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A Few Tear From Now.
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Oh, the Twentieth Century Girl ! J
What a wonderful thine she win oe i
She'll evolve from a mystical whirl -
A woman unlettered-ana free I
No corsets tocrampen her waist,
I No crimps to encumber her brain;
Unafraid, bif areata, unlaced, -- r
Like a goddess ofold she will reign.
She'll wear bloomers, a matter of course!
She wtll vote, not a question of donbt;
She will ride like a man on a horse;
j . At the club late at night she'll stay
If she chances to love, shell propose ;
r 1 To blush will be quite but of date; .
She'll discuss politics with her beaux
And outalk her masculine mate 1
She'll be uo to the science of things; :
She will smoke cigarettes, she will
' 'swear . .-' ... "
If the servant a dunning note brings
. Or the steak isn't served up with care.
No longer she'll powder her nose '
Or cultivate even a curl, T 1
Nor bother with fashion or clothes.
This Twentieth Century. Girl I r- " .
, Her voice will be heard in the land;
She'll dabble in matters of State; .
'In council her word will command,.
And her whisper the laws regulate. '
She will stand 'neath her banner un
furled, ' .
Inscribed with her principles new;
S But the question is: What in the world
The New Century Babv will do? V '
c .' Chambers' Journal.. .
SUNDAY SELEClTONS.
I Opportunity, .sooner or later,
comes to ail who work and vvih'Lord
Stanley, ; V - '.! r
It is as necessary for the heart
to feel as for the body to be fed. liapo
leon . '-'.'): ..j,;-.
Your dally duties are a part of
your religious life, just as much as your,
devotions. H. W.Beecker. j
if a man doesjiot make new
inalntances as he ' advances through
life, he will soon find himielf left alone.
A man should keep ' his friendship con
stantly in repair. nr. Johnson. .. j ;
. Our life is determined for us;
and it makes the mind very free when
we give up wishing, and duly think of
bearing what is laid upon ns, and doing
what is given oa to do. George Eliot. -
; It is a high, solemn almost
awful thought for every individual man
that his earthly inflaence, which has had
"a' commencement, will never, through
all age, were he the very meanest of us
have an end! Thomas Carlisle. . , ' ;
."Remember ; the Sabbath day,
to keep It holy," is - written, not only in
the decalogue, but also In man's nature.
' Sir Robert Peel once said be never knew
a man to escape failure either in mind or
in body who worked Seven davs in the
: week. The Sabbath was made for mv
Its observance is a duty we owe to our
selves as well as o God. A rest dav is
essential to man's best development and
highest good, and he who neglects the
injunction to keep the day holy neglects
bis own best int . , ; .t. . ....... : ;
' The great 1 trouble ; with, too
many young Christians is that they take
the lives of older Christians about them
- as tneir models rather than the life of
Christ; that they follow the teachings of
men rather than: the teachings of the
1 Bible; that they read most anything else
rather than the word of God. The re-
. suit fs a very imperfect type of Chris
tianity. Christ is the only true and per
fect model, and the nly correct guide.'
"Christian Conservator. :;' ') )- ; f
V .TWINKLINGS. f
i eacner "auppose-yon were af
king, Tommy, what would you do?" ' -v
' Tommy "I'd never have to wash my
. face any more." 'Texas Sifting. - h
That's the fellow I'm rlayln;
for," remarked the hen, as . her; owner
came around with a pan of cornmeaL
Texas Sif tings. - . - r "' J
j - Mazzing Blower was just re
muking to me that all he is he owes it
to his mother. t -r :'-.(
' ' Bszby Ys; and I understand that all
be has be owes to his father. Roxbury
Gazette. " j ;. , j '
A Fiiend If you love her, old
fellow; why don't yon marry hei? j
: ! Bachelor Dcctor Marry, herl Why.
she is one of my best patients. London
Tid-Tits, ''i - . , . --. -.-.(
, "I the man who just gave yon
that cigar a fnend of yours?" - . )
, l-.i-I don't know- Haven't tried it yet"
FUeende Blatter. '. v
- AJ nsuccesstui What . were yon
arguing so violently about with Smith-
era, Professor?"; , j v .
. "He called me a blooming jackass." .
"You ought j. to . have knocked him .
down.".'1 : -j .vk;: -'v.
I "Oh, I didn't mind it personally. It
was the unscientific mannerof his state
ment that annoyed rat." Indianapolis
fournal. , :
--Salisbury Herald: Mr. Mlichael
Eller died Of pneumonia last night at
his home in Providence township, about
nine miles from Salisbury; Mr. Eller
was 70 years old. Z k . j t . V.
: : Rocky Mount Argonaut: Aaron
Bryant, a well known colored carpenter
of Rocky Mount, fell dead while at work
oa a building on Dr. Pittman's. plants?
tloa Tnesday last The cause - was sup-
' posed to be heart disease.
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LIBRARY.
Son Farts of ttct Abc-aS WsJs Colle
;;,::. tloa C Books. ..4-s .
i T&s University of St. Petersburg- has
the largest and beat oriental faculty in
Europe. Its proiessors ieciur
PrivsUn. - Turkish. Tartar, Armeni
Georgian, Mongolian and many, others.
Particular facilities an always given to
students of oriental languages to pursue
thai studies, and manr of them hav been
Bent to China, Japan,' Persia and elsewhere
at the expense of the B osslan goremment.
For instance, Professor ! Wsssiljeff, .the
veteran orientalist and professor of Chi
kMl wsMent to China.' These are some
of the peaceful means by ; which the Im
perial library has been added to, bat wax
and revolution haye also contributed their
quota. General Suvaroff, with his motto,
"Forward and strike," has been just as
great a benefactor In his way to this great
institution as the wealthy osars and mer
chant princes. The sack of Warsaw, 1
whlch 9,000 Poles were slain, made him
master of that town and master of the val
uable Zaluski library. But the benefit
which the Russians reaped from the French
revolution: Is perhaps the most noteworthy
of all. ,; Count Dubrovski, a." blbllopblley
was attached to the Russian embassy in
Paris when the great upheaval took place.
During this time museums and palaces
were pillaged by the raging populaoe, and
collections and libraries burned and scat?
terod to the winds.. - Hundreds of manu
anrlnta nnd hooka vm ruthlessly destroy
ed. Some, however, escaped the hands of
the destroyer and were sold by the govern-
: ment of the day to small shopKeepers, xrom
whom DubroTskt bought them for a song.
Thus Russia has become the custodian of
uniane treasures. ' Among the letters
xwhich were thus acquired are several Writ
ten by Henry VII, Henry VIII, Hiobeueu
and Catherine de Modtci. - t ; . "-7
The earliest printed , book in Russia,
which is in keeping there, is a history of
the apostles, with the date 16 04 on its title
page. , As regards the public library build
ing there Is not much to be said. It Is not
a very Imposing building, not; is it so well
adapted to library requirements as other
large libraries. Library Magazine. ; '
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ONLY CLEANING '.HARNESS CHAINS. J
Private Coachman Went Throagrh aa Kx-
relse Which Slystlfledl His- Awdleaee. . -"It's
aplty if a fellow who puts on as
many lugs as that can't afford a pair of
Indian dubs'" The speaker was a pros
perous looking man, who might have been
a retired merchant, and he stood in front
of a private stable in West Fifty-fourth
. street, watching a coach manr go through
the most undignified antics for. each a
pompous personage. ' - -
The coachmad had removed his hat and
coat and; was standing inside the stable
doors. In his hands he held a long bag,
such as the ragpickers used to carry.
First he took the bag by the top and bot
tom, and. holding it in a horisontal posi
tion, swayed it to and fro with a gentle
motion, i Then ho swung it np and down,
changing hands every few minutes and
increasing the motion as be got warmed'
up to his .work. All the time he kept
humming a popular song, the swinging
bacr keenlns perfect time wltn the tune.
The coachman evidently . knew : what be
was doing, despite the freely expressed
opinion of the onlookers that be had gone
daft, for he went through his strange task
.without a single break and performed a
set of exercises thai would have done credit
to a trained athlete wielding a pair of In
dian clubs. Ai last the .evolution' of the
bas crew slower and slower anil stopped
altogether as the coachman let it drop off
the floor. Opening the bag, be drew lorta
a pair of nickel plated chains, suon as car
riage horses wear on their trappings, and
began to admire their highly polished i
surface.. v : ?
"Yes;! that's the way the. chains are
cleaned," he said. : "I first souse them up
and down in a pail of suds, and then drop
them into the baa:. You can see that the
result is easier and more satisfactory than
if the links were polished by .hand. It is
good exercise, for practice has given me a
regular set of motions, and. I go through
them as unoonseioualy as a butcher chop
ping meat on a block," New York Her-
, aid.
: Sweetwater Dea. , 4 .
What Is known as the Sweetwater dam,
California, presents some special points in
masonry of more than passing interest. It
is about 88 feet high, 8 feet wide on top
, and less! than 40 feet at the bottom. Al
though built of good rubble laid in port
land cement mortar; the-tremendous pressure-of
water against its back, was regard
ed as not without peril, and that it bas
stood this pressure for years is attributed
to the fact that the dam is curved in plan,
And its length of 96 feet is laid, out some
what like the quadrant of a circle, convex
toward the reservoir. The masonry of the-
dam is firmly bedded in the solid rocky I
sides and bottom of the ravine, the struc
ture thus acting as an arch? , To this atoh
action, is believed to be due the resistanos
of the dam to ' the .water pressure; though
many engineers are of the opinion, that If
. water were ever to rise above the crest and
overflow the structure it would be utterly '
destroyed in a abort time." when the dam
was built, the wasteway was designed to
carry oft more flood water than there were
any indications of baying flowed through
the ravine, but in time a week's enormous
rainfall filled the reservoir to the brim and
overflowed the top nine inches.. The tre-.
mendous energy of this volume of water :
scoured out the rocky bottom of the ravine
below the dam to a depth ;of several feel,
badly eroding the sides f the canyon.
The ooadtrtt' leading from the dam was
twisted but of place, though Embedded in
the concrete, but the dam suffered no in-.
Jury. New York 6m' f
Beboked Her PresuBBptloa.
She was regally dressed and there was a
proud look on her patrician face as she
flounced into the elevated train at One
Hundred and Fifty-fifth street. , The car
was crowded.- --' ' , " :
"Oh, never mind," she said to her es
cort in a loud voice which could be beard
at the other end of the car. "I shall not
stand Jong. I sever da . Somebody is sure
to give me a seat." : '
The mon glanced up from their newspa
pers and a look passed from eye to eye.
Then - they buried themselves in, their pa-, I
pers again nno became oblivious. -
"Women expect too much these days,'
said the broker to- the gray haired man
next toj him. "That woman would take
your seat and never as much as say, 'Thank
you.' " - ; .
The train wont whizzing around the
curve at One Hundred and Fiftieth street,
and the woman was still standing. ; It
passed Herald square, and the regal person
was still clinging to the straps. .When I
got off at Franklin street, the woman Who
never stood up- was wearily swaying Jzom
side to side. New York Herald. .
, : , A Wonderful Task.''
Jules Cunon, a Polish mechanic,. -who
was presonted with a gold medal forjils
inventions, performed a most extraordi-
nary thing when he Succeeded in manufac
turing a complete -watch Id the space of, I
eight hours and from materials on which
any other watchmaker would hate looked
oontemptuously. It appears that the osaar
of Bussla, bearing of the maryelous in
ventive genius of Curzon, determined to
put him to the test and forwarded him a.-
box containing a few copper nails, some ,
wood chlpplnga, a pleoeof broken glass, an
old cracked china eup, some wire and a
few orlbbage board -pegs, with request
that he should transform them ' Into " a
t,lmin!Ar!A - ,.V. ... : ...i ' - ...
Nothing daunted and perbelvtng a gold-'
en opportunity, for winning' favor at the
court, Curzon set about his task with en
thusiasm! and in the almost incredibly'
snort space or eight noun faae? alspatohed
a wonderfully .constructed watch , to: the
czar, who was-so snrprisedand delighted at
the work that he sent for the-maker and
conferred, noon him several diatmntkms..
I as well as granting him a pension. . The
case of the watch was made of china,
while the works were simply composed of
the odds and - ends accompanying the old
cup. Not only did It keep good time,' but -only
required winding once every three Or
four days. This remarkable watch is be
lleved to be still -in the possession of the
Russian royal family .--Household Words."
V-b - , " '-' '''t t n)
.i'-wimmi BeyV OdaV rrrtoiair '''y
A'trlght hoy In the wholesafe dry' goods
district of Dew Sork has a long list of cus
tomers whose penolls he keen sharpened."
and Who also patronize hint far new pen;
eus. -tie nas a patent sharpener aou goes
rrom store to store ana once to odoe, and ;
he mitM hetwaen SS and S7 a afMlr mmritJ
fng four orflve hours day, -'ly- ' j '
RUSSIA'S SPLENDID OLD
EART DlSEASE,w
- many ether aQmeits when they
have taken hold of the system, "
nevetigets better of its own accord, but
Ciestefsiaiffaj yresrsi seei'sw. There-are
, tnmMH- who know they have a dafeetlye
bears, but will not admit the tact.- They
don't want their friends to. worry., and
JDwsst totes hm f f fvr U,
they have been told Urns and again that
heart disease was incurable. Buch was the .
ease of Mr. 8Paa Farley of Dyesvtlle; Ohio
: who writes June Mfc MM, as follows I -"
I hm fcesirv sWee fmrSa eor
' my heart hnrtinc me almost .continually.- -The
first 15 years I doctored all the time,
trvrasi eeveral physlerana, and rettedlea, -
r ttnta at last doctor told jne It was only a
11 con Id not be cured.
.1 ' gradually t grew
worse.. Very weak, ; .
, ana compteieirjtus-
eoaraged, until I
Hved. propped half
np la bed, because
etaUst tie Uoten I
nor sit 'up. ' Think-.1
inr tty time had:
. cornel told my fam-
Dy what I , wanted
done when I was
. gone, v But on the first day of March on
the recommendation of Mrs. Fannio Jones,.
of Anderson. InL, I commenced taking :
pp.: jrae JReae CWre ff rBeort
and wonderful to tell. In ten days I was .
working at light work and on March ! com
menced framing a barn; whloh is heavy .,
work, and I hayn lost a day since. l am OS .
yearaold.fi ft. 4 inches and weigh 2301bs.
I believe I snv fUUv cidre, and
: I am now only anxious that everyone, shall .'
know of your wonderful remedies." .- -
? r Dyesrllle, Ohio. . . fiitu Fabut. '
: Dr. mies Heart Cure is sold on a posttlre
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit..
All druggists seU It at W, bottles for tS or
IVafeSMo
Din Miles He Curen
Rest6res Health
konthly Pains cured by Dr. Miles Pain Pills.
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Fonale by sB Drsggists
sa A
"shaage.
s in every conceivable shape. , ,
We had va thousand ' pieces when
the season began. We have a hun
dred pieces, now. They aje wqrti
the first price. cWill you take them
at si SACRIFICE ? Remember that
yon take them at Just HALF the
marked price. , , j. ': "... .
Those pretty Dolls will ' be sold
for half the marked price.' .These
Dolls will - not last r long af these
prices.', u V-V ';!'!'.;. ,i
CURTAINS THAT SOt-D FOR
$7.00. this week $4.75 ;
x crrt ' tt ; -9 cm
5.00
3.50
4.00
350
2.50
2.25
2.00
1.75
1 50
2.55
2.25-
1;40
1.35
1.25
1.15
1.00
Call, early;
These axe samples.'
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MATTINTGSo
, Twenty-five pieces Matting just
arrived. This lot of Mattings repre
sent apportion c-1 a, large. import
order given" by W during ; the" FalL
Mattings are cheaper' than last year.
Yon can get- a very good Matting:
for 12$c a yard. We haye about 150
Jards at :that price,' for which yon
ave paid 16fc a yard. Yon must
examine the line shown at 15c per
yard, also at 20, 25 and 30c a yard.
SPECIAL
PRICES ON
Comforts, Blankets, LDamask
,:v Portlers, Trunks.
Gloves, Underwear.
afaeeaanerte STTV EQSSICXt .
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will be. rendered for all accounts ori
my Books, and I will appreciate1 an
early settlement of same. ; Thanking
the public for their generous patron
age daring the past xyear, I will
make every effort to - merit r4 Icon-
tinuance of same in the futnre.
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WITH B1IGL&11D
: May Interest yon as a topic of cbn:
yersation nntU1Mr.f Olneyand Lord
Salisbury get together. . But . Co, de
rive lasting, benefit ydnoughtto dig:
com and investigate the naatter .of
opening
'SAVINGS BAK ACCOT;
: We will pay, yon;4(rper
;teresx on your money. - -
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A Khsd'ef Infant That Weald TJeUght
8sae: aiseak;IelM7.yS
TEveryTwomanlh Japan above the age cf '
15 years seems to own a, baby and usually
carries it around on her' back.. Japanese
babies' never cry. They never get impa
tient or dtaodntented, but they stay where;
ihev oro nbt and enjoy It.": JTou can .see.
hundreds of women at work in the tea
fir Ins houses, where the temperature is al
ways very high, and the work is very hard,: '
Bolntr through their lv -noura-oi . laoos
with babies. S or weeks old strapped upon
their baokaT and the babies never wbus-.
Ber.-no matter-how -much the mothers
ahake (hem: np when they aretirrlng the.
not: tea loaves np to their snouaaers . in sue
Dans.' ; Then, after three hours, when the J
rerular restina time comes and everybody:
etoos for refreshm"ent,.baby gets hla. He,
g unstrapped and nursed while the mother
ia dlDDlne into her little rice can with a
couple of chop sticks, and then, when the
whistle blows, he is strapped on again for
another throe hours without opening his
llpe except toyawn-or say goo w make
some other remark as' the incident and pe
culiarities of this wonderful world, excite.
When he gets a llttlo older, his mother
-irate' him In; a tea -box With some little
plaything, -and: he will "stay there all uay,
safe from harm. and. crow ana enjoy htm-
solf. He can, exercise his arms by pulling.
-himself by the sides of the box, and his
leas by treading around, in: that llmltod I
space, -and can assist: in the .development"
of his dental apparatus by chewing the I
edges of the boards, l)ut he never -seems to
.set tired or hungry or dissatisfied, al-
. tbonsh any live American" htoby that ever-
existed would be howling nxe a urove of,
bine devils in fl ye minutes after his moth
er had none to herwork. : .; .. . .. -
..- Toward noonday, when the sun gets hot
-and the little ones .fee! sleepy, they Ho
down on the floor like a cat or .a dog. It
may bo a pavement of brick .of stone.- It
may hea board floor; but they need no cra
nio or blanket or rjiiiow. -only a - shei-
tered corner out of the sn-where they
'won't, be stepped upon, ami they do not
have to be rocked or song to sleep. . -They.
take care of themeelvee. Their mothers
are busy earning 8, 10 or 16 cent a day
by 19 or 13 hours of hard labor In a ware.
house where the temperature Is often up
to 100 degrees all day king, and theodor
of. tea Is so strong that it almost strangles
you. ; So they do not wish to bother them
or add to their cares and have the good
sense and Self control to find: their own
amusement and look after their own com
fort, lust like a puppy oca kitten. -
That is the kind of baby they raise In
Japan. Yokohama Letter la Chicago
Beoord. . ' .... . .
. 0 Englaoid Fear of Invaatoa, t
. The second preparation for war was the
well 'known yet curious. and muob dis
cussed eaulnment of an expedition to in
vade , England. It is a commonplace of
.history that British empire has ever been
. bound up .withthe separation of the king
dom from the continent of Europe by i
narrow but stormy estuary. There bad,
of course, been repeated and successful in
vasions of her soil from the days of the
Anglo-Saxons themselves down to the ex
pedition of William of Orange, but grow
ling wealth had furnished ever increasing
-means of resistance in the superb arma
ments which under England's flag made
access to her shores so much more difficult
with -every, year that finally, after the
Seven Tears' war; It came to be regarded
by her enemies as impossible. On the other
hand, the iwople themselves are to this
. day skeptical and fall into periodic panics
on the question, x v . ' -
' Some clever fiction.' like the "Battle of
Dorking," or a revival of the project for a
. tunnel . under - the channel. . can awaken
such visions of invasion as, to insure the
passage of any grant for strengthening the
I navy. This singular distrust was weu
known to the French. For many years -
the project of a descent on England had
been the standard pretext of the oonven-
. tlon and of the directory to extort monq
- from officeholders and patriots, v Conse
quently the feasibility of the scheme had
been a standard subject of debate. This
revolutionary, or rather traditional and
national, inheritance was exploited by the
: first . consul to its full value. , In general
hla preparation was doubtless, a feint, but
keeping, as ever, two strings to his bow;
there were probably times when the scheme
commended Itself to him as an alternative.
"Life of Napoleon," by Professor Wil
liam M. Sloan e, in Century. .
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. " J'- ' The Qoeer Sorlaam Toatd.
I The dime' museum freak of the order of
batrachians is the ugly little four footed
oddity known to scientists as the Surinam
' toad.'- His place among the reptilla is in
the genus urodela. subgenus pips. k There
- la but one locality in the world in which
this rare little animal has been found, and
that is in the northern part of South.
America, in the little, country known as
-Surinam, or Dutch Guiana. It is a pe
culiarly hideous creature, with a Ions point
ed nose, wide mouth and no tongue. Like
several other varieties of -the toad family,
.its five fingered hind feet aTe webbed.
.while the four digits of it front feet are
-perfectly free. " The real oddity about this
ugly specimen of animal life is its queer
mode of hatching , its young. Naturally
the female's back tiaras free from indenta
tions, as. is that .of the , male, but as the
breeding season comes on a queer change
"may -be observed. As soon as she com
mences to lay - eggs a series of pita or de-
; presslons como.ln her .back, and in to these
j holes the male puts the eggs his partner
lays,i pressing them well down; with his
feet. In due. course of time a natural
membrane forms over these pits, and after
a proper season of incubation has elapsed
they hatch and a young brood of little
Surinam toads appear. , "I -!: "."
Dosplte the repulsive looks of this curi
ous little reptile, It Is regarded as being a
choice artlole of food. St. Louis Kepublio.
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Arnold and Beade. ;
The Presbyterian says that Matthew
Arnold," though not an orthodox believer
in Christianity, was a great admirer Of the
Bible and was the means of converting
(jnaries Koade, the novelist, to Christian- ,
ity.: 4 On one occasion he urged Mr. Beade
to read the Bible through in an unpreju
diced and candid spirit. .. The novelist did
so and was thereby led to accept the gospeL'
-4 l1' " the Thlug. : V
' Kerzogg Janns says he is going to be-
come a aotective-
i Perksby Oh, he is too slight for a do
teotiye.-. He is very thin, yoti know.
I Keraogg Yes, but he says he will make
a gooa snaaow. JBrooElyn Eagle.
-T A French journal thus itemizes the in
gredients of French coffee, "Roasted horse
liver, roasted blaok walnut 'sawdust and
caramel or burned sugar,'..: ; , -: .
)P Vilri- At Budapest P'
i Budapest ' has. for me an - invincible
attraction, and when cm the borrow a
i u i. j,. t x i
ted to install myself in the shade high
up on one of the balconies of the Hotel
Hungarian overlooking the Danube I
experienced one of the most agreeable
sensations that I recall -Here the ample
hreadth of the stream diminishes the
force of the current, : and the Danube
passes' majestically under the two ixo
posing Dnages, -wnjen mae its course
Where' it bends , far below beyond the
town with' the dimensions and the ap
pearance of a stream opening out into
theeea. In front frowns the anoient and
-lofty fortress: of Buda, which formerly
held Hungary abject and tretnblina; un
der ta cannon, and the huxg, formerly
imperial, where watched the implacable
eye of tha conqueror. Both fortress and
bursr, however, are to disatmear forever.
? -.; A new royal chateau is going trp near
by, Which Will take-the place of the bid
yellow' barracks, which serve now as a
dwelling for' the" king of Hungary in
this capital, finally recovered from 3 the
age long domination of Austria. Below
the life of the river. Is unoeaBinK. and
the I whole?" warm, brilliant, animated '
plctnre j is . most enliyening. . Budapest
the very word names an Idea which is
biff -with the future. It ia
- vara iQrwsra.wBK is is cne zuture onesi.
; angfap Jbefore Agmwtog ptle. Jrhole
onnaicta or toe, capital will one dl)e
rebuilt - and -reappear under a fresh as
pect, ana tms immense meeting . point
oerween me east and, the remt- Am
daily to iU power and its sitwstions,--.
jnineteenta uenturr. . - . - . -:
i -i -
y
ran omxax . c ..i- i r:
Taken Tnteimay.lt Cares rv
Dlanhcea, Cmmp,; and Pain . In" tha1
Stomach. Sore Throat. Sudden. Colda.
1
" : Used tixternauy. it cures v ?
Cuts, Bruises, Burnsj Scalda.; BpreinS,y
Tootnaene, -riurmw race, en
ralgia, Xuieumatissv Frosted FeeW
ttm artieia evr sHataia U auk
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. jkM ann
nialeef. afaat
s.ZwSaiw- bttarttaWay.ttii aflsaW.!
raia-iuim. we mt m na awata mm
irirfi.lkau(linM MmML
. a to cm far it a fMdhrah M tat
in "a! Sraia :at-atmaa,
r'---i fiiallraiaJiilaa aaar
wiuoa la ta
It haaraal aaariti aaaiaaaaaef naiarisi aalav
riu. omm. .
aa asadtel
Panrr u
letaa aaa aeqatne a Tapntala aqaal
,'--.- It I,
ia taally valiwUa WMika-a is Mask
y Phyakiaaa. Am( Trttltr. - .
umff
Bawan of imitation, bay anlv the
faadafcjr Pkbs pAriM.. aeU, w
"jaa;aaeiaa,aaaaaiaj,
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DAYS
-OUR
Entire Stock
Ladies1
'--AND-.
Jackets
WILL BE SOLD AT
llanufactorers' Costs.
Johnson & Fore,
Ho. Ill Ilarket Bt.
WILMINGTON; N.C
Ian 19 tf
CASH TALKS.
THE
Alderman Hardware Co.
are now making Low Cash Prices
to their country friends on
1
Plows, Plow Castings,
rlAMESHAME STRINGS,
BacWail!, Simletrees, Trace Ciain,
Shovels, Spades, . ' Hoes,
. - ixth
handled and unhandledf-
Rakes,
Collar
Plowlines, Bridles, Collars,
Pads. . . .
A full line of Granite Iron Ware.
wouse Furnishing Goods, '
Crockery, Pistols,' Cutlery;
Iron Einfir Cook Stoves
: MD LIBERTY RIMES. -
A few Nicer Oil Heaters
to be
had at Cost for Cash. : : ' '
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29 South Frorit Street.-'.
jan,19tf- ; WiimingtonN. C :
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C. C0KE2, Jr.,
Ass't Casiier.
Atlantic llational Bant,
l-1 Uxiijcin
Liberal : Loans made : on aoDroved
?X ecurity at Lowest Rates.
. JIo Interest Pair on Deposits.
A Cstta CoucctjoM rtmitted for dor of rct.pt.
Aecorrati ot iadirulnaU, trms, bankf 6d otbar
Khar coc
Accuracy - and
!S' -A UWS..i. '-jlSBL-:-.- MSB.
PieadaiH oa U. S. Bond. S.98T Nona. 3ona
Baoldnj Boost, ate......,' 16,609 1400 "-i 1(L0W
- "" pem IKnre Jtln P ctst.: per
Laait tnarallmanf of eaoltal eald U OrtaW tfloa '
Cap
: - i
ta th feMrrent pauses of the aighS
-Kbt all onmaet ia pain ; r l;i ;
lint bow Shan I endure it when the UghJ
When the black , ciiouds of winter Vedge nvs
- round, ltsv'mr"'XT:'lr''i-'si
" Jhrief is no alien thing; .". .:'-,.-.:
But how shall I support the eight and sound I' l
- And ardor of the spring! ' . - . -' '-'-T,
t Klixabeth C. Cardoso in Century.; ;
:. i:i ... :-. A
i - - USED A TRAINED HOftSE.-
A Bobber JBaaal That Cvptaiwd Its TIe-.
. ' tlmr In m Wawl 'Mermen. f'-'
When I was Jn "Nebraska noar this
Bnake river, north of the Great Sand bill, ;
trf1850.'r said a Lewiston citizen. we had.
la
1 four cambs situated about 18 miles apart,
and to go from Thorne s camp to unnnam;
camp It was .necessary to. go tnrougn a
long piece of pine woods. For a number of !
-months every one who . had gone through .
. day "it was necessary, that I should go
throtaglrwitb. lot of money and no esoort,
and I et out on a horse that I got from a
stable keeper near Thome cam ; "When
'bad"- nearly reached the woods five miles
: but, my horse was -taken ill and foaming'
. at the! mouth and refused to go on. Clear
ly tol my medical eye.it had been poisoned
lightly by some one. A man not so well
np in medicine might ' not have known it.
t Soon what looked like a hunter came along
on a horse and offered to swap, taking
. mine back to the stable if I .would . leave
his sear Dunham camp with a trapper. , I
.ooghtito have, seen throngh this,-but did
M)s'- .--ij .;'-?:-"- i' y.:"-!
: ' VI got on to the powerful: horse of the
stranger and started throngh the five miles
f of woods.' -:Half way. through,, without an
parent Mason, the horse broke into a trot,'
a gallop and finally a run, and dashing off
'the1-trail. through--the woods, picked his'
wayaiaong trees as nicely as if be bad
gone that way 10O time. Pull as I would,
at th, bridle, he' paM no attention, but
ran the faster.?; Wbenl bad leaped a brook.
and landeoT on the. sand beyond, the marks
. of footprints alarmed me, and I slipped off
at the risk of jnyllfe? :lHe ran err up
" viae and X fcid, tearing that It was a trap,';
as it afterward proved. In a little while
three men armed, with rifles came back on
the trail, one riding the horse, now as
- calm as a igmbVP I plckod my way to the
road and got to the camp. - c . . :
Vaea: weeks later 19 of ns followed a
man who hired a horse at the same place
I'did.- It was token ill, aniTlhe same trap-
- per came along on the same horse. When
the horse dashed Into the woods as he bad
"been trained to do, 19 of us dashed after
' him, and' finally arrived at a; mountain
camp of the robbers. We took every man
seven: of themJ and welL law was not
well supported out there then, and no
court sat nearer than 200 miles. We didn't
carry the rascals away from their own
campfire. " The trained horse met the fate
of its owners." Lowlston Jonrnal.
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:. .: iJMstoterei---:
' It is said that the extraordinary infla
ence Which Agassis exerted Vver men who
had only a sught perception at the scope
of his wonderful mental powers was due
as much to a universal belief in his disin
terestedness as to his magnetic personality.
Mr. B. P. Whipple once -told an Incident
which illustrated this fact.
, . On one occasion, when his museum was
in need of money for a purely scientiflo
purpose, he. Invited the mjmbers of the
legislature of the state of Massachusetts
to visit It, with - the design of inducing
them to vote the sum he required. After
a short, persuasive address delivered in the
hall of the museum, he led them over the
bnilding,polntingQut -the great things
that had been achieved and the still great
er things tbav-were to follow if his plan
was carried out. . :
In ascending the stairs X happened to
overbear, two intelligent legislators, evi
dently farmers, who were considering the
, propriety of giving the proposed legislative
aid.
.. "X don't know much, " said one,-"about
the value of this museum as a means of
education, but! of one thing I am certain
'that if we give Agassis the money he
wants, he will not make si dollar by it.
That'sin his favor."
The appropriation was' made a day or
two after, though it was generally consul-
-ered that no other man could have wrung
the sum, from the reluctant hands of that
economical legislature. ' ". . .-
. Pcath aaad BaaA. .'
The lines engraved on Professor Hux
ley's tombstone show a confusion of
thought that one Would not expect in the
burial place of this great man; '
And if there be no meeting past the grave.
If all ia darknpes, sUence, ye tls reet. :
Xt is not rest. TbdTe is no rest where there
Is no coiiKOiniiRnnaa. Rest lmnllea oon
soiousness. We He down, we sit down, to
rest; we enjoy the repose. ' If death is an
nihilation, there is nothing; neither light
nor tun-Knees l neither work nor rest.
nThere is nothing. -There are 4f words by
which we can express annihilation, be
cause there are'no thoughts by which we
"can understand the state of nothingness,
To me this total inability to understand
nothingness is one of the thousand indi
cations of the continuity of life. Walter
Besant.
Bad 8paUass.
I. Sarah Bernhardt cannot spell well, and
one of -our own most cherished actresses
does not always' spell oorroctly. In a re
cent autograph letter of hers we find "oo-
oured.' Then Blsntarck never could spell,
He himself has confessed, to "a lack of
diligence at school,' as a consequence of
which his letters oon tain many spelling
errors. - John Bright was another states
man somewhat weak In the same partleu
lar. Sven Oliver Wendell Holmes made a
mistake In spelling the rather common
word " indispensable, " which he wrote
Vlndispensible." ; ' - T -
' Tbe -Tirat Iaqi
The nearest approach to ihe holding of
a judicial inquiry Into the cause of death
in England occurred as long ago as the
year 1200, when, according to an old wri
ter on the subject, "six and twenty vener-.
able persons were summoned together to
near ana consider -tne testimony Df any.
wno oouid speak with authority regarding
tne aeatn or a olgger In the fields named
uartui Holsover."
King Humbert owns nearly 200 horses,
ana tbe greatest number of them are Ens
llsh bred, 'i The double row of stalls forms
a regular street, and each animal has Its
name printed in large white letters above
the manger. . '
. j Many of the East- Indians, particularly
among tne Hindoos of south, India, believe
that raonkeysloan speak, but will not do
so for fear they will be put to work,
Xal KTiJ-S fajaalosui:.;:!
- Daniel Hiveley is remembered at having
ueen aooui as nara a specimen as tne sav
lng power of grace pver overcamo in the
usark 'country. Be was a man of great
scrsngen ana ei wioKea temper, r Tne way
in whleb he ! became a resident of the
I Ozark country illustrated his Inclination to
oe a taw untojumseir. - It is told that in
his young manhood Hiveley was engaged
in boating salt down- the Ohio river and
up tne Cumberland to Nashville, The
man for whom he was working got behind
with the. pay.) Daniel thought he was go
ing to break, t He went- back for another
load of salt, but instead of delivering it
kept on down the Ohio and the Mississip
pi, until he reached the White, which be
ascended to the Qsark country, j He never
went Dacs, nut turned his meohanloal sen.
I... aw . . . . ... v
iua u acuvuot in nuuaing millav '.--'?''--A
powerful revival of religion overcame
ransei ..; jaiveiey, and : he ''professed.
come time axterward ' the preacher who
neipea; convert xXianiel . "was -but In the
woods, when he heard a great noised 'He
listened and discovered that Brother Hlve-
wy was navmg trouble with a oow that
wouwn t drive.- The preacher hid behind
a bush, v Hkreley-oame alonff and inruoed
upon a log to look for the eow but oould
' J'D-n you to r he shouted. Then,
after a few moments of silennn. ha added:
"There, old devil, you have got one more
oath out of me. Take It and gofto
wa. wwii uMwe-xwmoorat.
f He's not what you. would oall strictly
lwndsome," said.ithe majors; beaming
through, bis ; ginssos on a baby as he . lay
howling in hla mother's arms; .".but it's
tne Kina era face that grows on you.
. jw tne Kiaa or a lace that grew.
on youj was tne indignant and unexpect
ed reply op the fond mother; "You'd be
better looking U it bad." Sacred Heart
nusxiincs.LocALSi
ttoncas Sar Rant er Sflla, Lost sad Fond .
its. and etaershon adaeellaaaoM adraitlaaaiaats.-
taaercad ia thk Department, la leaded Monpaiail type,
ea first, et foarth pan, at PnbbaWa optioau tor 1
wart eack iasemoa: bat ae MveraaasMBt
.raVae for
ithsaSO
Tanaa, poatttvaly eaafe
- -A
De roa spacebtte? . Gtilae" fc Soocrf ol Specn-
UtlonM auOkd Jree. Wheat, provMps,. cottea sod
stock apecnUtloa o JUauad narclat tbowogWy ,
plained j - CoCTeipondence aollatad. Warren, Ford (
Co., 11 Wafl Street, New Vork.l , C ; jia 19 It ...
Fam4---A krgt Blapk Oog; wltfc white spat oa
broast, huel eyaa, sppareadr t lame.' Owner caa
secsji suae by ioqalring at the StAk onlcs. . jas) 19 It
a, (n inin im . irtvuw , ""
Kaah Knlfhta of Frtfeiaa, wdl be tela Hoaday aigbt.
January S3, at Caafa H3 at 881 o'clack. W L.
Jacobs, PresUkat
jas 19 it
1 . 'LI '.I
fresa supply - duly ot Coestry 'Saoaage aod
Urer Paddli;.;- Fig-; feat 5 ceata a pooad. A lau;
line ' of Choioe Gjootrlea cheap. Call and see;
Cats. D. jacobe, -ag't, S17H Horth .; yroBt1
ttraet. f v'r f . i-." - JaalU
'f Wamtedh-To sell, twenty ) thonaand ataadard
Strawbtrry Crates fa the aext aly days, at a pedal -
low price. For particular appl to R, X. Lae, lit. .-
-i Vot Xenta-Flve mom Cottage 105 Aaa,; street.
Ciaternandbath T. F Baglejgy . JanlS tt '
- Tte New Year; ia here and new drmks corae wkk
A. P. Leryat.the French Cafie. Carries the beat
ineaoateB!a;litt mixed and' otharwiae dcinka in th
dtVi Conteees Albert, Jos and Bub and' be con
Tioced. ' ' - 4 " . ha 1 U
v ,:n ' - r ' n t ., i i
WBien- yon want a nice bnth of Bananas, a bar
rel of Baldwin's, a casa or crate f fine We tera Apr'
pies, a bag of Irlh or Sweef Potatoes, Tornipa,
Oalooa, Beans, or Ifoontate Batter, from tea to forty
poond ia:, all er Sead yonr orders to A. 8c Wia
atead A Co Comiabeioa Merchanta and Wholeaafi"
Frnit and Produce Dealer. : ,id-- laa 1 DAW tf
' Pstotogrmplte If your Phota U. wonld C. .
Cone along, and sit , with nc; '.Pricsanghtj Photos
Irisht, Don't delay. But come tngli away. , V. C,
KHis. 114 Market atreet..--V.v;-" l-'-t S9tf t,
, iii ! ' i i i i . ii ' u iii
: XSesMowal From and after this date 1 will have
my resideace at the PurceH Howe. ,J. F. Wool via
Undertaker and EmbalBer,- ": - . dectSlm
' l' '- 1 11 '
:.. The celebrated pale Kyffhanaer Beerl .' Bold lonly
by F.Rlchter, Wilmington, N.C - . I
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Basket, Vegetable Basket for the1 shipment of
Peaa,Baaav CacoatberS, etc 'j For sale at Jno. S.
Mclackern'a Grain and Teed Store1 . 811 Market
i, en
- Haydena P. JL has la
Carts and asness of aO kinds.
srsck tacgkt, road
Kepalringdone by
aMTIf.il
OppesSts .sjew
Court Ronaa
--' - -V : CSI ?
FAILIfJG L1ANII000
6eneral and Nervon Debility. -,
' Weakness of Body and
Mind, Effects of Errors
or EzceBses la Old or
Tounai Robust, Noble
Manhood fully Bestored.
' How to Enlarge and
Strengthen Weak. Un
developed Portions of
Body. Absolutely un
failing Home Treatment. '
Benefits- in a day.
rrom ao state and - Forela-n
Countries. Send for Descriptive Book, e
planatlon and proofs, Tna11Ml (aealcd) free.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo. N. Y.
re 88 DAW 1v as ts th
Early Rose Potatoes.
25 barrels E. R. Potatoes. ;
40 bags Coffee. -:;. 1 v
. 50 bbls. and bags Rice.
700 barrels Flour.
500 bags Floor. .
35 Cheese. '
10 boxes . Codfish,
Ask prices.
W. B. COOPER,
I Wholesale Grocer,
DAW .WilnUnstoa, V. C
Jaa 19 tf
.Little (jirl (to
village storekeeper)
" Mommer sent me
back and says , -t as
she w ants. jPond's
Extract, and not
this wot you said was
jet , as gooJ There
, ain't any so good as -pond's
Extract." -
sag BS DAW,
Sciatica,
Inmoag-o, --
Rtianmatirni,
Scrstcoes,
Sprains. . :
straias,
Contractal ,
Hnselss,
XrvptionSf
Hoef AO,- ,
Screw ij
Warns, ,
Swlnney,
Saddle Qn,
Burns,
Bealds,
Stitcnes,
Stiff Joints, i
Bangs, , ;
Bites, , :
Snilses, x .
Bunions, .
Coras, -
SackaCAS,
Sores, .
Spavin. .
: Cracks.
THI8 COOD OLD
8TAND-BY
aeoompUahes for evarTbed axaetlTwhat Iselaiawd
torlt. Oneof thaiwaaona for Um great popularity erf
' the Kostaag Tiwlment is toaaatatts al venal'
aeplleabllltya BraTTbodraccdaaoclianiedicina.
. The I.aMtaeraisa naertt It la esse of aceMtoat, , .
: - The Hnagwtf aaeda tt laa'saaataHaifly maa.
The Cawaler aaeda tt foe hlajeama and hla man.
The JUechaalo needs U alwajra on his, work
. benoa. ':-;.-( ... , -V '
. : ; The Miner needs tttaeaee of emergencr.
The Weaeerneadeft-eantgetalaiig without It
; . The Faraaer seed Ura his hoots, his stabla,
SndhUatookyaid. 1 ' i
r The BMasaheat saaa er the Beatasaa aaads
; Km liberal supply afloat and sahore. ' ' r
The Herae-fauieler needs tt-tt Is his seal
friend and aafaatreUaaoe. I M 8
:! The Steek-crewer mods t wot save aba .
thousand cCdoUars and a world of trouble 1 : ; 0
The ftallreaa suta needs it sad win need 1$ se ;
long a hla me Is a round of aooldeatssiid dangers. 1
Tap Baehwaaiaaaaa aeadstt. Tharalaaota. :
lag like It aa aa antidote Cor the dangers to nt
nh and comfort whloh aurrmmd tne pioneer. . ,
The HerehaaS seeds It about bis store among 1
his employees. Accidents wm happen, sad when !
theae come the aTnarang Llalmmt la wanad atonoa. ;
Keep a Battle la the Heaao. Tit the best of
fOQSbOtliy'a) s " ,r " i '- -t Li- -
: " Keep a Beetle la the fastery. ttsfaiaiedlats
- aa la ease of accideBt paia aata mm or
Keep- JBectJe Always la the Btahle ft
Men testrx :
J
to. ve t
Y An . -
oxicQn j
Mustang ;
r- - - v.-;4
SAFES !
All Sizes and Make.
:Ci j. WRITE OR CALL ON
?X ia llarket Street,
- jan!9 tf ;X ,Wilmingtorj, N. ci '
-2
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From4the corner of Front and Prin-4-
cess streets will bring yon to .
y 't;'i:A-iif:r' -T.il ;
hi e rc e r ft s E van s '
1 ; ! Shoe tore
where you can buy Shoes as cheap as
the cheapestand as good as the best.
Call there,' boj a pair and get a
opy of Jtbe Pilzzle of the Day, and
see how tie , "Gold , Bugs " and the
Silver Bags' will get across "Green
back River" together. J
. . ; Respectfully, i ;
Ilercer i Evans.
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THERE IS A WAY
To Do a Thing R ght and
, We Do It, !
y y .:- . r; . 1 y
We try to do business withahe masses
and we succeed. The tickling machine
about oar business is the price; That
pleases everybody that tries to make
their dollar spread over two. We lead
ia three' things low prices, good value,
and the largest and, best assorted stock
of Dry Goods In the city of Wilmington.
And we are making a' special effort to
move ss many goods in. January ss we
can. Our business is much better than
it has ever been this time cf the year.
Read our prices Straw Sailor Hats at
10. 15 18. 25 and 85c each; Felt Hats
new 'shapes, - good stock, at 25c; Chil
dren's Flats, with silk band, nice stock
a job lot, at 25c each. Ladies' Capes
from 50, 98c, $1.25 2 25. 5 00, up to $20
each.' Children's Long Jackets from
$1.00 to 8 00 each. Baby Cloaks, with
Dongora Fur Trimming four inches long '
at $125, 1.50 and i 1.75 each. Ladies'
Long Cloaks Jwith small, sleeves, first
price $10 00 and 15 00, our price to close
$1.50. 2.25 and 8.00 just giving them
away to those who see fit to make good
nse of this offer, j ' L ;
; r Clothing? Yes, Clothing ! f
' We are pushing oar Suits, and the
price is hat helps so much. A Good
Black Worsted Suit at $3 50. Come to
the Leading Dry Gwds Store of
"the cityj .for snything you wsnt.
112 North Front i street, opposite the
"Orton House. ' . - '" 7; -
Badd7&GaylordfFrop.(
' t Wikniatton's' Big Racket Store.
FOR
i
If yon have, some to sell, ship it to
us, and we will allow.yon 1 r l;
; 28 Cents Per Pound
Free on boSrd cars or steamer at
Wilmington in rood sound packages.
aja.a ' wS . S 1 m. S .
- jK.eierences sui inronga me ooaia
if required. ' - ;
.W. H. BOWDLEAR & CO.,t
Boaton, Maek
now IS 8m ' OSce-and Warehonae SS Central Wharf -
EARLY OHIO,
- Early Hose and Peerless '
Seed Potatoes.
Remember the best seed gfve tne
best results.
; ' HALL' & PEARSALli
.f --rs-4 - l....- -i L... i(--i - .-
i Nntt and Mulberry streets.
Steps
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