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t. .J I. t v -, 3 i. r'- W: m fir J ! - ,We are again sending bills to our - subscribers. In the aggregate tney ' amount to a very large sum. Many. 'of oar: subscribers are responding fiw . promptly. Others pay no attention to the bills. These latter do not seem to understand that they are under any legal orf moral obligation to pay for a newspaper. FOOTER Absolutely Pure. - Aleam of tartar baking powdefc Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest United States . Government Food Reports -' I Boyal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, .W.Y. BsauTiFCi. hands; I f JAMES WHITCOM RlLtY. At f remember the first fair tcuch Of those beautiful bands that I love so : much, . i ": '!'! 1, I seem to thrill as I then was thrilled Kissing the glove that I found un ': filled 1 . " , ' When I met your gaze and the queenly ? i : bow, - i'i'.' "- As yon said to me laughingly, ;Keep It now!" ' ' ' As dazed and alone in a dream I stand Kissing the ghost of your beautiful :. ' band. When first I Wed ini tbe long ago. And held vour band as I told yon j Pressed and caressed it. and ) gave : Jtiss, ' I - ' j 'i '- I. And said, "I could die for a hand - this!' i . Little I dreamed love's fullness yet BO it a like Had to ripen when eves were wet, An oravers were in vain- in , their wild demands -S - ' "H-r" '' For 'one warm touch : of your beautiful, Beautiful bands ! O. beautiful ! hands ! Could you reach out of the alien lands Where you are liagering, and give me ' to-night' ' i Only-a touch were it ever to light I My heart were- soothedi acd my weary brain i : - .... -:' ':. Would lull itself into rest again ; For there is no solace the world com ; mands :; '-I ;H y Like the caress of your beautiful hands. SUNDAY SELECTONS. " Our actions must clothe us with immortality either loathsome or glori- ; ous. Colton. i ' . f " -p. Courtesy is one of'the cheapest i exercises of virtue'; it costs, even less d than rudeness. . A. James. 1 ; ; .It its easy to look: down on ethers; to look down on ourselves is the difficulty; Lord Peterborough. . -- Adversity !. thou thistle" of life, thou too art crowned first witn a flower, then With down. Foster. Praver is to lav Our inner man wholly open to the light of! God in gen- uine, earnest simplicity, to be quite shone through Jbv bim.Juiersietm. i . There are people who would do great acts, but, because they wait for great opportunities, life passes, and the acta of love are not done at all. F. W. Robertson. , - H ;' - ; " .!;'!,' I -j Christians should improve every I opportunity to induce those around t them to exercise all diligence in making , sure the calling and election of their im mortal touts, i ' i ;, When Demosthenes' was iasked what was the first part of an orator. what the second and wbat the third? be Answered: "Action." The same may I siyif.any should.-iask me what is the first,' the second,' ! the third part of a Christian. I must answer V Action-T. Brookes. . . ; :h - ' Men on Tthe- moral down-grade sever lack for company. It is so easy to ; float, to glide and roll that very many ate Iikeminded. But the man Who turns his ;, face the other wav and ha: the. grit to . climb up the steeps ot life it often left to . go alone. The broad way, and many go therein: the narrow and few there be : who find it. Baitist Record, Missis- What the world most needs is, 'not argument, but experience; not loeic, but salvation", not ceremony, but holiness1. K the . present tide of infi- ; delity is arrested and . turned back, it will be by red hot gospel, proclaimed by those who know its' power. ' It was not . - Peter's logic that in a single day cap tured three thousand sou's from the s rebel hosts of sin ; but the Spirit, the power and .the fire of the jf pent jcost. Christan Witness. , ' Goldsboro Argus: The death of Mr. Isaac Williams, of Greene, whose critical illness was announced in these columns j Monday, occurred yesterday evening. ! He was nearing 00 years oi age; but was a man. of remarkable vigor. Monroe Journal: ' Mr. Thomas Griffin, son I of Mr. M. W. Griffin, of Meadow Branch neighborhood, died last Saturday , at noon, of pneumonia. Measles, here, measles - there, measles everywhere. ' Not a crevice or section of the country, so far as we have IFadLa. ,X FOR HEf-yoa have some to sell, ship it ' ' os, and we wiil allow yoa 28 CehtsTer Pound t Free on board cars or. steamer Wilmington in good soand packages. References all through the South .if required.;; i. W. H. BOWDLEAR & CO., . ' V ''' . i 1 ' - I. ' Boeton. Mask, t ti nav for a newsDaDtr. ' . aov It 8m ! Office tad Warehotne 86 Central Wbarl YNCB WORE la harmony Vf with tho world. OOOQ ' comvlt&T cured men are at tuana naimv Draiaea ior me KTaiib, trwM" est and most suc cessful core toe sex ual weakness and lost vigor known to : medical science. An account of this toon " ' derfvi aueovenn m book form, with ref- srences sad proofs, will be sent to suf- t erlng- men (sealed) frte. Fall manly yermansatly restored. Zallnrs imponsihla. ERIEf:EDICALCO.,BUFFALO,N.Y. M DW)T sSlBth . 1 1111 ii rar - J BY A GOWN. "Now what shall We do about uousui Frank's wooden wedding? The cards came yosterday, V said M"- Merton tb her hus band. . ':v'A V-'-5 "Why, what canwe do but aooeptf" was the answer lns$ohe of surprise. ; .j . , Z "We can decline," replied the wife hesi tatingly. ' ' "To be mire, but why should wef : . "For a reason so purely feminine that 1 don't suppose It would ever occur to you. The fact is, I have nothing suitable to wear," :i V V - ' t "Why, Nell, the dress youl wore to mother's last week Is the handsomest thing out, and you Jook lovely enough in it to AH other women with envyi." ? "It is a pretty dress, quite fine enough for a . family gathering, but k is Only a cashmere, after all, and, don'i you see, Torn, this is a different affalr-j-a regular parryr I suppose everybody worth know ing in town will be there, and Jt is not a oomfortablo sensation to feel yoOrself the only shabbily dressed woman In the room.' ,- You precious little woman, you should (have the richest gown that mbney could buy if I could afford It; bnt, you know, dear, you were so foolish as to marry a poor clerk on a small salary" j - h " ' "Yes, I know,". Interrupted his wife, "and I wouldn't change him fop the rich est king in the world, but I thougHt it you did not care mucb about golngwe might stay at home , I can explain afterward to Frank and Suo." j J ' "ButPyotx can't explain to others, Nell, And wouldn't it seem rather stranger fox very body knows that we are cousins?" - "As we seem likely to make ouraelres conspicuous, either by our presence or our absence, We may just as well get what en joyment wo can out of It, so I'll send s note of acceptance." - " I " ' "Bravoj little woman, and I venture to prophoey.tbat, whether In silk attire or cashmere gown, thero will not be another fuce there as beautiful and fair as that of my little wife. Perhaps before another year she may be able to outshine them all, if only'.' - I 1 r "If only whatf Tom MertonL have you "gone daft?" .- " . ;' . ' J "Well, no, not exactly. You see, dear, I bad not intended to tell your anything about it until the affair was settled. Har rison, our head bookkeeper, goes to Paris the first of next month, and by his advice I've applied for his position. If I succeed, it will mean $4,000 a year, with a possi bility of still further advancement, but don't be too sanguine, " as ne saw ner eyes kindle. "I'm afraid Mr. Lyoi,! our senior partner, doesn't exactly, favor jme thinks I'm too young for so responsible a posi tion, I believe, but there, Nell,! I must be off or miss my train." J f Two weeks later Mrs. Merton, in ner , soft gray cashmere, with its trimmings of lustrous silk and dainty lace, stood witn her husband in a quiet corner; of her cous in's parlor. Suddenly Tom gave a start of surprise. j f Do yon see that tall, elderly gentleman talking to Frank?" he said in a low tone. "That is Mr. Lyon, the head) of our firm. I never expected to see him hfw." ' Meanwhile Mr. Lyon saw and recog nized his clerk and in a few! momenta leisurely made his way toward him. After a pleasant greeting he turned to NelL "This is my wire, Mr. ljyoa.'f The man of wealth and station bowed with old time grace to the modest little boihl woman. "lh ",I am glad to meet you he Bald. 'I suppose you came out from the city for tlils evening?" , . 1 "Oh, no, we are living here in -the vll- lace."- Then, as Mr. Lyon seemed inter- ested, Tom added, "I have rented the War- ner cottage, over on the hill. r I - -, ' "A very pleasant place, bun quito a long walk for you. I should think you Would have chosen a house nearer the Station.''' 'It is not exactly a matter qf choice. " explained Tom. "It is the only place where the rent was within my means, and indeed I rather enjoy the walk.'t 'Humph! ' ejaculated Mr.lLyon; then, with a quick, sharp glance?at the lady, "Mrs. Merton I see that my wife is disen gaged, just at this moment, land I should like to introduce you to her." i i.'. v Whew!" ejaculated Tom softly, as he watched , his wife move down the room on the arm of his employer. " What does it mean anyway?" I L . He was still puzzling over the matter when she rejoined hini later on. -. i ' ! "Oh, Tom, what did you' think when Mr. Lyon asked mo to go with him and be introduced to bis wife? 'Oh, Tom." with a little gasp, "I only remembered that ho was the man upon whose decision your success depended. When he left me with Mrs. Lyon, she was 1 ' 1 m. J BUBWUCU UX1U KIOCIUUB, UUI,H. Uli OIOUV Bcending. I seemed to, have known her ever so long. Why, before I knew It I .was telling her all about our little home the garden, the chickens and all." Meanwhile the senior partner said to his wife, "What do you think of Mrs. Mer ton f" i f- ,-. . : 'A bright and sensible little woman. She lives oyer in .the Warner cottage,' which they are fitting up and turnishing one room at a time, as they can afford it, for . She hagta holy horror of debt and avoids the installment plan as she would the plaguo." . Z . 'How did you manage to And out so imuch, my dear?" . 5 "I suspected, from your look and man ner, that you wanted me to do a little pri vate detective Work. Wasa right?" . t "Quite so, and your report is both com plete and satisfactory.- You see, Helen, Mr. Merton has applied for Harrison's position. He is very strongly indorsed by other members of the firm, but I hesitated. He is quite young and seemed 'so.full of -'life and fun I was afraid he was hardly steady enough for so responsible a posi tion. ' You know my-bory. dear that a wife must either makeor mar her hus band's life. When I saw Mrs. Merton, I thought the ballast he might possibly need would be-found In a sensible wife." . Mr, Lyon ! tore a leaf from bis memo randum book and wrote a few lines, which his wile read approvingly, i I , s When Tom and Nell received a letter announcing his desired appointment, It almost took their breath's way. . -xou Diesseu uiue woman i"i cried the husband. . .t ' . I '' - . ". "It's all because of the cashmere dress. Tom, 7 Mrs. Merton answered laughingly. 'How glad I am that I wore it!' -Ex.- change. ' . Ho Was Bobbd. Brown-r-Yon look as if you had the bines. ' ' . ; -i ..--- " ''. BobiDson -So l have. I've lost my beaa- Uful new silk Umbrella. I v Where did you leave itf I . "I didn't leave it anywhere. Tho owner met vine on the street and took itawav Vumiue."? Texas Stf tings. j , An Ancient TolosraBla, '" ... ' Telegraphy as a means of conveying In formation to a distance by means of sis- nals,'eto., was 'used by the Grecian gen eraU in tho time ot Aristotle. This early mode of telegraphing consisted of two or more: earthen vessels, exactly similar in shape and size, and filled with water. These vessels were each provided with faooets of exactly the same' caliber, so that an equal amount of water could be discharged from each in a given time. - j - . to In these vessels several uprights were- fixed, each with disks attached, on whloh at. were certain letters and sentences. "When all was in readiness, the party desiring to communicate with another started a sio- nai wnicn was continued until it was an swered by another,, which signified "go ahead. " When that signal was given, both turned the faucets and the water com moncedto escape. The water continued to now untu tne sender 01 the . message re- ugnted nis torch, when the outlet to both was Instantly stopped. The receiver then read the message on the disk which was standing level with the water, and if every thing bad been exoouted with exactness, it corresponded with the message which the sender desired . to convey, and which of course was the one also shown on the disk standing on a level with the water in hit vessel Sc. Louis Bepublfo. "I . ? i v-r I-, ' The smallest known bird is a species of West Indian and Central American humr ming bird that Is only an inch in length and weighs but 80 grains. ; r ' - .1- ! - ft H-.'-'. -.. 'v:- The word prevent . originally v meant nothing more than to go before. It Is used. 1 in this sense in several places In she Sorip snres. ' .... WOK From iGrippe. .V.t' How Dr. Miles' Nervine Restored : One of Kentucky a Business, V'.s ' ' Men to b DISEASE has ever preaeated so 'many peculiarities as LaGrippe. o disease leaves ita victims , so debilitated, useless, ' sleepless, nerveless, as LaOrippe. Mr. D. W. Hilton, state agent Of the Mut L ual Lire Insurance Co., of Kentucky, says: -- "in 1889 and "90 I had two severe attacks of LaGrippe. the last one attacking my ner- voos system with such severity that my Ufa was despaired of. I bad not slept for more than two months except by the use of nar cotics that stupefied me, but gave ma no , teat. I wasoniy conscious of intense mental ' weakness, agonizing bodily pain and the . fact that I was hourly growing weaker. When in this condition, I commenced using Dr. Miles' Kestorative Nervine. In two days I began to improve and in one month's time I Was cured, much to the surprise ot all who ' knew of my condition." I have been in ex cellent health since and have recommended your remedies to many of my friends." Louisville. Jan. 22. 18S6. D. W. Hiltok. - Br. lilies' Serrine Restores Health K. lines' J4MM fUU are gnaranteep to s0 Fona) by U Draggwt. Jane 15 It , Ml td th fauve. 0RIE1ITAL WARES in every conceivable shape, r We had a thoasand pieces when the season began. We have a hun dred pieces now. They are worth the first price, j Will you take them at a SACRIFICE? Remember that voa take them at just HALF the marked price. Those pretty Dolls will be sold for half the marked price. These Dolls, will not last lone at these prices.. " . CURTAINS THAT SOLD FOR $7.00 5.00 4.00 350 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75. 150 w $4.75 3.50 2.55 2.25 1.40 1.35 1.25 1.15 1.00 Health. - HALF PRICE DOLLS Lace Curtains. a u u , u u u ii li it u II if U .1 These are samples. Call early. NEW MATTINGS. Twenty-five pieces Matting just arrived. This lot of Mattings repre sent a portion 01 a large import order given by as during the Fall. Mattings are cheaper than last .year. Yon can get a very good Matting for 124c a yard. We have abont 150 yards at that price, for which you have paid 16fc a yard. You most examine the line shown at 15c per yard, also at 30, 25 and SOc a yard. ; SPECIAL PRICES ON Carpet Departments. Comforts, Blankets, Damask . Portiers, Trunks. Gloves. Underwear. A.D. Ineeesmorto BROWV ftSODSICZ! No. 29 North Front St y:,- .;'.:.'!; v --y -'V'"- P, S. On the 1st January BILLS .will be rendered for all accounts on my Books, and I will appreciate an early settlement ot Same. Thanking the public for their generous patron age during the past year, I will make every efifort to merit a con tinuance of same in the future. Oheese, i Cheese. 40Cream Cheese. : 'V": v -i 60 Boxes Good Luck Powders. 100 Bags Shot. 50 Barrels E. R. Potatoes. - 10 barrels Truckers' Potatoes.' 500 Gross Matches. 1 . . - 100 Boxes Starch. , ; -100 Boxes Star Lye, 100 Boxes MLvcri; Write for latest price list f . . .W. B. COOPER, f; , Waabaala grocer and Oammhci n Utrekaat, '' ' ':' MS Nertli Water street, -' Ja M.tl DW Wnaiattos. N. C. Mattings, ' " ; r ' ' .- . I ''' ; '! 1 ' ,, :.-1: Dress Goods. BROWN mpmm : - When Pete klosed hlflwife'eoodby In the tobrnlnir. his little frame house rested on rollers. The houee mover's gang was hitoh- ,ing clanking chains to tne neavy square timbers, and the crown norse witn a ue jeoted droop to his long head was ready to cirolo orouna the capstan and . haul Pete's cottage into the street. - . . .- . :A - . , "Ilont Vou worry a sib, Diary,"! saia Pete as be picked up his dinner pall. f'The bouse moves.-, told me tnos nos an incn on plaster would fall, so long, ru pick you nn six blocks south tofilght." " ' " l' "Sure thing, " rcpnou me cause mover . . . i i . . . to Peter's inatilry. 'This U a dead easy. Job.' ! You'll find your house in the miCdle. of the street six blocks uown inere tomgns and your wife and kids all U. K.. . - Pete Was an iron moiaer, ana ine loan- : dri where he Worked was , a good hour s walk from homo. . Ho went to his Itench in cheerful mood. .The. elevated, railroad company had paid him a good, stiff price for his lot, ana naa ;onerea so move nis hauso froe of expense to him. Pete took tho mohev and bousht a lot cheap In . a new street, half a mile nearer the foundry. two blocks from a ecnoci ana witn a' church Just around the corner. Taking it all in-all, Pete considered be bad made a During tho day i-eie s cuougnis were, on the little white cottage, with its clean inuslin sash curtains and light green shut- tors, slowly traveling down the street. He could almost see Mary anxiously noting progress through the windows, and the "ohildren. wild with the novelty, raoing and tearing around. ! Every molder on the floor knew that Fetors house was on tne move. They distfussed tho matter while grouped around the cupola waiting for the iron to run Tbey were full of sug gestions, and ' Pete received the benefit of the concentrated aavice or ou sympatneue men. The roreman once oaa passea through the house moving experience, and, as be was the foreman and as his house was a two story brick, his .advice was re garded as weighty, and . his suggestions treasured as words of great value. After Pete V bad filled and emptied his ladle a dozen times and had washed up he started merrily to find bis home. When he arrived at the corner where he expected to meet his cottaee none appeared. ' Fete looked north and south through the dusk, but as. far as he could see the street was clear. A policeman happened along. 'Say, officerr" exclaimed Pete, ''liave you seen as one story white frame pottage eo by here today ?" i The policeman stared at Fete lor a see-. ond, then' xepUed gruffly, "What 'er you eivin me?" r . j "That's straight," said Fete, with ener gy. "They're moving my house. It ought to be here, but it ain't." The policeman grew sympathetic at once. "I've seen no 'house movin, dui there's some red flights over there vro blocks. Mebbe it s your house." ' ! Pete hurried for the red lights. It was . a house perched on rollers in tne mutate of the street, but it was not bis house. He clambered over timbers, chains and skids ' to tho front door, for the steps had been amputated. A woman with a hand lamp answered the knock. "Have you seen, a one story frame cot tage, white, with green shutters, and a lit tle woman with brown hair go by this way today?" asked Pete hurriedly, i Tho Woman shook her head. "No," said she. "We're movln too. My man hasn't got home yet either. Maybe he's hunting for me, too," and she giggled hysterically.- V Ir Pete gave her no comfort, but sprang to the ground. J car the house was a grocery, and there Peter inquired for his bouse. No one bad scou it. ... j "Pshaw!" said "Pete. "It's ?a light house, and those house movers have got it in on the lot." 1 M He almost ran to the new site and found it vacant. . He bad spent an hour searching for the white cottage and Mary. Ho had asked 60 persons it they had seen a white, one story cottage on a tour, and. now be seated himself on the edge of the sidewalk in front of the new lot he had ' bought and tried to pull himself together, He could not understand It.. He could think of eo other path over which the house might travel. ? Suddenly a new idea etruok him:; "The fire department has made them pull the. house into a vacant lot so as not to block the street. I'll ft art from the beginning, and if I don't find it tonight I'll sleep in tho woodshed. . They haven't moved that anyway. Only Mary will be worried." In a 'quarter of an hour be was on the old familiar sidewalk. Ashe hurried along he .closely examined every house on both sides of the street. Absorbed in this, he for rot - hU whereabouts; and he choked and gulped in surprise when he suddenly look ed' into the windows of his own white cottage and saw Mary with her nose flat tened against the glass watching for him. The house had not been moved a foot. "Something broke," explained j Mary, . helping Pete to a heaping plateful of liver and bacon, "and tho man will be back to morrow." Cincinnati Record. " ; Tboasbt It Was a Fit. Clarence Haight has a boinfcer that is simply a marvel as a field dog, and he came into possession of him in a most pe culiar way. The dog was sent from the east to Joe Murray of San Rafael.;. Mur ray is a great quail hunter, but be nevor shot over a dog. He had a vague sort of an idea (bat a good dog was - of some as sistance to a sportsman, so he woqt out with his pointer.' Ho returned empty handed and disgusted, and the next day gave the dog to Haight. ' - "You can. have him if you can make any uso Of hm," declared Murray, "but I . tell you right now he's about as worthless a cur to hunt with as I ever saw." "Why.i What's the matter with hlmf" Inquired Haight. , i "He has fits. He was trotting along ahead of me all right, when ho got his first fit and stopped right in his tracks. He stuck his tail straight out behind as stiff as a stick and qrCw up one foot and stretched his neck out till his -eyes nearly popped out of his head. There he stood, like a stone dog, and I oouldn't make him move. !! X whistled at him and called him, and then I walked around in front of him to see If he had gone mad. Just; then a whole ilock of .quail flew jipunder my feet. If that dog hadn't got that fit right there I'd have got about half a dozen : out of that. Sock, If you want him, you take him. I wouldn't have such a cur to hunt with.' San Francisco Post. : ! . T&e Primitive Con. f As soon as the forces' of the erplosivo gases developed by the burning -of pow der became known the old style weap-. ons disappeared, and firearms took their places.. The first of the kind was a small gun barrel fastened to a long' pole and fixed with a slow ma ton. Shot stones, balls of lead, iron bolts i and fireballs to set buildings on fire were propelled with this apparatus. - Only a short distance could be shot with these primitive guns. The old and clumsy siege machines Which threw heavy stones by means of a spring rope were changed into siege guns. Iron Age. - ; : : In the Barrack Tard. ! - (Jorporal When approaching your horses from behind, you must call out: to them, else they will kick your thick skulls, -and the end of the story will be that we have nothing bnt lame horses in the "squadron. Soldatenfreund. . , . j',.-! Tho Coveted Effect. .; . The " Lady Cycler-George, hear do I look in my new bloomers ? , j " Gteorge (promptly Jjaideons. ! : v The Lady Cycler (with joy yQeorsn. dear, haw good of you to say so! Chi-' c&go Becord. ,5 t j That Particular Male. "What dat mule good tohV "He ain't good fob much," was the reluctant reply. - , , "Kin he pull er kyaht?" ."Notfur..?,- "Whut'a he good foh?" j "jWell, I guess he ain' good foh much 'cep tradln. I'ae jes' keepia 1m foh 'er swappm mtue. ' Washington Star. Avoid him who, for mere curiosity, asks inree quesuons running about a- thini mat cannot interest him. Lsvatsr. TEVBRY FAMILY SHOULD KNOW 'THAT- H s Terrtcataricmblm remedy, oath far IN TBRNjU, and BXTBRNAL use, end wa dertuX in Us quick action to relieve distress. , Pain-KUIer tZ?s:;?:z Chills, Diarrhea, Dysentery Cimnpa Cholera, "M U omd Conplainu.- . . eiekacas. Sick UMdtelie, Fala la the Bmou. or Biao, mnmnaa ua mmini.. Pain-Killer gfM MADE. It bnnga tpeedy mud permanent relief In i U cases of Braisoa. vats Bsraias, Mnn DRru, . i Pain-Killer g.SKr'S. Serhaale, Faraar, Planter, Sailor, and fact all danes wanting- a atoaletno alway sano, ana av io tu tsternmuy or oxiarnauy whh certainty of relief. IS RECOMMENDED By Bwttetatu, by fRtsUmmriet, by UMHeri, hy BY BVEKYBODY., Pain-Killer rorit. to bo without this in valuable remedy In the boose. Its price brines ' It within the reach of all, and it will annually save many times Its cost in doctora' bllla. jfeware or muwwm. iau vmnm uui vmm genuine "Fnw Davis.'' . i : dec 17 ta that ' DO YOD WANT ELIBROIDERIES ? Can Furnish You. The largest, jpandsomest and cheap est stock ever exhibited in ,4 . ! I ' . -i ; ! this city, have 1st ' . . ..' i been opened at Ho. Ill Market St. HEW WHITE GOODS. ALL- CAPES AND-. now on, hand will be sold regardless of COST. I v continue to sell at reduced prices. Telephone call 193. ( jan 26 It The Lift ofl The Times Depends on the push and enereyof the people. And wej are 10-day. as usual, strivine to lead the front rank oi the merchants of the Old North State. And what makes the business is prices, fair treatment and variety of goods. Our large store covers 15,000 square feet of Boor room, completely, filled witn new and desirable goods. Our large stock consists of varied lines. We handle in large quantities Dress Goods of -every tyle and all prices. Double fold Cot ton Serge. SO inches wide, at o cents a yard. LK f I . - 1 '- Underwareiahd Hoserv. Our line of fast black Fine Seamless Children s Hose, at l cents a pair, an extra value Men's Fine Balbrican HalLHose, at 10 cts. . Bed. Ticking, the Heavy Feather proof Bed' Ticking 1st 124c, worth 18c; Mattress Ticking from 6 to 10c a yard. A fine line of Union ioilts from SOc to $3 00 each. Our $1.00 ailt is a thine of beauty and comfort Clothing Ladies 1 Wraps, Cloaks and capes, shoes, Millinery. Trunks, Carpets and Matting. Good -Matting at 10c a yard; Good Carpet from 126c to $1.25 a yard ail styles ana prices. The finest line of Ladies Shoes at $1 69 a pair, worth f s.uu. All widths, A, B. C. D, E; size 2 to 7; all style toes, and made of fine French Kid. We have Shoes of all styles. Men's . and Ladies' Hats and Caps from 10c up. I A big j b in Over coats to close at $1.00, 5 00 acd 6 00 worth frdm $5 00 to 10.00 each. Come to Wilmington's Big Racket Store at 11S North Frontj street, opposite the Orton House, where yon can find every- tning yon may need at a bargain, t -.-.'(----.-.-. - ! Braddy & Gaylord, Prop. jaaM tt jYW.NQRWOOD : V. J.TOOIIE President. W. C. C0EZB Cashier. Jr., Ass't Cashier. Atlantic ft tional Bank Wilmington, N. C. Liberal Loans inade on approved security at jLowest Rates. ! Bo Interest Paid on Deposits. 'AH Cath CoUectioa remitted for on day of receipt, Aawu vi iDoiviauaw-Briiis, oanncna Outer cor porattoDi lolicited. Protnptnea, 1Cy Safety Oaarantecd, ! Dec U. Dec 1898. : 18M. Surplus and Net Profit. $24,8T0 835 BOO Premiums ea U. 8. Bonds, s.wrr none. UfiOO u, Stvidsaes paid past two jests, 0 per cent, per i annm. Latt lutallasnt of etsltal paid 1s October, 1892. Jackets DRESS GOODS Accara 1 181 Dee. IS : 1898. ' 58.000 jeoa . low an;oppoetunity. - " They were wildi men those charcoal burners. They lived close to the blue hea vens, but they were wicked,. Some of them were Albanians, some were from Salamis; I bated, both. r f ; I was . starving when "I came to . their mountain with its ragged peak, i ' had come from a village near to Athens; I was tramping to Stolia. And BO soon as I saw their blue clothes my belly ached more strongly for food. But I had no money. ' - j s " It waa July day. The fierce sunshine was ; scorching I the rocks. I was very weary, for I had walked far. Yet when I saw fhem hurling the oak logs . from the lofty rocks ave 1 began to climb slowly toward them; It was diffloulb work for me, who had lived upon a plain! And then the great logs that camo crashing past me to ward the road beneath, they frightened ine. The careless ones above, they did not mind this. I was only a stranger, and they laughed when the sharp rocks struck white splinters from the logs and threw them at my ieefe. "Prosepheto!" (Take care) I shouted, and the) rocks about' me they shouted, "Prosechete!" - - Higher and higher I climbed. I could see a great dopth-of Sir below ine, and yet I had .not come to them those charcoal burners. '.'May St. Constantino . guard mej." I prayed, for the rocks were yielding with clatter and crash to my touch', and .the sunshine was -falling in golden flakes through tho whirling darkness of my faintnes8. And of a surety it was he who took me by the hand and led me from danger into safety, to there-4where the "charcoal burners were hewing at the strong oaks. - f They would give me bread, they would give me inoney thoy said so but I I was to work for tbem during many weeks. I ate, I drank red Wine. Then they placed a heavy ax in my hand, and pointed to an oak that hung over the great depth of air. I understood, but I trembled as I' came to its roots, and the little bird that flew gay. j ly away from its branches I wished for its wings.- - 'I " -' The ax was sharp; the wood was hard, .the splinters they fell like feathers from the breast of an eagle that Is shot. But I I had been brought up on the plains, and as I watched ithe white splinters fall my ax missed thef troeT it clove the air, and its shining steel went grinning to the strn rocks, far, oh! far below. They were angry, t lioso men. Tney said, " xou wing less owl, go down and hither fetch it for your work.".; It was a terrible thing, but I went. For what could I do, I , who was to work for them during many weeks? Those men, they jwcre wild ; their rocks, they frowned. And though tbey laughed at me, and I felt for my knife, I dare not use It. I hated them, and I hated their Work, for I was not a slave. One day their master said to me, " An- tonlos, yon will go with the mules to thej ship that lies In the bay." "Liet it be so," answered. Then I and some of those others we filled baskets with the black! charcoal, ara when we had filled thom,, we tied them upon the backs of the mules. Thero were- many mules, and each mule carried two baskets, one on each side of its back. It was . so i that X and those-other men wero to carry the charcoal to the great heap that lay on the shore of the bay. I had been there once before. I was to go there again;! the master said so. The mule bells were ringing.. And the mules they followed one another along the twisting path. I, who came last, I could see their brown bodies sinking lower and lower down the mountain. I could see the heavy baskets swaying from side to side. Hun, nun I shouted to Follxenl, the last mule, and cracked my whip above her bead..' r- . . ' liaii ! not tnero wero many 01 us; we carried much charcoal. . 'lime passed; 1 the mule bells rang through a green forest of stonepines, then out and away over red rocks. Later their music was drowned in the roar of a hasty stream that rushed with white foam from rock to rock. It was now. that :the mules walked very: cleverly, for the red: rocks were slippery with the spray that came to tbem through the strong sunshine. Pros ently I lost sight bf the mules in front of me, for they Jiad passed around a great rock and away from the clamorous-stream, We had come far, but there was the sea below us. It was very bluer it was very quiet; its waves wero asleep. I could see tho ship; .it was lying by the shore. I could see the Bhipi, but its sails were fold ed ; it did not mwe. The mule bells were ringing; they were ringing through an olive grove; they were ringing past a white walled church. I crossed myself. And as .1 gazed Over the sea a white dove flew gently betwixt the olive trees and down toward the yellow strand below. - " Hun, bun L" ,tho men were . shouting, they wero coming to the sea. Quick, quick er went the .leading mules; Quick, quick er went Polixeul. It was then that the cords of the baskets broke, and that the charcoal' was shed upon the rough stones. It was not my fault. But those others they laughed and they said, "You must pick it up, Antonlos." And with that the mule bells that had stopped ringing to my shout rang on again, through and through the olive grove, down . and down toward the sen. But I I was to pick up the charcoal, then follow those others who went , to the sea. . ; I 1 I. was alone. Polixeni stood by my side. The 6un was fierce, and so was my wrath as I stooped to- the scattered ' charcoal, They were here, they were there, its little pieces. And as I gathered them up with bent back the sweat dropped off my brow. I Bated it, that work. -I hated it, so that I rose to my eet. X looked at Polixeni. She Was a good mule,! she traveled fast. "She travels fast," I said to myself as I climbed upon her back. TShe travels fast," I said again to myself as I rode away from the charcoal. . . She traveled fast, for I never saw those others again. And when I came to Stolia it was riding upon the back of Polixeni. Pall Mall Gazette. Idiosyncrasies ot Fish. Another example of the idiosyncrasies and cleverness of fish was discussed at the woekly meeting ot the Piscatorial society in tbe Hoi born restaurant. The leaping powers of river sh formed the subject of debate, and instances were given of the heights which salmon as well as the meaner' kinds are capable of clearing. One gentleman mentioned a fish which once, when it was pursued by a voracious piite, leaped iron) the water to the bank. where it remained for a considerable time squinting round a bush, watching its en- emy's movements. When it saw the pike start away alter anotner victim, it still waited until it imagined the foe to be a reasonable distance off, when it, quietly dropped itself into the river again and swam in an opposite direction. This con cluded the debate, and without comment the kettle was handed to the narrator. Iiondon News. Motion. J xne snail moves naif an inch per soo- ondj a man walking, 4 feet; a snowshoer, iu reet; uaiicys comet, when lnaphelion, 11 feet; the eurront of a rapid river, 13 feet; a balloon, rising during a calm, 80 feet; a fast runner, 28 feet; a fly", 24 feet; a fast steamer, 87 feet; a bicycle, 81 feet; a stiff breeze, 33 feet; a modern torpedo ujtti, ot xeec; a pracuoai saater, as leet; a race -horse, 41 feet; a mountain torrent, 47 feet; an express . train, 54 feet;, ocean waves, 70 feet; a carrier pigeon, 87 feet; a windstorm, 113 iieet; swallows, 2TT feet; the worst cyclone known,-380 feet; the' Krakatoa wavo (at the fearful volcahio catastrophe in the Sunda islands Aug." 87, maa, wnen a new island rose out of the sea), 040 feet; sound in" the air, 1,095 feet; the surface of the globe at sea lo,veI, on the equator, i.sxju leet; a cannon ball, 1,625 xeec; uio maximum or a spring Hood tide, ,ovu ieei; ine moon, 3,250 feet. '. T . it ; ' . xi uiuusper secona, explosion or . gun cotton, h4 miles; , tuo sun,1 6 K miles; ourius, v mues; our gioDo, 18 miles; me teors and shooting stars, on the average, 24 miles; Halley's comet, in the perlhellort 235 miles; storm in the sun, 250 miles; electrio Current through a submarine ea- Die, , 400 mues; electrio current on tele graph wires, 7,000 miles: Induction cur rent, 11,040 miles; electrio current in cop- per wire armatures, c 1,000 miles; light. 180,000 miles, and discharge of a Jjeyden bottle through copper wire of one-sixteenth Inch in diameter, 278,100 inilesper second. This last is the greatest rapidity that has been measured until now. Philadelphia neooru. . ' , - - . Missouri prodrioed, according to the last oensus year, 808,307 bnahels of rye A am A Mik. ..... . " LI EUTENANT Wl NSLO W V Denies Governor Carr's Power to- Bevoks Ills Commission aCCommander of the"ST. C Rsval Battalion and Will (Contest It In the Courts. .. '"" ; . Br Telegraph to the Morning' Bur. ' ' . j Raleigh, J. C, Ian. 25.1 Governor Carr has issued an order revoking the commission of Lieut. Winslow, U. S. N , retired, ot the North Carolina Naval Re serves. The order say s the revocation is "for harmony and the best interest of the service." It is stated to-day that af ter some sharp .correspondence. Gov. Caar requested Winslow's resignation, bnt the latter declined to tender it, and the Governor then revoked his commis sion, the ; order taking effect January 18tb. Winslow now denies the Gov ernor's power to revoke and jwiil contest it in tne courts aca;nas secured eminent counsel.;. , . . - i j .- ; The Stevens cotton mill at Lancaster. Pa., was completely destroyed by fire this morning. Loss $50,000; insurance $87,000. : 1 BUSINESS LOCALS, j Nonas for Kent or Sale. lust and Ton nil 1 Wants, and ether short miscellaoeons fadvertisements inserted in this Department, in leaded NoBDareil tvtw. on first ot fonrth pace, at Publisher's option, for 1 cent per word each Imertioatbut no adrertisement taken lor less wan KO.cents. -ermsi positively icasa inaavanca. DO yon speculate? "Guide to Successful Specu- lation" mailed' free. Wheat, provision, cotton and stock speculation on limited maTgins thoroughly ex plained. Correspondence solicited. Warren, Ford & Co., 11 Wall Street, New York. " 1 in S It "So marvdotialr cheap ior snch good work," is raid of the Photographs Ukea at earner Market '. and Fonrth streets. I will remain bnt a short time. C. H. Pease. " sa tu I iaa 85 It Tbe latest and best cold weather diinks specialty. We serve the best hot Tom and Jerry.aod hot Scotch In the city. Call and see me to-dar. A. P. Levy, French Cafe, Prinzes s street. : janSttf A fresh supply diily of Countrjt Sausage and Liver Pudding.; Pig Feet 5 cents d pound. A full line : of Choice Groceries .cheap. ) Call and i see me. Cnas. D. Jacobs;" ag't, iVtyi North Front ttreet. : i ' i lanlttf When yon want a nice bnnch ol Bananas, a bar rel of Baldwin's, a case or crate of fine We tern A p- p'.ei, a bag of Irith or Sweet Pftatoes, Turnips, Onions, Beans, or Mountain Butter ftom tea to forty pound lo's, c U or send your orders to A. S,1 Win stead & Co., Comrnissioa Merchants, and Wholesale Fruit and Produce Dealers. 1 lanlDAWtf ' - " ' Photograph If your Photo U. would C. Come along and' sit with me; Pi ices right. Photos bright, Don t delay; But come right away. U. C. Kills, 114 Market street. . J ' dee S9 tf i The celebrated pals Kyffhanser Beerl Sold only by F. Richter, Wilmington, N C. f - I Baskets, Vegetable Baskets fojr the shipment of Peas, Beans, Cncumbets, etc Fef sale at Jno. S. McSachera's .Grain and Fetfd Store " 811 Market street. i cU : j , 4 , j.- aaaydenr P. H has In stack buggies, road Carts and harness of all kinds. Repairing done by tkfllf ul workmen on abort notlcel Opposite j new Court Rons j c81 1 Mr. Wm. T 1 - i naa a very narr escape from death to-day, my dear. I ate one of thope lwn mower signs jand iri process of digestion it cut me several times." i .Nanny OAT-tr, " Gracious! William, y.oii always were careless andlimpru'- dent in eating. W ha did you do for' it ?" ; Mr;; Wm. Goat4 I Just swallowed a Ponds Extract ignl You know Pond's Extract is t besi thing for c lacerations." and ' Avoid tubttitmtet, FOND S EXTRACT CO.. ,76 FHJIi Avs., New yoriu ang 95 D&W Mexican Mustang Sciatica, t Scratches, Contracted , Moscles, Xrvptiantf Hoof Ail, Screw . j 1 Worms, Swinney, Lumbago, I Sprains, Eheumatifra, I Strains, Burnsi ' I Stitches, Scalds, I Stiff Joints,' Stings, , Backache, Bites, - I GaDi, .Brnises, Sores, , 'Bunions, Spavin ,Coras, Cracks. Saddle QaEi, riles. THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY sccomplisbes f or everybody exactly whstlselslmod tor It. One of the resigns for the great popularity ot tb JCBStang Liniment la round In lta HaWersal applicability. ieryt)0ly needs such a medicine. : Th LBxtbtraiaa needs it In case of accident. : The Housewife neda It far generalfamlly use. The Cannier needs It for his teams and. his men. , The. Mechanic needs it alwajs on his work -.bench. . " j The BHaer needs It m case of emergency. The Vieneer needslt canteetalona- without It, The Farmer needs it tat hia house, his stable. and hl3 stock yard. The Steamboat taan or the Boatsaaa needs Itm liberal supply afloatand ashore. i- - The Bane-fancier needs it-it to his ' friend and safest reUance. I ; . The Stoek-srower needs it-4t Vin save him thooaands of dollars and a world of trouble. -1 . Th Itallroaa naa needs it and win need It k long aahia Ufe is a round ot aectdentt and dangers. . The Backwoodsman needs la. There is Both tng like it as an antidote tor the dangers to ills, limb and comfort whloh sarroand the pioneer.' The Merchant needs It about his store among his employees. Accidents will happen, and when . fhesecemstlMlbistaiigUaiBMa ' Keep Battle lathe Hsase, Tir ths beatot . Keen a Bottle la the VacSwrr ItslmmedTata ass in case of accident aaTes pain and toss ot wages, Kf a BsttU Always la Us Stakl fsi i i i ' . i ,j su f e t . ,. ' SbBbsssMB1bssssW Liniment 1 CASH TALKS. THE Alderman Hardware Go; are now making Low Cash Prices to their country friends on ' i . V- - . Plows, Plow Castings, HAMES, NAME STRINGS, BacKHaHaS, Singletrees, Trace ChainF, Shovels, ; Sjpdejsv , Hoes, ; bbth handled and funhandled: Rakes. lowlines, BritHes Collars, , Collar ads.; -. ' i ' ' A full line oif Granite Tron Ware. tlonse Pnrnishing JGoods, Crockery, Pisto!s,Cutfery, - Iron ini? Cook Stoves A few Nice f Oil Heaters to be had at Cost for Cash. ,' Alderman 29 South Fr6ntStreet, an ltf Wiimington; N. C. . CO u O C CD , in C V '-a a a o M a J : 'V StsVSE- -63 1-2 Steps-- 1 - From the corner of Front and Prin cess streets will bring yoa to fil ie rce r $c Evans ' r Shoe Store. -if!' I - where yoa can buy Shoes as cheap as ' j kir the cheapest: and as good as tbe best; Call Jtherej buy a pair, and get a copy of the piizzle of tfiefiay, and see bow thej "Gold Bugs' and the "Silver Bags" will get across "Green- . 1 ; . . . . back River 'j together. 1 Respectfully. Mercer & Evans. H. L 25. to w - SJ. H:-.SP51-... ?. er h rs , I t ; C-Q. C. Ejvans5 Old Stand. ) iati dec 81 tf SAFES ! and Hate. WRITE OR CALL ON SAr.1'LBEAR,Sr.v I ! 12 Market Street, jan 19 tf Wilmington, N. C tARLY OHIO, Earli Eost? aiui 'Peerless , Seed RotStoesi L . -1 -v ' j Remember the best seed give the, , . i . ' ; best results. ' :.'' ' ' HALL & PEARS ALL, , J ' . . -.,1 - . Nuti and Mulberry streets. jaa W D4W if . . fEflNYROYAL PILLS S-aTV. Vrlainsl mm Vmlj Uennlne. . mnsKbt for OtUJufrt SngiUk Dial .mwrnd grma4 ta ited and OoW Dulllo xxm, Maoea wltb blot. Hhbott. lira .1 D J . - u.V.MM. la tanps Sar jmrt'loir. trntimosisU nl Mall. . IBLOtfUk TMrtmMil.!.. iteuer n. EAfliea." w www. m. 'zs Far"- OklhitChMlChwSla4taSaa:r BBsBliBlJawBl BM slrSwSBfaBjaaj r; . 1 Sizes I'I fir 1 0 I -SH4 trait 1 UvlJJnmlMU. . a'kuaaal'at srpi Entered imoa rond lo th teem inder to pa; IAR rAt- 0, t h enlt( i he" U .! Jove; Ipthi leve lad s f d wy "nore lther respo ther relief; rery frimi lion 1 Th it ib lat 1 jrthfti ioa 1 alati r. iat ' r a$ 1 , if:wi 9fin that owe lain! rte, and Ml 1 i lust! illed man; tool irimi etiza Engl the s extei yw cpun that pan! noti SU1CI crim pile( ,The 'are 1 liom fend men ganj onlj the ' gait law! C1 icrln cho ;tha' of b&t itrol Hot Vtha wh. 'sm; not 'crh act ivic be ibii ; ;to do tr " icoi "itlC H n co Tl th tic .sh W( be q of m The si allows: ilngleC th sa ta V 1 Wavsa wsuttse.