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PTl3 Advance. $1.50 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE- "LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOd's, AND TRUThV." THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOLUME XXIII. Far Seeing People Visit First The Cash Racket Stores, Especially about times. Our three cro'wLled with any Christmas stores are and every thin" suitable fpr the" - ' (iirisiiiKis Holidays, and at prices whkh will aston ish you, they are so low. Act ing upon the suggestion that umes are hard" we have fixed the prices so as to ena ble all. rich and poor, to buy something for their friends and little ones as A Christinas Present: ;Ye haven't time to into the say particulars and mention various . articles, we only Come and look through. Msii Racket . Stores, J. M. LEATH, Manager. . Nash and Goldsboro Streets, WILSON, N. C. tli'OI Ilia! i:lKs. Young Man I want an engage ment rimr. - -" Jeweler Yes, sir. About what size?, . , - ' Youiig Man I 'don't 1 ' . j know exact around her l t;ijt ht- caivuvist tinker. i .t ,ts. 1 rut' W-ti ifh iii)!i!uiV Thcr is i ore.it dea'K cf irdigna 't;a list" trusts. The Suijar tion-fclt ; Trust, the Standard Oil Trust, the W'ti.vh Ti n i'late Trust, the Knirlish Silt 'I rust, ai.d other combinations of the kind, are vigorously denounced, and it is a subject of controversy .'htther there are more trusts -in En?- land than A 'in-r:i i ur i u'Iip 'lur nrn tection or free tFade fosters them. Hut there is one form of trust against nien no one has aijvthinsr to say. nat is the trust the public 'n Hood's Sarsaparilla. reposes Obtrusive. Mr. I'arvnoo (at his first swell din "er and eatiny. consomme lor -the hist time) Isn't th the soup thin, Mar,. Miss Parvnoo (with" a sneer) Yes. wis so vou can see the decora- l'OIiS (in thf .(,Knm nfWfiA -1ir ii Ki e r VOu 'iir eatii 'r it Pni-lr VI t'Ji,ltr. first introduction Electric gained rapidlv in populir S:nce i attratu c .a now t is clearly in the medical tonics and pure s -tainincr nothine which Tiits its use as a beverage or in xicant, it is recognized a; the best V purest cure Sir medicine for all ailments . Liver or Kidneys. It Headache, Indigestion, and fl nVe malaria from the svstem. Satis V,. ". am ecu i.lntii ...... i iiiteci with each P, or i'nney "will be refunded. n on!,- c. per bottle Sold by ts. ';:-! t;- 'I lit-m. Mr. ) -P r Ayme'p (after mis birds tiiii 1 time) The ;i very- tty this season, Paiker. ''es,. sir.. Irhaps if we -r it mi;ht Rive, them ie.sir. Life. : 1 'ark ia i'lii!'.: ,'I-ast 1 .fU piay It just Gottschalk's carries me SJie -V Life. es. I'll play it for you. H(ody Effect. i'ls re easy and gentle The Old Friend And the best friend, that never fails you, is Simmons Liver Regu lator, (the Red Z) that's what you hear at the mention cf this excellent Liver medicine,, and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do. It is "the Kins of Liver Modi-cine-s; 33 better than pills, and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. . It acts directly on the Liver, -Kidneys and Bowels and gives iievv life to the whole sys tem. This.is the medicine you want. .. "Sold by all .Drucjeifta in Liquid, or in'Towder to be taken dry or made into a tea. IEVERV PACKAGER 'Has the 2 Stamp in red on wrapper. JT. II. ZEIL.1N & CO., Philadelphia, Fa. BILL Diibb. Where a Man Owes Something He Wants to Pay Out. GOOD RESULTS FOLLOW THE PAXIC Doctors and .Preachers Have Bill's Sympa thy A Few Striking Observations on the Convicts "Owe no man mything." I reckon : that is good doctrine, but if St. Paul had been a gentile and a family man and had lived in our day he would have qualified the injunction. We are just oblig-ed to owe somebody. A right square up "pay as you g-o" business might suit an old bachelor like Paul, but it dont suit us. This is an age of credit. Even the national government is in debt millions of dollars, and so are the states and counties and most of the churches. Banks are chartered to lend money, and everybody is invited to come and borrow. .With all these ex amples before us the people have got in a way of going in debt and they can't get out of it. It is said that the nation owes more than it is worth and is really bankrupt, but that; can't be so. There are lots of folks who owe about as much as they own, but as long as they pay the interest it don't matter. In terest is of more importance than the principal to a money lender. A bond for thirty years is worth, more than one for ten years: Debt is -a hard master, but credit is a kind friend ana there is lots of fan in catching up. I've been trying to catch up ever since the war tut almost everybody is about a year behind and they stay so. With the average family man it is almost impos sible- to catch up, and so he gets used to the .credit system and generally dies with' a debt on his estate. That's what is the matter with politics right now. Thae late panic interrupted . the credit system and the people are mad about it. The .want to borrow more money and they talk about 50 "per capitar" just like the government or jomebody owed evlery man, woman and child that much and wouldn't pay it. There is some good in every misfortune, and 1 know., that the panic has had some good re results. I t has put the bakes on the train of extravagance. The way to get out of debt is to buy nothing that you are not obliged to have, and we are doing it at my house. not willingly at all, but when the merchants sell for cash only and we havent got the cash that stops the train even such folks have had to slow up for town lots and bonds are not cash. Merchants are not selling as many luxuries , as they did a year ago. A jeweler, told me he was not selling one third. as much. It is curious how a man will unconsciously graduate his debts. If he can't pay all and has a little money and wants to do right, he will pay the butcher and his grocery merchant in preference to the dry goods merchant. Food is more im portant than clothing. You can patch ur last year's garments, but victuals must come fresh every day. Food and fire come first and have the first lien on a slim purse. And the gas bill and water bill has to be baid by town folks or these comforts will be cut off. They belong to corporations and corporations have no souls. Servant's, .hire ranks pretty high, especially the cook and wash, woman. They are always paid. A man is ashamed for his cook to think he has no money. : Her xespect for him is based upon the idea that he is a gen tleman and doesn,t belong to the "poor white trash," as the negroes call them. So to keep up the delusion he always pays the colored servants. But after these comes the pry goods men and they get a slice now and then and take a note for the balance. Lately they got to drawing- on you and they write you a love letter asking you to protect the draft. Or they send you a statement' of your account about twice a month and say "Please remit." That is all right,, and it is business, but if a man hasn't got the money he can't protect the draft, nor remit' either. The draft wasn't in any particular dan ger nohow, and as the protection was for revenue only, it goes back dishon ored. I paid a little bill the other day to an old friend, and when I remember that I hoped we. would now have a more limited correspondence, he said he didn't know anything about it that he- supposed his bookkeeper was the guilty party. So hereafter 1 shall pay less attention to these billydoos from bookkeepers. But last of all comes the preacher and the doctor. I. am sorry for them. The lawyer can take care of himself, but the doctor seems like one of the family, and he will wait and wait be fore he sends in his bill, and then wait again before any serious attention is paid to it. The family think too much of him to treat him like . he was a cred itor, and he thinks too much of them to importune. It is such an affectionate, confidential relation that it must not be disturbed by a little matter of money, and so, in the meantime, the poor fam ily doctor is in danger of perishing to WILSON, deatn. l paia one the otner aay a utxie bill of eleven dollars that was two years old, and his surprise and gratitude were distressing. But the preacher is the most helpless of all creditors. He can't make out any bills nor send any duns, lie has to deal with a corporation, and church corporations are pretty much like all others. No one individual ac knowledges the debt. If he acknowl edges his part he is doing pretty well. The officers meet once a year and fix the salary, and another set of officers call around once a month and ask for the money, but they do not get more than half of it. The good, humble preacher goes to the treasurer occasion ally and timidly asks if there is any money on hand for him. ne gets about half his dues and thanks the Lord in his heart and invokes a blessing upon his people. I wonder if there is a town church in all the land that keeps right square up with the preacher. One time I was present, with the officers when the preacher ventured to tell them thatj ae was very much embarrassed, thatj ne . owed money and. couitiu't pay -it . The ehtuvh had promised him eight hundred dollars and -,va behind twe hundred, and the year only half gone. One of the olacers suggested that ht call the attention-. of the ' songregat i Wj to it the next Sunday. No, he said, he hatd to do that, for the truth was that ?tOC) of the $200 was due by the officers then present. Well, that was a socdol ager. Next year it was proposed to raise his salary, to 1,003, but he ob jected, saying that he. couldn't afford to lase any more than he was losing. Bat I forgot to mention taxes taxes that are as inexarable and unfeeling as death. Nothing is certain in this world but death and taxes. I remember when the rate of taxation on land was only ten cents on a hundred dollars, but now it is one hundred cents. They seem to get higher and higher as the years roll on. 1 -don't know where the blame is. Maybe it can t be helped, for there is the lunatic asylum that costs nearly S'04),()00 a year, and there are other charities and expenses we did not have in the days of auld lang syne. Then there are these everlasting courts that never end, and their cost is immense and gets immenser every year. What is to become of these negroes, anyhow ? Here is the last report of Captain Jones, which says that during the last year. from October to October, he has received 71i convicts all colored. This is nearly twice as many as for the year preced ing. The report for 1S93 was 190 whites 'all told in the conviet camps. Now :there are only 185 whites. There aire now 1,931 nerrroes in the camps, being 91 per cent of all the convicts. The in crease of colored convicts averages 15 fper cent a year. That rate will take only six and one-half years to bring the number up to 4.000. When will this alarming condition stop, and what will stop it ? Our jail is full all the year round and so are most of the jails in the Mate, and it takes time and money to try them and feed them. .Of course we .want a reformatory, and we w?nt it very badly, but it will take one of mam moth proportions to hold all thef young jiegroes who will be sent there. That jcollege will matriculate five hundred rihe first year, and it will take lots of .money and more ; taxes to keep it up. -But we won't worry about future trou bles. It is well eriough though to fore pee them and prepare for themv It dooks like we will need a tariff for rev enue and protection, too, before we get through with the negro. Bill Ariv THE MILOMETER. "A Qn.--er Instrument Unod lurlnr the An nual Overflow of the Nile. During the time of the periodical in undation of the valley of the Nile a queer recording instrument, known as the "nilometer," is hourly and 1 daily, consulted, by a sluggish Egyptian offi cer, who; to judge from his motions and actions, cares but very little if the river keeps its bed or overflows the whole northern ; hal of the African continent. But, as it is the only labor .he is forced to perform, and as his bread and cheese usually depend upon proper ..execution of the duties assigned, the record is taken with scrupulous accu racy. This queer and ancient "ther mometer of the Nile" (it dates back to 845 A. D.) is situated at the end of the island of Ithoda. It is simply an im mense upright octagonal pillar sfandV ing in a well-like chamber, surrounded on four sides with strong walls pro vided with arched openings which al low the rising waters free access to the nilometer. The recording pillar is covered throughout its length and on all of it eight sides with cubits and digits nicely divided, painted with great precision, much resembling sec tions of a gigantic checker-board. There is a huge staircase leading from above down to the bottom of the cis tern, in which the nilometer stands, the well-worn steps attesting to the immense number of times the instru ment has been consulted. A Chinese Tea Legend. . There is a strange Chinese legend concerning the tea plant. According to the story, there once lived a very pious hermit who passed the greater part of his time in prayer and vigils. He was, however, unable to keep awake as long as he wished, and often found his eyes closing while ie was in the very midst 'of his devotions This naturally an noyed him, and one day in a fit of wrath against this weakness of the flesh, which, he seemed unable to over come, he cut off the offending eyelids end cast them upon the ground. But his action had been observed by a god, who immediately caused a tea shrub to spring up from the spot where the eye lids had fallen. It is in reference to this, according to the legend, that the leaves of the tea plant are shaped likp eyelids, fringed with lashes, and pos sess the power of warding off sleep. . l Couldn't Marry on 830,000 a Tear. ' "No," remarked the young man with a touch of sadness in his voice, "it may be that some day happiness will be mine, but at present it is beyond me. There is a girl whom I love dearly. She would have me if I only asked her, but I dare not. I really cannot marry and live on 6,000 a year." His two friends to whom he Bpoke looked at him in wonder. For a moment they were speechless con sternation and pity depicted on their youthful countenances. But present ly speech returned to them exactly at the same time, and they fairly howled in their excitement: "You cannot mar ry on 6,000 a year? Why not?" "Why not?" echoed the youth with the sad voice, which grew still sadder. "Why, simply because I haven't the feOO." And the mystery was explained. , - Pimples, blotches; sores, and :. Simmons their cause, removed by Liver Regulator. WILSON-COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER, 14 1893. a; Plays Havoc With France's Cham ber of Deputies.- ABOUT SIXTY PERSOXS INJURED. In the Midst of the Horrible Scene Du- puy Calmly Calls the Chamber to Order Great Excitement la Created' in Paris. Paris, December 10. A bomb was exploded in the chamber of deputies while the body was in session, yester day evening. The proceedings were not specially interesting, and compar-, tively few people were in the galleries. Suddenly from the right gallery a bomb was thrown and fell in the midst of the deputies, causing a loud lexplo- sion and a scene of the greatest con- ' fusion. , ' ' When quiet was somewhat restored, it was discovered that nobody was killed outright, and M. Dupuy rang the bell of the president, calling to the deputies to resume their seats. About one-third of the members present at the. time of the explosion obeyed the summons, and when they were seated M.- Dupuy arose and said, as calmly as if nothing had happened: "Such attempts should not discon cert this chamber. I invite you to continue your discussion with calm ness. When the order of the day has been dealt with, the proper officials will do their duty." (Loud and Pro longed cheers.) When the cheering had subsided, M. Casimer Perier added, "And the gov ernment will visit the attempt" with the most severe penalties." (Pro longed cheering.) M. Dupuy warmly supported M. Casi-mer-Perier's words, and amid renewed cheering the chamber adjourned. The public left the galleries very slowly, many of the spectators carry ing away with them small pieces of iron, splinters of wood and other souv enirs of the-explosion. After the chamber had adjourned M. Dupuy was the object of a manifesta tion of sympathy so touching that it brought lears to the eyes of all those present. The courageous president of the chamber, who was deeply moved by this manifestation of sympathy and appreciation of his courage, retired from the chamber immediately after adjournment. The prefect of police of the republic and the prosecuting general hurried to the chamber of deputies .as soon as they were notified of the outrage, and ,at 7 ' p. m. all the entrances of the palais were guarded by gendarmes, and but few spectators remained in the vicinity. More 'than fifty persons,' including fifteen .deputies, were more or less in jured by the explosion. THE BOMB THKOWER IN CUSTODY. Paris, December 11. The authori ties announce that they have the bomb thrower in custody. The miscreant is named Marchal. He is an anarchist iand has made a- full confession. Marchal, it appears, was among the injured taken to the Hotel Dieu, the large hospital on the north side of the JPlace du Paris, Notre Dame. He fell under Suspicion, and, pressed by the prefecture of police, decided to make U full confession, and did so, glorying in his dastardly crime. . The Guillotine Proposed. Coi.Cmbja, S. C, December It. Ilep resenta tive Williamson, of , Sumter, will propose an amendment to a house bill providing that executions be pubr lie that has every appearance of a first class remedy for lynching His idea is to incorporate a provision that rapists be guillotined, the action of the mobs in several re cent lynchings in this state, this scheme will prove popular, as the blood-thirstiness satiated by placing the victim undea the guillotine and, peginning with the toes, they could keep on slicing until , every man in the crowd hod a relic of the last sad rites. ' Frendergast'3 Frotest. : Chicago, December 9. Prendercast, the assassin, made a formal protest against the plea of insanity being in troduced in his case today. When he was led into Judge Brentano's court room he handed his " attorney, Mr. Essex, a letter in which he asked that the insanity plea be Svithdrawn, de claring, that he believed people would pet an idea that he did not kill Carter Harrison for the benefit of the people jat large, but -rather from a personal -or selfish motive. ' i;" A Plucky Woman. - ' k Selma, Ala., December 11. Mrs. W. T. Smith of Richmond, killed a negro who had entered her bed room. Friday night. The fellow attacked her with a knife, when she made an outcry; but she secured her husband's revolver from under her pillow and killed him. It is said the negro had three ; accomplices, who have been arrested. Unless they ' prove their innocence they will . doubtless be lynched. '- - v ' : Killed by a Woman. Dabien, Ga., December 6. Last Monday night Ella Cammings. colored, mortally stabbed Cain'Baptist and he died inen minutes. The grand jury found an indictment the next day for murder. The Tvoman was put on trial today before Judge Falligant and the jury will probably render a verdict of murden The estimates on the difference in revenue between the present tariff law and the proposed new law have been made up by experts in the treas ury department, and they calculate that there will be deficiency uader the new law of nearly 60,000.000. The attorney general has made a re port to Secretary Lamont and the secretary of war has decided that treneral Dan Sickles, of New. York, san draw pay both as a member of sonjrress and aa a retired army o Ci. It gives me great pleasrue to ex press my opinions concerning Pond's Extract I have used it, for years at home and abroad, for Bruises, Sprains, Cuts, , and it has always acted like magic. My younger athletic lriends and relations use it for rubbing pur peses, and we all heartily endorse it as the "King of .Healing." Yours very respectfully, F. S Martin, M. D., Lecturer on Gynecology of Physi cians and Surgeons. Hjghest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report I , - - " i 1 , . mmm HERR KRUPP. A Rare Instance of Ilofaslng the COD- ferrort Title or Nobility. ' : : It is a common thing in Kurrjpe for kings and queens to rtAvard such of their subjects as may become famous in war, in politics, or in literature, by bestowing titles upon them. Occason ally, however, says the Golden Days, this honor is refused, but the instances are so , rare that when they:do occur they are always thought worthy of mention. ' ; 1 After the late German emperor, Fred erick III..; had begun his brief reign, he determined to raise some leading representatives of. industry and -commerce to the peerage. Ilerr Krupp, the inventor of the Krupp cannon, at whose manufactory eighteen thousand men are regulary, employed, had died a short-time be j fore, but his son had succeeded to his was placed by the' emperor upon the role of hnor. ( When tie heard of this, he at once took train to Berlin and secured an audience 5of Prince Bismarck, who was then chancellor. He insisted hat the prince should ask the emperor to strike his name fromHhe list, but' this Bis marck refused to do. Then the iron master made a special'plea, "My father," said he, "gloried in be ing the son of a workman, and never would so much as listen to a proposal to accept titular and hereditary dis tinction. I cannot be untrue to his principles, particularly, when my year of mourning has not yet expired." Bismarck thought this plea might be urged upon the emperor, without wounding, his feelings, and he prom ised to put it before him that day Frederick was "really dying then, and could not speak on account of the disease in his throat. When Bismarck told him what , Krupp had said, he looked surprised and vexed. Then he seemed to see the matter in a new lights nodded assent and wrote on his tablets: ' " 'I dare say Krupp Is right: ho has my best wishes." ' That night Herr Krupp was told that he was at liberty to remain llerr Krupp . . MEXICAN VILLAGE LIFE. The Government of the Larger Haciendas of the South. A'great cotton hacienda 'in Mexico is strongly built, with walls like those of a fort: the tops of the walls are often studded- thickly with broken glass of a jagged and deadly, appearance; for further protection,' companies of sol diers -are kept within the . establish ment. A hacienda of this type, whether de voted to the manufacture of sugar er cotton, the raising of cattle, or mining of :-i!-( r, is a complete little state, ?ry appliance for luxury and with ev .security It contains within its walls hu:a'reds of peons, soldiers, barracks, a chapel, houses for the ' laborers, r.puricients for the owner and his fam ily, and every necessary of life for r.K'.n and beast. The administrador, or general man ager, is the father of the great family; he decides all disputes arising between thf various members of it,, and if he is onl y ordinarily just, "never finds his authority disputed, but is looked up to vita -'much respect and -.consulted by tve peonr, in all family matters. A ge::tloir!;i;i who was for some years rjinistrador of an estate in the state of C'o-ihuila told me that while occupy ing this position he conceived a high opinion- of the simplicity, honesty aad trustworthiness of the Mexican labor er. ;, In most of the haciendas the ma chinery is of a most primitive kind, modern improvements being used only in the largest establishments. . Tortoises and Rain. The tortoise is not an animal one would naturally fix upon as likely to be afraid of rain, but it is singularly so. . Twenty-four hours or more before rain falls the Gallapagos tortoise makes for some convenient shelter. On a bright clear mornihg when not a cloud is to be seen the denizens of a tortoise farm on the African -coast may be seen sometimes heading for the nearest overhanging rocks; when that happens the proprietor knows that rain will come down during the day, and as a rule it comes down in torrents. The sign never fails. This pre-sensation, to coin a word, which exists in many birds and beasts may be explained partly from the . increasing weight of the atmosphere when rain is forming, partly by habits' of living and partly from the need of moisture which is shared by alL The American cat bird gives warning of an approaching thun derstorm by sitting on the low branches of the dogwood tree (whether this union of the feline with the canine is invariable the deponent sayeth not) and uttering curious notes;. . Other birds, including the familiar robin, it is said, give similar evidence of an im pending change in the weather. What Goes to Make Paper. Paper can be made out of almost anything that can bo pounded to pulp. Over fifty kinds of bark are employed, while old sacking or bagging makes a good article. Paper is made out of banana skins, from bean stalks, pea vines, cocoanut fiber, clover and timo thy hay, straw, fresh-water weeds, sea weeds and more than one hundred dif ferent kinds of grass. Paper has been made from hair, fur and wool, from as bestos, which furnishes an article in destructiblejby fire; from hop plants, from husks of. any and every kind of grain. Leaves make a good, strong paper, while the husks and stems of Indian corn have also been tried, and almost every k.indof mqss can'be made into paper. There are patents for making paper from sawdust and shav ings, from thistles and thistle-down, from tobacco stalks and tan bark. It is said that there are over two thou sand patents in this country covering the manufacture of paper. - No matter what the substance, the process is sub stantiaUy the same; , the material ia ground to a pulp, then spread thinly over a frame and allowed to dry, the subsequent treatment depending on the kind of paper to be made. CONGRESS AT WORK, The Hawaiian Question Discussed. Warmly MORE CIRCULATION FOR THE BANKS. Trobable Changes In the Wilson BUI The Republicans Preparing for a Vigor ous Fight The Bankruptcy ; Bill Wilf Not Pass. Washixgton, December 7. A spirit ed discussion of. the Hawiian ques occurred in the senate today. The debate arose over the resolution offered yesterday by , Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, requesting the presi dent to forward to the' senate all the correspondence on the Hawaiian ques tion. Mr. Hoar advocated the resolu tion, and in very strong language condemned the president's course. Messrs. Sherman, Hill and Frye spoke in favor of the resolution, and Messers. Mills, Vilas and Gary against it, but it was finally adopted without division. ' The house passed the senate amend ment to the resolution appropriating $30,000 to carry out the provisions of the Chinese exclusion act as extended, was agreed to. The house subcommittee on banking and currency . has agreed to report favorably the bill allowing national banks to issue circulation notes to the full amount of bonds deposited to se cure circulation. Washikgt6x, December 8. In the senate, Mr. Hill gave notice that he j would, on Monday next, move to take up for consideration the house bill to repeal the federal election laws, and Ma Hoar gave notice, in that connec tion, that he would move to refer that bill to the committee on privileges and elections. -- The democratic members of the finance committee of the senate held a conference this morning, at which it was decided that a comparative state ment should be prepared, showing the difference between the rates of tariff under the Wilson biU,and the existing law, and as soon as this is re ceived the committee will begin work on the bill independent of the action of the house. From the tenor of the remarks of a leading member of the committee, the inference is drawn that there may be numerous changes in the Wilson bill when it is reported to the senate. It is understood that the republi sans of the' senate are preparing for an agarefesive fight, and that the ap pointment of their committee is the . first step towards organization for it. Washington, December- 9. The house in committee of the whole killed the bankruptcy bill today by a vote of 101 to 19. The enacting clause Was stricken out. This virtually de stroys the bill. ' A bill to repeal the ten per cent.' tax cn state bank circulation, has been framed by the subcommittee to which the full committee on banking and currency referred all measures, to this question. The house committee on banking and currency today reported a substi tute for the Hrawley bill, intended to exempt from taxation the issue of notes put out by certain banks, most ly in the south, during the late strin gency. : : ' FOUR IN A DUEL. When the Smoke Cleared Away Three Were Found to Be Shot. ' Srnrxo Place, Ga. , December 8. Yes terday at 3 o'clock the residence of M. G. Hill was the scene of a bloody battle. Boge Terry, who has been for some time seeking the hand of Mr. Hill's daughter, went to Mr. Hill, ac companied by Bob Bates, his uncle, who was arraed with a Winchester, hunting for Tom McGhee, a son-in-law of Hill, who had entered a protest agairist Terry's visiting Miss Hall. They "got McGhee out of the house by persuading him that they wanted peace, but soon after he entered the yard and after the old feud had been discussed by Terry and McGhee, Bates took it up and began cursing Mc Ghee, at the same time advancing on him., .. ' . -' McGhee, realizing that he was in the hands of his enemies and that danger was at. hand, opened fire on Bob. Simultaneously Terry fired at Mr. II ill who had just come upon the scene. The pistols were all fired until empty. When the smoke cleared away it was found that Mr. Hill, was shot in the thigh and one finger, Bates in both sides and McGhee in the foot and side. Terry went unharmed. It is thought that the wounds of Mr. Hill will prove fatal as he is an old man. All belong to prominent fami lies in the county. Bates and McGhee are in bed and Terry is on the scout with the sheriff in pursuit. . Capture of Chinese. Key west, Fla., December 10. Col lector Jeff Browne and his posse, who left here this morning for Bocachica, to capture the Chinese landed at the latter place by a Spanish smack, re turned this evening, bringing eighteen of the twenty-four which were landed. The other six seem to have gotten in town somehow. Those brought in by Collector Browne -are under surveil lance of a force of inspectors and will be held until orders are received from Washington as to what-action shall be taken. They were three days on the Bocachica without food. Stole il5,000. SouTn Bend., Ind., December 8. The South Bend National bank was robbed of over 81,000 today. The robbery was committed in broad daylight, while hundreds of people were on the street and the robbers succeeded in getting away with their booty with out leaving the slightest clue. They did the work while all the officers, and employes were at dinner. They got in through a ba-k window and opened the safe door. In Three -:o: Grain -OP Christmas At Young: Our counters are loaded with useful as well as ornamental presents. MAGNIFICENT LINE SILK HANDKERCHIEFS A Perfect Line of Umbrellas. Christmas Tree of Beautiful Presents and you can buy a Dozen and not spend much money. COME Before they are picked A Cheap A lunar ment. Mrs. Uptoih I don't know what to do with myself this afternoon. Give m $3 for, a ticket to the, concert and I'll go thtre. Hardy Upton Really, Clara, I haven't but 25 cents, and Mrs. Upton Oh, well, give me that, and I'll spend the afternoon shopping.-- Puck. Conjugal tVlsitoin. "She .who ne'er answers till her hus band cools, Or, if she rules him never shows she rules" is a type of wife happily becoming common in these days when women may have good health, cheerful dispo sitions, strong nerves aud clear minds, simply through the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.' Before the reputation and use of this remedy be came world-wide, irritable, cross, ner vous debilitated women, suffering with displacements, hysteria, and ev ery female disease, were the rule rather than the exception. The "Favorite Prescription has proven to be the key to a long and happy life the key which effectually locks out that old array of uterine disorders, periodical pains, weak back, prolapsus, inflama tion, ulceration, nervous exhaustion and general debility, bee printed guarautee on wrapper. Money re funded if it doesn't give satisfaction in every case. Accommodating. ' '".I thank you, sir1, " for your kind permission to call on your daughter." "Remember that I turn out the gas at ten o'clock." "All right, sir. I'll not come be fore that time." Life. Got the Mitten Every Time. "I can marry any girl I please," was his exclamation, but unfortunate ly then he did not please any ; and there was a plain reason for it. He had contracted catarrh of the worst form, and, although a wealthy, edu cated and attractive person every other ""way , he was positively " repul sive to his lady friends, a number of whom rejected his offer of marriage. A friend advised him to use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. He took his advice, and now is the most pop ular beau in town, and he really can "marry the girl he pleases" to ask. It made his breath pure and sweet, he has no headache, no offensive discharges from the nose, in short, is in perfect health, and all from using a lew bottles ol Dr. Sage's- Catarrh Remedy. . Affections of tl e bowels, so preva lent irf children, cured by Simmons Liver Regulator. HOO D'S C U R E.S when all other preparations fail. It possesses i carative power peculiar to itself. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla. , Young Bro NUMBER 50 Weeks d 13 Ls piety o o o o Presents Brothers. EARDY over. Land that will not give a crop of one quarter of the cash value of the crops that proper cultivation can produce on Eastern Carolina land, s selling iri other parts of the Uniori: for one hundred dollars per acre and upwards.' Our farming lands should bring much more and will do so if we only go abo'ut it in the right way. Induce live men with Dush and rani. tal to joki us and the problem, of how to do it, will soon be solved. We .see; that R. If. Ricks, who is aiwoyo mime iront, nas Deen given an Award lor fine corn, by the World's Fair Management "Bob" Ricks always "gets there'1 when he starts to do anything. Argonaut. Guaranteed Cure. We authorize our advertised drug gist to sell Dr. King's New Discov-. ery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. I you are afflicted with a Cough, Cold, or any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this remedy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may return the bottle and have your money refunded. ' We would not make this offer did we not know that Dr. King's New Discov ery could be relied on. It never dis appoints. Trial boltles .free at all Druggists. Large size 50c. and $1.00. . . .: He ( fervently) Desrest, do ycu love me so much that you would rath er be miserable with me, jf you had to choose, than happy with any other man ? She Why, darling, haven't I said that I would marry you ? Vogue. The Bltxlern Mother Has found that her little ones' are im proved more by the pleasant laxative, Syrup of Fgs, wpen in need of the laxative effect of a gentle remedy than by any other, and that it is more ac ceptable to them. . Children enjoy it and it benefits them. The true rem edy, Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Com pany only. Prevention I Batter Than cure, and those who, are subject to rheumatism can prevent attacks by keeping the blood pure and free from the acid which causes the-'dis-ease. You can rely upon Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for rheuYna tism and catarrh, also for every form of scrofula,-salt rheum, boils and oth er diseases caused by impure blood. It tones and vitalizes the whole sys tem. - . A dose of Simmons Liver Regulator taken daily will relieve and prevent in digestion. If you feol weak and all worn out take EROWN'S "IRON BITTERS -:o: - 1VI