j TBNDEB TRUTHS.
Sweet friend, when thou and I art gone
Bevond earth s weary labor.
When small shall be oar need ot grace
From comrade or from neighbor;
Passed all the strife, the toil, the care.
And done with alt the ncninc-
What tender troth shall we have gained,
Aias, ay simpiy ayingf ,
i . . .1 v - '
Then lips too chary of the praise
Will tell our merits over. 1 -
And eyes too swift our faults to see
Shall no defect discover; i
Then hands that would not lift a stone,
u when stones were thick to camber
Our steep hill path, will scatter flowers
Above our pillowed slumber.
Sweet friend", pefchance both you and 1,
Ere love is past forgiving, t
Should take the earnest lesson home -
Be patient with the living! i ' -To-day's
repressed rebuke may t ave
Our blinding tears to-morrow;
Then patience e'en when keenest edge
May whet a nameless sorrow1,
1 'l
Tis easy to be gentle when ,
Dsath silence shames our clamor,
And eas to discern the best
Throueh memory's mvstic elamout
'but wie it were for thee and me.
I Er love is past forgiving.
To take the tender lesson home
i-
Be patient witH the living.
X-Anon.
SUNDAY SELECTIOr
. A good laugh is sunshine In a
house. Tkackery. ! . .
i (The envious man grows lean at
the excess of his neighbor. Horace.
Those who make us nappy are
aiways in. nutui to us lor being so;tnei
granlude is ibe revardtof their Dentins.
An me. bwtchme. tt K
-4 Some who affect, to dislike
flutery nny vet be flittered indirectly
. Ok".a 'well-seas mrd abase aid ridicule of
tn.ir rivals. Contort, j
The growing good of the world
lspitny dependent on unhistoric acts;
and that things are not so, ill with you
ar.d me as they might have been is half
' owing to the number who lived faith
fully .a bidden life and rest in unvisited
tombs.- George Eliot j
I have been called in order to
bear witness to truth. My life and my
L laita are ot no consequence, but an in
finite importance Jis attached to the ef-
lortsl and actioa of my life. I am a
priest of trut h; I am in her pay; I have
pledged myself to do, j to dare and to
suffer everything for truth. Fie hie
I -j- Spiritual beauty can never be
reached without cost; , The blessing is
always hidden away in. the burden and
,ran be bad only by .lifting the burden.
tSelLmust jie if the good in us is to
shine out in radiance. Michael Angelo
used to say, as the clippings new from
the marble on the floor of his studio,
"While the marble wastes the image
grows. There must be a wasting of
sen a ccopping away continually of
things that are dear to nature if the
things that are true and pure are to
.come out in life. The marble must
wasie while the image-grows. Rev, f.
A. Mtuer ,
"DR. MILES,
Through His Nervine Is a Ben
efactor to Thousands."
Tit WIDELY known Wisconsin publisher,
- who resides at Green Bay, writes
, Marrh Bth-. 189S. u fnllnwa '
mental work was a burden. I could not rest
at night .on account of sleeplessness. 1 My !
attention was called to Dr. Miles' Bestora-
five Nervine, and I commenced to use it!
with .the very best effect. Since then i
have kept a bottle in my house and use it ;
whenever my nerves become unstrung, with:
always the same good results. My son also
Dr.MUes'
takes It for nervousness'
with like never failing
success. I have recom
mended It to many and
it cures them. All who
suffer from nerve
troubles should try It!
Nervine
Restores
Kb......
It is free
cotics, perfectly harm
less, and yet soothes aiMjtrengthens. Dri
Miles, through his Nervine Is a benefactor
to thousands."- ' ' . A. O, LEHMAN, j
I Editor and proprietor of Deb Lajtosmak.
fDr. Miles'" Nervine is sold on guarantee
first bottle will benefit or money refunded.
m,I?p.V,yi,.!S,l1ilERVll! P masters cure RHEUMA
TISM, WEAK BACKS. At druggists, cmy 25c
No morphice or opium in iDr. Miles' Pain PiLtSi
Ct RB All Paio "One cent dcse." . I ,
. cr sale by all Druggists. Chance.
June 16 ly sa to th !
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y Noticbi For Rent pr Sale, UM sad Foand
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oa first or Uonrth pKa, at Pnblijher'i option, lor 1
cent per word each insert lonibnt no advertbement
taken lor lest than 20 ccatt. Terau, positively cash
liand
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c -
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K!NQ OF TIGRE.
Xlna of Tizre. awnrada true, '
; Where in all thine isles art then?
.Sailing' on Fonaaca blue?
; Wearing Ajnapala now? '
, King of Tig, where art thoaf
'Batt ing for Antilles' queen
Baber hilt or olive bought
jCrown of dust o laurel green? j j
Raving lov or marriage vow?
. King and comrade, where art thoaf
' Sailing on Paotfig geas? :.
Pitching ten tain Pima now?
Underneath magnolia trees? .
. Thatch of paint or cedar bonghf ;
Soldier uingor, where art thoaf
Coasting on the Oregon! ', ' . v !
Saddle bow or birchen prow?
Bound the isles of Amazon
Pftmnat). plain or mountain brow?
Prince of rovers; where art thou?
Answer me from oat the west! .f i
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Roach a hand with lifted brow I j I . i
; Kins of Tiere. where art thou?") i
Cbarlea Warren Stoddard. '
FANNING'S
HEART.
Miss Irwin was very bnsy.l She was
handling a difficult assignment which
br rights should have been siven to one
of the men reporters, and so it happened
that she remained after every one, else
had gone to dinner, and for some time
the walls of the city editor's room had
listened to the unsusual , sound at snob
an boor of a ' bad stub
pen scratching
over ihin brown paper.
i Finally the monotonous scratching
was interrupted by the - opening of a
door, aci Vanning, tbft police reporter,
hastily entered. Miss Irwin paused in
ber Gtoryl.iijg enough to look np. ti
Oh," sbe said, "it a. yon. Fanning.
Been to dinner already?''
'No, uig'ani. not-yet. I'm looking
for Scran ton. Hasn't coinb back yet. has
lie?'
"Not yet. Anything I cau do for yon?"
"No, -thanks. I just wanted to eee
him about a story that little chap that
was hurt. Read abont it, didn't you?
Scranton's interested. The littje chap's
dying. - i ve just come from the bouse.
The doctors all say he'll die tonieht.
and I wanted to tell Scranton. ! I am so
worried. Pshaw, I'm worried sick. I'
He caused, ran his Gneara tlirnnoh V.ij
nan- and looted embarrassed.
. Uome, now, Fanning, 4;ell me all
about it," said the thoroughly interested
Miss Irwin.
There ain't much to telL Oh. yon
mean wnat I'm. worrying abont? TrVell,
to put the whole thing m a few lines.
I'm afraid he might not die in time for
me to get my story for the morning's
paper. Just think of what I'd lose
such a beautiful story."
Miss Irwin looked shocked, and Fan
ning saw it. His blue eyes took on a
resolute expression, but the muscles of
his, face did not move, nor did his red
cheeks grow the least bit redder. He lit
x es, ma am ; so long as he's earner to
aie they said he won't live through
tonight he might have enough consid
eration for me to arrange it in time.
Just my luck to get scooped. " And he
knocked off some cigarette ashes. 5 f
Miss Irwm gazed at the boy in aston
ishment.
Why, you cruel, cruel fellow." she
exclaimed, in-a disappointed tone, "I
didn't think yon were that sort."
It was Fanning's turu to look disarm
pointed "Yon seem to think, because I
talk as I do, that a police reporter hasn't
any feelings at all," he said, in an in
jured vmy. '.'Maybe we've got more
wiau you uhdk. jnow, there ain't any
body sorrier than I am for that little
boy. ' Why, his mother and sister think
1 m the best friend they've cot. because
a l hadu t said my say, tho bully who
ncrt tho little chap wouldn't have been
held at all. I fixed him all richt fi in on ph.
though ; made things pretty livelv at the
ponce court, aiuu t it Well, I cuo3s.
Say, if he would onlyhurrv no and
die in time IconldWrite the most ele
gant and touching story. You justought
to see him. & very body takes so much in
terest in him, and folks send him books
and toys and jejly and all sortsr of good
thi ngs to eat. When I saw him this even
ing, the bed was covered with Dlav-
things, but if you'll believe it, he didn't
eeem to care for 'eai at alL The only
thing he noticed was a hunch of roses,
somebody had sent him.- He wouldn'4
part with -em, and when I saw him ly
ing back there with the flowers nffoinst
his cheek, I thought how pretty it would
be for mo to have him die with ihem in
his hand. Say, wouldn't that be pictur
esque? I won't bother you, though, any
luuger. ii you see Jacrairton. tell him
about it ; ho'll be interested. " ! X
The door closed, and Miss Irwin was
again alone. She couldn't taka dd the
train of thought she had been pursuing
When interrupted, and she still had the
shocked look sho assumed at the begin
ning of Fanning's conversation.! '
Such a hardened fellow, " she mut
tered, "and yet at heart I really believe
him to be what ho aaya he .is." i ; J ..
ihe next morninMiss Irwin spjinnorl
the papers, but saw nothing about the
boy. The evening papers contained lonu
accounts of his life and death. Miss Ir
win felt rather sorry that Fanning with
all his cruel, kind heart, had been scoop
ed. She .was sure his account would
have surpassed those-she had read, and
she sighed as she thought of the rosea.
They had not been mentioned at all. i
faeveraldays passed. She was auxin
to meet the police reporter.' " CnrioBitv
caused her to wonder what he woTjld
say. Finally the chance came.; She hap
pened to be waiting for a car when Fan
ning passed. She stopped him. i s
By the way, Fanning, I eaw yon
were cheated ont of vour stm-v
the little boy." . ' ' ; . ,
,' Yes, I was. Luck's dead against
me." : . .
'What time did he die2" i j f
'Three a. m. exactlv. Jnst vi lot
for me to got in even a line. I was there
when he died." , j - Vj-
"Poor, dear, little follow! ; Hm AiA
he die?" V - " f I ;
He died "tt'enace rtes. ma'nm
Miss Iiwin Thought that she had be- '
me used to tho ronortfr'a
style, but.hia reply was toa mncb for
her. When she regained her comno: ra.
sbe said: . . i'-
"I mean, did he know anvbodv? TVs-
he conscious to the last?" 4 i ' 4
Ob, yes. He iust onened hia nvaa:
then ho shut 'em' again, and tie onened
em again and smiled real sweet at hia
mother, and sister and; mo. and then.
and then he he just died nicei real nice.
oay,. ne touched Mies Irwin on
the arm and laoghed. "what do you sup
pose? His mother thinks so ranoh of me
-she asked me to nipt ont 'thamffln-
said she didn't know what would be ap
propriate. I selected a little beauty.
Say, you ought to have seen him fn it "
Miss Irwm was . ijeoomino vastw in.
terested in Fanning: :V He was so differ-7
ent irom any one she: had ever met be
fore. ' Then, too, he. puzzled her, j His
conversation was 'certainly of a "don't
care" style, but somehow she
believe him to . be as heartless
seemedi His story about . the death of
the little boy had affected her greatly;
so much so, in fact.- that he ; went to
ee the sorrow stricken mother. ,
Jh, said the mother, hntwonn has
tears, "yon are from The Mnmin, Unp
aid, you say? It is so kind of yon to
.come. My poor little h thnnT,t. t.
Herald was the best paper tn town; he
often sold tfc If aU the people on The
Herald are so good and kinri vnM ..
Mr. raTiTiin?"- -
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when I first wroto that 1 tvmilrf imi ,
way?"
Ana another thus:
UM YOU damned a . lrA n wnM A. M
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life as your method has done."
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Gentlemen: We sold last year, WO bottles of
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perience of 14- years. In the drag business, have
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oth r Druggists, Wilmington, N. C - i
apiwu w era
3-TOTIOEG.
HAVING PURCHASED THI OTHER HALF
of the es'i e Wholesale and Retail Boot and
7 xf "i1"' kn0wn Mercer & Evan, successors
Bvn. 1! Princess street, which io
claderthe entire iaterest in said bnsioess of the late
H. C. Evans, such as half ol sto. k of Boots and
onoes. books nod bcok vmiikn A,,m u- :
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signed will roa'inue the business under the firm name
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i 7 thos" ,who Bccounts are doe we would ret pect
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.L. Respect fury, ' C - -.:
J ,. ". MERCER ft EVANS, : - -.V.iy
I Successors to H. C. Evans. ,
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CURES
"Tanning!" ,
"Yes, do you know him?. I don't
know-what on earth I would ha-?e done
in all my trouble if ' it hadn't been for
him. He'a got the kindest, most gener
ous heart 'The Lord loveth a cheerful
giver, but then, Mr. Fanning - can. af
ford to give, and , -
i "Fanning afford to give V ejaculated
Miss Irwin. "Why" -pi':3.
' , "It's a blessed thing to be rich, and
to. have so much power on a great big
paper, like .The Herald," continued the
elder woman. 'Of course, if he had been
poorer off than ho really js,' I wouldn't
have let him do what he did. " . c
"May I ask what he did?" inquired
Miss Irwin. i- .
"Yes, indeed, and I'm only too glad
to tell you about it I believe in men
tioning good deeds. Mr. Fanning's pa
per took, such an interest in my little
boythat it printed long columns about
him, and then Mr. Fanning had the man
who; injured .my boy put In jail, and
then he sent - him : flowers beautiful
roses, the ones he was buried with and
Mr. Fanning even bought the coffin with
his own money. When I told him not to
do that, he laughed and said that was
nothing he could afford it" - ' .
"So," mused the ladyreporter, as she
walked away, "Fanning hall spent all
his hard earned savings on the flowers
and coffin. -He's a dear, good boy. " '
Omaha Herald.
HE DID NOT LEAVE.
Rose Forest and Aleo Beaton had been
engaged six years, and both had only just
reaohed their majority. ; It had buen one
of those family arranged affairs that are
always intended so kindly and often, alas,'
end so disastrously. " , j t ' ;J
y They ha been brought up side by sido,
and When, one suinraor vacation, they werr
told they must evontnally marry one an
other they could not see amy objection at
any particular reason for 6uch an arrange:
mcnt. "'rp-.: . r"" '; ;"
In the six yoars-that - passea tbey saw
vory little of one another, and now Aleo
was at a theological college, and Roso was
enjoying a round of gayety in London.
Among the many who sought her society
was Aloe's elder brother, David, a soldier
by profession 'and a soldier of tho truest
worth. ' . ; , ; ... ;
People had often wondered whyhe had
never inarriod, but his wholo attention had
been devoted to his profession and now at
the nge of 40 he was recognized as a staid
old bachelor.. ;. " -! r
"flow often do you and Aleo write to
one another" he asked Rose one day.
"Ob, we have no regular time. , I write
to him when ! I : think I have anything to
say that interests him. Bat that isn't
vory often, you know," she smiled roguish
ly.: ?'He wouldn't care to hoar of our
oeaseless round of frivolity." ;.
, "But yoq rend and you write. Nay,
don't blush. I havo seen some of your
stories, and they are charming. ' Don't
you tell him about those interests?"
"Ndr You see, David, be lives such a
different life altogether. Ee only cares for
theological books." j
wnae wiu you ao wnen you are mar
rled?" he asked. : , , -
; She : started slightly. ; "I. no'ver think
about It. .It always seems to mo so far
off. But when the day comes, I think I
shall be ready." f i
"Bat you should think about it," he
said gently. "Surely tho joys of wifehood
are worthy of some consideration nave
yon no picture of what your home will be?"
, She had risen while he spoke and caino
closo to him. with startled, parted lips,
i "Oh, David, I wish yoa wouldn't talk
like this. You--you frighten mo."
"Poor little girl! I did not mean 'to do
that I am a meddlesome old fellow, but
the happiness of those I care for is very
near my heart. Goodby,"
And Rose, trying .to forget his words,
found she could not forget him found
.that for many a week she had. worn hor
prettiest drosses to please , him ; that she
had welcomed him and looked for bis com
ing as she had waited forino other.
She began to realize when he touched
her hand, whon he ftood by her side as she
pang, when ho sat next to her at dinner
and talked to no ono else, that sho dis
missed the thought of their future rola
tionship, that she dreamed instead of the
homo ho had pictured and all she longed
to do for him.
It was the last day of .the year, and tboy.
were returning from a midnight service,
and Roso was walking by Oolonof Beaton's
side. . They wcro silent for some time, and
then he made up his mind to telL her of
the stop ho had determined to take.
"Do you know, littlo sister" how un
naturally the word came., but bo said It
"do you know this ma;.- bo tho last tirno I
shall spend a New Ycar'efove with you for
many a long year?"
Sho stumbled and clutched his arm.
Do pressed her hand close to his breast,
and tho gas lamp showed him her face was
white and drawn with suddun pain. ' 4
"Imust goawBy," ho said hoarsely. "I
dare not stay, Rose. Do you care vory
much, my chUd?"
"It will kill mol" sho crlod. .
; Aloe arrived the next day. and David
I, was to leave in tho afternoon. When he
called in the morning, ho was shown by
request into tho room where tho engaged
couple awaitod him. r C
"My dear brothor," Aleo , began, "you
come just at tho right moment to give us
your counsel. Roso has told me that she
has discovered she has ho doalro to marry
me; that, in fact, sho is in Jove with some
ono else, and I am on the point of throw
ing up my calling, hccausolhold no priest
should marrynd because I belioved out
botrothaLWas insoluble "
David did not go away that day. Lon
don Nows. ,: j
j: . Men and. Horses. ;
To tell the truth, all mankind may, with
great clearness, be divided Into two parts
those who understand horses and those
who do not. There are people who will
drive or ride a nag all day, pay, who may
own and use it (or years, whose powers
of observation are not sufficiently enlisted
in the details of the animal to distinguish
u xrom any strange fiorse in the next
stall unless there be some gross difference
in'oolor. Such equestrians will be con
tent to see a line horse, with nerves, eyes,
muscles and possibilities for good or evil,
cashiered in favor of the dead certainty of
a peripatetio steam engine.
ine seoond, smaller and, aside from
norse aeaierg, more noble group of indi
viduals cannot so much as enter a fortui
tous olose cab without taking unconscious
note of the stockings, the withers, the size
and the facial expression of the ereatnm
, between tho shafts. .One whoso sympathy
with the Houyhnhnm stands this test has
felte the thrill imparted by the responsive
spring of a glorious- saddle horse; has en
Joyed mental conversation with the shape
ly, ail expressive ears of the sensitive crea
ture, has been fairly exalted by mere prox
imity to the splendid spirit of a hard driv
en thoroughbred and has quivered with
the same heady drink which brilliant frosty
mornings have brought to the smoking
muzzles of his dancing bays, with their
flashing eyes and strong, curved necks, but
is it not absurd to defend a good horse
from a horseless carriage? Scrlbner's.
h4 Chooslos Her Helpmeet. '
"Can yoa sew buttons ont" asked '
the
leap year new woman. - .
"No, " he answered. . . . ' ::. " '--v
"Hm yae father educated: yoa so that
yoa know how to take proper oare of a bl
Cyolef" t -:.;...sf. r-v-.,-.; '
"No, I can! say he evr haa."' -
-1 "Then," she said bluntly, "1 must
orush the fond fancy which was blossom
ing In my heart The words 1 meant to
speak must be nnsaJd. Yoa are not the
kind of a man who would make borne
happy." Washington Star. -
"The" in fron of a rftTOi'l
I prinoely title denotes that tho ner.
son is a-sovereien. tr nt. i.o
head of his family. ; in England if
ia employed in addressing a
for instance,
rigui nonorable. "
To rank as first water a diamond
must be Derfeotlv Timn,M i. i
drop of distilled water, perfectly
oolorles bnt refleotmg imdthrowi
togoff gleams of light from its many
THE UA-YA WOMEN.
THEY ARE INTELLIGENT SWEET TEM- ;
Z. PERED AND BEAUTIFUL. " '
- In the Olden Times These Wives of the
First Owners .of; America ': : Were :" the
. Mothers of m Coorageons Raoe, and They.
JCever Looked Into Minor. ' ' ,:
:' An unfamiliar word, but as bid as the
hills almost, is this word Maya. - Among
the Brahmans it means illusion and is
"the; name of. the 'earth, l the material
- world, "which," according to the Brah--manical
doctrine, is' nonexistent -an
illusion. - Maya ; Devi was the name of
the beautiful mother of Buddha. Maya
in the" feminine energy : of Brahma and
the : mother of all the '! gods, ' even of
Brahma himself,' Any Greek dictionary
informs us that Maya is the good moth
er of all gods and men.' . In Japan the
goddess Maya is still worshiped. The
beautiful Indian; poem 'i-feanoayana''
-tells us about a great navigator named
Maya,-who in ages long gone by took
forcible - possession of the countries at
the south of the Hindoostanee peninsula
ana settled there. : : -;; -V -
l The Maya people of America were in
olden times a : great nation, occupying
the territory comprised between the isth-!
jnus - of Tehuantepeo and that of - Da
rienv . We know that they were naviga
tors, their boats being depicted in very
ancient books and paintings. In 1602,
when Columbus came to America for
the fourth time, he met on the high'
seas a large boat, in which were men,"
. women and children. It also had a car
go of merchandise, consisting xf weap
ons, tools, ; products of the earth., and
ready made garments.' J The travelers
called themselves Mayas. They were in '
the habit Of traveling to Cuba and other
islands to trade with their inhabitants.' ;
The Mayas wore neatly clothed in white
cotton raiment They were self possessed
and courteous. Fifteen years later their J
land,oday called Yucatan, was invad
ed by the-Spaniards, but it cost the
white men 25 -years of warfare to get
control of that country, f of every Maya
fought lite a hem. ; They "were sons of
tearless motliers. . -
In reading the works left by the
Spanish chroniclers priests who ac
companied the soldiers we learn that
the Maya women were very good look-'
ing, as many are at the present day;
that they were ; charitable, sweet tem
pered, industrious, modest and so free
from vanity that, they never consulted
the mirror," although " their . husbands
did. In physique these women , were
large and beautifully shaped.
v , Their complexion was a light brown,
and their silky black hair very abun
dant Father Gogolludo, a Spanish priest,
wrote, "These women are more beauti
ful and better tempered than those of
Spain.'! . They always dressed them
selves, as they do at the present time,"
in flowing white garments, and in their
happier days were greatly addicted to
the use of perfumes and flowers. They
were industrious, devoted wives and.
fond mothers, but exacted erei Wh
ence from their children. Their ideas of
modesty were so strict that they did not
permit their daughters to look boldly
into the face of a man, and if a girl
showed a want of shyness the indignant
matron would pinch, hor armaAfter
the Spaniards were in possession of the
.land they subjected these women to in
dignities and cruelty. Among many
other things it is recorded that in one
village they found two young women of
remarkable beauty, one a bride, the oth
er a maiden, "and they hanged both, so
that there should be no trouble about
them. Many young mothers were hung
from trees and their infants suspended
from their feet. Those who escaped
death were enslaved with their hus
bands and children.
Long ago, as iar back as our studies
enable us to know anything about that
nation, the .Maya women seem to have
enjoyed the same privileges as the men,
to have had equal power in politics and
equal authority. , : . j s
Today, jwhen -business is to be trans-.
acted, the wife takes the active part, her
husband nodding his head affirmatively.
It is not that she desires to domineer,
but because bo looks up to her, relying
on her judgment She complies with
admirable moderation and modesty. She
is eloquent and forceful without being
loquacious, and. she never scolds. When
her husband gets himself into trouble,
she pleads for him, being a more able
reasoher than he ia If he gets intoxicat
ed, sfee guides him home, f If he strikes
her, she say a, He does not know what
he is doing," regarding him with an
gelic forbearance, so that domestio
brawls are quite unknown. It is her
pleasure to give him the best of what
they. have, keeping for" herself the
worst" j. :WV:""-'v: ' ' t
This woman's home has a thatched
roof and earthen floor. She has no pret
ty objects around her. Hammocks serve
as seats by day as well as beds by night
There is one low chair or stool on which
she sits while her busy fingers make the
garments of the family. In one corner
stands a bench and grinding stones. Her
nanos grind all the corn used in that-
numble aboda , The fire is built on the
floor between ; three stones, on' Which
rests the clay pot or the disk for baking
tortillas. Outside at therback of the hut
there is a long dugout Berving as a
washtub, resting on trestles. There she -stands
for some, hours every day, her
small feet bare, soapsuds up to her el
bows, yet her hands are email and pret
ty, her voice is sweet and low, her lan-r
guage never rude,,and if you approach"
ner nut sue welcomes you with such per
fect grace and self possession, mingled
with cbrdialitythat you ask yourself if
-he is not a princess in disguise. She
may be, but alasl. the palaces of her
sires are crumbling away in the forests
where her, husband -Cuts timber for his '
master, the white man, now owner of
the soil , The dying race must bear its
fate, and! the Maya woman meets it
nobly, with resignation and grace.
Washington Post, -
Alwiyi Boom For "Jsen.".
The kind of men I want to hire,'l
said a . newspaper Dnblinhm t,a ul
day while talking to a, friend; "are sel
dom to be had. No matter what their
lines of bnsinesa isers (a word that
rhymes with scissors) are never out 'of
work and always get good money. I.
want some isers. " - - .
Risers?" xclaimed hia companion.
"What on earth are isers?"
. "To explain what
.the publisher. t metelT you a
Z,ZT "ST, 01100 man wished to
employ for hia circus on acrobat who
"T,1 mV" somtosaults. So he
to the advertisement he received 50 Jet
tors, 2 Together with a friend he read
them over. : Some of the fetters he put
in a pile by themselves. 1 They were the
ones that read something like this : .
"This Om .
eaa thrrtrk T , aTcrtlBe lot a man who
a thro-sra triple somereault. I used to throw
d that a im
pracuoe I ooold do it again. I'd like a trial.
. "The other letters
- ' - M W B UiUUI"
er pile and ran something like this:
x lS!1? SlB 1 a food acrobat ; but. whiln
- "'Well.' said thA i . . s
tors from 60 acrobats. Twenty-five of
& w iM been8'" 25 "going
nest" bnt there ain't n 'i.T, ,
whole lot.' Kow. I wanfis- and
does everrother business man, but they
KeaUemedewYakTiibnS
in your work when you clean: with Gold
Dust. Broilers, - boilers, pots and 1. pans,
skillets, kettles,- buckets, and ) cans "become
clean at a touch, soot is quickly removed,
grease ' dislodged: when you use Gold Dust
. WASHING POWDER.
is indispensable- fox cleaning kitchen uten
sils, paint and; woodwork. Gets the dirt oft:
Nothing' in it ; to grit "Sold everywhere.
. i i Made only by r -
. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY,
Ghleago, St. Louis, HswYork, Bosloa, Philadelphia.
Special
JOHNSON
Commencing; Monday, the 20th Inst., j
WE OFFER SOME UNHEARD OF BARGAINS.
Your Choice of Ladies' Shirt Waists at 75 bts,
Former Price $1.25 to 1.75. i j
Twenty Pieces 36-inch Percale at 6c Per Yrd.
3 LawHs at 10c Per Yard, Former Price 15 and
A Few Linehs at 30c, Worth 50 and 60 cts.
All Millinery abods for less than Cost.
Don't Miss the Sale.
JOHNSON
1 Agents Dr. jaeger's
Why, Everything in
- . . -1 ,
1 Wc handle everything that you need
far wearing apparel Oar stock is so
well selected tbat we can please the
most fastidious land also the-poor and
bumble. We want the masses' trade as
well as the few. I-We try to do an up-to
date Drv Goods business, and lead the
State in low prices and fair dealicg. The
best proof that we do what we try is that
we uave a gooa traae every day.
very neat f ercales, 1 yard at 8c.
American Prints, the best madei at 5c.
Pretty Shirt Waist Calico. 4 - i
Danish Wool Cloth.
Dress Goods made, at 10c; worth I reeu
Url2Kc. i , : : i K
i Very neat patterns in Pants Cloth at
at 8c per yard. i . . n -
All wcol good Pants Cloth at 24c
Double-faced! white Canton Flannel
at 5c. ;
I White Flannel, all wool, for infants,
at 25c. . . . ' . .
JS5 inch -Plaids at 8c
Best Pee Dee Plaids at 5c. r
800; dozen Dragon SdooI Cotton in
assorted colors. No. from 16 ta o? at
Yoa will find
ns at 112 North Front
B fad dy
f. b. 800 dczen spoclj of colored
or 100 dczen for $9 00.
WHAT CAN
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WILMINGTON, K, ol
Capital $125,000.
NO INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS
We want yonr Business, and will make it to Your Interest
y f Promptness, Accuracy
AMysjin a Position to
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And If
You Wish to Hake It Economically, Buy
; THE hCHAlPIOir HOWER.
!n ntlf U a. .). a w .
w..m uuc pair or xiorses or Mules and a driver, will cut
j . Ten 'Acres -in fl, bayl
. . WILL CUT ANY KIND OF' GRASS.
Call and examine this Wonderful Machine! 1
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- Than Any Otbcr Natnral !
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Clearance Sale
& FORE
& FORE,
Sanitary Underwear.
jy 10 tf
WE ADVERTISE ?
the Dry Goods Line!
10C ner dnzn. rtV tf 'a onnnl .
. . - " - U 0WJ. B
14 dozen nice, smootu, solt, Tine-Sen-1
ate Braid, Straw Sailor Hats in whitd
only, wuh silk band, leather sweat band'
and silk lined, at 50c. the same Hat wc
have been getting $100 for.
Nice Black Straw Sailois at 10c -each.
: Trimmed Hits almost at vr.nr nmn
price from 40. 60 up to 75c, $1 00 up to
3.00 and 4 00 each.' .
We sell ycu an Untrimmed Hat and
material and trim the Hat iree of cost
to vou.
New lot of fine Valincine Lace,
fnch wide, at 15 and 20c a dozen yards..
inch wide at 25 and 35c dozen yards;
l men at 40c dczen; 3 inches wide at Cc
a yaru. .
Better Laces and Veilings, a good
ny aiyies, an ctieap and new. :
Kiooons an grades, from lc to $W0
per yard. v j !, . , . 1
.We want your Millinery trade. End
ofler all kinds f inducements in the
way of New Goods and Low Pr ces to
get it. Come to ns for Laces, R btons,
Flowers .Tips and Hats.
street, opposite the prton" House
C ay I o rd, Pro p ,
WILMINGTON'S BIG RACKET. STORK.
Draonn
Spool Cotton at 10c per drzen
. ,.
1' 19 tf.
Surplus $50,000.
to Deal. with us.
and Safety Gupranteed. :
Loan on Good Seclirily.
The Son Shines,"
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me iiiadder and Kidnevs.
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re salts in
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