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I HE SEMI-WEEKL MESSENGER! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1899. 0 COTTON PRODUCTION nnnH nfili Cvirnnieut S ta tlllf-iail Ca to lhe Comtof Production and Otber . t Pertinent Fact , Washington.February 16. Under the supervision of the statistician of the department of agriculture, the cost of growing cotton has been investigated and the results of the investigation are to he published within a few days in a pamphlet This report will show the average cost of producing an acre of upland cotton in 1898 was $15.42, sub divided into the following Items: Rent 12.88, plowing $2.81, seeds 21 cents, planting 28 cents, fertilizers$L30, distributing fertilizers 16 cents, .chop ping and hoeing $1.31, picking $3.37, ginning and pressing $1.02, bagging and ties 57 cents, marketing 64 cents, re pairing Implements 40 cents, all other expenses 41 cents. It was ascertained; that the pounds of lint produced per acre were 265 6 sold for 6.7c per pound; bushel of seed produced 16, price per bushel 11.9 cents. The total return to the planter was $19.03 which gave him a net profit of $3.61 per acre. The cost of picking cot ton per hundred pounds was '44 cents, while the cost of producing the lint per pound was 5.27 cents. Several thousand cotton planters contributed to these statistics and of the entire number representing 20 per cent, reported a loss largely due to de .flcient production, owing to the 'iyflrought or other causes. $21.95 per acre, or an average of 11.59 cents per pound and the total return for lint and seed of seaisland cotton was $28.65, which gave the planter a net profit of $6.70 per acre. The planters that report profit in the raising of upland cotton produced 275.9 pounds per acre, while those that reported a loss produced only 176 pounds. The effect of the use of fertilizers in the raising of cotton is very distinctly disclosed and the general results is that in proportion as to the quantity of fer tilizers used increased the profit of raising cotton per acre also increased. It has ibeen discovered in this inves tigation that cotton is produced to a limited extent, but at a high rate of profit, by means of irrigation in west ern Texas and southwestern part of Utah. In Texas Irrigation had the ef fect of producing 512.4 pounds of lint per acre, which is 290.3 pounds greater than the average for the whole state. For 1896 many special inquiries were made by a former statistician of the department and estimated costs of por ducing lint cotton per pound, in gold, was 8.32 cents. One of the remarkable revelations of the investigation is the compara tive cost of marketing cotton in 1840 and, in 1897. The comparison is item ized andl shows that in 1840 it cost $i8.15 to market a bale of cotton from Alabama to Liverpool while in 1897 this cost was $7.89. ittaiiy a Lover TT q tii rJ r i f V lie cr a t frnm on r r Vi Atrwise lovable girl with an offensive i-breath. Karl's Clover Root Tea puri fies the breath by its action on the bowels, etc., as nothing else will. Sold for years on absolute guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts. For sale by R. R. Bellamy. It all way Traffic Hetmmed Washington, February 15. The ob stacles to railroad traffic resulting from f lilt; recent uiiz.xtjl nave uccii uvciluiuc to such an extent as to warrant the ; companies operating trains to the north j and west in announcing that traffic will now be resumed practically on sched ule time. It has been an almost her culean task for the railroad companies to remove the great drifts of snow and clear the tracks, but this has been ac complished and passengers will again be enabled to travel without discom fort or danger. All trains on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania that were de tained by the elements have arrived and those which started from New York and intermediate places today have ar rived, though more or less belated. The Revolution In Nicaragua Managua, Nicaragua, February 15. President Zelaya has issued a decree declaring the republic of Nicaragua to be in a state of siege. A battle is expected to take place to day, west of Chile mountain, the divid ing ridge of the Cordilleras. The pres ident is sending troops to the front as rapidly as collected. An uprising was recently discovered 'AMatagalpa. It was organized by a Catholic priest who has been captured and is now on his way to the peniten tiary. Agonclllo Talks Montreal, February 15 Senator Agon cillo, the Philippino commissioner, in an interview today said there would be - no let up in the efforts of the Philip pines to force the Americans from their country. He said he was not at all sur prised that Iloilo had fallen, as the Americans had the advantage of a fleet. "But wait until they get in the interior," he said, "and then they will have more than their work 'cut out." He announced that the purpose of Senor Lunas' departure, who left yes terday for Liverpool, was to interview the different courts of Europe and ask for their assistance for the Philippinos. The Democratic Platform Eudoried St. Paul, Minn., February 15. The democratic state committee met here this afternoon and adopted the follow ing resolution: , "That the democratic state central committee do hereby re-affirm and en dorse the national democratic platform adopted 'by the democratic national convention in Chicago in 1896, and the principles of the democratic party as therein enunciated." Colonel Bryan, at the request of the committee, appeared and addressed ( them briefly and a vote of thanks was indered him. Sick Headache 'hie curse of overworked womankind, quickly and surely cured by Karl's Clover Root Tea, the great blood puri fier and tissue builder. Money refund ed if not satisfactory. Price 25 cts. and v 50 cts. For sale by R. R. Bellamy. OlitTItAliE WITH SPAIN Iteuewed, Notnrltn(andIns Non-ExU-tenee of ? a Commercial Treaty We mand for American Wheat Washington, February 16. The lack of a commercial treaty with Spain, the former treaty having been terminated by the 'war, Is not altogether prevent ing the trade between the countries although American products are handi capped by an additional 20 per cent, duty in Spanish ports, owing to the lack of a treaty. Still even under these conditions, United States Consular Agent Mertens at Valencia reports to the state department that there Is a great demand for American wheat. A cargo of 4,000 tons of red winter wheat, which had Just arrived there, proved entirely satisfactory and importers were willing to receive more. The consular agent says: "The price seems to compare favora bly with that of Russian wheat (the kind generally imported here when there is a demand for foreign wheat) although American wheat pays 20 per cent, higher duties than grain from countries which have a commercial treaty with Spain. This is the first di rect shipment from the United States to this port since the war." The consular agent above quoted re mained at his post throughout the en tire war and even continued in the dis charge of his official functions as far as possible without molestation. You Try it If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure, which is sold for the small price or 25 cts., 50 cts. and $1.00, does not cure take the bottle back and we will refund your money. Sold for over fifty years on this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts. For sale by R, R. Bellamy. Brltlnh Ultimatum to Sultan of Oman Bombay, February 16. The Per sian Gulf mail steamer which has just arrived here brings news that a British ultimatum was delivered to the sultan of Oman on Saturday, owing to his having leased to France a coaling sta tion on the coast of Oman, which is a semi-independent state in southeast Arabia. Oman is considered to be un der British protection as the sultan has been receiving a subsidy from Great Britain. London, February 16. In the house of commons today the Rt. Hon. Wil liam. St. John Broderick, under secre tary of state for foreign affairs, said that so far as her majesty's govern ment knew, ttye sultan of Oman had not ceded nor was he about to cede to France a coaling station or harbor on the coast of Oman. Inquiry made in official circles here shows that the under secretary of state for foreign affairs appears to "have been jjggling with words in the house of commons today when he answered the question regarding France and Oman. As a matter of fact, the sultan of Oman allowed France to establish a coaling station on his coast a month ago, although, perhaps, there has been no lease and no cession of territory. The officials here also say the word "ultimatum" in the dispatch from Bombay today referring to Oman is "too strong." It is understood that "the British note" informed the sultan that "if he favored other nations the British subsidy of 8,000 ($40,000) would be stopped." The Florida Crops .Jacksonville.Fla., February 16. The most extravagant reports have been sent broadcast throughout the country regarding the damage done by the cold -of the 13th. Reports received tonight by The Times-Union and Citizen from .all sections of the orange belt indicate that the cold wave did not do much permanent damage, and utterly refute the statement sent out to the press" Outside of the tender spring growth on the orange trees, the trees remain unin jured and in the lower belt it is pre dicted the orange crop will be larger than this season. Reports from the vegetable districts say that truckers have gone to work with great energy to replant and the spring output of market vegetables will be equal to any season in the past. How to Prevent Pneumonia You are perhaps aware that pneu monia always results from a cold or from an attack of la grippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a few years ago when so many cases resulted in pneumonia, it was observed that the attack was never followed by that dis ease when Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy was used. It counteracts any ten dency of a cold or la grippe to result in that dangerous disease. It is the best remedy in the world for bad colds and la grippe. Every bottle warranted. For sale by K. R. Bellamy. To Make Corbin a Major General Washington. February 16. The mili tary affairs committee of the house to day reported favorably the senate bill to make Adjutant General H.- C. Cor bin a major general. The house bill for the same purpose has been renorted al ready and this action today was taken to facilitate action upon it in the house. It is not the intention of Chairman Hull to ask unanimous consent for the con sideration of this bill, but to move its passage under suspension of the rules during the last six days of the session. Violent Storm In Jamaica Kingston, Ja., February 16. A ter rific norther accompanied by an inces sant rain storm has been causing num erous local flood. The storm swept the northern coast of the island from An neto bay to Montego bay, from Mon day to Wednesday, doing widespread damage to shipping, wharves, the rail roads, cattle and cultivation, etc. No fatalities have been reported. To the Public We are authorized to guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and if not satisfactory to re fund the money to the purchaser. There Is no better medicine made for la grippe, colds and whooping cough. Price, 25 and 50c p bottl- Try It. R. R. Bellamy. i he IVInrchlson National Bank, The deferred meeting of the stock holders of the Murchison bank will be held today at . 12 M. at the banking house of Murchison & Co. A full at tendance of the subscribers is desired. Codification of Federal Law Washington, February 1. The report of ythe commission on the certification of the United States criminal and penal laws is about completed and the por tion of it covering offenses against the postal laws ha? been submitted as a special report to congress. The post master general has communicated with both houses of congress asking for im mediate enactment of the entire report on this subject, pointing out Its ur gent needs. The commission pays spe cial tribute to Acting: Assistant Attor ney General Barrett for the postofflce department for the benem of his advice during its labors. The laws revised em. 'braces all up to and including the first session of the 55th congress. The report In brief was: "In numerous instances where penal ties have been recovered by civil pro cess In the nature of actions for debt, provisions for criminal prosecutions have been substituted as most effica cious. Other changes are reported hav ing in view a more proportionate ad justment of penalties to the gravity of the offenses respectively defined, In which the present laws having been adopted from time to time are faulty. Occasional emendations have been made in the verbiage of the present laws de signed to secure precision and suc cinctness in the definitions of offenses. A provision has been inserted inhibit ing the maintenance of private postof flce and letter boxes. "This is in conformity," the commis sion says, "with the general policy of this government and it is further rec ommended by considerations of great weight, it being found that, in the larger cities these institutions are made the instrumentalities of parties partak ing of fraud and immorality. In a re cent instance at New York they were employed as the means by which two human lives were sacrificed under cir cumstances of grrave criminality." New From the Philippine Washington, February 16. The war department received the following to day: , "Manila, February 16, 1S99. "Adjutant General, Washington: "Harvey H. Harris, Company B, Twentieth Kansas, flesh wound left leg, doing well; John Sorensen, First Mon tana, reported probably dead, is alive, but both eyes shot away, condition fair. Cable of th, reporting William J. Hayes, First Washington, wounded slightly, an error. Oval Gibson, Com pany E, First Washington, reported missing, was found with a sprained ieg. Corporal Hayes, First Montana, ca bled on 7th as missing, is with his company. "OTIS." San Francisco, February 16. Acting on advices received from Manila, ihe California Red Cross Society has decid ed to continue the maintenance of its hospital station in that city, as long as the California volunteers remain in the Orient. Manila, February 16. 3:35 p. m. A large body of the enemy, presumably reconnoitering, was discovered on the right of Brigadier King's position, near San Pedro Macatia this morning. The entire brigade turned out and after an exchange of volleys, the rebels returned into the jungle and disappeared. 'lie lfet Prevrlptlou lor Cnlll and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Taste less Chill Tonic. The formula is plain ly printed on each bottle, showing that it is simply Iron and Quinine In a taste less form. Imitators do not advertise their formula because if they did they know that you would not buy their medicine. Be sure then that you get Grove's as the formula shows what you NO CURE NO PAT. Price 50 cents. A Big Srreet Kail way Ueal Seattle, JtVashn., February 16. The Post Intelligencer says: An applica tion of a number of Seattle's prominent men to the city council that a new fif ty year franchise be made out to them to include all the street railways of the city in place of the present franchises held by the various lines separately, apparently means one of the biggest deals that has ever taken place in the northwest. It is known that the peti tioners for the new arrangements are either direetly representing a syndicate of eastern men or are working with the understanding that as soon as the franchise is secured it shall be turned over to them. This is understood to be the last move in securing control by one firm of all the Tacoma and Seattle street car systems and the Seattle power company, a combination that would handle or at least control all the electric lighting and power in the vi cinity of Puget sound. It is believed that the General Electric Company is behind the new enterprise. The missing Cunarder Queenstown, February 16. The Nor wegian bark Smart, Captain Aasen, which arrived here today from South American ports, reports that she pass ed on February 7th, the spot where the Cunard Line steamer Pavonia was spoken on February 5th in a disabled condition. It was blowing a gale from the west southwest, and the captain of the Smart says that if the Pavonia was capable of using her canvass she could easily make the Irish coast, oth erwise in his opinion the strong cur rents probably drifted her southward. Services Over Victims of the ZTfalne Washington, February 16. Command ant Cromwell, at the Havana navy yard, telegraphed the navy department last evening as follows: "Havana, February 15. "Graves of dead of the Maine dec orated today. Ceremony beautiful and impressive. Solemnities closed with si lent prayer. Mayor 'Yzenega at Trini dad also telegraphed that memorial ex ercises were held there yesterday 4n commemoration of the destruction of the Maine." The Dry Goods Market New York, February 16. There was an average amount of business in cot ton goods today In both . staple and fancy lines. The tone of the market continues strong and prices still tend against buyers in all descriptions. The jobbing trade is quiet, owing to the storm interruptions, but is picking up and prices with jobbers are hardening. The woolen goods division shows no material change. Cotton hosiery is In active, but underwear Is in fair re quest. ,s rrain Service Itenewed Baltimore, February 16. The Balti more and Ohio railroad has practically resumed its regular passenger train schedules. Unless unexpected weather conditions prevail within the next twenty-four hours the entire freight service of the road will be resumed. mi th Legislature Ratified to Data (Special correspondence.) Raleigh, N. C. February 16. Since February 8 the following bills and resolutions have been ratified and are aow laws: To elect Gaston Battle a Justice of the peace for Edgecombe. To amend chapter 314, public laws of 1S97. . For relief of Trinity Land Company. To amend chapter 426, public laws of 1893. . To appoint additional Justices of the peace for Hyde. To amend chapter 114, public laws of 1S93. To amend laws as to drainage of Clark's Creek, Lincoln county. To amend charter of Franklinton. To repeal chapter 217. acts of 1S95 and chapter 119, acts of 1S97. To change the inscription on the corner-stone of the new buildirgs at the institution for the white blind and ne gro deaf-mutes and blind. To establish stock law in part of Carver's Creak township, Cumberland county. To prohibit hunting, fishing or trap ping any game on another's landsin Alamance and Moore without permis sion. 1 To prohibit bird hunting without per mission in Buncombe, Lincoln, Halifax and Iredell. To amend the bankrupt law. To repeal the charter of Yanceyville. For the relief of sheriffs, allowing collection of back taxes. To amend the Code as to probate of wills. To Incorporate Winston-Salem Trust and Deposit Company. To allow Lexington to issue bonds. To amend the charter of Graham. To allow Edenton to sell lands for school purposes. Tojequire foreign corporations which desire to do business in North Carolina to domesticate themselves. To allow Nash to levy special tax in stock law territory. To incorporate the Beaufort and Pamlico railway. To provide for a state board of pub lic improvements. To amend chapter 297, public laws of 1895. To amend chapter 213, private laws of 1S97. To amend section 3100 of the Code. To amend charter of Edenton. (Resolution) As to notifying directors of the state's prison. To regulate hunting in Davidson. For relief of late Treasurer O. A. Du rant, of Brunswick, and his sureties. To regulate bonds of officers of Cra en county. To provide for free passage of fish in Mingo creek. To amend chapter 107, private laws of 1897. (Resolution) ' Providing for election of directors of the state's prison. To amend chapter 57, laws of 1897. To amend chapter 246, acts of 1885.. To ratify consolidation of Petersburg railway with other roads. To amend chapter 235, public laws of 1897 To incorporate Inter-State Telephone and Telegraph Company. To amend chapter 277, public laws of 1895. To amend section 148 to 163 of the Code by removing disabilities of mar ried women as to land titles. To repeal chapter 66,Vol. 2, the Code. To allow McDowell to levy a special tax. To allow Jones county to sell Us county home. To incorporate Lattimore, Cleveland county. To allow clerks to pay out. certain funds, under $20, to minors. To amend chapter 49 of the Code. To repeal act of 1897 regarding drain age of Big Sugar creek, Mecklenburg county. (Resolution) For removal of state ar- To repeal chapter 361, public laws of 1897. To prevent sale of adulterated and misbranded . food. To incorporate the Brevard Banking Company. (Resolution) Calling for inventory of penitentiary assets. To amend chapter 57, acts of 1897. To prevent public drunkenness. To ratify the consolidation of the Wil mington, Columbia and Augusta rail way with other divisions of the Atlantic Coast Line. To allow chairmen of boards of com missioners and boards of education to administer oaths in certain cases. To give Perquimans county addi tional commissioners. To abolish February term of circuit court in Madison. To declare the Southeastern railway duly incorporated. To incorporate the Bank of Chapel Hill. To repeal the road law in Nash. To amend chapter 34 of the Code and chapter 181, acts of 1889. To repeal the Halifax road law. To amend chapter 399, acts of 1891. To establish graded schools at Kins ton. To amend the road law in Graham county. To establish a dispensary at Smith field. To repeal chapter 227, acts of 1895, and chapter 162, acts of 1897, as regards Jones county. To repeal chapter 171, public laws of 1895. To urotect Dublic bridges in Clay. To give New Hanover two additional commissioners. To amend chapter 20, public laws of 1897. To amend sections 196 and 197 of the Code. To amend section 9, chapter 15, pri vate acts of 1895. To amend chapter 111, private laws of 1871-2. To amend charter of St. Peter's Home Hospital at Charlotte. To change boundary between Ashe I and Alleghany. (Kesoiuuonj ro proviae ior election of justices of the peace. To incorporate Golden Rule Benevo lent Association. To drain Muddy creek and tributa ries in Forsyth and Davidson. To elect aff cotton weigher at Char lotte. To amend the stock law in Hender son county. , To provide for cross indexing: of wills. . To amend charter of Elizabeth City. To allow Watauga to levy special tax. To require state treasurer to pay per , diem and mileage of new directors of stale s prison. To provide for management of negro normal school at Franklinton. To incorporate Raleigh Storage Ware house Company. To incorporate the Olivia Raney Li brary at Raleigh. To authorize and regulate actions to test the right to the possession, cus tody and control of the property of the state's prison and the convicts confined therein. (Resolution) To elect directors of deaf-mute school at Morganton. panlb Outcry Against the Feac Treaty Madrid, February 16. Senor Montero Rioswho was president of the Spanish peace commission, has resigned the pri3idency or the senate owiner to the ' .l asUnSt hiS defense of Tit re Wrn Otto em The Charlotte Observer of yesterday says: "At 15 minutes to 3 o'clock this morn ing, one year ago, the following mes sage came into the Observer offlce over the Associated Press wires: 'Bulletin: The battleship Maine was blown up and completely destroyed in Havana harbor, 9:40 o'clock; tonight. A few minutes later came an official uispatch from Captain Slgsbee confirm ing the news, and at 3:13 o'clock the story of the disaster began coming. At 4:40 o'clock The Observer was on the press with a report of the affair, over a column In length, and half an hour later the piper was going out of the city on the morning trains, carrying the news to the people. Because it was not seen In any other paper of the same date which circulated in the State, some people were Inclined not to be lieve it, thinking that perhaps The Ob server had been made the victim of a hoax, but they were soon to learn that it was only tco true, and that they had not heard the worst The people will always remember The Observer as the first paper that gave them news of the destruction of the battleship Maine and the loss of 266 of her men. Some quick work was done in this office that morn ing but that Is The Observer's way." Our esteemed cotemporary seems to have forgotten a thing or two, in its zeal to take credit for its enterprise. In the first place history is not history unless it is true, and as the claims of the Observer in part are misstatements being the first paper In the State to of the facts its reminiscence as to its give the news of the destruction of the Maine, is not correct history. Our recollection is that every paper in North Carolina that takes the Associa ted press dispatches published the dis patches announcing $he blowing up of the Maine and certainly did The Mes senger. The same dispatches that the Observer received were also received by The Messenger and were published the sam? morning they appeared in the Observer. We do not wish to detract from the enterprise of our contempor ary but to merely remind it that "there are others." We think to the Associated Press belongs the credit of sending out the report of the destruc tion of the Maine, and The Messenger does not take to itself any more credit for publishing the report of that awful catastrophe on the 15th of February than it does in publishing any other item furnished us in the telegraphic budget that comes to us over the As sociated Press wires. "Kemember the Maine," but dont forget to do the square thing by uiiicia w ueu ju iruicuiuti . ) t; rate fill Colored People Duke Bryan a welll known colored cooper wrho works for Messrs. Robin son & King, dropped into the Messen ger office yesterday and requested us to acknowledge the obligations his race is under to their white friends In Wil mington for succoring poor and dis tressed colored people who were put to sore straits during the blizzard. He asks that in behalf of the colored peo ple of Wilmington their most grateful appreciation be expressed; to the city authorities for the manner in which they relieved the many applicants for assistance. It was estimated that ten colored persons to one white applied for relief but he eays he knows of his own knowledge that the ratio was at least fifteen to one. He says it was observed by his people that Mayor Waddell and Chief of Police Parmele were exceedingly kind and unremitting in their efforts to give relief to all worthy persons. He asks us to say the colored people now know who their friends are and that we can give him as authority for the statement that the Democratic authorities have done more for the poor colored people than ever did their Republican friends. Sincere sympathy was manifested and the food clothing and fuel were furnished lib erally, not only by the city authorities but the white people of the city gener ally. A Wreck on the Southern Lynchburg, Va., February 16. A freight train wreck occurred on the Southern railway near Lawyers, twelve miles south of Lynchburg this after noon, with the result of blocking the track for some hours. An extra freight was left on the main track and its engine started to this city for water, meeting and passing through freight No. 73. Later, the engine of No. 73 undertook to push the extra freight into the side track at Lawyers. While this was being done, local freight No. 61, south bound, collided with the rear of No. 73. A number of freight cars were wrecked and the engine of No. 61 was seriously damaged. Nobody was hurt Another Salt Against the American To bacco Company St Louis, February 16. The mar shal of the supreme court today served notice on the firms composing the American Tobacco Company of the suit brought by Attorney General Grow to declare the combine unconstitutional. Notices were served on the Continental Tobacco Company, the James G. Butler Tobacco Company; the Gatllng Tobac co Company, the Drummond Tobacco Company, the Brown Brothers Tobac co Company and the Wright Brothers Tobacco Company. Husband and Wife Asphyxiated Bellefontalne, O., February 16. Judge Thomas Millenburger was found dead In bed this morning and bis wife In an unconscious condition from which she cannot recover. Escaping gas from a broken fixture was the cause. General Brooke's CTortnary lie port I Washington, February 16. General Brooke today cabled the following from Havana: "Death report February 14th at San tiago: Private Charles Campbell. Com pany G, Fifth volunteers, peritonitis from wound In abdomen. Private Geor- Kansas, dvsertterv. Fhmarv nth at ti I Patrick J. Smith, Company E. Eighth GRIP KILLS. OI TIIK WKAK, 110llNOTLT 1ROCK FiKTl IT LAYX A FATAL IIA!D. Terrible . Kpldemlc Cnttlnc a TTM Swath Enornoni lncreae of OemCa Bate In Jlmnj Localities-Seventy oV of Every One slandered Death Dao to the Crip. La Grippe Is a fatal disease. It boar- taken front rank before the dreaded small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria., etc. In that Its number of victims and fatalities are treble those from these diseases. Every man, woman and chlKi Is exposed to Its awful ravages. The atmosphere everywhere is thorougbly Impregnated with the grip germ. It strikes straight to the very roofs or lifethe nerves. It shatters and tears asunder the foundation upon which life exists, and cuts off the vital thread in a remarkably short space1 oC time. To ward off LaQripjx. or to fight It during an attack. Dr. Miles Restora tive Nervine Is the proper remedy. It quickly eradicates all germs and over comes the depressing after effects; quiets and soothes the nerves, invig orates the appetite; creates new life and vigor, and restores health. Mr. Richard T. Green, Galeton, Penna., writes: "Laarlppe laid it powerful grasp upon me about four years ago, and for some time I thought it would prove fatal. My nervous sys tem was reduced to Its lowest ebb, and my heart caused me considerable pain. I had seen Dr. Miles Nervine and New Heart Cure advertised and knew that they had worked some wonderful cures, so I sent for a bottK of each remedy. My nervousness was checked by the very first dose, and In a few days I was able to sleep all right. Since then my life has been a Joyful existence, due to the remarkable cura tive qualities of Dr. Miles' Remedies." All druggists are authorized to pell Dr. Miles' Nervine on a positive guar antee first bottle will benefit or money refunded. Re sure you Ret Dr. Miles Nervine. Take nothing else. Write us about your troubles and ailments and w will pive you tho honest ad vice of a trained specialist absolutely free. Rook on heart and nerves sent ' free. Dr. Miles' Medical Co., Klkhart. Ind. The Mfw aud Obcrver' Mate Kdltlou. The Messenger had a pleasant call, last evening from Mr. J. C. Crawford, who has come to Wilmington to estab lish his headquarters while he works up Wilmington and eastern North Carolina for the great North Carolina edition which The Raleigh News and Observer is to issue soon. The Observ er has a force of trained newspaper men at work on this edition, and Mr. Crawford is here to lay the plans for it before the business men of Wilming ton. It is desired to have the educa tional, industrial, manufacturing and commercial Interests of Wilmington, and New Hanover county represented in the edition. La Srlpie Knccelutly Treated1 "I have Just recovered from the sec ond attack of la grippe this year," says Mr. Jas. A. Jones, publisher of of the Leader, Mexla, Texas. "In the latter case I used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy, and I think with considerable suc cess, only being in bed a little over two days against ten days for the former attack. The second attack I am satis fied would have been equally as bad a& the first but for the use of this remedy as I had to go to bed in about six-, hours after being 'struck' with it, while in the first case I was able to - fore getting 'down " Fo. sale hv u. R. Bellamy. Death of a I'romlueut Nt. LonUtair. St. Louis, February 16. Lucien M. Chipley, aged 55 years, for years one of the best knovn financiers of St. Iuls, is dead from cancer of tho liver. Ills son. Dean, recently died of fever con tracted while in the army at Chlcka mauga, and this sorrow weighed on the father's mind as to rapidly hasten his own death. Mr. Chipley was one of the most po tent factors in the construction of tho Illinois Central railroad and was an au thority on questions of importance. To prevent La Grippe take dose or two of Dr. Miles RestoratjTe Nervine daily. Lord llerschell Fails on the c Washington, February 16. Lord Her schell, of the Joint American -Canadian-commission, sustained quite a painful' Injury to his left hip yesterday through a fall on the ice on K street. He was carried to his apartments at the Shore ham by a passing carriage and he has since been confined to his bed. The at tending physician does not fear any se rious consequences of the fall. The president nominates Ernest P. Goodrich, of Michigan; Leonard M. Cox. of Kentucky; Alfred C. Lewerenz, of Michigan, to be civil engineers In the navy. 8MX B&fflflSE. Positively cared try theso Uttle Pills, Tbey also relieve Distress from Djipepsfcfc In2gcsbn and Too Hearty Eating. Apexw Sect remedy for Dizziness, Kausea, Droirti ncss, Bad Taste ia the Mouth, Coated Tongue rn la the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Regtuate the Bowels, Pure! Vegetable. Crnail PHI. Cmail Dcco. Omstl Prlco. jUDStitlltlOr. the fraud of tho CLa? Se you get Cartenv Ask for Carter's, Insist and demand 'farter's little liver POhl i FILLS (y JL2L V