North Carolina Newspapers

Cotton, like every other crip, needs; :uo4- A fertilizer containing nitro gen, phosphoric acid, and not less than 3 of actual Potash, will increase the crop and im prove the land. Our books tell all about the subject. They are free to any farmer. GERMAN KALI. WORKS. 93 Nassau St., New York. WAITING. JOHN BURROUGHS. Serene I hold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For, lo!my own shall come tome. I stay my haste, I make delays, For what avails this eager pace? I stand amid the eternal ways, And what is mine shall know my face. Asleep, awake, by night or day, The friends I seek are seeking me ; No wind can drive my bark astray, Nor change- the tide of destiny. What matter if I stand alone? I wait with ioy the coming years ; My heart shall reap where itnas sown, And garner up its fruit of tears. The waters know their own and draw The brook that springs in yonder 'heights; Se flows the good with equal law Unto the soul of pure delights. ' The stars come nightly to the sky, The tidal wave unto the sea ; Nor time, rtor space, nor deep, nor high, Can keep my own away from me. SUNDAY SELECTIONS. ! God writes his precious prom ises upon sorrow's blackboard. Truth is violated by falsehood, and it may be equally outraged by silence. "Love held the hand that held the hammer that drove the nail into Christ." Montgomery. During the pilgrimage every- iiirrr rlnoc not emit tnA tJIKt.fiS nf t.TlO pilgrim, Turkish Proverb. The great man is he, who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with per fect sweetness the independence of his character. Nothing pays smaller dividends in spiritual results than making a spe ciality of discovering the' short-comings of other people. An humble' man is a joyous man. There is no worship where there is no joy. For worship is some thing more than the fear of God or the love of Him. It is a delight in Him. E-JV. Faber. Whatever be your talents, what ever be your prospects, never specu late away on the chance of a palace that which you may need as a pro vision against the workhouse. Bul wer. Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for this little stock expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, he imputes to you Jwo hun dred defects instead of perfections. Christianity wants nothing so much in the world as sunny people, and the old are hungrier for love than for bread, and the oil of joy is very cheap, and if you can help the poor on with a garment of praise, it will be better far than blankets. Professor Drummond. Pure and undefined religion is always recogdized at sight. It does not require any argument to convince a man who can see that the sim shines; neither do those who really have the righteousness of Christ imparted unto them have to carry banners and trumpets to advertise their religion. It shows itself. . TWINKLINGS. Judge :"Witness,0uare forty years of age" - Female Witness "Yes, alas! One Wets older every day. And yet I was ounger once (heaving a sigh). Ah, ur lordshinwould hardly believe how ungl was. Tid-Bits. "All is over between us," said young man who had found a rich- er rl and was trying to take leave of s oiu love. ou are mistaken," replied she. "M breach-of-promise suit has not yet be; tponed the transfer of his af- ia Grippe, Heart Disease, Cured by 9ILE8' HEART CURE. MR. C. C. BHTJliTS, of Winters ct, low. Inventor and raenufactrer cf Shults Safety WMfRetrco Ocaplb:?, k writes of Dr. lilies' Heart Cv.re.- Two 7e;-rs j ago aa attack of LaOrlppo left mo with Bveak heart. I had run dowr. la flesh tn mere skin and bono. I could not-eleeplyi; : town forsmothering spells; frequent f.' ;..o Rutins pains and palpitation caused ". c. ..- bbt faar of sudden death, noth'.:..-- ci-i, face me to romain away front riz.? over lit. My local physician proscribed Dr. V Heart Cure and In a tew days I was . to sleep well and tVio pains gradually : .tied, and finally ceased. I reduced the 3pses, haying gained fifteen pounds, and Eaw feeling better in every way than X rjM!lc-' lioraedlea M by all cirug- I'udor a positive first bottle . or money ro- Bcok on dls- Itho heart and Address, I MEDICAL DO., Elkhart, Ind. i guarantee Dr. MIW Path lead ache. "One cent a dose." W or opium In Dr. Mi lea's Pain tPAIN. "On runt a Anno " Druggists. Change. a cam to Ifectionlj r Vollowed DR. Rait ' 1 zM ItHfiatlCuisl HOW TO WRITE A BURLESQUE. If you want to write a musical burlesque, The recipes you neyer must ignore. You needn't be amusing or grotesque. Per contra, you should never faU to bor&J You needn't care a Jot Tor the nature of Mm plot Coherency may pun the bookimg dry But you certainly will fail if your idiotic la Doesn't introduce a nigger lullaby. Vou must make a naughty referenro now and then To the tunny little things they do in France, And, if failing to express it with your pen, You can iUustrate your meaning with a While no matter what your story, you must mouth about the glory Of the soldier or the sailor far away. Like a strippling of a Kipling or like Tommy when he's tippling, You are bound to write u patriotio lay. Then you introduce a broker or a Jew, A soldier must be pitted with a snob. And the, idiotic heroine must woo In a song that is supposed to make you sob. If you start act one at home, in the second yon must roam f. To the continent, to India or Japan. And of late the dolly ditty is considered rather pretty, ' . For it's well to be domestic when you can. You needn't be particular with rhymes. "Mamma" and "far" are jingled by the throng. While "love" and "move" how many, many timesl , Are coupled In the sentimental song. A lavish lot of frocks (that display the wear er's clocks) Must never, never possibly bo missed. While your prospects will be bright if the risky opening night Sees your "comedy" most vigorously hissed. J. M. Barrio in Sketch. A HEROIC ACT. One fine evening in December I pulled off in the coaling oompany's smart gig to the 8,000 ton tramp steamer Corona, then rolling on the long Atlantic swell sjnst ontside the break-water of Las Pat inas harbor, Grand Canary. As tbe white gig flashed through the clear green water there was ample opportun ity to look at the vessel, and her appear ance was by no means pleasing. With her full- bows, square quarters, huge up right funnel aud rusty sides, she was not an attractive object as, loaded down to the last inch with nitrate from South America, she wallowed in the long sea slopes that swept round the end of the breakwater. Climbing over the low rail and forcing my way through a pan demonium of swarthy Spanish coal heavers, dealers in fruit and tobacco and venders of canaries, the latter al ternately coaxing and abusing their feathered merchandise in the vain hope of making them sing, I met Captain Cranton. "She's not exactly a floating palace, but with fine weather will take yon home all right, and you can see what a deep tramp is like at sea, " said the lat ter. . Just then a dilapidated looking Eng lishman, clad in greasy dungaree, with a battered engineer's silk cap on his head, thrust on one side a gesticulating Spaniard who was trying to force a bunch of hard bananas and a half dead canary .on a grinning fireman and, touching his grimy forehead, asked: "Are you Captain Cranton, sir?" "Yes," said the officer. "What is it you want?" ' 'I want to see if there's any chance of working a passage home. I'm a boiler maker and have served as fourth en gineer. I'm starving here," was the answer. "H'ml What are you doing in Las Palruas then deserted, I suppose?" said the captain. ' ' 'No, sir. It was this way. I shipped at Liverpool aboard of the Coquimbo to load coal at Cardiff for Bio, and the night afore she sailed I met Tom Ste venson, who served his time at Don lop's." "Never mind Stevenson goon," in terjected the skipper. "Well, we went to have a par tin glass or two not too much, sir; about a bottle of whisky atween two of us an when they turned us out at 1 1 Tom, he sits in the gutter, and sex he, 'I won't go home till morning. ' I sez, 'Don't be a fool, Tom,' and a p'leece man comes, so I goes off and makes down to tbe coal tips. It didn't seem quite the right tip, but I sees a big four masted boat with a yellow funnel, and sez I, 'That's the Coquimbo I knows the ugly look of her.' So I crawled aboard and goes to Bleep in the f o'c'sle. When I awakened np, she were rolling heavy far out at sea, and When I got on deck I says to myself, ' It's another san guinary African boat. ' So it was, and they made mo ecrapo paint, and when we got here tbe skipper he sez, 'Clear out and bo thankful you ain't looked up by tbe consul,' and I landed without a cent." ' The captain hesitated and looked at the man once or twice, while the latter spat calmly on tbe deck. At last he said half to himself.' "The chief wants an other hand with that broken down" en gine of his, " -then; raising his voice: "All rights I'll take you if the chief en gineer approves. Go and see him. Mind, I'm not going to sign you on and pay more than you're worth for stamps, but if you behave Il give you a trifle to go ashore with. " f While I leaned over the rail, smoking and watching the1 foam crawl past crawl is the piopervord tbe chief offi cer came along, and in reply to my query said. "What kind of a boat is she? Well, you can see -about as hard an old tramp as Was ever launched into the German ocean.. Besides, we've been knocking about foriiiioiiths, and there'sshells and grass on her a foot long. The engineer says his" mill ig all to bits too. " Subse quent experience proved that this de scription was by no means exaggerated. iurning out early nearly next morn ing, I climbed to tho poop for the Cor ona was of the usual well deck build and could see nothing but an azure cir cle above and a sweep of sparkling, foam flecked sea below, piled into ridges by the fresh trade breeze, across which the steamer slowly rolled. One glance at the water, without looking at the log dial, was sufficient, to show that she was only going six knots. So, climbing down the narrow, steel ranged ladder, I made my way forward over the slippery iron deck, dodging tbe spouts of water which gushed In through the scuppers at every roll, to look for the chief engineer. Passing the engine room door, the thumping and clanging that floated up were quite; enough to tell of worn out journals andf general out of linedness to one who could interpret it I fonnd the chief in his room, rubbing his hands with the inevitable ball of waste, and said: "What kind of mill have yon got?" "Weel," he said for most marine engineers are Clydesdale men "there's may be waur jobs afloat, but I havena seen yin, Man, do ye no hear her clack -olackin and wheeze-wheezin? There's a third erf the tubes in the port boiler plugged and a leakin, forby the firemen canna jeep steam wi' they dirt o' coals. " No-f, a Clydesdale man is rarely sat isfied Jvith bis engine and would burn gold Jff he conld get it, so I did not think? too much of this outburst, but had fjjbly to understand that the engine, was jnot what be would have called an "AmilL" Soon afterward the already strong breeze began to freshen up, and when the sun sank, a glowing orb of copper beneath a ragged edged bank of dark clouds, leaving a brassy yellow glare glowing across threatening sky and an- BRADFIELD'8 FEMALE REGULATOR i n.w.nn'ci Afaonspa find irreeru- larities. It cures everything that is commonly called a ' 'female trouble." It acts directly upon all the distinctly CAji'n stOTara tit Cfinevfltkm. dllV- ine out weakness and imparting strengtn; stopping unnatural uuuud, rtn monthlv now ttUU IClUMWUg , m in every instance. It manes scary and weakly women strong " 1 n hrvrrlp at druBr stores. anA fnr a free book about it. The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. BUSINESS LOCALS. -Noncics For Bent or Sale, Lost or Found' want and other short Miscellaneous Adver tisements Inserted In this Department, In solid Nonpareil Type, on, first or Eourth page, at rao HshBr'aontion. for 1 cent par word each inser tion; but no advertisement taken for less than 20 cents. Terms positively cash la advance. d. el. Ponv'and Phaeton for sale: re markably cheao. in excellent condition. , Ad dress, "Pony," care Stab. jan 9 it lriun"i- I UMij 9 . . 1 and give customers double their value m Handsome Presents; exclusive territory; sam ple outfit free. Modoc Soap Co., Cincinnati, O. . Am .,..11 . In nail flnwiflltv Snans jan v n - Ki.ntii. m ni tonal Bank Notice to ctsitirtiriiftora TTia anniial meetlmr of the Stockholders of this Bank -will be' held in the director's' room or tne Bank, on Tuesaay, Jan uary Utk 1898, at ll o'clock, A. M. W. J. Toomer, Cashier. jan 9 2t v Tti. c. A. Rtar Oonrse Second Enter tainment Tuesday, January 11. Course tickets, $1 .50 for five numbers. sa tu jan 8 2t .i ii mi rcfplvod another lot of fine Western Apples and Butter. Will fill orders as cheap as has been filled the past month, although Northern Annies have advanced, w. r. oia- hamft Co. jan G tf slon Merchant, handles everything In the pro duce line; also Hides, Furs. Wool. Wax, Pork, Bnf utn in Smith Frnnt. sr.rppt Rest stand in the city. 'Give him a trial. jan 5 1 still Selllnsr The Atlantic Tea Co. Is still selling the best Teas and Coffees in the city. Greatly reduced prices for balance of this week. Best Roasted Laguavra in the city 24c, and all the Crockery for less than cost. 818 North Fourth street. jan o u lllonev IHade and time saved by new pro cess for Parching Peanuts. I can roast large quantities at a time. It will pay you to let me roast for you. Write for particulars. A. E. Blake Wilmington. N. C. ' de 28 tf Ladies Wanted to travel and appoint agents for old established house. Permanent nasi t ion: $40 per month and all expenses. Z., Box 82, Philadelphia, Pa. de 18 D&W tf To nn rial Parlor. Shaving and Hair Dressing. Prompt and polite attention. Hair Cut 20 cents. Shave (without Bay Rum) 10 cents. Wm. Tlenken, 17 Princess street. do 17 lm A Word to tbe Wise is sufficient. The best Fruit and Confectioneries, served daintily. can be found at Andrew Mavionichols, 705 North Fourth street. Bell 'Phone we. inter state m. A large shipment of fine Jamaica Bananas just received. dec 16 tf Vrc li Ground Graham Flour. Bis Hominv. N. C. Head Rice. Choice Hay, and alL kinds of Feed; lowest prices. Jno. S. McEachern. Bell Phone 02, Inter-State Phone No. 92. de 9 tf For Bent Prices and prompt returns ship your Country Produce to M. C. Benson? 100 Dock street. Beef Cattle, Milch Cows and Pork a specailty. dec 1 tf IVlieri ( an I SIi lit ronntFV Produce to the best advantage is a question that is puzzling you. seine ii Dy snipping to u. rare Bowoea, o Frmcess street, uarerui nananng ana prompt, returns. Eggs for the city trade. no 30 tf Havdeu. P. II., has In stock Buggles.Road Carts and Harness of all kinds. Repairing done by skillful workmen on short notice. Opposite new uoun House. no so u Photographs. 4-For finest quality, latest stvies. oest material, nnesi nnisu, lowest prices, call on IT O. Ellis. 114 Market street. Wllminir- ton. N. C. Cloudy weather makes no differ ence, ou ai li Al way h Reliable. The best and freshest gooes at. lowest market prices. laoosgB, ajj nles. Butter. Bananas. Crackers. Candies. Lem ons. Potatoes, etc. Retailers will Ond it to their advantage to ask my prices before placing then order. A. S. Wlnstead, 115 Second street Phone sos. sep n u "LOOK YOUR BARN DOOR" JEFORE YOUR HORSE IS STOLEN. DON'T wait till it Is too late, but get your lock, hinges and fittings In good order, at a reasonable ex pense, by purchasing thorn from J. W. MUR CHISON, who always keeps a large assortment cf all kinds of STABLE HARDWARE, HINGES, LOCKS, SHOVELS, SPADES, HAY KNIVES CUTTING MACHINES, PITCHFORKS, etc. See our PENINSULAR STEEL RANGE, the best sn earth. A full Une of Cooking and Heating Stoves alwavs on hand. Our line of AGATE WARE is the largest and most vaneu in tne city. Give uts a call and we will please yon. J. W. MUHCHISON, jan 1 tf ORTON BUILDING. MERRY CHRISTMAS. Our Yearns work has been hard; but the results are very gratifying. We sincerely thank our friends and the general public for their liberal patronage, AND Earnestly soliciting a continuation and Increase of same, we wish you all the joy, happiness and pleasure the season brings; alsa, A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Respetfully, MERCER & EVANS. H. C. Evans' old stand. dec 25 tf . IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS OF Coon, O'Possum, Fox, Mint, Otter ana Other Fur. Highest Cash Price Paid for Same No Commission or Freight charged. SAJTL BEAR, Sr.. de 18 tf 12 Market St., Wilmington, N. C. "yUwj-ci SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligence: Mrs. Jno. F. Hamer, wife of a prominent planter near Rockingham, died suddenly a few days ago. Columbus News Mr. Jeff Ward died at his home in Bogne town ship last Sunday night, from a relapse from a case of typhoid fever. He was about forty-five years of age. Jonesboro Progress: Dr. John Shaw died at Cartilage Monday night of paralysis. He had been suffering for some time. He was upwards of seventy years of age. Murfreesboro Index: Mr. Abra ham Stephenson, aged about 21 years, died on Thursday, uec. zaa, 01 con sumption, at the residence of his father, Capt. Stephenson, near Boy- kms. Raleigh Press Visitor: One of curiosities in the State prison is a ne gress who calls herself Queen of Sheba and devotes her entire time to cursing. She is in the department for the female criminal insane. . She has a group of subiects alwavs near her who yield implicit obedience to her will. Scotland Neck Commonwealth : On Monday night, January 3rd, Mrs. Penelope, wife of Mr. W. K. White, died at her home a few miles in the country, after a lingering illness of considerable time. Mr. J. Whit Bell killed, about the beginning of the holidays, a hog that weighed 527 pounds. Monroe Enquirer: Mr. Hamp ton Home, who took chloroform with suicidal intent one day last week, died Thursday niffht. He leaves a wife and several children, the youngest child but a few days olu. Tne remains were taken to White's Store, Anson county, for burial. Work on the artesian well goes on day and night. The well is now about 250 feet deep, and the drill is still cutting through the hard est of blue rock. 3 Charlotte Obseraer: Mr. John Moore Rea lives in Sharon. Friday morning his daughter, Miss Maud, was in the front yard, where she was at tacked by a mad dog, her arm badly lacerated and her clothing torn off her. Her screams brought assistance, ana the dog was summarily dealt with, but the injury was done. She was brought to town at once and Dr. O'Donoghue applied the mad stone to the arm. It adhered for some minutes. Winston Sentinel: Particulars were received here last night of a bru tal murder which occurred in Wilkes county several days ago. It appears that Bill Morgan and John Waters, Jr., became intoxicated on smglings. They stopped at the home of a man T, 1 TOTT-lll llfl J.1 namea men weiiDourn. wnen xney went to leave Morgan drew his knife and disemboweled Waters. The wounded man only lived a few hours. Morgan was arrested, given a prelimi nary trial and bound over to the next term of court, when he will be tried for murder'. Rocky Mount Argonaut: Mr. W. J. Cary, who lived m Nash coun ty, several miles from town, was found dead near the residence of J. H. Hunter, Esq., at 6:30 o'clock Wednes day night, the 29th ultimo. The body was Tying near the roadside and a rdadcart and horse belonging to the deceased was standing near by. After viewing the remains the coroner decided it was a case of heart failure,, the unfortunate man being stricken by death while riding home. Four col ored people braved the icy waters of the Tar river on Christmas day. They were recent converts, and willing to stand the cold bath to show that luke w&rmness was not in their articles of faith. Had Squared Up: "Sir, there are certain duties we all owe to our country. " "I don't. They soaked me for $14 on three suits of English clothes, and I paid it sir, I paid it. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Seeds, Seeds, Seeds. NEW CROP JUST ARRIVED All Varieties Lowest Prices. . . r. 'I TRUCKERS, CO'jNTRY MERCHANTS and GAR DENERS will save money by buying from Robert B. Bellamy. Wholesale Druggist and Seedsman, jan 2 if Wilmington, N. C. Put at the Head OF YOUR New Year's Resolutions tbat hereafter you will buy your Drugs and Toilet Articles From J. HICKS BUNTING, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, jn 1 tf Y. M. C. A. Building. COTTON SEED MEAL 1000 BAGS COTTON SEED MEAL. 1500 BAGS PURE GERMAN KAINIT. k 1250 BAGS LIVERPOOL SALT 435 BAGS DIRTY SALT. 1850 BAGS 13 PER CENT. ACID. 600 BAGS SULPHATE POTASH. 3500 BAGS (ALL GRADES) RERTILIZER. 450 BARRELS LIME. DIRECT SHIPMENTS from factories, Baltimore, Wilmington, Charleston or Columbia. Prices ft Terms Cheerfully Given. W. B. COOPER, Wholesale Grocer and Commission Merchant, i Jan 7 tf Wilmington, N. O. We Have Bargains In CHEESE, ' ; SNUFF, CIGARS, CHEROOTS AND TOBACCO for the trade. A few Old N. C. Hams, Choice, on consignment. . HAjL & PEARSALL, jan 9 tf Wholesale Grocers. gry water, it was evident We were in for bad weather. The sena were rapidly growing steeper and breaking more sharply, while tho heavy steamer flung herself about as ii she would shake the masts ont of her, with water and spray already flying in all directions. For some hours i hung about under the lee of the "dodgers," or canvas screens, chatting with the mate and try ing to evade the stinging spindrift which lashed our faces like a whip from time to time. At last, as the poop dis appeared to the top of the hand wheel in a rush of water, tbe mate, shaking the water from his sou'wester, said: "If she jumps anymore, the chief will be slowing her down. He's an aw ful old heathen over that broken down engine of his, and the second says he aits and talks to it in bad weather. Any way, the sooner we get this hooker home the better. " Sleep that night was difficult, for ev ery now and then, as the steamer lifted her stem clear of the sea, tbe whole poop shook to the heavy vibration of tbe whirring propeller, until, knowing what jabip it was and bad rivets are,-1 sincere ly wished myself out of it In tbe morning I found tbe water pouring in over either rail, while all around was a wild, drifting, crested sea. Some of the cargo had shifted, and the ship lay down to it and wallowed, as only a tramp can, shoving her bows np to foremast into the big ridge? that roll ed upon her. The chief said: "Man, the anld mill's turning half speed, but we'r bann back sterrun first tae Las Palmas. " Then misfortunes began to arise. Something got adrift on the forecastle bead and clanged about. It may have been an unshackled chain or. anchor lashing. Three men, watching their time and clinging to tho rail when a heavy sea came on board, crawled for ward. I was watching tbein from tho bridge, and I saw an nnnsnally large wave rising ahead a wail of glittering green water, curling over into foam at the summit. The captain waved bis band to tho men and they grasped the rails. Next moment tbe bows disap peared deep in the sea, and when tbe steamer slowly lifted a streaming fore castle out of tbe ocean only one re mained, clinging, half drowned, to the rails, while as the vessel .rolled heavily down and the sea poured out 1 saw his companion clutch at the bulwarks, miss them and disappear beyond all hope of rescue in a smother of foaai. The other poor fellow lay washing about the clerk beneath with broken ribs, and as three or four seamen crept for ward to go to nis aid Alack came np, with a long face to eay that more of tbe tubes in tbe port boiler had burst and that the water was pouring out under the grates from a leak iu the back end. He said: "I hue scanlded baith bunds an feet trying tae pit in the patent stoppers, bat there's that much e team an hot wa ter flyin round it canm; Le clone." There was a brief consultation, and it was decided to draw tbe fires in one boiler while the firemen did their best to raise enough steam from the remain ing one to keep the ship head to sea. "Mind, Mack, if she falls off in this sea it's all up. flu quick, " said tbe cap tain, to which the chief answered brief- m "I hae been in a hct furnace afore, an I can gang again. There'll be no time lost." bo the rest of the day and all night we lay to, every man at his post, whilo with ventilators torn up, batch covers ripped off and water gur gling about deep in the holds the Co rona swung to the beavy Atlantic sea in imminent peril. Next nicrning a steady clang and clatter fldSted np through the stokehold gratings, and a fireman, wiping the, sweat from bis sooty face, came up to say tbat tho chief wanted me below to. see bow repairs were done at sea. The chief engineer, looking gaunter and grimmer than ever, was swathing him self in sacks opposite the front of the port boiler, which, although the fires had been drawn, was still almost at bine beat. His third wus trying to per suade him not to enter tho flue himself, but the chief shook him off. An acrid smell of charring wood Coat ed ont of the three feet flues, and then, while we held our breath, the chief slowly crawled down the bot furnace and disappeared' into tho dark boiler, while a fireman followed him along tbe wing floe. For some minutes there was a clatter ins of hammers, and then u nerve try ing silence. We listened with hearts in our mouths, but onij heard tbe ham mering ot tbe runaway engines aud tbe vibrating of tbe plates as a heavy sea struck the ship. Then a smothered cry came from the flue, ' 'For God's sake 1 get me out!" and, leaning forward, two R ri .1 . m .m nreinen u ragged we engineer rortn, blaokened and burned, after which he promptly collapsed into a dead faint, while a fireman went into the other flue at the risk of his life, and, making fast a rope, bis comrade was bauled ont. Presently tbe chief gasped and sat up, holding out a band on which the flesh was peeling from tbe bones in rags. "I can do naemair," he said. "It's a boil ermaker's job An we canna drive the ither boiler at that rate any longer. It's no safe the noo. She'll fall off in the trough of tbe sea when the engine slows an roll over. Lord have mercy on us ! Just then a dilapidated greaser came in from the engine room, and I recog nized the man who was working hi passage. ' 'You should have sent for me before," he said. "Give me the tools.' "What dae ye ken a boot calking?' asked the chief roughly. "I was the best boilermaker in Har tlepool before I took to drink," was tht quiet reply. "Give him the tools. It's neck or nothing the noo," said the chief. The stranger carefully wrapped his bands in the sacks and then, with a hammer slung round his neck, crawled into tbe black -mouth of the flue, push ing a flat engine lamp before him. Tbe red glare of tbe boiler lamps fell on anxious faces, dripping with sweat and smeared with soot, all turned to ward the yawning month of the .flue, and as I watched I could plainly feel a tiny artery pulsing as if it would burst beneath my ear. Then the tap of tho hammer ceased, there was a clatter, as of something dropping in the combus tion chamber and with a low hiss, aa of water en hot metal, the dim light went out "He's dropped bis lamp. Get in, some of you, and 'bring him out," said tbe third engineer. And while four fire men struggled to be first to undertake the dangerous work the chief staggered across tbe stokehole, and, turning a wheel, the sharp clang of the brass rams pumping up the balf empty boiler rang out across the silence. The seconds dragged slowly past in anxious suspense, while only a rustling sound and a sour smell of charring wood and smoldering cloth drifted out of the black furnace. Then there was a shuffling along tho plank, and the fire man fell out a limp heap amid the coal below. "I'm done; take hold I" be gasped. And his comrades seized a shriveled, blackened baud that lay upon the deal plank, ringed ronnd with a smoldering sleeve. A moment later they hauled out a ghastly object with charred clothing, singed hair and blackened face and laid it, with the features distorted in a sight less spasm of pain, carefully upon the floorplatea. "Poor fellow 1 I'm afraid he's gone Get those fires started," said the third engineer, kneeling down and lifting the unconscious form in bis arms. Presently the relighted fires roared and crackled, and while the half hours crept slowly by and the finger of the steam gauge steadily mounted tbe scale the third engineer, surrounded by such firemen whose duties were over, knelt on the coal, bathing the blistered face and hands with tbe healing oil and trying to force a few drops of spirits be tween the clenched teeth. At last, just before the change of the morning watch, the burned and blackened lids fell back and the eyes opened. A faint smile crept over the scorch ed face, softening away the stamp of pain, and the voice of the dying man sounded hollow and strange as he spoke in low gasps. "I've earned my passage anyway the leak's stopped. Mine's been a bard hard life it's finished now goodby. " Then the weary eyes olosed forever on this world. There is little more to be told. With- steam from both boilers tbe Corona was able to keep head to sea until the gale broke and a faint, watery sunlight streamed down between lines of whirl ing clouds and shone across the foaming ridges below. - At eight bells tbe engines stopped for a few minutes, and as the solemn words, "We therefore commit his body to tbe deep, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life," sound ed dearly above the gurgle and swish of the water along the plates of the plung ing ship, the stern grating was tipped up, and there was a heavy splash in the sea. Then a silence fell over the barehead ed crew, and they turned softly away, a hazy idea in each man's heart for Jack is not much given to sentiment and can rarely express himself clearly that whatever the boilermaker's past life may have been he had at least made a good end, and possibly also a vague pride in another proof although he bas proved it over and over again that even the "drunken sailorman" can oc casionally die in a manner of which bis countrymen have no cause to be ashamed. Though he could never put it into words, poor Jack has got the feeling in him which a poet bas expressed: But once in a while we can fi-nish in style For the ends of the earth to view. Temple Bar. 11m Sickbed. In arranging the sickbed the two tial things to be thought of are the com fort of the patient and, after that, the con venience of the nurse. The bedstead should be firm, light sflS simple. If it is firm, it cannot be easily Jarred; if it is light, it can be easily moved, and if it is simple it can be easily kept clean. All these requirements are met in the plain iron bedstead, which has the additional advantage that its width and height are adapteed both to the needs of tbe patient and the convenience of the nurse. If the bedstead is light, it is better to have only the head end provided with casters; otherwise the bed will move too easily. By lifting the foot end off the floor the bed. can be moved and guided without causing the patient the least discomfort. Tne mattress should be sufficiently soft and yielding to be perfectly comfortable for the patient, but not so yielding as to allow his body to sink into it. It is very difficult to make a sick person comfortable on a sagging mattress. Feather beds should never be used in cases of sickness. They are uncomfortable for the patient, it is impossible to keep them clean, almost of necessity they keep the patient's body unnecessarily warm, and they are extremely inconvenient for the nurse. To prevent the mattress from becoming soiled a good sized piece of waterproof ma terial preferably a rubber blanket should be smoothly spread over it before the undersheet is put on. This sheet should be large enough to be securely tucked un der the. edges of the mattress, and the greatest care should be taken to smooth ont all the creases. The pillows should be thoroughly aired at least once a day, and whenever the pil lowslip becomes soiled or damp with per spiration a clean one should be substitut ed. Changing and shaking up the pillows when they have become hard and mussed is a small service, but very refreshing to tne patient. The covering for the sickbed other than the top sheet should vary according to the temperature of the room, the nature of the sickness, the feelings of the patient and the season of the year. Whatever these conditions, the covering should be as light as is consistent with the comfort of the pa tient. Youth's Companion. Snaflr For the Pope, Pope Leo XT IT sneezes just as other mortals do, and he adheres to a custom still practiced in this country by gen tlemen of the old school that of using snuff to tickle his olfactories. It is not generally known that the snuff used by the head of the Roman Catholic church is made in Baltimore especially for bis use. This particular,, snuff goes direct fom prosaic Canton to the sacred pre cincts of the Vatican. It is the highest priced snuff made anywhere in the world, and its value is increased several times above the original cost after the customs duty has been paid to the Ital ian government. . The snuff for the prince of Rome is manufactured from the pick of the finest Virginia and Kentucky tobacco, the Baltimore firm which makes the snuff being careful that every vestige of stem is removed from the tobacco before it undergoes the process which changes the leaf to a sneeze provoker. Before it is packed the snuff is flavored with the costly attar of roses. One hundred pounds were first ordered for the Vatican. This was packed in one pound and five pound jars, each jar be ing placed in a leather case lined with cardinal satin. The jars were of the same color, and each was tied with cardinal ribbon. In honor of Cardinal Gibbons, through whom the Baltimore firm secured its first order, the snuff was called "Cardinal snuff." It is supposed that the five pound jars found a resting place , in the private apartments of his holiness. The one pound jars were used as presents from the pope to various cardinals and to others of his friends fond of a good Baltimore sneeze. Baltimore Sun. . ! A Puzzled Author. The San Francisco Argonaut tells an amusing story anout Alphonse JJaudet. When he brought out "Sappho, "an Amer ican publishing house that issues religious books, not knowlnc ta nhAranhfl. nffAMd M. Daudet a large sum for advance sheets oi tne worK. ne accepted the offer, and me advance sheets were sent. When tbe publishers received them, they decided that they could not issue the book, and they cabled to the author, " 'Sappho' will not do.' This dispatch puzzled Daudet. He consulted with numbers of friejits, and una was tne conclusion at wain) they eventually arrived: "Sappho" in French is spelled with one "p" "Sapho," after the Greek fashion. In English it is spelled With two. An unusually acute friend pointed this out to Daudet, which much relieved the novelist, and he eabled back to the publishers, "Spell it with two p's." It is needless to state that the publishers were more astonished at Daudet 'a reply than he had been at their cable dispatch. The Professional Housekeeper. The principal duties of a professional housekeeper are to look after the servants, engage and pay them and see that their work is properly done and, where there is no steward, to do the provisioning. She is also expected to see to the linen closets, purchase kitchen utensils when necessary and attend to the repairing of furniture. In a small household, where there are on ly two or three servants, the housekeeper mends the household linen. In such cases she is generally treated as a member of the family, but is less independent than in the large establishment, where she has her own apartments and leads her own life. New York Tribune. 1898 . . A HAPPY NEW YEAR. We wish to begin tifye New Year with clean books. AH accounts with us are made out and are due on the first of the year. 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