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He Bath Made It So.
Littls lady, your dear dolly
b a large as you,
'And her brown hair brushed and braided
Matches yours In hue.
Ob, her eyes, like yours, at tender.
True and deeply blue, ' i
And her garment, In its splendor,
.Vies with your gown tool
Tea, I know you lovs your dolly,
And I also know 1
That the world's akin in loving;
God bath tnadt it so;
For today I saw a wee one,
Poor, forlorn and lone,.,
Prosing to her as a dolly
Just a rounded stone;
Jurt a stone, wreathed in tided,
Boiled, old fashioned shawl,
But the wee one murmured to it,
"Sweetest child of all."
Littls lady, p rises or peasant,
High or poor and low,
Shirs alike the joy of loving;
Es hath mads it so.
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SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
A holy life haa a voice; it speaks
when the tongue is silent, and is either
a constant attraction or a perpetual re
proof. Ilinton. '
Often our trials act as a thorn
hedge to keep us in good pasture; but
our prosperity is a gap through which
we go astray.
If you are to get the fire of
God's holiness and love and power
burning in your heart, yon must take
more time in his fellowship Andrew
Murray.
To lire with a high ideal is a
successful life. It is not what one
does, but what one tries to do, that
makes the soul strong and fit for a
noble career. E. P-. Tenny.
There are hundreds of people
who tempt the devil a great deal more
than the devil tempts them. That is,
they hold out their hand and ask him
to lead them into sin, and he simply
taea txoux ana aoes it. .
All which happens through the
whole world happens through hope.
Ne husbandman would sow a grain of
corn if he did not hope it would spring
up and bring forth the ear. How
much we are helped on in the way of
eternal life ! Martin Luther.
We shall not be finally success
ful on this continent until we have
given expression to our life in some
form of art. So long as we feel that
thesjipreme fruit of true living is in
cestant activity, we shall not reach
true living itself. Hamilton Mabie.
TWINKLINGS.
It takes a woman to wear a ball
dress and then kick about the immod
esty of the bathing suit. Exchange.
"Do you belong to the Law and
Order Society?" "Yes. sir; anybody
you want lynched?" Atlant a Consti
tution. I
If -people would save up all
the language In the furnace it would
be hot enough. Baltimore News.
"I see that John's speakin' on
the financial question?" 'Oh, yes?"
"What's the old man doin' ?" "Fur
the finnces t"-.Aftanfa Con-
muwum. 1
" Nance J ack Morton proposes
In this letter. I wonder If he really
loves me; he has only! known me .
week. The Brother Ob, then, per
haps he does." '
Adele How kind it was of
that gentleman to lend me his um
brella during the ahower. EitelJe
It was Indeed. He is one of nature's
gentlemen. Adele Yes; quite a rain
beai. Tit-Bits, j
City Editor Say, Jenkins, why
juu suways WT1W your POIICO StO
ries abOUt Tenderloin ,nf.,t.. I. J2a
. fvi IU ecu
lnkv Jenkins To give them local
color. San Francisco Town Talk.
Gay boy They never say In
Kentucky that a man takes to anything
like duck to water. They have a
better phrase. Rounder What ia it?
"jBoy ute a colonel to corn juice.
Judge.
fS3
IS YELLOW POISON
JC'riT' Physicians call
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night. First, It turns your com
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worthless.
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mar N paw iy
satath
THE VANDERBILTS AND
PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM.
Great Railroad Combliatioa to Control
TrasBportatloa Picilltiei from the
West to tbe Allaitlc Coast.
. By Telegrapn to tbe Mora tag Star.
Cleveland, O, Sep. 13. The
Leader to-day' say a :
"A financial alliance - haa been
farmed by the two treat factora in the
Eaatern railroad field the VanderbUt
intereata and those of the Pennsyl
vania system. The working agree
ment has been close in the past, but it
hasnevercometoan allotment or ter
ritory and division of property be
tween big roada inch aa the new ar
rangements entail.
. "The combination grew out or a
competitive movement of several
months ago. .The two bis: interests
were mutually interested in the bitu
minous coal fields and in the hard coal
fields aa well. The Pennsylvania sys
tem predominated in the former and
the Vanderbilt in the latter. By an
understanding, the Vanderbilit yielded
the soft coal fields to the Pennsylva
nia in return for a similar concession
of the hard coal from the Pennsyl
vania. "The combination of theae roada
makes the biggest deal that haa .ever
been Been. The organization promises
to be the most domineering that haa
ever been formed. The aim of it ia to
absolutely control the transportation
facilities in tbe territory between
Chicago and Si. Loulf. the great lakes
and the Ohio river, and the Canadian
boundary and the Potomac river.
through to the Atlantio coast. They
control, the coal mines, many of the
steel mills, and all of the elevators
for the export and trans-shipment of
gram. The roads included in the
combination are the New York Cen
tal, Pennsylvania. Baltimors & Ohio.
Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & West
ern, Philadelphia & Reading, Lake
Shore, Big Four, Michigan Central,
nickel Plate, Boston & Albany, Bal
timore & Ohio, Southwestern, Pere
Marquette, Hocking Valley and Lake
itrie cc western."
ANTHRACITE COAL
STRIKE SITUATION.
The Conference With Qov. Stone Be
lleved to Have Been Without Result.
Crisis Will Come This Week.
by Telegraph to tne uornintc tsi&r
Harrisbtjrg, Sept. 13. Governor
Stone declined to-day to divulg the
result of bis conference with President
Mitchell last night at the executive
mansion . The governor said the con'
ditions were such that he did not feel
justified in making a statement.
M. K. McMullen, of Pittsburg, who
came nere witn Mr. Fiinn to attend
the conference went east on an early
morning train and it is presumed he
has gone to New York to meet J. P.
Morgan and tell him what occurred at
the conference.
Wilkesbaeee, PA..Sent. 13. Presi
dent Mitchell went to Scranton this
evening. Before his departure he was
asked whether he had a statement to
make regarding his conference with
Governor Stone early this morning.
xne silence or Mr. Mitchell is inter
preted to mean that the Harriaburg
conference was narren 01 results.
There is more or less activity at all
the collieries in this region to night,
ana it is said tnat some or tbe com
panies will make desperate efforts to
resume work at many of the collieries
on Monday. Fifty men were sent to
the Uonvona-ham mine of the Delaware
and Hudson Company to-night. The
company expects to start work with
a good force of miners on Morula.
The coal operators say the conference
oetween uov. stone and President
Mitchell was merelva friendlv talk-.
and that neither party to the confer
ence su omitted a proposition. The
operators think the crisis will come
next week and that a break in the
ranks of the strikers is amonc the dm
-ILllllf - " "
lDiuuea.
ON THE ISTHMUS.
Advices from Colon That the Revolution
lata Are Approaching that City.
By Teletrrapn to tne Morning Btar.
Washington, September 13. The
cii-1 tv: . . .
oM.it uepariment io-aay received a
cablegram from Consul Malmrose, at
Colon, which stated that the revolu
tionists were approaching that city
and expressing fears that the Colom
bian troops were not sufficiently nu
merous to safeguard the railroad. The
dispatch was immediately sent to the
navy department.
Consular Clerks.
xne ww provides lor tmrteen con
sular clerks and fixes their pay for the
first five years of service at $1,000, but
allows them actual expenses when
traveling or serving In foreign lands,
iwmcn is usually tne case. Tney are
appointed by the president and serve
practically for- life. The statute gov
erning their tenure provides that a con
sular clerk "shall not be removed from
office except for cause, stated in writ
ing, which shall be submitted to con
gress at the session first following such
removal." This is the only instance In
the history of the United States where
the house of representatives has a dh
revt ruierest in an omce in tne execu
tive branch of the government, In
practically all presidential appoint
ments the concurrence of the senate Is
essential, but this is the only case
where congress as a body has an in
terestWashington Star.
A French Drink.
The French are noted for their deli
cate and delicious drinks. The advan
tage of such a one that is nonalcoholic
Is apparent to every one. A favorite
Parisian recipe calls for five pounds of
raisins, five pounds of dried apples and
five gallons of water. Put all together
in a small cask or large earthen Jar
and let It stand uncovered for three
days,' stirring occasionally from the
bottom. At the 'end of that time bottle
With half a teaspoonful of sugar and a
stick of cinnamon in each bottle. Cork
tightly and store In a cool place. The
fruits having fermented, the drink will
keep for a considerable length of time
and Is really delicious when served Ice
cold. It Is claimed that over 50.000t000
"vus vt uii3 puncn were aranx in
France in a single year.
Spinning aa Bear.'
One of lord Kelvin's favorite experi-
ments while teaching natural philoso
phy at the University of Glasgow was
to 'spin an egg which was suspended
In the air. If the egg were hard boiled,
it would spin a long time; otherwise,
. owing to the friction between its con
tents and the shell, its motion would
soon cease. Lord Kelvin Inferred from
this that the interior of the earth can
not be a fluid, or the globe's rate of ro
tation would have been checked long
ago. Once the. students substituted
aw, eggs for the hard boiled ones pro
Tided for the experiment. ; Not one
Would spin properly, but Lord Kelvin
,iwag
: to be fooled. "None, of them
Was his only comment.
boil
il.iU.A.fl..A..l.-..t-.
WHEN THE NUTS
TURNED BROWN
By WINTHROP ALLEN
Walton Ford sprang forward aa he
caught the flash of a bright- autumn
costume through the . trees. Then he
shrank back. It was too late, how
ever, for the svelte, graceful figure
stepped forward among I the rustling
leaves.
It was the woman's turn to be em
barrassed. She recovered Quickly and
with a haughty Inclination of the head
remarked:
Tray, don't Imagine I was following
you. I supposed you would remain
with the rest of the party, and I
wanted to be alone." ,
"Precisely my predicament, and I've
managed to get lost" ! -
They stood silently regarding each
other. It Is not the most pleasant sit
uation -imaginable to find yourself
alone In the bare autumnal woods with
IT
'WE"Ba FLAYING HOUSE."
RESPONDED
THE CHILD.
the man whom you are quite sure you
nave ceased to love and from whom
you are about to secure a divorce. Yet
that was Eugenie Ford's position. The
trouble had started with a trifle, and
the breach had widened steadily until
their being together at the Van Order
house party was rapidly developing
into a heart sickening shame. Even
the women had commenced to gossip
about the affair over their teacups
when Eugenie was nursing a headache
In her darkened room.
From the distance came faintly the
sound of children's voices. The strain
was relieved. Ford pushed aside the
overhanging branches and said:
"If you will come with me, perhaps
these children can point out a path."
Without answering she followed him
through the rustling leaves to a clear
ing, where two children, a lad of ten, a
manly little chap, and a pretty girl of
perhaps eight, were busily sorting their
afternoon's harvest of brown nuts.
Both stood gazing shyly at the "city
folks."
In response to the desired informa
tion, given with remarkable clearness
by the bright eyed boy, Ford tossed
him a coin and turned on his heeL His
wife paused and smiled into the up
lifted face of the little girl.
"What are you children doing here?"
she asked, pointing to elaborate dia
grams formed of small stones.
"We're playing house," responded the
child, encouraged by Eugenie's evident
interest in their game. ! "That s the
parlor you're standing in. The man's
in our dining room. This is the kitch
en, and over there is our room. The
sticks are doors, and you push 'em
open. Didn't you ever play you were
married like that?" j
The woman- laughed bitterly.
"Matrimony is something more bind
ing than rows of stones. One is bound
In by walls of conventionality."
The child straightened up.
"Does that make as nice houses as
ours those walls of of '
'They make a prison, a place from
which you must break out if you would
see the light of day."
xier neart was hot within her. and
Eugenie did not realize that she was
talking to the child. She thoueht oniv
of the man watching her curiously in
the mellow autumn light
'I he girl's face fell.
"Oh, I thought it was some new
game, you know."
'No, it's as old as the hills. Are vou.
too, tired of your boy husband and
married life, and so soon?"
Of course we're not." protested the
child. "Are we, Willie?" The boy
shook his head and dug the ground
nM V l . . , .
wpper xoea snoe. "xou see.
we like new games once In awhile, but
we never get tired of plavlnir we're
married. Why, when we get ble enoueh
we're really going to be married for
all the time. Now we can only keep
house on Saturdays and after school."
Don t you ever. Quarrel?" Eucrenie
was becoming interested, and she for
got the man at her side, i
Why, yes," admitted the child
frankly. "It's part of the nlav. and
It's such fun to make up. Yesterday
Charlie Norrls gave me a pencil, and
my wuiie was lust awful mad. bnt
this morning we kissed and made It
up. Didn't we, Willie?'.
Willie flushed and nodded his bowed
head. j
Buf their Interlocutor was nnt funs:
lng at them.
'But Suppose VOU cot renl an cm.
nr... . " "O M W4U
tt uue was anrry. too. u4nUi.i
make up. What then?"
'Oh, but you mustn't!" orMxim
the little one in shocked surprise. "It's
wicked to get really mad. You have to
humor a husband some. " I -heard ma
tell Mis' Fosdlck so. Yon sap wh,
you're married it's different fmm th
ordinary mad, because you're together
all the time and you've got to stay to
gether, and If you are mad" the child
iookcu neipiessly at Willie "wrfl it
would be dreadful, don't you see."
ut suppose you wanted to Hn
oouieimng mat wasn't wrong and Wil
lie wouldn't let you. What then?"
ilUe wouldn't stop me from dninc
anything that I wanted to do if it
wasn't .wroag, but sometimes I don't
know what Is wronar. -Now. I let a-.
Ilale kiss me one day, and Willie was
uwiiu man, ana i just laughed because
he was mad. I didn't care about AtHp
you know: -only it waa Am tr
Willie's eyes snap little bits of fire
But thejjwo talked it all over, an J
-well, I ain't going to let Artie kiss
rne again, not If he gives me two can-
:?vmi a?plf rm not mS to make
xee waa any more, 'caqse If you
tove.peeonoA'tiijse to
maxe 'emeeiibad,TdoSuWlM-
Eugenie .turnedrjlptlyf--' 7
"Which way 'are .we 'toW
Amazed. f k
tipuiiiniiur,
the! Artie, giri..
Icntlj to-rrvr'! - the.'; woodland p"atB.
V'Tioti KuKaaie Iiad taiiieu half a dozen
steps, she etopped suddenly and hur
ried back to the children, who stood
watching .tfclr. odd city lady who had
taken such strange interest In their
make believe house. She knelt beside
the small figures and. drawing them
gently toward her, murmured: '
"Always give in to one another
always. It's so much easier."
Then she kissed them both and, ris
ing, followed her husband down the
leaf, strewn pathway toward the Van
Order estate. -
Before them spread tbe gorgeousness
of the setting sun. The red gold sky,
framed by the forest vista, shone like
the gates of glory. Neither spoke, but
the face of each seemed to have caught
the reflection Of the brilliant west
Just beyoud flowed a small brook,
making tinkling music as It leaped
ever the moss covered stones. Ford
crossed first, then offered his hand to
his wife, who hesitated when she
stepped on the first stone of the nat
ural bridge, i
As she reached the other side she
still held his hand, and, seeing that she
made no effort to withdraw from his
protecting attitude, Ford drew her
closer.
"Shall we . let the children's lesson
pass unhfeded. Walton, or shall we.
like they, 'kfss and make up?" "
He knew the costtf those words to
her proud spirit, and as he bent to kiss
her he said: .
"I have wanted to ask you this for
days and days.: but somehow you nev
er gave m.e.the chance. I know I've
been unreasonable. It's hard for a
girl who's queened it over fellows for
several seasons to yield always to Just
one insignificant man."
'.'You're ' not Insignificant You're
just splendid. I've been selfish and
silly." The! words came now without
effort and were sealed with a penitent
kiss. j ' ;
That night the Van Order house par
ty drove over to the dance at the Cross
Country club house. ; -
"By Jove,i it looks like the old- co
tillon days to see Ford dancing four
numbers out of five with Eugenie,
doesn't it?'! exclaimed a confirmed
bachelor, thoughtfully stroking his
iron gray mustache.
And so it happened that a little child
led them away from the portals of the
divorce court
A Terrible Death Punishment.
In England, during the reign of
Henry VIIL, the public mind became
greatly excited through several cases
of poisoning, and parliament enacted a
law making; boiling to death the pen
alty. This i law was ou the statute
books about sixteen years. It was
made retroactive,, so as to take In a
case that chiefly prompted its -enact
mentthat of Richard Rosse, otherwise
Coke, the bishop of Rochester's cook,
Who poisoned seventeen persons, two of
whom died, j Coke was boiled at Roch
ester. The infliction was attended with
peculiar cruelty, as Coke was put into
a cauldron of cold water and gradually
cooked to death.
A few years later, in March, 1542, a
young woman named Margaret Davy
was punished in a similar way on con
viction of poisoning. The public were
not satisfied as to her guilt and, not
withstanding the comparatively slow
travel of news in those days, the story
of Margaret, Davy's trial and punish
ment soon spread through the king
dom and aroused universal horror.
Boiling to death remained on the stat
ute books, however, as long as Henry
reigned, perhaps because the monarch
himself had a dread of being poisoned.
Immediately after his death parlia
ment repealed the law.
Ortaria of Dnnnlnc.
During the reign of Henry VIII. there
lived In Lincoln, England, a famoua
bailiff named Joe Dun. Joseph waa
very clever jln the management of hit
business and so dextrous In annoying
those who refused the payment of an
account wlfh which be had been in
trusted that "to set Dun on him" oi
"to Dun him" became common advict
to the owner of a bad debt. To thi
personage we owe what to not a few
people Is the most disagreeable word
In the language.
The Old Man'a Rase.
dy father is real rude to the younf
x. a who call on me," confided Mlsa
Kt.-cdick to Miss Tenspot. "I don't sup
pose your papa tries to drive young
men away.",
"My papa isn't rude, but he's real
mean to the young men," confessed
Miss Tenspot. "He borrows money ol
them." Detroit Free Press.
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Jfjcoiisiitericy I
By .WILLIAM BTJHTLN
I
jf CopvrtQht. mi. by 4. RUhnrdsnn r I
When Mrs. Chester Taylor adopted
her dead brother's eldest daughter El
sie, her friends discussed tbe .matter
thoroughly and from various 'View
point! .
It was folly, said one, for a woman
f Mrs. Taylor's age to burden herself
with an unformed, half educated girl.
'Another .declared that young people
around the silent conservative Taylor
residence would add ten years to the
life of Its mistress. - But optimists and
pessimists alike shook their heads
when Introduced to Elsie, who proved
to be a holdenlsh glrlj long and peaked,
with angles that could, not be hidden
even by tbe triumphs of the dressmak
ing art ordered by her generous rela
tive. Elsie was sixteen.
Mrs. Taylor congratulated herself up
n being a graceful but never tiresome
Invalid. Her ailments required little
treatment aside from change of . cli
mate at stated intervals In the winter
she sought the magnolia laden breezes
of the south. In the; summer she fled
to quiet resorts in mountainous regions
even as far west aa Colorado or as far
north as -Canada, and twice she ran
over to Carlsbad. - With her went R'sie
land the governess. j ;'
j When at last the twain for the gov
erness was no longer required put In
appearance at the Tuxedo Springs, Its
habitues, particularly the women who
had criticised so severely the ganche
(young girl who had sought the kindly
protection of her only 'living relative,"
stared and gossiped!
; The angles were stjll there, but they
iwere softened. ! The! eirl had a' stvle.
Individuality, entirely her own. And
ow she did wear her gowns, marvels
t Parisian shops! Bizarre confections
n red were her favorites, and when
he flitted through corridors and piaz-
s or dashed over tennis course and
olf links she was a great splash of
color against the neutral young worn
en who shared the resort's pleasures
with her. . ' . ;
: The women, from! watching her In
jwonder, became jealous and not with
jout cause. She took her pick, of the
iinen and left what she could not hau
Idle, few enough in j number, for the
Jother members of her sex- There was
ppite In the feminine: gossip. The men
liked her, so said the porch brigade,
IbutT they did hot take her seriously.
She was the sort to; laugh with, joke
jwlth, dance with, boat with, fish with,
flirt with, but marry? ' Well, hardly I
'And the men themselves looked at the
THB KKK OAZED THBOUOH TUB VINES.
matter in rather thej same light She
was good company but would she
wear? It was difficult to think of her
presiding over' a home with dignity
iand repose, almost Impossible to pic
ture her tender and solicitous at the
sick bed. So the gay butterfly danced
on from one summer festivity to an
other, and no: one dreamed that she
was conscious of the, criticisms hurled
at her proudly poised head or remem
bered revengefully the slights put up
on her by the women who envied her
the Parisian, gowns, the way she wore
them and tbe men. j
It was the night after Tom Lyons
came to the Springs that Mrs. Torring
ton remarked to Mrs Smythe that El
sie would probably make a "dead set"
at Tom, plainly the catch of the sea
son. Tom came of Philadelphia ReVo
utlonary nrlstbcracyj and his tastes
were as simple as his bank account
was solid. i . J
; "We'll see Miss Elsie laying aside
jcrlmson frocks for sweet simplicity In
white mull now that: Tom's here. I'll
wager a box of the best my dear, that
she lands most eligible fish within a
fortnight" j
And Elsie, overhearing the remark,
registered a firm vow and curled her
paughty lip in derision. Tom Lyons
fwould be no more than tbe others. And
two days later, when his trap stood
before the door awaltinitaer nlen
ie xayior sailed across the broad
oazza clad from head to foot in glow-
enmson, from a soubrettlsh Picture
it of mull to high heeled French sllp-
xom s well bred face showed no
of the tumult which raced in his
leart when he , helped 'the gay, poster-
:e ngure Into his elegant and severelv
laln trap, but with this event his at-
itlons to Miss Taylor ceased abrupt
ly. . As Mrs. Torrlngton expressed It to
Smythe, it was a hopeless lack of
tplomacy on Elsie's part, and her aunt
ought to take her in hand. Decidedly
I
Like Many Others,
xiun we are on ine upward
flS5.,;a progressive city tn tne South, reached her present mauninceat r
ElmDly because everv one of her nAnnla from hh. r,,T. . P
Prince alwava THINK rpr a k v n fVrT T.;,""-. ' "Jl"' . i. "a
In the world I '. " jkuuhs www, w buiu id Atlanta is
m uu I'Kowise, uu witn ner natural advantages it will be only a few tears hnfnr
wm have doubled her population and taken rank wlSthe leading citlM 1 S JthsSnto.
in- ie paekee;
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mrnuure ana Furniture novelties, 1 1 1 Market St.
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The WUmington Sayings
108 Princess Street. - i -; r - :
KOBWOOD, Fre.ia.nt, H. WA1.TKB8, VI- Pre.,,7
C. K. TATLOB, Jr., oaekler.
J.
seplO.tt
ihe needed grooming in modern matrl
monial ideas.- - - ; '
' But Mrs. Taylor showed hopeless
lack of interest In her niece's matrimo
nial -. prospects and no disapproval
whatever of what the porch brigade
termed her scandalous flirtations. . r
: It happened on the heels of a nasty
hot spell, when even the Springs yield-'
ed to the influence of. the torrid wave;
Just beyond the fence which rose close
to the rear of the hotel were some
small cottages,' occupied by the people
who found work among the hostelrles
lof the resort. For two days and a
night the Incessant wail of a child had
traveled across tbe high fence, and on
this day directly after luncheon Elsie,
.with her coterie of admirers, sat on the
rear porch, jesting and .laughing.
Suddenly the girl rose to her feet and
said impatiently: .
; "I wish the mother of that child
would be forced to do something for It
That crying nearly sets me crazy. The
proprietor of the bouse ought to look
Into the matter."
As she disappeared in the direction
of the office the men looked at each
other, shrugged their shoulders and
smiled. "Yes, decidedly Elsie Taylor
twas jolly company, but"
"Heartless catl" murmured a pale
blond with appealing eyes. Then the
proup scattered for the afternoon sies
ta. Later In the afternoon one of the
men,' seeking a shady corner on the
upper porch, stepped noisily throagh
his window. A hand was raised in si
lent warning.- It was the hand of Tom
Lyons, crouched against the vines and
gazing across the fence down into the
laborer's cottage. The other man tip
toed to his side and caught his breath.
Then he tiptoed back and hurried
down the hall to the billiard room. The
game was stopped, and half a dozen
other men joined the tiptoeing army
and -gazed through the vines.
What did they see? Just a tali, slen
der girl in a long, lace trimmed white
wrapper sitting in the corner of the
porch of that little house. On her
knees lay a baby, tbe one that had
been, crying, and beside her was a
bowl filled with water. She bathed
the tortured little body and showered
It with healing powder. Then she took
a brush and comb and made tiny
gleaming curls all over the small head,
Iwhile the baby's big eyes studied her
softened face. And all the while she
talked cheerily to the mother, lying 111
just Inside the door. Then when the
baby's toilet was completed and he
bad been fed Bhe rocked him to sleep,
singing not the jolly college songs and
ragtime melodies which the listening
men had heard from her lips before.
but sweet, old fashioned songs.
The feet of the men on that overhang
ing balcony grew numb as they stood
breathless, afraid to break tbe spelL
Their cigars, all unnoticed, went out
and when she laid the baby in its cra
dle and slipped through the small gate
In the fence the men straightened up,
looked oddly at each other and shook
hands. But they did not speak.
There was a hop that night, and for
the first time In the season Elsie Tay
lor was gowned all In white clinging,
creamy crepe de chine. And the men
who had hung over tbe vine clad bal
cony that afternoon all but one
asked for a private chat with her dur
ing the course of the evening. The
answer in every case was "No."
The one who did not Join the army
of suppliants was Tom Lyons. It hap
pened that he had forestalled his rivals
by taking Elsie for a walk directly
after dinner, and his answer had not
been "No,"
The' engagement created a tremen
dous sensation. Tbe women who knew
nothing of the hidden witnesses on the
upper porch marveled greatly and said
that Tom Lyons would never be happy
with the wearer of crimson gowns and
French hosiery. But, then, men are
even more inconsistent than women,
Which is saying a great deal.
Toole It Literally.
A gentleman, wishing some bushes
removed from his garden, told his gar
dener to pull them up by the roots.
Some time after he went into the gar
den and found the gardener digging
trenches round the bushes.
"Why, George, M he said, "you need
not dig round those small bushes In
that way. I am sure you are-strong
enough to pull them up by the roots."
"Oh, yes, sir," replied the gardener.
"I am strong enough, but I must dig a
little before I can catch hold of th
roots. If you had told me to pull them
up by the branches, I could have re
moved them."
The greatest work has always
one hand in hand with the most fer
rent moral purpose. Sidney Lanier.
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OUR BUYER
Wr Geo. 0. Gaylord, has just returned from the
Northern markets where he spent his time look
ing for bargains. His large Store is piled full of
new and pretty goods
It represents a complete assort
ment of all classes of Dry Gooda,
Shoea and Clothing, Carpets, Mat
tings, Rugs and Oil Cloths; Men's
and Boys', Ladies' and Children's
Fall Underwear, Quilts, Comforts
and Blankets and Shoes for every
body. In our men and boys' Cloth
ing department our stock is com
plete.
We are making a special sale on
Men s Clothing of the genuine York
shire, all wool Cheviots, .ill black,
weu mado suits, that arc cheap at
$7.50, and better than a good many
sold at $10, and our specUl price is
fo a sun; we have a great many
men's suits in all prices fmm$l38
to $13.50. To describe our stock
of clothing is almost impossible, but
we guarantee to Bhow you the nicest
lines and the lowest price.
xa ooy anu youths suits, we
have a great variety of several hun
dred suits to show; we' have them
for boys from 69c to $5 a suit; a
splendid all-wool suit, nicely made,
at $2; youths' three piece suits $3.50
to $7,50 a suit.
. The Fall Clothing season is now.
opening, and our stock of Clothing
is piled up with new and nrettv
goods. Ia this department we have
made great improvements. Remem
ber, we work to please every suit
is guaranteed as represented or no
sale.
We have 1,000 pairs of men's aud
boys odd Pants. Boys' Pants, full
size, at 25c, 35o, aud strictly all
wooi. ranis ac ouc a pair.
Men's Pants in the latest fall
styles, and pretty patterns, well
made, will not rip, at $1 up to $5 a
pair. For young men tailor made
Pants we have one price, very hand
some cloth, "strictly all wool wor
steds, 54 inches wide, that we sell
for $1.39 per yard. It takes 11-4
yards for a pair of pauts. This
cloth is as good as is in any $5
pants in the city.
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ATLANTIC NATIONAL
A STRONG
The large capital of this
Bank is a
Wilmington's
CEO. 0. CAYLOnD. PROPRIETOR.
: depositors.
Capital and Surplus $300000.
DIBBCTOBS.
H. L VOLLBBS,
C W. YATES,
J H. OHADBOUKN,
GEO. B. FBEITOH,
ANDREW MOEELAND,
P. L. BEIDQEBS,
. L. GOBK,
H. B. SHOBT,
J. Q. L GIXSOHEffj
WM. E. WORTH,
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For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
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For Over
Thirty Years
THE e.RT.U. e.Hnt... HI.'M.H .It.. .
Dress Goads, cotton and woollens.
50 pieces beautiful Percales for Fall
at 8, 10 and 12 12c per yard; as
sortment of colors complete; 25c
per yard. Beautiful Ginghams,
in pretty shades and colors, at 8c
per yard. 4 pieces 30 inches wide
Chambrey that is cheap at 12 1 2c.
we are selling at 9c. per jard; 500
pieces Calico, the best quality, 5c
per yard, all colors
Woolleas Seven pieces French
Serge, 44 inches wide, cheap at 75c,
our special price is 50c per yard.
Three pieces heavy Skirting
goods, strictly all wool, worth $1.25
per yard, our price 50c per yard.
Two pieces Melton cloth, 54 inches
wide.for 50c yard; 25 pieces beautiful
flannels for waists at 25o per yard; 3
pieces finest quality French flannels,
cheap at 50c, our price 38c; 10 pieces
all colors finest quality 54-inch
Broadcloth at$l per yard; 75 pieces
all wool Covert cloth at 40c, 45c and
50o per yard; 5 pieces fine Covert
cloth 50 inches wide for 60c per yard,
worth. 75c.
To liidies who are refurnishing
their houses: . We havo a full line of
toilet sets for $1 90, $2 50, $3 50
and $4 per sot; some splendid water
sets, pitcher and 6 glasses at 33c,
50c, 75o and $1 per set; handlo cup
and saucers at 45c per set; pretty
covered dishes at 45c, 50c, 75c and
98o each; glass tumblers at 18c. fro
tel goblets at 30c, and plain eoblct-
at 25c per set; tin toilet sets at '
we also have a full stock of mai
tings for 80. 10c. 15c. 18c. 2Uo ww
25c; art squares from $3 tolOench.
One piece damaged moqaet carpet
for stairs and halls, goods worth II
per yard, slightly damaged, now 50c ;
floor oil cloths, 4-4, 6-4 an 8-4
wide; 500 pair of blankets from 23c
each up to $5 a pair; ladies ready io
wear hats from 60c up.
Our stock is complete and we offer
yon every inducement. Come to
see us.
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BANK.
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Assets $1,650,000.
J. W. NORWOOD,
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