I 4, 1rt ! UvMUlUpuUVaUvU I : : - Entered according 1o postal rejruhitioiisal tli.MostomccatSuU.j)ort,N.(;., as second i class matter. - v -.! " TKiow Vir suixsci-aiViox. . ?; riiuKK month.- ... Cents, j six months :.... .fio Cent j ONK YKAll. . . -. . f 1 "o , Sent by Mail. IVyuble in advance. j " "7" "Tr" 'nlZ i. u7,' 1 Give post office add resH in full, in lulinj j roimty and State. j j Hem!t by draft, posto?!!cc order, or re- pistered letter, at ot IffAdvertising ratjes funiished on appli- j cation No com nm ideation will lie printed in the Lkajjkh without the name of the writer h w' known to the editors. i Obituary or dnth notices, of five lines, subject to. editorial revision, free. Longer notice, subject to approval, to be paid for fn advance , Thk bKADKH caniiot return rejected manuscripts, no matter what their charucr ter may Ik-. To this rule no except ion will lx; made with regard to either letters or in cloKimti. Nor will the alitor enter into anv correspondence respecting rejected communications. All matter not inserted is destroyed. ' STEVENS & FARRELL Editors and Proprietors. i SOlipN'OKT. llriinswIk('o..N.C. S.M TiirouT, X. C, May 12,d892. TIIEV ATIMtECIATK IT. The mere insertion of an adver tisement in any newspaper, is not all there is to successful advertising. Tin; newspaper selected may have a large circulation, yet the advertisement may prove of less actual value than one inserted in a' paper of smaller cir culation, but which has qualities not possessed by the laiger one. Every advertiser cannot pay for a selected space, still every advertiser wants and expects his advertisement . i .. ...! ...... , I ., 1;. ...... i.u ne ht-i-ii Jinu juuu, no matiui wuvjje it is placed or what its size may be. Aii advertiser is interested in not only the number but the class of readers hi 'advertisement reaches. It is import ant to him that his advertisement is not surrounded by other advertise ments which offer the same goods or which are of questionable character. The success of the Lkadkk 'is in a reat measure due to the great care it takes of every advertiser The extra quality of paper, of ink, and type used in the make-up of the paper gives it a pronounced appearance, and one which attracts ' attention everywhere. The Lkadkk claims for every advertisement in its columns some distinctive feature which attracts the reader. It also claims a class of advertisers whose names an; a guarantee of themselves, and who sell as they advertise. The great" advantage the Leadku possesses to advertisers of articles of merit, is. the fact of its being all Imme joint, with entirely new, fresh reading matter every " week, which brings it before a class of live readers who are tip with the times, noting carefully both the news and advertisements. The Leader is the only newspaper published in its city and county, has a large circulation in the metropolis of North Carolina, twenj,y-five miles dis tant, and outside of the daily news papers has a wider and larger circula tion than any other strictly weekly newspaper in the State. It is all and more than it claims, and advertisers appreciate tlie merits as a circulating medium, claimed and possessed, by the Leader. DEPARTMENT OF REWARDS No other" government department can poi it to so many and such flagrant abuses as are known in the Postoffice Department. From the appointment of its head, for efficient services ren dered, to the present day, there has been little to praise and much to con demn. - It has been essentially a department for profit and reward, the profit on w v tuu s . viiv vt iiiiiiiLi attutl LllU 1 15- ward of office to those who by ''meri torious services' advanced the inter ests of the administration. The cry of civil service reform which the ad ministration so zealously preached,but utterly ignored in practice in the Post - office Department, is one of the sins of commission which cannot be ex plained away on any grounds. The most notorious instance of this is the case of the Baltimore Postoffice . last Spring, where .the postoffice in lluence was used in the election and political assessments made on the em ployes. .Investigations are now being made as to these violations of the law and the testimony and facts in the case are decidedly against the Post- master General, although he claims it is a case of bulldoze of the Baltimore officials by the Civil Service Commis sion. This case has been ignored by the Department for a year, although reporter at the time by the Coramis sion for action according to the law. The quibble made bv the Postmaster . 1 . . , . General indicates that he wishes to evade carrying out the law on those guilty, simply because the vrolaters of the latv were working in the inter- q tiie: publican party. If there . ' , - , . is an instance of civil service reform 5,1 tlie .? ostal service in the South it has , never l;en made public. I he single purpose' of the Postoffice Department in its dealing with the SoJth seems j0 u; for administrative strength re gardless of the wishes of the majority of the people of the community. Ap pointments are made on the basis of the patronage which can be secured, especially so during the last few months, since the time was drawing near when the present administration would need an -'endorsment" from its "friends"' in the South. The threaten ed discontinuance of j the fast mail service from Boston to jTampa, Flori da, which has been and is now of most vital importance " to the. South, is an other disgraceful act of the Postoffice Department.even if the service be con tinued. The agitation and talk on the subject, engineered by the Postmaster General, has been injurious in its ef fect, as it has revived in many quar ters the remark "That anything is good enough for the South," and con sequently many who might otherwise have come South to settle, would, be deterred from coming to a section which was discriminated against in such an important service as that of the Postoffice Department. Mr. Wan amaker is. too good a business man to believe that the economy practiced in the discontinuance of the fast mail service South is an economical meas ure which in any way commensurates for the loss of this important service, therefore one must look further to see the real animus of the threatened danger. (Jan it be laid to "political expediency.'' that undebatable admin istrative refuge? The contemptible self-satisfaction of being a law unto limself, seems to prevail among the leads of each department, as is exhi bited by the petty actions of a Service which ought to be in sympathy with and strive for the best interests of all classes. A notable instance of this petty in tolerance is the case of the New York weekly periodical, Printers Ink, which for several months past has joen ruled against as second-class matter in the mails, and is compelled to pay third rate postage on its edi tion. The. law in the matter is plain. mt for reasons best known to the Postofiice Department no satisfaction js given to the protests of the editors of this paper, or explanations vouch safed for the Department's act of per secution, in debaring it from the nfails as second-class matter,' without hearing. The spirit uniformly manifested by the Postoffice Department has been extremely partisan, with a decided prejudice against the South. Any liberality displayed has been on poli tical grounds, with the idea of a hun dred fold return in benefits and credit to the head cf the Department. A Government department which affects every busines s, profession, and trade instead of bei ng used for the people and their best interests, has been made a political machine to . hold to gether a vast army of contributors to administrative wishes. The impres sion of Postmaster General AVana maker, as a Cabinet - officer, is aptly described in the following opinion as expressed by Mr. William D. Foulke,of Indiana, chairman of the special com mittee of the Civil Service Reform League for the investigation of the Federal Civil Service.' Mr. Fotjlke says : -I think that the appointment and retention of Mr. Wanamaker has been the darkest stain upon the present ad ministration. ; in his appointment Mr. Harrison conducted American politics to a depth of degradation hitherto unknown. Prior to Harri son's campaign, Vanamaker's politi cal l'ecord was entirely obscure. He had been a successful Philadelphia shopkeeper, not conversant with pub lic affairs, whose antecedents as well as his subsequent conduct showed his absolute unfamiliarity with public matters. To one reason and one only couia ins appointment be ascribed, namely, to the collection of a vast fund, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars, in the Harrison campaign. Wanamaker would never have been thought of except for these nnancial services. ELEMENTAL ENERGY. How long the earth can sustain life is a question which is often discussed by scientists. It has been pointed out that multitudes of races of animals have had their little day and vanished, and that human species need not ex pect to enjoy perennial existeuce:while as opposed to this it is argued that man's intelligence may enable him to avert what seems to be a universa fate. The exhaustion of coal would not, of course, mean the end of the human race, for man lived for tens of thousands of years before he learned how to use coal; and the radiation from the sun, if it could be garnered I up and employed directly as heat and indirectly as a source of power, would be capable of supplying every con ceivable want of humanity for ages. It is, however, obvious that the pos sibility of the continued existence of the human race! depends fundamen tally upon the question of heat; and there is, therefore, no shirking the j fact that if heat,: or what is equivalent j to heat, shall not last, neither will man last. . , In the current number of the tort. nightly Review Sir Robert Ball.the En. glish astronomer, in an article on this subject, argues that, outside of the sun's action, the few other direct or ndirect sources of heat which might be relied upon lack the necessary per- manence. ine sun, according to feir iobert,contains just a certain number of units of heat, actual or potential, and this is at present being shed around with the most appalling extra v agance. i ro lessor Langiey savs that there is in Pennsylvania enough coal to supply the wants of the United States for a thousand years; and yet if it should be extracted and burned in one vast conflagration all the heat developed would not be equal to that which the sun pours forth in the thousandth part of each single sec ond. There is, it is tiue, no reason for a belief that there is the slightest differ ence between the radiance which the sun shed on the earth thousands of years ago and that which warms us to-day, or that climate changes have been caused by an alternation i in the rate at which the sun diffuses heat; and yet the conclusion is forced upon us that the incessant radiation from he sun must be producing a profound effect upon its stores of energy. It was long a mystery how the sun could retain its heat so as to continually supply its great rate of expenditure;' and the suppositions that would most naturally occur were found to be in sufficient. Helmholtz, however, has solved the long-vexed problem. The sun is a gaseous body, not a solid ;and while a solid body loses temperature as it loses heat, a gaseous Lbody does not. And it may happen that the very fact that the sun is losing heat may be the cause of its actually gain ing in temperature and becoming hot ter. Sir Robert Ball, however, reaches the conclusion that then? will come a time when the temperature of the sun will decline and that ultimately ex haustion will follow. The utmost amount of heat that it would ever have been possible for the sun to have contained would supply its radiation for 18,000,000 years at the present rate of diffusion. It has already dis sipated about four.fifths of the energy with which it was originally endowed ; and it is, therefore, admitted that the sun may hold out: for 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 years, but not for 10,000, 000 years. : Science and Lieutenant Totten are thus at wide disagreement. Philadelphia Record. POLITICALLY CONSIDERED. Mr. Cleveland should induce some of his Pennsylvania friends to settle in the doubtful Pout. States. Washington It is far better statesmanship to cheapen clothes, roofs and living ex. penses than to cheapen dollars. Lapeer (Mich.) Democrat. ! h New York, Georgia, and Wyoming are the only Hill certainties. Even Democrats, in all civilized comrauni ties, seem to favor a more respectable candidate. Detroit Tribune. Hep. "The Administration is quite chum my with me." says Mr. Piatt, signifi cantly. Mr. Piatt is entitled to his sense of elation. Such chumminess. properly handled, might easily be worth a Cabinetcy7 in the Second Term. Philadelphia Record. i REYIEWS. Table Talk for May opens with a sensible talk by Mrs. Grayson on "Our Ideal Maids," in which the servant girl question is given another view. Mrs. E. II. Barrington suggests some admirable preventives of the incur sions of the dreaded moth, also of, a companion destroyer, ' rust. Mrs. Rorer's "New Menus for May" are filled with appetizing dishes suited to stimulate the flagging appetite of the spring-time. "A Bride's Perplexity, and What Came of It" by Amy M. Bradshaw, is a pretty little story with some excellent ideas in it. Table Talk $1.00 a year. Table Talk Publishing Co. Philadelphia. The prospectus of the Engineering Magazine for 1892-3 offers to its readers for the ensuing year the best material that trained specialists in the Arts and Sciences can give in the pages of a monthly magazine. This industrial magazine has already taken the first rank among the illustrated magazines of the day, with the addi tional distinction of being devoted to a single purpose. As evidence of its popularity,this month sees inaugurated an Australian edition, under the edito rial direction of Mr. G. G. Turn, of Melbourne, Victoria. This edition will comprise the regular American issue with a local review of industrial affairs in Australia. The Engineering Magazine $3.00 a year. The Engineering Magazine Co., New York. NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS Our agricultural people can not therefore look for a correction of the evils under which their lives have be come so lacking in prosperity by a change in currency matters. Xetct (jhserver. The time ha? come to retire the mere omce seeKer ami ior men. w nu have the better interest of tlie State at heart to come forward, and calm the disturbed political waters State Chronicle. Political direction is seldom wise in any business pursuit.and the result now visible to the public clearly proves that of all political leaders the Far mers' Alliance bosses have been the least skillful and have perpetrated the worst blunders of modern time. At lantic Seaside. The engineers of the Third party movement seem to be devoting all their energies to breaking up the Democratic party in the South. They appear to be taking it very easy in the North and in the West where the Third party was supposed to have its strength. Vihnington Star. Let us ask a question and we are done. Why do the Alliance speakers say they are for "principles not men," when, at the same time they are seek ing office in the new party to be form ed? They evidently must be work ing for themselves and we suppose they are men. King's Mountain Xews. W I L JI INGTON A I) V E RTLS K M E NTS. Dr. A. M. Baldwin, 1) E N TiST. No. 10 North Front .Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. Y0PP BROS., House and Sign Painters. Estimates Promptly Given. 103 NORTH SECOND STEET, WILMINGTON, N. C. JAMS F. W00LYIN Funeral Director. and Embalmer.. No. 105 North Third Street. Out of town orders will receive personal attention . Having had 24 years experience at the business, I am enabled to carry in stock the best soods in all grades made in the country. ; Itesidence: 51-J Chcsiiut Street. WILMINGTON, N. O. Old F amily Recipes A SPECIALTY. . Bring them to us and see if we can't fill them for you. ; Northern visitors and strangers will find just what they want at Bunting's Drug Store. J. HICKS HUNTING, Pharmaceutical Graduate and Regist ered Druggist. New Y. M. C- A. Block. WILMINGTON, N. C. WALTER E.Y0PP& CO. Undertakers. Bavins: purchased tbe stock of Mr. li. L Harriss, we are now prepared to furnish all sizes of Coffins, Cases and Caskets. Ladies' and Gents' Robes constantly on hand. Orders outside of the City promptly attended to. Corner Second an Princess Street. WILMINGTON, N. C. THK THREE SPIRiniXEKEMEDIES SPIRITTINE BALSAM Cures Rheumatism. Relieves Pain. SPIRITTINE INHALENT. For Consumption, Asthma, Catarrh, and La Grippe. SPIRITTINE OINTMENT the greatest Skin Cure in the world. For Sale bv D. I. WATSON. Druggist, South port, X. C. Manufactured only by the SPIRITTINE CHEMICAL COMPANY HANSEN & SMITH, Managers. WILMINGTON. N. C. MUSIC. MUSIC. -:0: Our pianos and organs are unequalled in tone, durability and quality. We guarantee all of our .instrunu nts and sell them on the lowest terms Special attention is given to tuning and repairing of all instruments. Give us a call before going elsewhere and be convinced of our goods and prices. Music and instru ments of all kinds constantly on hand at Miller & Haar1s Music House, 122 Market street. Wilmington, N. C. M. M. KATZ & SON, REGULATORS AND CONTROLLERS OF LOW PRICES. Cash House. Dry Oools We are determined to accomplish wonders in our fnlk Department this week. Even yard of China Silk in this depart ment, including figured Chinas, solid colors surahs, etc., will be sold at an extra discount of 10 per cent on the already reduced prices. 32 inch China Silks in black cream a jd colors, worth $100, this week C9c. DRESS GOODS. j All wool Bedford Cords 59c 40 incli all wool Henriettas new shades in Modes, Tans and Grays, only 50c per yard Pattern suits assuring customers of ex elusive styles, only 98c per yard, embracing a hundred styles, "Chevron zig-zag effects Serpentine Cords, frow-frow effects, all these fabrics having sold from $1.25 to $1.50 per yard. j Laflsdowne Suiting.tine and soft as China silk having real wear in the fabrics, colors and black, only $1,19 per yard, worth $1 .50 per yard i f Our 75c all wool figured Challies have been cut to 59c per yard 52 inch figured Brflliantine Cream ground figured and polka dot, 30 and 25c per yard, worth 50c BLACK AND MOURNING GOODS. Katz's black dress goods stock has en joyed the reputation lor a number of years, of being the best selected and most varied of any department of its kind in the city. Buying only the first-class goods and selling them at the lowest possible margin of profit has done the work We now offer 40 inch Brilliantine worth 60c for 49c per yard j 40 inch Black Brilliantine worth 75c for 59c. I 40 inch all wool Serge summer weight easily worth 75, only 49c per yard ! 40 inch all wool Henrietta worth 69c for 50c per yard ! Our $1.25 46 inch Henrietta will be sold at only 89c $1.50 Silk Warp Henriettas only $P.l3 this week i , $2 00 Silk AVarp Henriettas only $1.50 per yard WASH GOODS. Low prices rule the masses. ! 5,000 yards best American Sheeting Prints worth 7c for oc 2,000 yards colored ground Batiste navy blue with white polka dot pink ground with flowers, worth 20c for 5c per yard . 3.000 yards of 10c Gingham 7c 5,000 yards Challies,'' only 5c per 'ard I 1,000 yards French Organdy worth 30 and 35c only 24c this week. They are dainty, refined and fast in color HOSIERY, j Low prices govern the people 50 doz 20c children's black ribbed Hose only 10c I i Have you seen our 23c children's fast black ribbed Hose? Well, if you have you will recognize them at 15c on our counters to-i morrow 200 doz Misses' and boys' Hose, plain and ribbed, light and heavyweight, all sizes.25 50 doz girls' half hose, tan. slates, fast black made of combed maco cotton, only 2oc per pair, regular value 40c. 100 doz ladies black Hose warranted in color and wear, valued at 40c, only. 25c per pair 40c Balbriggan Hose, 25c ( 1,000 Ribbed Vests, 8c ,nn ( RIBBED VESTS, ouu"( , Silk String 1 2rc. 50c Ribbed Vests 25c; " 1 Silk Vests 98c, worth1 $150 j ) CORSETS, j DrJ Warner's Health Corset . .-, . . . . . $1 Dr. Warner's Coraline. ..... J . 2 French Woven corset. y Bridal French Woven corset. 1 Thompson Glove Fitting corset. . . 1 Thompson Nursing corset. 1 Dr. Warner's Nursing corset.? 1 Thompson Black corset .1 1 oo 75 00 00 00 50 75 75 Thompson Glove Fitting E corset. 1 Double V Childrens corset waist,50c and 6oc ; ' . ' j 500 corsets will be received this week worth 75c which we will sell at 50c SPECIALS IN NOTIONS. We are making prices in this department that were never before known in the "Dry Goods history." Please note prices on Dress Findings i i Whalebone Casing 2c per yard Extra quality Belting 3c per yard Whalebones, all sizes, 9c per bunch The 5c card of II & E.only 14c per gross Extra quality No. 2 Stockinet Shields, 13c per pair j 1 Braid 5c I Best silk Taylor Buttons 7$c doz 100 Purses worth 15c for 5c 100 Purses worth 20c for 10c 200 50c pocket books and purses only 35c each j Silk Belts worth 50, only 25c solid black, pure English bristle Tooth brush only 9c 75 doz English steel Scissors on!y"25c each Something new in Gauze Fans, 98c 500 Fancy Fans only 25c. Steel Hair Curlers only 5c Katz & Son's English Pins 5c paper Embroideries and laces in endless profu sion. New Point de Chine and Point de Island just opened at half price I 1,000 yards Hamburg Embroideries will be sold at half price 30c Chiffon 23c per yard 50c Chiffon 35c per yard 25 Peur Black Silk Lace 1 below value only 25c per yard SOAPS. j Glycerine Soap, large bars, equal to any 25c soap, only 5c per liar 1 i Cold Cream Glycerine Soao.8 bars for 25c Glycerine Soap, Fcls & Co., claimed by many superior to Pears only 10c per bar, 25c per box of 3 cakes I L Sanitary Soap 5c per bar WHITE GOODS. Checked Nainsook, 5c 12c India Linens, 8c. 15c India Linens, IOC 20c India Linens, 15c j ; KID GLOVES. White and Pearl are the latest out. Of 200 pair sold of one line we have not had a return. This line is a $2 6 button "Alex ander" glace musquetaire which we are sel ling at 1.25 per pair Mitts, silk, black, cream, tan and gray, only 25c worth 40 50c Black Silk Mitts, 25c 75c Black Silk Mitts, 50c $1.00 Black Silk Mitts, 75c Our 50c embroidered Hankerchiefs only 25c )-: Black and colored Lisle Thread Gloves, kid fashioned, 29c worth 50c I 75c Black Silk Gloves, 50c j DOMESTICS. Yard wide Sea Island, 5c 10-4 Bleached Sheeting, 22c j Common sense will cause you to visit our establishment this week; the values we name in this issue will be given as long as they last ! j j Express naid on orders amounting to $5-00 and over. I J. W. NORWOOD, Pres. D. L. GORE, Vice-Pres DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY IN THE NEW ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK WILMINGTON, X. C l WHICH IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. CAPITAL STOCK - - - $125,000. Additional Liability of Stockholders S125,(MK). Every accommodation, consistent with safety and a reasonable profit, ex. tended to customers. Loans made at prevailing rate. Special attention given to out of town accounts. IMKKCTORS: J.W.Norwood, G.A.Norwood, Saml. Bear, Jr., II. L. Vollcr S. P. McNair, M. J. Heyer, E. J. Powers, C. W. Worth, DON'T BE MISLED. But before you buy your Millinery or Fancy Goods go to TAYLOR'S BAZAAR. The largest stock in the State to select from. FASHIONABLE GOODS AND LOW PRICES. Xew goods received daily. Every day can be seen something new and in teresting on our counters. Our Trim ined Hat Department is immense and decided by all that have been dealing with us to be the finest line ever shown in Wilmington. A glance at our es tablishriient is enough to convince you of the above No one urged to buy. Just received a lot of Hats in new shapes and colors. A fine line of Um brellas and Sun-shades, Silk Mits and Gloves, Summer Underwear and Cor set Covers. A full line of Notions. Please call and convince yourself by comparing coods and prices with those of other houses. TAYLOR'S BAZAAR. 118-120 Market Street, WILMINGTON. N. C. 3P6rders by Mail promptly filled CALL AT The John L. Boatwright Go. -FOR- SPECIALTIES. THY OUR PAROLE FLOUR The Best to be found in Wil mington. . IF YOU WISH To Purchase the Host PIANOS ORGANS For the Least Money SEND TO THE LAEGEST MOST EELIABLE AND MOST COMPLETE MUSIC HOUSE IN THE STATE. "NVe guarantee our Instruments TEN DIFFERENT MAKES, and when we guarantee, it is a guarantee which is worth something; which is not the case with the traveling agents, on whom you can never put your fingers when wanted. Therefore Send To E. VAN L A E It , No. Mi and 404 North Foartk Street , WILMINGTON. N. C- -H T U R T- I Am The Only Strictly Retail Dealer In Fine BOOTSSHOES i AND SLIPPERS IN WILMINGTON. I I sell no shoddy goods, but sell as fine all leather shoes as are manufac tured in the United States. i - I. L. GREENEWALD, 113 Market Street. Wilmington. N. C. n. W. HOWARD Cash JAS. S. WORTH. Asst. ('ash D. L. Gore, J. L. Cokor W. E. Springer. I WILMINGTON S MARBLE YARD, JOHN MAUN1KK, 5 Proprietor. WILMINGTON, X. C. .3 j North Front Street :o:- g j Monuments and Gkavk t? Stoxes. Mad to Okdeh. K YOU ONE'AND ALL. :o: We had by far the largest trade we ever had, and we are very well pleased at our success. Now if there Is any thing' in Hats, Velvets, Ribbons, Feathers or Silks that you are in need of, you can get them at New York cost, RACKET STORE No. 117 South Front Street. BRADDY & GAYL0ED, Headquarters New York. '. ' WILMINGTON. N. C. THEPURCELL, WILMINGTON, N. 0. This well known and popular hotel has been renovated and refurnished, and is now prepared to tjiv the TRAVELING PUBLIC better attention and service, with a more carefully selected menu than ever before. Tlie new management invite Tourists, Traveling Men, and all former patrons of the Purcell to call, and guarantee that satisfaction will be given to all who stop with them. C. T. BENNETT, Manager. THEPURCELL, WILMINGTON, N. 0. IREDELL- MEARES. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office, lTTrincess Street WI LMINGTOX. N. C. Practices in all State and Federal Courts J. L BRECKEN1UDGK i - - Sheet Metal Worker, AND DEALER IN House Furnishings, HARDWARE, STOVES, 1 111 YY illAlL. at No. 319 North Front Stmt, WILMINGTON. N. C. Where he will be pleased to offer his goods at a small profit, and will thank you for a call. 3TBest tin-smith sh;op in the State. TEAS

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