1
a
Bi
ight ,
costs 'cotton planters more
than, five million dollars an
nually This is an enormous
waste, and can be prevented.
Practical experiments at Ala
bama Experiment Station show
'i.L; l.. U tVio ncATtf
Conclusively umi.
"Kainit
5
will prevent that dreaded plant
disease. ! j
i All about Potash-the remit of its te by -perin.enr.0
the beat farm, in the United
ipail trg to my laJinci in " -
GERMAN KALI wum,
93 Nwu St., New York,
' no 6 Wm : ' ' Y "
COMMON 8EN8K.
OS RICE r .
.
, .i .i.m r iiavn
aM an ino KIika 7
f That ever were to mortals given.
The best to bave. the worst to miss.
The truest, sweetest soarce of bliss
Thm . rait left nf Eden' ffiOCe
Stands the pure charm of common
: . -sense.
To earn our right to "dailv bread."
Tn mi wsrri when time IS fled.
To wiselv speak and act and thick,
To keep life's boat from ruin's brink,
' To balance every hourY expense
We need the aid of common sense.;
' cnm.imfa nn doubt, we need to view
The lightning bolts some genius threw;
Rm nn we1 need, well mixed and
stirred, " ':
With silent thought or spoken word
A sort of human fool's defense
The wholesome aid of common sense.
Some things, perhaps, must still be
Where mighty minds their power in
wrought ;M
But how to guard the priceless wealth
Qf peace and (oe, of youthful health,
And how to keep our own few pence,
Is taught alone by common sense..
We pray for faith, and light, and peace,
For sin's remove and love's increase, '.
For strength! to meet the tempter's
power,, . 1 "
For dying grace for dying hour - .
But now. right in the present tense, ! i
Give us, O Lord I good common sense.
To keep from useless jar and strife.
And bless the changing path of Hie.
To make each fountain purer still,
To take -from loss its fatal chill,
And bring thy own sweet recompense,
We bow to thee, blest common sense.
Boston Transcript.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS,
Every temptation resisted is
troa Die escaped.
The I rest o Christ is for
all
who will give up sin.
Happy the man who learns the
immeasurable distance between" bis
wishes abd his powers. ' 7 .
know God aritf to under
stand His ways is the great "end ot lite,
and to walk in His presence is all sanc
tity. Fader. ' j
If you live according to what
Mature Tt quires, you will never be poor;
if according to the notions of men, you
will n;ver be rich. Seneca. j )
A bad bank note is sure to come
back. Some say, "A bad penny comes
home." Anything evil will come back
to the man who sent it oxU-Spureon.
i The way to correct the faults of
others Is by talking to them personally
about' them and no: to other people.
The latter course will not do it; And if
we do not talk abaut the faults of others
in Order to have them correct them, what
good does it do to talk about them at all?
Prayer with and for others must
grow out of our private prayers. In the
closet, with the door shut, we learn how
to speak to our Father. He prays best
in public who prays alone. A congre
gation, however large, is a gathering of
indiv.dual souls. "As in water lace
answeTeih face, so the heart of man to
man." Mar in?.
. You will find it less easy to up
root faults than to choke them by gain
ing virtues. Do not think of ycur faults,
still less of others' faults; in every per
son who comes near von look for what
is good and strong; honor that, rejoice
in it, and, as you can. try to imitate it;
and yonr faults will drop off like dead
leaves, when their time comes. Ruskin
TWINKLINGS. V j
"Your wife bought these cigars,
didn't she?" ;
MYes. How did voufcuess it?" ' ,
' ''They're in such a pretty box." w.
tnd- - 1 f ir -'
Mr. McCorkle "My wife has a
better memory than any other woman I
know." h j
Mr. Crackle "Indeed ?"
Mr. McCorkle "Yes; she always re
members what's trumps." fudge. f
Wallace "There is nothing like
matrimony to make a mad appreciate
the value of money." . ,
"That's so. A dollar a man cives to
h s wife does look bigeer to bim than
anv other dollar." Cincinnati Enquirer
let The Whole World
Know The Good
Dr.Mes' Heart Cure Does
HEART DISEASE, has its victim at a
disadvantage. Always taught that
heart disease Is incurable, when the
symptoms become well defined, the patient
becomes alarmed and a nervous panic takes
place. But vhon-a tara remedy Is found
and a euro effected, alter years of suffering,
there Is groat rejoicing and desire to "let
the whole world know;." Ir3. Laura Wlne
Inger, of Selkirk, Kansas, writes; "I desire
to let the whole world know what Dr, Miles'
Dr. Vliles'-'seat0ureuMdo,le,o
. - ""is. For ton years I had
Heart Clir& Pmn'mybeari ghort-
1 cf nfAc ' ?.CSi of breatb- Palp"
KCMUrCd tion, pain la my leftside,
ITm Itrl oppressed feeling in my
AlWiUUl chest, weak and hungry
spells, bad dreams, could not He on either
side, was numb and suffered terribly. I took
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure and before I finished
' the second bottle I felt Its good effects, I feel
now that I am fully recovered, and that Dr,
Miles' Heart dure saved my life."
J- Miles' Heart Cure is sold on guarantee
hum ub uubue nenenta, or money reiunued.
Dr. Miles' Pain Pills cure Neuralgia.
No morphine or opium In Dr. Muss's Paoi Pn
-Cu All Psla. "One cent s doss ."
iro,,,5t.by,1,In,ttu' ' Chance,
Jnos IS Iv
lasts ta
AMY ROBSART'S 80NQ.
: From London town my lorer.oam.
Robin a Dudley was bis asms.
I was a rose, a rose, said he,
, And gathered me from off my tree.
I was a rose,, most (air and red.
J ain a rose whose sweets are shed,
I would my lore from London town
Had nerer lightly ridden down.
Were there no roses there that he .
Most oome and pluck and shatter meT
My leaves are sear that were so gree
My leares are wet with tears of teen.
Would God that I had never met
My lover, that has heart to set
Against my breast so shsrp a sword.
Would God, Instead of belted lord.
That I had loved some meaner clay,
Who loved me on to Judgment day.
From London town my lover came
And set a country heart aflame, t
Then left it lone to quench or burn,
Because a queen most serve his turn.
Nay, bnt what boots me my disdain?
Would God my love would come again.
. j". -f-Nora Hopper.
' MUSIC AND THE HAIR. 1
The Effect of Vibrations Upon the Cover
ins; of the Bead.
In a recent scientific assemblage a
discussion took place npon the influ
iVlA nf aipon in skin diseases. One of
the gentlemen who took part stated in
bis criticism of the paper which had
been read that one might as well talk
of, the influence of music upon the
growth of the hair. It would seem that
the suggestion of a possible connection
thus thrown, out in a jesting way has
been taken seriously. A least a corre
Bpondeut of Le Temps has made the
discovery that musio of certain kinds
does in reality prevent the hair from
falling, while that prodnoed by certain
instruments has the most disastrous ef
fects in causing rapid development of
baldness. He finds that while composers
are as prone as others to lose their hair
at an early age those who play their
compositions upon the piano preserve,
if they do not acquire, a luxuriant
growth of hair. On the other hand,
wind instruments, and especially, the
cornet and trombone, are fatal to hir
sute adornment - The violoncelloand
the harp keep the hair in pretty well, put
the flute cannot be depended upon to
preserve a strong growth after the fifti-;
eth year of age. ;
A number of pianists, including jr a-
derewski, are cited in confirmation of the
pronounced influence of piano music. It
has been admitted for some time that
music has a certain therapeutic worth,
and it will be recalled that Dr. Ferrand
presented a report to the French acad
emy on the physiological innuence oi
music," pointiug out in what ways it
could he employed with therapeutic
aims; Subsequently Dr. Betzchinsky re
ported an instance of night terrors in a
child of 8 years, who was cured by hav
ing played to it each night musio of a
calming nature written in a minor key.
A test was m&e, after a few nights by
omitting the music, and that night
alone the child bad an attack.
It has not as yet been determined just ,
what key is most favorable to the pre
vention of an early bald state. rob-
ably a ' reasonable ; way of settling the
disputed point would be to make a few
experiments on dogs, thus proving a
tolerance for different strains and avoid
ing the horripilation to which some pa
tients of refined tastes might be sub
jected. Wind instruments are always
dangerous if the hair has not a good
hold, while stiff haired people can -stand
anything. Possibly a good rule
for any musician would be as-soon as
he finds his hair falling that he should
cease playing for others. Medical Rec
ord. ' : "
. ' A Bare Faced Fad.
The fashion of the smooth face con-;
tinues to increase in popularity, and
mustaches are daily sacrificed to a fad
which is not so well adapted to every
man as a great many men evidently
think. The style came from England.
It became so much the proper thing in
England for men to appear without hair
on their faces that it was finally found
necessary to forbid the practice in . the
army, as the loss of whiskers was
spreading so rapidly that there prom
ised to be a beardless army in a short
while. Unbecoming styles of dress are
unquestionably accepted when they are
the mode. But it was usually thought
that the selection of a mustache or a
smooth face was founded on a deeper
consideration of what made a man look
well or the reverse. But that discrimi
nation has been swept away now by the
enthusiasm with which the unshaved
lip has been declaimed as the right
style. San Francisco Argonaut.
Mark Twain and Lincoln.
Perhaps it were as well, says Charles
Miner Thompson in The Atlantic, to
attribute the popularity of Abraham
Lincoln to his jokes as the vogue of
Mark Twain to his extravagant foolery.
n the conventional sense, Mark Twain
no more a literary artist than, in the
conventional sense, Lincoln was a gen
tleman. But, in spit of lack of polish,
Lincoln was greatj ' May not Mark
Twain, the writer, in spite of his crude
literary manners, bi great also? The
mere possibility ought to be enough in
itself to secure him sympathetic and
serious consideration;!
How a Good Bow. Is Made
May I tell the history of my beet
bow, the dark one nearest the wall?
Plaything, the newspaper wise man
named the like, in comparison with a
five foot boig d'arc (he called it hickory)
segment of a hogshead hoop, hight a
bow, in the hand of a half naked Sionx
buek. It came from a yew tree of Spain
to the London workshop, a billet in the
rough, but to be split out with care, and
not a flaw in it The bowyer scrutinized
it with the connoisseur's knowing eye,
fonnd it perfect, laid it up to season.
And for- nve years dream of it for
five long years that, billet passed from
Btage to stage, slowly hand worked into
a bow. Then yet another year it was
tested and polished before I could have
It From the strongly wrought horn
nock tips to the green plush handle mid
way between, it is a comfort to look -apon.
You might well call it a sonnet
In wood. A hickory bow, indeed, and
an Indian archer 1 With this yew at 80.
yards I shot 0 out of 11 arrows through
a gourd eight inches in diameter.
Maurice Thompson in Atlantic ,
Kissing Ia Iceland.
When you visit a family in Ice
land, yon must kiss each member,
according to his age or rank, be
ginning with the. highest and de
scending to the lowest, not even ex
cepting the servants. On taking
leave the order is reversed. You
firat kiss the servants, then the chil
dren and lastly the master and mis
tress. Both at meeting and parting
an affectionate kiss on the mouth
without distinction of rank, age or
exis the only mode of salutation
known in Iceland. Chicago Record.
When He's Down.
xou pan f -Keep a good man
down," said the proverb loving
boarder. . '
"Not," said the typewriter board
er, "not unless he has a seat in the
sar. Then you can't get bim up."
rHnninnati Enquirer. .
Cups and sauoers are now all molded by
mechanical appliances. The glaze is laid
on, the finer qualities are hand painted and;
the cheaper are stamped with stencUs ere
the baking Is done.
Wash Insr
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This famous cleanser makes milk
5-5
- mX-m
pi
811S sweet anu irueii. iusjusim s'' s-"-""
" Sold everywhere. Madaonly.by . ! I
rur N urAlOniNKCOMPANY.
Chicago, St. Louis, New
iiiiiuiiuuuiil
High Grade
TO INSURE A GOOD CROP OF. TOBACCO, 'CbTTONTRIJCKJOR
SMALL GRAIN, USB ONLY j j
RELIABLE, HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS
MANUFACTURED BY , :
PQ W JiiBS, GIBBS & CO.,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
m Leadim Mannractnrers of Fertilizers in tie
Increased Sales for
No expense spared in the Manufacture of Goods. Nothing but First-Class
Materials Used :. j j.-. - . ;.;
the bulletins for years past We lead, others
, " ;, toiiow. K
Correspondence Invited.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
gay Noncx For Kent or Sale, ixn sad Found
Wants, sad other abort miacellaneona advertlMinent
laaerted ia thia Department 4 leaded Nonpareil tvpe,
on firat or fonrth psse, at Pnbliaher"i option, for 1
cent per word sachinaerdoa: bat no advercsemesi
takes for lets than SO easts. Terms positively cash
a advaacs.
Land I will sell at reasonable p ice for caih,
. two small tracts wood land (87 and 88 acres) within
oeemileof Railrjsd Depot, Sniuble for tracking
Call on or 'address W. B. Sontherland, Rosebill
N. C. friutu ie!8 8t
" 1 )
- Mf .reridence is now 613 North rotirth itrret.
llephooei at bothresidsnce and office. Residence,
phooe S15; office 'phone 223. Jas T. Woolvin the
Undertaker and Embalmer. son my 1ft tf
1 ,00O thousand yard, of Lnen Suiting jot ar
rived. A large drive in Checked and Sniped
Dimuj; aki Valenciennes, Ed tags and Em
broideries, at J. J. Shepard, 18 Market street.
. jel6tf y . ' '
Xt atermelona Another car load of those fine
delicious Watermelon, for u to morrow st the spar
track on Dock street. A. B. Wmstead, 119 North
Second street. ' : . je 15 if
, 17 jF Sale The Cottage on Caro'ina Beacn
known ai the Castle, : Six loom,. Com over $1,000.
Win be sold cheap. D. O'Connor, Real Estate
Agent. je II tf
Watermelons Received thii a. m, car load
Uelons. Will be doted oat at whoieaa'e and retail
loot of Dock street. W. J. Kirkham & Co. je 10 tf
PrlCf s to suit, the hard times. Fine. Candies,
Ice Cream and Fiesh Fruits caa be had at Andrew
Mavronichols', 70S North Fourth street. Orders left
Satordar for Ice Cream delivered Sunday. Bell
'Phone 846, . . my BU tt
For Sale One small hand Job Press, tize 5fcx
f . Brand new. i Write cr ctll for particular. Wil
miagtoo Stamp Works, IS rrinceaa street. my 84 tf
' M. C Benson, Produce Commisu;n Merchant,
No 5 South Water street, solicits. consignments of all
kinds of produce. Beef Cattle, Milch Cows and
Mnttoo a specialty. 1 my 15 If
Ladles drop me a Postal to 906 Princes street.
I will come to your residence and see if your Sewing
Machine needs any tepiiis. Furniture repaired also.
18 years experience, J. B. Farrir, ; my 11 8m
Estay Timothy Hay, mixed Clover Hay, Prairie
Hay, Straw, Grain and all kinds of mixed feed for
horses and cattle. Jno. B. McEachem , 211 Mar
ket St. Telephone SB. marlStf
Hayelem, F. H. ass ta stack baggies, read
Carta and harness of an kinds. Repairing done by
ikOUal worknaa oa short aodca. OpnoslM new
reartHoaa !
STOVES AHD RADGES,
OIL STOVES,
Casol ene Stoves.
In fact anything you want for
the ki cneo.
I am adding the above line to my
complete stock of.
HARDWARE, TINWARE
' AND
and will carry a line second to none
in quality, at the very lowest prices.
Have secured the services of J. L.
Breckemidge with special reference
to this line, and can offer you the
benefit of his several years experi
ence.
My line includes the Richmond
Stove Co.'s entire product.
Can f Ornish repairs for all kinds of
Stoves.
Orton Building.
je tf
1,000 Bushels Best Corn.
1,100 Bushels Best Meal.
900 Bushels Feed Oats. ' '
850 Bales Hay.
200 Bags Grits.
400 Kegs Nails.
200 Boxes Soda.
700 Dozen Lemons. :
W. B. COOPER,
ielStl DW . wnmlactom. M. C.
IR. B Stone & Co.y
"yriLMINGTOlj, N. CHSADQUARTIRS
for anytblnc yon waai in the Grocery line. One
car-load Water Ground Ileal. One car-lsad of each
Assorted Flow 500 bales Timothy Hay. One car-
navwaaaaujoaroiQai,
j 80 tf Mo. 7 SOUTH WATXRST.
Agricultural Implements
J.W. Murchison,
1
Something
That Nothing
WiU Clean
so quickly and so well,
so freshly and so thor
A ouffblv as '! ;L
XJ si77
Powder
.'
pans, cans and cooking utenr
York, Boston, Philadelphia.
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i
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We call special attention to our
pretty White Kid Opera Slippers,
with Beaded Satin Bows for Ladies
at $1, usually sold at $125. Many
other kinds of Ladies, Misses, Chil
dren and Infants' Shoes on band and
arriving, as well as. Gents' Low
Shoes; that to be appreciated must
all be seen. , Remember, we extend
the invitation to everybody to look
in our window, examine our stock
and bay and wear our SHOES, i
. ; Respectfully, f "
MERCER &
EVANS,
63i steps east from corner Front and
Princess Sta. Je 6 tf
Lemons, Lemons.
25 Boxes Lemons. ' f
350 Boxes Lump, Package and
Celluloid Starch.
100,000 pounds Hoop Iron
40,000 pounds Wheat Bran, .
and other goods usually carried by
a Wholesale Grocer. Anxious to
sell Ask for prices. j
D. L. GORE,
Wholesale Grocer,
je 19 tf ! WOmipxtott. N. C.
Wanted,
5,000 Pounds -WOOL. '
3,000 Pounds BEESWAX.
2,000 Pounds COW HIDES.
Highest cash prices ; paid. : Quo
tations furnished on request.
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magazine devoted to giving true
explanations of the Catholic Church,
that is of the Catholic Church as it is,
not as caricatured i and I misrepre
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their large stock' of
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Farmers anil DistiUers' Supplies.
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JJO. 11 SOUTH FRONT STREET, FIRST"
class Work st Seasonable Prices. Give as a call.
Respectfully, . ;. '
jeSOtf , ARTHUR PRXMPKRT.
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S N e B s !;; '!
TENNESSEE EAGLES,
A NATURAL MOUNTAIN HOME FOR
THE BIRD OF FREEDOM.
There He Is Batched! In Great Htumfeam
od Sometimes Uvea 160 Vean Mattes;
avnd tba Treatment of the Tonus; How
They Are Captured. ,
There are many eagles in the Tennes
see mountains, and there are mountain
eers who are expert catchers of the
young eaglets, who reap rich rewards in I
return ior ineir peniooa riass -aun au
Tentures. Etgles make their eyries
among the clefts and crags of the high
est mountains of. the state. They are
fonnd on the Stone mountain, the great
Roane, 6,296 feet high; the Bald, 5,550
feet; the Great Smoky range, 6,630
feet; the Bullhead, 6,612 feet; on the
Unaka, the Big Stone and others, none
of them less than 6, 000 feet above the
level of the country at their feet.
Young eagles bring from $40 to f 80,
occasionally $100. Eagles that are of
some age and of a great size (such are
rarely captured, however) bring as high
as $300 and J500. Eagles which have to
be killed while trying to capture them
are valuable to taxidermists, who al
ways find an easy market for a great
stuffed eagle. Their feathers, especially
the wing and tail feathers, are sold for
good prices. T j i .
The eagle bunas its nest upon the top
of a mighty tree1 growing far up on the
mountain among the myriad of twining
Tines, or in the thickest and almost in
accessible growth of ; bashes and shrubs,
or ou the summit of a high rock. An
eagle's nest is a large one always, and
is strongly and comfortably built. Large
sticks and branches are laid together,
nearly flat, and bound with twining
vines. The spacious inside is covered
with hair and mosses so minutely woven
together that no wind can enter. The
mother bird lays two eggs, which are
curiosities. The long end tapers down
to a point The' color of the egg is a
ground of brownish red, with many dots
and spots upon it. i The egg itself is
proof of the wild and savage parentage.
An eagle lives from 80 to 160 years.
The young birds are driven forth by
their savage parents to scratch for them
selves as soon as their are able to fly. No
training is given
That is left to
them by the old bird.
their wild instincts,
which hunger and
There is no going
necessity develop.
Vback to the old
home" for the young eagle. The mother
bird tears up ever vestige of the nest
where they have thriven since birth, and
while they emit plaintive fhrieks the
oil bird darts at them and pushes them
off the crags or rocks, and to prevent
falling they must take to their wings,
and this is how they learn to fly. It
takes three years for a young eagle to
gain its full and complete plumage and
strength. u i
Away up in the mountains the eagle
finds it as, hard to gain subsistence as do
the grumblers of the plain. The precari -ousness
of its existence and the wild
manner in which food is gathered seem
to give the bird ferocity as it grows
older. They range among the mountains
and valleys in pairs, their young never
following, bnt doing the best they can.
The stern, unsocial tyranny, beginning
with the homeless and outcast eaglet, is
continued in later years with' their
mates.
If the male bird be the stronger, the
most of the prey belongs to him, and he
allows the female to eat a paltry share
between fierce thrusts of his beak at her.
If the female is the stronger (and she
generally is), the male bird cowers and
winces under many a fierce blow from
his unfeeling wife, no matter how small
the morsel he gets. But when danger
threatens, no human pair can battle so
fiercely for each other as can two eagles.
The breeding season begins about March,
and each male has bat one mate during
his entire life. If the female is killed
or captured, the survivingjnale becomes
an eagle bennit and fiercer than ever.
They are often seen near their nests
together, and when the sun is shining
take their majestic flights straight to
ward that great ball of fire until they
disappear from sight. . Sitting upon the
mountain side, their vision is so keen
that they can see, far down the valley,
a sheep or young goat, a big turkey or
rooster,1 a small pig, rabbit, or large
bird, and almost in the twinkling of an
eye they descend suddenly upon their
victim. One mighty grasp and a twist
of their talons 'and the' victim is dead,
long before the eagle! lays it down for a
repast An eagle can live two and three
days, and even five days, upon a gorg
ing meal They prey upon all sorts of
large birds, fish, lambs, kids and goats.
Oftentimes, when a large calf or goat ia
to be attacked and qarried off, four or
six of them will unite and carry off the
the carcass, when they will immediate
ly begin to fight it out to see which of
them is entitled to the choicest bits, and
it is truly a survivaly of the fittest in
such combats as these,
Eagles are captured by expert moun
taineers, who spy upon the parent bird
building her nest and wait for the
breeding season. After a due time they
scale the mountains, and. well armed
for the inevitable fight with the parent
birds, go to these mountain eyries. Of
tentimes four men are required to let
one oi them down a steep; precipice, or
cliff, while two of them, dead shots
with the rifle, shoot and kill the old
birds upon their first approach, for it
fares ill with the daring robber who at
tempts to secure the young birds with
none to protect but hiinself.' In this way
are many of the old birds killed for the
taxidermists or for feathers, while the
eaglets are borne ; away and caged for a
good sale. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Re Cranky Ranges. '
"Cranky ranges do not exist," said Miss,
Parloa. "They are like most of the cranky
persons In the world,! merely misunder
stood. A cook complains that her range
won't bake in the afternoon. Her mistress
turns back the door In front of the fire
grate and finds the space piled with ashes.
absorbing the heat and dulling the fire, or
she finds the chimney draft wide open,
the heat sailing out over the roof to warm
the world, but not. the oven, or the oven
drafts are wrongly i Bet, or there are
clinkers holding the heat, or something
else. The range exemplifies an exact sci
ence. If all its parts are in working order,
the fuel burning free and drafts prop
erly adjusted, its usefulness must be uni
form, A' part of a housekeeper's knowl
edge should be a perfect comprehension of
her partioular range. When the millenni
um of electricity arrives, her labor will be
lessened, but until then she must know
her cook stove as she knows her sewing
machine. If the coal clinkers, throw In a
small lump of lime to burn with it, or two
or three oyBter shells. : Insist that the fire
shall be kept level with the inner top of
the range, leaving a free draft over it
Clean the ovens often, and the spaces at
their sida With careful attention there
should never be any trouble."
A Bad Case,
Grampy has a bad case of swelled
head." ' : 1 , -
"There nyist be same mistake."
"Not a bit of it ; genuine old fash
ioned mumps on both sides." De
troit Free Press. ii
Watches and Locomotives.
The accuracy of some parts of the
locomotive is ten times finer than,
In the watch, but for absolute meas
urement the accuracy in the watch
Is almost three times as fine as in
the locomotive. i i : .
PAY OF ACTRESSES,
WOMEN ON THE STAGE RECEIVE, A3
A RULE, SMALL SALARIES.
There Are a Few Who Are Kewavroea uo-
e rally, but Generally the Bnatoese Is Ho
Profitable, and Not Many In Thia Conn
try Have' Made Fortunes.
Into a room, in an' up town office
buildine there passed at irregular inter
vals young women who, after having
spent some time inside, reappearea at
the door and started down the flight of
steps that lead to the street. This hapr
pened all dav. A line of women was
continually going in und out. None of
tbem staid very long, ana none oi
them left the room with expressions of
particular satisfaction, j
I don't think there could be any bet
ter warning," said a theatrical man
who had an office opposite the door
through which the girls disappeared,
to women who think ot going on tne
stage than the sight of that string of
women. That is a theatrical exchange, -
and in and out of that office they go ev-
erf day. iSome of them the lucky ones
disappear after awhile, and they seen
to bave found places. : But the majority
come and go for a long time before any
thing is found for tbem. The best don t
come to the exchanges, you know. Only
those who are not well enough known
to have their services always in demand
are compelled to look for positions
through the agents. The others can go
to the managers, or, in some rare cases,
have the managers come to them.
"There never was a subject about
which less was really known than that
of the rewards that a life on the stage
bring to a woman. I remember to have
seen once an interview with Lotta Crab
tree in The Sun in which she said that
the stage gave women more than any
other profession could. Lotta ia bne of
theew very rich women of the stage,
and I am afraid that optimistic opinion
was affected more or less by her own
success. If she had hot accumulated
$500,000 or mere, Lotta might not look
so favorably upon the stage as a means
of livelihood for women.
"The ideas that are prevalent about
salaries, the general idea of the large
amounts paid and the prospects for sav
ing money that such occupation affords
are all based on very erroneous impres
sions. Therer are, of course, actors tjhafc
make large sums, and some that make
fortunes. But there: are not manjr of
them. There arc very few people, for
instance, who would believe that ;the
leading lady of a prominent New York
stock company gets only $100 a week
that is, for about 30 weeks of the year,
or maybe 35 at the outside. On the road
she receives $125 a week A certain
amount is paid by her manager toward
her costumes, but when it happens that
the plays are not successful and have to
be changed frequently, the expense of
costumes uses up a largo proportion of
what she may make. ; The most popular
leading woman in American receives
only $125 a week when she is in New
York and an extra $25 on the road. Yet
as many of the people at the theaters in
which she acts go to see her aa go to see
the 'star' with whom- she's associated.
Bnt she's ' to be a star herself after
awhile, and then she will make enough
to repay her for all the time she was
building up her popularity, even if she
was not getting rich.
' 'These women that get the salaries I
spoke of are the best paid in the coun
try. Among all the women on the stage
I doubt if there are 50 who receive as
much ! as that. One leading lady in a
New York theater gets only $65 a week.
The women who ac(t on the road with
stars get usually $75 of $80, and in some
cases $100. .But, as I said, there are not
many of them in the last schedule. The
prices range on down to $30, which is
at out the smallest salary paid to any
woman in a first class company.
" When they get to be stars on their
own account, the case is different Usu
ally the women stars get certain sums
every week in salary and certain
amounts from the profits. . Some of ;the
best paid get $300 a week in salary and
one-quarter of the profits. Then they
begin to make money. One-quarter of
the profits may equal, under favorable
circumstances, $2,000. That makes the
salary of the actor engaged on the terms
mentioned $800 a week. But only the
lucky ones succeed in ever accomplish
ing such success as that Of course there
are others who take all the money and
merely hire their managers. But they
are still fewer in umber.
"Another thing that has to be taken
into consideration is the fact that a wo
man has only a certain time on the
Btage. She must be a genius to last
much beyond 40, and she is not likely,
to become famous much before 30. So,
her time is rather short. 'After a certain
period the decline begins and salaries
begin to go down, jast as before the age,
say of 40, they increased. Think of the
few rich or even comfortably off women
of the stage. They could be counted on
the fingers Lotta, Maggie Mitchell,
Fanny Davenport aiid Clara Morris.
There may be a few others, but they are
mighty few. Compare this, with the
long list of women that have been popu
lar and successful in their youth, and I
think you will agree with mo that the
women on the stage are not as well paid
as the aspirants think." New York
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GRAPES AND THE APPENDIX.
The Uttle Seeds Are Not So Dangreroua aa
Hat Been Claimed.
Things have been said about the bane
ful and delicious juice of the grape ever
since the olden time when Noah found
out about it and came thereby to grief,
but even before that men ate grapes,
and only within the last decade have
they been talked to about that It is
only since surgeons : began to make
money hunting for grape seeds in the
vermiform appendix that people have
been afraid to eat grapes and to eat
them straight j .
It now appears that, in all the thou
sands of cases famous, and possibly in
some cases infamous, in which this new
fashioned surgical operation has been
performed there is not one case in
which a grape seed or! any other little
bullet shaped thing has been found in
the vermiform appendix. The whole in
terior of the appendix Isonly big enough
to admit a medium sized darning needle.
Nobody knows what it is there for, but
it must have been useful at some time.
It is a case, of the survival of the unfit,
like the wisdom teethi which are of so
little use to most peopleand the ton
sils, which cause so much trouble now
and then. . j
Thetonsils and the appendix are
both unused parts of the body and pe
culiarly liable to disease because they
are not strengthened by use. If inflam
mation attacks them, they are unable to
resist .Thus many diseases which have
been ascribed, to peritonitis or colio or
a mysterious providence of some kind
have been due to the diseased condition
of this little useless organ of the human
system, and if the trouble had been dis
covered in time the appendix could have
been removed, and all would have been
welL ; .' . .
The remedy, therefore, is not in avoid
ing grape seeds, which do not cause the
trouble, but in keeping as well and as
strong as possible, and in case of sud
den illness calling a reliable doctor,
who will know what the matter is.
Somebody once said that most people
use a doctor to enable them to sin
against the laws of nature with impu
nity. But that is a bad use for virn
Washington Times. . I
The highest
tobaccos
i
good as
Every
knows there
- r, as
Tou will find
each two ounce
PIS
pons msiae each four ounce
bag of Elackweli's Durham.
Buy a bag of this cele
brated tobacco and read the
coupon which gives a list
of valuable
to get
Ladies' Bath Suits.
- IiADIES' UNDERWEAR,
ORGANDIES, WHITE GOODS, TRUNKS,
Gents' Furnishings and Notions.
MATTINGS I
. Ooe lot Brilliant'ne Bath 8nits sizes St to S3,
beaa.ual black, tiimmed with Braid, only S4 00.
One lot BriJliintine Bath Suits-sizes 84 to !8,
trimmed with solid white Brilliaonne bands, only S5.
One lot Brilliantine Bath Suits Siz-a 31 to 38, ele
gantly trimmed, beat quality, bay $6.00
One lot Flannel Bath Suits Nary Bine sizei S3 to
SSJoaly $3.C0. j
One lot Fla-nel Bith Suits, Navy Bine sizes 33 to
38,oaiy 4150 and S4.00. !
Bathing Cap 15 and 25 cents.
Sob marine Caps 50 cents.
50 dozen Ladies' Vesta, Low Neck and Sleeveless,
Taped and Bleached, only 10 cents each.
Lisle Threal Vests, beautiful quality, only 25 c a."
Organdies The greatest variety ever shown here at
SScyard. f
A. D. BROWN
Successor to BROWN & RODDICK, ,
IN"o. 29 IISToirtLtL
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irigi Pushing, Cutting Prices !
While tbe sun thioes the farmer
make hay. Just so with us. When the
flays are warm we sell oar Summer
Goods. We have had an elegant Spring
trade, bat adding two large stocks in
one makes as very mach over-stocked.
Our store is as full now as It should be
in October. We will very much need
the room, as we are now looking for-,
ward to the next season. Our Summer
Goods we are going to sell, and if prices
will talk, here they ro:
1,000 yards on hand of Checked and
Striped White Muslins at only 4c per yd.
1,600 yards of Colored Batiste at 4c
per yard.
Good many styles of dark and light
Challies to closeat 4c per yard. Strictly
all wool Challies, worth 15c, at 8c
Beautiful line of fine Silkohnes in
handsome styles, worth 12)f and 15c.
at 10c
Fine white Oreandy at 9, ,124, 15, 20.
25 acd 85c per yard.
Shirt Waist Silkg They were very
cheap at 25c. now I will sell at 20c.;
Drapery Silks worth 65c, bought of
R. M. Mclntire, now 40c.
Black Satin, slightly damaged, at 25c;
better quality and nice goods, strictly all
Silk, at 60c per yard, and on op to 85c,
1.00 and 1.85 per yard.
Geo. O.
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Bowden
Liliiia
water
From
Llthia Springs,Ga
Popular Prices.
BOWDIN LITHIA WATER is guaranteed to core all diseases of tbe Kid
ceys and Bladder, Rheumatism, T"""inia. Goat and Hervooa Dyspepsia. Posts.
Card brings illustrated pamphlet. ,
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Our Sparkling Tahiti Water Has no Equal. For Sale in Any Quantity By
BOVVDESM LITHIA SPRINGS CO.,
.mar 8 D&Wlv
ATLnSTIfi NATIONAL
We want your business, and will Make it to Your Interest to Deal with u&
Promptness, Accuracy and Safety Guaranteed.
NO1-INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS, i
J. W. NORWOOD, President. D. L. GORE. Vice President; W. C C0KEB
Jr.. 2nd Vice President. W. J. TOOMER. Cashier.
.IHayl4tb, 96. May 14tb,'9T
Deposits..... i $515,000
Surplus and Net Profits.. . ....v.... 58,900
Bills Payable and Re-discounts. . .. ! None.
Dividends paid 6 per cent, per anno m.
Last Instalment of Capital paid in October, 1892.
3De-poal303?a T-n
I The WUmiDgton Savings & Trnst Company
Will please call at the office of the Company and have iaterestetrtered
on pass-book for quarter ending June 1st. The Savings Bankhas paid its -depositors
in interest within the past year $9,269.20.
- Did you get any of that money ? If not, why ;not ?
Paid in Capital $25,000. 1 1 . Surplus $7,500.'
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job DPBi3sra?i3srGh.
BOOK BINDING AND RULIIMC.
The. Star Job Printing Office, Book Bindery and vRuiinc Rooms
Are Complete in Their Appointments.
EVERY VARIETY OF PRINTING, RULING AND BINDING DONE
! NEATLY, EXPEDITIOUSLY AND CHEAPLY.
claim for ot!her
is "Just as
V
'Durham."
old smoker
is none just
good as
one coupon inside
bag, and two cou
presents and how
them.
An endless vantty of, WHITE GOOD-- :,. .
Docks, prs-aodies Mulls, Dirties, India
Victoria lawns, Irish Linens, Ta let;ns, Nets,c. v
packing Trunks 36 a-.d 40 inches.
- I
A large; line of Gentlemen's Negiiete Shirts at -
each. , j . - ' '-c
Gentlemen's Gsoze Underwear 2o and 50
cents.
Richard Hndnm'i Toilet Requisites.
Smith and Angell's and Oayx EUck 'Ho;i ry fa
Ladies and Gentlemea, .
Aik to
see our French Gored Corsets.
1C0 Rolls Mattings just received at 20 to :H cts yard,
Phone
No.tOS.
r?oxit St.
' MATTING Since the tariff has betn
put cn Matting the prices are neces
sarily higher. But we still tell tbem
very low. We bave a beautiful -Matting
at 1SJ. 15, 20c and up to 30c per vard.
FLOOR OILCLOTH ANX RtTGS
Oil Cioth Att Squares, IK yards Equate
patterns at 50c per pattern. Beautiful
Oil Cloth Rues. 2 yards ioiie. for 60c
each. Hall Oil Cloth, 8-4 and 10-4 wide
best acd heaviest weights ior 30c per
tquare yard.
Track Carpet 2T5 inches wide, very
heavy quality, wcrth 35c, now 23c.
Very fine line of Carpet Remnants to
make Rugs of, 2 yards long, 36 inches
wide, strictly all wool, at 50c each.
A big line of Smyrna Rugs irom $1.00
to 3 50 each.
SHOES. SHOES Don't go bare
footed. Leather is cheaper than your -feet.
Men's heavy high 'cut Ties for
$1.00 per pair. Gentlemen's Calf Skin
high cut Tie for farmers at (1 65.
Men's Satin Calf, Congress and Lace
Shr.es. $1.00.
Our $1.25 Shoes are strictly all solid,,
made up nicely and warranted to give
satisfaction, and we consider big
value, v I
Yen will find us at 112North JFront ?
SL, opposite the Orton Hotej. f .
Gaylord, Prop,,
Of Wilmington's Big Racket Store.
til V-'XKA .
Si '
COHTAIHS MORE LITHIA
t ' ,
Titan Any Other Natural
mineral Water in tbe World. .
Tbe Only Known Solvent -
of Stone in the Bladder and Kidneys.
Dr. J. B. S. Holmes, ex-President Georgia State Medi
ca" ssociation, says: "Have used Bowden Llthia Water
expensively in bladder and kidney troubles, and the re
sults have been most gratifying'
W. A. Wakely, M. D., Auburn, N. Y., .says: "Have
obtained quick and satisfactory results in Chromi
Rheumatism and Blight's Disease."
174 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.
BANK, WILMINGTON, N. C.
$599,500
69,500
None.
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WM. H. BERNARD,
Proprietor, Wilmington, N. C.
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