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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24


Oysters Giving a Boom to. Carteret
County-SeveraI Packing. and Cen.
ming Establishments Do nr a Driving
Business
Mr.. E. Piner returne'I yesterday from
a ten days trip to Carteret county,
bringing his mother, Mrs. Rebecca
Piner, a venerable lady OF 70 years of
age, who has beeu residing at Davis
Shore, in Carteyet county. She will
reside with her son in this city.
MI, Piner describes as Carteret as the
s'land Of milk and honey" so to speak.
He says he never in all his life ate az
many oysters, backbones, spare-ribs
and long collards as were TO be had on
allsides in Carteret. He also brings a
glowing account of the prosperous oys-
ter industry along Core Sound. At
DAVIS Shore, Marshallsburg and More
head City there are large oyster pack
ing establishments known as raw
houses" These houses buy rock oysters
in the shell and have large numbers
OF hands engaged in opening the BIZ
valves raw. They are then shipped in
large quantities in barrels to various
northern cities.
In addition to the raw houses at
Marshallsburg there is a large steam
canning plant. The oysters are bought
in the shell, opened by steam and then
canned. Ready sale is found in north
ern cities for all the product of the
factory.
This oyster industry distributes a
large amount of money among the peo-
pie and Mr.. Piner says everybody he
metsIad money and -seemd to be happy.
The packing houses pay 20 cents a
bushel for the rock oysters and the
c-tchers are making from $3.50 to $500
a day.
The openers receive Is cents a gallon
for opened oysters, and this gives m
ployment to large numbers of women
and children as well as men. Little
shavers who are industrious make from
$500 to $500 a week opening oysters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24
Death of a Rising Newspaper Ian

Jacksonville, Fla, January 2O.-A. N.
Adams, city editor of The Florida
Times-Union and Citizen, died at his
home in this city this morning of pneu-
monia, in the 3Oth year of his life. Mr..
Adams is one of the best known news
paper men in the state, and in the en-
tire south. Although a young man, he
had established a reputation as one of
the best of the younger journalists of
the country, and he was we'll known
to many of the northern and western
papers as a correspondent of ability.
He had many friends throughout the
south to whom he was known as a man
of sterling integrity.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24

Prices same day last yea 5&c.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits turpentine steady; machine
barrels 40hc; country barrels 40c.
Rosin firm at GOO and CSC.
Tar steady at s1.10.
Crude turpentine quiet at $l.35 ard
$40.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
~turpentine sc and 31hc; rosin $1.15
and $1.2o; tar s1.05: crude turpentine
$1.40 and $50.
Receipts today-36 casks spirits tur-
pentine. 446 barrels rosin. 1874 barrels
tar, 5 barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts to same day last year-2
casks spirits turpentine. 29s barrels
rosin, les barrels tar. IA barrels crude
turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-45 to soc.
Rice-Lowlands, 9oc to s1.1o; upland.
IS to soc, On basis of As pounds to
bushel.
Corn-47 to 4Sc.
Corn meal-5c.
Cow peas-50 to Coo.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, 10 to
lie; shoulders, 6k to 7c; sides. s to
Skc.
Chickens-Firm; spring 10 to 12hc;
hens, IA to 1sc; roosters, IA to Ice.
Eggs-Steady at 12kc.
Shingles-Per 1000 FIVE inch, hearts
and saps, s1.50q2.10; six inch, s2.509
$50.
Timber at $500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24
On Every Bottle

OF Shiloh's Consumption Cure Is this
guarantee: All we ask Of you is to use
t~wo-thirds of the contents of this bot
tie faithfully, then if you can say you
are not benefited return the bottle to
your Druggist and he may refund the
price paid" Price rs cts, so cts and
81. 90. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24

and unchanged; sales none.
New York-Rosin steady: strained
common TO good. SI35. T~urpentint
steady at 43hG44c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24

Company, Columbus, O., for OF Dr.. Hartmans books, and get the truth
about catarrh. You viii find it a revelation. The following letter from F J
Lowell, Aurora, Ia, is a practical illustration of the virtues of Pezuna.
DR.. s. 3. Hartman, Columbus. O.
DEAR STR-"I took your Peruna for about two months according to direc
tons, n IAN truly say that 1 consider myself cured If catarrho oft twelve ear
standing / only took two bottles. til a wonderful medicine for catauh n
/ ever have n more trouble With catarrhI will nos assuredlv take Peruna
it's the only medicine I ever took that did m e any good. Peru-na acted Tx
magic in my case. I believe til the best medicine OF earth for catarrh"
Mr. Lowells opinion of Peru-na is no exception. Mulhtudes vouch fr it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24

O0A - 41U
May ...... $40 5.131h $40 5.121A
New York, January 21.-Flour dull
and easy. Winter patents s3.75G4O0.
Wheat-Spot easy; No. 2 red sOLc.
Options opened steady on cables but
eased off through the forenoon for Jack
of buying interest or other sustaining
factors General trade was extremely
dull; closed easy at &c net decline
March closed at TSsc; May closed at
74%c.
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2 42EGAc. On
tons opened steady, but turned dun
and weak with wheat, closing dull and
unchanged. May closed at 41Xc.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. 2 33Zc. OBJ
tons quiet.
Lard-Steady; western steamed $3.50
January $500 nominal: refined auiet
Cotton Seed Oil-Firm and held high
er; prime crude 19c.
Rice-Ffrm; domestic fair to extra
4RG1c; japan 5G5Ac.
Cofee-Options opened steady and
unchanged to 5 points lower: ruled
tame with little further variations:
bull efforts checked by discouraging
cables from foreign markets and SLACK
spot demand together with bearish sta
tistical situation: bears cautious i'm
view OF extensive short interest al
ready outstanding: closed quiet and
unchanged to 5 points lower; sales
$3.50 bags, including March at s.. so:
May $3.50. Spot cofee-Rio u 4 at 6Lc:
No. ! invoice TIC; No. ! jobbing mild
and quiet; Cordova 7kG14c.
Sugar-Raw quiet. barely steady:
fair refining SAC; centrifugal. sc test.
FAC; molasses sugar 31zc; refined quiet:
mould A SIC; granulated SC.
NAVAL STORES.
Charleston-Spirits t%urpentine mar
ket firm at 42c; sales none. Rosin firm
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24
Il woyd to those aAo 6gA Tie SakAt for 6yead, or esm1fs<


The man with
a fortune, who
cares little for friends. is the only man who
can afford to indulge a bad temper.
Nc one wants to employ a grumbler; no
one wants to do business with an ill-tem-
pered man An irritable man is a man
with catarrh. Excited nerves infame the
mucous membrane somewhere; this infam-
nation is catarrh. ~Irritability is unchecked
nervousness.
Catarrh is expensive-few can afford it.
Men with catagrh find it hard to prosper.
1t is calmneNIAat succeeds.
The truth about catarrh is not widely
known This is not strange. It has bafaed
medical science. DR.. Hartman solved il
forty years ago, and has ever since been
curing catarrh with his great prescription,
P~e-ru-na, which may now be had at all
druggists. Pe-ru-na eradicates catarrh abb
solutely; it makes healthy membranes, and
healthy people by making healthy nerves.
There is no other way to cure catarrh.
Local treatment is something more than a
mistake: it is criminal. Thousands of people
have catarrh and are ignorant of it. 1t is
called gastritis, or bronchitis, or Bright's
u catarrh. Write to the Pe-ru-na Medicine
II DIR. Hartman'S books, and get the fruth
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24
ynnBGrOH MARKETS.

Wilmington, N. c., January q.
Receipts Of cotton today-Sle oales.
Receipts on same day last year@seo
bales
This seasons receipts to dat-275,SSS
bales.
Receipts to same date last year-2S3,-
Isl bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton firm.
Ordinary : 3-1s
Good ordinary gle
Low middling 5 3-16
Middling ...-....... ........... SIS
Good middling ............... 5 Isle
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-24
Men Who Succeed.

demands brains;
it also requires
courtesy.
The man with
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
Amuning Knowledge.

Take a hard boiled egg and place 1t on the edge of plate, holding the tip of the pointing finger lightly on the oth- CT end to keep it in position. Having first wound light string around the body of the egg, quick spinning mo- tion can be obtained by pulling the string quickly. The egg will be seen spinning for some time within the plate. There is also another method of standing an egg on end and making 8 new Columbus discovery.
 Instead of making the egg spin on the plate one can also chase it around the room, like a top. by using whip Of we'll twisted cord. As the egg will nec- essarily strike in some corner or crack while spinning, one may use an arti- ficial egg instead, such one as is used for darning stockings This "unbreak- able" egg can be spun with all zest around the floor as long as the impell- ing force keeps up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
Iron Mountain Rates

Grand Lodge Meeting k Of P, Hot Springs Ark. May 15-1S. For this occasion the Iron Mountain Ky. will sell round trip tickets to Hot Spring at one fare, S3.6s Dates or sale, May 14, 15 end 16 Limit May l9.
 Colonist Excursion, To, the West and Northwest-FOr the above the Iron Mountain ky. have some exceedingly low rates to o1er
 Southern Baptist Convention. Louisville' Ky May II to lS--0n May and 10 the Iron Mountain Route will sell round trip tickets to Louisville at rate of S16 %. Limit for re- turn I5 days from date of sale. except that Dy extension return limit may .oe naoe '"uo No Excellent service
 Annual Convention T P A, Louisville. Ky, May IS to 19 1899--For this occasion the Iron Mountain Ky will sell d tie1etI nS to Lo1lsvle f e May I4 and l5; limit for return, May zo' EA- celfent train service.
 International Convention Baptist Young People's Union. Richmond, Va, July 15 70 To- isGQF-For this occasion the IT m mountaln Ronte will sell tickets to Richmond and re- t1rn su for S2g2 Dates of sale, July 10, Il and l2: limit for return, by extension, Aug 10,
 Annual Meeting German Baptists, Roanoke Ve May 22 to % 1890--For this occasion the Iron Mountain Route will sell tickets 10 RoanoKe. Va. and return at rate Of S2f,o7 n9fe of sale. May Is and is, Limited to June 4 for return
 Annual Convention Union Society Chris tian Endeavor. Detroit, Mich; July t0 l0 Iaoo-For the above occasion the Iron mtn Bg viii seii tickets to Detroit and return for n3a fare s24. .O5 plus S2Dates of sale 5uly 3 4 . ad Limit for return August b, by eXten- sion
 "9q i3 to k 1S99-For the above oeeasionthe 14ay 1nan Mountain Ky will sell tickets to Little Roek and return for one fare, sl 25. Dases of sale. May F to 15 inclusive; limit Tor return
 Annual Reunion and Grand Lodge Meet, 2 n of Elks, St Louis June 20 to 3, 1898
 occasion the dron Mpng,nn ratIn at f9are are VIII seli 10 tes If sale June 19 and 20: good 11 enr sr9 return leaving St Louis up to and incud ing June 24
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
EIenhnnt xs. snnrro,r.

A pugnacIous sparrow the other day flew into the elephant house in the Central Park menagerie, New York, and began picking up the crumbs from the table of the elephant then inside. The mammoth and midget apparently did not see each other for some time. until the former in shifting his posi- tion, nearly placed his ponderous foot on the latter. The fighting little speck of fuss and feathers evidently accepted his thoughtless act as challenge to battle and at once flew in the ele- plants face. The great beast looked astonished, and, sending a small ey, clone through his trunk, raised such a cloud of hay and dust that the bird was lost sight of.
 When the air was cleared, the biped was seen on the quadrupeds back. A shake of the elephants loosely fitting, tough, though sensitive hide, frfghten- ed the little fellow, who hopped to the floor and looked into the face of his antagonist
 Thus they stood as though trying to recover breath for a few seconds, when the elephant reached out his trunk towards the sparrow. The bird with outstretched wings and rufiied feathers threw himself, with full force at the end of the threatening proboscis. Then came a gentle blast of air from the elephants lungs, and the sparrow was blown against the wall of the house. The little fellow, without even so much as a parting look at his huge antago- mist, mounted to the open window and disappeared.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
THE PEPrER-Rox- rR1eK.

Into your left hand. Put on the lid and push up the telescope bottom quickly and passing the box to the right hand, rattle it, and ask where the money shall fly to. Have cup at hand (near the lefD. and as feint, say Here it is!" at the same time letting the money fall into the cup. Presto! Fly" It is now again in the box, and by rattle it appears so. Remember all the while to hold the money fast in the cup, to pre- vent detection. Presto! Fly again." It is now down Willy's throat-is it not so? Place the cup to his ear; out it falls! Is it the same quarter? To be sure it is; there's the mark This con- pletes the pepper-box trick; but the routine indicated for it's performance can be easily varied by any adept at legerdemain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
Devil wor.hsp.

Tn Spain, Germany, France, Italy, as we'll as in the northern countries which had embraced the reformation, devil worship was believed to be prac- ticed, orgies celebrated malevolent tricks of revenge perpetrated by the votaries of the evil one on their neigh bors. If a child was seized with ep-- ileptic fits of if a pig died suddenly, if toad were found under the hsd or a cat jumped in at the wlndow, if a cross grained old woman cursed a rude, ili-mannered brat, and the child afterward suffered with any complaint the witehcraft which must undoubted- ly be at the bottom of such occurrences called for immediate investigation. Nor was it long before victim was forthcoming. Denial was of no avail The longer such denial was persisted in, the longer were the tortures in- hicted. The accused was urged to con fess to the usual charges. and encour- aged to accuse others, in turn to suffer the same fate. And so the horrible
 business spread, until, like .prs -. fire, it burned itself out for time, { to start again from some fresh spa 4
 of suspicion. The crime itself was
 held by all to be so enormous that ho
 punishment could be too great for t-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
---ne BuiIefA.

-<Sn8 kso1I@fAs Bullets of stone were us leaden bullets coming into before the end of the siy tury. Iron bullets have b. ed as in use In 1850.
 soap Said to He Un Ore Is always learnir suspect that nature with wax not dist that Of the bee?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
gE ,A -.-.--'"--~ss-s-a-u The A ssasN
 tNa N~

The Al -sssaks
 A4-r-s.ses.i be Feared. SDsyss
 h ancient times the heather wnrk 90 superstitious with regard to certain days that they were pointed out in their calendars with different coIored characters to mark the lucky ones and the unlucky, and all classes arranaeH the details of their daily life witIy reference to these marks.
 We of the present day claim to hs free from all this, but many there are who will not begin q journey nor x piece of work on Friday. nor cut the hair in the last quarter of the moon. and who are very much frightened if the soft rays of Luna chance to fall upon the face while they are asleep.
 Friday is even under q ban; even with regard to the weather. there is an old saying which declares that
 Fridays moon,
 Come when it will, comes too soon.
 In countries where capital punish ment is In vogue Friday has nearly always been "hangmans day.
 There are many superstitions con- nected. with New Years day; one that is still firmly believed by many of the devout is that of opening the Bible at random and putting the finger ON any chapter contained in the two open pages. It is believed that the luck or unluek of the coming year will in q greater or less degree be fore shadowed by some of the lines.
 Again. others believe that it is very unlueky to take anything out of the house on New Years morning before taking something in; tue old rhyme which expresses this belief runs as follows:
 Take out, then take in, Bad luck will begin:
 Take in, then take out, Good luck comes about.
 Certain days for birth have general ly some particular attribute given them which tell us that the child: Born on Monday is fair of face; Born on Tuesday, full of Gods graees Born on Wednesday, sour and sad; Born on Thursday, merry and glad. Born on Friday, worthily given; Born on Saturday, work hard for your living;
 Born on Sunday, you will never know
 want.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30

THE PARENGHYMATOUS CELLS. humanity, is shocked that so little fs'' known of the brain. He has discover- ed that the brain Is in two halves the interstitlal and the parenchymat- ous cells-which have hitherto been treated as q whole.
 He is at work on an instrument which will enable him to see and hear the brain, as the heart and lungs are heard. Then he will know how to treat the patient, whether the ailment
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
Commerce.
WAAWI

The Publishers Price of this Work is S6.
 By arranging for a special edition enabled 10 maake extremly liberal offer to readers We will give all subscribers old and alike the Encyco- peda and Atlas and the Daily Graphic six months for S65o If you to avail yourself of this proposition fill out the blank below and send it the Graphic office
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
4 Moving Stairway.

A moving staircase will be novel el fea+rre re of the Paris Exposition. It will consist of an endless belt in per, e netual motion, upon which it will De pc necessary to step to be transporteo from floor to floor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
Not stupidlty.

4 distinguished professor says that vhat is called stupidity is simply the ,ndicotion as that a certain brain area IS not nroperly nourished, or is without eommprnieafion noo with the nerve fibre.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
THE PEPPEa-Box TRICK.
An Interesting and Amusing Trick Easily
 Performed.

Procure a common pepper-box. and get a tinman to unsolder the bottom, and then fasten on to it a tube of tin that will just fit the inside of the box. like telescope. At the bottom side of this tube a slit must be cut that will let a quarter slip through. h the lid of the box duplicate top is to be fas- tened, leaving inside a piece of tin. that will rattle when shaken. Now for ths trick. Take the box in the left hand. ask one of the company for a quarter. and to mark it that it may be identified. With the right hand draw off the lid. and request that the money be put into the box. l. s..-. of course slip through
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30
An Instrument to Hear Ton Think.

Dr. Verenzi the great German specialist, who has made fortune and can afford to spend the rest of his life in study for the benefit of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-30

THE INTERSTITIAL CELLS. be brain fever or insanity. He will be able to detect whether the trouble is due to mental or physical weakness. and will treat and prescribe accord ingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-22

Sales-reGular call l. o'clock m.--U. s IS regis
is & s. registered f / sio5S at Soq fiS ST C. s.
g. coupon, $1,000 at HOS, .. c, 3.G5s, 500 at
ngt6n Loan and Trust 10 at f5S az Potomac FIN fI
Insurance, IS at TI$l. Arlington Fire Insurance.
20 at iSo oPi 81 fTaftS ~ 70 at a 70 at ~
at 54.. Mergenthaler Linotype tex div.1. 10 at
1 1s41s 10 at lg4n 10 al l'4.4 10 al isiis 10 at
1885, at 1874. 10 at 1885 10 at 1881, 10 at 1913.
70 a 1921 10 at 1924 10 az l92A 10 at 1872 10 at
U. 5. 3s coupon, $500 at Hos.
District Of Columbia Bonds.-3.65s, 1924, funding,
Miscellaneous Bonds. Metropolitan Railroad Is.
12i bid. Metropolitan Railroad cert indcbt. A. lI6
asked Columbia Railrcad Is, 1875 bid. 1871 ssked.
Columbia Railroad I'd mort. 5s los lid. li0ls ask
Washington Gas Co. series b, is. ll3Ja bid. T. $.
Electric Light deb. imp. is, JIG asked Z. $. Elrc-
and Potomac Telephone 5s. los bid. Chesapeake a1d
Potomac Telephone con- 6s; loS1g asked. American
Co. LIST IS, IL bid. Washington Market Co imp.
6s, ll4 bid Washington Market Go. eItn. IS, II
bid Masonic Hall Association is, ZOE bid, Il2 ask
ed American Graphophoue deb. IS, 100 bid.
National Bank Stocks.-Bank of Washington. $50
Sld 400 asked Mstropoiitsn go bid $40 asked
Second, l99 bid Citizens, 16l bid. 1870 asked. Co
End, l1sEs bid. Traders 12S bid. Lincoln, us
Safe Deposit and Trust oompauies-Natioual Safe
Loan and Trust, l5G bid, leo asked American Sc
curity and Trust, 20l asked Washington Safe De-
posit, 6S bid IS asked.
INSURANCE StOcks.-Firemen's. 81 bid. 20 asked.
Franklin. 40 bid, 50 asked Metropolitan. s. bid.
Corcoran, GO bid Potomac, "a bid. Arlington, l40
bid Io2 asked. German American. 200 bid Ma
tional Union 10 bid, ID asked. Columbia. - bud.
u asked: Riggs, 81 bid, So asked. Peoples, GA
bid, asked. Commercial, bid. asked
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title, sS5
bid 100 asked Columbia Title, AZ bid, 81 asked.
Washington Title, ~ bid. District Title, 3 bid,
3k asked.
Railroad Stocfs.-CapitaI Traction, go bid aats
asked. City and Suburban. IS asked. Georgetown
and Tenieytown, Is bid
Gas Stocks.-Wa shington Gas 81 bid. 54s asked
Georgetown Gas, 55 bid.
Telephone Stocks.-Cbesapeake and Potomac IS
bid, 50 asked. Pennsylvania, 3Sbs bid Al asked.
Miscellaneous Observation-Disclosures I.notype,
'isiA hid, i9aii asked. IaDston Monotype. fs3.
asked. American Graphophone, l1& bid, u asked.
American GraphOPhone preferred, l2A bid, 13 ask
ed. Pneumatic Gun Carriage Do bid, % asked.
Washington Market, L. bid. Norfolk and Washing
asked.
sex dividend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-22
Save Their Railroad Fare.



There was a man In town yesterday who
told Of a new scheme he has Just worked
to beat railroad. "A friend and myself
wanted to come from Omaha to Kansas
City. He said to me. You buy a ticket only
to the first station and l will show YOU a
good trick 1 bought the ticket as request
ed while my friend bought ticket for the
full distance at the regular fare We took
seat together in the train. The conductor
came around. took up the tickets and put a
punched train check in my friends hat, in
dicating that he was ticketed through 10
Kansas City. When the conductor got out
of sight my friend took his knife and split
the card. He put half into my hat and the
other into his own. Both splits looked
like a regular check and / came right on
Through without paying any more fare We
divided the saving, which was more than
81 EACH
A railroad man who heard the story said
that 1t was as cieverly conceived a scheme
to rob the railroads as the one which il is
said few travelling men used to practice in
the days when 2-cent mileage books were
more generally used than at present That
scheme was to go into the car early and
run string along under the seats. One
man would sit in the forward end of the car
with the mileage book. After the CON
ductor had torn out the mileage he would
tie the book to the string and his con-
federate few seats back would draw it to
himself under the seats When the con-
age book all right and coupons for his pas
sage would be torn therefrom by the I'M
suspecting conductor. The conspirators
would save a cent mile by this scheme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-22
Fails to Prove Guilt.

The government had merely pointed gu;
certain circumstances. and those circurn-
stances. in the opinion Of the defense, had
failed 10 show that Funk was the guilty
party.
Next all the evidence was carefully con-
sidered and analysed. showing the uurelia-
bihty of circumstantial evidence after which
Attorney Wolf quoted the very circum-