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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-14
WILMINGTON MARKETS
Wilmington. Decembe

Receipts same day last year 1.s2s
bases.
This seasons receipts to date-eo7.ssI
bales.
Receipts to same date last year
1sl .5a9 bales.
The quotations quoted at { o'clock
today at the exchange:
COTTON-Ffrm-
CfuinaTy A9-ie
Good ordinary -. g. +. : 5-1s
Micuiing =. . F. -. = SS
Good middiirg !. !. i. :. :. 2 Ills
Same day last year-1hc.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Steady:
machine barrels 37hc; country berrels
&c.
ROsIN-Firm at $3.50 and s1e5.
TAR-Steady at $40.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Steady al
$1.40 n $40.
Prices same day last year-spirits
and s1.15; tar $50: crude turpentine
hard $1.5o; soft $3.50.
Receipts today-6S casks OF spirits
turpentine, Gal barrels rosin. 6o2 bar
rels tar. - barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day last years. casks
of spirits ~turpentine. sos barrels rosin.
379 barrels tar. "a barrels of crude tur-
pcHllHc.
PRODUCE.
SALT-1O0's, 4sc; 125's. SIC; 1903.
&c; Zoos, 99c; zoos F. F.. N.S5; in less
than car load lots.
DRY SALTED SIDES-7% to 7Sc.
BUTTER-24 to 26c.
COFFEE-lO to 11Sc.
BAGGING+2 Id. basis, 81 to SIC.
COTTON TIES-$1.40 to $1.50.
FLOUR-Stratgh.s $S.S5; End patents
$40; full $3.50.
MOLASSES-S. House. 15c: New Or
leans Brights % to CSC; Porto Rico
80 to 35c; Cuba, % to Sic.
SUGAR-(New York prices. freight
to be added) granulated s5.75; w. X c..
No. 5 s5.25; No. 9 $500; No. IL s4.75.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina. fancy,
Coo; prime so to Coo; Virginia As to CSC:
Spanish IS to soc.
CORN-56c.
CORN MEAL-52c.
n. C. BACON-Hams. 12kc; Shout
ders size; sides 10c.
CHICKENS-Dull; spring S to 1Sc;
hens 20 to 25c; roosters 1Sc.
TURKEYS-Oive) dull at ~ to Sc.
EGGS-Steady at zoe.
SHINGLES-Per 1000, 5 inch APPS.
$3.50; 5 inch hearts. 1925; 6 inch saps
$3.50; 6 inch hearts $3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-14
SneeZe and Blow.

That is what you must do when you
have .catarrh in the head. The way to
cure this disease is to purify the blood
with Hoods Sarsaparilla. This medi-
cine soothes and heals the inflamed sur
faces, ,rebuilds the delicate tissues and
permanently cures catarrh by expell1ng
from the blood the scrofulous taints
upon which it depends. Be sure. to get
Hoods.
The non-irritating cathartic-Hood's
Pills.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-14
s

An Enjoyable Entertainment by b
"LitUIe Cake waIkers''-A New En-
terprise After the Conference-Per-
sonal Notes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04

Biennial Meeting Conclave knights If Ply.
thas Detroit, Mich, Aug. 9th TO sept. 1st
trip. Dates of sale: August Is, % and 81
Return limit. September D. 1900
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04

Annual International Convention B. Y. P.
U. of America. Cincinnati. Ohio, July IL 49,
1900. Rate: One fare plus 81 for the round
trip. Dates of sale: July TO- IL and i2 1900
Return limit: July Il with prvi eye of ex-
tension until August 10, if ticket is deposited
til Joint Agent at Cincinnati on or before
July IA, on payment of fee of 30 cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
The Danube Is Not Blue.

The assertion contained in the title
of the famous Strauss waltz, The
Beautiful Blue Danube is not borne
cat by the facts in the matter. A
scientist who has taken observations
as to the color of the Danube during
ev@y day for the past year. has found
that on eleven days the water was
brown, on forty-six days it was yell
low, on ffty-nine it was muddy green,
on forty-five clear green. on sixty-nine
steely green, on sixty-four yellowish
green-but blue. never. The history,
poetry and prose of the day do not al
ways jibe with the truth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
THE QUEER cADDrcE-woRm.
Its Miniature Log Cabin at the Bottom
of the Brook.

Perchance during some summers
stroll your steps may lead you by
sparkling. woodland brook Here
pause a moment, and placing your
face close to the surface of dark and
quiet pool, look closely at the bot
tom. Among the sand and pebbles you
viii see a number Of small bundles OF
sticks and little cylinders of tiny
stones, moving about as though en-
doweo with life. If you take them
out, however. they are apparently
dead and entirely devoid Of motive
power. But break them open, and you
VIII find each one to be a little tube
lined with soft and shining silk, and
containing a whitish caterpi1lar-like
larva. This, then, is the solution OF
the puzzle-when the grub wishes TO
move about, he projects the forward
part of his body from the tube and
craWls around, dragging his house
behind him. But the moment he ia
disturbed or frightened, he draws
back into his safe retreat, wherein ne
remains hidden as long as danger
threatens. You will find the little
tubes of various kinds, shapes and
sizes. Some are cylindrical, made Of
sticks placed lengthwise, while others
are like log houses of straw, the pieces
being fastened crossWise. These min
iature log cabins are often decorated
with tiny snail-shell fasteLed to the
walls, and moreover, the shells are not
always empty. Quite often you may
find living snails securely attached,
and thus compelled to move about at
the will of their landlord Other tubes
are built entirely of bits of moss and
leaves. The commonest forms are
those composed of little pebbles or
grains of sand. These are usually very
regular and smooth cylinders, in which
the grains are all of nearly equal size,
but among them you may frequently
find some with several larger stones
fastened to either side in very Curl
Gus manner. By far the prettiest
houses of all are shaped like little
spiral shells and are compos ed entirely
of almost mieroscopical stones.-
Popular Science.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
Oriental Advertisers.

Some of the SMILES used by oriental
advertisers are remarkable. Here are
one or two specimens which have re-
Gently appeared in eastern news
papers: Goods dispatched as expedi-
tiously as a cannon ball. Parcels
done up with as much care as that
bestowed on her husband by a loving
wife" Paper tough as elephants
hide. 1.-The print of our books is
clear as crystal. the matter elegant as
a singing girl" Customers treated as
politely as by the rival steamship
companies Silks and satins smooth
MS a lady's cheek and colored like the
rainbow"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
LIGHr SMOKERS.
Japanese Are satisfied with Small
Quantities of Tobacco.

Japanese Are Satisfied with Small
Quantities of Tobacco.
you may have noticed that the Jap
anese who visit America are very mod
crate smokers" said 3 prominent Jap
anese now travelling in the United
States to a reporter recently.. aThost
Of my eo1ptrymen who do indulge in
the weed mostly smoke cigarettes Or
preferably the smallest pipes filled
with the mildest tobacco obtainable.
e course there are Japanese who, like
some Americans, have such a craving
for tobacco that nothing less than the
strongest cigar or the largest pipe will
satisfy Them. But such smokers are
exceptionally few among the Japanese.
AS rule, my countrymen, while at
home and abroad, are satisfied with
short smokes, such as cigarette or n
tiny pipe affords The Japanese are
moderate smokers, not so much because
they are small people, but for the rea-
son that up to within recent years but
very little tobacco came into Japan,
and the tariff on it was very high. Be-
ing a poor bat frugal race, the masses
purchased only a limited quantity OF
the weed, which as matter of econ.
omy, they have for generations been
taught to smoke in only the tiniest OF
pipes. These pipes, the most popular
of which hold about as much tobacco
as would fill an ordinary thimble, are
a survival of the dats Whou money
was scarce, tobacco dear and the tariff
high. IN another generation or two
when Japan shall have taken her place
among the wealthy nations of the
world, our countryren will no doubt
smoke large quantities of tobacco, and
then the small pipes will be abandoned
for big ones, such as Englishmen and
Americans now smoke. Washington
Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
Chased hs a Bal of fhn.

A member of Swiss scientific So
ciety thus tells how he was chased by
a ball of fire: "At $50 O'Clock I drove
from Versoix to Genthoud. On the
Malagny road the coaehman's eyes be-
came so much fatigued by intense
lightning that he couldn't, even in the
intervals, see the road. I stepped onto
the box and took the reins We had
barely passed the gate of DR.. Marcel
when I became conscious OF a bright
and lasting luminosity behind me. I
turned around and saw at distance Of
500 yards ball of fire of about sixteen
inches diameter. Just as the ball was
about seventyfive feet to our right it
ourst with terrific noise, and it
seemed as If lines of fire started from
It. We felt violent shaking and re-
NAMED blinded a few seconds. Then
| saw that the horses had turned at a
right angle to the carriage, with their
chests in the hedge, with dropping ears
and signs OF great terror"
Arctic Explorer Bonifaee.
DR.. hansen has settled down as q
Norwegian squire and sportsman, and
is now a member of the great land
owning class. His possessions. which
cost considerable sum, lie ON the
borders of Telemarken, to the south
OF Lynkopf, one of the highest sum-
mits of that district. He has become
owner of a large hotel, which was
built some years ago for summer tour
lists, but will now serve as his pr
vate residence. He has also acquired
number of surrounding farms and
Zelda
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
REGRET FOR nAsrY JUDGMENT
Unfortunate Impression Which 1t Created
Against an Innocent Boy.


Il received valuable lesson in taxi
ing saap judgment the other day
said retail merchant to a New Or
leans Times-Democrat man. 81 had
managed to get some paint on my
hands from a marking brush, and
stepped into a hotel where I am well
known to wash it off. Before pro-
ceeding with the serubbing l took off
my ring, which, as you see, is rather
a handsome solitaire, and hung it on
the faucet. When ] went away for
got to put it on, and didn't observe the
fact until a quarter of an hour later,
when l was in the place of a friend
several blocks away. Of course,
rushed back Immediately, and just as
| feared there was no sign of the ring
in the lavatory. A porter happened to
pass While l was searching, and he told
me that he had seen one of the bell
boys take ring from the faucet a
moment or two before and at once
slip out Of the house by the back way.
He gave me the name of the boy, and
l started instantly to raise an alarm.
AS I went through the Office told the
clerk in loud voice, audible to q
dozen people standing around, that the
boy had stolen my ring, and wanted
him arrested on sight. Then I tore
out and gave the same word to a
couple Of policemen and some people
| knew in the adjacent shops Inside
OF ten minutes I made a pretty thor
ough tour of the neighborhood, tell
ing everybody to look out for the
thief. Then I went to my store, hot
and excited. and there stood the bell
boy, with my ring in his hand. He had
recognized it as my property, and
came over at once to deliver it. Real
ly, I cannot describe my modification
and ehagrin. Here I had branded the
poor little chap as a thief, and spread
broadcast a story that I can never
wholly recall. Nobody can say how
long an unjust suspicion will attach to
him in the neighborhood as a =conse.
quence of my folly. I gave him $40
and have done what ! could to repair
the mischief. The lesson was one |
shall never forget
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04

camp meeting at Spring Lake, La July s.
/ IL, 1860. 0peL rate OF one and one third
fares Tor the round trip. Dates OF sale July
! 3, {, s, IL and II, return limit July Il.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04

Meeting National Republican League, ST
Paul. Mimi Juy l7-19, 1900 tate; Ont
fare plus 81 for the round trip. Dates o
sale: July 1919, 1900, Return limit, July 23
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
Iron Mountain Rates.

The I NJ & S will sell tickets to Colorado
and Utah on June 10 aud 20, July 3, II and
August !, and II: Stop over will be allow d
west Of Colorado common points within
limit of 80 days on going trip. Final limit OF
all tickets Oct 31st,
Tennessee Holiness Association, Memphis
Tenn, June Is to July 10. Iron Mountain
route will sell tickets at one fare for the
round trip on the certifc lie plan plus SOC
(bridge arbitrary. Limit If certificates July
18th.
Biennial Conclaye knights of Pythas. at
Detroit Micht9an, August q to Sspt. /, |. Nj
s. Ky. will sell round trip tickets from
this place at S26.05 on August 25 % and %
with return limit not earlier than August %
nor later than Sept 5th except that tiel cts
will be limited to Sept. IA il presented to
Joint agent on or before Sept l and upon
payment of Joint agency fee SOC.
Annual International Convention B. Y. P
U. of America at Cincinnati, Ohio, July IL q
-. Iron Mountain will sell round trip tickets
limit for return July II except that tickets
will be limited to August 10 if presented to
Joint Agent On or befor July Il and upon
payment of Joint agen fee OF soc.
National Democratic Convention. nsas
CITY, July 4. For this occasion the st. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern Ry will sell tick
cts at one fare for the round trip via st.
Louis or Goffeyville on July g. 3 and 4, with
final return limit up to and including July 9.
Nashville. Tenn, July % to 20, Return at
one third fare on certificate PLAN Return
limit Aug. 1st.
The !, NJ. & S. Ry will sell ticket account
Fourth of July at open fare and one-thifd
for the round trip within distance Of 200
miles on this line. Tickets on sale July )
and 4, good returning until and including
Jugs.
Summer Resorts.
From Pine Bluff to Mt. Nebo and return. 81 50
Searcy Springs and return, 10
Rayenden . = 7.75
Tickets on sale now and wilIcontinue until
close of business, Searey Sept. IS; Mt Nebo
Oct. /: Ravepden, Sept 30. III tickets limit
ed for return passage to Oct 81, 1900. Parties
wishing to spend tt summer in nice, cool,
healthy places should try the above,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04

Board of Trade 4th July celebration. Little
Rock. Ark, July 4. 1860. One fare for round
trip. Date Of sale July ;, and 5. Return
limit July 8.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
ROUTE,
The following special low rate ex.
cursions have been offered by th
ChOetaw Route:


Cincinnati, Ohio.-Baptist Young People of
America, Industrial Convention, Tickets on
sale July 10, IL and II, at one fare plus 81 90
for the round trip, and limited to July Il Tor
return passage, with privilege of extension
until August 10.
Detroit, Mich--Knights of Pythias Con-
clave-Fiekets on sale August %. 26 and 81 at
one FIRE lus $500 for the round trip, and
D VIII r. II &c of extension until Sept, IA.
il mn City, OF. second Annual Com
Vel &, EUoseYeits Rough Rioers Assoefa.
sale June so July ], and 3, return limit July
Fourth July excursion rates. Within dis
t4nee OF 200 miles a rate of one and one third
fare will be given. Dates of sale Jaly3 and
4, return limit July s.
National Democratic Convention, Kansas
dates of sd le July 2 ; and 4 return limit July
9with privilege Of extend ng.
NEA Annual Meeting. Charleston, s G.
July to II. one fare plus 800 for round
i tri Dates of sales July :, i, and7. Return
limit Sept l. Stop-oyer allowed going and
coming cast of Memphis, Tenn.
Annual Convention Young Peoples Chris
tian Union of The United Presbyterian
church of North America, Denver, col, July
% to 80. One fare plus 81 90 fer round trip.
Dates of sale July % and 23 Return 1ait
August "a.
For rates aud other information
call on nearest railroad agent, or
write j. F. Holden, Traffic Manager,
Little Rock, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
Summer Resorts.

from Pine Bluff to Mt. Nebo and return 81 50
Searcy Springs and return, 10
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04

TO SEARCY SPRINGS Rate, $40 Date
or sale. May Is to Sept Is. 1909, inclusive.
| Return limit Oct 81, 1900,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
Big sowing NIacI,ina.

The largest sewing machine In the
world is said to be in operation in
Leeds. It weighs $500 pounds and
aews cotton betting
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04

Dini5g-Room Necessities
are here in great
variety We have fine stock of
tables. chairs and sideboards. We
are maxim g special prices upon
a qua,tered oak sideboard, be>el-
ed glass mirrors BY examining
our sloeboards you will see the
bargain we are offering.
Bluff City Furniture Go,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-05-03
The Bride ana Groom.

"The wedding ring completes the cir
Gle, typical as ig the ring itself of the
perpetuity Of the compact" writes Mrs.
Burton Kingsland In the Ladies' Home
Journal. "Inside the ring always a
plain gold one-are engraved the ini-
tlals Of bride and bridegroom, and the
date Of the marriage. 1t Is placed on
the third finger Of the left hand be-
cause of the fanciful conceit that from
that finger nerve goes straight to the
heart.
Some say that the word obey in
the marriage service Is an anachronism
and holds only those who choose to
be bound, but American women do not
often feel their chains. In some prov
inces of Russia the brides father gives
her little cut with a whip, which In
strument Of correction he then pre-
sents to the groom for future emergen-
cles.
~The kiss formerly given by the
young husband to his bride after the
words, ! pronounce you man and
wife'-for which 80 many rehearsals
were necessary has gone out Of fash
lon.
"It is time-honored observance OF
wedding etiquette that the bride shall
not be seen by the bridegroom on the
fateful day until she appears coming
up the aisle to meet blm. Hence the
custom OF the brIdegroom's waiting at
the altar. The bridal procession 10 for
hIm-not 9 pageant for the guests"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-05-03

Wool-spring-N Nevada, I3@16c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, I2@16c; Val.
ley, 20@22c; Northern, lO@12c.
Hops-ISo9 crop, ll@lsc Per
pound.
Butter - Fancy creamery lie;
do seconds, 18@161kc; fancy dairy,
Ice; do seconds, 13@15c per pound.
Eggs-Store, 14c; fancy ranch,
1910.
Millstuffs = Middlings, $500 q
20 90; bran, $12.50@I3.5O.
Wheat IS. 80 70 o.50; wheat and
oat $6.00@9.0O; best barley 5000
TOO; alfalfa, eB.00@6.50 per ton;
straw, 25@40c per bale.
Early Rose, 60@75c; Ore
gon Burbanks, SOC @$I 90; river Bur.
banks, 40@70c; Salinas Burbanks,
80c@l.1 10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit--Oranges, Valencia,
~. 75@S.25; Mexican lines, "a. .OO@
800; California lemons 76c@&1. so;
do choice eI.7602.0O per box.
Tropical Fruits--Bananas, 1.5O0
s.b0 per bunch; pineapples, nom.
inal; Persian dates. e0sKo psr
pound,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-05-03
roo MUCH INTRopuolNo.
what an lEnsiishman Hes TO say Abou
Our Method.

what an EnEiiahman Hes to Say Ab0ue
Our Method.
at took me some time to grasp the
American point Of view In regard to
letters OF Introduction" said an En-.
glish traveller, chatting over American
characteristics, "When we give q man
q letter OF introduction at home. we
consider that we are vouching for him
socially, financially and every other
way, 30. needless to say It 10 never
done except among relatives or the
closest friends. Here you don't seem
TO take the thing seriously. When |
was In Washington last week was In.
troduced to very pleasant gentleman
In the real estate business, and chanced
to mention that was going to Nash.
vile next day. oh, indeedr he said,
then Ill Just give you a line to an old
chum Of mine there. and Immediately
he took out pad Of paper and began
writing. BY the way he remarked,
after jotting down few words, 4
didn't even know my name struck me
ls the proper spellingr The Idea Of a
stranger giving me letter OF introduc-
tion to an intimate friend when he
didn't eve nknow my name struck me
as very strange and amusing. How.
ever, | took It with thanks, and later
found the Nashville man very charm.
Ing fellow. When left he insisted on
giving me note to friend In Mem
phis, who proved equally charming.
and who, In turn, supplied me with an
Introduction to prominent clubman
here In New Orleans.
''rhe last letter haven't presented.
and don't intend to. because II contains
a glaring. though inadvertent misstate-
ment In referring to me as an old and
cherished friend Of the good-natured
gentlemen OF Nashville and Washing
ton. The process, as you see. has built
me up an entirely fictitious character.
and pom my word. can't understand
why such frlendltnoss Is not continual
" and outrageously abused by lmpos-
tors. I'm sure It would be on our side
Of the water, Baltimore News.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-05-03
A SIGNIFICANT LETTER.
New York CITY. Feb. liz. 1000

NOW lOrk Clty, feD. 10, lvUU.
My Dear Carlton:--I know it will
please you to learn that my homeward
journey from San Francisco was more
than pleasant. One striking feature
that added very much to my comfort
was the dining car service ON the Rio
Grande Western and the Denver 81 Rio
Grande. This is the finest service Of
this description have ever seen any.
where, either in this country or abroad:
the food and cooking was all that could
be desired, and at very moderate prices.
II You happen to know the Rio Grande
Western people, wish yon would say
to them that IL will afford me the
greatest pleasure at all times TO bear
testimony anywhere 10 the above facts.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) J. ADDISON BAKER, 2nd.
tsait Lake Tribune.l
The Rio Grande Western Railway
now operates through Pullman sleeping
CARS between San Francisco and Chi
cago, without change. The route via
Salt Lake City is unequalled in attrac-
tiyeness and wealth Of novel interest.
Three through trains daily. Write for
information. rates. ETC., 70 J. ID. Mans.
field, General Agent, 25s Washington
street, Portland, Ore. or Geo. w.
Heintz, General Passenger agent, Salt
Lake City.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-05-03

During a rccent sharp skirmish, !"
mys 'The Sphere. AN English officer
in South Africa noticed that one OF his
runs was in danger. Calling an officer
to his side he requested him 10 60 and
help the captain to try and bring IL in.
Pardon. : he added. rs the officer turn
I'd to obey, perhaps you do not know
The captain The officer had not the
pleasure. 'I'll introduce you, then--
charming fellow. said his lordship,
and, regardless Of bursting shells and
pufts Of dirt which marked the pitch
u bullets all around them, he cam
tered along the hillside with him.
Captain, he shouted, let me intro
auce my friend. Mr.. b.. Captain A.
lie will lend you q hand to bring in
hat gun; hope neither Of you will be
Knocked over doing it,'"---Collier's
Weekly,