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4A CHAPTER ABOlTT CHIliBBBIf. Mf Rrin'pa it a funny man. , He'i Scotch at be can be. I tries to teach him all I can, ' : Bat be can't talk like me. j I've told him forty fouaand timet; But 'taint a bit of ate, He alwayt tays a man'a a "mon," And calls a house a "boose." He plays with me most ev'ry day, ' And rides me on his koee. He took me to a picnic once. . i And dressed tip just like me. . He tays I am a "bonny bairn." . And kisses me, and when I asks him why he can't talk right, .. Ie says, I dinna ken." Bat me and him has lots of lan, -He's such a funny man. i I dance for him and brush hit hair,- ,' (And Jove t him all I can. Icills him Acjrew :hat'8 hia name And be says I can't ta'k, And then he puts my pladie on . . And takes me fr a walk. J tells him forty fousand times, ; But taint a bit of use; He always says a man's a "mon," And calls a house a "bocsr." s y.k SUNDAY SELECTIONS. ; Employment is Nature's physician.--7a&. , " , '' Laughter may not improperly be called the chorus of conveisation. Steele. .;"'( - ; M . - He who possesses the one thing . that is best worth dying for, possssses all things that are really worth living for. Fireflies shioe only wben in motion. It is only the active who can hops to shin?. Doing nothing is an ap prenticeship to doing wrong- Rv. W. F. Crafts. , . . i . There are eighty four, Baptist mims'.ers in Deomaifc Fifty of them never' bad any training lor the minis terial work. ' Recently a theological seminary has been established and seven .rodents enrolled.- Raleigh Biblical Recorder. . . j : - . v:- One thing is always true: there is no time 'of life when we have not something to be grateful for aad to re joice over.;' If nothing else, it is the fact God loves us aad is present to help ana bless and 8i.vj. God is greater and bet ter than all his gifts. .Wealth it nothing compared with God, and they are rich indeed who have bis ovz. Florida Christian Advocate. J , Ample provision is made for the education of mind., Truth it abundant, books are plentiful, fcboola are numer ous and teachers are waiting for pupils everywhere'; but many persons continue to be ignorant because they will not study. Education is not a failure, but neglectors fail to get It. . Knowledge mostte ssueht and cultivated. Florida Christian Advocate. - . "Prize and study the Scripture. We can have no delight in meditation on Him uolesi ire know Him; and we can not know Htm but by means of his own revelation. When the revelation is de spised, the revealer wilt be ob little es teem.' , Men do not throw off God from being; tceir rule till the throw off Scripture from being their guides and God must needs be cast off from being an end when the Scripture is rejected from being a rule." Charnoci. CaRRENT COMMENT. -'Mr. McKinley's. announce ment that we cannot fix values and make prosperity by legislation looks veiy much as if he has turned bis cixm the McKinley act. Wash- ingtonxifist, Jnd. ' , ; ' j . ..... Ml. Hanna bias gone to Chi cago to buyVhe great West! for Mc Kinley.-, Hebas started or one job t is bigger than himself. The gre,at producing, farmiog West is not for Bale this year. Cleveland Plain' dealer, Vent, f - Much of the recent rise in tljel price offbeat is due to speculation ia London ancTC-iicago. Were ia- formed4that the f armergets little now stored ' away ineleyators be- i V : longs to speculators, wno . purcnaseo it at low. prices from the farmers. Augusta7 Chronicle, Dent. ; j' ' . ,' ft was . charged yesterday publicly on the stump at Muncie by he Hon.-r. Brown; candidate for Congress from Colorado, that le petit ex President Harrison would receive $5,000 for his Pullman plat form tour through Indiana, Cheap enough, j. iiourke Cockran, it is charged, j gets $4,000 for every speech be mi&tt,. Indianapolis Sen tinel, JJem. :y .;.,"'-"'.''..; : '" , TWINKLINGS T.ar.hef What m a etrn.o-h lint? :. -I . ; Pupil The picture of its own .road which each company prints on the rail road' map Boston Transcript. Beautiful , Heiress after the ball) Mary, go back to the hall and tee if perhaps there are any more lieutenants kneeling abou t.Flteende Blaetter. -t- Customer You are using a dif i ferenjjeind of toaptrom what you were, arentyon j i - . Barber What makes you think so? Customer It doesn't taste the same. Life. .;; I .. Let Hie Whole World Know The Good I Hi Ml IPC' TlfYt CYP TftC Al .1IU1VO AlVOA I UlU W HEART DISEASE, has Its victim at a disadvantage. Always taaght that : peart disease la incurable, when the symptoms become well defined, the patient Becomes alarmed ana A nervous panic taken place. But when a sure remedy is found and a core effected, after years of suffering. there Is great rejoicing and desire to "let the whole world know." Mrs. Laura Wine lnger, of Selkirk, 'Kansas., writes; "I desire to, let the whole world know what Dr. Miles' lr MflC Heart Cure has dona for V A mci me. For ten yean I had Heart cure tPaia ln my heart Restores Health.... . ness di Dreato, palpita tion, pain ln my leftside. oppressed feeling In my chest, weak and hunsrrr spells, bad dreamsl could not lie on either side, was numb and suffered terribly. I took Dr. Miles' Heart Cure and before I finished , the second bottle I felt Its good effects, I feel now that I am fully recovered, and that pr. juies- Heart oure saved my life." Dr. Miles' Heart Oure Is sold on guarantee - uh nrsa ooiue oenents, or tooitey reiunaet. Dr. Miles' Nertb Plastbbs enre EHETJM A- , l icxa, v uauu. a druggists, ceiy ZM No morphine or opium ia Or. Miles' Paut Pills. v.vu u rmiu -mwcenca OOee." f ' For tale by all ZniggifU. - . V '-, iChaage, , ' . j w m ... . . -. m n u :. A VENETIAN MOON RISE. Ho UnBarlng line of Ught Btreaka the doll west with jlr. ' The myriad llpa of nigh Are vocal with desire, And, lo, the radiant moon Flcrvrera from the black lagoon. The Adrlatia's bride, Child of the shifting sea, Lifts from the circling tide Her olden majesty. . -The moon's transmuting ray Has glorified decay. f Afar the chiming joys - ' - Of bells are skyward rolled.' While, petnllike, we poise . -On ripples of pale gold. - ' . . -An apotheosis - , " '--Of aU youth's dreams is this. As notes of musio blent In mellow harmonies fall . . " -On listening ears intent, ' .1 - Bo tower and dome and wall . Form to our wondering sight . A harmony of night. . -. . Clinton Scollanl. MY FIEST VOYAGE. I sailed from the East India docks on Sept 1,I857, fci the full rigged ship Duncan Dunbar, 1,874 tons, for Sydney. This vessel was named after her owner, who was so memorable a man in the ' history of British shipping that I cannot but pause' a moment to refer to him. I tiie eternal honor of 'Duncan Dun IwrWit said that he began life as a rag and, bottle merchant and worked with such energy and skill that he died pos sessed of more than two mil lions of English gold and the finest fleet of mer chant ships at that time trading to all parts of the world from the river Thames. He was remarkable for his avariceand many diverting stories of his cheeseparing struggles were cur rent on board hia own Teasels. . Unlike the shipowner of today, who is with scarce an exception one of a com pany, Dunba. was the sole holder of bis ' -fleet He died in 1861, and a portion of his great wealth went to Mr. Gellatly, a very kind, gentlemanly person, who had -married the rich road's niece and for years managed his business down near the docks. ': : I went to sea as a midshipman in the merchant service. " But this is a catch penny term. Outside the royal navy there are no midshipmen. Consequently, as I did, not ship as an apprentice, I must have signed articles as a boy simply- ' . I think the premium charged for the first voyage was 60 guineas. : The outfit cost about 80. . So that to send a lad on a voyage in those days was costlier to a parent than putting, him a first class school, where he would have got some education, perhaps learned good man ners and probably acquired a taste far trade or one of the professions, i : ; Certainly of the midshipman in the merchant service in my time not half remained -at' sea after the first voyage, and hardly a youth out of our- numbers ever found a place upon the quarter deck, even in the laughably low capacity of fourth mate. Most of the captains and officers began as apprentices or rose from the forecastle. ' I was 13 years and 7 months old when I went to sea and was undoubtedly too young for tho vocation. I had no strength of body for the rough usage of the mid shipman's berth. I was too tender to go aloft or to keep the deck through long, bitter nights.: I well remember the day and the hour When I stepped on board the Duncan Dunbar, in the East India docks'lS was all wild confusion to my inexperienced gaze. Immediately after I had gained -the ship she began to warp out of dock. Drunken seamen on the forecastle were shrieking andgesticnlating to equally drunken people ashore. The waist and quarterdeck were full of "lumpers," or "runners, elbowing crowds of weep ing steerage passengers, shabbily xiress- . . - .. 1 - M . ea ana cmumiug streaming minnm, - Eight or nine midshipmen were run ning about tne poop. 1 copia merely hold on and look on. The confusion was complicated by noise. Everyone seemed to be shouting, and nothing was at peace on board that frigate built ship, freight ed to her chain plate bolts for the other side of the world, except her blue peter, signal of departure, blowing serenely at her f oreroyal masthead. -. . " . No work . seemed expected of me. It was required, however, tnat X should not get in the way. As I kiooeeded in getting very much in the way I was purposely knocked about, and when at last I was bowled down the' poop ladder by a handsome rush, of brass bound third voyagers" I was glad to take ref- uge, with black eyes and streaming nose, in the midshipmen s berth. This was, in that ship, a narrow com partment in the steerage under the quar ter deck. You reached it by a manhole called the booby hatch, down which' sank a perpendicular ladder. All was gloom and misery and evil smells when I went below for the first time, and for long afterward did this state of wretch edness last I " - i'. The emigrants were of the poorest and- shabbiest They were lodged in this part, of the vessel, and they quarreled all the day, and their babies cried all night . No one pan: imagine in this age of the steamship the sufferings which the emi grants underwent in the times of the sailing ship. They cooked their own food, and I have seen a crowd fighting like drunken seamen at the galley door for a place for their saucepans Or kettles. ; ' Not that the emigrant of today is a particularly well fed, well berthed man, but he is transported quickly. If his suf ferings are keen, they are soon over. In my time they were uncommonly sharp. I And they lasted four or five months. f The midahlpman'fl berth was fitted with 12 banks in double tiers. A nar row slip of table ran down the center. The edge of this table, was like a saw from the action of the knives of the "yonng gentlemen," who, nsed it for ratting up plug tobacco. Every bunk was to be filled this first voyage of mine, so that we were 12 midshipmen, worth some 700 for the voyage to the owner, irrespective of the value of our labor. Moreover, -each lad subscribed .10 guineas far what was termed mess mon ey. So here was another.. 120 odd pounds; to add to the cos? of the hire of a dirty . little sea parlor in the bowels of a ship,' stuffed with cargo,' bulkheaded off in that part of her of which the emigrants made a Whitechapel alley. A boy is young at .18)4, and X felt myself io be a very little fellow indeed when 1 stood in the door of that mid shipmen's berth, peering into the gloom with eyes brilliant with fear and aston ishment Was this to be my home until I returned to England ? .Was yonder rude ' shelf to replace the white, soft bed I had , been used to? It was the middle of the day. Yet but for the flame of a sputter ing lamp, . dangling like a coffeepot from the center of i&e upper deck, it would have be difficult to see. In fact, this compartment was lighted by three scattles, or portholes, only, round bulls-, eyes of immensely thick glass, which were stink low to the sea surface by the weight of the cargo, so that when our cabin was on the lee side these windows were always under water, "i ; . This is not an inviting picture I am drawing: It is the truth jieverthelesa. The apprentice nowadays goes to pea at much less oost and is far better used than was the heavily charged midship man of my day. "Everything good oomes when it's too late," murmurs poor, heartbroken little Jane Eyre when she rejects the coveted willow patterg 1 Si sA t -I, IK The BSt ' I Ills ... ,. g SmoklngTobaCCO Made I d see how to get your share; g eooooooeooooooooeeoeaooooeoeoooo0oo5 BUSINESS LOCALS..; NoTicxt Vat Kent or Sale. Utitod Funnd Wants, and other thoit mUcellueot-S advertlemeiit Inserted in this Department, in leaded Nonpareil type, on first 01 fonrth page, at Publisher's option, for 1 cent per word each InseiticDibat no aovrrtisement taken or lea than StO cents. Tenna- posiiiely cask In tdmacs. " - - - - t- ' I hereby announce myself as candidate for rte office q? Sheriff of New Haaaver c jnnty, snbject the approval of the Republican Contry Conyention. Major F. Cr:oiB. i '-'...-r' - ... j DO you speculate? "Guide to Successful Specu lation" mailed free. Wheat, provision, cotton and stock specalation on limited margins thoroughly ex plained. Cossespondence solicited. Warren, Rord A Co., It all Street, New York. if -my 17 It i to th sa Try 8io Le:'i Laundry, 815 K or h Front street between ita berry ind Walnut.' Beit wore Aaa at shortest notice. : . son . oc-18 !t J A Home-like Boarding House for a few Select Boardeis. Car les1 desiring a . strictly first-cla k Boar ding House, with all the home comforts, rooms large and ay, ' baths with hot -and cold water, with best of furnishings, Table the Best th Mark Affords, can obtain the same' by applyioe to Mrs I. B. Wiggins, No. 114 Son h' Second stieet. Teuns - with rooms $30 o $35 per month: - For Table B-ard $18 per month. , ; j : ? sun ' sep 28 4t ! Say Timothy Hay, m-xed Clorer Hay.rairie Hay, St aw, Grain and all k.nds of mixed feed fqr horses and cattle. Jno. 8. McEachern, .811 Mar ket St. Telephme O-. oct 17 tl j I offer to Discount any Price Lisu for Grocer!- lent oat by any other meicbant by giving 5 cents worth man on their dollar off. If yon don't believe it can on C. D. Jacobs, 219J North Front street, oct tt.tf s 1 - IT! lea Mamie Gibbons, Ute of ' Am.tican Art School, Baliimora, Md., is prepared to give les-ons nail brancbtS'Of Art, as well as Fiano lessons, ant 803 Market street, j sun wed lat octl88t j -rr 1 ' t The Dairy Restaurant No. SS Market street is nowbpen. Table! first class. Open from 8 A. m. until 10 p. m. Give us a call. aug 15 tfkf j f 1 Bmydan-, IP. B. nas in suck bngge, road Carts and harness ;Ol all kinds. Repairing done by tiUful workmen on then nodeiu Opposite new Court Hotua I . . en I.. Our $1.50 Ladies' Sboes in all styles, is in great demand, with many other styles and kinds. Boys, Youths, Girls - and School Children generally may get suited .here, and get FREE with : each purchase a "Scholar's Companion," the contents of which is generally known. ' I - Will say ' something about Men's shoes later. Respectfully, - Mercer & Evans, oct 18 tf 115 Princess St. Nats and Canned Goods: Cocoannts, Mixed Huts, CANNED PEACHES. - i 1 -. r -. - .- .. -(;. Tomatoes,! Corn, Peas; Grapes, Okra , and Tomatoes, Beans, Oysters, ' ; : Beef, &c. Staple arid Fancy Groceries,1 " Provisions, Bagging and Ties. I HALL & PEARS ALL Nntt ind Mulberry streets. , oct 83 IW tf ! , .-: NIPPLES. 150 Barrels APPLES. 300 Bags PEANUTS. 140 Barrels MULLETS. -' 110 Bags C. C. NUTS. '100 Boxes OYSTERS, i 110 CHEESE. 100 Boxes CIGARETTES. .150 Boxes CIGARS. 100 Boxes CHEROOTS. " f -:. . -I i '.. -r . J-.-:..' W. B. COOPER. oct K f Wlm-Woe.- N if Llanhood Restored, V. r. r. ' 3 zK TR EATM ENTX OR. C, C. WEST'S. NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT THE ORIGINAL ALL OTHERS IMITATIONS It old under positivo Written Guarantee. d68. Night .Loaeee, Evil Dreams, Lack ofConfi. iuilAA. NorvntiBviaAB. Tt.fa ll Tfc.n. vL rul Errors, or Ezceesiye Use of Tobaooo, Opium, Innnitv rAr.L It iH V. -if a box; six for $5; with Written jnutnu.tee I eon w rnu4 msaer. ,Red Label Special Extra strenatn. ' Vr. Y . .!' ; Power. XaDst Manhood. 1 Sterility or ' Barren neeei. h$l a boxj six for 15, with ;wr irn pa araa I cv...rxoe"" wmi wilt. i.r ny mn)ir - " DntMls, Sole Agents, Wilmington, lrf.C my DAW Xy . .- 1 1.: e. .v ani iuv (YLto NIWSPAPIRS FOR SALX AT THIS vto souaMetocwimppiiix taspw. l t78 9 To Do Given Auriy this year in valuable articles to smokers of M..lr...rllf 1BV' Dlui;ivn,;11 Tobacco S . You will find one coupon in- , side each 2-otmce bag, and two s - coupons inside each 4-ounce : bag. Buvabae. readtheconpon a et& TASTELESS IS JUSTASCOOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE 50cts. GALATIA. ILUL. Nor. Ifi-ISS-L Paris Medicine Co., St. Loots, Ho. . - Gentlemen: We sold last rear, 009 bottles of OBOTB'8 TASTELESS CHILI, TONIC and hare bought three gross already this year. In all oar ex perience 01 11 years, in to- drag Duslness, nrnra never sold an article cievoM ye such nniTersalsatl tkouur as your oon truly. Jk-air.C-j-BSVP r-t sale Wholcsile and Retail, and guaranteed by R. R. Bellamy. Retail by J. H. Hardin and all oth 1 Druggists. Wilmington, N. C. . ayau jj t om Webster's International; Didlionary Tho One Great Standard Authority . w wjj swim. x. . y. jjiuhv, 'Send a Postal for Specimen Page, etc 1 Sueeessor ofth "Unabridged." I - M wanoara ol tbe U. 8. Gort Print-, tog Offlos, the U. 8. 8n-, preme Court, all tbe State Sapreme Conrus 1 uiu vi ueany u ue 1 nrjwranonss. Warmly Commended. by State RmertnttKt- enta of Scbbo-s. and , otherdncators almost , wunont. numoer. THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY . accAuag . H to aasy ta find the word wwtetf. " JJ te cayto ascertain the pronaaciaUon. " "y irace ut rrowui or a wora. It to easy to learn what ajyord means. The Raleigh Netfm Jk Obaerrer say a: - Our Indhddnal piefemieai were fonnarty for another -lctfcnry-batabetter acquaintance with the later edition of Webeter (the InternaUoD-U) has led as to regard it aa the most rateable, and to consider It as the standard as far as an Tone dictionary shonld he so accepted. i - O. A C-XERRIAM CO., Publishers, Ck -t r w r s . --it-icju, nn nam., u.9a. OOOOOO cct 18 DlwWi MAKE YOUR HOUB Attractive. We have! many new and beautifnl designs in i - WALL PAPER, with suitable borders and ceilings to msitc&. We are making a specialty of fine loportea Holland WINDOW SHADES, and guarantee satisfaction. Pictures and Mouldings. 7 - Our Pictures comprise many new subjects, in colored Photographs, Etchiogs Pastels, etc j: : Onp'Pictnre Framing Bejaitieiit is well stocked with the latest styles In Mouldings, and we are prepared to make any kind of Frame on short notice. -.rv;..---.-'--' f.rM --, White and Oak Easels. Fancy Table.; Cabinets, Book Shelves, Con-ice Poles, Picture Rod, Brass Rod, Drapery Pins, and a thousand other things that you need about the house." t - Periodical Tickets Received. CW.Yates&Co., Wilmington. N. O. v - oct 5 tf - - 200 Barrels New River Mullets ' ' JU3T KSCKIVED. 250 BOXES TOBACCO all grades. 30,000 CIGARS. ' For- Sale at .Rock Bottom Prices. SAITL BEAE, Sr., 12 Market Street ct25tf . I . BUTTER AND FISH. Twenty-five small tubs GILT EDCtE BUTTER . 250 Barrels Mullets' and piles of other goods. 3D. Xj. GrOi?. MOLL Tonics X plate. I have often wished that much of What is good on board ship nowadays had been invented in the rough fifties. - - I should hare been glad, for example,"? to be shipmates with doable topsail yards. " I hear of apprentices zed zrom the captain s table, l bear or apprenrioes instructed in navigation by tbe toaster and mates of the ship. Had it depended npon the captains I served under I never shonld have lifted a sextant to my eye.; I aid not choose my bunk. It had been chosen far me. It was the most uncom fortable bunk in the berth. It was con--sistent with sea tradition, therefore, that the youngest and weakest should occupy it On entering to look for it I found it ah athwartships upper bunk. The lower , bunk was to be occupied by a lad a lit tle older -than I, just a little stronger, and, like myself, a first voyager. ;; : I knew my bed place ;by this token to the bundle of bedding was attached a label bearing my name," "William Clark Russell, Midshipman, Ship .Dun can Dunbar, E. L D. " But vrhere was my xsheet the chest that contained my clothes? K's X: There were no chests in this berth, no place- for such thihgs- scarcely room, indeed, far a man's leg between thajrows of bunks and the edgeof the table.. - As I was going but a very tall, slim mid shipman came in. His badge was dim, his buttons greenish. I, on the contrary, was most unhappily resplendent a brand new sailor and this old stager knew me at sight ; ' - . ' - "What are you cruising about down here after?" Baid he. . "They gave mea black eye up stairs,'." said L -y . - "Up stairs, up stairs 1" he roared. 'There's no up stairs at seai,; you gtiSy : Didn't" you Idiow that afore you' ship ped?" -y. -r' -i "Didn't I know what?" said I inno cently, tor I did not understand him. "Come here, " said he. 'U I approached him.' Ho drew me close and plucked three hairs from my head. The pain was not very sharp, but this did not render the , action the less brutally mean and unnecessary. '..TN." V : - "If you don't pay attention, - said he, "to what's said to you, you'll be bald before we're out of soundings. What are you mousing about down hej6 for?" : jk. ... I am looking for my sea chest, sjirr I answered, beginning to think this tall midshipman a great and Important per son aboard the ship. - : Grasping me by theoollarof my jack- et-and the seat offny trousers he raised me high and strode with me, thus pil-: lared, inteTthe 'tween decks. What's your name?" said he. 0 : ! .ussell," said L ' ' ' , "What a horrible name P'he exclaim-. ed. "My name is Qoole. How -much better Qoole sounds than Russell " ' He continued to hold me aloft'! ''What are your initials?" he asked. L "W. C. R. f t "There you W. C. R., thenl" said haJ And he dumped me down as though I had been a sailor's bundle upon one of ten or a dozen sea chests, moored in all sorts of places in the steerage. ' A midshipman a chest 1 It was called in my time "a "hurrah's nest" because everything was always on top and noth ing at hand. When I lift the lid of that chest in memory, I am visited by a faint, close smell of marine soap. I still possess the Bible t took with me, and the volume, like my memory, is haunt ed with that dim smell of marine soap in bars, by the impulse and influence of which I am able to see the ship, the gloomy 'tween decks, the midshipmen's berth, the patched figures of the emi grants as vividly as though I was aboard that vanished craft again. ' " ! I lift the" lid of my sea chest, and what do I find? Some dozens of colored shirts, all so ungovernably stiff that I feel as unhappy as a turtle till they have been soaked ; a great quantity of drill trousers, hard as the shirts, which had they been distended as the windsail is by the breeze, would: have stood on end without a wearer. ; ; '. : j In that chest were brass bound jackets, and waistcoats, and black silk handker chiefs for the making of streaming sail ors' knots for the neck. . In short, I was more ornamentally than usefully equip-, ped, and before we were abreast of the Cape of Good Hope I should have been glad to exchange my finery for warm, homely pilot cloth and the plain under wear of the .forecastle, i v j Mr.- Qoole, who looked as long to iny youthful gaze as the mizzen royal yard, is the marine ogre of my first voyage, and in those "distant memories he goes on pulling my hair, tweaking iny nose, twisting my ears, punching my head, and in many othe? ways making himself a terror to me. Having dumped me down on my sea chest, he drove me up ' to the quarterdeck, and thence on to the -. - - .f poop. .What now followed I cannot clear ly remember. I recollect being greatly . scorned by the younger midshipmen, and. pitied and protected by the third mate. But whether I pulled at a-rope or did anything except get in the way of useful people while we were towing down to Gravesend I do not know. It was a scene of enchantment, but not like something out of a fairy book, nor was it on the sweet side of magic. The liver oolored river was crowded with craft of all sorts, stirring up choc olate colored froth as they drove aslant through the Reaches. Our yards towered to the dingy heavens of the isle of Dogs. They were massive as a frigate's with the furled gear, and the ship looked like a frigate with her' wide spread of shroud, large tops and short royal mastheads. We anchored at Gravesend for the night, and all through that night I lay in my clothes in my bed and slept as deeply as if I hac been drugged. I was ' awakened by a terrifying commotion. "Tumble up out you cornel All hands unmoor ship I" The. third mate stood in the door roaring out these un intelligible syllables. Then, observing that I did not make haste to jump up, (hp long legged ogre, Goole, dragged me -out of my bed and ran me oapless and bootless to the deck. . . ' ; . It was raining hard a dark, sulky, sallow Thames morning. The crew were setting the topsails and bellowing like terrified men at the halyards. The cap tain, looking over the break of the poop, seeing me bareheaded and "gaping up at the sails, told me to run below and put on my boots, cap and oilskins. I discov ered my oilskins after searching all about the steerage under my mattress, but the leggings stuck to each other like cold wax, and I flung them down. " ; I put on - the waterproof coat and re turned on deck smelling like an oil can, but I do not think I did more, or was asked to do more than stare about me. The ship was again in tow of the tug. She carried single topsails, and those - three lofty breasts rose white as snow to the crosstrees. -: The rain sometimes drove with us, and sometimes it sheered aslant It was a weeping picture. . Unspeakably melan choly did the gray waters of the Thames bank sides and flats appear in that drenched and leaden atmosphere. By and by the third mate, stepping-up to me, said kindly, "What's your name?" "William Clark Russell, sir. " , : "I am not a court of justice, " said he, laughing. VI don't administer oaths. Russell, my sonny, come along down to breakfast, " . .and with that "the kindly . creature-'-he was a shaggy Orkney is lander, a grand,- active young seaman of 20 gripping me with the hand of a bear, conveyed me below into the mid shipmen's berth. ". , ,i IJe took the head tf - the table. - The "young gentlemen" sat upon the edges of their bunks on either side. - An empty, pickle case was passed along, and, top ended, served me for a seat . X boy waited upon us. They called yiim the niidshipnAn's servant He had been in a - man-of-war and "was the smartest little sailor lad I can recollect He danced the hornpipe charmingly, was liberally tattooed over the arms and chest, walked with the - flowing and knowing roll of the brine seasoned tar, and was, I think, about 1 5. years oldL : He put a great dish of huge brown steaks upon the table, and then brought pots of coffee, and loaves of bread, and salt bulter, and we fell to amid a great noise of talk and clanking of cheap out--lery upon tin plates. I began to feel that I was seeing life and going to be a man. U But all at once, the river having by this time opened into wide water, with the weight of the swell of the; still dis tant North sea beating like a delicate pulse in it, the ship slightly pitched." I dropped my knife : and fork and turned, pale. - . ("' She pitched again, and, this time I pitched with ' her amid ! the v mingled laughter and wrath of the "rest of the ypnngt gentlemen at breakfast': Fortu--nately there were three other "first voy agers, " all of whom were quickly "tak en sworse. " W.. Clark Russell in Youth's Companion. - - - . - Slark Twain, on Shipboard. ' Mark Twain- looks upon a journey across the ocean much as another man might look upon crossing the East river on a ferryboat The humorist enjoys the ocean and the life of idleness which ia enforces on" pneTj? He does not ;know what it is to be sick, and after his own fashion he has a good time. This -'fashion" is more pleasing to himself " than to anyenevrha happens to share- his stateroom, . as did a friend of mine re cently. This friend fold me that he never crossed the ccean with a man who stuck closer tohis stateroom. , y:v , :' . Wheri the genial Mark awakens, usn ally aboulf 7 o'clock he ; reaches outf for his pipe' and book andbeginto smoke and read, f He keeps this up until about 11 in the morning, whefi he calls for his morning coffee, which he takes while in his berth, j Then he smokes and reads again unjiltabout lwhen" he begins to writejAlb '5 he stops long enough to I drees," take a turn around the deck, and Knvu tr tig ci.1rrm fro liia A iTmem' Tfitfl Ifl the only time of the day when the pas-, sengers see him. After dinner he takes a stroll on the deck, goes back to his stateroom", undresses and begins to read and smoke once more, which be keeps up steadily until far into the. night Pittsburg Dispatch. . . i " . , .;iT-j-f' 'i -t-Bad For the Teeth. .v "-?!'": Ttia practioe of taking hot andioe cold drkiks, especially when alternated at short intervals, as when hot coffee or tea and ice water are taken at meals, the careless use of the toothpick, which of ten irritates and wounds the gums and causes them to recede, the too free use of artificial sweets and the use of 1 to baooo are all causes for the decay of the teeth. The most potent cause, however, says an authority, is the lack of natural exercise of chewing, which will bring to them a sufficient . blood supply to keep them Bolid and Bound. New York Tele gram. ; yr'' ADVERTISING IN DULL TIMES.- SnCfestions to the Retail Uereluuit Whldi -, May Be -of Value to Him. - 'flow to ; advertise successfully in dull times for a general retail store is a diffi cult subject to decide. It is at the same time a subject upon which there is a great diversity of opinion. . 1. 1 " ' ; By dull t!me3 we mean 'the seasons oil the year when trade Is not usually so brisk as it Is at other times. At these times some merchants largely increase their ad vertising expenditures. Others opntlnue about the: same as in busy times. Busi ness discretion should, of course, be used by all, but aa a rule we believe those who do the most advertising at these times have the best of reasons to support their side than tbs others, v. If the purpose is to draw trade, then why not advertise when you need trade the most? : Of course this rule is subject to the surroundings and the circumstances. We realize that in dull times it is much harder to! bring people to tbe store, but that Is one reason why more advertising should be used, or better advertisements should be Used, for it is not always neces sary to extend one's Space where the same result may be accomplished by using tbe same space in making the advertisement attractive. - .;iUv '-. '" , If possible in dull seasons more induce ments should be held out to the customer than in brisk seasons. More care should be used, in selecting . articles to be adver tised and more thought should be given to advertisements to bring trade to your store, but, however you may view this subject do not in any circumstances drop your ad vertising entirely. v-:f . Advertising to a large extent la cumu lative in its benefits, for the value of pres ent advertising depends." largely upon what has been done before. If you dig continue advertising entirely you are leav ing out some of the, bricks in the wall wbioh you are constructing and will lose a large portion of the benefits of acoumtt lative advertisements When you begin again, there having been a disconnection .in what you did before and that whioh you now intend to do. - f The benefits-to be derived from advertis ing are in the future aa well as what you may get at the preseut. Advertising U something i Uke making a snowball the (artber you go the blgge? it grows. , It,' after you have rolled your snowball a lit tle distance, you stop rolltng it and begin another one, you are expending an extra labor instead of accumulating, while ii you had kept on rolling the old ball it would soon grow to muoh larger propor tions than any new one you oould start , It is poor policy ever to stop advertising altogether. In dull times, as we have said, if tbe amount expended must be de creased more care than ever should be used In the operation of ' the advertisements. When the fish is harder to catch, be more careful ln selecting your bait ' The way to advertise is an important point to consider. In dull times- make your offerings just as attractive as yoq know how and advertise seasonable goods such as will be of immediate use. It is tarcl enough, to sell unseasonable goods When people buy freely, but it is much harder to push thenl in unfavorable times. Dry Goods Chronicle. ; " . ; . : Asoendiiis Prloea Tar Slngera. The gradual rise in the payments made to singers has more thagukept pace with tbe prices paid to composers. - A look through the treasurer's accounts of the old Sacred Harmonio society would oonflrnj this statement in a very certain and inter esting way. For example, at the Christ mas performance o" The Messiah' ln De cember, 1853, Miss Birch was paid 8 guin eas; Mme. Sainton-Dolby, 8 guineas; Mr. and Mrs. Lockey together,. 16 guineas, and Mr. Weiss, the composer of "The Village Blacksmith," 6 guineas. At the perform ance of "Israel Ip Egypt" In the same year Mr. Sims Reeves took 15 guineas; Carl Formes, 10 guineas, and Mme. Sainton-Dolby, 8 guineas. : Nine years after ward, ln December, 1863, for singing "The Messiah," Mme. Rudersdorff was paid 10 guineas ; Mr. Henry Halgh, 8 guineas, while Mme. Sainton-Dolby'a terms had risen to 10 guineas. : , - - 1 need hardly be said that concert vocal ists now in full demand would laugh at such fees. Some years ago, when Mr. Toole was returning thanks to an audienoe In the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, he referred to the j circumstance that he and Sims Reeves and Henry Irving had all at an early stage of their careers sought profes sional honors In the Soottlsh capital. The salaries of the three friends, according to Mr. Toole, were then: ; The singer, 80s.; the comedian. 40b.: th nuriii-n kv. ijr weea. Toole, "we get Journal. "Of oourse," added Mr. more now." Chambers' I -;At Cross Purposes, ' Maud Ethel, I'm getting awfully tired of waiting up till after midnight for that young man to leave." ' v - :; "Yes, papa, and I think he la getting tired of ; waiting till you are asleep before be bids me goodby ln the hall." Indian apolis Journal. - 11 P3 r : : You Get . Interested in - your work ' when you. cfeanTwiUi Gold ' Dust Broilers,' boilers, - pots- and pans, skillets, kettles, I Ltickets, and - cans become clean at a toucb, koot is quickly removed, IJ..1J A . ..Ii on', mil 11C ' fiold F)ticf grease uisiuucu wuv - :- YASHINQ POVpw. . I is indispensable for , cleaning kitcben uten sils," paint and woodwork. Gets the dirt off. Nothing in it tq grit i Sold everywhere. - : ' .-,-. -i - Made only by : ." ' THE N. k." FAIRBAN K COMPANY; Chicago, StUmls, WewTorls Boston, Phtlaaelpblsu ,, mmmm MMi.M---at-------i.-a SobU.UUU I U jr i.i Wr'k T&Ii&nJAl ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, WILMINGTON, N. 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Beautiful Cotton Suiting at 4Kc. A fine line all wool 84-incn fioe Tricots, all colors, at 15c. A lovelv Cashmere, 40 inebf s wiCc, at 20c. in black only. Same coods in co'os 86 inches wide, at 15c Double loid: 36 inches wide. Colored Sateen, ipVndid goods and good color, worth ltc, now. to close ' at 8c. Fine B!ack Bnl liantine in figured, 86 inches wide, at 85c. 40 inches wide in plain black, rplendid quality, -: at 29c; belter, same, good Mohair, 44 inches wide, at 40 and 60c; the very best, 46 inches wide, lat 65c. AH Wool Crepon, 46 inches wide, at 75c 54 inches wide, all wool heavy weight' Flannel at 40c. A beautiful B'ack Serge, 44-inch at 85c; 88 inches wide at 25. ; Braddy tc Gaylord, Prop, Of Wilmingrton's Big-Racket Store. octWtf Hardware .EVERY DESCRIPTION OF Utensils, WwM Iron Coal Ms,' Trillin" CMlies Wringers, Etc., . 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