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" HOW TO T :: pecorate t ;; THE HOME t Glviug the house a new dress for Easter Is one of the pretty customs which grow in popularity every year. And this year it will be as general as decorating for Christmas or New Tear's. All the art stores linve Easter de signs for rooms, and the china and glass stores are arranging miniature dinner tables for the admiration of those who may he on the lookout for somethiug quite new for Easter. Those who can afford the luxury of refurnish Ing are Indulging in that prettiest of all household tilings, a Japanese room. The model for these rooms Is taken from Japanese pictures and from the Ideas of those who have visited the I.aud of Flower:; at this season as well KMBt.KMS Or PUH1TY as from the Japanese dealers who are arranging llielr shop windows Into a semblance of what the wily, almond eyed ones term "Easter in Japan." The material:: f r such a room. If one is willing to Indulge In It lavishly, are a bushel of quince blossoms, another bushel of apple blossoms, some oriental prayer rugs, a Japanese tin- stool, two or three Japanese chairs and tables, a square umbrella as big as the room to form a canopy, some Japanese hang ings. a Japanese ten set, some tall Jap anese vases and a big Japanese doll to UiuUe one foal at home. In the hands of an artistic woman a -room furnished with these tilings may be made a lovely dream of color. Kveu j an Inartistic woman could not make it j look bad. The Japanese have such I benutiful color schemes that Just to look upon their creations Is a joy. Kor those who are fond of laying in a stock of spring plants at Easter time i there are very effective possibilities in i the way of room decorations. One of ! these is the palmroom. And this Is such a very lasting thing that It will be sure to be beautiful all the spriug moutlis until the family exodus Into the country So never mtnd if the out- ( lay staggers you a little at first glance. The background for the palmroom ! must be a palm. And when you get it ' you can j-'"ce It In a corner, and II will be n handsome beginning. For a $10 bill you can get one big enough to reach almost up to the celling and take the place of the dosten pots of little [ things which yon were goiug to get ! for the spring conservatory. But for . half the sum you can get a pal in big enough to give dignity to the palm room Nort If you have a tall lamp set It In a big Jardiniere and till the jardiniere with ferns. They will grow well in the bent and will be wonder- i fully effective. Small pots of ferns, paltns and rubber plants complete the greenness of the Easter greenroom. Set a lull vase of them also at the i foot of grandfather's clock, and he as generous In their distribution as yon | please. Even grandfather himself, ( strict Puritan though he may have been, would relax Into a gratified smile on Easter day at the sight of bis old timepiece. Itlbbons are to play an Important part in the Easier trimmings. Easter baskets are wonnd with rib bons so that tlie texture of the huRket Is nut - n at all A very ordinary basket of striped straw may have Its handle and rim wound with pink rib bons and then he filled with pink hy acinths until It Is a study In pink love liness. The basket should be as shal low as possible, so that a few sprays of moss arranged under the ribbon wouuU rim w!!'. entirely cover It. Trimming the honse for Easter Is such a pretty custom that one feels like liowlng to It and conforming to It In all possible ways. Happily the spring novelties In Easter decorations are so numerous, so varied and so cheap that all may Indulge In tbem to a certain extent, even though the Bis ter bonnet and the Easter wrap be too dear for present purchasing. THE EAjTER LILY. It Tina Held n f1lr!? P'oc# In Rrll? Clout* V. orsti.:* For Aue*. TVhlle il l i.,e Li>. rs of spring And 1 wehoiu< plan- Iri i: ? decorations of the day aad * ' uu:nlrcrs. the white Illy (I., caudal ..ii i? par excellence the llaster tluwrr. A native of the Levant. growing wi 1 i:i I.lost Medl terrniuaa rn:ut. *. it I.as for years bceu considered ? :.:!>!cn.atlc of purity and hojio. The <1: . railed It the flower of Juno and mU this myth In explanation of it* cngiu. "Jupiter," they said. "wished lo make tli* I my Hereun a <ai" of the god*. So he Hiiateh ed hIui from the bosoui of Ida earthly mother. Alemena. and bore him to the breast of Juno. The uillk Is spill ed from the full mouthed boy us be traverses the sky, making the Milky Way. mid what drops below stars and clouds and touehns earth stains the ground with lilies." As the etubiem of purity It was contrasted with the passion rose of Aphrodite, and bounty was represented crowned with white lilies and violets, types of purity and modesty. The lotus holds chief place in all oriental mythologies, its anthpilty ex tending far beyond the limits of Ore clan mythmaklng. The Egyptians spoke of It as the throne of Osiris, the god of day, and they are represented on monuments as holding the white I lotns in their hands at liani|uets. As a symbol of purity and benediction the Illy was chiseled on the pillars of Solomon's temple and ornamented the great golden candlestick. While hon ored by specific mention by our I.ord, truth compels the statement that the probabilities are against the Illy hav ing been the flower particularly refer red to. The lily Is not common In the flora of Palestine, and some think It must have been the red anemone, with which the Galilean hillsides are cov ered In springtime, that suggested the benut 1 ful figure in the sermon on the mount. Others advance arguments In fuvor of asphodel, umnryllls and nar. clssus. Whichever It was, and It is no) Impossible, though Improbable, that It was our lily, the figure remains a most beautiful and effective one and has doubtless had a wonderful ami wide reaching effect in giving the lily an added charm and sacredtiess wherever Christianity has established Itself.? Philadelphia Press. A PEASANT SUPERSTITION. How the Vtella filo to Home 11 ml Re turn Knater Horniiitf. In Home remote district* of France It Is still customary for the priest of the parish to go around to each bouse at Easter und bestow on It his bless ing. In return he receives eggs, plain and painted. In these same regions a belief still lingers that during passion week the bells of the churches set out for Home In order to get themselves blessed by the pope. During this period of mourning the bells are mute in their belfry, and the peasants firmly believe that they have started on their pious pilgrimage and will return to send forth a joyous peal on the morning of the resurrection, l'eople do not come back from so long a Journey without bringing presents to good chil dren. The Joy bells then always come first and bring with them various beautiful playthings. The death bells come last and bring nothing. Easter then was like a second New Year's day. The peasant bestowed on his child an egg. dyed scarlet, like the cloak of a ltomnn cardinal and supjios ed to come from Home.?New York Herald. Easter In Ttnssta. An Easter feast in Russia usually consists of a sucking pig. lamb, shoul der of veal, a ham. curdled cream. Easter bread, rod eggs, colored lights, fiddling and general merrymaking. In the good old times the nobility left ( their tables furnished until Whitsun tide, so that any one who choae to enter their house might partake of what was there set out. nor wns food denied any one. This state of affairs could hardly be Imagined here; but, strange as It may seem, in the few lo calities where this ancient custom still keeps up, there Is scarcely record ed a cage of the betrayal of such hos pitality. A Confix Ranter Rsrjr. In France more than any other coun try Is Easter a season of glftmaking. Tlic egg is the ruling emblem, almost as endless in device and costliness as In form. There is one such gift egg on record that wns of white enamel ; and had doors which when opened revealed Raster gosjiels engraved on all Its walls, and for the yolk there was a tiny music bos which played 12 tunes. The cost of this trifle was $12.0tX>.? Philadelphia Times. Tlie Knnter Bonnet. Ring ho the Ranter bonnet With a lot of strin-ra upon it New and bright. And the avenue parade * Of the maidens all arrayed For the $14lit. For sweet the Raster fare* That brighten up the placet Wher they go. With their nodding and their smiling And our mannish hearts beguiliug. As they know. Not a man but likes the showing Of the bonnets In their going i'p the street. And our aJmirstloi rightly I Do wr dive?the sight is sightly I And a treat. I So let's hang the billa for dollars rhat are stiff enough for collar*, Vm, and high. And pray for decent weather For the witching maidens* feather? 80 my L For I lava one Easter bonnet With a lot of strings upon it. Bright and nr. For tbo lice that's Just below it. *9 I oils not If fbu kpow it. Ll tight away. I * ?Philip Verrill MigMfc 1 / Boers Seero to be Getting the Worst of it. ? % London March 27.?According to dispatches from Thabanchu, the British and Boers in that district of the Orange River Col ony are having repeated skir mishes and tile burghers seem to have suffered severely duing the past few days. Last Saturday night a detachment of British troops, in command of Colonel White, made a night march to a point where a Boer commando had camped and surprised the federalists, with the result that four of them were taken prisoners and a number seyerly wounded. TheremuiideroftheBoers r< treat ed. It is understood that Coh> nel White's force suffered no losses. I>r. White, a British surgeon, while oti his way to a farm i ret: ntly to attend some wounded Boers, was tired on from ambush and had a nanow escape from being killed. Br. White's horse and that of his orderly were shot and the orderly was seriously wounded. Last Sunday a detachment of Yeomanry, Lancers and the Remington guides had an encoun ter with 20<t Boers under the I command of Fourie. After some brisk fighting, the burghers retreated. The British suffered no casualties during the engage ment and the Boer losses are not reported. Wise Thoughts. Recollection in the only paradise from which ?e cannot be turned out.?Kichter. Our affections are our life. We live by them; they suply our wurmtn.?Channing. Ambition is the germ from which all cruwth of nobleness proceeds.?T. 1). English. Vice stings us even in our pleas ures, but virtureconsoles us even in our pains.?C. C. Colton. Most men employ the first part of their lives to make the 'ast part miserable.?La Bruyere. As "unkindness has no remedy1 at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.?Hosea Ballon. A humble knowledge of thyse'f is a surer way to (iod than a deep search after knowledge.? Thomas A. Kempis. It is not wisdom but ig >orance| that teaches men presumption.' Genius may sometimes be arrog-1 ant, but nothing is so diffident1 as knowlege.?Bulwer. Persons extremely reserved and diffident are like the old enameled watches which had painted covers that hindered you from seeing what time it was.?Walpole. It is only imperfection that "omplains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others.? Eenelon. Cholly?"That fellow Kostique said I was a perfect idiot," Jack? 'O! don't mind him. He always lid exaggerate a little." DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? Kidney Trouble Hakes Ton Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news papers Is sure to know of the wonderful cures made By Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver L and bladder remedy. ; It Is the great medi cal triumph of the nine teenth century; dis covered after years of scientific research by Dr. Kilmer, the emi nent kidney and blad der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Brlght's Disease, which is the worst [orm of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec ommended for everything but If you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found |ust the remedy you need. It has been tested In so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful In every case that a special arrangement hts been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried It, may have a ample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to Find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous oner la IMS paper and lead your address to. Dr. Khmer ScCo.,Blng-1 Sainton, N. Y. This - tfllt. --?a A cruw< ihij wan uni BODWif Bwiop-Rod iaIlwsUo**ra (old bjr 4U good draff15** I have used l)r. F. E. White's Worm and Condition Powders as a blood purifier for horses. It improves the appetite, fattens the horse, expels worms and gives a glossy coat. Poub Gardnek. Guaranteed and sold by Allen Lee, Druggist, Smithfleld, N. C. Bheumasisin Rheumatic pains are the cries of proted an?i distress 9 om tortured muscles, aching joints and excited nerves. The biota* b *i i>een poisoned by the accumulation of waste matter in the system, and cau v.o longer supply the pure and health sustain ing food they require. The whole system feels the effect of this acid poison , and not until the blood ha^ been pu i&cd and brought back to a healthy condit on w ill the aches aud pains cease. Mrs. James Ke'l, cf 707 Ninth street, N Washington. D. C., wnte* as follows: "A f-w month - ago I had an Hack of Sciatic Rheuuuk pain was m> iBitnuc that I became completely pr->?. trate I The attack wan an unu? Kill v severe one, and my condition wa? refjard ra m <eil)f eery danger ous I was aiten-led by one of the mo>t able doc tors >u Washington, who is ( also a member of the fac- ? ultv of a leading medical college here. He told me tion?aud I would get well. After having i filled twelve times without receiving t ?e slightest benefit, 1 declined to continue Ins treatment anf longer Having hear<i ot & S. S.<Swift'* Speci'ic) recommended for Rheumatism, I decided, alnioai in despair however, to give the medicine a trial, and alter I had taken a tew bottles I was able to hobble around < u crutches, and very soou there after had n<> u*e for them at all. S S S hav m: cure?l me a<>und and well AH the distressing pain* have left me, my appetite h?s returned and I nm happy to be sgaui restored to perfeci health. jgtfr "le Krea' vegetable W purifier and tonic, is the ideal remedy in all ^^B ^^B ^^B rheumatic troubles. W^V gg gr There are no opiates ot minerals in it to disturb the digestion and lead to ruinous habits. We have prepared a special book on Rheumatism which every sufferer from this paiuful disease should read. It is the most complete and interesting book of the kind in existence. It will be sent free to any one desiring it. Write our physi cians fully and freely about your case. W," make no charee for medical advice, t THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GA. Hardware! I have a full line of Hardware, Builders' Material, Carpenters' Tools, Cart, Wagon and Buggy Material, Nails, 5crews, hinges. Saws, holloware,. Cooking I'tensils, Woodenware, Tinware. Oil, Lead Plows, Sewing Machines, &c. 1 still have some Shoes, Groceries and some other things in General j Merchandise which I am running ! off at reduced prices. Come and see me. J, E CREECH, SELMA, N, C, Au280-tf Rand & Stephenson, We desire to call the attention of the j public of Pmlthfleld and vicinity to the j fact that we have associated ourselves to gether for the purpose of engaging in a Contracting and Building:* BUSINESS. We want the work and we think that we can make it to your interest to have us to do yours. Estimates promply fur nished on all kinds wood or brick work. Call on or address waj'Vtephenson.! Rand & Stephenson. 8mithfikld. X. c . (WOOD'S THOROUGH-GROWN I Seed Potatoes are selected seed stocks, grown specially for seed purposes, in the. best potato districts in this count ry. Our Northern-grown seed are grown in Maine and Northern Michigan, while our Early Ohios are grown in the Red River Dis trict, famous for its superior seed of this variety. Wood's Second Crop Seed which are in high favor with truck ers everywhere, are grown from selected stocks in Eastern Virginia a section noted for producing the I>e8t Second Crop Seed Potatoes in this country. Prices quoted on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Ya. Wood's Descriptive Catalogue tells all shout Seed Potatoes, and the Best Seeds for the Parol and Garden. Write for It. Mailed free. | Treatment Horses?Pneumonia tint! Colds. Give White's Fever Medicine every half hour and apply White's Black Liniment. Colic and Kidney troubles, give White's Colic and Kidnev Cure. Staggers: Give Whitevs Purga tive and White's Fever Medicine. Worms: Give White's Purga tive and White's Worm and Con dition Powders. Allen Lee, Druggist. We have on hand a large sup ply of Short Form Lien Bonds? for advances and old debt. Send us your orders. The Herald. *SS*S!iSSM!^>dS?l>?iSSS!S!SSSS?S# | SOME 1901 PRICES. 3 444444??t?*t [)f mj Dixie Plows. $ 1. J 2 Stonewall Plows. $1.75. * JF Traces, 40, 60, 75. % Breast Chains, 80. 50. J Jg Haines, 30, 40, 65. 4f Collars, 45, 75, $1 and up. * ? Collar Pads, 25, 80, 40. J 2 Bridles, 65, 75, $1, $1.25. m 2 Plow Lines, 12%, 15, 20. ? Hack Bands, 10, 15, 20, 25. 2 drub Hoes, 45, 50, 75. 2 Cotton Hoes, 30, 40. ? Axes, First-class, 50. 5 Shovels, 75, 90, $1.10. 5 Spades, 50, $1.10. tm Forks, 40, 50, 60. m Itakes, 25, 30, 60. 2 jn Stonewall, Dixie, Clipper, Ward, j* L. W. BOSS CASTINGS J3 g AS LOW AS ARK SOLD ELSEWHERE. ? g White Lead. Oil, Heady Mixed Paints, as low as can be ? Jf sold. Doors, Windows, &e. W | E. J. HOLT & CO. | S. R. Morgan, Cabinet Maker 8MITHFIELP, n. c. and Undertaker, will repair furniture and frame ymr pictures Full llne'of Caskets and Coffins Men's, Ladies' and Children s Burial Holies and ^lioea. Hose,JG?"ves. <fcc Thanks to my friends and natrons for past patronage. Hope to aerve von in future J**********************.*** ? RACKET STORE. ? X X When you hear of a racket store you usually think of a ? S place where shoddy, common goods are sold, but this idea *0 is wrong in regard to my store. ? 1 4 CHANGE * X J( Tb A change has bten made In mv business ami hereafter I shall carry a ^ 2 full stock of a# *3 DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, HUTS, CLOTHING, MILLINERY, & * X Dress Goods, Furniture, Harness. Stoves. Hardwaie and some Groceries. >3 2 My goods are marked at an even per cent., so that when I buy bargains, 2 * I sell them as bargains. My goods are all J 2 Marked in Plain Figures 2 X find you can see the prices and they are fixed so low you X X can buy the goods low. Plenty of goods and lowest prices. X X The cash will buy goods cheap and I promise you shall X X buy them cheap if you trade with me. X 8 J. H. PARKER. I Nl?tl. SELMA, N. c. X * X HARDWARE! WE KEEP A FIRST-CLASS HARDWARE STORE WITH ALL SUCH THINGS AS Stoves, Ready Mixed Paints, Oils, Lead, Guns, PISTOLS, AMMUNITION, TINWARE, STARK'S GENUINE DIXIE PLOWS. CHILLED PLOWS for one or two horses, GLOBE CULTIVATORS, WAGON MATERIAL, NAILS and HORSE SHOES, POCKET and TABL1 CUTLERY, FIRST QUALITY BELTING, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, CROCKERY, LAMPS, Extra heavy Team Collars, ete COX COTTON PLANTERS FOR SALE. J ust received a big lot of Devoe's Old Reliable Paints and Colors in Oil. Every Gallon Guaranteed. Osborne- /Mowers and Reapers for Sale. We ask your patronage and promise you good treatment. Clayton Hardware Company, C. W. CARTER, Owner and Proprietor, D10?tf. CLAYTON. N. C. i G. K. MASSENGILL, & X) X V DUNN, N. C.l Dealer in [DUNN, N. C. * X X X Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, X X X Jf SHOES, HATS, CAPS. ? X OENTS' FURNISHINdS. X x x S Heavy and Fancy Groceries % AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE 5 i ? ? 1 *! Look out for our ad next week. Prices always right. * M TWO STORES. j| 3 and 5 East Broad St. DUNN, N. C ^ S Mll-ta 2 Bill Files, Letter Files, LEGAL AND FOOLSCAP PAPER, PENS and Penholders for Sale at Herald Otflce.
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