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If you require medical advice don't fail to write Doctor R. V. Pierce who will give you the best advice possible. Address Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a ladies' laxative. No other medicine equals them for gena tleness and thoroughness. CHINA. AGAIN DECLARES ITS DETERMINATION To Obierve (he Strictest Nentrtllty Be tween Japan and Ranla Baseless Ramors Denied. By Cable to the Mornlnff Star. Washington, May 14. Minister Confer reports by cable to ibe State Department from Pekln that the Obi nese gOTernment has reiterated Its de termination to obserre the strictest neutrality and bas asserted Its ability to do so. In view of the leading part taken by the United States gorernment In se curing the international pledsre of the neutralization of China, the State De partment has felt deep concern In the reports of agitation among the Chinese military forces near the seat of war and the danger of their yiolatlng neu trality, thus releasing the powers from the engagement into which they entered. Mr. Conger is keeping the department closely adrlied of the situation In China from that point of lew and his news is received wf th sat isfaction here. Inre enforcement of Minlater Conger's statement. Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng, the Chinese minister here, called upon acting Sec retary of State Loomls to-day and said, among other things, that recently re pjrts have been circulated In the news papers Intimating that China is In clined to favor one of the belligerents. Baseless ramors of this character may ( uu a Krcai ucu ui mucoid, it ll me l i fixed purpose of the Imperial govern ment to maintain tne strictest neutral ity to the last without the least Inten tion of revoking the decree men tioned. Recroltiai Officers. St. Paul, Minn., May 14. Evi dence tending to show that the Chinese government is recruiting officers for what is known as the Chinese impe rial reform army, in the United Btates, developed here to-day on receipt by W. F. Maiden, or Bt. Paul, of what apparently is equivalent to a commis sion for a second lieutenancy In the Chinese army from Edmond E. Eng lish, of Yankton, S. D., who is said to be engaged in securing American offi cers for that purpose. A special to the "Dispatch" from Yankton, S. D., says that Mr. English admits he Is securing recruits for the Chinese army, but that there Is noth ing especially significant In the move ment now, as the plan of securing American officers had Its inception long before the Russo-Japanese war began. He Is quoted as asylng that owing to the strict neutrality observed by the American government In the present Russo-Japanese war, all ac cepting service with the Chinese gov ernment will leave the United States as individuals. They will receive the same pay as officers of equal rank in the American army. TWINKLINGS, PaiU-"HIg friends speak of him as a man of parts." "Well, they should know. He has quarter ed, himself on them for years." Pack. Tour husband has water on the brain," announced the doctor. "Dear me lM she said. "I hope it has been boiled." May Lippincott'a Magazine. Mrs. Smitkins Distressed again P I. was wondering how you could eat that rich pudding. Mr. B. It wasn't distressing me then; that's how. Boston Transcript. "They are criticizing you for not expressing an opinion." "Per haps' answered the silent candi date; "but not as much as they would criticize the opinions If I ex. pressed any." Washington Star. An Imputation. "Both my grandparents' said Bragg, "were noted for their courtly manners and" sterling rectitude. They were really remarkable gentlemen." "Yes?" replied Peppery. . "By the way, did you ever read that Italian scientist's book on Degenerates'?" Philadel phia Press. Easier than a Halo. "Being contlunallT held np as a horrible ex ample Is about as monotonous as the musio of an automatic piano." says MnfifM cynic, "but It is a much it" rtaon you nervous system than trying to balance a halo on the back of your lHd."-Kansas City Journal. Taking Exception. "But . how, said one of the younger members of the Woman's Club, . fluting be said to develop the intellect?" "It doesn't," was the reply of the older member, "ex cept that it may be said to be a f11 ot Preliminary training for the time when he has to exercise his inventive faculties in thinking up excuses for coming home late." Chicago Tribune. Mlsa Carolina Jmu n.. 0 Mrs. O. E. Jam y Hudson, who wi , 111 - away borse In t ;; j' reed a fracti Mrs. O. E. James, of Trd.T. hn ... . " r v WB.,""n run in RuhmiMil xt . fracture of thu aknii huh JAPANESE ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR. A Heavy Bombardment by a ( Fleet of Warships Reported to Be in Progress. INVESTED BY 20,000 TROOPS. Believed to be Now la Possession of the eily-Secood Army Completed Laad log st Pltsewo-Plf ty Tfeoaasad Jsps Now on Penlainla. By Telegraph to the Moraine star. Chicago, May 14. A special from Che Foo to the "Dally News" says: When the "Dally News" dlapatcb boat Fawan arrived off Port Arthur early this morning a heavy bombard ment was In progress. As the channel was thickly mined by the Russians and the Japanese Admiral Kataoka had Issued strict orders that non-combatant boats were to be excluded, It was Impossible to get within the road stead, hence an accurate report of the proceedings is Impossible. "As far as It was possible to ascer tain, the armored cruiser Yakumo, four other cruisers, one gunboat and one battleship, having cleared the channel, entered the harbor shortly after daylight and began a heavy fire, which was still In proaresi at noon. "It Is estimated that 20,000 Japanese troops are Investing the town and there is every reason to believe that they delivered the assault this after noon and are now In possession of the city. "It is understood that the landing of the second army was completed yesterday at Pitsewo. There are now fifty thousand Japanese troops on the peninsula. Japanese Movements. St. Petersburg. May 14. The gen eral staff has received a dlapatcb dated May 13th, from Major General Karke- vitch. as follows A Japanese detachment of -about 1,000 infantry and two squadrons of cavalry advanced May 12th towards Polandein, where It did slight damage to the railway line. A train from Dalny, bringing families of employes. was obliged to return there. The Ja panese withdrew In the evening. The Wafandlan station was closed about midnight May 1313. During the night of May 13th Polandein was Illu minated by the search lights of the Japanese ships in Adams bay. "Un May 13th detachments of Ja panese troops were observed In the neighborhood of Polandlen on the Erkskulin mountain and in the vallev of the Manuko river, about seven and a half miles east of BIu Yen. "Chinese bands are aggressive on the main road between Feng-ang Cheng and Balmatsl. A strong band of Chinese brigands has been sighted near the station at Yantl." Major General Pflug. telegraphing under date of May 13tb, says : I "The Japanese have evacuated Swan- Tien-Slen and a column of the enemy, about a division strong, is marching on Sluyen along the Tayang river. "according to information there considerable forces of the enemy are norm oi xaausnan. The uoreans are destroying the telegraph lines between Keng Tcheng and Sen-Tchln. "According to tbe information from the frontier guards and missionaries at Topatesatse,twenty-five miles south west of Huptchentsl. a Chinese tlsinsr against Russians and Christians Is be- ngprepared." Washington, May 14. The Ja panese legation has received the fol- owing cablegram from Toklo. dated to day : "General Kurokl. commandant of the first army corps, reports that on Mav 7th a detachment of our troops occu pied Kuan Tien (Jhene. On Mav 11th another infantry detachment pursued the enemy's cavalry which was re treating from Bhue-Hli-Chan and cap tured two privates and one lieutenant. The latter is the son of General Bon. VaiL" Firing on Red Cross Train. St. Petersburg. Mav il Tn n official dlsnateh from Mnkdfln. rindnr date of May 14tht Major General Pflug reports that exhaustive Inquiries regaraing ine allegations that the Ja panese fired upon a BediOross train bound for Port Arthur, May 6th, prove that the Red Oroaa flap was flvinven the train as it left Teln-ju and that not a snoi was nrea irom the train which was carrying only Russians who were ill. The Jananese. Genm! Pflno- Sava. Onened flm innntinAnnal and only ceased when the train was beyond range. eonfldeice Shaken. PARIS. Mav 14. Franeh nnfl1nia In Rnmtan nnwaa la mniiii ih.V.n a result of tha rcnt Humlnnmanla concerning the weakness of General Kuronatkln'a land foreu. Th vl Japanese successes were accepted as merely preliminary, it being believed by the officials and public here gen erallv that Kuronatkin waa mncun. tratlng a vast force, approximately tw.wu, wmcn eventually would an nihilate tha small Jimimh imt Military experts ofthe Figaro and other leading journals have sought to demonstrate tbat Kuropatkln'a suc cess was a mathematical certainty, on the ground that his force was four umei greater man mat or tbe Japa nese. But the report of the last tan diva hivn ahnwn shrinkage of Kuropatkin's army, until now ii is generally accepted in official circles that he has not over 200,000 men. lnslndlnir thnaa lrvk-aH nm Port Arthur and In other garrisons. The announcement that the Russian commander bas put off taking the of fensive until July In order to secure reiniorcemenis aous to the belief that his strength has heretofore been great- lv overestimated. How va tha offi cials and the public generally con- usue to oeiieve mat ivuropatkln la working ant a atratarat1nl.. Ine the Japanese far Inland, where, ultimately, he will overwhelm them. The feeling of confidence, however, la steadily diminishing. uenerai isrugre. head of the French army, called recently on General Porter, the U. B. ambassador, and the two veterans want otm tha u.i... - 7 J ..UbUU- nan campaign from the standpoint of French and American military ex- Jerts. They agreed that much would enand db tha tnfwwMiitia a .i - country below Mukden and Harbin. " "w pari artillery Will play In commanding the passage of rocky denies. Durlno tha HlHnn4 it . suggested that a Russian campaign somewhat similar to General Lee's campaign fit Virginia probably would be the most effective means of stop ping- toe .Japanese advance. Official advices received hara tvda ' say there Is an enormous congestion . Take iaxanve uromo Quinine Tablets. UTntu - -- - U I . of military store near Irkutsk Si beria. . - y - klsese Ummesce Hostilities. Bt. PrrxRSBUBO), May 14 Dis quieting news Tesardlng the attitude of the Chinese is contained In dis patches from officers at the front Issued by the general staff to-nirbi. In addl tlon to giving further details of tbe culling iff of Port Aril ur and con firming the report of the Japanese ad vance upon Liao-Yang, these dis patches state specifically that the Chi nese have commenced hostilities, against the Russians. Major General Kaakevltch reports that the Chinese attacked his outposts on the Feng-Wang-Chang road leading to 8imatsi. General Pfluog telegraphs that, ac cording to reports of patrols and mis sionaries, the Chinese at TapadilaUJ, one hundred and sixty miles north west of. Mukden and just outside the Russian sphere of Influence.aro prepar ing to rise against the Russians and Christians generally. The hostile attitude of the Chinese' is attributed to the action of the Ja panese in spreading reports of their successes and magnifying their victo ries at Port Arthur and on the Yalu. This propaganda has been active re cently in all parts of China. Bo far as the railway is concerned, while it is admitted here that a Chi nese outbreak will be a new source of danger, preparations have been perfect ed by General Kuropatkin to Insure the protection of this artery, which is vital to the supply of his army. It is a matter of satisfaction to the authorities that the Ooreans are prov ing more friendly than the Chinese, as la shown by the reports of the dis traction by them of the telegraph I Wires used by the Japanese in North ern Corea. Che Foo. May 14. 11 P. M. Everv- ining was quiet nere to-day. at Vladivostok. Bt. Pktersbttrgl Hit 14 a,i r p. c The admiralty denies the rumored en gagement of Rear Admiral Jessen's squaoron. a. telegram from vladl tosiok wis morning reports all wel there. Mukden, May 15. Grand Duke Bo ria haa laft hara anil Minlnajl a.Ml Kuronatkln'a Stiff it T.Ian. Van r Tha grand duke la anxious to see some ngotmg. ' Jspssese Captures. ANTUHO. Mav fi. via Rannl Mull Chinese coming through the lines re port mat ine icutsians nave retired from Kao to the west of Feng Chang weng, out ineir reporu nave not been Confirmed. T.loht avlvmlahaa hataraan Russians and Japanese outposts are occurring dally. News of the landing of the second army and the cutting of me railroad aoove fort Arthur has been received with satiaf action at Japa nese headquarters. - The captures maaa Of ttaa Jananata dnrlna r.Mnt days include 3,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, three hundred thousand round Of rifle ammunition. fl.SOO rlfflu ana more man one nundred ammunl tion supply carts. Bcattr and the Suit. There was as much truth as boasting lu the statement of John Wilkes, the ramoua London alderman, "Ugly as I am, If I can have but a quarter of an hour's start I will get the better of idt man, however good looking. In the ' graces of aojr woman." Of "Wilkes abnormal ugliness there was nsrer any question. "The children In the street ran away affrighted at the slgbt or him." And yet his Dowers of fnspl nation were so great that women of beauty and fashion vied with each other for his notice, while handsome men of nil courtly graces were neglected. It was said that there were few beau ties of the day whose band Wilkes might not have confidently hoped to win. He married one of the richest and loveliest women of his time. "Beauty and the beast they call us." Wilkes once said to a friend, "and I cannot honestly find fault with the de scription." Mark Twala aid Whlatler. Mark Twain thus described his first meeting with James MacNeill Whistler: "I was Introduced to Mr. Whistler," he said, "In his studio in London. I had heard that the painter was an In corrigible Joker, and I was determined to get the better of him if possible. So at once I pufon my most hopelessly stupid air, and I drew near the canvas that Mr. Whistler was completing. "That ain't bad,' I sald-'lt ain't Bad; only here in this corner' and I made as If to rub out a cloud effect with my finger 'I'd do away with that cloud if I was you.' "Whistler cried nervously: "'Gad, sir, be careful there! Don't you see the paint is not dry? " Oh, that don't matter said J. 'I've gotmy gloves on.' 'We'got on well together after that" Faaeal'a Karlr Obaerratloa. Blaise Pascal, who wrote a remark able treatise on the laws of Bound, was constantly observing the familiar oc currences about him even as a boy, When he was only ten years old he sat at the dinner table" one day striking' hla plate with his knife and then listen ing to the sound. "What are you doing with that plate, Blaise?" asked his sister. "See," he replied. "When I strike the plate with my knife it rings. Hark!" Again he called forth the sound. "When I grasp it with my band so," he continued, "the sound ceases. I wonder why it Is." Michael Anarelo. Michael Angelo, while painting "The Last Judgment" fell from hla and received a painful Injury In the teg. ue snut himself up and would not see any one. Baclo Rontlnl, a cele brated physician, came by accident to see him. He found all the doors closed. No one responding he went into the cellar and came upstairs. He found uicnaei Angelo In his room, resolved to die. His friend the physician would not leave him. He brought him out of the peculiar frame of mind Into which he had fallen. . ' Braalltam CoSTa. Brazilians are Kreaf coffee drinkers. Numerous cups are drunk each day by the average man and. woman. Tha beverage is made very strong and very Bweer. it produces an exhilaration of a more intense and lastlnsr kind than beer. Those addicted to this habit be come very restless and sea reel v nhl to sit still or stand still ven for a mo ment laed to Fill Up. Itrt. Blllus (after the gone) Johnny, you shouldn't have eat en those preserved fruits. They were not. intended to be eaten. Thev were put on the table to fill np. Johnny Blllus Well, that's what I usea 'em ror, mamma. To Cure a Cold in One . N ..." T. 7 aaaa m a I JS 77 fs STATEMENT FR0I1 MR. W. R. HEARST. Says He Will. Support . Nominee of the St. Louis Convention Whoever It May Be. HAS NO IDEA OP BOLTING. Ridicnlsns Story Scat Oat tress Albssy That He, Mr. Brysn and Others Were Plsialif the Formation of a New Party. ;Bj TeXegraph to the Xooung Star. W abhtngtoit, May 14. William Randolph Hearst will support the nom lnee of the BL Louis Democratic Con ventlon, whoever he may be. He to day authorized the Washington "Post" to make this statement unequivocally. He ridiculed a story sent from Albany that he and Mr. Bryan, Arthur Bris bane Weaver, of Iowa, and others, were planning huge bolt and the formation of a new party. He said he had been making his fight for the nomination in the name of progressive Democracy, but his fight had been within party lines and would continue to be so. Whatever . the esult, he Intended personally and through hla newspapers to support the regular ucxet. "I am for the Bt. Louis nominee," said Mr. Hearst to the "Post" Hav ing ottered that plain-spoken sentence he added with a smile: "I should, of course, uze to be the nominee myself. I have supported the Democratic ticket In the last five campaigns. I sup ported Cleveland three times and Bryan twice. I intend to support tbe nominee or the party at St. louis, who ever ne may be." The interview was prompted by the Albany dispatch Which said tbat Mr. Hearst, Mr. Arthur Brisbane, Mr. Bryan and a few others were prepar ing to sou. I have not been able," he said, "to deny all the foolish things that have been said about me. I have not even kept up with all that has been said. But of a the fool things, that la 'fooler' than all the rest:" and Mr. Hearst indulged in a hearty laugh at the new adjective be had coined. I have been making my fight in the name of progressive Democracy," said he, "I have been making my fight within party lines." This Mr. Hearst emphasized in explanation of bis standing as a loyal Democrat before "loyal Democrats; not men who have been Democrats at pleasure or for profit." An inquiry was made about the sig nlflcance of the several contesting tiearst delegations over tbe country. "Every Bute convention of both navtlaa haa onntaatlnn i).l...lU.a n aid Mr. Hearst, "Contests do not mean that bolting will follow. Some of my frienda have instituted con tests i or delegates, in certain cases contests have been Instituted bv my friends, in entire sincerity on tisfir part, which I would not have sanc tioned had the matter come to my knowledge in time. But these con tests can be settled in the usual way, as they are settled in every national convention. "Please make it plain that I stand by the verdict of loyal Democrats; men wno nave been loyal to the par ty, and have not been Democrats at pleasure. I am for men who have been Democrats constantly for twenty years." "But suppose the class you suggest as aiaioyai snouid be in control at Bt. Liouisr I think there is no danarer of that. It is safe to trust the Democratic masses." was tbe answer. "But thev would be the neonle who have sent these men to the convention in a majority," was suggested to Mr. Hearst to which remark he as sented. Na.ihftl... lia .M.....J k I. L.. lief that loyal Democrata would be In control at St. Louis, and reiterated his intention to support the nominee of that convention. In fact, his utterances were so di rect and emphatic on that point that no room was left to doubt Mr. Hearst's loyalty and hla Intention to prosecute his own campaign for the nomination within the party lines, and not only to abide by the result, whatever it might oe, out to work for tbe ticket nomi nated. A TRAGEDY AT PITTSBURG, Yonsf Mai Shot and Seriously Woosded a Womia and Tbei Shot Himself Fatally lame of Affair. Bt Telegraph to tho Homing Btax. Pittsburg, Pa., May 18. Fred Bchuetz, son of Henry Schuetz, Jr., of the Schuelx & Benzie Hansen Com pany, brewers, to-night- shot and seriously wounded Mrs. Minnie Me Oormlck and then fatallr ahot him self. Young: Bchuetz was named as co respondent In a divorce suit brought by the husband of Mrs. Mc- Oormick some time ago, and since then has been attentive to the woman and it is said wanted to marrr her. She, however, would not agree to this, and the shooting? to-nieht la supposed to hare resulted from a quar rel orer the matter. The couple met on a atreet car and when Mrs. McOor- mick reached her home In Allegheny. she was followed from the car by ecnueix, wno said: weii, we will end It here." and fired, the bullet en tering the woman's left side near the .heart She collapsed, and Bchuetz. thinking she was dead, ahot himself in the abdomen twice. He is dying at ine nospitai. urs. aicuormlck. thoueh seriously wounded, will probably re- coyer.. Mr. H. H. Lowrer.of Philadfil. nkl. A. T pma, vi vuuiker a jjuwrey, wno nave an immense finishing mill plant In rnuaaeipma, and who own the large finishing mill at Greensboro, arriyed in ureensboro on Tnuraday nii-M. The Philadelohia works will ba sns. penaea ana the entire equipment of maohlnery, etc. .will be moved to the ureensooro viant. Mr. Jjowtbt fa there to give out a contract for the enlargment of hla factory. When completed the plant will be by far ine most complete and extensive fin- smng mill in tne entire couth. The entire slant of the Hiffcston Lumber Company, at Pelham. Ga.. with about half a million feet of lum ber, was deatrovrtd hv fira -raatamiav Loss between $75,000 and $100,000; In; surance aooui nau.uuu. ueyerai resi dences belonging to the company were ncnrgyeu. Dav Cures Crip in Two Days, ef on every box. 25c i-a - IBUfirKjOEV JACO'B -By C. W. Ogdi CopVrigTit, 190t,"bu 31 eClure'i JTeicspaper , ' i Syndicate No one knew how It happened that John Prune lodged on Shem Zook'a place when he wandered Into the neigh borhood. Prune had been there so long people had ceased talking about hla peculiarities and the strange agree ment he bad entered into with his em ployer. The marriage of Maggie re vived countryside gossip. Some pitied Prune, holding him to be a simple mind ed chap, and others said It was wicked of Shem to lead. Mm on by false prom ises as he had done. But when the whole story came out everybody laugh ed, Zodk excepted. In the first place there had been a sort of Jacob and La ban understand ing between Prune and Zook in regard to Mllly Ann. .When Prune, middle aged, short, stingy vlsaged, dusty and wearing a uniform of the Grand Army of the Republic, tramped up one day and asked for work, Zook took him In. Prune wasn't particular about wages. he said just wanted his board and enough to buy overalls and tobacco. For two years he was satisfied with that Then, at harvest time, he began to grow restive and one morning stood before Zook with his possessions done up in half a, newspaper and dressed in his Grand Army suit. Going away, he said. Wages didn't suit him. Harvest hands were getting a dollar and a half a day. Zook became thoughtful. i'Tou're a good man, John," he said; "a powerful good man, an' I bate like smoke to lose you. Fact is, I'd begun to think to hope, I might say that I'd have you as a son-in-law 'fore long." John's mouth stood open In surprise. "Son-m-law!" he gasped. "Yes," Zook answered. "There's Mll ly Ann a-growln' up, an nobody round here I d as lieve have er as you. An nen they's a good forty goes with each one of my gals. Mllly Ann Is the west BHB PLACED HXB IIA.KD ON BIS SHOULD KB. forty, wich I sh'd Judge about fifteen bun'rd dollars, countin' In Improve ments. How long 'ud it take you to save up that much, John?" John was lost In calculation. Six bits a month, twelve months In a year. tohacker out and "Gee whiz! Give It np," he said. Zook looked serious. "I said forty to each gal," he resumed, "but sh'd 'a' said eighty. An' sister Zerilda she owns the hun'rd'n sixty J'lnln on the south, where we got the wheat an' alfalfy. She. hain't got no heirs 'clpt my four gals. That s forty more apiece. Mllly Ann she's young ylt. Won't be fit to marry 'fore three years. If you want to keep on like you have been a-doin', she's yourn with her Ighty end of that time. Wha' d'ye Aay?" John was a man of few words. He considered It foolish to waste energy In talking that might be so much more profitably expended in hoeing potatoes. So in answer to Zook'a proposition he climbed up to the barn loft, divested himself of his traveling suit, put his overalls on and went out to plow corn on the forty he hoped to acquire with tbe band of Mllly Ann. As he followed the lone rows he be gan to think 'of himself as a moneyed man. He also speculated on the chance of Zerilda moving along to another world before the expiration of three years. It did not look likely. Zerilda lived with her brother Shem and sat Just across the table from Prune. She was a little bit dry and crabbed, but sound in wind and limb. Two years stretched out across the fields where John Prune sowed and reaped. Milly Ann grew up, broad backed as one of the . Hereford calves, low of brow and yellow of skin. Peter Keroher began to spruce up to her. John Prune In the full right of hav ing the prior claim objected to Zook. Zook laughed. "Hold yer bosses. A John," he said. "We'll fool 'em one of these days." But Peter drove over to the county seat with Mllly Ann In his buckboard ! one day and married her. Zook pre pared a great marriage feast and called In the neighbors. While It was' In progress John Prune sat with his I back against the comcrlb and figured It out tbat be had lost- Zook found nun mere. They beat us, John," he said. "But don't you ralnd It, man. "You go right on as you have been doln. There's Maggie comln on like a stalk o corn. an' at tbe end o' your three years you can take her 'etld o Mllly Ann." Hope lifted Its head timidly In John Prune's heart. Maggie was comely and altogether more desirable than Mllly Ann. As lme drew out Prune concluded that he had gained In the transaction. Zook let a contract to a city man for the building of a barn. The contract or spurred around Maggie with the city, airs and quickly won her. Zook, well pleased at the addition of such an energetic and useful person to his fam ily, provided a second lnfare supper. John Prune lost his temper. He waited until nearly midnight on the kitchen porch, with a singletree from the shadow of some morning glory vines, for Zook to come out, but Zook didn't come. Tbe sound of revelry and Zook's big voice in laughter overflowed the house. "They're a-laughln' at me," said Prune, and he bowed his head to the porch railing and sobbed. He was there when Zerilda went out to take a puff at her pipe. She placed her hand on his shoulder, patted it soothingly and said, "Poor man, poor feller!" Prune looked up. "Wouldn't worry 'bout them there 'celtful critters in yander." she con tinued. "They're a-pokln'. " fun at a heap of more honester an' Christ! aner person than thelrselves, so they air. an' I told 'em it too." "Thank you, ma'am," said Prune, a great waye of gratitude sweeping over If. "ffi- him "thank you Tom the bottom 6 my Tieart!" "What a you mean foollh away your time a-workln' out your lnsides here for Shem on promise of a gal an' forty acres o' land? Shem be never did 'tend to let y6u have Mllly Ann, neither did he 'tend to let you have Maggie. Brags all round the country what a cheap band he a got. Shem he'll morc'n likely come round In the mornin' an' offer you Tibia Jane.. She'll be Dig enough to marry in 'bout five year." Prune reached out in the shadow and grasped the singletree. Zerilda went on: "Always did puzzle me why a sen sible man like you wanted to be hum bugged so by Shem. Forty acres an' a gal! Huh! I own the south hun'rd an' sixty, an' I'm as good as any gal Shem Zook ever raised 'r ever will raise!" Next morning John Prune didn't bring the milk to the bouse. Zook went down to the barn to negotiate with him concerning Tilda Jane, chuckling over the prospect of at least four years more of cheap help. Prune was not there. Zook looked In the loft where he slept The Grand Army suit was gone from the nail behind the door. Tilda Ann came running down the path with something in her hand. "A'nt Rllda's gone," she panted, "an' here's a letter she must 'a' left for you." Zook opened it and read: Shem Zook You air a durned raskill. You chet me out of Mllly Ann. and you chet me out of Maggie. They will not be elg-bty alters eatch. I cut that down. Yours truely, JOHN PKUNB. P. 8. I have left you. J. P. N. B. And I have went along'. v ZERILDA. Cthoata Wit, Xo Orlorlnalltv- When you have read one of these sto nes, you nave read them all. Although the behavior of ghosts may appear ec centric when Judged by the Btandard of conduct prevailing among the living, their habits are, in fact, most regular, they seem to Oossess little rhnrnH-Ar or originality, and probably their ideas are very limited, some or them walk alone the nnsancA or nn tho ntnlra ntti. era knock on the walls or furniture, ring bells, slam doors or break crock ery; now and then you come across one who shrieks, and there seem to be a few stray specimens who appear and disappear. But their faculties do not go Deyona tnis. A very remarkable proor or tneir limitations or their slav ish adherence to tradition la that. though I have before me at tho nronont moment a dozen authenticated ehosta wno have been beard walking upstairs, there seems to be no case on record In which a ghost has been heard walking down. Why anybody should think it worth while to chronicle the move ments of such uninteresting creatures l cannot understand. An account of the day's doings of a flock of sheen would be very much more exciting. London Truth. A train consisting of forty-seven cars loaded with vegetables left Charleston bv the Routharn railaa for New York, Philadelphia and other pumis snotia ana uatt yesterday. This was ine isrgeii movement in tbe bis- a a . . . . . lory oi me vcgeianie business t tbat port. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. Tb8 Kind You Hare Alwajs Bought Bears the Signature of We have in stock the following brands of Laundry Soap: Brown's Borax. Ma,glc Gleaner Globe Family. Missing: Link. Johnnie Oake. Imperial. Ark, Clover, Polo, Victor, Needle. Wo solicit your orders which shall have our prompt attention. s. P.HcMlR, ap 26 tf Wilmington, N. O. llercer & Evans Co., CITY. Dkab Sibs: I take great pleasure in acknowledging receipt of a yery pretty, bright, new fire dollar gold piece, awarded me through you, by the Hub Gore Makers of Boston, Mass., for guessing rebus, in con- test of April 15, 1904. Yours truly, C. A. Walsh. These contests take place every two weeks and are very popular. Several awards have been made at our Shoe Store. Try it for your self. MERCER & EVANS CO. my 15 tf Recemb.r onr specialties. I Globe-Wernlcke -Elastic." Book Cases, Filing Cabinets and Card Bystems. Remington Standard Typewriters, No. 6 and 7 fitted with tho new Pollycrome attachment. Neostyle and Mimeograph Rotary and Dlaphram Duplicator!. Typewriter Desks and Tables. All up-to-date office appliances. G. W. Yatao a Co., Wholesale and Retail Book-sellers and Stationers. my 15 tf I'im.iii. i.i-.i..,i iniiiiiUiii.iu,wii.ii.iii niimwiuiiiMi.iiiii.i 'It! m immniminu'ijUiiuiiHtuiT ttf n::t 1'iinnH'lnnrif'i i umi'iimi AVfegetable Prcpacation.For As -similating liteFoodandBeguIa ting ttie Stomachs aMBowels of Promotes Digpslion.Cheerful ness andRest.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. 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M Pillow caseB, this sale, 10c X. 11.25 nmbrAllfla. thia bhIo Ofin Remember time is short. Bush sale now onO 2 a. nni tii w . . W 9 at ine mg GEO. O. GAYLORD,:! PROPRIETOR,- M The Store that n ...lew Speckled Peas. 40 bushels Of the straight anAnlrlArl Pcm Alan o A t. d i.n 1.000 kesrs of Steel Cnt Nai a. 1,000 kegs Wire Nails. Our prices advance. 700 second hand emntt ManVilna 50,000 pounds Hoop Iron. z& oarreis Glue. Call or get our prices. my7tf WILLIAMS BROS., Established 1866. Wboliale Grocers and 16 and 18 North Water Street. Comnlete Stock of Groceries of Evnrv noorriMSnn janl3tf Fresh Cargo Salt, 10,000 Bags 100 pound Salt 35 eents bag F. 0. B. here in. car lots. "Schooner due May 20th. . Send orders at once if on: talesmen do not reach you. W. B. COOPER, 308, 310 and 312 Nutt St., apr U , tf WOmfiigton, N, 0. Tor Infants and Children The Kind You Have Always Bought .1 Bears the Signature of in Use For Over Thirty Years P TMC frTU COMPANY. HEW TON OTT. V 9- aTa yards of 15 and 26c Ham It: yard. See Window Display. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Men's 10c. turn-collars, this sale. 5c. Men's 50c. shirts, this sale, 39c. A good broom, this sale, 12c. A lace curtain 2 yards long, this sale, 39c. Boys' White and Black Lace Hose 10c. Misses' Tan, Black and White Hose lOo a pair. Ladies' Lace Hose, black, from 121 to 25c. Ladles' Tan Hose 15c. White Bed Spreads 89c each. 100 Rugs 36i90 inches, all wool, at 39c. 100 pairs Scrim Window Cur tains 39c a pair. 65 pairs Lace Window Cur tains, value 75c a pair, now 45c. Nice Ladies' Shoes at 89c a . pair. Good Oxford Slippers 48c a pair. xtaosei store. 9 9 SavnaVnn Mnnav wwj. are low, aa we bought before the Rarraia .1 aw m v a ? A r afaY'Uf 3D. L. G-OEE CO. , Wholesaler-Grooers and Importers, 118 to 125 North Water St., Wilmington, N. C. Commission Llerchants, ' h. CAR LOAD RICE. AIL GRADES. 300 Barrels Salt Mullets. Full line of Groceries at rock bottom prices. 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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May 20, 1904, edition 1
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