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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-14

Chicago, September 11.-Everything
traded 1 n on the board Of trade today
was weak, with the exception OF oats.
and heavy declines resulted. Statisti-
cal news In wheat favored the bears for
once, n they took advantage of that
fact with a vengeance, pounding the
price down to a point 1Nc below yester-
days close. Corn declined 1kc for the
same reason. Oats declined Nc. Pro-
visions suffered from another large
dose OF yellow fever scare, pork deciin.
ing 20c, lard 30c and ribs 121kc.
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COTTON.

Liverpool. September Ill p. m.-Cotton
Spot quiet. prices unchanged; American
middling 4sd; sales of the day were 1000
bales, of which 500 were for speculation
and export and included $500 bales Ameri-
can; receipts 1000. no American. Futures
opened steady with a moderate demand
and closed quiet.
American middling, low middling clause:
September 3 62-64d, 8 63-64d buyers: Sep
TENDER and October 3 55-64d, 3 56-64d buy
ers; October and November 8 4S-64d, 3 40
64d buyers; November and December 3 a.
Cad, 3 45-64d buyers: December and jan
uary 3 43-64d, 3 44-64d buyers; January and
February 3 43-64d, 8 44-64d sellers; Febru-
airy and March 8 AID sellers: March and
April 8 44-s4d, 3 4S-S4d buyers; April and
June 3 46-64d, 8 47-64d sellers; June and
July 8 47-64d, 8 4s-64d sellers.
New York, September n.-Cotton quiet;
mlddling 7-l6c; net receipts none: gross
4,372; forwarded 900; sales 172, all spin
ners'; stock 1857.
Total today: Net receipts g, $50; exports
to Great Britain 200; stock LIS. 900.
Total since September 1st: Net receipts
139, 425; exports to Great Britain IA, 1S5; to
France 7,146; to the continent 1926.
Cotton futures opened easy; sales II. 200
bales; January 6.S1; February 6.S4; March
SIS: April $50: May 6.9; September 7.02:
October 6.S3; November SIC; December
6.76.
Futures closed steady; sales $500 bales:
January $50; February 6.s3: March 6.s7;
r. .CV Nloy u.c1. GIplCIIDcI U.yD. oClO-
Der $50; November 6.73; December SIC.
Spot cotton closed quiet: middling up
lands z 7-16c; middling gulf Z 11-16c; sales
liz bales.
PORT RECEIPTS.
1897.
N~orfolk-Quiet at csc; net receipts 279;
| gross 2S4.
BaltimoreJNominal at nc.
Boston-Steady at nc.
Wilmington-Firm at 6%c: net receipts
2,43S.
Philadelphia-Quiet at Z lille; net re-
ceipts A.
Savannah-Quiet at 6 7-16c.
New Orleans-asy at 6 13-16c; net receipts
1,211; gross 4,470.
| Mobile-Quiet at 6 4-5c; net receipts 800.
Memphis-Easy at &c; net receipts So;
gross 300.
Augusta-Easy at 6 11-16c; net receipts
2,621; gross 2.61.
Charleston-Firm at 6 9-1sc; net receipts
Cincinnati-Quiet at 7Ac.
LOuisville-Quiet at TIC.
st. ~Louis-Steady at &c; net receipts l25;
gross 215.
Houston-Steady at 6 15-1Sc; net receipts
10, SIG.
GRAINS. PROVISIONS. ETC.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
barely steady; winter patents 6.0OG5 %:
straights A70I490: bakers 81. No.
2 spring wheat 9sHc: No. 3 spring wheat
soc; No. 2 red 97sc: No.. 2 corn 30c; No. 2
oats 1910; No. 2 white ( o b 22kc; No. 3
white I o b 21zc: mess pork, per barrel
$50; lard. per 100 pounds A-37k: short rib
sides. loose $50: dry sailed shoulders,
boxed $50: short clear sides. boxed
$5-3IiA: whiskey, distillers' finished goods,
per gallon $1-22.
New York. September u.-Flour open.
ed steady. but at the close was easier
with wheat, although not quotable over:
city mill patents S. 20d6.4 40: city mill clears
Minnesota patents $5.59ds. 10:
Minnesota bakers A.50d4E: winter pat.
ents S.35G5.e5: winter straights 81. S0a5. Is.
winter extras S.5oQ3-So; winter low grades
E-3513.50.
Wheat-Spot weak; No. 2 red 81. O4z Z O
b afoat; No. 2 hard $-0Ha delivered: op-
t!ons opened weak and declined with few
reactions all day Influenced by weak ca
Dies, liquidation and prospects for a heavy
increase in the next visible. closed nc
net lower; No. : red May ssk6ssxc. closed
rs; september N01k@losx. closed
: Corn-Spof weak; No. 2 %kc elevator,
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Observation-Disclosures barrels firm
at 2ea.c: country barrels duh at The.
Rosin. firm at $l.E and H-9-
Tar firm at $.l0.
Crude turpentine firm: hard n-S: yell
low dip $50: virgin $50.
Prices same day last y~ear-Spirits tur-
pentine 2Ixc and sIixc:. rosin N-I and
$40: tar $1-G: crude t~urpentine a-aa.
SIS and N.6a.
Receipts ~today-1ss casks spirits turpen-
tine, 32 barrels rosin. 2l barrels tar. "A
barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts to same date last year-Ii0
casks spirits turpentine. 1S5 barrels rosin,
126 barrels tar. Al barrels crude turpentine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-14

Montgomery, Ala, September H.
News has just reached here that the
negro, Major Terry, who was charged
with outrage and burning the body at
ter killing Mrs. Mary Thomas near
Enterprise, Coffin county, some week
ago, was tried at Elba during the week
and a verdict of guilty was rendered.
He was sentenced to be hanged Octo-
Der 18th The evidence was circum-
stantfal, but very strong.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-14

Goldsboro Argus: DR.. Thomas Hill re-
years OF age In Saulston township. who
had the misfortune to be run over by q
loaded log carriage. and who was In Q
cheerful mood n did not SEEM to be sui.
fering very much. despite the seriousness
IT the accident ana his Advanced -
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-14
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.


New York, September u.-Money on call
nominally at 1A4lA per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 3Adf4c per cent. Sterling
exchange easy, with actual business in
baEkers bills at $4S5AG4S6 for demand
and at A.S1G4S3A for sixty days. Posted
rates ASiG4Sn and $.S6d4S1i2. CONNER
cial bills A.S2l2a4.S2A. Bar silver So. Mex
lean dollar 42s4. State bonds firm. Rail-
road bonds easier. Government bonds
firm.
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General Rugeles Retired

Washington, September 11.-Adjutant
General Ruggles was retired today on
account Of age, and Colonel Sam.
Breck was made a brigadier general
xnd appointed adjutant general Of the
army. IL -
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-14

by the people who sail under the title of
'Christ's holy church
"A. p. YER
The Lynchites are now at Southport
with their arks, and a correspondent OF
The Messenger, writing from that place.
says:
Il am told that the number of Lynchites
here is s~eventy-odd. They cane in their
small boats. all huddled together in per-
feet abandon. They have rented houses
in town. In one two-roomed house there
are four couples, five dray loads OF goods
and six children We believe them TO be a
dangerous set"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-14

$40 afioat: options opened weak md de-
clined sharply under a bearish crop ro-
port, weak cables and better crop news
SAC: December .. s-isasskc. closed ~
O~ats-Spot dul1. No. 2 &c: No. 3 24Scs
No 2 white 3SAnyc: No. 3 white asdes4cs
track mixed western esnee: track white
Si1aIc options dull and weak closing
&c net lower: September closed stAc: Oc-
tober closed e&sc. December closed SAC.
Lard-WesSer: western steamed &4eo:
October A5 nominal: refined weak: con.
tinent $50: South American SIS: COM
pound A.Ss trs15- is1~.
Pork-Weaker. old mess ss.ssssa.5o new
mess ss.sMla@: short clear nasglsM:
Eggs-Quiet: state and Pennsyfvants
isTisc: western fresh Isc.
Petroleum easy: united closed ss,Sc bid:
renned New York $40: do Philadelphia
and Baltimore SIS. do In bulk AIS.
Rice>Ffrm: domestic fair to extra gsas
sic; Japan +Sf5.c.
Molasses-Ffrm: New Orleans open ket-
tie good TO choice &Nsic.
Cotton Seed oil-Steady. of summer val
low @ixugixc. butter grades lsfSsr.
prime summer white DC: prime winter
yellow Sac
Conee-options opened firm. to 10
points higher. on local covering and somo
foreign support. following reports of fall
ing on in Brazilian receipts: winter
months further improved on rumors of a
net advance In spot coffee. trading fairly
active: closed steady at n net gain or
- TO . points: sales i7.0oo bays. Including
October .:slo: November e6ss.Io: De-
cember &.S5<i6.eo: January 81 sons -: Feb
ruary $50: March Si.5as-S: May s.. seFs
e-"o' July SEQ. Spot Rio firm: No. 7. in
sotce use NO. Jobbing use: Cordova io,s
ulec: sales 40 bags Rio No. 2 AT eisc.
Scgar-Raw firm: fair refining sIc: cam
trifugal s6 test SIC: refined market Arm.
no. . t ll-l6c; No. Z SC: mould A s 5-iscs
standard A 4 Is-lsc: confectioners' AZ
4 io-isc; cut loaf 5 n-lec: crushed 5 il-isc.
powdered . 5-l6c: ~granulated SIC: cubes
5 5-l6c. N.Y."
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NAVAL STORES.

New York. September u.-Rosin steady.
strained common to good 81. asa $50, Tur.
pentine steady at au30i.c.
Snarieston. 5. G. September E.-Tur-
pentine firm at 27isc: sales none Rosi,,
81. 10ell 2S. sooo
savannah, Ca. September u.-Turpen-
nine nrm at yiAc; sales l.SS: receipts Sia
Rosin firm: sales Alta: receipis 2IS. n
:; % SlG; +. $l.25; II. / 81 10; X 81 q:
M N-0; n H.S: w G s.. 10: w w Sa IN
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ILRKEfS.


COTTON REPORT.
Wilmington. N. c.. September IL
Receipts Of cotton today-skS bales
This seasons receipts TO date-s.Na
Receipts same date last year-l-@ bales
bales.
Receipts to same date last year-is.o,
bales.
The quotations posted at Z O'Clock today
at the ~xchange
Cotton firm
Ordinary. ......- .......... .-..-.-..-.-. N
Good 81
Low mldCllnS ~
Middling.. 1890 ..-..-.... ..-.-..-.--... 50
Good
Prices same day last wear &C.
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PROVISIONS. E

Chicago. September 1.-THE leading I
lures were as follows:
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
A Positive Cure For Dyspepsia.

This may read as though we were putting it little strong. because 1t is generally thought by the majority of people that Dyspepsia in its chronic form Is incurable, or practically so. But we have long since shown that Dyspep- sia is curable, nor is it such difficult matter as at first appears.
 The trouble with Dyspeptics is that they are continually dieting, starving themselves, or going to opposite ex- tremes or else deluging the already over-burdened stomach with "bitters,' "after dinner pills" etc., which invari- ably increase the difficulty even if in some eases they do give a slight tenn porary relief. Such treatment of the stomach simply makes matters worse. how can the stomach become rested, recuperated and at the same time the body nourished and sustained.
 This is the great secret, and this is also the secret of the uniform success of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. This is a comparatively new remedy, but it's suc- cess and popularity leaves no doubt as to it's merits.
 The tablets will digest the food any, way, regardless of condition of stomach.
 The sufferer from Dyspepsia accord ing to directions is to eat an abundance of good, wholesome food, and use the tablets before and after each meal, and the result will be that the food will be digested. no matter how bad your dys- pepsia may be, because, as before stated, the tablets will digest the food even if the stomach is wholly inactive. To illustrate our meanig plainly, if you take 1,800 grains of meat, eggs or ordi- nary food and place it in a temperature of 9S degrees, and put it with one of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets it will digest the meat or eggs almost as perfectly as if the meat was enclosed within the stomach.
 The stomach may be ever so weak, yet these tablets will perform the work of digestion and the body and brain will be properly nourished and at the same time radical, lasting cure of dyspepsia will be made, because the much abused stomach will be given, to some extent, a much needed rest. Your druggist will tell you that of the many remedies ad- vertised to cure dyspepsia none of them has given so complete and general sat- isfaction as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and not leas. in importance in these hard times is the fact that they are also the cheapest and give the most good for the least money.
 A little book on cause and cure of stomach trouble sent free by address, ing Stuart Co.,, Marshall, Mich.
 Sept 22-24-26-wky.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
Taking It Easy.

From the New York Sun.
 One April day old Bill Wheeler whC had passed the winter on Ginger Noun tain, showed himself at th= foot of Gin. namon Gulch, and took about an hour to thaw himself out and drink a hot whis- key. Then the bartender made inquiry
 Didn't your son Joe go up the noun tain with you last fall, Bin?"
 ''Yes; Joe, he went along;' was the reply.
 Coming down soon?'
 T can't say. About a month ago he was out one day and a bar got arteI him, and I hain't seen him since. Ii the bar didn't get him he'll be along purity soon; if the bar did get him then reckon Bill win be late in show in up."
 And didn't your son Sam also go UT with you?"
 Yes; Sam, he went along, too.'
 But he didn't come down with you? ??
 Not today. w. heard a strange crit tur yel1in around the cabin one night and Sam got up and went out to see what 1t was. He hasn't showed, up since. As nigh as I could make out 1t was a mountain lion, but Samll know all about it when he turns up."
 You expect him to turn up agian, dc you?"
 Wall, I can't say. Sam was allus leetle fiighty bout his trips. If the Lon got him than he won't come dowr this spring; if he got the lion then we kin look fur him any day"
 There were two other men went IT with you" continued the bartender.
 Yes, I believs thar was-Tom Lee and Pete White Yes, the five of us went up and made camp together"
 "But Lee and White haven't come down yst'
 No, not yet. Bout a month ago Tom Lee was chasin arter @ buck and wlsni over a pr'ecipice up thar. Can't say how fur he fell or how he brung up at the bottom, but he didn't answer when we hollered at him. must go up in the spring and see if he's all right. Toms Sich a qusler cuss you never kin tel much about him. He may be dead, ol he may hev struck a soft thing and didn't want to divide"
 But about Pete Winter"
 "Oh, Pete's all right, I reckon. He was on the side of the mountain one day when thar cum a snowslide, and the last ssen of him he was bein' buri- ed twenty feet deep. He was goin' to- ward a ravine. however, and if he's am bishus he'll dig his way out in week more"
 And you escaped all adven.ures? asked the bartender.
 "Waal, yes, nuthip of account hap pened to me, 'cept that we had a cloud bust up thar this mornh', and I've had 8 ride of twenty miles on a log down the creek and feel sort o shivery. Everything and everybody Is all right, I reckon, and you might mix me anothe er glass of that same"
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
WhIstIed Between Stations.

From the tAIaysville, Ky, Mirror
 The whistle valve of the midnight can non ball get so it would mot close Sat- urday night, and there was a continued whistle from Fulton to Maysvdlle, and probably to Paducah. The train came in whistling and left whistling. The cit- izens hene who had not been put into a dead sleep by Hfpnotis5 Williams. were aroused by the loud and long drawn out whlstling, and were at first alarmed for fear it was a fire signal. Under this idea many jumped out of bed and shot off their pistols, as is the custom when there Is a fire dn town. The same thing hap pened to one of the tuains Friday. The whistle valve got out of fix at Boaz and the whis-lng continued until the cum went down, when the engineer muffied 1t with a rag.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
F1orida's Vanishing Spider.
From the Florida Citizen.

From the Florida Citizen.
 On the borders of the Everglades you often sec @ large yellow spider. He swings a strong web from tive plant
 twags on either side of the path or a clear space of ground and waits for his prey. The web is in the shape of a. hammock and tapers to fine point at each enid, though quite broad in the cniddle. Tine b-ight color of the owner seems to mark ahtm out for destruction he Is clearly defined against the wh te sand or dead leaves, and you wonder
 what he would do for defense in case of attack. Approach quietly and he
 watches you intendy. Now raise your
 hand suddenly and he will disappear!
 While you are wondering what became of him you first see a blur where he had
 been, then sevenal spiders then you
 catch site again of the yellow ball you no iced at first. Repeat the performance ard the stage effect is renewed. The disappearance is absolute-there can be no doubt about it, and the little ma gic.an trusts to 1t entirely for his p,o- lection How is it done? As soon as he is threatened he starts the vibrat On of hds airy hammock. These become too rapid for the eye to follow, and Int vaIndshes. As these become slower you see @ blur. and thlen several spiders as | the eye catches him att different points of his swings. until finally he rests be, l fore you
The age-herald., 1897-09-26

on in Louisiana, particularly on the gulf coast, for some years with an en-- ergy that promises ill for tlle city. There are number of professional huntsEs who kill the birds merely for millinery purposes, and the amount of money to be made in this way-with the present fashion-is so large as to prove great temptation to the hunters. There is more to be made by shooting birds for the bonnets than shooing th5 duck, sripe and ouher birds inten1d5 for the table. Ma ture has revenged itself on New Or leans with plague of bugs
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
A CURE FOR ALL
 SUMMER COMPLAINTS

A half to teaspoonful of Ready Relief in a half tumbler of water, repeated as often as the dicharges continue, and a flannel saturated with Ready Relief placed over the stomache and bowels will afford imme- diate relief and soon effect a cure.
 Internally A half to a teaspoonful in half tumbler of water will in few minutes cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Nau- sea, Vomiting. Heartburn. Nervousness, Sleeplessness Sick Headache, Flatulency and all internal pains.
 There is not a remedial agent in the world that will cure Fever and Ague and all other Malarious, Bilious and other fevers. aided by Railways Pills, so quickly as Rad- ways Ready Relief.
 Price 50 cents per bottle. Sold by all drug- giSts.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26

Many who have felt badly in the early Sarsaparila.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
EieneSl
 The Practical Baker >pp Candy Maker.
 no Nineteenth St. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

The first expert candy maker to open bus mess in Birmingham.
 The elite trade know his class of goods are neither bought nor sold by one confec- tioner in hundred. The general trade know he sells only the best goods, and his prices are the same to the rich and poor alike. The housewife recognizes his breads and cakes are not equalled by any other bakery. The entertainer has long since learned that none but the artist with his brush can equal his artistic skill in orna- mentation.
 Parlor in the entire south.
 S-8-sun-thur
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
s-5-12-1e-&2s

< Do you want a clerk or a
 house servaz.f Advertise your wants in the AGE-HERALD.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26

have done that. They would have kept the secret to themselves and declared up and down and criss-crosssd their hearts on it that they hadn't done a blessed thing to make themselves better look ing"
 "That's so," assented the wrinl1ed faces at the counter with feeling, and they fell to eating their now cold lunches as the two chums disappeared arm in aT-rT
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
DadWay's '. Al Pills

for the cure of all disorders of the Stom- ach, Bowols, Kidneys, Bladder Nervous Diseases Dizziness Vertigo, Costiveness, Piles. etc. ,4,l,- s1 Sick Headache,
 Female Complaints, Biliousness,
 Indigestion,
 Dyspepsia,
 Constipation,
 And All
 Disorders of the Liver.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
City Poll Tax Assessment Notice

Notice is hereby given that all par ties liable for city poll tax for the year 1897, are required to assess the same before me at the City Hall during the month of October 1897, and that I will be at said place during said month from a. m. to 4 p. m., to assess the same. A. A. GAMBILL,
 Poll Tax Assessor.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
City Poll Tax Collectors Notice.

Take notice that I will be at my office at City Hall during the month of October, 1897. from a. m. to ' p. m., for the purpose of collecting poll taxes due the city of Birmingham for the year 1897. A. A. sGAMBILL,
 City Poll Tax Collector. s-5-12-1a-&2s
The age-herald., 1897-09-26

Observe the following symptoms result- Constipation, inward piles fullness of blood in the head, acidity of the tomac6' nausea, heartburn, disgust of food, fullness singing or f1uttering of the heart, choking or suffocating sensations when in lying position, dimness. of vision. dots or webs head deficiency of precipitation, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain in the side chest. limbs, and sudden hushes of heat, burning in the flesh.
 A few doses of Railways Pills will free the system of all the above named disor3 ders.
 Price 25 cents per box. Sold by Druggists or sent by mail.
 Send to DIR. RADWAY & CO, Lock Box 365. New York. for Book of Advice.
, 1897-03-12
THE WOOL

"A Washington dispatch says: The
republican members of the ways and
means committee devoted the day TO the
consideration of the wool schedule on
the tariff bill and although considerable
progress was made one or more days
will be required to finish ii.
The foremost in importance OF the
work today was the practical r%e-adop-
ton of the Mckinley rates on wool and
raw wool. class one. which includes me
rinO, down clothing woods and oihcr
solf qualities which are made dutiable
at II cents u pound. The wool class two
OF which includes the Leicester, Co.'s
valid and Lincolnshire at u cents II
pound, and washed woods OF these
classes at 90 and "a cents and secured at
33 and 36 cents Il pound. The Mckinley
rate OF 80 per cent, ad valorem on woods
Of the third class. or carpet woods is re-
tained. The classification woods was
somewhat changed by raising II few va
rieties formerly classed as carpet woods
to the clothing wool classes. Among
them are China Lambs wool, the Egyp-
tian and morocco. The American wool
growers association asked for II cents
duty on the woods Of class one but the
committee has not approved their re-
quests.
, 1897-03-12
The vendish Tongue In Germany.

Consul General de Kay writes fol
The Century IL paper Oh the Serbian
swamp Vendland under the title of Al
Inland Venice" Mr.. de Kay says.
These people speak German to the lord,
ings as we pass Vendish to Il boatman,
but the Vendish is disappearing because,
for the sake of the army, its teaching i.
discouraged. Throughout all this dis,
trict, far Over into SaXony, only Il few
churches still offer sermons in the old
tongue. Yet if the Vendish tongue dis,
appears the names of places will tell
the tale, even rs such names i'll Bran
denburg and SaXony still do. Dresden,
Leipsic, these are Vendish words-ol
call them Slavic, with the broader tern
hat now means the race. And here,
about are Cottbus, Vetschau, Muschen,
Brahmow, Babow, Dlugy, Raddush,
Leipe, Lehde, Byhleguhre. Straupit7
and Lubben. And the ~fliesses that wind
or shoot straight in and out of forest
and cleared fields retain Vendish names:
Mutniza, Blushnitza, Rogazo, Zscha-
PICK, Polenzo, Groblitzo aud Nabasatz.
Efforts have been made to give German
names to many of them, but country
people everywhere are great holders tc
precedent, and the people who stick SC
tightly to their old costume are not 60
ing to give up their place names without
q struggle,