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SB IPS AN ILL OMEN, Thinks the wife, to have the wedding, ring life from the finger. "Something is going to happen. " , Something is happening. That ring could hardly be pulled from the finger when it was put there a few years ago. Now it slips off by its own weight. How thin the fingers have grown ! And the fingers don't grow thin alone. How thm the face is and how thin the once plump form. Almost unconsciously the wife has been fading and wasting away. The strength given to children has never been regained. Drains which should have been stopped have been neglected. That is a common experience with women, unless some friend has shared with them the secret of the strengthening and healing power of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It regulates the periods, dries the drains which undermine the strength, heals inflammation and ulcera tion, and cures female weakness. It makes the baby's advent practically painless and crives Yiffnr and vitalitv to nursing mothers. ' "Words cannot tell how grateful I am for your kind advice ana gooa meaicinw," writes vrn Tnhn rvmV nf Hnstinm. Northumberland Co., Ontario. I have been in poor health for four years back and this spring got so bad I could not do my work. I went to the doctor and he said I had ulceration and falling of the internal organs, but thought I would try your Favorite Prescription.' I took five bottles and three of the 'Golden Medical Discovery' and one vial of Dr. Pierce's Pellets, and I can safely say that I never felt better in my life." , A Ladies' Laxative Dr. Pierce's Pleas ant Pellets. Oie single, small pellet is a laxative dose. THE OLD FASHIONED BEDSTEAD. The old-fashioned bedstead I How well I recall it ! -Uprearing in spare room of grand father's manse; Ou&drnrjedal sriant! Its statue SO tall it Seemed lifting to heaven its snowy ninanse. Ah! How can I banish that first night's reflection, As gazing aloft at its infinite space I wondered at every new tour of in spection How I would climb up to its lofty embrace. The hop, skip, and jump proved an infinite failure. A leap from the washstand fell equally flat. And I followed suit, while my frittered regalia Was scattered around oa the floor where I sat ; - At last I constructed a stairway that aided A wild running jump from the old manteloiece. And like Alpine climber by effort oerjaded I landed hip-deep in its mountain of fleece. O, weird Himalaya of old-fashioned chattels, I felt in my clutch like a tempest tossed tar. And I prayed all the night to the great god of battles To save me from jarring some over head star. ! t And certain am I that for life I'd been fated To stay there, had some one not beard me by chance And brought in a ladder and thus con summated My flight from that beadsead in grand father s manse. ! Boston Courier. The Iloune That Treabam Built. One of the curiosities of architecture In England is, according to The Stone Trades Journal, the house erected about 300 years ago at Rushton. in Northamptonshire, by Sir Thomas Tresham, a Roman Catholic, M'ho wished by his design to typify the Trinity. ' The hoti.-e is all threes, has three sides, three stories and three windows on each Hat, each of them In the shape of the trefoil the three leaved sham rock. Where the roofs meet rises a three sided pyramid, terminating in a large trefoil. The smoke escapes from this chimney by three round holes on each side of the three sides. The build ing is almost covered with mottoes and carvings, three Latin inscriptions, one on each of -the three sides, having 33 letters in each. Three angles on each side bear shields. Over the door Is the text from the Vulgate, "There are three that bear record." Inside the house each corner is cut oft from each of the. three main rooms, so that on every floor there are three three sided apart ments. Architectural Oddltie. At FranUfort-on-the-Main there is one street in which two houses on op posite sides of the street lean over so far that their roofs meet over the street. In one of these houses Lord Rothschild was born. In I 'arts, on the other hand, it is noticeable that the builders intentionally construct the houses so that they lean backward slightly to add to their stability. But almost In the center of Paris there Is one big stone building which leans out fully 3y2 feet over the sidewalk. So solid, however, are the Paris buildings that this one Is claimed to be safe. Pearson's Weekly. - Told the Truth. Mother Now, Georgie, I shall tell your papa to punish you severely for telling an untruth. You said you didn't touch one of those six peaches, and there is only one left, and I found the five stones in your nursery. Georgle-I told no story, mamma. The peach I didn't touch is the one that's left - Spoiled Hla Breakfast. "How la the landlady this morning?" asicea one of the boarders. "Threatening and cooler." answered (the man with the newspaper, misun derstanding the question. And the other boarder, who was no toriously slow In settling with the land- jlady, looked partly cloudy. Chicago Tribune. - - DISAPPEARED -AT BUFFALO. A Buiness Man of Mobile Missing Fool Play Is Feared. By Telegraph to the Horn Ins Btar. Buffalo, N. y., Auk, 17. Frank Bhugrue, fifty years old, a business man of Mobile, Ala., has disappeared and up to to-night the police have been unable to find any trace of him. Mr. Bhugrue, accompanied by his wife, arrived In Buffalo from Cleveland early in the week. Last Thursday he telegraphed to Mobile for monev. The money order arrived but Bhugrue did not get it This is the last trace the police haye been able to find of the missing man. As he had no money to leave the city, Mrs. Bhugrue fears foul : FACTS 11 FEW LINES Berlin people can say ."Hello!" on 50,350 telephones. The Talis faculty of nuUieiue has established a school for the study of tropical diseases. Nearly 'one-foir.t'.i of Mexico's for eign trade was handled through the port of Tanipioo last year. The 20 Mexican batiks- reported in the government reports show a com bined capital of $70,000,000. Women lawyers of New York must take off their hats when practicing their profession In the criminal court The number of saloons' iu Ohio last year was 10.348, an increase of 470 over 1899. The license receipts were $1,864,642. Mrs. Walker of Birchington, Eng land, has lived In the reign of five sov ereigns. She has 0 children living, as grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. The climate of northern Ontario Is not unlike that of nortnern jsurope, and its soil Is equal to that of many thickly peopled portions of the old world. The new Austrian bank notes have been designed by Alexander Hegedues, the eminent Hungarian artist Nine different languages are used in the text of the bank note. Fancy nanie9 for girls are going out of fashion. A New ork clergyman who for some reason is particularly in demand at christenings is the authority for the statement. The Salvation Army In Madras num bers among its soldiers several young Hindoos whose services have thus been engaged and who hold themselves bound to fulfill the pledge. The Mexican army of more than 25,- 00b men is supported upon a trifle more than a million Mexican dollars a month. The Mexican congress does not cost a million dollars a year. At Muleje and Santa Rosalie, In Lower California, there are some 60,- 000 bearing date trees, the fruit from which is exported In rawhide packages containing about 50 pounds each. The Greek inspector general of an- tinuities-jstates that the bronze statue of a youth recently discovered at Ce- rigo, in the Ionian Islands, dates from the period of Phidias and is the most perfect and beautiful relic of antiquity yet brought to light. - Cultivating ordinary' honeybees In a modern apartment house has been ac complished In Chicago. One enterpris ing individual has found that the bees keep just as busy storing away nectar, in a home on the third floor as In a hollow tree in the woods. Women lawyers In Boston have a large and flourishing club, with a noble disregard of "objects" other than to come Into sympathetic acquaintance. Once in two months the members meet and dine at a well known hotel. The only officer of the Portia club is the business manager, who arranges for the meetings. The governor of St Helena, in his annual report, expresses the belief that when the new barracks are- finished It will pay a small company to erect a plant for lighting Ladder hill and the town by electric light worked by wind mills. There is always a steady wind from the southeast traders, only nine days having been calm in 1900. The little Norfolkshire town of Wal ton may well be described as the home of patriarchs, for there reside eight persons who have lived under five Eng lish monarchs George III, George IV, William IV, Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. In addition there are eight other residents who are octogena rians, and the 10 form an aggregate of 1,300 years. The number of suicides in Taris Is very large at present, and the chief cause is thought to be the general re trenchment following the exposition which has thrown many people out of work. Throughout France, however, suicide seems to have been increasing for some time. In the five years end ed Jan. 1, 1001, the number of sui cides was no less than 27.000.. There is in Paris a hotel which has 4,000 employees. The smallest kettle in its kitchen contains 100 quarts and the largest f00! Eacli of 50 roasting pans is big enough for 300 cutlets. Each dish for baking potatoes holds 225 pounds. When omelets are on the bill of faro. 7,800 eggs are used at once. For cooking alone CO cooks and 100 as sistants are always at the ranges. At Guilford,! England, the quaint cus tom of throwing dice for the "maid's money" was observed recently.. A sum was Invested by the mayor of the bor ough in the, seventeenth century from which 12 guineas are given annually to a servant girl of good repute who has been In the same service for over two years. There were two applicants. The prize was won by Martha Shin- gler. who threw seven. The pa me dice box has been used for CO years. After careful and patient investiga tion the historical committee of the So ciety of California Pioneers has learn ed that Jan. 24, 1848. was the exact date of the discovery of gold In Cali fornia by James W. Marshall. The irold was first found in the rocky bed of the tallrace of the Sutter sawmill at Colona, on the south fork of the Amerl can river. Marshall himself made three or four different statements of the date. The committee was unanimous In Its decision. The island of Moiene, off Ushant, which has recently been - perilously near starvation, has been relieved. For four days there was no bread, and the fisher inhabitants had to live on pota toes. So terrible was the prospect that help from Brest was urgently asked, and In spite of a heavy gale the steam er Titan managed to land supplies Just in time to avert a disaster from the lit tle community, the mayor of which has sent a message of thanks to the marine prefect at Brest. Her Crie-rance. Distressed by her cook's frequent complaints of toothache, a mistress of the upper west side decided a few days ago that It was time to recom mend heroic remedies. 'Hannah, there Is no use putting it off any longer. There is Dr. Jones over there. He promises to extract teeth without pain. Why don't you see him and have It over with?" Hannali scarcely relished the sug gestion, but after .another night's suf fering. sorrowfully announced, '"Deed, I kin jess stand dls no longah," and asked permission to go to Dr. Jones. Her mistress rejoiced In the thought that the tagony was at last to be end' eQ. When an hour later, however, she beheld Hannah march down the area way. steps, the whites of her eyes flash ing and her head bobbing with a ve hemence born of righteous fury, vision! not only of lost molars, but of a de parting cook came before her. She en tered with the dignity of an insulted African queen. "Anything wrong, Hannah? Didn't heget the right teeth?' ventured the mwTxess. "Odtede right ,teef all right and a dol l&htan a half besides. Yas'm, be did so. "Well, did he hurt you?' "No'm, can't say he did." "Then whaf a the matter?" "Well, Miss 'Liza, didn't you tell me oat man ober dere 'stracted teet wld outipayin?" New York Bun. SHIPS HURRY-TO SCENE OF TROUBLE . -!"" ' - - Battleship Iowa, the Kanger and Machias Ordered to the Isthmus. TO ENFORCE .GUARANTEES. A Cooslderable Gathering of Foreign War ships Expected The Venezuela-Colombia Situation Affairs at Colon and Panama. by Telegraph to the Horning Btar. Washington. Auk. 17. The Navy Department, which is directing all its nrffins to hurrying ships to the scene of the Colombia Venezuelan trouble, in order to enfo rce our treaty guaran tees, "expects to have three ships on the wv within twenty-four hours. The Machiss. which has been detained at Hampton Roads by the threatening weather south of Cape Hatteras, was able to start on her journey to-day, assurances having been given by the Weather Bureau that a.11 danger from the Gulf storm alone the Southern Atlantic coast has now passed. Word was received at the Navy Department to-day that the battleship Iowa had arrived at San Francisco, and she was ;not .i.ntfH hs toloornnh to nrrwtpprf AS lUH lVV- - C" soon as possible to Panama on the . -v.. i 1 1 1 :l l wett coast, n is pro Da Die sne wui have to take some coal aboard, but the tanavtman4. KaIiavaji ah a will ha able to UVJ ' - - sail on her 8,400 miles journey by to- - : TU r V.r. morrow lUuruiUK xuo uuijn una sailed from San Diego southward. It is understood mat me navy ve- nn.tmant haa Via An Inn trine nvr th situation as regards other ships avail able on the Atlantio aide in case future Avon's fihnnld YiAAA&aUatA reinforer- ments on the eastern side of the isthmus, and it has been found that a ship could easily be detached from the North Atlantic squadron at short no tice. - ' Warships (lathering. Thni-A or a inriiratinns that there will be a considerable gathering of foreign warships at the isthmus, and that the American shins will be brought into company with those of the British, German and French navies. Already the French cruiser Suchet is at Colon. According to German reports, a Ger man cruiser is moving north from Bra zil and the cruiser Niobe is likelv to be assigned to service along the isthmus. The German cruiser Gier, which was in American waters for some time, is nlnn AxrtAeted to return. English re ports have referred to the probable m : a i . v x. presence ot some snips oi ine cruisn West Indian fleet. This will make a rather unusual gathering from the foreign navies, and the authorities here doubtless will be desirous of hav ing American interests represented by ships worthy of comparison with those from other countries. On the Pacific side the Iowa will be the largest ship among those present. The Invasion of Venezuela. Niw Tore, August 17. The fol lowing cable message has been re ceived by the Associated Press from Torres Cardenas, general secretary of President Castro, of Venezuela, in re ply to a despatch addressed to the pre sident asking him for a statement on the Venezuela-Colombia situation: ' Caracas. Venezuela, Aug. 17. In the name of His Excellency, General Castro. I reply to your cablegram in the following terms: ' The government of Venezuela, presided over by General Castro, is fully justified in all its works and acts. It is essentially liberal in its practices. It is of the opinion that the Conserva tives of Colombia, probably led by ruinous and wicked passions, have re solved to assist in a -revolutionary movement against Venezuela and her government. ' All of this has been actually proven by the official publications issued by the cabinet in Bogota. They date from the first of April. . This view has not been denied, either by the Conservative government of Co lombia or by her envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in this capital. "When the government of Vene zuela was surprised by the first and second invasions of her frontier, by six. thousand and two thousand men respectively, the invaders were vigo rously expelled by the government and the people of Venezuela. "Since said events ten thousand meu have been massed on the fron tier for the defence and integrity of Venezuela and its national honor. These are quite apart from her active service troops on other parts of the frontier as well as national troefps scattered over the republic and the reserve militia now under arms. "Venezuela has not accepted the in vasion as an international attack by the people of Colombia against the people of Venezuela, but knowing its real source recognizes in it the work of the Conservative government of Colombia against the majesty of the nation of Venezuela." U. S. Consul's Report. Washington Aug. 17. The De-r partment of State has received a dis patch, dated August 1, from the consul at Maracaibo, reporting that Dr. Ban gal Garbias had invaded Venezuela with 4.000 men from the frontier of Cucuta. Everything was done by the Venezuelan government to meet the invaders. The first fight took place at Hncontrados and the invaders were obliged to retire. The invaders took two steamers to come to Maracaibo, but these boats were recaptured by the Venezuelan troops. Colon, Colombia, Aug. 17. Noth ing was heard of the rebels yesterday. A certain degree of confidence has been restored along the railroad line, owing to the presence of the troops. The French cruiser Bucbet is coaling at the railroad wharf. Several of her officers went to Panama to-day on an excursion trip. The government has established military posts at all the stations along the line of the Panama railroad, as a protection against rebel attacks. Colombia Objects. Washington, Aug. 17. The Co lombian minister. Dr. Carlos Martinez Silva, returned to Washington to night from Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., where he has been for the last month. His coming at this time may have an important bear ing on affairs relating to the Isthmus of Panama, as me minister received cable advices from his government showing that it felt entirely able to cope with, me situation on the isthmus. On the strength of these advices. Dr. Silva announced that Colombia does not desire the landing of the foreign forcesjfor me purpose.or Keeping open theltrafflc oi me isiomus. The statement of the associated hsnlra for the week shows: Loans. t8S4.810.300 : decreaae f l,645,3uu. ie nncrita CORA 2(Hlt decrease IY01.HUI) Circulation. $29,039,000; decrease $1,514,200. Legal tenders, $77,868,100; decrease $1,334,600. Specie, iei,7ii.- 100: decrease .1,384,400. Reserves, WORK OF THE STORM V -ON THE GULF COAST. Damage to Wharves and Bath Houses. Marine Oleasters No Loss of -Life Reported - Br Telegraph in lioi nam Hin -Mobile, Ala.,Aujt.' 17. The Gulf coast from Pensapola to New Orleans at last is under view, telegraphic com munication being re-established from one point which is central. The gen eral report is that aside from damage to wharves and bath houses, sail boats and smacks, trees, outhouses and fences, the instances of serious loss are few. There has been, no loss of life as far as known here, A tug was sent down the bay from Mobile to-day to investigate the con ditions on Mississippi island, where there are many small houses and about which some apprehension .was felt. The representative of the press On board was instructed to report from the first point with which he could communicate, but up to midnight nothing had been heard from him. The steamer Evelyn is ashore near Pensacola; the schooner Asa C. Stow -ell, was stranded in the Gulf and has been towed into Mobile bay; a three-masted schooner, name un known, has been sighted in distress fifty miles outside, of Mobile harbor, and the American bark Julia is ashore and capsized on the south bsach of Horn Island. These are the marine disasters so far as known to night. . The coast resorts suffered less dam age than first reports indicated, ac cording io advices received here. Point Clear, Mobile bay, the favorite resort for this part of the State, lost a row of bath houses and a part of the steam boat wharf. Battle's, another resort, lost a part of the steamboat wharf. Portersville, on the south coast, suf fered loss of a number of pleasure craft and smacks. The Bayou LeBatre canning factory, that was most ex posed to the wind, was miraculously protected by the waves washing up a mass of oyster shell that served as a breakwater as well as a wind-break. Pascagoula, Miss., had the full force of the storm. Bester's cottage on the beach was washed away. Captain Volner Brown's Summer house went also. The damage in bath houses and wharves alone there is put at $10,000. Several scows went adrift, one having aboard lumber owned by the Dantzler Lumber Company. Moss Point, Miss., the saw mill town, sustained heavy damage by logs being carried away. At Biloxi, Miss., the beautiful new club house was demolished, together with several cottages. One fisherman is reported drowned. The most serious damage to Mobile is the partial destruction of me famous Bay shore shell road. This drive ex tends seven miles down the western shore of the bay. It has-been washed out for a mile or more, ;the whole foundation being carried off, and in its place is a vast quantity of tree trunks, drift wood and saw logs. It will take several months work to re establish the road and a longer time to get into its former perfect condition. New Orleans. La.. Aug. 17. Com munication with the resorts along the Mississippi sound was opened to-night, the first Louisville & Nashville train coming through. Some sort of wire connection was also established, and it was learned that while the damage had been severe at all points, wharves and bath houses being swept away, there had been no loss of life, except one fisherman is missing from Bay St. Louis. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Men err not bo much in prompt action as in hasty judgment Louis Napoleon. We are too much haunted by ourselves; we project the central shadow of ourselves on everything around us. i No matter if vou are hidden in an obscure post, never content your self wun aoing your secona dssi, now ever important the'occasion. Efforts, to be Dermanetlv use ful, must be uniformly-joyous, a spirit oi an sunanine, gr&ieiui iroui very gladness, beautiful because bright uariyie. It is harder and often finer to endure the injustice and caprice of the world than to die for it, for the world needs noble lives more than noble deaths. Christianity is. above all reli gions ever known, a religion of sacri fice, it is a religion rounded on me greatest nf all snp.rifir.As the sacrifice of the Incarnation, culminating in the ia cyA ?... Bacriuce on iaivary. otarnvy. ZPTTZZLIE FIND THE BABY THE WHY SUFFER FROM CH,HTEswREiTs I TASTE-1 Chill Tonic a 25jl (PALATABLE.) : Better than Calomel and Quinine. (Contains no Arsenic.) The Old Reliable. V . 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The minister Introduced him to a western fcirl of health and energy, who the next day received a plaintive note from the widower. He declared that the Lord had made great Inroads upon his marital affections, and it now seemed to be his will that she would repair the breaches of his life. The reply, which the clergyman keeps today as one of the choicest specimens of a varied collection, reads 6lmply; "Mend yotir own breeches." Youth's Companion. Whlatled aa She Sans;. The man who knew many things was instructing the new and verdant stenographer as to the use of the va rious office appliances, and finally be Introduced her to the speaking tube "Now, see." said the man, "you put one tube to your ear and the other to your mouth, then whistle." "Into which one do I whistle?" asked the guileless stenographer. "Heavens." cried the man, "which one do you suppose you whistle In. the orffe at your ear or the one at your mouth?" 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NOUCKThe Orriuine frtKb Japanese l'lle Care tor sale only by DOT 13 IT B. B. BELLAMY. Agent. JAMES SPRUNT INSTITUTE A College Jor Women and Girls. Trustees successful business men. Institute chartered by last Legislature. Blx Depart ments Eight successful teachers represent lng five ot oar best Institutions. Last year the most prosperous. Rooms for twenty more boarders this year. Excellent bulldlnKs. Beautiful grounds. Tennis-court and Croquet grounds. Kenansville is on one of the highest points in eastern Carolina. $97 pays all expenses In the Collegiate Department for one year. 189 in the Academic Department. Voice Culture and Instrumental Music $33 per year each, including nee of Instrument. No extra charge tor Latin, ttreek, French or Ger man. Art, Elocution, Business Course at rea sonable rates. Fall term begins Sept. 3rd. For Information write to WH. M. SHAW, President, Kenansville, N. C. Or MI89 DAISY M A.RABLE, Lady Principal, Mt. Olive. N. C Jy ia ws m PICTUEE. NURSE HAS LOST. Curb . Grippe and all other forms of maladies when you . can be cured by 1 Roberts' Chill Tonic The world does not contain a better remedy. Many wonderful cures made by it. 25 cents a" bottle. Money refunded if it fails to do the work. Delight ful to take. ' R. R. BELLAMY, Wilmington, N. C. D. I. WATSON, Southport, N. C. PUNISHED THE PAINTINGS. Uer Viol Bait - Storey's Cmmt Iron Knle ana were juu. . , m "When we went to Chicago to live Just afterjthe fire," said a woman who has since returned to New York, "we furnished the house with all that was necessary to make it attractive. One winter my husband bought a number of paintings, and after they had been placed properly we invitjsd a clever young woman to come in and see the collection. I don't mind telling you that she wrote for Mr. -Storey's news paper, The Times. She understood art. She had been reared In Boston and she had studied abroad. . "When thearticle on our collection appeared, what was our horror to read that each picture described had been 'hanged' by a man who made a spe cialty of putting up paintings. My husband was teased into a fit of neu ralgia the next day by his Chicago acquaintances, who expressed their re gret that all his paintings had been executed. Of course the women heard of it and there was a giggle for blocks. "I called upon the young woman from Boston and asked how she had made such a blunder. She was in an agocizod frame of mind and protested that she didn't write it "hanged.' I was sure she didn't. Then came the ex planation. A few weeks before there had been .an execution in the Ch!-ago jail and Mr. Storey's reporters wrote that the man was 'hung.' Mr. Sioiey was furious and Issued an order, so 1 heard, that henceforth editors, report ers, copy readers, printers and proof readers must write and set up and read 'hanged' for 'huns?.' The rule was inflexible. The young woman who wrote of our collection used the word hung throughout her article and Mr.. Storey's rule wa.s enforced. But as long ns we lived in Chicago we wore always known as 'that New York family wLa had their paintings exe cuted.' "New York Sun. FUNNY SPECTACLES. The Impromptu Rom That Occur In the Streets of Paris. "Did you ever see a street fight . in France V asked an artist who had late ly returned from Paris. 'They are funny spectacles. I saw one once while passing the Bal Bullier at midnight. Two little Frenchmen walked along In front of me, engaged in conversation A third little Frenchman ran up on tip toe from behind somewhere and kicked the taller of the talkers between the Bhoulder blades. He went down with a cry. turned a somersault into the gut ter and lay there. "And instantly how. I don't know that street was full cf hundreds of lit tle Frenchmen, fighting and chattering and screeching. They didn't use their fists. They slapped, scratched, pulled whiskers and hair and. above all. kicked kieked in the high French manner, not landing where we Ameri cans land, but getting home on the face and neck and on the back be tween the shoulders. For Ave minutes there was pandemonium, and then as suddenly as it had begun the brawl was over and the boulevard was still again. "But afterward In all the boulevard cafes yon found torn and bleedinc Frenchmen, who leaned back limply in their chairs while their little ladyloves wiped daintily with their skirts the blood stains from the faces of those heroic scrappers. The little ladies wept and murmured sweet, consoling things; the little men seemed In the depth of despair; but It wasn't long before little drinks were ordered and little ciga rettes lighted and everybody was gay and happy again." Philadelphia Record. It is announced that Jeffries-and Buhlin have screed to meet in San Francisco before the club offering the best inducements. The eonteBt probably will occur in October. LITTLETON FEMALE COLLEGE. One of the most prosperous Institutions for me nigner education 01 younit women in uie Hontn. Panacea Water kent In the tralldlne. Nineteenth Annual Session begins Septem- Der J8tn. For Catalogue address President Rhodes, uraeton, . u. augis warn Bagging and Ties. Can Ship Promptly. 8,500 Rolls Bagging. 4,000 Bundles Ties. 1,000 2nd hand Machine Casks. 150,000 libs. Hoop Iron. 35 Barrels fctlue. 1,000 Kegs Nails. 1,000 Bushels W. G. Meal. 1,000 Bushels Corn. 1,000 Bushels Oats. Also sixty -three car loads, of other groceries. Get our pi ices. D. L. GORE CO., Wholesale Grocxks, ISO, 122 and 124 North Water Street, ly so tr Wilmington, N. C. TRY US. We have Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Cakes, , Crackers, Candies, Soap, Snuff, Soda, Starch. Lye, Potash, Lard, Meal, Hominy, Molasses, Nails, Tobacco, Smoking and Chewing, and a fall line of Canned Goods. All of which we offer to the trade at living prices. - Williams Bros. le 25 tf REASONABLE GOODS MULLETS, new catch. Best Cream Cheese, Martin's Gilt Edge Butter, Bagging and Ties. SAL . A.0E2TK&AL i.J 1 & or ,v-is BXKAXJt xl THIS ?!A.v5. Sole agents for ROB ROY FLOUR. HcHAIR Sl PBARSALL. sen 1 I r I The Kind You Have Always in use ior over an years, rtr , " nas oeen made under his per--2- sonal supervision since Its infancy. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castorin 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 ami allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wiiu" 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 PanaceaThe Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS s9 Sears the The KM You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THI CrMTAUR COPHV. TT WUttnAV STRCCT, HEW VOHK CITY. THANK YOU, To My The Confederate re-union has brought lots of our friends to the city from all over North and South Caro lina. They have been to Bee us in large numbers. Our trade has been just splendid this week. It is very gratifying to know that our place is so very popular with the country people. Come and see us; you are always welcome whether you want to buy anything or not. We are doing all we' have claimed to have been doing for the past 'several weeks closing out Summer Goods. We will have a special Umbrella sale this week. We sell a nice Steel Bod, Congo handle Umbrella for 88c; gold and silver trimmed Umbrellas for 50c. Just received 100 Ladies' Umbrellas with beautiful handles, for 75c each. Special Gentlemen's self-opening Umbrellas, with elegant tops for $125 each. Ladies' all silk top Um brellas with Congo handles for $1 each. - We have a thousand Umbrellas to show. You can get anything you want. A big line of new Trunks on hand. If you are thinking of going away and need a trunk of any kind, come and see us. We do the trunk busi ness of the city. We haye them in every style and at any price from 50c to $18.00 each. We have about 25 Porch Screens to give away. A screen we sold for 69c now 88c; larger ones in proportion. We have just added to our stock a full line of Lamps from 15c to $1.50 each. The new nickel, centre draft Lamp that sells every where for $1.75, my price $1 38. The Wilmington's Big Racket Store, 208 AND 210 NORTH FRONT STREET GEO. 0. GAYLORD, PROP. P. 8. Mosquito Nets complete J. W. NORWOOD, Pres., Bead TUn. Deposits U. S. Bonds at par Surplus and net profits July 15, 1899, $ 834,342 00 $ 95,600 00 $ 93,927 00 July 15, 1900, 1,148,464 00 216,100 00 108,490 (JO July 15, 1901, 1,454,162 00 268,900 00 141,792 "00 They tell of the growth of THE ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, t WILl!IINtiTON, N. C. CAPITAL, - - SI 25,000. A City, County, State and Government depository. . ANDREW MORELAND, Cashier, J. W. YATES, Ass't Cashier. DON'T WAIT Until after September 1st to deposit your money. Our regular interest quarter begins on that date and money deposited now will commence bearing interest at once, payable December 1st. All deposits in this bank are subject to check without notice. THE WILMINGTON SAVINGS & TRUST CO., Established 1888. J. W. NOKWOOS, president. . E. TAYLOR, auzi4 tl TOBACCO. 8chnapps. Marogany, Jack's Best, Sweet Cream, Bose Bad. &c. H. R. Hills, Bowers, LorrUIard, and Gall & Ax. . CIG-AES. Portuondo' Chlcos, Boyal Bine Cabanas closed ont haT l6W j0l)S ta Tobaoco to HALL & PEABSALL, (INCORPORATED.) WHOLESALE GROCERS, angstf Nutt and Mulberry j Bought, nr.ri tc-i:;i, i -. uaa ucvu lias borne the signature of Signature of THANK YOU Many Customers! best lead Lamp Chimneys 5c; burneis, 5c; wicks, 5c a dozen. About 50 pairs Ladies' Slippers, in small sizes, to sell for 25c this week. Lawns and Percales at half price. We have the best and largest assort ment of men's pants in the city. We have about 500 pair selling: at cost tn get room. Do you need any shoes); In this line, do you know we carry as good an assortment as any .house in North Carolina? We buy our. shoes for spot cash, direct from factory ami every pair is guaranteed. If you need shoes for any of the family come to see us. We have a line of spring heel shoes for Ladies, regular price $1.50, my price $1.00. Ladies that buy our Vicious shoe at $1.50 will buy no other in the future, they are good $2.00 shoe. We have a beautiful line of children's shoes; just received SCO pairs, from No. 0 up. We sell Baby shoes from 15c to $1.00. Our 50c shoe is all solid, servicable and stylish looking. We have a few Hammocks left that we willsell at almost half price rather than carry thtm over. If you want Hammock come to, us for it. We have 500 yards yaid-wide Percales, in rem nants, to sell for 5c per yard. Ladies' trimmed Summer Hats at half price We need both room and money. If you want something for nearly nothiop now is the tim& to get it from us. Remember we are giving away lots of Chairs and Tables, Glassware and Pictures with cash purchases. Brins your card and get it punched with your purchases. for $1.10 this week. au 18 tf JOHN S. ARMSTRONG. Vice Prei H. WALTERS, Vl Prilnt. Jr., CaafcJor. LIVERPOOL SALT. $946,16 ia Liverpool SH, $105.97 In Table Salt. $460.11 In American Salt, $ 76.40 in Rock Alum Salt, $110.49 in Pocket Salt. $410.16 in Bnnker Hill Flour. $476.16 in Favorite Flour. $ 70.11 in Brooms. $ 1 1 0. 1 6 in Water Buckets. $ 78.66 in N. C. Hams. No copyright on onr ads. W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Grocer 808, 810, 812 Nott street, aula tl wiimiuetf.n. N- pi7. $259,574,200; decrease $a,7i,uuu. pl 20 D&W ly sa tu th i..