Sewing at a business is an exacting and
exhausting occupation. Long hours, tine
work, poo? light, unhealthy atmosphere
-theWare only some of the ihings
which fret the nenres and hurt the gen
eral health. Often there u a diseased
condition of the womanly organism
which causes backache or headache ana
th working of the sewing machine
nater such conditions is akin to torture.
Thousands of
aromen who work
tw written grate
ful letters to Dr.
JLV. Pierce, whoee
FavoritePresctip.
Hon" has cured
tSuit womanly ills
and estabHAed
8in,al
gtwttb, Favorite
FreacrlptioB' es
tablishes regular
ity. dries un
" hcaitnr and crffen
ffere drains, heals
Inflamnjatidn and
ulceration, and
cares female weak
ness. It makes
weak women
strong ana stok
Sick women are invited to consult Dr.
Pierce by letter free, and so avoid the
indelicate questionings, offensive ex
aminations and obnoxious local treat
ments deemed necessary by some physi
cians. I All correspondence private. Ad
dress Dr. R. V. Pleroe, Bufialo, N. Y.
I Ufce great pleasure in lecommenfflag Dr.
DM.'
ml Store. 8hb Co.. Tews. I '
Ktlt
im MfB. Butftnoah Permtottr,
of
with bwrias-doWB
an
in vi
rr Sis rsara, aqo
tried' hi. 'A'
Dr.
rlption.'
and six
borUM curod me.
flte
thank Dr. Pierce fo tny hea
Burden to afiV one wttBottt healt,
lih. I have told
my friends about the great
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper! cover?, is sent free on
receipt of 31 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr.
ILlf. Pierce, Bufialo, N. Y,
BLIND.
This much I know. Before the sky
grew dark,
When died the sunlight like a candle
blown
And left my soul to strain and grope
and hark,
A captive, locked in some black
, tower alone ;
Before the curtain fell that shut me
out
From all I had been all I hoped to
was a glad green world, a joy-
UUSIUVUt
Of strong winds blowing o'er a laugh
ing sea.
Any there were green-gold fields of
heading wheat
That ran and rippled in the passing
uroeze;
And there were frail pink roses, wild
and sweet:
And there were mist-blue hills and
tossing trees;
And over all, a brooding blue,
Where martins circled in the sunset
liirht
A mi a Vi a la t Vi A aini'iiit rlAgkma fl AfiVtA
4-s ua nueio vijiuk amuvusj usujum i
and flew
And great stars shot their glory
1 through the night
Ail this I know. And for the power
divine
To dream such pictures on the mid
- night walls
Of this unwindowed prison tomb of
mine,
J bless the Hand from which the
blessing falls.
I am content, O God, content to
The sky still shines above my sight
less eyes
That though my feet down darkened
pathways go.
Unseen, the Brightness round me
lies.
Harper's Magazine.
TWINKLINGS.
Fond Mother "Are Johnnie's
hands clean tn Nurse "They ought
to be. Look at the towel." Detroit
Free Press.
uuwr xieiuaiu, j. ioici you
not to ask visitors for pennies." Reginald-"
Well, I didn't I asked him
for a quarter." Chicaao Dailu News.
- Lady "Why don't you quit
begging and become one of the work
ing people?" Tramp "Well, mum,
ef I ain't workin' people, den I dunno
who is." Chicago News.
Little Ethel ',Mama, I know
why you can't count the stars?"
Mother "Why, my child!" Little
Ethel "Ooz it won't stay dark long
enough." Ohio State Journal.
Not Complimentary to Medi
cine: Doctor Brain fag, overworked,
you should have called me sooner.
Wife While he had any sense left he
wouldn'fhave a doctor. Moonshine.
Uncle Eph'm "Hit beats all,"
exclaimed Uncle Eph'm, "how de
lot machine business ia agrowin'.
After a while you'll be droppin' a
penny in de slot and gettin' religion."
Life.
One of Them "This ancient
umbrella,? remarked Squildig, " be
longed to my grandfather." "Ah,
one of the shades of your ancestors,"
added McSwilligen.-Pftfe&urgr Chron
icle'Telegraph. Did vou see Mr. Smifkina thi
morning!" asked the bookkeeper.
"No" replied the publisher, "what did
be want!" "He desired us to advance
him fifteen shillings on his forthcom
ing work 'How to Be a Financial Suc
cess'." Qlasqow Times.
Preliminary Arrangement : Mal
lory After we are married, Marie,
you must never hesitate to ask me
when you want money. Marie- No,
indeed, Mallory ; and I hope that you
will never hesitate about giving it to
me. ( i
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
He who would be a great soul
in future must be a great soul now.
Emerson.
The "first honor" men in the
school of Christ are those who endure
the most for his name.
A crowd is not company, and
faces are but a gallery of pictures, and
talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there
is no love.
It wonld be a good thing if
some people could convert some of
the brass of their pretensions into the
gold of true worth.
Christ did not hat a uta mv
orators, my rhetoricians, but ye are
nay witnesses, uive us more testi
mony. ueuona.
Alas I it is not the rennncia-
ui uut pmmh uu luiure seivea mat
is difficult; it is the steady denial of
our present self which makes the dis
cipline. Amelia Ban.
War will never yield bnt to the
nrincinles of nnlvnnai 4tfo -a
- - - - -. . 4,uwv
ove. and these navn no bum mnm
but in the religion of Jesus Christ
w. ja, unanntng.
o
Bears the
filgnatus
of
.STC
Tha Kind You Haw Always
Tate
aifli H s vn arw. ari
4
SOME VICIOUS ANTS.
SPECIES THAT HAVE NEARLY EVERY
BAD TRAIT OF HUMANITY.
They Are Laar. GreedT. TyrsBseu
and CeTetaae-Sone That Redaee
Their CaattTca to; Slavery aad Pt
. Them to Qaecr l a en.
Science is, after all, your real Icono
clast Not content with toppling the
busy little bee off her pinnacle of vir
tues, it goes on to attack the ant, for so
lonu held a pattern and moral of thrift
Ants, say the wise men, have about ev
ery bad trait of humanity they are laiy,
greedy, tyrannous, given to conquests
and coveting the territory of their neigh
bors.' Along with the territory they of
tener than not take the neighbors them
selves, holding them ever after in slavery.-
'
Just how this comes to pass is some
thing of a i-uzzle. There are seven hun
dred odd species of ants duly classified.
Several of these species, say observ
ers, must possess hypnotic power, since
they attack, subjugate and reduce to
slavery other . species which are much
bigger, stronger and more populous in
the nests.
After they have got their slaves many
other queer things happen. The slaves
in some nests are classified so many told
off as soldiers' to defend the gates, so
many for domestic duties, foraging, the
care of eggs, and so on. The soldier ants
are further subdivided. The larger num
ber, by constant exercise, develop fierce
nipping jaws and poison stings. The oth
ers in some curious fashion increase the
size of their heads, especially if they
happen to be considerably bigger than
their masters. The big hea'ds enable
tnem to block a passageway against an
invading foe.
Exceptionally elastic slaves are trans
formed into living honey bottles. They
are found with abdomens enormously
distended and full of the honey dew the
working slaves bring . in. Honey dew,
be it said, is a secretion of the aphides, or
plant lice, which the ant swarms keep in
herds within the nest.
Ants are passionately fond of honey
indeed, of all sweet juices. They are,
further, fond of mushrooms and grow
them within their nests. They also culti
vate certain species of orchids and bring
about distinct modifications of the plant
form, 6tinging the young tender stems
so fiercely that they will become almost
globular and distill a thin semisaccharine
juice, which the ants no doubt regard as
rare vise. One particular species or
orchid, indeed, is so infested with a
virulent stinging ant that the collection
of it is very A dangerous, i The minute
the plant is touched all the ants swarm
ing over it rush to the point of attack.
That is, however, less curious than the
fact that the orchid will not flourish
without the ants, bat withers away after
a feeble, straggling year's growth.
Some few among slaveholding ants re
main capable. The most part become
utterly demoralized. They cannot build
.nests, care for their young, or even feed
themselves. Jsot a few, when the slaves
have chosen and built a new nest, ride to
it upon a Blave's back. One species is
noteworthy for having only slaves for
workers,yet never'; containing within the
nests any slave eggs or young.
As with bees, the queen ant is the
mother of the swarm. Unlike bees, how
ever, there are often several queens in
hjhe-sanie swarm. The workers are rudi-
victors kill all the perfect ants and take
homo the others.
Perfect males and females have wings,
which they drop as soon as the marriage
flight, is over. Worker ants have no
wings. Worker ants, or, rather slaves,
and the aphis cows by no means exhaust
the list of ant dependents. They keep
various smaller insects as men keep do
mestic animals. Just why is not yet
clear. The fact remains, though, that in
the crannies of some nests herds of a
thousand almost invisible, small creatures
have been found.
A year is the average span of ant life,
but some species live five years and ex
ceptional individuals as much as seven.
All species show the liveliest concern for
their eggs, lugging them np into sunshine
upon fair days and scuttling back with
them the minute the sky is overcast.
Lpon a fickle Apnl day the eggs may
be moved a half dozen times. They are
nearly as regardful of the aphis eggs. In
deed, throughout they protect their milk
kine, shelter them well and take pains in
rearing their young.
Hospitality is not unknown among ants.
A stranger guest receives distinguished
consideration. But woe to the stranger
ant that comes uninvited. He is hustled
and pummelud and finally hurt mortally
unless he saves himself by showing su
perior fighting power or possessing a
dean pair of heels. - After he is down a
mere sguirming trunk, bereft of legs, un
able to bite, the slaves lay hold on him
anddrag him outside the nest to die.
Possibly it is an ant superstition that bad
lack follows a stranger's death in the
house.
Formic add, the distinctive ant prod
uct, is one of the greatest vegetable stim
ulants known. The earth of a nest be
comes so saturated with it that some peo
ple explain tne famous Hindoo mango
trick by supposing that the mango seed
which comes to flower and fruit before
your eyes is planted in a pot of ant heap
earth.
However that may be, it is established
beyond cavil that ants of some species
cultivate and presumably fertilize their
favorite food stuffs. Cases in point are
the trimmer ants and the harvesting ants,
both of which abound in the state of
Texas. The trimmers prune a sort of
weed, which is to their taste so that it
shall grow strong and sturdy. The har
vesting ants go even beyond that. They
clear disks -several yards across round
about their nests of all manner of vege
tation, then plant the disks with ant rice,
which they watch and tend until it rip
ens, letting no vagrant or alien twig show
its head. New York Sun.
THE WIRE NAIL INDU3TRY.
A Oerawa Catholle Priest Fowmded
It la America.
It WAS In Cinviturtan TTtt tha tha fioafr
wire nails were made in America. In
1875 Father Goorml war naatnr in fharrrn
of! St. Augustine's Cathollo church in
xuai city.
Before he came to thin vtnntrv tnm
Germanv he had seen Frenchman and
Germans hammering nails out of. wire.
When he had established himself In the
ministry at Covington, he opened a forge
in an old outbuilding standing in a brick
yard. He started the making of wiro
nails, first by hand, and gradually one
improvement after another came to -his
mind and was carried out until the nails
made were more useful and could be
made more cheanlv. Soon afto ha hann
be Improved upon the old nail by cutting
barbs In its sides, and by this they were
maae to noia more fcrmly. Then to ac
celerate his work he made a die, into
which he slipped the wire, that bad beet
cut to proper lengths, and while resting
on these dies the bead was pounded on
the nail. On an anvil ha hammoiu
the point, and the barbs were cut in the
siaes hy hand. It was the nail that it
made todav. hnt eha
' am DU
expensive that It was impracticable for
ordinary use.
It was about this time that the French
introduced a machine that wonld do what
Goebol was doing by hand, and as soon
um we taner neard or it be Imported one
-Ci macnines. .The introduction
this machine was the real beginning
the wire naU industry in this conntrv
of
of
on
LkIlB7. " neer machine
When It was received, bnt the principle
was right, and the great machines that
today turn out hundreds of thousands of
nails a day are constructed on identically
the same plan. It was operated by hand,
and the speed was 60 nails a minute.
Goebel attached a flywheel, geared It to
steam and by other improvements in
creased the machine's speed to double
this capacity, which was as many as 20
or 80 men working by hand could pro
dace. This WSB rha "alnirla haail
chine, making one naQ at each stroke.
uu uu macmne produces with its prea
ent lmorovementa mm hi.h a a aik natia .
mlnnte. whlla tha 4nKl A
ing two nails at a stroke, turn ont from
660 to 600 a minute, or a total of 80,000
au miur. umcago ttecord.
M'CALLA M THE
WITNESS STAND.
Told of Conversation With Admi
ral Schley Before and After
Battle of Santiago.
THE BLOCKADE ESTABLISHED
Scaley's Fleet Had Never to His Knowl
v edfe Beeo Withdraws to Any Dis
tance From the Harbor Lien
leant Banes Testifies.
87 Telegraph to tne Morning Star.
Washington, 8ept 28. In the
Schley court of inquiry to-day Cap
tain McCalla, of the Marblehead, con-
eluded his testimony which was begun
yesterday and the court heard the tes
timony of Lieutenant Commander W.
H. Souther land, who commanded
the Eagle during the Spanish war and
also that of Lieutenant Cassius B.
Barnes. Mr. Stayton did not press
his request to be allowed to appear as
counsel for Admiral Sampson as he
announced that he would do. He
wrote a second letter to the court re
newing his application, and recount
ing the times that the admiral's name
had been brought into the case, but ha
left the city later in the day, request
ing the court to hold up the matter
for the present.
When Captain McCalla took the
witness stand Mr. Hanna asked him:
"Were any ships assigned to the duty
of engaging the batteries on the mor
ning of May 31st, 1898, or during that
day, or to the duty of enfilading the
batteries!"
The reply was : "None that J know
of."
"Did the battleships go within range
of the Colon t"
"Not from my observation."
"Were you so situated as to observe
the fall of shots from the fleet?"
"I was."
"Where did they fall?"
"I think I saw every shot fired.
They ail fell short that I saw. One
yery nearly reached the Colon."
Conference on the Brooklya. -The
witness described a conference
of commanding officers on the Brook
lyn on May 29th. "The commanding
officers were ordered on board the
Brooklyn on May 29th. It was with
regard to the work of blockade. I can
only remember one. specific thing
wnicn took place at the close, andlbat
was that Captain Evans asked Commo
dore Schley if the Spanish ships came
out if he was going in for them. He
said 'certainly,' and then arranged for
a sub-division of fire from the ships
under his command on the Spanish
ships should they come out"
Mr. Hanna "Prior to that confer
ence on May 29th had you at any time
received definite instructions respect
ing the order of battle or the mode of
ftrocedure which the fleet should fol
ow in ease the Spahish vessels should
suddenly appear."
I do not remember."
"Did you have any further conver
sation with Commodore Schley?"
"1 bad a conversation with him in
his cabin after the battle of Santiago.
about July 5th, in Ouantanamo bay.
I went on board making an official
call to pay my respects, and during
the visit Commodore Schley road to
me what I understood to be a part of
bis omciai report or tne battle. After
he had finished I said, 'Commodore,
you remember that after the battle of
Lake Erie there was an unfortunate
controversy,' and I hope that there
will be none after the battle of Santi
ago, because there was glory enough
for everybody."
The Blockade of Santiago.
Relating the particulars of the block
ade of Santiago before June 1, Cap
tain McCalls said the Marblehead and
the Vixen had at night occupied posi
tions inside the large ships about two
miles from the shore line and that that
line was easily discernable.
Hererring to the fact that he had
informed Cantain Chadwick. Admiral
Sampson's chief of staff, of the code
of signals arranged for communicat-.
ing with the insurgent Cubans, he
said that he did not in anyway com
municate with the commander-in-
chief.
Mr. Ravner then asked: "Accord
ing to the regular custom and regula
tions observed in cases of that sort was
it not your purpose that this commu
nication should go to the commander-in-chief
through his chief of staff?"
Uertainly," was the reply.
The witness said further thit he
thought it had been common know
ledge at Key West after his arrival
there on May 19th, that the Cuban in
surgents were on the coast near Cien-
fuegos, but that no information was
given concerning the secret code. He
bad, be said, failed to eive the code
to Commodore Schley when he past
ed him, when the commodore was
bound for that port.
"if I had thought that he was coins
to Cienfuegos," he said. "I would have
gone alongside and given him my in-
iormauon.
absolutely False ,
Replying to a Question. Cantain Me-
Calla said Commodore Schley 's fleet,
while off Santiago, had never to his
knowledge been withdrawn to any
distance from the harbor of Santiago.
"Then," said Captain Parker, "that
story, by whomsover told, is abso
lutely iaise." :
"1 object." Shouted CaDtain Lemlv
in a voice as sharp as a pistol shot.
"The objection is sustained," said Ad
miral Dewey, the question is highly
improper."
"Did vou on anv occasion see the
large vessels of the blockading force
at or near daybreak between the 28th
and 31st day of May?"
"i saw tnem every morning. I
could see them at night, too, because
mere was some moonlight."
now far were tuev from the Mar
blehead and how far was she from the
entrance to Santiago?"
"i judge we were two miles inside
of the large ships. We steamed up
and down. Sometimes we were nearer
the entrance than at others. I judge
.we were certainly two miles and per
uana inree miles inside of the large
ships."
"At what distance from the mouth
of the harbor were the Massachusetts,
the Iowa and the New Orleans during
the firing on May 81st?"
"I can only Judge from the effect of
their projectiles. I judge they must
have been from the Colon about five
miles."
Lieutenant Commander Sontherland.
Lieutenant Commander W. H. EL
Southerland, who commanded the
Eagle, said that he had first fallen in
with the flying squadron on May
19th. He had then, under Captain
McOalla's orders, undertaken to com
municate to Commodore Schley his
information concerning the situation
at Cienfuegos and had given, this, in
formation to the Scorpion for the
commodore, his message being as fol
lows: '
"We left Cienfuegos on the night
of the 16th, at which time we learned
from the insurgents that the only ves
sels inside the harbor were two gun
boa ta and several cannonieros."
When the court re-oonvened for the
afternoon session Captain Lemly read
the agreement between himself and
counsel for Admiral 8chley aa to the
portion of the logs of certain vessels
to be printed.- , , ,r '
- The Cruise to Santiago ,-.
Describing the cruise from Cienfue-
f;rw to Santiago Commander Souther
snd said that fmtn May 24th to 1 be
afternoon of May 25th the Eagle i.ad
made very bad weather. Thia was due
to the fact that the sea bad a "long
rolJ," . which was very trying to the
yacht, as the vessel was then . one :
third full of water.
"A little after 1 o'clock of the 26th
when about thirty-five miles from
Santiago," he said, "I was called
alongside the flagship and the commo-;
dore directed me to go to Port Antonio
for coal and to report rough s weather
south of Cuba. My answer substan
tially was that I already had three
days coal, as much as the Marblehead,
meaning as much in proportion. The
commodore told me that I had not
coal enough for bis purpose and di
rected me to carry out his orders, t I
then asked him again very, earnestly
to let the Eagle remain with the fleet
and coal from the collier. He very
courteously replied to me that he either
very much regretted or else was very
sorrv he could not let me do so, as the
Eagle had not coal enough for his pur-'
pose, and again directed me to pro
ceed, which I did after communicating
with my division commander."
Commodore Schley's Dispatch.
Lieutenant Barnes was called and
testified that he is on duty in the Bu
reau of Navigation, Navy Depart
ment. He was shown the cipher dis
patch book of the Harvard, by which
vessel Commodore Schley's dispatch,
wi s sent to Kingston to be forwarded
to Washington. He added that last
nii-bt and this morning he had made
a translation of this message and that
it was practically the same as the de
partment's first translation. The
cipher copy received at the department,
he said, was identical with'the original
cipher filed at Kingston.
Mr. Rayner then said the original
Schley dispatch waa translated into
cipher aboard the Harvard. That
cipher came to Washington and he
bad no doubt the department a trans
lation was correct.
Mr. Rayner in his cross-examina
tion brought out the fact that Lieuten
ant Barnes had no knowledge whether
the cipher copy made on the Harvard
is a correct reproduction of the origi
nal Schley message. The whereabouts
of this message is unknown.
The witness was then excused and
the court at 3.30 P. M. adjourned until
Monday.
IN THE PERSIAN GULF.
British Naval Force Concentrating Fresh
Trouble Believed to be Impending.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
Bombay, SepL 28. A British naval
force is concentrating in the Persian
gulf. Three warships are already on
the 8 pot and they will be augmented
by the gunboat Assaye, which has
already left Kurrachee, and the flag
ship, the second class cruiser High
flyer. Tne third class cruiser Pomone
will also sail for the Persian gulf so
soon as she has coaled. It is believed
that fresh trouble is impending at
Koweyt According to a report Tur
key has thirty thousand troops at Bas
ra commanded by Edham Pasha, with
the object of seizing Koweyt, though
the Turks assert that the troops are in
tended to traverse Arabia with the
object of suppressing disaffection in
Yemen.
Pobt-au-Pbinob, Havti, ept. 28,
via Haytian cable. The occurrences
at Jeremie are withoutany importance.
The nine men arrested there were re
leased to-day. The situation in the
interior is perfectly tranquil.
PUZZLE
. . i
FIND THE MOTOBMAW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOB THIS ACCIDENT.
WHY SUFFER
ap so D&w ly
sa
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CURRENT COMMENT
If President Roosevelt ia
oninn ho a mreat a reoinrooitiit aa
wB fhA late President MoKinloy
and the late President did not get
trm r.A.nr)Aration of his Dorty in fol
lowing out of his polioy, It takoi
no keenness division to tee that the
new President will have to dovolop
orroof or TtOWfirS than his nrodoooiior
it he is to keep his party in lino
.11 t ' 3Vt&7 Pumaui Data.
Willi Jllia-iBVini wvyovi trt
Proairlant Roosevelt has been
saving some very kind things about
the qoutn, ana as oiooa is inig&cr
than-ater he doubtless fools most
Jl Aarni3fl trio TkAATkl nf thil
section. Bnt- the South asks no
favors at hia hands. It limply aski
and demands that the States of the
South be treated as -the Stales of
other sections are treated, without
prejudice or favoritism. The oonth
em States are parts of the Union
and they simply ask that the Presi
dent will treat them aa auoh. Rich
mond Times, Dm,
' Miss Emma Goldman, just
released from laii aaya she has prom
ised to write for three magazines and
journals, but otherwise her path is
clear. That notoriety should con
tinue to afford a Barer guarantee for
acceptance of articles by some mag
azines than meritorious work seems
to be a fact, though an unpleasant
one. The publio so far has only the
authority oi Miss lioldman lor tne
statement that she will contribute to
magazines and journals, but the
statement is a likely one. and it seems
useless to hope it is not true. Bal
timore Herald, Jiep. -
Definite work is not always
that which is cut and squared for us,
but that which comes as a claim upon
the cd-science, whether it is nursing
in a hospital or hemming a handker
chief. Elizabeth tsexcell.
'-Onrplpta Treatment, consisting oi
Boxes of Ointment. A nerer failing Care for Pllea
are painful and Mioon. a permazseotcure. and often
benefiuivoelfwl 40a. and SI a ox, 6 f or isT Sent
JAPANESE PILE OFNTMENT. 25c. a Bm.
CONSTIPATION nS.Mtr,!Sli
mn . umciun. Dumii, iniiQ Ana Drauioi
to take, especially adapted for children'-, um. to
DoeeaS¢a.. KOlIOK-Xh OenuiM frtb
apancse 11 Can for aula vplj b
DOT 13 IT B. B. BELLAMY. Agent
LITTLETON FEMALE COLLEGE.
One of (he most prosperous institutions for
the higher education of Tountr women In the
South.
Panacea Water kept In the building.
Nineteenth Annual Session begins Septem
ber 18th.
For Catalogue address President Rhodes,
LdHieton, h. v. aug in wwn
Fresh Packed
September Unllets.
Bagging, Ties, Salt and a
full line of
Groceries and Provisions.
HALL & PEA&SALL,
(INCORPORATED.)
Nntt and Mulberry 8ts.
sep6 tf
PICTURE.
ft 1-1 ILLS PFVPRS
SJ B a vmmj mnwmwj aaaa w mmm m a
Grippe and all other forms of maladies when you
can be cured by
Roberts' Chill Tonic
The world does not contain a better remedy. Many
wonderful cures made by it. 35 cents a bottle.
Money refunded if it fails to do the work. Delight
ful to take. -
R. ft. BELLAMY, Wilmington, N. C.
D. I. WATSON, Southport, N. C.
tn tb
Sale.
Hats and Caps.
A.TES&CO.
Booksellers $ Stationers, Wilmington, N. C.
HUMOROUS tiPSTERS.' -
Q.tek Returns For Briarat
Tl Othar Half tae Cartooalat. -
Caricaturists' Ideas for funny f
often run low. Tuty y tt tbe.r hands
do not low their cunning, but that their
mlndt refute to fraruo comical scenes
and situations. They must turn out a
certain amount of giist. however, and on
such occasions hnve recourse to the nu
merous tlpnter. He li usually literary
free lunee, with wine knock of humor.
The mt nueeeaiful are those who con
tribute funny arfti'aph, stories and
iketehes t the fauBiureas weeklies or the
httmBfdui twlttmaa ef dally papers and
la New er there are at east BO, of
Whom probably flWhftlf M tlpi or enter
Into business relfttleni, with the rtUta.
Where im afe sold the bring from 11 to
13, ftud they a?erBfe 3 each. It Is gen
erally a eash traimaetlen. Equally com
mon la the practice et goto halves upon
an idea. In this ease the tlpnter makes a
schoolboy iketeh and en a separate sheet
wrltea the reading matter to accompany
It. The artist thereupon makes a finished
picture. If the publication usea black
and white and no color, the drawing is
purchased and the artlat absolved of fur
ther responsibility. If, however, the pub
lication has a color press, tne artist
Is
often called -upon to oversee tne pra
rluMmiuiti aa tn fho rilatrlhutlon of
ar-
the
varlnna lull a Tn rhn fnrmor case the Eft
1st and tipster equally divide- the price
paid, in tne tatter tne arust reraves
Tha hualnona najra falrlv well SO far
as
the time consumed ts concerned. A. man
with grotesque fancies will often conceive
a doscn tips in an hour, bnt it may
several days or weeks before he can
said to clear $1,000 a year. An ordinary
tltiDtn. miVM nna-half nr Ane-third SB
much. During a political campaign there
is a Mg demand ior cartoons, ana pnw
go nigner. xips ior tnese curcoous win
often bring $5 and '$10, and when they
have been worked out upon the partner
ship principle they have netted as high
as iuu. New xora rose
How Coolies Get Free Bwrlal.
Ton Bee, no Chinaman would set foot
on a vessel unless he had every assurance
that in case he died he would be put away
in a first class coffin and brought into
port. If we didn't all contract to do that
none of ns would carry a cooly, not If we
offered them free passage, so ve promise
to supply a "chop dollar" coffin in case of
death and to carry the cooly back; to the
port from which he sailed, and that costs
money.
This business hadn't gone on a month
before the cooly saw his chance to beat
the company and began to do it Tou see,
a cooly who- is about to die, or wants to
pass in bis checks, and they can do it just
whenever and wherever they want to,
steps on a steamer, say for Hongkong,
and be only pays about $3 for A deck pas
sage. Then when he gets good and ready
he iusf. stops breathing, and the company
has to provide a coffin and pay the freight
back home. Scnbner a.
Reading;.
I have known some people in great sor
row to fly to a novel or the last light book
of fashion. One might as well take a
rose draft for the plague. Light reading
does not do when the heart is really
heavy. I am told that Goethe when he
lost his son took to studying a science
that was new to him. Ah, Goethe was a
physician who knew what he was about!
In a great grief like that you cannot
tickle and divert the mind. You must
wrench it away, abstract, absorb, bury it
in an abyss, hurry It into labyrinth.-
nujwer.
SMOKED HERRING.
$ 41.30 in Net w Herrinar.
at m A . mmm, .
oo.iv in flies caremels,
SI 10.20 in Rail F'krmmJt.
$116.41 in Cava Symp.
voi.vs in K Jr. oat.
975.48 in Santankas HTnll..
$840.80 in White Oavts.
fiioaiinSeedSye.
vufiBQ in aieblffsua Flour.
We have the stock andprloe.
W. B. COOPER,
Wholesale Grocer,
08. no, 818 Nntt street,
sen 86 wiiiDii atf ,. n
NITRATE SODA.
25 Bans just arrived.
Serjd orders quick.
ALSO
Seed Bye and Wheat.
-AND-
One hundred ears of other Groceries.
Get our Prices.
D. L. CORE CO.,
WH0IJE8ALX gkociks,
120, 132 and 124 North Water street,
sep at tf wumtafctoD, N. a
Mullets ! -
NEW CATCH JUST IN.
Also Pish Barrels for pack
ing Mallets.
Salt in 200 lbs., 1 80 lbs. and
100 lbs. Sacks. -
We also have a full line of Groceries
such as
Floor, Sugar, Rice,
Coffee, Cakes, Candy, Sar
dines and Oysters, Virginia
Water Ground Meal
and most any other thing that ycu
3 J A1 -t - . .
umi nut, ia me grocery line. All
of which we offer to the trade at
living prices.
8epJfSfmiams Bros.
REASONABLE GOODS
MULLETS. Q8W catch.
Best Oream Cheese.
Martini Gilt Edge Butter,
Bagging and Ties.
SALT.
eSHXBAL LIXK OP CASK OOD8
DBMAKD AT THIS 8 IS A SON.
Sole agents for
ROB ROY FT.0TTR.
Ucll AIR & PEARS ALL
sep
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2
WM asa -
The Kind Yon Have -Always
. A
Ill use ior over ov years
a nuu 1UU9 uccu auuo uuuer 111H Jtefm
iKsz- sonal supervision since its infancy.
71 :- Allow no one to deceive von in thta
" All Counterfeits, Imitations and ' Just-as-grood" are but
Experiments thai: trifle Tvith and endanger the health of
Infants and Cnlldren Experience against' Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castorla 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 cores 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 PanaceaThe Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
S9
Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
tmc ecaraun eeamiMV. rr auaaav aracrr, new voaa errv.
WillThey Ever Stop?
One would think that judging from the
volume of business done by
The Great Big Racket Store
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
THAT ALL OTHER STORES WERE CLOSED.
THE COMMUNITY HAVE CONFIDENCE
AND BELIEVE IN OUR ADVERTISEMENTS.
New
Pouring in tne Big
;w VS If
i "
Prices to Be
Cut Still Lower.
THE GREAT SALE WILL CONTINUE
ONLY FOR A FEW PAYS.
There are plenty of people that have not been able to buy
satisfactory as yet. For your patience you will be
well paid. This Store certainly has been the Mecca
for the entire population and intends making it so all
the time.
The Racket Store.
sep 29 tf
J. W. NORWOOD. Pres.
Wi ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK,
WILMINGTON, N. CT. - .
- -
Paid out to stockholders since organization, 1892 6G,250
-iuBMiiiji, puiupiutjiis, moaern metnocis.
ANDREW MORELAND, Cashier
J. W. YATES, Ai. t Chier. sep 8 tf
The Coal, Cement and Supply Co,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
BITDHIHOOS AND
American and Foreign Portland Cement,
Rosindale Cement, Lime, Plaster,
Plasterer's Hair, Brick, &c.
Shingles and all kinds of Roofin.- - Oak, Ash and Pine Wood a specialty.
Office 214 south Front Street.
Bell 'Phone 645
Surplus Is Strength.
t!mnm m With assets of over $800,000.00 and surplus of over
f30.000.00 we Ruarantee absolute security to depositors intrusting their
7t?wekumne' tw? solicit your account" Four per cent, in
h?!L!h? n P f0111148 om.00 and oyer. No notice required before
; OtoWlsU money' Deposita receWed now bear interest from
THE WILUIN6T0N SAVINGS & TRUST CO.,
108 Princess Street,
w. NOBweoB, ir-iamt. n. Walters, vu tri-(.
sep so tt ' TATliOR, Jr., "Cashtor.
m
Bought, aivd which has been
1 . J .
suns uujtuv uio Bigiiaiiire of
Signature of
Stores Constantly.
JOHN S. ARMSTRONG, Vice Pre-.
- - S2.O0O.O00.
ANTHRACITE COAL!
-.Xal
Warehouses South Water St.
; r V . aug 20 tf