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1 ' ". , . ; . , - ' ' - . .-.f- -i- Ay--A -.. -,- , .'': : - A - i " :. - 1 7.,"- m .t,u ) f i f 4. u,-.. We are again sending" bills to our, subscribers. : In the aggregate they amount "to avery large sum. Many of ' our' subscribers are responding promptly. 0 there pay no attention to the bills. These ; Utter; lo not seem to understand that -they are under any legal or .moral obligatibn to pay for a newspaper. ' . warn Absolutely Pure. ' A cream of tartar baking powder. Hiehest of all in leavening strepgtb. Latest United States Government Food Report. A' - '. : ' ' .':' I Boy al Baking Powder Co., - " 108 "Wall Street, W.T. TUB BEILS,OF TttlNITY. Beneath the belts of Trinity ; ' I A human sea by day . v : Dashes its waves against the wall Of buildings vast and grim and tall, And dashes into spray . ' Along the shore of that sad street t v Where wreck is swift and ruin fleet : J And Mammon holds his sway, j- . The chiming bells of Trinity . ' v Above, that turbid tide " ; Seem to recall the days of yore J When burghers' homesteads fleckedj the ' ' shore; ) ' t-.V-:'; ''. And o'er the ocean wide " j Sloop, snow and pianance labored slow And Indians stalked the streets below ; . In all their native pride. Beneath the bells of Trinity ' The moon's caressing beams By night shine on so still a spot Where sleep the dead so long forgot ' ' 1 That In the hosb it seems " That all the rabble roat of trade 'Which yesterday such clamor made : i i Is but the stuff ol dreams, i SUHPAY SEUECTONS. r What is" birth to a man if it shall be a stain to bis dead ancestors to have left . tuch an offspring fSt'r P. Synney, , - : . '.'-' '" 1 j . Little words, not eloquent speech; little deeds, not mlracles.'nor battles, nor one great heroic act of ; mighty martyrdom, snakes up the Chris tian life. ('' ; , j. '' ,: ': . j j Say to mothers, what . a' holy charge is there; with what a; kindly - power their love might rule the- foun tains of ' a new born i mind. Mrs. Sisourney. I . . f 1 A All my experience of the world - teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the safe and just .side-of a question is the generous and merciful r. side. Jw. Jameson. J ' ' A ' A superintendent who assumes the-role of dictator; or general boss, can ''never bring the school to any great de- gree, of 'spiritual efficiency. . The model school of officers, teachers and scholars, feel that it is their school and not owned and run by any one man. Evangel, ' Baltimore. , ;. j" .' -Who Is It that, when years, are 'gone by, we remember with the purest gratitude and pleasure?. Mot the learned or clever, but those who have had the j force of character to prefer the future to ' the present, the good ol others to their own pleasure. Dean Stanley, ' y ' jThe finest product and expres sion Of Christianity is a human lilei in which the deeper truths of Christianity became concrete in character and action ' pears in personality. The fullest revel! tlon ol uod is in f and through a ma The Christ was "the first horn ol man1 brethren." Philip Moxom ' The Bible may win our homag by its literary attractions. It has pas sages of incomparable beauty. It gives us historic knowledge nowhere besides! obtainable. But after all it is because of - ' its authority the Bible is to be prized ' above all other books. There are works of men which have great-, value, never theless they are not binding On our con , sciences, as is the Bible, That book . comes to us as a voice from the excellent glory. In the recognition that it is an authoritative revelation from God is the safeguard of our churches from error, de lusion and ruin. Christian Inquirer. I WARM WlRELETfcn, , The "b" in "pi amber";is silent, bnt it speaks for itself In his bill. New York Mercury. " , - Shopping -"Arn't these beautl ful?" - . : , 'Exquisite. What are tbey, buttons or dessert plates?" Chicago Record. Miss - Passe How do yon like my new pnotograpnr i Little Glrl-.It's perfectly lovely. Did 'you really sit for it yourself Tit-its A Criticism "I don't like her singing. Her notes come Jrbm her chest.'7 "Well, oucht thev not ?'i "No. indeed. They pught to stay there. In dianapolis Journals j Experienced Chunk Doesn't a new woman make you feel talrly mad? . -:- -!.. - Qaiyerful Yes; but she's not so bad as a new baby. Fuu. . . jfrison inspector mat man over there seems to positively enjoy the treadmill. ; -j - ., - Warden Yes, sir. 'E's used to the hachlon. E was a bicycle thief. Pick' Me-UP. A .-Hi:'; f.-, '; Explained " What makes yoa women Kiss when you meet? v ; x ': "It is a sort of apology in advance for what we mean to sav about each other after we part." Indianapolii Journal. Batik Teller I can't cash this; check for vou without identification. Uncle Abner (with dignity) Mister, 1 told ye 1 was Abner Oatcake o - aqueenawxet, an i a use to . Know who km know that any better'n myself. ' Hatper s Bazar. . I . i Always Moving "John," said '. the frightened wife in the middle of the ' night, "thcr's something moving down -, in cue ceiiar, i n sure. i John listened intently. "Ob, it'snoth , Ins but the gas-meter Deeeinar awav." he f said, with a sigh of relief. Harlem Life: j v CURRENT " OMMENT. If Carlisle wants to helD j. along that Presidential boom, let him pay out silver. for the green backs that are offered for the Treas ury's gold. Augusta Chronicle, Bern. Weyler, the persecutor of in- valids and women In Cuba, proposes to torture tne unDans for two years. But they will be extricated from his clutches long before that.iV. Y. : journal, Dm. ; AN EQGOTISTIC Of feathered creatures nsefulest and 1eB : ? That tread the earth Is the domesao hen. j-j Better each neet of other fowla non est V i Than hers, dowered daily for the good of taBH. Though matin songs of birds trith aosatof wrings ' ' .j. To flighty eoul Intense delight afford, ? Give me the bird whose lays are solid things j; By every tasteful epicure encored. - To her extempore offerings, rich and sweet, , What are the lays of larka for poets only mcetf ' ' ' ' - 'y ' .' t in fn ipr the scornful Tillage cock ' - Challenge, with scornful cadences, the morn,; But more to hear some matron of his flock . Cackle ia triumph o'er an egg newborn. . Hysteric egotist t With frantio pride ' Her grand achievement to the world she ' tells Pacing the barnyard with impatient stride, ( While every pullei's breast with envy swells. Good right hath she her feelings to express. Without whose golden gifts tho world were puddingless. : . V . ' WoU may the homestead's feathered Brigham JleeY herwith cockscomb strut and kindling eye; Proud of her chuckling voluntary, , sung - Over the offspring or polygamy. fTis spotless, pure and full of promise rare, " Of that beneficence en exponent 1 Which from the fowl educes still the fair . And shapes the issues to mankind's contents -A a nffati BM Ainfl. so Biirel am Eggs were a luxury deemed before the days I B. Barber in JNew ion jueagw. PRICE OF A TRUTH. i MaiwoU Bernard was a man who daily and hourly presented hiinsclfr-aJl uncon sciouslyto his more cynical friends as a living curiosity by reason of the fact that he was in love with his wife. It Is cer tainly not a very heinous off enso in the abstractj even at this end of the nineteenth century, but in the particular set to which Maxwell Bernard belonged it was not con sidered $uite proper to show such marked attention to tho woman who belonged to yqu. Such things were left for other men. True, Mrs. Maxwell Bernard was young,, aocpinpllshed and beautiful beautiful In a calm,, statuesque way that rendered ner to the ihany quite Inscrutable, i Ther was one man who claimed to know her secret heart. That man was her .husband. Perchance there was another .. ... - i . who thought he naa even a greater ngn, but that u another story. -I I V Of all. the cynic friends who shrugged their shoulders and sighed for a man they deemed mistaken perhaps the one who, thought the most of the matter was hon est, drawling, laughing eyed, Indolent Joe Chesney Joe uhesney, who was supposed never to trouble about anything at all, and whose life was apparently one long and badly sustained effort to escape from worry and boredom. But if , some of those who claimed to know the indolent one had but scratched below the surface they might have found a warm f hearted creature, whose caustlo laugh did but hide some better things of, which ho was half ashamed. But they did not take the trou ble to scratch, and they did not know or find the better man. ! , f ; Years ago, before Maxwell Bernard had succeeded unexpectedly to a fortune, and ' before Joe Chesney, the indolent, had been called to the bar, these tw3 men had. heea. at school together and had gone together at Oxford, the one filled, even at that time, with a passionate hope that he might solve the great problem called life and mase ol it a better thing for himself and others; the other lazily and carelessly admiring him, bnt laughing even then, in his boy ish cynicism, at his friend and at all his friendfl airy castles. . ! I So they kept the old boyisn bona intact,. having many things in common and a great, unexpressed devotion for each other at allj times a devotion that was perhaps weakened on the one sido when Bernard married, but which never swerved ' on the other for all the careless laughter of the cynlovJoe. , ' " ' But a man la most bund to that Which most concerns himself and is generally the last to learn of an impending tragedy which o'ershadows him. So it was that, While all the world who knew them pitied the man and blamed the wife and whis peringly codpled the wife's name with the name of another man, Maxwell Bernard knew nothing of it all and lived on in his fool's paradise blind to all -things. But. Joe Chesney had heard of it, and Joe Chesney, despite his philosophy, was troubled for his friend's sake. Joe's phi losophy had taught him to look on all men and things lightly and to be pleased with their vagaries as a child is pleased with a puppet show. It had taught him, too, a deeper insight into human character and human weakness. ' - 'It's not surprising' he murmured to himself when be heard the scandal, tag ging meditatively at bis fair mustache, she's the sort of woman who would nev er probe at the depths of poor old Max's character tho sort of brute that Calvert is touches her at once. But I'm sorry for poor old Max. It'll kill him. He's al ways so desperately In earnest. I firmly believe that-if the . proverbial heavenly visitant appeared' In the Albany and told him he wouldn't believe i And she. looks so saintly. What's to be-dono? Must the domestlo virtues be sustained at the risk of a shock, or shall she have her lesson? The latter would ' bo the more convenient and smacks of originality but it would upset poor ojd Max. Oh, ye friends of my errant youth, why will ye marry?" The result of his cogitation was that he decided to warn his friend. He had noth ing but a feeling of contempt for the wo-, man. It lsonlx-iair to say that she did not enteiv4nto his considerations. He thought only of the friend who had been his friend through all his life, since the days that they had wandered, with arms around necks, in the old school playing fields. ; ' .The two men met In a favorite restau rant, with a balcony Outside its windows overlooking the crowded and noisy street. Joe Chesney was, for him, strangely nerv ous and spoke but little; Bernard, for his part, was in the highest possible spirits. "Joe, old boy," he exclaimed at last rallyingly, "you are not 'yourself. Come, -tell your old friend ail about it. Is she . coy, or does the Joseph of my youth fear to tell his love? Who is she? What is she? Tell me." . ; ! Joe roused 'himself and smiled across the table at his friend. "Your thoughts run ever in the same groove, Max. ' Are there ao other things save women in this life of ours? Does life hold no fairer, fuller goblet to our lips, to drain if we, will? Is ambition nothing friendship nothing is there nothing, in short,: but kisses, and empty smiles, and honeyed words, mon i ami?" T -: . . - - - .. "Ah, Joe," said the other lightly, "you I have not been in love you know nothing Of it. When you have, you will learn a truer, wider life all things will change." " Will It blind me to things I can give me a fool's hope, a fool's joy a bask ing in the glare of the sunlight, with the thunder clouds hanging above me; Will it? Tell mo that I" , s, In Ms momentary earnestness he had leaned forward across the table and fixed his erstwhile careless eyes upon his friend. The friend startled, looked at him gravely for a moment, and then laughed. : "Uome, my Joe, your cynic nature is souring you. You want some true little, woman's bright eyes to lead" you to better things to teach" "Tell me where I should flndberl" ex claimed the, other bitterly,' rising and pushing aside his chair and moving toward tne open window. ' Tell me where, under these stars, she dwells tonight, and I will seek her and own my philosophy a blun der." - . '-') : v - ".Such women as you would want are rare," said Bernard slowly. "Such a one as my Stephanie, now Where oonid you find" .- "No, no," Said the other hurriedly. "Not ' such as that woman, your wife. Never that." Maxwell Bernard had risen quickly, and his face was white as he faced Chesney, The room Was empty save for themselves, and- the whole place seemed .very silent. Only the muffled roar of the traffic floated up to them, and the little French clock on the -mantelshelf seemed to -be ticking at an awful rate.' : . v , "Are you mad, Chesney, or have you been drinking?" said Bernard coldly. "-'Something has overwrought-or troubled . you." r .. - - ... .... . "gn-mpfMrgiinBrjotiblnrl Max artrl the time has come for me to speak," said . the other in a low voice, with all the old indolent drawl gone from his tones. "I have brought you hew tonluht for that YEARS OF INTENSE PAIN, 5 Jr.jr, a Watta, druggist and phyat-'y Clan, Humboldt, Nob J. who Buffered with v.. attofenoA n ntti vainL' trvlnfl? everr remedy and all treatments known to hlm rself apd fellow-practitioners: believes that 'heart disease Is curable Ho writes: ' V .. "I wish to tell what your valuable medl- ; Cino has done for jn For four years I had t heart disease of the very worst kino, sev eral physicians 'I consulted,; said it was Rheumatism of i the Heart. V It was almost un endurable; with shortness of breath, palpita tions, .severe pains, unable to sleep, especially on-the left Bide; No pen caa do- - scribe my suffer ings, particularly jduring the last ?montas oi wose four weary years. DR. J. ti. WATTS, I i, i-flnally tried Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure, and was surprised at the result It put new . life into and made" a new man of me, I . "have not had a symptom, of", trouble since and I am satisfied your medicine has cured me for 1 have now enjoyed, since, taking it Three Years of Spleadld Health. I might add that I am a druggist and have sold and recommended your Heart Cure, for ' I know what it has done for mo and only wish I could state moro clearly my suffer ing then and tho good health I now enjoy. Your Kervino and other remedies j also rive excellent satisfaction." J.n.W.MTS. Humboldt.'Jleb., May 9,'U. . Dr. Miles Heart Curois sold on a , positiyo Kuarantoo that tho first bottle will "benefit Alldruggistsellitattl, ft bottles for to, or DnMiles' Heart Cure , ; Restores Health n - aWfACBX and BHxnxATiBif relieved DAv Ikby Dr. Miles' Nerve Plasters. Fonale by all Druggists. JnaeMlv a to th HALF PB1CE ! ORIBBTAl WARES In every conceivable shape. We had a thousand pieces when the season began. We have a hun dred ' pieces now. They are worth the fifst price. Will yoa take them at a SACRIFICE ? . Remember that yon take them at just HALF the marked price. - Those pretty Dolls , will be sold ,for half tne marked price. These Dolls - will not last long at these prices. . ; A ' CURTAINS THAT SOLD FOR $7.00 this week $4.75 5.00 " 3.50 4.00 u (( u ti U if .1 2.55 3.50 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1 50 2.25 .1.40 1.35J 1.25 1.15 1.00 - These-are samples. Call early. MATTINGS. Twenty-five pieces Matting just arrived. This lot ol Mattings repre sent ' a portion ol a large import order, given by us during the Fall. Mattings are cheaper than last year. Yon can get a very good Matting for 12ca yard. We have about 150 yards at that price, for which you have paid 16 Jc a 'yard. Yon must examine the line shown at 15c per yard, also at 20, 25 and 30c a yard. ; SPECIAL f PRICES ONJ v Carpet Departments; Comforts, Blankets, LDamask Portiers, Trunks.. ' !"" . -A " . ' ' s Dress Goods. Gloves, Underwear. A. 1 Bncceoorto BROWHft&OBDICX! No. 29 North Front St. 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 daring the past year, I will make every effort to merit a con tinuance of same in the future, FOR It you have some to sell, ship, it to ? ;.; us, and we will allow you 28 Cents Per Pound : Free on board ears or steamer at Wilmington in good sound packages. .References all through the South if required. :, ,W. H. BOWDLEAR & CO.; . t' : " Boston, Man. or 16 8m .Offie and Wsrehoaie 88 Central Wouf DOLLS Lace Curtains. Mattings, . NEW BROWN purpose alone," Max." He slretched out -his hands appoalingly. and then dropped . them heavily at. his sides again. "Dear old school Chum, I implore you, by the , memory of the old days when we were in nocent and light hearted boys together to bear ma. Believe only that I could not lie to you. I I; love you too well for that Put if I did cot tell you others might do flo-r-otbers- from whose lips .the words tvould bo an insult. Max, but that your happiness God ; in heaven knows ! have never spoken bf thla thing but thaii your appiness, I say, is more to me than my own, a thousand times, I would not have spoken now. j But your wife" -"Silence!'? broke in the other hotly. - "Leave her pure namo alone, man." ' "I cannot. : Max, you have been blind and deaf. ' All this fair pretense. O God, will you not ! see what ls'apparent to allf : She and Calvert" He paused, half ex i pecting another flery outburst, but Ber nard stood iquite BtilL watching him. "Have you not seen them together? Have 'you not heaidf . Ah, Max, is it not hard enough that I -should have to toll , you this?" ', ArA,.'- '-. .';!. " ' "I want Bo excuses. . Yon. have always thought lightly of women, f You have "'dared to add her namo to the list,- '.You coward!" . "!'.! . "Coward yourself 1" cried th.e other wildly. "In pure friendship I have come to you this night in the memory of the old . days, , when no fair, "false woman stood be tween us and'' j In an Instant Bernard's fingers were at his throat, and his hot breath fanned bis cheek.' But ! Joe Chesnoy was the stronger man of the I two and shook the other off after a short struggle and stood there, with something of his own calmness regained, looking at Bernard, who had. staggered Tnlr nrnlncf. i.Yin t.n.Hln . .: I "You hound 1". cried Maxwell fiercely. ."You come ( here, presuming on your old friendship, to breatho your false calumnies against a pure woman, to dare to speak words" , . "Say no more, ' said Joe quietly, raising his band; . "The timo is past for explana tion. What do you want?" ' " "You know what I want. No man shall say such words of her; ho man shall breathe her name lightly, not even my friend," he added sneeringly. "My friend I Friend no morel. Will you meet me?" v : Joe Chesney started and glanced quick ly at the flushed face of the other man; then he bowed his head and assented. So it came about that they met In a meadow overlooking a little sleepy Bel gian town one early spring morning,, with all the fair sunlight about them,, and all the air full of the songs of birds. There the friends faced each other for the last time. The words were sharply spoken, and the double report rang out. Joe Chesney, with a last steadfast look at his friend, raised his pistol and fixed in the air. Max well Bernard, .with a white, set face, fired point blank at .the man who faced him. Poor Chesnoy turned almost round once,) and then fell forward on his face. As the seconds rushed toward him they were, startled by tho sounds of shouts and the plunging of horses; then there was a crash, and the shouting sounded again. It came from the roadway on the other side of -the thick hedge that bounded the field. One man ran up where Chesney was lying and . turned him over, then came running back with a subdued faoe. The gentleman was quite dgad, he said. I F Perhaps fear of discovery led them to ward the road. One man even suggested it, as no good could be done by waiting there, they, could only, cot away. They scrambled through a gap in the hedge one by one hurriedly and came upon an over turned carriago, with two horses near at hand held by the driver. Near the carriage stood two people,. a man and a woman, The driver stolidly said that the lady and gentleman were English and were hurry ing to another station by a cross route in the hope to meet the express. He was gar rulous and said that some firing had fright ened his horses, and that they had bolted up the steep bank at the side of the road, Bernard was the last to scramble through the gap, and the lady and gentleman had their backs to him as he jumped down into tho road. Then, all in a flash, ho heard the voice of one of the seconds, speaking in a tone of surprise and address ing the gentleman as V Calvert." At the same Instant the woman turned quickly, and saw him, and put her hands to her face with a frightened scream, and stag' gered backward. " ' And the woman was Maxwell Bernard's wife. Firefly. iTsn Bnres'i Answers. One day the merits of Van Buren were being discussed by a party of politicians on a Hudson river steamboat. ' .One of the .party bad been dwelling on his noncom mittalism and complaining that -a plain answer to a plain question was never elicited from him- "I'll wager the champagne for the com' pany," added ho, "that If one of us shall go down to the cabin and ;, ask Van Buren the simplest question that can be thought of he will evade a direct answer. ".Yes, and I'll give yon leave, too, to tell Van Buren why you ask tho question, and that there is a bet depending on tho reply. ; This seemed fair enough. One of tho party was deputed to go down and try the experiment. . ! He found Van Buren, whom he knew well, in the saloon and said: "Mr. Van Buren, some gentlemen on the upper dock have boon accusing you of noncommittalisin and nave just laid wager that you would not (rive a plain answer to the simplest question, and they deputed me to test the fact. Now, sir,- al low me to ask you, 'Where does the sun rise.?' " - . - :Mr. Van Bnren's brow contracted, he hesitated a mo'ment, then said: " The terms oast and west are conven tional, -but .t- j. "That'll do," Interrupted the inter rogator; "we have lost tho beti" Wash lngton Post. - . j. - ' , " . Boyalty Worship. Royalty worship reached an absurd point the other day. The Prince of Wales seated himself in a public park to chat for a moment with a friend. On his rising to resumo his stroll three well dressed young ladies hastened to the spot which he had just left and one after the other knelt and kissed the seat which had been honored by supporting their future king this, too, In the presence of several hundred onlookers. Thla is even worse than the idiocy of the man who pioked up the j stump of a cigar thrown away by the prince and keeps it in a glass case, to be exhibited to all his friends. It is a rich manufacturer in Shef field who religiously preserves a grease spot on the wall of his billiard room made by the august head of his royal highness when seated on the divan whioh runs around the room while watching a game of billtards after dinner. A number i of years have passed since then, and1 the bil liard room has undergone many alterations in the shape of new wall paper and redeo oration. One thing .alone remains un touched namely, that! little oleaginous mars; on the wall. Boston Herald. k , The Rose Breasted Grosbeak. . Perhaps the most beautiful of all the birds that visit , us is the rose breasted grosbeak. It has not the dazzling bril liancy of the-scarlet tanager or the oriole nor the striking intensity of the indigo bird. : But its general coloring is harmo nious and finely shaded, while the spot of crimson on its breast is a decoration that all the . other winged creatures well may envy. These grosbeaks were comparatively rare hereabout until the year of the great blizzard (1888), - That, as many will re member, was followed by an unprecedent ed abundance of song birds, and among these grosbeaks and orioles predominated. Ever since thefl the grosbeaks' have been Vln xnanyparts of tho city at least as abun dant asthe oriolest Hartford Courant. . . i , r-r r - -j j Another Bar. ; . " Where's the bar?" asked a dirty look ing -stranger of a waiter at a hotel the other day. ' ' -""-. .? f ' What kind of a bar?" asked the latter. . " Why, a liquor bar, of course. What do yon suppose I mean?" ! "Wey," drawled the boy, "I didn't know but you might mean a bar of soap." -xjonaon xir-ims. .- . - ' -i - Sorry He Spoke. He Great heavens,' woman! Do yon think I am made of money t - She I wish you were; I could get you Jhanged then. Indianapolis Journal.'. Fortune is ever seen, accompanying in dustry and is fts often trundling In a Wheelbarrow as lolling In a coach and six. Goldsmith. i . , iAMtAAAl '- v.. ... thS OSEAT Family Jledlcine of the Agei , Taken Internally, It Cures V Diarrhoea, Cramp, and Pain in thai Stomach, Son Throat, Sudden Colds,! Coughs, &c, &c; . - j- :-' - .- ; Used Externally, It Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Sprains,' Toothache, Pain in the Face, Neu ralgia, Rheumatism, Frosted Feet. " Ho aitlola rr attalnad to neh nhoroied popolu-ity. Salrm Obttr.tr. An rttole of put muit and Ttrtu. Ctmm. JTonpartit. VT Ol mb bear tutlmony vo th fleaoir of the lr. w nar Men ma ducm nan u the itnrat pin, ud know nv to be Mothlnc tae inana Pin, a goad rUol. -etnetnnati DitpmUK emm tor Min no funflr ikeuM be WtDont IU Mtntrtai irwnw. Notbloc yet arpMd th Pmln-KOlMy whioh U th ha most TSlnmbl f unilr mxllalae MW Jb tum-Tinn. Oromn. . It hHiMl merit; ta nen of nmoilnM Pfftfc ? medicine hw acquired a reputation equal te mr I)aTU' Fain-Kjlier-jr.r (Xf Omilg Itli really Talnable raedlolne It la maedby many Pbyeiciane. Botttt Travtlltr. I Hmu, of imltationa. buy only the rmtM made by "Pbi Dxna.". Sold eT7whare, I aazare uwuni mt uu ww. dec 17 ' j- tn th tm DO YOU WANT EMBROIDERIES ? .Can Furnish You. The largest, handsomest and cheap- est stock ever exhibited in this city, have just been opened at Ho. Ill Market St. HEW WHITE fiOODS. AL CAPES AND now on hand will be sold regardless ONCOST. continue to sell at reduced prices. Telephone call 193. j jan 26 It CASH TALKS. THE Alderman Hardware Go. :'-A ' ' . ' :- - : I : i".-- are now making Low Cash Prices xtc' their country friends on ' -::-; A- AY- Plows, Plow Castings, r ! i ! . . iv " 1 " - ; HAMES, HAM E STRINGS, - i ! - - " - 1 ; 1 -: BacUiaiiaS, Sinletreess Trace . Cliains, Shovels, Spades, Hoes, handled and -nnhandled; Plowlines, Bridles, Collars, Padsi V i ' '. both Rakes, Collar A full line of Granite Iron House Furnishing Goods, Ware, Crockery, r Pistols,! Cutlery, Iron Kirifir , Cook Stoves AND LIBERTY RANGES. A had few Nice Oil Heaters at Cost for Cash.;' to be Alderman Hardware Co. , -29 South Front Street, 1.1 jan 19 tf ' Wiimington, N. C St3ed Potatoes. . 50 Barrels E. R. Potatoes, j 15 Barrels Trackers' Potatoes. 100 Boxes Tobacco. 62 Barrels Sagar. &75 Barrels Floor. 900 Bushels R. P. 300 Bags Corn. 2C0 Bags Meal. Oats. 115 Boxes Cakes. All low down. ; W. B. COOPER, , - Wholesale Grocer and Commisi.n Merchant, " - 888 North Water street, -: ,1 j feb 9 rt Dw " wnminsrtoa. i. C. EARLY OHIO,. - Early Rose ani Peerless . SeedPotatoes. Remember the best seed give the best results. j HALL & PEARS ALL, :o ; Nutt and Mulberry streets. anWDiWtf Jackets mm GOODS - -i i . ' HIS STOMACH MEST. THE ENGLISHMAN A HEARTY LIVER ' , AND HAS SIX MEALS A 'DAY. How am Aipericnn Fared Ia an English Middle Class Honso With j Breakfast at ll Sapper at 9 and Four Meals In Be- tween An Abiding; Horror of Hot Bread. . Any Englishman will acknowledge with perfect good humor that it is an old saying In his country that "an Englishman con siders hi a stomach first and bis back after ward." hnt no American can realize bow "onlversaUy true the love of Jgood living Is all over England, unless ne nas Deen lor- r tunate enougn to be inviteq to spena sev eral months as a guest in a middle class English home. ( j : .-'"- ' The house where sucn a stay was naa, and to which the writer will always look back with longing for a return of the de-. lishtful days spent! there, was presided over by a typical English hostess, round, ruddy and so jolly that, though she must : have been 60, one always tnougnt oi ncr as young. ' . f . Breaklast began at 7 oxiock, ana we al ways found our hostess waiting for us In the breakfast room, in her place at the head of the table. English etiquette de mands that each person as he enters . tho breakfast room should shake hands with the hostess first, and then with, every one in the room. . This practice was, ol course, new to the American - guest, but it was soon acquired, though more difficult was the getting used to. interruptions half a dozen times in the course: of the meal to shake hands with the late risers as they came in, one by one. ' j " 'Although it was summer, we never naa fruit for breakfast, nor Is it eaten at any time as generally as. here. Nor, of course, did we have hot rolls or yarm cakes, or even oatmeal, which was a surprise, since the Scotch use -It bo much. Of hot bread of any kind the Britons-have an abiding horror. There would always bo two ; or throe kinds of cold roeatL beef, mutton, bam, etc., left ovor from the day before, hot sausage or eggs, and, In. season, a Mel-ton-Mowbray pork pie. Along with these would be the most delicious of toast and tea.. Coffee was little drunk and was not particularly good, but the tea was al ways so much nicer than any tea which can be had in this country; tnat one easuy preferred it.- i About ll-o'olocfc cornea what they call f'a bite and a snatch." This is merely bread and beer and. a bit of pastry,? set In formally on an end of tho dining table and eaten as one chooses. It follows one about the house or into the garden, amaidbring- inar your share on a tray. ; This luncneon was to be dodged when possible, as it only spoiled the appetite for dinner, which, in this house, was served at I3.:d0. . Dinner is a substantial tneal, beginning with an enormous! roast bf beef, a leg of mutton or a boiled, ham. There was very seldom oup, but whenever the roast was of beef or rnntton there as always deli cious Yorkshire pudding, which was serv ed before or with the roast. To make this dish, comparatively unknown in America, the roast is put to cook upon an iron frame called a "horse," which raises it rrom tne bottom of the roasting pan. An hour or so before the roast is done the pudding batter, made of flour, milk and eggs, is poured into the pan and left to cook be neath the drippings or tne meat, tne juices of which penetrate and flavor it. Of course everything is carved on tne table. 'The Englishman has a lofty con tempt for side dishes, and your meat, po tato, Yorkshire pudding jand two kinds of "vegetables are always heaped upon one plate, which fortunately is a large one. jy the middle or tne arternoon, when our hostess was fairly relieved of her do mestic duties for the dayjsho liked to have us drop in at her own. little sitting room for a bit of cake, some fruit and a glass of her homemade.wino. Imposition as it was felt this was upon one's j digestive organs, : her delicious ayines, for' the making of which shejwasirtmous all over the country, could seldom be resisted. Her cellar seemed inexhaustible, and. the kinds were various. - ' At, 5 o'clock, by which time we nato- rally needed something to eat, came tea. and this was no "4 o'clock" affair, with tiny cups and wafers of paper tmnness. Tne table, was spread In the dining room, generous meal of and we sat down to ai potted meat, Balad, big plates piled high with thin slices of breadand batter, 'more toast, tea and pastry. The way in which the salad was served at this meal is new to an American. While the heads of lettuce are growing in the garden the leaves are gathered tightly together and tied, with strings. This makes the heads grow, as hard and crisp and white as cabbage. When servod, the strings and outer leaves are cutaway, and the heads quartered like an apple and sent to the table to be eaten plain, with broad and blatter. ' At 9 o'clock comes supper, next to din ner the most solid mealj of the day. This is also the social meal, jrhon conversation is at its best, and wo were apt -to linger, loath to leave. If a neighbor dropped In, or more than' one, as as often the case, extra plates were put on, and they must have at least a moutniui, lor tne sake or hospitality. I I . r The cold roasts from dinner, and usually from dinner of j the day . before, always came up for supper, with roast potatoes or ''bubble and squeak, made regularly aft er the first night because the traveler liked it so wolL "Bubble and 'squeak" is simply the cold potato and cabbage from dinner chopped together and then done in a frylnsr pan to a crisp brown. , It doesn't sound nice, but try It and see how good it is. This is not the notion of one particu lar house, for directions for cooking it were found in an old cjok book published in 1837. ' . j . , Supper brings, more ale, or 'alf and 'air, drawn cold and sparkling from barrels in the cellar. The bread fox supper is always put on the table in the loaf, one of those round cottage loaves which look as if the baker, as an afterthought, had added a second story to them. It was, cut for this meal, not in siloes, but in) "Hunts, " accom plished by tipping the loaf on edge, cut- r ting off a section, and then cutting this again, so as to give a piece shaped like a three cornered-. pyramid. New York .Times. . . 'T .- ' -' - - Zenonia. Zenobia, the famous queen of Palmyra, is stated by ancient historians to have been of a light brown complexion, with intense ly black hair and eyesJ She is described as Cutting off her hair in front and allowing it to hang over her forehead in the style of the modern "bang." His Business. " You ought to see that fellow strike a balance."- I . - -.-!. "I suppose he's a bookkeeper?" "No. he's a professional iuflrcrlor ." .H&- I sTOit Free Press. I . '"I Bo Flfea Talk? J An ingenious inquirer, armed with microphone, or sound j magnifier, has been listening patiently through long hours to the curious noises made by house files and reports his belief that they have a language of their own. The language does not oon sist of tho buzzing sound wo ordinarily heaf, which is made by the rapid vibration of tiheir wings in the air, bat of a smaller, finer and more yrtdelyj modulated series of sounds, audible1 to the human ear only by the aid Of the micronhonn. .PwihahW . . avwmw. mua fly conversation is perfectly audible to the ny ears, wnicnj as. every schoolboy knows wao nas wiea to move nis nana 6lowlyup on til P m nm vwrr nnnfn rpv.a v.a : , r j- y "p" u op pressed that, since thej heretofore inaudible wnispers.oi tues nafe been detected and recorded, some invivrrtA microphone wfiich will enable us to make -i. Xl. ' a I. ' . uun me : uinsuage oi tne microbes and -so surprise them in the horrible secret of their mouo ci operations. jifixchafige. - i . - -r "jlW Hfr Accoaats. Mr. Bnaggs Miss Bellevuo is short In ner accounts that is, short for a woman Mrs. Snaeos I'd lifeo woman is less fitted than a man to occupy a position Of trust m- nrhir cha more likely than a man to be short in her Mr. SnaggsI tWjn't mean that there was anything wrong! with her bookkeep ing,' but that she was not as verboso as most women in telling a story or narrat ing an anecdote. Pittsburg Chioniole- 'The weakest living trating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something; the strongest, by dispersing his over many, may fail to ao- uuiuyiuiu anytmng. -tUaxlyle. tar : Nonas Far Rent or Sale, Loit and foand Wants, and other short -mlicellaneoai advertisement! inserted la this Department, in leaded Nonpareil type, on first or fourth pan, at Publisher1! option, for 1 cent per word each Insertion jbot no aueiusenietit taken for lest than 30 cents. Terms, positively eaia lllhMCIi',..i .....v;.'.---.- ii'v'-.- j -' r j : Do yon speculate? "Guide to Successful; Specu lation" mailed free. Wheat, provision, cotton and stock speculation on limited margins thoroughly ex plained.! Correspondence solicited. Warren,; Ford ft Co., 11 Wall Street, New York.1 1 j fee I ! j. Wanted Bright young men and middle-aged men to preparef or the Railway Hail, pepartmental, Indian and-Government Fritt ing tervjtcts. I Exami nations soon in this city. Particular free of National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C. febSlt v - ; :. -V ! ' : Eliotosraplie Big Photographs Little Photo graphs, Fine Photographs, Good Photographs, Pretty Photographs. , All kinds of Photogfiths. except bad Photographs. I U. C Ellis, 114 Madtet street,' for Photographs. H ; tattt Wanted Partner with $500 to take charge of bntineat in North Carolina. Best paying business on earth. Write J. 8. Tart, Fa'r Bluff, N. CJ y' , ..JanSfl.- . I . f - t 1 ! attest and best cold weather diink a specialty. We serve the best hot Tom and Jerry and hot Scotch In the city. Call and see me to-day. A. . P. Levy, French Cafe, Pnn ess street. 1 f janSl tf j t i - A irejth supply dily of Countryi Sausage and Liver Paddiog. Pig' Feet 8 cenu a 'pound.! A full' line of Choice Groceries cheap. iCail and i see me. Chas. D. Jacobs, ag't, 217J6 North . Front' street.-: . I ' janlflti --. When yon want a nice bnnch of jBananas, a bar rel of Baldwin's, a case or crate of fin We. tern 'Ap ples, a bag of Irih or Sweet Potatoes, Turnips, Onions, Beans, or Mountain Butter torn ten to forty pound lorsj "till or send your orders! to A. S. Win stead & Co., Commission Merchants and Wholesale Fruit and Produce Dealers.. ,'lanlDAWtf The celebrated pale Kyffhanser Beer! Sold only by F. Richter, Wilmington, N. C ( . - j j - Basketsi Vegetable Baskets for the shipment of Peas, Beans, Cucumbers,-etc. For ; sale at Jno. S.I HcEachera'a Grajn and Feed Stwe ' 811- Market street r-.: . j: -I.'--,. - I .kM Havyden, P. Ht has ia stack buggies, , road CartSgAnd harness of all kinds. Kcpoirlng done by skinfaT workmen on short notice, t Opposite new Court House I i- c21 a i Chlehestf r'a Ena-llsh Dlanoad BraadJ ENNYR0YAL! PILLS Orlsna1 ud Only safe, 'aiwaj reliable. Druriit for Chichester' mond Brand la Ked and x. mexlcd with blue ril tiotts md imitation. Al Uro(rcUl,or(14. tamps lor particutara. i suuioniau ua It. Ucf for Idle."n leuer. bT retara tr AlBlla Il'tVVV icaviuiuuiai. i'ii"D iyvim CMcfaestcrCfcendcalOonMadUo.n qaara, lold by all Local DrujuUU. sniirna., s-ss ap th satn Tar Honey and" Biim compound- : ;. A purely old fashion Home-Made I Cough , and Cold Remedy. No Ooiites of any Vind. Pure, harmless, effective. I i Can be given with perfect safety ip the yonrgest and the oldest. ' Pronounced by tne ! pulpit, the ':prea', and the public to be the greatest Cough Syr op on earth. - Made under the personal Sup eivision of JAMES D. NUTT4 Pharmacist, jn 19tf WILMINGTON N. C. Mr. Wm. Goat "I had a ver) narrow escape from ' death to-day, my ; cj ear. I ate one of those lawn mower signs ;and in .process of c igestin it cut me several times. Nanny Goat "Gracious! William, you always were careless . irid s impru dent in eating. What did you do for it ?" Mr. Wm! Goat i ' Just swallowed a Pond's Extract sign. You know Pond's Extract is: the best thing for cuts and lacerations. j : ' Avoid awbat (. POND'S EXTRACT CO.. 76 fifth Ave., Ne York, ugKDtfW i sive I i rlexicaii -lustang. iiihim6ni Sciatica, Lnmbago, fcherunati sm tl Barnsi . Bcalds, ' Btings Bites, Bruises. Bunions, . Coras, , Seratchen, Sprainasf Strains, Stitches, Stiff JoiaU, Backache,' Contracted , Muscles, Brnptloius, ' Hoof Ail, Screw . Worms, 8wiauey, Saddle GaBi, Piles. - uaus, Sores,' Spavin Cracks. THIS COOD OLD STAND-BY accomplishes for ererybodx exactly vhat la elalastxl lor it. One of the reasons lor the great popularity of the Kustaag Liniment la totmdlnlts nntrersal avppllcabllitr. Ererybody needs auch a medicine. The Loiaberman needs Itln case of accident. TheHonsewlfe needs ft for genernlfamlly use. fTh e Cannier needs It tat his teams and his men. i The mechanic needs lit always on his work bench. ' ".' ' . The Miner needs It In ease of emergency. - The Planeerneedslt cant get along without It, , : The Farmer needs tt 1st his house, his stable, and his stock yard. -; . The Steamboat man er the Boatmsui needs tt in liberal snpply afloat and ashore. The Horse-fancier needs It-It Is Ms best fnend and safest reUanoe. I , ' I The Stoek-arower needs tt It will tare him thousands of dollars and a world of trouble. , , j The Ra.ilra.d man needs It and will need it so long as his life is a round of accidents and dangers. : ! The Backwoodsman needs it. There Is noth ing like It as an antidote! for the dangers to Ufa, limb and comfort which surround the pioneer. The Sferchut needs It about his store among his employees. AncMentsPrtll happen, and when .these come the Knstaag T.lalment is wanted at once. Keep a Bottle la the Bease. Ttt the best ot eotxmy. v ) i : - j L-' Keep si Bottle la the Factory. Its Immediate ase In ease of accident saTes pain and loss of wage Keep st Bottle Always la the Stable far seralne.' A Fladics sak cl BmHUh Dia-ftfW 'V - 1.7 -W is. T f fOV- CURED AS IF BY MAGIC. Victims of Lost Manhood should Bend at once ior a dook that explains how full, manly vigor. Is easily, quickly and permanently restored. No man Buffering from weakness can af ford to ignore this timely advice Boole tells how full atrenirth. da. reltroment -and tone are Imparted to every portion of the body. Sent with positive proofs (sealed) fee to any man on application, ERIE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALQ.N.Y. se 88 D&Wlr satnth j. ' , The Life of The Times Depends on the push land energy of the people. And we are to-dar, ai usual, striving. to lead the front rank ol the - merchants of the Old Notih State. And what makes the business is prices, fair treatment acd variety of coeds. Our large store covers 15 000 i square feet of floor, room, completely filled - wan new and desirable goods. Our large stock" consists bf varied lines, f We handle in large quantities Dress Qoods of every style and . all prices. ' Double fold Cot ton Serge, 86 inches wide, at 5 cents a yard. ! ' - Underware and Hoserv. ft Our line of fast bladk Fine Seamlets Children's Hose, at 124 cents a pair. an extra value Men s F-ne Baibrisan Hall-Hose, at 10 cts. Bed Tickmethe Heavy Feather-proof Bed Ticking " at 12Kc, worth 18c; Mattress Tickme front 6 to 10c a yard;- A Bnq lice of Union Quilts from 50c to $3 00 eaqb. . Oar $1.00 yailt is a thing of beaaty and comtert. Clothing Ladies' Wraps, Cloaks and Capes, Shoes, Millinery. Trunks, Carpets and Matting. Good Matting at 10c a yard; Good Carpet from L2c to $1.85 a . vara an styles ana prices. ; i ne finest line Gf Ladies' Shoes at $1.69 a pair, worth $3.00. All width4 A, B,;C, D, E; size 24 to 7; all style toes, and; made of fine French Kid. We hive Shoes of all styles. Men's and Ladies' Hats and Caps from 10c up. A - tug jib in Over coats to close at $4.00, $00 and 6 00 worth from $5 00 to 10.00 each. Cbree to -Wilmington's Big Racket Store at 112 North Front street, opposite the Orton Housf, where yon can find every thing you may need at a bargaia. BraddyiS, Gaylord,Frop. jan28tf r- - ' s4esssX f . ' - ' f.' . t ' V . A ofC afC sG efs 3G afs) ... , - i - . -634-2 Steps Cr From the corner of JFront and Prin- cess streets wui : . . . "It. bring you to wtmm l Shoe Store, v where yoa can bay Shoes as cheap as the cheapest, and ai good as the best. ' . - A i A ' - -i -Call there, buy a pair and get a copy of the Fczzle of the Day, and see how the "Gold Bugs auu jiu& Silver Bags" will get across "Green- back River" togetbier. . , Respectfully, Mercer & Evans, 1 H. C. Evans' Old, Stand. decSltf II- - . - ' : J. W. NORWOOD, ! President.. W. J, TOOMER, ' Cashier. ' W. C. COKER, Jr., Ass't Cashier. ,. Atlantic National Bank; A - J : ' -A A-y ,i Wilmington N. O. Liberal Loans made on approved ' l security at Lowest Rates. : JTo Interest ?ad on Deposits. : All Cash Collections remitted for on day of recejpt. Acroonts of individuals, farms, banks and Other cor porations solicited. Promptness. Accuracy and ' Safety Guaranteed ? II -v jpee. 18, Dec 18,'; Dec 13 . Snrplnsand Ket Pro6ts.. pUMO $350a $53,000 . Prcmioms on U. S. BondSif S.S8T Mosw. . Mono Baf king Honss. Ac... 1 16,600 r 11,600 10,000 Dividends paid past two jews, S per cent, per annum m ,' , Last installment of capital paid in October, 1882. janStf r. ij, . - i . ' , " The ChM Olyectulj ; ofj.this Bank is to ' A " i Encourage Savings. - We want every money earner in Wilmington to have' a Savings Bank Account and deposit some thing at a regclarlj time. Your money will .be in (la safe ' place working for yoa day and night. You can get it, any day if yoa ' need it or if a safe and more profitable investment should be ottered. t.i f ilmiDflon 'SaWani TrustCo, Tl effl IS J 'S ,."1 ? p 1 1 fel K. asssaal t I I hvaJ Uj H S s . ' ? ! awaaaaaassM - w wo . J t I s 9 ' 111 -i fi . a Haa g . T-A'A - i' ": ... -? . SBBF--" Ul ' A V.- 'r- . ft A. iA: en m &A 0 my Af V 1 A"' :A: i -1 m m ': a Ah ri d -w xt pit it lilt- i - i : : r.: th i to a-- .th fa .' wl in mmm whoa WMtooy i A i -