-r;
A WORD OF ADV1CB. . ;
' A.' I. 'ROSS. '
'Tii the custom to prate of the sadness,
Toe sins and the sorrows ot lire:
. Bat I'd rather speak ot the gladness
And beauty with which it is fife: '
For the darkest of clouds has its lining.
The baidest of labor brines sleep;
'Neath the rocks there is gold for the
-. ' mioiag, '
- A pearls may be found in the deep.
Is it better to sip of life's nectar,
Or purpoiely drink of lis call ?
Would you willingly walk with a specter,
If at eels would come at your call f
-Would you rather have sunshine and
.; lightnfts, '--I '
Or . darkness and : gloom. In , youjr
... .i dreams r ' . ,
Ai for me. I would; cherish the bright-
; . - neSS r ' : '
With.which the whole universe teems.
Look around and behold the earth's
glory -. f
The mountain, the river and plain;
For they tell us an exquisite story,
The burden of Nature's refrain.
How the Father" ot love, in Hia kind-
neSS, " ":
Has given us more than we know;
,'Tno' we throw it aside in our blindness;
I And reap of the pain which we sow.
But, to harvest the best of life's treasure,
One lesson must early be learned.
That we give to each other a measure
Of wnat our best efforts have earned.
Then, my-chlWren, I pray you be ready.
i o searcu aa you go, lor tne riqwers,
And to share what you have with the
needy,. ' - . . ' : .ft'i
rot icus you u nave oietstotts in
showers I Independent:
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Idleness is only : the refuge of.
weAk minds and the holiday of fools.
Chesterfield - j - ;- - " ;
uive wnat. you nave. To some
it may be better ttian you dare think
Longfellow. ,.-'!-', X
The law i; without depth to
those who. without heed, do plunge into
n. Shakespeare. - lv
It is not by turning over libra
nes, bat by repeatedly perusing and in
tently contemplating a lew great models,
that the mind is best disciplined. Ma
caulay. ; ;
- Fireflies shine only when In mo
tion. It is only the active who can hope
, tosnine. uoing notning is an aooren
tlce ship to doing wrong. Rev. IV. F.
Crafts.
If we exclude sympathy and
wrap ourselves rouod in a cold chain ar
mor ot selfishness, we exclude ourselves
from rriany of the greatest acd purest
joys or ine. or jonn Lubbock,
WWhen you get into a tight place,
and everything goes against you, till it
seems as it you could not bold on a min
ute longer, never give 'up then, for that's
lust tne time tbat the tide 11 turn. Har-
rtet Beecher Stowe.
. A Spirit does actually exist
which teaencs the ant her path, the
oira ner Duiiaing, and men, in an in
stinctivc and marvellous way, whatever
lovely arts and noble deeds are possible
to them. Without it you can do no
good thing. Rusktn. '
; N6;one can make the most pro
gress spiritually in a dead calm. Better
bave contrary winds than none at all.
"Surmounting difficulties strengthen our
characters. Overcoming temptations is
a oicssing to us. "My oretnren, count
it all joy when ye fall into divers temo-
xanons ureensooro Lhristtan Advo
cate., . j. -v
"For more than a thousand
years the Bible, collectively taken, has
jne nana in nana with civilization.
science, law in ahort, with the moral
. - and intellectual cultivation of the
speciesValwaVS supporting and often
eaamg tue way; its very presence, as
, a neiusvea oooic. nas rendered the na
tions emphatically a chosen race; and
v this, too, in exact proportion as it is
. more,; or less generally known and
Vodied.': Coleridge.
V TWINKLINGS.
--Her Mednijig. 'Angry Father
t "wnat do you mean -by being engaged
to balf a dozen men at occe ?"
She "Nothing." Detroit Free Press.
- xhat young- widow next door
nas bougnt a bicycle.
- ' Isn't that a trifl; odd?'
"No; she says she bad to have it so she
' , could cairy flowers out to the cemetery."
:intcato Ktcora. : ,. ' : .
Better Places Than Home
iuc oriuc wcy ao you stay away
jrom Dome every nlgnt, Fred?
Tne Brute It must be the result of
tne naDit acq aired while courting you.
' J rum.
"It must be such pleasure to
sing as vou do. Does your husband
sing, toe i .
. f. cii, juuo jonn wants to sing. aw
luny and bo does. ' Harlem Life,
"Ab," sighed the disconsolate
wile, "marriage is a gad, sad failure.1
' 'Mavent you realzid your hopes in
weaaea nit? , assed a sympathetic
"No; tven my bridal veil was illutioh.
Washington Times. .
J or Art's Sake: r "Guilty. "
.upon me wora tne counterleiter s head
fell upon his breast and hot tears coursed
rapiaiv adown his lace.. "That," be
wailed, "is wbat I get .for trying to bean
. ;-rusi ratner man a mere
Detroit Triiune..
copyist;'
"DR. MILES, .
Through His Nervine Is a Ben
T efactor to Thousands,
JW WIDELY known Wisconsin publisher,
. nw resiaee at Breen Bay,, writes
March 8th, 1S9S, aa follows: , . :
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mental work was a harden. I could not rest
at night on account of sleeplessness. My
attention was called to Dr. Miles Beatora
tiTB Nervine, and I commenced to use IS .
"with the very best effect. Since then I -nave
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 falling
success. I have recom
mended it to many and
It cures them.. All who
auffer from nerve
troubles should trr it.
Nervine
Restores
Health...."
It ia free from narcotics, perfectly harm
less, and yet soothes and strengthens. . Dr.
Miles, through Ms Nervine Is a benefactor
to thousands." -A.O. LEHMAN.
Editor and proprietor of Dxb LAjrDSsUJt.
'. Dr. Miles' Nervine, is sold on guarantee
first bottla will benefit or money refunded,
tain has no show with l)r. Miles' Pain puis.
No morphine or opium in Dr. Miles' Paim Pius.
CfRK All Pain . "Onecentadose."
forIe bTB Druggists... , : ' Change,
Jno U ly . as ta th ' "(.
BLACKBERRYINGL - ? ,
When I wu but a wee. Bhy boy, :
My mother's pride, my father' joy,
Jty hands mad month had full employ
,- When blackberries were ripe. -,
And oft my mammy aha would sqneeae -a
The thorns from out my arm and knees, .
" And my good dad, to give me ease, r
Laid by his favorite pipe.
And even since I've beoome a man,
' . And dressed on quite a different plan,
I've still gone carrying- the can, , ,,,
r When blaokberries grew sweet. '
;' Yes, trampling" through the bramble brakes,
I'd oourt the keenest pains and aches .
' For two or three fair colleens' s&kea-
Whose names I'll not repeat o -
' Till Norah of the amber hair,
: Who'd been my partner here and there,
Arounc about and everywhere, v ,
As blackberries came in ' v
: When I just tried, with too much haste, .
.- The richer, rarer fruit to taste
That on her lips was going to waste,
' Bhe tosses up her chin, - s
;. " And marches by me night and morn, .,;-
i Her gray eyes only glanoing scorn,
- Begardleas of the rankling thorn ' ",
' 'She's rooted in my hear.
Tet maybe though I much misdoubt
' . Her eyes that flash, her lips that flout, , J I
.' Will yet turn kind, and conjure out
That thorn of cruel smart. ,
, i , - London Bketoh.
EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE.
Th Internal Fires or Earth and the Craok-
c . Ins of the Upper Croat. 1
It has long- been the popular belief
that volcanoes were the cause of earth
quakes, and 7 many scientists have held
to : this - theory, bnt Professor John
Milne, F. B. a, who has recently been
investigating the causes of ' earthquakes
in Japan, in connection with the Uni
versity of. Tokyo, made ihe statement
in a lecture that most of these shakings,
probably 95 per cent, were caused by
fraotures of the earth's crust, : '" . :
. Be explained, that the earth's crhBt
. was in perpetual motion, and the tremor
was either so slight as to be impercepti
ble or so great that it might plainly be
felt - It is not, he- said, necessary to go
to Japan or South America to study
earthquakes, for an earthquake in one
part of the world can, by proper instru
ments, easily be recorded in another, f
"The inside of the earth is hot,?' said
Professor Milne, "and the crust is con
stantly breaking . downward, and as it
accommodates itself to what is under
neath, the surface of the earth's crust
becomes puckered up, and mountains
and hills re formed. When any inter
ruption takes plaoe in the process, of the
internal , crumbling of the crust of the
earth, there is a subsidence producing a
violent shaking, which is called an
earthquake. ' If, a big shaking takes place
in any part of the world, the motion is
suffloient to be propagated oyer the
whole surface of the earth, i
'In countries where there are volca
noes earthquakes are most frequent, but
they are not all directly attributable to
the volcanoes. When the ground open
ing upward is near the ocean' or other
great body of water, volcanoes are
found there, for volcanic action is due
to steam from water in heated rooks,
the water having soaked through from
the surface.' i
'In Japan earthquakes, great ; or
small, are' of such frequent occurrence
that people there do not talk about the
weather, as they do almost everywhere
else in the world, but you are asked
what you thought of the last earthquake,
and there is much guessing and betting
on the earthquakes that are to come.
these: believe in matrimony; ' :
Th Women Who. Marryinjr 1m Haate aa
la Leisure, Kever Kepent. '
Four mothers were dlsonsslnsr the nrea-
ant training and possible futures of their
children. ' .
The height of mr ambition." said thn
lint, "la to get my four daughters married
by the time they are 18." - :-
"Yes." chimed in the aimond-"Th-
Parkhurat is exactly right There la no
career-like marriage for a woman."
II I didn't think then was a aood man
growing up somewhere for my little girl,
I would be miserable," said No. 8 as she
patted the golden oar la of a tlnv maiden
at her knee.
You are right No woman doctors and
woman lawyers for roe," said the fourth
matron, with dignified emphasis. "
To any one familiar with the histories'
of these women their opinions would fur
nish food for serious reflection. The first
speaker had married a man who bad never
made a living for his family, except in
rare and brief intervals of mi in'nk
"From the affluence of her maiden days she
uau aesoenueu to suon depths of poverty
that at one time she was forced - to sell
cakes on the streets to keep her children
from starving. x
ine husband of the second was a. mrf
whose salary sjavehlafamihra comfnrtahin
living for the first ten years of their mar-
riea lire, Due he was stricken with paraly
sis before the prime of life. The eldest
child, a boy of great nromlna. dlnd t tha
age of 12, thetatber followed him In a few
years, anu the wife was left to tnnnmt
three young children .and herself as best
sue couia. .
The third was the widow of fn-mfant
professional man. She had 120,000 In her
own right - Her husband ran fa mn.
office, was defeated, took to gambling and
uiruiAiug turn uiea or aeunum tremens in
a few years.. She, too, had to solve the
problem of making a living for herself and
two small children,
The fourth woman had
i ' " ui Buioix means ana
lllta in Ufa m mtdtma.. . ,1
t jiiMt, una mrar sir years of
wedded life she bad put on widow's weeds
ana entered tne lists of the breadwinners
on behalf of four ohlldren, all girls, and
one of them a helpless idiot
. A" tov had laid health, beauty and
happiness on the shrine of Hvmmi W nt
one could be lnduoed to deolare marriage
failure, and all Were anxious to secure
husbands for their daughters. These
women represent the faoneleaaiv mm.
tive class a class that will always xlt
no matter how much . wonum m k'
emancipated, and that Will eontlnne to
rurnlsh long suffering wives to the sons of '
men as long as the sons of men choose to
marry. Ho doss i bill tv or man f.in4-
of disaster can deter them fmm m.M.
mony. It ia their vocation, and thev nt
it ftS trOStinslT and devnnr.lv u-
take the black yoil. New York Tlm
Bronae Wire.
In Germany for manv vasn nuoi tn.
1
wire has been in use for teleohona linn.
on account of its conductivity being snpe
w wo. ui uvu r sceei wires.. iMsldea
bronze wires covered with a copper, a"
number of German makers ht .1.
brought out numerous double matl i
under the name of compound wire, bl-,
metalllo wire, double metal wire, aon bio
bronae wire, patent bronze 1 wire, eto
Thee wires bave a core of steel or alumin
ium bronze, with a hisrh tensiUt atWmk
and are covered with conrwr nr hmn.. n 1
high conductivity and experiments with
these wires having been made with a view
to comparing them With bronze wire for
telephonic purposes, the results are claimed
to show that they have important proper
ties available In that way. It is stated, for
example, that a telephone line with w.
inetaUlo conductor will work much more
perfeotly than with a conductor of a single
metal, such as copper leu insulation, too.
Is said to be needed for such a oonduotor
than for copper or any material, and hence
uuu mm raaflo tne earth without spe
cial insulation permit a telephonlo connec
tion to a touch greater distance. The final
experiments in this line, however, are to
the effect that the double mnui
really no more valuable than the pure cod-
troM. nuo, dub uitu me uisianoe to which
telephonio transmission by bare wires laid
,uiuu ujo enxui is possiDie aepends mainly
upon the size and weight of the wlreaTniv
suming all the conditions are similar.
'- " - Meant Well, ? "
Willie fhandiiff hia mtnla'a knfiA
glue)- I hcn von will Tisv .
kappy birthday, Undle Dick. -
- Onole Dick Thank yon, little man,
bnt what Is this for? -
Willie Oh,-1 thonffht - vm
0 pleased with it J heard papa say the
other night that you never could make
your stories stick together. Vanity
PECULIAR ROBBERIES.
Cabs, Elephant, Wstimt aad Xna Hons
'j- - . Stolaot by Bold. Thtovea. - T
Now and -again it happens that a
gonitis in crime arises who oonsiders
the ordinary robbery unworthy of
his abilities, and therefore he goes
In for removing artiolea- of an ex
traordinary natnre. For example,
take'the man -who stole the coffee
stall the xther day. It 'was a nioe,
coffee stall, replete with turns, pups
and v saucers, plates, knives and
forks and spoons, and a good supply
of ;jmestibles, ranging from; shop
eggs to lumps -of cake cut with
mathematical precision." .,
The stall : stood before its owner's
home, and behind some old railings
of iron and wood, The full audacity
of the robbery will be realized on
learning' that the thief did not take
down the railings or even wait for a
suitable time. He ' just seleoted a
moment when the proprietor was
out of - the way, and then, took out
the stall at 6 o'olook in the evening,
just as its owner was in the habit of
doings when abou to set tip his trav
eling coffee shop near a large gas
.faotory a mile or two away. The
perpetrator ; of this.,- extraordinary
-robbery was deteoted through the
agenoy of a friend of the real pro
prietor who partook of refreshments
at the stall.
Quite' recently there have been
two or three cases recorded in the
papers of cab stealing. This we oan
quite understand, for a horse and
cab are a nioe little property where
with one oan earn a decent living:
But what shall be said ! of the man
who - stole "an elephant? This same
elephant escaped from a circus pro
cession that was wending its way
through the streets of a suburb of
Liverpool. The great animal wan
dered for many miles and eventually
stopped at a farm, : the proprietor
whereof promptly annexed the valu
able brute and was foolish enough
to sell it to the , next circus propri
etor that chanced to be in the vicin
ity. The farmer's reason for getting
rid of the elephant was the prodi
gious quantity of food the animal
consumed. We need hardly say that
the whole silly proceeding ended in
the conviction of the farmer,, though
he got off with three months' impris
onment. ' ; j
There are at least two cases on
record of a man stealing a house.
One of these was a portable corru
gated iron structure, which ran j on
wheels and belonged to a great con ¬
tractor, whose manager used it as a
pay box, while the other was an or
dinary semidetached suburban resi
dence. How could suoh a house ! be
stolen? Well, the alleged thief sim
ply took possession of it, put him
self in a state of siege, and then set
the real owner at defiance. After a
long and most exasperating course
of law proceedings . the real owner
recovered his house,' and the claim
ant was dislodged. ; j :
. Horses and vans have been stolen,
of course; so have whole houses of
furniture, if we may use the . term.
The latter unique robbery is worked
in this way : A householder going
abroad will .perhaps' warehouse ibis
furniture at some well known repos
itory, and the thieves will contrive
to impersonate him, and in many
cases get possession of the whole of
his household . goods. Amusins
lournai,
Sensitive About His Age.
An attorney from Springfield,".
Ana., -was s tne capital the other
day, and the subject of sensitiveness
about age came up. "The most re
markable instanoe of that, " he said,
"'was a man not a woman and . a
very able man mentally too. Judge
Sydney Breese, for many years j one
of the justices of the supreme oourt
of Illinois, died at a very advanced
age, but no one ever knew how old
be was.' Upon one occasion j the
judges of the supreme oourt of Iowa
visited the Illinois supreme oourt.
Judge Wright of Iowa was at that
time very old, and he had gone west
from Ohio, the state :: of Judge
xxreese s nanvity. At the banquet
table Judge Wright said to the ven
erable Illinois jurist: j ;
'Judge, we must be about! the
same age. We left Ohio in the same
year. We have served on the bench
an equal length of tame. I wonder
how muoh farther the coincidence
extends? I would not be surprised
if we were born during the same
year. If not an impertinence, I
would ask how old you are? I am
78.'.:. V' h V :': ' 'v;' - v,
V Judge Breese arose from f Oi
. table, his faoe livid with angerj and
' saying fiercely, I would consider it
the height t)f impertinenoe, sir V left
the room and would not arroear
again when Judge Wright was pres-
. Weather and Crime.
-Do you: believe thlsf Mr. Robert Q.
Grant says that violent barometrio changei
and crime are coincident. . 'A man's bad
ness, therefore, depends largely on the at
mosphere. When the barometer, is np.
then theworld is cheerful, and maladie,
allow the sufferer to enjoy oonvalesoence,
and even pickpockets and murderers think
seriously of earning an honest living, Bui
when the barometer is depressed,! then
melanoholia prevails, people who are sick
are more likely to die, men contemplats
sulolde in order to And relief, and th
murderer loads his gnn. Men are not nat
urally bad; the difficulty fa with r.h k.
rometer. Fair weather,, crbne less; a low
barometer, a crop of evils. Well, ! there
may be something in it, for, now I think
of it, a cold easterly storm always brlnjn
On my rheumatism; and I do feel like set
. ting a house on tire or blowing some one
up with dynamite. , Is it all the fault ni
f"3 unruiuuuir or isn't tf fieyr '
1 A . i . - . . w.
-f oxcuu. : f
Scene, a collier's oottage. -
jino ilioaving xor tne town; with a has-
ket on her arm) An dae ye think, John I
!wlIwre:vthln8 l'm to
V John Te inioht talnd
to bring ma in
"' Joh." "piled hi. belr
cau..i "The times are too h tn. .1.
teavaganoe..)jYe raaQ jist tfckle yer nose
Wl a Straw!" London Tlfc.TM i
-jjonuon xis-jjita. n
'1 A ancKestlosw :'rV;.vvj
No, said the young man of vaolfcing
ambitions, ! do not care for what ths
world
says. I am
simply a searcher f 01
troth.
."A searcher for trnthf" t
"Certainly." . ' '
"Then yon don't-want to mlsa Scorch
era a criticism of your latest book I"
Washington Star.
" O LIJ - . . -I'.
- ouuume h cne dominion of the mind
vr ae uooy, innt ror a time can make
flesh aad nerve Impregnable and Wing
the sinews like steel, so that the weak be
come so mighty. Mrs. Stowe.- 4 :
" Too many: through "want of rtm.
denoe, are golden apprentices, silver'
Journeymen and copper masters.
Whitefield.-
9 vft r
FhVS' ,
work; well
without -
BUSINESS LOCALS.
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Wants, and other short mfccellneona idndvmMii
taserted ia this Department Ja e tdod Nonpareil type,
on first ot (oorth naca, at B nbliiher's op ion, for 1
cent per word each lioertic n-bat no aavartisenest
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' BUsa Mamie Gibbons, lite of Atn-.ricin-Art
School, Balifanore, Md ia. prepared to gjhre lesons
in all branchts of Art, as well as Piano Lrssons, at
808 Market street - . son wed sat ; oct 18 8t
A. ome-like Boarding Hoose for a few Select
Boardets. '. Par.ies desiring a litrictly : first-class'
Boarding House, with all the home comforts, rooms
large aad airy, baths wiih hot and cold water, with
best of tarnishing, Table the Best ths Marlet
A fiords, can obtain the same by applying to Mrs
K. B. Wiggins, Is a. 114 Son h Second stteet. Teims
with rooms $20 to SS per month. For Table Board
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stock speculation on limited margins thoroughly
plained. Cossespoadeacs solicited. Warren, Ford
Co., 11 all Street, New York. j -
my 17 It to th sa : ' -
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tint JdnaG. Bobeson. f 1 - j oct 17 t
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WstBted Lady or Gentleman to take orders for
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I offer to Discount any Price Lists for Grocerl
sent out by any other meschant by giving 5 cents
worth more on their dollar off. If yon don't believe
a call on e. D. Jacobs, 819K North Tront street,
octttf - -'.-'
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until 10 p. m. Give us a call. , ; nnglStf
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Stedman & Worth.
INSURANCE.
Fire and Life.
Office at Banking House
Wilmington Savings and
of the
Trust
ompany
Telephone 162 . ' lanSfitf '
Don't You Believe It.
I HAVB ,KOT CXOSID UP MY PLA.CK OF
boiltsss, dot do I icb-rM a'. Lit 2 . A :'
SIS7h?v.i v?"? room te .few more, and I
l?-Pi!fi?if ,enth8. P'tronsjeofa fair namWr of
tie aood peopl of tbis citjr. Shaviag 10c. T -'..
. Kespectfallv,
1S A. PRKMPKRT,
0ctl8tf No. 11 South From street.
r.b toUJ
. Jit.- AA1f -5.
... " JK i i lit M
- in good and profitable housekeep
ing is the use of the famous cleaner--- f
Gold Dust. ;No woman who wants ;
to make a success in conducting her
household affairs, ia saying time and
money, fret and worry in keeping her '
in hand," can afford to do
- -
It keeps the cleaning. well done tip,
with little work and time. - - Sold
everywhere. , Made only by : - ;
h THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, :
Chlcags, st Louis, Htm York, Boston, PhRadelpMa.
TASTELESS
IS JUST AS COOD FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE 60cts.
lMlHn.Co..M--,8'U9S--Gentlemen:
We sold last year, 600 bottles of
GBOVB'8 TASTBLE88 CHILL, TONIC and bars
bought three gross already this year. In all omr ex
perience of U years, in the drag boalneas. havw
never soMan article that gave soota oolversalaatia
UOUOF M your Tooio, lours truly, ".
-. . . Abmt.Cabb 40t .
For sale Wholesale and Ket.fl. .nil mmital l
R. R. Bellamr. Retail br I. H. H.rrii. .nJ .11
oth r Dntggista, Wilminston. N. C
ap80Dst n i
Fiction I
'Sir George Tressaday," - by Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, , . ;
Yeke," by A. Ahan.
"Wiihoat Sin," by M. J. Pritchard.
"Sweetheart Travellers,!' by Crock-
etL
"One Jay' Courtship," by R. Barr.
"March Hares," by Fredrlc.
"The Heart of Princess Osra bv
Autaony xiope.
"Checkers," by a H. Blosson, Jr.:
-The Regicides," by Cogswell."
"Artie," by George Ade. 1
"Tom Grogan," by Smith. "
"Mrs. Cliff's Yacht," by Stockton. '
"The Babe," by Benson.
These and many others inst re
ceived and for sale at publishers
prices.
C.W.Yales&Co.,
Wilmington. N. C.
Periodical tickets received at our
store. t v oct 18 tt
Apples, Cocoannts,
Cake?, Crackers. Cheese, Butterf
Canif,- Flfliir, Smrar, . Coffie, &c. :
in barrels and half barrels. '
Fresh eoods arriving daily. Write
lor prices.
HALL & PEARSALL,
Nntt and Malberry streets.
OCt 14 MW tf '
125 Boxes CANDY.
100 Pails CANDY.
800 Barrels FLOUR. :
900 Bags FLOUR. .
100 Barrels, APPLES.'
125 Boxes CAKES.
75 Boxes RAISINS.
100 Barrels MULLETS.
75 Cases TOMATOES.
W. B. "COOPER.
act 11 If
DAW
WlfanlaKtoa. M. C.
Hides, Far and .Wax
AND OBTAIN '
Highest Ilarket Price
- TQ
SALTL BEAR, Sr.,
12 Market St., Wilmineton. N. C
pctHtf - -
Fish and Cheese, r
250 Bdrrels MULLETS
1UU .Boxes UHlfiliSE.
50 Bags PEPPER.
10 Bags GINGER. - -
25 Bags SPICE. '
: Also Cotton Ties, Bacrelnp;, Meat.
Molasses and lots of other goods."
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oct 10 ti . . . '
e mmm
GENERAL SHERMAN'S JOKS.
Bow He ;ve Two West Folnfc Cadets
. . . Eid Quarter of anHonr,.
; Aneodotea of America's great gen
erals are always good reading, and
the following story;" illustrative ..of
one" of the best "traits in -General
Sherman's character, is no ezoeption
to the . rtdeV-The narrator thereof
was lieutenant David Du B. Gail
lard ot the corps of engineers, U. S.
"'A.T'who told bowthe general ; once
paid 'a tperoorabla visit to himself
and his chum "vyhile they were ca
dets at West Point -'
"Yon know," said the lieutenant,
"that all the rooms , occupied by ca
dets in the barraoks have big open
stone fireplaces,; with correspond
ingly largo-- chimneys. In- these
chimneys the boys, even since' the
academy was established, have been
fin the habit of rigging up shelves as
- storehouses and plaoes . of conceal-
menf for luxuries in the nature of
food and drink, which are forbidden
? by the ' iexceedingly . strict military
regulations imposed upon us. r This
smuggled provender "we were in the
habit of devouring with great gusto
late at night, after; final inspection
was over. Hlf k '-'
. "Now, it so happened' jthat my
roommate, and myself "occupied the
quarters which had once sheltered
General I Jiherman when i he also
iwrcatled with his conio seotionS jand
military engineering at the 'Point '
One Juno af ternoon, ! just before ex
amination time, we were both sur
prised by ft smart rap at tho door. .1
opened it,' and in" walked tho r.illus
trious former occupant, with a party
of ladies and gentlemen, who were
anxious to see what a cadet's quar
ters looked like. Of course my ohum
and myself saluted and stood at 'at.
tention' all the time the old general
Was bustling " about . showing , -his
friends around.-: ;.. ' "
- "The veteran looked happy enough
as he pointed out the hard mattress
es and iron bedsteads which consti
tute the young West Pointer's sleep
ing aocomniodations and illustrated
the manner in which we folded up
our trousers and slept on- them . to
keep them from, beooming knee
sprung, closing his explanation with
a detailed account of the cadets'
method of sweeping out and keeping
their rooms in " order. We both
thought he was through, - but he
wasn't. 1 . . . - -.
"Just as the party was about to
leave the room their, experienced i
guide went up to the fireplace and;
said in an exasperatingly cool way :
'When I was a cadet, the boys Used
to secrete all sorts of plunder, that
was contraband of war in their
chimneys.'- I wonder if they do it
now?' : Then he tookr his cane and
poked it up the chimney.-Chummy t
and 1 looked at each other with .tt,
ious eyes, and nearly had a fit.
"The eminent strategist's reoonJ
noissance was one of the' most buqJ
oessful in his career. He knew just
where to look, apd his cane hit the
mark at almost his first poke. The
pies, cakes and bottles of prohibited
fluids fell on the hearth with a olat-l
ter and dull thud, breaking to pieces.)
By this time chummy and I were
ready to faint The old general must
have observed it, for he turned to
ns with a hearty laugh" and a merry
twinkle in -his eye, saying: 'You!
needn't be afraid, young'gentlemenJ
It was all my fault I shan't say!
anything about it.
We yrere on tenterhooks for sev
.1
eral days, fearing court martial and
dismissal. But our distinguished vis4
ltOT religiously kept his yrqrd, and
we heard nothing more about the in-t
cident. j Sherman's bummers burned
my grandmother's bouse at ColunJ
bia, S.! C," concluded jLieutenant
Gaillard reflectively, "but I liked thel
dear old fellow all the same. He was'
so genial and considerate of Others."
New York Herald. .
Mixed.
In
I Boohester ' the other evening,'
says the Rochester Union, a -woman;
got on R street car, carrying an ap-J
pie and her purse in her hand. She
sat down next' to a young man, andJ
as she supposed, pnt her purse and
the-apple in the side pocket of her
sack. The young man got out at
Union street and the oar -went on
A passenger happening to look out
of the rear -window saw him rushing
after the car, wildly calling, for it to.
stop. Finally the bell was rung, and
the young man caught up and got
on.. Going to the woman who ha4
sat beside himhe said: "Madam
here are your apple and purse. You
put them m my pooket by mistake. f
Everybody in the car laughed but
the woman. She looked angry and
did not even thank the young man
who had gone to so muoh trouble to
return her property. If he had not
returned the articles, she would have
been certain that he had picked her'
Docket. i - -
;;- " 1 ' i'' ! ,-: --.
. Ideal Tesmakbis, . -'- " j.
Men boast of their costly wines, while
women brag of bargains in tea. Tot tea la
av staple article of diet and wine is a lux.
nry in the opinion of the greater number
pf folk.: Recently a connoisseur Bas arisen
who declares that it is the cheap teas that
norves, aicnongn many of them
are pleasant to the taste. The same author
ity gives some nsef ul hints.as to that mak
ing whlcii somehow seems nevnv tn ho
right. No sooner had tea, balls become unl
. versa! than we were told even silver la
harmful and the dean, sweet bag of cot
ton cloth was correct. Now comes this
later statement that all the water must be
added to the leaves at once. Adding it
after the drawing ruins the tea. Either
the exact quantity must be jnade or the
w nsrameu on into a seoond ho pot and
there weakened, .v-i , . -The
water, too, is essential. - It Is not
enough that It should boil; It must have
Just boiled and must be drawn fresh To
be allowed to heatalowly, to stand or to
oontinne to,JSolI Is to lose the essential
quality, necessary to perfect tea. Ex-
."! .Why Ha Waa Slek. " ;"-"'-
xw-.nuum, you were not at
uiiuui ywMffuay. nave yoa any exouse to
ouerr ! . -; x i
William I was sick, ma'am. ' 1
" When you are slok, your parents usual
ly send an exense."- t
"Parents didn't know It, ma'am." i
. "How is that?" .
hasn't taken sick untU after I left
.' A nil jij-,.. . . i . '
hxtt I"J, "UU Ja return nomer" I
"Was afraid to, ma'am.?' : f
i "What was the matter with irnn -
"Cigarettes, ma'am." Yonkerg States-
sfiMJlila ; -
A
A Short Btorr.
Teacher I ahould Uke some scholar to
wcast j this sentence, expressing the same
meaning in fewer words, "When Mr.
JTlood, acoompanled by his wife and chil
dren, stopped the horse before his house.
Scholar Please,' sir - ' : . f
c, Teacher Well. Johnnie, how vmnM aA
express UT , .. , 'uu
mThins led and ;he .
T , mwa JDUOgec, :
BUXIuVELUS 1 want! ' 1 '
1 1 D U R HAM; yVy'i 1 jfi lT""
"Tot- will fljad one coupon . v-,. -"' ' . ' ) Vj ,,
tisalde catch, two osuaee bag, . ', "tV'" 2.jll MuV-
ausd two coupons liaalde ua . SsfSmfJj jVf1
. -r , rosur ounce .bstg of Block- ' ' ff'Jwl jfll 1 j' j
well's Dnrnam. Boy a post ffj ' wWA '. wjjJ - '.
of this celebmted tobacco A-S JrSOT '
and read tbe oonponwbicb ' ToysairLP
- CLEVELAND
: . . ' o
The President of the greatest nation on
earth to-day, is quietly sitting in his
big arm Chair of State, enioyiog'his
wealth and : position,; while there ' it
Taging even at hi very dcor the great
est political war on record, acd he is
taking' life quietly and easily ; and this
is the case with many of ouf -well-to-do
Dry Goods merchants.- Thev have
their stores in fioeapple pie order with
the brush of neatness on every shelf
and counter. Tbey are not, realizing
the fact tbat there are ethers in the
Dry Gcdt line who are cutting :' the
prices of Dry Goods. Clothinc. Shoes
and Underwear. We are in hopes that
they will not wake to realization until
one day after the feast. j .' -)
Wilmington's Big Racket Store 1s in
the lead. We know - now no middle
ground. Oar prices are very low and
nnsiness with us extra good. ' . Read and
see what we are poshing this week; ';
Fine Gloria Silk Umbrellat, 26 ir-ches,
at 75c; 28 inches, 85c. Fine Congo
Handles, wjth Silk tops,-with tassels
and steel rod frsmts. at $1 25 each.
Men's Fine Robber Macintosh Coats,
with long Capes, at 2.88 npto 6 50 and
1200 each. Ladies'. Macintosh Coats,
with fine Capes, 'all wool, at $3 25 and
2.75 each. Men's and Boys' Overcoats
Bradd ft Caylord, Prop,
cctUtf
s"u6
$350,000
v T ' : AT MINIMUM
ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK
I WILMINGTON, N. 0., r.
on approved; security. No customer pnt off for a day if his security is
good. Accoanta solicited., Unsurpassed facilities in every department of
banking. No interest paid on deposits.
J. w. HOBw 00D, Presiflent,
f. J. TOOMER, CasMer.
octlfftf
IS A N(i RAN rt DA M(0
. ; GDNS AKD AMMUNITION.
The Largest Stock arid Finest Assortmentlof Breech-Loaders in
' " The City. -
Loaded Shells, for Coot Hanters.,
Sportsman's Supplies of All Kinds
!
Sep 24 tf
Bowden C0I,TAIMS
Than Any
Liiliia
Waler
of t Stone
Dr. T B. S.
From
Lithia Springs.Ga.
Popular Prices.
w. AJ Wakely,
obtained quick
Rheumatism and
' ' 3l - -v : VTUIA WATER J. Tiaraaed toc-rre all diseases of the Kid-
Our Bpaxkling Table .Water Eu no Equal. For Sale in Any Quantity By
BOWDEWSLltHIA SPRINGS COu
mar8D&Wly ; ' - . . -' 174 Peachtree St., Atlanta. Ga.
HOW ON DRAUGHT ADD IN BOTTLES.
FOB SALE By ALL LEADING DEALERS. .
PURE HOPS AI?D II ALT
LAGER BEER,
n!ldhUi Dew aster Brewer, Mr. P. V; D. Westelaken, a graduate
?o w'j Brewers Academy, N. Y, and Lebmanh's Brewing Academy
RrmS ?1LmaTr teri years' Poetical experience In The leading
Breweries of the United States aad Germanv ; F "
' .Mr Wseutil,.. ... . .
regardless of expense in material and.
ROBERT. PORTHER BREWING CO.. OF ALEIAKDRIA. YA. V
. f 0TT0 BANCK, Agent, Wilmington, N. C
oct tm
PETERSON&RULFS
BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR STOCK OF
; FALL .ADD; WHITER SHOES 3
Is ready fo'r inspection. Great care was taken In selecting our
SCHOOL SHOES,
and special attention will be given in fitting the little folks. Give us a frial
!;: . . and we W,U Please yoa in style.jquality and price. 1
j PETEQCOrj Ct RULFS, j
. I - . j .The Shoemen,7 North Front StreeW
sep 20 tf
$3.00 to 8 00 ear
Wpi
t TT . . 1
women - aon i :h.MA'A tt .
ana Children's
Lames
and Children'. r;"K?:wear-
Saiis at 25c up$o 50c each Cb u -Rne
White Wool Legg,CRscot
19c a pair.- worth reeular 50c. iij JJ
Heavy Ko it Wool Vests at ri- iS
Heavy Ribbed from 50c to $Uo7Era
Heavy Cotton Ribbed at 25c M?
Fine Camel Hair Uoderwm &Vnl
snd $im Men's F.ne Heavy Fleeced
. , ,vu . uU cays cioth nei
:ail
r.v. juu uccu ja nice suit
come
ana see oars, yve can
yoo money.
and will save
fi;MILLINRY-We ar fi8htir.g
fight-ng hard to lead the State in Mil
linery. We bave by far the largest
stock, the. best selection, and we trim
all Hats free of cost to yon if you Huy
the Ht and material from us. We sell
Fine Wool Felts in new shapes, juq.
trimmed at 26c each; trimmad at 60e
75c and $t CO each. Oar fine Tnmmerj'
Hau. trimmed in nice Silk Ribbons and
Tip, from $1.25 to 1.60 up to 8 00 acd
4 00 each. -
Ccme to see us
on all clashes of
112 North Front '
Orton Hotel
and gCt cur prices
! Dress Goods. At
street, eppotite the
i-uu o uig xwaujuve u o tore.
TO LOAN
RATES BY THE
Ws C. COKER, Jr., Assistant CasMer.
J. W. HUftCHISON,
Orton Building, Wilmingtoii, N. C,
kore lithia
Otber Natural v-
from
Mn.
. : J.. mineral Water tn Ue World.
The Only Known Solvent
in the . Bladder and
Kidneys.
Holmes. 'ex-President flenraia Rfntp MpHi.
cal Association, says: ?Have used Bowden Lithia Water
extensively in bladder and kidney troubles, i and the re-""
,sults have been most gratifying."
M. D , Auburn, N. Y., says: "Have
and. satisfactory results in Chron.,
Bright's Disease." j
production
We now ask the pablic