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C otton. With careful rotation of crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. The nrrliration of a proper terti- i:t.5- nHininor sufficient Pot- ash often makes the difference . . .K1 inn between a prouunw uo. failure. Use fertilizers contains ing not less than 3 to 4 Actual Potash. . ' - 1 ' ic Kiinit is a complete &pcumu against " Rust" r ! V AH .bout Potasb-th. result, of . ? 7 ?f otnment on the best farm, in the Umted State dUbs little book which we puWh "dwJlgla buOI free to ny farmer in America who wiU wnte for it. GERMAN KALI WORKS, ! ( 03 Nawao St., New Voriu . novo W6n ' . OVER TUB HILLS. ITJGKNK FIELD. Over the bills and fat away; 1 J A little boy teals from bis morning play, And under the blossoming apple tree He lies and dreams of the things to be: ; rl of victories won, Of wrong p'erthrown and ql great deeds m done - : ; : : ' ' Of the valor that he shall prove some . day... ' Over the hills and faraway ! Over the hills and far awaf! . . r Oyer the hills and far away t. rt nr thf toil the livelone day! r. ' ,trf!th not to the soul aflame' With a love lor riches and power and fame!; ' .... On, O man! while the sun is high. r m th certain 13V8 that lie Yonder where blazeth the Boon ol day; Over the hills and far away ' - . - Over the hills and far away ! Over the hills and, far away An old man lingers at close of day; Now that his iournev is almost done, His battles fought and his victories won . .' , ' . .' t ' The old-time honesty and truth. The trustfulness and the friends of youtn, Home and motner where are they? y ; Oyer the hills and far away - .' Ovir the hills and far awaj! . SUNDAY selections. 1 Truth has nothing to fear from the future.' j. " f. , J. ' The most dangerous wrong step is the first one. God is jon the side of the man. who beharts himselt. I Humility toward men is the only proof of humility before God. ' God always has a large place for a man who is willing .to do little, tbiogs. . - I - .. ' J: If you know that you love, everybody tverybody knows that you love God. j . The man has a bard place who nas to much religious work on hand be never has time to pray' in secret. , T nrA I nnt ha Ipacf hnt the. most I can do for thee." Fitting wore for the lips of every Christian. The devil has never been able m . I. ... A imwimf mA si'fflt Ilia ' IU llldhC dUT UJdU UI90IIUbU Wlttl mm 1 W lot,' who had perfect trust in Christ. ; And when it is' all over and - I 1.... OUT 15CI Will IUU uu IUUIC,HUU UUI U1UUI helpless and we have scarcely strength to murmur a last prayer, then we shall see that instead of needing a larger field. we have left untilled many corners of our single acre, and that none of us is fit for our Master' eve were it not for the - softening shadow of the cross. ( ; Whatever we may have thought or done in this world., however - various and multiform our fives may have been, vet in the tablets 61 the angel Witnesses, but one brief line of record will suffice to be transcribed upon our tombs "He did that which was good," or, "He did that which was rvil in the sight of the Lord. F. W, Farrari. Hasty conclusions are the mark of a fool; a wise man doubts; a fool rages and is confident; the novice says: "I am sure that it is so: the better learned answers: "Peradventure it may be so; but 1 pray thee it quire." It is a little learning and Out a little which makes men conclude hastily. Experi ence aud humility 'teach modesty and f ear. Jeremy Taylor. j TWINKLINGS. : Ham - "Suppose thatGageieh has a good part in the new play." Mugg "looa oar.1 Why. in his ODinion. he is the whole cast. Boston Transcript, -Faking No Chances "It's very strange he commitrd suicide be cause I refused him." Perhaps he was airaia jou might change yonr mind. Life- ; . , ' 7- h t- "Wouldn't you feel helpless, Effleline,.if you heard the wolf at yonr aoorf "Not much. I d pull him in by the ear and make a 1 ovely. rag out of ' him" Detroit Free Press. ' ."un. now can you drink so much?" asked the earnest worker. ! "It's prises me, sometimes," said the hope less case. - ' It's jist luck.T guess "-- dianopolis fournal. i i i ; j ; . Full Details Gladly Given. I! If B. EDWARD EDMONDS, long con- if nected with railroad construction In . Nebraska, write: "My heart troubled and pained me for 19 years.' Shortness of breath was the constant and moat common symptom. Intense, excruciating pain, gener ally followed any severe exertion. Falntness, hunger without any appetite; fluttering that made me clutch my breast, and palpitation that often staggered me as if I would fall. were frequent attacks. .Again, everything would turn black If L arose from a stooping posture quickly. Sleepless nights with their TiY Mil PC ; ' prostrating unrest were numerous and I could Heart Clire - get no rest day or night TAt.t..x. 1 consulted leading phy- AbolUl - stclans and tried sdver- TTaiItVi tlaed remedies. They Axwoitu gavemenoreliefcOneof ' vt. wiles' circulars aescMbea my case so exactly that I took Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure and I am now a well man. I hope ' every one troubled with heart disease will try Dr. Miles' remedies. If they will write me personally, I will gladly give them fall details of my experience. Edw. Ko mo ass. - P. O. Box 85. David Oity, Nebraska. Dr. Miles Heart Cure la sold on guarantee that first bottle benefits or money refunded. - No morphine or opium In Dr. Miles' RAM Viua. Cobs All Pain. "One cent a aose. ' Nomorphlna or opium la Dr. M Des' Paw Pills Ccks All Pain "On cent a doss." . For sale by all Drnggiata. : Changs Jos IS It . sa lata ... A Raito V JN OPENING AN OLD TREASURE BOX. Two time dried roses, side by Bldfl -Barivoled and dead In my hand they lie. Whence came the one I hare quite forgot- Bom pawns' tuxusy. sudden and ho. Ibat flickered tut to die. v j , The other-ah. what a little thing Can stir to the dopths these hmrta of oursl It takos mo buck to tlw. hour of bliss When PhyUis rbvo with her first sweet ki This doarest of earthly iiowers. I will buy ft shrine for my treasure rare, Boine dainty casKsr.. joweieu mu . And I'U lay it within-if I have the power Bat I've pondered hore for at least an hour, And I can toll 'which is which. Gertrude Halladay.in Cincinnati Enquirer. TWO TRAVELERS. i . ... If one -were to seek thAsite of the Bed Lion that stood on the Harlem road over a century ago, he could uo more discover i i,an hfi tvmhl the snow that fell at iv the date of which wo write. ; Jhe Red Lion waa an inn kept by a jolly oldfiollander named Peter Steen, and directly opposite was the only gro cery store on' that part of the island, and this was presided over by Peter s brother, Heist. The brothers were very dissimilar in temperament and' appear ance. Peter weighed over 200 pounds, was a hard drinker, inveterate smoker and a great talker. Heist w-as of small stature, weighing only 100 and some odd pounds, and he never drank spiritu ous liquors nor used tobacco in any form. Neither was he of a loquacious turn. Silent and meditative, lie weighed out his sugar and tea to his customers, took their hard money, put it safely away, and grew richer each year than his laughing,- rollicking brother Peter. Every evening, after the store was closed, Heist invariably went across the way, and the brothers, taking chairs,, would, when the season permitted, sit in front of the tavern under the trees and; converse, while Peter's son, Pyke, attended the bar. ' It was the latter part of the summer, when the brothers were seated in their accustomed places, that a couple of strangers were driven to the inn, and, alighting, requested accommodations. Peter slowly took bis pipe from his mouth and shoutea for Dyke. "Go yourself." jsaid Heist, in an un dertone. " You'll never become ncn it you turn these matters over to .others. You must mend yonr ways, brother, and not put the care of the house on Dyke. Come, be stirring." And he gave Peter a gentle shake. . The -latter laughed, and, arising, went forward to attend to the wants of his guests. A small trunk and two shot guns werethe only baggage the travelers essed, and these, were carried to too inn and the strangers assigned a room, and while their supper was being pre pared Peter resumed ; his seat byj hu brother. i y-r ri "Do they seem like persons of meaner inquired Heist . How can I tell?" replied Peter. They went to their chamber without taking a drink, " ! f - " W If I had examined their faces," con- tinned Heist, "I think I should be able to determine their quality. Your busi ness . is not the kind to enable- yon to discover the depths of yonr customers'; pockets. Ah, Peter, I fear you nevsr will accumulate a large fortune 1" "Well, Dyke may if I don't," replied the brother. "Ho's like you, Heist he turns a penny over twice before taking it to see if it is good.". - "Dyke is a prudent lad," said Heist. He may turn out well if he continues to be so cautious. Brother, ;we Jiave to be wary in this world. " "Thank heaven, there 11 bo no occa sion for it in the next!" replied Peter. And he laughed and blew great clouds of smoke iif Heist's face. j It's a nasty practice," cried the brother, coughing and moving a little apart, so as to be out of the reach of Peter's pipe. i "It's a great consolation sometimes, replied Peter. : , 'It's a great waste of money. How; much do you spend in tobacco?" How should I know?" replied Peter in surprise. "1 never kept account "Try it," remarked Heist dryly: Just then a couple of shots made Heist Steen bounce in his seat. "It's only the travelers discharging their guns," said Peter. I must go," replied Hwst "Good night " , And the brothers separated. Peter Steen found I his guests to be quiet but eccentric Englishmen, who seemed to take the world easy and paid liberally for all they ordered. What in the world can they want here?" inquired ; Heist "Why don't they go (o the city?" 'I'm sure I don't know," replied Peter, '.'and as they pay in honest money I care not how loBg they tarry. f "They may be robbers," suggested the timid Heist. i . : "So they may,") responded Peter, but they haven't robbed me, and as they are not sharp enough for you' I don't seel why we should, complain. " Fall deepened into winter, and. the strangers . still sojourned at the Bed Lion. They went out gunning frequent ly, and when they remained indoors they read incessantly the newspapers that came from England. . ' I have it," exclaimed Heist one evening to : his brother, i- "They are refugees from justice, and they read the newspapers to discover what-efforts are being made to effect their capture. " Peter laughed boisterously. I "All Englishmen spend a great deal of their lives in reading newspapers," he replied. "It's a characteristic of 'the nation. They are great readers, lust as we Dutch are great smolrers." ' - "I hope you may be correct." re sponded Heist "but I don't like these persons hanging about here for no ob ject" .. - - , . . . , They may have an object," sug gested Peter. "They khorr best" -. "But I'd like.to know too,!! ' "Perhaps you'd better as& them." re plied the practical Pi tM . - "My doors aie double barred," mut- tered Heist as hz moved away. - ; During the-wioter the . strangers ate. drank, were merry, sat up late at night in their loom and paid their bills punc tually. Peter Steen grew to like them vastly. Spring came warm and balmy, and- the strangers seemed to welcome it One day the elder of the two came to Peter Steed and said : ''Landlord, we fancy your place very much. It is quiet and healthy. Your table is excellent, but we don't alto gether like your ' rooms.' Suppose you allow us to erect an Addition to your house. It shall cost yon nothing. We wish an apartment that looks out on the garden, and here,' just by this wall, which is all tumbling down, by the way, we'll build you a snug apartment " Peter opened his eyes very wide at this proposition, and at once consented. Then he hastened to Heist and told him what had occurred. "It is the strangest ; thing I. ever heard," remarked the brother. "Peter, those men must either be fools or crazy. I think they are fools:." " : "And I should be a fool, too, if I re fused to have my property improved at their expense," replied the other. Heist scratched his head and appeared perplexed. . t ' v..: "And I really can make nothing of it" he said. ,-. . ; - ' -" . .; , Very soon mechanios began to '-. bring lumber, and in due time a pretty frame structure, with two rooms, arose at the rearof the Inn, "ne fftfa qtt wi Ql B Vw BUT THE 7Ma. ' ATLaHTICitNATIONAL BANK, WILMINGTON H. C, WILMINGTON, N. C. We want Voar baslness, and will Mae Promptness, Accuracy and NO INTEREST PAID t. w. HOEWOOD.TPresident. D. L. G9EE. vice President? w. . cujuui Jr.. 2ad Vice President, . j Deposits J . .......... ... . Snrolns and Net Profits. . .j .... ... . . Bills Payable and Re-discounts ....... i ; Noniv. -" i Dividends paid 6 per cent, per annnm. Last Installment of CapiUl paid in October, 1892. ; 6 w is the Time DEPOSIT Wilmington Savings Deposits' made by April 1st begin to - -: - ot per cent, Capital $25,000. J. f . NORWOOD, President. 1 1 GEO. SLOAN, mar 9 tf BUSINESS LOCALS. tar Notkbs Wot Rent or bale, uomt sad Found Wants, sad other abort misoeUaneoas adTerasemeats htsertsd la this Department ,in leaded Nonpareil type, ea first or foorth page, at PnWiaher'i option, for 1 east per word each insertion bat so adertiseiBnt takra for Was than SO cants. Terms poaitiTalj cash Uad' For ren tmawdia'cly-vA. Tworitory Hoose with 9 rooms, including bath room, on Walnut street, be tween Fourth and Fifth, No. 406. Apply to J. F. BnUs. corner Fon th and Walnut stieets. pt4 2t ' , Xf SUB ted Twenty colored turpentine hands to go to Gecrgii. Trarnpor ation paid. Addrea H. B.. Boxj7g. Wilmington. M. C. i ) ' apt 4 It Eyesight is pricelesa. Don't neglect it. Who need go without SpecuuJes of a fioe quality t the Jow pr.ee I fit them ? I have the finest of Lenses in aay style of frames, gold, nickel, aluminum, etc. To thoterho purchase no charge for testing and fitting. I have best! of reference. Am located at 517 Princess street. Dr. Childs, Optician. Come and seeme. .. mar 14 if so th 1 ; , : Ihre Slips of Jersey Sweet Potato at $1 60 a bar rel. Tube Rcse and Dahlia Btribi at 25 cents a dosen. H. K. Vewbnry, Magnolia. V. C. I mar 18 5t I 18 1 25 28 ap 4 PlstBts for sale Tomato, Cabbage, Kgg Plant, Parsley,' Pepper, Patsy, Tubero.es, Chrrsantbe mams. Expect a large consignment of young Rotes and other plants by Wednesday. If in need of any call at 1(H South Front street. W. J. K:rkham. - mar 18 lm i Call No. 846 Bell Telephone when in need of Fine Candies manafactured dally. Fresh Fiuit receired by every tteamer. "Jamaica Bananas" a specialty this week. My "Ice Cream", parlor if now open Andrew Msvronichois, 706. North Fourth street. mar SI tf 1 , At N. Paul's. 201 Princess street: yos can obtain the best of Candr, Fruit, etc., at the lowest price. Ice Cream Parlors open every nigt, and after June 1st .open all night. Call Bell 'Phone 843 and yonr wants wiQ be supplied. X mar 14 lm Hay-j-Tlmothy Hay, mixed Clover Kay, Prairie Hay. Straw. Grain and all kinds of mixed feed for borset and cattle. Jno. 8. McEachcra ,8U Mar ket St. Telephone 93 r 18 tf Williams, 138 Market street, does first-class Many people' prefer Chinese laundry Laundry to any 3 her. Try him. Shirts 10c, CoHars 2c, Caffs 1c Satit'actioa gnaraateed. J mar 10 tf M. CJ Benson, No 6 Souta Water street, makes a specialty of Beef Cattle, Hntton and Milk Cows. Consignments of country produce solicited. Seven years experience . Give me a trial. - mar 6 tf HmwlBt a, la. aas la stack boggles, road Carts sad hsisrts of 'sQ kiads. Rsoahing doas by skfllfal iswkiasa oa short aoeJes. Opnoslts CoartHoaw i . N ' - - est ROWERS. ORllS. REAPERS. G&STIUGS. HINGES. IR01I. SPIKES OVERS. RAILS. Orton Building, Wilmington, N.C. dec 31 tf Potatoes, Potatoes, IRISH BATING POTATOES, SWEET POTATOES and Early ! Rose : Seed Potatoes. A few barrels choice Bonlton Ross left. , I . . . j ; before they are goae. : Order.early Baldwin and Russett Apples. , HALL & PEARS ALL, r Nntt and Mulberry streets. mar S DW tf m i - Vou will find one- coupon inside each two ounce bag and two coupons inside each four ounce bagof Block well's Durham. ; Buy a bag of this celebrated tobacco and read the coupon which gives h list of valuable presents and how to get them, i .. t . it to Yaar Interest to Deal with as. batety Aiuaranteea. ( ON DEPOSITS. wk J. Tuofiuut, uasnier. nreh 9tht 6. Marefc 9tlt 9T . . . ; $569,000 ($609,000 . . . t 65,153 None. ap4tf to IVlake ! Your IN THE & Trust Company. bear Interest on mat aay at we raie per annum. f t . - Surplus $6,000. B.uwALTERS, vice iFfKittcm. Cashier. F t ! CUT PRICES AT Hercer & Evan's. Oar BASTifiK suuks are going rapidly. Come early and get best selections. Take a look in our Win dow in passing.. We shall be glad to see you come in. I Respecttally. i i MERGER & EVANS, 63' steps east from corner Front and Princess Sts. " , j ; ap 4 tt Water Ground Heal. 1,000 Bushels Virginia Meal. 1,000 Barrels and Bags Flomv 1,200 Bushels Peanuts. 1,500 Bushels Corn, i 1 100 Bushels Feed Oats. 1,200 Pounds Candy.' 1,200 Pounds Sdaps. f W. B. COOPEB, mar J8 tf DW j Wtlmlngtoa. M . C. For Sale Low 50 Barrels MOLASSES, fa) Barrels MULLETS, 50 Bags COFFEE,' 200 Boies TOBACCO, . "- . i ; all grades. SAII'L BEAR, Sr., mar 28 tf 13 EarketSt. , NortoiY Yam Seed Potatoes. BSsasaassB " : " - ' : ' ' A nice lot of Norton Yam Slips, for Seed.. ; '!.:. " - '' , . Earl; Rose Seed Potatoes. Mapes' Potato Manure, the best Fertilizer on the market for Potatoes, A nil line of heavy and fancy Groceries.. ; i : - ,. '- Drags, Nails, Hoop Iron, Spirit Casks, Glue," Bangs, etc. Call or write for prices. - f . d. l. gore; 190, 128 1S4 North Wa'er street, mar SI tf f. - Wilmington, N, C. I IT llOlItl'C COB EITHER SBTK. wiihii w tus remedy befne in- Jeeted direetljyno the seat of those alseases of the Genlto-lTrinauy Orarans. reonirei no change ef diet. Cure l nsranteea in x to 9 : days. Mmall plain paek. auee, by mail, l.OO. Bold only by Dragtrlst, Sole Agents, WUmlngton; if. C3 1 FIRE OATS. 10 and 20c Per Bnshel. TRIED AND FOUND GOOD FOR STOCK. TEEMS SPOT CASH. WORTH & WOETH p a tf . . . i . MB reclly figauj'sf the wail' of tne'gaiF3e5; Petor was happy.- The Englishmen's gold flowed into Jus coffers, and all went well. r ' - Obb nigbt, whenthe brothers sat to-, epther. Heist said: . - . : 1 '"'I've been -talking to "old Adam Klomp, and he tells me that about 6tf years ago an eccentric or crazy English man bnilt a large house where the Red Lion now stands. Nobody liked him, and few knew anything about hia history. He got into some trouble with the king's officers and left the place suddenly. Soon afterward the house was burned down. ; I neve could comprehend these English. " They are the queerest people' in the world.'!" : :.; : j-. :-;.;:v:. " "They pay well," laughed Peter," slapping his pocket. Tbey .pay well, Helst.- - :k:i?;iSrZf.:: July came, and the weather was de ligbtfal, but for, some singular freak the Englishmen' staid a great deal in their rooms. Once Peter came upon them suddenly, and caught them in tently examining a map or diagram which they had spread , on the table. - Ah, hal" he muttered. , "They are surveyors, Doubtless they came to pur chase land. . How foolish my brother Heist was with his suspicions." But what bothered Peter the most was that the strangers were up burning his candles late into the night. Every body else was. in bed. ; What were they doing up like owls? ... I r :V All at once the strangers began to take drives. They wouldn't go out to gether, but would take turnsne al ways remaining at home, j These things continued for several weeks. - - r When this was told Heist, he had a new source of perplexity,. : " , "They certainly; are fools!" he ex claimed. "Who but fools would sit up late summer nights, doing nothing, and go driving about the country without a companion? Peter, these men may have wealth, - but they certainly have no brains," . . - i - At length there came a variation to the monotony. Both the strangers went out to drive tcgethei1 one morning. 27ight came, but they did not return, peter smoked his pipe and meditated at their absence, and Heist scratched his bead for a thought. : . ; Two, three, four days went by, but the strangers returned not, and no one about the country could give any in formation concerning them. Finally, when a week had elapsed, it was determined to break open the door of their room. With all" forms of law this was accomplished. And. Jo,-beside the garden wall was 8 great ii'ole in the earth! On the table lay" a letter, ad dressed to Peter Steen, from the stran gers, informing him that years before one of their number had lived on the spot and buried a large sum of gold in an old chest by this garden wall. Im mediately after he was .obliged to flee he country.. They found some: papers in England which accurately described the spot where the treasure was con cealed, and they had come and built the addition to the house ever the spot, and thus possessed themselves of what really belonged to them. , "In consideration of your kindness," they wrote, "we leave you the hole, hoping 70a may long live to smoke your pipe in peace." i v Heist looked at the hole, and then at Peter, as he remarked ; "They were not fools, after all." Peter took a long breath and smiled. - Se could not laugh just then, for a sort cf consciousness that he had been out witted made him unusually quiet. He walked into his inn, and, sitting down in a chair, said: 1 1 And I've been living on a gold mine all the time and didn't know it!" Ex change. -' M 1 ;- Tr ELECTRIC RAT KILLING. Tie sTystsrlea of the Current Too ataeh For foe itoaenM, : fHortrlqlty Is really brooming a very use ful thing In Its way. The electrical supply house in Kansas City la using it to kijl its rats. The basement of the house is infest 4 with rodents, which have little respect for property and eat the insulating matert- al off wires and the fatty substances about the electrical maohines for deesert At this electrical establishment it 'takes 35,000 ohms of electricity and at least three men to dispatch a rat. This is the manner of their death. When a cellar rat is caught by the paws in a steel trap, the trap is brought up stairs, carefully carried by the chain at arm's length, for a cellar rat will fight, and its bite is unwholesome. The electrician then comes forward with a magnetic bell machine, a sort of young dy namo, with a resistance of 85,000 ohms, To the machine are attached two long in sulated, wires. ; ! The rat Is laid on an iron plate. A man takes one wire and applies the uncovered end to the iron plate. The man who is looking after the rat takes the other wire and pokes the rat with the bare end of it. The rat resents this, of course, and bites at the wire. The man with the machine grinds industriously until the bell rings, Which it does when a resistance of 85,000 ohms Is reached. The exasperated rat bites at the wire, and, . quicker than you can say "Jack Robinson," he is dead. But his taking off has amounted almost to a funo tion. 1 They also have an . electrical method of catching rats in the' electrician's cellar. A large, square plate of iron Is placed on the floor, and above it another plate, not so large, and separated from the other at the distance of an inch or so by porcelain in sulators. To each plate is attached a wire . connected with a dynamo having a 1,000 volt alternating current On the upper iron plate is scattered a seductive luncheon of bacon rinds, old cheese and tallow. The mouths of the rata down in the deepest holes begin to water when the odor of the feast permeates to them, and they come flocking to it. X When a rat steps on the lower plate, the current has no effect oh him, but the in stant he puts his paws on the upper plate to reach for the cheese the full force of the electricity reaches every part of his sinewy body, and, contracting it suddenly, shoots him into the air in somersaults. The other rats, observing this, think he isjumping for joy and hasten to the feastr One after the other the are shot Into the air and fall to the floor stunned, when they are easily captured and killed, Thus it is that science lends itself to even so humble an occupation as rat killing. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. v . ; ' ' ' ",r " , . : - L..: . North's SociBl Vagaries. ' There has been a good'deal of gossip in the English papers about; the social vagaries of the late Colonel North, the "Nitrate King. " When he returned to England with his millions, he bought a great estate at Eltham 'and filled the house with articles of luxury and all the modern appliances that riches can pro cure. His stables were full of thorough bred horses,-lie had well stocked dog kennels, and his .game preserves afford ed grand sport for hundreds of persons every season. -He used to "go thereon Friday and stay until Monday, keeping the place as crowded, and as busy as a summer hotel. Every night he dined at! the head of an immense table in the company of men and women who were imvited there, by such loose commands as ' 'Come along and bring your friends, " or "Come' down and bring some nice people with you. " . . . . People in that part of Kent, or even well dressed strangers driving that way from London, were in the habit of drop ping in ito luncheon without an invita tion, and even wifjiout previous intro duction. It was only necessary to say, "I am a friend cf Lord So-and-so.". On one occasion a member of that year's Oxford-crew was eating quietly at about the middle of the long table, not daring to speak to" the pretty girl seated beside him, when he was startled by the eplo-' Onel crying out from his end of the ta .ble, "I say, young fellow, if you don't kiss that girl nest you I'll throw a banana at you." - . - "WOMEN' GA3LBLEES.fl DOZENS DAILY STAKE , THEIR FOI TUNES IN WALL STREET. , Onee In They Never Abandon the Osma. Story of a Young Heiress Who Waa Be- duced to Beggary Scenes In the Offices' . Bet Apart T"or Women. .-. i. "Do women): speculate?' Is a question asked only by tthose who know very littla about speculation or women either. When so small a oanital as 10. sometimes even less, is all that is necessary to establish the possibility of making a fortune, it could not be expected that women would long keep out of the game. And "they have not Sometimes they patronize tlie same bro kers that men do and outstrip their com petitors on their own ground." More often, indeed increasingly often, they seek oJSoea established expressly for them and devote themselves to the stock ticker, in absolute seclusion from the curious eyes of mascu line friends. Some are young women, airy and ; reckless - in, squandering . whatever money they have; others are gray haired matrons' of 60 or 70, who watch the fluc tuations of stacks with the keen eyed saga city born of long years of experience. - Some are wealthy and prosperous and show it; others are shabby; haggard and hopeless luck has not turned thelr-way. ". "They, like to" come down here," said the young woman who has charge of the women's offices of one firm of brokers, because it is nearer the market, and they' appreciate the advantages of getting the news- at ' the - soonest , possible moment Then all the transactions here are perfect ly reliable. . It is very different .from a bucket shop and on a higher plane. , Prob- ably a stall stronger reason why they like to have offices of their own is because it is secret 'Most of the women Who come here would feel highly insulted if any one sug-. gested that they were gambling, yet. they would not have their friends know what they do for anything in the world. : Many of them have husbands who sternly forbid them to speculate. Yet they come here just the same, and no one ever knows the dif ference. Women seem to take natnuallyto concealment They are particularly fond of concealing .their names and addresses. Three-quarters of the names we have on our books are Smiths and Browns. "Sometimes, however," continued this experienced young person, "they have ex ceedingly good reason tor keeping back their1 true -names. Last winter a woman came to our office who called herself Mrs, Brown. Her first speculation was made-on the 1st of January, and from then until the last of February she never lost a point That seemed wonderful to her, and it cer tainly was very unusual, though I under stood the reason for it. ' All that time the market had gone one way. Stocks rose higher and higher. Mrs. Brown was tem peramentally a 'bull' that Is to say, she would never selL Consequently every dol lar that she put in increased tenfold. -One day stocks began tor fall, and Mrs. Brown, for the first time, lost After a few days of losing she came to me one night and' said that she could not come the next day and had no more money with her, but be sought . me almost weeping to hold her Southern Pacific for her in case the value should drop. She begged me to assure the broker that 6he had plenty of margin and said that she would make the money up when she returned. "I liked the woman, and we had grown into intimacy. I trusted her. So when Southern Pacific fell I told the broker that Mrs. Brown's margin was three times as large as it was. Her stocks were held. "Two days after I telephoned her and : found she had given me the wrong num ber. I wrote to her and found she had given me a wrong name. She never came to the office again. The broker to whom I told the whole story saw that I was young and had been deceived and made up the 800 which had been lost through me." ; "Do you find it necessary to b on yonr guard against such women?" "Indeed we do. Women are known to be tricky in their speculations. They an not as honest as men, and they are not as good ftll around speculators. They jump at conclusions, draw rash inferences, and, as a rule, lack caution. Yet there Is abso lutely nothing that will discourage a wom an ; who has once felt the fascination of handling stocks.'' She may lose every cent she has and she will borrow money and re turn. She may grow weak : and old, yet . she will come here day after day, year aft er year. The most pathetic example I have ever seen of ' this persistency was a young . woman who began her career in a very prosperous condition. She was of good family and wealthy. Her sister, however, had charge of her money, and, knowing this young speculator's weakness, limited her to a monthly allowance rather than allowing her to squander as much of her property as she pleased. .Every month, however, the young woman who was the ' subject of this wise arrangement came and staked her entire allowance and promptly lost it. Time after time the performance was repeated. Finally the sister died, the young girl gained control of her property, and within a few weeks lost it alL One day when she was reduced to $3 she asked a friend what she should do with it She was coolly advised to buy some lunch and go home. Instead of doing this she wnt to a bucket shop, staked the $2, won $10 and returned to the broker's office. She felt that her luck had changed, and she invested the $10 in a promising venture. 'Before night it. was lost, and she was pen niless. - The next time I saw that girl she was emlpoyed in a broker's office to call out the returns of' the ticker at a salary of $5 per" week. Reduction to absolute poverty was not sufficient to draw her away from : the atmosphere that held her by its fasci nation. 'New York World. . ' Origin of the Grange. - ' Andrew Messer of the national grange ays that the grange -originated in Wash ington. ; Thirty years ago O. H. Kelly, a clerk in the interior department, was sent out officially to look into the condition of the southern farmers and see what means could be taken for their-relief. 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