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subscribers. In the aggregate they
! amount to a very large snm. Many
f of our subscribers are responding
" promptly. Others pay no attention,
f to the bills. These latter 'do not
seem to understand that they are
; under any legal or moral obligation
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"... LIFE MISTAKE'S.
-BY D
M. JORDAN.
Weplant sweet flowers above, the spot ,
Where rest our nnforgotten dead, , '
'And while the roses bud and bloom
We beautify their lonely bed. ,
We rear the snowy marble shaft i -
That erery passer by may team
How sabred memory keeps her trust
In votive gift and storied uro.
"But, oh; the hearts that ache and break
Through all the long bright summer.
: dava .- ' !; .)
For Some sweet word of tenderness.
Some generous and outspoken praise !
Aod. ob, the bitter tears that fail ,
O'er life's mistakes and cruel late, "
That all things which the heart most
, ., " craves .;.-. . :. - (!'." - -
Of love and glory come too late !'
Then take the rose that blooms to day
And lav it in some loving hand,
And wait not till the ear grows doll
To tell the sweet thought that you
planned. : 1 1. .-!' "' ' )i ..- - ' i
One kits pa warm and loving lips "
Is wotta a thousand funeral flowers, '.
And one 'glad day of tender love
Outweighs an aee cf mourning hcurs.
SUNDAY SELEC TONS.
N - Praise undeserved is scandal in
disgn'se.-.Agta,' l '('.'.
r Good name In man! and woman
is the immediate jewel of their souls.
' i iHooe itself is haDDiness. and it!
frustrations, thowever frequent, are vet
less dlreadful than Its extinction. fohn
ton. r . !. V',.i (, I .
; Habit is a cablewf. weave
' thread cf it each day, and it becomes
strong vwe cannot break it. Horace
Mann.. : II;.- f-' f ;
For every progress ia strenu
ous work for God. there must have been
a slaying of the selfishness which urges
us to work in oar own strength and for
.our owns sake, E f. Huntington,, ,
j --'TbeTBappiesfi. -"liweetesri'-enp:
derest homes are not those where there
been no sorrw, but those which have
-if? beeo overshadowed - with gruf. ; and
where Cnriit's cemfort was accepted.
'-.. R; Miller. D. D. ,1. f.;
1 The out and out Christian is a
joyful ; Christian. .The I half-and-half
Christian is the kind cf Christian that a
great many of yon are little acquainted
with tbe Lord. Why should we live half
way up the bill and swathed in mists,
when we might have an unclouded sky
and a visible sun over our , heads if we
would climb- higher and walk in the
pf his face "i-rAlexanderMclaren. -r
The Bible powbere promises us
I exemption from trials. It does not assure
us that we shall not go into the furnace
nor into deep waters; but it does promise
that tbe fire shall not consume us. In
the midst of tbe trial it sball still be well
with us. By our side in tbe furnace
there shall be One who is l.ke the Son
of God, and we sball come out without
even the smell of fire on our garments.
Selected. j '. - j v . . ;. r.r; '
"Do you let your wife have her
own way.. -i. .?'L
"Oh, yes; its onl when she wants to
have mine that I ' bbiect." Harper' i
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" If Moil
. 43Pr cachers jure tha fiey of all Wrti cf
awindlers," said ft prominent Metaddist
diTine the other day to a group of fellow
clergynfen who --ere . gathered in the
Methodist Book concern in, Kfth av
enue., "1 -hall never forget, The con
tinued, "how I was bnoe taken in by
what we sometimes call a 'temperance
tramp.'". y'V''.i:: I
The solitary layinan. in the party did
not know the definition of "temperance
teomp,1 ' and in reply to hia inquiry the
elerevman explained; ."A temperance
tramp is a man who goes from town to
town delivering lectures on temperance. -The
man I refer to came.one!Wednesday
evening to see me while I was stationed
in a country town up in ' New York
state. " He presented one or two letters
of recommendation from V ministers
whom I knew and said that he desired
to lecture for me. ; We made-jover. for
his use a bedroom in the center of the
house. . My two sons and a daughter
had rooms in the back of the house, and
I occupied the front None of us slept
a wink all night he snored so loud. ;
A' At breakfast the next morning after
grace had been said I was serving the
oatmeal when the .'temperance tramp
pointed with his knife at the dish, and
looking at my lean figure asked disdain
fully, -Dj you . think that stuff will
make you fat? , ,: "( ''
- "That afternoon j:a stranger inquired
if the so called Eev. Mr. B i was at.
i mv house. I told him that he was. Be
said. 'Well. I have a warrant ror nis ar
rest and have been following him from
place to place for the last two weeks. '
He was wanted for the larceny of some
books in Philadelphia and had besides
passed forged checks in various places
through the Estate under
names. " Now York Herald.
assumed
ft
' " drugs Behind the bar. ,
Mixed With Other StlmulanU and Serred
':,"., j U the Castamers. .'i
Nowadays the bar in cities has become,
with regard to its stock and the character
of Its concoctions, almost as complicated as
a drug store. 4sa mattes of fact, most
of the bars about New York have in away
gone Into the drug and prescription busi
ness. Behind their niahoeaoy counters
and lined up .in front of tbe French plate
and ranged upon their shelves; are to be
seen a hundred' different liquors and cor
dials and drugs. Jars, and bottles and
bromides and bi6ters and powerful drugs
of, various descriptions decorate! the side-
consumption of those who more and more
often seek the saloon rather than the drag
store for their medicinal remedies. The
prescription business of the fashionable
bar is a very big and growing business.
Men with headaches, stomach aches, colds,
coughs, consumption, that-tired feeling,
loss of' appetite, lassitude, etc., rely upon
the bartender rather than upon; the doctor
or drugclerk. The implicit confidence is
often amusing to tbe bartender himself, as
well as to those who are drinking for tbe
fun of it Anybody who has ever patron
ized a bar for beverages must 'have seen
and heard the men who approach it for
their medicine. f.
" "I feel miserable right here," placing
his hand on his stomach, perhaps. "What
ought I to drink?"
'Oh, I'll fix you up, " says the bartend
er. crabbing a small bottle in the rear.
He Dours a little into a glass; then he
rabs another bottle and pours something
else on top of .it, and squirts In a jet of
bitters and a jet of absinthe, and stirs
thorn up in a glass of ice and strains' the
concoction off. into a cocktail glass. ;
Meanwhile the customer pays little or
no attention to this, bnt promptly swallows
it when it is ready. He doesn't know
what it is or whether it is Injurious or
beneficial to him. But the powerful stim
ulating ' quality of the mixture probably
"sots him up" in a few minutes. In the
middle of his conversation he Is conscious
of this, and when the next round 1a or
dered he promptly says ho will take an
other of the same sort. I1 - ;
"That stuu seems to make me come
around all right," he remarks. I "What do
you call it?"
"Oh, I don't know," responds the bar
tender, with a smile. "It's a 'pick me up'
we're on to." And he straightway pre
pares another. He knows it Js not a bev
erage, bnt his customer asks for it and tbe
responsibility is at once shifted. He will
mix half a dozen of them and see them ab
sorbed with that calm indifference which
Is the habit of his profession it is the
other fellow's stomach and brain and nerv
ous organization. Pittsburg Dispatch.
. . ..v,'-,
I - Charms, Ancient and Modern. :
; A belief in charms roust be reckoned
among thoso strange things that belong to
tho mystic border land whore the flnito and
Infinite meet, says the writer of a cleyer
article in Tho Minster. ... . ." I -. I
From time Immemorial charms , and
amulets have been sought by all nations,
and while the rich have set their beliefs on
gold and jewels the poor hove contented
themselves with coarser mediums: If you
cannot have a turquoise to give you good
health you may at least avoid courting ill
ness by dipping a courtesy to the new
moon. No doubt tho health thus secured
will scarcely be of the double distilled tur
quoise . kind, but it will 6erve your pur
pose -'j,. . . ''; i
It has become the habit to make Useless
little appendages of gold, coral, jewels, etc.,
and- to call them charms. The fashion
dates from the Rue Rivoli, like many oth
er, flippant imitations. It is absurd to
suppose that charms can bo created by the
gross, and it is sheer want of teveronce to
expect to purchase them far. j&S, centimes
each. .: r ..v--,. '. 4",': ' ,
''All kinds of magic are out of date and -4ione
away with except in India," writes
Budyard Kipling, "where nothing changes
In spite of the sbinyvtop scum stuff people
call civilization. " i ' .. ,
, An Indian jsilver amulet, imnunt," is
worn by women to secure the accomplish
ment' of their wishes. This fijant the first
time that . we" have heard of ' feminine
charms insuring that effect, i . i
; ' The Stopping- of Tmat Trains.
When railway roadbeds have been made
as nearly perfect as possible, when the
lines have been straightened and as far as
practicable- leveled,: and - when the best
tjtpes of locomotives and cars have been
devised, how fast will steam be able to
carry us? ' An answer to this question,
based on a scientific examination of the
conditions Involved, is furnished by Mr.
Theodore N.- Ely, an authority on facta re
lating to railways. One hundred miles an
hour is about the limit of speed suggested
: by him. . Another very important question'
growing out of the first is,' Within what
distance can a train running 100 miles an
hour, or but littks Jess than 150 feet in a
second, be stopped?. The reply is that, un
der the most favorable circumstances, a
distance of nearly half a mile would be re
quired. A train running a mile a minute
can be stopped, it is estimated, within a
distance of 900 feet. By adding only two
thirds to the speed,, therefore, the distance
required for bringing the train to a Btand
still would be Increased almost three times.
It is evident that when we are whirled
across the country at the rate of 100 miles
an hour "a clear track" will become a far.
more important thing even than it is to-
' day.--' .j ' ; - .-' - - -.
Humor In AfghanUtaa.
One traveler has described the ameer as
"delivering justice with a hand on his'
sword hUt." However that may be, Mr.
Wheeler tells that , a grim sort of humor
not lnfrequently lnsplred the ameer's judg
ments. "Once a man was brought before
him who declared, in instate of unrepressed
exoitemeot, that -the, usslans were ad
vancing to Invade Afghanistan. 'The
Bussians are coming? Vsald the ameer.
" Then you shall be taken to the summit of
yonder tower and shall have no food till
you see them arrive.' " It is not recorded
whether this heroic cure for a fit of Busso
phobla proved effectual, ,
,. trrvvon it v
"What do you know about gold and ill
: ver?" asked the aged fanner of the irrev
erent youth. '"Too are too young to un
derstand anything about the coinage ques
tion." is- . v'i-'j-.r,-- : "
"Oh,of course,' Jeered the youth,
guess I am too young to be a safe man to
ell a gold brick to." - . . , r .
The allusion waau painfully personaL '
Indianapolis Journal. - - .., : .:
at
Mrs. Laura C- Phoenix, miwaakee, WU.1 5
. "ITafnm a i BeaeMotewt H
and bnowine the (rood Dr. Miles Nervine I
has done me, my wish to help others, over-. I
comes my dislike for the publicity, this
letter may give me. In Nov. and Dec., 1893,
fee inmate had tHe 4 La Grippe,"
'and I was one of the first.. Besoming duty
too soon, with the care of so many sick, I
did not regain my health, and In a month '
Ibeoane m debilitated and nervoam
from sleeplessness and the drafts made on
my vitality, that it was a question if I could
go on. A dear t rioad advised me to "try .
Dr. Mile Beatorative Servitie,'
I took Z bottles and am happy to say, I am
'In better health than ever. I still continue .
If occasional time, am a nerve food,
as my work is very trying. A lotter ad
dressed to Milwaukee, Wis., will reach rae."
: June , 1894. Mns. Laura C. Phoesix.
'v Or. Miles Nervine is sold on a positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
All dsaggists sell it at tt, 8 bottles for 85, or
it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price
by the Ir. iiile Medical Co, Elkhart lad.
Dr. AlilesV Nervine
Restores Henltti
No morphine or opium in Dr. Miles Pais.
Pills, puss All Pain. '"One cent a Oose." .
Fonale bv all IraKelni.
JtnwlSlV .ia to tb
Fchanra
HALF PRICE !
ORIEHTAL
WARES
irr every conceivable shape.
We bad a thousand pieces when
tbe season began. We have a hun
dred pieces now. The?" are worth
the first price. - Will yon take them
at a SACRIFICE ? Remember that
yon take them at jast HALF the
marked price. ; v
DOLLS.
Those pretty Dolls will be sold
for half the marked price. These
Dolls will not last long at these
nrices.. - M
ins.
CURTAINS ITHAT SOLD FOR
$7.00 this week $4.75
c t n o cm
5.00
3.50
4.0G
350
2.50
2.25
2.00
1.75
150
Pcf Chxtty Mlstiih
Lace
Curia
;2.55
12.25
i 1.40
J.35
1125
ri ir
1.00
These are samples. Call early.
; Twenty-five pieces Matting jast
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 12c a yard. We have about 450
yards at ? that price, - for which yon
have paid 164c a. 'yard. Yoli mast
examine tne line shown at l&c per
yard, also at 20, 25 and 30c a yard.
t SPECIAL PRICES ONJ
"V- :
Comforts, Blankets, Damask
Portiers, Trunks. (
Gloves, Underwear.
A. D.
BaoceasoTto SS0WH ft E0BDICX!
No. 29 North Front St.
P. S.On the 1st January BILI
will be rendered for all accounts on
my Books, and I will appreciate an
early settlement ot same. Thanking
the publicljtor their generous patron
age aarrnz tne past .year. : I will
make every ! effort to merit - con
tinuance of same in the future.
: Seed yptatbesIW
. 75 Barrels E. R. Potatoes.
20 Barrels Trackers' Potatoes.
25 Small 3ieese;-;-r''?;"-:;
10 Large Cheese. J";
- 10 Tabs Martin's Batter.
10 Bags Black Pefcpeif. r
-i 5 Bags Spice.w;i i: j i- - -.!L8'Baga
GlogtriHr-Ti
. Constantly adding new goods. ;
Write for what wbatyon wish.
:.W. B. COOPER, r
; ; Whole I Grocer ud Commix ion Merchant.
" 198 North Water atteet, V
'fAStl I , 0W Wnmfiitoa, N. C
u u
ii 1 If
Mattings,
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Departments
Dress
Goods.
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BROWN
COST TO lttJN A SHIP;
THS Bt f JLOUi3 REQUIRES $806d
, .FO! THE ROUND TRIP. i, .
She Burn- S1J.OOO Worth f CoalTb
Bill ; For Breakage ii Ko SnW AHait,
Salaries of Office "jand Men "Ara Small.",
but Some of Thm Get Uurg Fea ':':':
The cost of running a big ocean greyi.
hound to Europe and back reaches into
the thousands.. , A transatlantic liner is
really a floating otel, and eveiything
on board is. conducted on tne same scale
of lavishncss that is found in a fashion
able Fifth avenue hotel 'J ' . r
I.. Clement A. Griscom; Jr., son of the
president the line controlling the St
Loui8r agreed to give some figures to a
"World reporter covering the expense of
her voyage to England and cade He
figured, for some time and then said that
the expenses of the . round trip' of a
steamer like the 'St Louis average be
tween (00,000 and $80,000, according to
the season. ': ,:-
The voyage between the two ports
takes a trifle more than seven days,
making -the daily cost of -operating in
the busy season something like $5,500.
No single individual on the St Louis
gets a large salary. ' The captain heads
the list, getting about fo,000 a year.
Captains on smaller, passenger steamers
Only receive $3,000 a year."; Thachief
officer of a ship like tbe St Louie gets
$1,600, and the bulk of the heavy work.
really falls on. his shoulders: ; The see-4
ond officer's pay ranges from $900 to
$1,200, according, to the sizepf the ship,
while the third and fourth officers only
get from $G00 to $900. . All of these
men have to perform duties cf a re,
sponsible kind, and as there are no bo
nuses attached fco -their work it can be
seen that they are not overpaid.
The crew of ; the . St Louis numbers
410 men. Two hundred of these are in
the engineer's department, and all of
them are directly under the authority
of the chief. The steward's department
is the next largest, numbering 170 in
alL The sailors, including the deck offi
cers, number but 40. !
The engineer'a department is the
most expensive; on ' the ship, owing to
the immense coal bills. The St liouis
burns more , than 800' tons a .. day, or
about 4,500 tons the' round trip. . This
means an expenditure of $15,000 alone.
tThe salaries, of the men, the engineering
supplies, including the, thousand and
one things needed for the vast machin
ery of a great ship, will require an ex
penditure of $5,000 every round trip.
The chief engineer draws $3,000 a
year, and nis immediate assistants re
ceive $1,500, $1,200 and $1,000 respec
tively. 'The stokers or firemen average
"about $30 a month, and the furnaces of
, the St Louis require' 180 of them work
ing in different shifts. ' ,t . ' T
The purser, who is a most important
person on board, does not get much in
t the way of salary,; as the company in
bonuses he receives for changing money
and performing the little services which
the wealthy traveler does not hesitate to
pay for liberally. His Balary is only $1,
000 a year, bnt he makes another $2,000
in fees and. sometimes considerably
mora ' . t-' -4 .;. .':r;v ;
The ship's surgeon only receives $900
a year for the same reason.- -He is
brought in contact with numerous real
and fancied, invalids of the wealthy
class, and although no one is compelled
to fee him few fail to do so, and a big,
popular ship like the St Louis is worth
to him at least $3,000 to $4,000 a year.
The steward s department is one of
the costliest on the ship. The provisions
for a round trip cost in the neighborhood
of $12,000, and the salaries of the stew
ard's men Amount to $3,000 mora The
stewards are the least paid of any on
the ship, for the reason that in the fees
of the passengers they collect a consider
able sum annually, i All the pay they
get is $20 a month, but they take in $40
a month in tips. -The ceasick man and
woman are always willing to give their
last cent lor some little service.
- The chief steward receives $1,500 a
year and also comes in for hia share of
the tips, as it is within his , power to
place many delicacies in the way of the
liberal tourist , If 1
The chief cook is a great man on the
ship, almost as great as the captain, and
in all makes 3,000,a year out of his job.
The breakage .and wear and tear on
the sh5p and its furniture are very heavy,
requiring an expenditure in incidentals
of about $5,000 each round trip. There
'. are countless things to be replaced, and
a comparatively little thing like the
washing of the ship's linen means an ex
penditure big enough to support a man
for a'year in the lap of luxury. :
c Here are Some odd facts about the St
Louis: There are; fully 1,000 tons of
piping of various kinds in the ship. The
i condensers will pump up at leaslj CO,-
000,000 gallons of cool water a day.
The furnaces will consume, no less than
7, 500, 000 cubio feet of air an hour. The
boiler tubes, if placed in a straight line,
would stretch nearly 10 miles and the
condenser tubes more than 25 miles.
The total number of separate' pieces of
steel in the main strncture of the ship is
not less than 40,000, and the total num
ber of cubic feet of timber used in the
construction is more than 100,000.- The
total number of rivets, is not far from
J,250,000. New York World. '
A Suspicion Title.
: In Chicago "The scoundrel addressed
ar letter to me 'John Smith. B. ii'"
exclaimed the city father wrathfully.
: "What of it?" f
"What of it? What does 'B. A.' stand
ror?"-. r.'-'-rv f '
"Bachelor of arts. He thought yon
were a college Graduate. " .
"Oh, that's it, is it? I thonsht it
meant 'boodle; alderman. ' ' Chicago
limes-Herald.
Brrant at WOliama Colleae.
The ereat
with Berkshire is that of Bryant At
Williams colleee i his onlv nnllnim
were passed. Though he cannot be called
wim exactness a tferxshire man. ha wan
Dorn in sight of the Berkshire hills,
; across the Hampshire border at Cum
mington. There was spent most of his
;life up to his twentieth year. He enter
ed Williams ;as. a sophomore in 1810.
but remained only seven months. The
beauty of his person; his reputation for
genius anq tne aignity ana grace of nis
manner made him a marlmrl fl
amonsrhis fellows, and haA hkrhncor
u mignc nave won cneir affection as a
comrade and made bis mark as a scholar.
iJut lie was not content, and in May,
11811. he retired.
1 ' RnTtftAfliiricr in fha flfmntmnniM rv iL.
place and of his surroundings he found
uncongenial, and he betook himself once
Snore to the retirement of his father's
housft at Camminirton. with n. PnrtM..
4 - tl - . . . .. K ' "Iff
shot behind him as he left in the shape of
n Baiino poem upon tne town and college,
Which his friends: onfc of rturArH ft
fame both of his college and himself,
oia not ior nan a century permit to see
he light or know the touch of printer's
ink. He lived in West eollacmj thantA.
jest of the colleges, and room No. 11 on
wb snira noor is reputed to be the one
wmcn ne occupied. ' ' . ''
! . Years later the ooIIpi CrfCtrA Him A
j O w O v "i-I
grees and enrolled him among her grad
uates. His desire wan tn-onfav v.'i A a
ftia pathetic to know that it was ithe
narrowness or nis lather's means him
self a" scholar and a fn Itri vf? an1.
man which prevented him from carry
ing out his earnest desire. Arthur Law-
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. Beware of Imitationa. Tak none boi tha
- amuiBe "Fxaay Bavis. j -. - .-.
dee 17 tu th fa r. i- ';
' v7v-:Mi-;i't-;-.'.ir-j-We
are now ready for the approach
. ing Spring season'. .
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Kew Black Dress Goods.
New Fancy -Dress Goods,
Hew Wash Dress Goods,
Ifew White Goods
' OF EVEY DESCRIPTION, -,
HEW TABLE DAUASK,
:0WELS, HAPKISS AND DOILIES.
i ; .-
New Laces and : Embroideries.
Hew Kid Gloves
for ladies, Gentlemen and Children.
READY-MADE .m
Sbeets and Pillow Gases
, sold as cheap as the material by
the
yard.
AU-Ladies' CAPES and TACKETS
nqw on hand will be sold regardless
of cost, " 'D - . ' ' -Mail
orders promptly filled.
Ho. Ill Harket St.
-631-2; Steps-
From the corner of Front and Prin
cess streets will bring yon to
Me rce r ft Evans'
Shoe Store, ?
where yon can bay Shoes as cheap as
the cheapest, and as good as the best
Call there, boy a pair; and get a
copy of the Puzzle of the Day, and
see how the "Gold Bugs", and the
"Silver Bags" will get across "Green
back Rivet" together. 1 v ;
. Respectfully.
. Hercer & Evans,
H. C. Evans' Old Stand.
CASH TALKS.
:-y- 'A THE ;
Alderman Hardware Go,
are now making Low Cash Prices
" . : to' their country friends on
Plows, Plow Castings,
1 HAMES, HAME STRINGS,
Mianils, Singletrees. Trace Ctaiss,
-. Shovels, Spades, Hoes, " both
handled and nnhandled; Rakes,
Plowlines, Bridles, Collars, Collar
Jfads. -
j A full line of Granite Iron Ware,
House Furnishing Goods, 1
- Crockery, Pistols, Cutlery, .
Iron King: Cook Stoves
AND LIBERTY BAHGES.
A few Nice Oil Heaters to be
had at Cost Tor Cash. ;
Alderman Hardware Co.,
29 South Front Street, '
janlOtf Wiimington. N.C.
' For, Rent, ; ;
t r Maai .
JN STATXSVrLLK, K. C,T GOOD . HOTEL
with twentr-ara rooms, ia froot d Conrt Hooae.
Wnte 1- Drl X. O. ELLIOTT, ,
" Uh 1 DAW 1T"S V "w , . V.
Johnson
Fore
iMMBAaa aiaB aaaMaa aaaai mmtm'mmmm
'V- v
Mii, tksm iqh3 was a salri ne disposer .
fa mtHi: T Th- were tho pawns in, the
teheckerod gaind of tier life.; She could:
ate In a flaove. -Marriage as-a sorr, oi
bomicldaL; raanla "wlth. bot. ';JNOiX)Qy ever
made the slightest jesistanoe against her
decrees. When she thought It proper for a.
man to propoTO ; to a girl, she. simply told,
him that the hour had arrived. She, wm
as IncontTOvertible as the golllotlne.j ; ;"'
r Bat Tony Seton as Mrs. Dosmond's
despair.' -''?-" -iv:r'X.;. ..itx:
Three times had she lntited him toiler
ooant r house,' and twice had he returned ,
unbegulled Into iaarriage.--Now she was
in despair. I t . ' ": ;
, Mrs. Desmond was honestly .fond of
Tony Soton. She would have done almost
anything for- him, except let . him remain
single. That was too much even for- her
affection. ; "Bachelors' and": funerals I
hate, ". she said. . Tony even ; though he
were a bachelor she could not hate. : He
was too big and brown and boyish for.
that. Nobody ever hated him. . . .
a. " Tony," said Mrs. Desmond one morn
ing, "Tony, l am going to give you one
more ebanoe. A girl is coming to see me
charming girl by that I mean a rich
girL - That is my idea of a charming girL
Her name is Viola Xjorimer. Now Tony,"
and Mrs. Desmond shook Her forefinger at
him menacingly, "this Ur' your yvery last
chance. Think of all I have done forou.
You have been almost as much 'trouble and
worry td me as my. husband was. fie was
a singularly thoughtless man, until he
conceived the idea of dying. Well, I sup
pose everyone has one cleyer idea some
time only so few act upon It - You have
been mrdospalr for three years. You'd be
a widower with a lot of money if yon had
been- expeditious, v And now you've let
Fanny Russell engage herself to this this
cousin."- - i : " :-:i- :
V "But I don't love any girls," expostu
lated Tpny, getting redder as his hostess'
enumerated his delinquencies. i r
-1 "Love thom !" she exclaimed scornfully.
"I am talking of marriage.' Now, I want
you to make jup your mind or whatever
you call ltto marry Viola Lorlmer. She
is a woman of the world, and you will be
admirably suited -to each other. Inciden
tally, she U Very rich. Will you promise
to do this for me? Really, you owe me
something." f
M You havo ! been awfully good to me, "
acknowledged Tony.
"Of course;' I have," she agreed. "I
have boon perfect to you. Did I over make
you do anything disagreeable, such as get
ting me iocs at parties or dancing with
dull debutantes? Nover."
k "But you Want me to marry some one,"
; "Any one," she corrected. "In small
matters like that I may-be exlgeanto, I
own," but in big worldly affairs I am ex
tremely liberal. I never made you leave
cards after one dinner before I asked you
- to another, did I?"
"No." " -
"There, yob see! You will never have a
friend like me, not even if you live to be a
thousand. Now, you must ask Miss Lorl
mer to marry you. " .
: "Perhaps she won't," suggested Tony,
with a suspicion of hope in his voice.
"Oh. pooh!" said Mrs. Desmond con
clusively. M She will f jump at you. You
are very good; looking do you know that,
Tony? " Only you must be careful not to
get fat. You big fair people so often get
fat in your old age. Let me see,' how old
are you? Twenty -eight I Heavens! You
ought to have been married ages ago."
: In due ooorse Tony Seton was introduc
ed to Miss Larimer, and he was fain to ac
knowledge that she was charming. Tony,
who had never known a moment of fear in
. his whole lifej realized that he was in great
' danger. He had killed f grizzlies in the
Rocky mountains and he had hunted tigers
In Indian jungles, but he felt very inse
cure, when, si week after his introduction,
he found himself in the leafy seclusion of
the conservatory alone with Miss Lorimer.
. Tony asked ' her to marry him, and she
refused him point blank. She explained
that- she was engaged already. She let
Tony hold her hand, however. Tony was
not above those things, even though he
was unmarried. ' - " '
Later he told Mrs. Desmond that he had
been refused, and Mrs. Desmond was furi
ous. She stamped, her foot it was so
small and daintily shod that such displays
. of rage were picturesque and finally from
sheer disappointment and chagrin she be
gan to cry. She was going baek to Lon
don on the following day, and Tony unen
gaged. Somebody must marry Tony. It
was grotesque. -
1 Poor Tony had never seen Mreu Desmond
do anything but laugh, and he bad always
laughed with her. He hesitated an In
stant, wondering what to do, and then
suddenly she' found herself In his arms.
""I love you," whispered Tony. ;
"So do I," she said irrelevantly, v
"And I want to marry you," he added.'
And Mrs. Desmond gavo his big hand a
little squeeze and dried her eyes and smiled
again. ;. ', . 4' "' , :
"So i do L" she" reiterated. V
Then Tony kissed her. j '
"I wouldn't have had you go back, to
London unengaged for for anything,"
confessed Mrs. Desmond. London Sun.
- " A Shower of Cold fire. y
Lieutenant John P. Finley, one of the
best informed meteorologists, in the serv
ice of tho United States, tells a wonderful
story of a most, remarkable snowstorm
which, he once encountered in making the
ascent! of. Pike's peak, and which, he says,
could bo best described as a "shower of
cold flro.! In reality, the "shower,' was
a fall of snow, in which every Sake was so
charged with electricity, as to present a
soone that can be better Imagined than de
scribed. At first the flakes only discharged
their tiny lights upon coming in-contact
with the hair of the mule upon which the
lieutenant was mounted. Presently they
began coming "thicker and faster," each
flake emitting its spark as it noiselessly
sank into the drifts of the same substance
or settled upon the clothing of the observ
er, or the fur of the beast upon which be
had essayed to unrfco the ascent of .the
peak. I .
- As the storm -increased in fury and the
flakes of snow became smaller each of the
icy particles appeared as a long blaze of
ghostly white light and the roaring pro-,
dueed by the; electrlo explosions conveyed
an impression of nature's grandeur which
Mr. Finley declares he will never forget
When the electric storm was at its height
and each Sake was as a streak of fire,
sparks of the electric fluid , escaped in
streams from Mr. Finley 's finger tips, as
" Well as from jhlg ears, beard and nose.
Bebofeed" By TTanufBaT 'n,
- Mr Hamlin was a true gentleman.
Punctilious himself in the observance of
all the requirements of gentlemanly in
tercourse, he 'was equally exacting of
every courtesy due him from others. He
permitted np man to be rude to him or
to assume the attitude of a superior. On
one occasionji one of the, able men and
.leaders of the senate, distinguished for
a self conscious, lordly air in his deport
ment, in thd change of seats which oc
curs once in two years in the senate
chamber had gained a seat by the side
of Mr. HanfrliTV and began at once to
practice upon him thoso little exactions
and annoyances which he had been ac
customed to impose upon otheraT After
a few days of yielding to those encroach
ments Mr.; Hamlin turned and in a tone
that did njt requite . repetition, said,
"Sir, if ygd expect to be treated like a
gentleman, J you must prove yourself
one. " ' There was never occasion after
ward to repeat tho admonition.- Hejiry
L. Dawes ia' (Imitnpw . -. , . ; , '
' 'A. fasoranua Three Milea lAtum.
, The most remarkable piece of panoramlo
painting ever attempted was a 8,000 mile
view of scenery along the Mississippi river
which was executed by John Banvard, the
artist who aicd at Waiertown, S. D., in
the summor )t 1891.- This wonderful pan
orama, which gave faithful and clear cut
pictures of bluffs, river mouths, farms,
prairie dolls and wooded promontories
along the Father of Waters for a distance
almost as 3 M that which p
miT m York, was painted on
a strip of canvas S3 feet wide and nearly 8
miles long Nothing similar has everjteen
SSSTJtii a etio scale, and
wMIe Artist ) Banvard was not known as
the Michael Angelo of America" he will
long be remembered, by the lovers of the
curious in either art or nature as the man
who painted the largest painting ever
v,-V3B. juuuis rvepuDUo.
of this Bank lis to
Eoconrage Savings.
We want every money-earner in I
nniMtfKTtnn tA liave a ISaVlnrs fi-
"Bank Account and deposit some- -
thing at a regular ume. u .f
tedder wHli be in a safe place ; 'r
avnrVlno' for vou" dav and nights t K
You can get it any day if yott
mA - nr if - safe and more
UbiU''Bl --.-.-' ; "if..-
profitable Investment should be n
Offered. -; ;. j-:-.. .j -
" - W liiiltoii Saw. anl Trnst
,TOT00MEB
i President, -V
"Cashier. :
. W. C, C0KEEt Jt.r Aas't Caibier;
Atlantic MialBanki
Wilmington, N. C.
Liberal Loans made- on approved
secarity at Lowest
Rates.
JTo Interest Paid on iDepoiits.
All Cash Collectiooa remitted for ion day of receipt..
"AcconnH oi individuals, nrnu, bank aad other cor
poration! aolidted. Pro optneasi Accuracy ' and
safety Guaranteed. . '
i vDec 18 J Dec 13, Dee. IS
:- . ; 1898.. 1 1894.T 1896. f
SurploaandKet Profita.. 34.8r0 $35 000 $58,000
Premiauu on U. S. Bonds. 8.937 None. i None
Backing House, &c. 15,600 11,600 10,000
Dividend! paid past two jeuii 8 per; cent, per
Laac installment of capital paid in -October,
AlLSizes and Me.
WRITE OR CALL ON
SAr.1?L BEAR,Sr.
j 12 Market Street,
, ;jan !9tf WDmingtonjN. C.
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Sdailea,
Lumbagi, .
Bhenmatifm.
Barnsi .
Scalds,
8miga,
Bites,
Bruises, '
Bunions,
Corns,
Seratcheev
Sprains, -E
trains,
Btisehes, '
Stiff Joints.
Baxkiehct
Galls,
Spavin v
Cracks, -
: Centneted
1 Kusclca,
Erpptions, .
Hoof Ail,
Borew ":
'. Worms, -8wney,
Saddle QaUs,
Piles.
r THIS GOOD OLD- 8TAND-BY
accomplishes for ererrbody exactly what laebdmua
torlt One ot the reaaona tor tfae great popularttr of
fh Muatang Liniment la found In Its aatTeraal
ppltcabUlty erytjodyneedisiiohamedlclna.
; , The LnaAer as needs it In case of accident.
Tha Honaew He needs it for graerelfamfly use.
Tfce Canaler needs it far his teams and hia jaeu.
Tka Mechaaio seeds tt always on hia work
ienc . .. : - ' j . jl
1 The Miner needs tt In ease of a erg icy. '
:. The Pleneer needs It cant gert along wlthopt tt.
The Fanner needs tt In his boose, his stable,
ad his stock yara. . j-)- . i ..
The Steamboat an ar the Baataa aa needs
ttia liberal supply afloat and sahore. I ;
- The Horse-fancier need ltr-It Is his best
friend and safest reliance, 1 I-
The Btock-sTewer needs It It win ta i hia
thouaands of dollars and a world of trouble.
The Railroad maa needs It and wm need it so
long as his life is a round of accidents aad dangere.
The Backwoodsman needs it, There Is noth
ing like It as an antidote tor the dangers to Ufa
limb aad comfort which snrroand the pioneer.' -
The Merchant needs it about bis store amoas;
hlaployees. Accidents wm happen, and when
these come the Hastens liniment Is wanted at onee.
Ke a Battle fa the Heaee. tu te best of
economy. ' . -
C Keen a Battle In the Vactaryw Its immediate
SO In Case at mmAamt mm.-rmm of ,04-
Keea a Beetle Always U the Stable fef
whan waatea.
SAFES!
if
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its
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To)
Wusiciig
Liniment
i Mnrfreesbofo Index'. The d
mand for fertilizers is said to be mrVk
larger this season than last. Many,.,
tilizer drn men are on the road dImT
ing the merits ot their reipective brand
?V'-i' Charlotte News: Mr. Ai Law
on Buchanan died this morniDK at it
o'clock, at the home of his son in l
Mr. W. H. Bdrns. after a briaf ninsi'
The deceased was 76 years old
A : telegram received in the citwia.
aigbt, announced ifae. death at h. homi
in ; Baltimore, of Gen. John Gibbon !
brother to Dr. R. Gibbon, of Charlotte.
V- Statesville Landmark: A l-yej.
old child of Ab. Parker, colored.of FalU
town-township, was 80 severely burned
Tuesday morning -of i last week" that it
died Saturday. This child and other
children of Patker were alooe ia the
home when the burnipK occurred, and;
it ia not known whether lit accidentally1
fell in Che fire or whether it was pushed
in by the other children. I
' - Scotland UtcVZekocrcrt ; Mf
Ji Whit BelK who farmed jast year on
the lands of j the late D. Edmondson
made from two plows the folic wing: 223
barrels of corn; 20,000 pounds of fedder
17 bales Cf cotton from fifteen acres; 770
'bushels of peanuts from ten acres ; 100
boiheli of black peas; 150 bushels of
sweet potatoes nnd a good oat crop.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: Work
on the enlargement of the gold miilinR
plant at Argo is goiog on rapidly. The
team shovel Us beirR mdved to the T
blanket vein and the ore will. sbb'n betln )
to be mined by It. This, we believe,
will be the second case where ore in vein
is mined by steam shovel , The other
being on the Oliver Bros, iron , property
on the' Pewabic range ia Michigan
' Smlh&td Iferad: Mrs. Maria
Avera, wife j of the late Mr. John W.
Avera, died , at her home, three miles
west of here.' Tuesday, February 4th;
Mr. D.I M, Johrson, of Elevation
township, has a cat 23 years old. She
was once black,, bnt has changed color,
and if the change continues she will soon -be
grey. She Js itrll lively and con.
tinut s to make war on mice and rats..-
yfm&tsbotoMkssenger-Intelligen,
cerr We are pained to chronicle the
death of Miss Minnie', daughter of Mr.
and ; Mrs. A. S. Redfearn, of ' 'White's
Store, which sad event ccuurred on the
1st inst. ; The deceased was 2& years
old The-latest acquisition to the
Mi & I. jmoseam Is a mammothlegg,
about twice the mu ll size presented by
Mr. B. H. Crowder, Tbesizs of the egg
is not tbe only peculiar thing about it.
On one end of it is an-almost exact rep.
resentatlon of a : small snake, coiled '
ready for striking: -w
, TWlNKv IriGS.
j"" "Freddie, why did you drop the
baby on the floot?' I
Well, I heard everybody say it is a
bouncing baby, and I wanted to see it
bonnce." Tuth.
MasterHow was this Taie
smashed, Mary ?
Marv If you please, sir, it tumbled
down and broke; itself.
Master Humph !" The automatic
brake again. 7V-Z?.f.
She "Yes ; that is Mr. Cam
boge, the artist.; He is wedded to- bis
ait" , ," y -:' !" ". ..
He- " Judging from his appearance I
should sty5 that he didn't : marry for
montj. "--JSostou Transcript:
Kate I .went to a stereopticon
entertainment . the Sthcr night ' with
yonng De Spooney. .e-,;'.
Liura Did yoq euioy the views?
Kate Very much, indeed Jt was
just like going through a landtl-Defrott
Free Press. - py-t-- : U f
ld Qnlverfut And so you
want to take one daughter from us; vou
want to take her from, us suddenly, with
out a word of warning?,
j Young .Goslosr Not' at all, sir: Ii
there is anything abbut her you want to
warn rce aeainst I'm willing to listen'
Brooklyn Life. : :j ' . . j . "
I j BUSINESS LOCALS.
f lasT. Mori Kent o Sale, Loat and round
Waata, and ocfaer short . miaeeUaneoaa advertisements
Inserted ia this Dvparaneot, in leaded Hoepareil type,
oa first ot fourth ; page, at Pnbliaher'a option, for 1
cent pet word eaca iasertioaait bo advertisement
taken for Was than 0 cents. Terms, peaitiTelylcuh
IB IS C .- " 1 . 1 ...
- ao yoq specaiater -Uaitfe to Snccessfnlj Specu
latjon'; maded free. ' Wheat,' provision, cotton and j
stock spe6ultion n limited margins thoroughly ei-
plained. Correspoadeaceailicitsd. Warren, Ford & !
Co., rt WaajSjweet,.New York. I ' jfcbSlt
Horse for tale' or exchange. Will sell, or rx-.
cbaage for a large horse, my bay horse, 7 yesrs old.
Sooad in x ry particular and M' See. family horse.
W. G. AOttrsenj . j I feb 9 Ji '
TVantea Male Help. For the Internal Revenue.
Cost cms, Railway Mail and ether,, examinations,
b-lght men to prepare by mall. Pardculirs free,
Nat'ooal Cor. Institute, Washington, D. C." ; I
feb91t i 4 7. ; 1 ''"
1 ' 1 - .
OT antedVT o boy a House aedt ot for' $1 ; 00 or
ie-s, . f omejrjftre between Third and Seventh street,
nor h apKrarket. . W. M. Cumming, .Real Ktatje
Awrfand Notary Public., satnwe feb8 3t
Notice to all interested. The undesigned has
severed all cennecsiea with tbe Commercial Building
and Loan Association: as a stockholder and local .'
director. J. Hicks Bunting. I feb6tf '.
Mtrayed or Stolen A lb-months old Brown "
Setter Bog; am w. rs to nunc, "Blaine." Finder will'
be rewarded by returning to 11, F, Croom, North
Wattt street. I I . ftb4tf '
Photogirapha Big Phctogiaphj, Little Photo-
graphs, Fine Photographs, Cord Photographs. Pretty
Photogrphe. AU kinds of PhotogT4bj exc;pt bad
Photpgriphy,
Photographs
U.
C. Ellis. 114 Market street, for
'-: ' feb tf
1. Tbe latest and best old wca.her drink a' specialty.
We serve the best hot Tom and Jerry and hot Scotch
In the city. Call' aad see; m pMiay. A. P. Levyv
French f afe, Pnn eiVstreet. j jan Si tf
1 A fresh supply jdaly of Country Sausage and
Liver Puddiag. Pig Feet 5 cents. pound. A full
line of Chole Groctrita cheap. Call and see
me. Chas. D. Jacobs, ag't, U7H North . Front
itrter.' ' ? " . .1 -,. : . -janlStf '
, IVhen yoo want nice bnoch of Bananas, a bar'
relof Baldwin's, a ease or crate of fine We tern Ap
ples, si bag of lrifh or Sweet Potatoes. Turnips,
Onions, Beans, or Mountan Butter from tea to forty
pound lo i.t c.H of send your orders A.v 8. Win
stead ft Co.. Coratausioa Merchants aad Wholesale
Frnit and Produce JDealers. lanlDAWtf
! Th celebrated pale Kyffhauser Beer! Seta only
by P. Ricbter, Wilmington, N C"
i BsMkesas.Vegbl0 Bsaketaforthe shipment of
Peat, Beans, Cncumbcrs, etc. Tor sale at Jno. S.
Mclachem's Grain and reed 'Store SU Market
street.' " ' ' ' j -'. cSl
Mmramm, 1?, Xt., has in stack buggies, road'
Carts and harness of all kinds. Rejabing eloae by
skOHul workmen on short notice. Opposite, new
CoentHoase ' j . f . ' eSl
CasH-
FOR.
If you have some to sell,! ship it to
; os, and we will allow'yon
28 Cents Per Pound
Free on board cars or: stearner- at
Wilmington iti good sonnd packages.
I References all thronoh 1 the South '
if reqnlred. i -
W. H. BOWDLEAR & CO., ". L
" '1 ' "'. ' Sostoa, Msss.
nov 16 8ra Office and Warrhonre 88 Central Wharf
EARLY OHIO.
Seed Potatoes.
Remember the best seVd eive- the
best results, I . -
l'i ; HALL'& PEARSALIv
i ' ' Nutt and Mulberry streets. .
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