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costs cotton planters more US dollars an. enormous prevented. can be experiments at Ala- i, ! . i . than five million nually. This . waste, and Practical bama Experiment Station show conclusively that the use jot ' "Kainit" will prevent that dreaded 'plant disease. All rV.niit Pntach the results of its rise by actual ex periment on the best farms in the United States is told in a little book which we publish and will gladly mail free to any farmer in America who will write for it. i fiKRMAN KALI WORKS; " 93 Nassau bt., New York. M . nov 8 W(Jm 1. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. The braver that! starts on a Bible promise flies on the wings of faith. I -i- The preaching that Is aimed at the head, generally misses the heart. God made visible things to teach us of better things that are in visible. - j - f , ; There are thousands of prom ises in the Bible, but not one of them was pat; there to make a loafer happy. f'The Bible is a mosaic -levity Dart of It contributing to Him who is its Jesus Christ." Cul- all sorts of might neigh- ! source and center. Mom. j. . J , ,'. 1 People glory in . hraverv eiceDt the braverv thev show on behalf ot their nearest bor. George Eliot. j f An eternity behind you waited for you to begin to live;, an eternity be fore yon is waiting to see1 how you are Uving.Zr. CAas. Taylor '. . : i "Study the history of the, Jews; study the land where they lived; study with the mind, with the! eves, and the heart, if you would know ' God's 1 Word. W.R.Cullom. j : ' "I believe a man can serve the Lord at the ballot box and in the balls ' of legislation, and our, young men should be looking for opportunities to serve Him thus.": Dr. larron. j ' I have long since ceased to pray, '."Lord Jesus, have, com passion on a lost world." . I remember the day and the hour when I seemed to bear the Lord rebuking' me for making such a prayer. He seemed to say to me. "I have had compassion upon a lost world, And now it is time for you to have com passion. A I. Gordan It is an old admonition, cannot be too frequently repeated. Be your best at borne in dress,. manners and spirit. Life is too short to waste its holy hours in criticism, f ault-fioding and unkind words and acts. Oalyj a few brief years d0 family circles remain un broken by the invasion of marriages, te rnovils. or deaths and, it our retrospect of tne time spent together is to be a pre cious memory, let its hours be filled with all that is loving and generous and nobie. Evening Messenger. j . . ' . Yrs'rrdav brought to a close a week intheNi York' dry goods market in which there was' an increased business transacted at both first and second hands witboat Olivers sbowing any disposition to depart from a cocstrvativs poiicy in their operations. In vesterday's business the restriction of orders to supplies for 'quick delivery has btea specially no ticeab'e. .' '-'!?' I' : ' '-' Wffl Not Perform Attacks But It Will Cure; bat it AH AIRY DELUSION. - On day, in lovely Bummer weathatv ' pretty, little oriinson feather ' . That in a garden pathway lay - v. ; Was by tbo wind npUfted lightly. And,' shlnirg in the sunshine brightly, v Went flying gracefully away. ; "Well,"aidh, with (treat pride, "Ineve, Bright as I am. thought that I'd ever Be turned into a bird and fly. But it has chanced, and though I love you Now that I sa so far abovs yon, , Dear flowers, I must so goodby." - The pinks and poppies, looking after The boaster, fairly shook with laughter : And thought some very funny things. - But an old thistle growled: "Like others . .I've known, who might have been Jiis broth ers, -, - j , j . - He has mistaken wind for wings. "Let him go on, a-twirlingr twirling, : This way and that a-whirling, whirling, With Airs that really are absurd. , . '. He'll find when his falae comrade stops him In his vain flight and rudely, drops him One feather does not make a bird." . Margaret Ey tinge in Youth's Companion. r ' 'ii afilB" t'-1' 'urm-.ftT r '" ' 1,1. ljWIMiHrill ;!iil4 iaiiiilnlSilpf 44, -- a i 111 -lil urn I I iy . SS51S25E This - ' the best Smoking Tobacco made. is very THOSE OTHER PEOPLE DE, MILES' HISTORATIVE NERVINE cur3s ndrvejus 'prostration. Not mi raculously, but scientifically, by first removing the &erfaa ci disease, and , then supplying healthy norvo food, increasing the appetite, heSpinj-dlgestlonand strength ening the entire iystem. Desperate cases require prolonged; treatment as shown by that of Mrs. M. U. eed, of Delta, Iowa-, who writes: "As the r jsult of a lightning stroke,, the physicians saiii I had a llsht atrokn cf would all draw ud. I would have throbblnga m my chest that seemed unendurable. Por three mcntha I could not sleep and Ipr three weeks did cot slcs8 my eyes. -I Tim vhr! fn olnAn . felt that If relief did not come I would be dead or Insane. I took Dr. Miles' Restora tive Nervine and the second night slept two hours and from that time on my health im proved; slowly at first, but steadily and surely. I took in all 40 bottles, and I cannot express i how grateful I am, for I am now perfectly weiLjand have taken no medicine for over four months." Drl MUes" Nervine to sold by druggists on guarantee that first oottle benefits or rhoney refunded. Ml0fltinin,Ze9lree-i paralysis, my Br. MUes' Nervine Restores -Health...... i. o morphine or opium in ubb Aii fain. Dr. Mflmt path "One Cent a dose." - anic uy mu LTTitrtruita. - at " MOWERS. DRUS. REAPERS. CASTINGS. HINGES. IRON. SPIKES. OVENS. hails. : I. W. Murchison, dec 31 tf Orton Baildlosr, Wilmlngton.'N.'C. We bad quarreled, I don't know what about. Neither of us quite knew, I think one of those unexplained quarrels when vre thought mean things of each other without any cause and then justified the other's condemnation by meaner actions.": We were polite to stupidity, and our con versation was interlarded with the poorest satire, in whiah we exulted as displaying the sharpness of our wit and the lndlffer-j enceof our feelings." We ruthlessly stab bed, and wondered every time at -the othn er's cruelty with : a renewed sense of sur-i prise, while pondering on a return thrust likely to prove more hurtful. Every day we seemed to be growing farther from the possibility of a reconciliation; till at last we became quite friendly In our enmity. We ceased to be personal, and only dis cussed outside matters; i Our hearts had solidly frozen we, who bad loved each other so much.! There was no longer warmth enough ieven,for satire. We ate our meals silently together in the great hall of the queer bid inn- of Montenero, which was built high up on the rocks above the swift river colling about their base 200 feet belo w, an impregnable strong hold in the old times of the border wars, and now but a hostelry for travelers cross ing the wild forest lands that stretched for miles to the horizon. I had come to meet the "count, my father, on his way south, but he had been detained, and Ugo bad declared" he would not leave me in the des olate old castle till a safer protector than my female attendant should arrive. I ac quiesced how willingly then; when my heart beat at the sound of his footsteps, and the gloomy halls seemed so : myste riously ' delightful while he was there. Things had indeed changed. Now I pro tested impatiently at the waiting. Would not my father soon arrive? Yet surely I dreaded his advent, which would mean our parting without ever a reconciliation. He offered to ride to his encounter. I murmured that be might if he wished, and turned away with my heart sinking into my toes. He did not go, however, and in Jhla I found further cause for a display of 11 humor. He successfully retaliated till I despised him with all my soul and won dered how I ever could have thought bim aught but a bear. ' ' j One day as I strode angrily along the corridor I encountered one of the guests I had not before noticed, though later I re membered that she had been about the Inn for some days. She was a little person, not so muoh in height she might have been as tall as myself as in general effect. She looked little and had the meanest coun tenance I had ever beheld. I took snob a sudden dislike to the creature that I invol untarily drew my skirts aside as she pass-.' ed. - Later on in the day we both observed h&c at a table in the 'company of a man. Ho was taller than she, yet had the same appearance of puny meannesa An im potent pugnacity marked the. whole of bis irascible -physiognomy, the features of which were whit and formless. The two openly wrangled during the whole course of the meal, so that we could not help laughing at the ridiculousness of their be havior They bandied words on every con ceivable subject. "Pray don't eat your soup as if you were fond of it," said she. "I hate to see people eat their soup in that way. ' ' ' You hate every one but yourself, ' ' said he. "Perhaps I do, when every one has diminished to a you, " she rejoined, "How brutal they are!" murmured Ugo, I laughed. Well, we were well bred in ur quarrels., at. anv rate. Whatever thought we took care to conceal " elabo rate politenesses worthv xn-cainly of better feelings. I think he understood what was passing; through my mind, for he flushed, a little angrily. Surely I did not mean to compare ourselves to these low creatures, whose deformed bodies seemed the index to their crooked souls? Whether I did or not, I succeeded In hiding further expres sion of my thoughts, During the following days' we became better friends. The discussion of these oddities made us forget something of our own rancor. We were pleased to condemn thorn and philosophize on the uselessness of such beings on earth, their hideoutmess and evident discontent with life. When ever we came across them, our loathing increased. . It happened one afternoon as we were seated on ithe parapet of the tow er overlooking the dense stretch of wooded country to westward, and the silver serpent river, whose color deeppned with the set ting of the sun, Mil the whole became a winding line of molten crimson at our feet, that a strakige emotion, caused by the wondrous scene, stirred us both. We .turned to look nfc one another, when the sight of their vile figures intercepted our ana inoir querulous voices echoed in the great sHento petty, stupid, mean. I wonder that; they can even think of such things," ! said a little hotly, whereat an odd, look crept into Ugo's eyes, which made me feel suddenly indignant No doubt he was comparing me to them.' How smaii of hJm to do that, How, j dJg liked the way he dancled his f thoparapet, his sword between his knees! I rose up and went in. He could listen and enjoy the company of these horrible people if he liked, since he could not see any dlfrSrencB between: them and me. I went disconsolately to my room and watched from my window, and the tears crept into my eyes as I thought that surely Ugo and I would never be the same to one another again. While I sat and dreamily pondered the idea entered my head that this strange pan? had come between us; that they had cast the evil eye on us the evjl eye I I shuddered as a sense of the reality of the superstition assailed ma I recollected that they had appeared at the Inn on the day of our quarreT. . For seven days Ugo and I had been as strangers to one another, and they they would sever us for alhtline. I leaned out of my win dow, gazing down on the parapet beneath me, on which Ugo still bu The horrible woman was looking at him ayeu as I was, and the man mumbling to himseli J could have laughed out loud from very rage, for Ujo seemed to be mesmerized to thepot, baThed In the crimson light -from the petting sun, with a look in his eyes alnaS hl" a look ,of 0110 enthralled by evil. Far below the river seemed a way of blood and the forest trees black and immutable. The idea of blood en f .mT sul. and with it a terrible thought. I shivered and closed the case ment, then hastened away to escape from the grewsome notion that seemed to pur sue me and take possession of my will. ' ' - 14ad done it The awful Idea had re turned to me. . In the late evening I stole through the dark corridor to her room, and all the way I laughed to myself, for the strange mad ness so possessed me that I had neither fear nor horror. Then I crept away down the stairs and out into the open by the 5wlng Jw. ' There, as the oool air fan ned my feverish face, 1 thought: "I have done right She was an evil, horrible thing who would harm us. But, Ugo I What will he thinii. Still," I said aloud, "I am glad I I am glad!" . "Why are you glad?" " I turned round with a little cry as Ugo came out of the darkness and Joined me. I oouid not rest," he went on quite naturally, "so I came out here. I did not expect to And you, " he continued, with no warmth in bis tone, adding: "Those peo ple got on my mindU I felt an irresistible aesire to go and smother that brute kill mm ! I wish I had. But somehow I hadn't the courage." - ; "CI gO!" .I-''. - . ...-..rv.- - "What ij ftf 1,,, w1)1 Blackwell's Genuine HILL .-DURHAHil Yon will find one coupon inside each lounce bag and two coupons Inside each 4 ouncs bag. Buy a bag, read the coupon and see how to get your share of 250,0001n presents. - High Grade . Fertilizers. TO;iNSURE !A GOOD CROP OF TOBACCO, COTTON, TRUCK OR 4 SMALL GRAIN, USB ONLY RELIABLE, HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS, r a vrTn? a rr,TTT rn -bit I IFO-WEIRS, G-IBBS & CO., H WILMINGTON, N. C. ' - Tie : Leading Mannractnrers , of Fertilizers uutte South Increased Sales for 1896 Fifty Per Cent. No expense spared in the Manufacture of Goods. ' Nothing bat First-Class ; - . J ' ' ' Materials Used . For further information see the bulletins for years past. I '.."i. -:- follow.! Correspondence invited. We lead, others ian!7tf Bowden Lilbia water CONTAINS MORE LITHIA . Than Any Other Hatoral . ! Rllneral Water In the World. The Only Known SolYent ; of Stone in the Bladder and. Kidneys. Dr. J B. S. Holmes, ex-President Georgia State Medi cal Association, says: "Have used Bowden Lithia Watei extensively in bladder and kidney troubles, and the re snlts have been most gratifying." - W. A. Wakely, M. D., Aobura, N.jY., says: "Have obtained quick and satisfactory results in-Chron. ' Rhenmatism and Bright's Disease." j j h BOWDKN LITHIA WATER is gauanMed to can all diseases of the Kid reyt and Bladder, Rhenmattna, lasomoia. Goat and Nerroui Dyspepsia Posts ' Card bring! illnstrated pamphlet. ' j : Our Sparkling Table Water Has no Equal. For Sale in Any Quantity By BOWDEN LITHIA SPRINGS CO.. mar 8 D&W ly 174 Peachtree St, Atlanta, Ga. From lX- Lithia Springs,Ga, ropnlar Frices. BOOTS BOOTS BROGAHS, BR06ANS, BRC6ANS, BR0GA1IS, Harvard Ties, Wholesale and Retail. Harvard Ties. - ," .- - :'X ' . I: . , J. PETERSON&RULFS oet6 W tf 7. North Front Street, Wilmington, N. C BUSINESS LOCALS. IfOTlcsft far Kmi a. v. i , n. .n Wants, and ether ihori miscellaneous advertisements Inserted in thii Department ,in loaded Nonpareil type on first or fourth page, at Pobinber's ooaoa. for 1 cent per word each inserticn; bat no advertitement ot less thaa 30 cents. Terms positirelr cash Yon Can MakeM-mey by following the sdvices' giren iaoor Manual Book and Market Utter, free i-orrejpondrnce invited. Ford ft Co., members N. Y, C??S?teS E'tcJunKe. 60 Broadway, Mew York. feb 28 It I . -. , - - - MAle Help Wanted Men to prepare for the a? p oachinx ijnternal Revenue, Customs, Railway Mai and other eautminauons soon to be held ia Wilmine t00'.jFaU P"rtlcn,-lla as ti itxet, sa aries. ftc free ot Rational Correspondence Insti ute, Second Na tional Bank BIdg., Wahiagton, D. C. feb 28 1 Fr Sale Choice Shepherd Poppies, Essex Pigs and Indian Game Chickens. J. A. Faison. War saw, R C. feb 28 It uemrmber me when wanting Lamps.' Lamp uoods, Tinware, Graaiteware, etc.- Repairing and Rewijckin: Lamps and OU Stoves. H. K. Holdeo, corner econd and Dock streets, j leb 18 It -T- ffT Pale Two Oval Front Nickel Frame ' how Cases, each six feet long. Good as new. Apply a onrineimer s Shoe Store, Front and Market streets. feb 88 It laraeTS and Chickens dressed a d alive. aggt, real (black eye and lady finger). Mountain Batter ia kits and boxes. I. TV Alderman, Commit sion Merchant, 818 North Front street. , . feb 201m Ton will not find in his city a better assorted stock of Candies, Fruits, and Apples than mice And don't forget that my prices are the lowest. Andrew Mavronichols, 705 North Fourth street. feb 7 tf " Doii't fait to tee me if yon are contemplating the purchase cf a Piano, ' irgan or any musical instru ment. Ask abent my easy one year payment plans A. S. Revilie. 818 North Front atreet - - f.KK in have opened a Gansmi-h and general Bep.ir at No. 7 North Second s reet. Thirty one years expeiience. Satislaakm guaranteed. e palting and stocking fine guns a specialty. Charles H. Polley.. jsn811m Ihoj)11 Hay-Timothy Hay, mixed Clover bay, Prairie Hay, Straw, Grain and all kinds of ! mixed feed for horses and cattle. Jno, 8. McBachern, 811 Mar ket Bt. Telephone 92. I i oct 17 tf Hayttass P. ftu aas ia stack boggles, road Carts and harness of sQ kinds. Renairlnc A, h. on . short noties. Oopoiltc sow kfllftd .Fox River Butter. 35 Boxes Fox River Butter. u Bags rlndnot s Grits. 100 Bbls. E. R. Potatoes. Also Crackers. Cheese. r9nn G6ods, Corn, Meal, Flour, Molasses. J xwjcai, sau, xay. noop iron. Spirit Casks, Peanuts, Baskets, Drugs, To bacco, Snuff, Fish, and , all other goods in my line. ' . Mercer; & Evans x Keep Something JTiee for the Little, : ; , '-Folks. ! They hate jat received shipments of SHOBS (io't) as well as variou kin s of ooucs. Babies' first Also K EE i. Pm irt rnps ..i. folks, which una h Man... .A. ... . . , . . ICUUUH, L , i , urauiDg o aioi ciugs at tne kne-s 9 1 . 5 O for choice i our wk do w. Take t look ! . Respectfully, - , . 'I have done Jt" - . , "What?" - ' , - ' . - "I have killed her." - "You are mad 1" -. " - "I have killed her," I repeated. ' Heremainod Ellen t, pale to the lips; then said hurriedly, "No one can possibly know yondidltf" . , "No unlees" - . -A , "Unlessr' .-'' .1 r- ' " "He he should divine." " "But he must die toor'Hesprangaway from my side, bitten by my madness. . "Don't yon eee," he said, lookinK oddly, . "such people must not exist. They are hor-. rible, venomous worms.-? They are not hu man. -They have the evil eye. They poison the earth." r ,u'l, "ha?pV:;-; . I followed slowly, possessed by a stran calm. Of course it was quite right. The world must be rid of such extraneous be ings. We cleansed our houses of. all vile accumulations, we swept our streets and burned every useless thing, killed nauseous insects and treacherous animals; extermi nating all that was loathsome. Why did we stop at human vermin, and. not purify the world, too, of such defilements i Then sud denly I stood still , XJgo, a few yards be fore me,' was rooted . to the ground, and, passing near were those other people. Yes,' ehel , I bad failed, then! My stabs meant nothing.;. She could not be killed. Ugo, too, bad failed! The blood in my veins turned cold with horror, and, like bim, I oould not move from where I stood.' : At last he came up to me as one In a dream and said;..;.' We cannot kill themt Look'! They are some evil spirits. .Little one, " be murmured tenderlyi " cornea way 1 Come away from here.- It is a poisoned place. . Tbey may live forever,.bat they shall not separate us. 1 We -were In their thraldom. ' HWas It a dream? Ugo's arms were round me. mi 0ve youi I love you J" ; he said 1 "I have been . afraid to tell you, and they they came between us; but we do not care, do wef . You were so brave braver than I for you did not hesitata But it was no use. We could not kill them." . ' '. . -.. ' - . , ' . Our arms were tightly entwined. Noth ing in the world could oome between us now.- Those- grewsome people were but pygmies. What cared we? And we turned with a laugh toward tbom. Then we saw what was Indeed stranger than anything that had yet happened at the old castle, for there . under our very eyes they changed, and she became even as I was, tall and fair, and he as Ugo, brave and beautiful, till at last: it .seemed .that they were we and we were thiey. Then, as the pale moon gleamed from but the clouds and threw a flood of light across our path, we found that we were alone. . ; ; . "It Is not true!" I murmured. "I may have been like that, but- not you. " He colored to bis eyebrows,, "The portrait of me was doubtless excellent, " said ha "The other, of course, was a preposterous cal umny." -4 -.. But I don't think: either of us cared very much, for we knew that as : long as our hearts beat near one another's those other people could ? not find a way to come be tween us. And ! in very truth they were seen no more at Montenero. Westminster Budget! ' j Oofc a Surfeit of Eges. "Do you like eggs?" was the question that stirred up a forty-niner to make some talk la a Bangor store the other day. He was an old man, and he straightened rip to something like the height of his prime as he answered: "I had a surfeit of them once. 'Twas toward 60 years ago, when I was on the way home from California. , We left the isthmus on a good brig bound for New York, but ran into a coral reef in the Caribbean sea and were wrecked. It was a patch of sand just out of the water, but you ought to see the flocks of sea fowl that nestled on it They had to move out of the way to give us room to stay there, and that was about all they would da Their nests were everywhere, and there were eggs in abundance. We ate about a barrel of them every day during the 13 days we were there. Some of us got off in a boat and went to San Juan, In Nicaragua, where we got a vessel to go after those we left on the reef. That vessel was com manded by William Lawrence of Bath, who was killed by a man named Wilkin son while, he was a policeman there. He tried to get to the reef, but bad weather stove us up so we had to set in . for New Orleans, where we found the rest of the men, rescued by another vessel. But eggs!" The old man's faoe took on a peculiar ex pression. Lewiston Journal. i Hnlssnj Bud. , '-", As to the moral status of the streets west and north of Chinatown I need scarcely do more than mention that these are Mulber ry, Baxter and Bayard and that within a tone's throw of Mott street la the noto rious "Mulberry bend," for many! years past the hiding place of criminals and the last and lowest resort of the abandoned and vicious of both sexes. The tales of Mulberry bend that until recently assailed the ears of the missionary are absolutely nnrelatable and to be comprehended only by one used to the sight and knowledge of the lives of criminals and outcasts of the lowest possible character. Within the last few years the police have driven out the worst dives of thf region, but the evil ef fects of those once abounding evils are still to be seen there and unfortunately tell sadly upon the Italians who have filled up the quarter. Helen F. Clark in Century, ' BAKED BLUEFISH. " - MERCER feb 24 tf 1 & EVANS, 5 Princess Street. anhood Restored, 'ii,,B,?"slss-. JT?ATsssTrV-sJ w em i I H-ad torel AFTER D. L GORE. Cof ee- 50 Bags Coffee. 100 Barrels B. R. Potatoes. 25 Bags White Potatoes. 100 Bags Rice. 700 Barrels Flour. . 40 Barrels Sagar. W. B. COOPER, o w u , Oiw WUmiaztoa. M. C. OR. Em C. WEST'S NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT - T"E 0RIGIMAU ALL OTHERS IMlTATIOItS, kISSIIk" .Positive Written eaarante. enr or rtuia monir. "1 i f ESRed Label Special txira strennlh. Power, Loat Manhoort Bterilfty or BarrenneeaJ, I1 H,FPX' S1X Ior 5,with! ur uy rnHi i ' Ri R. BKLLAMT . DiW" SoIe Agent Wilmington, rf. C. Hers and Farmers i We have the Genuine Honlton Early Rose Potatoes, Plant these and no other. " Use Boot Crop Fertilizer,: Mer Them. HALL & PEARS ALL, feb w" an? MnIberry streets. IMroetkma For Freparlngr a Biab Whieh Is' . Often Spoiled Ia the Cooking. . A fish Is more ' often ruined in baking than in almost any other way, yet if a bluefiah ia properly baked It Is a most de licious digh. Thoroughly clean and wash a fish weigh ing not less than pounds lor baking. Make a stuffing by putting a large spoon ful of butter into a Sauoenan. And whnn It. is melted add one cupful of bread crumbs which have, been soaking In a scant half cup of milk or water, a quarter ,of a tea spoonful of salt and the same quantity of peppery one teaspooniul each of chopped capera and parsley, and onion juice or not as preferred. Put the stuffing Into the fish and close the opening with small wooden skewers. Cut three gashes in each side of ne nsn about naif an inch deep and two Inches long and lay a strip of larding pork in each cut. .. Now draw the fish into the form of a letter S by putting a long needle, holding a strong white thread, first through the head, then through the middle of the body and the tall and fastening with a knot that can be easily taken out when the fish Is baked Put a tin sheet, on which have beeh laid some slices of fat salt pork, in toe bottom of a baking pan and place the fish on. it back upward. Bub the fish with salt and pepper and dredge with flour. Poor over it half a cup of wina Put it into a moderately hot oven and bake, al lowing 15 minutes to each pound. Con stant basting is necessary for the success of the dish. When the fish is cooked, lift the tin sheet from' the pan and slido the fish carefully into the center of a heated platter, remove the thread and garnish the fish with sliced lemon and parsley; Serve with either of the following sauces;.; , - Put one tablespoonful of butter and one of flour in a Baucepan over the fire, stir together and add a cupful of stock, two tablespoonfuls of , stewed tomatoes, a bay leaf, half a dozen peppercorns and a tea spoonful of sugar.! Bring to the boiling liuinii, aaa a iitcio snerry ana more season ing if necessary and strain. For sauce hollandaiso. rub half a enn rfr butter to a cream. .-. Add tho yolks of three eggs, stirring in one at a time. ,Add the juice from half a lemon. one-fourr,h te&spoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne pepper. ; Place the bowl' containing the mixture in a pan of boiling water.: Add one cup of hot water to the sauce, beating all the time, and stir constantly until the mixture becomes like a soft custard '- Do not let It boil, but remova from thn a and continue to stir a few moments before pouring it. around the fish.; New York Sun. - ... , : CUPID'S BATTLE. . Thev were not reallv engaged that. Is to say, society had never been; offlelaUy informed of the fact. If an engagement signifies a pledge given and taken, or if It means that he has given a ring to secure an option on her, they' were not engaged.. But she knew that Brent loved her and that some day she would marry him, and he knew that she was the only woman ha ever had loved or ever could love; that she filled his life and made it perfect. y And be was aure that She knew r thisv In'facV there was between them what our grand mothers called an understanding. - Then there came a terrible misunder standing, ; He oould not understand, and she would not What it was all about, bow it began, neither could have told He thought that he was, ten minutes late for an appointment with her, and she thought she didn't think, she lost or mislaid her temper. ."And it grew, and it grew." and so began their tale of woe. She was "out" several times when he called So he stop- pea calling. 'vu ; :f- .She refused an invitation- to a dinner to which she knew he was asked. : He waited an hour for her at a tea, and when she came into the room he left it by another aoor ana nea rrom the house. - She saw him go, and her face fell . , Up to that time she had been prepared to forgive him graciously when the proper moment came, out when she saw him dis appear through those portieres she knew tnat. sne would never, never sneak - to him again. He walked several streets, cursing everything' in general and one woman's intellect in particular. Then he retraced his steps and hung round the house like a veritable thief? waiting to see her eome out and get into her carriage. When. Mrs. Trenor's Invitation to the baby's christening came, he wrote a regret oecause sne was going to be godmother, Hat ne am not sena it joo, byJovei-1 he said savagely to himself. "She needn't ' think she can keep me away from every thing. " He accepted the invitation, and sent tne oaDy a silver rattle. - ' The Trenor parlors were full when he arrived, and she , was not visible, so he went out! into the conservatory. Soon there was a bush in the babble ef voices. and he looked through the window into the drawing room. His eyes in the win dow saw none of the gorgeous details, be cause she, the beautiful godmother, was coming into. the room carrying the baby. The sweet voice of the godmother thrilled one hearerrand then John Sherwood Tre nor received the congratulations and good wishes ox 'bis mother's friends, enduring it all with a calm, grave aspect, turning his round blue eyes occasionally on his godmother to make sure that all was right. She held him in her arms, talking vo bud ana ior nun. unoe sne burled her face in his fluffy lace gown, and it was probably only an accident that it was at -the very moment when Brent entered the zoom. Mrs. Trenor hastened to meet him. ; f 'Oh, Mr. Brent, you're jusV in time to speak to; Jacky before he goes back to the ' nursery. ; So good of you to come, and th Diessea lamb wants to thank you for.the beautiful rattle you sent him.' He has hardly let go of it onoe. Doesn't Miss Sherwood look lovely? - But, then, she al ways aoea- t iiis nostess rattled on, leading him nearer ana nearer to the little hero of the occasion.: The little hero was beginning to be tired, and Miss Sherwood was com pletely absorbed in entertaining him j-aiavver's blessed lamb! Muvver'g blue eyes!'; Mrs. Trenor kissed the baby hands rapturously. "Will little white bear thank XTncle, Jerry for the boo'ful rattler Isn't ne. messed!"' she added to Brent, and flut tered away, leaving the three alone under tne canopy. J "How do you do, old boy?" Brent putt uan linger into tne little pink hand, and 8-montbs-old Jacky held on to it with all ais baby strength.; A gurgling, throaty laugn DUbbied out as he tried to put his ' visitor s nnger in his mouth. I Miss Sherwood concealed the smile that was twitcbing her lips by pressing a light kiss on the baby's soft bald iead. She had, responded .coolly to Brent's frigid '."A very pretty party," he said in awkward society tone. .f,"Meanlng tho baby?" she asked lnno- cenuy. i . . . , i jacsy naa succeeded in Implanting his iour iicue teetn in Brent'a finger, and in uis.aeiignc oer his victory he flung the rattle on the" floor. Miss Sherwood and xsrent both stooped for it, and through each mind ran a fervent wish that they would not bump heads. But nothing so commonplace happened. When they at tempted to rise, they found that wsm 1m prisoned. Jacky had seized the golden hair mono nana ana the crisp black locks in the other. Neither dared to use force to secure freedom, j Babies were unknown quantities to both of them. Perhana Ml a. Sherwood might have doneomethlng, but muo uiun t. - i "Hold on, old boy! Stop that!" came in smothered accents from Brent, and even tuuro ouiuuiorou was ine remark ot con demnation that followed. I Jacky did hold on, but not in the sense thit Brent meant. He clutohed both hands more and more firmly, hammering them together at intervals. The gleeful chuckles and loud orowinga of her boy attracted Mrs. Trenor's attention. She hastened across the room, f- , ! "Oh, little bear: nonie. nonfol Mnvwr'a blessing! Muvver's little white bear mustn't pull bair." She loosened the tiny fingers, but not be- rore every one had observed the spectaole oi two very rea laces being hammered to getner- by "muvver's little bear." Of course every one laughed, and of course .Brent and Miss Sherwood had to make the best of it and laugh too. ; Their eyes met, ana tne iaugn penetrated the haze of mis understanding in which they had drifted for so many days as the morning sun pene- uraces tne low aying rog on the seashore, sweeping it away and leaving no. trace. There was not even anything to exnlaln. and When tho engagement was announced some people wondered whether Jacky had not had a well, to express it in a home spun way, had a finger in the pie. Exchange.) D IspsssssssssssssasssssssBJBsBss Am Wm trying ' to driv4 a spike with a tack hamnier, undertaking , to 1 do housecleaning 'with soap. &-The modern- cleaner. Gold Dust, hits the nail on the : head and drives it home settles your housecleaning" diinculties, inj ures ' noth- ,' Cleans everytning, saves yom, -..!- m .Washing Powder. A t-t .Soil Chicago, ejverpyhep in largo packages; 25c. Made only by TH E.,' N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, m-.w ora,r . cosion, r-biladelphia. c w ",-!!.'-.. . ' " Ghes OFFICE OF & Co. is temporarily located at the office of inuit & Barrentine, Shoe Dealers, Ho. 30 North1 Front Street, where we kindly isk thoe indebted to us to call and settle .their accounts , I ': " p . j as early ai possible. ' Will Be Pleased to Attend to Any Orders En- Hopd trusted to TTs. 4 soon, to announce our opening in same place, Ho. 9 North Front Street. febS81w & Co. NEW ARRIVALS A. D. BROWN'S, ! J . Successor to Brown & . Roddick, . an DRISS GOODS DEPARTMENT new importation of French, Kngluh weaves, from SOcto Sitter vard. I The newest weaves for Skirts. "Brokea Checks" at 50c per yard. BLACK GOODS I Storm Serges at 40 sod 60c ner vard. Pbia and fancy Mohairs, Seiges, Nun's Cloth, Broadcloths and Pattern Snin. , WASH GOODS ' I , French -ntandies, India Linens. Piques; Dimities, French Nauisosks, Persian Lawn and new Percales. SILK DEPARTMENT i uugeainoias, japs, lafletas, Surahs, Benn U?eLtQn Dcnas- T Colored Tafietas for Wafjt Black Brocades in IiidU Silk. Gros Grain add Satins, from 50c to $1.60. i i I ' r "" FIBERINE Oa case of Fiberine for hnizlg at 10c per yard. KID GLOVE5 M I 1 be test and largest One ever, earned in the city comprising all the new Spring shades. ' CORSETS j ' S w"er . Glove Fitting, C-B a Ia Sprite, Royal Wofchester, French Wovtns, Her Majesty's. Ferns Waists, Nazareth Waiits. UNDERWEAR 5f?,leme;,a r Ld,es' We make a specialty o Children's Underwear. pOUK FURNISHING DEPARTMENT ?CARPETs-Velvets,.Body Brntsels. Tapestry , Brussels, ia 8x10 wire; 8-pfy All Wool Ingrains, 8-ply Extra Super Ingrain., Unions, Cotton Chains, ' Cocoa and Napier Mattings in and 4-4 widths. RUGS ' ' , Wilton Velvets, Nubias, "Westmoreland" and ''Crowa" Smyrnas in all sizes, and Danten Jutes. ART SQUARES In 9 p:y cxtira super all wool and Danten Jutes. MA TTINGS ' I' 2-0 rolls China and Japanese Mattings just received, TAPFSTRY Chenille, DamasVl' Tapestry, and "Bagdad" Por tiers. Tapenry .Table Covers all size i. WINDOW SHADES All Linen Window Snades at prices that will aston ish you.' . : TRUNK', TRUNKS TRUNK3 The b st line of Trunks we have ever canied. We have tha "Packers" too. Oil Cloths and Linoleums any width. Small Hardware ior house furnishing, NOTIONS Uphclsf ries. Draperies, Fringes. Screens. Lace Cnrtaits, Ploshts -Felts. Velonrs, Gimps, Crettones, Demins, Curtain Musiins'Poin. de spree.'' - I feb 28 llail Orders Given Special Attention. Shoes, Clothing aiid Millinery -:o:- f 44 Wliistler, the Painter. ; ihe personal i appearance of Whistler the painter, is described by a McClure'a writer: "His face fa a remarkable one. It ia covered with countless, wrinktea, but Jai clear of complexion and evidently very well groomea. tie wears a well ouried gray mustache and slight imperial. His eye brows are unusually bushy, and hi glis tening drown eyes peer out from under neath them like snakes in the grass. Hi hair is the most amazing part of his get up It is all arranged in separate curia, most) anasEicaijy put together. - They are ail dyed black, with tho exception of one, wmon remains quite white, and on grand occasions ia uea up with a small ribbon. '")! ' ' . jThe Most Important Koom. I , xne sitting room can be made to t3o uusy aa a parlor; the library as a'musio room; ! a drapery hidden corner of tha second floor hall aa a bathroom; a cham ber with a folding, turn down sofa bed for a Bimng room, sleeping room, smoking room or reading room. But a kitchen, however .metamorphosed, will be, must be tuiucaunoi, oe otnerwise than a kitchen stiUL These considerations mark out 'the kitchen, in - the plan of household salva tion, as the most important room in the uuiuusuc economy ot homemakrng.-- "T Arc three Departments of the Wil micK'ou Dig rvacKet dtore. , We are pushing these lines of goods, and prices are one oi inc important leatures in tne trade. ' ; . j: . We have all grades of Shoes from the cheapest to the best, to fit the tin? as well as the large, to suit the labor ine man as well as the sport. Men's Buff Lace and Congress Shoes "at $1.00 a pair. Splendid Shoes in pice styles in Boff for $1 25. Spanish Calf Shoes, new stvle toes, best selected stock for youths from 2'a to 5's. at $1.50, Men's, from 6's to 11 's. at $1.75. Veiy fine , French Calf Skin Shoes, Men's in Congress or Lace, for $3 00. Boss nice prettv Shoes, from 18's to' 2'si for $1 00; cheaper, 75 and 85c. LADIES' SHOES A special job at 50, 63, 75c; a beautiful Shoe at $1.00. honest leather in every part. Women's Pebble Button Honest Shoes for 90c and $1.00 a pair; 4 Men's high cut Brogans.i all solid leather at 90c and $1 00. Best whole siock high cat Oeedmore's st $1.25 a, pair. -Women's Slippers from 40c up to $1:50 a pair. Infants' Shoes from fi'a tn 5's, at 20c a pairj a special iob to close Rubbers of all kinds. Men's R .Ata at from $1.60 to 2 85 a pair. j r 1 feb 28 tf CLOTHING Men's Suits of all stye s.. I want your trade in Snits, and to set it I will make it pay you to look at my stock before buyiop elsewhere. Men's Suits in Black Cheviot at $4 50 and $5 00. Ia fine all wool beautiful Clay Worsted at $7 00; very fine at 8 00 and 10 00; A splendid Scotch Cheviot Gray Suit worth $8.00, 5.50. Overcoats for less than cost; Men's Dress Coats at $160. Old Pants are a specialty with me. I can fit yen up In a pair. Jeans Pants for 45c heavy Cottonade good Pants at 50c; a fioe Worsted Pants at 75c; a rpiendid Blue and Black Cheviot at 90c. $1 00 and 1 25 a pair. Fine stylish Pants in Spring patterns and new styles. $1.60, 2 00 2 60 and 8 00 a pair. Men's heavv Overalls and Jumpers at 5f c a pair. $1 00 for a Suit. iA jbig job Odd -Pants for boys at" 25c a pair SHIRTS Men's Percale finish Shirts, laundered, pretty colors, with col ars at tached, at 83c etch. Fine Percale Shirts worth 68c, our special price now 60c each. Fine Laundered Shirts for gentle men for 60, 75, 85c and $109 each. A special value in Underwear for the cold days at cost. . , , Call and see us at 112 North Front street, opposite the Orton Hotel. Geo. O. Caylord, Prop,, 44 Of Wilmington's Big Racket Store. The Annual -Meeting of the Stockholders -4'- . - ' . OF Wilmington Saviogs THE- Trnst Gpmpany oflUh- Prowess. ; curious," said Wilkes. 'how . Hands Soft and Whit. - - FiU a wash basin half fnn of fln sand and soapsuds as hot as can be borne. Washthehonda in this. five minutes at a time, brushing and rubbing them, in the sand. The best is flint nri k. powdered quartz sold for filters. It may oe used repeatedly bynourinir away after each washing anri , in IF?811 wator to keep it from blowing about nse in warm lather of f)m j er drying rub them with d i them and finish with rubbing cold cream weU into the skin, lhis removes the roughness caused by housework and should be used every day. fbrt removing ink or vegetable stains with some veeetable acid. Aiwv. i TTXaoilatfre -cidon "it is Great Britain dominates the world.' ' 7 . v"iid Barber "but you can ex plain it. She never loses a char, tn .li. quer others. Races that her armies do not overcome ner pieties and sauces do. Last year sne exported 1,800,000 worth of .iuc&jbs. oay you get ten pickles for iiiny eacn pound contains 840- pence, or,4wp1Cijes. Onemilllon three hun- urea tnousana tunes 2,400 is 8,120,000,000, xne ,, human race Is strong, but it can't wiuistana so many pickles as that. " Pick me up. - 4 ; 4. - j Toaog I,tnsrDlsts. : it's a queer thing about children babies," said the proud father. "If I say " ooy, (ne nearest ne can get to repeating it is ?tat,' but if I make up a Word like 'OobUoobie' that Tonnmternin speak it more fluently than I can. " Pear son's Weekly. 1 - 5 ! " '"" " Bigid examination Is made Into every claim, and no patent will be issued which seems to infringe upon the rights of a pre vious patentee, i - . Will beheld In the office of Company on Princess street at 12 o'clock noon. - I ; Wednesday, March 3rd. 4 Jw V. H0RW0OD, Presiflent. ( Now is the time to make your deposits ; GEO. SLOAN, Castier. In th Wilminfrtrtn Qalnve Xr' Trnst Company. TJietoeit interest quarter begins Monday. March 1st. faEffi 'm . e 1 6n that te wil1 be8in t0 bcar interest immediately. ATLANTIC j RATIONAL BANK, WILMINGTON, N. O. Capital 0125,000. Snrnlns &R9. fiflfl Prompt arjd accurate attention given to all business, special attention to out of town accounts. All ! - . ! - . . curity supplied at lowest rates. Deposit Boxes tp rent in the strongest vault ia this section. customers desiring to borrow on good se-