North Carolina Newspapers

; SUNDAY SELECTIONS I -U We have two ears; and1 tonffoe. that we should bear much one and . say little. . " j. ... ' , J : It is not the Bible you have in your house, but the Bible you have in ' your heart that counts with God. ! True Christianity shows itself in morality and honesty, and' without these, professions don't count forany I ' thing. . I , " ! - i .. A man must keep himself fit for his work, and to do that must be eareful not to sacrifice himself to his work. Ed vard Wietzlesworth . :M, The object of Christianity Is to restore to man the lost image ot his Maker;" accordingly! such is the object ot Christian education. " Not to enable men to' make livings, buttto learn them hpw to hit. Raleigh Biblical Kecoraer. . j Don't beafratd of spoiling any one with kindness, jit cannot be done; Instead of spoiling it beautifies ; the raise the burden from shoulders, which, though brave, sometimes grow very tired. "j ' ; ' . I Prejudice and intolerance are ' two of the deadliest; sins, and the most , common. Wherever you find them vpu find a sour, uncongenial, touchous in dividual. I These sfflctioni are born of hell and are far worse than the devil's affliction of Job. North Carolina Bap tist.s ;.- '-'" - ; V, There is an earthly and heav enly language. Testis never used the for mer unless he was forced to it in order that we might be led through it up to the Heavenly "Lazarus i sieepein me ' heavenly.' Bat to accommodate the dis ' ciples. He most say plainly "Lazarus is J-J " TLI.1 la ...ikln Tkanlr CinA our loved ones and friends are not dead, they only sleep; therefore they "dowell." Greensboro Christian Advocate. ? TWINKLINGS. i A woman works harder to get the family off on a Sunday jaunt than the -man works all the week. Los An geles Express, " ': 1 "They froze me out." : ". -How?"- - ;' -,. f Oh, they made it hot for me. z? troit Sunday News-Tribune. f 'I He (looking over her shoulder as she stands before the mirror). "You look good enough to eat !" She (with out a smlWf): "Food for reflection." . Boston Transcript: "What's the number of 'shoes?" ': I-.-V '.! --i - TWO." L ' : I " ' -! '' ' "Twos?" ; . - s, . her ", said two do you think she's a quadruped?" Chicago Post. - - "For Charity Suffereth Long.' Kits. Lcura C. Phoeuix, flilwaukee, Wis. , arifl Rnowiug tho good Dr. Miles'; Nervine ui3 dcno jde, my TvisU to help others, over rrmic.4 mv 1 dislike for the Tmblir.itv. this letter-may give mo. In Nov. and Dec,, 1893, and I was ono of the first. Eeoumins dutv too soon, w4h-ihe caro of b'q inany sick, I did not regain my health, and In a month 1 became so debilitated and nervous frora'slopplp.-istio ;i and the drafts made on ; my vitality, that it vcus a question if I could ; go 6u. I A dar friend advised me to try 1 jjir. jniuruf xienioraxice Aemne, I took 2 bottles and am happy to say, l am .' " in hotter health than ever. I still continne - Its occasional use, a a nerve food, as my work is very trying. A letter, ad- : flros3oa to Milwaukee, Wis., will reach me." Juno 6, 1894. Mrs. Lacra O. Phoenix. Kr. Miles Norvino is sold on a positive guarantee that tho first bottle will benefit. AllclRurrglstsseUitattl.e bottles for5, or It will lift sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Milca Medical Co., Elkhart, Dad. Dr. Miles', Nervine i ! Restores Health . No morphine or opium in Dr. Miles Pads Pills. Curb All Pain. "One cent a dose." f No morphine, or oiumin Dr. Miles' Paih Fills. Ct'RB All Pain "One cent a dose." i vw u -11 Ti June IS ly sa to th ' . t BUSINESS LOCALS. . fear Noncil For Rent or Sale, Lot and round Wnti, and other ihort miacellaneonf advertiaementa inaertea in tnu uepartment, in leaded nonpareil type, on fint or ionrth page, at PnbUiher't option, ior 1 cent per word each Insertion; bat no advertisement taken ior leu than 20 cents. iTerms positively cash ' la advance. i . , For Rent Pleasant,, unfurnished Rooms at 811 South Fifth street . ju 28 It Hot Weather Photographs. That means yen have to ii4 only on second for your Photographs during . this ht weather. U. C. Ellis, '114 Market street. i in 28 tl j .- . -. : . For the convenience of Its patrons the Wilming ton Seacsast Railroad has placed it j tickets on sa'e i with James C. Munds, Drugiist. ; , jo 28 It Do yon speculate? "Guide to Successful Specu lation" mailed, free. Wheat, provision, cotton and stock speculation on limited margins thoroughly ex I plained. Correspondence solicited. Warren, Ford & I Co., 11 Wall Street,.New York. my 17 ly t j - an tn th ' , For the best and most complete line of Grocerie at the lowest city prices, call at Charles D. Jacobs' Retail Grocery Store. No, 217J North Front street. Attentive delivery men and clerks will hustle up the " goods.- ! , lj ': I :'-mar8tf Baskets, Vegetable Baskets tor the shipment of Peas, Beans, encumbers, etc.. For sale at Jno. S. McKachern'i Grain and Feed Store ill Market - ttreet. i ' . . i ! : c31 Saydan, P. H., jaas in stack boggles, road Carts and harness oi all kinds. Repairing done by skillful workmen on short aotlc. Opposite new C nrtHrttisa 1 - r91 WAX AND WOOL ! :-1'.':'.i' v - - -y-'L-y'-- , . Ship your Wax and Wool to SAr.l'L BEARjSr., 12 Market t Street. Wilmington, N. C, and obtain the highest cask price. Quotations furnished on application. jefl D&Wtf ;- ' GOOD HORSE FOR SALE CHEAP. . '. Also a large assortment'of I AND GROCERIES. :-' I . r I . 1 ... .... Get our quotations before buying. HALL & PEARS ALL, .- i : Nutt and Mulberry streets. m to DW tf- THE NEW COUPLE. She was new and was constructed on the latest modern plan, . i - , But she lost ber heart, like others, and or J 1 . mnn L . . ' oourse i-waH iwiu wv in"". Bo at last the two were married, and they ' started married life, v " Aa they thought, equipped and ready, weU prepared for any strife. - ' Bhe was posted on his business quite as thor . oughly ashe. . ' She had studied all the details, and, as any one could see, . ' 1 . She could ran his shop or offloe, and also . seemed quite clear She could act as his bookkeeper or could serve aa his cashier. ;;T ':i She could sell 'goods on commission or could . buy on thirty days; A She was sharper than most merchants in an proper buainess ways; ' i' 1 . She could "take" from his dictotion axd dio- . tate to others too;. ' ' . There was nothing ronnd the office that sue . really cbuldn't do. . . ' So they thought they were well armored for a life of great success, 5 ' But the outcome of their triaj was a failure , more or less. I !- They are doomed to boarding houses, and re gretully they roam, : ! 1 Tor, while they both can run the office, nei ther one can make a home. - Dry Goods fioportt. A Question of Precedence. ; The precedence due to gqesta was a matter ' of vast importance in the seventeenth century, which the gen-' tleman usher at Berkeley oastle was expeoted to haye at his fingers' ends. It had become very complicated un der the commonwealtb. There were peers, created by the king over the water,; not recognized at: home; there "were the members, not peers, of Cromwell's upper; house, and ti tles of bis granting which thq Roy alists sniffed at Mrs. Isham writes feelingly of-, the trials of hostesses when etiquette was reviving a little; neighbors are "so discontented about you for plase as tbay be nevor to be reconciled againe; this is a thinge I doe much hate. Any one shall goe before me as will,' and iff Sir Harry Blunte axed Harroles (Heralds) before became downe, my Thinkes beare is so many buriells aboute, as none shoulge thihke of Plase. " Sjhe is very proud of a new page. "Yon be to see the fust of my small officer. I thmke ltt may be a pretty site to see him a Horse-backe, and in Boots, for since he nevore bad Boots on before ; he is to call at tifia for a leter. so he is not to stay ionge with you. ; This Boy as we have is erood for nothing but his Boots, and that pleases Pannye, and so because he is pleased i am pleased. Ynii will be aweary with reading jthese scribled Lines, so I reste your ever Lovmee Ante, . Hu isnam. - Longman's Magazine. .;; ! Two Cat Stories. -. A little girl who lives in the Twen ty-sixth ward owns a cat of i which she is very fond. The child is only 3 years bid, and aa will happen some times ' sho forgets and does not be havo properly at table. One night last week she was not only reproved for misconduct, but set down from her place, whereupon she flung her self upon thos floor and sobbed out! her grief. Tho cat was porched up on" the lounge near which the child was lying. Sho looked down, then put her paw over the edge f the sofa and touched the baby. No at tention was --paid her. She pawed again, but being still unnoticed she jumped down and going'' up to her sorrowful little friend snuggled close to her and began licking- her face. Human sympathy could not have been better expressed. The other story tells of equal in telligenoo, but exerted for the ani mal's own benefit.- t)n a cold day thi3 cat came in shivering and went straight to tho fire1.. Presently she put up ona paw cautiously, and felt tho oven door. It. was warm, but not too hot. So puss held ; her foot against it and then proceeded to 'wash herself, warming her pa Ws alter nately beforo wetting them and us- ing them for flesh brushes. Brook lyn Eagle. ' Sharp Enough to Taiio the Hint. , A good story of Lord Rothschild Is going the rounds, and it deserves to be recorded : A young man onco caino to him with letters of introduction, which stated that bo, was thrown entirely on his own resources on account of the death of his' father, a much re spected man, who died from grief on account bf his bankruptcy.; It was further stated ; that tho young man was very clever and smart, and Lord Rothschild was asked if ho could do something for him, i ' , The millionaire took him by the arm and marched him through the city and past the Stock . Exchange, introducing him . to several i well known brokers on tho way, and then bade him farewell. I I "But, " said the young man, who expected great things, "are you not gdiug to do something for me?" "My dear follow," replied the oth er, "if you aro as clever as I am told you are you will know what to do yourself."; ! ' .. j'".-,-. - .' The ydung man was smart enough to take the hint, and by the prestige his apparent friendship with Lord Rothschild 'i gave him obtained un limited credit. He soon made bead way, and is now one of the most successful brokers on ,ho exchange. Liondon Tit-Bits, t - rf. Rapid Growl ne' Fangas. In ' "Recollections of a Hannv Life" Miss North desoribes many of ner young eutlausiasms, and among others that bf collecting and paint ing English fungi. - On one outing, sho says, I came upon a fungus about tho size of a large turkey's egg. ; Eager to see it develop, I took it up carefully and carried it homo. I . put it under a tumbler on the window sill of my bedroom at night, i t j i At daylight I was awakened by a .horrible crash bf splintering glass. Behold the tumbler had fallen to the, floor and' broken tb bits. - The fungus was standing five inches tail, . having hatohed itself free from, its restraining cgglike shell, and in growing had raised the tumbler land tilted it sidewise untile it fell over" and to the floor. --T ; - The fungus had a horrible smell, and soon a swarm of flies were hov ering over it. -' !- .- - ' -r t-- f t - - ( . , - $ mc . U l . Qolte IJkely ,,: .ij - "If this elevator ran to the lowest depths of the infernal regions," said the elevator boy after! giving the matter some thought,! "and if it Was at the bottom of the shaft, there are people who would stop in the door way and ask, 'Going up?' They have contracted the habit ih this world,1 and they oouldn't break themwi I of it ' 'Chicago Post , ? how to accoinplisli the least labor, time and money, has "been solved. mm sm Washing Powder makes a - woman's work ; light sets -her mind at rest keeps her purse closed. Get it before yon Forget "Bold every where. Made only by - THE IM. K. FAIR BANK COMPANY, Chicago, St Louis, New York, Boston, Philadelphia. CLOSE Enabled us to lay in a Stock of Hardware, &c, which we are now offer ing at lowest prices. We are not selling below cost, either. We make a profit albeit, a small one on every article, The "Close Figuring" to which we have alluded does the rest. We invite attention to the follwing: Wire Screens, a certain protection against flies and mosquitoes. Water Coolers. Ice Cream Freezers, all sizes, from one quart op. Hardware specially suited to country buyers. Step Ladders, Howes' Scales, Oil Stoves in great variety. Fishing Tackle and Poles, Rubber Hose, Clothes Wringers, Fine Cutlery. Tinware, Guns' and j Ammunition Finest line of Granite andj Agate Ware in the State. j J. W. MURCHISON, Onrbom- Bn ilrii'-ngT je 19 tf "THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE IS HAPPY, FRUITFUL MARRIAGE." Every Man 'Who Would Know the Grand Truth, the Plain Facts, the Kew Discoveries of Itletllcal Science aa Applied to. Married Life, Who . Would Atone for Past Error and Avoid Future Pitfalls, Shonld Secure the Wonderful Il.lt t Io Book Called " Complete Manhood, and How to At tain It." . - j. , . " Here at last Is information from a liim medical source that must work bonders with this generation of men ". V The book fnlly describes a method by which to attain full vigor and manly power., . A method by which, to end all ufeptural Jyalnson thesystra. ':' ' To cure nervousness, lack of self-control, de spondency, &c. To exchange a Jaded and worn nature for one of brightness, buoyancy and power. To core forever effects of excesses, overwork. worry, &c. i To give full Btrenetli, development and tone; , to every portion and organ of the body, Age no barrier. Failure impossible. Two: thousand references. I , The book is purely medical and scientific, useless to cariosity seekers, -invaluable to men only who need it. A despairing man, who had applied to us, soon after wrote : i "WeU, I tell yon that first day is one I'll never forget. I Jnst bubbled with Joy. I wanted to hug everybody and tell them my old self had died yesterday and my new self was born to-day. Why didn't you tell mef when I first wrote that I would find It this way?" .- . . And another thus: - "K yon dumped a cart load of gold at mf feet it would not bring such gladness into my life as your method has done." Write to tho ERIK MEDICAL COMPANY, Buffalo, N. Y and ask for the little book called "COMPLETE MANHOOD." Eeferto this paper, and the company promises to send the book, in sealed envelope, without any marks, and entirely free, until it is well intro duced. -) - a 25D&W1T till fulv! ta"ta th IF YOU RIDE A BICYCLE YOU MUST CURES Wounds, Bruises, Sunburn, Sprains. RELIEVES Lameness, Strains, Soreness, Fatigue. Always rub with it after EXERCISING, so AVOID LAMENESS and be in good condition for the next day's work, REFUSE SUBSTITUTES Weak, Watery, Worthies. BOND'S EXTRACT OINTMENT cures PILES. VoT" :". " ;K !-.'' I.. : . V POND'S EXTRACT CO., 76 Fifth Ava., New Yoik. aug25 1y 'i ' nwefr jr. - Dead, Buried and Forgotten . X. j Are the Old Prices, and we will ' sell you. " 20 Bbls Mott's Sweet Cider. 25 Bbls Mott's Apple Vinegar. 25 Gross Axle Grease. 500 Bbls MW. B. C." Flour. 200 Bbls "Magnet" Flour. I 400 Bags "Cooper's Best" Meal. 300 Bags Pearl Grits. I To be sold, and sold at prices to suit the times and the stringency of me markets oi our country. . W. B. COOPER Wholesale Grocer and Commiaaion Mnrliini. 286 North Water street. e88 If , DW ' Wilmington. N. C ITotice- QNE. NEW TURPENTINE LOCATION TO leaie or one old cue - Apply to - D. DUBBERLY, jeaODAWlm ; FenDick,Ga. most -work with the m U v WILMINGTON, N. C. TA5TELE59 00 D LL IS JUST AS COOD kOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE 50 cts. ! OAI.ATIA, IIXS., Nov. 16, 1893. Paris Medicine Co.. St. Liouia. Mo. Gentlemen: We sold last year, 600 bottles of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and have bought three gross already this year. In all oar ex perience of 11 years, in the drug business, have never sold an article that gave such universal satis. Bteuup M your touiq. xours truly, . i Abnkt.Cakb AC Frr tale Wholesale and Retail, and guaranteed by R. R Bellamy. Retail by J. H. Hardin and all otn r Druggists, Wilmington, ti. ap30D&W6m Wall Paper, Wall Paper. We have the largest and most com plete stock of WALL PAPER In the State,! which we are offering at greatly reduced prices. i WINDOW SHADES, all sizes,, made to order from the best Imported Holland. Picture Framing. We make a specialty of picture framing, arfd make np all sizes from the latest styles of moulding. Fine Pictures, Etchings, Photographs and Engravings. ;. i : ' ... Easels, Screens, Cornice ' Poles, Picture Nails and Hooks, Room Mouldings, etc. - ., Remember we buy for CASH from first hands and guarantee bottom prices. , je 28 tf Wilmington. N. C. MERGER & EVANS, t: ' i : '"-! -' ' Successors to H. C. Evans, ! ! n :. : - Desire to remind the generous pa . ! : i ' ' X ' - I - " tronizing public that they keep THAT ARE CHEAP, SHOES THAT WILL FIT, SHOES THAT WILL WEAr and Shoes that will give satisfaction. We earnestly and cordially invite atrial of pur stock when; wanting anything in i ii i We also keep on hand, at "low prices, Bicycle Shoes and Leggings for Ladies and Gentlemen, j Respectfully,' Mercer & Evans. Successors to H. C Evans. T63 steps East from corner Front and Princess Sts. : '. my 31 tf LADIES Steel Pennyroval Pilla FRFNrti0''1".1 nd only tJSJ ?4 feljabJe cure r" : "ice. i.oo; sent byrnajl. Genuine sold 011I7 bj . " Rt R. BELLAMY & Co., my 9 xStffr Sole ilgeota, Wilmington, S. C. FIGURING 1 CW.Yaies&Co.. WOMEN'S "LITTLE WAYS" TUa Writer Think Them Among the Most Important Things. Here is something atj observing person writing in the London Queen says: - - - jHow many people defend almost entirely njjon- little -ways in their progress through life 1 They have no sieoial talent3 to witoh. the-"world withr no great intelleotaality, no m rioua gift, but they, have a brilliant sense of self oonsoiousness that en ables them to invent and to judge of their inventions, appraise them, rejeot those which are worthless, re tain those "which are of value. And the inventions -which r they retain ore called their little -ways. How many "women',' for instance, have been successful in life simply be cause 'they have .suoh a way with them I rney are noi prescy. xneir sister women regard them with un disguised amazement, - marveling what any man can see in them. And the men themselves could hardly tell you; why they are attracted. They say of a certain little lady, ,'Oh, she's awfully taking,' but can not explain why. But the atoresaid little lady can, you inay depend up on it. ' ' ; "Probably in early life, looking forth upon the future, after long, glances into bor mirror, she resolved what should-be her armor for the fray into 'Which she was . entering. There were- many weapons which sho might take up. She selected two or three but of the heap, and hence forth they became her little ways. One is a smile perhaps, an odd, orig inal, innocent smile, that makes her look like a ohild or a baby although, heaven knows, she must be well over 30; another is a turn of the head that causes, the neck to fall in to a lovely line from, chin to bosom ; a third is a pensive expression of wistful appeal that floats into her eyes and softens her mouth and suggests infinite possibilities and a longing for sympathy; That longing for sympathy 1 How it - knocks a (man over I He has it, toOi or thinks be has, which is almost the same thing. And so he responds to the artificial with the real and worships at the shrine of little ways. Perhaps ne would not wander far from the jtruth in saying that the world is ruled by little ways. Depend upon it, Helen bad some, and the sioge of Troy would never have been neces sary -but for a woman's graceful kviles. Cleopatra probably brought Antony to bor feet by some tiny trick H of quivering an eyelid that no other woman evor bad. I "There is no special reason for be lieving that Mary, queen of Scots, jwas a very exceptional beauty and many peoplo are inclined to believe rather that she was a plain female, Wbq owed her undoubted fascina tion? to her littlo ways. Mon have their little ways too. Tho beau sa- 1 brer has a manner of; mustache lifting that ..suggests, chivalry and is quif o irresistible. The jxmng fash ionable actor knows how to assume a graceful melancholy, a vague ethe real despair that draws the crowd. At home, ovor a stoak and a bottle of stout, he is jolly enough.1 Ho has discarded bis littlo ways, j After ull, littlo ways may smack of ; insinceri ty, tiut they make life full of va riety. We could scarcely do without them. Arid so let us be thankful for them, nor condemn the artfulness that sometimes rises to high art." English' Military Red Tape. The London Chronicle published a story of military red tapo which will boar comparison with tho best of stories. I do not know what higher and ; trousers belonging to a larico I corporal in sa line regiment were damaged by a rat. A-board of in quiry under the GfO. of the battalion solemnly assembled at Colombo to invtiigato the outrage, j The lance corporal was called and gave his evi dence, describing the apparition of the rat, which jumped off tho shelf as ha wast taking down his Mt. 'A second lance corporal gave corrobo rative ; evidence of tho occurrence. Thej- damaged garments wero pro duced and examined by the board. Tho quartermaster was callod and deposed that "it would cost about 1 shilling to repair tho serge coat and trousers. " The board deliberated and recorded its finding thus :; ! "The board'having carefully con sidered the evidence and, examined the serge frock and trotisors, is bf opinion that tjhey are damaged by rats, through no carelessness on the part of No. 2373, Lanco Corporal C. D; ; that tho damage was unavoid able ; that the damaged articles are repairable, and that the expense fox repairing via, about 1 shilling- should be charged to the public " j Tho proceedings wero then signed passed to the chief paymaster, fori warded to the war office and reoordl ed in the archives of the nation. All this for 1 shilling! T wonder how; many shillings it cost. - 1 ' l ' " . 1 A Tiara- and Its Fortunes. 1 In 1789 Pius VI had his tiara al-i tered, and jt was reset by Carlo Sarn tori, the pope's jeweler,: with tho; . addition of three diamonds of largo size, 36 smaller ones, 24 large balasl rubies from Mogul, '22 large oriental! sapphires, 112 rubies and a largo number of pearl3, with this inscrip tion in diamonds, "Ex munificentia Pii VI. P. O. M. " Pius VI was, as is well known, forced by the French -to dispose of this tiara, as well as of most of his treasures, to ay in part" the 0,000,000 francs required by the treaty of Tolentino in 1797. Napo leon I, in tho month of June, 1805, i sent as a gift to Pius VII a new and magniGoont tiara, on the summit of which again appeared the celebrated emerald of Gregory XIII. It was pre sented to the popo by Cardinal Fesch, the emperor's minister pleni potentiary, and tho popo in his let ter of thanks, dated Juno 23, 1805, informed tho emperor of: his inten tion to use1 it for the first time at r the papal mass on the feast of Saints Peter and PauL When the pope was taken prisoner in 1809 by the emper or, this tiara was seized by General Miollis, together with other treas ure, and taken back to Paris, but on the restoration of the monarchy and the return of the pope to Rome,- it was restored to him by Louis XVHX Notes. and Queries. I j A groat man may be the personification and type of the epoch for which God des llnea him, but he is never Its creator.. D'Aubign. " . IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. The Tast Difficulties Attending" Telephone Construction There. : A description by J. W. Diokerson of the running of a telephone lino from Leadville toi Aspen shows that telephone construction in the Rook' ies is not all plain sailing. It took twe months to coyer the entire length, 48 mjles. f In ordinary con struotion the poles would bo set 42 toihe mile, but ; at certain points where sharp turns were necessary the number would sometimes be in creased to 75 to the mile. The mem bers of the construction gang had to bo as expert as axmen ; as they were as linemen, for when timber was en countered a path of 200 feet on eaoh side of the line had to be cleared in order that wires j might not be bro ken twhen trees were blown Over by tho.terrifio blasts which at times prevail in that region. A great deal of the comparative slowness of. the installation was owing to tho inabil ity of the workmen to labor in suoh a rarefied atmosphere. At one point the wires were strung at an eleva J tionof 12,000 feet above sea level. In such an, altitude the lineman soon ; becomes completely tired. After he has elimbed two j or three poles he has to take a long rest to recuperate bis energies. The preparation of tho holes for the poles, which would have been tedious in similar ground even in an ordinary atmosphere, was an especially "-slow and' fatiguing operation. It was often necessary to blast a hole for the pole by the uso jof giant powder, and an , ex miner who bad had an extensive ex perience with' explosives was as signed to the job. . The digging cf one pole holo would sometimes ccoupy him a whole.day, working honestly Over .300 pounds cf powder were used on the line for this jpurpdsb. When the continental divide wa3 rcacbod, the poles had to bo abandoned, and the wires were placed in a submarine cable, which was juried in a two foot trench for a distance of 7, G00 feet. The advis-i ability of abandoning aerial con struction at this point was demon strated by the experience of the company who maintain the Denver and Leadville line At one point on that j lino, Mosquito pass, the, poles werej originally set -100 fe6t apart. As soon as the wires were covered with sleet they promptly snapped and jthe line was useless. Double the number of .poles wero then 'used, with! tho same result. ,The space be tween the poles was then reduced to 15 feet, but as eoon as the sleet came tho lino was swept down fiat. Even tually an underground cable was laid for 2J 1-2 miles, and -there has been no trkmblo since. jThe rapidity and sizo of these ice accumulations are almost incredible to those who have had jno experience with mountain telepjbono lines. The foreman of a construction gang1 remarked when questioned abouti this difficulty, "Why, man, tho sleet comes down Mosquito pass in such a way that a telephone wire would be as big around as your body in no time." In winter the linemen detailed to make repairs travel on snowshoes. If they are overtaken by a storm or find they must remain but over night, they push on for the nearest refuge, whioh is ordinarily a desert ed cabin formerly occupied by somo prospector or miner. All the poles T are numbered, and the linemen are furnfehed with maps which indioate where shelter is to be obtained.' "Unlucky Opals. It is not fashionable to be super- stitiouaabout wearing' opals. Ten .years; ago the woman who wore an opal jwas a brave woman indeed. Today, experts admit,' 'more opals are bought than any other precious, stones except diamonds. Itwas'Sir Walter Soott who belped.-'ln "Anne of Geaerstein,"jto arouse the fears of the superstitious concerning the wearing that very beautiful stone, and it was a German dealer in gems who fostered that fear very success fully for other ends than those of ro manco. He oame to England years ago, wo are told by a lady jeweler, to fill an order from one of tho royal families in Germany a wedding or der, if I remember rightly. Opals were ithen. high. He had printed the storyj that opals were unlucky and spread the report diligently. In a short; time, the price went down, and ho was enabled to fill his order and make a handsome profit, minster Gazette j . ; -West- . - j . Felt Like o Victim. J- ' "I wish that those ancestors of ours hadn't sat down and invented proverbs, " remarked a young at torney of this city disconsolately. "Well,", replied his friend, "they probably couldn't help putting in their time that way. They were people of intelligence, and they had to do something. 'Necessity knows no law,' " I . "That's the worst one of the lot," was the indignant reply. "A long time ago. some person said, 'Neces sity knows no law, ' and the popular impression to that jeffect is now so' great .that the more: I need praotioe in my profession the less people Boom willing to trust me with busi ness." Washington1 Star. i j ... . ' j The Speed of Klectrleity. Thej speed of electricity under the most favorable conditions is now es tablished to be 180,000 miles a seo-ond,-What this enormous speed im plies is somewhat dimly suggested by 'an illustration recently used by the eminent scientist . Sir Robert Bell. .Suppose that a row of tele graph.posts 25,000 miles long were erected around thej earth at the equator. Suppose that a wire were stretched upon thes posts for this circuit of 25,000 miles, and that the& another complete circuit was taken by the same Wire around tho same posts, and then another and yet an other, In fact, let the wiro be wound no fewer than seven times complete ly about this great globe. We should then find that an eleotrio signal sent into the wire at one end would ac complish tho oircuit in one seoond of time: St. Louis Globe-Democrat ; When Mina Eaoner saw aer scout sister dressed" for the part of a shep- Muo, uer HnrriTinon nroa ' -l. . .mo, tJXL UJJ, r4"! jyu loojt use a shepherdess who has just dined on the flock." It is said that in London there are no fewor thuv mnnn . musicians of various eradeft A wioo more than 'half -of them .women.- r aV X w - are The highest tobaccos is "Just as gqpd as Durham." Every "old smoker knows there is none just t ' as good as - "7 V S in rou Will find one eaQh two ounce bag, and two cou pons inside each four ounce mf) bagoi tsiackweu s uurnam. Buy a bag .of this cele-. b rated tobacco and read the coupon which gives a list of valuable presents and how to get Between Grass-growing ' AND HAY-MAKING The farmer has time to look around. He reads the daily and weekly papers. He discusses the political issues of the day, and ponders long on this won derful financial problem, and cannot decide what is best. But , our way ot thinking is to make every dollar we have or can get to ko as far aspbssibie. and the way to do this is by buying your Dry Goods at i the least possible price. We are ever on tbe lookout for bargatns for you, and stand ready to join hands on this money-saving issue by selling you Goods for Less Money Them MATTING We have received from auction a nice supply of heavy-weight goods. 1 yard wide, at 12c; better, at 15 and 18q. j Splendid, fine cotton warp, nice, seam less Japanese Matting, 20 and 22Kc- A n ee hoe of Brussels. Remnants in Carpets. Rugs of air styles.. UMBR ELLAS 24 inches, nice goods, at 0c; 26 inches, nice natural woodE h?nfi!rs. 75r; fine Gloria, 98c. j DRESS GOODS New and fresh styles. Tbe new Linen Goods at 10, 12K and 25c per yard; white and colored Pique, 10 and 20c; a nice line Ducks in colors at 9 and 10c; in white, 12c. All wool Challie, beautiful Spring styles, at lOcs regular, 20c. T You; will find us at 118 North Front ju 28 tf ZBIGr BEEA Dry Commencing Monday We will offer 15 pieces of Dotted and StripedlPancy Swiss Muslin at 35c, former price 75c. , - Twenty-five pieces of Fancy Cotton Piisse at ,12Jc, former price 18c. Twenty pieces of Fancy Wool Challie and Swivel Silk at ,25c, former prices) 40 and 50c. I , i - : : - ' Ll Five pieces of 45-inch Fancy Flouncing at 75c, former price nOO".r. -We have about 25 dozen Ladies' Shirt Waist that will behold at the fol-. .lowing prices : 1 . -J7 - 75 cents quality at 60 , cents. ! 90 cents quality at 70 cents. ! Sl.OO bualitv at 80 cents. ' . complete stock of Ladies Fa'ncy to $10.00. : ' . Ladies Vests in a variety ofvsfyles We are headquarters for Ladies and ALL MtLLINEJRYGOODS AT COST. JOHNSON TELfePHONE CALL 193. The Wilmington Savings; and Trust Company.' Stockholders are Invited ! '- .-":.. i - , ; - 1 ' To call and otaw . their semi-annual dividend now .payable. DEPOSITORS ARE INVITED to call and collect interest on their de . posits for last quarter now payable. ! ' EVERY BODY IS INVITED to save up for the proverbial "rainy (day" and deposit in the ' l:' v '' j'" ' j : '' '-S-"T '' ' Wilmington Savings and Trust Company. ; This Bank paid depositors within the past year over seventy-six hundred dollars In interest. Did you get any of that money ? If not, begin at once. Iaterest not drawn at end ofquarter is compounded. 1 je 28 tf Bowden contains Than Any Lithia Water of Stone . I suits nave Deen most gratitying." ; From fw. A. Wakely, M: D , Auburn, N. Y.. says: "Have Lithia Springs.Ga. obtained quick and satisfactory results ju Chronic Popular Prices. Rhenmatlsm and Bright's Disease." ' !'BPM?NJiPTlIJA WAT? twiMMeeito cjt fl diteuts f 'the Kid nej and Bladder, Rheumatwm. Insomais, Gout and Nervous Dyspepsia. Postal Card bnogs lllostrated pamphlet, i , ... ' r " Oxa Sparkling Table Water Has no Equal. For Sale in Any Quantity By BOWDEIM LITHIA SPRIWCS CO-, mar 8 D&W ly : 174 Peachtree St,:. Atlanta, Ga. TOWER, BLAHpSSHff & BINFORD, EIiECTBIOAi : Contractors and Supply Agents, Io. .618 East Main St., Richmond, Va. , Prices on Anything Electrical Promptly and Cheerfully j Furnished. ieiL Electric Light Plants a Specialty. PEACE ' ... ... . i No superior work done anywhere, North or Sonthl unasn-nr ue. m st faculty It. las ever had. The advantages offered in Literature, Languages, Music and Artareaotarpased. . "1 Send for Illustrated Catal an, y claim for other rnjirmryiA JvUUvSU UPMIV coupon insii them - 1 nan You Ever Bought Before. j; i" ! J y. Agra Linen, lovely pattern, 8c.:, j . Cotton Challie, good colors, 4c. . J A nice line of nice Dress Goods' of every style. Beautiiul Sbjrt Waitt Silk at '25c per yard. White Lawn, a nice line, at 4, 5, 6,up to 25c per yard." . SHOES of every style Ladies' Slippers at 40, 50, 65, 75c up to $2.00. -I Men's fine dress Slippers, 1 1 00, 1.20. " 125 up. - I f , f Boys' fine Dongola button Tan Shoes, extra value, at 95c, from 11 to 2's.i Men's nice I all solid Lace and Congress Buff Shoes at $1 00 a pair. Men's oil l grain Creed mores, special job. 80c. Women's job Shoes, all. styles, at 50c street, opposite the Orton House. Braddy Gaylord, Propi ? WILMINGTON'S BIG RACKET; STORE. I3ST Morning. June 29th, $135 quality at $1.00. $1.50 quality at $1.15. $1.75 quality ?at $1.35: Parasols and Umbrellas from $1.00 from 10c to 75c. Chi!dreji!sHosiery. & FORE No. Ill Market St, ; je28 tf , more lithia Otber Natural Goods Mineral TVater In the World. The Only Known Solvent ' in the gladder and Kidneys. Dr. J B. S. Holmes, ex-Pj-esident Georgia State Medi-' cal Association, says: "Have used Bowden Lithia Water extensively in bladder and kidney troubles, and the re- FOR YOUNG LADIES, Baleigh, N, Ct 4 Institute JAMBS DIN WlDDIB, Hf. A. i .. ! ' - (UniversitJ'of Vlrpnia) Principal. in SIS la i .... ""Si X