i
Who can measure A it. Mm.mt.1
the influence of a 111911111 Ul '
It lasts through all
ages and enters tbe
confines of eternity,
with what oare.
therefore, should she
be guarded ana now
great the effort be to
make ner me nappy.
Mother's
Friend
m n lc p s c hild-birtb
aaav .insists nature
in its sublime effort, leaves tne jhoidw
stronger after than before confinement,
and robs the trying hour of its terror.
No Mother can afford tonegleot its use.
Of drueirists at 91.00, or sent by express on re-
1 . - V'JI . 1
Die lruoriiittLwu
Tho Crftdfltld Regulator Co., AtUnU, Ga.
AN tlilY OLD UO HAN.
GORDON NOEL HURTXL.
I ssw her walking slow! v
Adown tbe street alone,
Se tottered, weak and faltering.
With footstep, feeble grown.
Am id ihe throng that net her
Njt one bad friendly smile,
W- la all cast curious glances
Upoa her ancient s y le
ooor, forgotten relic
Of some dead yesterday,
Wh frierds had ? 11 departed
From life's uncertain way,
And she vat left deserted.
For P.u'j bumols plea.
L " - wreck ie which is tosfiog
TJjon tbe cruel ses.
Tne many bard lined wrinkles,
That teamed ber ngiv face.
Of wonvdn'f softened beauty
L-ft not a single tr?ce.
H sjoken eyes, h!( blinded,
D wn at tbe pavement stared. -A
if for those around ber
Sae neither telt nor cared.
Tbe qaesr, old fashioned bonnet
Hnii bid her straggling nair;
Th - sbaobv. dress showed plainly
Toe signs of cons am wear.
S ) lonely, o d and uelv ,
I watched ber. and I thought:
Win wuat dear nys, I va wamened
Can life for you be fraught?
Y u live wi'h m?re f x stecce.
Toe hea t wnbiothe breast
Can r civ mef.ir; momeois
Which cbeat me soul of rest,
Tbs RaoerT hi has spared you,
i And a h v I'd like to kno ?
A 'beat , that siormt have bias e l
Saould by the s eke go
Wh? left, wben none will m ss you
None moaro or shed a tear;
N tender bnds t nurse rrs s
to deck tbe eritfl ?s bir ?
P or loiterer on file's f urcey,
fij u-e u' kiodlv Jed,
I rnre cares (or oa living i
Wa iii ep wben ycu are dea??
Tb're c-tne a !;v-rg aner
Far down ihe cm trjt d street
A inic cnild was losdlteg.
Witb ljve-lit smile, to meet
The woman old-icd ugly;
Two cbuobv arms were prised
Ab ut ber, wh e tbe. kisses
The wrinkled face caressed.
Tbe ba'cy 1 ps were 1 rping.
Tho c siraceis tc deceit:
"Me laves 'ou. dariin' tause 'on
I: ooo i'uijandisweet."
Dear G 3d 'us low. letidi glory
To earth since Eleo's tall:
I s touch iilumes tbe halo
That beautifies us all.
'r r Atlanta Constitution.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
. H wg try to please everybody,
we soon soon nave tne respect ol no
body.
God needs Daniels, and In
epbs. and E ijibs to day as rnucb as he
ever uiu r
God educates us by bis word.
oy tae oniric .na oy tne events ol provi
dence Tncie three never clash.
Wheu a men is no longer
audio, am is prepared to we.com swtat
ever comes Dec-iuse he mmm in in. an.
pointment of a ioving Father, why., then.
h - i :'
uc is iu d a-iypy s air.
Plato thought that virtue is
likenets to G )d! acordiou to the meas
ures ol hjman poer. Christ teaches
ion jiicuess s accord m to the meas
ure oi Gcd't power In us.
Greatness consists not in occu
pying a more fVnmtoen: position than
one's neigbbor.it It consists in being just
tbe ititer r, ,... . r
u .. . ,uu iu uc, duu jail
the place God warns ou to occupy, that
you may bear just tbe part he intends in
tbe whole revelation of troth and life.
x-yman AObott D D.
My am ction nrnmnte m tn
wisb my friends an omnterrupted course
"w uu pcaee My oetter jadg
mer t tells me that i ffl ctions to those
wno tear G id are on his p:r: tokens of
ms iove and Uyrt and with reipect to
themselves necetsar means of promo.
.. innr prowm io uith and crace.
In J; v TM.l,4
"Ail men are our brothers: an
wbeo we ii jure tbem 0 lies, wbicb cut
like a soarp r.zor, oy sneers inuendos,
by latrijiues, by slander and calummv
t uirea, malice, and all uncharitable
ces, by went of tbougat or bv want of
heart, by tbe lust of g in by neglec', by
absorbing teifisbnes. we are innent ors
O tbe spirit r f the 6rt murderer."
Dr. Miles9 Nervine
A REMEDY FOR THE
Effects of Tobacco.
1HE excessive use of tobacco, asiku.i.11.
vby young men is always Injurious and
undoubtedly shortens life materially.
Mr. Ed. 0. Eosen, compositor on the Contra
Oosta News, Martinez, Cat, writes; "I hare
naed Dr. Miles' lies tora tiro Nervine and re
ceived much benefit trom it. I was troubled
with nervousness, dfczy spoils andsleepless
ness, caused by the use of tobacco and stim
ulants. I took Dr. Miles' Nervine with mar
velously good results, allaying the dizziness,
quieting the nerves, and enabling ma to
sleep and rest, proving In my case a very
beneficial remedy." Dr. Miles' Restorative
Nervine Is especially adapted to restoring
the nervous system to its normal condition
under such circumstances. It soothes, heals
Dr. Miles' Remedies
are sold bv all drug
Or.
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re
I undedi Book on dis
eases of, the heart and
nerves tree. a.aa,
-Nervine
mkDIOAX OO.. Elkhart. IndT
- t- v BfBspsjssjsMBsy y
J Site WLteklu tar.
AN UNHAPPY DUCHESS.
Cecily f
York wad tbe Ravages
War at the Roses.
of tbe
Th wars of tih roses wiped out most
of the nobility of England, though the
plain people sorrerea nttie, ana many
cell rmm mnthprfl twnnrned husbands
and sons slain id tbe vrara. But few, if
any of them, bad such a strcceasion.of
born only to enjoy tbe days of ber life
jtm dm m n r. i r"4 1 1. v
ueciiy, wire or rticnara r-iauuireuaw
dnke of York, and leader of the White
Rose.
decilv Nevil was trranddannhter of
"nii .TnVin nf Dsnnt time honored Lan
caster," and so great-granddaughter of
King Edward III; her father was Ralph
Nevil, earl of Westmorland, her mother
Joan Beaufort, the Dnke of Lancaster's
daughter. Cecily Nevil married Richard
Plantagenet when sue was anouv w
vearssold. in 1440. and they had four
sons and two daughters, Edward, Ed
mnnd. ( Jmrpp. Riehard. Anne and Mar
caret. For 15 years no especial sorrows
reached her: her sons were strong, her
bnsbond was the principal subject in the
kingdom.
Bat in 1455 tbe wars of the roses be
gan with tbe bloody battle at bt. Al
bans, on May 23. and the Earl of Staf
ford, tbe nephew of Duchess Cecily,
was killed there. At Northampton, on
July 10, 1460, ber brother-in-law, Staf
ford, dnke of Buckingham, was killed
and the terrible fight at Wakefield on
Dec. 80, 1460, robbed her at once of two
nephews, a brother, a son and a hus
band. In tbe battle fell Sir Thomas
Nevil and Sir Edmund Bonrchier,
ticnhcTro htiH lipr hnnhand. Richard.
Immediately after tbe battle her brother
Kaipn, can oi oausDury, was eiecureu,
and ber son Edmund, earl of Rutland
only 1 2 years old, was murdered by
John, Lord Clifford, in cold blood, in re
venge for the death of his father in bat
tle.
Wben sorrows came to Duchess Cecily,
they did not come alone. Another
nephew, Sir John Nevil, fell at Tow
ton f o rrYt 0 0 lAAt Than tamA .
breathing spell, bnt in 1469 Sir Henry
Nevil was executed, and at Barnet,
April 14, 1471, fell still other nephews
John Nevil, marquis of Montague,
and Richard Nevil, earl of Warwick,
famous as "tbe king maker. " On May
4, 1471, tbe battle of Tewkesbury was
fonght, and immediately afterward Ed
ward, prince of Wales, who, though a
Lancastrian, had married the duchess'
niece, the "king maker's" daughter
Anne, "was murdered by her sons, the
Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester.
They kept the killing in the family,
but it was killing just the same.
Two years later, so that the duchess
should not get unaccustomed to grief.
her son-in-law. Thomas Holland, dnke
of Exeter, who had had to beg bis bread
iu exile, was fonnd dead nn the sen.
shore at Dover, and in 1478 ber son, the
Dulie of Clarence, was drowned in a
butt of Malmsey, bis wife Cecily hav
ing been poisoned previously. Her son-in-law,
Charles tbe Bold, duke of Bur-
gunay, naa oeen killed in battle m
1477. Then there was a little respite for
the poor duchess. In 1483 died ber son.
Edward IV, only 41 years old, the first
one ci ner descendants to die a natural
death since 1455 28
year her two grandsons, Edward V and
Kicnard, auKe or xork, were murdered
by tbeir uncle and ber son. Richard.
dnke of Gloucester, who became kins
as ttichard ill. and iu his turn was
killed at Bosworth field on Aue. 22.
1485, wben only 35 years old. Her son
in-law, Sir Thomas St Leger. was exe
cuted in i4oci, ana a trrandneDhew. a
second Henry Stafford, duke of Buck
ingham, was executed in 1487.
Except for a few small deaths, snch
as two husbands of a niece. Catharine
Nevil, and a grandson, John, earl' of
Lincoln, and a grandson, Edward,
pniice or w aics, tne duchess lost no
more relatives and died neacefullv in
i4o. ah or tnese lour but tbe Princ
of Wales died by violence. Of her chil.
dren, Margaret, duchess of Burgundy,
was tne only one who survived her.
During the 40 vears. 1455-9S. sh hH
seen 25 of her relatives die by violence
anu 6 by disease.
But she herself did not rest even aft.
er death. When Henry VIII destrnved
the monasteries, the Collegiate church
of Fotheringay was razed to the ground,
and tbe bodies of Richard Plantacenet
and Cecily Nevil, duke and duchess
of York, were exposed to view in tbeir
graves. Ihey lay so for several years,
until Elizabeth, tbeir ereat-preat-ornnrl.
daughter, qneen of England in her own
rignt, cansed them to be reintarred
wan tbe solemnities befitting the funer
al OI two SUCO distinguished nersnna
So Cecily Nevil. mother of two kinirs
and grandmother of one kinu. having
died, at last found rest. New Ynrk
bun.
THE LOUPCERVIEFl.
vae;e and Active, He Is the Te
Smaller Animals,
If the louTjeervier. or Cannrl4ftn
lynx, were heavy and strone in nm.
portion to his pugnacity and savage
appearance, ne would be a bad crus
Tomer tor man or dog to tackle,"
saiu the man from Maine. "Auit.
is, it takes a sandy hound to do one
up even u ne trets him cornrpd
wnicn js a hard thing to do
In
point oi iacx, tne loupcervier
is
a
Dinner, tie keens himself nrArrv
well in the backwoods away from
mo auoaes oi men, but when the
hunter or lumberman comes unex-
pecreaiy on one the beast is by no
ujeauB b-ure to run away. Though
slight of build, the lounofirviov-ic
icBKeu, ana wnen ne faces a man.
ms eyes glariner vellow hia fnav
fur sticking out in all directions, his
tasseled ears upright, with the ugly
txiat snows nis lone teeth
lsn t the sort of orMtura v,o
WOU1U like to take un nnrl
If the man annroach him ho -arm
t' 1.UUU1U
spit and snarl as if about to out un
ureai ngnr. and it in of tv.
' v" -J MU
last moment that he will
and leap away. Even then he eoes
C XI A -
times darting up a tree or to the top
of a high rock, where, ensconced on
me aetensive, the temptation
is
not great to follow him. In
that
to, ii rue man nave a mm
of
course the affair in miinlrixr oohi
but otherwise the loupcervier usual-
jr mjiua me rort.
"To the smaller animals on which
he preys the lonnopriHov io
He is quicker than chain lightning
6'DCU is au over the woods
ai once. Un the crrniinH ho oin
m ishes for rabbits and grouse, and in
the trees he captures birds and
squirrels, and, more frequently, the
" i"ir ueBis. tie is a dead
ly enemy to fawns left in hiding by
their mothers when they go away
to browse for a dinner. Sometimes
when pressed by hunger, he will atl
tack a doe, dropping on her back
from the limb of a tree beneath
which she passes, but the results of
the experiment do not always en
courage him to repeat it, for it im
plies an experience in v,ou.i : j
ing that knocks broncho breaking
into the Sharif, T,4-i s-.j.-Lr4
, 7 nr rnuvnT. wnen
.. RUSt "
the dread of the cotton grower,
can be prevented. Trials at
Experiment Stations and the
experience of leading growers
prove positively that
Kainit
is the only remedy. .
We will be glad to send, free of charge,
interesting and useful pamphlets Which treat
of the matter in detail.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nuuu St., New York.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
Wants and other chart miscellaneous adveri isementi
iMaitMl rt tUtm IVMrtniMt In lMrftarl NAnnarti.1
type, on first or f oarth page, at Publisher's option . for
a cent per worn wa iiwrruuu; uut uu lumumciii
taken for lets thin SO cents . 1 erms potti ve . v cash
inad'aoce
FOE Sale Conage on Wii .htsville B ach. Sloth
of and arpiaig Carolua Yacht Club Home.
A. M . Waddell Jr. dec 5 St
Board Good rrivare boa d with or without
lodging at 112 Grace street, near Front. dec 5 7t
Wanted Sa'etmen M to t) dailv. Self
adjusting Leather Smpeaders. All Colors.- Cannot
break, wear oat, or pall off battocs. Exclusive
rights fives. Write for terms and sample. Enclose
stamps. Hols Mfg. Co. (5), Cincinnati, O.
dec o It
Wanted Active man to travel in this and
nearby counties. MO a monih and all expenses. N
experience or capital rtquirel. Addrtsi, Shepp
Componv, 1020 Chestnut street, Phi'adelphia, Pa.
uia. v IK
halftniAn S'd 1in Ttrt f -rrH tn met! Wrfln
ping Paper and Ad erasing Novelties to me. chants
in the'r territory. Correspon -ience s lic'ted Exclu
sive territory given. Kempar-Thamas Paper Ca.
Cincinnati, O. dec 5 It
Salesman $5 a day No cutis log, ho de
liveries. No collections Saxplesfree. Side line or
exe'u We. Hfrs. SMI Market a reet. Philadelphia.
ocH4t fuQoc2l nol i. d:c 5
Safe for sale A fist -class Fireard Bagl r Proof
Safe for s-le cheap. 1 args s'xe4 feet high. In-
qitre at Per dew's Gun bhop.
45 South Front street.
aeiic
For b st trices and prompt returns thip vour
Conntry Produce to M C , Benton, 106 Dock street.
Beef Cattle, Mile a Cows and Pork a specialty.
dec 1 if '
RemeTed I have rem vrd rrv ffice from 211
Pnnce-s street (betweem Second and lhrd ttrtets).
t M rket street between cecd and Third streets.
uffice formerly occipied by Dr. V. H. Susstll.
m. S bee ha a. Jr , Real Btte, Renting and Col
lecting Agent. dec 1 4t
'Wxtere cio I sbipc mntrr produce to the best
advantage is a q les'iun thit s ptxzlin; yon. Settle
it by shipping to U Tate Bowdea. 0 P.iacess street.
Cuefa! bantling and prjmpt returns. Eggs f r th
citytrade. BoSOtf
Conn i y Merchsau Yon w.ll find It to vour
intere.t to ship your Prodnc-, Pon try, Cggs, etc., to
H. J ilierman. Prcdoce Conunissicn Merchant, lufi
Souih Front sine:, Wilmington, -V C. nov 28 tf
Am asceciil tbe Atlantic Tea Ca will lt thU
week the b st Old Government Java for 8 'c. and the
best Laguavra Coff :es for 28c ter pound. Call and
see them at 613 No: h Fourth street. nov 28 tf
Wanted-Br Old Istab iihtd Honae Hivh
Grade Woman, gooi Church stand in, willintr to
learn our business then to act as Mana er and State
Correspond, nt here. Salary $900. Enclose self ad
drea ed stamped envelope to A 1 . Elder, General
Manager, care Daily Stab.
do 85 8
UaydsQ,
a., asa la
of aU Uada,
a-ck
Carts and
Repairing
by
Skfflfnl
o
sew
Court House
25 tf
In case yon need Bananas. Fine Peaches.
MaUga and Catawba Grapes, don't hesitate a mo
ment as to where they can be bought to beat ad
vantage. Go toAadiew Mavroaichols'. 795 North
Fourth street. Bell Vhone 346: Inter-State 191.
novHtf :
Had that Suit made vet. neirhbo ? Not Well.
call to see me and get some fignrei. Don't think of
baying nn il yon have seen the large and complete
stock of E. Poezolt & Bro..' No. 8 Sonth Front
st-eet. now I tf
W anted at o ice V position as rovnieu tn
small children, or as mother's aid Compani on to an
infirm or elderly lady. Term moderate. Refer
ences good Address. S. A. G . Carrier 5. Wllminw-
wn, N. C. oc81tf
Coats yon nothing to tee the Maxim liaht. Cheaner
and better than tte Wehbach or f unlirht. What
more do yon want 7 . Wilmi gun Iron Works sell it.
nov 1Q Im f
Slerebanta Wholesale and countrv atrrhant
save tine an J money by le tin i me parch yenr Pea
nuts. New process by wh eh la-ge quantities can be
roasted at one time Samples sent jf required.
A. . Blake, Wilmi as ton. N. C nov 1 tf
Pbotoarrapisa For finest analitv. latest i-vles.
best mite rial, finest finish, lowest micaa. all nn
V. C Ellis, 114 Mark t s reet. Wilaiinrton. N C.
Cloudy weather makes no difference. ee SB tf
W. V. Hardin, corner Second ami Pnr
streets, fine Wines, Liquors. Cigars and Tobacco.
New River Oysters in any style Polite and attentive
clerks. Satisfac ion guaranteed. ne 14 tf -
Al way s Reliab'e The best and freheat mM.
at lowest market prices. Cabbaee. Atmlas. Bn ter.
Bananas, Crackers Candies. Lemons. Potatoes, err
Retailer will find it to their advantage in W mw
prices before placing their order. A. S. W instead,
lis .Second street. Phone 208.1 sen 21 tf
Hay Timothy Hay. mixed Clover K Pr.iw.
Hay, Straw Grain and all kinds of mixed feed for
horses and cattle. Jno. 8. McSacbern , SU Mar
ket 8. Telephone 92 mar i tf
GOT the CHILLS
60c Will Cure Yon,
WORTH KNOWING. I
HUGHES'
TONIC
lis as old time
re'iable rernedv
for Ferer
ana Agne.
Yon can depend upon it.-
Sire Cure for Chills anil Ferer.
FOR 40 YEARS A SUCCESS.
Read this Testimony then TBY
ii aw xourseu.
Proprittort have many Utttri Hit that:
BETTER THAN QUININE.
Mr. M M Ent.r.nn A.b . .1
cerjfv t-the lact hat Hagbes' V.-nic 'is tbe best
I Chill tonir I n .:., I J 1 i
I quinine:" " M"er
CURES CHRONIC CASES.
Mr. H W tlAnMt.M u: ' .
"Your bw Rroja1 iLrzm
. . - .w a a '"IU IU B mfflOCT OI
I chrome cases. It cores them every time "
I never failed wt I b .-. , ,
Ask for HUGHES' toni C and Take
no utner. .
50c and
Druggists and
$1,00 Bottle.
Merchants haw. it.
j?x318t W
To AHYjon-Catiolic in Hortu Carolina
I0NLY TEN CENTS PER ANNUM.
To anv non Carhnlio in m-.u
J . HV1UI
Carolina we will send for only ten
cents per annum, "Truth," a Catholic
magazine devoted to giving trtj
explanations of the Catholic Church
that is of the Catholic Church as it is!
not as caricatured and misrepre
sented. Address. "TRUTH."
Raleigh, N. C.
Rav. Thos. F. Prick. Mantmf
paw
fflpmrrs turpenhnej
Salisbury Truth: There were
nineteen bills of indictments drawn
against tbe merchants of Salisbury
before our late court for selling ciga
rettes to minors.
Rocky Mount Phoenix. We re
gret to announce the sad death of
Mrs. Alice Bone, wife of W. D. Bone,
Esq., which occurred on Monday
morning, at 3 o'clock, at the resi
dence of Mr. A. W. Arrington. Mrs.
Bone went to the Methodist church
Sunday night and while sitting there
- l a . a .a ..
compiai ea tnat Der eye hurt. Sod
denly she fell back, her left side be
Cuming paralyzed.
Columbus News: Mr. Tom
Bright had the gnat misfortune to
lose his dwelling bouse, kitchio and
smoke house, and nearly all their
contents, by fire Thursday night.
His. loss was very heavy, as his house
was almost new and he had no in
surance. He also had about $75 in
money, part of it in silver, in his
trunk. He could not find n nf the
silver money nor even the iron hoops
on the trunk, which leads to tbe con
elusion that bis bpuse was robbed
and then burned.
Rileich Post: A few davs since
State Treasurer Worth requested an
opinion of the Attorney General as
to whether or not jobbers and small
dealers in guano were liable for the
merchants' purchase tax. To the
Treasurer's inquiry, Attorney Gen
eral Walser made the following re
ply by letter: "In reply to the letter
oi j no. Jti. iroom & jfro., dealers in
fertilizers, in regard to their liability
for the purchase tax provided for in
Section- 22 of tbe Revenue Act of
1897, it is my opinion that they are
liable." The Treasurer was of tbe
opinion that small dealers in fertil
izers were not liable for tbe tax.
Tbe merchants' purchase tax is one
tenth of one per cent. Last year
3,000,000 pounds of guano were sold
in the State.
Greenville Weekly: A week or
two ago little Alex Blow, son of Mr.
A. L. Blow, was traininc far the hnvt'
Thanksgiving circus. He was prac
ticing turning a summersault, catch
ing on his feet without using his
bands. He was getting it down fine
wben by a mishap he went down on
bis head. Getting up be found
something wrong with bis neck. His
head was "way back" and be couldn't
move it. He lost no time in getting
tone. His mother called in tbe
doctor and proceeded to pull him into
shape, one taking bold of his feet
and the other his, head. His
neck had been dislocated by the fall.
Monday morning before day,
near Fitldboro, tbe barn of Mr.
Fenner Fields, containing bis corn,
some cotton and other produce was
burned. The origin of the fire is un
known, but supposed to have been
incendlarv. Sundav nls ht ahont 1 1
o'clock tbe barn of Mr. Robert Ran
dolpb, of Belvcir, was burned. He
lost about sixty barrels of corn, some
fodder and other produce. Ed.
Field, a negro boy, was suspicioned.
He was arrested and given a bear
ing before Mr D. Barrow, and sent
lo jail lor January cc urt in default
of bail. The evidence was said to
have been very strong against bim.
He is a son of Ben Fields, convicted
at Tarbcro last week of murder.
Your Christmas Turkey
Shou'd be tender and baked
tune, your mince pie brown
to a
and
flaay lor your Christmas feast. If
you haven't a satisfactory oven pre
pare beforehand by getting one of
our Christmas Steel Ranges, by far
tbe handsomest and best Steel
Range ever exhibited in this city.
They are snperior bakers, and you
can depend upon your dinner being
a success, it win save you more in
fuel and spoiled victuals than jou
will have to pay for one.
Oar Magic Air Tight is still lead
ing all Sbeet Iron Heaters Call and
see our varied line o' Brass Andirons,
vrraoiieware, uu neaters, and a
complete line of nice cutlery for the
uonaay traae.
J. W. Murchison,
Orton Building, Wilmington, N.
de S tf
4 Complete and Varied
STOCK OF
Drugs, Druggists' Sundries,
CHEMICALS,
Prouriefary Medicines.
Seedi ftr tte Seastm, Etc., Etc.
ROBERT R. BELLAMY,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
no 14 tf Wilmington, N. C.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
5,000 C. C. Nuts.
1.500 Pouods M xd Nuts.
150 Boxes L L. Raisins.
100 Boxes Loose Raisins.
200 Boxes Firecrackers.
400 Bags Peanuts.
100 Boxes Old Va. Cheroots.
246 Boxes Perfecto Cigars.
20 Barrels Apples.
w.
B. COOPEK,
Wholesale Grocer,
aov DWtf
WOmington. N.
the crust fozmed on the deep snow
will bear up the loupcervier, he,
banded with several of his kind,
will successfully hunt the deer,
which wallow hampered in the
snow. William Oakes, a land sur
veyor in Maine, once came upon a
deer which had been pursued and
killed by three loupcerviers. They
had driven the animal into the top
of a fallen tree, where, entangled
among the branches, it was an easy
victim.
"The loupcervier, as I have already
implied, is not -a cautions animal,
and be is lees difficult to trap than
most other animals of the feline
kind. Fast in a trap, he will put up
his back and spit and hiss at the ap
proach, of his captor, but he is easily
killed with the blow of a club On the
head. He is not so tenacious of life
as the wildcat, and a resolute dog
that is game to face his teeth and
claws for the first brief round will
make short work of him. But for
any dog noi a thoroughbred the first
round is all sufficient, his sole con
cern thereafter being a convenient
line of retreat.
"A man firing at a loupcervier in
a tree wants to stand well away, for
if he venture within reach of his
spring, with the report of his gun
he may find the creature landed
upon him, clawing at his face, and
even if he wins he will be apt to
carry souvenirs of the encounter in
the shape of bites and scratches for
many a day.
"With all their savage pugnacity,
loupcerviers are sociable, playful
creatures among themselves and
often have been observed on moon
light nights in open spaces of the
forest"' or on the ice of lakes, frol
icking in groups, like kittens."
New York Sun.
HIS HOUSE IN A TREE TOP.
Vhe Aerial Home of an American Settler
Xa Nicaragua and Ita Advantage.
"I bad beard of old man Wlldeaou's
bouse Id a tree almost from tbe day I set
foot In Nicaragua," said T. F. Drew.
"Later, wben business took ine to Rama,
on tbe fiama rive, I not only saw it, bat
was a guest in it for a day and a night,
besides taking several pleasant Informal
dinners and breakfasts there during my
Stay at Rama. That H. Wildeson is a good
deal of a mechanical genius is shown in
tbe construction of bis strange aerial
borne. It is a three story house, built in
an ebo tree 60 feet from tne ground. Tbe
wood of tbe ebo tree is like iron for
strength and solidity, so tbe branches
make a safe and sufficient support for tbe
structure. Tbe bouse is built about tbe
trunk, which stands in tbe center as tbe
mlzzemnast of a ship rises through tbe
cabin. I recall a dinner there to which I
was invited and unexpected guests ar
rived, so tnat tbe table ordinarily used was
not large enough to accommodate us all,
and a specially constructed table was set
completely round -tbe tree trunk. It an
swered tbe purpose very well, except that
no guest could see tbe one opposite to bim,
but we bad a very enjoyable dinner all
the same.
"Tbe house, while not precisely spa
cious, contains a kitchen, dining room,
sleeping rooms and a bathroom, supplied
witb water from the 'rain caught in tbe
treetop and stored there tn a tank. Tbe
furniture is good, though simple, ham
mocks, after the fashion of the country,
taking tbe place of beds. To get up and
down between tbe ground and tbe bouse
an elevator is used, so constructed witb
blocks and tackle that tbe person using it
raises himself or controls his descent by
means of a rope. Tbe bouse is built of
Jointed boards, firmly bound by a Wire ca
ble and further secured by wire strands
passing about the structure.
"Mr. Wildeson's idea in building this
lofty and novel bouse was to get above tbe
malaria. It raemr to answer this purpose
and has other advantages. Mosquitoes and
flies wUl seldom rise to such a height, and
me nouse is practically free from those
forms of insect and reptile life .that in this
country infest bouses built upon tne
ground. It is cool in summer, and the
view wbicb It commands is superb The
owner, an old Louisiana plantar, came to
Rama many years ago, took up an estate
and began the raising of bananas. To
this be has since added the planting and
culture of the rubber tree, and from this
industry he bids fair to realize a fortune.
He has prospered from tbe first and al
ready is well to da One of bis enterprises
is an ice plant, from which be supplies
buyers witb ice all up and down the river.
"Below his bouse, suspended from a
limb, is bis chicken bouse. Tbe chickens
run about on the ground through the day,
picking up their living. At tbe end of the
day tbey come to the elevator to be hoisted
to tbe roost in this dangling bouse. A
thing that struck me curiously was -tbe
sight of a 12 foot boa constrictor gliding
about on the ground at tbe foot of tbe tree,
climbing over the roofs of the laborers'
cabins, even entering them, and in gen
eral making himself perfectly at home on
the plantation.
" 'Nobody 'd tbink of harming bim,'
said tbe old man wben I spoke to bim about
the big snake. 'He's perfectly harmless
to qny one, and be keeps tbe place clear of
mice and moles that eat tbe roots of my
young banana and chocolate trees. Eat
chickens! Never knew him to do such a
thing. Still, while they're little, I don't
put temptation in bis way, but keep them
in a snake tight coop of wire netting. '"
New York Sun.
WHEN GRANT VISITED JAPAN.
Moat Important Pageant of His Tomr Was
In the Flowery Kingdom.
''There was no pageant In General
Grant's journey round tbe world more Im
posing than tbe reception given by tbe
mikado at Japan's capital," writes John
Bnssell Yonng in The Ladies' Home Jour
nal. "The United States steamer Rich
mend, bearing General Grant and his
party, steamed into Yokohama, the har
bor of Tokyo, escorted by tbe Ashuelot and
a Japanese man-of-war on July 8, 1879.
There was assembled a fleet of warships of
other powers. At noon tbe admiral's
barge, flying General Grant's flag as e
president and conveying the general and
wife, Prince Dati, Minister Bingbam and
Minister Yoshida, slowly pushed for the
shore, and on the instant every naval ves
sel manned yards and fired the American
nAtiOTIAl KfilntfJ TltC AtlV mna mts K.... ...1
....... - " .-j ..u. .ir. WQUlltUi
as days of which we dream a blue, cloud
lees sky, a sooth iug, lapping sea. The sud
den transformation from this sleepy, lazy,
silent summer day into tbe turbulence and
clanarcr of wr- thtt mar nf mn
C - wm i-l UUU1J ) lylf V7
music every band playing an American
air the manned yards, the officers on
deck in full dress and saluting tbe bargo
as it passed, the cheers of tbe multitude
thronging the shore, the fantastic day fire
works, tbe cannon smoke banking into
clouds, tbe barge moving with slow, steady
stroke, all formed a brilliant and extraor
dinary scene.
As tbe admiralty steps were approached
there in waiting stood the imperial princes,
tbe ministers and the high officials of the
realm, in tbe splendor of their rank and
station. As the general stepped on shore
the Japanese guns thundered tbeir greet
ing, the bands played 'The Star Spangled
Banner,' and Mr. Iwakura, the venerable
prime minister, advanced, and taking tbe
general's hand in tbe name of the emperor
welcomed him to Japan. Beaching Tokyo
after an hour in the train, the oity au
thorities met us with an address, and the
mikado's state carriage, through a contin
uous, double line of infantry standing at
'present,' conveyed tbe general to the im
perial palace of Enriok wan. "
A Rebuke.
"I beg your pardon," said the passenger
In the long linen duster, leaning over the
back of the seat in front of him, "but
Would von mind tellin n twm
- - - " J UUI UUW
got all knocked over to one side tbe wav
it is?"
"Not at all, " cheerfully responded tbe
passencer on the seat InlWmt r. ...
done one time wben I was poking it into
iu.ks wjginess. vnicago Tribune.
THE MAGNETIC HAMMER.
A Traveler's Tale of an 17
sode la a Conntry Store.
"Standing one day in a country
store," said a traveler, "I saw drive
up a traveling dealer who carried
his stock with him, his turnout be
ing ox1 a kind more commonly seen
years ago than now, in these days
of easier railroad communication
and more frequent drummers. The
wagon was big and heavy, but tbe
body hung gracefully on platform
springs, the rear hanging a little
lower than the forward end. The
running part was stout, but well de
signed and finished. Tbe body of
tbe wagon was like a long, deep box,
the; top being fixed and permanent.
For a space of perhaps three feet
forward from the rear end the
body was built up a little higher,
with a vertical face at the front,
down to the roof. It was as though
the rear end of the wagon had been
carried up a low story higher than
the reet. Midway between the face
of this higher rear part and the
driver's seat there was another high,
er section extending across the roof
from side to side, but narrow.
"The sides of the wagon body were
paneled off. The moldings marked
the spaces into which the interior
was divided, and access to the com
partments was had by doors in the
sides and the end. The seat at the
forward end of the wagon was capa
cious and comfortable, and there
was over it a substantial leather top
that would keep out any weather.
Attached .to this wagon there was a
pair of big, good looking, well fed
horses that could haul it anywhere.
Take it all together, the outfit had
an air of solidity, combined with no
Bmall degree of rakishness. It was
an outfit such as any man might
reasonably be proud of.
"I dont remember what he was
jselling, but it was something packed
in boxes. He brought in a sample
he was a rather tall man, with a
beard, with a good humored eye and
a quiet manner and the merchant
hcraght seme. Then he went out to
his wagon again and brought in the
goods, and he brought with him a
cardboard placard which evidently
he intended to put up in the store.
"Rising in the center of the store
was a large, square wooden pil
supporting overhead a big cross
beam, upon which, I suppose, the in
ner ends of the floor beams rested.
When he had laid the goods down on
the counter, he picked up the card
that he had brought in with them
and turned toward the square pillar
in the center of the store. He had
located it when be came in, or I
guess he knew it He and tbe store
keeper didn't talk very much, but I
thought they seemed to know each
other. No doubt he had been there
before.
"The big, square post was covered
witb just such cards as he had
brought in, tacked on all over, all
around as high as a man could reach,
and I couldn't sell where he was, go
ing to get his card in, but he walked
over to the post just as though there
were plenty of room there. He took
a paper of tacks out of his pocket
and sifted out four into the palm of
his left hand and then put them into
his mouth. Then he placed his pla
card against the side of the post
and pushed? it up until the bottom
of it was clear of the top Of the high
est card on that side He could do
this because he was pretty tall, and
he was simply holding on to his card
at the bottom. But I couldn't see
yet how he was going to reach up to
tack it at the top.
"But he trued it up on the face of
the post with both hands calmly,
and then, holding it with one hand,
ne reacnea into his outside coat pock
et for his hammer. It was just a
small tack hammer with rather a
long handle. He carried the head of
the hammer up to his mouth, and
when he withdrew it there was a
tack sticking to the face of it The
head of the hammer was magnetiz
ed, and the smooth, fiat top of the
head of tbe tack stuck to its face, the
point projecting in line with the
hammer's head. All he had to do
was -u reach up. With a single tap
be drove the tack through the card
at one corner away up at the top
easily. Then he drove a tack through
the other upper corner in the same
manner, and then he drove ijs a cou
ple of tacks at the bottom andron.
ped the hammer in his pocket Then
he went out and got on his wagon
and drove off. "New York Sun.
Economy.
Bave at fashion and preach economy if
yon will. It is all tbe better for the world
that rich people should spend tbeir money
lavishly, instead of hoarding it Every
flounce on the skirt of that glittering belle,
ridiculous as it may be from an artistic
point of view, helps to make some dress
maker's assistant more certain of ber
week's work. Everything she "cannot
possibly live without," though it be a
gewgaw suitable for a squaw, makes it so
much more certain that every shopkeeper
in uiu una snail prosper.
So, wben her father, scorning the red
brick mansion in which bis parents took
dellgbt, spends a year or so in elaborating
a palace of white marble, he finds work for
so many score of laborers who else might
starve or go to tbe poorbouse. So that fin
ery is paid for, bo that one only "buys for
cash,"" there is more good than harm in
the long run in what seems like
gance. An unpaid debt is a theft, and a
theft is a crime, but honest purchases which
do not first or last bring this about, and
looking at the good done to tbe masses and
not at one individual bank account, can
not be called extravagance. A miser does
more harm to his fellow men than a spend
thrift, and the only alarming point in the
present, universal snow ana glitter is that
unlucky people with inadequate purses
may seek to take a part in it at the ex
pense of trustful tradesmen.
If Only the rich become extravagant, we
v nurrnu, una go aneaa, even if you do
not leave $1,000,000 or so to a poorbouse
when you die. Your cook and oosfehman
and tailor and jeweler, your wife's dress-
. ' " uvfBM v.. tLiug IV 1 3a.
paid to minister to your far-reaching
whims, have no need of one. New York
Ledger.
maKar. h nn aii f ho hmf mm
ZanesvUle'a Joke,
Here is a choice bit of humor
which is believed to be an original
product of Zanesville: A Terrace car
was 'wending its, way" toward the
eenith ward lata
.,iuwm
tiirough a tremendous downpour of
rain. The attention of some passen
gers who were gazing idly through
the windows was attracted to a
woman who, out in the midst of th
shower, was strmo'iin 1 -
oo""B ft-11- a iuu
beneath a rainspout. "Well, now,"
exclaimed one of the passengers, "do
look at that fool woman trying to
catch soft water when it's raining
hard. " Thi3 may not be nw w
no person to whom it has so far been
icmwsa recalls Having seen it in
any of the almanacs. Exohange.
A. D.
Successor to BROWN & RODDICK,
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"ON B PRICE TO ALL," hs been our motto since 1815, and '
tribute our success to the unswerving adberance to it We m
, , 11 nt break
price for any one Some times we have goods that stay too lor
. 1 6 With oa
and then we cut the price an offer them to every one at GREAT sa
FICE. . RI'
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Crash Towelling worth 5 cents at 3 cents per yard
Novelty Dress G iods worth 50 cr nts at 40 cents ber varri
Drap Ete Dress Goods worth $1.25 at $1.00 per ard
New line Percales at 2 cents per yard.
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Ladipsj light weight Vests and Pat, ts, only 98c each
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A good Cotton Carpet, yard wide, for 25 cents p r & f
Union Carpeting 35 cents per yard.
A good Brussels Carpet for 55 cnts pr yrl no 2? tf
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