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IN CHANCERY.

l.. Marcus ct al., vs. S. Marcus, Jr.-In Chancery at Birmingham. To the Creditors of the Marcus Dry Goods Company:
 Whereas, In and by decree of this court, 1t was ordered and decreed as follows: That each creditor of said corporation be allowed till January l, 1899, In which 10 file his claims, and that the Register give notice by publication in The Age-Herald, a newspaper published in the city of Bir- mingham for thirty days, to all creditors of this order that in filing claims the same must be accompanied by affidavit of the parties to the correctness of said claim, when due and to whom payable. It is further ordered that all claims not filed by the 1st day of January, 1S99 the same will be barred"
 Now, therefore, this publication which will appear in The Age-Herald, once a week for thirty days, will notify you, and each of you to file your claims against said Marcus Dry Goods company, verified by affidavit. on or before the first day of Jan- uary, 1899, and that all claims not so filed will be forever barred
 November 4, 1S9S
 w. c. GARRETT,
 Register. 11-6-SatAt
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Charged With Burglary

Huntsville. November 4.-(Special)-Pri- yates Shaver and McGown, Troop l. Sew enth cavalry, are in custody on the charge of burglary. At 10 o'clock last night three soldiers entered Simpson Bros. store on Washington street and helped themselves to all the goods within reach, while the clerks wer at the front end of the house waiting on customers. Two of the thieves were captured later in the night, but the third escaped
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A Quiet Affair

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The traveller put his head from the car window.
 "Hullo, there," he said, what place ,s this?'
 The man he addressed looked up.
 This is Philadelphia, sir, he replied. Then he mildly added: But please don't speak so loud"
 "Why not?" cried the traveller.
 Because, sir,' said the native, "you may disturb our peace jubilee"
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New Proba ate Judge

Huntsville. November 4.--(Special. )-Pro- bate Judge s. Morgan Stewart entered upon his new term of office yesterday and Circuit Clerk H. B. Roper retired, being succeeded by W. Thomas Lawer, of Maysvlle. Judge Stewart will have term of six years. The term of A. J. Bentley, general administrator expired yesterday and Judge Stewart appointed W. Douglass Taylor to succeed him.
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Dallas. lIl.. Nay 5. 1898.

Dallas. lIl.. Nay 5. 1898. Some six or eight months ago Mir. X BIen. der. highly respected and well.known far. mer south of town asked me if had any medi. cine that l could recommend for 'female' or "Womb" trouble. recommended Wine of Cardui and Black -Draught as the best made, SO he bought six bottles for $500 and five packages of BIack.Drausht for $l.00 and commenced the treatment and now his wife is doing her housework and doing her wash. ing and all the work farmers wife has to do. Mr. Blender told me this the other day and said could use his name and write to you # wished to. Mr.. Blender had several doctors to treat his wife but could do her no good and no relief came until she took Wine of Cardui. 1 sell these medicines all the time with satisfaction.
 POLY LANDAKER. Druggist.
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so MANY MILLIONS

From the Boston Herald.
 MT. Rockefeller continues to pour rocks into the never-to-be-satisfied maw of the Chicago university. What in the world does the Chicago university do with ali these millions sister Harvard would like to know. It is a great thing to have rich godpapa under any conditions.
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J. E. c. Patterson was appointed notary public and exsndiclo justice of the peace in beat 10. Pike county
 Both the senate chamber and the rep fesentatives hall are undergoing a reno vation for the impending session of the legislature.
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Assault With Intent to Ravisb

Ashville, November 4.-(Special.) .)-Elma
 Sheppard, white boy 1S years old, has just been locked in jail for. an assault with intent to ravish Miss Flora Montgomery The trouble occurred in the public road
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No More Discharges

Huntsville, November 4.-(Special)- The war department has notified the corps commander here that no applications for discharging of enlisted soldiers who en- listed in the regular army for the war are to be forwarded to the deparement until after the ratification of the peace treaty.
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Barrett, Kan. April 27, 1898.

Barrett, Kan, April 27, 1898. l have been in very bad health for five years. Sometimes my menses would not ap. pear for three months. and again they would continue for three weeks. Then stop and commence again in three or four days. l had pains in all parts of my body and limbs and was very nervous. took quantities of medi. cine but could not get right. l have used one bottle of Wine of Cardui and small package of Black -Draught and can truthfuIy say have not felt 50 well in five years.
 MRS. HATTIE MACK
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near Whitney about o'clock this after noon. The boy is a tramp.
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lapine. La. April IS. 1898

lapine, La. April IS. 1898. have used Wine of Cardui in my family for several years. honestly believe t will do more than you recommend it to do. think IwouId have lost my wife if ] had not had this medicine in the house.
 T. J. KNlGHTON.
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McCarley. Miss, Feb. 2l. 1898.

McCarley. Miss, Feb. 2l. 1898. The best doctors here had given my daughter up to die when we first heard of Wine of Cardui. We sent for the Wine and she improved from the first. She looks 50 we'll now the neishbors speak about it.
 MRS. JANE PURCELL
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Manassas. Va. April "A, 1898. want to say for Wine of Cardui that by taking one bottle l passed my last monthly period without any pains at ali. l have always had terrible pains before.
 MRS. LAURA B. GASKlNS.
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TROOPS WHO WILL
 OCCUPY CUBA
General Order Issued Yesterday
 by Adjutant Corbin.
TO BE HELD IN READINESS
To Proceed to the Island and Occupy Stations Designated-The Move ment to Take Place from
 Time to Time.

Washington, November IA general or der was issued today designating the troops for occupation of Cuba. It is as fallouue.
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Purcell, 1. T., Jan. go, 1898. have been in bad health for the last year with numerous aches and pains and severe headache and poor appetite. was not able to do my work. Two bottles of Wine of Cardui have about cured me.
 MRS. II. A. STlCKNEY.
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Capitol Notes

Governor Johnston left for Birmingham this morning. and will deliver speech at Cedar Bluff tomorrow.
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pastoria, Ark., March 2s, 1898.

PastOria. Ark., March Z6s lCyO. ] consider t my duty to tell you what Wine of Cardui has done for me. My sister advised me to take the Wine and thank God l did take t. simply cannot adequately express all that the medicine has done in giv. ing me relief from suffering. One bottle did great things.
 MlSS. WILLIE MAzIQUE.
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Mlss. WILLIE MAzIQUE.
Waterloo. Ind. June 6. 1898

Waterloo. Ind, June 6. 1898, It b both pleasure and duty with me to tell you what Wine of Cardu and Black Draught have done for me. have suffered four years from womb trouble and also heart paIpitation. Two bottles of the Wine and some Black. .Drausht have made me feel like . new being and ] believe they have saved my Ife.
 MRS. A. [. LOWER
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CanaanviIIe. Ohio. July 6. 1898. l have purchased Wine of Cardui for both my daughter and granddaughter and both have received great benefit from 1t. They say # $ everything it is recommended to be.
 C. J. HILL.
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Bronco. Ga.. Jan. IS. 1898.

Bronco. Ga.. Jan. IS. 1898. l feel t my duty to say word about Wine of Cardui. have been confined to my bed seven weeks and have been wasting and had other female trouble until was SO weak ] had almost given up. Several doctors waited on me but did not check the trouble. The Wine benefited me at once and can sit up and attend to my work
 MRS. J. W. WOFFORD.
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l suffered greatly from painful menstrua. ton for long time and Wine of Cardui has done me more good than anything else. think t will make me strong woman.
 MISS MARY JENNINGS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19
WILMINGTON PATRIOTISM.


An addition to the Wilmington fleet of
vessels is a handsome naptha unch re-
Gently purchased by Mr.. B. F.. Keith.
She is forty feet in length, is eight feet
wide and will carry 100 people. She will
comfortably seat nearly that many.
Mr.. Keith has named her "Lila-Ade-
line" in honor of his two little daugh-
tiers. He bought her to run between
Wilmington and his plantation at Colly,
Bladen county. The distance to Colly is
miles. and it is cache by
the Cape Fear and Black rivers, and two
miles up Colly creek from it's confluence
with Black river.
The 'Lila-Adeline' will also do towing
in the harbor and up the rivers, and will
take out fishing and excursion parties
during the summer. 1t is probable that
Mr.. Keith will make arrangements to run
her between Southport and Fort Cas-
we'll.
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Closing of the 'sStar Course

The Young Mems Christian Association
Star Course will be brought to a close
next Friday night with a lecture by Rev.
A. A. Willets, D. D., of Louisville, KY,
who lectured in this city two years ago,
his subject being Sunshine" This time
his subject viii either be ION the Wing"
or THE Model Wife"
The Star Course" of entertainments
have been most excellent in the past and
were Zach and every one greatly enjoyed.
The approaching end Is certainly very
much regretted.
To the attendants Friday night he lee
ture committee of the association Will is
sue the following queries:
/. Which entertainment on this course
would you rather have repeated next
year?
2. Shall seats be reserved for the whole
course or for each entertainment separ-
ately?
8. Shall there be two courses next sea-
son, one to begin about January 1st at
the end of the other? Zach course to
have six entertainments and cost $50 for
the season ticket.)
4. IF nothing happens may We expect
your patronage next year?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19

Mr.. J. L. Winners ieweiry repair
store, on Second street, between Mar
ket and Princess streets, was robbed
Yesterday morning about daybreak.
front chow window was the parti-
GUAR spot visited, a half dozen
watches and several articles Of other
jewelry being taken tnerefrom. The
glass in the window, which IS not very
thick, made an easy mark for an aper-
ture made into the window.
The robbery evidently occurred about
the time stated, for when the night
force Of police were relieved at 4:5o
O'Clock by the first detail of police ey-
erythdng at the store was all right, and
such was the case where a colored man
passed the store ten minutes later.
Policeman c. II. Gilbert who this week
is on the beat, which includes h store.
noted nothing wrong at anytime a:
the store.
MIR. Winner has his sleeping de-
partment in the rear of the store, but
was absent at the time Of the robbery,
being out Of the city. Mr.. E. A. Glenn
was left in charge OF the business, and
closed the store the evening previous
at 7 O'Clock.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19
Loaded for Spanish Bear

The Standard Oil Company's handsome
tank steamer Maverick, which ran ashore
at Fort Anderson Friday afternoon, was
pulled off at high tide yesterday after
noon and arrived in the city at GAS p. m.
A portion of her cargo was transferred
to lighters in order to get her off the
bottom of the stream.
The Maverick is a substantial vessel,
and first thing she knows she will find
herself in the United States navy as an
auxiliary cruiser. The Standard Oil
Company proposes for the Maverick to
take care of herself when a Spanish war
vessel m fooling around. She is
equipped with six rapid fire guns, and
her crew is being trained in their use.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19

. The Baptist Old Ladies Home is a
worthy charity Kept up by the members
of the First Baptist church, of this city.
There are at present five inmates who
are helped in some cases and entirely
taken care Of in others. Two of them are
not able to do anything towards their
own support.
The third Friday in each month is
donation day. The past week the fol-
lowing ladies sent packages: Mrs. ]. N.
Taylor, flour and sugar; Mrs. Woodrow,
hominy and flour; Mrs. T. C. Clemmons,
rice and flour; Mrs. E. T. Davis, flour;
Mrs. Page, flour; Misses Whitney, flour
and oatmeal; Mrs. ]. T. Plat, eggs; Mrs.
C. D. Morrill,, meal and flour; Mrs. Nc
Daniel, white meat and coffee; Mrs. r.
H. Brady, cakes and hominy; Mrs. w. 1.
Gore, sugar; Mrs. l.. L.. Pritchard, cof-
fee; Mrs. M. E. Keathley, cakes and
rice; Mrs. j. F. Divine, basket cooked
food; Mrs. c. o. Byeriy, oatmeal, corn
meal and beets: Mrs. r. NJ. Westcott,
sweet potatoes.
The ladies of the church have a prayer
meeting at the home every Friday after
noon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19
IRONICAL IFS.

If a man is in the right he doesn't
have to get mad about it.
If a woman lacks a graceful form
Their are ways of making up for it.
If a man is sentenced to the guillo-
tine he is very apt to lose his head.
II every n could have his W way
this world wouldn't be worth living in.
If a man has plenty of gold he can
put a gilt edge on almost anything.
If you have a mans past record you
can predict his future with reasonable
accuracy.
If the patient has faith in the doctor
the doctor should reciprocate by trust
ing the patient.
If ghosts haunt churchyards 1t is
probably for the purpose Of finding out
from the epitaphs how good they were
during life.-Chicago News.
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fFrom The New York Herald)
The government at Washington. as re-
ported in yesterdays Herald. does not
look with favor upon a resort to priva-
teering.
Privateering Is condemned by civilized
nations almost as unanimously as lis nj
racy. Its purpose is rather private plum
der than hostile damage. Its prey Ia
commerce, its victims are merchants.
The declaration OF Paris prociaims the
abolition OF privateering. That declara-
ton has been Endorsed by every nation
OF consequence except the United States.
Spain, and Mexico. These three powers
are free 10 send forth ~pr.vateers liz they
choose. Though not a party TO the dec
laration OF Paris, the United States is op-
posed TO privateering.
As We have noted. the government does
not propose to resort to IL. What Spain
may do remains to be seen. If she should
commission prfvateers. IL will then be for
the United States to consider the ques-
ton OF retaIfating.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19

The Rev. Robert Strange, D.. D., and
the Rev. Edward Wooten returned
yesterday from Kinston, where they
have been attending Wilmington Con-
vocation. Both of these clergymen
preached while there.
The convocation convened on Thurs
day and will conclude it's session to-
morrow. Bishop Watson is in attend
ance, and among the clergymen pres
ent were the Rev. T. M. N. George, of
New Bern, Inc the Rev. ]. w. Hughes,
of Fayetteville.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19
Chapel Hill Notes

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Chapel Hill, N. c., April 49,
Last night in Gerard hall the Chapel
Hill Choral Society gave it's initial
concert. The officers of the society
are: President, j. w. Gore; vice-pres-
ident, William Cain; secretary, J. Ken
meth Pfohl; treasurer, Charles Rober-
ton.
The horu vas composed of fifty
well trained voices, mostly university
students and Chapel Hill residents. The
soprano was Miss E. L. Leinbach, OF
Winston; tenor, Mr.. David T.. Huyck,
of Winston; baritone, Mr.. Arthur
S%crivenor, Of Richmond.
The accompanies were Mrs. r. L.
Hendricks, Miss Lola Carraway and
Mr.. Huyck, all of Winston.
The programme was:
PART l..
1.-ChOrus.-Victoria era Diavola")
Auber.
2.-Tenor Solo. Mr.. Huyck.-"With
Newer Strings My Mandolin Gu
onod.
3.-Part Songs.-"Farewell to the For
est On the Sea."-Mendelssohn.
4.-Baritone Solos.-Mr. Scrivenor.-a.
"Absence."-Franz Ries; b-"Yo An
thea."-Hatton.
5.-Chorus.-"Hail Bright Abode
Wagner.
6.-Duet.-Miss Leinbach and Mr.,
Huyck.-"Night Hymn at Sea-
Thomas.
bridal Chorus from THE Rose
Maiden"
PART II.
All GlOrious."-Bamby. So
los.-TenOr, Mr.. Huyck; baritone,
Mr., Scrivenor.
2.-Aria-With Verdure Clad ("Crea-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Leinbach.
3.-Chorus-"Be Not Afraid."-Men-
delssohn.
4.-Recitation and Air-"The JOY of
My Heart is Leased."-Moliuue.-Mr
Scrivenor.
5.-"Gallia ."-Gunoud . Soprano. Solo
n Chorus.-Soloist, Miss Leinbach.
Most of the pieces were encored and
the audience were delighted with the
excellent music which they heard.
Today is a very interesting n here
This morning the field day exercises
Tor the preparatory schools over the
state, and his afternoon the great
Harvard-Carolina game.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19
WHY?

Why isn't counting an heiress a
check suit?
Why aren't stenographers' notes
figures Of speech?
Why is that we seldom see an au-
burn haired old maid?
Why isn't a graveyard the last meas
ure a nan resorts to?
Why doesn't a man lead a double life
when he Is beside himself?
Why is that all the rogues manage
to get into the other political party?.
Why does a man usually show his
wife more c%outesies abroad than at
home?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19
Fifth Street Meetings.

The services at Fifth street M. E.
church have been very large all the
week. On Friday night 500 people
heard a most impressive sermon from
Rev. Mr.. Glenn. Ut was ON the "Old
Old Story of the "Prodigal Son." 1t
was very simple, very clear, very i'm
pressive-the best discussion Of that
parable we ever heard. He has some
excellent revival gifts without clap
trap or losing sight of the great re-
vealed fundamental truths of the Cos
pei. The sneetings Will continue next
week -:,A.--GL.a 81 A4xa
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Battery.

e event of hostilities with Spain,
ST. US battery proposes to take care
of Wrightsvile. Captain W.. H. Stoke
ley will be in command and if the Span
iards ever look down the muzzle of his
gun they will tremble in their boots. He
got this formidable weapon from a yes
sci that was wrecked of Wrightsville a
few years ago.
Everything at Wrightsville is looking
for war, and they don't n but any
night a ang of swathy Spaniards might
stand in on shore and make them cook
up all the pig fish in the house. With
the people expecting to hear big guns,
Captain Stokeley slyly placed his gun
on the railroad trestle the other night
and he had the grim satisfaction of
alarming the natives with the startling
booms of his cannon. They thought they
were in the lands of the ~Spaniards, but
when they found that it was their pro-
%tectors, they went to sleep again.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19
ANNIHILATEs DARKNESS.

The greatest electric searchlight in
the world, now being erected at Fort
ress Monroe t o guard the entrance to
the Chesapeake as already reported
exclusively in the American, has a
beam of light nine feet In diameter.
The glass lenses are also nine feet in
diameter. The light is so binding
that it cannot be looked on at short
range. and it V hurts the eyes when
they are closed
1t will illuminate an object 100 miles
of. and can be seen on h clouds al
even a greater distance. When the
light was on exhibition at the Worlds
Fair in Chicago 1t was seen in Milwau-
kee. The lamp. lenses and supporting
frames weigh twenty tons. but the ad-
justments are so delicate-they include
the posing Of the mechanism on a hol-
low steel cylinder floating In mercury
that the whole mass may be revolved
by the pushing OF a finger. The lamps
have interchangeable carbons OF diff
ferent sizes. so hat the light may be
varied in intensity according to the
density of The atmosphere. One-inch
carbons give a power Of from 5000 to
5000 candles.
The light is gathered into a uine-
foot beam, which has an estimated in
tensity of 10000, 900 candles. The
light revolves six times a minute. 1t
was manufactured in France, but
American generating apparatus has
been substituted for that built abroad,
and the dynamos, engine and boilers
are to be duplicated in case Of accident.
The beam of light from the lamp will
illuminate a newspaper at a distance
of 100 miles. 1t will turn day into
night around Hampton Roads. Its 10
cation at Hampton Roads is especially
appropriate, as vessels passing in the
Chesapeake for Baltimore or Washing
ton cannot be seen from Hampton
Roads during the night or haZy wealth
er, and they are barely visible in day
time. The distance from b fortress
to sea is fifteen miles. Vessels bound
up the Chesapeake do not pass within
miles Of the fort, and this is probably
the reason why the channel leading up
the Patapsco to Baltimore is to be
mined with torpedoes Baltimore
American.
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DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.

Hash-A badly mixed-up boarding
house affair.
Notwithstanding that is beyond
all reason.
Notwithstanding that is easy to
give, but uneasy to take.
Optimism-The philosophy with
which we regard ourselves.
Pessimism-The philosophy with
which we regard our neighbors.
Conceit-Something that makes a
man admire his own mistakes.
Gossip-The sugar used by some folk
to sweeten their tea.
Moon-Something children cry for
until they get big enough to want the
earth.-Chicago News.
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OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES.

A little south side girl was standing
at the window as a drayload Of hides
was passing by. Running into the
next room she exclaimed: "Oh, man.
ma, there goes a whole pile of cows
overcoats."
Little ~4-year-old Oracle had been sit
ting very quiet for some time, SEEM
ingly lost in thought. What are you
thinking about dear?" asked her moth
err. "Oh," she replied, Il was just
wandering where the todays go when
they get to be yesterdays" !,
Tommy, aged 3, was playing out on
the lawn one evening and, happening
to see a shooting star for the first time,
he ran into the house exclaiming:
Mamma, mamma; tome here, quick;
God jes' let one of his stars fall"
An observing girl of 5 was visiting
one of her playmates who owned an
orguinette, and she was very much
taken with it. On her return home
she described it to her mother az a ma
chine in which they poked porus plas-
ters and ground them up into music.
Little Willie disliked to attend
school, so one morning he thought he
would play off sick. What is the
matter with you, Willie?" asked his
mother. Not knowing a whole vocab-
ulary of ailments to select from, on
the spur of the moment he replied:
why, my teeth itch"
A bright little fellow of five who had
been engaged in a combat with another
boy was r%eproved by his mother, who
told him he ought to have waited until
the other boy commenced it. Well"
replied the youthful hero, IF I'd wait
ed for him to begin it there wouldn't
have been no fight.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-19
Now Being Cons dered

The management Of the Young Mems
Christian Association is now consider
ing a proposition to have Professor
Charles w. Edwards, of Columbia col
lege, lecture in this city on liquid air, the
extreme GOODNESS of which is familiar. no
doubt, TO our readers. Professor Smith
does many experiments with this air,
such as freezing a piece of steel and then
crushing it to a powder with a small
tack hammer, etc.
The lecture, if obtained, will be one Of
the rarest, most instructive and thorough
ly interesting ever given in Wilmington.
Professor Smith intends to lecture at
Trinity college. He also experiments Will
electricity.