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; - ' - - - -, J " - ' ' 11 " ' 1 '' ' ?' " I- ' ' .. ...... -, . ' - - . -. Ai-U'' V;'. Ci. -C - - I -.. . & as 11 1 . . Svr -' 1 I Cotton. Witri careful rotation of crops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. Tne application of a I proper ferti ler containing sufficient Pot ash often niakes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. Use fertilizers contain ing not lesi than 3 to 4 Actual Potash. Kainit is la. complete specific atrainst " Rust." Tn ... s.i..h th. mults of lu use by actual w J"' ZZTZ, thebe firm, in th. Unitod Stat. penment on , ""-J - V J. r d m tttadh. CEKMAN RAH . j -- HNMm St,NiwYab . sot 8 W6m "! " T1S9 MB DOOB NIGHT." r- list hPi0 mamma. ocase. list mc vwu V J M VW ' Night."- . ! . ' w M....t lnv with iuonr curll ca nAiBo. 'tween her sobs and tflWU J' ' tevs. 41 , , I said, "I can't kiss naughty girls. I led her to er snowy cot. "Peaic " mamma, pease," she sobbed .- again. L "I won't be naughty any more. I left her, all her pleadings vain. I had been reared in Spartan school, And deemed it duty to control, With rigid rule, nor even knew That Love with love should sway , . soul. ! . T htatd'her sob. mv Mother heart the With vearning filled to soothe and cheer, Yet 1 refrained, and In her sleep My "Baby still lay sobbing there. 'Twas midnight, when I felt a touch A fevered hand lay on my brow. Mv white-robed baby pleaded till. "Pease, tnamma.pease, I tan't s'eep now All through that agonizing night Delirious she moaned in pain, I The little broken heart still plead For kisses that I gave in vain, j At dawn the Angela hovered near:: She nestled close and smiled, and sai "I won't be naughty any more.". . And in my arms my baby lay dead. And" I am old; the passing years d. a Have brought no comfort In their flight, My heart still hears that sobbing cry, "Pease, mamma, pease, tiss me Pood , Night." - i . . , ; - " J .. . r i - I TAt Forum SUNDAY SELECTIONS. Learn as if you were to live for ever; live as if you were to die to-morrow. You cannot compel true obedi ence, for it is a matter of the heart and will. " v ,: I. ' . The beam of the benevolent eye giveih value to the bounty which the hand dispenses. ! . . Patience is not passive; on the contrary it i . active: it is concentrated strength. Queen of Routnania. I He who can iritate yon when he likes Is your master. , You hsd better 1 turn rebels by learning the virtue of pa . tience. . : j' - , '-. J Never expect women to be sin cere so long as they are educated j to .think that their first aim in life is to .please. MarieEschtnbach- ' There is botbing 'that makes men rich and strong, but that which they carry inside of their wealth is of the heart, not of the bead. John Mil- ' tof- i ' i : 1 As yon must inevitably keep company with yourself as Jong as you live, it is of consequence to you to make of yourself a pleasant, agceeable c)m panion. ... ; j "When Stanley macje his jour ney of 909 days across the continent of Africa, in the courss of 7.000 miles he ' never saw the face of a Christian, nor of a man who had had an opportunity to become one." j V Life is a building. ; It rises slowly, day qv dayr through the years. Every new leissn we learn lays a block on the edifice which is rising silently within us Every experience, every touch 01 anotber life on onrs, every in flaence that impressea us, every book we read, every conversation we have. every act ct our commonest davs, adds , ometl""!8' to tb invisible building. i-Since 1877 fully 300 missionaries . have entered Africa. In Uganda alone there are 200 churches and 50,000 Chris tians. At the town of Binza Monteke. vw natives came to Mr. Richards. 4he .missionary, and requested 'to be bap tized. He said they must first assemble their fetishes, idols, and stores of gin and destroy all in the market place. 1 And . they went forthwith and did it. Henry ..'"Ij happened to r..mark a little while ago, in the persons of Miss Bill more, that some presence carried their fondness for cycling to extreme lengths. I'd like to know what there was in that observation to cause her to turn red and say. 'Sit!'" I i "Great Scott! Don't you know? She is engaged to a young bicyclist nearly six and a hall feet high." Chicago Railroad Engineer Tastiflea'to Benefit Received From Dr. Miles' Remedies. no more responsible position on eartb taian that of a railroad engln eer. On bla steady nerves, cleaf brain bright eye and perfect self command, de pend the safety of the train and the Uvea of Its passengers. Dr. Miles1 Nervine and other remedies are especially adatoted to keeping the nerves steady, the brain clear ana the mental faculties unimpaired. Engineer P. W. McCoy, formerly of 1323 Broadway, Council Bluffs, but now residing . f at 3411 Humboldt St., Denver, writes that he sunorea ror years from conatlnatlon. e&na. Ing sick, nervous and bilious headaches and was fully restores to health by Dr. Miles' Nerre&LiYer Pills. I heartily recommend ut. miles- Kemecaes." Hi. Miles' Remedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money re funded. Book on dis VHelthy eases of the heart add a nerves free. Address, OR. MIXES MEDIOAIi CO.. Elkhart. Ind. na ird mtth a lanpioirns acna Changs, jaaaiaiv ,mtntk - TrHEKE Is the Little white wagon. The little white wagon was passing- by. . Can it be but an hour an hour ago Since Edith's prattle nurt me so -When it caught her wondering baby eye "Pltty w'lte wadon! Oh. seel" she saia. , "Took! Ponies tool Oh. how I w'u. I tould det up an wide on a wadon lite And my heart stopped, so. as I though of , her, dead! . . . j . . The Uttle white wagon was passing A sight , that la common enough, you No! Not No! No! Not till today- . Had I knon how it looks to a motnsrs With6 its white, false face to her black sf risl? rVcd Crushing her heart with its Jugger naut wheels. . tt Not till today had I thought how It To be'stabbed by the hush where a babe lies dead. The little white wagon was passing by. My Ood! Can it be but an houragoT How would the age long seconds now Into minutes unending were she to oier So 1 claip and love her as nver before. One thought, one hope. Is my frighted 1 ThatThe Uttle' white wagons may Still MY CABIN B0Y. " When I was about 40 years of age, I took command of the ship Petersham. We were bound to Liverpool, and nothing unusual happened until, the eighth day out, when we ran foul of a small iceberg. . My cabin boy was named Jack Withers. He was 14 years of age, and this was his first voyage. I fanoied that he was the most stubborn piece of humanity I had ever oorae across. I made up my mind that he bad never been properly governed and had resolved to break him in. t told him I'd curb bis temper before I'd done with him. In reply he told me I might kill him If I liked. One day, when IS was very near -noon, I spoke to him, telling him to bring up my qundrant. He was looking over the quarter rail, and I knew he did not hear me. But the next time I spoke I spoke sharply and intimated that if be didn't move I would help him. ,' "I didn't hear you, '.' he said In an inde pendent tone. "No words," said X ' I suppose I can speak, " he retorted, moving slowly toward the companionway. His looks, words and the alow, careless manner in which he moved fired me In a moment. I grasped him by the collar. 'Speak to me attain like that and I'll flog you within an ace of your life," said L You can flog away," be answerea as firm as a rock. , And I did flog him. I caught up the end of a rope and beat him till my arm fairly ached. But he never Winced. How's that?" said I. There's a little more life in me yet. You'd better flog it out,'ywas the reply. And I beat him again. I beat him tui he sank from my hand to the floor. I sent one of the men for my quadrant, but when it came and I had adjusted it for observation I found that the sun had already passed the meridian and that I was too lata ... I This added fuel to the fire of my mad ness, and seizing tne iaa Dy tneooiiar led him to the main hatchway and had the hatch taken off . I thrust him down and swore I Would keep him there till his stubbornness was broken. About 9 o'clock I went to the hatchway and called to him. But he returned no answer. ' So I closed the hatch and went away. An hour alterwara I went again; still no answer. I did not trouble him again until next -morning. After breakfast I went to the hatchway and called 4o him once more. I heard nothing from him, nor could I see him. Yet the men told me they had heard him that very morning. He seemed to be calling on them for help. But he Would not answer me. I meant to break nun In to It. Hell beg before he'll starve," I thought, and so determined to let him stay there. . The day passed away, and when evening came I began to be startled. He had beeni in the hold 88 hours, and 40 hours without food or drink. He must be too weak , to cry out now. ' ' So at length I made np my mind to go and see him. A little way forward I saw a space where Jack might easily have gone down, and to this point I crawled on my hands and xnees. . I called out there, but could get no answer. A short distance farther was a wide, space, whloh I had entirely forgotten, but which I now re member bad been left open on account of a break in the flooring of the hold, which would let anything that might have been! stored there rest directly on the thin plank ing of the ship. 1 beard the splashing of water, and thought I could detect a sound like tbe in coming of a tiny jet or stream. At first I could see nothing, but as soon as I became used to the dim light I could distinguish the faint outlines of the boy eitting on the broken floor, with his feet stretched out against a cask. Jack, are you theref" - Yes. Help me I For mercy's sake, help met Bring men and bring a lantern. The ship has sprung a leak 1" I waited to hear no more, but hurried on deck at onoe and soon returned with a lan tern and three men. Three of the timbers were worm eaten to the very heart, and one of tbe outer planks had been broken and would have burst in any moment the boy might leave it the boy whose feet were braced against tbe plank before him.- I saw the plank must burst the moment tbe strain was removed from it, so I made the men brace, themselves against it before I lifted him up. Other men were called down, with planks, etc., and after much difficulty we finally succeeded in stopping the leak and averting the danger. .Jack Withers was carried to tbe cabin in my own arms, and there be managed to tell bis story. He had sat with bis feet braced for four and twenty hours with the water spurting an over him and drenching him to the skin.: His limbs were racked with pain, but he would not give up, I nursed him With feav or nursed Elm all through Lis delirium and when his reason returned and he could sit np ana taiK i numDiy asxea nia pardon for all the wrong I had done him. He t! bis arms around my neck and told me If I would be good to him he would never give cause of offense. . He added as he sat ut again : " I am not a coward. I could not be a dog: " . f During nine years I have sailed in three different ships with the same crew. Not a man could be hired to leave me save for an officer's berth. And Jack Withers remain ed with me 13 years. London News. A Friendly Art Criticism. A neat little correspondence took place between David Roberts, the artist, and! a. friendly art critlo with whom he had been in tbe habit of hobnobbing. - Roberts had painted a number of pictures into which he put all his genitisand upon placing them on exhibition, much to his surprise and mortification, his friend, tbe oritio, severely attacked them. In due time, how-, ever, ar note arrived: My Dub Roberts You have doubtless read tny remarks upon your pictures. I hope they wm maae no auierenoe in oar friendship. x ours, eta. - This had a tendency to slightly increase the painter's wrath, and he pouched the following: . ; ; j . Mr Dbab : Tbe next time I meet rou I shall pull your nose. I hope it will make no oinerenoe in our friendship. Yours, I D. KOBIRTB. It is not recorded whether they met aft erward, but It is safe to say those erstwhile mends hobnobbed no more. Strand Mag azine. . . i Olrls, arn to Keep House. ' .Tbe girl who takes as much nrlda in learning to dust 'a room tnonerlT aa aha does In learn In or to draw, who hmlln a steak with the same nicety she embroiders a rosebud, "who makes coffee as carefully as she crochets, Is the girl who will make the economical, cheery wife, loving moth er and delightful companion. It Is not a crime to snow how to keep house. Every girt expects o nave a nome oi her own some day, yet the girl and her mother each act as though there was no such thing as BBxvanuess name, ana victuals grew on bushes, ready for the picking. When girls now scanaaionalv divorces bavel In. cwsea in the last six years, perhaps they will heed the lesson these unhappy holmes ceaon and study human nature and home relations a little more. Detroit Tribune. your house if you "wish it to dc JNo extrg. time; work or monekr : needed. Instead, about half as much time, work and money as you now ?Awitf tn keeuinc iepmg m used for cleaning purposes is the secret of ' clean, neat house-keeping, ried and worried. Sold everywhere. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. 1 Chicago, St. Iuis, New York, Boston, fmiaaeipma. w ' 1 ' : at i.a-r . - High Grade Fertilizers. TO INSURE A GOOD SMALL GRAIN, RELIABLE, HIGH MANUFACTURED BY IPO W JUIRS, C3 ' i WILMINGTON, N. C. j . ; The Lealimt Manufacturers of Fertilizers in foe' Sonti Increased Salesjfbr 189ff Fiftv Per Cent j i : No expense spared In the Manufacture i , jvLaienais uscu , For further information see the bulletins for years past, i .- . . ; follow. Correspondence invited j BUSINESS LOCALS- NontBS For Hast or Sale, Mat and Found Want, and other abort miiceDaiieona advertlaeaienta eant DBT takes for leas than SO cants, laadvaacs. frerms poaitivaly cash Banaaat. Aoul i. ' Fin, ' Dates, Lcmom, Oranges, Peanut, Caket and Cracien, Nuts, Candies of all kinds. These are araie of the things I offer for ile. Prices inre to please. A. S. Winitead. 115 North Second street. je 27 tt Blereles-m $45, w, $55, $60. $75. $iw Colrmbiai and Hattfordi. Chas. M. Wbitlock. je S7 3t an toe thi SLlfiameD Cor California Wines: $100 per! month and expenses: chance for advance; commifsion if pre I erred. Addicts, inclosing self-addressed envelope, W. A. Vandercosk Co., San Francisco. Cal. je878 Tbe Linens, Percales and Organdies expected hsve posiuTelf arrrred. . A large drive is Dimities; also Valenciennes, Edgings and Embroideries at J. J. Shepard's, 13 Market street. je Mtf For ! 8stle The Cottage on Caro in Beach known as the Castle, Six rooms. Com over $1,00?. Win be sold cheap. D. O'Connor, Real Estate Agent, i je 11 tf i Watermelons Received this a. m. car load Melons. Will be doted oat at wholesa'e and retail foot of Dock street. W. J. Kirkhun Co.! je 10 tf , ' 1 I Prlet to sait the hard times. Fine Candies, Ice Cream and Fresh Fruits can be had at (Andrew Mavronichols', 706 North Fourth street. Orders left Saturday for Ice Cream delivered Sandav. Bell 'Phone 846. mySOtf M. C. Benson, Produce Commission Merchant, No 6 South Water street, solicits consign menu of all kinds of prod nee. Beet Cattle, Milch Cows and MnttoS a specialty. mylStf Ladles drop mi a Postal to 906 Princess street. I will come to your residence and see if your! Sewing Machine needs any rep i lis. Furniture repaired also. 18 years experience. J. B. Farrar. my 11 8m ; 1 Hay Timothy Hay, mixed Clover Kay, Prairie Hay, Straw, Grain and all kinds of mixed! feed for horses and cattle. Jno. 8. Mclachers , 811 Mar ket St. Telephone 9S. marlStf . . 1 w Harass, P. Km., aas la smcs bagglss, read Carts ssd harness of sU kinds. Repairiag; done by sunfal workmea on short nedes. Opposite as CWTtWw -I Cll STOYES AND RAH GES, OIL STOVES, i . . . : Gasolene Stoves. In fact anything you want for the kiicben. i I am adding the above line to my complete stock of . HARDWARE, TINWARE - and . ' Agricnltnral Implements and will carry a line second 'to pone in quality, at the very lowest prices. Have secured the services of T. L. Breckeni idee 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. I Can furnish repairs for all kinds of Stoves. J. W. Murchison, Orton Building. ieS4tf 5,000 Pounds .WOOL, '., 3,000 Pounds BEESWAX. -2,000 Pounds COW HIDES. Highest cash prices paid. Quo tations furnished on request. SAIX'L BEAB, Sr., Market St., Wilmington, N. C my 88 tf . , , . . . ;t . Little Trotter. 1,000 lbs. Little Trotter Tobacco 1,300 lbs. Big 4 Tobacco! 800 lbs. Magic City Tobacco. 700 lbs. Queen Esther (Tobacco 500 lbs. Red Coon Tobacco. -900 lbs. Rob Roy Tobacco. ' 800 lbs. Honest Boy Tobacco. 1,000 lbs. Mahogany Tobacco. 7. B. C00PEB, Je 87 D&W tf 898 North Water St, Wanted L it half-clean. Washing 111 Powder. of never being hur t)F TOBACCO, COTTON.JTRUCKJOR USB ONLY GRADE FERTILIZERS, .!!.. '.I j' If, - XBBS Sc GO,, ; ' i .... : : ,'i ) It.' of Goods. Nothing butFirst-ClaSs We lead, : 1 :f. others X Jan 17 tf We call special attention to our pretty White Kid Opera Slippers, with Beaded Satin Bows for Ladies at SI, usually sold at SI 25. 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 I our stock and buy and wear our SHOES. Respectfully, i i MERCER & i EVANS. 63 steps east from corner Front and Princess Sts. - Je 6 tf To Any M-CatMc in KortH Carolina, ONLY TEN CENTS PER ANNUM. To any non Catholic in North Carolina we will send for only ten cents per annum, "Truth," a Catholic magazine devoted to giving trux Explanations of the Catholic Church, that is of tbe Catholic Cburcn as it is. not ' as caricatured and misrepre sented. Address, "TRUTH, i r Raleigh, N. C : R? v. Thos.T. Price,' Manager. my S tf ; - D4W - ; Water Ground Ileal. - A fresh lot of Water Ground Meal just received, v H I Flour of all grades.! Corn, Oats, Hay and Bran. -Nails, Hoop Iron, Bungs and Glue. CoffeeSugar and Spices. Cigars, Cigarettes and To bacco. A full line of standard Drugs. The above goods are for sale at j I "r D. L. GORE'S, ! je 17 tf ' 120. 122 and 121 North Water St. Tbe Seashore Hotel j OCEAN VIEW BEACH, I i . - i is oBEisr FOR THE RECEPTI0K OF GUESTS. Fronts on the broad Atlantic and Is without a superior. I Newly equip ped and furnished.; Wide verandas encircling it. Excellent bathlngia- cilities. Yachts for fishing and sail ing. Write for particulars to GEO. CAMPBELL, Proprietor. jeSSP&Wtf Hall St Pearsall Invite the attention of the trade to their large stock of Groceries Provisions Farmers anH Distill6rs Snplies: Samples and quotations cheerfully sent f ' A i: ' Nutt and Mulberry street!. ap iow tf?..- The Sampson Democrat. Pnbllslaed Evsry, Thursday. LX BETHUM of aid ProjV SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year $1: Six Months 50c It payS business men ' toj advertise n it. i Rates and sample copies f ur nlshed upon application. j Address . j.: ;. : j-.v-; r The Sampson Democrat, feb lGtf CLINTON. N. C. R. E Stone & Co , yTLMINGTOK, H. C., HEADQUARTIR8 for anything yon want in tbe Grocery line. One carrload Water Gronnd Heal, t One car-load of each Assorted Floor. BOO bales Timothy Hay. One car load Cora, bend as your orders,' jeSOtf I,o.7 SOUTH WATIR ST. 'I ' ' j SMOGS j; ' ;'.,' Aassaskasv. ftULC OF f ftAVELi A Mother's Adrlee to Her DadghteT : euajnTaeeiaa; am Two women stood on the deck of a great ocean liner and weie plain- ly absorbed in the emotions of a first parting. One of them was gray , haired and high bred, and the girl who stood by her was her daugnter beyond a doubt. There seemed no. difference Between tnem oeyona 25 years that separated them in age. BothVere crying quietly. The girl held a bunch df flowers in one hand - . , as i1 ? From a distance a party or ineir friends watched, them for a moment and then, turning away, pointedly iirnored the scene which it seemed a -violation of "confidence to interrupt. The mother, talking in a low tone, had been chiefly occupied in giving the girl advice as to her conduct on the trip and her duties to the friends who were to chaperon her. It was a first parting between mother and fUno-hter. Theirirr had to observe. a great many . rules, which would never have troubled one not of tne rich and prominent. . ' The mother had tenderly gone through a list "of suggestions, and the girl had listened to them with her arm f about her mother's neck. The first bell ; sounded and warned the mother that little time was left. "And. dearest Celia," she said as the girl dreWjfcloser to her, "the most important thing of all I have not told you yet (You are going to Europe for the - first time, and you won't have me near you. . Tnere-are lots of things that -a girl has to think about, and I don't want you to forget this one.. It shows more plainly than anything else I know of the real traveler's spirit. To pos sess it shows that you have nottrav-. eled in vain, but have learned some thing of the broad views that travel brings. You must never fail to find out in each place what has been seen by the people you may happen to meet only the sort of people you would meet at home, my dear, re member that. If they have omitted something that you have seen, don't fail to say that really the town is scarcely worth visiting unless one sees that particular object You should, say it dearest with some show of regret, such as, 'Now, that's too bad,' or, 'I'm really sorry that you didn't happen to see it' But don't fail to be decided about' it If they!ve been to Paris and omitted the catacombs, say that of all the things in Paris the catacombs are qmte the most interesting. If they've been inNuremberg and missed the rose ! garden1, tell them that there is nothing elsVin Nuremberg half so interesting. When they have miss ed the green vaults in Dresden, as sure them that of all the city offers nothing else is half bo beautiful. You can easily learn from these few examples just how to act about ev ery place. But, my a ear, rememper this, say it to them as quickly as you possibly canJ Otherwise they 11 say it to you, and, my child, 1 couldn't stand that, with you far away from me in Europe. You'll re member now. -darling, what I've told you"? Goodby." For a moment the mother and child were wrapped in a close em brace ; then the gong sent the visit ors hurrying down the gangplank. The ship moved slowly out into the middle of the stream, and as it turn ed to go down the bay the parties on tne pier waisea towara tne street "To think of Celia- going away like that" said.the weeping mother to her husband. "I don't see how we ever could have consented to it But I gave her all the good advice she needed. Besides, Celia is a sensi ble girL and I think she'll do what I told her." New York Sun. Anotber Office. An apt and witty retort was that made to the colonel of a regiment on - one occasion Dy an oia uuaKer aunt, to whom he was complaining. He was an unpopular officer, filled with a sense of his own importance and most overbearing in his man ner to his inferior officers, who dis liked him heartily in return and in conseauence sruruea . tneir auaes whenever opportunity offered. - ."I have a most unsatisfactory set of men under me," complained the young man, standing before the lit tle old Quaker lady m a pompous attitude. Tam practically forced to do all the work which should be done . by them a ! great part of the time. I am my own major, my own lieutenant, my own ensign, my own sergeant- 1 ' He stopped and frowned down up on his listener. "And thee is thine own trumpeter also, William, I fear," said the old lady, with a twinkle in her eye. Youth's Companion. CUSTOMS IN BELGIUM. Oddities In Home Ufa and Dress That i Startled aa English Woman. Breakfast in Belgium proceeds in courses, with a change or plates at each service, but not a change of knives and forks. These implements must be used through successive courses, however dissimilar, resting between whiles oh glass or silver holders, placed beside each cover. The holders, alas, I often forgot to. employ, sending my knife and fork out on my plate,' to the maid's con fusion and my own dismay. Aji English woman, long resident-in Brussels, in yited me to dinner with tbe cheering assurance: "We are English, not Bel gian, in our ways, we change the knives and forks. ' ' Meats and the fruits to which we are accustomed are dear in Belgium, bat xanJree products grace many tables. - "I don't know what we should do without your beef extracts for sauces and. your California tinned fruits," observed my hostess at a charm Ing breakfast. "Feel at home," said another lady pleasantly. "Here is some manse pea. AS uer pronunciation ana the dish itself a so called mince pie- resembled nothing familiar to my ear tr vision l was oamed lor the moment as to the nature of .her kind intentions. If I visited a weaving school at 8 in the morning, when all the men were yet in that startling home undress which prevails in some households be fore the formal dejeuner, the wife of the weaving master would press me, ' tPrenez quelque chose, je vous en prie, mademoiselle. " I called early one day on a secretary at Gharleroi, withjwhom I had business, hearing that he was about to leave town. He was out on the street. "But he can't have gone far,1' protested his son, "for be hasn't dress ed himself yet." Which alarming state ment proved too true, as I soon discov ered when an apparition appeared tm the threshold,- unwashed uncombed, with overcoat and neckhandkerchief by no meanscpncealhig the unmistakable loose nigbtrobe beneath. 86 suggestive was the spectacle that, declining the unembarrassed entreaties of anonsieur's spouse, " tray take something, maw mdiselle, " I dispatched my inquiries and fled. Clare de Graffennea m uar- per's Magazine. " . ; A DRUGGIST'S YARN. "Iam still a vounar man. though my balr is almost whlto,'? he said when he aft last consented to relate a few of bis ex periences for The Post, i "But the drug business is In many ways a ixying ona often wake in the. night dreaming that 1 have poisoned some unfortunate by mis take. When I first begap to compound prescriptions, I was very nervous about the components, and would look at a noma several times before using its contents, and when finished would go; all over them to make sure that I was oorrect. ; Upon one occasion I became so anxious that, having carefully prepared a prescription and given It to a lady, 1 hastened alter ner ana cook away the bottle under the pretext that it was the wrong one, and throwing It out of the window I made up the medicine all over again. Well, well, that was over long ago. 1 ht'lleve it would have suiea me n x had made a mistake. But I never dia. do I gradually became more oonfldent, and now r.iy own nerves, as well as dangerous drugs,! are under my control. Yes.; A man In my calling does horn a good many secrets in his keeping. I fancy that has helped to age me. The problem of ono's own individual existence Is a suf ficient tax on the mentality without plung ing into the, great maelstrom" of human life."; ) Do you ever feel your collection of oth er people's skeletons to be a dangerous as well as a heavy burdenT" 'No," he answered, rx never think of. that except perhaps in my dreams. No doubt there are a number of irreproachable ladles and gentlemen who will sigh with relief when they see my namd In tbe death column. Nevertheless this Is a civilized country and man is a creature of habit. 'I : began life as a physician, fie con tinucd, "but I bad neither capital nor in-r fiuence, and so came to grief. 1 then took a situation as a drug clerk, in which capac itv I managed to save enough after a few years to take a small store on the out skirts of the city and set up for myself. It was at this period of my life that tbe ex periences I am about to relate occurred, ' 'The nricJfborhooa whore l louna my self was semifashionable, and I did fairly well.r The first scene In one of the most in teresting real life dramas I have ever wit nessed took place on a lovely June even ln. ! r -. ' ' ' V 'A beautiful boy, apparently about is or 19 years of age, entered my shop and asked me to sell him a very small quantity of an extremely Insidious poison. . 'I want it to mix up witn Eome other stuff to kill insects,' he explained, with a sweet smile. 'I'll take out a patent some day and make my fortune I'm no end of a chemist.' - 'He wanted so little of the drug that I could see no harm in giving it to him. While I was wrapping the tiny parcel I looked curiously at my customer, for it is seldom you see so beautiful a youth. Tbero was something odd about his expression. When he smiled, his shapely lips parted over rows of pearly teeth, but though the lines aDou ms moum were sweet, no enecs was not 1 altogether pleasant, because his eyes widened suddenly and shot out a tiger ish gleam, half mocking, half cruel, that was as extraordinary as It was transitory. But the peculiarity that struck me most forcibly was the small, well poised head apd the delicacy of the profile of the tiny, shell-like ear, as be stood outlined against the Ted sunset light that Sowed through my western window. 1 also observed a mole that set off tbe whiteness of his throat about half way to his low collar. " Well, it was a number of days before I could get that pretty boy out of my bead On the third morning I read in the papers an account of the sudden death (probably of heart failure) of a prominent gentleman who had recently taken up his residence in the city. The reporter who wrote up the tragedy told pathetically about the grief of the young widow, who had been devoted to her husband, despite the foot that he was a good many years her senior. "It was quite by accident that I went to the inquest. A friend of mine, happening in, asaed me to accompany him, and for want of .better employment I went. "The afternoon was waning when the beautiful young widow took the stand to testify. A murmur of sympathy and ad miration greeted her as she made her an swers in a low, sweet voice. As she spoke the ghost of forgotten musio seemed to fill. the room. I was strangely reminded of ' I could not tell just what. The coroner spoke a few words of condolence and regret that he should be forced to qnestion her. As he did eo a faint suggestion of a smile flitted across her lips, and at the same time her eyes widened and a gleam shot forth, as though the blinds that guarded those windows of her soul had been for a moment raised, disclosing the inward lire. The ex pression was gone in a breath, but my heart waslseating rapidly, for the illusive memory had come over me more strongly than before. 'Who was this woman, and of what did she remind mer I asked my self. My question was almost miraculously answered, for just then the sun, which had been behind clouds all day, made up his mind to show his countenance for a space before retiring, and, suddenly emerging, Ut the sky gloriously, throwing his beams full upon the western window, against which the black robed figure of the young widow stood outlined. "This association of ideas was sufficient. Whether without It I should ever have rec ognized her I cannot say. but I saw it all then. . The delicate profile, which was turn ed toward me, the well poised head and pretty, tiny ear, even the mole became vis ible as she raised her chin in replying rath er haughtily to some inquiry. "Afterward I made private investiga tions among my business confreres and succeeded In finding two who remembered being visited by a beautiful boy on a cer tain lovely night In June. From each he had purchased an infinitesimal quantity of a particularly insidious drug used to kill insects and other things." "Bid no one else suspect her?" i i'lf they did, they never made their bus picions public," he replied. "If half of the crimes committed in this desperate old world, came to light, the. criminologists Would be forced to the conclusion that only the good people are abnormal. ' ' Washing ton Post. " : Numbering; Bank Notes. All United States bank notes are printed in. sheets of four of one de nomination cm each sheet and . are numbered and lettered twice. All notes of which the number when di vided by four shows a remainder of one have a letter A upon them ; the remainder of two, the letter B; of thrqe, the letter C, and those which nave no remainder tne letter D. Ladies' Home Journal. f Infant Prodlsles. " Tom's Wife My baby's only year old,.and it can say "a b, cV Jack's Wife Why, my baby has got raueh farther on in the alphabet than tnat It can say "o 1'f Phila delphia .tresa j I - He Got Ont. It is related of the late General Pleas- onton that one night while he was in a Washington saloon a man entered and began to attack the character and cour age of the Confederate soldiers. Pleas anton gave a start of surprise as he reo . ognized the man and asked if he remem bered him. The stranger said be did not, whereupon the general said: "I am Alfred Pleasonton. I had you drummed out of my camp for cowardice before Antietam. Get ont of this place, Birl" The man hung his "bead and hurried out" ..; . . . s ,. j Slsuiderecl Him, "So many people tell me that you are fast, Lionel," she declared in dulcet tones, "but I know better." "How good of you!" It's only the truth, Lionel,' for you are positively glow. It's two years since you began devoting yourself to me, and yet you have not reached a definite proposal. " Detroit Free Press. , ' WTp: andtwocouponsinsidoc-aeh- -" ..lm---rmmlSm celebrated tobacco and reuj BUTTHEJ!':KliiiP tbe couPOn-,vhich civ ' ' E ' ' .,ai"1'::-iillii "t of valuable preseuu and 1 . ' REMNANTS! This week will be devoted to remnants. We believe it will pay you to examine them. AH Wool Extra Super Two-ply Carpeting at 45c per yard They are in a variety of lengths. ! ' - All 8-Wire Tapestry Carpeting at 50c Per yard. These .goods make fsp'endid Rugs. All IQ-Wire Tapestry ; Carpeting at 55c Yard. All Velvets and Body Brussels at 80c r'ard. . ,( One lot Cotton Chain and Union Carpeting, yard wide, 15 to 30c yard One lot Silkalines and Jap Crepes. in lengths for Pillows and Manti. Draperies at e$c yard. -Regular 12$c Odds and ends in Cretons, Uphohtery Damask, Denims and Muslins regardless of cost. 1 , One lot Ladies' Vests, Unbleached, at 4c each. - i ' Remnants of Matting We must get theta out of the way at any price. A special lot of Table Covers at a special price. Poitiers U vardc long, 60 inches wide, at $2 75 pair. PHONE No. 102; I 4 A. D. BROWN, i Successor to BROWN & RODDICK. : je 27 tf ' . ,' r' ' Hustling, Pushing, (Jutting Prices! While! the sua shines tbe farmer makes nay. Just so with ns, when the days are warm we sell oar Samaver Goods. We have had an elegant Spring trade, bat addicg two large stocks In one makes ns veiy much over-stocked. Oar store is as fall 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. Oar Summer Goods we are going to sell, and if prices will talk, here they go: 1.000 vards on band of. Checked and Striped White Muslins at only 4c per yd. 1,600 yards ot roiored Batiste at 4Kc per yard. (jood many styles of dark and light Challies to closest 4d per yard. Strictly! all wool Challies, worth 16c at 8c Beaatunl line of fine Silkohnes in handsome styles, worth 12 and 15c at 10c Fine white Organdy at 9.J.2W, 15, SO. 25 acd 85c per yard. ' . Shirt 1 Waist Sake 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 bilk, at 60c per yard, and on np to 83c, fi.oo and 1.25 per yard. 1 Ceo. O. je 20 tf ' j . ATLANTIC NATIONAL We want your business, and will Make it to Your Interest to Deal withns. Promptness, Accuracy and Safety Guaranteed. . NO INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS. : ' J. W. NORWOOD. President. D. L. Jr.. 2nd Vice President. 41 Deposits Surplus and Net Profits.......,... Bills Payable and Re-discounts ! Dividends paid 6 per cent, per annum. Last Instalment of Capital paid in October, 1892. j Depoaitora T-n The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company Will please call at tfie 6ffice of the ComDauv and have interest entered on pass-book for quarter ending June 1st. - The Savings Bank has paid its depositors in interest within the past year $9,269.20. !, .una you get any ot tnat money Paid in Capital $25,000. je 13 tf suits have been From W. A. Wakelv. Llthla Springs,Ga, obtained quick Bowden Litbia water Popular Prices. .... Rheumatism and Brlght's Disease." BOWDIN UTHIA WATER ii ruruneed to care all diseases oi, the K ceys and Bladder, Rhenmstism, Insomnia. Goat and Nervoui Dyepepu Card brinajs illastrated pamphlet. : Our SparUlng Tabl .Water Has no Equal. For Sale In Any Quantity By , BOWDEN LITHIA SPRIWCS CO., mar 8 D&W ly j - I 174 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga, BOOK BINDIIUC AND RULING. The Star Job Printing Office, Book Binderv and Ruling Rooms ) 1 -. Are Complete in Their Appointments. EVERY VARIETY OF PRINTING, RULING AND BINDING DONE ' NEATLY, EXPEDITIOUSLY AND CHEAPLY. ;.!' '.:"t-rr-ar .,srr-- -w- -- -r- t i f quality. . MATTING Since tbe tariff faai been put on Matting tbe prices are necei. sarily higher. But we still tell them very lew.. We have a beautiful Matting ' at 12Jf . 15, 20s and up to 80c per vard. FLOOR OIL CLOTH AN DRUGS Oil Clotb Art Squares, 14 yards square ' patterns at 60c per pattern. Beautiful Oil Clotb Roes. 2 yards lone, for 60c each. Hall Oil Clotb. 8-4 and 10-4 wide, best and heaviest weights for 30c per square yard. Track Carpet 27 inches wide, very heavy quality, worth 85c, now 23c. Very fine line of Carpet Remnants to make Rugs of, 2 yards long, 36 inches wide; strictly all wool, at 60c each. A big line of Smyrna Rurs trom ftl.00 to 3 50 each. SHOES, ? SHOES Don't ro bare footed. Leather is cheaper than your feet. Men's heavy high cut Ties for $1.00 per pair. Gentttmen's Calf Skin high cnt Tie for farmers at (1.65. . Men's Satin Calf, Congress and Lace Sbces. 1 00. Our $1 25 Shoes are strictly all, solid, made np nicely and warranted to give satisfaction,' and we consider, big value. j ' : Yon will find us at 112 North Front St, opposite the Orton Hotel. j Gaylordj Prop,, Of Wilmington's Big Racket Store. BANK, WILMINGTON, N. C. GORE. Vice President- W. C COKEE W. J. TOOMEB, Cashier. May 14tb, '96. May 14th, '9T $515,000 $599,500 . r 69,500 None. jel3tf .;..'. 58,900 None. i If not, why not ? f . i Surplus $7,500. CONTAINS MORE' LITHIA . Tfcan Any Other Natnrml Bllnerml Water In ttte World. ' Tbe Only Known Solvent . of Stone in the Bladder and Kidneys. tf r. J. B. S. Holmes, ex-President Georgia State -Me ca' ssociation, says: "Have used Bowden Litfiia Water ex-cnslvely In bladder and kidney troubles, and the re- most gratifying," M. D Anhnrn. N. Y.. savs: "Have ChromJ and satisfactory results in N.C Proprietor, Wilmington,