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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; No. ; spring wheat 72h
@4%c; No. ? red 7Shql6Ae: No. : corn
4oEc; No. 2 yellow ioAGioSc; No. :
oats white 24&c; No. 5 white sac
25Ac; mess pork per barrel slI.+54il.a;
lard per 10 pounds S6.s2kG6.SS: short
ribs sides Ooose) S7.4oG7.50; dry salt
ed shoulders (boxed) S6.37hQ6s7k:
short clear , sides (boSed) S7.s5Is.o5;
whiskey SIPS.
New York, September l2-FLOUR-
More active on spring patents at old
prices n generally steady all around.
WHEAT-Spot easier: No. . red S0Ac
options opened quiet and steady on firm
cables, but meeting fairly active liqui-
dalton from local sources inspired by
weakness in the northwest. After 4
fnal rally on covering the market
close steady at SqSc net decline.
September closed 79sc; October 1859:
December S1&c.
CORN-Spot easy; No. . 46c; options
opened steady on the English advance
after which It weakened with wheat
and under local realizing. Closed easy
at kc net lower. May closed 41hc:
Santember 45&c: October 4iAc; Deem
Der Also.
OATS+Spot dull: No. ? Csc; options
opened quiet and nominally lower.
LARD Steady; western steam
s7.27h. Refined steady.
RICE-F1rm.
BUTTERSteady: creamery l1421c;
state dairy 15h zoe.
CHEESE-Firm: large White 1859:
small do 10h G10Sc.
EGGS-Steady. state and Pennsylva-
MIA I7919hc; western regular packing
at mark 15Q17c.
POTATOES Quiet; Jersey sweets
S3.25Q3.50; Long Island s1.50G1.75.
PEANUTS-Steady n unchanged.
CABBAGE-Quiet; Long Island per
100 s2.00Q2.50.
SUGAR-Raw quiet; refined 4Lc:
centrifugal SO test sc; molasses sugar
&c.
COTTON SEED OL~FHrm, espe-
cially on spot, owing 10 light offerings
with the close irregular. Prime crude
barrels nominal; prime summer V.
36Q36kc, spot; of summer yellow
35kc: prime winter yellow 40Q41c;
prime white $4,000; prime meal SIC.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Spirits t~urpentine firm at
39QS9kc. Rosin steady.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
35kQ36c; receipts 1.4S2 casks; sales l.
1S5 casks; exports 1,50S casks. Rosin
firm and unchanged; receipts 2,126 bar
rels; sales 1855 barrels exports 1880
barrels.
Charleston-Spirits turpentine moth
ing doing. Rosin quiet and un-
changed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
ATi..E"- TO BREAK JAIL.
Three Yong White Prisoners Fooled
In an Attempt to E~scape-They VIII
Hereafter be Locked in a Steel Cell.

George Roderick, who is confined in
Jail for costs in a criminal court case,
and Ed Brewster n Wiley Mazingo,
who were committed to Jail for high
way robbery in taking a number of
letters away from the little brother
of Mr.. b. c.. Moore, on Saturday night,
were foiled in an attempt to break Jail
yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
All three of the prisoners are white
In the absence of Mr.. G. w. Mills,
the jailer, Mrs. Mills had occasion to
go into the yard yesterday afternoon
about 4:30 O'Clock. She heard one of
the negro prisoners in the corridor
call her and asked for some molasses.
She told him she would send him some,
not knowing that it was a use on his
part to give her some startling infor-
nation. Seeing that she didn't catch
on, he put a tin bucket UP to the
grating and called for her to come and
get it to bring him the mofasses. She
told him h could not get the bucket
through h grating but while he thus
got her attention again, he dropped a
note out of the window.
Mrs. Mills went up under the win
dow to get the note and when she vas
per n tell her to hurry and read it,
that some prisoners We're trying to
break out.
Mrs. Mills hurriedly read the note
and hurried into the office to head off
the prisoners, expecting them to come
out that way, but not seeing them she
a over to the sherif's office in the
court house next door, for the purpose
Of giving the alarm to her husband.
Jailer Mills was not at the sheriff
office at the time but Sheriff MacRae
wentAover 70 the jail and went in
where the prisoners We're. He found
that he three prisoners named had
taken advantage of the liberty given
them in the corridor to get on top of
a steel cell and rip off some of the
corrugated iron ceiling overhead. 1t
was their purpose to get into the at
tic above and thus escape.
It is not believed that the prisoners
would have attempted to get out Of
Jail in broad daylight but that they
were only getting things in shape for
their exit last night. Frederick has
been suspected of planning an escape
and Jailer Mills has been keeping a
watch on him with a view to catching
him at his tricks.
As a punishment for their attempt
to escape Sheriff MacRae has ordered
that they be kept locked in a steel cell
from now till h criminal court meets.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
A VENERABLE MAN AT REST
Mr.. Ira skipper Passed Away Yester-
day Morning-He Served Continually
More Than Fifty Years With w. a
w. Railroad Company.

One by one the old landmarks OF VIII
mington are passing from our midst
Though his death has been expected as
a matter of course. it Is with sincere
regret thu The Messenger chronicles
the death of Mr.. Ira Skipper, 4 q
Wilmington's Oldest and most highly
respected citizens. He departed this
life yesterday morning at o'clock at
his home. 312 Campbell street. He mas
been in bad health for some time bu.
up To yesterday a'week ago he was
able TO be UP and about. His serious
illness has been for about a week, ana
the end comes more as a result Of the
infirmities Of age than anything else
Mr.. Skipper was born in Bladen coun-
ty and was in the S1st ear OF his age,
having been born June Z, IS20. He re-
moved to Wilmington in 1S4I, and
since that period has made his home in
Wilmington. Since 1S49 he has been
continuously in the employ Of the Will
mington and Weldon railroad COM
Danv- having served with fa~ithfulness
for fifty-one years since last July. For
many years he was car inspector but
for the past five years, owing TO his
advanced age, he has been day watch
man in the yards. He was a thor
oughgOing man all his life, and per-
formed his duty with fidelity, gaining
the nfdenc of his employers and
winning the respect of all who knew
him..
Mr.. Skipper has been married twice,
his first wife. who died many years
ago. having been Miss Sarah ]. Null
ford. of Bladen county. His second
wife was Mrs. Lucy Hines. of Duplin
county, who survives him. He leaves
five children. Lieutenant Fred T. Skip
per, of the Wilmington police force,
Mr.. Thomas E. Skipper, of New York
citv- Mrs. d. McEachern, Of this city,
Mrs. Ellen Linkhaw. Of Lumberton,
and Miss Hawaiian Skippc., of Will
mington. Mr.. Thoma Z. Skipper was
telegraphed the sad news Of his faith
er's death and he is expected here this
evening.
The deceased was a consistent and
faithful member of st. Andrews Pres
byterian church, and h funeral will
take place there at 10 o'clock tomor-
row, having been postponed so Mr..
Thos. E. Skipper could reach here. The
interment will be a at Bellevue
cemetery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
Obsequies of Mr.. Horace II. MunsoI

ODSeQu1eS OF MT. Horace ID. uuS
The funeral of the lamented Mr..
Horace H. Munson, who departed this
life on Sunday at $50 p. m. ook place
yesterday at IL a m. from the resi-
dence, S19 Walnut street. His son,
Mr.. mo-. B.. MunSon, Of New York, ar
rived in time to be present with the
rest of the family on this sad occa-
sion. There was a large attendance
OF sympathiZing friends, including a
fun attendance of St. Johns Lodge,
No. 1, A. F. &. NJ, Wilmington Lodge,
No. 319, and Orient Lodge, No. 395,
MI. Munson having been a member Of
the former lodge for years.
The services were impresSively con-
Quoted by the Rev. A D. Mcclure,
pastor OF St andrews Presbyterian
church. and the iinging was by a choir
composed of Mn wv. l.. Latta, soprano;
Mrs. E. G.. w by, contralto; MI. c..
H. Cooper, tend and Mr.. H. K. Hold
en-, bass. The following hymns were
beautifully n to%uchihgly sung:
Climb the Heavenly Steps,"
From the residence a large
of friends, with the Masonic bodies in
charge of Mr.. r c.. Cantwell as mar
shall, moved to Oakdale cemetery where
the services were concluded at the
grave with Masonic honors, conducted
by DR.. w. E. Storm, Worshipful Mas
ter of st. Johns Lodge. ASLEEP in
Jesus" was tenderly sun by a quar-
tette composed of Miss Matte Horne,
as soprano; Mr.. Charles McMillen. al
to; Mr.. G. H. Cooper, tenor, and Mr..
H. K. Holden as bass.
The remain were Sorrowfully de-
posted in the tomb, and the grave was
covered with many beautiful floral de-
signs as a uibute of respect and love.
The following were the p~allbearers:
Honorary-Mr. B. G. Worth, Mr..
Richard J.. Jones, Col. Jno. ID. Taylor,
and DR.. George Gillette Thomas.
Active-Dr. ]. E. Matthews, Col. w.
r. Kenan, and MessrS. E. S. Martin,
J. c. Munds, NJ. S. Willard, w. H.
Chadbourn, Jesse Wilder and Samuel
Northrop.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14

Mr.. W. II. Powell, of Whiteville, was
here yesterday
Mr.. 7. C. Jones, OF Fair Bluff, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. D. B. Kahnveilec, Of San Fran
cisco, a former resident OF Wilmington,
IS here on a visit.
Mr.. J. W. Brooks, OF the firm of
Brooks & Bradshaw, Wallace, y. c.,
vas here calling on our wholesale
houses yesterday.
The Messenger is glad to earn thar
J.. o.. Carr, Esq, continues TO improve.
He has beer sick about three weeks
at his fathers home at Xenia, Dupin
county.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New York. September 12.-Money on
call firmer at 1k@1A per cent; last
loan IL. Prime mercantile paper 1854
per cent. Sterling exchange easier
with actual buSinSS in bankers bills
4.S6A to 4.S6A for demand n at 4.S3A
ASS and 4.S7@4.8Sk; commercial bills
S2A@4.S3k; silver certificates 62k@
63k; bar silver 62%; Mexican dollars
49A. Government bonds irregular;
state bonds inactive; railroad bonds
irregular.
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, September Il, 4 D. m.-Cot-
ton: Small business; prices lower;
American middling fair z 7-16d; good
middling Z 3-16d; middling 7hd; low
mdd1ing I'd; good ordinary 6 1920;
We're 1000 bales, OF which 200 were for
speculation and export and included
$500 American. Receipts LOCO, includ-
ing 900 American.
Futures opened steady and closed
steady; American middling L. NJ. c.:
September z 14-s4d value; September
n October s 10-64d46 11-64d buyers;
October and November 5 43-64dQ5 A.
64d buyers; November and December 5
31-64dQ5 32-64d buyers; December and
January 5 26-64d@5 27-64d buyers; jan
uary and February 5 24-64d sellers;
February and March 5 21-64dQ5 22-64d
buyers; March and April 5 1s-64d sell
May and June 5 15-64dQ5 16-64d sellers;
Jun and July 5 Had sellers; July and
August 5 12-64d buyers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Norfolk firm at 10kc; net receipts L.
159 bales.
Baltimore holiday.
Boston quiet at 1850.
Wilmington firm at 101kc; net re-
ceipts 663 bales.
Philadelphia firm at lie; net re-
ceiptS 141 bales.
Savannah quiet at 1okc; net receipts
New Orleans firm at lie; net receipts
1,467 bales.
Mobile firm at 101kc; net receipts 6:
bales.
Memphis firm at 1OZc; net receipts
226 bales.
Augusta steady al 11kc; net receipts
1889 bales.
Charleston steady at 1okc; net re-
ceipts goo bales.
Cincinnati nominal at 1oAc; net re-
ceipts 3 bales.
Louisville firm at 10Ac.
St. Loui not received.
Houston no business; net receipts s.
472 bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, September 12.-Cotton
quiet at 10zc; net receipts -; gross
receipts 3,047 bales; sales GA bales:
stock Is. go bales.
Total today-Net receipts 10,11;
bales: exports to Great Britain 1,31s
bales; continent 4S3 bales; stock Ia. s9a
bales.
Consolidated - Net receipts 81 81
bales; exports to Great Britain II. 4e1
bales; France S43 bales; continent g.
lis bales.
Total since September Met receipts
104. 1892 bales; exports to Great Britain
21,146 bales; France 943 bales; continent
IL, 260 bales.
Futures closed strong; September
1923; October 1925; November 1903:
December 9.94; January s.94; February
9.94; March 9.95: April 9.94; May ga:
June 9.91; July 9.S6.
Spot cotton closed quiet It &c ad-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
Cotton Takes Another Rise

Cotton took another rise yesterday.
The New York spot market closed
at 10A cents for middling as a basis.
The Wilmington market closed firm at
101a cents for middling, with sales at
hat price. This is an advance of a
quarter of a cent over Tuesdays quo
tatTo7s, and the price is AS cents more
per pound than it was the correspond
ing day in September last year, when
middling was. quoted at SIS cents.
The receipts of cotton at the port OF
Wilmington yesterday were 663 bales
against 2,141 bales the corresponding
day last season.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
LUMBER LOOKING UP
The Market In a Better Condition
Than ft Has Been for Six Months-The
Improvement Slow But Sure-In-
creased Demand and Better Prices

Mr.. John A. Arringdale, general
manager of the Cape Fear Lumber
Company, of this city, returned yes
terday evening from New York, where
he has been several days looking into
the lumber market
The lumber market has been quite
dull since March and prices have been
diScouragingly low. Mr.. Arringdale
states, however, that his observation
is that there Is some Improvement
and a fair prospect for lumber now.
The demand for lumber products is
better, prices have advanced some, and
he thinks there is a slow, but sure, i'm
provement in the market. At any ate
the prospects are more promising
than al any time since March.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
Use Aliens Foot-Ease in Your Shoe,

Use Aliens Foot-Ease In Your o
A lady writes: "I shake Aliens Foot
Ease into my gloves and rub a little
on my hands. It saves my gloves by
absorbing persporation. 1t is a most
dainty toilet powder" We invite the
attention of physicians and nurses to
the absolute purity of Aliens Foot
Ease. DR.. w. c. Abbott, editor of the
Chicago Clinic, says: "It is a grand
preparation; ! am using it constantly
in my practice" All drug and s1oe
stores sell it, Csc. Sample SEN FRPlE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy,N.Y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14

The Revenue cutter Algonquin, which
has been ordered to Mobile, came into
port yesterday and took on coal and
provisions for her trip. Captain o. s.
Wiley, her commander, arrived yes
terday morning, n relieved Lieuten-
ant j. z. Reinberg who has been in
command during his absence. The cut
ter left for Mobile yesterday after
noon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
BIDS OPENED YESTERDAY BY THE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS COMMITTEE

The Contract Awarded to Mr.. +. A.
APPRECIATE o Thoroughly Repairing
and R~epainting the Opera House
City Hall to be Repaired
and Saad tainted a Grey Color-Front
street arke VIII Also be sand
Painted In Grey and Repaired.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
Death of Mr.. and Mrs. George &
Worth,s Infant Daughter

Our community deeply s~ympathizes
with DR.. and Mrs. George c. Worth
in the death of their little daughter
Lucy Worth, aged Z months, who died
after an illness of some weeks. The
funeral will take place this morning
at IL O'Clock from the residence of the
grandmother of the little one, Mrs.
D.. g. Worth, All South Front street.
The interment will be made in Oak
dale cemetery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
Ease and Disease.
A Short Lesson on the Meaning of a
Familiar Word.

Disease is the opposite of $ Web
Ster defines disease as lack Of ease,
~uneaSineSS, trouble, veXation, dis
quiet" 1t is a condition due to some
arrangement of the physical organism.
A vast majority of the disease
from which people suffer is due to i'm
pure blood. Disease of this kind is
cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla which
purifes the blood. Hoods SarSaparila
cures scrofula, salt rheum, pimples
and all eruptions. 1t tones the stom-
ach and creates a good appetite, and
it gives vigor and vitality to the
whole body. 1t reverses the condition
of things, giving health, comfort and
lease" in place Of disease"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
FOR THE FLOOD SUFFERERS.

Mr.. William Nestle Starts a S~ubscrip-
ton for the Sufferers From the Awful
Catastrophe I'm GaIveston-The Odd
Fellows Take Action.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
mid

vance; middling uplands 1o&c; mid
ding gulf lie. sales S14 bales.
GkAIN AMI PkOvIsto> AAhNEA.
Chicago, September 12.-Tne ieaoine
futures ranged as follows:
open. hign. Low. StS~
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14

When you need medicine you should
get the best that money can buy, and
experience proves this to be HOODS
SarSaparilla,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
J. B. TREE.
Superintendent.

The Postal Telegraph-Cable Compa-
ny also generously proposes free ser
vice for the benefit Of the Texas suf-
ferers. Superintendent Gates, Of Rich
mond, o. yesterday notified Mr.. John
e. Wood, the company's manager here,
to forward messages free Of charge on
account Of the Galveston disaster, in
addition to free transmission Of money
transfers to storm and flood sufferers.
Messages to be sent free under this
offer must refer to the collection and
transmission Of funds and the ship
ment Of goods, clothing, etc, for the
sufferers,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14
Wilmington Markets.

Wilmington. September L.
Receipts of cotton today 66S bales.
Receipts same day last year 2,14l
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-l5.ss'
bales.
Receipts 10 ~r- Ia Il year
2lS9 bales.
The quotation tested ., O'Clock
today al the ~
COTTON-Ffrm.
ordinary -----..----....- --S I-Io
1-l6
Low middling LIE
Middling ........-...10ia
Good middiing 10 1916
Same day last year-ehc-
NAV Al STC cES
SPIRITS TURPENTINE = Firm:
Csc.
ROSIN-Quiet at s1.15 and $40.
TAR-Quiet at s1.40.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Firm at
S1.10@2.10.
Prices same day last year-spirits
~turpentine 44c and 4315c; rosin soc
and Csc; tar $3.50; crude ~turpentine
Receipts today-S1 casks of spirits
turpentine. 227 barrels rosin, 81 barrels
tar. 11S barrels crude t~urpentine.
Receipts same day last year-117
casks of spirits turpentine, 227 barrels
rosin, 30 barrels tar, % barrels crude
t~urpentinc.
PRODUCE
SALT.-10O's. 49,: 125's. 5SIac: lsc"s
SAC: zoos. 99c: Zoos. F. F.. $3.50: In less
than car LOAD lots.
DRY SALTED SIDES-7A to 7Bc.
BUTTER.-24 ID 26c.
COFFEE-10 to 11hc.
BAGGING.-2 10. basis, 81 20 ~.
COTTON TIES 80 TO s. .
FLOUR-Straights $500: End patents
s4.25; full $3.50.
MOLASSES.--S. House, l5c; New
Orleans Brights, % to 25c; Porto H,Ico.
80 to Soc; Cuba, % to 81.
SUGAR-Granulated $3.50; w. Y. c.,
No. 5 $5.S5; No. 9 S5.55; No. IL $3.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS.-North Carolina. fancy,
IS to Soc; prime so to 55c: Virginia As
to sos; Spanish so to S5c.
CORN-60 to 62kc.
CORN MEAL-56c.
N c. BACON.-Hams. 12c, shoulders.
SAac; sides, 1Oc.
CHICKENS-Firm; spring s to 1Sc:
hers. 221a to &c; ROSTERS zoe.
EGGS-Firm at 1910.
SHINGLES Per 1000. 5 inch saps.
s1.6O; 5 inch hearts. s2.25; 6 inch saps
$3.50; 6 inch hearts $3.50.
TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Shipping $1,000 800
Mill, prime ................ $500 7.5e
Mill, fair 5.0O4 600
Common Mill .............. 1000 500
Inferior to $500. 3.50m 4 20
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14

Mr.. c. F. McCay, of Robson coun-
ty, was among last evenings arrivals.
in the city.
Mr.. y. Biggs, OF Scotland Neck, was
among the visitors in the city yester-
day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14

YOUNG e WANTED, WITH FAIRrFD-
ucation and good character, to learn Tel
writing. This is endorsed nv All IeaSino
railway companies as the only perfect and
reliable institution OF its kind. All our
also admitted. Write for free catalo0ue.
ton Ky. me rs. 0m1
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-28
Escaping the Scars.

If temptation can be honorably
avoided, it is far better than to meet
it in face to face fight and less likely
to result in lifetime scars. There were
two ways in which the ancients kept
from yielding to the music and ulti-
mate destruction of the sirens. One
was that of Ulysses, who fortified him
self with bonds that held him fast to
the mast while his boat carried him
listening by the tempting strains. The
other was that of the Argonauts, who
carried Orpheus with them in their
boat and who were so engrossed in
listening to his music that they never
heard the sounds from the fatal shore.
They bore through life no memory Of
the tempters' allurements, as Ulysses
did. The man who can keep his mind
and body so occupied with the better
things that he has no time for unneces-
sary conflict with the devil is going to
be the greatest power for good in the
Lords service. But if the fight must
be fought, then let him throw himself
against the foe with all the strength
that legions Of angels can give
Lutheran.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-28

word. and felt sorry that Aunt Msdge should
have had occasion to think her column had out
lived It's usefulness. go stop In the midst of my
hurry to say it Is the best part OF the ANERi-
CAN for me.
MoLAssEs COOKIES WITHOUT SHORTEN
INCL egg, ! cup molasscs. y cup sugar,
tablespoon vinegar and of soda, ginger and
salt to taste, -four to make still enough to roll.
When eggs are scarce make the cookies with
out. and use two tablespoo of cold wat r. and
like the cookies just as well. have USED this
recipe sixteen years.
HERNIrs-I cup molasses, cup sugar. cup
lard. cup chopped raisins (currants are equally
good, cup sour milk. teaspoons soda, salt
and spice to taste, -four to roll. This is a good
recipe to use when eggs scarce.
Tenantss iIarbor. c. S. j.
very much appreciate the words from
the busy people like you. l know how
hard it is for such to get time for any
extra work whether it be sewing or
writing. Come again when you can get
time.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-28

His own timidity is the last thing a
timid man ever fears. And yet umidity
has lost many cause which could have
been won without rashness or even
holiness. The man who is afraid to
invest his money loses an income, just
as truly as the man who has no money
to invest. A policy that continually
straddles and hedges in order to avoid
the possibility of error is itself an err
ror. No great scholar. statesman or
reformer is noncommittaL 1t has been
well said that he who never makes a
mistake never makes anything.-Sun-
day School Times.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-28
To Keep Well In Winter.

Never take warm drinks and then i'm
mediately go out into the cold.
Never 60 to bed with cold or damp feet
Never omit daily bathing, for unless
the skin Is In active condition the cold
will close the pores and favor congestion
Never stand still in cold weather, es.
pecialiy after having taken exercise, and
always avoid standing on ice or snow OF
where the person is exposed to the slight
est draught.
Never lean witt the back against any
thing that is cold.
Never sit by an open window in a car
after any kind OF exercise.
When hosrse, speak as little as possible
When going from warm room into
colder al mospbere, keep the mouth closed
and breathe through the nostriis so that
the air may be sufficiently warmed before
ii reac hes the lungs.
Wear flannel next the skin.
Take plenty Of outdoor exercise.
Eat plain. nourishing food.