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i Cotton.. " '. . '- I : ' ; j ' i ' With careful rotation of crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. The application of a proper ferti lizer containing sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain ing hot less than 3 to 4 Actual Potash. rv aii m. la - Luiujjiv,n, against " Rust." . .-.- AH about Fotaan ine rcnucsa . 7. .1 nriinnt Oil the best farms in the United states he old in a little book which we publish and will gUdJy' . Bail free to any fanner in America who will wnU for n. I GERMAN KALI WORKS. w . . - . 03 Nassau St., New Yodu . DOT 6 W63I ! THE DBBABI OF OTHER DATS. ' ' j ' CLIFFORD HOWARD, f How oft, bow oft, we know pot w nr. Tnere comet uobid, with heart-botn sigh 1 .! With nay-tic yearnlo,S. fraught with , -' ' tears , ' '.J rrom OBI Wt mill iliuiuuuw r j Tbe vision of a vanished lite. That for a moment meets the gaza . Beyond the realm of mortal strile ' 1 j -A dream, a dream of other days, A breath, a note, a whispered song 'Amid tbe world's discordant throng.' And. lo. the sou! in fond re nice i. Call back to earth a once loved woice; A voice once heard bat where, an. where, Amid life's daik, forgotten ways? Alas,' it dies upon the air ( A dream, a dream of other, days. And now. as In a Vision near, "; There comes a form, an Image clear; A face a dear, remembered lace; A loving hand In love's embrace. Tis bat tbe murmur ot a stream, A shadow in the twilight haze, That wakes within the heart a dream A dream, a dream of other da,s. Oh, strange the dream that slits tbe soul, i Uncalled, unheld by earth's control; That wakes within the wondering mind A yearning vague and undefined ! Have tbe witbln our lives bad Dirto. But bide forgot ia memory's' maze ? Or does the soul thus bring to eaitb Tbe life, the dreamt of other days? f" . . ; Munseys SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Winking at sin will soon rain the eye-sight. I A wolf in sheep's clothing is none the lest a wolf. What the superior man seeks is in bimtelf; what tbe small man seeks is in others. Confucius. How many fathers and mothers make religion such a cruel thing that their children bate it. . It takes religion with sunshine in it to attract a child. Some very large trees bear very little fruit. . The Christian - should not be come discouraged because the devil is still working at his trade. j - God has declared that the man who bringt wicked devices to pass will soon be out of that business One of the worst things about a bad man,, is that be leads a long pro cession of Others into evil, j i- 'Every good man is a lamp which God iparei from heaven for a while to help give light to the world. : He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as be prays. He that can live in sini and abide in the Ordinary duties of prayer, never prays as be ought. A truly gracious praying frame is utterly inconsistent with tbe love of any sin. Here is a good motto to paste in your watch case: "A word unspoken is a sword in the sfaeatb; spoken it is a sword In tbe hands of the enemy." How many of us realize this troth? We are very careless and reckless in the use "of our words. James' description of the power of tbe tongue is a picture drawn by the spirit of God. Let us transfer tbe picture to our own hearts and strive to keep our words. If we pat them in the bands of the enemy they may turn upon us with the sword furnished and destroy ns. I TWINKLINGS. "My wife is a most original woman, tain Brown.1 "Why, when I proposed to ber. instead of saving 'Tbis is so sudden; the said, 'Well. I think it is about m'" Harper's Bazar , A Better Plan Squtldig What do yon tbink of Chandler's scheme to seize armorpiate works? . McSwilligen I thinkthe Government ought to seize Chandler's cberk and convert it into armor plate. Pittsburg Chronicle -Telegraph ... ; j . Potts "The thing that mysti fies me about this Tuikish-Grecian fight 'is " .j . . j -.; Motif "The Poer?" ! Potts' Bosb'I bo: but rather the way 'people here who haven't seen the inside of a church in forty years go wild with sympathy lor Greece because the Greeks are Christians " Truth. I let The Whole World Know the Good Br.Mes' Heart Cure Does HEAET DISEASE has It Victim at a disadvantage. Always taught that ' heart disease la Incurable, when the symptoms become well defined, the patient become alarmed and a norroiia panic takes place. Bat when a a tire remedy Is found and a ear effected, after rears of suffering, , tbetw la great rejoicing and desire to "let ' tbe whole world know." Mrs. Laura Wine- i inger, of Selkirk, Kansas, writes; "I desire to m ne whole world know what Dr. Miles Dr Miles' Heart Cure has dona tor toe. For ten years I bad pain la my heart, short ness of breath, palpita tion, pain In my leftside, oppressed feeling in my 1 cheat, weak and hunsjrr Heart Cure Restores Health....... pells, bad dreams, could not lie on either side, was numb and suffered terribly. I took Dr. Unas' Heart Cure and before I finished the second bottle I felt Its good effects, I test suw that I am fiUly recovered, and that Sr. Miles Heart Ours saved my life." Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is sold on guarantee that first bottle benefits, or money refunded, Pr. Mlles'NaBva P&ASTXBScnre EukuMA T18M. WEAK B AOK&Tlt druggists, cruy 26c, No morphine or opium la Dr. Maes' Pais Pnxs far sale by all Drugglsta, ui rwiu -unseens a ocas. . fsMlSlV AFTERMATH, The herald redbreast sings his winter lays, The fieldfares drift in Hooks adown the - weald. - -f -' !'. The turbulent rooks gather on every field, And olamorous starlings dare our garden waya Oh, beautiful garden ways, not grown less dear Because the rose hes gone and briony waves Where lily end purple iris have their graves, Or that where violets were tall asters rear. h, what a sheen of color lingers still, Though the autumnal rains and frosts be .. eomel - . i -i The tall, p'erheavy sunflower seem to spUl . Iiost rays of sunshine o'er the tangled mold, While everywhere, touched with a glory gold. .. . i ! . '. ... : . Flannts the imperial chrysanthemum. -New York imager. SWITCHING LOCOMOTIVES. ; I . i i I. ' The Superiority of Electricity Over Steam j - as a Motor. ; The most strlklBg thing about the behav lor of the , eleotrio locomotive Is the cer tainty with which It i may be moved over short distances, varying from a few Inches to a few feet. The obedience of the motors to the controller is practically instantane ous, thus doing away at one stroke with one of the chief drawbacks to steam switch ing engines, with which there is a notice able delay between the time when the throttle valve is opened and the pistons be gin to I move, in this way often causing the engineer, no matter how careful he may be, to overshoot his mark. This delay in action, while generally on ly a few seconds In each case, amounts up seriously In the ' course of a whole day's work and is the chief cause of the prover bial lateness of freight trains which have mpch switching to do. at intermediate sta tions. From the fact that the movement of the electric locomotive can be graduated so nicely a full third of the time usually occupied' by steam j locomotives can bo saved, partlcnJarly as single empty ears unprovided tv.uh automatic couplings need never be bunted off by too rapid an ap proach' of the engine, as frequently hap pens under switching conditions as they now are. . j ' 1 ;' - . . Again, tbe acceleration of the electric locomotive is so even that the freight cars of a comparatively long train are started,, one after another, "without Jerking and without apparent strain. A weak draw bar is thus protected against sudden fracture, and no "easing off, "with consequent re duction in speed and delay in getting un der way, is necessary, as in the case of the steam locomotive. The electric locomotive, -further, Is fitted with a quick acting air brake, the pressure for which is kept at its maximum by an automatic electric air pump, instead of the comparatively slow acting steam brake which Is usually at tached to steam switching engines. The highest rate of speed permissible in such cases may, therefore, be indulged In with the certainty of a quick stop, should occa sion require it. - i i The handlness with which an electric locomotive may be operated is another point in Its favor. There is neither the in ternal pressure of the steam against the throttle valve nor the stiffness and weight of the link reversing gear to overcome. A dainty controller handle, which could be moved by a chiltl, and a reversing han dle almost equally (light and movable open and arrange . the paths for tbe current. E. H. MulUn in Cassler's Magazine. 'f r ' ' j- dressing the Elephanta. Twice a year the elephants and the rhi noceros in the Central park menagerie get a coating1 of neatsfoot oil, which is thor oughly rubbed in with the palm of the hand. Tbe oiling' and the manipulation cleanse the skin, remove the dead skin and open the pores, freshen the animals up and improve theii health, and they Beam to like the procesej The oiling is done only In the spring and summer. If done in the winter, the animals would be likely to take cold from it. ) . Tbe rhinoceros at the park Is in good condition and lively and rather frisky for so big a brute.- Spmetlmes it step about with a step that id very much like a danc ing step and likely to surprise one who sees It for the first time and has been ac customed to regard the rhinoceros as an animal always slow and lumbering in its movements. . When the, rhinoceros' cage is cleaned 'out. which is done dally, the keeper first attracts the great creature to one : side with a tempting mess of food. Then he slips a noose of rope over the ani mal's horn and settles It down around the neck and makes the other end fast around a bar or two of the elephants' cage, adjoint lng. This is done to keep the rhinoceros from pitching Into the keeper If it should take a notion. j . i - The same precaution is taken when the rhinoceros Is oiled. . The elephants, how ever, kneel at the word .of command.! It is not necessary to plant a ladder against them In order to reach the upper part of their sides In rubbing In the oil. New York Sun, , I -X j '' -7' A Flea Tor the Apple. A Brooklyn physician translates the fol lowing from a German writer: "The ap ple ,is such common fruit that few per sons are familiar with its remarkably effi cacious medicinal properties. , Everybody ought to know that the very best thing ha can do is to eat apples just before going to bed. The apple is excellent brain food, be cause it has more phosphoric acid, in an easily digestible shape, than any other fruit known. It excites the action of the Jlver, p romotes sound and healthy sleep a ild thoroughly disinfects the mouth. It also agglutinates the surplus acids of the stomach, helps the kidney secretions and prevents calculus growth, while it obvi ates indigestion and is one of the best pre ventives of diseases of the throat. ! Next to lemon and orange, it Is also the best anti dote for the thirst and craving of persons addicted to tbe alcohol and opium habit." Medical Review. ' Costly Books. Anions the costliest books in t,h wnrU may bementloned the first folio edition of Shakespeare's plays, a good copy of which Is worth 16,000 when It can be had. Bar oness Burdett-Coutte gave f8,000 for hers. The Mainz Book of Psalms is another precious tome which was worth 12,000 francs in the days of Louis XVffl. A Lon don bookseller has copy of the second JUI. . 4 ' .... - . vuxbiuu u jov, i or wmcn no askS f 5,000. Teaching Them English The simple and effective mthnrf nf teaching English to the children of Ital ians, Portuguese, Polish and German Jews used In the north end schools of Boston might profitably be adopted by other cities whioh are obliged to face the fact that within their borders are thousands of foreign children who know nothing of the customs, Institutions or language of this country. A writer In the Boston Transcript thus describes the method: i , i u vuiiumu, wiuiin a row aays alter their arrival, are sent to the publio schools, as a rule without compulsion, and here they are first of all taught the English language. It is done by a sys tem of object lessons. The teachers in the elementary rooms are young women, as men would not be patient enough to accomplish the best results. ' i The teacher may point to ber eye and say, "This ia my eye,"repoating it ser eral times and requiring the jropils to repeat it in unison. Other portions of the body are pointed out in s similar manner, and then familiar objects in the room are in the same way' brought to the attention of the children, I . Later, when they have made sufficient progress in the language, it becomes de sirable to teach the different tenses. To accomplish this, a boy or girl is directed to run slowly round the room, when the teacher and children say in unison, 'That boy ia running," repeating the sentence several times. , The boy ia then told to halt, and the teacher and pnpila say (fn unison, "That, boy did run;" again, "That boy is standing still," 'That boy can run," "That boy is walking," .'"That boy walks fast,""! can walkVJ panrun," "I did walk," etc, -.. ' These and other sentences, as they are spoken, are written on the black board by the teacher, and the pupils write them on their slates. Thus they are taught the language and taught to spell, read and write almost suanltans IBs :W kp i si ! if - Illlnl'millnn li.h'.M.i,,,:.,: The Best SmokingTobacco Made J. f . NORWOOD, Pruadeat. ' ' ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, j WILMINGrTON, N.;";0.: .ViteF Pall it Capital S125.000. Suilns aii unuriiei Frofiti $65,000. Promptness! Accuracy Safety! t Liberal loans made at lowest rates on 'approved security. We shave always made a specialty of supplying, desiring to borrow on good security. j - ; Your Account Solicited. .'I dirkctom: -'. I . 'J. W. Norwood, ' ! W. B. Springer, : D. L. Gore, -;!- - . r ap 24 tf BUSINESS LOCALS. HT" Nonau Far Kent or Sale, Lot and round Wants, and other ihort miicellaneoas adverdaements Inserted In this Department leaded Nonpareil type, on ant 01 fourth pace, at Publisher's opuon, (or J cent per -word eacu insertion-but oo advertiKinea taken tor led tbsa SO ceati. Terms poritlvtly cask !aadaaca. For Bent A. Two-itory Hoae with nine rooms, Iccluding bath room, on Walnnt street between Fourth and Filth, No. 406. Possession given at once. Termi reasonable. Apply to J, F. Kolfs, corner of Fourth snd Walout streets. ' myS2: Fruit and Vegetables We win handle all kinds ' Of Vegetab'es and Fruit in season during; tbe Conven tion. Pleass send in your rders ereniigs before So there wili be no delay ia receiving- them. W. J, KirkhanA Co. ' my 8 tf Salesman $5 a day. No canTsssing. Node liveries. sTo cpllectioos. Sa-nples free. Side line or exclusive. - Mfrs., S941 Market street, PhDa. aprl84t - sua Eyesight is price lei. Don't neglect it. Who need go without Spectacles of a fine quality t the low pr ce I fit them I have the finest of Lenses In any style of frames, gold, nickel, aluminum, etc. ' To those who purchase no charge for testint and nttiDg. I have best of references. Am located at 517 Princess street. Pr, ChUds, Optician. Come snd see me. mar 14 if - sttth Bairealns in Halting and Rugs, also big arm is Table Linens and Towels this week at No. JS Market street. 10-4 Sheeting still goes at 114:. J.J Shepard. t apr 18 tf . - W O W U the Ume foe "Ice Cream." Visit Andrew MavTonicbol's lea ' Cream Parlor fa, 706 North. Fourth street, and get the bsst Cream at the lowest' prices. Bell Phone 846. , apl7tf ' . Yosr Country Produce tend it to me. Seven years experience. Beef Cattle, Mutton, and Milch Cows a specialty. M. C Benson, No. 5 Sown Water street. -; - . , - :y ; splOtf Hy Timothy Hay, mixed Clover Hay, Prairie Hay. Straw, Grain and all kinds of mixed feed for horses and cattie. Jno. 8. McKachera , 211 Mar ket St. Telephone 88. mar lStf BaTslsw P. ISm ass fa stack bagtss, road Cans and haraaai of all kinds. lUpairtng dons by skiOfsl worksssa ea short acrlca. Oppostta asw CoartHowse ' c81 UOWBRS. URNS. REAPERS CASTINGS HINGES. IRON, SPIKES OVENS. NAILS. J. W. Miirchison, Orton Building, Wilmington, N. C. dec 31 tf Spanish Peanuts for Seed, i ' i i J : KQfl BUSHELS SPANISH PEANUTS (FOR Seed), 808 bushels Field Peas, 800 bags Meal, .8000 pounds Hoop Iron, 490 barrels Molasses,' 1,000 bushels Mixed Oats, 1,000 kegs Nails, 8 0 boxes To bacco, (some fine bargains), and quantities of other' goods, such as Canned Goods, Snuffs, Cigars, Ohe - rcots. Cigarettes, Shot, Powder, Caps, Lye, Soap and ! complete line of standard drugs. Ask for sample and pnees oetore buying. i D. L. GORE. I L ' . - 1M, 128 ft 134 North Wa'er street. ;sp 18 tf WUington, N. C. For Sale Low 50 Barrels MOLASSES, 100 Barrels MULLETS, BOBagsCOFFEB, ; 200 Boxes TOBACCO,1 ;; -J j aU'grades. SAITL BEAU. Br mar28tf ; , l2EarketSt. 1 Mill - 4 To Do ,2i: 6ivon tay! this year in valuable ' articles to smokers of ? Blackwell's! Genuine f. Durham Tobacco I You will find one coupon- In side each 2-ounce bag, and two coupons inside each 4-ouhce bag. Buy a bag, 'read the coupon ; a and see how to get your share. 1 f . J. -TCOMEB, CasUer. without postponement, all customers C W. Worth, S. P. McNair, B. J. Powers, Sam'l Bear, Jr., , H.iL. Vollers, w. c. coker, jr.. P. I Bridgers, We are still receiving nice new fresh goods. Gents, Ladies. Soys and Girls of many styles aud kinds Beautiful lines of Children and In- fanfs . r--M s I1 We take occasion: ta thank the generous public for the Hberal pa tronage so kindly bestowed, and afck a continuance of ithe same. We solicit a trial from those who have not dealt with us. j Ia passing look in our window. Respectfully, j MERGER & EVANS, 63 steps east from corner Front and ! Princess Sts. i my 2 tf Lemons and Sugar. 10 Boxes Fresb Lemons. 50 Bbls. Granulated Sugar. 25 Bbls. "A" Sugar, j 25 Boxes Blueingj i 1 L 25 Boxes Mucilage. ; 1 ! 25 Boxes Mason's Blacking. I ' 25 Boxes Nickel S Cap Jamaica Ginger, -i , j ,,v ., , , "For immediate sale. ? ! W. B. C00FEB. 22g North Water Street, tmySa j paw I ivnwm. m r Manhood Restored. DR. C. C. WEST'S NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT me. uhiuiml. ALL OTHERS IMITATIONS, i Is sold under positive Written SSwaramtee, by authorised agente only, to euro Weak Memory. DizziriB8, Wakefulness, FitB, Hysteria, Quick, nees, Niirht Losses, Evil Dreams, Lack of Confl. dotice, NerTonsness, Laseitade, all Drains, Youth, ful Errors, or Exceseiye TJe of Tobacco, Opiam, or Liquor, 'which leads to Misery, Consumption, lBani.ty and Death. At store or by mail. $1 a box; six for 5; with written jruarantee t earcsrrsfssdBoney. tRed Label Special txira strength. ror xmpoienoy. jjoss 01 ruwBr. uoBt uannooa, UfA:is. ' V m uv, jwr y, WHOST written firua.isiDt(Fll 1 i. . a. . ... a aunee w At store? wi.rwni.or oymau. Rl K. BELLAMY . Dragzlst. Sola Accats. Wllmlnsrton. N. IT y DAW Invite the attention of the trade to their large stock of Groceries and Provisions Farien ana Distillers' Supplies. : Samples and quotations cheerfully sent i Nnttand Mulberry street!. ap 10 DftW tf ITorth Carolina Hams. YOU WILL WANT HAMS FOR THE CON VENTION. I have the best North Carolina Hams at rock bottom prices. Large quantities of whits black-eyed Peas at reasonable prices . R; R. STONE ft CO., apSODftWtf ! j No. 7 Booth Water Stv Old Nevspapers. VOUCAN BUY OLD NEWSPAPERS, la qnaa At Your Ovm Price. AttheSTASOfiee i ( .,i - . ; . . ' Soluble fat WRAPPING PAPER, and 'ixellent tor Plactng Under Carpe Lftfl 220 CI 11 . - : l - r , ,, 'M ORIGIN OF THE CAT. gmo Threw Bis Olovo Down to Vrast m : Old Kegro Woman From Hlos. - When. I stepid on the oat, her limp and hex cries were .so piteous I took her to (he kitchen to apologize inasauoerof uream and aslc mammy to care rbr'Ser,- ;j:- ixs''i':?''-C fi . "Did yon trod on dat oat? I joer tainly is mighty sorry, for it's hound to be onlnoky for you if you hurt a . I ventured the opinion that to kill a oat brought ill luck, but had not heard anything about accidentally hurting one. ; ift -(-;'r'.cc My mercy, chile, don't you know it is a sin to kill a oat? Duzyou tnow anything about oats and how they come to be here on this earth?!' : 1 acknowledged my ignorance un less they .were included in the gen eral creation and procession into the ark. - V" t-' "v: vK:::'' i : "Well, white folks don't know nothing 'oept what they reads but a hooks. Wa'n't no oats in no ark, and it's a sin to kill a cat, 'cause a oat is Jesus' right hand glove.' "Jesus was down here onoa on this here earth walking round just like a man. . I Bpeots you heerd about dat, didn't you? Xt'B all put down in the Bible, they tells me. I never seen it titer, fer I can't read, nor write; don't know one letter from the next, but it's all writ down in the Bible,; what God sent down from heaven in a bush all on fire right into Moses', 4 hand. Yes, indeed, it. is God's own truth, jest as I 'am telling you. -When Jesus was here in this world, he went round constant, visiting cullud folks. He was always mighty fond of cullud folks. IC-'-'t "So one day he was a-walking along, and he come to a poor old oullud woman's housa ' When he went in the . door and give her 'howdy,' she stand still and look at him right hard. Then she' say, 'Lord' (she never seen nor heerd tel) of him before, but something in her just seemed to call his narr.f), and she kept on ft-looking anda-looking at him hard, and she say over again,' 'Lord, I is jest mizzable. ; Then he say, 'Woman, what you mizzable fer?' Then she say, the third time, 'Lord, I is mizzable, fer the rats and the mice is a-eating and a-destroy-ing everything I got They 's done eat all my cornmeal and all my meat; j tbey'a done' eat all my clothes ; they's eat holes in my bed, and now they's I jest ready to eat me myself, and Tarn dat mizzable I don't know no more what to do - "Jesus he look Jong tdmeCatliep mighty hard, and be say' Woman, behold your God J and then he pull ed ofE his right hand glove and flung it down on the floor. Soon as dat glove touched dat floor it turned intoa cat right then and thar, and it iegan a-catching all them rata and all them mice, more'n any cat done sinoe when it do its best; indeed it did,1 made out of Jesus right hand glove, before dat woman's own eyes the four fingers for the legs and the thumb for the tail and dat's the truth 'bout how cats got here. Guess you know now why it's a sin to kill 'a cat and 'bliged to be un lucky to hurt one. "Journal of Amerioan Folklore. ""-'.' A Crafty Ban, Babbits and hares are not particu larly well known as crafty animals to hunt, but the! London Field tells of a hare that showed considerable skill in outwitting the dogs. It. was a good sized hare, and the nine dogs had a lively raoe after her. She cir cled, as rabbits usually do when run by dogs, and then led off. She went over a high stone fence and bothered he hunters some. Scared by some, women, she turned square to one Bide, and the dogs overran and lost the trail for a little bit Then the beast jumped again. She was very tired and stiff, but got limbered up and ran well for a time. Then she got to a farmyard, where she disap peared and was not found by the dogs again. j; , One of . the sportsmen got a letter a couple of days later from the farm- -er, saying that bis wife, bearing something in the bedroom, went Into it to find cut the cause. It was the bare. It took refuge .under the bed, but was carried pu$ to the lawn and liberated. After : sitting stilL awhile the animal went hopping away, waiting for another chase. It s only when hard pressed that ani mals take refuge in human habita tions. ' : ' r A .! The Heart In Cycling;. : ' It is erroneous to believe that bi cycle riding should be avoided in ev ery j case of heart disease. ; Physi cians who have made a study of this Question declare that it may even be very beneficial . in certain instances in whioh the aotion of the heart is feeble and in which signs of fatty degeneration are found. Increased muscular exercise almost invariably improves the conditions of the heart itself. There are, however, several indulgences that persons with weak hearts should beware of, such as Straining to olimh hills and meeting head winds, excessive fatigue and particularly exciting the heart and palling upon its reserve strength by the use of alooholio stimulants and improper food, Hartford Timos, r An Economical EntertaJaex, A certain thrifty Philadelphia house wife used to boast that she was able to make one jar of brandy peaches serve for several tea parties. The secret of it was that she canned the peaches when they were green and only partially cook ed them. In consequence they were al ways hard, sol that when an unwary guest attempted to cut one with a spoon it generally flew off on to the floor, After the company had departed they were gathered up, washed and returned to the brandy sirup, -where they remained until required for the next party. New York Journal. ' Women of the Hoar. ; Bubby PQpper, what does the paper Jnean by the women of the hour? Mr. Perry I gness it means that wo-'; snan who says she will be ready ta start' in 15 minutes. : An hour is about as near as she comes to it usually. Cincinnati Enquirer. i Extremely UteraL a related of - a oertaln very matter of (acf man that he was waked one night by a burglar at the foot of hs bed, who point ed a revolver at his head. - "If you wove," Bald the burglar, "you are a dead man, " "I beg your pardon', ? answered the oth er. "II I mova, It will be good proof that I am alive. You should be more careful as to the) meaning of your words." -' Ths fault of this story is that it does not tell what the burglar did then. Properly he should have fainted and remained In the faint until the polloo came and took aim away. Youth's Companion. rWEBSTER AT SCHOOL. HE WAS SLOVENLY AND UNTIDY IN HIS APPEARANCE. He Was Very Timid and Had Hot the Cour- asre Necessary For Teelajnnatlon and Was Considered by Some a Doll Boy His ' Teachers, However, Saw His Beal Worth. - "It Is doubtful if, among that group of Intellectual prodigies whose efforts in the courts of justice and in the national balls or legislation have been materially felt during our career as a nation, there can be found one whose early school days were associated with such humiliating ana un favorable circumstances as were those of Daniel Webster, tbe foster father; of our 'American nationality." Such is the open ing sentence of an article by Forrest Pres oott Hall in The Arena. - The observation is amply Justified by the facts that follow concerning Webster's school days, and bis difficulties in making a speech and even in reciting nls lessons. - Daniel's parents were humble folk In straitened circumstances,- in what is now called -Salisbury Center, N. H. . It took considerable contriving to enable him. to get the education for which he had a pas sionate longing, but on May 85, 1796, he and his father set out for Exeter, where he was placed in a school kept; by a Mr. Clif ford. ' ..' ::.J;V ' " 4 - "When .Daniel was given In charge of the worthjr Mr. Clifford, it was the first time he bad ever been away from home, and his feelings cannot be better described than by himself. 'The change overpower- ea ma l naraiy remained master of my own senses among 80 boys who had seen so much more and appeared to know so much more than I did.' i "It is not to be wondered that the change overpowered him, a rough, un trained country boy, at 14 years of age. "It is said that Webster, upon leaving his son at Mr. Clifford's house, remarked to this gentleman that 'he must teach Daniel to bold his knife and fork, for he Knows no more about it than a cow about holding a spade. ' It seems that the com parison was a good one, for his manners at the table were so rude that the other students requested the landlord to send him away. But the -kind hearted maq would not consent to this and refused even to remonstrate with Daniel, for he knew that the boy was sensitive and knew no better. ' ; ; "" " ; - "He hit upon a plan, so the story goes, Which resulted in teaching the boy how to Use his knife and fork, Webster was ac customed to' hold them in his fists. Mr. Clifford one day held his in the same way and continued to do so until Webster saw how ungraceful it was and corrected him self. - y "As to his studies, his success at Exeter ' was not great. He himself says so. He seemed unable to recite in a room filled with boys, and though he studied hard and was far.' from - stupid be could never, make a good' recitation. But what is to be wondered at 'most of all is that he could not be induced to speak In public When the day came on which ' the class was to declaim,' although be had learned his piece, he was utterly incapable of rising from his seat when his name was called. 'The kind and excellent Buckminster,' says Daniel Jij his autobiography, 'sought espe cially to persuade me to perform the exer cise of declamation, like other boys, but I could not do It. Many a tune did I ; com mit the pieces to memory in my room, yet wnen TJie ume came when the school col- . ... 1 m lectea iq near declamations, when my name was called, and saw all eyes turn ed to . my seat, I could not raise myself from it Sometimes the instructors frown ed, sometimes they smiled. Mr. Buckmin ster always pressed and entreated most winnlngly that I would venture, but X could never command sufficient resolution. When the occasion was over, I went home- and wept bitter tears of mortification.' "It must be admitted that Webster was slovenly and untidy in his appearance. It is said that he rarely washed his face and hands. Many stories are told concerning this noticeable habit of youth, and the louowmg instance illustrates very clearly a. , . sally of wit: . i "Day after day Daniel appeared in class with bis bands besmeared with dirt, pay ing no attention whatever to the urgent appeals of the teacher to seep them clean. Finally the climax was capped. One day vfeDBrerpresentea mmseii in the classroom with nis usual unclean appearanoe. The teacher could stand it no longer, and, quickly calling the boy to the desk, took up his dirty hand and exclaimed in an en raged tone, 'Webster, if you can show me another hand in this room as dirty as this one, l will not punish you.' i "Webster, quickly drew up his ether hand and said, 'Here s one, professor. "The teacher was wholly taken aback by the brightness of his young pupil and admitted that he was beaten. Webster took his seat without tbe thrashing. "Webster was assured by the kind prin cipal that he was a better scholar than most of the boys, and that bis constant application to bis books, coupled with prodigious faculty for labor, was surpris ing. He also told him that he' should be placed In a higher class, where he would no longer be hindered by the boys who cared more for play and dress than for solid Improvement. 1 .1 " These were .the first I enoouraglng words, ' says Webster, 'that I ever received with regard to my studies. I then resolved ta return and pursue them with diligence ana witn so xnucb ability as I possessed.' ; After a stay of nine months at 1 Exeter Daniel was taken to' Boscawen, N. H., to be taught by Rev. Samuel Wood. After one year here the reverend gentleman in formed his pupil that he was tired of him and would put him in college at once. ' He went to Dartmouth and did better work. learning to speak in public, and by the end of his freshman year had become quite a power in me college. literary Digest, The Magnetism of ftome. t The- attraction of such a church as ia that of Rome is partially,'; no doubt, an Imaginative attraction, but not purely one of the imagination. ' Even Dr. Mar tineau, whose point of view has been sp different that he regards apostolic au thority itself as by dq means final, has described the Church of Borne as "the missionary of nations, the associate ef history, : the ' patron of art, the van quisher of the sword." And .yet he would admit no final authority it all in the . dogmatio decisions of . a church Which he so describes and would make very light of his : episcopal lineage. Newman and Manning were' neither of them overwhelmed by the more imagi native grandeur of the church's history, But they both came to believe that no pne generation cf Christians could rightly emancipate themselves from the guidance pf all previous generations of Christians on the . strength of a new study of the Scripture or a just indigna tion at the depth of some of the prac tical corruptions, of the ehuroh , ; They were in search of an authority at onoe m lineal connection with the church of the apostles and full of visi ble life and energy at the . present dav. They thought that the Anglican church could hardly claim anything like con- unuiry witn ine cnuroh of the anostles. and that the Greek church could hardly claim sufficient independence, of state life, or, indeed, sufficient vitality and energy, to mark it out as an institution of the first order of originality and in fluence at the present j day. London spectator. . . : .H ;: -. i i sJ4" Old Epitaph. ' A most quaint and ingenious epitaph was copied years ago by an American traveler from a tombstone in Hadley luuiuujaAi, in ouiroilr, .England: iro charnal mounted on tbe w Bets to be seen In frmer A matron plain domestio ! in care and pain continn I '"' Not slow, not gay, not prodlg Yet neighborly and hospit Her children seven yet living JUer sixty-seventh year henoe did o To rest fier body &tut , . 9 In hopes to rise spirita ' - ' aU. 5 3 Mlos With. Pink Legs. . In the Missouri river, near Pintto. mouth. Neb., ia an island which in over run with curious mice.j They have a golden brown Ibcat whUa ths Of their-bV.ffl i nnM itK-t- . rnu:. legs are pink, and their eyes are jet black. No such mice arn fnn,ii n where else. 1 ? - ' IK SELF. jSave liioiie', time, It cleans. Injures nothing. ' Iff ""'".v - - THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chlcagx, j. .: St. IxjuIs, New York,. . ; Uostoul 'Philadelphra. Ea A. U. bKOWN, I ! Successor to BROWN & RODDICK, ! - - '-.f'l i ! , PEOSPEBITY. k ' W Vlone rspsitta1 nAltfia f.nn. M.MM..r.... , i , . rise in all kinds of Drv-Goods and -f.- Dehooves our customers to make their purchases betore it arrives, Weare ottering goods this week to salt the 1 .000 yards cilkaUuc at ID txntm a wl ,a a,wv jsuui DWUCRQ sVOIUDfl for Curtai. s at 1 X5, 17, 18, 0, S5, 80 and 40c per Ws VtsiiMS Sim. awsftltMjl 1 aanA...J. 11 1 mar 400 3oth Window Shades at SS tents esch, com- Aotiqoe Lace Cnrtains, 8 yards Jong, 54-inch au l-i ocn window Hbsdes 8x9 at 55 cects each. v reu winaow &uade 114 ceau each vunaiu xoics, wi n woToca natures, Ustic, Ma hoganr, Walontv Poplar, 8 oea each. . "! Hewiou ki iu ana cents eacn. sire riace screen", complete, SI each. -Point de-Spree, 64-iocl wide, 5c per jrd. Motinghsm Cnrtau Ntts 15, 30, 25 and 80: per yard. UNDERWEAR. Gentlenura's TlArhvi van 6k;n. ok ' 60 cents each. i Gentlemen s Drill Drawers 50 cents pair. Gentlemen's Hosiery 10, 15, 80, 8 snd 60 centsT Gentlemen's Dres Shirts 69, 75, SI and $'.60. Ladies' V. 1 - T-i . . .1 . : Budnut's Toilet Bequisites. mrStt Is to meet in oar city this week. We are expecticg a ver? large crowd. Some of tbe most talented men in tbe United States are expected to attend, and our tag ine aelrgates. ( ) I say come and be one of tbe bappy band, Make life pleasant while you may;- j Welcome, welcome, one and all, To our City by tbe Sea. We promise yon a good time and show yon many things of interest. And I have this to say: I If you need any Dry Goods. Dress Goods. Silks. Laces. Veilings. Ribbons, Embroideries, Ladies' nais, mens nais, -wens and Boys Clothing, Under wea or Dress Shirts. xiudk. vjnps, vaiises, or anytning in tbe Drr Goods lineJ : rnm tn n. We are headquarters for bargains; tbe largest Drv Goods atnre in ih Stat covering 15.000 squire feet, three floors connected by an electric elevator, and we have goods from every clime to show you at anytime. j ! Ladies' Hats, nlcelv trimmrH from ka 75c to $1.00; better; nicer and prett? goods, very nobby, from $1 50 ap to 8 00 each. . -i : : I -i:' !- We do the Milliner hna!n.a nf ih. city, employing 8 ladies in this depart- mem aiuac. I ; Ceo. OJ my 2 tf U'.aU 1-Ja iiig i urauc : j. " ' : - ; " .; .. TO INSURE A GOOD CROP OF The Southern Bapt 1 - 1 M - I'm. i ' f SMALL GRAIN, USB ONLY RELIABLE, HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS, '""'! -1 ' i - U t MTT0 wpttti nn ' ni, . I w juES, GKEBBS & CO,, v WILMINGTON, N. C. - B)L. I II w . ' l I. tag mmi lanniacnireK increasea sales tor No expense spared ia the Manufacture of Goods. Nothing but First-Class 4 - I - i Materia lc TTcaH ' For farther information see the bulletins for years past. We lead, others correspondence invited. BROGAHS, BROGAHS; d Ties,i Wholesale oet6Wtf BOOTS Harvar PETERSON&RULFS Bovden COHTAIMS UORE LITHIA i '' ;'"'- ' .r.'" . .;. TUsua Amy Other Nataral . ' . niurtl Wstsrtattt Wtril, . The Only Known Solvent - of Stone in the Bladder and Kidneys. I Pf. J B. S. Holmes, ex-President Georgia State Medi ca Asspciat on, says: "Have used Bowden Lithia Water easlvely in bladder and kidney troubles, and 'the re sults have been most gratifying," I Lithia wafer From T ?thla nriZrmm e ' taV Popular Prices. , Rheumatism and Our Sparkling BOIVD m LITHIA mar8 D&Wly r- , M t 1 Ci "3 hy buying a package S 01 Gold Dust Stop loncyflerikages allvg.' over the liouse,. Save U . wear and tear on wood work, china, and YOTTR- antd : labor,! by using Washing Powder. Sold everywhere. Made only by f!a'rntc PrnenHn . 1 -.oKw.i.t o iu aiiiui ana it iuped, UH snd 15 cenu esch. " 0 ' "ves- Children's and Youths' Underwear. BrUlianrineanJ Ftanoel; also Submarine Ind oJdC' nary Rubber; B thing Caps. 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Tbe narrow back rough straw Sailor, beautiful goods, at. 75c each. . - Mea's Clothing, we are headquarters Our Stock is the largest and by far cheaper tban any other house in the city. Men's Suits for fl 08. Splendid Linen Suits for $3 87. Good Black Suits for $185.. i . S'rictly all wool colored Scotch Cheviot Suits, splendid pattern, new &03ds, at $4 25 Black Clay Worsted Suits, itr ctly all wool, for f5.00, 6.t0, 7 00, 800, 9 00 and 9 60. Prince Albert Sails, best Clay Worsted, nicel made bp. for $12.50 Gents' and Ladies' Shirts and Pants in Balbriggangoods. for 25, 35, 40 and 60c. Best Seamless Hose and Socks for 10c; Double Heel and Foot for 15c. ah grades oest Hosiery from 5 to 50c a piir. i : - Boys' Suits, new goods and new stvles. from 68, 98c, $1 00. 1.85. 1 85 8 CO to 3 50, Ton Will find us at 113 North' Front Su opposite the Ortoa Hotel. Calord, Prop,, OfWilmington's Big Racket Store. 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