monroe Journal: Mr. John H.
Benton sold and caused to be sold in
Uniou county last year about 75,000
fruit cans. That means 75,000 quarts
of fruit, vegetables and berries saved
that otherwise would have been lost.
At ten cents a can, the value of this
fruit, etc., is $7,500. More fruit and
vegetables were saved in the county
last year than in five preceding 3 ears,
and nearly all this has been'and is be
ing consumed by the producers.
Charlotte Observer: Mr. Chas.
Mitchell, who lives on the farm of Mr.
J. H. Sadler, 11 miles from town, has
a 9 acre field of very fine wheat.
Those who have seen it think that the
yield will be between 25 and SO
bushels per acre. It is almost, if not
quite, as good as Mr. Oliver's wheat
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, QIRL STRIKERS IN A RIOT,
Another Outbreak at Passaic's Handker
chief Pactory Mob Dispersed by
Firemen With a Line of Hose.
By Telegraph to the Horning star.
New York, June 5. There was
another outbreak on the part of the
girl strikers at Acheson-Harden Corns
pany's handkerchief factory at Passaic L
N. J., to day. The force of police
men on guard at the factory had been
reduced to twoi The strikers took
advantage of this and made a fierce
attack not only, on the girls who re
ported for work but on the factory
itself. Volleys of stones were thrown i
at the building and a number of win
dows were smashed. The two police
men charged on the strikers but were,
received with a shower of stonea. A
call was made to headquarters for re
inforcement. The jjolice arrested three of the girl
strikers and one man, who tried to
rescue the girls from the hands of the
police. The prisoners were hurrietl
into a patrol wagon, which started at
a rapid rate for police headquarters,
a mob numbering 300 following the
wagon, hooting and yelling at the
police ancTtbrowing stones. The mob
pursued the wagon the whole way to
headquarters, and after the prisoners '
naa oeen rusnea inside tne building
they stormed the doors, but were un-'
able to effect an entrance. Tne engine
house of fire company No. 1 is in the
same building with the police head
quarters, and the. police finding thai,
the mob showed no disnositinn to rlis.
perse called upon the firemen for as
sistance. The latter responded, and
dragging out a line of hose to the
pavement soon had a powerful stream
of water directed at the mob. This
had the immediate effect of dispersing
the crowd. The three girls and the
man who were arrested were fined $5
each.
COTTON AND CORN.
Weather Generally Unfavorable Crops
Suffering for Cultivation.
By Telegraph to tne Morning Star.
Washington, June 4. The Weather
Bureau's weekly summary of crop
conditions is as follows:
Practically an entire absence of rain
over a large part of the Missouri and
upper Mississippi valleys bas intensi
fied the drought conditions previously
existing in these districts, while ilie
greater part of the region extending
from the East Gulf coast to the lower
lake region and New EDgland suffered
further from excessive rains.
On the whole, the week has been
very unfavorable to corn, which owing
to low temperatures has made very
slow growth throughout the principal
corn States', damage by cut worms
being extensively reported
Cotton has 11 ade very slow growth
generally throughout the oolton belt,
and is suffering for cultivation in the
eastern and over portions of the cen
tral districts. Warmth, and in the
eastern districts dry weather, is gen
erally needed for cotton.
SHIPPINQ MEN SOUTH.
To Take the Places of Striking Machinists
in Railroad Shops.
Bv Telegraph to tne Morning star.
Philadelphia, June 5. Word has
been received at the machinists' head
quarters' here from A. M. Iteddy,
business agent at Fernandina, , Fia.,
announcing that non-union men are
being shipped from this city lo take
the places of striking machinists in
the South. MrJBeddy's letter, dated
Fernandina, is as follows:
"They are getting men in Pbiladel
fihia to come down here, represent
ng to them that they are to be
given employment a few miles
south of Baltimore. When the
men are under way they are kept
guarded and landed at Americus, Ga.,
Savannah and Fernandina. There
have been two car loads shipped here
in that way."
The letter further states that the im
ported men are housed in passenger
coaches on the company's property at
Fernandina, being kept under guard
and not permitted to leave the prem
ises.
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Fire in a Midway Show Caused a Panic.
Two Performers Injured.
by Teleitraob to the Morning star
Buffalo, N. Y., June 5. A fare,
which for a time threatened to assume
serious proportions, occurred at th?
Pan-American Exposition grounds to
night. The blase started in the Orient,
a midway show. Two of the perform
ers were badly burned while trying to
extinguish the flames. Just before the
theatre performance was ended, smoke
was Been coming from one of the
small buildings in the concession The
cry of fire almost caused a panic
in the theatre. There was a mad rush
for the exits, but fortunately the crowd
was not large and no one was injured.
The Exposition fire department re
sponded to the alarm and the tlames
were extinguished.
Atlanta, Qa., Nov. V, 16VJ.
Dr. O. J. moffett Dear Blr: I cannot too
strongly recommend yonr TEHTHINA (Teeth
lag Powders ( to mothers as one of the best uied
lefnes they can obtain for their debilitated ami
sickly Infants. I have nsed it with very aatls
factory results the paet summer with my litd
and while we have heretofore lost a cbllil or
two from teething under other remedies, our
present child, that haa taken TEETH IN a, la a
fine, healthy boy. I am, very respectf oily,
A. r. BROWN, M. D.
(Brother ot U. 8. Senator and Kz-Qov. Josepb
K. Brown.)
New Haran, Conn,
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