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Potash
is a necessary and important
ingredient of complete fer
tilizers. . j Crops of , all kinds
require a properly balanced
manure. The best s 1
contain a high percentage
of Potash
All about Potash the result! of Iti use by aetnal t
periment on the beat fanna in the United Statea a
told in a little book frhich we publith and will gladly
mail free to spy farmer in America who will write for it.
V. I."
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CERMAN KALI WORKS,
ti Nassau St., New York.
THE OTHBB SIDE.
We go our ways in life too much alone;
We hold ourselves too far from all
our kind; . i
Too often we are dead to sigh and
moan. '.- (
Too often to the weait and helpless
blind; : ' L ' . i
Too often where distress and want
abide,- 1
We tarn and pass upon the other side.
The other side is t rodden smooth and
worn V "I
By footsteps passing idly all the day;
Where lie the braised ones . that faint
and mourn . j
Is seldom more than an untrodden
way;! ' -I " :'; .r
Our selfish hearts are for our feet the
guide . j
They lead us by u ion the other side.
It should be ours be oil, and wine to
pour . h ' K
Into the bleeding wounds of stricken
ones. : . s .j.- . I '
To take the smitten and the sick and
. sore. : ;J ' . ' 4" .' -And
bear them where a stream of
; blessing inns, I
Instead, we look about the way ia
wide . L. : '!' -I-""
And we pass upon the other sile.
.I-'-1!
O friends and brothers gliding down the
years, ' ,t . i' -
- Humanity is calling each and all
la tender accents, bora of grief and
tears 4 I 4
T th. thrilling rail!
You cannot in your cold and selfish
pride, I i : jJ 1
Pass guiltless upon the other tide..
j Buffalo news.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
- The
devil
changes hist
coat
e;ry day.
The truly great are those
that
conquer themselves.
If there is: good in
j bring out good in othert.
OS,
iri will
J- I would desire for a friend the
aon who never rf listed the tears of his
moXhtt.Lacretelle.
No matter what happens, the
Christian should insist on believing that
God is still doing all things welL .
. 1 The man who would be used of
the Lord in the battle against sin; must
keep bimsejj. in light marching order.
How 'different Christ's yoke for
us appears and is! We never really find
out what it is while only look at it. We
know it when we lift it upon our shoul
ders, then we jfind that the "yoke it
easy." R.Tuck. : '
, T Taking he entire missionary
gifts of all countries there were last year,
according to the Rev. Dr. E. E. Stroud,
of the American Boatd, $1,100,000 more
than the year before. In this country
there was a decrease of $70,000. -
Christ simply places Himself
by our side and shows us a perfect life,
God's life on earth in man; and He says
"Yon are to be saints and heroes, every
one of you, in the only true sense, just
where you are. I That is the reason why
I have come to you where you are."
Me uses no .compulsion, ao violence.
He dees not pat His power in the place
of your liberty. Whoever lives the
heroic of saintly life will do it on his
own choice, bis free will. There is no
manhood, womanhood, character, otber-
fwtoe. Bishop Huntington
I "How dieadfuliy stout the Gen
feral is getting f -Yes, isn't it fortunate?
Otherwise he wouldn't be able to wear
all "his medals." Punch.
A Honeymoon Incident: She
"This road ii ver steep Cnt I get
a donkey to take me ur ?" He Lean
on me. dwllng" Tit-Bits
WiUNotPerfomMiraclcs
nut a win Lure.
tr aM .TXHrW
E- MILE' EESTORAT1VB NEE VINE
1 M cures nervous prostration. Not ml
Kusnlonsly, but scientifically, by first
removing the feerms of disease, and then
supplying healthy nerve food, increasing;
the appetite, helping digestion and strength
ening the entire system. Desperate) cases
require prolonged treatment as shown by
that of Mrs. M. B. Reed, of Delta, Iowa, who
writes: "As the result of a urht.r,tr...,.w
the physicians
said I had a light stroke of
limbs Would all draw up. I
paralysis, mv
Dr. Miles'
would have thrashings
in my chest that seemed
unendurable. For three
months 1 could not sleep
and for three weeks did
not close my eyes. I
Nervine
Restores
Health
fs , " prayea ior sleep, and
felt that if relief did not come I would be
I dead or. insani. I took Dr. Mies' Bestora
. tire Nervine ahd the second night slept two
.tours and f rorji that time ion my health im
proved; slowly at first, but steadily and
urely. I took; in all 40 bottles, and I cannot
xpress how grateful I am, for I am now
perfectly welli and have taken jno medicine
tor over four months." Dr. Miles' Nervine
jssoia by dru&iste on guarantee that first
bottle benefits or money refunded. 1
i8&f8f !5kaniSd?8 Dl-M"-
OrMaea'Paiilp1i1,cwljeuraj1Jtl(u ;
Vfls SkSilsa Im alt t SBJ.
i . - .
For
Sale Low
50 Barrels MOLASSES,
100 Barrels MULLETS,
50 B ags jCO FFBB, f
200 Boxes TOBACCO, .
t ":: ' ' . all grades.
8alirL BEAU, Br.f
mar 28 tf 12 Earket St.
Fertilizers
1 I slept last night and dreamed.
I woke and oriod,
- For In my sloop it aoortaed
Cloaa by ray side. .
Walked still and alow the old days that bar
dlod. j - : l , .
All ghostly slow they passed.
All fhontly still; U)
Of oU, who fiod ho fast, y
With life a-thriil, ;
With laughing lips and eyes, with eager will.
So, ghostliko, yet the same,
Each dear dead day ; "'
Boftly I called ber name '
And bailo hr stay.
Softly Bhe turnml and smiled and went away.
Sophie Jewett in New York Tribune.
4 TO PROTECT WILLS.
A Cennoticut Judg-e's rian For Carrying
4 ti Out a Testator's Wishes.
The ' only practical And. simple scheme
for the prevention of. attacks on wills Is
that proposed by Judge John H. White ol
Hartford and defeated by tho legislature
of 1895.. It provides that every person on
making a will may deposit it with a legal
officer, who shall give public notico that a
will has been so offered, and that all, who
wish to attack the capacity of the testator
shall have a certain time in which to offer
. evidence and bring the matter to a deci
sion. If no objection to the testator's ca
pacity is made within the time specified,
the will cannot be attacked on that ground
after his death.
The contents of the will are not dis
closed even to its custodian. No one has
any ground to attack it because he is left
out or gets less than he thinks he should
have. .Evidently people will think twice
about attacking the testamentary capacity
of a man who.is there to defend himself,
especially when they are uncertain how he
has devised his property and may be bit
ing off their own noses. As Mr. Swlveller
remarked about the rooms at Be vis Markis,
"The contingent advantages are extraor
dinary." Under this law there would be
no premium on will breaking
The proposed law does not require any
one to deposit his wilL . It merely gives to
every person on opportunity to make sure
that his intentions regarding his property
shall be carried out and a growing scandal
diminished. ; .
Another idea Is that the legislature pass
an act directing the Judge in his charge to
the ' jury, in cases of will contests, to in
struct them ps to the weight of evidence
and the verdict that is demanded by the
' law. These will cases present questions of
law about which the judge knows more
jthan the jury, and we can conceive of no
more Infamous practice than that of break
ing a will on technical points when the
intent of the testator is clear. Something
should bo done to stop this continued and
growing raid upon wills, Hartford Times.
Sailors Im tho Small Boat.
" It is a curious fact that few seamen can
handle a small boat with facility. This ap
plies chiefly to the crews of sailing croft,
as the largo steamship corporations long
ago realized this fulling among sailors and
instituted a scries of boat drills on their
steamships that have been produetivo of
excellent results. Knowledge of the work
ings of small boats is a requisite that ev
ery seaman should possess, and young men
intending to follow the sea for a livelihood
should, acquire it before they tread the
decks of a vessel, as they will have but lit
tle opportunity afterward.
The wise forethought of steamship cor
porations in having - their .crews drilled
saved many lives at the wreck of the
steamer Denmark,' as something like 734
persons were transferred from her to the
Missouri without a single accident in mid
ocean during a heavy swelL It follows,
therefore, that those who seek, recreation
on the water would do well not to go in
-any boat unless it is in charge of an expe
rienced boatman and is amply supplied
with life preservers. Boats ought to be
ballasted with fresh water in small casks,
Instead of stones or iron, so that, In the
event of being capsized, the ballast may
help to keep- them afloat. - A young man -who
may have been only a very few times
in a boat, under favorable circumstances,
assumes he can manage one. He makes up
a party, the wind freshens or a squall en
sues, he loses his head, a capsize takes
place, the boat sinks, and the chances are
that he and his companions will be drown 1
ed. Those who go boat sailing ought to
leave as little to chance as possible., Har
per's Bound Table. "I'
Ubations aad Perfume.
In the libations of the Greeks, Egyp
tians and others perfume was largely used.
Herodotus mentions tbo incident of the 12
kings of Egypt who were offering sacrifloo
in tho temple of Vulcan. 'At the door of
the temple, on the great altar, were laid
bandies of sandalwood and cinnamon.
Upon these the sacrificial boar was stretch
ed, the flro lighted, pastils of Incense
thrown in and the smoke and "nidrous
smells" rose high to heaven. Then Into
the inner courts marched the royal proces-
-sion, preceded by incense burners, who
Dore golden salvers, and' by the smaller
altarthc kings knelt in prayer. The priest,
rising, sprinkled consecrated perfume over
thorn arid brought forth the golden beak
ers for libation. : But the old man, a little
muddle headed, counted" 11 cups as 12.
Pfumiiiietichus, who was left without, took
off his brass helmet, and In that offered
the perfumed wim. to Vulcan, the fire god.
Previous to this the oracle had declared
that he who offered a libation in a cup of
brass should be sole king of Egypt Un
consciously Psammetichus had fulfilled
the condition, and he was .therewith pro
claimed king, London Society.
AMERICA'S, FAMOUS COOK.
Mrs. Borer's Unconacloms Preparation For
the Work In Which She Is Supreme. '
' Mrs. Talcott Williams, writing of "The
Most Famous Cook In America," Mrs. S.
T. Borer, in The Ladies' Home Journal)
says: "Sarah Tyson Heston, the daughter
of Dr. Charles Tyson Heston, was born in
Bucks county, Pa., in October, 1849. When
she was about a year old, her parents re
moved to Buffalo, where her father be
came a successful manufacturing chemist
and where, as a little girl, she developed a
child's aDtitude and intnrnst In ho ht
- - v. wtiuu e
daily work. She grew up In his labora-
Honing a woming Knowledge oi
chemical methods. - Her father led the way
in many food experiments. After spend
ing several years at a private school in
Buffalo Sarah Heston went, at the age oi
11, to Aurora, N. Y. , where she took a
Ave years' scientific course, devoting much
time to chemistry. Eeturning to Buffalo,
skewas graduated from a finishing school
after studying for three years. During all
this time sheJ had shown much fondness
for and skill in cooking. When 12 yean
old, she took & prize for a loaf of bread
and a loaf of sponge cake at a western
.New York county fair.
"Dr. Heston responded to Lincoln'i
first call for three months' men and re
mained in the servloe until the end of th
war, returning with shattered health. The
personal care for ten years of her invalid
father, who required the most delicate and
digestible food, was Mrs. Borer's uncon
scious preparation for her life work. Cook
ing is often a mere matter of - recipes and
too seldom based on principles. It dealt
with details and offers no explanation ol
causes, but the training Mrs. Borer had
received from her father, a physician and
practical chemist, gave this important and.
frequently omitted , instruction. In 1869
the Heston family went to Philadelphia to
live, and the following year Sarah Tyson
was married to Mr. W. A. Borer and hat
since that time made Philadelphia hei
noma There her two sons were born. The'
eldest one, W. A. Borer, Jr., was sent to
the University of Berlin to be fitted for
work as a translator. The younger one,
Jamqs B., is a student at Harvard college.
The only daughter died in infancy." -
That Settled It,
Peterson Do you suppose that young
Pipps has serious intentions? . .
.Mrs. Peterson Undoubtedly. I heard
him ask Laura last night whether yon
were a partner in the flxxn or if you
merely worked on a salary. Cleveland
Leader. ---v. " - j ,. '-.j -;; " iy-.
When bad weather .'is imminent,
rw allows fly low, hecanse at such times
the insects which constitute their food
keep near the- ground, and the swallows
are forced to follow them on to lower
regions than at other Masons . '
Old j housekeepers will tell-
glass. You know it breaks
Washing
makes glassware brilliantly
Delightful to use for glass or
Saves your hands saves your
temper. Sold everywhere.
' j THE IM. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY,
Chicago,
St. Loula,
New
York,
ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, WILMINGTOK, K, C. ;
4 WILMINGTON, N. G. j
We want yourbastness, and will Make
. Promptness, Accuracy and batety ixaarameea. s - t
NO INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS.
J. W. N0E W0 0D, President. D. L.
Jr.. 2nd Vice President,
Deposits!.,....... 4 $569,000
Surplus and Net Profits ....... i ....... . . 54,300
TUllo PairiaKI an1 T? tt.rlievmntc NrtMTt.
WWJ -...........
p j Dividends paid 6 per cent, per annexn.
Last Installment of Capital paid in October, 1892. j ap 4 tf
BOOTS,
BROGAliS, BROGMIS,
Harvard Ties,
i .
I Wholesale
oet 6
iWtf
7 North
BUSINESS LOCALS '
IsT Honos For Kent or Sale, lok and Foood
Waota, sad otbat short ttiacellaneoas adverdsemeiita
lis its if ia this Department 4a leaded Nonpareil trpa.
oa mm or itonrta page, at ru Dinners opooa, tor i
taken lor lass than SO cent, fcenns posltivelr caah
btsdTaaca. :
per wort each inaertka:
Tor sale at rtaaoeable price, a good Kilch Cow
and Calf. Cow is a stead r milker, givios; two and a
half lo three gallons milk pv oar. apply to Cronly
A Morris, j f to pB8t
All persons indebted to me are requested to make
early settlement. D. I. Pridge i an t A. W. Riren
bark are arithoiized to receipt for all accounts doe
me, and may be fonnd at A. W. Rivenbark's Gro
cery Store on Water street. A. Newbury.
ap8 3t ii th sn
. Salesman $10 daily made selGng our machioes
lor cooling refrigerator?; guaranteed 75 per cent,
cheaper than ice; charged like a storage batter;
keeps perishable articles indefinitely; indestructible;
erer lasting;; every owner of a- lefrigerator boys them
exclusive agencies given good men. Address head
quarters, Arctic Refrigerator Co., Cincinnati, Ohio,
aprlllr
Eyesight is priceless. Don't neglect it. Who
need go without Spectacles of a fioe quality at the
low pr ce J fit them f I have the finest of Lenses in
any style of frames, gold, nickel, aluminum, etc. To
those who purchase no charge for testing and fittiog.
I hare brat of references. Am located at 517 Princess
street. Dr.. Chflds, Optician. Come and see.me.
mar l ll so tn
Tour Country Produce send it to me. Seren
years eznerieoce. Beef Cattle. Mutton, and Milrh
Cows a specialty. M. C Benson, No. 5 Sonta Water
street. ' an 10 tf
Tor Sale, Dwelling 80 Market street, with lot
190x180 feet. Ceo. Harrias. -i aplOil
IrOSt -Small female Italian Gra hcund, tan c lor.
nickel collar. Libetat reward at Fnlton Bouse.
ap98
6O0 Potted Rosea, fine
"1.0 per dozen without Pots. Tuberose Bulbs SOcts
perdozeaj. Handle and ship all kinds of vegetables In
son. W. J. Krkham,lCH Bcnth Front street,
ap 9 tf
Think of It ! 1(M Sheeti. s at 18 Market atreet for
-114 cents per yard Joat received tremeadoua job
in White Goods and Matting to be run off this week.
New bargains coming in every day. ap7 tf
Call No. Sill Ball TUrlu. k.
Candies manufactured dailvj Fmth Fmir
by every steamer. ' "Jamaica Bat anas" a specialty
wBca. my -ice cream" parlor is now open
Andrew I Mavronicbols, 106 Noith Fourth street.
At Nj Paul's, 204 Piiocess street yoa can obtain
the test of Cand, Fruit, etc, at the lowest price.
Ice Cream Parlors open every night, and after June
1st open all night. Call Bell 'Phono 813 and yonr
wants will be supplied. ' mar Him
Hay Timothv Hav. mixed rw, tw.
Hay. Straw. Grain and all kinds of init t-A t
horses sad cattle. Jno. 8. McEachern , 811 Mar-
et Bt. Telephone 98. marlStf
8t St. I '
It. K. Williams, 188 Market street, does first-claaa
Lanndry. Many people ' prefer Chinese laundry
to any ether. Try' him. Shirts 10c Cnl.r. s.
Curls cL Satis 'action guaranteed. mar 10 tf
Baytlam, P. xt.. au to stack btureies. road
Carts aad hamsss of an kinds. Repairing done by
skillful workmen oa abort aotica. Omosita 'BM
Coartl
Hoaas . ;
Ol
Knoct Down Prices.
ARBUCKLB
RIOlCOFFEB, 100 bags.
iaj,uk. ail grades, 800 barrels.
SUGARS, ! 100
STAR LYE. 100 eae-a
MENDELSON'S LYE, 10 cases.
a. a? xl.. SUIJA. 100 cases.
W. B C00FEE.
wnalactos It ' c, '
t DR. E. C. WEST'S
NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT
tHE 0RI6IKAU ALL OTHERS IMITATIONS,
la aoldunder positive Written CinarantM.
by anthonsed agents only, to enni WMk ulZ1
ful Errors, or Excessive UseSf TobaoooTOntant
or Liquor, which leads to Misery. CoSumSoS:
townity and I Death. At etore or byinSt gl
enre or rf fund money.
W'Red Ubel Special
i txtra strength. '
.SI & hnr bit fn. sk w;-i.
:wrnirn enaramte
- " . v, WIU1
e. w V1 mx oars, at
ocrURCor by mail. ., '
my 'duSRSP Amts. .WUmiafton, jf. Cj
PETERSON&RULFS
aprll DW
Manhood Restored.
- i atTRfATMeW-T-'t :
7 7 1
mm a n au
etorerl
AFTER
you that hot water " rots V
glass.
Powder
clean' in warm water or cold.
silver, tin or wood or paint
thne; your strength, your
Made only by .
Boston,
Philadelphia.
it to Yoar Interest to Deal with as.
GORE, Vice President? W. C C0KXR
w. J. T00ME&, Cashier.
march 9tH, 6. Hare 9th, 91
$609,000
4 '65,153
wa
BOOTS.
BROG&HS, BROG&liS,
Harvard Ties.
..... , - . .
and BetaiL
Front Street, Wilmington. N.' C
LIOWERS.
URNS, j
REAPERS.
CASTINGS.
HINGES.
IRON.
SPIKES.
OYEHS.
HAILS.
4 .Orton Balldlng, !
' f 4 ' " '
dec 31 tf Wilmington, N. C.
CUT PRICES AT
Q Ilercer & Evan's-
Oar EASTER SHOES are going
rapidly. Come early and get best
selections, Take a lookm our Win
dow in passing. We shall be glad
to see you come in. '
; Respectfully, '
MERGER & EVANS.
63i steps: east from corner Front and
Princess Sts. r j ap 4 tf
Hall 0t Pearsall
Invite the attention of the trade to
their large stock of
Groceries and Provisions
Farmers ani Distillers' SnpDlies, ;
Samples and quotations cheerfully
sent. ,. 4; - . ;1.4r:,4, x
Nutt and Mulberry streets
- ap 10 DAW tf " s- -.' - i ,. ..
Norton Yam Seed j Potatoes.
A nice lot of Norton' Yam SIids
for Seed. - . " P '
Early Rose Seed Potatoes.
Mapes Potato Manure, the best
Fertilizer on the market for Potatoes
: A.ull line of heavy and fancy
Groceries. A ,i ; f
Drugs, Nails, Hoop Iron, Spirit
Casks, Glue, Bungs, etc. Call or
write for prices.
B. L. GORE,
v . . "... ,.t :
1 1 ;'i
J. W. Murchison
WINTER ALL YEAE.
AH OLD BIARY'S ACCOUNT OF SUM
- t - MERLESS 1816.
There Wert Some Warn Days Xa the Spring:
but Xa June, Jrily and Angnat There
- i Were Snowstorms and lee All Ore New
1 England. " j -
' ; The year 1818 was known thronghout
the United States and Europe as the oold
est ever experienced by any person then
living. There are persona in northern
New York who have been In the habit of
. keeping diaries for years, and It Is from
; the pages of an old diary, began in 1810
and kept unbroken until 1840, that the
following Information regarding this year
without a summer bas been taken: : !
January; was so mild that most persons
allowed their Area to go out and did not
burn wood except for cooking. There were
a few cool days, but they were very few.
Moat of the time the air . was warm : and
springlike. . February was not cold. Some
days were colder than any in January, but
the weather was about the same, juarcn,
from the 1st to the 6th, was inolined to be
windy. ; It came In like a small lion and
went out like a very Innocent sheep. -
j April came in fwarm, but as the days
crew longer the air became colder, and by
the 1st of May there was a temperature
like that of winter, with plenty of snow
and ice.. In May the young buds were
frozen dead, Ice formed half an Inch thick
on ponds and rivers, corn was killed, and
the cornfields were planted again and
again, until it became too late to raise a
crop- By the last of May in this climate
the trees are usually in leaf and birds and
flowers are plentiful. When the last of
May arrived in 1816, everything had been
killed by the cold.
j, June was the coldest month of roses ever
experienced in this latitude. Frost and ice
were as common as buttercups usually are.
Almost every green thing was killed. All
fruit was destroyed. Snow fell ten inches
deep in Vermont. There was a seven inch
snowfall in Maine, a three lnoh fall in the
interior of New York state and the same
in Massachusetts. There were only a few
moderately warm days. Everybody looked.
longed and waited for warm weather,, but
warm weather did not come. It was also
dry; very little rain felL All summer long
the wind blew steadily from the north in
blasts laden with snow and ice. Mothers
knit socks of double thickness for their
children and made thick mittens. Plant
ing and shivering were done together, and
the farmers who worked out 'their taxes on
the oountry roads wore overooats and mit
tens. On June 17 there was a heavy fall of
anow. A Vermont farmer sent a flock of
sheep to pasture on Juno 10, The morning
of the 17th dawned with the thermometer
below the freezing point. At about 9
o'clock in the morning the owner of the
sheep started to look up his flock. Before
leaving home he turned to his wife and
said jokingly:
"Better start the neighbors soon. It's
the middle of June, and I may get lost in
the snow." l
I An hour after he left home a terrible
snowstorm came tip. The snow fell thick
and fast, and as there was so much wind
the fleecy masses piled in great drifts along
the windward side of the fences and out
buildings. Night came, and the farmer
bad not been beard of. Bis wife became
frightened and alarmed the neighborhood.
All the neighbors joined the searching
party. On the third day they found him.
He was lying In a hollow on a side hill.
With both feet frozen. He was half covered
with snow, but alive. Most of the sheep
were lost. i - .
j A farmer near Tewksbuiy, Vfc, owned
. a large field of corn. He built fires around
the field to keep off the frost. Nearly every
night he and his men took turns in keep
ing up the fires and watching that the corn
, did not freeze. The farmer, was rewarded
for his tireless labors by having the only
crop of corn In the region.
I July came in with ice and snow. " On
the Fourth of July ice as thick as window
glass formed throughout New Enaland.
New York and in some parts of the state
of Pennsylvania. Indian corn, which in
some parts of the east bad struggled
through May and June, gave up, froze
ana cued, r
To the surprise of everybody August
proved the worst month of alL Almost
every green thing in this country and Eu
rope was "blasted with frost. Snow fell at
Barnet, 80 miles from London, on Ausr. 80.
Newspapers received from England stated
that 1816 would be remembered by the ex
isting generation as the year in which
there was no summer. Very little corn
ripened in New England. There was great
; privation, and thousands of persons would
hav perished in this country had it not
: Deen io tne abundance of nan and wild
game, -it i .
In direct contrast with 1816 appears the
i year 1827-8, when there was no winter.
Captain Daniel Lyon, who died some years
: ago in. Burlington, Vt, used to relate his
experience in 1827-8. He was a walking
encyclopedia of local events. He said: "I
knew but one season when winter was al
most like summer, the winter of 1827-8.
was running the steamboat General Green
between Burlington, Vt, and Port Kent
and Plattsburg, JI. - Y., and during the
year there was not a bit of ice in the whole
lake from one end to the other. The old
Lake Champlaln Steamboat company
hauled out the steamboats Phoenix and
Congress, and hardly a bit of ice appeared
In Shelburno bay, near Burlington, during
tne winter.
" The Phoenix had a new engine built in
Albany, and the whole outfit had to be
carried front that city to Shelburne harbor.
by teams through" the mud. At Middle
bury, Vt, the mud was more than a foot
deep. The Phoenix was rebuilt and ready
to launch by Jan 15. Jan. 18 was the day
nxea lor the launching, and I took over t
large party from Burlington on the Gen
eral Green. "The sun was shining with
the warmth of a July day. The women
'who sat on deck raised their parasols."
dew York Sun.
; Hlchlaod Balds. "4
In one of the raids of the McGregor
the farm of Burnfoot, at the back of the
Gargunnock, hill, above Fintry, was
attacked bjr about 80 of the clan, and
tho cattle 'lifted. " The farmer was
well advanced in years, and he and his:
wife were the only inmates of the house
when - the McGregors appeared. The
sons, who were five in number, were
away helping some friends who had
been attacked and raided by another
portion of .the clan. The' old farmer,
who was a powerful man, in order to
prevent his raising the alarm, was tied
below the belly of an old mare with his
head toward the tail, and, nearly chok
ing, was thus carried off with the spoil.
When the eldest son came home, he
learned from his mother what they had
done, and he called to her to give him
his father's claymore, which hung above
his. bed, and which the robbers had
neglected to take away.
Furious and reckless, he seized it, re
. solving to have revenge, and made after
the McGregors at full speed. He came
upon them at a steep place called Skian
Dhu, where they were obliged to go in
single file, and overtaking the hindmost
man, who had charge of the mare, he
with one blow cnt off his head, which
' rqlled down the hill for a considerable
distance. The rest, fancying that they
; were being pursued by a superior force,
fled, and the old man was saved. After
burying the body of the highlander,
which they did a little higher up, on a
flat part of the hill, the sons of he
farmer of Burnfoot threw a number of
stones over the grave, as was the cus
tom, and every time they or others pass
ed another Bt one was added to the cairn,
until it is believed that now there are
at least from 15 to 20 cartloads of stones
heaped tip on it J. G. Smith. " i
Letter Comes for Prvstdent Honroe.
In the White"flouse mail on' June !
was a letter addressed to "His Excel
lency, James Monroe, President of the
U. S. " It came from British Guiana
and contained an urgent request for the
autograph of the author of the famous
doctrine against foreign encroachments
on the American continent The writer
is a Venezuelan resident of" British
Guiana, who evidently expects great
things of "President Mnrmn" in th
territorial dispute between Great Brit- 1
ain and - Venezuela. Washington Star,
ANJNDIAK BEF0IIMEE
NO HEART'S SAD EXPERIENCE CIV
ILIZING HIS BRAVES.
This Chief; Whoee Name Was a Misnomer,
Keallr Wanted to Baise His people to
' the White Slam's Level The XflbrU He
Hade and Hew They Resulted.
No Heart was one of those Indians who
do not require the episode of death to apo
theosize ; them Into decency. . After he had
done his careful, painstaking best to kill a
reasonably large number of people fh. the
Minnesota oountry in 1863 he hurried over
to the westward and safely located in i
kota. He reformed and became as a brand
snatched from the burning. No Heart's
reformation was bona fide. 4 f
: Perclval ran a little newspaper in Fair
banks, and the bottom land whereon No
Heart and certain of bis wives lived was
just across the river. It was very handy
for No Heart, and he used to devote most
of his time to talking to Perclval about
the improvement of the Indian race.
"I am going to save the Indian race,'
said No Heart to PercivaL "I am going
to make it like the white. Why should the
Indian freeze- and starve and wear espe
cially fitouay rags While; the Iwhite man
lives in town and rims secondhand stores
and barber shops and plays ! in the city
brass band?" He said this partly in Indi
an and partly in English, for it was one ol
his earnest moments. ;! i"
Perclval warned him. An Indian is an
Indian,! he told him, and it is no use try-
ing to make him anything else. IJo Heart
was firm, however, and he set but straight
way to bring about an improvement in the
affairs or his race. He had a snug amount
of money, so he was well equipped to
swing ; his scheme. He went to .the tailor
in Fairbanks and caused a most marveloui
suit of clothes to bo made for him broad
cloth, Bilk lined; patent leather shoes, a
high hat, a shirt of dazzling whiteness.
"When I appear in this before the Two
Kettle band," he told Perclval in his mix
ture of English and Sioux, "it will cause
emulation. : In three weeks I expect there
will not be any more Indians wearing 'G
strings' and blankets. What pay ought an
Indian to get as clerk in a drug store?
Thus garbed in all the glory of Solomon-
he went across the river to the camp ol
the Two Kettle band. " He was gone three
days and reappeared in PerciyaTs office
clad In about 4 cents' worth of buckskin
and cotton. : Perclval asked about hie
clothes. .4,-.
"It is a great suooess," said the reform
er. "To Instill that feeling of self respect
Which good apparel brings' ' you under
stand, mo6t of his words were of .Sioux
manufacture, but that is what they
meant"! lent It to Elk Walks Away, a
poted and vehement drunkard, whose hab
its need correcting sadly. It made a new
man of him. did my broadcloth suit, but
to my regret in the evening he sold it to
Jjacy at the trading post for a gallon of co
logne, and he drank the cologne for the
alcohol that is in It, and for three days he
bas been the most magnificent, sweet smell
ing sort of a drunkcnbeast known to the
Two Kettle band. ; t
"I shall proceed now to the second
course," said o Heart. "I'm not discour
aged. To inculcate self esteem and a laud
able ambition to be equal to one's super!
ora we must provide the immediate sur
roundings of those superiors, where
fore" .I-.---.:'.'.
"Hold on there, No Heart; hold on!
cried PercivaL "Lord bless you, Injun,
.you are chattering around therewith a
Sioux mixture of verbosity and long words
that would drive one into a cyclone cellar
for protection. Easy now, easy. Confine
yourself to English, and S3 caliber English
at that" - ' ;
"In short," said No Heart, "I am going
to take over to 'my camp a sewing ma
chine, a set of popular authors and a dou
ble seated cutter. Seeing these, can you
understand how my people can fail to be
filled at once with' the same ideas as the
Whites? Perclval, bow does one proceed to
esoauiisn a nanaiqg pusinessr X think
Throws His Hatchet at His Mother ought
10 be cashier. We shall open next week
Perclval looked in awe and wonderment
at this remarkable philanthropist and
wished him welL Two hours later No
Heart, still clad in buckskin and rags, but
driving a pair of dejected Indian ponies
hitched to a most startling and gaudy
sleigh, disappeared toward the frozen riv
er, i He carried in the rear seat a sewing
machine, and about 60 handsomely bound
books. " ,
He was mounted on one of the ponies
When next he appeared at the office of the
newspaper.j' Gentle, patient resignation
Was depicted upon his face as he quietly
moved into the editorial room and seated
himself On a keg. He was silent for sever
al minutes, and then, speaking meekly, he
said: ' . . jfr ,
"You have perhaps heard that Throws
His Hatchet at His Mother, who was to
have been cashier of the bank, erroneously
mistaking the cutter for a new kind of
folding bed, lay down in it to smoke him
self to sleep. We buried some of Throws
His Hatchet at His Mother, but there was
not enough ashes left of the cutter to men
tion it in ordinary conversation. The books
I distributed among the Two Kettle band,
and' I was called UQon today by a deputa
tion, who, representing that the books had
made enormously successful .fuel, request
ed that I get more. My squaws, I regret
to say, are fools. They took the sewing
machine out and cut a hoje in the ice and
aumpea iz mco ue river, xor is was, they
said, accursed." .
One day in the summer No Heart ap
peared before Perclval and made a final
report '-.
"The man at the bank," he remarked.
"says ' my money Is all drawn out It Is
very fortunate. I had intended to buy a
banjo, a roll top desk and a gas stove,
which I am sure would at last have
brought complete civilization to my peo
ple. But I am thwarted" in Sioux, of
course "and am fain to give up my en
terprise. Perclval, you have always been a
good friend to me and my race, v Will you
be especially noble nowr"
Perfcival said he would.
"Let me have 60 cents to get drunk on,"
said JSo Heart .
And Perclval gave him the money.
Chicago Hecord.
.
i - An Unhappy Queen.
A. splendid Georgian dock, which rears
lis majestic neaa almost irom noor to ceil
ing. is owned bv Lariv Alnfavn
In the ormolu and silver repousse face
is a mysterious looking curtain, whinh
drawn up by an Ingenious arrangement
every inree nours, or at any Tame on touch
ing a spring, reveals, with an appropriate
village background, a set of tiny watteau
iigares, oi wnicn one in the foreground is
dancing a jig to the beating of a drum and
the muslo of vinltna
This old clock has an interesting histor-
iwu rauni, ij, naving oeen presented by
George m to his sister, who became the
uxiuo ui inrisuan vuoi uenmark. -:
The story of poor Caroline Matilda is a
sad one. It is said that immediately on
landinsr she was reanirad tn -rnM v-
English for Danish attendants, even her
uuuuiu oresser Deing taken from her. Who
can wonder that the young princess was
not happy with an unsympathetic hus
band or be surprised that she should have
valued the sympathy and attention of oth
ers, and, notably of the famous Minister
Struenzee, who, with his colleague Brand,
was destined, through a palace intrigue,
to the rack and the scaffold? It Is a dismal
tale, whichever way we regard it, but we
may, with! confidence, reject as false tho
stories invented at the time to Caroline
Matilda's prejudice. A British squadron
rescued the Queen from hrr nricnn t wih-
nore and conveyed her to Hanoverian ter-
iiijr, wnere sne soon succumbed, with
the aid. it was darMTmnim r.r
cially prepared cup of chocolate. Phila
delphia Ledger. ;
Hammers. '
Hammers are KAwgAntni n tt.
. w. WUV
Egypt 20 centuries before our
era. - They greatly resembled the hammers
' mat mere were no claws
DU the back foi th aranUn
The first hammer was undoubtedly a stone,
held in the hand, fkw
vented some time durhig the middle ages,
illuminated manuscripts of the eleventh
Oentury represent carpenters with claw
hammers. Ham-mar ii -
uie aaintr InntmnuinM k 4 i
- - - mw uig jenci-
er, which weigh less than half an ounce,
C gigantio 60 ton hammer of ship-
bUildinar eatahliahmAnfV viiL
w nwiMo VA W411UU-
welgh as much as 60 tons and have a fall
ing force of from 90 to 100. Every trade
has Its own hammer and Its own way of
using it
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Joe
The . most noted aclor of the comedy
known as "Rip Van Winkle," played in
our Opera House last night before a
large and appreciative audience. Tnere
were loud bursts of laughter heard from
every tide, and he played his part with
great tact and merit. He represented
the man that went up on the mountain
side and fell asleepf and slept twenty
years. When he awoke the times had
changed, the town had grown, and with
it, opposition and push on every side.
He lcnod what we find looking back 20
years, when the world did business on
easy going happy-gO lucky plan, told
and bought on Lng time, when a man's
word was as good as 'his bond. But we
have to look in another direction to be
up to the times and ahead tf that class
of merchants that play the part of "Rip
Van Winkle" in their daily life, and
also act the prt of Joe Jefferson in an
other respect. , His prices are double for
seats of other companies, and also
their price are double for their goods,
as can be seen by comparison in prices
oeiow
Ladies' Siilor Hats
both white and
black,: lor 9c each.
Sailors at 15c.
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