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The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27

A teacher in a New York public
school gave to her pupils this ques-
ton How can we make school
happy?" Below are some OF the an
swers she received:
By a little girl, aged 8: DO not
enoy your teacher Try to be threw
your work. Study your spelling wAen
you get through She carried her
principles into practice as she was a
model pupil
John, aged 10. sent this: Keep
auiet. Don't walk heavy. Treat
YOUR seatmate kindly. Don't talk.
Obey the teacher. DO your work neat
ly. Help your seatmate not to talk.
Johns maxims We're dead letters as
far as carrying them out was con-
cerned.
A little tot of 6 wrote that: We
must keep our finger nails and desks
clean"
A boy whose spelling is not all that
could be desired wrote: You mus
mind the teach [teacherl and keep
your face clean and keep the teath
| clean, and when you go home look if
your desk is clean and be kind to
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27

1t is perfectly fair to assert that
Mr.. Morgan stands out almost alone
among famous sons of the rich and
powerful.-New Haven Register.
Mr.. Morgan is more prominent than
any other son of rich and powerful
American father. but it is not well to
assume that the sons of rich and sue
cessful men do not generally turn
out WE'LL Many of them have not
the character and the talent needed
for success in life. but great many
of them-thousands OF them-are
showing that they do possess these
qualities. w. X Vanderbilt, and his
brother Cornelius before him; George
Gould and his brothers, and John
Jacob Astor, are some of the con
spicuous ones in New York. There
are hundreds of others in that city
who are equally level-headed and
equally successful, but they do not
advertise their success.
In Boston there are many similar
instances J. Montgomery Sears. gen
orally spoken of as the richest Bos
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by q brilliant sun and remained per-
fectly dry, has executed it's regular
stunt, too, and so that ones OFF my
mind
."rhe main tent of the Western cir.
Gus has been ripped into ribbons al
ready by the annual June cyclone, and
the animals broke out of their cages
and ran amuck. like they always do
in similar circumstances. The hottest
day within the memory of the Oldest
inhabitant hasn't butted into the cal
endar yet, but I'm not worrying about
that, for it's liable to get along any
old time. Yep. the regular bunch OF
summer bug stories is pretty well as
sembled but there's one missing, and
| won't feel right comfortable or cheer
fur until it drifts in
Whats the shy one?" the exchange
| editor was asked.
| NO young mother" replied the ex-
| change editor, has yet been knocked
| unconscious by lightning while hold
| ing baby in her arms, the baby be
! ing absolutely unframed, and found
by a nefghor few moments later
| crowing-yes. that's the word, crow
| ing-over It's mother unconscious
form. When that one zephyrs along
m feel safe and ready to go off on my
| summer vacation. but | sure am both
cred over the fact that it hasn't turned
up yet. I'm afraid the hghtning's loaf
ing on it's job this year
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Assault on Tobacco.

Resolutions have been passed by
the Shelby district Methodist confer
ence in session in North Carolina con
demning the use OF tobacco as IN
furious to the body and mind, and to
some extent to the soul pledginS the
members of the conference to set a
wholesome example by refrainins
from indulgence in the habit; and eX-
pressing the opinion that no appli-
cant for license to preacn or for ad-
mission into the annual conference
who uses tobacco in any form should
be licensed or recommended to the
annual conference, unless he solemnly
promise to quit it forever.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27
American Girls Win.

The number of American girls who
are now holding important positions
in French opera has caused no little
discomfort among the Paris puDllc
Not that there is any personal preJu-
dice against Americans, but simply be-
cause French artists should have the
first showing where engagements at
trcir nation al theaters is concerned.
Yet it is unquestiOnably that voices
are beginning to be scarce in France,
whereas America is advancing stead
ily as the country for good material
which requires only classical training
to develop the qualities necessary for
operatic success.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27

Eyes, the regular summer list OF
grange occurrences is about made
up" murmured the exchange editor,
but there's one shy in the bunch. and
II 1t don't drift along pretty soon
won't feel even a teenchy little bit nat
ural. The yap who rocks the boat
came to the front unusually early this
year, and already the golden rod is
sprouting over the cute little mounds
cf a whole lot of him. The Zeke who
tries to sail catamaran for the first
time in his life during typhoon is
gone to his last account already, quite
q few of him.
"The heaviest fall of snow in June
in Winnipeg for siXty-two years came
right along on schedule time. The
chilliest day in Bu.Salo since 1854 hap
pened on the day it was about due,
and that's wiped off the slate. The
hailstones as large as hen eggs have
been falling with their customary en-
thusiasm. The annual June demise of
the old lady who was patted on the
head by lafayette when he visited this
country in 1924 occurred about when
1t was uue tne OtHef udy, anu tie oid
est living Mason's decease has beer
reported with the usual frequency this
summer.
The regular June rain OF bullfrosS
occurred on time at Port Jarvis. ant
I Three Forks, Mich. has had its annua
rain of horned caterpillars even this
| early. The heavy rain storm that in
undated one-half of Kansas City. while
! the other half was being shone upol
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27
WILL SEARCH FOR ARK.
Belief That 1t Is Buried Under His
torjc Hill of Tara.

Belief That 1t Is Buried Under His
torc Hill of Tara.
The recent excavation at the MS
toric Hill OF Tara in Ireland have,
like the action of the British Museum
authorities in retaining the Celtic gold
ornaments found year or two ago In
Ulster, reused the Irish antlquarles
to notable pitch of indignation
These excavations have been carried
on at the instance of a section OF she
British IsraeliteS, who, in addition TO
believing that the Anglo-Saxon race
are the descendants of the Lost Zen
Tribes of Israel. also believe that the
Ark of the Covenant is buried under
Tara Hill.
T. w. Rolleston has just returned
from a visi. to the landlord of the Hill
of Tara and has persuaded him to
stop the excavations for the present,
but to allow them to be resumed un-
der the direction of the Royal Society
of Antiquarles in Ireland, which will
be some guarantee that these investi-
cations will be scientifically carried
on.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27
LONGEST Word Vet.

What is believed to be the longest
word in the English language oc-
ours in publication just put out by
the census bureau. containing a digest
of the most important patents grant
ed on chemical compounds.
Hydrotriamidodime methylphenylacrid-
inc, under certain treatment, produces
a greenish-yellow color when applied
to cotton The number of the patent
covering it is 395, ,OS0, granted Dec. 25,
1888.
This is the way it comes about: 1t
is an amidobenzofavine produced by
transforming the nitrotetraamidodi-
tolylphenylmethan of amidoditolylphe-
nylmethan into Observation-Disclosures
nylme.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27
DISTINGUISHED French Visitor.

One of the visitors at the com
mencement of Cornell university the
other day was Nj. Urban Gohier, the
we'll known editor of L'Aurore, the
author of so many pamphlets against
militarism and clericalism, who is CON
sidered to-day as one of the strongest
French newspaper writer's. M. Urban
Gohier is in this country for recraA'
tion and study.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27

Harry Tracy. probably the most
reckless desperate ever turned loose
in the United States, killed himself
near Fellowes. Wash, by blowing out
his own brains Besieged in a corn
field by the pursuing posse, his leg
broken by chance shot. rapidly
weakened by loss of blood from
severed artery, and with no possible
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27

hope of further escape. he ended his
career as nonchalantly as he had
ended that of his previous victims.
During the strenuous two months
since he made his break for liberty
from the Oregon penitentiary he had
slain eight men, wounded eight others,
held up a half dozen and stolen a
steam launch.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27
1 init of fhA Sun

The suns light is equal to 5,56S
wax candles at one foot from the eye.
1t would take 100000 full moons to
equal cloudless sunshine.
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Newspaper in Difficulties.

Newspaper editing has it's difficult
ties in Posen. The Praca, local jour
nal is reduced to accepting casual and
amateur assistance by the fact that all
it's professional editors are immuned
in fortresses for lese majestic.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27

korn, King of Siam. He was pro-
claimed heir apparent to the throne
on Jan. II, 1895, having at that time
attained the age of Is. The king has
two children by a former queen, but
they are both girls. The successor
to the throne of Siam is always Sc
lected by the reigning king.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27
ponu,ar London DWELLINGS.

Over 10000 Londoners live in the
building erected by the Peabody trust.
The London County Council dwellings
accommodate 1862 persons.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27
GETTING Ready for Tourists.

In Switzerland 1.271 hotels, having
an aggregate of 92.333 beds, have been
gotten ready this season for the &C.
commodation of tourists.
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SERVED IN MEXICAN WAR.
Capt. McCutcheon, Veteran of Two
Campaigns, Is Dead.

Capt. David McCutcheon, who died
last week at Chicago. was distin-
guished as a veteran of the Mexican
war and was one of the oldest soldiers
in the country. He was born in Pitts
burg and was living there when he
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27

enlisted in a regiment booked for the
Mexican war, in which he served with
merit and distinction. At the out
break of the civil war he organized
Company d of the One Hundred and
Eighth Illinois Volunteers and fought
throughout the war as an officer OF
that regiment.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27

Many severe cases of burns from
celiuloid have been reported.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-08-27
CROWN PRINCE OF SIAM.
Heir to Eastern Throne Will Visit
America in October.

Prince Chowfa Maha Vajiravudh,
the Crown Prince Of Siam, who is
expected to arrive in New York on
Oct. l for his visit to the United
States. is the eldest son of Chulalong-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07
Mistaken Identity.

The late General John NJ. Palmer used
to enjoy telling being mistaken for a
person of greater dignity than the pres
ident of the United States.
when / vas military governor of
Kentucky said he, "a disturbance oc-
Cured in some town in the interior. I
was at a distance, but was needed at
the scene. There was no train, no car
riage. no buggy to be had. The only
vehicle available was a big gilded cir
Gus chariot left by some stranded show
company. I didn't like it, but there was
nothing else to do, so I got in. You
may imagine I cut a great dash as 7
drove through a small town People
turned out in droves to see me pass.
When I left the town behind me n
reached h plantations the negroes saw
me n started with open mouths. They
followed me at a respectful distance,
until presently they were joined by an
old, white-haired preacher, who, on
seeing me in my magnificent chariot,
raised his eyes and his arms on high,
and in a voice that stirred all within
hearing, cried:
"Bless de Lord. de day oh judgment
am cum, an dis gemman am de Angel
Gabriel hisself. Bredren down on yo'
knees and pray, TO- yo' hour am hyari"
Chicago Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07

The Has Already Organ-
lied to Build The Peoples Ware
hOuse-Plans Being Made for the
Buildings and Work WIFE Soon he
Commenced.

Mr.. W. B. Brice, of Wallace, h was
in the city on business yesterday, tells
US thai the tobacco warehouse project
at Wallace is a certainty. 1t will be
known as The Peoples Tobacco Ware
house Company" and it has already
been organized. The capital stock of
the company is SO, 900. Mr.. W. ]. Boney
is president, Mr.. G. VI. Haughton vice
president. and Mr.. Ross Sloan secretary
and treasurer. The executive commit
tee is composed of DIR. 3. r Graham
and Messrs. j. A. Cavanaugh, NJ. South
erland, J. s. Westbrook, T. @. Hall, u. J.
Carter, d. s. Murphy, d. H. Harriss, n.
II. Carter, NJ. w. Brown, JEFF Lanier
and w. B. Brice.
The officers and executive committee
are among Wallace's most successful
business nen and they have taken hold
Of the enterprise in earnest Mr.. Rose.
the Raleigh architect, has drawn plans
and specifications for the buildings,
and work will soon be commenced on
them.
The people and especially the farmers
are enthusiastic i've the prospect for
a market near them. The result will
be that the fine tobacco region around
Wallace will be developed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07

Early sitters in the amen corner OF
ths- Fifth Avenue Hotel were Amos
petriaed with astonisnment ut 10 O'Clock
the morning OF the New York repuoA
can convention when they saw J. Pier
pont Morgan come PIT Of the rain
and stamped down the wide eorrtaoT-
The great f~nancier was mad. He show
ed Il in every move. IN he way he ear
ried his head. in the expression - ms
face. He rounded his umbrella on the
marble floor. fixed his cold eyes or the
clock above the big safe and steered 4
straight curse for the desk.
Where's Plstt9" he asked.
VIVA Piattg asked the uroane
clerk right back
Senator Platt.' snapped the Wall
street giant 1 want - see Senator
PIatL'
seEa.or Platt has not returned from
Saratoga. replied the clerk. Do you
want 10 leave any message"
MIR. Morgan did not reply. He blew
his mustache out from his lips in q way
characteristic OF him when he Is mad
He grunted- Without 4 word in reply
10 the clerks question he turned
around. stamped out TO his carriage AMI
Is driven away.
Evidently Mr.. Morgan Is DESTROYS OF
knowing just why George r Sheldon
was not nominated for lieutenant gov
ernor. He wants Senator Plati to tell
iim. AND Senator Plat is laying low
Ir was not his fault that horgans man
was not named as the running mate Tor
Governor Odell.
when the amen corner sitters had
re- from their astonishment :
began to talk. The remarkable action
of Mr.. Morgan in seeking out
Platt at his hotel so early on a rainy
morning suggested 10 them that per-
haps Mr.. Morgan had contrihgtgt iii
NG.0oo to.she campskghfund in ad-
vsnceIf this N true. it Is only nat
ural that he should want his money
back. since Senator Plat has failed %
| deliver the goods. New York Dispatch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07
Professor Graham's Joke.

Il know a good joke YOU could write.
and l thought il all oas myself" said
Professor Alexander Graham superin-
tendent of the Charlotte graded schools.
oh. o have?'
Yes. You may say that q colored
mar by the name OF Peruna N'ggerde-
mus"
Where does he live"
WHY he don't live il all. He j. 4
part of the made-up- joke. don't you
see? Well, Peruna gees TO Mayor
Brown and he says:
Mayor. you AVE taxed nay goat 70
dollars and that's too nuCh-'
Then the mayor says: ] d mt know
anything about the goat: the city attor-
neys ave charge of the municipal goat
department and you G. ard talk TO
them. Sc Peruna goes 10 Mr.. harriet
Clarkson. who produces the new code
and reads in the appendix the Jaw which
provides that all property abutting on
the street shall be taxed s. a front
foot Here Professor Graham grew
hysterical.
"Well?"
Why. can't you see the point?" said
the professor. "Abutting? A-butting?
Man, the goat is a-buttiug on The street.
And ne has two front feet at s. 4 foot
'Oh-h-h! I-cce. 4 goat The goat is
a-buttingi
Precisely. Say that's Z fine joke and
ought TO be printed
1t shall be printed"-Charlctte OBJ
server
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07
THE PYTTuAN CARNIVAL.
The Exeeuti Committee Held an
Enthusiastic Meeting Last Night.
The Railroads Give a Rate of One
Fare for the Round Trip-A Hand
some Welcome Arch.

The executive committee OF the Py-
THAN Carnival and Merchants Fall
Festival. which is TO take place in
Wilmington November 3rd, 4th, 9Th,
9Th, eth and Sth, held q full T enthu-
siastic meeting last night i'll the Pythian
parlor in the Murchison National bank
building.
Former Mayor S. H. FisnGla:e presid-
ed, and Mr.. L. 3. Rogers was secretary.
The various subcommittee reported
progress, and the arrangements for the
great street fair are going forward
splendidly.
Mr.. L. B: Rogers, OF tn? transporta-
ton committee, reported that the rail-
roads have given the low rate of one
first class fare for the round trip on ac-
count Of the carnival. This will insure
a big crowd from the country, and be-
sides the low railroad fare. there will be
steamboat excursions every day from
Southport, Little River, Black River,
and Fayetteville. The committee will
also ask the Brunswick Bridge and
Ferry Company to reduce the rate of
ferryage on account of the carnival.
The committee decided to erect a
handsome welcome arch at Front and
Chestnut streets. 1t will be deliberately
u6COTd lSOd III vii US bIIlt1cllly SIAlCo
by electricity. A country store will be
one of the features, ard already the
committee has applications from parties
for booth privileges. The adies of
Grace NJ. E. church were granted priv
ilege to conduct a refreshment booth,
on Front street, in front Of the postof-
flee building.
The posters and bills advertising the
Layton Carnival Company, which is to
be here with its many street shows,
have arrived and will be sent out and
put up at the various railroad stations
next week.
Mr.. John r. Turrentine, Jr., was
added to the executive committee.
The committee decides today or to-
morrow on it's permanent quarters. and
will then keep them open every day,
with a s~tenographer and typewriter in
charge. Attractive stationery has been
printed for the use Of the committee.
The committee adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07

Louisville firm at sZc.
St. Louis steady at Sic: net receipts
1.S01 bales
Houston steady at size: net receipts
II. 4ss bales.
New York. October i-Cotton dull at
s Life: gross receipts ISL bales: sales
i90 bales; stock 4i,ss9 bales
Total today ard Conso.idatec-Set re-
ceipts 3s. col bales: exports 20 Great
Britain 113 bales. TO tn continent 1914
bales: stock 3Se. So2 bales.
Total since September Met receipts
1868 47 bales; exports - Great Britain
20. s25 bales: TO ran S4.113 bales: TO
the continent S7e.291 bales
Futures opened steady. October s.sS:
November offered STA. december $50:
January SIS; February ga: Aarch S-G:
April S.e4: May SIS.
Futures closed firm; October MI; No
vember S.13: December $50: January
SIS; February $50: Marcr sc: April
ST.: May S.73.
Spot closed dull: rnIiaing uplands
S.94: midling gulf SIS, sales To balcS.
S0AIN All PR,vISIONS
Chicago. October i-rhe Leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Ohm HtEN Trv- Close
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07

From Raroda comes a wonderful
story Of a monkeys sagicity. says the
London Express. A wild langur mon
key in the cantonment a been maui
ed by a dog. After IL had got free
this intelligent simian made it's way to
the hospital grounds, a quarter OF a
mile distant. Here IL rested In a tree
until evening. =,
At z p. m, seeing the coast clear. ~
quietly came down and went straight
into the hospital. wher., without any
further hesitation, 1t took possession
Of a a bed.
The hospital assistant tried to turn IL
out but IL was of no use; and as he
could find ne rule providing for the
admission Of monkey patients. met the
case by having the bed with the mon
key on IL removed out to the yeranda.
The following morning the medical off,
Ger, on his visit to the hospital found
that h poor animal had been badly
bitten He ordered some iaudanum 10
be put into its drinking water In order
TO relieve it's suffering. The animal
drank it readily.
In the evening the doctor took n
lady and gentleman to see the monkey
the manner In which IL was making
gestures with its hands as IL beckon-
ing TO the medical officer.
The monkey seemed to realize It was
being cared for. as whenever o or
water was given to it, It quietly lifted
up one Of its hands and placed IL gent
ly on the giver's. with q look as much
as To say, well. it Ii 50 good Of you"
The bearing Of the animal In all it's
actions was that Of a very old sick
man. Unfortunately IL died.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07

New York. October Coffee futures
opened steady with prices 5 points high
er, which was considered a poor re-
Spouse to firm foreign markets. Active
general buying set in in which Wall
street interests continued TO lead and
prices rapidly advanced some 5 to 10
points Despite active profit taking
and heavy offerings by local bears near
the close, final prices were net 10 to 20
points higher and the undertone steady;
sales reached $3.50 bags. Spot Rio
steady; No. Z invoice 5 9-16c; mild mar
ket steady; Cordova ~ to 12c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-10-07

Wilmington's Big Cotton shipments
Exciting the Envy OF other Ports.
0pe Month-s Exports from Here
Mare Than Une-Third the Years
Exports from Norfolk and Ports
mouth.

The Portsmouth. Va, Star Of Thurs
day says editoriallly:
THE star today prints a news item
concerning the exports of cotton from
the port of Wilmington, N c., which
may be read with the greatest interest
and profit by the business men or this
city. 1t shows that the exports of cot
ton alone from the small city on the
Cape Fear were for a single month
TO more than One-third OF
the total annual recorded exports from
the great port Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
One reason for this is that the city OF
wilmington has within its borders the
greatest individual exporter OF cotton
in the world, James Sprunt. Another
reason is that there Is no system OF
diverting the exports OF that port to an
other place of shipment through whose
custom house the cargoeS of cotton are
cleared. In this Wilmington is for
tunate in the extreme. Sh IS lar
more ~fortunate than this port. The
steamers that lake her exports abroad
come to her wharves. Here none OF
these things obtain, but, nevertheless,
the export trade Of the port is divert
ed to Newport News and there trans
shipped to Europe aboard the
of one line, while this port is steadily
shrinking, according to the face or the
record. In reality the exports or Ports
mouth Norfolk, brought here as they
are by seven great railway systems,
reaching the utmost parts of all sec
tions of the country, are greater than
the actual exports Of the port or New
port News, through which they are
shipped and whose record they go TO
swell. Surely the business men OF the
two cities on the Elizabeth should do
something to protect themselves against
this state of affairs. The prestige or
the port has already been hurt ire
mendously, and what is more, the fact
that the SHIPS do not come here for
foreign freights Injuries the prosperity
OF all classes of business men to a
greater or less extent"
Charleston is late in sending out It's
first cargo of cotton this season, her
first shipment being made September
3Oth. Up to hat time Wilmington had
shipped eight cargoes. h Charles
ton Post IF October 1st says:
The first Of the cotton laden vessels
of the season sailed today for Europe
with large cargoes. The British steam
ship Castleventry sailed for L~overpool
with $500 bales of cotton, 1000 bar
rels of rosin and 1900 slaves. The
British steamship Hasleyside sailed
for Bremen with a cargo of 1O,S0O bales
of cotton. The British steamship
Anglo-Chillan light. sailed for Ralti-
n1nrar