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Advanced AAl3on $1.50 A YEAR CASH IN ADVANCE. a LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY S, THY GOD S, AND TRUTH S. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM VOLUME XXII. WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 1, 1892. NUMBER 46. The Cash Racket Stores ! THREE DOLLARS OFF! Three dollars off is a big re duction on ladies' Cloaks, but we are even doing better than that in some styles. It will pay you to look at our stock of Ladies' Cloaks, just received. New lot of Dress Goods at our usual low prices just to land The Cash Racket Stores, WILSON, N. C, Nash and Goldsboro Streets. J. M. LEATH, Mr. Cvaana Chimin Incnrannfl itfonmr W. T. JORDAN, MANAGER, SNOW HILL.. - - - N. C. rhis Agency has been in successful operation for about three years, and the manager Jias paid out thousands of doll rs to benehciaries ; ana nis com panics hold in trust millions more to be paid when due. The manager is mak ing; z offers to make bnow Hill the most desirable and cheapest place for the people toeet insurance. Should you want to carry an accident policy you can get as liberal policy in as good, sound company as can be obtained anywhere. If vou have a Cotton Gin, Store House or Stock of Goods, Steam or Water Mill, Dwelling, Barns or other t arm Property, you wish insured, you can pet as cheap rMes from the Greene county Insurance Agency as can oe obtained anywhere, in first-class com panies. Cotton gins and cotton a specialty. Particular attention paid to corres pondence, so if you desire insurance write to the manager and your wants will he supplied. Credit: Thirty day's credit given on policies when desired. Yours to Please, W.I.JORDAN, M'g'r. Greene Co. Insurance Ag'cy. P. O. Box No. s. Snow Hill. N. C. DR. W, S. ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, WILSON, N. C. Oifice in Dru? Store onTarboroSt. DR. ALBERT ANDERSON, Physician and Surgeon, WILSON, n. c. i Office next door to the First Nationa oanK. DR. E. K. WRIGHT, Surgeon Dentist, WILSON, N. C. Having permanently located in Wil :&n, I offer my professional services to Republic. GTOitice in Central Hotel Building- Whoa ! When in LaGrange and desiring- a first-class turn-out for any immediate point, come to py livery stables. Good teams, fFetul drivers and reasonable Pttes. I ha vp mar1f Qnfrial ar- gjagements with the proprietor J take all patrons to Seven PPnVs. Wayne county's fa- health resort. Call on me! W. H. HARPER, 11 LaGrange. N. C. U-21. THE COUPER MARBLE WORKS, u 113 and u5 Bank St., Norfolk, VA. La tock of finished nitnts, Gravestones, &c. Re y for shipment. 5-M-iy BILL ARFS LETTER. HK SAYS THERE IS NO HOME. PLACE I.1KK Talks of Travel and Politics Turn llie Rascals out Even Though you Turn Other in Will Send Miss Ruth a Hun dred Dollar Bill, in Confederate Money. To say it is a very old-fashioned thing, But I will say it again, "There is no place like home. When I had filled my last appointment in Texas and had boarded the train with my face turned homeward I was happy my spirits bouyed me up and sat lighter on the velvet cushion and every click of the wheels over the jointed rails gave a welcome sound, lor it meant that much nearer home. It was after midnight when left the nice little town of Franklin, and that midnieht business has been the most serious drawback upon my comfort and happiness. Most every night my rest was broken, lor I have to leave a place in the dark and sleepy hours or arrive at one, and it made me tired, very tired. One night I reached my town at 2 o'clock while it was pouring: down rain and the little bridge over the ditch by the railroad had washed away and a timber about six inches square had been thrown across as a substitute. The landlord had a lantern and led a woman across very carefully. It seemed to me that if she could walk it I could, but I had a heavy valise in one hand and a light one in the other added to my abundant corpo rosity and raised my center ol grav ity beyond reason, and worst of all, just as the lady had put her loot on the ground the polite landlord swung his, lantern before her and left me in the dark shadow. With one spas modic leap I made a last step lor the bank and missed it about a loot. I saved my baggage, however, and only got in about ankle deep, but it scared me awfully and I never got over it for an hour. I wish that I had a picture of that scene. The next night I lelt at the same hour and by moan ing I was sick sick with threatened pneumonia and when I reached my destination I surrendered and went to bed and dreamed I was in a coffin and was being shipped home in the express car, and it distressed me be yond measure to think how grieved my family would be to receive my mortal remains and how they would weep and sob and tell each other all of my virtues and never mention a lault nary fault. But the good landlady eot hot water and bathed my leet and gave me quinine and nursed me like a mother, and I sur vived and got better and shook oil my lears and kept out of the coffin, and here I am in the land of the living where mercy may be sought and pardon found. It was a long, long ride coming home, but the drummers kept things lively, for they got on and pff at every station and are always cheerful. We all talked politics and banked on Cleveland. - At Trinity station a man got on the train to go sevea miles to the next station and tendered the con ductor 20 cents. Captain Mitchell told him politely it would take 28 cents as he had no ticket. The man was cross and defiant, and said he wouldn't pay it. We were hardly out of town when the captain pulled the bell rope and gently let him down on terra firma The man had plenty of small change for we saw it, but I think he wanted to get a law suit. He declared that he wouldn't pay but 3 cents a mile, ticket or no ticket. Of course he will find a law yer to take his case, and all lor 7 cents in money and a big lot of lac erated feelings. There wbs a poor sad-faced woman with two children sitting not far from me, and as the butcher boy went to and fro with his basket of fruit the little chaps looked wistfully but their mother shook her head. They made no complaint and seemed to understand that they were not in it, while the rest of us were enjoying the grapes and bananas. I didn't like that so I whispered the boy to give them each an apple and a banana and a paper of grapes and some to the mother ard make no sign and pass on. It didn't-cost me but 30 cents, but it was worth a dol lar to see the surprise the timid look of wonder and of pleasure as they glanced0 around and ate their fruit. It was a little thing but it made the miles shorter to them and to me. Try this sometime when you travel. I arrived home just before day break and found the house all dark and still, and the old dog asleep on the piazza. I patted him into silence and then stepped into the parlor and tumbled down upon a sofa and. was soon dreaming, but not of coffins. It was 8 o'clock before I was found and suddenly I was awakened by soft arms around my neck and a shower of kisses on my old rough face. Mrs. Arp and the girls yelled and scream ed their heart's delight, for it was the longest absence I had made since the war, and I will never stay away so long ?again. I lelt something like our big-mouth Bob when he had served out his two years in the chain gang for unintentionally killing an other negro. Colonel Towers told him goodby and said, "Bob, you must come to see us again sometime." Bob open ed his big mouth and said, "Colonel Towers, dis here is de longest visit I ever paid anybody in my life, and il you wants to see me any more I reckon you will have to come to my house.". But it is all over now and I am basking in the sunshine of home and kindred. On fop of it . all comes the glorious victory a victory that is the harbinger of peace and good will between the -sections. The South is j being vindicated at last. I don't ; know that confederate money will be ! good again or that Mrs. Arp will be I paid for her barrel of soap, or that i that our crippled soldiers and confed i erate widows will be pensioned : but ! one thing is certain the South will I get her share of the offices and the ! patronage of the government. I I think I shall take a sinecure or a sine qua non'or a sine die myself. I have ht enough and now want to retire on half pay. There wont be enough offices to go ail round, I know, but we- can make a few more and cut down the salaries and do pretty well. There is only one cloud over the general hilarity, and that is a feeling of sympathy for the bereav ed. ... . it hurts my feelings to see them out, especially when is turned in to fill his turn "a ras a I another rascr place. But such is politics. Poli tics is a science, and is something both funny and fantastic. I heard the other day about a candidate rid ing a hundred miles to get proof that his opponent deserted from the con lederate army. He found his wit ness away out in the country and he said yes, he knew all about it for they belonged fo the same company, and he was sorry desert and. kept war was over, prepared to take to say that Bill did hid out until the So the candidate his affidavit but he did not seem willing to give it. He talked -and talked and asserted that Bill was a deserter and he would swear to it if he was obliged to, but still he wouldn't sign. When finally pressed for a reason why, he said : "Well, stranger, I don't want to sign that document, for you see the fact is I deserted with him." But Mr. Cleveland is all right and will re orm some minus, lor me pep- pie havt spoken and said he must fh 1 1 means something it V i Why icre is- nu telling now many xritories he has carried, I surprised to hear that he Can tda and Mexico and states and t would'nt be had carried and the Sandwich islands. The Korth and Sc getting Grover ltn are solid s bmmg together and round. Hurrah for coing to send Miss ed dollar bill in con- Ruth a hum federate money, ing interest tw It has been draw aty nine years and the interest kee Bill Arp. AVINSTi OlIiGE. Tke Kirc-lieml .in .rlv. at It Terrible Winston other ctesiru to day. Th r, C. Nov. 24. An e fire visited this city The pride of Winston, the rant Hotel Zinzendorf, is in ashes. The fire was accidental and originated in the laundry, which was located in the annex on the west side, and the flames were quickly conveyed to the main building, where they put in their work ol destruction with furious rapidity- In about one hour this magnificent structure was swept away. The fire departments 01 Winston and Salem responded promptly, but were utterly powerless for the want of water, the nearest hydrant of the city water works being a quarter of a mile dis tant. m A portion of the furniture was saved but as rapid handling was necessary much of it, was damaged. The total insurance was :-. 100,000 on the Duiia- ing and ;5 15,000 on will probably cover the loss. lurniture, which three-fourths of Democratic Kule. There has been a practical land slide in favor of Democracy, and if we believe in this system of govern ment and the popular verdict of the the people, their decision must be ac cepted as correct. This will be hard for many to do. In the meantime, the sun and stars will pass on, each in common, with all other agencies of the Ruler of the Universe, performing its divine mission, and even mortals filled with prejudice will soon be ready to admit that the country is no worse off under a Cleveland adminis tration. National Economist, Farm ers' Alliance Oigan. Mrs. Cleveland May fiet tlie l'rlzed Coin. It is stated upon fairly good au thority that WyckofT, Seamans & Benedict, who will pay $10,000 for the first World's Fair souvenir coin ed, propose to present it to Mrs. Grover Cleveland on the day the Ex position Ws opened. The coin is now in the possession of James W. Ells worth, chairman of the" Committee of Liberal Arts, who will turn it over to the purchasers. HI LI. MAY 11ESIGM. David Bei nttf Would Kather be a Senator. Lead Than The Mail and Express says that itrong probability that there is a s David B. Hill will 41 Ot return to his seat in the United States Senate. If the decision of the matter rested wholly with Mr. Hill -there is no doubt that he would resign shortly after the session of the legislature is bejiuii in January. There are many reasons for the action now credited to -the junior senator. It is now very welll known to many that it was not the desire of Mr Hill to go to the United States Senate as a successor of the Hon. William M. Evarts. It is his ambi tion to remain as leader of the New York Democracy, something that he can best'do by remaining altogether in the state and persuing the practice of law . ABOUT NEWSPAPER WRITERS. How the Great Metropolitan Daily Saps ' the liifehlood of Its Workers. A saver among writers pure and sim ple would be a rar avia indeed. The conspicuous writers whf have attained fortunes were indebted much more io the financial skill, the business capacity of their associates in the counting room, than to any habit of saving, any scheme of investment born in their own mind or carried-trat in their own experience. In other words, if Mr. Dana's fortune were to consist only in what he had saved from his salary as a writer, he would not today be the conspicuous financial figure he unquestionably is. The case of the elder Bennett was different from that of any other I ever knew. He combined most felicitously the rare attributes of a competent, an acceptable writer with the financial and business strains which enabled him to make broad and deep the foundation of the greatest newspaper property of the world. There are few men of that dual character in journalism today. Men who start newspapers in this age of prog ress, in this century of capital, must have associated with them men of means large means, abundant means or else they must expect a failure, which is as certain as the coming of the morrow's sun. .The proof is plentiful. What was it made the Kew York Sun the phenomenal success it was some years ago? To deny to Mr. Dana peculiar excellence as editorial chief would be idiotic, as for many years" he hu3 stood deservedly in the front rank. To say that Isaac W. England was not an honest, clear headed business executive would be equally absurd, but it was neither Mr. Dana's brilliancy nor Mr. England's sagacity, nor the two combined, tuat made The Sun the success it was and is. It was the simple fact that for years it had the great two cent field The other papers were charg or four cents each,. The V be sure, was a two cent paper, toitself. iiig three iVoTld; to r, but was Itelv more eland by a handled by a man who cat elusive class and thought ipfmil of securing an audience in E:u couple of thousand of postage p d pa- pers sent to London than he did of the great Democratic field which lay at his feet So, to all intents and purposes, The Sun had the field -to itself. At first it paid annual dividends of 10 per cent., then semiannual and then monthly, 120 per cent, annually upon its capital stock of 850,000, and its circulation touched the, then marvelous point of 145,000, when the fatal mistake of sup porting Ben Butler for president knocked it temporarily out of the race. It would be interesting to view the entire-journalistic field at that time, but this is not the occasion. In the case of The Sun I show that circumstances had very much to do with a phenomenal prosperity, which all the efforts of the brightest and . wisest and the most industrious self sac- rificers could not have attained had those circumstances been wanting. The Sunhas always been served with zeal and fidelity. Generation after gen eration of workers has fallen by the way Bide in that employ, but the maw is open today and will swallow up those who toil precisely as it swallowed tip those who toiled. The Herald office is a morgue. Every ten years two genera tions live and work and die or go away. And as it is in these two great papers, where the proprietors are thoughtful and generous, so it is in other tremendous institutions where the proprietors are heartless, reckless, avaricious and con temptible. It's the old story again. Squeeze the orange and throw the rind a way. How ard in New York Recorder. Our Modern Religion. "I was reading in a newspaper the other day," remarked A (J. Hey ward at i the Laclede, "that during the past year ; 100,000 men, women and children were evicted in New York for the nonpayment of rent turned into the street to suffer ; summer's heat or winter's cold; to beg j or steal or starve, as they saw fit; that j 3000 children are debarred from sclwol j in the city of Chicago because of a lack j of sufficient clothing to cover their j nakedness; that 10,000 of these httle ones, such as Christ blessed, perished in j New York for lack of food. Yet the ! value of the church property in those two cities mounts well up into the mil- ; lions. People attired in purple and fine linen, and blazing with precious stones, ; kneel Sabbath after Sabbath at costly i shrines erected to him who had not where to lay his head. "I would like to nail these statistics to the door of every co3tly temple in New York aud Chicago. I would like to blazon them on the grand organ, en grave them on the solid silver commua- . ion service and paste them' on the im maculate shirt front of the $10,000 miu- ; ister. I cannot well do that, but 1 imagine that when plutocracy reaches the gates of heaven it will hud that St, Peter has painted them in box car letters j on the outer portals of the New Jerusa lem. I have often wondered what Christ would do should he revisit the earth in the garb of the poor Hebrew carpenter, and drop into one of those grand cathe dralsresplendent in stained glass win dows and costly frescoes now existing in his name." St. Louis Gidbe-Demo-crat. A New York Man in Portland. A New York man was in Portland this week, and after the habit of New York men sought for something more bracing than Seabreeze. "Where can If etc. The man said, as the New Yorker reported ruefully: "Waal, le's see! You go down on Front street, foller along past the 'rest'rant with the red doors, turn inter the alley, go through Danny Grimsey's woodshed and up the back stairs, .speak to' the old lady, and she'll show you up into Jim's parr, and I shouldn't wonder if he's got some tucked away under the sink. 'Taini very good stuff thought" Then the New Yorker went up and looked at the front of Neal Dow's house and jotted down in his notebook, "Prohibition ia' Portland eeeins to prohibit." Lewiston Journal. A Positive Scienee. A. 1 tell you that mathematics is an i incontrovertible science; in fact, it is ; logic itself! For instance, suppose it j takes one man twelve days to build this wall,then twelve men can finish it in j one day. B. Certainly. Therefore, 888 in an hour 17,280- in "a minute, and if 1,036,800 mervset to work the wall would be up ! in a second i. e., before a single stone can be got into its place. London Tit- ! THE STORY OF TWO PHOTOGRAPHS. Bu guesting an Explanation of Reports of Mr. Blaise's Health. Those who read sketches of Mr. Blaine ha ve been puziled by the seeming incon sistency of reports made regarding his health. Sometimes he is described as looking old, careworn, feeble; in fact, like a man who is breaking up with old tge. Other reports assert that he retains that marvelous alertness of glance, vigor of manner and impressi suggestion of intellectual power which characterized him when heaa speaker in tJongres". Perhaps the mystery may bo explained by telling the story of two photographs. When Mr. Blaine was in New York city in the early part of June he was urged by a photographer to sit for a number of photographs, aud he consent ed. A dozen or more negatives were obtained, and two of the finished photo graphs suggest that the writers of these inconsistent accounts were entirely truthful. The two photographs were taken at almost the same minute, in fact the first negative and the second -were taken within an interval of less than a minute. - The mounted picture taken from the first negative is o:;e cf the finest photo graphs of Mr. Blaino ever made. It suggests the ideal Blaine. It is the face of a man in vigorous health, of superb intellectual powers and would be, to any one who had never seen Blaine in his best moments, a sufficient explanation of his extraordinary power of impressing men with his intellectual ability. The mounted picture made from the second negative seems to reveal a man upon whom the touch of age has fallen. His eyes lack luster, his cheeks seem haggard and the expression on the face is that of one who is wearj A person who had never seen Blaine would say that this is the picture of a sick and feeble old man. Yet so short was the interval between the taking of tho two pictures that Mr. Blaine had not time to chauge his position or even to adjust the string of his eyeglass, which fell loosely over his collar. If these two pictures were the pic tures of an actor who desired to display the capacity of tho face to express vigor and decrepitude with the celerity of thought, they would be regarded as marvels of mimetic skill on tho part of the subject. The only explanation which the photographer can give is that Mr. Blaine's mood changed instantly be tween the taking of tho two pictures. When the first one wa3 taken he was interested, but before tho second one wa3 captured ho had become listless, wearied, and, as it seemed to the pho tographer, his mind had wandered away from the business of tho moment. It was the most extraordinary chango of face which this photographer had ever experienced in thirty years of pic ture taking, during which time almost every man of note in America has stood before his camera. New York Sun. ' A Railroad and Its Name. "You cannot always tell what a thing is by the name it bears," said Mr. De pew the other day. "Some years ago I met an Englishman in London, and our conversation soon touched upon invest ments in American securities. The Eng lishman informed me that until a short time before ho had several thousand pounds invested in New York Central and Lake Shoro securities. 'But I took my money out of those properties,' said he, 'and reinvested it in an American railway that I think will pay much bet ter.' " 'May I ask what the new investment is?' said I. 'Certainly, replied rhy Lon don acquaintance. 'I got hold of a pros pectus of the New York, Boston and Montreal railway, and I made up my mind that a railway running between the three principal cities in America was about the best paying thing that you could have,' "That railroad," continued Mr. De pew, "is now known as the New York and Northern. It has not reached either Boston or Montreal as yt." New York Times. The Ilise of a Politician. In his younger days Richard Croker, the powerful Tammany sachem, was especially popular among, the working men of New York. The old volunteer fire department offered him an excellent field for his peculiar talents. There was as much fighting between rival com panies as there was fighting of fires, and Croker was good at both. Ho was engf neer of the first steam fire engine used in New York and soon became foreman of Engine company, No. 28, a distin guished position in those days. That early experience with the fire de partment really formed the basis of his public career, just as his fire department service laid the groundwork of the pub lic life of the late Samuel J. Randall. The volunteer fire departments of New York and Philadelphia were powerful political machines. New York Cor. Pittsburg The Defeneration of Kng-li(h Society. If we take up a society paper which chronicles the fashionable doings of the week, the list of the smartest and most magnificent entertainments are not thore given by the haute noblesse of England, but by a host ot people, many of whose names are foreign, and who thirty years ago would not have beenheard of out side their provincial home; and to their houses flock princes and princesses and the acknowledged leaders of what was once, and that not long ago, the most exclusive society in Europe. Shades of the former leaders ttf socie ty and patronesses of Almacks, do you not turn in your graves at the sight of your grandchildren and their children associating on terms of intimacy and equality with a crowd whose sole recom mendation is that it panders and minis ters to the most demoralizing influence of an age already bad enough! When all that is needed to insure an entrance into the highest society in England is unlimited wealth, where morality is un necessary and where it is patronized by the highest in the land is it to be won dered at that the deterioration which is going on is much more complete and j will ne more disastrous in its effects 1 than any one likes to admit? Lady ! iae in North American Review. Germany Cunning Goods. Germany Intends to have pure and cheap canned goods for her soldiers and sailors, and in order to attain that end has concluded to go into the business herself. The government has expended (400,000 in building a factory at Span dau for the preserving of all kinds of provisions for the army, and about 550 operators are to be regularly employed there. THE ACCURSED CHURCH. Tragedy That Closed Its Doors on the Day of Its Dedication. Five miles northeast of the httle town of Ray more, Ma, is an old closed church which has a remarkable history, which was told to .your correspondent "here a few days ago. The church stands off from the road in an old field, and the appearance of desolation which pervades the building, and the fact that neither it nor the small surrounding field is ever molested, caused an inquiry to be made as to its history. It is known far and wide as tho "cursed church," and its history is a romance in itself. It was told by a farmer who lives near the place aud to whom all the associations are sacred from the fact that he was a participator in the events which placed the building in its present condition. Just after the close of -the war of the rebellion Tthere came to this section one who soon became known as a powerful preacher ana a God fearing lniui. He was unassuming in his manner, and was beloved by all to such an extent that he L was induced to undertake the task of building a church and holding regular services in the then thinly settled sec tion. He went among the people and obtained enough money for the material for the building, and then, with his own hands and such assistance as the busy farmers could give him, he erected the house. When it was completed it was dedicated, and the first and only services were held in it. It was the apple of hie eye, and stood next in his affections to his young wife, whom ho had just mar-ried-,-she being the daughter of a farmer living close by. During these first services tho preach er was astonished to see that his young wife was carrj-ing on a flirtation with a young farmer with whom report had coupled her name before the marriage. After the services he told his wife that he could not go home until night, as he was compelled to go to see a sick mem ber, and then left tho church only to watch for results. He was more than rewarded, and as a result of his watch ing he found sufficient cause for his jealousy. He discovered that the pair remained in the church after the others went home, and there he met them and accused them of their perfidy. They could say nothing in reply, and tho re sult was that the unhappy man lost all reason and visited upon them a terrible vengeance. His wrath was so great that he be came insane, and with a club he attacked the pair, following them with such ter rible blows that they were beaten to death and then pounded into bruised masses of flesh and blood. He was a raving maniac for the time being, but soon after his terrible deed he cooled down and made preparations for a fit ting finale to the awful scene. He took the bodies and carried them to the stage on which ho preached and laid them 6ide by side, all covered with blood as they were. He theiuwashed his handa and straightened his apparel and went among his flock, telling them that he would hold night service that evening and asked all to be sure to be there, as he would tell them a great secret. This of course was sufficient to bring out an immense audience. When he came that night he told the dreadful story of his day's work. After he had finished and before the spell bound congregation could recover from its surprise, he showed them the dead bodies, and then pronounced a curse on the church. He cursed the building and wound up with a curse on any one who should ever again cross its threshold, or attempt to move one board, or to injure the building. He then gave the people his blessing, and drawing a revolver delib erately shot himself dead, falling across the bodies of his wife and her lover. The people removed the bodies and then nailed up the doors and windows, and built a fence around the place, and the spell of the curse was so strong that to this day no one has ever had the temer ity to attempt to go into the house or to remove a siuglo board from the building. Philadelphia Press. The Pevr System in Our Churches. The history of religious worship and of religious buildings in America ias exceptional as it is inconsistent. 1 pre sume it would be safe to say that there is no other land in Christendom where so many places of religious worship bear witness to the. inflexible supremacy of the spirit of caste, for what is the spirit of caste if it be not the spirit that in these conditions and relationships which, seeming to exclude distinctions imply ing superiority or inferiority of persons, insists upon affirming them? And is there any other institution which, in the face of the plain teach ings of the religion of Jesus Christ as whero in the epistle of St. James it is said: "My brethren have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, tho Lord of Glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool. Are ye not then partial in yourselves and are become judges of evil thoughts?" (i. e.. discriminate from unworthy motives) Is there, I ask, any other institution which, in the face of the plain teaching of its Founder, departs so radically and habitually from that teaching as thus given as does the modern pewed church? Bishop Potter in Forum. Two Excited Merchants. A story is current in London about two Waterford merchants and hatters who once obtained an audience with the present pope's predecessor. They were old fashioned men and good, pious Cath olics, and when, after much fonnality, thev were ushered into the room whew.- Pius IX, in all his papal splendor, was waiting to receive them, both were so overcomo with emotion that they could do nothing but stare in blank amaze ment, trembling all over. At last one Of them found his tongue. Throwing himself on his knees he shouted out loud enough to be heard in every corner of the vast chamber, "Oh, holy father, we're from Watherford!" San Francisco Ar A Bill Climbine; Bicycle. In a new bicycle tire the wheels, in stead of being fitted with pneumatic or cushion tires, have tho grooves fitted with complete cycles of balls, which re volve on pivots fixed into the grooves of the wheels. These balls bite the ground and the machine travels up and down hill with wonderful celerity. Exchange. The Democratic Party is Now In Full Power ! THEY CAN'T SAY NOW THAT THEY 1 iMvo-:-No -:- Cheirce ! IF THEY DON'T PUT COTTON BACK TO 10 Cents per Pound WE WILL TURN THE RASCALS OUT AND Dutin Tli a DnnnlhV Do rhr uimiucicupiCMdi I). In the meantime we Clothing;, Dry Goods price that we sold them at when cotton six cents. Our stock of Ctothing is larger than and still they come. We would ask especial attention during; shall sell bargains that will astonish you. We carry nothing but the best shoes. When we say best shoes we mean that we carry the best mens' shoes ift Wilson. Best for 3.00, charge you at other places 4.00; we carry the best wqmans' shoes at 2.00, charge elsewhere 3.00 ; the best childrens' shoes, the best brogans, the best high English Ties, the best womans Kip and grain Polkas. Our Overcoat stock is immense and we can piease you in style, workmanship and ma terial and when the price is asked it is the same, old story--one-third cheaper than our competitors. YOUNG BROT An Adventure with a Shark. Charles Jordan", of Cape Elirabeth, had an exciting encounterwith a shark one night this week. He was out fish ing and had just pulled a large cod out of the water when the shark dashed at the cod and swallowed it, hook and all. Mr! " Jordan hung to the line, but it snapped, and the shark, carrying tho trawl with him and enraged by the pricking of the hook, rushed at the boat, biting at it and at the same time diving under it. He came up under the rudder with a flop that rocked tho boat, threw the rudder high into the air and dashed a cloud of spray into the boat which "drenched Jordan. Tho rudder when it came down dropped into the sea. The shark also disappeared, carrying the trawl with him. Mr. Jordan 6teered for Cape Elizabeth as best he could with an oar. Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Ammonia in Fire Extinction. The usefulness of carbonic acid water in extinguishing fire has often been re ferred to, and not long ago a pharma cist, who happened to have a lively in cipient fire on his hands, used his soda fountain for this purpose with most sat isfactory results. An equally success ful application of the vapor of ammonia under similar conditions is now reported 1 macist. A vessel of gasoline had be come ignited, and the flames resisted all efforts to subdue them until a bottle of ammonia water was thrown into the apartment. It was thus broken, the vapor of ammonia was liberated and the flames were instantly extinguished. St. Louis Glole-Democrat. The Wicked Mockingbird. The mockingbird has a voice full, strong and musical, capable of almost ever modulation, from the mellow tones of the woodthrush to the savage scream of the bald eagle. He whistles for the dog, and Trip gets up, wags his tail and runs to meet his master. "He squeaks out like a hurt chicken, and the hen hurries about with bristling feathers" and drooping wings to protect its brood. He quavers like the canary; he whistles like the redbird; he screams like the swallow; he warbles like the bluebird; he moans like the whippoorwill. All these he mocks with such superior skill and effect that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority and become altogether silent. Troy Times.. Separating Maa and Wife. Several prominent leaders of society in London have inaugurated a rather startling custom, which is being widely discussed in Mayflir and Belgravia. They have decided never to invite hus band and wife to the same dinner party, rightly concluding that a married couple see quite enough of each other in their own home without wanting to be chained together in pnbuc. lhe woman is un doubtedly more attractive to the mala guests, displays more elan and verve when free from the restraining presence of her lord, and is consequently a more useful guest so far as success of the function in question is concerned. The man, on the other hand, never talks bet ter, is never more original or more en tertaining than when his better half is absent, and consequently unable to take mental notes of bis remarks, on which to base an ominous cross examination later on. Exchanza. are still selling Shoes, and Hats at the same was ever your this month as we RS. 1 IW W.KWaScxCS. FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS, (Successors t&B. F. Briggs & Co.,) OFFICE OVER FIRST NAT. BANK, WILSON, N. C. We purpose giving the busi ness intrusted to us by the citi zens of Wilson and neighbor ing territory, our close and per sonal attention. We represent some of the best companies in the world. We want your in surance. Come to see us. S. I HaieslCo., DEALERS IN Lime, Plaster, Cement,, Richmond, Virginia. S-H.Hawes&Co., DEALERS IN GOAL, Richmond, Va. ONE MILLION IADSES ARE DAILY RECOMMENDING mhn PERFECTION SHOE illU ADJUSTABLE fit expands across tke) Ball and Joints. This 'makes it Tu2BESTFlTTIKG,MGTST LOOKING, anl HOST COMFORTABLE SHOE ffl THE WOED." PRICES, $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50.1 CONSOLIDATED SHOE CO. Manufacturers, Lynn, - - Mas Shoes made to measure. : . ..