Manv Think!
Whan it w.n uaid to tha-woman: uIn
sorrow shall thoa brtfeg forth chil
own,' that a perpetual curse was
proununced, but the thrill of joy felt
by every Mothep-when she clasps to
Uer heart her babe proves the con
tray. True, dangers lork in the
Et&Jhr" Mother
"Mother's Friend"
So prepares the system for the change
UkW place that the final hour la
f f ""-"l" and pain. Its
use insures safety to the HfVof both
Mother and child, and makes chUd
oirth easy and recovery more rapid.
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THE PHIOE SHE PATS.
RUDYARD KIPLING.
We have fed our sea for a thousand
ywtra,
And shn rails no o;n
Though there's never a wave of all her
waves -But
marks our English dead.
we nave strewed our best to the
weca s unrest,
o the shark and the speermg gull;
"iwwvi uo tiio nce 01 attmiraitv
Lord, God, we h& paid it feMi l
There's never aJtetod goes steward
new'
But lifts a VppI
lheres never an ebb goes seaward
uuw
But drODS our deuirl rn trx. onnJ
But slings our dead on the sands for-
luru,
From the Ducies to the Swin
If blood be the price of admiralty,
Lord, God, we ha' paid it in !
We must feed our sea for a thousand
years,
For that is our drinm and nn1a
A.nd it was when they sailed with the
Golden Hind
Or the wrenk- that
Or the wreck that lies on the spouting
raui
Where the ghastly blue lights flare
If blood be the price of admiralty,
Lord, God, we ha' bought it fair !
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Suffering is a titlo. r.n sin 01
cetteht inheritance. Jeremy Taylor
-r- Fear enslaves, courage liberates
and that always. F. W. Robertson.
. Serve God by doing common
actions in a Heavenly spirit. spur
yevn., .t
God is as deep, and long, and
1. ;..l, i!ul. m"3 "
injiu oo uui mue wonu ox circum
siancejg. -A. i: Simpson.
"-t Every true Christian should
earnestly seek the praise of Christ and
learn to live without seeking the praise
of men.
The best teacher of duties that
stul he dim to us is the practice of
tnose we see and nave I at hand.
Thomas Carlyle.
Let your work be for Christ
and you will then be occupied far
more witn your work than with what
others may think about it.
When religion is made
science, tnere is notmng more in
tricate; when it is made a duty,
notmng is more easy. Wilson.
The religion of Christ has made
a republic like ours possible, and the
more we nave of this religion the bet
terthe republic. f ield.
-The cultivation of the intel
lect above the heart and the cultiva
tion of the heart apart from superna
tural help are the bane of present clay
Christianity.
4 The oak tree, separated from
its fellows grows better than when
hemmed in by other trees. Even so
does the soul grow better when sepa
rated for the service of (iou.
The very greatness of the ocean
enables it to fill every creek and bay
Even so the very greatness of God
enables Him to nil every need, Low
ever small, of the heart.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The appropriation of 50,000,C00
for guns and powder and things af
fords no reason why we should be
going around swearing we can "whip
all creation." Such talk is undigni
fied. Richmond Dispatch, Dcm.
One reason for Captain Gen
eral Blanco's reticence may be that
he is as greatly disgusted with the
Cuba", situation as Weyler left it as
are "the American friends of the
wretched natives. Philadelphia
Press, Rep. !
-. If the patriotic pensioners would
"Relinquish one year s bounty of the
government and request .that the
fund Jbe devoted to providing na
tional defenses, what a magnificent
and world-defying navy, and what
invulnerable fortifications, could be
provided; and all for twelve months'
pensions. Savannah News, Dem.
Chronic Dyspepsia Cured.
aFTEE suffering for nearly thirty yeara
from dyspepsia. Mrs. H. E. Dugdale,
wife of a prominent business man of
Warsaw, N. Y., writes: "flora yeara, I was
a constant sufferer from dyspepsia and a
weak stomach. The lightest food produced
distress, causing severe pain and the forma
tion of gas. Ho matter how careful of my
diet I Buffered agonizing pain after eating.
I was treated by many physicians and tried,
numerous remedies without permanent heip
Two year, ago I began taking Dr. Mites
Nerve and Liver Pills and Nervine. Within
a week I commenced improving, and vet
sisting to the treatment I was xm.,beU
eat what I liked, with no evil effects
I keep them at hand and a alngle dose dispels
any mj - -
Dr. Miles' Remedies
are sold b all drug
gist under a positive
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benefit or money re
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VEXATIOUS.
What wondrous days Indeed are thaw
When science shows light
Qnany pathway that you please.
That you may turn aright 1
Yet Ufa la filled with terrors new.
The hours grow dull and long.
For everything you car to do.
The doctor says, ia wrong.
Who tries to warble ia forbid
Leat germs attack hia throat. "
The dancer's prowess must be hid,
Though he may screech a note. '
Who dines In carelessness complete
Is tempted by the throng.
But he who likes to may not eat.
The doctor says it's wrong.
Ton shun the water, sparkling fair
Lest foes lurk there iagin
Ton mustn't breathe unless the air
Has been well analyzed.
Thoughtless you turn, as ia your wont.
With an affection strong,
To kiss your baby. But you don't.
The doctor says it's wrong.
Washington Star.
REVIVED MEMORY.
When
We Grow Old. We Recall
the
Things of Long Ago.
About 75 years ago, upon a rainy
day, a small boy who had reached the
mature age of 6 was sitting with his
mamma and bemoaning the state of the
weather and aooompanying absence of
novel entertainment Mamma von on
her finger a beautiful ring that was a
family heirloom aoO as she sewed j,
tiantly theiawel glittered on her little
whfo band. The small boy regarded
the bright bauble for some time in
alienee and then sweetly requested
mamma to take it off and let him play
with it It was a weak thing to do,
perhaps, but she complied. I dare say
there are mothers at the present day
who can sympathize with her, for hu
man nature is the same, though fash
ions change, and wbejn the "dear
child" looked up in her face pleadingly
he looked with papa's eyes, and papa
was dead. Bo be got the ring and lost
it, as might have been expected. He
always insisted that be bad "pat it
away to keep, " but he could never re
member where. .
The years went on. The gentle young
mother went out into the great un
known to find the light of her life that
shone in "papa's eyes, " and the cen
tury and the boy having been j young
together grew old in company too
Finally age began to tell on them. The
oentury got troubled with a complaint
designated "fin de sieole, " and the boy
lost his memory for the things of to
day, but became abnormally reminis
cent in regard to the past His thoughts
often turned hack to the young mother
long dead, and in the decline of life he
had as clear a mental picture of her as
his boyish eyes had ever Been One
evening, having pushed his spectacles
on top of his head and hunted every
where for them vainly, he sat musing
before the fire, when suddenly a flood
of light illuminated that dark corner
of his memory where bung the picture
of that small edition of himself losing
or "putting away" the ring He sprang
to his feet with an excited cry: "The
ring! The ring! I slipped it down the
crack -in the window casing the one
that looks out on the orchard I"
Upon investigation the ring was
brought from its long hiding place,
which was the exaet spot the old man
had described. Buffalo Express.
Vorajot to Wear Trousers.
A certain noble lord, who shall be
nameless, during his journey north on
a political mission changed his costume
for a full highland "rig out," intend
ing it as a delicate compliment to the
land of the kilt, but when he looked
at himself in the glass he found that
the tailor had cut his kilt too short, so
he made up his mind to put on evening
drees.
He changed his upper garments and
then sat down for a few moments to
study his speech. This set him to sleep.
He awoke with a start, only to find
himself running into the station. For
getting what happened, he thrust on
his hat and apppeared at the window
bowing, and this was how he was
dressed:
He had a full highland costume as
far as his waist Above were a white
shirt and swallow tailed coat, and the
entire edifice was crowned with a chim
ney pot hat, upon which he sat down
without noticing it, His lordship's hor
ror when he stepped upon the platform
and felt the keen wind cutting his bare
legs changed to absolute agony when
his valet appeared, scrambling out of
the carriage with a pair of trousers in
his hands, waving them wildly and ex
claiming, "My lord, my lord, you've
forgotten these." London Telegraph.
MONEY TO BURN.
Boned It and Later Wished
Had Kept the Fuel.
"When Bornside made hia mud march
on to Fredericksburg, we men in the
advance had some gay times, ' ' remarked
a veteran of the civil war. "It was a
long while before the Johnnies would
let us cross the river, but when we did
get across we made the fellows who had
been shooting at us for the past three
hours get right up and dust for safer
quarters. The infantry soon followed us
and took up their position along the
river toward Falmouth, while we skir
mished through the town. When we
came to the Planters' hotel, we just
walked Jn and took possession. Every
body bad deeerted the place and we did
just as we pleased. In going through
one of the rooms I came across three
bundles of Confederate notes. Each
bundle was labeled to contain $5,000,
and as I held them aloft I .shouted to
the rest of the men that we now had
money to burn. They laughed, and I
thrust the notes in my pocket The
Johnnies had taken or destroyed every
thing to eat, and, as for liquor, there
wasn't any in the town.
"After satisfying ourselves that there
was nothing further to be had in the
Planters' hotel we sallied forth and
walked up toward the home of the
mother of our country George Wash-ino-tnn'a
mother. We had had no break
fast yet, and now it was close on to
noon. One of my companions baa some
coffee in his haversack, so I thought we
might have a little coffee if nothing
else. Well, we got the ooffee out and
fkn iMwvivarnri that we had no firewood.
There was some tall swearing just at
that time, for the Johnnies hadn't left
so much as a match behind them.
" 'I've got itP I cried, and I hauled
out the three bunaies oi now i u
a in the Planters' hotel. My ex
pression was greeted with a shout by
my companions and we had money to
Wo anon had the fire going and
the ooffee cooked. Need I say to any
soldier that we enjoyed our coffee at a
price which seems ratne nign io,
000? We were soon through and marched
4nn tkn t.nwn onlv to see our men
uva .mv - - "
trying to buy some tobacco without
money. How strange it seemed I They
had not a cent while we had money to
hn.n nnr hnrnfid it
"Four years, aftey I regretted having
uoA i.4a mnnpv and burned it While
in Washington in the winter of 1886 l
had the mortification oi seeing au au
vertisement for this identical paokage
of notes and offering 50 per cent on
uo4.. fan. vinn for their return. They
Virginia state bank notes; hence
their value. Whenever I hear that a
. hmm monnv to bum I think of my
(15,000 and shed a tear of regret that I
i
i
A Big Blonder ia toe Agricultural Depart
mentCol. Lusk and Judge Ewart.
The Penitentiary.
Special Star Correspondence.
Raleigh, N. C, March 12.
The Agricultural Department made
an awful jumble in its published re
port bust week of fertilizer analyses.
One of the big guano factories has sent
a representative here to have correc
tions made in the publications. The
representatives tells me that the de"
partment's error lowers the standard
of two of his brands and he thinks it
will do him err eat injury in the State.
The manufacturers may bring suit for
damages.
Col. V. S. Lusk has been in the citv
for four or five days, but the object of
ma visit nwuut utjveiopeu until ims
morning. Col. Lusk came here to se
cure evidence to furnish the Senate
Investigating Committee in opposition
to Judge Ewart's eoniirinatioJpt
liusic claims that Judge Ewart has
never yet obtamed license to oractice
law. He says' no record is made of his
examination or the payment of the
$20 fee. This is a remarkable disclo
sure, if true. Lusk says he is certain
of it. Think of a member of the Judi
ciary of the State who has never se
cured license to practice law !
But Lusk is not guiltless. He voted
for this same Ewart and helped make
him Judge when a member of the Leg
islature. Capt. T. H. Chovasse has accepted a
position as travelling salesman for the
cigar firm of Brennaman & Co., of
Baltimore.
Superintendent Mewborne, of the
"pen," says there are 1.120 nnnviots
in the prison. There are seventy-five
guards.
TWINKLINGS.
nave you ever noticed.7' how
TT . .
war promotes a literature of iteown?w
"Yes; that is one of the horrors of
war." Philadelphia North Ameri
can. A Patriot First Citizen "Are
you,a Democrat ora- Republican ?"
Second Citizen "Sir. I believe the
Maine was blown4ip. "Philadelphia
North American.
Willie. Roy "If I promise to
learn iny lesson, papa, will you give
me a quarter?" Papa "Yes,,my son."
Willie Boy "And what wilf yoii give
me if I do learn it?" Truth.
Saving Hia Nerves "What!"
shouted the stern parent, "not marry
my daughter? . Why, sir, you have
sat with your arm about her hour
after hour?" "Yes, that was to keep
her from singing. "-Detroit Free Press.
An Able Man "Yes, sir;
Bleeckcr would make money out of
anything."- "Is he so lucky?" " I
should say so. Why, he married a
penniless girl two years ago, and he
got her a position that brings him in
$1,200 a year." Life.
Kippax "You seem very much
affected at the tragic fate of :Juliet,'
Miss Sniffin ; I thought I saw tears in
your eyes." Miss Sniffin "Yes, Mr.
Kippax, it does seem so sad to think
that the lady who played 'Juliet' is
not really dead!" Truth.
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i The quality of tobacco is im
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James I Introduced French Customs of the
. unaee.
In The Century W. A. Baillie-
Grohman has an article on "Sports
In the Seventeenth Century." He
says:
With the beginning of the seven
teenth century stag hunting in the
French fashion suddenly beeama
popular at the court of James L
Physically unfit as that monarch
was for feats of endurance or for
hard riding, this sport appealed to
the love of pomp and to the vanity
of a sovereign who was fnllv ner.
suaded of a king's divine rights
among which was not least the royal
prerogative of bunting where he
liked in the forests of his subjects.
James constituted himself a patron
of venery, and one of his first acts
after his accession to the throne was
to beg his ally, Henry IV of France,
to send him the most skillful of his
huntsmen in order that "he might
henceforth hunt in the forests of his
realm rather than in incloeures and
parks, such as was hitherto' the
fashion, where one hunted the stag
only as long as he was in sight."
The Marquis de Vitry, one of the
French king's most renowned ve
neurs, was immediately dispatched
to England, and soon afterward
Beaumont and De Mpustier, two
Henry's officers of the hunt,
several valets de ehiene. or In
men, and presently also the Sieur
St Ravy, followed the marquis
across the channel. St. Ravy be
came permanently attached to the
English .court in the character of
grand veneur, or master of the hunt,
to James' Danish queen. Other
I Bportsmen of renown followed suit
I Thus Ligniville, the author of a
wou biuwii wur& uu venery, was
sent from Lorraine to the English
court to co-operate with the others
in the introduction of the French
chasse a courre on English soil, and
there is no doubt that in consequence
of the pronounced favor shown by
James for French hunting institu
tions a considerable number of
French 'nobles came over to England
to sun J themselves in the favor of
the vain monarch. . To such ex
tremes did James drive his predilec
tion that he imported red deer from
France, and wo are told that St.
Ravy annually visited France for
this purpose, collecting on a single
occasion as many as 40 and 50 in the
forests of Fontaine bleau. These
stags, according to Maricourt, only
the king hunted.
The sport does not seem to have
long retained its French features in
their entirety, for Ligniville already
complains that the English were in
troducing the custom of killing the
stag with an arquebus when the
hounds had at last succeeded in
bringing him to bay, while the
French continued much longer to
consider it a point of honor' to dis
patch the stag with the hanger, a
proceeding to which, of course, con
siderable danger to the unskillful or
careless was attached t
THE RELIGION OF ISLAM.
Death the Only Rijhtfnl Portion of the
Unbeliever In the Faith.
The capitulations of the Ottoman
empire are a series of grants pf
privilege and immunity accorded
by various sultans to those Chris
tian nations with which they have
desired to maintain commercial or
political intercourse. The name is
derived from the sections, or capit
ula, into whioh they are divided.
They were not originally treaties,
for no Moslem could, under the.
sacred law the shariye sharif
treat witn Christian powers asrT
equals. "Mohammedan jurispru
dence," says Van Dyck, "recognizes
between Mohammedan and non
Mohammedan nations but one cate
gory of relations that of djehad,
or holy war." By the sacred law
all giaours (Christian dogs) are un
der the ban, yet, although devoted
to destruction, they may be spared
for a season whenever this is for the
advantage of Islam. Now the Mo
hammedan conquerors were a peo
ple neither commercial nor seafar
ing by instinct It accordingly be
came necessary in the middle ages
to encourage commerce with the
west by concessions to the traders
of Christendom, and it was this ne
cessity which produced the capitu
lations. These Were called ahd
namah, or tamassuk that is, let
ters of privilege, sworn promises,
as from a superior to an inferior.
They were concessions made from a
purely selfish motive that of sup
plying the new empire with the
commercial advantages and indus
tries which the warlike conquerors
were themselves incapable of main
taining, and there was neither the
effort nor the desire to secure recip
rocal privileges for Turks in foreign
lands. A Turkish colony under a
Christian ruler did not enter the
conqueror's mind as even a remote
possibility.
With tho gradual decay of the Ot
toman power and the advance of the
Christian nations, the sublime porte
has been compelled to confirm and
perpetuate these one sided grants by
formal treaties in spite of the sacred
law. In these treaties it is the
Christian powers who refuse to en
ter into relations of reciprocal equal
ity with Turkey. They refuse be
cause of the unchangeable character
of Islam. No jot or tittle of the
sacred law has been or ever can be
abrogated. No such thing exists
under Islam as international law or
the inherent rights of humanity.
Death is still the only rightful por
tion of the unbeliever in the faith.
There is, outside of the capitulations
or of compulsion by external power,
no right of legation, no immunity
of embassadors, no right to the pro
tection of life and property, to trial
by one's peers, to immunity from
arrest without due process of law,
to testify in court, to be represented
by an advocate, to travel, to carry
on business, even tolive, for any one
not a Moslem. This is no mere the
ory. It is a fact which has received
of late awful proofs in Armenia.
The law of nations is absolutely in
compatible with Mohammedan prin
ciples. Professor A. D. F. Hamlin
in Forom. t
A Failure!
A Well, and how did you sleep
last'nightf Did you follow my ad
vice and begin counting?
B Yea. I counted up to 18,oou.
A -And then you feU asleep?
B-No7thenitwas timeto get
,o Pearson's Weekly.
Wilson Timest- The knitting
mill is an assured success. Much en
thusiasm has been showu, and over
eighty shares have been subscribed,
making the establishing of the mills
assured.
Monroe Enquirer: Plans are
on "foot for another cotton mill for
Monroe. Matters are m such shape
just now that nothing definite can be
given, but the outlook for another
cotton mill here is very bright.
Sanford Express: It is believed
that the fire that destroyed the Cum
nock Coal plant was the work of an
incendiary. Southern Pines has
become a resort for Southern people.
We notice that several parties from
Atlanta, (3a., have been stopping
there this season.
Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer:
Mrs. D. D. Teal, of McFarlan,
dropped dead last Thursday. The de
ceased was the wife of Mr. Doc Teal
and was about 60 years old. Apoplexy
was the cause of her death. A
cotton seed oil mill for Wadesboro is
now being agitated, and there is every
reason to believe that the matter will
not be allowed to stop at that.
Monroe Journal: A colored
woman named Dees was committed to
jail last week, charged with infanti
cide. She has been the mother of thir
teen children. The most ponder
ous document ever in the office here
for registration was received this week ;
a mortgage executed by the Moore
mty and Western Railroad Com
pany to the International Trust Com
pany, of. Uoston, and the sum is
$1,000,000, . The proposed road is 4o
run from southern Fines or Aberdeen
to Ckraeord, and why the paper is reg
istered here we do not know
Lincoln Journal: Some days
ago the large Newfoundland dog of
Maj. W. A. Graham, of Machpelah,
went mad and ran amuck through that
section, biting every thing that it ran
across, until it came to the home of
Henry Howard, near Denver, where
it attacked and badly mangled a mule
and cow belonging to Mr. Howard,
and laid siege to the house. Mr. James
Davis, in passing, heard the screams
of the terrified women and children
who had shut themselves up in .the
house. He found the dog on the porch,
in front of the door, chewing and
mangling a dog of Mr. Howard's. Pro
curing a shot-gun Mr. Davis killed the
rabid animal. Mr. Howard's mule and
cow were both so torn by the dog's
teeth that they died. Almost every
dog along the route followed by the
mad-dog has been killed and a large
sized scare has a fine grip upon that
community.
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Some send to Cammeyer's, others send else
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can save themselves money by buying at home.
We have Val. Duttenhofer & Son's Ladles1 Shoes
at the uniform price of $2.00. $2.50 and $3.00. This
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line of Gent's Shoes also. We invite you to in
spect our stock and WEAR OUR SHOES.
' Respectfully,
MERCER & EVANS.
IBM steps east from corner Front and Princess
streets. - ' Jan88tf
Skin Diseases.
For the speedy and permanecr .nre of
tetter, salt rheum and eczema Cham
berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal. It relieves the itch
ing and smarting almost instantly and
its continued use effects a permanent
cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch,
scald head, sore nipples, itching piles,
chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and
granulated lids.
Dr. Cady's Condition Powders for
horjesare the best tonic, blood purifier
and vermifuge. Price, 25 cents Sold by
For sale by B. R. BEUjAMJ.
febltf Drugglst.il
Christmas Revels Before Bier MJwt J la
In St . Nicholas there is an account
of Christmas revels before Queen
Elizabeth, the description occurring
in John Bennett's serial, "Master
Skylark." The following is the
passage:
The palace corridors were lined
with guard's. Gentlemen pensioners
under arms went flashing to and
fro. Now and then through the in
ner throng some handsome page
with wind blown hair and rainbow
colored cloak pushed to the great
door, calling: "Way, sirs way for
my lord I Way for my lady of Al
der stone I" and, one by one, or in
blithe groups, the courtiers, clad in
silks and satins, velvets, jewels and
lace of gold, came up through the
lofty folding doors to their place in
thehalL
There, where the usher of the
black rod stood, and the gentlemen
of the chamber came and went with
golden chains about their necks,
were bowing and scraping without
stint and reverent civility, for men
that were wise and noble were pass
ing by, men that were handsome
and brave, and ladies sweet as a
summer day and as fair to see as
spring laughed by their sides and
chatted behind their fans or daintily
nibbled comfits, lacking anything
to say.
The windows were all curtained
in, making a nighttime in midday,
and from the walls and galleries
flaring links and great bouquets of
candles threw an eddying flood of
yellow light across the stirring
scene. From clump to clump of
banner staves and burnished arms,
spiked above the waistcoat, garlands
of red berried holly, spruce and
mistletoe were twined across the
tapestry, till all the room was bound
about with a chain of living green.
There 4were sweet odors floating
through the air and hazy threads of
fragrant smoke from perfumes burn
ing in rich braziers, and under foot
was the crisp, clean rustle of new
rushes.
Master Gyles went to and fro,
twisting the manuscript of the revel
in his hands or pausing kindly to
pat some faltering lad upon the
back. Nick and Colley were peep
big by turns through a hole in the
screen at the throng in the audience
chamber.
They could see a confusion of
fans, jewels and faces and now and
again could hear a burst of subdued
laughter over the steadily increas
ing buzz of voices. Then from the
gallery above all at once there
came a murmur of instruments tun
ing together. A voice in the corri
dor was heard calling: "Way here!
Way here!" in masterful tones.
The tall folding doors at the side of
the hall swung wide, and eight dap
per pages in white and gold came in
with the master of revels. After
them came 50 ladies and noblemen
clad in white and gold and a guard
of gentlemen pensioners with glit
tering halberds.
There was a sharp rustle. Every"
head in the audience, chamber lou ted
low. Nick's heart gave a great
jump, for the queen was there 1
She came with an air that was at
once serious and royal, bearing her
self haughtily, yet with a certain
grace and sprightliness that became
her very well. She was quite tall
and well made, and her quickly
changing face was long and fair,
though wrinkled and no longer
young. Her complexion was clear
and of an olive hue, her nose was a
little hooked, her firm lips were
thin, and her small black eyes,
though keen and bright, were pleas
ant and merry withal. Her hair
was a coppery, tawny red and false,
moreover. In her ears hung two
great pearls, and there was a fine
small crown studded with diamonds
upon her head, besides a necklace of
exceeding fine gold and jewels about
her neck. She was attired in a
white - silk gown bordered with
pearls the size of beans, and over it
wore a mantle of black silk, cun
ningly shot with silver threads.
Her raff was va6t, her farthingale
vaster, and her train, which was
very long, was borne by a mar
chioness who made more ado about
it than Elizabeth did of ruling her
realm.
Globe Lightning.
On July 1, 1891, a fireball entered
a carpenter's cabin near Schlieben.
The carpenter was sitting on the
edge of a bed on which a child was
sleeping. A ball of fire sprang sud
denly and with a loud noise from
the fireplace to the. bed, which was
immediately shattered. Then the
ball rolled very slowly to the oppo
site wall of the room, through
whioh, or the floor, it apparently
vanished with another fearful crash
without setting fire to anything.
The man's wife and another child
were sleeping in a second bed and
tne Daoy in a craaie, all in tne same
dux none oi me
I wounded or even stunned. An
complained of headache and deaf
ness on account of the -heavy t Jt
phurous vapor which filled the
room, but they soon recovered.
Some fractures were discovered
about the stove and chimney.
Less fortunate were the children
in a schoolhouse in Bouin, France,
who were visited by a fireball while
at their afternoon prayers. It was
preceded by a shower of lime, wood
and stones. The ball, which was
small, rolled along under the bench
es, killing three of the children, and
went out through a window pane,
in which it merely made a round
hole, whereas all the other panes
were shattered. M. Hagenau in
Popular Scv-
Turks and Tmii mt h-
According to the beat authorities
upon the subject, the idea of using
white talo in the manufacture of pipes
is of comparatively recent date, com
pared with the age of the habit of smok
ing, and what ia still more carious is
the fact that in the oriental countries
which produce white talo, or meer
schaum, as it is called, and where the
use of tobacco forms part of the educa
tion of the faithful, the people never
dream of making this substance into
pipes They make bowls and goblets of
it, but no pipes. It may be that the
long pipestems which allow the smoke
to cool and lose its acridity before
reaching the mouth leave the oriental
smoker quite indifferent in regard to
the quality of the bowL At all events,
one never sees a Turk with a meer
schaum pipe. Courrier des Etats Unia
H. WALTERS,
Vice-President.
Besults, If You Deposit in
The Wilmington Savings and Tmst Company.
H v
.a week for 5 years
44 fc4 ' 44
. ty 44
for 10 yean
STEP BY STEP YOU
mar 12 tf
Morning
Star.
CHEAPEST DAILY
fthe:
Note the following Reduced
Rates of Subscription :
DELIVERED, BY CARRIERS,
TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS AT
45 CENTS PBR MONTH.
Address,
WM.
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aw a a a
BOOK BINDING
I THE STAR JOB PRINTING OFFICE,
I BOOK BINDERY AND RULING
ROOMS ARE COMPLETE IN
THEIR APPOINTMENTS.
EVERY
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Statement of Atlantic National Bank, Wilmington, N. C.
At the close of Business Feb. 18th, 1888, Condensed from Report to Comptroller.
RESOURCES.
Loans
$572,008 10
21 86
40,000 00
10,000 00
Overdraft
U. S. 4 per cent. Bonds (at par)
tsaiiKmg uouse ana mures
Due from other Banks .
.109,167 71
Cash on hand .
. 67,974 55276,442 31
Total.; 1898.807 27
COMPARATIVE
t Feb.
Total Deposit.....
Surplus and Net Profits
Bills Pavable and Re-discounts
Dividends paid 6 per cent, per annum.
Last Instalment of Capital paid in October, 1898.
Seed, Seed, Seed.
NEW CROP
JUST ARRIVED.
All Varieties. Lowest Prices.
arid trai..b frill save money
by buying from
ROBERT R. BELLAMY,
Wholesale Druggist &ai Seedsman,
feb80tf j Wilmington, N. C.
TDBE-ROSE BULBS.
We have quite a. nice lot of
Tube-rose Bulbs on hand m,t
10 Cents Per Dozen.
Specially low price to any on purchasing
from 100 to 1.000
EASTER EGG DYES,
FLOWER SEEDS,
NURSING BOTTLES,
any everything else pertaining to the Drag
business.
J. HICKS BUNTING,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
T. M. C. A. Building,
marlitf Wilmington. N. C.
WASTED TRUSTWORTHY AND ACTIVE
gentlemen or ladles to travel for respon
sible, established house In North Carolina
Monthly $65.00 and expenses. Position steady
Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped en
velope. The Dominion Company Dept. R
Chlcago. J JanlJwiet,
Veer- . T
GEO. 8DOAK, j
Cashier
you will have.
44 S 44
57S
I 888
...11144
11430
14290
687
$1274
.1011
J254N
foloS
6870
99655
GO A LONG WAY.
THE OLDEST
DAILY NEWSPAPER
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
OF ITS CLASS.
One Year, by Mail,
Six Months, by Mail,
Three Months, by Mail,
Two Months, by Mail,
One Month, by Mail.
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H. BERNARD,
Editor and Proprietor
WILMINGTON, N. C.
I I XI I I I XI I t ft
a a A A m A
AND RULING.
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VARIETY OF PRINTING,
RULING AND BINDING DONE
NEATLY, EXPEDITIOUSLY &
"CHEAPLY.
WM. H. BERNARD,
Proprietor.
LIABILITIES.
Capital ; 1185,000 00
Surplus...........;.-. $60,000 00
Undivided profits 15,818 11 75,818 11
Circulation . J : se ooo oo
Total Deposits ..... 602 455 16
Total
.$808,867 27
STATEMENT:
1R Mt
Feb. 18, -Vt.
! $650,000 .
64,500
None.
$607,000
54,800
None.
Feb. 17, 98.
$668,000
7t,900
None.
mar 6 tf
Low Prices in
Tinware, Stoves and Hardware
of all kinds is what dealers are looking
for that have an eye to business. They
will do well to inspect the values that we.
are offering in these lines and the prices
that we are quoting Just now on Bard
ware, Tinware, Stoves, Ranges and Agri
cultural Implements of all Kinds before
purchasing elsewhere.
OUR PENINSULAR STEEL RANGES
must be seen to be appreciated, and it will be a
pleasure for us to show you their construction
and management. A fine and varied line of
Cooking and Heating Stoves constantly on
hand at low down prices, Try us and we wll
convince you.
Our lines of general Hardware, Cutlery, Brass
poods, &e., are complete In each department.
J. W. MURCHISOK,
feb 28 tf
ORTON BUILDING.
FRANK H. STEDMAN,
WILMINGTON. N. C
Fife Tornado Insurance
YOUR BUSINESS IS SOLICITED AND
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
OFFICE AT
Southwest corner of Front and Chesnut Sts.
de 3 tr
SKP?nPAni centadoaer
jejs ly
burned it "ew xorx xeiegraiu.
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