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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-19

mark 1sG21hc: western 21d-4c' loss
PoTAToEs-steaey: southern sweet
s1.156a25.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: refined New
York So. 30: Philadelphia ard Baltimore
S. 20. do In bulk $40.
RICE-Steady: domestic fair 10 ex-
ira 4G6i4c. Japan 4&G5c.
COFFEE.-Futures opened steady at
an advance OF 5 to 10 points on cover
ing. following higher European cables
and continued Disappointing receapts
at Rio and Santos. The advance was
checked by profi:-takink and a dispo-
sition TO even up In antfcipa-
ton OF holidays. The market closed
quiet at net unchanged prices to 8
points advance. Total sales $50 bags.
including January at $AS5. Spot cof-
fee-Rio quiet; No. Z voice sac; No
jobbing 7&e; Yild quiet; Cordova 50
isikc.
SUGAR-Raw firm: fair refining
; 13-1sc bid: centrifugal, Sc test. thc
bid: modesses sugar ; e-1sc bid refin-
ed steady: No. 6 &c: No. s-lSc;
mould A 5 7-isc.
COTTON SEED oTL-Quoet and
about steady. showing little change or
features. Prime crude barrels CSC nom
inal: prime summer yellow Si1Gssc;
off summer yellow 3ic nominal: butter
grades 35c nominal; prime winter yell
10y s5G3ec: prime white s4G95c: prime
meal $24. 5oG 25.o0
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin steady: strained.
ommon ~ good Sl.45. Turpentine quiet
at 5lLH52c.
Charleston-Turpentine market hrm
at 4Sc; sales none. Rosin firm and un-
changed; sales none.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm al
4Shc: receipts LIZA: sales $50; exports
BASS. Rosln firm; receipts s.lt0: sales
AIS; exports 1874. Quote: A Il c ID
Sl.10. + sll5. r $l.25. @ $3.50. III 81 40.
l sl.45. X $l.5o. NJ $50. y sees. w C
1915. w w $3.50.
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HOw'S ThfSs

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
T. J.. CHENEY, Props, Toledo, O..
We, the undersigned, have known
r. j. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRAUX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
naIly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucou surfaces of the system. Price
7sc per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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MARKETS ~ TELEGRAPH
NANCIA

New York, December 16.-Money on
call easier at 4 per cent; prime mer-
camille paper at 5h@6 per cent: ster-
ling exchange steady with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at S4.S7k6
4S1A for demand and at $4.S1hG4.S1&
for sixty days; posted rates at S4.S2h
and SASSY; commercial bills at $4.S1:
silver certificates at 59G5S1k: bar sill
Yer at 59$; Mexican dollars at 471k,
state bonds inactive; railroad bonds
weak; government bonds steady.
COTTON.
Liverpool, December 16.-1 p. m.-
Cotton.-Spot quiet, prices ~uncanged;
American middling 4asc. TIE salec of
tie day were 1000 bales, of which 500
were for speculation n export and
included $500 bales American; receipts
2,400 bales all American. Futures open
ed quiet and closed quiet, but steady
at the decline.
American middling. low middling
clause December 4 12-64d buyers; De-
cember and January 4 load buyers;
January and Februarw 4 S-6404 Sid
buyers; February and March 4 7-64d
sellers; March and April 4 $40
4 6-64d sellers; April and May 4 4-64d
sellers; May and June 4 2-64@4 3-64d
buyers; jun and July 4 1-6404 2-64d
buyers; July and August 404 lad
sellers; August and September 3 61-64d
sellers; September and October 3 4-64d
sellers.
Nrv- YORK MARKET.
New York, December 16.-Cetton
quiet and steady. Middling Z 11-16c;
net receipts 657; gross receipts 669;
"sales 276; stock 110,123; exports to the
continent 251.
Total today and consolidated: Net re-
ceipts 81, 1853; exports to Great Britain
1924; to France 1925; to the continent
1,051; stock 1,O91, $50.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts 1925, 706; exports to Great Bril-
tain 914. 5S1; to France 405, 1857; to the
continent 961, 667.
Futures closed barely steady. De-
cember 7.20, January 7.25, February
7.31, March 1888, April IA, May and
June 7.44, July 7.45, August TAI, Sep
TENDER 7.05. October 6.94, November
6.94.
Spot cotton closed quiet and steady:
middling uplands Z 11-16c; middling
gulf z 15-16c; sales 276 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago, December 16.-The leading
futures ranged rs follows:
Omen. High. Low. Clos
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AS a cure for rheumatism Chamber
lain's Pain Balm is gaining a wide rep
utation. D. B. Johnston, of Richmond,
Ind, has been troubled with that all
ment since 1862. In speaking Of it he
says: az never found anything that
would relieve me until I used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. 1t acts lige magic
with me. My foot was swollen n
paining me very much, blu one good
application of Pain Balm relieved me.
For sale by r. r. Bellc my.
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FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED.

Washington, December 16.-Captain
Arthur Barnes, of North Carolina, was
found dead in his bed in this city at
$3.50 o'clock this morning. He seemed in
his usual health yesterday and his
death is believed to have been due to
heart disease.
Captain Barnes had been an assist
ant d~oorkeeper Of the senate for ten
years. He was a democrat, and had at
tended every democratic national con-
vention since 1880. He was a captain
in h confederate service during the
civil war. He was about IS years old.
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Orphan Asylum Choir at Enfield.
Correspondent Of the Messenger.)

Enfield December 15-
The Oxford Orphan Asylum choir,
consisting of nine girls and three boys.
in charge OF Mr.. Will x. Cooley and
Miss Eva Minor, gave an ent rtainment
in the Baptist church on Thursday
night and the edifice was full. The
audience was delighted with the really
good singing and clever Rotations OF
the children. and the kids Of the village
were so enthusiastic that they wanted
to be orphans
The Masonic lodge is quite strong for
SO small a place and the members threw
their doors and their hearts wide oren
20 the children, and left nothing I'M
done TO make the welcome most hearty.
Mr.. Coiey and Miss Minor give un-
mistakable evidence of their fitness for
the responsible and dellcate duties en-
trusted to them and TO them and their
precious little charges the latchstring
will ever be on the outside in Enfield
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When You Ride Your Wheel

Always shake into your shoes Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It
keeps your feet cool,prevents sweating
feet, and makes your endurance ten
fold greater. Over one million wheel
people are using Aliens Foot-Ease.
They all praise it. 1t gives rest and
comfort to smarting, hot, swollen, ach-
ing, feet and is a certain cure for in
growing nails. At all druggists and
stores Csc. Sample FREE by
mail. Address. Allen s. O1msted. LIE
Roy, N. =.
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of Wilmington via accord to h ladies
who have in the past so admirably con-
Quoted the Shelter a lively support in
whatever plans they may adopt for
the rebuilding it on even a much more
extensive plan. A business meeting OF
the circle VIII be held early in the new
year.
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Aliens Foot-Ease. a powder. 1t 4
cures painful, smarting. nervous feet
and narrowing nails. and instantly Y
takes the sting put OF corns and buzz
ions It's the greatest comfort discC$ \
cry OF the age. Aliens Foot-EaA !
makes tight or new sl.oes feel easy. III
10 q certain cure for sweating, callous4
and hot. tired. aching feet Try IL to-
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores By mail for 25c- in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Addrese. Alier
3. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. y
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Chicago, December 16.-The leading
futures ranged rs follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady. Winter patents, 5000
$50; straigths. s3.00G3.20: clears, 81. 90n
$40; spring specials. $3.50; patents
s3.20d3.50; straights, $2.7Od3.O0: bakers,
s1.90G2.50; No. 2 yellow corn, 31hG
31kc; No. 3 spring wheat, 63kG64Zc;
No. 2 red, 6766Sc; No. 2 corn, 31G31Ac;
No. 2 oats, 22A@23c; 20. 2 white, 25Ac;
No. 3 white. PAX G25kc; mess pork. per
Dbl, SS.70G10.20; lard. per 100 lbs, $3.50
5.52k: short ribs sides, loose, 5000
5.45; dry sailed shoulders. boxed,
s5.37kG5.50; short clear sides, boxed,
$5.45G5.55; whiskey, distillers, finished
goods, per gallon, or basis OF S1.23h.
New York. December 16.-FLOUR.-
Dull and 5 to 10 points lower to sell.
Minnesota patents $3.S0G4.00.
WHEAT.@Spot easy; No. 2 red 74c.
No. 2 red, elevator. TIC. Options open
ed cas- at &C decline from last night.
influenced by the bearish government
crop report and short selling. a fair
visible supply in stock for Monday.
Estimates for world shipments had
little effect and the market closed dull
at "A 5-16q74 9-1sc
and easy at &C net decline. Nav
"A 5-16G14 9-16c, closed at T4hc.
ORN.@Spot easy: No. 2 4o&c. OPP
tions opened easy at &c decline with
wheat and on lower cable news. SYM
pathiZing also with a break in hog
products; closed easy at &c net decline.
May 3sAG39c, closed ar 39c; Decem-
Der 39A G39%c. closed at 39Ac.
OATS;-Spot quiet: No. 2 2ssc. Op-
tons dun.
EGGS.-Steady; state and Pennsyl-
q 24G25c; western ungraded at
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S4me DAY last year 5Ac.
NAVAL STORES
SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Firm:
machine barrels 4stac; country barrels
4Sc.
RoSIN.-Ffrm a si.1o and si-15.
TAR-Steady at $50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Steady /:
ard s1.eo: solf $3.50.
Prices same day last y~ear-Spiri;s
turpentine 4oc and 39&c: rosin 9TEc
and $i.o2b: tar si.1o: crude turpentine
$3.50 and $3.50.
Receipts today-94 casks spirits tur-
tpentine. $50 barrels rosin. 491 barrels
tar. 12s barrels crude furpentine.
Receipts same day last years.
casks spirits turpentine. 77 barrels
rosin. 4s5 barrels tar. so barrels crude
~turpentine.
sALT-125's. SIC: 1905. 74c; zoos. Soc.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina -: vir-
ginia so to 66c.
RICE-Nothing doing.
CORN-52 10 SIC.
CORN MEAL-49c.
cow PEAS-S0c.
n. C. BACON-Hams, 8 TO 10c.
shoulders. 7 to nc; sides. s to SIC.
TURKEYS-Nive) Sc.
CHICKENS-Slow: spring 10 TO 1Sc:
hens, % to CSC: roosters. Is to zoe.
EGGS.-Firm at II to 1Sc.
SHINGLES-Per 1000 five inch hearts
and saps. H.50G3.10: six inch. s2.50G
$3.50.
TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Shipping... se.00G10.oo
Mill. Prime.....--.....-.. 1900 SIS
Mill. Fair. $500 700
Common Mill .......... 5.O06 600
Inferior to ordinary. $500 500
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THE PUBLIC A-sTouNDED

At the Inroads Russell Was Making on
the Treasury for His Favorites- Ber-
nard's Apparent S~tupefactfon at
Pou's Charges Against Government
Officials.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.

Wilmington. N c.. December 16-
Receipts of cotton today-I.49S bales.
Receipts same day las ~year-2,6l0
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-1S7.s1
bales.
Receipts TO same date last year
25S,3 51 bales.
The quotations posted al 4 o'clock
today at the exchanges.
COTTON-Sseady.
Ordinary ......... ......... 4 1915
Good ordinary 6 3-le
Low middling -.............. 6 1916
MiGdling .........-... $4,000 IA
Good middling ................. ~
Same day last war 5Lr
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AFRICAN WOLVES,

They Are Very Fcrocious, and Even
the Lions Fear Them.
The African wolves, when hunting In
packs, are very formidable, and NJ.
Foa, the great French explorer, saws:
experience has shown me that they at
tnck not only all animals Of medium
size, but also the lion itself. They wage
terrible battles, In which the lion sue.
cumbs to numbers, though not without
having ripped open some of the enemy.
But the survivors In their turn soon
tcar ii. Consequently the large, raven.
Gus beast has q snlutnry terror of them.
In this connection he relates n story of
now his servant once scared away
some lions who had surrounded them
In the darkness away from camp.
The night was as black as pitch. and
we did not distinguish the trees until
npon them. Lions prowlcd around us,
ana one OF them reared within alarm
Ing proximity; but we could not see
them; we heard them walking In the
leaves on all sides. Reaching the tree.
we found one of our companions with
the rifle cooked, another ryIng TO re.
light n half eXtinguished torch. Still
the lions walked. We guessed them
coming and going in the darkness.
At that moment Tambarika whisper-
ed TO us the advice to initiate the pun
-rdS Wolves) in the distance. So we I'M
mcdiately began barking and shouting
"llu, hu, II" in m u%ndertone, IA
though the pack was still Mt a distance
"hlie the man ut the camp made the
same well initiated cry. The effect was
instantaneous. There was n rapid gal
iop III the a"y leaves; the lions decomn.
ed. The more or less we'll initiated an
proach of n pack Of wolves RID VIC -,
.lein for the whole night. We returned
10 inc camp with our honey. and moth
ing troubled our tranquility until
morning.
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Couldn't Change the sigma.

England Is said to be the frcest coun-
try In the world, but Its freedom does
not extend to the alteration of a public
house sign by a licensed victualer.
This was proved at the South Hants
Brewster court, where q brewer asked
leave to alter the name OF an inn from
The Duke Of York to The Panther.
Admiral Field, NJ. p, who acted as
chairman, asked the reason Of the pro.
posed transformation, and was inform
ed that the applicant owned aaother
Duke Of York, come distance cf, n fact
which was liable to cause confusion in
business. The admiral, however. con-
sidered 1t discourteous to the brave
old Duke Of York to put n panther In
his place. Eventually the application
was refused.
A similar fate attended the request
to change the name OF q house from
The Royal Oak to The Radstock, Ad-
miral Field urging that Lord Rad.
stock, as an eminent philanthropist
and Christian man, might .~ustihably
object to his name being thus taken In
vain, and the justices, perhaps out Of
regard for French susceptibilities, also
rejected an application to change the
sign Of The Alma tavern to that of
The Fashoda.-London Telegraph.
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Too Hot 10 ~sxtinsuish.

a well known Mississippi farmer
will have cause to remember his recent
visit to Memphis. He stopped in a well
known cafe, and among other thtpD~
ordered a sirloin steak. a h~.sre or ta-
basco sauce was on .ne table, and mis-
taking It for catchup he spread 1t quite
luvishly on the steak and settled down
to enjoy the meal. He cut off a big
piece, but no sooner had 1t struck his
mouth thna ne began to feel like his
tn~eae was on fire. He twisted and
turned, and o o had the eyes Of every
n In the dining hall fastened on him.
The more he twisted and screwed his
face the hotter the steak in his mouth
got. He didn't know what was the
matter. He could stand 1t no longer
n reaching up his hand he jerked out
the burning bite, threw 1t on the floor
q In O very dramatic way exclaimed,
NOW, hang you, blaze!"-Memphis
Scimitar. sEa.
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Eating Away Stone WILL,

Al ilrst sight it would seem hardly
possible FOR bacteria to be concerned
In the breaking down of n stone wall.
yet this is the case, according to oh.
servations made in studying the cause
OF the decay OF cement. The gradual
dlsihtegration of the cement mortar
used In water supply reservoirs ia one
or the serious troubles met with by
water engineers and n trouble which
so far they have not been able to avoid
win any measure Of practical success.
Hitherto this action WINS supposed to
be the result Of the solvent property of
carDonic acid and other mineral sub.
stances commonly present In n water
supply. The cement gradually disin-
tegrates and becomes a kind Of mud
which slowly detaches itself. But now
1t has been found this strange process
Is due to the action Of none other than
that bacterium known MS the nutrify.
ing organism. An examination Of the
mud shows 1t to be teeming with these
organisms.
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Fourteen NIiBtakes.

An English paper gives a list of
what 1t terms "the II mistakes of
life" While there are undoubtedly 9th
er mistakes than those mentioned, tho
list is n fairly comprehensive one.
1t Is a great mistake to set up our
own standard Of right and wrong and
judge people accordingly; to measure
the enjoyment of others by our own;
to expect uniformity Of opinion in this
world; to look for Judgment and en-
pcrience In youth; to ~cndeavor to mold
all dispositions alike; to look for per-
fection I'm Il own actions; to worry
ourselves md others with what can
not be remedied; not to yield in imma-
terlal matters; not to alleviate all that
needs alienation as far as lies in our
power; not to make allowances for tho
infirmities Of others; to consider every
thing impossible that we cannot per-
form; to believe only what our finite
minds can grasp; to expect to be able
to understand everything.
And the last and greatest mistake Of
all Is to live for time alone, when any
moment may launch us into eternity.
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THE POETS WIFE.

She brings her pretty knitting, bless her.
Or mystic threads for making laces
That by and by will serve to dress her
In new and no doubt charming graces.
She sits and rocks, her rocker Ginning,
In measured cadence to my rhyming.
Sometimes with eye that proudly glistens
read sonnet l have written;
She counts her stitches while she listens
Or pulls q thread to make 1t 1T in,
And, with her gaze intent upon it,
Asks, What they pay me for a sonnet2"
She little knows Of rhyme or meter
And cares still less, but asks me whether
Chiffon and roses would look sweeter
To trim her hat than Jet and feather.
Aud while I'm Framing odes to Cupid"
She tells me. "Poetry is stupid"
But, oh, her eyes-her silken lashss-
Her hairs sweet mutinies-the dimple
In check and ninth outward flashes
OF inward smiles-hcr tranquil, simple,
Enhancing airl Did she but know it
She is the reason Pm a poetl
Madeline s. Bridges in Ladies' Home Journa
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The Township Bond Cases.
AT the recent term of the q

AT the recent term of the Uni
ID States Court in Greenvile, o
3nsent verdict was given in favor
e the bondholders of the Caro-
ina, Knoxville and Western rail
load company against Cooper,
Iinety-Six and Cokesbury Town
hips, in this county. These town.
hips, it will be remembered, voted
bonds for the building of the road
about twenty years ago. The road
I was never built and tho taxpayers
resisted the payment of the
bonds. The holders of the bonds
carried the case "into court" and
it will likely remain Gin court"
for a long time to come. The fact
that the bondholders have Sc
cured q judg ment does not mean
that they have won the case; on
the contrary, it is claimed by
those who profess to understand
the matter, that they are just
that much nearer to losing it. The
verdict was given by consent of
the attorneys for the townships
for the purpose of advancing the
progress of the case. The real
fight is to come up on mandamus
proceedings.
The attorneys for. the bond
holders will ask the court to issue
q writ of mandamus requiring
Auditor Graham to place an as
sessment for the payment on the
tax books. This will, of course,
90 resisted, Auditor Graham
claiming that he cannot levy
taxes for any purpose except by
direct authority of the Legisla-
ture. The real fight will be made
on this point.
The case is involved in q maze in
of legal proceedings, and it is i'm
possible for a layman to tell it's
exact status now or what will be
the final outcome in the courts.
Butsit,seems now to be pretty GER
tain that no taxes for the pay
ment of the @. X. e. w. railroads
will be collected without an Act
of the South Carolina Legisla-
ture.
Persons who own property in
Cooper, Ninety-Six and Cokesbury
townships need not be in any
great hurry to sell OF give away
their possessions for fear of in
creased taxes on this account
Greenwood Index.
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800 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in
all It's stages and that is Ca
tarrh, Halls Catarrh Our is the
only positive cure now knewn to
the medical fraternity. oatarrh
being constitutional disease, re-
quires q constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation Of the
disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in
doing it's work. The proprietora
have 80 much faith inSits curative
powers thit they off ne Hun.
dred Dollars for an /, that it
fails tc sure. Sell list OF
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Rheumatism-Catarrh, are Blood Dis.
eases.-Cure Freel

1t is the deep-seated, obstinate
cases of Catarrh and Rheumatism
that B. b. B. Botanic Blood
Balm) cures. 1t matters not what
other treatments, doctors, sprays,
liniments, indicated air. blood
purifiers, have failed to do, b. B.
b. always promptly reaches the
real cause and roots out and drives
from the bones, joints, mucous
membrane, and entire system the
specific poison in the blood that
causes Rheumatism and Catarrh.
B. B. B is the only remedy strong
enough to do this and cure SO
there can never be a return Of the
symptoms. Don't give up hope,
but ask your drug list for B. b.
B.--.Botanic Blood Balm or 3 BIS.
Large bottles 81, six bottles full
treatment, IS. B. B. b. is an hon
est remedy that makes real cures
of all Blood Diseases after every
thing else fails. We have abso-
Lutte confidence in Botanic Blood
Balm; hence, SO you may test it,
we will send q TRIAL BOTTLE
FREE on request. Personal medi-
cal advice free. Address BLOOD
BALM Co., 385 Mitchell ST., At
lanta, Ga.