1AMBLES OF THE RAMBLER
BREEZY NEWS, YIEWS AND
COMMENTS.
What He Sees and Hears While
Roaming the Streets.
we may look for the sun, which !
mkes millions of bales of cotton,
to be withdrawn from us for tne
brief hour on next Monday. I is
to be a morning spectacle, begin
ning about six. o'clock and laslifig
nearly three hours; but the period
of totality will last scarcely a min
ute This town is not in the line
of totality, but still the eclipse
will to the unscientific and uu
truined eye seem total, little of tbe
sun at the height of the eclipse re
maining unobscured.
As the eclipse progresses the
light of the sun takes'on a cal
c urn-light appearance, culminat-
1 g in an uncanny darKness tnat
may deceiye the birds and beasts
that are not well up in astrono
mical lore to the extent of goiug
untimely to bed or to roost. How
they will feel after tbe accustom
ed ligh returns, it is difficult to
sav. for since Aesop's day we
-
have not had a good iaterpreter
of auitndl philosophy, and the
Rambler will not attempt any
thing of the kind at this late day,
If be had tbe money the Ram
bler would offer a large reward
for the arrest and conviction of
tbe person or persons who tied
two cats' tails together and hung
them across the clothes line in our
back yard last night. We never
once closed our eyes for sleep.
Wo thought it was our neighbor's
children crying and this moroing
we went over to speak about the
disagreable noise and our neigh
bor accused us of beat:ng our
children and said he was going to
have us arrested for cruelty to
animals. We were both at daggers'
points when we discovered a lot of
fur and fiddle strings in acrude state
strewn all over our back yard.
This explained the continued
yelling which we both heard, bat
it did not restore the sleep which
we lost, last night. Our neighbor
is anxious to offer a reward, and
like us he can offer but he has
not the reward, and if either
one of us had it we would keep
it.
GENERAL NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
News of tbe Stage, Social, Political and
Otherwise, Called From Oar
Dally Exchanges.
News of a rather amusmg in
cident, which occurred at Frog
ZPond Saturday evening, has just
reached the Rambler. While the
occurrence was amusing, it is sal
to relate that it cost the poor
fellow his life and furnished the
town its usual funeral services on
Sunday afternooD, an exception
to which has never been known to
occur. in the history of that burg.
'Tbe sa'l occurrenco happened in
this way: A young lady from the
city, dressed to kill and wearing
the usual loug train, was visitiDg
her country cousins aud was walk
ing down the main street of the
town. A tallow-faced, freckled
'Tiosed son of his parents from the
remote swamps of that woo-be-sone
section was coming down a
side street just as the city lady
was crossing in front of him. Ho
had his ej es fastened on the vision
of loveliness just passing and
"failed to notice the long train foU
lowing in her wake. He stepped
on the train and in a jiffy his feet
flew from under him and he fell
over into the gutter, breaking his
neck by the fall. The young lady
ran into a dry goods store, while
her companions gathered up the
remnant?, and by the use of a
number of pins she was enabled
to get cut on the street again.
The town council got news of
the occurrence and the Mayor
-called a special meeting and
.passed an ordinance requiring
the ladies of Frog Pond to use
more material in the top part of
their dresses and less at the bot
tom, other towns might follow
fthis good example. The funeral
-was attended by the usual gather-
ing and both bands played going to Aged 1Q2 tm He still Fees
ana coming irom tne cemetery. i
xouug.
I t -r 1 hit OA T -V.
The Rambler has of ten written aew io, may 2u.-oiepu
about people who read this pa- Mcratn, 01 144 .cast . J2iigniy
per without paying for it. We second street, is 102 years old to-
have a case in point which hap- Iday. In speaking this morning
;penedoverat Frog Pond last about his age, McGrath said:
week, and whish illustrates thel "I consider myself as hale and
heavy cost or borrowing tne hearty as if 1 were forty. What
Argus. Tbe story as told the makea me &tTOUS is that 1 have
Rambler by a man just trom the l,wayg adQere(J fcQ outdoor exer
' I Alts- vtz-kt- n 4 fir " y t nrolfflniv
A man who was too economical I , ,
10 iane mis paper sent nis niue i -
bov to borrow the codv taken bv arin wmssey anu i uuew ioucu.
his neighbor. In haste the boy There is no harm in it if you take
ran over a $4 stand of bees and in it moderately. 1 have used tobacco
ten minutes looked like a warty and whiskey for 85 years. .1 get
summer squash. His cries reached up about 7 a. m., take a light
his father, who ran to his assist- breakfast, smoke my p;pe, read
ance, and failing to notice a barbed Uhe newspapers and then go out
wire fence, ran into that, breaking f or a wa,k After dinner I smoke
j a. : i .a i I
it aown.cumng anauuiui oiiusa .. taza a nan nnH thpn nnt
l .
Political air castles may be told
from the other kind by their always
being roofed with slates.
If a Vice-President is not heard
much of after election, his being put
at the tail end of the ticket in itself
suggests being sat down on.
Considering the part the censor
played in the Transvaal war, when
the final review of the army takes
place the telegraph batteries should
not be overlooked.
The employes of a shoe factory in
Cincinnati struck last week, because
they were assessed fiye cents a week
to pay for ice used to cool the drink
ing water. The ice furnished has
been growing less of late and the
strikers wanted to furnish their own
ice. xney were out only a tew noura
when they won the strike.
Some of the surplus revenues of
the United States are to be employ
ed to pay oft twenty-five millions of
indebtedness. This is the only prop
er thing to do with surplus revenue
after it has been collected. The
other thing that might be done is to
reduce the revenue by cutting off
some of the superfluous taxes.
The Rev. George Fletcher Shep
herd, a Methodist -clergyman of
Deansboro, N. Y.. has sent $40 to a
bank at Ilion to be kept until claim
ed by merchants from whom he pur
loined fruit when he was a small
boy in that town. If there are no
claimants in thirty days the money
is to be given to the public library.
The distinguished English sur
geon, Frederic Treves, at the Beform
Club recently denounced those Eng
lish ladies who have gone, unasked,
to the front in South Africa. He ac ¬
cused them of merely seekivg ex
citement. Indeed, we hesitate about
quoting his language, because he
said "these social locusts were a
plague, really a terror, hated (worse
by the patients than by the doc-
ors."
General Buller's reoccupation of
Newcastle, with the repulse of the
Boers from" before Mafekiag, in
Bechuanaland, marks the end of Mr.
Kruger's effort to drive the British
out of South Africa. Sentimental
talk about "republics fighting for
their independence" should not be
allowed to obscure the real purpose
and expectation with which the Boer
leaders undertook this war, which
was not simply to exclude the Out-
landers from all participation in the
affairs of the Transvaal, but to ex
tend the Boer or Afrikander power
over the British colonies.
"When the excretory organs fail to carry off the waste material from the system, there is an abnor
mal accumulation of effete matter which poisons and clogs the blood, and it becomes sour and acid.
This poison is carried through the general circulation to all parts of the body, and upon reaching
the skin surface there is a redness and eruption, and by certain peculiarities we recognize Eczema,
Tetter, Acne, Salt Rheum, Psoriasis, Erysipelas and many other skin troubles, more or less severe.
While the skin is the seat of irritation, the real disease is in the blood. Medicated lotions and
powders may allay the itching and burning, but never cure, no matter how long and faithfully
continued, and the condition is otten aggravated and skin permanently injured by their use.
Tfte Hiseose is more than shin deep; ftie emire circulation is poisoned.
The many preparations of arsenic, mercury, potash, etc, not only do not cure skin diseases, but soon ruin the digestion,
and break down the constitution.
S. S. S., nature's own remedy, made of roots, herbs and barks, of great purifying and tonical properties, quickly and
effectually cures blood and skin troubles, because it goes direct to the root of the disease and stimulates and restores normal,
healthy action to the different organs, cleanses and enriches the blood, and thus relieves the system of all poisonous secretions.
S. S. S. cures permanently because it leaves none of the original poison to referment in the blood and cause a fresh attack.
Healthy blood is necessary to preserve that clear, smootli skin and Deautuul com
plexion so much desired by all. S. S. S. can be relied upon with certainty to keep
the blood in perfect order. It has been curing blood and skia diseases for half a cen
tury ; no other medicine can show such a record.
S. S. S. contains no poisonous minerals is purely vegetable and harmless.
Our medical department is in charge of physicians of large experience in treating
blood and skin diseases, who will take pleasure in aiding by their advice and direction all
who desire it. Write fully and freely about your case ; vour letters are held in strictest
confidence. We make no charge whatever for this service. Our book on Blood and'
Skin Diseases will be sent free upon application. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, CA.
II I
Sheets containing PATTERNS FOR JUNE are now here and can be had for
the asking. Below are three very attractive patterns appearing this month :
2253
Sizes
3 1-4 yards of ma
terial 32 inches wide for
of rihhnn snr? worrlc JH.
of edging.
'255-O'RLS' DRESS.
To le worn wttti guimpo
Sizes o, 9, 10, 13 years. (
for a walk. In tbe afternoon I gen
erally go tc the Park. 1 thua get
plenty of fresh air. After supper
at night I tka a stroke again
Medium size
requires 10
yards of 32
inch material
1 2 yard of
all over and
5 yards of
lace edging.
Medium size requires
Sk3-4 yds of 32 inch goods;
2 1-2 yards of band trim
ming. 1 3-4 yards of all
over and 11-2 yards of
edging. Allow -an extra
MISSES' COSTUME. iyard of goods for ruffle.
ss 10, 12, 14, 16 yearg."?
In these "New Idea Patterns" no allowance is
made for seams, thus enabling you to provide for these
as you like, which is as satisfactory a way and more
economical than the usual method.
We ask you to makea trial of this well-known
pattern. If the directions on each pattern is followed
your satisfaction is assured, and you save from 15 tov
2J cents on every pattern.
Every dress maker calling at our store this month and requesting acopy will
receive a copy of the "New Idea Fashion Review" gratis. This is published quar
terly and contains cuts of every pattern made by the company.
We shall distribute the monthly sheets beginning with the June number.
H. Weil Sl BroSo
225c Ladles' Wrapper.
Sizes SS, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42.
Real Estate
Bulletin !
FORSAltE.
from his anatomy and ruining a
n$4 pair of pants. The old cow
took advantage of the gap in the
fence and got into the cornfield
and killed herself eating green
jorn. Hearing the racket, the read the evtning newspapers and
wife ran out. uoset a four gallon generally go to bed about
churnful of rich cream into a o'clock. I Jo not consider myself
basket of kittens, drowning the 811 old man by any means.
wnoie nocic. in ner nurry sne Red Hot From the Gun.
dropped a set or raise teern. Was tne Dall tnat nit q, b.
the baby, left alone, crawled Steadman of Newark, Mich., in
through the soilled miik and into I the Civil War. It caused horrible
tha narlnr rninincr a hranH now Ulcers that DO treatment helped
on L t .v, .. I for 20 years. Then Bucklen's Ar
utiU tUO cltc" nica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts,
ment the oldest daughter ran Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons.
away with tho hired man, the dog Corns. Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
broke up 11 setting hens, and the cure on earth. 25 cts. a box.Cure
r I .11.. tt n .'II o
calves got out and chewed the guaranteed, ooia oy j. a., nuioc
the tails off four fine shirts hang
ing ton the clothes line to dry. Lots of women have dresses
! xi . t ; jj i . '
i mey arts airaiu lu wear.
louring tne mtie spare time me The man wno makes a fool of
Rambler has we have been reading himself usually turns out a good
about the sun hiding its face on job.
next Monday, lhere are plenty of a woman who suffers untold
reasons wbv the sun should hide agony is an exception to the
Its face, but we will not discuss rule.
this part of the question . Unless I rjQ average wife knows the
-the astronomers deceive us, as I prick of conscience is productive
4hey did about the stars falling, ' of pin-money
Congress is likely to adjourn early
in June. A tacit understanding ap
parently exists in the House be
tween the Republican and . Demo
cratic leaders to defer any new leg
islation that is liable to postpone ad
journment to the second session. In
the Senate, nothing stands between
n. ftncorlu- t.Armirifl.t.ifvn of Vinsinpss
, ,T. 1, -1, Ti ' 5 Farms, 30 to 40-acre3 each, half mile south of
Ceptthe Kicaraguan Canal bill. It I Webbtown; location excellent; good land
IS very aoubtlul It tms "Will get I and under high state of cultivation
through, although Senator Morgan
is firm m his determination to force
its passage. The subsidy shipping
bill is almost sure to be hung up un
til next December. The same is true
of the pure food bill.. It is confiden
tially given out that the President
is quite willing to have the Philip -
pine resolution aeierrea tor tne
present.
Working Night and Day.
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Dr.
King's New Life Pills. Every
pill is a sugar-coated globule of
health, that changes weakness
into ' strength, listlessness into
energy, brain-fag into mental
power. They're wonderful in
building up th health. Oaly 25
cts. a box. Sold bv J. U. Hill &
Son.
Try A'len's Foot Ease
A powder to be shaken into the shoes
Your feet swollen, nervous and hot,
and get tired easily ? If you rave
smarting feet or tight shoes.try Allen's
Foot Ease. It cools the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures swollen, sweating
feet, ingrowing nails, blisters and cal
lous spots. Relieves corns and bunions
of all pain and gives rest and comfort.
Try it to-day. Sold by all "druggists
and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
IrfsRoy.N.Y.
Good Enough
II
Farm of 30 acres, half mile south of Webbtown,
near the home of J. W. Bryan.
.- ' III
Farm of 28 acres, quarter mile east of Webb
town, on north side of county road.
IV
250 acres just south of Goldsboro, and west of
W. & W. Railroad, on both sides of the
county road. Very valuable land, highly
improved and suitable fo" cultivation for
corn, cotton, tobacco, truck and grain. Can
be sub-divided and sold In sections of
from 10 to 50 acres. Only a few minutes
walk from city.
V
800 acres, 7 miles from city, Indian Springs
township, Wayne county. Good land,
cheap, and terms easy.
VI
Farm of 125 acres in Johnson county, 7 miles
from Clayton; 12 miles from Smithfleld.
First-class dwellings: other improvements
Desirable neighborhood ; price reasonable.
FOR RENT.
2 brick stores E, & W. Walnut street.
8 brick stores E. Centre, north of Mulberry St.
3 brick stores under Arlington Hotel.
2 8-room dwellings, A. M. I.", W. Walnut St.
1 11 -room dwelling, " near Epis. churcn.
1 5-room dwelling E. Walnut street.
1 6-room dwelling, Slocumb St., on Hill.
Saveral narticularly desirable and
absolutely safe real estate investments
a rA rfc"PPY,ftf1 .
JtS-Real estate bought, sold and
exchanged. Special attention given
to collection of rents.
Humphrey-Gibson Company.
WEST CENTRE STEEET,
Opposite Hotel Kennon.
a 2 2 (April 25 Tu Thrs Sat).
for anybody isn't good enough for us,
when it comes to Soda "Water. We
want every one of our customers t
r?ally feel that the soda they get here
i BETTER than the best that other
Btores are capable of producing.
You who bave tried them know this
U so. We know that it is so; but there
are those who do not kn- w it, and
this is an appeal to all those who have,
not already done so, to come and par.
lake of "a good thins." Come to tho
fountain and be refreshed .
A rambler, (not the A rgus Ban. bler
though), as he was on his rambling s;
the other dav, overheard a conversation between two young people, when one
declared: "It's a pleasure to trade at Robinson's Drug Store, partly because
they treat you so - nice, and besides they serve the best Fountain drinks in
town." "Yes," remarked the other, ' and they have 6uch clever dispensers at
the Fountain. Do you know Mr. Chamber'ain and Mr. Gardner? I think they
are real nice looking. Let's go around and get two Tee Cream Sodas."
We invite you all to come. We will endeavor to make it pleasant for you.
M. E. Robinson & Bro.,
The Money's "Worth Druggists.
Tiie newest conceptions
have just been put on display at L. D. GIDDERS'.
Hair Braid Clasps, Pulley Belt Rings,
Shirt Waist Sets, and do you want a Chain Purse,
or do you need a Purse Chain?
We have both. But you'll be liberal with your jewelry buying
when you leain our prices.
L. D. Giddens, jfweler