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Absolutely PM re.
fhn powder never; varies.' A marvel of
purity, strength and wholeeomeneea. More
economical than ordinary kinds and cannot ba
old in eompettttoa with the multitude at low
Mat, abort weight, alum orpnoaphata,powdera
Sold only in cans. Bdtal Banm Powaa
Oo lot Wall Street, Now York. f i
Sold brWCAAB Strooaeh, George T
A Happy New Year to everybody is
:tii greeting we send to all 'from the
RACKET STORE. '
Wears going to do all we ban to
'make everybody happy, and if yu,wiU
l do what we intend to do and
what we
tell you to do 'you will master the mul
titude of life's ilia: "Keep out of debt.
, liu your crops with a
m . a
hoe and be
the owner of every hill of corn; or cotton
or tobaoeo you grow, unless you have
thjr meani of your own to do otherwise.
TMJ W.: :iK- i;t-
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. half your jafaaOwifc'
youipay
double for ail you coif Keep out of
.debt and saToy eTeryntiner row of
corn
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or oottoW, for it takes just that
much of
,your labor to enjoy the greatest bless-
- ing there is in the credit system, for if a
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, credit crop falls you are sold out Ind all
- you haV must go, while you ind your
family1 'are left destitute. , .! '"
Wall the credit system is ajbad . sys
. tern anyway, and the man Who sells
. merchandise that ' way is simply an ob
ject of city, as a rule; because; the num
ber who cannot pay and those who will
not pay force him to charge such prioes
to those who do pay that he is! aotually
ashamed of himself.
The credit system don't bring very
much happiness to anybody. It is all
"hope deferred."- The RACKET
8TORE cornea to you with the: new and
better way; with a lire cash! business
based on quick sales and small profits.
Six months of Kacket life jhas done
much to develop the advantages jwe are
able to give you. - Six months has de
veloped the fact that JEtacket 4 values
have mastered, th$ field and placed it ini
the lead of the trade in Baleign. six
months has deeidod- that it pays tb have
our buyers always in the market, gath
ering bargains from, the slaughter-pens
tf credit, and six months ; has decided
that our efforts to -supply the jpeople
- with th greatest value for! the least
money has met their approval and tells
us in thunder tones the determination ol
, tae masaea to free themselves ! frim the
bondage of the credit system and .at
lenceforth they will use the ready dol
iar instead of paying double for their
merchandise. 'i
JISSOLUTION OF
COPABTNBBSH1P
The conartnerahiD in the drug
bu8lneg!
heretofore exiting between Dr. J. Al Sexton
and John X. MacKae. under the ittyle and arm
3?rlr iC'JZzF h mm n!
eonaent. Tbe taid liadiac having bought lhe.
lntcreatof Dr. Sexton In the bu4ne, is au -
thorlzed to collect all debts due to the firm,
" and assumes all debu due by the firnuf
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llivLnx ttold to John Y. MacRae my entire
Interest In the drug business ot John Y. Ms-
lue & Co., I thank my trienda and the pubUe
Mnttr&llv for their liberal Uatronage In the
nrallv for their liberal oatronage
nut andfwDectfuhi aoudt tor Mr. MaelUe
oontiuuanoe of Ui same. if
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J. A, jBEXTON.
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Havlnir loufirht the interest oi Dr. J. A
in tha dru bualneM ol J. YL Macltau
: I will eonUnue tbo bualniws it the old
Wr4 1 underthe tyte of John Y). McUae. I
frWnda and the nubile lor tbeit
ItbeM. iMtEonage la tae pan anu ntspect-
wncu.eonuaaanoa ot w u.
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NEWS OBSERVATIONS.
In Germany they bare begun to
make piano oases of compressed paper.
, Red, white and blue pigeons are to
be seen at a poultry show in Baltimore.
The dance most in favor in New,
York thiai winter is the Highland
acottische. j -
The nedestal ifor the Bartholdi
statue will be ready
for the goddess
about April 1.
Mrs. Jlendricks
has received
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from
the officers;of the United States Senate
the mast-ive iron inkstand used by her
husband in1 his private room at the,
Capitol at Washingtoj. It is a hand-
some and unique work of art and is
worth at least $300.
Princess I'abeau, who recently in
herited gltOOO.OOA) from her mother,
keeps in ner Parisian palac twenty dogs
and twenty cats that, being led to the
full, agreo Tery happily together She
is going to foiua a home tor the aged
and indigent of both' races.
la the North Sea lived a wjilc.iind,
deceived, by the arctic temperature of
the past few days on the Now England
coast, it venturel near Amagunsett
beach, in Massachusetts, on Friday ; a
battle ensued between leviathan and the
natives, and the former is now oil and
carcass. t
Gen. Stephenson, commanding the
British forces in the Soudan, advises the
government to either maintain a strong
force at kll the advanced positions on
the Nile or withdraw altogether iuto
Assouan. He says he expects the Sou
dan Arabs to resume their assaults un
less the country is swept byHhe British
toDongola,
A medical inspector in Nijw Haven,
who possibly has not been sufficiently
"seen" by,, the numerous inventors ol
substitutes for the ordinary method ot
sustaining the infants of Connecticut,
declares that under his own observation
every year there are at least ten cases of
starvation of babies through the use ol
patent foods. And yet the natural
source of nutrition is sufficiently patent
in most families.
The great steel manufacturer, Mar
shall,, of Sheffield, is about to remove
his entire works' to America. The firm
employs 3,000 men. Some scores of the
most skilled will be brought over and
the rest will be hired here. ( The State
department has been informed of the
fact, which & regarded as a striking proof
of foreign confidence in the results of the
aaminipirawoi
uew administration and the reality of the
vLAmericaQ business reyiya.
I Despatches from Constantinople state
that the Turkish troops stationed on the
i
frontier are in 'a most wretched condi
tion, many of them dying from starva
tion or scurvy. The majority of thoe
who are able to run away do so because
of discontent or misery. The soldiers
have been badly neglected by their gov.
eminenthave verv seldom received any
pay and, have u r.u - t the best way
they can. A large proportion of the
deserters become briait'ls.r
- When the Apuoiios attacked the
Black Rock ranch uf vViiliam Jobnson,
a week ago las.t sun lay, only Johnson
and his young bride wt-re on the prem
ises. Theyl took refuge in a chicken
house, from! which the tight was kept up
for an hour, the husband doing the
shooting and the wife loading the guns.
Johnson was shot through the body and
thigh and hkd one arm broken. When
the red devils gave up the fight and left,
Mrs. Johnson hitched up a team, placed
her wounded husband in the wagon and
drove twenty miles to Fort Thomas She
was a bride! worth. having.
There is a movement on foot to agi
tate the .railway question in England
the immediate cause being some discrim
ination made in the matter of trans
porting Scotch fish. This poor little in
significant abuse is regarded of sufficient
importance I over there to make a fuss
abottt. Just ' what the consequence
ould bV if some first-class American
discrimination, such as that which ena
bled the Standard -oil company to crush
all its competitors, were unearthed
there, it jis difficult to conjecture. Prob
ably nothing les than imprisoning all
the directors lor life and confiscating the
railway. ! As it is, the talk is of the
government taking charge ot u.e roads.
"ment u being tried for young -people,
. A new kind of. evening entertain
which may afford a pleasing variety for
winter evening gatherings. it is called
a costume concert, and the feature of it
is that each performer on an instrument
must be dressed in character. Thus, a
lady playing the guKar must come as a
l Spaniard.' 1 Gentlemen singing naval
ditties must appear clad as marines. A
Neapolitan barcarole must be sung by a'
performer ! wearing a peasant a Ureas.
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Swihs songs, German lied, and, above
all, minstrel melodies, afford an immense
L variety of characteristic representations
Then also any songs from popular operas,
1 l;t u-tipnea." the "Pirates." or the
like- "Patience." the "Pirates." or the
Mikado,'' would allow for some very
effective) Vgetting up " A goodly
amount of funds for charitable use was
lately realized by the giving of an en-
tertamment in which selections irom
Shaksperej were given in appropriate
costume the. evening closing with a stage
meeting oi ine iamous uiwv aiiu
1 Club ;" Speeches and "views given by
I .imnnuul uiuiiiluiri in Ktr
acteristic dreus, bringing shouts ot
hearty laughter from the throng of spec
tators. : The weird cadence and novel
rhythm of the songs they sang in chorus
before the club "agerned" was alone
worth the price asked for admittance to
the entire entertainment.
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Stauntom, Vs., Jan. A. VV .
liondurant.a promin. nt citizen ot btaun
vm. - .'Hi. head and on
i tn wm jiniiateu vesieruav ai uosnen
1 ' "!: r -r:-Cim ,u,
arm ware wrsred from bis body,
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Tfa Ktnatt Umi Into tvry Field or tb
Subject.
VVashtngton, Jan. 14 Sknatk Mr. !
Hawley again presided over the Senate
today, in the absence of the president
pro tempore.
Mr. Piatt presented a petition from
commercial travelers, praying for legis
lation to relieve them of burdousouic
taxation. ''
Mr. Edmunds said coinplahits bad!
been made to him that the merchants,
artisans and laboring men of Washington
were very, injuriously affected by the
bringing here of the surplus stocks of
other cities, which at a mere nominal ex
pense for rent, were sold here.
The petition was referred to the com
mittee on commerce, where the chair
man, Mr. McMillan, said the commit tee
would be glad to hear .parties having
any views to present on either tide of
the subject.
Mr. Beck said there had come to him,
he did not know why, several petitions
to be presented to the Senate, urgiug
Congress to suspend the silver coiuage.
He-had declined to present such peti
tions and had returned them to the per
sons sending them to him. He pursued
that course because he believed the
sending of such petitions had been in
fluenced by a circular letter marked
"confidential,' sent dutby a committee
of the New York board of trade and
transportation. Mr. Beck read a copy
of the letter. It asks its recipient to
write a personal letter to speaker Car
lisle, urgiug him to refrain from placing
extreme silver men on the coinage com
mittee of the House of Representatives,
and also to write personal letters to the j
senators and Representatives urging a
suspension of the coinage,
Mr. Brown called up Mr. Beck s sil
ver resolution and addressed the Senate
on it. It would be unwise, Mr. Brown
said, and unjust to the people to sus
pend the coinage of silver at present.
So far si the bondholders were concern
ed, the medium in which they were 'to
be paid had not been left in doubt, but
had been nominated in the bond. They
were to be paid in the lawful money of
the United States. At the time of the
contract greenbacks were the lawful
money of the United States and almost
the only currency. The bondholders,
however, many of whom -had paid in
silver only forty or fifty cents on the
dollar for their bonds, soon went sys
tematically to work to increase tbo
value, of : their I -demands against
the government. They used the col
umns of; influential newspapers and the
brains of influential men and secured the
passage of the act of 1869, changing the
contract and-making the bonds payable
in coin, without giving for that change
any new consideration. 'Coin" meant
gold or silver. But not yet satisfied,
they soon had the pleasure of seeing the
refunding act of 1870 passed, which
prescribed that te new- bonds should,
be paid in the coin of the then standard
value, the same standard as that of today.
It would W naturally supposed, Mr.
Brown continued, that this system of
changing the contract from time to time,
making it each time more valuable to the
creditor, bad been carried far enough,
and that tbe people would not be
asked to Jo more than to P5 iu
gold or. nilrer coin an original
greenback worth 40 cent on the dollar.
But not content even then, the next slop
was to demonetise eHrex, for if silver
could be permanently demonetized there
would be effected a reduction of the
quantity of coin with which, under the
contract, debts-were to be paid, and the
value of gold coin, the only coin left,
would be greatly increased.. After the
demonetizing act had been passed, how
ever, the people felt that they had been
wronged and sent representatives to
Congress to repeal it and to provide for
a reasonable amount of annual silver
coinage. Since that time khe creditor
class had failed, to influence Congress,
but had. been fortunate enough
to continue to receive payment
in gold alone. Those men
had been receiving gold alone,
while all the other creditors of the
United States had to take silver or
greenbacks. The result was that the
f bonds bad steadily advanced, until tncy
were now worth r20-t?r"124, but- the
cry still was that the bondholders should
be dealt with liberally and that taxes
must be increased in order to pay them
better currency than other people, so as
to "keep up the credit of the United
States," when the three" per cent bond
! was at par. ;. Mr. Urown did not care to
tax tbe. people to put tne credit any
higher. The officers of the treasury,
he said, should treat all the public
creditors alike. If they paid the bond
holders in gold alone, they should puy
the laborer in gold.
Mr. Maxcy followed in the same view
of the bond question as Mr. Brown.
At the conclusion of Mr. Maxey's re-
marks the j udiciary bill was laid before
the Senate. One of the sections of the
bill provides that no person related
witnin tne degree ot hrst cousin to a
judge ot the United 8tatea shall be ap-
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pointed, by such judge to any position in
his court, and that persons so related
who now hold such office shall not con
tinue in office after six months from the
passage of ; this act. Some discussion
aroe on the last clause, which w.ould
legislate 'out of office the relatives how
B. ; ' ,
' - Mr. Ednluhds was willing that such
anDointments,.ahold not , be made in
- f " - bm.thoMht it would work great
""P ) w .teguuai
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PI omce men wn? pj experience ana
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trairi& H co?e ,0.b.e PerhaP8 th
most rticient and capable persona who
could be found to fill the offices. The
clause;, too, it was Mr. Edmunds' belief,
was retrospective and therefore ob-
jectionable on, that account. He moved
; to strike out the clause that would affect
j persons at present in officei This
was agreed to after considerable debate
At 5.10 p. m. with th bill still pend
ing and Mr. Morgan speaking against,
the bill, the Senato adjourned till Mpn
day next. "
Hoosk Mr. Dingley, of Maine, -from
the shipping committee, reported the
resolution . directing that committee
to inquire what if anjy legislation will
promote the interests of the American
marine employed in-the tiRheries and to
report by the bill or otherwise.
Adopted.
Mr,; Wellborn offered a resolution
authorizing all couunitUes having juris
diction of general appropriation, bills to
have printed such .documents as they
may desire Refer re-1.
Two private bills ni; were reported
under the call of conn nit toes for reports,
and then began the morning hour for
the consideration of such business as
might be called up.
On behalf of the committee on waya
and means, Mr. Morrisou, of Illihoi,
called jttp the resolution tor the distri
bution! of the President's message.
Adopted without, objection or amend
ment, i ; J
On behalf of the committee n presi
dential laws, Mr. Caldwell, of Tennes
see; called up Mr. Hojt'h presidential
succession bill and us there were bnt a
few minutes of the' u;ruing hour re
maining, by unanimous consent it was
agreed that the debate should continue
during the afternoon, Mr. Caldwell re
serving tbo right to call the previous
question at any time. Mr. Caldwell
stated that the eoiuuiitte in reporting
this measure had not dealt with in
difference or disrespret to other propo
sition! before it, ' There Were mmy
measures proposed that would mora
property meet u 11 possil le or imaginary
exigencies than the ono now reported,
but they, required a constitutional
amendment belore they could become
laws and the constitutional amendment
involved a delay which would ill-ac-
cordwith the reasonable anxiety whicu
tie great body - of people felt.
There were many exigencies whjch the
pending measure did not cover, but the
present exigency it completely covered.
It was ! temporarily thrown across the
chasm in order to meet a public demand
and wou d be followed in due time by
an enduring structure over which along
line of Republican . and Democratic
Presidents might march in unbroken suc
cession; . .!
Mr. Perkins : If .President should
die, who under this law would succeed
to the office ? -
Mr. . Caldwell : The secretary of
state.
Mr. Pefkins : If in 1B88 the election
of last year should be reversed and the
electoral college should meet and should
designate a President and Vice-President-elect,
and before their 'inaugura
tion fthey bhould die or should be as
sassinated who for four years there
after would continue President?
Mr.' Caldwell: The present secretary
of state, i
Mr. Perkins: If in 1892 the same
should occur again, who would be Presi
dent for four years
Mr. uaiaweii: mat is only an as
sumption that in 1888 the gap has not
been remo ved. by other and better legis
lation.
Mr, i Perkins; Do you believe it fis
good: legislation " to give any officer
toe power to perpetuate nimseit inaeu
nitety in the executive office?
Mr. Caldwell: I do not, and I do not
understand that the bill admits of any
such construction.
Mr. Cooper, of Ohio.who prepared the
minority report, stated the reasons which
impelled him to take a stand against the
measure and pointed outthe objections
which he considered as fatal to its utility .
He protested against the general principle
of the; bill; against the- idea of Vesting
in the person who Occupied the presi
dential chair the power to perpetuate
the succession by naming his successor
He was profoundly doubtful of the con
stitutionality of the provision which
would vest the presidency upon one ap
pointed by an outgoing admin stratx u.
He believed it to be in violation, ii t
onlv of the snirit and letter of the eon-
stitution. but of the snirit out of which
the constitution rose,, and was.uuttise
WUlatinn hflonuse ittendd to widen
the space between the President and; the J Some months ago a young girl imsgin
TvAnniA I ed that she saw visions.5 Her excitement
Th ,i;SRiiBion was eontinuo.r hv
Jiegsrg .Adams of New York Eden, of
i Tit;no;8. McKinlev of Ohio- Pet'-rs' of
Kansas- Senev ' of Ohio- Cowlis of
. vor-th; I'mdiua- Adaun of 1'ihnis-
Dibble, of South Carolina,, and llo'woll,
n( Tllinnta TK.. .lohntn' th idn -!
;ir .iiiniflrt.tni1i,.,rA-.!pr th..
traiwatim. ..f nrivat.- bu.si nrta
Friday night prions wer; ordered
for the consideration of the pension bill,
The House Tit,5:20 odjournod.
a
t'ltvup and fnrrior Porju rialen
will lncvitabl dittapiolnt yitu, ai il ure not
worth cvn 'w. cents nsk d fuv them.
Among the numerous porou plasters otfered
h.-..H-..r,1iPi.t(...
tui Biinr in.iiuu ct . . . ' v. ... .t.
implicit of mtidrnc. They have won tb ir
great popularity with the people and gained
tbe voluntary endorsement ol the medical pro
fession by their unequalled curative power,
and by t!i .t only. When purchasing be on
your guard againae worthless imitations under
misleading names, such as "Capoicin." 'Cap
sicum," "Oapucln," "C'apsiuine," etc., as
certain huckstering drugKits may try to palm
them off on you in place ot tUe genuine. It is
better to ideal with none but reputable and
honorable dniff;;iia'. Auk for Benaon'a and
; iee thrtU bea tba Tbrw traomark
,a b Uw wpr Lpcln cut to taa oeotre,
VIRGINIA.
A PAUTIJlL.At,Y 1HFOKTAN 1
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Keiidrl bj the Muprtmc Court In tba
Coupon 4
Richmond, Jan. 14, The supreme
court ofs Virginia today rendered a de
cision in the case of Greenhow. State
treasurer, against ashen, in the mat
ter or the State dbt. They held first,
that the contract of March 31, 1871,
under which coupons receivable for
taxes wore issued, did not have the
essential element of vaud consideration
and on a proper case thev would hold
the funding act of March 31, 171, in
valid and illegal: second, that cou
pons could not be received in payment
of that portion of Stato taxes set apart
by the. constitution of .Virginia for the
maintenance of the 'public schools.
Judge Kichardson delivered the opinion
ot the court. Judge .Lewis, president
ol the court, alone dissented.
Mao by u indlau Scout.
San Francisco, Jan 14. A special
to the Call from Tombstone, Arizona,
says : I rank .Leslie, a government
scout, who has been with Capt. Craw
ford's command, has arrived here He
reports having met near Mud Springs
two couriers of the 10th cavalry, who
informed him that trouble had occurred
etwecn an Indian scout and the quar
termaster at Cave creek, twenty -five
miles south of Bowie. The scout com
plained of the quantity of bread issued
to him. After some hard words had
passed the scout went to his camp, but
soon returned with bis rifle and Bhot the
quartermaster and quartermaster ser
geant dead. The officer in charge for
bade his soldiers to fire, as ne wanted to
take him alive, and the scout escaped.
Boertaryiikiai' Opinion.
Wasuixgton, D. O, Jan. 14. Sec
retary Lamar has sent to the attorney
general a communication exipresBing his
opinion that suit should bef brought in
the name of the United States to test
the validity of Bell's original telephone
patent.
Ursl Dmnmt to Crtton.
Fort Mosrok, Va-, Jan. 14. A dis
patch from Newport News reports that
about 2,000 bales, of cotton "were dam
aged by fire and water on the British
steamer Matthew Bedlington. She will
have to discharge. ,
TMrtit' OHlou Murkct at Kw fork.
Nkw iork, Jan. 14. the Post says:
Future deliveries at the first call
brought an advance ol 2, which was
subsequently fullylost, but partially re
covered, so that at tho third call 10u
bales January were sold at 9.25, 200
February at 9.29, 800 April at 9.50,
200 May at 9.61, 100 Jnne at 9.72, 200
July at 9.71, and 100 September at 9.68.
futures closed firm:
Th Xd-Ston
of the Nxws Aim Obsertjr.
Cor.
Kinston, N. C, Jan. 12, 1886.
Seeing a paragraph in tonight's paper
concerning a mad-stone owned by Vr.
J. B. Hall, of Halifax county, reminds
me of a promise I had made myself
sometime ago to inform - the public of
what these mad-stones are made and
wherein lies their virtue. 'I have seen
several of these remarkable stones (so
called). On examining them I find
most of them to be improved specimens
of kaolin. lour traveling man, 1. K.
Walker, has on his farm in Lenoir Co. tons
of this mad-stone, some of which I have
personally tested for all stings and snake
bites, with satisfactory results. Its
virtue lies in, its great absorbing quali
ties. I he stone is first submerged in
hot water fcr heated over a fire and then
applied to the bitten or stung place. It
will stick tighter than poverty to a
mortgaged cropper,until it absorbs every
particle of moisture at the point of ap
plication, and with the moisture goes
the fluid poison into the stone. The
heating of the stone before application
expands and expels the air from the in
torspaces of tho stone and thui greatly
increases its absorbing -powers.' Of
course after the poison has once been
absorbed by thd system and taken uo in
the general circulation, md-Ptones , will
do uo good, 11. O. Hvatt, M. D.
' AJna-oIr Epldemle.
! At San Salvador, in the Bahamas,
I there is at present one of the most won-
derful religious outbreaks on record.
seemed to be contagious, and in the
course of a few weeks nora'e twenty girls
wrr similarly affected. They organized
-tn?s, and all wno participated were
""f'i bv a tttna ot trenzy. . Altogether
I BOllje hv'e hundred people fell victims to
this epidemic of hysteria. Work was
generally n.'giecteu ana tor montns
! every "bod v prrrt to the meetings.
A remarkable feature about the visions
i accuracy
the accuracy with which these
dreamer s.w 'o J reported the actions
of person who w re many miles away
The pastors of the churches have been
at a loss as to the proper course to pur
isue. 1 be v regard the movement as an
I " e'
Uood deal deal of genuine earnestness
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nt Itie ooiioni oi n. -t parallel case, it
the bottom of it
will be recollected, occurred in Ken
tuckv during the early part of the
present century. The Bahama manifes
tinno. trill nan pnm tn an rnrl and it. ia
not likely tlmt they willl leave any last
ing impressions cither far good or bad
Silalaters TrfnMfcrrcd.
Madrid Jan. 147Count Rascon has
been appointed Spanish minister to
London in the place! of ; Marquis de
Casa Laiglesea, who has been trans
ferred to Washington, ;
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DEAD TO THE WOKIJt.
A Baltimore correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times gives an interesting
sketch of Miss Emily MacTavish, the
lady who, after many years' reign as
one of the social attractions ind beaur
ties of Baltimore, has withdrawn from
the world and taken the final vows and
black veil as a' nun. Her family con
nections are of the most distinguished
character She is, on her father's side,
the great-granddaughter of Charles Car
roll, of Carrollton, the signer of the de
claration of independence,", and on her
mother's side the granddaughter of the
once commander of the army of the
Tinted States, General Winfield Scott.
There are few who have not beard of her
three beautiful aunts, known as the
American Graces, who were the Misses
Caton , Charles Carroll's granddaughters.
Theae ladies, after flourishing as belles
in Baltimore, went to England, where
the Duke of Wellington presented them
to the court'of the Prince Begent, upon
whom their beauty made a great im
pression. They all became peeresses.
Mary, the oldest, married the Marquis
of Wellesley, the eldest brother of the
Duke of .Wellington; Elizabeth married
Baron Stafford and Louisa became the
Duchess of Leeds. !
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The MacTavish family, whose posses
sions eome from the fCarrolIs, the Cal-
verts and the Catons, had given nearly.
if not all, it? proparty to the church ' It
is interesting to know that the first House
of the Good Shepherd in tho United
States was established, in Baltimore by
MFjfc-EmTTiySUaclavish, the mother of
the young ladywbTov after the usual pre-
lmmary period, hasN taken the black
ve... Mrs. JHaclavishV who died about
twelve vears ago. was a granddaughter
of the Lady Georgiana, the Duchess of
eeds. It was she who gave the house
and grounds to the Sisters of the Good
Shepherd. The old mansion is now a
part of the modern-institution! and its
broad front, wide porch and angled
wings look out upon the garden, planted
in the last century by the dead and gone
beauties of the MacTavish family. Hang
ing on the walls of the reception room
is a life-size picture of a lovely woman
in the bloom of youth. Her abundant
black hair is combed and puffed at the
sides, in the style of forty years ago.
tier aress is cut tow ana tne : spienaia
neck and arms are in full view. ' The
p-cture is that of Margaret MacTavish,
who became the famous Mrs. Howard,
the confidant and intimate friend of Na
poleon IH, the only woman of whom the
Kmpress .hugenie was ever i: jealous
Margaret MacTavish went with some of
her tamjly to England about the year
boO and married a Capt. Howard, an
officer in the British army and a connec
tion ot the Catholic branch ot that I
noble family, the Howards of Norfol$4-i
She was in Paris at the time of
the coup d'etat and attracted the at
tention of Napoleon. It lis not known
where or how she died, Except that some
mysterious, terrible fate overtook her
and the picture upon the walls is .the
only relic of her splendid and guilty life
As a measure'; of expiation Mrs. Mac
Tavish has given tho old home and all
her property to the church, to establish
a sisterhood and homes for erring and
depraved women, and out of the mother
house here has grown -the one in Phila
delphia. . . ;
Now another, and, it js believed the
astof the family, has givh her "life to
me cnurcn ana niaaen her beauty De
hibd the Visitation clphjter walls. Her
wealth and high social Qg(tion placed
her in the front rankest Halttmora otn-
ety. Stately in her bearing as Tenny
son's Maud and calm in her manner as
her grand-aunt, the Duchess of Leeds,
whom she resembles, 'Miss Maclavish
was possessed of that conscious repose
and high-born grace seen so otten m
Vandvck s portraits, representing as
f -A ' A
they do the transmitted beauty and re
finement of a dozen .generations. . Those
who witnessed the ceremony of her hrst
entrance into the nunnery will never
forget its solemnity. When she came to
the 'altar, clad in white satin, like
bride, there were many regrets for the
loss to society of such beauty and talents
that were to be offered in vicarious
atonement for the sins of an nnccstor
Henceforth the life of this jercnt belle
and beauty, now one of tho Sisters of the
Ifood shepherd, wilt oc Fpent among
sinning and fallen women, trying to re-'
claim them to society and to the church
Th Fir Fiend. ,
i Baltimore, Md., Jan. 14. Aspecia
from Newport Jiews, Va., isavs that
fire broke out on . board - the British
steamer Matthew .bedlington, loading
with cotton for Liverpool.
PrrrsBUiiG, Pa., Jan. 14. A dispatch
from Millersburg. O.. received last
night, says : A fire broke out in the
large hardware and tin establishment
of Voorhees & ETer, on Main strct, iato
last night. It is burning fiercely and
fears are entertained tuat the . entire
block, including the Central hotel an
a number of fine business buildings, wil
succumb to the flames. I ho loss wil
be, heavy.
It is a blind confidence to suppose yourself
incapable ot mistakes It is indeed a serious
blunder to refuao to take Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup when you ven suspect you have taken
cold. Price 25 cents.
What a grand, great conntry this ia with its
vast territory, its nig river, it pretty women,
and Its Venl Vidi Vlcl cure Salvation OH.
Thb Electric Light wiil soon be in use In
Raleigh, but the American wood powder has
been In use two years. All aportemen una It.
No dirt 1 No aoaoke 1 jNo recoil IFornale by
J. C Baawaraa A Co.
At thk store of Fred A. Watson,
112 Fayetteville street, will be found
an exceptionally fine line of such desira
ble goods as mirrors in all i kinds of
frames, easy chairs, rockers; bric-a-brac,
besides handsome wall papers, curtains,
pictures, photograph sad picture frames
jasU styles, ; . .
Attractive KntrUlaBt.
At 8 o'clock this evening a specially
enjoyable musicale willbe given at Capt.
E. R. Stamps' residence, ,New Berne
avenue, lhe programme, which is as
follows, is more eloquent than words:'
Vocal solo, "Ecktrt's Swiss Song,"
Miss Katie Scales; vocal solo, f'Watch
ing." by Millard, Miss Minnie Helper;
vocal solo, "La I-arfaletta," by Torry,
Miss Ella Mitchell; duet, "Holy Jlother.
f uide his footsteps," by Wallace, Miss
lelper and Mr. L. -D. Heartt; vocal
duet, " 'Neath .the Stars',''' by Gor-
digiani, Misses Scales and N. Burwell;
trio, "lhe Manner 1. Mrs. Baumann
and Miss Scales; 2. Misses Burwell and
Mitchell; 3. Mr. W. S. Primrose; chohis,
'vvhen the Summer' Ram is O er." bv
Donizetti, choir of First Presbyterian
church; readings, by Miss J. Ward;
The public is invited, . Admission free,
SbtlflTa Nttllns; Taxes.
Yesterday the following sheriffs set
tled the taxes due by their, respective
counties to the State : J. W. Crowelli
Wilson, I $9,621.61; S. II. Manning,
New Hanover, 18,74.94; A. Nixon,
Lincoln, $8,181.31, i
St. Nicholas for January, IHH.
W. D. Howells leads off "with his
ong-promised storv, which is delight
fully unconventional. Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett follows with another
installment of her charming serial, "Lit!
tie Lord Fauntleroy. ' ' Horace E."
Scndder contributes the opening and
very interesting chapters of his story of
the life of George Washington; there is v
a short "Bit of Talk for Young Folks,''
by Helen Jackson (H. II.) ;,and H. H"T
Boyesen writes one of his entertaining
talesf two continents. Sophie May
has a bright and timely story about
Santa Claus on. Snow-shoes. and
ITezekiah Butterworth tells how his
Grandmother's Grandmother's Christ
mas Candle" repelled an Indian inva
sion in colonial days. In the depart
ment for 4,Middle-aged. Little Folk,'
Palmer Cox tells about "The Brownies
Tobogganing;" and in the pages de
voted to "Very Little Folk, ".Laura E.
Richards,, assisted by a full-page pic
ture, explains "Why Coral io was 111.
An entire Buit of cloth for the street
is considered more elegant tnan one?
which shows a mingling of some otter?
fabric. For more dressy use a velvet
underskirt may be substituted for the "
cloth oe, but even in this case many
ladies prefer the suit alike throughout,
and to be in street fashion -..should be
tailor-made to insure faultlessness in fit
and finish. The ladylike and: elegant
costumes which have reached us from
Paris show much less severity in style
than formerly, with wide panels bor-
Jsed .around- wjth .ricS.heayy applujucs
closely resembling elaborate embroider
les, auu muic auu waisieuai in ajoqis
XlV style, trimmed id correspond. Kilt
ings and deep fan pleats are oddly in
termingled on skirts of other suits with
long ample drapings arranged above on-
other costumes with bodice arranged to
match, A stylish sdit of Norwegian
gray Ottoman cloth is one I attractive
model, the skirt, tunic,' vest, and jacket
being covered with an effective embroi
dery wrought with satin' lustre tubular
braid two shades darker than the fabric
itself. : En suite is an English coat to
the same 'goods, also embroidered and
edged with bands of silver fox -fur; and
a small princesses bonnet of -the gray
cloth worked upon the crown with plomb
beads.: and bordered upon its brim witn
a narrow line of thejsilver fur.
For what was Eye created ? For Adam's
Expn ss Company, and t tell her .daughters
tnat Taylbr'a Cherokee Honelv ot 3weet Onm
and Mullein would cure the little, ones ol
cough?, croup and consumption. . . ,
Guirds are to be kept at Mr. Gar
field's tomb till Juno 1,
"Th Omtm Cutu on UTth tar Pain." Win
relteramor quick It than any other known r
cit: lumurauam. Manual,
SwelUng-V Bun heck, BrnHtm,
Harr Bcslda, Cats, Xamte.
so, Henrisr, Botml rrot-littea,
Itiiokaebaj Colnsr, Bora Throat,
SrtitUca. Wounds. JRxlA-ha.
Toothache. Bpraiaa eto.. llinl
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DR. EiiLL'S COUGH STEOPj
For the cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarse
ness, Croup, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Whooping; Congo, Incipiert Con
sumption, and for the relief of con
sumptive persons In advanced stages
of the Disease. For Sale by all Drugy
gists. Price, 25 cents.
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At He'ectei leaf and chncot bn excelled, .
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