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m i if 1 r lit m i i : H 1 1 v,t -.'Jf fi ll:! if! U.. m y i I -i r, - 1 ': :-4 '4'. fjfi ' Ste ffflfeefeljj bir. !,- We are again sending bills to our subscribers. In the aggregate tney amount to a very large sum. Many of ,our subscribers are responding promptly. Others pay no attention to we Dins. mese Utter do not j seem to understand that they are i under any legal or moral obligation 'I to pay for a newspaper. ; , 4- Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all In leavening.strengtb. Latest United States Government vernm Co., Food Report. Boyal Baking Powder ! 106 Wall Street. N.T. i miss ior EMMIE DIFLOELL ARNOLD. I miss you, oh! I miss ycu, Thro' each long and lonely day; The same as when we parted, Each to go our separate way; Oh bow long the days in passing, With their bitterness and pain; WnileI sit.and hope and wonder. If you'll ever cope again. I could walk my lonely pathway, Without a single guiding light; If I knew your bean was sheltered, - : From the bitterness cf night. . I would bear all bitter sorrow, And my heart would make no moan; If the bitter pain of pming, ! Darkened just my life alone. -, I would take the clouds of darkness, J And the fiercest storrds of pain; ( I would wear the thorns of sorrow k Io my heart, and not complain, If the-Sun, in all its brightness, - Threw its light along your way: v. If the lovely rose of beauty, Bloomed throughout ydur path each I would make each day a pleasure, Full of Jove's own gentle light; ..If it lay within my power,. So your heart would know no night. Ob, I'd take the deepest sorrow, ' i If the pleasures could bethinej And I'd gladly bear all the darkness, i If the Sun for the could shine. But I miss you, so am lonelv, Yet I wait, and hope each day; That these tears and bitter sighings, With all grief shall pass away; ' ; And you. dear, shall soon be coming, Back to love, and roe again;; Bringing years of joy and pleasure. ' Drowning all these months of pain, i Augusta Ca Chronicle. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. ; s To be moral we reject sin; to Jbe religious wc accept Christ. ' f j -i- The largest church . for : any .pastor is the church that., gives him the largest opportunity ior doing good. The Standard. Life , is 'k short day, but it is a working- day. Activity may lead to evil, but inactivity can not lead to good. Hannah More. i . l may be truly said that no man does any w5rk ; perfectly who does not enjoy his work, joy in one's work is the consummate tool without which the work may be done indeedbut wtth f out lis finest,, perfection. Phillips , Brooks .'" "Young man, I say unto thee - arise." said Jesus (here by the . village of Nain, as he stood by the- bier on which lay the widow's son. There was pre -'. eminent need there and power to meet it, mere is anted cow lor the same uplifting force. Young men older men need stimulating from their indiffer- eoce, from the low plane on which they' are. to- the higher attitudes of a nobler . life. And after all other methods have been tried,, it is really only he who raised the widow s son who can raise these an make them ' live. Young People s Umton. . . Canon Wilberforce very tersely . pu s the whole plan of salvation in four woidi "admit, sutm t. commit, trans rn it. w must admit unrist into our hearts and lif , with his truth and spirit; we must submit a his will, our wills must become, subdued by His-divine will. We must commit all into His bands, our scu's and bodies, and all that we are, or bave must be committed to His keeping and Hi i service. Then the ' last woid transmit has reference to our fellow-men. We are to transmit this heavenly light to as many as possible by lip 'and through! every avenue within ;vOur reach. Greensboro Christian Ad- vocate. . . - '. i ' ' ; S' Chairman A. E.'Holton has called the North Carolina Reoublican State Com mit tee to nicet in Raleigh. March 18th. It is one of the most important meetings ever held, as it will decide questions cf fusion with the Populists ou Electoral and State tickets, Mr. A. Salle Watkins, for many years connected, with the Cottrell-, Watkins Hardware Coropiny, of Richmond. Va., committed suicide at the Retreat for the Sick in.tbat city yesterday by shoot ing himself; - He had been in ill health for nearly two years. Twblbts New Crop just received. - Our stock j," '; FAKYHP STAPLE GROCERIES, V J V full and complet?. , HimlioE Rose & Peerless Seel Potatoes. J' ;? ; A consignment N. C. Hams." ' f HALL & PEARSALL, ' - i '.-' - '.- v Nutt and Mulberrystreets. v feb S3 DAWtf . FOR If you have some to sell, ship it to as, and we, win aiiow you . 28 Cents Per Pound Free on board cars or steamer at Wilmington in rood sound packages, References all through the South if required. - v , . W. H. BOWDLEAR& CO., aorlGtm OSic and Wsrafcoaat 88 Genual Wbrt THE PALACE OF fiobM A STRANGE STORY ABOUT THE MYS TERIOUS STATUE IN ROMEJ Ino IMncoTery of DUlarent Tonnr- and the Fate WhleU Overtook Him Si lent Graudeur Bevealed Find the Moral if Ton Have Eye to See. . There stood . in Rome many aees aso a beautiful marble statue the mystery or whio'u attracted ho Attention of aU the wise -men rromiar ana near. rODoay eould remember when it had been and nobody knew what it meant. ' It was the figure of a womanJ tali, Btronar and supdIb. She stood ereotL with ber-right arm outstretched, her mantle .falltnat in arnrtat nl folds abont herfltrure. "on her face a look, half smile, half frown, luring, yen repeuing, ous aiways muumg the observer by a strange feeling that it roused of mystery, glory and horro. But even all that, written so cieariy in the mystio signs that art uses, might have been overlooked by tho people had it not been for n more material puzzle presented bv the Rtatno. ". On the third finger or ine outstretched hand was written in unfading letters, "Striker here." And therein lay the mystery. I Years came ' and went ana wise men nnzzlfd thnlr brains to find the secret. Seers from faroff lands came to Rome, at tracted by the statue, And still stooa, mute, cold, inexplicable. I One day a young man stood before it. He had grown Op with the idea of jsolvlng the mystery, and each day since .he was a little child he "had. come for. a fdw "mo ments and stood silently gazing at the strange countenahco. I Ho had learned to love the face, the wiso lips that looked as if they might Jart and tell the secret that ages had yearned ttf know. But through those agosjonly he had been sincere in his search, faithful through all disappointments, he had gain ed strength and wisdom. And now as he stood before the statue the sun, KjUf way. up tho eastern 6ky, suddenly shbne full upon the Jniage. ' . . A strange thrill passed through the man, and looking in tho direotion jindicat ed by the pointing finger he saw, some yards away, the Shadow of the outstrctch ' ed hand on the ground.. He gave a low cryIHand after noting the spot well he de parted i .r - : Hoff strange that no one had thought of that, but the man remombcrod that never before had ho beheld tlw figure bathod in light as it then was. That night at midnight he went to me place and began to dig In the ground where the shadow of the hand had fallen. A long time he worked, but nothing but earth could ho find. After waiting all these years he was not impatient, of a lit tle labor, and he still pursued his digging when Suddenly his spade struck some- ' thing hard. " . I Then his zeal increased, ana clearing a space he saw beneath him a trapdoor witb a groat stone ring. Grasping tho ring, he pulled open the door and startjed back, . dazzled, for a flood or Hgnc purst upon him from out of tho depths. ; Quickly recovering, the young man looked again and behold a wide marble staircase descending from the trapdoor. Throwing down his spade, he passed through the door down the steps and found himself in a vast hall.- The floor of this room was of .marble pure white, while the walls and ceiling were of the same material in many colors. . Tho huge pillars f upholding the vast dome shone like alabaster. Rare paintings hung upon the walls, and rich rugs lay strewn upon the floor, their colors brought vivid ly into5lief by the snowy background In the center of the room a fountain 6tood. The water in its basin was as pure as crystal, but not a ripple stirred its sur face, and no pleasant lapping charmed the ear as it dotfs when water falls from on high, for, though the fountain-was appar ently perfect, no water rose frord it to fall again. 'I On seats running around this silent fountain were many men in rich brocades and costly fur robes. -Lifelike they looked, but to the touch they were as niarbreS It was as if in the- midst of life -death had Come and petrified these beings! in mock- Around on taDies ana oencnesj were scat tered piles of gold and precious gems. 'Del icate enameled Vases and swords Inlaid with gems added ihelr wealth to the place. But rarost of all the gems was a great carbuncle, which stood, in a corner of the roomV and from which came th sole light by " which, tho place was relieved from darkness. " the corner opposite to this' stone stood ' an archer, his bow bent, his arrow on the string, aimed at -the carbun cle. On his bow, shining with reflected light, were the words: J i , "I am that I am. My shaft! is inevita ble. . Yon glittering jewel capnot escape its stroke." ' . . - ' As he looked on all this in i silent won der the young Roman hoard a voice utter ' one word '.Beware!" '. t - Then ho passed into the next room and found it fitted up as magniflcchtly as the one he had just left. All manner of couches were about this room, (and reclin ing on them were wonderfully beautiful . women. But their lips were sealed in this place of silence. . . j From there he passed on, flIjding many more wonders rooms filled with treasures of art, stables fillodfwith fine horses, gran aries llllod with forago. Everything that could, mako a palace complete! was there. The servants wero not lackingj but stood as if they had suddenly been transfixed. Tho young Roman returned ,to the halL" "I haVe- here seen;" he said, "what no man will believe. I know that of this wealth I should take nothing, but to prove to them that I speak truth can be no harm." i- Then bo took in his arms a jeweled sword and some rare vases, but suddenly all was dark; . r j The charm was broken. The arrow had left the bow; and shattered the carbuncle into a thousand pieces. Pitch darkness overspread the place. ; Then tho young man remembered the warning, but too lato. And there he prob ably adds one more to the slnt watchors of the magic chamber. I . Has this story a moral? Let those an swer that have eyes to see.' Philadelphia Times. 't : . , Mnslo by the Band In Africa. A . great crowd had collected., singing open mouthed, and led by a man with a -drum about four feet high, on the top of which was stretched a piece of skin about a foot in diameter. He hit this near the edge with the palm of his hand near the wrist, producing 'a comparatively deep note, and with his fingers in the middle to produce a higher note. He always thumped it in three time low note once, high note twice with unvarying regularity and with absolute Indifference as to whether the crowd around him were singing in four time or. three. The singing was much of the character we had heard before, only here the tenors and basses were more or less "separated into groups, and at times the singing was in parts, like a catch, dif ferent people coming in at different times.' Sometimes there would be solos, with, the chorus singing a word or two at intervals, and a regular chorus at the end of each verse if yerse It could be called when the same words wore repeated each time. Na tional Review. i . , ) : : t j - j - ' , :" The Man Who Sings.' i . f : " Give us. oh, give us, writes Carlyle, the man who sings at his work 1 j Be his occu- pation what it may, he is superior to those who follow the same pursuit In sclent sul lenness. He will do more iin the same time, ho will do it better, he Will persevere longer. One is scarcely sensible of fatigue while ono marches to music. The very stars are said to make harmony as they revolve in their spheres. Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness; altogether past calculation are its powers of endurance. Efforts, to be permanently useful, must be uniformly joyous, - a spirit j all sunshine, peaceful from very gladness, beautiful be cause bright. , C' j ;-y Ber Kemaon. I 't But why. i have you thrown jeorge overr"' . - y . . . "Oh, I hate1, hlml The other evening he asked me if he might give me a kiss, and because I said 'No' he didn't." Lon don Sketch. l J- , . ".' L -. In the BoEemTaa disttlcfe of Chi cago phe English language is rarely heard, and the visitor j might easily imagine himself in the Erzgebirge. From LaGrippe. How Dr. Miles Nervine Restored . One of Kentucky's Business Med to Health. NO DISEASE has ever presented so many peculiarities as LaGrlppe. No disease leaves its victims so debilitated, useless, sleepless, nerveless, as LaGrippe. .; - i . Mr. D. W. Hilton, state agent of the Mut ual Life Insurance Co., of Kentucky, says: "In 1889 and '90 I had two severe attacks of LaGrippe, the last one attacking my ner vous system with such severity that my life was despaired of. I had not slept for more than two months except by the use of nar cotics that stupefied me, but gave hje no rest. I was only conscious of intense mental weakness, agonizing bodiiy pain and the fact that I was hourly growing weaker. ; s 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 Of an who knew of my condition. I have beenn ex cellent health since and have lecommended your remedies to many of my friends." ! j Louisville. Jan. 22, 1895. . D. W. Hilton. ' Dr. Miles' Nervine Restores Health. p it wrACBt and Rktomatibm relieved DMW lby Dr. Miles' Nerve Plasters. Fonale by all Dniggatft ' ". ' ' chaise. Inne 15 U a tn th ': HALF PRICE! ORIENTAL WAKES in every conceivable shape. We had 'a thousand pieces when the' season began. We have a hun dred pieces now. They are worth the first price. Will you take them at a SACRIFICE ? Remember that vou take them at iust HALF the marked price. "I Those pretty Dolls will be sold for half the marked price. These, Dolls will not last long at these prices. . i . . Lace Mains. CURTAINS . THAT $7.00 5.60 4.0C 3.50 2.50 2.25 X2.00 1.75 150 These are samples. Twenty-five pieces Matting : just arrived. This lot of Mattings repre sent a portion 01 a large import order given by us during the Fall. Mattings are cheaper than last year. You can get a ; very good Matting for 12$c a yard.- We have about 150 yards at that price, for which you have paid 16c a yard. You must examine the line shown at 15c per yard, also at 20, 25 and 30c a yard. . SPECIAL PRICES ON Carpet Departments. Comforts, Blankets, Damask Portiers, trunks. - Qloves, I Underwear A. D j Succeoorto BSOWHftSODSICS! 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 matte every ertort to merit a con tinuance of same in the future, i dectttf v ' i - - If .' : A Few Honrs Before Day MARCH Srd, our oteemed citizen Mr, H. H. Bloom was robb d of $1 E00 in cash, at his residence, coiner Fifth and Chestnnt streets'. . Mr. Bloom is in the habit of keeping his money in his home, and was robbed ooce before. 1 ht time the r bber entered hit boil room and took a key from under his pillow. We regret tbat man who has iodu try. abiiiyatd economy eoongh to save op $1,600 tboold lose his money in fuch a w, and incur great rsk ot losing his life which is infinitelv more va nable than money A man of Mr bloom's sense certainly should be able to find a nerfectlv safe claee for his monev. hv did he sot Investigate the Wilmington Saviors & Trusts vonpant we know some banks nave oeea Didlv 'managed in Wilmington in the put, and maoy good people lost their money. The Trait O sapany is one bank which invites invest iga ion i 1 he officere of this bank do not onl tell tou it is eood botthev will buv all the stock yon can find and will pay you IS per cent, premium for it. ' he stock, premium and aU mus' be e tirely lost before a srasje depo.itor is in danger of, losing one rent. - Be ides yon are paid 4 ' i 'lerew oa jour oepo it. , .-. . M .ke all the money oo can. i Save a 1 the money you can," and dtp-sit it in the mm u n j : DOLLS SOLDFOR this week $4.75 " " 3.50 " " 2.55 V 2.25 " " 1.40 14 " 1.35 " 1.25 T 1.15 " " 1.00 Call early. . Mattings, NEW MATTINGS-3 f - "i I ':-.' " - .-'';. ' . ' Dress Goods. BROWN sSJL - ANOTHER STORY . . '.; f . !. . fa. . - "'jH'".. - "The other night "twca after dark) f I sauntftrod homo close by tho park ... .- The moon shone full in all her glory, j, ' I'd Just toea dining out jvith Joe ! He was 'sent down. because you know : . . . However, that's another storyl j "We'd had a very festive time, i Disonssing, in a style sublime, f . . , Wine, spngs. and women con amorel p -. Joe always was a trifle wild He ran away, when quite a child. With Miss " f - Oh, that's another story I . . "Perhaps I'd better start again f tunt'8 see. where was II Oh, Park lanel (The trees wero white with rime and hoary.) Alas! ten yeaTS ago 'twas there I asked Hypatia if she'd care r : To be . i Oh.that fi toother storyl "Well, aa I gayly strolled along, Chanting a Bacchanalian song ! (Excuse the 'shop') rotnndo ore That phrase reminds me of a joke I made (ev'n now it makes me choke!) ; Oh, hang it, that's another story. . i "Book of Words," by A. A. B. j A NEW STYLi OF MARCHING. Cantain Kaonl'a System For Attaining High Speed With Uttle Exertion. ' Cantein Raoul of the French artillery, says "The Petit Parisien, began five years mm a snecial study of the military march. Hn concerned himself especially with the question whether the method of marching adopted generally by the armies of the clv iitznd world answers the needs of war well. Ho wished to devise a igystein that should . permit certain young troops to acquire a resistance to fatigue and a speed unknown in tho Enronean armies. Very robust vonne soldiers are occasionally found to acquire by training great speed, but they are exceptions to the rule, and in reaching the object aimed at they are of ten greatly fatismod. After much; study Captain Raoul thinks .he has found a solution of the question in the method instinctively nsed bv neasants In their rapid walking. "I am able," says Captain Raoulj "to take tho first comer Between tue ages oi su and 60 years and teach him'' to run so long as his lees will UDbear him without his feeling the least inconvenience in the mat ter of resDirat ion. i It is found that men without the least te lining are able to make by his system more than six miles at the first trial, i By t.hn r7vHnn.rv fivstem Df runnlDK SUCh tk man could not, without pain, cover a tenth of that distance. ! Cantaln Raoul's method Is to maintain the' body straight, to hold tho head high and' well froe of the shoulders, to expand the chest without special effort, and to hold the: elbows a! little behind I the haunches. The runner besrins gently, with steps of about 12 inches, lifting the feet onlv lust hisrn enough to clear the irregu larities of . the track, the bams strongly bent, the upper part of the body inclined forward as much as possible, so that tne man must run in order to maintain his equilibrium. In fact, the man ,1s .kept chasing his own centerj of gravity, which tends to rail in aavance oi nun, In the training exercises the soldier ber gins by running the first kilometer (about 1,084 yards) in 10 minutes, the second in 9 minutes 30 seconds, and so on witn in creasing, speed. After; several weeks the soldier makes from the third kilometer a speed of, (5 ' minutes, or even 5 minutes 45 seconds. ; After the experiment had been tried upon several regiments some years ago, ' a soldier made rather more than 13 3-10 miles In a trifle less than two hours. - As the muscles employed In this feat were not those especially in demand in the- Ordinary method of marching, the soldier was able at once to take- up the march in the usual step with as good spirit as whon he left the barracks. ! I ' Captain Raoul recommends that after a little training the soldier' run the first kilometer in 7 minutes 15 seconds, the seo- ond in 6 minutes 5 seconds, the third in 5 minutes 45 seconds, and, from the sixth on each kilometer in 5 minutes 30 seconds. He recommends that this last speed be not exceeded. -I ; i Ben Jonson Knew His Merits. Among, English 'writers Ben Jonson had as good a conceit of himself as most, and he was not afraid of uttering his con viction of his own superiority. ' His ego tism was almost fierce in its intensity. For example, ho left- his V Cynthia's Revels" to the judgment of his audience, with the assurance that tho play was good and that thev mieht like it if they pleased, and in the last line of the court epilogue to "Ev ery Man Out -of HisHumor," he proclaims in Latin- that he "hunts not for the suf frages of tho windy multitude.-" But in determining to' maintain a high poetic standard, Jonson overacted his part, and laid hiniself open to the ridicule and sar casm of losscr men. I I . As tho late Mr. ' J. A. Symonds said, 'He- identiflwl the sacred bard with his own person, posed; before the world as Apollo's high priest, and presumed upon hib erudition to affect the lordly airs of an authentic Aristarchus." And yet, when ' the victims of his satiso dared to put 4n a; good word dor themselves, and to accuse their tormentor of "self love, arrogancy. impudence and railing, " ' Jonson 1 blazed ; out in . righteous : indignation at their . amazing conceit: . i i 1 ! If they should confidently praise thoir! ! ' ' works, . f. f. In them it would appear inflation.: Which in a full and well digested man .; Cannot receive that foul, abusive name. Gentleman's Magazine. , Low Windows. :;Tho window, of a bedroom built low,;. within a loot or two of. t ho floor, is: a men ace and constant anxiety to a mother wlthi her youcgj ana ' to avoid any accident a pole or board is frequently placed across the window. It is not an.; ornament, and' for that rejasotf it is adopted as a last re sort. Sortie of tho brass 'manufacturers.! however, are introducing window grilles that are very neat, but Expensive. Wo have noticed of late, qulto a number of, sclicnics fo thofe safety "of children who will loan out of a window, but hone of inemnas Decn more easily aa justed or. cheaper than the j ordinary wood grille. Instead of .putting the srrille at tho ton of the window, shift it to the bottom; this builds up a barrier that is a great safe guard. ; I -: : j Bnrke's Orations. . j . i Burke fepoko in a monotone, and the splendid orations that are cited aa models of English composition were listened to by few auditors. So dull was his delivery that he was called tho " Dinner Bell of the House," because when he rose to speak the greater part of tho members at once went out, preferring .to read the speech later tnaa to listen to his singsong voico. ,f William of Oranee. William of .Orange was a consumptive ana showed the fact plainly in his face His cheeks were tbin and had la Lectio flush, but his voice was unnaturally strong. Thp most marked points in his face -were his eyes and fomhivui The Bank Was Closed. I One night recently a resident of Man obestw procured some crabs and tied them np in a paper. Ho reached home at mid night, and in thequiot of the parlor undid the" package, ; Tho fish 'had apparently gone to sleep for tho night, and to give them some animation- ne poured a few drops of whisky on them from a conven ient bottle and then emptied tho creatures Into his trousers pockets. Soon all was quiet in his bedroom, and ho successfully coumeneitea uis accustomed s canal navlan snore. Then- the partner of -his bosom qiueuiy arose ana proceeuea to i ao some banking business with his trousers; which hung on their visual peg. it Is i said that "Jreedom shrieked When Kosciusko fell Well, if she ever shrieked as did this wo man when she got a couple of mad crabs on the ends of her taper fingers, It would have scaled all- the whitewash off every ceiling in Poland. When a woman can yell so that it curdles ,all the milk in the neighborhood, you can rest assured that, : as the saying is, there js something in the air. She continued to shriek until she ex hausted all the atmosphere there was la the house, by which 'time the crabs got u:guieiieu anu let go 01 meir own accord. .rmiaaeipiiia 'limes. , ; v-; -l-.- ' T f Aketon. ' j, ; The aketon was a quilted jacket wm-n vnder the armor. In the reign of John of England there appears an entry in the loyal accounts of a pound of cotton to stuff the king's jacket. Tho cotton cost 13 pence and the quilting the same amount. -:.:( " - .!:..- 'X'ne, la sect Catholic (Unlates) Church In the United' States Is larger than might Buppusea, naxrag 14 organizations and iu,tiou members. They own 13 churches, - EVERY . FAMILY 'SHOULD KNOW THAT la a Terr remmrtablo remedy, tota lor IN TERNAL od EXTERNAL use, and won tcrtul in ttsquiclc action to rclicrc distress. Pain-Killer Chllla. 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What relief from excruciating pain. How instantly it cures PILES. 50 cents. Buy OENUINE Pond's Extract for. genuine cures. Buy Imitations for imitation, aire. POND'S EXTRACT CO.,7S 5th Av., N.Y. anggp&W , so e t "BALL-BEARING" OUTIHG .saai-BI63S5 SHOES EI THAT THIS TRADE MARK IS ON HCEl VP avert Y SHOE. C. H. FARGO & CO. Manufacturers, Chicago, BICYCLE SHOES EQUIPPED UMTU PRATT LACE FASTENERS For Sale by MEN'S $3.00. .LiDIES'im 58. Mercer & Evans. mar 1 tf 115 Princess: Street. free Freights. 5 boxes Star Lye. 5 boxes Good Lock Powder. 5 boxes M Lye. 5 boxes Cakes. ; ; , .. 5 barrels Snuff. 6 boxes Starch. 5 boxes Tobacco. 50 dozen Coats' Cotton. 100 pounds Ball Cotton. All at regular prices, freizbt pre paid. t W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Crocer and Commission Merchant, " ':', '886 North Waur street. U-U,. RBGISTERED THE JtTD tfE'S BRIDE. ; The wed-Jlng was over, and the rich Judge, aged 60, safe on the train beside W brido of 20. . V . The judgo was ot his best that night, and in order to entertain his companion he drew upon his. past life for such reminis-; oences as he thought, would interest her. "Blake!" shouted tho conductor aa they, approached a little station. - I " That is the name of the first man I ever sent to the gallows," said the judge. -" The figure by his side gave a slight start. : "Wbo was he, and whatwas his crime" " Oh, it Is not much of a story," replied her husband. " You see, when I was a young man, long before I moved to Wash ington, I practiced law out in Kansas, which was then a frontier state. "Friends got me appointed judge, and before I had been on the bench a week Dick BLske" '' : . "Dick Blake?" "Yes; that was his name. He was charged with murder and convicted. The evidence against him was purely circum stantial, but the jury found a verdict of guilty, and I had to sentence him."- " Sou sentenced him to death?" ; "Certainly, I did. It was my first ex perience in "that line, and I gave the pris oner a very .impressive talk and wound up by sentencing . him to be hanged by the neck until he was dead, and when I asked J3od to have mercy on his soul I put so much solemn emphasis into my voice that Blake turned pale and trembled like a leaf. "I-felt sorry for tho poor fellow- He had a good face and. looked like a gentle man, but the evidence was against him, and I had to do my duty." , "Was he executed?" The question came in a tremulous tone. "Yes; he died on the gallows," saia the judge. "He protested his innocence to the last, and his conduct all the way through was that of u brave man. " , The bride, with averte'd face, was look ing through the window into the darkness, and it was. easy to see that 6he was greatly agitated. X "Tho worst of It is," continued tho judgo, "Blake was Innocent." "Innocent, you say?" ., ' ' " Undoubtedly. After his death the real murdorer turned up and confessed. The boys lynchod him before I had a chance to try him." . . . The girl looked steadily through the window, and tho judge thought that he heard a suppressed sob. He almost regretted that he had -told- har such a sad story, but.it was too late to un do tho mischief. i - "Did you ever find out anything about Blako?" asked his listener. "Not very much," was the response. "I heard that hr belonged to a good family somewhero in the south. ' He was a splen did looking man, not over 30, with pierc ing gray eyes and hair like gold. His love of adventure- carried him to the frontier, and when he was tried in my court his case was badly managed. I bolieve that he left a wife and child" in his old home, but I have forgotten where he lived. " . Still the listener maintained her droops lng attitude. Apparently she was very much interested in the 6tory, or perhaps she was fatigued or ill. The judge began to think that the hang ing episodo was not exactly the thing to tell to a young and tender hearted woman " The law occasionally makes a mistake, he said, "and this .was one. But it is bet ter for an innocent man to sufler once in awhile than to administer justice too loosely. Besides, for all I knowl - Blake may have been a bad man. If his, life .had been spared, he might have developed into the worst kind of a desperado. The case has never given mo any mental distress. After all, one life more or less Is a small matter." Not a word came from the shrinking woman at the window. Tho j udgo grew restless. It was very dull sitting 'there with a pretty bride Who "would not talk. At last he rose andiaid that Jig would go into the smoking car tor a few mo ments. An old friend was there, he said, and he wanted to say a word to Mm on business. . The girl merely nodded and said some thing in a low tone which the judge con strued into assent." The solitary traveler remained motion less for some time: after" the departure of her companion. . There were few passen gers in the car, and she was hot acquaint ed with any of them. As tho train rushed onward through the darkness sho quickly matured her plan and made up her mind to carry it- out at all hazards. Drawing a notebook from h6r satchel, she penciled a -few "words and pin ned the paper-, oh the judge's' overcoat which hung over the back of the seat. Just thon the train: stopped. The girl knew tho place -well. It was the junction,; ahd'at this point she could in half an hour take a train which would carry her back to the village where her uncle lived. The drowsy passengers saw nothing, and even j the conductor failed to see a slight form passing through the car and stepping on the station platform. ' The old judge had a jolly time with his friend in the smoking car, and before he knew it an hour had slipped by. . With some regrets and compunctious he made his way back to his scat. - It was vacant, and thero was no sign of the bride! - l ; The judgo picked up the notojjinned to his overcoat and read, this brief message: Judge Richard Elukowas my father. After his death 1 took the name 6t my undo and lived with him from my early childhood until my marriage, it would have been well for us both if we had known each other's history. ' I go to my unulo's home to remain there, and I most earnestly rcqnestyou never to cross my path again. I cannot bear the sight of the man who scut my father to the gallows. I get off at tho junction.: . V. B, The judge read the note through and sat the remainder of the night with his hat pulled dowii over his face, without looking up or saying a word to anybody. .The next day an outgoing steamer from New York to Europe had tho judge among its passengers. Atlanta Constitution. Ancient Kemedies For Hiccough.' The hiccough seems to bo a modern and . dangerous disease, but tho ancients knew It and prescribed remedies that might now bo tried advantageously. Galen recom mended sneezing. Aetius approved of a cupping instrument, with' great heat, to tho bjeast. Alexander believed in an ox- ymei of squills. I Alsaharavius made use ; of refrigerant drafts. Khazes put his trust in calefacients, such as cumin, pep per, rue and the like in vinegar. Rogerius looked kindly , oh calefacient, attenuant and carminatiVo medicines. In Doubt. ' He (on the hotel piazza) These electrlo lights are very unreliable. She That's so. A girl never knows what minute sho's going to ho kissed.- Life..,. , . The Tame Reindeer. When wo reached camp, ittle Wanak, a boy of 0 or 10, was playing with his rein deer. There is an old reindeer, a capital animal in a team, who is a perfect slave to tho child.! Tie will follow Mm nrmnt. like a dog, and AVanak spends most of his day Duiiying mis oia aecr. i irst or all he swaggers cut with his ; father's walk.! Then with his little di-zhn. Slnscnl ho makes many shots at tho old deer, who coos noi protest, until at last; he manages so ge it uy me norns. xnen ne Harnesses And rmhArno&sns it. for horn nffo. : The boy is not strong enough to lift the aeer s less, ana mat H as verv liunortant . -.....i uuu ,uid matters little, for tho old doer understands tho game, and at a touch from Wanak lifts its legs itself f How many times this per formance is eono thrnno-h In tf,n o w IUV W w a morning it would bo hard to say, yet the gooa om oecr never loses patience. A." Trevor Battye's "Ice Bound In Kalguer." f Safe Witb. a Dead Wren. . The fishermen, of thn 1cl!n of Mnn rIwhto feel Safe from storm unrf disnstnr if hove a dead wren on board. rTbey have a traaiuon tnat at one time an evil sea spir it always haunted the herring pack and Was alwavS attended hv sfairma. Tim cmliHt. assumed many forms. . At last It took the shape; of a wren and flew away. If the , fishermen have a' dead wren with them, they are certain that all will be safe and auug. juunaon u isning uazette. Shoes were blacked as earlv rm the. tantb Ofintnrv. Tho " ar - DuuaMiuvo EKXSIUB 1AJ have been lampblack mixed wiih rancid oil, for in an old romance a man is ejected from a company of polite persons because ha" had just blacked his shoes and they BROWNfS IRON Cures Dyspepsia' ConstipatiotX Biliousness Headache;, j Debility ftalaria Neuralgia I Bad Blood KidneySUYSP Troubles IVornen's j 'l C(Wiplain Brown's 4ron Bitter f pleasant I O- take. And it wHl not stain the teeth nor cause con ttipatioitr $e wr$rose4; red, line on inej tC2EK ' y4hMBtal-Cg: Bsiamitr. Maa mar 8 D&W ly" SAFES T All Sizes and Male. WRITE OR CALL O SAtfl'L BEARySr. 12 Market Street, jaa 19 tf Wilmington, N. C. CASH TALKS. THE, Alderman Hardware Go ! X i ;- , -' ' are now making Low Cash Prices i to their country friends On Plows, Plow Cast ngs, HAIVIES, HAME STRINGS, Bacitianis, Singletrees, Trace Ctains Shovels, Spades, Hoes, both Rakes, Collar handled : and unhandled; Plowlines, Bridles, Collars, Pads. ; A full line of Granite Iron Ware, House Furnishing Goods, Crockery, Pistols, C utiery, IroiuKms: Cook .Stoves AND LIBERTY RAMES. A few Nice Oil Heatersi to be had at Cost; for Cash. I i Alderman Hardware Co. 29 South Front Street, jan 19 tf Wii'mington, N. C. bSi Chichester's Ensllsh Diamond Braad. rENNYROYAL PILLS OrlglriBl and Only Uenulnei s'afc, alwara relUbls. ladic. uk imigsiss Kr vmtcneaier m li i nond Brand in Ked and Gold metallic Iboxes. sealed with blue ribbon. Take tiona and imitation. At Druggists, orsend4. la stamps for particulars, testimonials and "Keller Tor Louies," in witer, dt return. i . jusmi. s.'aVVV lesiimoDiais. jamo rnper- Md by aU Looal Druggists. I'hllttda-, Pa ap 4 tf th to OTJIII1S Sdatici, Lumbago, KlieumatiKm. Horn, ficalds, jBtiiigs, iBites, 1 ' , Brnisds, Btmions, Coma, j Scratches, Bpraiuj, Strains, 8titchea, Stiff Joints. Backache. Galls, Sores, Spavin Cracks. Contracted ' Hnsclea, Eruptions, Hoof Ai, j Screw ' ! -Worms, Suinuey, r . Saddle Galls. Sileaj u THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY accomplishes for everybody exactly what laclalmod for It. One of the reasons for the great popularity of the Mustang liniment la found In Its universal appllcabllltTs Ererybody needs such a medicine. The Liumberm an needs it In case of accident. , The Housewife needs It for general farnlly use. The Cannier needs It for his teams and bis men.' The mechanic needs it always oa his work bench. ' j I , The Bliner needs It la case of emergency The Pioneer needs It cant get alons without It. The Farmer needs it in his house, his stable, and hb stock yard. i I I The Steamboat man or the Boatman needs tt In liberal supply afloatand ashore. I The Heraefancler needs It it Is his best friend and safest reliance. ' 1 : . The Stock.grrower needs It It win save htm thousands of dollars and a world of trouj5le. The Railroad 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 Ufe limb and comfort which surround the pioneer. The merchant needs it about his store among his employees. Accidents will happen, and when . these come the Mustang Unlment Is wanted at onee. Keep a Bottle la the Heaee. lie the best ot sconomy. .. ,. . - . , , Keep a Bottle la the Factory. Its Immediate use in case of accident saves pain and loss of wage Keep a, Bottle Always la the Btabla foe' '1 luslang ! Liniineiii BUSINESS LOCALS null) tauu uuitsi auunt, uuac inserted in this Department, Wants, and other short msKeUaaeoas sdverSi8 1 in this Decanmeat. in leaded K"???" at otjfonrth pse, at Publisher' cpdon ft per word sxh insertion-but no sovei 1 i for less than SO cents. Vermr. rZ!?0'0" In advance Beslnaltliar wiih Mdndav..Mr-. o.i. . - t, uu until farther notice the Wilmington Street Rlway q0 luy wui pun icu uiimiKj scneauie between th k . hours of flam and 8 p m ; Saturdays unit 1QD m For the best sad mos; complete hoe of Crort? th liwsst eit niicesL rs:1! a i . ' at r- JaCthi' Retail Grocery Store. No. 217U North F,-. .. . i . r oirect. Attentive-djelirery men acd clerks hustle up the goods. ; I- I K ' '-: ' nia-Stf ' Bnlbsj Good bTojmlnir size. PcaH a - , vuu l si Double,, Variegated Leaf, snd Aibine Tuberose. 25 ry. Magnolia, N. C j , sa ' mar84i Do you speculate? 'Guide to Successful Siw . . lr....., tuuon ana stock speculation, on limited margins thoroughly M- puunea. vorresponnence SMicitea. Warren Ford Co., 11 Wall Streetl Kew York. mar 8 1 Elocution Ftw m-re pupils. No tuition re ceivea in aavance; Lerms modera e. Btst; references; 313 loith Front stteet (up-staiis ) city mar 9 xt . Salesmen-S5a day. No,canv,ssin, Node. liveries. No collections. Samples free..-Side lin-. n. exclusive.! Mfis. so 8941 Maket St, PhUa. febS3 Wanted Some one o Uk: an ijtren in some useful devices'. But little money neededr App'v. at this office. mar Notice to all interes-ed. The undersigned hai 1 Severed all connection with the Commercial Building and Loaa Asjociatiou ;aT'ijrstockhvldrajjdlcai director. J. Hicks bunt ng. feb g , ( Photosrapha Big Photographs, Little Photo- graphs, Fane Photographs, Gocd Photographs, Prt:tty Fhotograpns. jiu.ainas 01 rnotogriihs exc.-pt bad FhotogTaphs. V. C. Ellis, 114 Market street, for Photographs feb J tf I - t The latest and best cold weather diiaka specialty We, servo the besi hot Tom and Jerry aad horSco(ch' n the city, call ana see me to-cay. A. P, Levy, French trafe, Pnn; ess street. ' f janSltf When you want a nice bnnch of Bananas, a bar rel of Baldwin's, a case or crate of fine Wetern Ap ples, a hag of Irh 'or Sweet Potatoes, 1 urnips, Onions, Beans, or Mountain Butter from ten to forty pound lols, c .11 or send yt ur orders tJ A. S, Hin. stead & Co., Pcmimision Merc ants and Wholesale Fruit and Produce I'eakrs. lanlDXWtf The celebrated pale Kyff hauser Be.rt bold only by F. Richter, Warning ton, N C. ' , r -H : : ; Hasbet,-Vegetable Baskets for the shipment of 'Peas, Beans, Cnqumbe s, etc. For sale at Jno, S, McKachern's Grain and Feed Store 211 Marker street. J ;! I ! . - " "' - ell ' . Hayelen, fJ H., has in stuck buggies, road Carta and .harness of all kinds. Repairing done by skillful workmen j on short Court Home . i notice. Opposite new t ! :. 1 i ; j . j 1 ' T. . f A 1 ". ii:SeStW . . . . - n-. 1 ' EYER-ONWARD And upward is cur motto; remem ber ine l he! rule, rhat economy is the road 10 wealth. ' We Have roade special efforts for years to try to buy our pocds for less than their real value, and e likewise try to sell them on the same basis.! 1 1 Dress Goods. Dress Goods, ' : ' - "' , Dress Pifids, 28 inches wide, brbt, pretty colors, at 10c a yard; 82 inches wide at ISc a yard. -A Tovely .line of Half jWoot Plaids 86 inches Wide, m bright, stylish colors for Spring trade, at 25c. A belter line and nicer good at 40-and 60c a yard. (A 86-inch Hen rietta! at 15i a yard; 89 inch, all colon., at"25c a yard. -Silks for: shl'rt-wa s: and evening diesies. We bave them m solid colors, plaids and figures for 25, 29, 83 and C0c, We also have a nice line, of pearl buttons, in large and, small sizes, from 5c to $1 60 per dozen. In ne style i goods, a Tafia Siik at 10c a vard. White; Goods, Lawn, Prquts,. Wash Linens and Dimity. In Book Fold Lawn, from 6 to 25c. In D. mines, we have j a lovely line, 86 inches wide, at 18c per yard. Wash Linens, all colors, at 5 cents a yard. Notions of all styles. Ladies' and Gent's Hemstitched Hand kerchiefs, in plain white and colored bordered, at 5c a piece. A very pretty. Cambric Handkerchief, hemstitched, or 10? a piece' Children's - Handkeicbic fs, in colored borders, at 8c a piece. In Hosiery, our 10c line of Children's Hose are fast bJack. double sole and full regular sizel Our 12Jc line are double heel and toe, seamless, warranted fast black. Oar iiae of Ladies' Black Hose at 5 10 and 3.5c up to 35c a pair. You will find us at 112 North Front, Street, opposite Orton House. - Braddy & Gaylord, Prop. IWll tngton's Big Racket Store. mar8tf To Ijend on any good security at the Atlantic National Bant, Wilmington, If. C., in amounts from $100 toSlS.OOO. Uosurpkssed facilities in every de partment Df Banking extended to all customers in and out of .the city. Specnal attention given to accounts of non-residents. J. W.H0HW00D, f.J.'TOOMERr President.. Cashier. tV . - c f y J f ' bsW Eaa : " - - - ii te - 3 . AW-Sl 3 u t. 1 "2 tt 1.4 1 is 3 E i , s !- rn ' ' td tn - LST i aspassssr m3,,- , II r 1 Brs3-:ga kl-1- M 0D"n - I". 1 1 1 1 -as 1 ? o a . ' . n ar n x ! - : . ' '' E - $250,000 W. C. C0KEE, Jr., Ass't Cashier. r f V 1 r ft , 1 1 r V sue vaiiitf ui WOlCfl U f 03, BW. mar8tl DAW Wihalatlom, N. C. . wsss wutea. n HHH 0 VS Q