North Carolina Newspapers

' SIMPLE IS THE RACEGOER. He Submits to Being Swindled on Every Hand Even Flaya the Shell Game, ' One of the most notorious swindlers in this country once said that New Yorkers were the most provincial peo ple in the world, and that it was easier to separate a Gothamite from his money .than to swindle a farmer out of a cent. How true this may be is a question, but one thing is certain, and that is that ten New Yorkers, if not more, fall vic tims to confidence men to every one out-of-towner. The crowds that fre quent a race track are naturally sup- posed to be composed of very shrewd men yet there is not a class of people in the country to-day who are victim ized so often and so repeatedly, and yet :submit without a word, as a lot of race 'track people. ; Every one takes a turn at buncoing .the racegoer, and a trip to any of the' track with a crowd of horsemen will Jfurnish the best verification ia the (world of the swindler's statement. In the first place, as soon as a race track fopens its meeting all of the railroads which connect with it immediately raise the price of tickets. Where it iusually costs but forty cents to go to 'and from Coney Tsland it now costs fifty Icents for an excursion ticket to Grave send, which is only about two-thirds of the way down. Coney Island visit 4 ors can still get tickets at the old rate, 'but if a man happens to be going to the race - track he must - pay extra money. On the little elevated road 'which runs from Weehawken to the Guttenburg race track the fare all the year round is but five cents. When the (race track was open, however, it cost .'ten cents to get to the track, unless lyou happened to be one of the native, jand then by explaining to the ticket seller just who you were you could ob j'tain. passage at the regular rate. I "Then, again, the admission to a race 'track is exorbitant. It has been shown Ithat with free admission the assocla itions can still make a tremendous (amount of money, yet they charge one dollar and a half for badges', and with out paying that much one cannot get i inside the grounds. Once in, everybody .takes a turn at the poor speculator. At (every pump and water faucet on the grounds or in the buildings there is a ' man who insists on drawing water for iyou, and then calls your attention to a I cigar box with a slit in it which issus ipended near by. In the toilet rooms it is a case of tip half a dozen people or ;get abused like a rufiian, while in the matter of meals the prices are simply 'fabulous. What money a man has left after running this gauntlet the book (makers get, nine times out of ten, and (all in all the average man is a decidedly 'disconsolate individual when the last race is run, and in his haste to get home he jumps into a parlor car only to find that jthere is not a seat left ?in it, and thep is obliged to pay twenty ifive cents for "the privilege of standing . up, where he might have had a seat .and saved the money by taking an or dinary passage. All of these facts go to show what easy victims men are who belong to a class which is supposed ta be exceedingly shrewd. But these swindles are mild com pared with the games that are run on the Bay Ridge ferrybody which carries the racing crowd : from the foot of Whitehall street to the train at Bay Ridge. This trip consumes about half an hour and gives the gang of swin dlers who infest the boat ample time in which to hook, a few victims. It will be hard for a great many people to believe it, but the game worked on this boat successfully is the old, thread bare, time-worn shell game. The same old gang of thimbleriggers who used 'to catch drunken' sailors and soldiers 'fresh young clerks on the Bowery have had the temerity to carry their game right into-a crowd of gamblers, and judging from what a Sun reportes saw the other day they are' meeting with marvelous success. Every one knows the old shell game, yet there seems to be a fascination about it which men cannot resist. With the Same old cry of "Come on, gents; pick out the little ball, 'I the principal shell man came walking across the. cabin manipulating the shells on a little cloth-covered board, which was suspended by a string around his neck, and followed by three or four cappers, who were betting and winning great stacks of bills. It was five minutes before the first victim came to the front. He leaped from his seat as the shell man passed him, and placing his finger on the center shell said: "I'll bet you five dollars it's un der there." "Take yer," said the swindler; up yer money." - - 'get The young man took his hand off the shell for a second to pull a five-dollar bill from a big roll that he had with him, and in that second the shell man, with a lightning-like movement, had changed the position of the shells. Of course the young man lost! lie seemed surprised and sat down, while the rest of the people in the cabin burst out laughing. Out upon the deck went the swindlers, the cappers betting and winning, and occasionally an outsider stepping-in and losing a dollar or' so. Finally," in the other cabin the "gang struck just the I sort of a snap they wanted. It was a half dozen young men of the Jimmy , Fresh order, and when one of them stepped up to bet, the swindlers located right there and let the young- man win his first bet, which was for one dollar. The next bet was two dollars, and amid shouts of glee from his friends the young- man picked out the correct shell. Then he bet five dollars and lost, and in his excitement bet ten dtllars to get square and lost that. Somehow or other he couldn't get the right shell. In the meantime the cappers were batting and winning, and the young man looked on as though he couldnt quite understand it all. One by one the other young men stepped up, and each one of them lost from on j to fifteen dollars before the swindlers made up their minds it was time to go. i Ou the boat there were about five hundred people and at least fifty of them bit at the game before the boat reached Bay Iiidge. Over half of them were man who have frequented the tracks for years, and to see them de liberately swindled was amusing. That Tired Feci ins Is a dangerous condition directly due to . depleted or impure blood. It should not be allowed to continue, as in its debility the system is especially liable - to serious attacks of illness. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the remedy for such a condition, and also for that weakness which prevails at the change of season, climate or life. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, carefully prepared from the best in gredients. .25c. y It is said that the" tariff oomplica tions between Russia and Germany are ilikely to render the latter especially dependent upon the United States foi itlieir supplies. Why suffer jfom indigestion and dys- npnc C7M . t- . rri" uiuimuuij i-iver regulator is "When the passengers had disembarked the swindlers stayed on, board and went back to New York to work the next boat load. For the first four days of the Gravesend meeting these were workecVwithout interference', but the police got at thom and refused"" to per mit them to play any longer, much to the indignation of a number of mis guided people who were under the im pression that they could beat the game and wanted to bet their money where they hadn't a chance on earth of win ning. X. Y. Sun. ' THE LIFE GUARDS. A Body of English Soldiers that Is Famed for Its Flghtlajj Qualities. ' After the Peninsula, the Life Guards proceeded to the Netherlands, and there took part in the crowning victory of Waterloo. The charge of the House hold Cavalry with whom were the First Dragoon Guards is an event of history and will be remembered as long as history lasts. . Theh ensued . a long interval of sev enty years, occupied with the peaceful duties of state ceremonials, and the only changes which took place wore those of dress and equipment. In 1S17 steel helmets superseded the brass ones, which in 1$1 had replaced the cocked hats, and in 1821, at the coronation of George'IV., those in tlieir turn gave way to bearskin caps, similar to those of the Grenadiers, with a-white plume on the left side passing over the crown. For this function, also, steel cuirasses were again issued, and have never since been discarded. The present carbines were adopted at the same time us the helmets, and the long muskets, with bayonets and large lio:se pistols, were deposited in the Tower. . And now we arrive at the last act up to date in the history of the Life jGuards. In 138:2 they, in conjunction -with the rest of the household troops, 'were ordered to Egypt, and croakers 'were found who prophesied that the jlong- interval of peace would have spoiled the efficacy of the Guards, and .foretold the failure of the "drawing room soldiers. How entirely wrong i these prophets of evil were the results .soon showed;" and not only by the fa !mous midnight charge at Kassassin, but by their whole record throughout the campaign, the Guards proved that they ;were, as they had ever been, "first rate .fighting men," and that, whenever called upon, they might be relied on to do their duty as valiant men and true. Chambers' Journal. ON PIKE'S PEAK. Sensations Caused by a Visit to the Lofty Mount. The view from the peak, once beheld, can never be forgotten. The first sen sation is that of complete isolation. The silence is profound. The clouds are below us, and noiselessly break in foaming billows against the faces of the beetling cliffs. Occasionally the si lence is broken by the deep roll of thunder from the depths beneath, as though the voice of. the Creator, were uttering a stern edict of destruction. The storm rises, the mists envelop us, there is a rush of wind, a rattle of hail, and we seek refuge in the hotel. Pause a moment before entering and hold up your hands. You can feel the sharp tingle of the electric current as it es capes from your finger tips. The storm is soon over, and you can see the sun beams gilding the upper surface of the whHe clouds that sway and swing below you, half way down the mountain sides, and completely hide from view . the vyorld beneath. The scenery shifts; like a drawn curtain the clouds part, and, as from the heights of another sphere, we look forth upon the majesty of the mountains and the plains. An ocean of inextricably entangled, peaks sweeps into view. Forests dark and vast seem like vague shadows on dis tant mountain sides. A city is dwarfed into the compass of a single block; watercourses are mere threads of silver laid in graceful curves upon the green velvet mantle of the endless plains. the red granite rocks beneath our feet are starred with tiny flowers, so minu?e that they are almost microscopic, yet tinted with the most delicate and tender colors. The majesty of greatness and me mystery or minuteness are here brought face to face. It is in vain that one strives to describe the scene. Only those who have beheld it can realize its grandeur and magnificence. Cassier's Magazine. ORIGIN OF' THE DIAMOND. Scientific Theories Accounting for the For mation of the Precious Stone. As usual upon disputed points, specu lation has be.n busy about the origin of the diamond, and a large numberof theories, all more or less probable, have been propounded to set the matter at rest. ,The two most reasonable exposi tions are, perhaps, the explanations put forward " by M. Parrot and Baron Liebig-. The former scientist, who has laboriously investigated the perplexing subject, is of the opinion that the dia mond arises from the operation of vio lent volcanic heat on small particles of carbon contained in the rock, or on a substance composed of a large propor tion of carbon and a smaller quantity of ho.lrogen. By this theory, as he con ceives, we are best able to account for the cracks and flaws so often not. "c-d in the gem. and thj frequent occur rence of included particles of hl;if.V bonacepus matter. BarOn Liebig, on claims the credit of explanation of the which actually take the other hand,' oifering a simple probable process place in the for- mation oi tue diamond. His content.! is that science can point to no process capable of uccounting for the'britHn and production of diamonds, except the powers ef decay, If we suppose decay to proceed in a liquid containing car bon and hydrogen, then a compound With still more carbon must be forme I and if the compound thus formed were itself to undergo further decay, the final result, says this eminent authori ty, must ba the separation of carbon in a crystalline form. Gentleman's Maga zine. " He Well, for mv rart. T in picture that tej is a story.'' She "Mrs Witherby's portrait ought to suit you then. It makes her positively hand some." Harlem Life. ROOD'S CURES when allother. preparations fail. It possesses curative power peculiar to itself. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla. 1 SorrecUindiqzstUtt mOminuies Lrl? tali i iprooesii? ficacy 1 CENTS PER BOTTLE t tf S-E BY DRUGGISTS - 2 no It? efficacy NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDERS. Why the Children of Polynesia Always Seem So Happy. If you giansa over a good map of the Paiific ocean, south of the equator, it will look to you like a white paper dotted with specks like pepper. Tiie-e specks represent islands or groups of islands, like Hawaii, the Navigator's islands, the Friendly islands, Fiji, and so on through a vast nu mber of group v rainy of which the men who compile geographies take no note o"f . One class of these islands is very low, and is formed by the coral insect, which turns into limestone when it dies; and the other class is called "volcanic," and is formed by the internal fires of the earth sending their great chimneys above the waves. As a cjnsequenee, ,all the Pacific islands of volcanic origin are mountainous, and you can tell tho forces that made them as soon as you see them. 1 The New Hebrides group extends for four hundred miles southwest of the line of northern New Guinea, and as its conical forms show, it is df volcanic orisrin. There are great manv islands in the group, the most important of which is Errumanga. This island is particularly famous because it was here that that great and good man, the Rev erend John Williams, was killed by the natives'whoin he had coma out to help. In another way this island is famed for its superior sandal wood, a timber of which you should know something, for it is beautiful, pleasantly scented, and is-particularly prized by that skillful and most interesting people, the Jap anese. I ' The inhabitants of the New Hebrides islands are almost as dark as the negro. They are tall, very well formed, and mmy of their habits and traditions are like those' of the African tribes across the Indian ocean, and further away from them than even America, i All the men and women wear ear ornaments, and the holes in the ears, by constantly inserting larger pieces, get to be so long that they hang down to their shoulders iu loops of dark flesh which it is not pleasant to look at. They also puncture holes in their cheeks and fill them with disk of shell or ivory, but when these thmgs drop out, as they often do, the food exudes through their cheeks in a most dis . agreeable way. "Why, tiiey even bore holes in the nose, and hang therein pieces of sh-ell and bits of colored stone. Hut is this any worse than cramping the feet in tight shoes, as we do, or than straining the waist in devices called "stays," till the. natural form is destroyed an 1 the health ruined? We should see ourselves as other; see us, 'and as we are, before we flatter our selves that we are so very in ach supe rior to even the savages of the New Hebrides islands. Usually the women in savage lands are-very much inferior to the men in looks; this is because they have to do all the hard work, and the lazy men. except when they go off to fight, which is their only' serious occupation, have nothing to do but eat, drink, and scold their wives. The women of the New Hebrides islands are an exception to the rale. They are beautifully formed. for the men help them in their work and treat them as equals" and not as slaves. .- v i One of the largest and most populous i of this group of islands is called Vate - ! pronounced "Vatey " and this I had the pleasure of visiting in 18!):?. The ' people were uo doubt very fierce and cruel to visitors a few years aco, but tl,.. t i.:t. -i- " i unah. was uecause tney were afraid of them. Now they are as gentle and kind as those most amiable savages in the world, the people of the Xavi- ' gator's islands, or "Samoa,'' as we now call them. j For one week I lived with the people 1 of Vate, sleeping in their conical roofed : huts, and eating of their fo-Kl, and living ' exactly as they did themselves, and they seemed to like me the better for it. The only English word they know ' it was orjginally a Spanish word is ' "dollar," and all money, whether a ; nickel or a gold coin, is to them a dollar, j Fish abound along the coasts of these ! islands, and the pear fisheries are valu- ! able. The shores are lined With rich ' shells) and through every month in the : year the slopes (.J the hills are covered ! with flowers. When the ehildrenlearned ; that I was fond of shells and flowers, it '' 'delighted them" beyo'n 1 measure, and ' -we became friends at once. With them it was quantity rather than quality, 1 and rny little hut was soon packed with j gorgeous flowers and its earthen floor strewn with the loveliest of shells. 1 While the New Hebrides men. to use ! the expression of an AmAi-imin v,.; dent, '"are now at world and the rest of mankind," yet ' tney love to carry their longr, cruel j peace wnn an tne jrNwim tips 01 shark's teeth, and their, murderous war clubs, and the ! boys use miniature articles of the same character for toys. Here, as all the I world over the girls are very fond of. i dolls, and tney carry them on their baehs, as their dren mothers do their chil- j On nearly all the islands of Polynesia tattooing- is a very common custom, that is, making- figures on thj skin by means of coloring- matter introduce! under' it. but the p-ople of the New Hebrides islands have another form of what they consider decoration. By means of sharp shells, they make s'carj in various firures on the face, alon the arms and legs, and frequently across the breast. When healed, thes scars look white in contrast with their very dark skins and have much t ho .- pearanc board. of designs drawn on a blajk- I pressed me very strongly among th jjojio ui jew Hebrides as. well as among all the savage tribes I met in these, islands, and that. i fi, extreme happiness of the children. This is uae to the fast that they do not suffer from cold or hunger. The climate is so warm that they do not need cloth ing, and nature is so generous on sea and land that food is alvvavs . ohey never know what hunger V Adjerwer: -nemust love men ere they will seem to us worthy of our love. Shaka pare. nr. ... . , M MORE EYE-GLASSES No More- mm. 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Cas toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend. Castoria. " Castoria is an excellent.medicine for chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children." Dr. O. C. Osgood, Lowell, Mass. " Castoria is the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope tho day is not f ar distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children, and use Castoria in stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." Da. J. F. Ki.vchelok, Conway, Ark. The Centaur Company, TI FEMALE WRITERS." Br J. M AUSTEB, In considering the grade of writers it-ferred to in the following comments I am of the .opinion that it is open to question if publishers in the union, and whose hands are in the International typographical Union, should not draw the line of literary "slush" somewhere. This means, of course, that the union would have it in its power to step in and refuse to be the instruments of propagating' baneful literary produc tions, where such is plainly the case. That would not be asking too much on the part of a union which now dictates the details of the procedure of most oi t?e operations leading to publication. I a these days of the boasted advance cf woman's rights into every conceiv able domain; when domestic virtues cn their part are being shoved aside; . When it is said she has proved she can do everything that a man is qualified for, exeept produce a Handel or a Henry Ward Beechcr; I say in these days it is amusing to have to say that the great overpowering bulk of the modem production of imbecile litera ture in the fieid of fiction is written by women. If imbecile .writings of this kind re ferred to ire not injurious, what is? They are not actually Zolaesque, though some of them tremble on an overhanging verge in that direction from overdrawn, gushing suggestive ness. But, if such were not the case, they are a curse to young or elderly female minds in their unnatural, stupid, untrue, improbable and insane fu tility. They lead 'to any amount of ignorant ideas of life and its poisibili tios; false hopes and anticipations for the coming years, and a strong found ation of helpless impracticability work ing on "silly " young females' mind and imaginations. Some of my readers will have seen or perused publications of the kind I am driving at, such, for in stance as "Tempted to Leave Her Lover," '"Twixt Love and Hate," "Nhe "Was a Daisy," ' The Fortunes of a Beautiful Factory Girl," &c lam not concerned about tho literary make up of such productions at present, it ia the trend of this abominabfe unnatural nss that is deplorable, though their diction is such as to cause surprise that a market exists for their purchase., These are the writers whose heroes 'Vlream of feeling the raptures of that perfect bosom beating against his own." Their heroine "s wonns sawn TV- o. touch of his hand in a thrill of exquisite ! Wpiness," or, as the case may be for m, "a thrill of long-in- sweeps o'er h'-a manly face," while a-lin. "she is a d.-eamof ethereal loveliness" as the sun p'ays with her auburn tresses. These aie actual quotations from tho efful-" g'wee of feminine in wixt Love and Hate" in its plot n.akes a would-be strong-minded wvm aa, in the wealthier walks ot life, marry a detective whom she hate, from the first, because, forsooth, he served I er by hunting up the secret history of her rival in love; and it makes another masculine female marry a man before he has made any inquiry as to the fate of a former husband who was injured, not killed, in a railway collision. He turns up alive afterwards, and plays into the hands of the detective' s wife. Ut course, it transpires, the railway victim had another wife, so the hunted female rival is again uppermost in an atirinsnhprn n i j .nrteard - oi social blunders. The story ems with the nlri-fackmn k.-.u mnt of the demon, and the unalloyed haypiness of beings pictured as abject frols hunted through life by the most impossible of impostors, after the fash ionable female kills her detective hus band and poisons herseli Lillie Goidie, in one of these effu- I-loo of aUS n the eourse of the story to 1 e S fS with the fineries, the .dacatioa and the capac.ties of a f ah;ouable girl in comparatively hi,Mi life; goes through ! a mock marriage wiia a man repre , sented as something of a hybrid b tween a tough and a viscount. She fails to convince h -rseif whether she iV mar ried or not. and yet allows a man Ru pert Morgan, whom she' likes, to fondle her and to mae love to her in profusion, lier marriage, such as it was. was ac companied by the peculiar circumstance of two hired bullies being posted atthe door where it took place, in her -hus-1 nd's" mothers houMV Morgan and Wallmgford. her "husb.md," hunt each other -to the death' for months, for her. often meet and forget to mete out vengeance through sheer idiocy. And so on in a wonderful maze of jamWed up. alleged plot, full of inconsequent actions, forgotten threads of the story, high falutin talk under unheard-of cirl cumstances, dialogue to be expected from such characters almost-and an utter absence of any motive in tha no- tors, wno run about the world in wild gooe ehases, and when they find the wwn!hey woa't forffet 10 say and d what they announced as their inten tion. All is disjointed and delirious, and yet some publishersof this "sweeil ness long drawn out" in our bio- cities have lured hands who smoce 2o-cent cigars and live in gilded splendor. The above are the heroes who "sit a horse like a centaur," of whom it is said "a fE. Castoria. MChtoK.a t.s-n n.' '? te'ind ran that I lciia:.:u n.l i uujjci kt ioa.iy .rescriptiott known to we" It. A. Archer, M. D., 111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. " Our physicians in tho children's depart ment have spoken highly of their experi ence in their outside practice with Castoria, and although we only have among our medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet we are free to confess that the merits of Castoria has won us to look" with favor upon it." United Hospital and Dispensary, Boston, Mass. Allen C. Smith, Pres., Murray Street, New York City. I beautiful smile wreathes his expressive I lips;" whose conduct to the heroine 'sets her blood tingling to her finger tips;" whose heart is subject to alleged "wild bounds of exultant joy," while at other time "she colors up at the men tion of his name." This is too idiotic to be Zolaesque, and simply lacks nerve to be as byroad-spoken as the French man. Artist Piinter. ' Just ilie Other Way. There was a fight between two Irish men in Washington a week or two ago, and the Post reports a conversation overheard hot long afterwards: "You had a fight with Murphy, I hear, Dan." "I had that" "And he gave you a black eye." 'That's a lie. The black eye was on the other foot" A Great 1'oirer. of attorney To A power witnesses. browbeat OATH TAKING. The Ancient and Odious Practice of Ii Us ing thejlible. It will require a surgical cperation to rid the ordinary magistrate of the notion that the only form of Christian oath is by kissing the Bible, although the particular volume in use is dirty, offensive and made dangerous to health by the miscellaneous handling and moist osculationsof the attendants at criminal sessions. The secretary of state for home affairs of Great Britain some time ago notified 'all the magis trates in the United Kingdom that kissing the book is not obligatory, but that witnesses and others taking an oath may do so, if they prefer, by up lifted hand. The New York Herald gives an example of the way the magis trates carry out the injunction. "A doctor called upon to give evi dence in an assault case objected to putting his lips to the greasy cover, whereupon the magistrate suggested as a compromise that he open the vol ume and kiss one of the leaves. To this the doctor also objected on sani tary grounds and he was finally al- iuvvcu to swear Dy holding hands." up his It is clear, savs th ti.;wi1tO,;o i Tress, with such pressure brought t ' ueur m support of the ancient un wholesome and reDulsivo nrnntioo 4 kissing a dirty Bible, handled and kissed by the uncleanly and diseased without discrimination, only the per sistent and enlightened few will es cape the odious exaction. The law of this state allows anyone to swear hv uplifted hand, and in the western part ! of the state no other form of oath is ! in use. Philadelphia with character-T istic conservatism clings to the old form, and risks the propagation oi : loathsome disease by thus bringin" the innocent and debauched into" in" timate communication. Now and then some enlightened witness demurs to kissing the book at the order of the crier. One such instance, we remember, 1 occurred in the city some five years ago, and Judge Arnold sustained the 1 objection of the witDess, directed the; oath to be taken by uplifted hand, and ' condemned the ceremony of kissing the book in emphatic terms. Notwith standing this, the practice remains, nnd unless forcibly abolished by iu- ! hibitory legislation will probably snr- I vive even tho cobjblestone and the use of Schuylkill water. "Nevertheless, it is anyone's privileg re wus, otaie 10 insist on the agreeable and sensible form of more oath, ! and no bullying crier or stupid mag-1 istrate should deter anyone desiring to do so from claiming his privilege oi taking oath by uplifted hanrl n , !dedin the act of assembly of Marck home, Bh0i;, more nnd office. Greatert conven ience and I selleronenrth. lOT,'COUTen-K-atm make from S lo S50 per da t veJn ",'e-"-e men nil a bhI to all the neiirhbon.. Fine inrtrumentH, no toymVoi-k anywhere, any dwtar.ee. Graplete, ready for use when 8hu.d. Can be patup byany one W P iXSSS.- AS'.on.e'r.2",iOT- Write W. P. Harrison & Co., Clerk 10, Columbus 0. IE Ti 'I . : "K, ETintK SEX. TbI. roH .uwunuwunarrON &mm, require no cfaanra of A,i, temesto be taken internaUy. Sa A3 A PREVENTIVE by either tax It ! Impossible tocontrae any renerMl d,e; hot in tha CMeS thoae. already U.r.mm, ArwiMrnu, with Oonorrhwa and Gleet, we " tee a euro. Prioe by mail, poetics pai . 81 Der Lax. or a t.! wifLc.Druggi'st and s?,e Asent VITAL TO MANHOOD. ""if.-, Headache, T NervotS T &S?Sess Ksu- less, Mental Depreseion i tV. . . r'WiUK UlNtmiV. iniaQM ' I rOVAr noickn "lBu torrhcea caused by oreiikTSKrTf8' .8Perma 6 for to, by mail wmh.i month's treatment, 1. 1 Gnarantioij ?ran?ee:I" refund if not eura I cures Sick Headache BuScTn WEii UVEltPli,L8 ,' wuaaxiiia Issued oulv b- M. Nadal. n Wilson, N. C. ie Agent ft 9 Look at Diir Clubbing -&t- 1 I 1 V Constitution. Or New York World. Or Detroit Free Press.' and the -AT- Per Year. ADVANCE $1.50 . or i ft - THE LEADI Ml. Nash Street, WILSON, N C. 'IPftw IFWFIFn Watches; Clocks, Sewinor Machines For Cash or on the Installment Plan. Repairing a Specialty' Wedding: and Birthday Presents, A Fine Selection. WHITE Jewelry Store W. J. Churchwell & Co. Proprietors, . r DEALERS IN- Pianos, Organs, Watches AND JEWELRY. Also Agent lor the LIGHT RUNNING C3 CO 5L oo. Any of the abve will hp sold on easy terms. UESsK-epainnpr a specialty. " I do not believe this insti tution has a Superior in thf ooutn. So writes an eminent scholar" - and Divine oi the Wilson For Collegiate Institute, J XI ie:s, WILSON, N. C. (Established in 1S72.I 'T' HIS INSTITUTION is entirely nnn sectarian, and offers a thorough preparatory course of study, together with an iinusually full and comiir, hen- siye Collegiate course. Excellent fa cilities for the study of Music and Art Healthful location. Spring term, or J4jh school year, begins Jany. 22, 1804 Ior catalogue and circular, address Silas E. Warren, Principal, Wilson. N. C. THE COUPER MARBLE; WORKS, in, 113 ai.d 115 Bank St.,. NORFOLK, VA. ' Large stock of finished Monuments, Gravestones, &c Designs free. WALLS DADPDPn AD nmiTmnn inimiiju UA rmiM hi) Cheap -and - Quick. "ROOMS -.PAPERED from $5.oo up , j cijer, JxOOni match Wall Paper, y2c. per roll up. Room Moulding-, iC. per foot up. Apply to 1 FRED. M. DAVIS, Room Decorator and Sign Painter, WILSON. N. C. We can't climb a' string, But if" you wish Heat Jo- fPrin'ting! We can do );ou up in fine ' Advance office Hard Times To meet the present Hard will sell to farmers direct for cfeh. tiooil frilizFr!i atthe LoweslWuolesale Fertilizers. . T '" . ' rw. , rirrlnn. oc S!0! Cotton and feannta, it Si') ii TnickmK Oropa and Pottiea fit 4 Alio Muriate of Potash, Kainit. SulDhati Pm?ub I Black, Nitrate 8oda,in larf. vJSSSOft rSSltf? 5no J two 2o. atampa for cire'a. W. x. p V a?? hnd A muiHcjuDiuactanca. JiiiJiro Md. IB I t 6 t WILMINGTON &WEU)0NR- , AND BRAXClirp AND FLORENCE R.ii;R PAD CONDENSED SCI IE 1 1 ! F. "I'll TRAINS GOING s DATED - et-A J 'AU r ;; Way. 13, 91. ' - ! c --"'"l v- :'-;..'- ' '. 'z -?:- ' A M ! V V "' ''- Iieave WeKloh ...ill 5 : i ; x A. M Ar Kooky Mount' 102 10 3' Arrive Tarlmro.. . 2 40 Z. Leive Tai'boro... 12 25 j I.v Uoeky Mount. 1 02 ! in : n ' Leave Wilson- M.di '"' Leave Selma 2i !M Lv Fayetioville.. 4S5; 12 ill - Arrive Florence. 7 25 ;;o:i i- .- 51.' Leave Wi"son......i 2 is leave Ooldsboro1 3 1';" : A M ! 11 I II i' m r Ml:' Leave Muirnolifc. 4 17 : 5.-.0 P M i Ar Wilmington... TRAINS GOING NOR Jan. 11, '4)1. C a s.-.'y. i A M j 12 OS 1 (41 I Loavo Florence . IjV l''iiyettvville. Ijt'ave tii'liha. Ai rivo V ilsou r m ! I :' C as A M I U 10 10 1 1 ;V. 12 40 Lv Wiltiiinfrton,'.. Iave Mafrmlia.. Ijeavo (Joldshoro Arrive Wilson ... I' M I' M !f Iti ."""4 !o -.' . c -z I M- 1 10 S l:i 2 40 V.'. :ir, 2l;i :i it PM Ar Itocky Mount. Arrive Tarboro .. heave 'rarhoro. ... Lv Itocky Mount, Arrive Welilon... i : :. . I A M 1- .. v t Daily except Monday. D ilK cent .Sunday. :iilV c- These trains enrrv .mlv . .1 . . , , . - -' I. INS passengers holding I'uilman a, ,.ninn,- ciations. Trains on Scoll.-iml Kp,-h 1, 1 . , .... . 11 in.iti leave eldon 3:40 p m; Halifax, 4 D "- .ou.nm iecK 4:55; (,rw. ville, 6:37 P m: kinstnn. r-?z . l.. turning laves Kinston 7:20';! m tlrecn- iue .1:22 am; arriving at I fnlifav 11 m a m; Wei don 11:20 a m, daily, except Trains on Washington branch leave Washington 700, a m,, arrives at 1 armele 840 a m, Tarboro 9 50-r. iimi mg leaes Taiboro .1 ,ir i i i ,,,..iu 6 10 p m, arrives Washington 7 5 p m, daily except Sunday. Conines V ith trans on Scotland Neck Urancii. 'I rain leaves Tarboro, via. Aiiimiarle cm Kaleigh R. R.. daih- evc.-m .,,,.i. 5oop m, Sunday 3.00 p ni; arrive. I'ly- uouin 9:20 p m, 5:20 p 111. Returning leaves Plymouth daily, except Suiulav S:.o a m. Sundn larboro 10:25 a m, and 11:45 1 m. irain MiHl .,, M i. i i Goldsboro daily, except Sunday. U 5 a in, arrive iinitliheicl 7:30 a jii. ieti.m mg leaves Sniithfield Goldsboro 0:0 a in. irain on Nashville Rrandi leaves Rockv Mount A-in n in- irri. . . V .iti,. Ville .K-.OI n ni! SmilKrli'r.n,. r .. n, Keturninsr leaves .Snrmv1(,i. s i m Nashville. 8:5.i m- ni-rivii,,, .,i i.',i - ' --v,""-t "lining HI IW1IJ Moiint 9:15 a in, daily, except Sunday Train on Latta Branch Floter.ee K R leaves Latta 630 p tu; arrive J imil.ar 7 4o p 111. Returning leave Umil.ar 030am: arrive l.att;i Xf. . m "ii.-iu except Sunday. Train on Clinton nrn,i,-i 1. , ... w,r. saw for Clinton daily, except Sun.!, v. al ii:oq a m., Retiirnimr I'e.ives ("lini.m at r:oo n m .,inn,.i.i;,, w , ,,.,: . I - vv..uiv.l ' L v iu .iiw with mam line trains, Irain No. 78 maken Hna. ,mi,.i tinn at Weldon for all points North,-daily, an un via. Kicliiriond, and d niv, ex cept Sunday, via. Portsmouth' and l!ay Line. Also at Rocky Mount u it Ir Nor folk and Carolina road for N 01 In k tlai ly and all points North via Xuilulk daily except Sunday. - JOHN F. DIVINE, Cvn i Sap't. J R Kknlv, Gen'l'Manager. ' T M Emerson. Traflic Manager. - . 1 11 iai. iiiiiiinj ; UUr'YKlGHTS- v 1 OBTAIN A IMTKNT? iVn . SKPL ""'"''T and an lionet opnimn. writ.- M SliJ- s.: who 've faml marh-ttltv vran' fi .'Tf ,in ,t,e Pnf'it businwd. CmriiiitM .1- leal and scientific books sent lreo. patents akm tllr,,1h Mann .& Co. ro".-:" fpeciaJ notice in the Sripntific Amc-rl.'..... .1 out r? KJich before Hi.- f- S5iSLi2.the. ,T,"ti-- This ..'mli.r'i i r. w?&rt a"JU,ton of any scientific work m tin; SlniMit.",1-' amP conies K.-nt 1 li e. tTfMi 1'f;iCert8- ery number confairs i lnSZ Vlan enWinu Luilrt.-ra to si,. u. i Viihii """ecurecontraets. Art.in i a. Wn rolls, 301 Jiuu.u Ay.VV. 1, The Results From Life Insurance are more satisfactory for the aninr.-'; expended than any other- form ( investment. For example, read t!:c following letter from a holder ef a Tontine Policy in the Equitable Life Mr oTt UrKHAif, X. ('.. April 5. 1:1. Air. W. J. Robdet, Manager, Rock Hill, S. C. T)fnr Ai . 4 .. t. . i . , . t,.. miiinT oi maturine Ti" " Pollcv No SIS KM I.. , . ih. . ance Society. I beg to express my cratili. at the settlement olTered. The aettl"m i litx;riU and I feel thr r . i. . ??""-"' . zs""": my Fion at n";r(- -""-" eryiruiy yours, . A. J. TOMU.V'i iN. I1r?nine Plicy represents ti c highest degree of perfection i!i life insurance. If you would know ,1(,,iV. much benefit Uiere is' in it for vou send us your age. and we will scud iuc interesting figures. W. J. R0DDEY, Manager, Department of Carollnus, ROCK HILL, S. C. Vf HY HOOP'S? Bdcause Hood's Sarsaparilla is the most reliable and aecnmnlishes1 greatest cures. HOOD'S CURES' I'M