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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-17
FUN.

But if you must reduce your ex-
penses, why don't you discharge your
private secretary?"
why? And meet all those creditors
personally? I should say not."-Detroit
News.
Mrs. Cumso-Your hunsband dresses
very quietly.
Mrs. Cawker-Does he? You ought to
hear him when he can't find his collars,
or his cuff buttons become mislaid.-
Harper'S Bazaar.
Mrs. Hautton Gnaliciously)-'You
were such a charming debutante, my
dear, fifteen years ago." Mrs. Inglefe-
WAS I? I only remember you made
such a lovely chaperon for me when I
came Out."-Tit-Bits.
Father" said the youthful poet.
I'm at a loss for another rhyme to
hope I've got four, but I want one
more"
Tried 'rope?'"
Yes, I've got that
We'll" said the old man, 'the only
other one 1 knows on is sOap-good old
t~urpentine soap-nothin' sweet-smellin'
about it, but warranted ter wash. Rub
her in, John!'-Atlanta Constitution.
Have a good time on your vaca-
tion?" asked the man who could not go.
Made a record of $780," cheerfully
answered the young
Did what?"
Proposed to thirty-siX girls and vas
accepted by Observation-Disclosures
apOlis Journal.
Ethel saw Count Hardupski last
evening.
Cousin TOm-Does he talk as broken
ly as ever?
Ethel-Oh, yes. I heard him ask pa
to lend him five pounds before he left
Answers.
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Moses and PharaOh's Daughter
(Church Economist.)

A New England divine once, preach
ing on the perils which surrounded
youth, Illustrated his subject by de-
scribing the dangers to which the In
FAINT Moses was exposed in his little
wicker boat on the banks of the Nile
saying: >,
Moses was a goodly child, but he
was placed by his parents where M
was surrounded by innumerable a
gers-the fang of the serpent, the jaw
of the alligator. the tooth OF the hip
popotamus and the claw OF the vul'
ture."
It is a little surprising n a TIT
daughter Of Pharoah should nave a
sen such a dangerous beach tor oatn
ing.
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Chicago. September 15.-wheat acted
for a long time today as II the bull
clique had lost its grip on the market.
Enormous seaboard engagements came
to the rescue and after selling 1Nc be.
low yesterdays price. December rallied
and closed where II left or the day be-.
fore. Sharp bear raidings In corn re-
suited In Y to sc decline in that mar
ket. Oats closed unchanged md provts-
ions unchanged Tor lard and ribs and
10c lower for pork.
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New York, September 15.-Money OIL call
firmer at 112M2 per cent: last loan at 2
Fer cent. closing offered at . per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 4d4a per cent.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at ASIA.Sha
for demand. and at A.s22. for sixty days.
Posted rates A.Shds4Sia and at "a. S6u
s4.S61e. Commercial bills s4.s1IaGA.S2. Bar
silver sac. Mexican dollars 43. Govern
ment bonds easier: state bonds dull: rail-
road ponds firm. Petroleum, Pennsyl-
vania crude, no market. nominally at s..
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Rucklen's Arnica SalYo

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter. Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or nc
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents per bottle. For sale
by r. r. Bellamy.
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The blue grass and the bear grass
and the "pennyrile" need a little more
water in order to have corn enough TO
secure a little more wh1skey,
Tho close relation between these two
necessities to make life one long sweet
dream,-Louisville Post.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits observation-disclosures barrels firm
at sc: country barrels firm at e1Lc.
Rosin firm at $1.l5 and $50.
Tar steady at $1.it.
Crude turpentine quiet: hard $50: yell
low dip 81 virgin $50.
Timber 800 TO $500 per 1000 feet.
Prices same day last ye~ar-Spirits tur-
pentine &C and 21i-c; rosin SIS and
$1.40 tar N.05: crude turpentine $3.50.
SIS and s1.e5.
Receipts today-S9 casks spirits turpen-
tine. go barrels rosin. l69 barrels tar, -
barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts to same date last years
casks spirits turpentine. SO barrels rosin.
So barrels tar. 5 barrels crude turpentine.
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COTTON.

Liverpool, September Is p. m.-Cot-
ton-Spot, fair demand; prices higher:
American middling fair AID: good mid
ding 4 9-32d: American middling 4lsd: low
middling Adj: good ordinary 33sd: ordinary
3 11-16d. The sales of the day were 10. 900
bales, of which 1000 were for speculation
and export. and included $500 bales
American: receipts 1000 bales, no Ameri-
can. Futures opened steady with a mod
crate demand. and closed steady.
American %middling, low middling clause:
September 4 1-64d values: September and
October 3 57-64d sellers; October and No
vember 3 50-64d, 8 51-64d buyers: November
and December 3 47-64d sellers: December
and January 3 45-64d, 3 46-64d buyers;
January and February 3 45-64d. 3 46-64d
values: February and March 3 46-64d buy
ers: March and April 3 46-64d. 3 47-64d buy
ers: April and May 8 47-64d, 3 4S-64d sellers;
May and June 8 4S-64d, 8 49-64d sellers;
June and July 3 49-64d. 3 50-64d.
New York. September 15-Cotton steady;
middling 72sc; net receipts none: gross re-
ceipts none: exports to France 700: to the
continent $50; sales 40, all spinners; stock
43, 504.
Total today: Net receipts 1870: exports
to Great Britain 1884: France 700; to the
continent $50: stock 229. 794.
Consolidated: Net receipts 116. 513: ex-
ports to Great Britain 5,034; France 1853;
to the continent 2,S16.
Total since September LIST: Net receipts
232, 399: exports to Great Britain 10, 100;
France s,s05; to the continent ZIP.
Futures opened steady; sales 800 bales:
January 6.S4: February 6.S7: March $50:
April -: May Sos: September 6.92: Oc-
tober $50; November 6.77; December $50.
Futures closed barely steady; sales 49,
200 bales: January 6.S4: February 6.s7:
March 6.91: April 6.94; May 6.97; Septem-
Der 6.sS; October $50; November =; De-
cember $50.
Spot cotton closed steady: middling up
lands 72sc; middling gulf 75sc; sales 40
bales.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Quiet at 67sc; net receipts H.
Alb.
N~orfolk-Firm at 6Ac: net receipts SIS.
700.
Boston-Quiet at 7Ac: gross receipts "a.
Enthusiastically at csc; net receipts
2,751.
Philadelphia-Quiet at 7Sc; net receipts
S..
Savannah-Steady at 6 7-16c: net re-
| ceipts 6.O42.
New Orleans-Steady at eZc: net re-
ceipts 5,S14: gross receipts s,34.
Mobile-Quiet at 6 11-1sc.
Memphis-Steady at &C; net receipts
539.
Augusta-Firm at 6 11-16c.
Charleston-Firm at 6 7-16c; net receipts
1882.
Cincinnati-Quiet.
Louisville-Quiet at 61zc.
| st. ~LouisIQuiet at s 11-1Sc.
| Houston-Steady at 6 13-16c; net receipts
1897.
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OCtUUtT -.....-.*J-II"2 wife - x0.IL1.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
slow: No. 2 yellow corn. 2gaxc: No. 2 spring
wheat, 9ihc; No. 3 spring wheat. ssc; No.
2 red. 95i1c: No. 2 corn. SAC: No. 2 bats
lsAc: No: 2 white. Z. o. b.. &c: No 3 white.
f. o. b.. &c: mess pork, per Dbl, s.. 10: lard.
per 100 lbs, $442tz: short ribs Sides, loose.
500: dry salted shoulders. boxed, SIC:
short clear sides. boxed. SIC; whiskey.
distflers' finished goods. per gal, $1-22.
New York September l5.-Flour steady
and unchanged.
Wheat-Receipts 242. 80 bushels; spot
active; No. 2 red, N.01A afloat: No. 2 hard
1.OA Options opened strong on higher
French marets, sold on under active lIQui.
dalton and weakening conditions, closing
at &c up from the bottom. Nc. 2 red.
May M9sTNc, closed at s7Nc: September
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WILMINGTON lARlEfS.
COTTON REPORT.

COTTON REPORT.
Wilmington. n. c.. September Is
Receipts OF cotton today~~gG i bales.
Receipts same date last SIS bales
This seasons receipts to date-ls.sss
bales.
Receipts to same date last year-l1.ss
bales.
The quotations posted at . o'clock today
at the exchange.
Cotton steady.
Ordinary ...-... .-..-..... 4 S-is
Good ordinary ........ ........ -.
Low middlin ........ ...-....-....... =. 8 3-is
-uiuuiiAk --...-.-s-.. -..~... ---s.-.-..--. pN
Good iddling... .
Prices same day last year. 1tc.
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me great rene
oy Tor nervous
pros tr anC
all nervous dis
eases OF The gen
erative organs
OF either sex
such as Nervous
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GRAINS. PROVISIONS, ETC.

Chicago. September 15.-The leading fu-
lures were as follows:
Open, High. Low. Clos.
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the North Carolina military institute.
Charlotte, ( o go north and get bids for
supplying the state with military arms
and equipments. (This list and all the
facts AZ TO Lees trip. etc, have been
published in this correspondence. The
list was prepared by D. H. Hill ano c.
C. Leo
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Governor Ellis daily sent to the Leg
islature messages transmitting resolu-
lions adopted by various states north.
south, east and west. New York state
sent some resolutions very strongly
backing the general government Min
gled with these resolutions were ordi-
nances of secession as rapidly as they
were adopted.
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February 18th, in message No. IL, the
governor sent in the proceedings OF the
secession convention at Montgomery,
together with a copy of the cOnfeder-
ate states constitution.
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10
CHARTER OF INCORPORATION
--oT THE
Danville Land and improvement Co

THE Charter Of incorporation OF tbe
Danyille Land and Improvement Com
pany. Joan N. Seal, Il. p, Dabney.
Frank Dabney, j. b. Seal,
And their associates are hereby cpeated
hody corporate with perpetual succes.
SION for the inil term of ifty wears. 20 he
known as the Danyilc Land and Irlprov,.
ment Company, with domicile in Hancock
county, Mississippi, with principal office
al Bay ST. Louis, Mississippi, for the
purrposelof buying, improving selling.
ana occupying land IN section S, o. is and
II OF township 8, south of range II. west
~ said county, and personal propertv
thereon, with all the powers enumerated
Ia Section $50. of the Code of MIssIssinni
OF 1892, with authorized capital stock
szoo, 200, with power to commence bnsI.
ness when $4,000 of stock shall hayo been
ssued' Meeting Of incorporators 10 be-.
neld Tor organization without further bn.
nee at Office of Frank DabDey, Bay 81, !
Lonls, Miss, ut 10 O'Clock a. m. on frst
uesday after thus charter Shall be record
~ ~ 10 clerks office, Hancock county.
onares OF stock to be $50 .0O each. a
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10

A visit to the jackson House
tins week found that place in a
thoroughly .fne condition, and
Aifs. Deblieux entertaining many
pleasant boardors. We were most
charmingly entertained by some
OF these guests, all from New Or
leans. One lady is sincerein her
.enrapture of the place, as proved
by her patriotism. To the remark
that the mosquitoes-big black
ocnes-were numerous, she replied
it was thus by reason Of the air
being so pure.
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10
Killed AlIigators in Pearl River.

! A rather curious story comes from
Byram. Several weeks ago two strangers
came to Jackson and purchased lumber
I aud went down to Pearl river and began
building shauty boat. Several Jack
sonians saw them at work on the boat
and asked them what they were going to
90 with it. They said they were going
/ TO hunt allfgators on Pearl river. Those
who heard this reply laughed ana told
The men that there were no apioators In
Pearl river. This did not seem to discon-
cert the men IN the least and they we6t
on building their boat. Sunday evening
the boat was completed aud the men
launched 1t and went down the river
Monday night they got TO Byram, which
10 r'sht on 'earl river. They went to the
ohiY motel IN town and announced that
they were going to kill some alligators
risnt after supper. In small town the
news soon spread, and alter supper was
oyer the men repaired to their house |
ooat ana found large crowd congregat-
ed on the bank to watch the operotiop
que OF them fastened powerful head
lSht on his hat and began making sound
like dogs. Pretty soon an
'ld alligator came to the surface and the
'ther man raised his powerful repeating
ine and shot him, The alligator turned
Ver on his back and was dragged into
he Doaf' The man with the lantern ON
IS nat kept calling and two more alliga-
ors rose TO the surface and were dis. =
atched. The gators were skinned that u
lght and their skins put in the bott,m
tue o1at and the carcasses cast into -
e river. The men stated that since -
aVlng this city they had killed ten alli- ''
tors including the three at Byram >,
ley SAID that there were plenty of ALI ~ =,
tors IN Pearl riYerby reason of the fact :,
at nobody ever hunted them. 49,
Inc men are professional alligator hun ~
IS from Florida and came to these parts 49,
cause no one ever hunted alhgators t,I
G place where the gators were killec m,
Byram was IN the swimming hole. no
ere the boys had gone in washing mn
n9sf ss !@!hhiiy @hhiiifyy'E{s, The Killing of these mi
q sshpt s loud "GsSslall3 sa,a3aat ffa,, ffaas@
ators was q0fte :asiiss.--,,W sSi;., Wo had a ii
ckson Evening News. peTrdia.
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10
An International Exposition at
NASHVILLE.

/ For the above occasion tickets win he
sold by the Illinois Central Railroad at
varying times, rates andlnnits, including
ticket on sale daily, good to return mn.
tn November Z, and including tickets
haying limit OF twenty days, fifteen days
and rhursdays of each week with limit of
fifteen days. f'or full particulars as r. to
which of the above applies from your near y.
est railroad station in connection with
the Illinois Central railroad. cali on or
address your nearest railroad ticket agent
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10

The bicycle race Sunday under
the auspices of the Southern Road
club wasthe acme of successes. and
an affair that will long be pleas
antly recolIected. Thirty wheels
started on the 10-mile course. thir-
teen fell and seventeen finish
ed. The prize winners were as
follows, mentioned in order: w
A. Stanfeld, Xavier Ladner. w.
Y. Walsh, E. Miltenberger, Jr.
The best time prize was won by
a, Peteler. Bravo for the Bay
hero, Ladner
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10
July Proceedings Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen.

regular monthly meeting os the ho,r5 :,
mayor and aldermen OF the oltv Of Raw 81 : r,,,a
was held at the city hall on Saturday te IA ,a-,
OF July, 1897 at 10: 30 O'Clock a. m. Present.,
non. George Arbo, mayor; L. II. yonCobren /
L. Favre P Ramond, e. Ladner. aldermen. Z,
W. Maynard, marshal, and Il. Mendes. seoreta,y
Inc minutes OF the last meeting were read ana
approved and adopted in open meeting o. ,,ne '',,e
9th, 1897. - 'Uiie
The reports Of the various ofaoeTs wore rod
ana handed their respective committees for lT-
yestigstioh and were subsequently reported COR
rect and ordered sproad on tie minutes as foI-
lows: 40 iOl-
ne hquor petition Of Aug. Keller was read. on
motion OF Alderman Fayre,sseconded bv AIdar-
man Ladner, same was ordered to take tha
course prescribed bylaw Carried.
ihe city treasnrer's report was as follows.
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10

The popular Frank .S..Marks. CLERK of
the New Orleans civil district court; a
a. Guardll, the urbane and hustllng re-
PresenlatiYe of the Baratarla Canning Co.
ana Mr.. Forstal Guatdia, clever young
resldentot Wayeland,w were welcomed Wis.
ltors TO The Echo office this week.
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10
City Echoes.

The'bond question will now b,
campaign issue, some say.
Editor A. r. Hart received q
new Waverley bicycle Tuesday
The Echo is now prepared to
print posters 6x18. on short notice,
Mrs. Schiller entertains Prof
and Mrs. Rolling from New Or
leans.
DR.. Combel came down from
Long Beach Wednesday, 20 return
tomorrow.
Miss L. Gragnon entertained
herpupils most charmingly Thus
day evening.
Mrs. f. J. Bowers has gone to
Lookout Mountain for the benefit
of her health.
Jupiter P.'s attempt this morn
ing was u dismal failure, scarcely
sprinkllng the dust.
Where was the marshal Sun /
day? Five hundred pcddlers on
fhe streets without licenses!
Died-Winona Combel, daughf
ter-of George II. Combel, aged II
| year, at 10 o'clock last night. r
Mrs. Boardman gave an infor-
mai reception and dance Tuesday I
night to II select numberof friends
at her villa. i
After visit to her daughter, o
Mrs. III. r. Piccaluga left Sunday :
evening for stay at Vicksburg, 1t
Miss, with friends. =
Walter GeX made a business .,
trip to Pennington this week, re- hi
presenting Attorney ID. b. Seal
at whose office he is reading law. te
That prosperous young business be
man, Ernest j. LeOnhard, return I'll
ed to New Orleans this morning at
after visit to his sister, Mrs. Rita vi
Boardman. nu
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Summer resid,
10 p4i-e Mt heL-LfT
Z, VIC - ere ettibl4Ir6IENrif; d n. /. 20 W,


fore placing their patronage.
Mr.. Frank j. Lobrano, of Port
Eads, La, Is spending a short va
cation at the Bay, guest of his
father-in-law, Mr.. q. w. May
nard, city marshal.
Mrs. deLappo came over from
New Orleans this week to spend
the summer with her parents, and
was accompanied by her daughter
Alice who had so long been criti-
cally i'll with typhoid.
1t will be gratifying to the peo-
pie of Bay st. Louis to learn that
the Gulf Coast ice plant is run
ming full force and has enormous
demandf We like to see home
industry encouraged.
The Misses Osoinach are enter
tanning at the home of their pa
rents and of Mr.. John Osoinach,
Mrs. A. G. Osoinach and the.baby
of New Orleans, and Miss Carrie
McNulty of Mobile, for the sum-
mer.
Bay View Villa, by Mrs. Chas.
Platz, is entertaining beneath its
hospitable roof a large number of
most welcomed guests. Mr.. Vic
Despomier, whose trained voice
delights all hearers, is visiting his
sister, Mrs, Platz.
George Muller, the Gulf Coast
Market butcher, returned last
night from New Orleans where he
purchased carload of beef.
This beef, in addition to choice
veal and mutton, will be on sale
tomorrow-Sunday-morning
The editor was agreeably awak-
ened from slumber Wednesday
night by n serenade from the
Montamat string band, composed
of accomplished musicians who
are clever New Orleans gentlemen
spending the summer here and
are making many friends.
The board of mayor and alder
men met Saturday and would up
their business at one sitting, this
breaking the record of some time
past, and to the satisfaction of
the compiler of the minutes. The
full proceedings appear on this
page.
Yesterday evening at ) O'Clock
in a halfmllc bicycle match,
Charlie Breath proved the victor
over Hilary Posey. The run hav-
ing been pre-arranged attracted
much interest and the spectators
numbereddxzor III in the tens. The
finishing fffnHag was smear this office,
From our kind friends send
ing personals and other news
items, several complaints against
the wrong appearance of names
have been received. While the oc-
currance is regretted, we must re-
quest that names be plainly writ
ten, with a dot on every and the
crossing of everyt.
The first cantelope of the sea-
son and the largest and sweetest
we have sampled in many a sea-
son, was presented The Echo this
week by Mr., Edwards, Of Ed.
wards mill, grown on bis place.
Mr.. Edwards tells us the vines
were watered with salt (lake) wa
ter, that the crop was prolific and
every melon tried was found ex-
cellent.
The decorations of the Clifton
house last Sunday were specially
noteworthy in point of abundanoe
aud handsomely executed. Miss
Markey entertains most lavishly
and the popularity of the Clifton
was again well attested by the
vastness of the crowd that was en-.
tertained there from Saturday to
Monday.
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10

There being no further business, the board ad-
iourned to meeting in course.
GEORGE ARBO, Mayor.
Attest: RICHARD BTENDEs, Secretary.
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BOOKS.
For INC sen ConsL Enhn1

/ |
This is an age Of books. All the world
reads--or writes. But it is doubtful If
we except scientific men, whethcr. in
spite OF modern advantages, we have
greater thinkers than formerly. The
wid" diffusion of literature seems to have
weaken its intensity. There is neither so
much depth nor so much originality as
when books were rarer, and when men
thought for Themselves The facilities of
our age have II tendency to eneryate the
mind as well as the body. We ride when
we should walk and read when we should
! think, because some material OF ntellec-
tual vehicle is ever at hand to tempt u.
| Yet allthis has its compensating adyan-
tages. II our mental giants are fewer.
our mediocrities have much increased. II
our Paladins of learning are extinct, our
lightly equipped sharpshootcrs are far !
more numerous. Where one intelligent
person existed three centuries ago. there
are hundred now, and the pleasures of |
knowledge which thrilled only the breasts !
of few sages, pulsate in the hearts of
the masses. The Pierian Spring" flows
for alias deep river, babbling
brook, 0r..asfecble runlet,--and whosoever
will, may drink.
Blessed be the man who invented a
book Whether he wrote il on brick or
brass, stone or copper, beechbark or
Egyptian reed, skin or cloth or comnln.
ltcd rag,-whoever he was, and wherever
nc wrote, may be donbly aud eternally :
blessed! For what would mankind have
'een without bookss If ignorance and {,
oily are so rife, Notwithstanding we pos o.
ess these Illuminating treasures, what u
eethlnS mass of superstition and cruelty =,
lould we have been without them
ORD III darkness doing the deeds of w
arkness' History, philosophy, poetry, Cd
nd science unborn, or dependent upon ~ ~
lly garbled traditions. Falsehood pre-
hted to us only as truth, and truth as trt
lsehoOd. The sweet and humauizing SCI
lks, that connect the present with the ue
ist, would never have existed, nor coulu GO,
lnds have communed with departed
nds. an,
But through books, many of yhe nobl6st
4 Z, badthe past are preseut with us, bet. A., NJ
"we ba, ,Tg25pnately known, it may wa
- n"i - .. }hoir dearest friends. ner
: 80. s.d@a, there vnaries whose beams rea
" -, 1,ao, y ,.hoevn9agh tle.ssaiAs ane
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10

our friend Armand Ladner, from the
river district, is a yisitorto the Bay often.
Armand is to be married in October