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WILMINGTON, M. C
Thursday Morkimo, Dec. 3, 1896
Ullim HORDER0D5 POLICY.
THE WAR SITUATION IN -CUBA FA
VORABLE TO THE INSURGENTS.
BtMM ' anon ssaaa -Tha Cabin Army
Saeosttuned'aDd Made Beady for
. tha Wintec Cimpitati.
Senor Gonzilo de Qaesada, Charge
d'Affiifcs of tha Cabin Legation, who
has re-established the Legation at the
Raleigh, in Washington City, was inter
rotated bv a Washington Star reporter
on the conditions in Cuba, and the pro
gress of the revolution. Senor Qaesada
said that the Spanish authorities bad
evidently become alarmed over the con
stant publication in American papers of
tros stories of the atrocities practiced by
"their troops in the island, and were now
engaged in sending emissaries through
. the country under the guise of impartial
observe! s. who secured the publication
of interviews with themselves purport
icg to be correct views of the real facts
and seeking in this way to overcome the
indignant sentiment of the American
". peop'e.
WEYLER'S MURDEROUS POLICY.
"The murderous policy being purtued
b? Wevler and his agents in Cuba, said
Senor Qieaada, "has been indicated by
the renins ot every newspaper corre
pondent who has gone there from this
country. inese correspondent! nave
given the names of persons bruta ly tor
tured and killed, the places where ir
was done and the dates ot, the occur
rences. Not Cubans, but Americans
have been the worst witnesses against
Spain in this regard. The Spanish offi
cial reports, too. tell every day of the
ebootinz of prisoners, the majority ct
whom are only suspected of sympathy
with the Cuban cause, while hundreds
of others are sentenced to penai servs
IUUO, Wttltu la wmas v u a n uvatu.
"The recent decrees of Weyler." cod
tinned Qjesada. "all thow that exter-
ruination is the purpose or bis policy.
But Weyler is merely carrying out
Spain's orders. The same course has
been pursued in tne faiinptne islands
as scores of reputable English witnesses
have testified in the fhimppmes ail
of the tortures of the inquisition have
been brought into requisition, and; the
proof is positive that sxtr revolutionists
. were put inths black hole at Manilla
and asphyxiated.
" THE MILITARY SITUATION.
i "What is the military situation in
Cuba?" inquired the reporter
"In the past few months," was the
reply, "the Cuban army has been
strengthened and made ready tor the
s active winter campaign by the landing
tof over 7,600 rifles and several pieces of
artillery. A large supply of ammum
lion has also been safely landed, as well
as a quantity of mtd el and other nec
essary suopiies. we nave now aooui
85 000 men fully armed and equipped
and tw ee that cumber ready to take
weapons as soon as they can be sup
plied. The stories of sickness ravaging
our forces are pure Spanish invention.
Our men are in the best of spirits, and;
being thorouebly acclimated, are in
good health and are determined to keep
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opine ogai luueuoiiciy u ucLc:iy,
"How about the food supplies?"
"We have abundant food supplies,
answered Senor Qaesada, "the Cuban
generals having long ago tasen tne pre
caution to drive the cattle in the territo
ries of their operations into" secure
places. Even Maceo, who occupies the
least favorable province, that of Pinar
del Rio. has cattle enough to last his
Cubans who have no weapons, and are
living under the various pre ects in the
three eastern provinces, are cultivating
large areas in all kinds of vegetables
Tne Cubans hava also established salt
works at different points on the coast,
and there is a complete interchange of
products.
CUBANS HOLD THREE FOURTHS OF THE
ISLAND.
"It must be remembered," continued
Senor Qaesada. "that more than three
fourths of the IjI and. of Cuba is in the
bands of the Cubans and under the on
trol of the civil government. Public
schools are beinz established iu the in
terior and the first book published has
been a ptimer containing the primary
lessons in the language. In the provinces
of Santiago de Cuba and fort-au Prin
cipe the Spaniards hold but five or six
inland towns, and they are heavily gar
risoned. Some of these towns are now
being besieged by the Cubans, the last
one taken bv the patriot forces being
Oaaimaro, Oen. Calixto Garcia took the
town after a twelve days' siege. There
were sixteen forts protecting the town,
and one by one they were disabled by
our artillery, and abandoned by their
Spanish garrison, who too it refuge and
barricaded themselves in a large stone
church in the centre of the town. Gin.
- Garcia ordered twelve-pouoder and six
pounder guns to be used against the
massive old building.
The Spanish sent messages, to Gen,
Castellanos for reinforcements, bat were
compelled to surrender before help ar
rived. One captain, four lieutenants,
twentv-hve subaltern otneers and near
ly 800 privates surrendered. Weyler's
policy of sbootirg prisoners was not
earned out by un. uarcia, who sent
nineteen wounded to the Spanish ranks,
The Spanish commander. Gen. Castel
lanos, sent six carts to get the wounded,
thus accepting the prisoners, who were
delivered by the Cuban General. Lope
Recio. Thus it will be seen that the
Cabins are recognising the humanities
of war, despite the murderous policy of
their enemies.
MONEY AND AMMUNITION CAPTURED.
"In Guumaro we captured $31 000 in
Spanish gold, over 8U0 Mauser rifles.
1S5 009 rounds of ammunition, 600
machetes, and a large supply of clothing
and medical stores. An active campaign
will be continued by our forces while
Weyler is fruitlessly attempting to catch
Maceo.
"Do you think Havana will be be
sieged this winter?" asked the reporter.
"If we can send enough artillery, in
eluding our dynamite cum, to Havana,
which is probable, I think the invest
ment of Havana will be possibe
"Di you ci3 c action oa the part of
the united atatetr
"I will answer that question," replied
Senor Qaesada, with a smile, "when
Congress meets and the President's
message is read, I do not believe, how
ever, that a civilized and free nation like
' the Uoited States will much longer sub
mit to a continuation of such brutal and
Inhuman warfare as Spain is prose
cuting at her very doors."
- A Deaamata Tenth.
Nell Ycrang Spriggins told ma
that if I rejeoted him he -would go
and commit suicide, but J rejeoted
him just the same.
- Belle And did he commit suicide?
Nell No, but-he did the next
thing to it. He went and proposed
and got himself aocepted by that
horrid Van Alstyne girl. Somer
ville Journal -
To Ba More Accurate
Mr. Manhattan (to Miss Bawa
tawn) Do you ride a wheel? - , . '
Miss Bawstavra I ride a pair of
wheela Detroit Pree Praea.
WON A WIFE,
" . ; Katai Booth Afrtaa.
Mr Dka.b A ttk T Accept mj sympathy In
your toss. Although my acquaintance with
yourself and my late uncle was limited to the
exchange of an occasional letter, I was abusers
ly sorry to hear from you of his death. I also
regret to learn that yon and your daughters
are wholly unprovided for. Aa your nearest
relative I feel some responsibility in your wel
fare and have therefore thought out a plan
whereby you may be relieved of all anxiety
concerning your future. The matter being ons
which it is easier to discuss verbally than by
letter, 1 nave instructed a friend of mine at
present in England to call upon you Immedi
ately and place my proposition before yon.
His name is Mr. George Chillingworth.
KAlf H WaSTBBOOK.
Tha letter so long expected In the little
suburban villa had come at last, and in,
the afternoon of the same day the maid ol
all work announced . Mr. George ChilliQt-
wortn. - .
"You expected me, I believe," he sold.
"Yes," answered MrsvDurant. "Lei
me Introduce you to my eldest daughter,
Dora. These are Minnie and .Grace. Will
you take the armchair, Mr. Chilling-
worth?"
"I'm sure it's very kind of yon to have
oome so promptly," continued - Mrs. Dn-
rant tearfully she was a lady who wept
easily and copiously. "As you may im
agine, I am terribly anxious. To think
that, after keeping my own carriage, 1
should come to this!"
"Mother!" murmured Dora In a tone
of distress. . . : ..
Mr. Chillingworth murmured condo
lence, fumbled his hat and looked at Dora
under bis lashes.
Most men thought her worth looking
at, and he was no exception to the rule, 11
his face was an Index to his mind.
Obviously ho was unused to women and
a little frightened of thorn.
"The proposal I am to submit to you If
this," be said. "Ralph Westbrook is s
prosperous gentleman farmer, as I dan
say you Know : also aio is young, a rjacn
elorand quite alone, and for some tims
has longed for companionship for a horns
in a wider sense than that afforded by tht.
walls and furniture. To put it in plain
words, he wants a wife.
"A few months ago ha received, with
1 the portraits of yourself and family, a pho
tograph of Miss juora nere, ana well, hi
foil in love with it. Very simple of him,
perhaps you think, but you must remain
ber his great loneliness and let that be hii
exouse.'
"Now I oome to the point. If Miss Dora
would consent to marry him, of course she
would then be able to make any arrange
ment that seemed best to ber as to tot
comfort of her mother and sisters. ' 1 am
about to return to the colony and would
take charge of her during the voyage, and
on her arrival she could stay with Iriendi
until the wedding.'' ;
"Travel thousands of miles to marry s
man I have never seen I" faltered the girl.
"I never could do It oh, I couldn't I"
"Nonsense, Dora," said hor mother.
1 You should feel honored flattered. Yon
will have a kind husband I am sum
Ralph must be kind. You will be provided
for all your life, and I shall be relieved of
this terrible anxiety. You cannot dream
of refusing." ,
"Of course," put in George Chilling
worth slowly, "if Miss Dora has a decided
aversion to the sohemo, I am sure my
friend would be the last man to wish her
Inclination forced In any way, and no doubt
he would arrange some other method of
assisting you all. I may safely add that
he is a good sort of fellow, and that if she
consented he would be dpvoted to her and
spare no pains to recompense her for trust
ing her life to mm."
"Mother, do you want me to gor would
it make you feel safe and happy about thi
future?" i
"Of course it would, Dora."
"Then," said the girl, with a curious
hard note In her voice, "since my mother
can do without: me, I will go. Will you
tall my cousin, or shall I?"
"I will. Thero is no need for you to
write," answered Chillingworth. "Be
will be very glad."
,.
The voyage was all but over, and the
girl who was on her way to an unknown
lover andthe man 'who was his friend
stood on the deck together.
"In a few hours we shall land," she
said, "and then"
"Shall you be sorry r' he asked. "Have
these been happy days?"
"I wish they could last forever," she
cried passionately. 1
"Dora, if you were going out to me In
stead of to him, would you mind so very
much?" t
"It would be paradise, I' she said simply.
She began to sob quietly, despairingly,
and bowed forward' on be taffrallln tha
shadow of a friendly oloud.
"Don't, for heaven's sake, don't," plead
ed the man. "Dora, I was a brute to mas
querade so long, but I wanted to see you,
to study you to be sure I had won, noj
bought, my wife. I am Ralph Westbrook.
You are coming to me." London News.
-' Cheese and Courtship. '
Aristocracies In different places and ages
have prided themselves on many different
things. One of the queerest, perhaps, is
the aristocracy according to oheeses, which,
according to the Nene Zuricber Zeltung,
prevails among the patricians of Zormatt.
The aristocracy of families is valued by the
number and age of the cheeses they possess.
There are families who possess oheeses
made at the time of the French revolution.
When a child is born, a cheese Is manu
factured, which Is then called by the name
of the child. It is partly eaten when its
namesake gets -married, each wedding
guest tasting a portion. The cheese is then
put away again and finally out into and
finished at the funeral of the person whose
name it bears. When a young man wooes a
maiden, he begs to be allowed to dine
with her family on a Sunday. His offer
being accepted, tha lovers wait anxiously
- to see whether tha girl's father will cause
the cheese to be set on the table. At the
end of the long meal, if all goes well, the
master of the bouse solemnly fetches the
theesa bearing the would be bride's name.
sets it on tha table, cuts it and gives a
piece to the youDg couple. When they
have eaten It, they are a betrothed pair,
The others at the table partake of the
cheese and drink to the eternal friendship
of the two families. .
Tha Successful One.
"So Miss Keene is married,
said
one young man. t
- "Yes," replied the despondent lover,
"and to another."
"I thought she regarded you very
kindly."
"She did. And I lavished every at-
tention on her. I took her to the opera
every night, and then she married my
rival."
"She thought he had more ..money
than you. "
"She was sure of it. fie couldn't help
but have after I took her to the opera
every night. "-Washington Star.
. Absolutely Pure.
A Cream of tartar baking powder
Highest of all In leavening: strength.
Latest United States ' Government
Food Report. -
ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co.,
New York.
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HER BOOK r-RENCfl. v
fcrrors Jlada by Hoarding School CMrl la
Paris.
"It is advise old saw which advises
one 'not to go to France unless 70a
know the lingo, and indeed it is desir
able, to know it prett well if you wish
to avoid humiliating little situations,"
said a Philadelphia young woman in
speaking of her experience. ' "I am an
American girl, and about' a year ago
was rather proud vt my boarding school
French, but I am wiser now. We were
n party of four my parents, myself and
a young lady, some years my senior,
who had been my schoolmate, but was
recently widowed. Our tour began in
Germany, and as -we were, all densely
ignorant of Germany, wo were often
times compelled ' to depend .greatly on
gesture language, especially Jn ' out of
the way places, where there were no
English speaking hotel or railroad clerks
and waiters. This gave us some decided
ly comical experiences, though it was a
revelation as to the capabilities of dumb
show and' pantomime, but on touching
French soil I felftelieved and oonfldenr.
Alas : for human - pride I At the first
practical test, though I could read the
language easily enough, I found I could
scarcely catch a word. v .
"The sounds seemed to fly like winged
arrows, and it might have been'. Chi
nese, so far as my understanding it was
concerned. Some of the more consider
ate, out of pure instinctive politeness,
would speak very slowly, and then I
could get along well enough, and in the
course of a few days I began to recover
some of my old confidence. My first real
humiliation came at a restaurant in the
Palais Royal, When I wanted a spoon
(cuiller) and asked for a staircase (es
calier). I got over that, however, but
was caught .shortly afterward with the
word 'frappe on the wine list which
stuck me altogether until a young Eng
lishman told mo it meant 'iced. ' By
this time the conceit was rapidly oozing
! out. of me, and two more little incidents
brought on the catastrophe. Our . party
determined, one day to go to the theater,
and I undertook to ask the clerk of the
hotel about it, and in what I thought
the purest Parisian French told him we
wanted a box, which I translated 'boite. '
Unable quite to restrain his laughter,
he said, 'Mademoiselle means a loge. "
"I then discovered that 'boite' means
a dry goods box, or any other kind al
most rather than one at a theater. But
worse remained. I wanted to explain to
some French people that my friend, the
widow, was in mourning for her hus
band, and I tried to say, 'Elle est en
deuil parceque sen mari est mort,' she
is in mourning because her husband is
dead. Unfortunately my conjugation of
verbal participles was weak, and I sub
stituted the word 'morue' for 'mort,
which made me say, 'She is in mourn
ing because her husband is a codfish.' "
Philadelphia Call.
THE uETIRED BURGLAR.
Perhaps, tl.s Most Curious, of His Many
' jugular Adventures.
"In a house that I went into one
night in the country," said the retired
burglar, "J saw when I got up on the
second floor a light coming. out into the
hall from an open door. When I got a
look into that door, I saw a man all
dressed standing leaning over a bed. I
couldn't see his face, but I could see
anxiety -on the back of his head. Lying
in the bed was a child, thin and white
and still, but awake and looking up at
its father. Backing out, of the door, I
ticked my lamp against the door jamb.
The man looked up. Be wasn't scared,
I doubt if he would have been anyway,
but he was thinking of something else
now.
" 'Come in, ' he says, and, I went in
"The child looked at me as I walked
across the floor, and then looked up
again at its father, saying nothing, but
just lying there and looking up.
"How the man cane to be fixed in
that way, all alone with that child, I
could not even guess., Wife just died
maybe, but there he was and thinking
of nothing else in the world, and the
child was the pitifullest looking little
child I ever saw.
"What the man wanted was to have
me go for the doctor. He told me his
name, and the doctor's name, and where
he lived, and I went. It was late, yon
understand, bat I whanged away on the
doctor's door till I heard him open his
window. I told bim what was wanted.
" 'All riRht,' ha says, and I thought
by the way he said it he knew about the
child.
"Then I went my way. I'd lost a
night, but what of that?" New York
Sun. . . . -.
Maimed Painter.
Tennyson's line, "And breasts the
blows of circumstance," finds a pictur
esque lllustraUon in this paragraph
from The Literary Digest: .
- The right hand of the .Russian painter
Vcxeschagin is tbnmbJess. His right
thumb was bitten by a leopard some
years ago and had to be amputated. The
middle finger also cf bis right hand is
lamed and useless as the result of a shot
wound which the artist received on the
battlefield. More than this, the small
bones of the center of his right hand
were also partially shattered by a fall on
the Russian steppes, and bis right arm
was broken iii the same accident.. Nev
ertheless it is with this damaged right
hand that Yereschagin paints his won
derful pictures.
A Faulty Impression Corrected.
"When I was a boy, before the war,'
said a man of mature years, "I used to
read occasionally In the newspapers an
item, a dispatch from some western town
running something like this: 'Private So
and-so of Such-aud-such a regiment, who
has just arrived from Fort So-and-so, says
I- that at the time he left the fort' And
then It went ahead to tell the news that
Private So-and-so had brought in.
"It may sound queer, but I used to have
an Idea that a private was a man who had
taken np soldiering because he wanted to,
perhaps because be liked the excitement.
who was not an officer, to be sure, but not
a common soldier, and who was, In some
degree at least, the master of his own ac
tions and free to come and go as he pleased.
"But when the war broke out, wishing
my onuntry well, 1 enlisted. And then.
pacing a lonely beat at night, with a gun
over my shoulder, my Impression was soon
corrected. "Now York Sun.
Women Who Smoke.
: There nan probably been a great deal
more smoking dune by American women
than tho ensue! observer has "any idea of.
Numbers of. New Ycrfc women who have
ccquirud the habit while living abroad In
duJge in an after dinner cigarette in the
privacy of their own fuiullies. At a hand
some dinner given a short time ago by a
lady and gentioman well known lq society
cigarettes were passed just before the fro
zen punch, when a number of ladies took
them and proceeded to light and smoke
them in a manner that showed -that they
were by no means novices. Other dinner
givers have since followed suit, and tha
fashion bids fair to become popular. New
xork Journal.
The mountain daisy is so sensltlvelb
iigns, or,.rainer 10 a iocs. 01 it, that dur
ing, the passage of a oloud it will close its
petals. When closed, It Is exceedingly In
conspicuous, Its flower appearing like a
1 k.11. 1 .
email nx.u uutu wi wuiwu up iuax
The lttodern Slotber
Has found that ber liit'e ones are im
proved more by the pleasant Syrup ol
Figs, when in need of the laxitive effet
of a gentle remedy than by any other
ard that it is more acceptable to them
children ecjoy it and it benefits them
The true remedy, Syruo of Figs, it
manufactured by the California Fig
5jrup tympany only. t
mK. HILLTOPS TO FRANKV. . '
Ba Telia About Certain Singula Occur
rences In the Par Wast.
"Pop," said Ut tie FrankyBllltops, "tell
me a story."..
'Well, Franky, said Mr. Bllltops,
"you've heard of showers of bullfrogs and
fishes and -that sort of thing, 2 know, but
you never heard of Its raining, trees, did
you? : Out west once way-out west by
the Rocky mountains the inhabitants
were surprised one day to see a tree coming
down out of the 6ky. . This happened-a
number of times, and people got more and
more surprised about it, and accounts of
it got Into tho newspapers. ' Some of these
aooounts said there were showers of trees,
and, take it altogether, there was a great
deal of Interest over Is, as you can easily
imagine, and ; people wondered greatly
whut it could mean.
"But it was simple enough. One of the
residents of the region, going along on
dny in a most remote part of tha country,
saw a great giant walking along the
mountains. He was a most stupendous,
colossal giant, whose natural walk carried
him along from mountain top to mountain
top just as you dr I would walk along on
tho stones In a cobblestone paved street.
Of course it was very pleasant to be as big
as that when be wanted to walk around
among the mountains, but when be wanted
to lie down I suppose he must have had to
coino down on the. plains that Is, if he
wanted to lie out straight. But this Isn't'
telling you about the trees.
"It seems that this giant was exceed
ingly neat. He was, very careful about
his clothes, and he wouldn't even sit down
In a dusty place without first dusting it'
off. You've seen boys in their good clothes
take out their handkerchief and dust off a
stone with it before sitting down? Well,
this giant-used to do the same thing, only
instead of using a handkerchief he used a
tree.-: He'd just pull up a tree and hold it
by the trunk and brush the place off with
the top, same as you would with a feather:
duster, and when he'd got through dusting
he wouldn't put the tree in his pocket like
you would a handkerchief, but he'd just
give It a toss. Sometimes it would fall
near by ; sometimes, when it happened to
be caught by a wind current, it might be
carried a long distance before it fell. It
was such trees as these that came, nobody
knew how or whence, that people bad
wondered at so much. - -
"When they discovered where the trees
did oome from, they got up a petition and
sent it to the giant asking him not to
throw his trees around In that way, be
cause, you see, it was mote or less ' of an
annoyance to folks to have trees coming
down like that, but the giant never paid
the slightest attention to it, and the trees
kept coming just the 'same, but the people
felt easier about it than tbey did before,
for we are all less disturbed by things we
know about than we are about things we
don't understand." -New York Sun. s
RELIC OF THE STONE AGE.
Prehistoric Cemetery Found JTear 1
man Town. ' . .
The discovery at Worms of a burying
ground belonging to the later stone ago by
Dr. KoehL the conservator of the Paulus
museum there, Is, in view of the rarity of
such graves, an Important archaeological
event. Up to the present about 70 graves
have been examined, or only a part of this
burying ground of neolithic man, and al
ready the number of the vessels found, -
mast of them very tastefully ornamented:
exceeds 100. Not the slightest trace of a
metal has as yet' boen discovered in the
graves; ou the othor hand, the presence of
arm rings of blue and gray slate is curious.
In the most recently opened graves of wo?
men three arm rings made of slate were
removed from the upper arm of one skele
ton, four from that of another and six
from the lower arm of a third skeleton. In
a man's grave there was on the neck of
the skeleton a small conlcally polished or
nament of syenite, not perforated, but pro
vided with a groove for the string. The
other ornaments from the graves consist
of pearls, mussel shells made in the form
of trinkets, perforated boars tusks and
small fossil mussels. . Those , ornaments
were worn by men and women alike.
There existed,, according to this, ' every
kind of ornament in that time of want of
metal made of stone, mussels and bones.
Buddie and ocber fragments, which were
used for tattooing and coloring the skin,
axe also frequent.
In hardly a single ease was there miss
ing from the women's graves the primitive
corn mill consisting of two stones, the
grinding stone and the grain crusher. The
men's graves contain weapons and imple
ments, all of stone, with whetstones and
bobes for sharpening purposes. They con
sist of perforated hammers, sharpened
hatchets, axes- and chisels, as well as of
knives and scrapers of flint. That there
was no want of food is shown by the many
vessels, often six or eight in one grave,
and the remains of food found near them,
the latter being bones of various kinds of
animals. Several, successful photographs
have been taken of the skeletons as tbey
lie in the graves with their belongings, so
that their appearance after a repose of
thousands of years can be preserved for all
time. Especial value may be attached to
these remains, and particularly -to the
skulls Berlin Letter In London Stand,
ard. .:
Ber Ancestor,
"Zeal," remarked a member of the So
ciety of the Daughters of the American
Revolution the other day, "Is sometimes
misplaced. I've been urging a mend
whose family I know to be an old Revolu
tionary one to become a Daughter. She
had. never shown any enthusiasm about
joining, and her conservatism had simply
the effeot to increase my desire that she
should. So when one day last week I
found myself unexpectedly tete-a-tete with
her- for a trip to Philadelphia, I renewed
my attack with a bold move. As the train
was leaving Jersey City I said in .my most
engaging manner: 'Now, my dear Mrs. 8.,
I have you at my mercy for two full hours.
Before we reach Philadelphia you must
have promised me that you will coma into
the Daughters. I warn you that you may
as well yield first as last, for yield you
must. We want yon very muoh.' Mrs.
S. smiled rather peculiarly. 'Are you sure
you will want me,' she said quietly, 'when
I tell you that my most prominent Revo
lutionary ancestor was Benedict Ar
nold? "New York Times.
Confessed That Ha Broke Training.
Coach (to college athlete) Your mus
eles seem to be flabby and your whole sys
tem needs toning up. Are you drinking
anything?
Athlete Not a drop.
Coach Then you must be smoking too
muon. . '.
Athlete No. Don't smoke at all.' '
Coaoh Studying?
Athlete Er yes a little.. ' '' -
Coaoh (Indignantly You've got to stop
that. Do you want to lose the gams?-
university uourier.
' Generous Johnny. .
."Which would you rather, Johnny,
askod the foud mother, ''have the measles
and stay at home or be well and go to
sohool?' - ,
"Rather have the measles and stay at
home, but then I'd like to go to sohool
too," said Johnny.
' "But why, darling?" urged his mother.
"So I could give all the other fellows
the measles,' answered the generous boy,
r Detroit Free Press.
Parallel Cases,
A lady in a town lying under the shad
ows of the Bookies was muoh distressed.
says Life, at hearing a small clique In her
town refer to themselves as the "smart
set." She appealed to an ex-United States
senator and asked him what he understood
was meant by the term the "smart set."
He replied: "I think loan give you an
inkling. In the eastern part of Colorado
end In the western part of Nebraska there
Is a large tract of land known as the rain
belt. It never rains there. "
The Superlative.
He My bicycle Is just like money.
She In what way?
He It goes so easily. New York
Ledger.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and.PhiUren.
Thi to
il mill
ton
trirr
sfcsstsn,
L s;ph
-
AT THE WHITE LUNCHEON.
It Looked Vary Lovely, and No One Knew
the History Back -at It.
An incident showing the determination
of young Amorica to have his own way or
cause great trloulatlon ooourrea recently
in the house of a rich and fashionable,
woman, whoso whim it is to live in a su
burban atmosphere. , Notwithstanding, she
Is very much in the social swim, giving
dinners that are voted dreams by the par
takers thereof and luncheons in color that
simply ravish the eye artistic. It was one
of those-f unctions that proved the occasion
of this tale. It was wholly white, and for
dessert all the sweets wore to be masked
and smothered In whipped cream. So a
big bowl of that substance was made ready
early in the fray. Then the cook and -her
helpers gave their minds to other things.
But tbey were very much hindered by the
son of the house, a young gentleman aged
6, with a wide and persistent desire to see
the domestic wheels go around.' Ho peeked
and pried and questioned until forboaranoe
ceased to be a virtue, but became a crime.
Then the cook rose in wrath; seized him
by the ear and led bim ignominiously to
an upper region.
Of course ho did not stay there. Within
five minutes he was back. But he said
nothing to anybody only marched
straight at the bowl of cream and planted
his pet Maltese kitten accurately in the
middle of It. Then there was a howd'y-
do, euro enough It was too Ittta to secure
more cream, muoh loss to think of whip
ping it in time and whipped cream was
the triumphant note of the coming feast.
Cook was a Woman of resource, besides
having a soul beyond prejudice. She rose
to the situation, as she did to the kitchen.
"Shure; it's a clano baste mysilf al
ways said so," she remarked, gathering
the animal carefully by the back of its
neck. ''An, shuro, too, it's after takin
out wid it all the sthuff it did bo touohin.
Not wan o' thim fine ladles'll be the wolser
of It, at all, an it's not mesilf nalther that
has the halrt tor be afther dlsoppintin the
misthress an spilin the looks o' things.
The white luncheon was a great success,
and not one guest noted anything peculiar
in the cream which was its character
note. Philadelphia Press.
Dangerous Imitation. '
Old hunters) love to recall the times
when Kentuoky abounded in . game, and
many are the stories they can tell of "the
good old days."
Once upon a time it Jbecame known in
Graves county that a remarkably large
flock of wild turkeys might bo found near
the forks of two small creeks. At that
time the game laws were not so rigid as
now, and it so happened that two hunters
started out the same morning after tha
flock. The purpose of each was to kill the
old hen, for tbon it required but little skill
to call up the half grown brood, which are
justly accounted the best of eating, and
kill many or all of them. To fool an old
gobbler or hen is a feat of which few can
boast, but the young ones- may be tolled
into range by an amateur. -
Well, one of the hunters gave with his
turkey wing bone caller the "Peep, peep I"
of a youngling. It was answered by the ap
parent "Kee-oul" of tho old hen whiob he
especially sought. Failing .to draw the
supposod ben nearer, he began to stalk her
down, and finally drew so near the place
that he began to stealthily search for her
location. He saw. In a dim way, some
thing move and drove "a bead" with his
gun, which was loaded with buckshot.
At that critical period came the cry of,
"For God's sake, don't shoot!" and a few
explanations sufficed to show that a neigh
bor had killed the old hen, was imitating
her call and came near losing his life for a
simulation which a brother human could
not detect as false. Luuisvillo Courier-
Journal.
Wagner Made Els living.
It Is truo that In his early years Wag
ner's earnings were very small, but when
he had made a name for himself he was
able to command very substantial sums.
He sold tho copyright not tho performing
right of his "Parsifal" for abo.ut i9,000,
wnicn was "perhaps the largest sum ever
paid to a composer for a single opcrn, while
for the four dramas in "Her Ring des
Nibelungon" he was.pnid 3.000. From
tho American ladies-.who wished an or
chestral march for a centonary celebration
he obtained a little over 1,000 and it is
calculated that his regular income during
the last years of his life was about 5,000
per annum. With all. this Wagner was
very often in difficulties, but he explained
the matter himself when he said: "By
nature I am luxurious, prodigal, extrava
gant, much more than Sardanapalus and
all the- old emperors put together,"
Chambers' Journal.
How the Gulf Is Filling; TJp.
- In the years to come the 'geographies
will make iio mention of the gulf of Mex
ico, but will picture an immense tract of
hoe land in its stead,' tho map being prob
ably provided with a footnote something
like this: "Note There is a tradition that
this level tract of swamp land was once a
billowy sea several hundred miles long,
embracing all that country between Hex.
ioo and Cuba on the 'West and east and
Yuoatan and Louisiana on the, -south and
north." This state of affairs is being
gradually but surely brought about by the
Mississippi end other United States rivers,
which annuul'y deposit millions of tons of
sediment In tho gulf's bottom. Expert
hydrographers declare thr.t the Mississippi
alone annually deposits mud sufficient In
the gulf to cover one square mile of its
bottom to a thickness of 240 feet. St.
Louis Republic.
Persevering- mediocrity is much- more
respectable and unspeakably more .useful
than talented inconsistency. J. Hamil
ton. The first ,"shovel was the nose of the
hovelflsh. v
SPAIN GETTING READY.
Preparing Vljlog Squadron Great Ao-
ttvity In epinish Forts,
: New York World
Madrid, November 80. Great ac
tivity continues in all Spanish ports, par
ticularly in Cartagenus. where the full
available strength is now employed in
fitting out six ironclads and three
cruisers, which, with the Glasgow tor
pedo boat deatrovers, will make a power
(ul living squadron.
I hear that the Spanish Government
has accepted specifications and has given
an Elswick firm an order for a powerful
battle ship and a cruiser. But as no
money whatever has come to hand in
Newcastle, nothing has yet been done
toward their construction,
In case of need the cruiser could be
ready in a vear, but it would take twice
as long to finish the iron-clad. I under
stand the cruiser is designed for excep
tional speed, and that it would be able
to coal for 5.00) knots at twenty-thrte
knott houtlv.
. DISTILLERS WiLL FiGH I.
Btronily Oppoted to an Xnorrare of tte
' ' Whiskey Tax,
Chicago. December 1. Members cf
the American Spirits Company did not
meet in Chicago, as expected. Levy
Maver, the attorney for the company,
states that a meeting of all the leadirg
distillers of the country will be held here
during the week. The meeting, said
Mr. Mayer, will be secret and among the
matters to be considered will be Con
gressional legislation as affecting the in
ternal revenue tax. The Government
now colli cts ftl. 10 per gallon, or nearly
150.000.000 a year, as a tax, and some
talk has been indulged in 01 irereasir
the same.
Anv higher tax would be practicall
confiscation of the business. It mav be
that some steps will be taken to send a
committee to Washington' during the
next session, but of this he was not cer
tain.
Don't Worrit about vour healtr
KeeD vour blood oure bv takirg Hood's
Sarsaparilla and you need not fear the
grip, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia or t -
pboid tever.
"-.--'..-"X -s-"-', ; mmmmmm ' i
Hood's Pills ate the favorite fanvl
cathartic, easy to take, easy to operated
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that bo many forms of
sickness are not due t'o any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion 01 tne system, wnicn Hie pleasant
family laxative, Syrapof Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is tlm only
remedy with millions of famiiies, tuidis .
everywhere esteemed eo highly by all
who value good healvh. Its xneficial
effects are due to the fart, '.t it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating' the
orprans on which it an-' s. It is tlierefore
all important, in order to pet its bene
ficial effects, to uoto when you pur
chase, that von hiivo the rrenuine arti
cle, wliish is manufactured by the Cali
fornia 1' igr Kyrnp Co. only and Bold by
all ropataMi drnjrists.
If in the oiiioyrafjtjt of pood health,
and the sysk-m is regular, laxatives or
other remedies arc then not needed. If
affiictad with any att'ial disease, one
may ba commended to the most skillful
physicians, bnt ii in need of a laxative,
una should -have the best, and with the
well-inioi'inod. everywhere, Syrup of
Fijrs stands highest and most largely
Mi ' '--tc-pnoral satisfaction.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Nonces Far Keat or Sale, uk anil F, nnrt
Wauu, and other ihort macelUaeotu advertisement!
Inserted ia this Department Jn -eided Nonpareil crpc
oa am 01 forma page, at Pnbluher'i op 10&, for 1
esnt per word each unertir a; bat bo auvrrtiemen
rYeti 'or len thaa HO ecsta. Term poxl'irely catfc
laadv.iDC.
Do yon peculate? "Gmde to Sacceatfnl Specn
lation" mailed free. Wheat, prorisioa, cotton and
Mock speculation oa limited margins thoroughly ex
plained. Conesnoodence solicited. Warren, d It
Co., 11 Vr all Street, New York.
my 11 it . ta tn su
Hay Timothy Hay, mixed Clover bay. Prairie
Hay, 8t-aw, Grain and all kinds of mixed feed for
horses and cattle. Jao. 8. McEachern, SU Mar
ket St. Telephoned. oct 17 tf
I offer to Discount any Price Lists for Groceri
seat out by any other merchant by giving S cents
worth more oa their dollar off. If yon don't believe
it call on C. D. Jacobs, S19H North Front street.
oct 0 tt
Hayaen, F. H. has la stack buggies, road
Carts and harness of all bads. Repairing dona by
skillful workmen oa short aorica. OorJoslta aew
PoTirt Hno
Sboes For The Boys.
Boys are apt to be hard on Shoes,
but we have the Shoes adapted to
rough usage Une pair ot oar
youth's Kangaroo Calf Lace Sboes at'
$1.25, or a pair of our "Little Dude"
Shoes at $125 will convince you
that for economy we have, the Shoe,
Be sure and see them before pur
chasing elsewhere. .
0o. E. French & Sons;
tor 82 tf
BOX THE BEST,
' - If you intend to invest in a
TYPEWRITER,
. BUY THE ' ,
REMINGTON.
Don't throw away your money on
experiments or toy machines.
Over 75 per cent, of the writing
machines used in Wilmington -are
REMINGTON'S. All the principal
business houses, Railroads and Tele
graph Operators use them. Call
and see the new Nos. 6 and 7, with
all the late improvements.
Old Machines taken in exchange
We have also several machines to
rent. '.'v
, Stenographers' Supplies.
Carbon, Typewriter Ribbons,
Short-hand Note Books, etc. .
Ofrir-A crmrtliAe rf all linsla f
lowest prices.
CW.Yafe&Co.,
Wilmington, N. C.
aov 29 tf
Am a further pntectlom ftf -fff
aU imitations.
. A rents lof the United State.
JOHN. DUNCAN'S SONS. N. Y.
OCt It ly
l(M-(3mil
Slnatureis printed Iny '"A
BLUE diagonally" - Jlf
across tho ' fJ
outside'. f I riy
wrapper' nOfl
' Y bottle of
SM kl - w . ' X (tne original
IjjT'&S v Worcestershire
SAUCE
VISIT THE
C. W. Polvogt & Co.,
DURING THIS WEEK AND SEETHE NEW GOODS THEY HAVE
OPENED, CONSISTING OF
Stylish Dress Goods, Trimmings, Carpets, Rugs,
LADIES' JACKETS AND CAPES,
Blankets and Comforters.
The largest Carpet and Window Shade Department in the State.
Special attention paid to making and laying Carpets. ,
The Best $1.00 Kid Glove in the city. Every pair warranted.
Friday, Our Bargain Day.
C. W. Polvogt & Go.,
' Sole Agents for Butterick's
Samples sent on application.
We Are Here to Slay !
And we want to please everybody bv
giving them low prices, bocest gods
and fair deal inc. We mean well and
tr7 to undersell all classes of competi
tors.
OUR CLOAKS have been a very in
teresting depat trnent in our store tbis
season. We bavesold lots of nice Caprs
and are still selling nice Capes tt f2 CO
and 3 50 up to 4.00 and 5 00, and even
no to 8 00 and 10 00 each. In Children's
Cloaks, n ee for school. Cloaks for C8c.
$1.25 and op to 12 00 each. Ladtrs'
Cloaks from f2 00. 8.00 and tip to 12 00
each. We are pushing this department
and wa"Dt your trade. We have sent a
large order to the New York auction
on fine Capes, which we expect in a
few days, that we will sell from 75c to
4 00 each.
LADIES' HATS We give employ
ment to six young ladies in ibis de
partment, and thev trim all Hats free
of cofct to you if vou buy the Hit and
material, from us. We have fine Trim
med Hats at 50, 75c and $1 00. Fine
line' all styles, trimmed in best gocds.
ith Silk Ribbon. Tids. Plumes and
Ezretts for $1.50 2 00 atd uo to 8 00
and 10 00 each. We have the best ard
largest trade in the c ty in tbis line.
Sailor Hats all gradts, from 10c to $1.00
At Wilniington's Big Backet Store,
Braddy &
Oa Front street, oDpo't
nov 29 tf
FANCY W0UL FOB XMAS.
Stamped Linens.
Table Covers Centre Pieces,
Bureau Scat is, ileboard Covers,
Bibs, Scarfs. 1 aundr Bags,
PUlow Shams 10c to $1.25. .
Special Prices in PiMods EM Laces.
Art Fringe 5 cents yard.
Silk Cord in all colors at 5 cents yard.
Bcautiiul ailkalines and Gilt Drapeiy at 10 and 12tfc
Big Stock of Toys and Fancy Goods.
Prices lower thaa ever before..
J. H. Rehder &Co.
Phone US. Car fare paid on all purchases of $100 and np. Bcaitiful Framed (water color) Pictures acd
Crayon Porraits given away when purchases amoont to $10. . r nov 29 tf
Tbese Stoves Have Cast Iron Top and Base.
' We will guarantee them to outlast two of the old-style sheet iron tops
and base. They are handsome and cheap. Just examine them we have
no further comments. l .
idast
"Wm, IE. S-pxH n ger & Co.,
"PURCELL" BUILDING, WILMINGTON. N. C. nov 20 tf
$400,000 TO LOAN
. v AT MINIMUM RATES BY THE
, ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK,
"WILMINGTON, K. CM J
on approved security. No customer put off for v day if his security is
good. Accounts solicited. Unsurpassed facilities in every department of
banking. No interest paid on deposits.
J. W. M00D,Presiient. V.C. COKERJr., Assistant Castier
II. J. TOQMER, CasMer, '
octietf
Hats and Canned Goods.
Cocoanuts. Hixe&Huts,
CANNED PEACHES.
Tomatoes, Corn, Peas, Grapes, Okra
Land Tomatoes, Beans, Oysters.
Beef, &c .
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Provisions, Bagging and Ties.
HALL & PEARSALL,
Nutt and Mulberry streets.
' oct 28 naw tf
Combination Bicycle
. FOR SALE.
A Combination "Crusader" Bicycle,
for either lady or .gentleman. Cush
ion Tires. Brand new Will be sold
cheap. Call in person, or address
M., at
p7tf
Stak Orncx.
STORE OF
Patterns and W. B. Corsets.
nov 8 tf
each. Qoils at 8 and 5c each. Flowers
all grades, as tbey are much used, this
season. N
OUR CLOTHING Drpartment is
one cf much interest. We have all
trades of Men's and Boys' Clothing.
Sticily all wool Bovs' Suits, from 4 10
14 years o'd, at $2 00 a Suit, nicely
made double-breasted, fine goods. We
have Boys' Suits frcm $1 50 to 3 50, all
kinds, nice, pew. tbis sea ton's gooes.'
Men's Suits, all wool, nxely rn.de, at,
$3.75; better at 5 C0sp'endid Sui;s. ex-
tra quality, at 6.50, v7 60 tp to 10 00.
Our line of fine black C!av Wois ed,
heavy weight, satin lined, nicely finished,
at $8 i5. worth regn'ar. 12 CO.
MEN'S OVERCOATS of the nicest
quality, frcm all wool Beaver Ccats,
well made, velvet collar, long and welt
finished for $0 00. worth re eular 10 00
each, to cheap Coats at. 2 00. 3os
pb Overcoats, warm and nice, frcm
$1 60 to 4 00. A; Macintosh Coat with .
long cape, wool covered, at f 2 88. 3 50
acd up to 10 00,
If sou need Drcs G'cds. Shoes, .
Hats, Clothing Old Pints, Undeiwear,
or the celctratc d Wilson Heaters, come
acd see 03. We are headquarters for
Cheap Goods.
Caylord, Prop,
the Orton Hotel, Wi'minpton. N C.
Zephyr.
Split and Plain, in every imag:nab1e color, 5c drzen
Em broidery ? ilka 10c doaen s.oo i, Wash Silks S
spool.
Emb oi lery Cottnn, al) cclcrs, two for Fc.
Cbita Si.ks. all colors. 25c y -td
Lamb Wool olea for S ippers 23c.
Fancy Scrim 6c, 8c and 10c a d.
Dotted fcwisi 10c, 12; and Itc. "
iTss'-i If -
1 1 "
SHOES
are conspicuous necessities. . If tbey
are nice and fit well they are con
spicuous, and if they are unshapely
and ill-fitting they are equally con
spicuous. -We pause to remark that
the most conspicuous articles in our
store are SHOES.
We cordially invite a call for any
thing you need in onr line.
Respectfully,
Hercer & Evans.
WW:
nov 26 tf
, 115 Princess St,