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HENRY SYLVESTER.
By AUGUSTA LARKED.
Copyright, 1893,
by American Press Associa
tion.! ' . '
CONCLUDED.
and Henry Syl rosier had seen him hang
ing about th5 stable in Sim's spare boors.
Charley sallow and dark, with a
great shock of black hair crowned by a
greasy cap. Hi3 clothes were shabby
and inadequate to keep out the cold,
and he seemed to b-j perpetually wait
ing for a job that never came.
But Henry Sylvester was rather proud
of his acquaintance, for Charley drew a
delightfully long bow in story telling
and used many quaint and original
slang terms. Now, n3 he held out his
large, dirty red hand the child gave him
his tiny speckled white and red mitten
and felt honored by the notice, for Char
ley pressed the little mite very cordially.
"Glad to see yon. pal. Odd, ain't it?
I waa just looking hereabouts for you,
for I knew you wouldn't miss the sol-diers-on
no account."
"You bet!" said Henry Sylvester,
winking hard with both eyes and
straightening himself with hands deep
down in his pockets.
"You see, pal," Charley went on in a
confidential tone, "I don't want to scare
you, but your ma has had a little acci
dent down on the Covington road. The
horse took fright at a furniture van and
ran away and threw her out and broke
her collar bone. It happened right in
front-of old Miss Jones', and she was car
ried in there, and Miss Jones got her
next door neighbor, the butcher An
drews, to come for the doctor, and your
ma was bent on having yon fetched to
her right away, she is such a doting ma."
Henry Sylvester had turned slightly
pale. He loved his mother dearly, and
he forgot everything but her danger and
looked with perfect childlike confidence
np into Charley's face.
"I'll go and ask my grandma," said
he tremulously, "and if she says I may
go"
"No need of that, pal. I've been to
the house and spoke to the old lady
about it, and she said most likely I
should find you out here, and she give
her consent that j-ou should go with Anv
drews. There's his wagon down by the
cross street on the other side of the
track. Ho couldn't get np neaxer owing
to the c-ro-.vd."
Henry fcylvwitcr, with his little heart
swelling, l,:;kod in the direction indicat-
aw
a. wiion with a small house
haying u door closed with a
y. i It was a kind of wagon
nt ttie imc
lock tnul I:
he had lcn; cesirod to ride in. Charley
led hh:i up to'tlio Fide and lifted him by
his anna tow aril tho high seat occupied
bylhe driver. Henry Sylvester scram
bled to his i luce beside the man, who
was tall and rpuro. with bowed shoulders
and long hair. ! He was buttoned np to
the chin in a rough, shaggy coat, and a
woolen muffler wrapped about the neck
concealed the lowt.r part of his face. A
wide brimmed foft hat was pulled well
down over his eyes that looked out at
the child with a strange, stealthy glance.
Charley came round to the other side
of the wagon, and the man who was
fingering the reins impatiently bent his
ear. - "Kid had slipped out to see the
soldiers," the boy heard him whisper.
"Took tho bait most beautiful, though
he's as sharp a3 a cambric needle."
A peculiar sensation' like a shiver went
through the child's body at these words,
and he thought to clamber down out of
the wagon and run home when the man
beside him gav- the horse a sharp cut
across the flank that threw Henry Syl
vester violently against the back of the'
seat, with his short legs in the air. The
driver bent forward over the dashboard
and lashed the horse to a gallop. He
said not a word to the child beside him,
but he coughed every now and " then
with a hollow, graveyard sound the boy
did not fail to notice. A sense of mys
tery and awe stole over him as he peeped
at hiac,ompanion out of the corner of
his eye. He had driven about the conn
try roads in all directions with his moth
er and her patrons, and being an ob
serving child for his age he knew them
well.
Soon Henry Sylvester began to per
ceive that they were not on the Coving
ton road at all, but were bowling down
the turnpike quite in the opposite direc
tion from old Mrs. Jones' house, where his
mother was supposed to be laid np with
her broken collar bone. Then it passed
like a flash of lightning through the boy's
head that Charley had lied to him. and
had helped Harvey to catch him and
carry him off Harvey, that mysterious
being who 6tood to Henry Sylvester for
the very incarnation of eviL The child's
- heart contracted as if a large, strong
nana naa seized it witn relentless grip,
but he was determined not to cry. He1
would stand np to Harvey and defy him
and show he was a man. Suddenly he
laid hold of the man's arm, and in his!
high, childish treble he cried:
"Let me out of here, I say. You're a
thief and a liar, and yon ain't taking mef
to my mother. Let me out, I say." And!
ue Kicxea xne man s leg witn all his
might and main.
The man dropped the muffler from
about his face, showing thin, gaunt
cneeKs, noiiow ana sunken, a scanty.
neglected beard on the lower part of the
face mingling with his long, unkempt
hair. There were signs of emaciation
and recent illness about the thin, worn
neaa, ana the eyes were of a strange,
giassy Dngntness.
"Be still, yon brat," he growled in
- voice nearly extinguished from hoarse-
. neBs. "If yon don't, I'll put yon in the
locrup in the back of the wagon."
Henry Sylvester grew white to his
very lips. He had a particular horror of
being shnt up in dark, close .places, but
he was determined not to show anv
J i . -. "
wgns oi oaDyisn weasness U it killed
him. ., :.:!,-:.... -j.
"Xon wouldn't dast to do that," he
yeueu, wim aenance, "even ir yon are
oarvey, the meanest man in the world."
it was the man's turn now to crow
white, with his glassy eyes staring out
of his head and great beads of perspira
tion gathering on his forehead. "My
God," he muttered in that awful, hoarse
tone under his ' breath, "how do you
mow im narveyr
"I know you be," shrilled Henrv 8vl-
vester, "and you're stealing me away be
cause you re so wicked. You've been
mean to my ma and made her cry hun
dreds or tunes; you've kicked her and
trod on her till she was all black and
blue." ' ,
"She's taught you to say that," whis
pered the man, .fiercely clutching the
child's arm, while the hot breath came
against his face and made him quiver. ,
But he was determinea not io buuw
white feather He clinched his little
baby fists and held on hard. "Dont
you know I'm your father and you be
long to me by law? You're mine, body
and bones. I can whip fori and starve-,
you and make you work like a tiger if I
t)l6flSC." ' ' . ,
There was an awful Binking of Henry
Sylvester's whole being a kind of moral
caving in. He had never dreamed that
Harvey, the ogre of his childhood, could
be his father, and he did not believe it
now. Charley had lied to him, and this
pretense of Harvey's was only an excuse
to steal him away. .
"You ain't my father!" he cried pas
sionately as he again kicked the man's
leg with- all his might. "My father's,
dead and buried in the graveyard. And
if you was my father and starved, and
whipped me ever so, I wouldn't love you.
rd hate you always." . ' 1 j
Suddenly the man was seized with a
terrible coughing fit that bent him near
ly double. He put a ragged handker
chief to his lips, and when it came away ,
it was covered with blood. Henry Syl
vester was awed by the sight. A gleam
of pity came into his bouI for this bad,
wicked Harvey. He must be very sick,'
and in fact even the child's eyes noticed
how weak and feverish he looked.. Ha
watched him as he drew a case bottle
out of his pocket and took a long pull at
the contents. And then the man turned
round and looked again searchingly at
the child, and his eyes were softer" and
more gentle. There was almost a depre
cating, humble light in them as they
rested on his face. -.,
"Well, kid," sai tka slowly,' "I guess I
ain't your father r fax all. You belong
to her, and there ain't nothing of me in
you, and I'm glad there ain't, f or I'm a
bad, wicked man, just as you say, and it
ain't to be supposed you could take to a
man like me. Of course your own pa is
lying in the graveyard. He was a good,
pious chap, and you're too cute a young
ster to be taken in. Look round you, ,
kid. Do you know where you are?"
"No, I don't," said Henry Sylvester,
glancing above at the bare fields and
naked woods, massing their purple stems
against a heavy, leaden sky, for night t
was. now coming on, and the bright
weather had fled, with a change of wind
that betokened snow. - .'.'-'
"You Bee that little crossroad," he
went on hoarsely, pointing with his
whip toward a lonely highway running
westward between two long lines of
stonewall.
Henry Sylvester stood up to take an;
observation and nodded his head. "Well,"
said.the man, still pointing with his whip,
"you see that house and barn yonder
the red house and the new shingled Darn,
backed by some tall pine trees?" Again
Henry Sylvester nodded.
"That's where your Uncle Josiah lives.
Tain't half a mile from this if yon go
straight. Your legs are short, but I guess
they can stump it that far. Now I'm
gom to make a bargain with yon, young
ster, seein I ain't your father, and nev-
er
shall try to steal you away again,
and never should if I
hadn't kinder be-
-
"You ain't my father!"
lieved you was my boy, and had a kind
of achin and hungerin to see him before
I die. Now, if you'll pretend I'm your
pa and will put your arms around my
neck and kiss me just once, and promise
to try to think, if I am a bad man, I ain't
the very worst that ever lived, 111 set
yon down on the road here, and you can
run to your Uncle Josiah, and he will
take you home to your ma."
Henry - Sylvester was bo relieved to
find that Harvey wasn't his father after
all, so delighted at the chance of getting
home to his mother to sleep in his own
little bed, he made haste to comply with
the conditions. Clambering on the man's
knee he put his arms confidingly around
his neck in a warm little hug and kissed
him twice on the forehead. His whole
body was quivering, for it frightened
him to feel the man s burning breath on
his cheek and the hungry, desperate
way he strained him against his breast.
At last he let him get down on the
road without another word, and the boy
stood and watched him as he bent his
miserable head on his breast, putting
out his hand as if suddenly seized with
blindness. At last he straightened him.
self, picked up the reins, gave the word j
to his horse and departed down the
pike at a rapid trot without looking be
hind him.
But tho boy stood and gazed at this
strange, pathetic figure as he vanished
out of his life, and a crowd of new feel
ings swelled his little heart. Who was'
ITarvpv after all? m t.o
J , UJ UOU 14 U DUBUHU
him so convulsively in his arms with the
trv finVtH flfrn'rrrrl'nfy i-n lnia V 1 TT i
c ci , tun jujr i ui trcuee ui ireeaom now DOre
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sway over every other feeling. His feet'
were numb, his fingers tingled with cold.1
his very heart seemed chilled in his little1
breaBt. He began to run as. he thonerht.
unu mo way aoryey iiau POinieu EO-i
ward Uncle Josiah's. He ran a long
time, ana wnen ne stopped to take an
observation the red farmhouse and thn
T 1 i ia i i i
jeiiovv Boiugieu rooi naa disappeared.
ne was aione on the highway not A
uvuboiu Bigui. ingui, iiau comeaownj
with impressing suddenness and lazy
flakes of snow begton to whirl and bal
ance in the air, patting his cheeks with
s r:.i.i t j .
their soft, cold hands.
Henry Sylvester found himself just at
tne entrance or a little piece of woods,
where a frozen brook crossed the road
under a rustic bridge. The woods looked
very dark and threatening. ' He thought
oi losing nimseir, and starving to death,
and getting covered no bv a snowbank.
He thought of wolves and bears coming
out of the forest and sniffing about in
search of a Bupper. Then his thoughts
turned toward home, and he saw his
mother and grandmother sitting by the
warm, bright fire, and Sim out in the
stable feeding the horses. Then his chest
began to heave convulsively. His manly
Boame or babyish crying oozed away,
and the slow, miserable tears rolled
down his nose. He was cold and hunerv
and wretched, and there he was Bitting
on a cold stone out in the dark, the light
snowflakes flicking his eyelids, the black
woods behind him, and the long white
road stretching away into the mysterious
ana awrni night.
Henry Sylvester's grief turned from
weeping to sobbing. He tried to sob
very low and softly so that the bears and
wolves would not hear him and come at
once to crunch 'his bones. He never
knew how long he sat there, when the
silent, hard frozen road began to resound
with the measured thud, , thud of a
horse's feet. Henry Sylvester pricked
"hp his ears. Somebody was coining along
the pike. .He knew the gait of all the
horses in his mother's stable. His little
heart bounded with joyandhope ajhe
gald to himself, ,'Bandy!'rtTne regular,
solid,' easy ttot -came nearer and nearer,
and with it was mingled the light spin
nt Vmtronr wheels. ' ,". v- '
Henry. Sylvester got on bislegs, though
tiiev felt verv weak ana neavy muca aa
if they "belonged to some other boy and.
stood; by the side oi tne roaa, swinging
his cap. As the buggy came along he
gave i a. startling cry.UKe xne anneK oi
some wild bird in the night.-' The horse
checked its pace. ''Who's there7" called
Miss Spencer as she put her head out or
the black hood. .
"It's me," piped up a childish voice.
There were exclamations, and wonder
ing cries, and notes of alarm, and in the
midst of it I all Henry Sylvester was
drawn up into Miss Spencefs lap and
tucked under the laprobe and a warm
cloak.1 He felt very sleepy and tired as
he cuddled down in the soft nest, his
Jfead on Miss Spencer's breast, while she
rubbed him and felt of him all over to
see if any bones were broken in his little
body, i Before he went off fast asleep
4he heard her say close to his ar,"How
in thei world, iienry eyivesteiyaia you
come here?" " " ' . i- '
The boy wis so tired and drowsy he
' did not know how to frame a word. It
occurred to! him, however, that" : he
wouhVnot give himself away. ; He had
never heard' his mother talk to any of
the neighbors about Harvey, and so he
decided to tell a little, white lie, a wee
one, aituougn ne naa a contempt 101
"I runned away," he arawiea sieepuy,
and then he dropped off into blissful
dreamland and did jiot wake until he
felt himself lifted down at his mother's
door. Mrs. Miller was sitting in the
kitchen with her things still on just as
she had come in from her drive. She
was strong, dry eyed, pale as marble.
Her hands clinched until the nails hurt
her palms. - The fire had gone out in the
stove. There had been no supper eaten
or even thought of. ' A little night lamp
mere spark of light was smoking on
the table. The poor old lady, all dishev
eled and woebegone, her cap off, and
the gray hair hanging down her cheeks,
was standing over her and pleading with
her child.
Whyi don't you scold me?" she
moaned tremulously. "You may strike
me if it will do you any good. I must
have gone to sleep in my chair. I know
I was setttn right there in the rocker,
thinlrin about Harvey. There was mil
itary music in the street. - Henry Syl
vester was Bettin right there in the cor
ner with his slate, and suddenly I lost
myself. It couldn't have been a minute,
but when I come to he was gone."
Oh, mother, mother!" was all the
poor woman coma say. one exrenaea
her arms and fell them closing on air.
"Shan't I ever feel his little tight arms
round my neck again, and them kisses
he gives 'when he's been naughty and
wants to make up? Seems as though my
brain is reeling. Do you think I shall
go crazy? f If I do, don't put me in one
of them straitjackets. In mercy let me
drown myself. I've been to the sheriffs,
and I've telegraphed all over the coun
try, and now there ain't anything more
to do, and I can t cry, and my thoughts
and feelings are all froze up. What is the
Lord doin it to me for? Haven't I suf
fered enough?" .
At that i moment the door was flung
wide open, and Miss Spencer rushed in,
followed by her young man, who was
carrying a child in his arms. Mrs. Mil
ler gave an awful shriek, and for the
first time in her life she fainted dead
away.
For a week the adventures of Henry
Sylvester were the talk of the town.
He found himself a hero. He knew not
why. People came from some distance
to shake hands with him, telling him he
was a fine little man. His mother's
nerves were so shaken she could not look
at him without weeping and catching
him up wildly in her arms. The adven
tures of that memorable day had
wrought a moral change in the child.
His observing powers had always been
of the acutest, but now he began to re
volve matters in his mind, to put this
and that together, and the picture of
Harvey, sickly, coughing and spitting
"blood, with his gaunt head and long
Tagged hair bowed over the dashboard,
as he waved farewell with bis hand, re
mained in his memory and burned itself
in like an indelible picture.
His mother had talked with him in the
woodshed and np stairs when they were
alone together, and little by little she
had made out the whole story, and her
soul was troubled.
"Mother," said she one day about a
fortnight after the abduction of the boy,
"I guess I shall take that gun away from
the head of my bed and put it up gar
ret. It's kind of a scary thing to have
round, and Henry Sylvester might get
hold of it."
"So do," said the old lady humbly. "I
guess you won't feel like trustin me any
more with him, Belindy, and I am t sur
prised." "Don't say that, mother, and begin to
run yourself down. I'm glad it hap
pened.
" w ny, uennay Miller, you are a
strange woman."
"Yes, I am, mother, but it's kind of
come to me these last days thatmebbe
I've been too hard on him. Mebbe I've
misjudged some. How's the Lordgoin
to pity us in the day of our trouble if
we ain't pitiful to the erring? And now
if he's sick and trampin around the
world, with nobody to care for him. I
should like to have him come home."
The gun was put away up garret, but
it Happened that that very night Mrs.
Miller could not sleep. A wild storm
was raging, and between the blasts of
wind and the sharp sound of sleet rat
tling against the windows she seemed to
hear stealthy steps around the house
coming, going, pausing, then moving
on. At last she could endure it no lon
ger. Toward 4 o'clock she arose, struck
a light, dressed herself, went to the
kitchen and kindled a fire and sat shiv
ering over it with strange presentiments.
It was 6 o'clock now. The pallid dawn
wouia soon begin to glimmer over the
spotless snow piled in drifts and fan
tastically wreathed ' about trees and
.fences and eaves. The footsteps had
ceased. She listened, holding her breath.
The old woman slept peacefully, and so
uiu uie enna.
OI. 1 ' .l i . i -
one ugniea a lantern, drew on a pair
of men's boots, put a shawl over her
head and went out around the house.
The drifting snow had covered the foot
steps, if any there were, but she kept on
in the teeth of the wind, bracing herself
until she came to the stable. All was
locked and silent there. The two men
in the barn chamber were still fast
asleep. She struggled on toward a shed
in the rear where old wagons and sleighs
were stored, and just as she got under
cover out of the bitter blast, with the
light of the lantern lying before her, her
foot struck an.' object which the snow
had partly covered in a round, smooth
neap.
suddenly her -heart stood still, for
there was a head with wild tangled hair.
uow well she knew who it was! She
let .the lantern drop from her hand and
roll away, and then she knelt down and
Degan to scrape away .the snow, calling,
"Harvey! Harveyrbut the ear was deaf.
Faster and faster she worked with her
nervous, trembling fingers. He was ly
ing face downward, with a coarse wool
en muffler about the neck. Gently, at
last, she turned the body over, face up
permost. He was quite dead, but the
countenance wore a peaceful, even smil.
ing, look. As she placed her hand on the
heart that had stopped beating forever
it came upon his hand, drawn up to the
oreast and nrmiy clasping some small
object. Slowly, even painfully, she un-
;":y jj
She unclasped the dead finger. v
clasped the dead fingers. They' were
holding a little book carefully wrapped
in a tattered handkerchief.
She unfolded lit tremulously.- The
pale dawn light was with her now. It
was a bankbook and inside lay an old
yellow letter she had . written to him
when they were first lovers; There was
a scrap of paper tucked into the envelope,
with a bit of writing upon it in a feeble,
uncertain hand. "This book is for my
boy," it said. "Heave it to him. It is
worth $500. I have worked some years
to get this money together. I want my
boy to think kindly of me if he can. I
want my wife to forgive"-
i She was upon her knees beside the
body, and she spread out her arms and
threw herself on that cold breast, press
ing her lips to the icy lips 'of him who
had been her husband. -
" . THE END. . '
The Big-Bruce ln. ' ' '
' The Bruce photographio telescope,
made after designs of Professor Picker
ing of Harvard university, was tested on
the grounds of Alvin Q. Clark's work
shop in Cambridge, Mass., one night re
cently. A photograph of the north star
was successfully taken, and within the
short space of one hour the work of more
than H years was tested and pronounced
good. The negative was made on a
glass plate 12 by 15, and the little, insig
nificant looking glass plate represents a
triumph in astronomical observation.
Photographio telescopes with eight men
lenses have - been used before, one of
these now being in the Harvard observa
tory, but nothing in the astronomical
world thus far has ever approached this
big 24 inch lens. Philadelphia Ledger.
Admonishing Him.
All the wedding party were assembled
at the registrar's. The bridegroom alone
was missing. At last he put in a belated
appearance. He was a hale old gentle
man of 70.
"Another time," said the registrar,
"come a bit earlier!" Sonntagsblatt.
A SUN DAT 8EB.VO(.
Last Sunday there was preaching', an'
ne all went out to bear ;
The little chuich was crowded, for the
rich an' poor was there ;
It was jes' a splendid sermon, an' the
singin' full an' free
"Amazin crace, how sweet tbe sound
that saved a wretch like me."
When I call the sermon splendid I mean
it was the kind
To take deep root an' bear good fruit in
every sinners mina ;
It was full of consolation to weary hearts
that bleed
'Twas full of invitation to Christ, and
not to creed.
The text was 'boat the prodigal who
spent his livin' near.
Until he came at last to want the husks
the swine did eat ;
But a sweet thought gave him comfort
when he hard I v wished to live.
"I will o unto my Father for my Father
will forgive.
I'm talkin' to you fellows," said tbe
- preacher, "here to-dav.
Who spent the Master's livin' in a coun
try far away ;
You've got to where that fellow was
yon can t tell why or how, .
But come back to the Father he's a
waitin'Jor you now ! '
From the amen corner to the door tbe
- people gathered near,
An "Piay for us !" they shouted, an it
seemed the Lord was there ;
An sich a great handsh kin' ! well, the
precious time is pt-st.
But the oil church in the backs woods
got a bles&in' ihar'il last ! !
Atlanta Constitution.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Strong Probability of an Issue of $30,000,-
000 of Bonds by the Government.
Telegraph to the Morning Suu
Washington. January 13. From
well inioimed sources it is ascertained
that there is a strong probability that if
Congress fails to come to his relief within
the next fifteen days. Secretary Carlisle
may deem it necessary to issue $30 000.
000 of bonds, under the resumption act
for the purpose of maintaining the gold
reserve intact. The bonds if isssued will
be sld only for gold, but the details as
to bow long they will run, at what price
they will be sold, and how placed on tbe
market, etc., have not as. yet baen con
sidered, This proposed plan of the Secretary,
it is said, is the result of careful consid
eration and of course meets with the ap
proval of the President.
The small amount of the proposed
issue, it is understood, has been deter
mined upon simply to tide the Treasury
over its needs, until Congress can take
np the whole financial question and dis
pose of it. "'
Should Congress within the next fif
teen days, by resolution or otherwise,
meet the present Treasury needs. Secre
tary Carlisle will refrain lrom acting on
his own responsibility, but should it fail
to act in that time a bond issue to the
amount stated, it is believed, will be
made. "
Secretary Carlisle, it is said, would
personally favor the coinage of the silver
seignoraee, ii the law permitted him to
toll it qE and coin It, out tbe scignorage
obtainable from the coinage of the silver
bullion is so small and would come in
so slowly that it will not be nearly, suffi
cient to meet the present emergency.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Bismarck is beyond question '
a man who has' the courage of his
convictions. He turned over a new
leaf on January 1st, by returning to
the luxury of a pipe. The emperor
has not, as yet, seen fit to signify his
disapprobation by a decree against
smoking, Washington Star,Jnd.
! Persons who send through
the mails letters ordering counter
feit money, , violate the postal laws
and are liable to a fine of $500 and
imprisonment for. eighteen months,
according to a recent ruling by As
sistant Attorney - General Thomas.
Those who receive ; letters from
"green goods" men had, therefore,
better not reply to them. Savannah
News, Detn. :
The Chatham Furniture Co., Savan
nah. Ga., has assigned in favor of E. F.
Loyell, one of the largest creditors. The
-assets are $43,000. and liabilities $21,020.
. '' JSST- s 1
A Racking Cou
Cured by Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Mrs. P. T. Haix, 217 Genessee Sfc,
Lockport,"N. Y says ; - . :
" Over thirty yean ago, I remember
- bearing my father describe the wonder-:
ful curative-effects of AyersCherry '
Pectoral. "T During a recent attack of La
; Grippe, which assumed the form of a :
catarrh, soreness of tbe lungs, accom
panied by an aggravating cough, I
used various remedies and prescriptions.
While some of these medicines partially
; alleviated the coughing during the day,
none of them afforded me any relief from
' that spasmodic action of the longs which
' would seize me the moment I attempted
to lie down at night. After ten or twelve
such nights, I was ; - '
Nonrlu In nAenJiSr.
and had about decided to sit up all night -in
my easy chair, and procur6 4rhat
; sleep I could in that way. It then oo
. curred to me that I had a bottle of
; Ayer's ' Cherry Pectoral. I took a
spoonful of this preparation in a little
water, and was able to lie down without
coughing. In a few moments, I fell
asleep, and awoke"' in the morning
greatly refreshed and feeling much
; better. I took a teaspoonful of the Pec-
toral every night for a week, then grad
j ually decreased the dose, and in two
I weeks my cough was cured." .
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Haas.
" Prompt to act, sure to cure
j fcfUSlftfe.SS- LUCALb.
Or NoncBk For Heat or Sale, Lost and Found,
Wants, and other short -aiisceUaneoas adrerUBemena.
inserted in this Denartinem. in leaded Nonnarei) type.
on first or fourth page, at Publisher's aptipa, for 1 0
cents per Una. each insertion; bat no advertisement
taken or less than 26 cents. Terms, positively cast
Is advance F--ion of tine ronnted at whole lines.
Wante Position aa Steao rawher and I ype
writei. Terms reasonable. Addiess "Stenographer,1
104 outh Front street. jnl42t
We want to buy te ity-five head Cattle for feed
ing parposas Prefer good sound Ste rs etween ihree
and six years Id. No fat cattle wan-ed. Apply
North Carolini Cotton Oil Co. , jan 14 It -
Will sell cheap one thousand cart loads damagtd
Cotton Seed Hulls for manure. North Carolina Cot
ton Oil Co. . jan 14 It
i
Cheapest placi in tos-n. I h.vejmt received
another lot of Boy's aud Gent's Clothin saved at
the big BaHnger fire at Florence, S. C , which I
will tell 20 per cent below cost. Call and examine.
B. F. Penny, 110 Market street. - - cSl
- For sale cbep Two (2) gooi working mules, at
H. C. Evans,-115 Princess street, where yon get your
boats and shoes cheapest. : jan 12 St "
r. W. H. Wakefield, of Winston, will be in Wil
mington, at the Orton House, on Wedtesdsy and
Thursday, Jan. 17 and 18. . Practice limited 'O eye,
ear, nose and throat. . - "anSlOt
New York Shoe Shining has been in trod need by P.
W. Miller, at his new Shaving Parlor, No. 7 South
Front street. Shoes will be pr -pcrlv oiled and scraped
before they are re-blacked and polished. A special
man will attend to the shoe-shining chair. cSl
Holiday Pho-ographs. I will make Cabinet
Photogiaphs for $3-50 per dozen, from now until the
15h of January, regular price $4.00 per dozen. Come
before the tosh. First das- work goaranteed. U C
Ellis. Photographer, No. 114 Market St, dec 17 lm
Received to-day Monn-aia Butter. N. C Buck,
wheat, Chickens and Eggs, at A.'G. Alderman's. No.
17 Dock street. ' c21
Notice. I will have on Monday 100 bunches of
fine Bananas, and also a lot of fine Mountain Apples,
which I win sen low down. A. S. Win stead. No. 115
North Second street. . c21
ITbls year's peanut vines the cheapest good forage
for cows and mules; also grain, hay, and all kind; of
mixed feed. John S. McEachern. 811 Market stteet.
Telephone 92. c21
Par ant ed, Send your fur to us, and. save an
commissions for selling. Highest cash prices paid,
and honest grading guaranteed. We are exporters
agent, and pay freight on all fur sent to us. - Write for
prices; W R. Slocum, No. 130 Market Street. c21
Kratbnke, F. H., tt Co., are now prepared to fix
yottr up a fine winter suit to order for $SS, and up
wards. It wiU pay yon to call aadsee him at No. 113
Princess street. Smith's building. c21
Penny, B. F., Co., 110 Market street, desire
to m -ke no blowing-horn of themselves, but in the sale
of cloihing, hats, gents' furnishing goods, &c, thry
can knock the spots out of any houe in 'he city, cvl
All in want of Veteran Badges can now be supplied
at Geo. W. Hoggins, 105 M-rket street. c21
Portner1) Beer for purity. Partner's Beer for
quality. Former's Beer for everybody. That's the
tune they an sing Portner's Beer for everybody
t' c81
Palmetto Brewing Co., of Charleston, S. C. Ex
port. Rice and Lacrer Beet. Branch office No. 4(8 Nut
street; deliveries promptly made anywhere in city. F
Richter. Manager. s21
Sneffield, W. W., Manager Tide Water Oil
Co.L Manufacturers of the best tight cooperage in the
South. Bands for cotton seed oil and spirits tur.
penrwe a specialty. For information, address tne
Manager. c21
W anted Tbe drummers, lawyers, doctors, farm
era,' merchants and all visitors to Wilmington to know
that! good meals and solid comforts are, to be bad at
.The Pnropn at livint rates. c81
flloney to Loan. Residences and building lots for
sale for cash or on tune. Aqnila J. Marshall, Attor.
ney.and CounseUor at Law. 814 Princess street.
J je"tf
' Harden, P. H Carriage, Buggy and Wagon.
Maker; Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Collars; new vehicles
always on hand; repairing promptly done. Third St.,
opposiee new Conrt Mouse. Wilmington. N C. c81
Walker, W. S-. sanitary plumber and tea fitter
1 knep the latest improved sanitary specialties on hand.
No. 5 South Second street. Work outside the city
promptly attended to. rfl
Wire Netting for Poultry VardV'Gem" Ice Cream
Freezers and Ice Shavers, Pocket-knives, Fishing
Tackle, Sash, Doors, Blinds. Cooking Stoves, Agricul
tural Implements, for sale by tne N. Jacob! Hdwe. Cot
I ' - rill -
SptrUtlne Chemical Co., Hansen Smith Man
agers. Wood distillers and refiners; Mfrs of Spin tune
Oil for wood and iron preservation; Spirittine Paint.
Tar Oil, distilled Tar and the S Spirittine remedies.
I s21
1894.
DEW YEAR PRESENTS,
UilAMCS 1894. i
BLUM'S and TURNER'S.
ARIES, 1894.
D
' Magazine subscriptions received
and forwarded at publishers' prices.
A large stock of Wall paper, Win
dow Shades, Cornice Polet &c, just
' t ' - - i
received.
dec 81 If WllMIMGTON. &.C.
TO F. A. IS. A Colored Erurrtrrtno;
uf UuioiMe Ilas-ius at vurk.sbu. large
Catalogue ot stsomo books aud R-KKia
wibh bottom pnoea. NwlllustraXealiui-toi-y
of F. eemasonry tor Agents. B.-wai- j
oltnespuriousMusonlc books. KEDU1M1
A UO., Publishers andTSlnjiiiCacturers ot
alasooio Qooda, 131 ead way. hew ork.
SMuWtt
A j January Blizzard. ;
1 t
y Doridg this month the Dry Goods
business is usually supposed to hiber-
riate igp intdits hole as it were,
and pall its hole in after it. . . : j!
WNOTVSO :WITH :TJS;V;$
- We not only propose to stay out
ourselves, but to offer such induce
ments on our goods as to bring, you
out also. We will retail stuff during
this sale -not . at wholesale prices,
but at less than wholesale cost. 'You
who know us, know that we make no
promises promiscuously with product
ing the proof.g;.i4i
The feet of the young men do not
linger at the door-way for us. J
Here's the Goods, and .- r4
- - Here's the Prices.
" . DreiGoodslS
-All Wool Cheviots.; Flannelsand
various suitings, was 85c. a yard,-(is
now 50c. i .
Flannels, Serges, Bedford Cords,
Crape Cloths and Cheviots, all 38 in.
wide, reduced lrom 50c to 25c yard.
Flannels, Serges and popular Suit
ings, reduced from 25 and 35c a yard
to 15 cents. .
- Pig Skin Gloves.
Former price $1, now 50c
Toilet Soaps and perfumery.
. Colgate Soaps and Perfumery; j
Pear's Soap12. 17, 23, 50c. J i
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Cloik Department .
The balance of our stock of Capes
and Jackets must go, and will be
sold regardless of cost. j
Mattings, Mattings. ' New ones
just in.
A.D.
Successor to BROWN & RODDICK! '
' No. 9 NORTH FRONT S
Jin 14 tf , - . i
FURNITURE.
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For Everbody and his neighbor!
Two car-loads just received. Priced
lower than ever. Our stock is too
bief to enumerate. We ask you to
look or write us for Furniture.
Oak Suit, Ready.
ill
Mattresses,
hair or White
in the world,
good mattress.
Mattresses, u r e y
hair. The finest bed
A comfort to all is a
SNEED & CO,
No. 16 South Front Street.
The Cheapest furniture House
in North Carolina. i
Jan 14 tf !
Cronies of Former Days.
gAY, HERE, JIM, DON'T YOU TRY TQ
pass by me and not speak, when I haint seen yon fur
six years. Where have ou been? Well, Sam, I
' H if
don't know where I haint been, but 1 been to Florida
and Oos'ow and Duplen and down in Ahtbarma, but
I got back to my good old home where it never snows
and the peosle are o kind, and I don't soect to ev-r
leave any more. Well, Jim, when did yon get b ck
Well bout two weeks fote Chri imi-s. Well. Jim,
where did yon bay your th-es ? 1 dide t know you ud
go: up to wcriov shots. Well I haint been, am, but
I wal.ed by i he Racket Store and seen them ma ked
out so cheep I couldent help boyen urn. Yuu see it
i a nice No 11 Gaitor and 1 ony paid 99 crnts fur
nm. I also bought this mo- fur cease AU ine Hat lor
: tha- they cnareed me $1.75 fur np tow , and 1
boa nt my Betsy ih best lonest heavv rib bos you
ever saw fur nly 10r, and th y hive over 8,000 pair of
urn, and 1 . ot imsclf a good seam es ,ir nr 6c. and
I bough' this g- o Flaorlett top Shirt with large C 1
'ar lur xOc I tell you, am, they are business men
there, they look l ut fa poor fo ks. The inly tronble
is voa ra i t eit wued on omeitmes they are so bu y.
1 went there ore Christmas nd had to wait to hoars
tore I could get waited on. Yes, Jim, that is the place
tor yon t trade at 1 nave pern traaing tnt-re nve
vtars. and Quit them .hree tij es because ther would
not let me jew the n down on their prices bnt I went
back every ti ne when t found ut I was oo ing mone
and if v. n will ttick ud to them voa will have a easier
time the balia ce of y.ur li e than yon h tve had, but
I tell you one thing ii yon lisen to seme of the other
me chants here voa will think 'he Racket rtor haiut
gotn-ithra; hey will tell yon itts of things a-out nm
and will t y bard t keep you trom going aown to tne
Racket They t 'Id me when I' comi here tbat the
Racket had nothln bat trash, bnt I irat on down
there and.found out it was not so. Well I must go,
eood buv lim Uood buy S-am.
Say, Jim, don't f-rg.t the number of that place.!
You will see a blsr sizn in tr t ma' ked in letters about
as big a- y u are, k ticket Store, and the'n umber is 117:
Scnth Front s reet, rite acrost trom ihe Market, fur if!
von make a mistake and eet in the rone place thry
will tell yon it is the Racket and will keep you away ifj
tney can. jan i it
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LITHIA
Harris Lithia SDrings, S. C.
A wateji that contains about one-
third more Lithia than the Buffalo
Litbia Water, and has not aa equal
in the Unfed States.
Read what the most
n o t e fi Physicians of
South Carolina have to
say for Ihe Harris Lithia
Water:
After a long Sand varied experience m the use
Mineral Waters Xrom many sources, both foreign and
domestic. I am (ally persuaded that the Harris Lathis
Water possesseskmcacy in the treatment of afflictions
of the Kidneys and Bladder unequalled by any othet
Water of which have made trial.
This oninion s based noon observation of its effect-
on mv patients for the past three years, during which
time 1 have prescribed it rtvely and almost nnuormiy
with benefit
in the medicable maladies above men-
tioned.
When failure fo relieve has occurred, I have im
pnted it to insufficient use of the Water, for my expe
rience teaches rot that from one to two quarts daily-
should 'be taken from two to four weeks, to st are it
full remedial enacts. A. N. T ALLY, H. D.
Colombia. S.IGU October 8th, 1882.
I Camdbn, January 96 1892
J. T Hams, Esq., Hams' Spring, S. C:
Dear Sin 1 fipd great benefit Horn the use ot you
Lithia Water.' consider it a fine tonic, and genera
regulator of the digestion, as well as very efficaciouf
in those diseaseaffor which Lithia is considered some
what of a specific ! JUDGE J. B, KERSHAW.
My wife bav jbeen using your Lithia Water and
is very much betfefitted. I consider it in every respect
equal ts the fam jus Buffalo Lithia Water
Abbeville, S.C f JUDGE J. S.COTHRAN
For sale by Ihe bottle or gallon by J. HICKS
BUNTING. Drkgeist, sole agent for Wilmington and
vicinity,
A. uuuaing, Wilmington, . o.
mar 28 tf
Staple Groceries
We invite attention of the trade to
our large stock of ' '
Fancy ind Staple Groceries.
Snuff, Tobacco, Cigars, &c.
Specials; jWhitefish and Mullets.
Wholesale 64ocers and Commission Merchant!-.
' novSS tf DAW Nott and Mulberry sU,
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of every nature and degree. It makes an operation
with the knife ot injections of oarbolio acid, which
are painful and eeldom permanent cure, and often
resulting in death, unnecessary. Why endure
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boxes to oura any case.. YoS only pay for
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Guarantees lasoad by our asenta.
wwiaw .w py Japanese Lirerreneii
tha oro.r TTVTTlkTid STOM A.CH KEGULATOB and
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take, especially adapted for caildren'a tise. 60 Dose
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A agriculturists, -promises and proves greater and
more lasting resulrsahan any known that of planting
out groves of the Ttxas Thin-shell Pecan.
1 his is the favorie nut. three times tbe size of the
common commercial kind (25 to lb.), bears in six ars
(other kinds take ' 10 or 13), an commands a fancy
price in the market. . In the statemenu of the mot
eminent horiicul or thev ay that at to 8 year
of age they aise J50 to t8 0 per acre and a tree over
iilO While nnrseymen charae$t e ch. and 60to
76 per hundred for r.ees, I am ellin as foil ws 8
or (I ; la for $3; WJeno gh for 1 acre, x40 feet) for
SO. . All OWCS ' 0 9 w i.. -kh. siwi
by express ot freignt, with whole root, and goarant-ed
to live aud give more than aati faction. All who have
read the -tab wiutnn the past five years! know what
the favorite Feces - Uroer at once. . Address
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The First -Series,. now ready, con
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Li'e-Like Portrait of John L. Stoddard;
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Ann Hathaway's Cottage, Stratfoid-on-Avon, Eng.
Ellen Isle, Loch Ratline, Scotland;
Blarney Castle, Inland;
Panorama of Stockholm, Sweden;
Group of Laps, Norway;
Heidelberg Castle, German? ;
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Statue of Columbus, Genoa, Italy.
Tbe Milan Cathedral, Italy;
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THE 8TAR,
ART SERIES DEPARTMENT,
WutninviOTi,. N. C!
Flour! Flour!
1,500 Barrels.
All grades bought cheap and bought
to sell, not to keep.
139 Barrels Sugar.
40 Bags Coffee.
40 Barrels Pork.
50,000 Pounds D. S. Sides.
D. L. GORE'S,
120, 122, 124 North Water Street,
Wilmington, N. C.
jan 14 tf .
THE
Atlantic National Bank,
V WILMINGTON N. C.
We solicit the accounts of Corpor.
ations. firms and individuals desiring
to borrow money on good security.
Deposits received, payable on de-
mand. - '' ' -
No interest paid for deposits.
Exchange on any points bought,
and Exchange sold available in any
portion of the United States.
-- Safe Deposit Boxes in burglar and
fire-proof Vault to rent, at from $4
to $8 per annum.
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nov 11 tf W. r. TOOM1R. Cashier.
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ad plating jgwtry,webea
table wmr, Ac Plata (ha -uck
mt Jewelry good aa
aew, oa alt kinds f natal
wiia gold, aftrar or alekeU
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