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subscribers. - In the aggregate they
amount to a very large sum. Many
of oar subscribers are responding
. promptly. OtHers pay no attention
to the bills. These latter do not
seem to ' understand that they are
under any legal or moral obligation
to pay for a newspaper.
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v ' WHEN DO I WANT IOC, MOST ?
la absence-- 5 .';'" V " -';
When do I want you moil? .
, Why, dear, at! morn ;
When I first wake and realize that an
' other dav is born ;
When the Gist sunbeams on i the sill
shake out their irolden fringe,
And all the sky is tender yet. with
' dawn's dull rose attingel
When every fluted blade and leaf with
fairy gems is strung: -
Then is the time I want you most be-
i cause the day is ycuog. i
s- ' When do I want you most ?
Why, dear, at noon ; I
For these enchanted meadows smite as
i if it still were Tone ; I J
, A hundred fields of blossoming flat are
t blue as when I came. I
The oriole flashes op tbe sky in narrow
lines of flame;
When tbe white roads are drenched with
sun and pine woods sweet the air
Then is tbe time I want you most be
cause the day is fair.
When do I want you most ? y
Why, dear, at night . j
When, in the stars that rise for both, I
! read your love in light ; j
When memory tells its rosary, and days
you did not share ' ,
Slip silently on the silken string; like
beads without a prayer;
When fireflies swing their elfici lamps to
. lead my longings on j
Then is the time want you most be
j. j' came the day is gone. V- V
i SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
r Hope is the ruddy morning of!
jiv; recollection is its golden tinge.
Richter. '.. .- j
, That circumference cannot be
small if God is the ctaitr. Ianna A
Moore. .' . ' .'' .,
The seed of " sacrifice brings!
forth the fragrant fruit of love, and .love
always -has ia its heart the seeds of i new!
tzctfic.-Exckange. ? " "!
i - If God has chosen your wav
depend on it, it is the best that could be
chosen. ' It may be roirebr but it isricht.
It may be tedious, it is safe j
- If men had: only temptations to
great sins, they would always: be good;
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i VV Powder J
out taevaaiiy ngnt witn Jittie ones ac
I , customs them to defeat. Selected, -
When life s labors are closincr
we may have cause to regret many of
cur undertakings, as we look back on
the Imperfect past. Ic is, certain that
one thing will not sting us with remorse!
and that is what we did for God. What
we have done for the church will then
,.. be the things that of all ourj lives will
please us most, i How little and not be
counted dear will all other undertakings
'appear. He who sows seeds for God,,
saws not only for the few years of earih,,
but with a view to a ceaseless unfolding
in I' eternity .Greensboro Christian Ad-
vacate. ,; '. : '" .. ..;r )' ' ..j1-
Goldsboro Argus: The blood
hounds got in another fine piece oi work
yesterday. -Wednesday night the smoke
bouse of Mr. Calvin Langston, sit miles
. from Fremont, was broken: into and
'robbed. Yesterday morning the dogs
were sent for and put on the trail, by din
, net time they had traced the thief to his
lair and be was captured. He was a col
ored man Hying some distance away. I
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SPRING
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thb biAcofc'a dauqh(tei.
he deaoon had three daughters, Utha nd
i- . fair, ' i V-i ' ' : - ; "
Girla with three Btoix hed. handaamely
domed. i ' f
T)va1i1b. haimtifiiL mlrlttiAl. that oonld I
Bring down in Joy the heat of heaven to earth
And raise the hearto of earth in thanks to
j . heaven. - , . .. J
Humanity reached a higher plane In them,
Yet had no cause to blush at its raocees.
Certes they bad to eat, to drink, to sleep.
To sew, to scrub, maybe sometimes to delve
In the old fashioned garden full of flowers.
Yet never seemed they wanting much in that
All indescribable that is from heaven "
No less than earth, that subtile comeliness .
Belonging only to the high belongings .
Above the cadences of this great world.
What' shall : we say about them praise or.
I blame? f j
Blame them for glorify ing this our earth? . , j
Praise them If or blooming like three lovely
I flowers? !'
Let us give thanks that such as they exist
Let us give thanks that we, too, are alive j
To ftnmnrehenA. admire and freely bless. i
Edward o. Creamer in new xora pun.
THE WRONG GIRL;
"But," I said after he had finished his
tale o( woe, "the puzzle to me is why you
have proposed to the girl at all. :
I ','1 have not. proposed. It happened at
the ball last night. I was late, and I was
Idly leaning against- the wall, j lookinjr
among the dancers for for well, vyou
know,. Tom, for whom I was looking. I
had been standing in that attitude quite
ten minutes, when I suddenly caught sight
of a- girl at the far end of theToom. She
bad her back to me and was wearing a
shimmering kind of white dress, with
with roses and things embroidered on it;
but anyhow there was not another frock
in the room like it, and directly i caught
sight o( it I hurried after the wearer and
came up to her just as she was entering
the conservatory. . . , j
"Well, the conservatory was rather dark,
and- I was -rather excited, haying been
determined all the week that I would screw
up my courage and 'speak' on the ball
night, o, before I knew where I was, I
said something.;. I don't know what, but
something sweet, and then all. in a mln
ufe she she-i-wcl, the upshot of it was, -she
iaoceptod ino,and I found out, when '
It was too late, that I had proposed to the
wrong ono."
"I, see now how the mistake occurred,
but surely it is not Irreparable?' "
"Cannot you see a way out of it, for if
you can't I can," I addod sagely. ,
" But how?" he interrupted eagerly,
"Easily enough," I said, with a philo
sophic air. "Just send a note to Miss Hed
ley, asking her to meet you, and than tell
her in a manly, straightforward fashion
that that ahem, you have made a mis
take, that your young affections have been
bestowed elsewhere, that you respect, ad
mire and esteem her, but your heart it is
another's, etc. V
"Would you tell a girl a thing like that,'
Tom?" he asked, looking steadily at me.
, "I'm sure I would," I answered confi
dently. "I think it is more dishonorable
to marry a-woman when you don't love
net than it would be to tell her fairly that
you cannot marry her because you don't
love her." , j. . i
; "Maggie;"' I asked my sister the follow
ing day, "whatever possessed, you to lend
your new ball dress to Miss Hedley? I
mean that odd looking, whitey thing that
you' told Nigel Bruce you were going to
wear." '' '. ' ; " ' '.'
! Maggie colored hotly, and I knew my '
shot had gone home. " i 1 .
"Oh, Tom, V she replied, ignoring the
latter part of my remark, "I made Flossie
wear it. She said 'No' ever so many times, ;
but I insisted. So, in the end, she yielded.
Poor Floesie!" my sister continued, "she
has not many pleasures and - very few
pretty dresses, and you know what a hor
rid time of it she has with her auntie, and
bo I was determined she should go to the
ball and be well dressed too. Mother was
quite willing.' But what makes you ask?"'
She added. i ; . ' , - 1 "
" Ob, nothing much, 7 I replied careless
ly, for I was determined noi to tell? her of
Bruce's engagement, until1 well, until I
was assured it was an engagement.; .
-- That same evening I had a line from
Bruce: '. , '.. ' ' s-
j "Be at my chambers afe 8:30 tonight."
j So I went, and found him in the depths
of despair. I iuusthavo looked one huge
note of Interrogation, for he began at once:
"It is of no uso, old chap 1 She she
says I have discovered her secret, and she
would die of shame if I deserted her now.
Moreover, phe wrote last night to her fa
ther and Can't you see, Tom, I am
bound hand and foot and cannot with-' '
draw?'" - t ' ' - ; - .; .
"And what'happened thoh?" I interrupt-,
ed.- i;i . V .!
Bruce looked confused.! "Then? . Oh,
she cried, and" ,
. "I know all abqut tho rest," I exclaimed
scornfully. "Niel Bruce, you are an ar
rant donkey, and far too good to be wasted
on bold, unscrupulous, scheming woman !
You shan't marry her Hold ' I said, sud-'
denly stopping in the midst of my sentence.
"I've thought of a plan to rescue you! I'll
tell you what ii Is, bid fcllowV-I'll go in
for the fair lady myself and cut you out!
"If ' I, a much wealthier man than you,
appear as a possible suitor, I am much
mistaken in the, maiden if she does not
throw you overboard."
Well, the rest is soon told. 'I began pay
ing Miss Hedley. marked attention bo
much attention that my mother and sister
showed symptoms of uneasiness.
One day -Maggie camo to me looking
rather agitated. . "
"Is it true, Tom," she asked, Vthat you
are going to take Flossie to the theater to
night? She has just been telling me so."
"It Is quite true," I replied. t
"But,' Tom," she urged, "dd yoi think.
It is right? What .would Mr. Bruoe think
If he knew?" , A ;
"Look here, Maggie," 1 answered" sen
tentiously, "don't you bother your pretty
head about my affairs. I am quite capable
of taking care of myself." 1 '.
Well, on the night of the theater I sup
pose my attentions showed such a marked
inclination to become "intentions" that
the following afternoon Bruce, received a
charmingly worded little note giving him
his conge. Directly I saw his radiant face
I knew what had happened.
"'It's iall very well for you," I said, "buf
how mist I get out of it?" s,
"Oh tell her fairly and squarely ihat
you respect, admire and esteem her, but
iyour heart it is another's, etc.." " '
And then he looked me in the face mean
ingly, and we both burst out laughing.
lt was at that period of my career I dis
covered it was very easy to give advice, but
very-hard to follow. The end of it was
that my lawyer settled, the matter in an
entirely satisfactory manner to all con
cerned, y -
; Only to this day Maggie, who was mar
ried to-Nigel last Christmas, ' declares W
were both wrong to carry out such a mean
plot. She also says If she had known of it
she would never have consented to become
'Mrs. Bruoe. Forget-Me-Not. r 1
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- stimatinc Bone's Height.
i The Arabs have tWo methods of esti
mating, the height, to . which a colt will
"grow, the first being to stretch a cord from
the nostril over the ears and down along
the neck and compare this .measurement
with that from tho withors to the feet, and
the other method being to compare the
distance between the knee and t;he withers
with that from the knee to the coronet.
In the first method it is considered that a
colt will grow as much taller as the first
measurement exceeds that of the second,
and in the second method, If tho proportion
Is as t wo to one, the horse will grow no
taller. . - ; ....... jvj
v Basis Tor Calculation. ' v j ,
Edwards Brown's system reduces horse
racing to an exact science. :
Richards Does It? T t . -V
Edwards Yes; in order to tell how
much money a man will lose it is only nec
essary to know how much he has. Brook
; yn Life. . ;
- Item From BlUville. '-.
Wo had about decided that we would
sell our overcoat for b keg of Ink, when
the news came from Chicago that a bliz
zard was on the way U we don't get
warm In August, we are certain that we
will get warm hereafter, v . ; -
This has been a strange winter. TJp to
yesterday the thermometers had no show
at alL But now they are rising like the
price of ooal In January.
As soon-aa the citizens tar and featherua
we shall go tin exhibition at the Atlanta
exposition as a new phase of the race prob-
VEAPS OP INTENSS PAIM.
Xr. X ML Watts, druggist and physl
Clan, Humboldt, Neb who suffered 'with
heart disease for four years, trying every -:
remedy and all treatments known to him
self and fellow-practitioners:, believes that -heart
disease is curable. He writes; 5 ' , "
"I wish to tell, what your valuable medi
cine has done for me, Fo four years I had
heart disease of the very worst kind." Sev
eral physicians I consulted, said it was
Rheumatism of the Heart.
It was almost un- .
endurable; with
shortness of
breath, . palplta
tlons, severe .
pains, unable to
sleep, especially
on the left side.
No pen - can de
scribe my suffer-
tgs. Dartlcularly
during the last
JTnonins or vnose
iKZSggs&r lour weary years.
m . . ...
DR. J. If. WATTS. I finally tried
Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure,
. and was surprised at the result. It put new
life into and made a new man of me. 1
have not had a symptom of trouble since
and I am satisfied your medicine has cured
me for I have now enjoyed, since taking It
Three, Years of Splendid Health.
1 might add that I am a druggist and have
' sold and recommended your Heart Cure, for
I know what it has done for me and only
wish I could stato moro clearly my suffer
ing then and thoi good health I now enjoy, i
Your Nervine and .other remedies also
give excellent satisfaction." J. H. Watts. :
Humboldt, Neb., May 8, 'M.
Dr. Miles Heart Cure Is sold on a positive
guarantee that the first bottle will, benefit.
All druggists soil it at $V6 bottles forS5, or
it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price ;
by the Dr. Miles Medical Co Elkhart. Ind,
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
Restores Menlth
No morphine or opium In Dr. Miles' Pais
Pills. Cubb All Pain. "Ono cent a dose."
Foreale by,U DraggUit. - cbatae.
JoaelSlv j m to th
HALF ! PRICE!
ORIBllTAl WARES
in every conceivable shape.
We had a tho
sand pieces when
the season began.
We have a hun
They are worth
II you take them
Remember that
-just HALF the
dred pieces now.
the first price.
at a SACRIFICE
yon take them
marked price.
Those pretty Dolls will be sold
for half the marked price. These
Dolls will not last long ; at - these
prices. . !. ' i
Lace Curtains.
CURTAINS THAT SOLD FOR
$7.00 this week $4.75
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DOLLS
3.50
2.55
2.25
1.40
1.35
1,25
1.15 I
1.00
These are samples. Call early.
NEW MATTINGS.
Twenty-five pieces Matting just
arrived. This lot of Mattings repre
sent . a portion ol a large import
order given by us daring the Fall.
Mattings are cheaper than last year.
You can get a very good Matting
for 12c a yard. We hav6 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 j
Carpet Departments.
Comforts, Blankets, Damask
Portiers, Trunks,
Gloves. Underwear.
A. D.
Suecearto BSOWVftBOSSICZ!
No. 29 North Front St.
T P. S. On the 1st January BILLS
will be rendered for all accounts on
my Books, and I will appreciate an
early settlement ot same. Thanking
the public for their generous patron
age during the past year, I will
make every effort to merit a con
tinuance of same in the future.
I !dec S9 tf ; " . " ,;
A Few Honrs Before ( Day
O MARCH 8rd, our etteemed citizen Mr, H. H.
Bloom 'was robb d of $1 00 in cash, at his residence,
corner Fifth and Chratnut streeta. Mr. Bloom is in
the habit of keeping his money in his home, and was
robbed once' before. 1 hi. time tbe robber entered hii
bed room nd took a key from ander his pillow,', We
regret ttaat a man . who has industry, ability acd
economy enough to save up $1,600 should lose his
money (a such a wav, and incur great risk of losing
his life which is infinitely more valuable than money
A man of Mr. Bloom's sense certainly should be able
to find a perfectly safe place for h-s money. W hy did
n not investigste the Wilmington Savings Trust
Company? We know some .banks have been btdly
managed ia Wilmington In thepatt, and many good
people tost their money. The Trust Ccanpany Is one
bank which Uvites investiga ion 1 he officere of this
bank do not only tell you it is good, but they will buy
all tbe stock yor can find and will pay yon 15 per
cent premium tor it. 1 he stock, premium and all
mustbee-tirely lost before a single depoutor is in
danger of losing one cent. Bcides yon are paid 4
per cent interest on your deposit. , , j
"Mike all the money on can. 1 . -4.
I ft uiooey yon can," and deposit it in tie
WILMINGTON SAVIJICa TK.UST CO.
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5.00 " "
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350 "
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2.25 V "
2.00 " "
1.75 " 11
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Mattings,
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Dress Goods.
60CfABL8 PACIFIC WHALES,"
tSkm to Sfaka Friends With Vessels Oji
r.: --'2 Caoght on a FlabJna; Idn. i ' .
Tlw coast of southern California 1 is pa
trollvd, fespeclally in snmrnet, by eeverai
varieties of wlialea, which add to the pleas
ure of sightseers along shore, " Among
these harmless monsters the California
gray whalo is conspicuous.. It attains a
length of from 40 to 60 feet. In the Santa
Catallna channel these huge animals are
almost always to be seen, their big heads
rising from the wator or their black tails
being tossed aloft in the games and gam
bols in Which they Indulge. One of their
curious caprices exhibited on rare oooasiona
Is to follow vessels. - A ship bound from
San Francisco to a South American port
was followed three weeks by a whale that
played about it, attempting no Injury, but
swimming alongside and receiving many
bullets In j its i blubber vritbout resenting
them. When the ship was dry docked, the
.copper was found strangely discolored by
the breath of this curious companion. ?
Last season a yacht belonging to the
Santa Catallna Yacht club had a novel ex
perience., Upon reaching the lee of the is
land the wind died away, and for several
bours the yacht drifted, with the current.
The party on board wore fishing, whenj
suaaoniy a tug came bb ira line- rowing
astern, and a whale at least 60 feet in
length rose out of the water and dived,;;
nearly taking the fisherman overboard, j
The powerful jerk broke the heavy line, '
but not before SO or SO feet had been paid :
out enough for the . yachtsman to claim
that fo ' one short delirious momenrae had
played a whale on a fishline. "The whale, 1
which was a California gray, had undoubt
edly coino up beneath the line, the hook!
catching In its fin in some way. When the
excitement had subsided to some extent,
another whalo appeared off the bow, and
then another, and in a few moments five
of these giants were swimming about the
yacht. They were so near that they could
have been touched with an oar, and several -times
one or more gently rubbed their
backs against the keel, slightly lifting the
yacht, as big and heavy as she was a 70
.ton schooner. ; , . r - :
For several hours these huge creatures
-played about the vessel,' keeping so near:
that their blowing covered the decks with;
spray, and it must be confessed that some
of the crew were ' not a little demoralized.;
One of tho party told the writer that the
skipper was the whitest man he had ever
seen. The whales doubtless thought that
the yacht was a new kind of whale and
were trying literally to i Bcrape acquaint--ance.
As, soon as the breeze sprang up
they loft for parts unknown. Baltimore
American. i ! . . i
" i . Sardoa as a Talker. - j ;
Sardon Is eager in all he does, throwing
himself ! completely into the subject, car
ried away by it, and dragging you with
him, .and so nervous. 1 "Please take a
chairf" says he on welcoming you, "and
sit down here by. the fire" (for he seems
always to be cold, keeping up tho logs even
In the month of September at Marly). .
He then places his own armchair oppo
site yours. But instantly the conversation
begins he Is on his feet, walking about the
- library,, his hands in his pockets. Your
first word is a signal to him for a burst of
eloquence, a fine mingling of reminis
oence, history, politics, art, literature,
painting, all enlivened by. striking anec
dotes; and unexpected 'sallies. ' And you
find yourself swept away by his contagious
speech, following him j breathlessly ' and
even literally as he paces up and down the
room.i During this fantastic and almost
diabolio promenade he has flung himself
! into chairs and Upon tables, snatched up
books, documents, old pictures, to illumi
nate his talk, even perhaps dashed off for
you, with his rapid and clever pencil, some
"striking sketch and found time in all this
to give orders to his servant and open the
messages which 1 pour in incessantly. He
is ono of the richest, most varied and pio
turesquo talkors of our : time, recalling to
many the prodigious Dumas the elder,1
and pointing his talk j with a power of
facial expression which the latter had not.
Whoever has not chatted with Victorien
Sardoa has no idea of what a causeur is.
McCluro's Uagazine. . j .
I; Got Their Money's Worth. " '
It takes a Chinaman to got the full val
ue of his money, i.
The other morning, about 10:30 o'clock,
two of the Clark street colony went over to
a State street theater,1 which opens its
doors about noon? and gives a continuous
performance until 11 o'clock at night. . '
They bought two tickets for scats in the
back of the balcony, and as soon as the
doors opened they crowded j in and were
shown to their places. -
They didn't say much, but their eyes
wero fixed on tho stage, and .their hands
were buried in their sleeves. ; At o'clock
they wero seen to smile faintly when two'
fluffy skirted dancers spun upon tho stago.
-At. 5 o'clock they -were seen to 6inile the
second timo the dancers hod come back.
Somo amusehiont was caused in the audi
ence by their presence because it is not
usual to soo Chinamen in the theater.
When the players were their, funniest, the
Chinamen were their; soberest. At 10
o'clock they were seen to smile a third time.
It was the third turn of the dancers with
tho fluffy skirts. At 11 o'clock the China
men left the theater rclftctantly, having
"been there 12' hours for 15 cents eooh.4
Chicago Record.
i
-y
y, . Artificial Cotton Yarn. .
The production of artificial cotton yarn
from wood pulp is declared by a Rhode Is
land experimenter tor bo a practicable in
dustry, the difference between the two-materials
being said to.be very slight as re
gards appearance, softness, strength, lus
ter and general condition. It appears that
for this purpose the wood of 'the spruce or
tho pine is used and its deflbrated, after
which it is disintegrated thoroughly and
subjected . to a good bleaching, much de
pending upon the laitter process, an essen
tial point being that tho whiteness of the
'stock equals that of the genuine cotton
material. Thus far, i) itt, is 6tated, the
bleaching compounds have oonslsted of hot
solutions of bisulphate of i, soda and chlo
ride of lime. After bleaching the subdued
pulpj the cellulose; is treated with a com-,
pound of ' chloride lot. zinc, castor oil andf
gelatin, resulting sin the-formation of a
paste which is reduced to strands and rub
bed Into threads. I ;
Under the naked eye the pulp thread is
said to differ very little in appearance from
the real cotton, possesses practically all the
features of a pure cotton thread ; and ; is
white and soft, but when compared be
neath a strong microscope a difference is
noticed, tho lino, fuzzy and loose libers so
prominent in cotton threads being miss
ing In the pulp sort, though not to the dis
advantage of ; the latter. The peculiar
twist character of cotton thread is also ab
sent in the pulp strand, while 4he latter
seems harder and smoother under the glass. -
iNew xorK sun. I r , .
What RhatmiMUUta TMt. . '. i
The latest Shakesnoaro atorv in Infa inl.
lows: A distinguished Englishman,'who
was traveling with his daughter, not long
ago, stopped at Stratford for tho usual
Shakespearean pilgrimage. -Meeting t a
irmnh (if snfinrtl rliilrliNn In fha (rfwf !vA
asked the way to Anne Hathaway's coti-
tage.
o ") .IU.;A4
asked in return. " Whv do nehnlA firm a 4-s
a sman Doy tola nim, and Mr. Xi
i ti a xt w wauw vv
see that cottager" "They ome to see the
things, the old things, " answered the
email boy. Then thoi literary visitor held
up 'sixpence and said, "Now, this is for
any one Who . can . tell ' me best ' about
Shakespeare." All the youthful eyes
brightened, and one ; girl said vaguely,
"Please, sir, he was a j very noble gentle
man I" Then Mr. X.s daughter suggest
ed, "Come, now, didn't he write some
thing?" "Oh, yes, miss." "Well, what
did he write!" Then after a long pause
one boy said In a tone of convletion,
"Please, sir. he wrotA thn 'RI'hltT;
uuuouuuwi, j . ,
Hen and Monrnlns;,
A con Hpni An wpsra rfAAn rnrnw4
-ca AVJA
a wife or mother for not less than one year.
During that time his business suit is of
rough block cloth, and his frock boat of
the same. ' The proper black band, usually
of fine cloth (not crape),-is put on his hat
by the hatter.! His scarf is a dull silk, and
no pin is in it. His gloves are heavy black
glaco kid, but no border save that of a har
row hem la seen on his' all white handker
chiefs. : His small visiting card and his
stationery . have a narrow black border.
Etiquette lightens his loneliness by per
mitting him to visit his men. friends two
months after he -has, assumed mourning.
Alone or with a man friend he may go,'
quietly and not in evening dress, to a pub
lic place of amusement, but he cannot go
oo one oi a party. .Ladies'
- eveY FAMILY t;
b rerr rcmtrktil remedy, both tor DT
TBBNJUr and EXTERNAL use, and wen
. tcrtul In its quick mctioa to teller a distress.
Paln-Killcr ITV:
CBllls, Dlarrhsea, Dyaenrery, Cnunva j
- Ckalerm and ail Hewel Ctmpiaintt. .
Bickaess. Sick Baadache, Pain In tha
. Baek or Side, Khenmatism and Nearalaiau
Paln-KMer SffltMUbi
wrjLDB. It brings speedy and permanent relief
Inall caaes of Brnlaoa Cnta Byrainay
8ever Banse, a .
Pain-Killer trnatsd friend of the .
Merhanio, Farmer, Planter, Bailor, and
in fact all classes wanting a medlclu always at
hand, and safe to toe Internally or extern ally
with certainty f relieL -
IS REOOMUENDED
Mr nvrtetans, by Missionaries, by Ministers, by
,. Mechanics, by Ifxtrtes n MotpUais.
: BY BVBRYBODY.
Pain-Killer iTwS
. tsave port without a supply of It
: sj-Nt family -can aQord to be without this -Invaloable
remedy in tbe boose. Its price brings
' It within the reach of all, and It will annnally ,
save many times Its cost In doctors' bills. 1
Beware of Imitations. Take none but tln
genuine "PnaaT Davis." . i- . -
dec 17 ' ' - ' tu Jhf a - V" ' "
CASH TALKS.
CTHEH
Alderman Hardware Co.
are now making Low Cash Prices
to their country friends on
Plows, Plow Castings,
HAM ESj'HAME STRINGS,
Bacttands, Singletrees. Trace Chains.
..;.- .'. ;-. . 1
l Shovels, Spades, Hoes, both
handled and unhandled; Rakes,
Plowiiaes, Bridles, Collars, Collar
A foil line of Granite Iron Ware,
House Furnishing Goods;
Crockery, Pistols, Cutlery,
Iron Kins: Cook Stoves
km LIBERTY RANGES.
A few Nice Oil Heaters to be
had at Cost for Cash.
Alderman Hardware Go.
29 South Front Street, "
jan 19 tf , Wiimmgton. N. C
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Checks Bleeding Reduces
Inflamtnation.QuietsPain,
Is the Bicycler's Necessity.
Sores, rUDrO Burns,
Piles, UUntO Colds,
Rheumatism , Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Chilblains,
Catarrh, Inflamed Eyes,
Wounds, Bruises, Sprains,
Headache, Toothache, etc.
Use POND'S EXTRACT
after Shaving No Irritation.
Usi POND'S EXTRACT
after Exercising No Lameness.
POND'S EXTRACT OINTMENT
is simply a marvel. What
relief from - excruciating
pain. How instantly it
cures PILES. 50 cents;
Bay GENUINE Pond's Extract for genuine
.cures; Buy imitations for imitation cure.
POND'S EXTRACT CO.,76 5thAv., N.Y..
'I ang S DAW T sn e t
Long enough to'lpok in our
window and see what you '
. can buy for I f
$1.50.
V Remember v the "place 63 steps
east from Front street. Also call for
Ladies' and Hisses'
Wilmington
Solid Favorite:
ry Respectfully, "S'. . '
Ilercer & Evans,
H. C. Evans' Old Stand.
marlS tf
r.lolasses.
Two lots New Crop just received.
, Our stock
FAKCTfMD : STAP1B GROCERIES,
" full ancT complete. 1
Honlton Rose & Peerless Seeil Potatoes.
; A-consignment N Cf Hams. '
HALL & PEARSALL,
V". Nutt And Mulberry streets.
. febSS DWU -
PLEASE STOP
t't ." LON BlSHflP OP VERMONT. - ;
Be Sellr Hair From HU Bead and Chlffl
'r. 'f'-'-'X'-l Tro& Hla Treeei " ' - -' . .
y ' Loa Bishop is a singularly fortu
nate man. He haa an assured anntial
inoome for merely sitting aroundi
and letting himself grow, When he?
was lint a young man, he began wto
let his. hair grow winters to keep bis'
ears warm " in the woods. Observe'
the result. After several years of
letting himself grow thus he discov
ered there was a demand for him
self. .Young women who - "didn't
know what j was the matter - with
their hair,' single-, women of ad
vancing years who had reached the
sad - molting period of 'life, elderly
married .women whose husbands
considerately cheered their way in
the sacred family circle by telling
them they were getting immodestly
bald all these sought clandestine
rendezvous with Alonzo and whis
pered their vague hidden wants into
his willing ear. He soon found in
this- way a select line of personal
customers for his produot, and no
questions asked. And now for years
veiled women have, come up to his
mountain home throughout the year
and laought oft' the fleece. They
know what " they are. getting. : So
very July Alonzo goes , down to
some town at the foot of the moon
tain for hia annual hair harvest andl
comes back again shorn with a little
newspapeij.bundle. It is a beautiful
Crop thick and soft 'and black and
fully a foot in length,! all twisted up
into heavy natural curls. One year,
he says, ho got as much; as $45 for
his hair, and $45 is a good slice of
the year's expenses in Searsburg.
. Lon took to the woods when he
was 12 years old and has staid in
them until nowb"e is 52. In summer
he wanders t around and catches a
few trout, but it is only in winter
that the serious business of life be
gins, when the sticky juice of the
spruce tree hardens into gum. Then
it 3 tbe village maid at cjose of day
sees. Alonzo, armed with a scoop and
a hatchet, a pair of snowshoes and a
pair of creepers and provisioned with
an occasional mountain biscuit. It
doesn't sound much, but there is a
great deal packed away in one of
thpse biscuits. You can tell that by
lifting them. He finds the best gum
on the exposed heights of the moun
tains, he says, where the big trees
strain and seam in the heavy wind.
The juice exudes through the gaps
and gathers in little- amber nuggets
along them. , Bishop used to reach
it by climbing up with creepers, but
now he gets most of it with a scoop
on tho end of a long jwle, which he
pushes up sunder the lumps. He
ranges all the way up the hills to
Stratton mountain. He knows tho
place by heart and very often is gone
days at a time in the winter, sleep
ing on a bod of fir boughs spread un
der the lee of someprotecting ledge.
Naturally he has cleaned out , the
gum considerably. But the supply
is. good still, and the prices, are much
better than they used, to be. When
he started out, he could gather .easi
ly 500 pounds a winter where .now
he can only get 100 pounds' or so.
But then he used to get but 12 1-3
cents a pound, where now he gets
$1. He sells it . in bulk .to druggists
and regular customers and some
times retails it -in little barrels, but
he generally disposes of all he gets
easily. The biggest day's haul ho
ever had, he says, was about 10 years
ago, when he struck $50 worth.
Springfield Bepublican.
- Gold From Copper Plates.
To free copper plates from gold
The Mining Press says they may be
put over a charcoal, coal or ooke
fire, slowly evaporating the quick
silver off them; Where admissible
the fireplace of a spare boiler may
be utilized, using a thin red fire;
then after the entire evaporation of
the quicksilver the plates are to be
slowly cooled, rubbed with muriatic
acid and put in a -damp place over
night, afterward rubbed with a solu
tion of sal ammoniac and saltpeter
and again slowly heated over a red
fire. They are not to be allowed to
become redhot, and when the proper
degree of heat is reached the gold '
scale will rise in blisters, at which
stage the plates are to be taken from
the fire and the gold sCTaped-onVany
part of the plate on which the gold
has not blistered to be rerubbed with
the solution and again fired. .The
gold scales should be collected in an
earthen dish and covered with nitrio
acid until all the copper is dissolved,
when the gold can be smelted in the
usual way, though after it is melted j
corrosive sublimate is to be put into
the crucible until a blue flame ceases
to be given off. ' ,
Salad Oil. . ;
There is no excuse at the present day for
the use of an inferior quality of salad oil.
ff here was a time when the pure product
was not attainable to the masses in this
country. Today, through perfected meth
ods of treating cotton seed, an oil is pro
duced which not only for use on salads,
but also in many culinary processes, loaves
nothing to be desired. This is now pur
chasable at a cost of $2.80 for a case of 13
quarts, or $5.50 for eight one gallon tins.
This product is pure, limpid and free from
any objectionable odor or taste. The prej
udice of Americans against the use of so
called olive oil had its origin in the vile
stuft which was formerly servod at the av
erage hotel or boarding house. Even today
i and there is no excuse for it in viewof"
the perfect product obtained from cotton
seed it is impossible to obtain a good
quality of salad oil in any small counfay
town. The rancid compound . dispensed
under tho name is repugnant oven to a
palate of brass. If the superior quality of
oil now produced and sold so cheap in this
country could find its way into universal
use almost all. our vegetables would be
available as salads and provide a cheap and
delightful aliment to which the larger por
tion of our people are entire strangers.
New York Sun. - i
Hopeless.
Sergeant Sayer once went the circuit for
some judge who was prcvepted by indispo
sition .going in his turn? He was after
ward imprudent enough to move, as coun
sel, for a new trial in ! one of the causes
heard by himself, on tho ground of his
misdirecting the jury as judge. Lord
Mansflold said: "Brother Sayer, there is
an act of parliament which, in such a mat
ter as was before you,! gave you discretion
to, act as you thought right." "No, my
lord,?' said the sergeant, "that is just it;
I nad no discretion in. the matter." "Very
true, you may be quite right as to that,"
said Lord Mansfield, "for I am afraid .even
an act of parliament could not give you
discretion. San Francisco Argonaut.
, . Found , New Rival.
Editor In Chief In your leader today,
Mr. Grinder, you say, -"In the multitude of
iounselors there is safety, as we loam
from a certain book." Why did you not
ay, "As we learn from the Bible?"
.Editorial Writer You forget, sir, that
U is our rule never to mention the name of
a rival publication. Boston Transcript. -.
; CUBAliffeBUR$l
An- Expedition Fitting Out it New Totk
on the) 8tamr.Bimnda.'i:,-". h;Vy
' ' " By Telegraph jto the Morniog Sttr; ; ' jh
New York,; March 14. -At midnight
to-night it was whispered about , that
the steamer Bermuda, which failed in
getting away with a Cuban filibustering
expedition a short time ago, was to make
another attempt to steal away from her
anchorage during the night or early
Sunday morning. .Groups of dark
complexioned men were seen wending
their way towards a tug boat ' located at
Pier A, North river, and a boatman,
was said to be waiting to take two
engineers ont to! the K Bernmda,
which lies about two miles tomhv of
Liberty Island. The lighter Stranahan,
which had on board the gum and am
munition which the latter unsuccessfully
attempted to place on board the Ber
muda when that vessel wax seized by
the United States authorities recently,
was said to have been engaged to-day in
transferring her cargo to the steamer;
It was said that late to-night tbe Ber
muda had a full head Of steam on and
was ready to slip- out cf the ' harbor at
any moment. ' j ''7 '-.VI'"1''' i: I
About 8 80 o'clock' to-night ten or fif
teen, men left Liberty Island in small
boats. Each man carried packages and
bundles.. The! Bermuda t Is- cleared for
Vera Cruz,: and is in (charge otj. Captain
O'Brien. She has on board all the arms
and ammunition which were seized at
the time of the- raid and which were af
terwards returned. . -
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
At tbe Town of Wadley, Ga.-r-Lois Over
:;.' Vif V 2o0. - j'V .
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Gamerville, "GAl,iMarch. 14. A-de-
struct! ve fire, occurred at ' Wadley in
this county, this morning at 2 o'clock.
The store of Evans & Donovan and the
drug store of Dr. W. C. Houser were to
tally destroyed. Tne loss is over $20,
000. The insurance, which is in tbec
George Home, and; Liverpool, London'
and Globe and Pnoenix,, cf- Hartford,
Conn.', will amount to $15,000 or $16,
000. The tire is thought to have been
the wotk of an Incendiary. f
BUSINESS LOCALS;
$ar Noncis For Rent or Sale, Lost and Found
Wants, and other short miscejlaneons advertisements
iaserted in this Department, in leaded Nonpareil type,
on first oi fourth page, at Publisher's option, for 1
cent per word each Insertion; bet no advertisement
takes for leas thaa 20 cents.- Terms, poiitively cash
la, advance. : i
Elocution Few mere pupils. "No tuition re
ccived in advasce.. Terms -taodera e. j- Best city
references. 213 Noith Front street (up-stairs )
mar 15 tm 1 in tu j
I 1 . r ' H
! Do yen speculate? "Guide to Successful Specu
lation" mailed free. Wheat, provision cotton and
stock speculation on limited margins thoroughly ex
plained. Correspondence solicited. ' Warren, Ford &
Co., 11 Wall Street, New York. - I mar 15 It
i . i.i ' i
IMlaa Id-a G. R obeson, ; Stenographc r and
Typewriting, now has a Keograph, and ia prepared to
do all kinds of copy work, writing circular letters, etc.,
rapidly and correctly, i " mar 15 It.
H 4 4 1 -
i j Iadle I make big wages doing pleasant home
work, std will gladly send full particu'ars to all send
ing Set stamp. 1 MLs M. A. Stebbins, Lawrecce,
Michigan. , j mar 15 It
1 Wanted To trade a good second-hand Fhaetoa
for a goed second-hand Buggy. Apply at the Star
office. . I . I . . ' mar 15 It
regular monthly meeting of the George Davis
Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, will be held at
the Y. M. C. A. Monday, March litn, at 8 p. m. 4 A
full attendance is requested. . mar 15 It
' Saleamen S5 a day. No canvassing. No de
liveries. No collections. Samples free,
exclusive.) Mfis. a.Ml Hakct St,
febUlt su
Side line or
Phil
Bnlba-Good b!ojming size. Pearl and Tall,
Doable, Variegated Leaf, and.A-bine Tuberoce. S5
cts. doz.iosc paid. Cash w.'th order. H K. New
buiy, MagnolaVN. C su (mar 84i
i f M I i
I Photoerapb Frames. A fine lot of beautiful
Frames jus . arrived. See them Fine Photographs
a specialty, $1.00 per dozen and -up. U. C. 'Ellis,
114 Market street. I 1 near 12 tf
j Besides all the latent and mosfashionable drinks
free lunch will be served daily from II a.' m. tj 1 p.
m ,at A. P. Levy's, on Princess street, mar kl tf
f s?OT the best and most' complete line of Gjrocerie
atthe Iowtst city prices, call at Charles D. facob'
Retil Grocery Store. ( Np. 217 North Frodtstreet.
Attentive de ivery men and clerks will hustleiup the
goods. -. .' j - ,. . ' marStf '
j Notice to all interested The undersigned - has
severed all connection with the Commercial Bjuilding
and Loan Association as a stockholder and local
director. J. Hicks Bunt!ng. ' J feb 6 tf
! When you want a nice bnoch of Bananas a bar
rel of Baldwin's, a case or crate of fine WecteHi Ap
ples, a bag of Iriih or Sweet PoUtoes, Turnips,
Colons, Beans, or Mountain Butter from ten t forty
pound lots, ciU or send yonr orders to Aj. k. Win
stead &Co., CommUsion Merchants and Wholesale
Fruit and Produce Dealers. Ian l)S,W tf
, : , 1
! The celebrated pale fcyShauser Beer! Sojd only
by F. Richter, Wilmington, N. C j i
Bask eta. Vegetable Baskets for the shipment of
Peas, Beans, Cncnmbos,! etc For sale at- Jnoj S.
oiciuicneru's Urain and i Feed Store 811 Market
street.' ,'.' ; ,
I Harden P. HM has W stwk bnggie
road
carts and harness of all kinds. Repairing done
tuilfnl workmen on short notice. Opposlus
new
c2I
UMtrtHoiisa
EVtexioan
, Mustang
Sciatica,
Lumbago,
Eheumatinn,
Burnsi
Scalds,
Snags, '
Bites,
Bruises,
Bnnio&B) -Corns,
Scratcnes,
Sprains,
Strains, .
Stitohes,
Etiff Joints.
Backache
Galls, -Sores,
Spavin
j Cracks.
Contractad
Kuselea,
Eruptions,
Hoof AiL
Beraw
- Worms,
flwianeyd r
Saddle Qalli,
Kles.1 i
THIS GOOD OLD STAND-BY
accomplishes for everybody exactly what uclajmirf
font. One of the reasons lor the great popularity of
the Mustang Liniment la tonndlniu sialTevsal
appIlcabilltT. Everybody needs such a medicine.
The LnmbermaB needs It In case of accident. '
t The Housewife needs It for generalfamlly use. -:
The Canaler needs It for his toamsand his men.
The Mechanic seeds H always on hla work
bench. ' j- . . . , j
, The Miner needs tt fa ease ot emergency.
The Pioneer needsltcaatget alone without It.
i The Farmer needs It In his house, his stable,
and his stock yard. - - .-..'. ,
! The Steamboat nan or the Boatman aeeds
tt rn liberal supply afloat and aahore. -
The Horse-fancier needs It It hi his best ,'
friend and safest reliance. ' ; i .
The Btock-fiTovrer needs It ft will save him
thousands of dollars and a world of trouble.
The Railroadman needs It and win need! Use
long as his life la a round of accidents and dangers. '
-The Backwoodsman needs It. There Is noth
ing like it as an antidote tor the dangers to Ufa
Umb and comfort which snrrotmd the pioneer. ;
. The Merchant needs tt about his store among '
Us employees. Accidents wlU happen, and frhea
these oome the nustaag Iinfanentu wanted atonoe.
Keep a Bottle in the Hoaae. Tit the best oC
oonon3r :: .j. ;: . :';;'. . -i,...
. KeeeaBettleln theFaotorr. Itslmmadlahi
use in ease of aootdent saves palm and loas of wacea
KT n . . . - " .
s Aswaya ta sae exaaie Tel
mxmmBaosBam .- '
Liniment
FAILING MANMOQLi
j General and Nervous, Debility.
Weakness of Body anrt
Mind, Effects Ir?04
in
'feS?Pn.lof
Men testuy Irom 60 BUtes and Foreign
Ctountries. Send for Descriptive Book
planation and proofs, mailed (aealedfree.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, N. Y.
se 28 DAW It
i tu th
rENNYROYAL PILLS
J...--. mt-mj. UIOIE,
vnispra war ixonri Knaluk Dia
KmtndiBnmd in Hed asd tioti ullic
r
tea, aealod with blua ribbon. TaLft
'rtoiM and imitations At Drofni jtt, or Knd 4. '
i " J"teular. testimonial. Uj
1 M.IL .10.000 T.tmool.l.. A.m.'f'p
raULocoi Sragtuu. Philndi. ii?
th sa to
z.
riuiuuu
Silently steals into
the svstem. under
mining the health;
causing headaches,
wornout feeling,
pains in the limbs,
constipated bowels,
other roubles. Try
Brown's ,Iron Bit
ters.! rV -
GUARANTEE .PrAjf
money refunded should
Brown's Iron Bitters,
taken as directed, fail to
benefit any person suffer
ing from Dyspepsia, Ma
laria, Chills and Fever,
Kidney and-Liver Trou
bles, Biliousness, Female
Infirmities, Impure Blood,
Weakness, Nervous
Troubles, Headache or
Neuralgia.
S AFES I
1 . --
All Sizes and
WRITE OR CALL ON
SAI'L BEAR, Sr.
12 Market Street,
H
jan 19 tf Wilmington, N. C.
UTHlARWHJj
BOVVDEW
litha WATER,
ine uniy Known Solvent of
l-y x j . ,. 'i '
j Stone in the Bladder.
A positive specific for Gout, Rheu
matic .Gout, Rheumatism, Bright's
Disease, and all diseases having their
origin Jn Uric Acid Diathesis,
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA, v
and INSOMNIA. f
Cut
Sparkling Table Water Has no
. . Zqual ;
Beware of Artificial and . Imitation Lilhia Water;
they are danger ns !
Send postal fo illustrated Booklet.,
Bowden Lithia Water
j '.Vis sold by all dealers, or
Bowden Lithia Springs Go.,
174 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga:
njar8 DAW ly' I j
To lend on any good security at the
Aflantic National Bank.
Wilmington, N. C.; .
m amounts from $100 to $15,000.
; Unsurpassed facilities in every de
partment of Banking extended to alh
II - .".. ly- v ' . '"
customers in and out of the city.
Special attention given to accounts
of non-residents. . , : , . .
J. f . H0RW00D, f.J.TOOMER,
President. '' ' Cashier.
W. C. COKElt, Jr., Ass't Cashier.
marStr
H. G. HAMS,
1,000 pounds N. C. Hams.
ouo obis, straight Flour.
300 bbls. Familv Flours
150 bbls: common Flour,
V 25 bbls. best patent Flour,
'20 half'barrels patent Flour.
200 bags Shot. -
300. kegs Nails.
; , 100 packages Gun Caps.
: Please call when in ihe citv. " Wel
come, trade or no trade.
M sr ail
ap 4 tf i
I Infirmities, Impure Blood, I
1 Weakness, Nervous Vg
.7vJ Troubles, Headache or rtf 1
Neu
mr B Dk-w ly f " "
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$250,000
.j-f v: Vt -' " -v
i , W. B. COOPER,
Wholesale Grocer and Commission Merchant,
"V "'.!-. 'JSSt forth Water street,. -..
mar 15 tl DW v ' wnmisston. M. C.
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