oihor's Friond
is a liniment for expectant mothers
to use externally. It softens the muscles
and causes them to expand without dis
comfort. If used during most of the period
of pregnancy there will be no mprning
sickness, no rising breasts, no headache
When baby is bom there will be little
min, no danger, and labor will be short
and easy, fl a bottle at druggists.
Send for a Freb copy of our illustrated
book about Mother's Fribhd.
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THE IrlTTLB HOUSE, '
The little home is mcdest. and tii bid
den b? tbe branches
Of the sheltering trees that hover o'er
- iti roof to old and brown.
And the sanihlne streams upon it in a
', ' t golden flood of glory,
: Like a flicker of God's eyelid, sending
benedictions down.
Tbe flowers grow about it, fragrant vio
lets and roses,
And the sparrows chirp and twitter,
making music in the eaves,
The morning glories clamber all around
its doors and porches,
And the honeysuckle 'round the gate
fragrant garland weaves.1 ' ,
, In its prim., old fashioned garden, dear
old f ishioned blooms tun riot,
There the hollyhocks stand stiffly and
sedately in a row.
' There the pink and the sweet william,
and the larkspur and the lilac.
Shed their spicy odors on the air when
summer winds are low.
.When our feet are worn with walking on
the rocky roads of travel.
Thro' the Citv of Confusion, down the
Vales ot Toil and Care,
When our only prayer is for that peace
tbe world can tfever give ns,
O, our bruised hearts, and stricken,
will be sure to find it there.
When at last we reach the pathway that
leads upward to its threshold,
When we gain its sacred portal by a
long and weary route,
We will And tbe gate wide open to give
welcome to the wanderer, '
And the door is ever ready with the.
latchstring hanging out. ?
We may linger in the mazes of the City
of Confusion, " f
Thro' the "palaces of pleasure" we
; may long have wished to roam,
Bat our steps will soon tarn backward
to the brown and gnailed roof tree
Where love's beacon light is shining
for the little bouse is home.
New Orleans Picayune.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
How many people there are
who are t ready to do good; bat the
trouble is to get them to make a start.
. One of the highest of spiritual
luxuries js the enjoyment of pure and
exhilarating and sublime thoughts.
Cuyler. -
I have sped over, much land
and sea, and mingled with much people,
but never yet could find a spot unsunned
by human kindness. Tupper. i -
Lost, yesterday, somewhere be
tween sunrise and sunset, two golden
hours, each set. with sixty 'diamond
, minutes. No reward is offered; for they
ar gone forever. Horace Mann. .
It is when great truths have
struck great men that great movements
have started forth. Every truth of wbat-
ever size has breezes for mental sal's
whenever they are unfurled. Tilden
Suffered 20 Years.
TBT if ES. MART LEWIS, wife of a promt-
J wl nent farmer, and well known by all
old residents near Belmont, N. Y
writes: "For twenty-seven years I had been,
a constant sufferer from nervous prostra
tion, and paid large sums of money for doc
tors and advertised remedies without bene
fit.' Three years ago) my , condition was
alarming; the least noise would startle and
unnerve me. I was unable to sleep, bad a
number of sinking spells and slowly grew
worse. I began using Dr. Miles Restorative
Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills. At first
the medicine seemed to have no effect, but
after taking a few bottles I began" to notice
' a change; I rested better at night, my appe
tite began to Improve and I rapidly grew
better, until how I am as nearly restored
to health as one of my age may expect. God
bless Dr.Mlles'Nervlne."
Dr. Miles' Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle :
benefits or money re
funded. Book on dis
eases of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
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nervine!
Torej
HeaKhV
DR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
Q D I r 1 A I weakness easily cured by
OrllIMsL Dr. Miles' Nerve Plaators.
No morphine or opium in Dr. If ilea's Pa Put
Cu AU Pain. . "One cent a dosa."
' For sale by all Druggists, Chang.
Inoa IK 1 i . a m tb
Liverpool and American
Any weight sacks, coase or fine,
fresh packing. A large stock '
Bagging and Ties,
which we! offer af lowest market
' " prices; j';
Groceries
in quantities sufficient to fill orders
promptly. Correspondence solicited.
Hall Pearsall,
' .Nuttand Mulberry streets.
an 10DW ti T.
Wlo 7ants to Bay ?
2,000 Bushel Corn.
800 Boxes Tobacco (great bargain Y
400 cases Starch (Celluloid & LnmnV
300 Boxes Soap (Toilet & Laundry).
100 Barrels Pocket Salt.
125 doz. Mexican Mustang Liniment.
All ot these going with sucks of
other goods not mentioned at a
. close margin. I ask buyers to get
my prices. D. L. GORE,
Wholesale Grocer.
Wilmington, N. C. aoSS tf
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$6c gtttcclvlu jSlat.
. l'0 A COQUETTE.
' Her wit is like some diamond bright
. Wherein rare powers combing
Tis brilliant as a flush of light;
J 'Twill cat m well as thine.
Htr eyos are like her wit, I awearj
TJ:y also play rare part,
And love holds brilliant jewels there
- To gild or pierce our hearts.
Blii ralifas a queen In fashion's oonrt,
Ji;.t vidoia breathes: "Beware! (
A sLaiturt'd heart is not my forte.
And prudence sighs,. "Take oarel
Alas I alas I She's too refined ;
Her arts too fair I've found.
Bor wit and charms are n11 ealRned
' To dazzle and to wound. " ' '
8o, lovely lady, we must part.
Twcro vafn in meto try
To keep thy hollow, fickle heart
I give it up I Ooodbyl
-Larry Cbittcndon, "Poet Banchnian,
"Toxaa (Sifter. - :
MILK A NUTRITIVE.
In
A Medical Man Who Existed For Thirty
Days on Sweet Milk. ,
A medical man expresses the belief that
n person could live for any longth of time
and take lieu vy exercise all the while on no
other food than sweet milk. His convic
tion is the result of personal experiment.
He wanted to establish the fact that per
sons convalescing from sickness may grow
stronger with no other nutriment than
sweet milk, and that they are not obliged
to take "something solid" to eat, as so
many people imagine. Be holds that many
a convalescent lias gone Into his grave as a
result of overtaxing his weak stomaoh by
putting "solid" food into it, and he main
tains that the old belief as to bread being
tho first essential of; human life is shown
by his experiment to be erroneous.
His'test was ta live 80 days with only
sweet milk ns: nourishment In the whole
time he lost 5'A pounds in weight, but no
strength. Ho oven" attributes the loss of
woight to tho wjrmtb of the weather and
to excessive exeralso on the bicycle and
the daily manipulation of 16 pound dumb
bells and other heavy weights. He took
more exercise than usual in order to test
the thing fairly. On the seventh day of
tho experiment he ran several fast races in
a skillful manner, bat was beaten in each
On tho thirtieth day he again pitted
himself against the same runner and got
tho best of his opponent, which certainly
would tend to confirm his statement that
he Ipsti no strength during the 30 days'
test He drank four pints of inllk dally
for the last week. He thinks a, healthy
person should take about five pints of.
milk daily when no other food is being
taken.' His practice was to drink milk at
intervals for two hours during the day,
commencing at 7 o'clock in the morning
and continuing until 10 at night After
that he would take no more until the next
morning. St Louis Post-Dispatch.
: , ' " ' Marriage.
"That trouble I could have averted from
my friend by a bare turn of my hand ; that
mistake one thoughtful word from me
would have prevented.
That is the kind of self torture every Hu
man being has more or less to undergo
who has any influence whatever in the
world. : How much more deeply may tbe
responsibility bite when the sorrows of a
whole family those w bo are the nearest
and dearest hinge on the folly of a delib
erate act of perhaps1 many years back, when
two people, choosing each other for better
or worse, have built up a home and house
hold to depend on them and their relation
unbroken!
Those who marry despite remonstrance.
saying, "It is no one's affair save ours,"
speak in the obstinacy of an almost inten
tional blindness, for they nave only to loot
back and forth in the family history per
hapsto see where here and there and in
the other place the deliberate infusion of
bad blood or weak will or vicious instincts
has swept a whole generation out of its in
herited place. o man may live or die
alone, and least of all may a man marry
alone. In thut one tie are twisted strands
that run back ir.to the past and forward
into the future Whon tbe unhappily mar
ried begin to see miserable and' furreacb
ing conditions arising, it is impossible that
they should not remember that nil is re
sultant .upon their own 'act, which need
never havo been, and with the thought tbe
iron enters more deeply. Harper's Bazar.
j .
An Explained Ghost'
This is a true JCnglish ghost story of an
Dnconventioual kiud. A young lady ar
rived late at night on. a visit to a friend.
Sho awoke in the darkness to find a white
figure at tLo Ioct of tho bed. While she
watched, tho bedclothes were suddenly
whiskod o3 and the apparition vanished.
After an anxious, not to say chilly night,
tbe visitor went down with little appetite
to breakfast. At tho table she was intro
duced to a gentleman, a very old friend of
tho family, who had, she learned, also been
sleeping iu the house. He complained of
tbocuja. "I lope you will excuse me,"
ho said to the hostess, "but I found it so
cold during tho night that, "knowing the
room i ct mine was unoccupied, I took
the liberty of poinr in nnd,carrying off the
bedclothes to supplement my own." The
reoui, as it hr.p poised, was not unoccupied,
but he never loi.rnctl bis mistake. San
.Francisco Argonaut.
- The Ladies of Llangollen.
Tho ladies were of unusually fine ap
pearance. Lady EJeanor, the stronger
miiiried of the two, is described as being
Biniili, brisk, j.linnp, with a round, fair
faco and flowing health, when they first
-came to Lliiiifcolici- while licr friend was
tall and fair, with a gracefol, elegant fig
ure, a lxj;utiful face and sweety womanly
features. They adopted a costume at once
coiufortablo, sirvicvablo, and at the time
becoming, from which they never varied.
Each wore a heavy dark blue riding habit
witlt stiffly starched neckcloth, a gentle
man's l.iit and boots, and a profusion of
rings and brooches. : On special occasions
Iady Eleanor, wore somewhat conspicuous
ornaments tho cordon of the Order of St
Louis and a golden Illy almost of natural
size, presents from the Bourbon family.
Helen Marshall North in Century.
NEED FOR SLEEP.
The Most Important Connmnutlin
For
All Effects of Fatigno.
By far tbe most important compensa-
tion
ior an euects of fatisrue is sleen.
Everybody, even the man mentally most
inert, develops when awake a mass of
mental effort which be cannot afford
continuously without Buffering. We
need, therefore, regularly recurring pe
riods in which tbe consumption of men
tal force shall be slower than the con
tinuous replacement. The lower the de
gree to which tbe activity of tho brain
sinks tbe more rapid and more com
plete tbe recovery.
The mental vigor of most men ia usu
ally maintained at a certain heiehfc for
the longest time in tbe forenoon. Evi
dence of fatigue come on later at this
time of day tbanin the evening, when
the store of fojoe"in our brain has been
already considerably drawn unon bv the
whole day'a work. If no recovery by
sleep is enjoyed or it ia imperfect the
consequences will invariably make
themselves evident the next day in a
depression of mental vigor, as well as
in arise in the personal susceptibility
to fatigue. The rapidity with which one
of the persons I experimented upon could
perform his task in addition sank about
a tnira arter a night's journey by rail
way with insufficient sleep. Another
experimenter could detect the effects of
seeping nimsell awake at night in a
gradual debrease of vigor lasting through
luut unjn. xum oDservation was all tbe
more surprising because the subject was
not conscious of the long duration of the
nisiuroance and was first made aware of
it inoidentally by the results of contin
ued measurements on tbe causes of the
manifestations of fatigue. Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Snakes' jEyea.
The serpont is peculiarly liable, crawl
ing as it does on the ground in sandy and
dusty localities, to Injuries of the eye, and
this organ is therefore protected by being
Placed under the skin or pouter epidermis.
When a snake sheds Its skin, whloh It does
three or four times a year, the skin of the
eye come off with the rest
BUSINESS ; LOCALS
M Nonas For Keal or Sale, LM and Found
Wants, and other short mltceuaneoas advertisements
lafsrtvd
on Ant
taken for last tain 80 cants. Tanas podtivaly calk
la advaaea. j ' -1 -
Wanted Mala Help, F Govsmment Ber
vica. S.'OO appointments mide last year. Chances
never better than now to secure positions examin
ations soon in Wilmington.- . Particulars as to dates,
salaries, Ac. and beautiful views of Washington City
free. Write to-day. National Correspondence Inati
tnte. Department C S. S., Washington, D. C.
au 29 ft . r ).- ..
1 a
Salesmen (tide line preferred): To sell Wrap
ping Paper and Advertising Novelties to merchants
in their territory. Correspondence solicited. Xzclu
sire terrlt ry given. Kemper-Thomas Paper Co,
Cincinnati. O. j -as Wit
Wanted Reliable man to eprn tmal office and
handle my goods. Potition permanent. Stamp and
references. A. T. Morris, care this paper.
m1i . - . : :
VH anted Position by experienced Salesman .in
grace y or general store . Most satisfactory refer
ence. Addiess, Lock Bos 9, Sanford, N. C.
auWlt . - :
To My Friends and Patrons I will remove my
Confectionery Store the latter part of this week to a
more commodious stand, . No. 87 South Front street
where I will keep on hand a fresh stock of Candies,
Fruits, etc. Thanking my customers for their liberal
' patronage in the past and ! Soliciting a continuance of
the tame, I remain A. S. i Winitead. Gilbert's old
stand. ". H Y - au28tf ,
J uat Received The fourth invoice of that Fine
Coffee, the Coronation Blend, the same at was served
at the Banquet of the Carolina Yacht Club. Goods
always fresh and the best, at tbe Atlantic Tea Co.,
Front and Market streets. '. autStl
Snip your Beef Cattle, Milch Cows, Sheep and
ail kinds Produce to Mj C. Benton, Mo. 5 South
Water street, for best prices and prompt returns.
an8tf i i :
Can be found , at 18 Market street, J. J. Shep
ard. Proprietor. ; By to-day's steamer 100 Ladies'
Wrappers, nice goads, black and colors. Mosqnito
Nets and Canopies. Piano Covert, Table Covert,
White Docks, Lawns, ate , at bargains. Come
quick. 1 " tf
"Wanted High-grade man of go d church
standing to act as Local Manager and State Cor
respondent here, after having thoroughly learned our
business; salary S909 if; qualified.' Kndose self
addiesscd stamped envelope to A. T. Ilder, Genera
Manager, care Daily Star. au4tf
Wanted High-grade woman cf good church
standing to act aa Local Manager and State Cot
respondent here, after having thoroughly learned our
business; salary $900 if qualified. - Inclose self
addressed stamped env.lope to A. T. Ilder, Genera
Manages, care Daily" Star J . ' au 4 If
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Hay Timothy Hay, mixed" Clover - Kay, Prairie
Hay, Straw, Grain and all kinds of mixed feed for
hones and catrie. Jno. 8. McBachem , 811 Mar
ket St. Telephone m" 13
Harden, P. H. aas ta stack boggles, road
Carts sad harness of an kinds. Repairing done by
tkfllzal workman on short otJce. Opposto aa
CoartHoass . i el
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TO MORROW,
MONDAY,
Ladies' Shirt Waists.
ALL
Lawns, Organdies, &c,
-AT,
ACTUAL
COST.
N, BIAll persons owing as i ac-
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counts are requested to make prompt
payment of same
Respectfully,
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Other Goods
to offer besides
'ClOYer Bill Butter."
Read oar list and find out.
100 Boies Fall Cream Cheese,
Candles, Gun Caps.
1' kinds.
Drugs of all
Flour all grades, Inclu Jlng Pills
bury's Best, which Is the Flour for
good bread. (
Flsb, Fresh N. C. Fruits, Glue,
Potted Ham, Cooked Ham.
Car load choice Timothy Hay
Ink to suit all,
Jellies in Glass and in Wood.
E. W. HICK8,
Wholesale Grocer.
an 14 DAWtf
TURNIP SEED
Crop
1897,
JUST ARBIVED
ALL VARIETIES PLANTED IN
THIS
SECTION.
The Largest
Stock and the
si Lowest Prices.
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Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
jeaatf ; Wilmington, N. C.
Millinery Goods,
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j. Wa Murchison,
Wtolcsale ani'Retail HariwarelDealer.
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an 15 tf
"clut.
Eyen tbe KIDS are working bard
to get the HANDSOME WATCH
which It is certain will be GIVEN
AWAY on October 1st, 1897, at 10
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115 Princess Street,
Where good cheap SHOES may be
had at ail times I au 14 tf
GOT the CHILLS ?
50o Will Cure You, -
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HUGHES'
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BETTER'THAN QUININE,
Mr. M. af. Kenersm, Ark,,! wrt: "I can
eenify to the fact that Hughes' Tonic is tbe best
chili tonic I ever tried. I consider it better Una
quinine. " ( - . - ;
cures chronic cases.
Mr. H. W. McDonald, Misisippi, writes:
"Yoor Bagtws': Tonic lor chills and lever has
never failed yet and I have sold it to a cumber of
chronic cases. It cures tacra every time."
Aikfor HUGHES' TONIC and Take
o Other. i
Oe and $l,0O BotUea,
Dreggittt and - Merchants have it.
jf2313t W
NEW CHEESE.
150 NEW CHEESE.! I V
100 BARRELS NEW 'MULLETS.
200 BOXES CRACKERS.
175 BOXES CANDY.
700 BARRELS FLOUR. :
100 BARRELS SUGAR. !
40 BARRELS RICE - if
10 BARRELS CANDY.
W. Bj cooper,
sn 33 D&W tf
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12 Market Street.
au 3 tf f i Wilmington, N. C.
To Any M-CatMc in Kortn Carolina.
n
ONLY TEN CENTS PER ANNUM.
To any non-Catholic in North
Carolina we will send for only ten
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magazine devoted to giving trui
explanations of the Catholic Church,
that is of the Catholic Church as it is,
not as caricatured and misrepre
sented. Address, "TRUTH,"
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Riv. Thos. F. Prick, Manager;
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UOHEYJAYBD.
CASH BUYERS Of'
Corn, Oats, Wheat Bran,
Cracked Corn, Cow Feed, &c.,
should not fall to get our prices be
fore placing their orders.
Boney ft Harper.
an IS tf
025 Beward
THE RITURN Or A MUL THAT
strayed or was stolen from me on1 July 89, 1607. It
as a Urge dark Horss Male, ova years old; htl
shoes on front feet, scar ia left flank. Tan dollars
rewrnd for information leading to hit recovery Ad
d ess, L. C. HKRRINO.
anWli DW Jaford.Dupllo county, W.C,
5
BATTLE OF THE.NHE.
ITS EFFECT AND ITS INFLUENCE WERE
FARREACHINQ.
The Continent of Europe Wsi Convnlsad
Vrom End to End When tba Newa Wsi
Known Honors and CongTatulations
Were Showered Upon Nelson.
Of ,18 French ships of tbe line all bat
two were taken or destroyed. The flee
was annihilated. " Victory' said Kelson
justly," "ia certainly not a name strong
enough for satin a soene as I have passed.".
In completeness of immediate results upon
the field no fleet action baa ever equaled
tbe battle of tbe Nile. Upon tbe fortunes
of the particular enterprise wblcb elicited
It Borjaparto's oriental expedition the
effect was absolutely decisive. It became
Impossible, and was by experience demon
strated to bo impossible," to afford to the
expeditionary forco tbo renewal of men and
supplies, upon whloh depended not only the
prosecution of tbe undertaking, but even
tbe maintenance of tbe position already
acbloved. - i .
; Tbe hifluonco of tbe battlo of tbe Nile
was more fiirrencbing.-still. The conti
nent of Europe booaine convulsed from end
to end cs soon a tbe news was received.
Elated by Bonapnrte'8 career o( victory ln:
Italy and by the submission of Austria to
terms of pence, the French government
bad entered upon a course of arrogant ag
gression tawiird other countries of whloh
tbe unprovoked Egyptian expedition was
only owe exumple that had aroused tbe
wrath of all t nations. Even the United
States was forced from its attitude of be
nevolent noutrality, which bad depended
upon tbe tradition of tbe war of independ
ence and tbe adoption by Franco of repub
lican institutions. j .
; Tbe general resentment in Europe was,
however, curbed by experience of (be might
of tbe French revolutionary movement,
and of the French armies when wielded by
a man 11 ko Bonaparte, and there was
wanting tbe demonstration of some power
capable of imposing an absolute check up
on their future progress. .The battle of
the Kile gave such a demonstration. As
Nelson said, it was more than a victory;
It was 'a catastrophe. The French fleet
was annihilated, tbe Mediterranean passed
into the absolute control of .Great Britain,
the flower of the French army and the in
vincible Bonaparte were cut off hopelessly
from France. Turkey, previously over
awed by the fleet, declared war In a
month. Austria, Russia and Kaples bad
already drawn together in coalition. They
were emboldened, os the permanence of
the conditions due to the battle became
evident, to pursue their military enter
prises upon a scale which brought the re
pubiio to tbe brink of ruin, from which it
was saved only by the unexpected and for
tuitous return of Bonaparte and his acces
sion to supreme power a year later. Be
fore the year 1798 expired a combined Rus
sian and Turkish fleet entered the Medi
terranean from tbe Black, sea and under
took to wrest the Ionian Islands from
France. In India tbe movements against
the British domination wbioh had been fo
mented by French negotiations, and which
Bonaparte expected to foster, fell stillborn
when the disaster became known there.
Kelson aware of tbe Importance of the
news to British interests, had at once dis
patched a special messenger overland to
Bombay. j
Tbe general satisfaction, not to say ex
ultation, was shown by tbe honors, and re
wards showered from all sides upon the
victor. The sultan and the czar, the kings
of Sardinia and ot the two Sicilies, sent
messages of congratulation and rich" pres
ents, tbe czar accompanying his with an
autograph letter. On the part of bis own
country, the two bouses 6f parliament vot
ed their thanks and a pension of 2,000 a
year. The East India company. by a gift of
10,000 acknowledged the security gained
for the Indian possessions. Other individ
ual oorporationB took appropriate notice
of the great event, instanoes so far apart
as the cities of Loudon and Palermo and
the Island of Zante, showing how wide
spread was tbe sense of relief.
In titular rank Kelson was raised to tbe
lowest grade of the peerage as Baron Kel
son of the Kile. Indignant comment was
made In some quarters upon the inade
quacy of thi3 advancement to the brilliancy
and importance of the service done. The
ministry justified its action upon tbe tech
nlcal ground that, though no superior was
within 8,000 miles of Abouklr, Kelson was
nevertheless a subordinate flag officer, not
a commander In chief. j
Kot, least gratifying to him, with bis
sensitive appreciation of friendship and
susceptibility to flattery, must have been
tbe numerous letters of congratulation he
received from friends in -and out of the
service, and especially from men whose
eminence and professional standing made
their praise a sound criterion for the calm
. after Judginentof mankind. Besides many
other officers of character and reputation,
tbe three great admirals,: Lords Howe,
Hood and Si. Vincent,' the leaders of the
navy in rank and distinguished service,
wrote to Liui In the strongest terms of ad
miration. The latter two did not hesitate
to style tbe battle tbe greatest achievement
that history could produce, while Howe's
language, more measured, was so only be
cause, like, himself, it was more precise In
characterizing the special merits of the ac
tion aDd was therefore acknowledged by
Kelson with particular expressions of pleas
ure. "Nelson In the Battle of the Kile,"
by Captain A. T. Mnban, in Century.
A SEA ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
Extraordinary Superstition Ones Preva
. ; lent In England.
The curious superstition that there is
an ocean above the clouds is illustrated
by the following strange story by an
old English writer: "One Sunday the
people of a certain village were coming
ont of church on a thick, cloudy day,
when, they saw the anchor of a ship
hooked to one of the tombstones the
cable, which was tightly stretched,
hanging down from the air. The people
were astonished, and while they were
consulting about it suddenly they saw
the rope move as though some one la
bored: to pull np the anchor. The an
chor, however, stilly held fast by the
stone, and a great noise was heard in
the air, like the shouting of sailors.
Presently a sailor was Been sliding down
the cable for; the purpose of unfixing
the anchor. When he had just loosened
it, the villagers seized hold of him, and
while in .their hands fie i quickly died, :
just as though he had been drowned.
rtAbout an hour after the sailors
above, ' bearing no more cf their com
rade, cut tbe cable and sailed away. In
memory of this extraordinary event the
people of the village made the binges
of the church doors out cf the iron of
the anchor." It is further stated that
these hinges "are. still to be seen there,"
a bit of evidence Biuch like Munchau
sen's rope wherewith - he; once climbed
to the njcon. If you doubted the story,
you were confronted with tbe rope.
There is another queer tale about
this aerial ocean. "A merchant of Bris
tol," it is said, "set sail with his cargo
for Ireland.. Some time after, while his
family were at supper, a knife sudden
ly fell in through a window on the ta
ble. When the merchant returned and
saw the knife, he declared it to be his
own and said that on such a day, at
such , an hour, while' sailing in an un
known part of the sea, be dropped tbe
knife overboard, and the day and the
hcuT.were found to be exactly the time
when'it fell through tbe window." AH
of which was once implicitjy believed
by many and regarded as incontroverti
ble proof of the existence of a sea above
the sky, Ono is at a loss to conjecture
bow that "unknown part of the sea"
connected with the. rest of it A phys
ical geography showing this would be
no small curiosity. Boston Post
To tbe poet, to the philosopher, to
the saint, all things are friendly and
sacred, all events profitable, all days
holy, all men divine. Emerson.
The man who has not passionate lo
cal attachments can never become pa
triotic in any broad or generous sense.
-Amerioan Friend.
PROFITABLE SWEEPINGS.
Bow m Londoner Makes UsCbf iacaxdad
Odds and Knds.
I claim to bo the proprietor of the
very cheapest shop in London, and
without me some of tbe poorest of
the poor would have to go even
shorter of the necessaries of life than
they do at present. The majority of
my things are of first class quality,
and I retail them at often less than
half the price" of the most inferior
stuff on the market, and make a
handsome profit too. How dolman
age it?
I am what you might term a river
marine store dealer. Every day up
on the falling tide I proceed down
the river with my small barge and
boat and make my, way to any ship
or craft which has just discharged,
or is discharging, her cargo. The
sweepings of the fihip are what I
trade in. ';'
When a ship arrives at its desti
nation, no matter what cargo she
has. the owner of the careo engages
extra men to help the sailors get it
out While this work is in progress
part of the cargo more especially
if it is in bags is sure to get spilled
about the hold and deck. When the
6hip has finished discharging her
cargo, the sailors . sweep her out to
make ready for the next cargo, and
the results of the sweepings are
their perquisites.
' The vessels which I like to buy
from most are those which contain
eorh and those which have a gen
eral cargo of dry goods. As regards
the returns, they both pay very
well. But there is far more chance
of finding something in the latter
cargo which will give me a better
assortment. For instance, I bought
a bag of, sweepings once which con
tained lump sugar, haricot beans,
maize, split peas, nuts of nearly ev
ery description, candles, nails, two
bottles of ink and a packet of writ
ing paper.
Some years ago i was offered a
cask containing something unknown
that had been picked, up at sea. I
gave 5 shillings for the lot, and took
it away. I noted the name on the
cask, and during the same evening
asked a friend if he. knew anybody
who would buy the contents of the
cask. He never said one word as to
the nature of the stuff to me, but
must have gone straight to the po
lice station, for within half an hour
there were nearly a dozen policemen
at my place, demanding to know
where the cask of dynamite was
which I had offered for sala At the
time these policemen arrived there
were over 40 pounds lying in front
of the fire to dry I '
Quite the reverse from this, how
ever, was a cask I bought from a
bargeman for half a crown. It con
tained What I thought to be a lot of
dirty pieces of marble, and was
picked up on the beach near Dun
genesa I placed it in the store and
thought no more about it until some
three months later, when my son
told me he had sold it for 30 to a
gentleman who had come to fetch
some oil I had previously sold him.
I afterward ascertained that it was
a cask of the best india rubber in a
raw state, and its value was about
twice what tho gentleman gave for
it. But I was very well satisfied,
considering I disposed of it at the
rate of 23.300 per cent, returnable
in three months.
Tea and coffee are sometimes not
very clearif but there is not always
any injurious dirt mixed up with
them, I sell nothing7 that is not
pure and have a printed card hang
ing in the shop to that effect.
Most of the maize, barley and oth
er grain I sell as mixed corn for
poultry food But the beans and the
best part of the wheat pass through
a si fting l machine, v containing 30
6ieves of various sizes. The wheat
is then sent to the mill and ground,
after which I turn it into bread.
This I can sell at a profit at half the
usual price.
No. I do not think my peculiar
trade encourages pilfering. The
profits do not allow of that. At the
present time I am open to buy any
thing under the sun, from the loose
cement which falls out of the bags
to the pieces of straw which are al
ways to be seen lying about after a
carefully packed cargo. London
Answers. - '
SILKWORMS OF LEBANON.
Bow They Are Cultivated In the Monn-
' tains of Tripoli.
Harry Fenn, the artist, has written a'
paper, entitled "Silk and Cedars, V for
St.! Nicholas, describing his visit to
the famous mountains of Lebanon.
Concerning the silk industry, which
plays such an important part in the
lives of the natives, Mr. Fenn says: As
the time approaches for the silkworm
to hatch-Out tbe egg the family move
out of the house and camp under the
trees, giving np the entire establishment
to the worms, after having placed the
eggs on shelves made of a reedlike
bamhoo. At first the young worms are
fed ijiu" finely chopped leaves, but! as
they grow larger the leaves need only
be broken in two. The people have to
feed and watch the worms night and
day, or they wander in search of food
and get lost, and in the silence of the
night the sound of the worms feeding
is like a gently falling rain.
The worms fast three or four times
during this period, and about. 24 hours
is the length of each fast. A curious
feature about their fast is their posture.
They assume the attitude of a cobra,
snake about to strike and remain rigid
ly fixed in thatf position for the-entire
period. When they are ready to "spin,'
small branches are placed on the
shelves, and as the cocoons are formed
upon them tbe dead (wigs seem to bear
golden fruit. When the worms get
through that part of the business, the
neighbors are Called in something as
to an old fashioned New England ap
ple paring bee. They call it "qtaf" in
Arabic that is "picking," and scon
yon see piles of pale green, pure white
and golden yellow cocoons heaped upon
the floor. Later they may be spun into
banks, but usually the, cocoons are sent
down the mountains to Tripoli or Da
mascus, and after their 80 or 40 days
of toil they, too, often have to sell the
prodnce for next to nothing, as the Chi-'
nese are always ready to undersell them.
Another curious use Mr. Silkworm is
put to ic to soak him in vinegar for
some hours, after which he is drawn out
into so called "catgut" to make Bnells
or leaders for fishhooks. !
Tbe willow has such wonderful vitality
that, even When the interior is so far gone
from decay that only tbe shell cf tbe tree
remains tbe appearanoe of life in green
leaves and foliage will still prevail.
It is said that by a blunder of the maker
tbe standard yard of the United States Is
one-one-thousandth of an lnoh too long. 1
AN EARLY FALL
We expect an early FalLf Oar
i . .. - w 'ui .ran and or-
have arrived and are decidedly the prettiest Patterns we have lDt
Everything is new, in style and fabric. England and France dS Wl1,
thts neasoo, and the modesty ot one mingles with 'the Uvet t fr0?0
, - . . ' ' ' - y : i - j ' 7 01 Mother
HEW WEAVES FOR FALL OF 1897.,
These goods are' now In stock and we urge oar custom,.
select patterns before they are "PICKED OVER." " Cal1 and
DRAP D ETB, a beaatifol fabric with the soft tm of'th. tr
on one side and the appearance of Ladies' C'.oth on the, other nrietta
B'PINGLES. -The heavy twill-characteristic of Lhe old r.
Is noticeable in this fabric, and there is one thing sure hothinz we Vp,ini
"EUDORA" Silk Warp, YoTl must call for this weave and'!
in order to appreciate it ana examine
VENETIAN CLOTH -Like Venice, is beam ml and rh
moderate and within the reach of all. , ' and tb
; PAGUIN SERGE Another tew weave, different from anvthi
have seen. It's an innovation bonnd tn aUn s..., 'tnin2
r .. . .. . . .
lortn exclamations ot delight from
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