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SHARP SWINDLERS CAUOHT. Yonni Man Arretted li Allinti fi Steal Inf Money Iran the Writers Uoloi oo Bofaa Telcrrsms. tir wwwpa u Mom In Blar. ATLANTA, GA., Aug. 24.-J. T. Li ner tliai A. P. Standlab, formerly re ceiving clerk of the Western Union r.irftDh Company at Dallaa, Texaa, ... .rrested here to-day on a tele- .m from me company in miiu. The telegram specified no charges, h,itLtney, whole under 30 years of He admitted to the officer! that be Ind a confederate, whose name he gl clack alias Edmund Seaborn, hid itolen $1100 on bogus telegrams. Accord ing to Lsney's atory his father u now chief operator for the Western ijnlo i Company In Dallas. He ad mitted that as receiving clerk he sent bogus telegrams for money to a con federate who travelled from city to city. Lsney was forced to leave Dal las bout a month ago, alnce which Jim- ho and his confederate have trav eled extern! vely over the country, visiilue St. Louis, Kansas City and Baltimore, where they separated, La ney coming thence to Atlanta. From here he sent a telegram to a young; woman In Dallas, which led to his ar rest. Dallas, Texas, Aug. 24. Affida vits filed here by G. M. Baker, local manager of the Western Union Tele graph Company, on August 13, alleges that during the previous week J. T. Laney, a clerk, by co-operation with E. 9. Black, conspired to swindle the company and did secure from the company the sums of $300, $100 and 1400, aggregating $1,100, and that all trace of the offenders was lost. The scheme was this: A young man entered the office at Memphis and asked for $300 tele graphed from Dallas for him. He was told that no such amount bad been received, but telegram to Dallas coUirmeti the deposit here of the amount and the sum was delivered. At St. Louis $400 was secured In the tame way and at Chicago the same plan worked. At this end, when the query was asked, Ltcey informed the operators thai tee amount bad been deposited. He made no record or entry on the books. Tj-day a telegram from Laney was received here for a young woman. Her reply was sent and instructions glvtn that detectives accompany the messenger boy. THE CAMPAIGN IN VERMONT. It Hromlses to he a Lively Oae Both Parties Putting Their Best Speakers la the Field la That State. By ToWnph to the Morning BUr. , Mostielieb, Vt., Aug. 25. Al thouih the electors of Vermont do not appear to be interested In the Btate election, which will be held on September 6ib, a lively cam piUn is In progress. The Republ! eaoi are making strong efforts to in due the entire strength of that party in Vermont to appear at the ballot box and roll up a plurality that will set the pica for the rest of the coun try. Notable among the speaker! wbom the party managers have dis tributed over the State, are Senator Fairbanks, the vice presidential candl dte,Secretary of War Tart,8ecretary of Agriculture Wilson, Bpeaker Joseph Q. Cannon, Senators Proctor and Dillingham, Representatives J. Adam Brde, of Minneapolis; P. M. Campbell, of Kansat, and B. F. Spalding, of North Dakota. The Democrats have secured Bourke Cockrtn, of New York, to deliver three addresses. Edward M. Bhepard. or New York; Charles Shamlln. of Baton, and Benjamin Shivley, of In diana, are among the other cam pa cners engaged. Bailies will be held all over the State, arrangement btring been made for almost dally mffiings from cow until BepL Srd. AN APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT. Men Deported from Cripple Creek Petition President Asking Him to laterveoe and Protect Them oo Retsrn. - By Telegraph to the Morning Star. , Destbr, Colo., Aug. 24. A peti tion has teen mailed to President Roosevelt asking him to Intervene In btbair of the men deported from Crip pie Creek last Saturday night, and protect them in their return to the district. Tbe petition is a voluminous iffjiratd includes a personal state m-ntcf John H. Murphy, general couDsel of the Western Union of Minm, the affidavit or Thomas H. Prfet, one of the deported men, who claims, that he was badly beaten by m-tubers of the mob, and a sworn natement or his physician to the ef fect that Parret is suffering from Inju rtMtbat may result seriously. The voiecaieis based' on the alleged Jaw received by Parret at the bands "Of the mob. Affidavits and preliminary papers nectary to tbe commencement of er'mlnal actions against alleged lead er of the mob also have been prepared r.d forwarded to the district attorney or Teller county. The affidavits are lirt'd by all tbe men driven from the Strict last Saturday. Greensboro Telegrams It is a , little difficult to understand where in. an abandonment of the primary Pian for tbe old plan of leaving tverjthing to a convention' can be Qeicribed as "going back to the good oil Democratic plan." The primary Plan is the good Democratic plan If - li not the good old Democratic plan. We believe that it would be a backward- step for the Democrats - any county In North Carolina to nrrender the so recently conceived desire to give every member of the Party a voice In the party councils. In any case it is largely a matter of party policy and a recent action of he state committee endorsing the Primary, and enlarging Its acope Jhonld have very great weight with - -he smaller subdivisions of the or lan'mtiorj. ror orir aixsr Tr. Ur, Win- low's 8oothlog Syrup has wo used for over 60 years by mil "0 r mothers for tbelr children while tttiilog, with perfect success. l soothes tbe child, softens the gums, ti??"11 Pln wind colic, and Is best remedy for Dlarrboes. It will eve the poor little sufferer immedl- . aId br Druggists in every, of the worW Twenty.flTe centi w tie. .Be sure and ask for "Mrs. 2 ottrL" nd.olh,D 8yrup,w nd uka "J" Ii Kind You Haw Always BmigM CURISTENINQ IDE DEIR TO TDRONB. The News Heralded to the World iWith Crash of Cannon and Clamor of Bells. ' GREAT REJOICING IN RUSSIA. Impesfsx Ceremony in SI. Peteribnrf. Tbe Precenloi Iron the Imperial Palace te the Inarch A Scese el Msfalficeace. - Br Cable to the Xbrnliui But. 8t. Petbrsbtjbq, Aug. 24. A wave of rejoicing and festivities swept over Russia with the rising of the sun on christening day of the heir to the Rus sian throne, culminating when the Te Deutn, softly chanted In tbe beautiful little church of the Peterhof palace, announeed that the ceremony was ac complished and the news. was heralded to the world without by the crash of cannon and chiming of innumerable church bells, reaching from the Baltic to the Black Sea and from the fron tiers of Poland to the confines of the farthest East. Notwithstanding the momentuous situation prevailing at the front, the whole population tnrned gladly for the time being from more serious considerations to participating In tbe day of glittering ceremonial and pageantrjr.at Peterhof, where the tiny auccessor of the Great White Czar received at the handa of the (church the name of Alexis Nlcholaevltch, from which he is destined to pass in course or time to the dignity and responsibility of auto crat of all the Ruislas. Within the royal part of the Peter hof palace, from the moment the cor tege issued from tbe gates of Alexan dria villa to the Instant the glasses were clinked around the Imperial ta ble In tbe great palace, tbe scene, was one of magnificence and Jptlllancy almost touching the barbaric and pos sible nowhere in the world save where the West meets the East In the court of 'The Little Father of the Russiat." Over perfect roads, beneath stately overhanging trees, the procession moved through the royal park, a beau tifully composed, slowly changing picture, perfect to Its smallest detail. It was headed bv the master of the im perial household, him uniform a mass of gold and decorations. He was sur rounded by a retinue of officials only a" little less brilliant. The center of enthusiasm, of course, was the golden state carriage, drawn by eight milk white horses, with out riders and walking grooms and in which sat tbe Princess OaJaliln. mis tress of the Empress household, with the Imperial heir. At the door of the coach on the outside, rode the grand equerry of the court, Lieutenant Gen eral DeGranwald, and on the other side, the commander of tbe household troops. Lieutenant General Hesse, both superbly mounted and uniformed like glittering equestrian statues. Follow ing the coach came an escort with poised lances of the famous Blue Cos sacks of the Don of which the baby heir is now Ataman, or commander- In chief. Each man and horse of this picturesque guard was groomed to per fection, the very Ideal of the wild light cavalry of the Russian steppes. The procession passed through the palace to the chareb. There was another picture in I the waiting rooms. Tbe royal salons Were filled with a most brilliant assemblage, tbe ladies of the court, all in sparkling jewels, the offi cers resplendent In the gorgeous uni forms or the empire. Miarilng with the modern throng were many persons In quaint and curious and national costumes, some of them ante-dating the founding of the. northern capital on the banks of the Nueva. The emperor, his face wreathed in smiles, and with the dowager emnress on his arm, led the procession, fol lowed by the other members or the imperial family the, grand dukes and grand duchesses in the order of their rank, the baby bringing up tbe rear, the youngest of all. His majesty was met at the door of the church by the Metropolitan- of BL Petersburg, with raised cross. But here the emperor retired, as the rules of the ortho dox church gave him no place In the ceremony In which the baby was presented by his spiritual pa rents to the Heavenly Father. In side the chapel were assembled the procurator general of the holy snyod, and the members of the holy snyod, the diplomatic corps, with whom was Ambassador Jflcuormick and Imperial guests from every court in Europe. The christening party gathered at the jewel-crusted font The baby was carried by Princess Galatzln and supported by General Relchter ' and Prince Dolgoroukl, aldes-de-camn to the emperor. The sponsors represented an emperor and an empress, two kings, one princess and four grand duchesses. The baby was so shrouded In filmy lace, dainty flannels and a purple silk overmantle, that It was almoat impossible to dis tinguish the form that lay so still and quiet as the Metropolitan of St. Peters burg anointed its nanas, oreast ana forehead with the mystical holy oil, compounded for the purpose in solemn secrecy at the Kremlin, cut, wnen the moment came to complete the Im mersion in the warm water of the font, the royal Infant showed Its humanity by a lusty yell, which echoed through tbe chapel and was greeted by a mur mur of amusement and approval as being a sign of luck and good augury for tbe future. The Te Deum, melodiously chanted by a hidden choir, was the signal to the bells overhead, which swung clamorously, while from the - royal yacht, off the shore of the gulf, thun dered a salute of three hundred and one guns. The signal was taken ud at Cronstadt and St. Petersburg, and Moscow's five hundred bells chimed, while the guns of the Kremlin rolled. Breakfast at the great palace com pleted tbe ceremony. In making the rounds of the diplomatic corps, the Emperor displayed especial cordiality towards Ambassador McCormiek. To-night both tbe grounds of the Peterhoff palace and the city or BL Petersburg were Illuminated. There was an extensive display of fireworks In both places, music was rendered In the parka and a free performance was given at the Imperial theatre. The Democrats of Hyde coun ty met In Swan Quarter Angnst 6th for the purpose of selecting candi dates for county officers. Every vot ing precinct was well represented, and harmony prevailed throughout the day. It was a determined let and the current of the tide was strong that every old officer offering himself should be pnt out of action, for even the old fellows were there with the same old how-do-you-do smile, even confident. But, now, Hyde county had said: "We are going to make a change, and that to-day." Some of the new candi dates sought to get in the old wagon, but i ; had mired in the mud ont of sight, with all on board. An entirely new set of nominees for all tho offices were named. COTTON BROKERS SUSPEND. Failure of the Firm of H. P. Pass A U , I ef Ntw 0rlaas- 0s the Short Side el the Market .No StstemssL ' . bj Telegraph to tne Morning Star. Nkw Oblxaxs, Aug. 24. The cotton market received one of the greatest surprises in its history to-day when three-quarters of an hour after the opening the well known firm of H. F. Page & Company posted an announce ment to the effect that it was unable to meet further calls for margins. Up to that time the market promised to be qukt, almoat as quiet as yesterday's market was active, but on the reading of this notice the ring was thrown Into the wildest confusion and in an In stant prices soared, as traders hurried to buy cotton to protect them selves. October and December in side of ta minute's time went up 31 and 83 points. The con fusion about the ring was the greater because the interest the Pages had in tbe market was unknown. They have been one of the heaviest operators on the short side of the market for some time, but it has been generally sup posed that . their transactions were profitable and not the slightest hint or suspicion has ever been given out or felt that they were -embarrassed or likely to be. The advances of the last day or two, however, have been wild and wide and it is generally supposed, exhausted the resources of the firm. The general estimates of the interest of the firm In the market range all the way from 60,000 to 100,000 bales. The firm is composed of H. Frellsen Page, William A. Bres and Alfred F. Page.- - -.- ; .- r- Mr. Page, In a statement, concerning the suspension, said: "It is merely a case of temporary suspension of business,- and I am glad to say that the obligations of the firm will be met, dollar for dollar. We have only a slight Interest In the New Orleans market, our heaviest Interests being In the New York and Liverpool markets. The trouble was caused by our Inabil ity to meet margin calls from Liver pool, the advancea in that market having been great during the last few days. I cn confidently say that it will not be long before we will be actively engaeed In business again." A peculiar feature of tbe suspension Is that the offices occupied by H. F. Page & Company are directly under the offices occupied by Daniel J. Sully & Company, the firm that made such a spectacular failure last spring." DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS. Joo. Q. Carlisle amosg tbe Callers The Sltoatloa la Wc8tVlrflalaVlforoai Csmpsiffl la Tost Stste Urged. Bj Telegraph to the Horning BUr. Nkw York, Aug. 24. An Interest ing feature of the day at Democratic National headquarters to-day was tbe appearance of John T. McGraw, mem ber of the national committee from Weat Virginia, and a number of his close political friends from that 8tate. Their visit at this time was to discuss the situation In West Virginia with the members of the executive com mittee and during the dsy they con ferred with Chairman Taggart. Vice Chairman Nlcol), August Belmont and Thomas F. Ryan. They urged that a vigorous campaign In the Btate be started at once. They alao said that the one fear that the Democrats of the State had was the colonization of negroes from Virginia, and great care would be necessary to prevent this from being done. Among the callers at Democratic national headquarters were former Becretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle, who had a conference with Mr. Belmont; William B. Gourley. member of the national committee for New Jersey; John P. Frenzel. of Indiana, and Perry Belmont, who had just returned from West Virginia, where he has been the guest or the vice presidential candidate. Mr. Fren zel was one of the strong supporters of the gold Democratic candidates in 1896, and to-day he assured Chairman Taggart that his time and money would be devoted to tbe success of tbe Democratic candidates. southern Railway. Hew Bridge Over Potomac at Washloftoa Will be Opes for Traffic Ass. 2h. By Telegraph to the Horning Star, Wasmuqton, Aug. 24. The South ern Railway announces that oa August 28th, 1904, the new double track steel bridge across the Potomac river at Washington will be completed, and on and after that date all trains to and from Washington via the Southern Railway will be operated over the bridge. This will greatly facilitate traffic to and from Washington and Alexandria, Va.r which has been con gested by tbe crowded condition or the old single track bridge. WARM WTRELKTS. Albert Davis and Dave Fields, wife murderers, were banged yesterday from the same scaffold, at Koiilng Fork, Miss. L. B. Lookablll. of Roanoke. Va.. was yesterdsy elected corresponding secretary of the National Firemen's Association, in session at tiu Lioult. Mrs. Florence Maybrick left her ho tel In New York yesterday for Ellen vllle. In theOatsklll mountains, where she will remain at the home of Dr. Emmet Densmore for some time. Interest in the Jeffries and Munroe contest for the heavy-weight cham pionship increases. As yet betting has not been heavy, the adherents of neither pugilist seeming to favor the preTalllng odds of 100 to 85 In favor of Jeffries. The odds are even that Jer f rles will not win Inside of ten rounds. Carlisle MeKinleo. associate editor of the Charleston News and Courier, died there yesterday after long ill ness. He was the author of "An Apr peal to Pharoab," an argument for deportation of negroes to Africa, which attracted much attention. He was a distant relative of the late President McKInley. Mary Belle Devln is dead and Jos. Mania Is seriously ill at Augusta, Ga., as tbe result of eating bread which had been poisoned with "rough on rats" mixed in the flour. Neal WIN Hams, who is under bond on the charge of larceny, is wanted by tbe police in connection with the crime. Manzo probably wi1 recover. Saleld Prercnted. The startling announcement that preventive of suicide had been discov ered will interest many, a run down system or despondency invariably pre cede suicide, and something has been found that will prevent that condition which makes suicide likely. At the first thought of self destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonie and nervine will atrengthen tbe nerves and build up tbe system. It's also a OTt Rtoniaeb. Liver and Kidney reg ulator. Only 60c. Satisfaction guar anteed by a. a. ukixamy, arug glat. - j RECORDS OF THE STATE U OF FKANKUN UNEARTHED Stsiy el JobileUei's JrpHcatisa te the If tlstatore for a Pardon for fresaaa. Rich Had by Secretary Orlnes - Raleigh Post , August th.) The constitution of the ancient and shoxt-lived State of Franklin and the papers relating -to this curious rebellion against the colony of North Carolina was the rich find made yesterday by Secretary f State J. Bryan - Grimes . in the archives at the capitoL The discovery will throw consid erable light on a famous event In American history. In 1T84, before North Carolina had been admitted into the union, the pioneers who had pushed their way westward and settled in the wilds of the moun tains of this State and what is now Tennessee, became dissatisfied with North Carolina's dealing with the Indians and the absence of law en forcement, so they set up an inde pendent commonwealth and named it in honor of Benjamin Franklin. Alex. Martin was then Governor of North Carolina and Patrick Henry was the Governor of Virginia. John Sevier, a bold pioneer, was chosen Governor of the new State. He re ceived small comfort in his efforts to secure recognition of the independ ence of Franklin from either North Carolina or Virginia and his appeal to Congress met with little consider ation, since North Carolina herself was still out of the Union. North Carolina persisted in claim ing sovereignty over the territory, and finally the backwoodsmen were In the abaurd position of having two courts in session at the same time and also of electing members to the Legislature of both North Caro lina, and Franklin. In 1787, after three years of turbulent existence, the State of Franklin ceased to ex ist and that section remained a part of North Carolina until Tennessee was formed. The story of John Sevier's life will furnish fine material for a historical novel. For his leadership in the Franklin movement he was looked upon las a rebel, against North Caro lina. He was also held responsible for the massacre of a party of friend ly Indians, and was made a captive by John Tipton and others. The prisoner was bronght across the mountains to Morganton to stand trial for treason. However, a band of mounted desperadoes and follow ers of Sevier made the trip to Mor ganton, broke open the jail and gave the captive a fleet horse on which he made his escape. Among the papers found by Secretary Grimes yesterday was Sevier's application to the legislature of North Carolina for a pardon and the report of the legislative committee on the subject. The unearthing of these old re cords in the archives of the State will be Invaluable to historians. It is doubtful if any copy of the con stitution of the State of Franklin is in existence, although Ramsey's his tory of Tennessee gives what he purports to be a copy. The fascia nating story of the State of Frank lin is told in one of the volumes of President Roosevelt's Winning of the West.. Secretary Grimes has turned over his latest find to Chief Justice Wal ter Clark for publication in an addi tional volume of North Carolina Co lonial Records. PRODUCE MARKETS. Bv TelesraDb so tbe atornlss 8Ur. - Nsrw York, Aug. 24. Flour was barely steady, with little better inquiry ; Minnesota patents $5 908 40. Wheat Spot weak; No. 2 red $1 08 X f. o. b. afloat Options weak at 3XQ4He net decline: September closed 19yi; De cember closed $1 08J: May closed SI 083. Corn Spot weak; No. 2 60. Options closed IXOIMo net lower: September closed 59: December closed 60c Oats Spot easy; mixed, 2632 tts, 86tf37c p0rk was steady; $13 25Q13 75. Peanuts quoted steady; fancy hand-picked 6Mc; other domestic 36Hc Cabbages quiet; Long Island.per hundred, SI 003 50: per barrel crate 2575c. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 15Q20. Potatoes Market was quoted easy: Long Island, In bulk, per 180 Bi, SI 60 162; Jersey j and Southern $187 I 50: Southern sweets $2 002 60. Molasses firm. Rice quiet Lard steady. Sugar Rawfirm;refined quiet. Butter, firm; State dairy, common to extra 1217c;creamery,common to extra 1318c Cheese barely steady; State, full cream small colored fancy 9; large colored fancy 8, Eggs quiet; State, Pennsylvania and nearby extras 2526; Southern 1618c. Tallow dull. Cotton seed oil was firm on good out side demand and support. Quotations closed: Prime crude, f . a b. mills 226ei prime summer yellow 283c; off summer yellow nominal; prime white 31 H32c; prime winter yellow S2S2tfe. Chicago, Aug. 24. Pronounced tkepticism to-day in the wheat trade largely displsced wild credulity as to rust damage. In consequence Sep tember wheat fell 5 l-2e from th e pre vious close and suffered a net ion of 4 7 8a. Cora is off l-8c, oats closed 3-4c down, provisions range from 5 to 7 l-8c advance to 2 l-2c to 6c decline. Cbioaoo. Aug. 24. Cash prices: Flour Market easy. Wheat No. 2 spring $1 15; NaS spring $100100H; No. 2 red $1 091 10. Corn-No. 2 54e; No. 2 yellow 556. Oats No. 3 SIM 32c; No. 2 white ,S235tfc; No. 3 white 34S4Xc ! Bye No. 2 74c. Mess pork, per bbL, $11 75 II 80. Lard, per 100 fts, $6 90 6 92. Short rib iUes,loose, $7 87 7 50. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, no report Short clear sides, boxed, $8 00 8 25. Whiskey Basis of high wines, $128. The leading futures ranged as fol lowsopening, highest, lowest and closing; Wheat No. 2 September, old, 1 10, 1 10, 1 05, 105Xe;do.new,l 08. 1 08V, 1 03X, 1 03ft ; December 1 08& 1 09,1 09X, 1 04, 1 04X;May $1 10XQ1 10X, 1 10Ji, 1 1 06. Corn September 55KQ55X, 55, 53X, 53; December 645X. 54X, 52f, B2Xc;May 52XQ53X, 53. 61. 61c Oats No. 2 September S3, 83. S3X, 83Xc; December 84S4, S4K, 84M, 34Xc: May 8737M, 37, 86, 86c. Mess pork, per bbl Sep tember $11 70, 11 75, 11 67K, U 70: Oc tober $11 87K, 11 8K, 11 77, 11 77K; January $13 00, 13 10, 12 97, 13 00. Lard, per 100 lbs September $8 90, 6 95, 8 90, 6 95: October $6 97Jt 7 05, 97, 7 05; January-$7 10, 7 12, 7 07, 7 10. Short ribs, per 100 Kb September $782, 740, 7 33. 7 40; October $7 42. 7 47, 7 42, 7 47tft January $6 80, 8 85, 6 80, 6 80. NEW YORK COFFEE FUTURES. Nsrw York, Aug. 24. Coffee Spot Rid steady; mild steady. Tbe market for coffee futures opened steady at an advance of 510 points and closed steady at unchanged prices to a decline of i points. Sales of 150,750 bags. A Doctor's Device V ' - 7 . roridnal.7 4 In the days oI" the r mnsylvanla oil strikes Ithen a young physician, was called to examine a man there, Samuel Granger, who had - Inherited . a farm near which oil . had been, struck and whose brain was supposed - to have been effected, by .the sudden turn of his fortune. He heard sounds ao one else could hear, , and . at Intervals a ghost came Into his room at night He Hved with his aunt who . wanted to have him placed in an asylum. I didn't care to have the patient or ' his aunt know that I was going to ex amine him, so I wrote that I would ar rive much later than I Intended. ' One morning I went to the house without either the aunt or nephew knowing that I was coming. The door was (opened by the annt "I understand," I said, "that this property Is for sale. I would like to buy ft If I can do so at a fair price end get a clear title." "You can't buy it or get a clear title either. My nephew owns it and he's gone daft on account of its sudden rise in value. "VVTiy don't you have him adjudged Incompetent to manage his affairs and a guardian appointed?" " "That's what we're trying to do. Theresa a doctor coming down from the city in a few days to examine him. But I don't believe it'll do any good. Sam sees a ghost every now and then. There Isn't any ghost Nobody but "Safe "8i"It "He's all right on other subjects, and I.don't know as you can call a man crazy because he says he has seen a spirit" "Has any one been with him when he has seen the ghost?" "Don't know that there has, except ing me." "How often does the ghost appear?" "Oh; once In awhile!" "Will he be likely to see it within the next few days?" "Maybe, if he gets excited about any thing.? 4. : "I'll tell you what I'd do If I were you. I'd tell him that tbe doctor Is coming to examine him with a view to putting him In an asylum. Tell it to him the day before you expect the doctor. That will bring on. the paroxysm, and he'll faney he's seen the ghost again. That'll give the doc tor an opportunity to talk with him Just after he has seen, It" The woman made no reply to thls and, assuring her that I would give-a, large sum for the property as soon- a It could be sold, I left her. The next day but one I was expect ed to appear and examine the patient Tbe next afternoon 1 went up on a hill overlooking Sam Granger's farm and watched. All I saw was a young man come to a window but a few feet above the roof of a piazza. After dark I stole down to the bouse and climbed up a trellis to the window. It was summer, and the window was open. There was no one in the room, but a light on a table showed me by the pres ence of clothing, pipes, tobacco and such things scattered about that It was a man's room. I waited on the piazza roof till after 0 o'clock, when the young man entered, took off his clothes and went to bed. He looked nervous and haggard. What I was after was to see him un der the Influence of his vision without hlB knowing of my presence. His aunt had doubtless excited him1 by telling him that I was coming, and he would be pretty sure to see the ghost I could hear him tossing In the bed, but. as the; lamp was not lighted I could not see him. I waited till nearly 11 o'clock, when he had quieted down, and I thought he was asleep. 'But sud denly he gave a shriek, and I could faintly see him sitting up In bed, doubt less staring at his vision. I cast my eyes about the room, and to the left, near a door, I saw a luminous white figure, apparently of a woman. For a moment I was taken aback. I had no idea of anything appearing except to the young man's excited brain. Here was something, that I could see myself. Then it occurred to me that the ghost's garments had been rubbed with phosphorus. The figure stood a few moments and was turning to go before I gathered my faculties, but suddenly under an Impulse I sprang into the window, dashed across the room and seized its skirts just as it had got into the halL Then with one arm around a buxom waist I drew tbe apparition back into the room, took out my matchbox and lit the lamp. My next move was to pull a piece of white muslin from the! ap parition and expose the head 'and shoulders of the aunt I "Who are you?" she cVIed angrily. "I'm the man that wants to buy this farm, - alias the doctor who was to come here to examine your nephew. He doesn't need any examination. It is plain that you are anxious to shut him up, doubtless with a view to be ing appointed his guardian and getting a hand on his property." The young man was astonished that his ghost was human and at the same time shocked at what his aunt had been doing. Then he fell into a rage with her and despite my efforts to pre vent drove her out of the house. When I returned to the city and re lated my experience to some of my young medical associates they all de clared that I had mistaken my calling; I. should have been a detective. To this I .replied that I had been especial ly stupid from a detective point of view, as I bad not for a moment sus pected the real cause of Sam Granger's mental trouble. WAIVTER R PIXLEY. Why ItBlteaa Feaee Well. Experiments show that the nervous ness of southerners acts in a most marked manner to their disadvantage. Owing. to a greater nervousness and quickness of response, they impose severer strains on already tired muscles. The skill of the Italians with the foil is an instance of the greater speed of their motor nerves. Professor Mosso's Book on Fatigue. Coaanltlns tke Saare. No Korean couple would think of marrying without consulting the sage, who fixes the happy day for them. This he does simply by adding the bride's age to the bridegroom's, and, after determining which star rules the destiny of their united ages, he decrees that the wedding shall take place upon the day sacred to that star. T Dntk vanaitr. A little thing sometimes results in death. Thus a mere seratcb, insig nificant cats or pany bolls have paid the death penalty. It Is wise to have Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the best salve on earth, and will gvent fatalities when Burns, Sorer, leers and Piles threatens. Only 25c at R. R. Bkllajct'b drug store. 4 - Suppose the Postmaster Gen eral should substitute for the name "Vardaman" that of "Booker." Baltimore Sun. TRITON ISLAND lCoir-Kht. 13M, by C. B LewU. . " John Anais. a s..ilor I met in hos pital r.t LiVeriool, I Id mo that three years before he was Wrecked on Triton island, in the 1 China sea, where he found a blfj Chinese junk full of sil ver bars worth $80,000. He removed tho bars to a grove and two weeks later was rescued by a passing vessel. Resolved to get the treasure, I made up a party to do so. Five of us were to make up a purse for tbe expense and share and share alike. Of course the arrangement was not concluded until the other four had seen Andrews and heard his story and satisfied themselves as to its truth. After carefully canvassing-tho matter It was thought best that he and I should take steamer to Singapore and there hire and man a sailing craft to proceed to the Island and fetch away the treasure. . 'When we reached Singapore! the first move was to find and charter a craft I cautioned my man over and over again not to drop a hint of what we were after. Indeed, after finding a craft to please me we did not pretend, to know each other in public, and he shipped aboard of her in the regular way as a foremast hand. I had not seen Andrews for three or four days when I called at bis boarding - house one evening to give him fresh Instructions and found him so drunk that I was unable to arouse him. By a f ow careless inquiries from the landlady I learned that he had been knocking around all day with two strangers, one of whom was chief mate of n American vessel and Just out of hospital after a run of fever. " Next morning I found Andrews quite sobered up and very much ashamed of himself. He plainly told me that he feared be had said too much to the strangers the day previous. He bad not intended to go on a spree, and it' was his belief that he had been drug ged. He was frightened and repentant but our only recourse was to hope that no' harm had been done and to push along as fast as iposslble. Two days before we were ready to sail, an Arab dhow, which had been berthed near our craft and aboard of which I had seen the Yankee mate and several other English speaking people, sailed away to the north, leaving the harbor at nlprht and as secretly as pos sible. From the moment of the departure of the dhow I felt sure that she was acting on a hint dropped by Andrews. It was a question of how much he had told. If he had not mentioned the name of the island, then we had still a P good show. The news of the loss of the 'junk at sea was public property In a way.nd at least two searcning ex peditions had spent some time trying to solve" the mystery of her fate. We worked day and -night to get off, and we were only two days behind the dhow. She had left with a fair wind, and all the way up to the gulf of Slam we bad wretched luck and no show whatever to overtake her. It was a long, dreary voyage we had up tbe China sea, and it was not half complete before Andrews fell ill. His only ailment was remorse. For many long months be bad dreamed and planned on what he would do when that treasure was recovered. His share of it, with wages added, would enable him to leave the sea and spend the rest of his days on land. It was the fear that he had been foolish enough to betray the secret that har assed him until he became seriously ill. On arriving at . the Island at last a boat was sent off to see If the place was clear. She found no craft and went far enough up the bay to Bee the wreck of the Junk. We then lowered another boat and towed our -craft In, and as soon as she had been anchored and made snug we landed and made straight for the thicket where the sil ver bars had been bidden away years before. It did. not take bs a minute to dis cover that they had been removed, and that within a few days. In place of them were broken spades and the prints of shoes, and on the beach near the wreck were the ashes of a camp fire. We beat up the locality, thinking the bars might have been removed to a new place, and before we were done with the search we took in the whole Island. ' ' We had at last to face the fact that some one had got ahead of us and se cured the treasure, and Andrews was so upset by it that he jtook to his bed and did nothing but lament and call down curses on the heads of the un known. The day before we were to leave he died, and we buried him In the dt from which the silver bars had been taken. In widening tbe grave we came across a Blngle bar which bad been accidentally left behind, but that was our sole .share of the loot we had come bo far to bear away. We of course suspected that tbe dhow which had sailed away ahead of us had got the money, but found out nothing positive until the day we bur led Andrews. Then one of the men picked up a piece of paper that had once been affixed to a tree, but had later on been detached by the wind. On it was scrawled In pencil and In sailor's hand: "When you get hold of another good thing in the treasure line don't take a drunken man into it to give the secret away. Tbe Yankee mate and his friends are much obliged to the man who gabbled. Had he kept his mouth shut we would still have been poor sailors Instead of rich men." We made Singapore In safety, but there was not a man aboard who would have cared had a typhoon dis masted and sent us down to keep com pany with the thousands of other treasure seekers who have had a good thing and lost It M. QUAD. At the Matrimonial Agency. "The young lady whom you pro- ose as a suitable wife for Count L has no Btain on her character or that of her family?" "Not a shadow." "But I think I remember having heard that her father in Russia" "He died of apoplexy. Quite right, signora. - One morning at $ o'clock. It appears some practical joker perpetrated the foolish trick of placing a running noose around his neck and suspending him to an apparatus in Bhape like an arm. He died very suddenly, poor man I" Osservatore Romano. The professional horse trader is not expected to tell the truth, for he wouldn't if he could aud couldn't if he would. Tbe gssoline traction engine Is rap idly making its way on to the farms of the country, and It is a wonderfully useful machine. Religion, love, money. Inventive gen ius, and even politics sometimes, will drive a man crazy, but we never knew just good hard work to do It The cement bridge is taking the place of both wood and steel. While costly to erect In the first place, these bridges are as near permanent In char acter as anything can be. ' ". ! Kxplanafioa of-a Swer TrteltT" A trick Iff which a sword Is appar ently passed through a person's abdo men is explained as follows: The sword employed Is a thin. fiexible,-dull blade. The prestidigitator, whose body the sword will simply pass around, but not Iplerce, carries concealed beneath his vest a sheath that consists of a hollow tube, semicircular in shape, the two extremities of which are bent In con trary directions .In such a way. that they are situated in the same straight line, the two orifices opening in fropi and behind at right angles with tbe ab domen; This tube runs around the farther side of the man, who, appear ing instinctively to grasp the point of the sword as if to protect himself, di rects it into the metallic tube. The flexible sword makes its exit between the talis of the coat It Is necessary to operate rapidly, so that the spectators Shall not have time to see that the length of the sword has diminished, the curved line that follows not being the shortest passage from one point to another. . Tbe Tale ot the Tclepaoae. The first telephone that was ever used was not electrical, nor was it a scientific instrument in any sense of the term. About the middle of the nineteenth century the employees of a large factory In Sheffield, England, beguiled thalr leisure hours by kitefly ing. Kites large and small went up dally, and the strife was to see who could get the largest The twine which held them was the thread spun and twjsted by the ladies of the village,. : One day to the tall of the largest kite was attached a kitten, sewed in a canvas bag, with a netting over the mouth to give it air. When the kite was at its greatest height 200 feet or more the mewing could be distinctly heard by those holding the string. To the clearness . of the atmosphere was attributed the hearing of the kitten's voice. This is the first account we re member of speaking along a line. Difference Between "PI" and "Pie," When type that has been set up is accidentally overturned or mixed, the jumble and its results are technically known as "pi." Some years ago Joel Chandler Harris, the author, was play ing whist at Warm Springs, Ga., with three ladies. The latter had bothered "Uncle Kemus" considerably by talking throughout the game and by asking him foolish questions. Finally one said: "Oh, Mr. Harris! Please tell me What is the real difference between 'p-i' and 'p i e.' " Carefully adjusting his eyeglasses, Mr. Harris slowly replied: "The latter is the foundation of the wealth of New England and the basis of indigestion. The former is the ralson d'etre of pro fanity and the sine qua non of dialect stories." Success. Ruila'i National Anthem. The Russian national anthem Is the only national hymn which was adopted as such in open competition. Until the time of the Emperor Nicholas I. the English "God Save the King"' had served Russia, but Nicholas determin ed to Institute a genuine and native Russian anthem. He announced a competition, open to all musicians, for an original national hymn. A musical committee reduced the thousands of entries to two, and between these, the works of Glinka and Lvoff, the czar himself decided. The highly martial character, with the drums and trum pets, of Lvoff's composition won the imperial "verdict, and it was decreed as henceforth the Russian national anthem. Queer Looking; Worm. New Zealand, Australia, the Samoan and the Solomon Islands, as well as portions of the Hawaiian group, are the homes of various species of worms with thick, heavy bodies and with a well defined neck connecting the body rwith a head that is a startling remind er of that of the monkey. In the Sand wich Islands they are called me-ta-lu-kl, which means "creeper with a child's head." An old New Zealand legend says that at one time they were of im mense proportions and threatened the extinction of all human life on tbe is lands. I A case of considerable import ance was tried before . Squire G. F. Woodard in Princeton, Johnston county, Tuesday afternoon. Mattie Blackman, a fifteen year old white girl, had sworn ont a warrant for criminal assault against her cousin, James Peedln, 21 years of age. The crime is alleged to have been com mitted at the home of Catherine Peedln, mother of the accused, near Smlthfield, last September. The girl since the death of her mother had been living with her aunt, Catherine Peedin. The girl, who was only fourteen years of age when the offense was committed and who is soon to become a mother, was introduced as a witness by the State and told her Btory in a simple manner, and then told how she was driven away from the only home that she had after it was learned that she was in her present deplorable condition. The girl said she told her story to three negro women, all of whom, together with Mrs.; Peedln and a brother of the accused, were introduced as wit nesses for the defense, and emphati cally denied any knowledge of the facts testified to by the girL After hearing the case the magistrate bound the defendant over to the next term of Johnston county Su perior conrt in the sum of $200. Conrt will meet at Smithneld on tbe first Monday in September The Archbishop of Canter bury has finally decided to pay a visit to the united states. There is no precedent, we bolieve, at Lam beth palace for this adventure; but even archbishops grow weary ox pre cedents. This will be a novelty with a purpose. For beyond the in terest taken by every intelligent man In a first visit to the States, His Grace goes with an open mind to Inquire into a question that causes him some perplexity. "He wants to find ont how it happens that Americans grow np God-fearingjJ though their education is what peo ple in this country call godless.' That is the explanation of his visit given by one of his friends. Under the terms of tbe reg ulations governing the aeronautio concourse of the Exposition, where by a capital prize of $100,000 is offered for tbe successful demon stration of a dirigible airship, pro vision was made for a long-distance aerial flight from the Exposition grounds to Washington Monument at Washington, U. (J., lor which an award of $5,000 was offered to the racing balloon accomplishing tbe feat wit bin the shortest time limit. The first of these trials is schednled to begin next Saturday. St. Louis Dispatch. COMMERCIALS WILMINGTON MARKET. (Quoted offlclaUy jUieolotin by tbe Chamfer 8TAB OFFICE, August 34. SPIRITS TTTTlPlPMT?rWTP i.-v- ,te5&!t8a!0 W gallon. ROSIN Mart flm . 4 an barrel for rood strained. i'AK-Market firm at 11.70 per bar 1 of 880 pounds. nRTTTYK TTTRPlPNTTMir. t .Lt rel firm at $2.25 per barrel for hard, fS.75 r uip, ei.uu tor virgin. . Quotations nm dav last Spirits turpentine firm at 61c bldf rosin nothing doing; tar firm ai $1.65; crude turpentine firm at $1.75 Q3.35. . RicnpTa. Spirits turpentine. .9 Bosin 65 j- - -..... BS Crude turpentine, ..r:. ....... -74 Receipts same day last year 90 casks spirits turpentine, 73 barrels rosin, 65 barrels tar, 159 barrels erode u psuuuo. COTTON. Market nominal Same day last year, nominal. Receipts 2 bales t same dav last year,. (OorrotedBegularly by Wilmington Produce Uommlaslon Merchants, prloea reprwenting slonMerchAntal - uommu- OOTJHTBY PBODTJOK. PEANUTS Nrtrth flirnlini firm Prime. ftl.Su itn nrlm 11 Sft- fn. ey, $1.40, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, $1.05; extra crime, $1.07 ; fancy, $1.10. Spanish, 1.1V. CORN Firm; 6065o per bushel for white. . N. O. RAfiON fltflml v h,tn 1iA 15c per pound; shoulders, 11c; sides, 13c EGGS Dull at 16c per doien. CHICKENR Firm, amwn SO A Mc: springs, 1830a BhiHij w AJL Firm at 2587c TALLOW Fi rm at (UffltWe tmp pound. SWEET POTATOES Firm at 90 $1.00 per bushel. BEEF OATTT.F Firm at 1(7 ir mr pound. MARINE. ARRIVED. Schooner Missouri. Marine. New River points, O D Msffitt. Sanders, New York, O D Maffitt. Bcbr Oh as O Lister, 366 tons, Moore, New York, O D Maffitt. ' Ucnr Kdgar U Ross, 379 tons, gull Ian, Baltimore, O D Maffitt. Clyde steamer Oarib. Bunnell. Georgetown, BO, HQ Smallbones. Schooner Lejok. 397 tons. Smith. New York, O D Msffitt. Bcbr Eliza A Bcrlbner, 350 tons, Dodd, New York, to master. Schr Chas H Valentine, 635 tons, Williams, New York, O D Maffitt. Btmr Tar Heel. Bradsbaw. Favette- ville, S M King. Btmr Uity of Fayetteville, Robeson, . Fajetteville, Jno B McEachern. Clyde steamer Navahoe. Devereux. New York, H G Smallbones. British brig L Q- Crosby, 398 tons, Ellis, New York, O D Maffitt. CLEARED. Clvde steamer Oarib. Bunnell. New York, H G Smallbones. British steamer Belfast, Bos l. Ba- vannhh, Alexander Sprunt & Son.' Btmr Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Favette- ville, S M King. Btmr City of Favettevllle. Robeson. - Fayetteville, Jno 8 McEachern. Clyde steamer Navahoe, Devereux, Georgetown, SO. HQ Smallbones. Bcbr Edgar O Ross. Coulborn. Georgetown, B O, O D Msffitt. FOREIGN MARKETS. Bj Cable to Uia Morning BUr. Liverpool, Aug. 21 Cotton: 8 pal, in limited demand ; prices four points higher; American middling fair 0.60d; f;ood middling 6.53d; middling 6.40d; ow middling 6.34d; good ordinary 6.03d; ordinary 5.78d. The sales of the day were 4,000 bales, of which 400 bales were for speculation and export and included 2,900 bales American. Receipts 5,000 bales. Including 1,300' bales American. Futures opened easier and closed strong; American middling (goc): August 6.Z6CI; August and September 6.04d; 3eptember and October 5.83d; October and November 5.71d : Novem ber and December 6.67d; December and January 5.64; January and Feb ruary 5.63d; February and March 5.63d: March and April 5.64d; April and May 5.64d; May and June 5.64d. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. Bt Telegra pa to tbe: Morning star, flaw Yobx, Aug. 24. Rosin quiet. Strained common to good $3 60. Spirits turpentine weak. Chablestob, Aug. 24. Bplrits tur- Entine firm at 53; sales casks, sin firm; sales barrels; A, B, C $3 32 ;D, $3 35: E,$3 82 ; F, $3 85 3 45; G, $34003 45; II, 13 65; I, $3 15; K, $3 37tf; M, $3 65; N, $3 80; W Q, $4 15; W W.$443K. SAVAHAH, Aug.34. SplrlM turpen tine was steady t 63 34 ; receipts 468 casks; sales 393 casks; exports 50 casks. Rosin was firm; receipts 3,004 barrels; sales 1,828 barrels; exports 1,891 barrels: A, B, O, 13 85; D, $3 40; E, $3 45; F, $3 50: G. $3 00; LI, $3 75; I, $3 85; K, $3 57 ;M. $3 85; N, $4 00; WQ. $4 35; WW, $4 63. COTTON MARKETS. . er Ilron to uk Morning star Niw Yobk. AugJ .24. Cotton was dull at 1L20C, net receipts bales; gross receipts 2,74i;bale; stock 34,096 bales. Spot cotton closed dull '.middling up lands lL20c; middling gulf- lL45c; sales bales. Cotton futures market closed firm: August 10 90, Beptember 10.80, Octo ber 10.66, November 10.62, December 10.62, January 10.68, February 10.64, March 10.65, April 10.65, May 10.68. Meggendorfer Blaetter: "You are still a bachelor. Yet von say you are lucky with women." Oer talnly. Don't they always refuse me?' Gin MAcHirmiYir ENQINC8, BOILERS. SAW MILL ano WOOD -WORKING MAOHINKRY. wwrrs roR rmoia GlBBES MACHINERY COMPANY - COLUMBIA, 8. C PImm naattoa thl ffr. f I id t j
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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