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FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT.
JOAQUIN MILLKB.
. Nay, not for the fame, but for the
KiRht;
To make this fair world fairer
Or lordly lily of a night.
still,
Or sun-topt tower of a hill,
Or high or low, or near or far
Or dull or keen, or bright or dim,
Or blade of grass, or brightest star,
All, all are but the same to Him.
O pity of the strife for place-;
O pity of the strife for power;
uow scarred, now marred a moun
tain's face;
How fair the face is of a flower,
The blade of grass beneath your feet
The bravest sword ; aye, braver far,
. 10 ao and die m mute defeat,
Thou bravest conqueror of war.
When I am dead say this, this:
He grasped at no man's blade
1 - shield,
Or banner bore, but helmetless,
or
Alone, unknown, he held the field;
TT I l . . i 1 ... . .
ne neia me neia, witn saber drawn.
Where God had sent him in the
t fight;
He held the field, fought on and on,
And so fell fighting for the Eight,
CURRENT COMMENT.
j.ne isoer army has never
consisted of more than 5S,000 men,
: but according to the long list of
English generals who have succeeded
each other in command.of the Brit
ish army m bouth Africa over 200,
000 Boers have been captured.
Auanta,iournai, Vein.
x or the first time since the
Grand Army of the Republic was
organized the mortality m the order'
last year went bevond 10.000.
Within four or five years one-half of
tne UU,UU0 members in 1890 will
have-passed from the rolls of the
living, ihere 13 no indication,
nowever, 01 any decrease in the
pension list. Augusta Chronicle,
uem.
mi n.ii 1 tt
iae motion ana wool re
porter, after discussing at length
toe cause 01 panics, concludes om-
V. i -v 11 nl iL. t V 1 1 1
uivuoijr mus? "inow.-.ine time is
bound to arrive and it may arrive
snortly when the fact; will be unde
niable that there is not enough
actual wealth to make good the
credits that have been granted in
connection with the capitalizations
uiour enterprises. When that time
lsrsacnea tne deluge will be at
hand." A ugusta Chronicle, Dem.
T?v1 tTT T . ,
uuuier . asningxon tens a
atory of a colored man in Alabama
who one hot day in July, while he
was at work in a cotton field, sud
denly stopped, and, looking toward
.it,. .. 1 ' T . ..
me emeu, earn: "ue cotton am so
grassy, ue work am so hard and the
Bunamsohot, I blieve dis darky
om aaIIaI 4. - 1 111 ti
v"-u lu preacoi it 13 not an
exceptional case. A good many
youhg men who are not darkies have
received the same kind of "call" to
work, or hunt for work, in town.
--C7iarleslon Neios and Courier,
Dem.
: It is the wicked and ferocious
democrats, according to an Admin
istration organ, who seeks to destroy
uuoan independence. They would
annex tne island,, will ye, nill ve.
ana leave .its hapless inhabitants
groveling m the abasement of State-
Visv.3 t r 1 . ...
uwuu. uuw mucn more inspiring
10 me ai ministration programme of
a protected Cuban dependency, with
a ring in its nose firmly grasped by
the powers that be at Washington!
Whether from the1 tuft-hutting or
the spoils-huntintf roint, nt Trio
the Republican Cuban policy "sticks
fiery off, indeed." Philadelphia
necuru, uem. -
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
a wise man never covets a
a
imng ne can do without.
Ihere is nothing so bad but
wnat good may come of it.
The most unhappy of all men is
a. 1- 1 ! l t m a
ue wuo Deiieves uimsea 10 De so.
tienry Home.
This is well said: "A preacher
who tries to do all the work is like a
general who tries to do all the fighting
nuu 1119 Buiuiers in tne rear."
Just as soon as any conviction
of important truth becomes central
and vital, there comes the desire to
utter it a desire which is immediate
ana irresisiiDie. tstorra.
No matter where the skeptical
thought originates, or how it gets ac
cess to our minds, we see at once that
it flattens the level of life and every
aspiration. It makes our character
less vigorous.
To speak for Christ will be our
impulse. No matter how timid, ner
vous, self diffident we are in ourselves
as we touch His pierced and royal
hand, we shall be instantly masterful
and strong. Storrs.
DODGED THE DEPUTY
FOR AWHILE THE MOONSHINERS HAD
AN EASY TIME
OF IT.
Then tne Marshal Made a Discovery
and. nt a Seqnpncc to It. Several
Success? al Kaiiis TUe Traffic Death
.of Sam Sixklllrr.
Near Decatur, Ala., there was some
years ago a famous deputy marshal nam
ed Bird Smith. He tt-as young in years,
but old in the lore of the backwoods
man, and he knew the people of the
country and their ways as though it had
all been written out and he had read it
in a bock. Smith's specialty was catch
ing illicit distillers. He always traveled
alone and on horseback. His horse,
Major, was a coal black animal, a cross
between a thoroughbred and a heavy
coach horse, and was unusually big and
heavy. Major was well trained and
would follow Smith around like a dog,
and it almost broke the deputy mar
shal's heart when be discovered that
Major would not do for the game he was
then playing against the violators of the
revenue law. There wasn't a better sad
dle horse in northern Alabama. He
could go farther in a day, could stand
more rough usage and was more affec
tionate and obedient than any horse
Smith had ever seen, and he had seen a
great number, but Major wouldn't do,
and Smith had to send him to the farm
for his sister's use.
Smith had made several captures and
enjoyed reputation among the people
back in the hills as a dangerous man.
Mothers frightened their children by
telling them, "Bird Smith'll git you alls
shore." lie was feared, which, some one
has said, is the next best thing to being
loved. Then Smith got Major and rode
proudly out of Decatur to do a little
scouting in the backwoods. He rode at
night, sleeping hi the dense forest dur
ing the daytime. On. the second day of
his journey, when he was nearing the
district iu which . he expected to begin
operations, n heavy rainstorm came
up, soakiug the only roadway and mak
ing it almost impassable. Smith had still
some ten miles to go, and because the
flying clouds hid the moon, shutting off
nil light, he was forced to travel during
the day.
bunth nau not gone more than two
miles when he was startled by a liail
from a voice in the brush.
"Hello, thar, you tarnation cuss!
What you alls doin up hyar?"
Major stood still, while Smith slewed
around in the saddle in time to see a
white headed old native jump out into
the road. -
"Oh, just looking for lost cattle," re
plied the deputy marshal.
"Seems t' me I seen you down in cote
when Abe Jinkins wuz up fur 'stillin."
"Oh, you're crazy, old man; never
saw you before," said Smith, and he
clucked to his horse and rode on in no
pleasant frame of mind.
The old man watched Smith until he
had disappeared. Then he regarded the
ground carefully, smiled and hurried off
into the woods.
Smith worked hard, j He hunted high
and low. He came across places in
which "stills" had evidently been located
at some time, but he found nothing tan
gible and retiyned to Decatur a week
later a disappointed, discouraged offi
cial. Three times after that Bird Smith
went into districts in which his superiors
knew illicit distillers were in operation.
But a "hoodoo" seemed -to hang over the
once successful deputy. He ddidn't make
u single capture; man t locate a single
"still." He was thinking seriously of re
signing his office and returning to the
plow on his father's farm when he dis
covered the cause of his ill liick.
"By gum. Bird," exclaimed one of his
friends one day while admiring the horse.
Major, "he's a powerful fine horse, but
he suttinly do make a big track in the
road."
"Eh, what's that?"
"I say, look at the hoofs on hiiu."
"What's the matter with his hnnfV
They're perfectly sound."
"Zactly, but look at the size uv 'em."
Smith looked. Of course he knew all
along that Major, being an exceptionally
big horse, left big tracks behind him.
but he had never noticed before how very
big those tracks were.
Well, I'll be jiggered:" he esclainud.
Then an idea struck him. and after a mo
ments thought lie k1ov.Iv -said: "And
that's just what beat me ont in the bill
those tracks! Major, old ho?s. von stav
at home after this when I go after moon
shiners."
Later, when Smith had made a number
of successful raids on a smaller horso.
one of the moonshiners told him. that the
old man who met him when he made his
first trip on Major had noticed the un
usual size of the horse's tracks. After
that, although Smith, might do all his
traveling nt nighttime, the natives the
following morning would see Major's
tracks in the road and would know that
Bird Smith was in the neiehborhood
The alarm would go forth immediately
all through the district, and Smith's vis
its were always anticipated.
Another deputy United States marshal
who was well known throughout his dis
trict was the late Sam Sixkiller. Six
killer was not a nickname: it was reallv
the deputy's name. He was a full blood
ed Indian on the staff of the United
States marshal In the upper district of
Indian Territory. Out at Tallequa and
Muskogee they neve'r say "Indian Terri
tory," but simply "the Nation." shnri-
for "the Indian Nation." Residents on
the border living In southwest Missouri
and southern Kansas, before Oklnhnn
was created, also referred to the territory"
as down in the Nation."
Sam Sixkiller didn't hunt moorish mora
particularly, but he was sudden df-ath tn
road agents, like the members of the Dal-
ton gang. The Daltona. fin thoii oilo
were loaded for Sam and const.! ntlv nn
the lookout for him.
One day while Sam was standing in
the doorway of a country tradieg store
at a crossroads settlement In "the No
tion three men rode nn on hnrshnL
Sam regarded them with mild fnfprpst
and took his pipe from his mouth prepara
tory to addressing them. Before the
aeputy marshal could say a word the
three strangers lifted their Winchesters
and riddled Sam SiiL-nii- ;n. i.n...
xne trio turned their horses sharply
around, rode off at a furious pace and
made good their escape. ' It was believed
at the time that they were members of
the notorious Dalton gang.
A deputy marshal, on a salary of $75 a
month, in the great southwest is often as
ueroic a ngure ns the soldier who lead
is a
cnarge on a battlefield, but he dies
un-
nonoreu and unsung.-New York
and Express.
Mail
Storage For Corn Fodder.
A shed or. mow 40 ly I'J feet, with
posts 20 feet, will store enough Ionjr
stover to feed 23 horses nnd young cat
tle five months if the corn was cut
with a high .stubble and none of the
feed is wasted by outdoor feeding. A
small percentage of the corn crop goes
into the silo a very small percentage
notwithstanding all that has been said
in favor of the silo. . A very small per
centage of the stover is shredded. The
bulk of this feeding stuff is fed long
because it Is too cheap and plentiful in
much of the corn belt to justify the la
bor of cutting. But outside of the
heart of tjhe biggest corn production It
pays to house all the stover needed tfor
feeding, even if shredding and cuttin
are considered out of the question!
Whsn tied in bundles with string it
can be handled rapidly, and the needed
storage room is found not to be nearly
so great as many suppose.-National
Stockman.
Jtfurk Hambourg, the pianist, told a
Kansas City reporter recently that as 1
child he disliked music and liked foot
ball and other outdoor sports, just like
any other healthy boy, but his parents
made him practice, torture though it
was to him when he heard his mates
shouting and playing outside. "When
he was 8 years old, however, he fell
into the spell of music, loved the in
strument once despised and at 11 was
traveling as a prodigy.
MANY PERSONS
WERE DROWNED.
People Were Driven Into the
River by the Flames at
Jacksonville, Fla.
SIXTY OF THEM WERE SAVED.
Picked Up by the Steamer Edith The
Story of aSurvlvor Heartrending
Shrieks and Cries for Help.
Boats Capsized.
f v Telegraph to tne Morning Star.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 4.
sail boat that was at the boat yard
was made use of by Alfred Ball, a
member of the Jacksonville Rifles,
who lives in Springfield, a suburb, at
Third and Maine, streets: Mr. Ball
says:
"There certainly were many lives
lost at that point. The shrieks and
cries for help that came to my ears
during the first moments of the four
hours that I was in the river were
heartrending and awful. I was utter
ly helpless to aid. I am positive at
least five persons were drowned at
that place.
"I got in a sail boat at Gardners
yard at 5 o'clock. There were about
fifteen persons- aboard, two negroes
among the number. When we got into
the boat every avenue or escape was
cut off. We got a line to the steamer
Edith and she pulled us from the dock
A moment later the line parted. The
bateaux were drifting alongside and
eight persons tried to get into them
In the panic both boats capsized. I
saw several go down and drown
Several of those who ot out of the
sail boat were swept under the wharf
at the foot of Market street, and I
think all must have perished. I got
to the wharf and for four hours held to
the piling. When I was rescued I was
badly burned about the head. I felt a
body float against mv legs, and tried
to lift it to the surface, but failed. Un
doubtedly there were many lives lost
at the foot of Market street."
Arthur Cummer, of the Cummer
Lumber Company, told the following :
"We heard the shrieks and calls for
help as we steamed from the wharf at
the last minute. We heard a number
of persons were in peril on the wharf
and made for the pier again. A sail
boat was cornered in the docks. Young
Coxsetter, of St. Augustine, swam to
the steamer Edith and we gave him a
line. The line either parted or was
burned. In the same instant both
steamer and boat were enveloped in
dense smoke. We got a glimpse of
the sailboat drifting in shore and it
then disappeared in the flames. As
the Edith steamer turned towards
mid-channel to escape we heard
agonizing cries for help. There is no
doubt but that all in the boat suffered
a frightful fate."
The officers and crew of the Edith
report that they saved sixty persons
who jumped into the river to escape
the flames.
M'KINLEY IN TEXAS.
Arrival of the Presidential Party at San
Aotooio A Visit to the Alamo De
parture for El Paso
By Telegraph to the Moraine Bear
San Antonio, Texas, May 4. Sur
muDdedby thousands of citizens and
visitors, President McKinley and Gov
ernor Sayers, with heads uncovered
stood under the walls of the historic
Alamo to-day. . The presidential train
arrived from Austin at 2.35 o'clock iu
the morning and was immediately
placed on a siding, where the members
or the party were allowed to rest un
til 6 o'clock. At that hour President
McKinley was up and about. After
breakfasting on the train the Presi
dent and . his party were visited
by the reception committee and
the march to the Alamo began. The
streets and buildings along the line of
inarch were profuse) v decorated, and
the President was everywhere received
wun me utmost enthusiasm. The
largest demonstration of the day oc
curred at the Alamo, when the Presi
dent and Ciovernor Sayers appeared,
arm-in-arm. i;ne rresiaent made an
eloquent speech explaining the heroic
deeds of the gallant defenders of the
historic fort. The visitors were next
escorted to Fort Sam Houston, where
the government troops were reviewed
oy me distinguished party.
The President in his address Raid
"I am glad to receive the welcome
oi the lirand Army of the Republic.
uu me isomeaeraie veterans, once
more united and forever, each having
respect for courage of the other, and
all of us sharing the valor and the
painousm wnicn was shown on both
sides of the line. We know what stuff
eacn other is made of, the men of the
South and the men of the North. But
we nave now but one side; we are
solid only for the Union and the flag.
T,he sons of the boys iu blue and the
sons of the boys in grey fought side
by side in Cuba, in Porto Rico and in
the Philippines, and are to day shoul
der to shoulder carrying the flag we
love, spotless in the mission of liberty
and emancipation."
At the conclusion of the President's
remarks. Governor Sayers on behalf
of the people of San Antonio, present
ed the President an oil painting of the
Alamo. Mr. McKinley gracefully
acknowledged the gift by saying there
was nothing he would prize more
highly.
The train left at noon for El Paso,
624 miles away, the longest distance
to be travelled during the entire trip
without a scheduled stop. During the
afternoon the young ladies of the
party enjoyed a novel experience.
For about twenty-five miles they rode
in the cab of the engine.
Longley, Texas, May 4. President
McKinley's route this afternoon dipped
southward, and for a time ran along
the picturesque cliffs of the Rio
Grande.
At Detrio, just before dark, the
train stopped to change engines, and
the President shook hands with quite
a number of people, some of them
Mexicans from across the, border, and
in response to the calls made a brief
speech.
STEAMSHIP STRANDED.
British Tramp On Her Way Prom Qalvea-
. c ton to Hamburg.
By Telegraph to the Merninn star.
Norfolk, Va., May 4. In thread
ing her way down the channel to the
sea from Newport News, the British
steamer Blowden stranded on Wil
loughby Sand shoals, off Old Point.
The Blowden called at Newport News
for bunker coal on her way from
Galveston to Hamburg. Her register
is 1,047 tons, and she has a cargo
valued at $145,465, made up of cotton,
wheat, cotton seed oil, etc.
It is the belief of the officers of the
Merritt and Chapman Wrecking Com
pany here that she will be floated at
mgu uae to-morrow morning. The
company named has the contract for
the relief of the steamer.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Merchants' .Associations of Newport
News and New York Taking
Active Measures.
by Tiia-Rpn t.i the Morning Star
Newport News Va , Mav 4. A
meeting of the Newport News Bus
iness Association h bn-i, called in
aid of the Jacksonville sufferer A
pian for raising the city's contribution
to the sufferers' relief fund will be
mapped out at this meeting.
New York, May 4. The Merch .
ants Association of this city has tele
graphed to Governor Bloxham and
the mayor of Jacksonville expressing
sympathy with the people of Jackson
ville in their distress and asking for
a statement of immediate necessities.
The association will form a commit
tee to receive subscriptions for the
relief of the destitute.
Atlanta, Ga., May 4. At a special
meeting of citizens and city officials
here to-day. called by the mavor.
about $1,500 was raised and a commit
tee appointed to solicit subscriptions
for the Jacksonville fire sufferers.
Resolutions were adopted asking all
churches in the State to take ud a col
lection for those in distress. A large
quantity of provisions, clothing, etc.,
in charge of a committee left for Jack
sonville at 10 :30 o'clock to-night.
Galveston, Texas. Mav 4. Over
a thousand dollars was raised here
this afternoon for the relief of suffer
ers at Jacksonville and more will
follow. Committees are at work col
lecting for the fund and it is growing
fast, both rich and poor contributing.
Washington. Mav 4. t.rtrv
Root received a telegram from the
mayor of Jacksonville to-night ask
ing that the St. Francis- Barracks in
that city be put at the disposal of the
mayor to house 1.000 homeless neonle.
Secretary Root immediately sent a dis
patch to General Brooke in command
of the Department of the' East, to di
rect the officer in charge of the bar
racks to grant the people of Jackson
ville every facility passible.
j.ne secretary received a disoatch
during the day asking for a large sup
ply or tents, the mayor indicating that
the people in the citv were without
shelter. He gave orders to have 1.000
hospital tents sent at once.
COTTON MILL WORKERS.
Southern Operatives Wish to be Affiliated
With Northern Workers The
loternational Union.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
.Fall River, Mass., May 4 The
delegation of Southern Textile Union
officials who stopped over in this city
yesterday en route to the convention
of the International Union of Textile
Workers, in Holvoke. Mass . denarted
for that city this " afternoon. Re-
fore leaving Fall River, G. B.
McCracken, the dean of the dele
gauon, spone of the effect of the
visit of the delegates to this city.
Mr. McCracken stated that the con
ditions of the operatives here in re
gard to hours of labor and wages were
ideal to his Southern colleagues. He
spoke of the troubles existing be
tween his national organization and the
American Federation of textile oper
atives, and said:
"The operatives in the South have
always wished to be affiliated with
northern workers. With the opera
tives of New Eogiand affiliated
with us, we can do much towards
bettering the conditions of textile
workers in the South, and it is
our wish that such a union
be effected as speedily as possible
in the South, over sixty unions
haviDg been organized and condi
tions bettered."
American Federation officials ex
press the hope thtas the result of
me visit of Mr. McCracken and his
colleagues a feeling of harmony wi!l
bring the two National bodies to
gether on a common ground..
WARM WIRELET5.
The Democratic Stale Committee of
Ohio has decided to hold the Stats
Convention of that party in Cleveland,
between July 15th and 27th.
Charles L. Cocke, president of
Hollins Institute, one of the most
widely known colleges for wnmen in
the South, died at Roanoke, Va., aged
eighty-one years.
It is said surface indications show
oil one mile south of Meridian, Miss.
A well will be sunk as soon as ar
rangements can be made. There ia
considerable excitement among citi
zens owing to the discovery.
The mill of the Ashland Manufac
turing Co., the most modern and one
of the largest saw mills in Maine.was
burned last night, and a large quantity
of lumber was also destroved. The loss
is estimated at more than 1200,000.
Fire destroved thenlnnt nf t.hn a r
Friedman Manufacturing Companv,
makers of butterine, situated in the
heart of the stock yards, Chicago. The
loss will aggregate tlBOOOO? fnllv
covered by insurance.
The repository of the Southern Rock
Island Plow Company at Dallas,
Texas, was destroyed by fire last night,
and the loss is estimated &t ahnnt.
$250,000, with probably $150,000 insur
ance Ihe fire was caused by light
ning. WHY
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CURES.
Reasons for His Marvelous Success
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Dr. Ilathaway's method
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mis system of treatment he has more and more
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invariable as to be the marvel of the medical
profession.
Enjoying the largest practice of any specialist
in the world he still maintains a system of nomi
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Dr. Hathaway treats and cures Loss of Vitality
Varicocele, Stricture, Blood Poisoning In its dif
ferent stages, Rheumatism, Weak Back, Nerv
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Ulcers sores and Skin Diseases, Brights Disease
and all forms of Kidney Troubles. His treatment
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mMno Patient a strong, well, vigorous man.
xrZ?,' Ha,thaway's success in the treatment of '
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py Oils method at his own homo without pain or
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Dr Hathaway calls the particular attention of
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TWIINKLINUS
Papa's Job "I haven't seen
your father for a long time. What is
he doing now?" "Eighteen months."
Scraps.
One explanation of a woman's
always underlooking a bed, as it were,
ror burglars is that she never over
looks it.
"Boys, I've got a riddle for
you : It's gray, has got long ears and
you can ride on its back?"-"I know
the answer, grandpop! It's you."
"Early rising is not an unmiti
gated blessing." "I suppose not."
"For instance, what benefit is there in
a 14-year-old girl being up before a
magistrate?''
"That new comet is said to
have three tails " "I'm not surprised.
If stories are told of most of the stars
and constellations, why shouldn't tales
be connected with comets ?"
Willing to Pay: "What do
you think of the proposition to tax
bachelors?" asked the sweet young
thing. -Ob, luxuries ought to be
taxed." renlied Mr. Crustie. Smart
Set.
"If there's one man in the
world I hate it is that fellow behind
me." "Do you know, sir, that he's my
husband?" "Ob, really! W-w why,
of course, that's why I hate him."
Fxin.
Realistic Performance: Pana
"Not quarrelling, I hope, children?"
Tommy "Oh, no. We're just hav
ing tableaux." Papa "What does
this one represent?" Tommy "Mam
ma askiug you for a check. Tit Bits.
A Profession on Him: Fond
Mother (of delicate dude) "I think it
is time Clarence selected a profession.
What would you advise ?' Old Gent
(reflectively) "He might do nicely as
a typewriter gaLNew York . Weekly
"You told me you wculd make
married life heaven for me, and now
you want even give me money to go
totheshore." "But, ray dear," he
urged, "that's because Vaa consistent.
Nobody in heaven at least wants to go
to watering places."
Frank L. Bowen. proprietor of the
Windsor hotel at Jacksonville, Fla.,
was married to a Bucyrus, Ohio, eirl
i.iiuajr. oust aiier ue ceremony a
dispatch tellin? of the destruction of
the hotel was handed to him. The
wedding journey was cut short.
Tne revenue cutter Hamilton sailed
from Savannah for Jacksonville with
the purpose of rendering any possible
sid lo the sufferers. En route down
the river she collided with a mudscow,
and a six-foot hole was stove in the
Hamilton's bow and she was forced to
return.
Richard Redhead who wrote the
tune to which "Rock of Ages" is usu
ally sung, is dead. For years he was
known as the champion of Gregorian
music. He had been organist of St.
Mary's church, England, since 1864.
HER1DIPO
bestows VITALITY
irom iift
7v -x-vr Tl m4U"
-T Well Man
the &tf;-2!s cfMfl.
QRE5A.T Z
EZ Z ?J 5?''" ""? Slops aii dr&ns and
EElSyH ?"s"mPl'- You;. Men regain Man.
tiood and Old Men recover Youthful Vieor. It
f 15 ad S(ze to shrunken organs, tnd (its
a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in
by mail, m plain pack- OU U I O. a ge with
written guarantee. DR." EAN O'rwfcRA, j)arT
nov 13 IV a. K. BELLAMY. Agent.
NOTICE.
FLOUR, all grafles, barrels and tap.
SUGAR and COFFEE.
CAKES, CRACKERS, CHEESE and
SARDINES.
CANDY, in Mets and boxes.
CANNED GOODS, sncb as TOMA-
T0Eq PEACHES, CORN, OYSTERS,
MTTTTtTS qtiiI uniTrni Dnr
U1UUU1J1U U11U iUUUUUl UUU.
PEANUTS, Va, N. C, and Spanish.
TOBACCOS Pins: aM SioMm.
For sale low by
Williams Bros.
feb 81 tr
New River Mullets.
2.780 Pounds N. C. Mullet.
l.lOO Pound. White Kullet.
108 BarreU P. R. Molasses.
61 Barrels D. D. Syrup.
190 Dozen Can Syrups.
86H Barrels P. R. Molasses.
31 10 gallon Kegs Molasses.
27 5 gallon Kegs Molasses.
110 Bundles 1H Iron.
87 Bundles IU Iron.
180 Bundles 1 inch Iron.
W. B. COOPER,
Wholesale Grocer.
308. 810. 312 Nutt street.
my 4tf
Wi mink-ton. N.
0.
DRIED APPLES.
We have about seventeen hundred pounds
of nice Dried Apples. Send us your
orders. Also
2.000 Kegs Nails.
800,000 Pounds Hoop Iron.
60 Barrels Glue.
10 Barrels Bungs,
260 Bags Grits.
300 Bags Meal.
1,600 Bags Corn.
Send us yonr orders.
D. L. GORE CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
so tf Wilmington. N. O.
HAULING MANURE.
I.at Fall nrd Winter Work-Bt
Plans In Theory and Practice.
No farmer can afford to waste the
manure that Is made on the farm, and
one of the great advantages to the
land, and consequently to its owner,
In stock fanning, lies in the fact that it
makes a lai jrt? amount of barnyard ma
nure with which to maintain fertility,
and dairy farming does thN to n still
greater extent, as Iowa Tlomestead ex
plains. To the busy farmer the time when
the manure should be hauled Is a. mat
ter of Importance. With leisure for the
work at command, and n proper place
to put it on the land, the ideal way to
treat manure would be to haul It out
and spread it as It is made. Other ur
gent work, however, makes this Im
practicable in most cases.
A great deal may be said, therefore,
in favor of hauling out manure in the
'late fall and winter.. There are at that
time no crops In the field either to de
mand the farmer's attention or to be
an obstacle to hauling out the manure.
The ground, too, is usually firm,- mak
ing the draft over the field compara
tively light, and It is not as unpleasant
a task on a moderately cold day as it Is
' nt some otter seasons of the year. It
is a good time, too, to distribute the
manure so that it will do the most
good, and if it is too cold to scatter it
it may be piled on the ridges and thin
places to be scattered at the first thaw.
If one will make a systematic effort
to distribute the manure made on the
place, giving the subject some thought,
means can be devised to render the
work easier. A low wagon, for exam
ple, i:s uioiv easily lo;iu.i. broad tires
cut the fields less and are of lighter
draft, movable bottoms to the wagon
bed, such as are used by teamsters
who iiaul dirt in and about cities, will
make the work of unloading easy.
If it has been difficult or impossible
to haul out manure earlier, the farm
will be all the better .for a thorough
cleaning up now and for a month or
six weeks to come, and the lijids will
respond better to next year's demands
upon them.
Solitary A-.eU.
Mamma It's very naughty to jell
lies, Eva. People who, do so don't go
to heaven.
Eva Did you aver tell a Ue, mam
ma? Mamma No, dear, never.
Eva "Won't you be fearful lonely in
heaven, mamma, with only George
wasnington? tjouier's Weekly.
A Bit of Irish Wit.
Ijord Morns, who had one of thef rich
est Hibernian brogues ever heard ontside
of the Green Isle, was once deploring to
Father Healy, the celebrated w, the
fact that, on the occasion of a (fcriain
marriage, he had neither rice nor irtr-dd
shoe to throw after the happy couple.
"Arrah, my lord," exclaimed Father
Haly, "why didn't you throw your
brogue after them?''
In Ireland, readers may he reminded,
a boot is known as a "brogue." Loudon
Answers.
Dr. Harold Snowden. editor of the
Alexnndria, Va., Gazette, died there
yesterday, after an illness of more
than two weeks. Death was due to
paralysis He was stricken while at
tending to his newspaper work and
when he was apparently in good
health.
LOCAL
CATARRH
CLIMAtlC
Nothing bnt a local
remedy or change of
climate will cure
CATARRH.
The specific is
Ely's Cream Balm
It Is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at once.
Opens and cleanses
COLD 'N HEAD
tne Nasal Passages.
Allays Inflammation. Heals and Protects the
membrane. Restores the senses oi Taste and
Smell. No Mercury. No Injurious Crag. Re
gular size, 50 cents; Family size, 11.00 at Drug-
56 Warren street. New York.
sep 15 tr
satu th
Full Lines of
Flour, Ileal, Griiu, Lard.
Meat, Molaae0, Salt,
Ircn, Nails,
Soap, Starch, Lye.
Tobacco, Snuff, Cigars,
Batter, Cheese, Cakes, Candles, Canned
Goods, etc. 9
Correspondence solicited.
HALL & PEARSALL,
( INCORPORATED. )
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
ma 5 tf Nutt and Mulberry
REASONABLE GOODS.
MULLETS, new catch.
Best Cream Cheese.
Martin's Gilt Edge Butter.
Bagging. and Ties.
o.a.i.
A, GENBBAL LINE OF CASB GOODS IM
DEMAKD AT THIS 8BA80S.
Sole agents for
ROB ROY FLOUR.
MCWUR 4 PEARSALL.
63 1-2 Steps
EAST from the corner of Front,
and WEST from corner second
and Princess streets will take
you to
DEPARTMENT STORES,
Where the public have found; are still
?undi?,aJd wil1 continue to find
QZWSSF G0DS for the LEAST
MONEY, any where to be found.
A comparison will convince.
s
lilERCER EVANS CO
to
Specialty.
Bell 'Phone 6M
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AVegetabiePreparationfor As
similating fcercodandRegula
iing the Stomachs andJBowels of
Promotes DigesfiorXteeiful-1
ness and Kest.contas ns neither
Opium.Morphine nor Mineral.
NotNabcotic.
Ktape afOldlb-SAKUZl 117TUER
Pumpkin Seed'
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Hostile SJi -jfnist
sa
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Mi GnricnaltSeJr '
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Suaer .
A perfect Remedy for Cons lipa
tion. Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea.
Wonrts,Convii!S!ons, Feverish
ness and Loss of Sleee
Facsimile Signature of
NEW YOHK.
EXACT COPT OF WRAPPER.
The Big Racket Store
Near the Postofflce on
will have a
SPECIAL BARGAIN
Clothing Men and Bovb rants at
18c, special price. Fancv strine nice
style at 25c, better at 50c and 75c
Men's Pants at 40, 50, 75c. Nice
wool Spring styles at $1, $1.25 and
$1.50. Fancy worsted Pants at $175,
$2, $2.50 and $3 75 Men and Youth's
ail solid blue serge Suits at $4.50 and
$5 a Suit. Fine serge coat aud vest
at $2, $2.25 and $3.
Notions Large nickel Purses at 2c
each. Fine leather Purses at 15 aud 25c.
Hair Pins, at lc a set, 3 sets in a box;
48 fcheets of writing paper at 5c; 14 K.
gold collar buttons at 5c. Men's gar
ters at 10c a pair; 8 inch hard rubber
combs at 5c ; 6 oz bottle Costes bl ueing
for 5c, worth 10c. An 8 oz. bottle of
sewing machine oil for 5c. Fine en
velopes at 3c a pack; 10c tablets
for 5c. Tape lines and rolls for 5c.
Carpet tacks at lc a box. Matting tacks
for 2c. Brass headed tacks for 10c per
hundred.
Musical Instruments Havir.tr
bought Mr. Haars' stock at about 50
cents on the dollar. I ran sell mnsirnl
'instruments at less tban cost.
We have nice Accordions from 75c
up to $3 Fine Fiddles, with bow and
case, for $2 each and up to $5 each.
Good Mandolins from $1.50 to $3 50
Our $3.50 Mandolins are worth $6
Violin Bows for 25c. Strings, 12 for
25c. We have Guitars from $3 to $5.
Guitar cases for $1 25.
Dress Goods A big line of Organ
cues in oiue ana wbite and pink and
cream at 5c per yard regular price
10c; 1,000 yards Dress Goods sold for
10c and 15c per yard, we will sell now
your choice for 5c a yad. Elegant
Chambrays at 9c per yard; 300 yards
Crinoline in remnants at 2c per yard;
1.000 yards Blue Denims, worth 10c
and 12c per yard remnants now
7c per yard.
Shirt Waists Silks been selling at
GEO. O. GAYLORD, Prop.
OIF
Wilmington's Big
208 and 210 North Front Street."
my 5 tf
I mi i" xi i t j
Ifle AliaDllC M10M1
of Wilmington, N. C.
Resources - - $ 1 ,500,000
guarantees security to its patrons.
Depository for United States, State and City funds.
IDlRBCTOltSt
L. Bridgers, j. W., Norwood, d. L Gore
A. Norwood, a. P. UcNair, H B Short
E. 8PRINGKR. V. J Paw... T t S?AT
p.
G.
w.
T T A" ' " 1 - V OLL.ERS,
apatt J. L. COKKR.
HAMMOCKS
colors, aU &Z3 HAMMOCKS, made in rich
Croquet Sets, Golf Goods4 Base Ball Supplies.
yor1nLs of Wal1 PP ready for
toure?Uldin8' aU kinds made
C. W. YATES ' CO.
my 5tf
Start Right
tfegm your career by saving. Most of our creat men and
ZSSZtS nd toKbUlld ortun on smllTal Yours is the
n??'?S?y'-"aU savings and pay
quarterly. p cem Per anrmm. compounaeu
THE WILMINGTON SAVINGS & TRUST CO.
108 Princes street. - '
J. W. NORWOOD, President. B. WALTERS, Vlc Pre.tdeni-
my8U O. B. TATLOB, Jr., CaAln.
1
For Infants and Children
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears
Signati
THE CIWTO'JW COMPANY, HEW TONIC CITY.
Front Street,
SALE THIS WEEK.
50c, cow 25c to close out all new and
pretty. Changeable Silks at 18c this
week. Wash Taffetta silks in pretty
colors at 65c, 27 inch China Silk at 48c,
37 inch Percales at 7c, worth 10c'
Hooks and Eyes at lc. -Invisible Hooks
and Eyes at 8c a box. Whalebones at
3c a bunch. Clark's Cotton at 3c a
spool. Ten spools ball thread for 5c
Heavy Crinoline, good quality, for 5c
a yard. White and black Organdies,
72 inches wide for 35c, worth 75c. FiLe
quality Piques and Bedford Cords
from 7c to 18c per yard. Beautiful
white goods in lace stripes and corded
effects at 15c per yard. One hundred
yards white Lawn remnants from (5c
to 15c a yard.
Curtaics Swiss Curtains, with
ruffles, from 50c to $125 per pair.
Carriage Cover in lace at 38c; in Em
broidered Swiss at 65c; in Lace ar.d
Jaconet at $1. A 40 inch Linen
Towel this week at 8c Bleachid
Table Linen at 19c. One thousatd
jards Lining Cambrics at 4c per yard.
A big line new Millinerv received to
day. A line of samples bought at
half price. Our Milliner-v at.no.lr ia
more complete than- it ever was.
Banded Sailors from 10c to $2 each
Velvet Ribbons from 18c bunch up to
50c per yard. A big line of new Babv
Caps and Children's Bonnets atd
lawn Hats; a big line of samples to sell
at cos from 5c each up. Five thous '
ana ouncnes Flowers to show and
select from. Flowers from 5c to $3
per bunch A big line of Pocket
ktiives and Scissors just received
Manufactured by Griffin & Co ; every
piece guaranteed equal to the Roger
knives, from 25c up to 75c each
Ladies' Shears from 10 to 35c. Special
sale all ihe week. Bring this ad; we
guarantee the price. We are agents
for McCall's Patterns at 10 and 15c
good as any at any price.
Racket Store,
. . .
d3M. ( j- "0RW00D, President
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