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CHILDHOOP'g LOST BELIEFS.
EUGENE FIELD.
I once knew all the birds that came
Ana nested in our orchard trees;
m. mrm V V. J MWTTW& m mmmm USUiO
My friends were woodchucks, toads
11
anu oees;
I IrnAW what thrfiraf in vnmlii ctIati
" What plants would soothe a stone-
1 i J X
Oh, I was very learned then
But that was very long ago.
"T lrnow tha anif nnin tm VM
Where the checkberries could be
round
T IrnAW thA flltliu naa. thA m;n
Where the pickerel lay that weighed
a pouna i
I STRAW thA WWi -thA vAitr f vaa
-Where lired the poaching, saucy
crew.
And all the woods and crows knew
me
But that was very long ago.
And piping for the joys of youth,
I tread the old familiar spot
Only to learn this solemn truth :
I havA fnro-nttAn am fnrirnt
Yet there's this youngster at my knee
XT It a 1 a 1 nr . .
anowi an me inings 1 used to Know.
ffl. lLI L T .
10 ininn x once was wise as nei
But that was very long ago.
I know 'tis folly to complain
Of whatso'er the fates decree,
Tet Were not wih ah all In vain
I tell you what my wish would be:
I'd wish to be a bOv asrain.
Back with the friends "I used to
know,
For I was, ohl so happy then
But that was very long ago.
4 SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Holiness is the secret of all
sacred things.
God does not waste time
weighing worthless men.
The man who prevails with God
will not fail with men.
Sacrifice is the price that lore
paya ior ug privilege or service.
He who rlofiR. nnt wall- in
Christ's light stumbles into darkness
When Christ brings his cross
he brings his presence, and where he
i uuuo r desolate, ana tnere is no
ruuai ior aespair.
Instruction ends in thn HfihnnT,
room, hut Adnmklinn a-nria onl. nritk
. w .uij niiu
life. A child is given to the universe
d. A - . 1 .
o euucaie. iwoenson.
Do something everv dav that.
will allow you to feel at night that
jruu uave given some of your time
muu airongm u me aennite service of
the Lord.
In any family circle the gentle
iuuuouco ui ua loving soul is fum-
Cient to breathe around it an nnnuulr.
able calm; it has a soothing power,
like the shininc of the eunlio-ht n tha
voice of doves heard at evening.
The arch nron whirri onr
zation rests is formed of two columns.
tuovuruuanome ana tne cabbath.
We mUSt Unhold hoth thAoo inntitu
tiOnS and CUard thAm with nnata
eal, or as the ark of Israel itself, if
our civilization is to survive in vigor
and not perish from the earth. Every-
isoa wnen me sabbath, goes.
Staunch integrity abides co-existent
With itm ivnn 1 J ,
nu im AGAiuua Kuaruing.
to Be Forarlven. '
"NO. I neVAP ll Oil fnnl.. kt M
old Mr. Slimington, referring to the
VAnnn M A wm HL 1 . -
"lau wiiu wnom one or bis daugh
ters had eloDed. "ThA lllo la nooK"
"But," said the friend who hnd gone to
'""" a oenair or the lovers, "yon
u .UUui mot nis cnaracttr a good,
that he stands hltk in J'V
and that his habits are excellent. Most
wuuia oe proud to have such a son-
"I admit all that. Still, I shall never
"Why not?' i
"Because he tnnk ka .
prettiest one In the bunch. Why didn't
fata asnn tfV .1 e-L. . .
ZInVi 1LU on8 01 ner oiaer sisters 7'
JSHm heBr that Fa,Con to 8,D8
top writing poetry.
."niZ?e,a:he.I)O8ltl0n n which the
Elm sonnet discouraged
Stnbb-Dld they ran it on the chil-
iJt'rAi thaL 11 appead
R P dePart"ent-PhiladeIphla
Take away my first letter, take away
ny second lette?." tn ita nrn n mn
t,e,r,,Dd 1 am stiM sam What am
mi xue posunan.
,V,lAnt.. Believe . in them
lajriar oo or nanos. "i
m sorry to hare to do this it hurts me
more than it does tqjl. ."Well," re-
ffiJSfi-fr ?6" youngster, re
signedly, Jever did believe In these
jmpftttetie strikes . anyhow. They
jtWiya do more harm than "good."
First Suburbanite Don't you
think thosA fellnwa hn mm nn -
road with their automobiles ought to
W mm. 'A . t mm MW m f-m . .
arrested! eecona euouroanite
No; don't say a word. One of 'em
ran over and killed about two dozen
ui my neignoor's chickens yesterday.
vnnvrv statesman.
TO A MOUNTAIN.
When melted snows have told the streua
The sweetness of the sod they Hand,
And with the spring's first daylight gleam
The creatures of the morning mist;
When all things gladden in the sun
And steeple unto steeple calls
From Athol's height to Tcmpleton
And grasses burst from pebbled walls,
Then nature swells a friendly song,
The little buds speak out at last.
And in the woodland comrades throng,
And tbou alone no comrade hast I
If now and then a passing cloud
Caress thy brow or swallow pleas
To pause above, a moment bowed,
They vanish, wayfarers like these.
O lonely mountain) Night shall steal.
And only they thy grandeur guess
Who know the friendless vast, yet feel
The majesty, of loneliness!
Agnes Lee in New Lippincott.
TWO 'MEETINGS WITH GARFIELD.
Clara Morris Telia How the Second
Brought Memories of the First.
In The Woman's FTnmp f!fmnnnirn
Clara Morris described two meetings
with -Til 171 OQ A dnrfinh rriia first tr.o
in a country lane near Aurora, where she
SAW find rnllrpd with thA fntnrA fitntoa-
man, who was than taking a load of
wood to market, lears afterward she
met him in Washington and remembered
him, but while feeling that he had seen
her before he could not recall where. Of
that second meeting she says:
"Then there rnmn nn Avpnlne" when nt
a dinner given by Mrs. Piatt I found my-
seir Bittinz exaetiv nnnnsirn Mr. linr-
field. The company was not a large one,
hilt it hnnsfol cnnia fninniic nam.o an1
at least one brilliant beauty. Conversa
tion was brilliant and laughter was
light. Turning my glance a moment
from the southern senator at my side, I
looked full into the fi-rpd wiiIa hlna orraa
of Mr. Garfield. He was leaning for
ward one hand tiirhtlv rlinrhnil Inn
the table. From his strained, faraway
iook l Knew ne was trying to recall our
first meetinir. and na T traroA Intn M
eves the buzz nf talk nnri InntrJifoi- tnm.
ed into a murmur of wind through tall,
leafless trees. I saw a pale winter sun
shine falling across snow patched fields.
meaning a little toward him, in a very
low but distinct tone I said: 'OpoT Ckq.
haw!' A Hash like blnn licrhrni nr enn ri
ll C(l into his eves, and an T nddpd 'To
Freeman at home?' he gave a cry, almost
a shout, exclaiming with enthusiasm:
'I've found rdu! I've found mil nt'lnct
and you're sitting on top of the fence in
a red calico dress, with a book in your
lap!' Then in the midst of the commo
tion he had raised he throw Viia nrm
about Mr. Piatt, crying: 'Ah, you thought
was meet, ior an asylum! Yon know
you did! But I've found her out at last!
So you See I'm not half as orazv na rnn
believed I was!'
"Questions rained linnn him. find m-.i.n
laughter followed his Rtorv nf rhnt far
away meeting on the country road. One
grave old man questioned us earnestly in
the drawing room as to what was in the
minus oi eacn at tne time l spoke.
"I was not much surprised to hear Mr.
Garfield say that in his backward search
for a clew to the tormpntino hnl mom'
ory he had got as far as Cleveland, had
failed to find me in that city and at the
moment I spoke was hopelessly trying
Aurora and the country around there."
BOARDING WITH AN IQOL.
How Three Famished Sailors, Ship
wrecked in India, Were Sustained.
CaDtain Murrav. a Port Hvrnl hnr
pilot who has followed the sen ainro Vinv.
hood and visited nearly every section of
me naDitaDie giooe, is full of interesting
reminiscences of happenings in distant
lands in which he participated. The old
pilot is fond of relating an incident
which occurred near Calcutta. The ves
sel which he commanded, n fina flinnor
ship, was wrecked in a typhoon in the
uay oi .Bengal, ana ail nands, save him
self and two companions "who succeeded
in reaching shore in the ship's citr. were
lost.
The three exhansted men Immiiifnlr
sought food and shelter and while thus
employed came upon an immense wooden
image which they correctly surmised to
be an Indian Idol. Vicrht
and the tired men hivnnnnlreri nnar hi-'
and their attention was soon attracted
by the atmearance of a score nf lnw
caste Hindoos, each of whom carried In
his hands a flflvorv dish wTlifVi IS a rl o -!
before the inanimate god. After each
native had denosited his nfTerlnir- with
profuse 'signs and words "thev dpnnrted
and when the hungry sailors were sat
isned tnat tneir strange visitors had re
treated for the night they greedily de
voured the bounteniia rennat intonoil fn
the idol. Murray and his companions
remained in the neighborhood for several
days subsisting nightly on the offerings
broueht bv the Hindoos nn n
their god and remaining concealed in the
daytime.
One nicrht abont ten dava after their
shipwreck two natives suddenly surpris
ed the three men while they were in the
very act of making their usual meal, and
a fight ensued. The natives nrnved nr
match for the resolute and well armed
Americans and soon beat an ignominious
retreat, leaving the latter mmnloto mac.
ters of the situation. The captain and
nis companions, fearing that the natives
would return in force and massacre them,
made their wav to Cnimtn
- " -, v.ucv tUCJ
secured passage in a homeward bonnd
vessel.
Some 15 years subaennentlv Pilnt Un..
ray recognized in Captain Cole of the
ship Kirkum, which called here for a
cargo, one of his old companions in the
exciting encounter in farnff Tndio ti,-
recognition was mutual, and the two
men were deliehted tn
o wa TV .AAC11. UL
quaintance after half a generation. Co-
iiimDia state.
THE MAN AND THE TANK.
Bank Caahler'a Dle For the Cap-
xurtt of Hem With Gnna.
"I haven't the nliirhto.t :
the world
clared the drummer. "Furthermore, I
uwieve in encouraging native genius.
But there la limit ,tj v.v t
nave refrained from murdering any one,
nui uui oe responsiDie ror what may
happen In the future.
"My last trin took ma nn j
- . w u k ncoi, dull
one day, finding myself short of fnnds, I
entered a bank and asked the cashier if
ne would be kind ennnch tn
for me, at the same time reaching In my.
ior papers tnat would identify
me. I noticed that he looked at me rath
er hard, and tha
floor give way beneath my feet, and I
ui. oui oi.signt witn a rapidity that
was tartli'nt' Mv novt :
that if I didn't get out of the tank of
wuier mat i naa fallen into I would be
urownea. ine Wea waa a good one, and
I acted on it Then T vollori n.
n n '
I was .la complete darkness, and, al
though I could hear some sort of excite
ment going on over mv k,J .
met with no response. Finally part of
v uoor aoove my nead was raised, and
an arnr hnlfiinir a mm .1 a.
XTien a voice commanded me to get out of
only to find myself under arrest and a
howling mob outside clamoring to get at
me. Well for awhile it was wildly e-
., OllU 1 aeOL. 1 ram a nn fioVK. ji
o. -"""a nuiui aemanas and ex
planations were thrnnm V,.w m
until the situation was cleared up suffi
ciently for me lo grasp it.
tw . "ftt 010 cashier mis-
in thefi Zl av.DOt ra,sep wh0 had been
iw ghborhood' and Jt '"'tier seems
nnn 7" ot an entire turn of mird
and had armm. . j . . . .
window that L"Zi?m .bis
a spring behind nU 71
hold" him u'n. MUa " att o
it would be a eood chanoa tn v..
- -v fcV v UU 1(1 PR
m Kke ?fte 2f me at the Bae time un-
i iuuiu tan nn omcer. it worked is
I can testify, and I am thinking of cot
lu8 theriht t0 e patent here in
vuoi.. i.1'iroii iTee fress.
It is tnnnnTinul tn rtioro(v.
Bt Petersberg, Russia, that scores of
fishinor boata wa vrnuhaA ,t
mm " " . . - WVUUM U
170 men were drowned during a recent
I ran uti n i n i nit i
1 1IC luvAiAlIJA
CANAL PROJECT.
J
Great Britain Agrees to Put the
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty to
One Side.
RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT
Lord Paoncefote Returning With a Draft
of a New Treaty Nicaragua Gives
Notiee of Termination of Its
Treaty With This Country.
By Cable to the Morning star.
LonIdon, November 2. The first
official statement of any kind made
for a month in relation to the Nicara
gua canal has been obtained by the
Associated rress. n connrms tne
fact that Lord Pauncefote, the British
ambarsador to the United States, when
he lands in New Tork to day, will
have with thim the draft of a new
tn-aty, which is in every particular
satisfactory to Xiord Salisbury's cabi
net. Since a representative of the Asso
ciated Press interviewed Lord Paun
cefote in London not one word offi
cially authorized has been given out
here with reference to the canal. The
editorial comments which have ap
peared in England have been based
entirely upon dispatches from the
United States. This is explained by
the rather astonishing announcement
that all negotiations up to the present
day have been entirely unofficial from
a strictly diplomatic point of vie,w,
and that on pour parlers only depend
the hopes generally shared for a suc
cessful bridging over the diplomatic
difficulty. These pour parlers, how
ever, have beec particularly search
ing. The State Department does not
require to see a copy of the important
document Lord Pauncefote carries in
order to learn its terms, though, offi
cially, negotiations will only com
mence when the ambassador reaches
Washington. Until that time the ex
act conditions of the new onvnntirn
are withheld.
The Clayton-Bnlwer Treaty.
Though it is admitted that Great
Britain has agreed to put the Ulayton
Bdlwer treaty to one side and to ac
quiesce in the construction of the
canal by and under the control of the
United States, this concession from
Lord Lansdowne's original contention
has not been granted without some
real or fancied advantage to Great
Britain. It would not be lair to say
that a quid pro quo constituted the
main feature of the protected pour par
lers, but that it will directly or indi
rectly result, is firmly established in
the minds of the members of the cabi
net. One of the most resnonsible offi
cials connected with these and the
earlier negotiations, said:
"We never really objected to the
construction of the canal, but we did
and do object to a cavalier abrogation
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. It was
in that scirit that Lord Lansdowne
couched his reply to the United States
Senate's rejection of the last Hay
Pauncefote treaty. It was not what
you wanted to do, bat the nasty way
you said it, that was the chief reason
for o ir opposition. Since then we have
been approached in a rational, polite
manner, and we have again endeav
ored to substitute for the niavtnn.Rnl.
wer treaty a treaty that will enable
America to carry out a design which,
in a broad sense, will doeubtless benefit
the whole world."
Reciprocal .Arrangements.
The mollification of the Foreign
Office has doubtless done more than
anything else to secure the assent of
me crmsn government to a new
treaty. But almost in the same breath
must be mentioned the State Depart
ment's willingess to agree to a recip
rocal arrangement regarding the Brit
ish West Indies and other British pos
sessions. This, while in line with the
views latterly attributed by special
cable dispatches to President McKin
lev and President Rnnanvnlt h en
at variance with the British govern
ment's experience of the American at
titude, that they now regard it in the
light of a quid pro quo for what they
believe to be a concesion over the
Nicaraguan proposal.
The allegation contained ;n some of
the British papers that Lord Lans
downe has tamely given up inherent
rights without any return is strenu
ously denied on the foregoing
grounds.
What is perhaps more interesting
even than the reasons prompting
Great Britain to send over Lord
Pauncefote with his draft of a treaty
is the fact that the inner circles of the
cabinet are not nearly so sure of the
acceptance of the-convention as are
some of the leading papers on both
sides of the water. When the full
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some memoers oi tne senate may still
find objections and that the forecasts
so far published, alleging two sweep
ing "concessions" on the part of
Great Britain, may have a deleterious
reaction. For instance, the deduction
that the proposed treaty in any way
reaffirms or extends the scope of the
Monroe doctrine meets with a direct
denial by the Foreign Office. For
these and other reasons. Lord Paunce
fote is not likely -to affix his signature
to the document until a majority of
the Senate shall have had full oppor
tunity for studying Great Britain's
proposal.
In the meanwhlie, there exists here
a species of indifference and a feeling
that, after all, the new treaty may be
pi?eoii-holed on account of some un
expected senatorial objection, though
this development would create the
keenest disappointment despite its
present stoical anticipation.
The Suez Canal Company.
From a diplomatic source there has
latelv AmanntAd a nrivaln rnmnr that
the Suez Canal Company is using fi
nancial and Other in flu fin r. a tn nrvn(
an agreement being reached in regard
to thft NinarairiiA Hanoi Tt h hun
vv . . W I
further reported that this powerful
corporation has joined bands with
several leading American intArnata al
leged to be opposed to the construc
tion of this latter waterway. The
Associated Press learns, however, that
in vpnticatinna Mrrinrl nn h ol
elsewhere, in which Washington Js
not an entirety disinterested party,
r-AVeal thntthnrA is nn nvMAnpa nf iK
machinations by the Suez Canal Com-
A 1. Am . m t mm . .
pany, tnougn tne neaa oi one or the
British state departments admitted
that thA Nicaragua rannl wnn 1H nwtK.
ably rob the Suez canal of all its far
eastern trade. The British govern-
rriAnt is thA lnrrnst. ntnolrhnlfai. in tha
Suez canal, but it does not appear that
mis nnanciai interest ever entered
into the disp.nnsinn of thA Nina rami a
canal, the considerations involved
11 1 a
merem oeing regarded as so para
mount to nn v nnssihlA lnnn nt fntum
dividends from the Suez Canal Com
pany as to be unworthy of being
coupled with the subject.
Nicaragua Terminates Its Treaty.
WABHTtTGTON. NnvRmhm 9 ThA
COVflrnment nf Nnroonm has tormina.
ted the treaty under which the United
O . - 1 .
puu.es was empowered to construct an
inter-oceanic canal anrnsathn tprritorir
of Nicaragua. This action has been no-
43 JI i. A. I iNl A T m . . .
uuou 10 me oiaie uepanment dv tne
Nicaraguan minister of foreign affairs.
mi nr i i . . ,
xne omcer oeciares tnat tne denuncia
tion in no wise affects the friendly re
lations between the two countries, and
the Nicaraguan government desires the
conclusion of new treaties. Beside the
treaty of "friendship, commerce, and
navigation of 1867, thus denounced,
the same note conveys 4 he denuncia
tion of the extradition treaty of 1870
between the United States and Nicara
gua. Under the terms of the denuncia
tion of the first named treaty, covering
the right to construct and guarantee a
canal, the convention will expire on
the 24th of October, 1902, which is
one year from the date the
notice was received at the State De
partment The extradition treaty will
terminate May 24th next, as provided
in the convention. The Nicaraguan
minister's note conveys absolutely no
information as to the motives which
inspired the Nicaraguan government
tO denounce thesA twn treaties nn
has Mr. Merry, the United States min
ister to Nicaragua, thrown any light
upon the subject. It may be recalled,
as affecting the treaty of 1867, that
before submitting the Hay-Paunce-
fote treatv toCnntrrAiui AuirAtainr TTar
drew UT) a BAt nf nrntwkln with tho
minister of Nicaragua and the minis-
A m At-m . . . -
teroi uoiomnia, whereby these offi
cers bound their governments to ne
gotiate treaties with the United States
for the necessary concessions under
which to contract and control canals
in the event that Congress should or
ganize the beginning of such work.
TWINKLlNUb
"Why do you not eat your
jtppio, Aommyi- "im waiting till
John Briggs comes along. Apples
taste much better when there's some
other fellow to watch you eat 'em.'
Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Faltte She isn't a verv
good manager, is she ? Mrs. Fide
No, indeed ! Why, she had to buy
four extra turkeys so as not to waste
the dressing she had made for one.
TT t",
xiurper jsazar.
Stranger (in Frozen Dog) I
I suppose a poet would be liable to
starve to death in this place. Bronco
Bill Well, if he lived long enough
to starve to death he'd be gosamighty
lucay. jmcK.
The Eternal Woman: "I know
that justice is blind," mused the fair
defendant; adding the finishing
roucnes to ner toilet, whicn consisted
of a Paris cown. a nintnm hat onH
other beautifiers; "I know that justice
js oiina, Dut, manic goodness, the
judge is not." Baltimore American.
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THRIFT VERSUS MEANNESS.
" V '
Toiug People Should Save Money,
bat Not Too Indaatrioaalr.
Most yonng people are not willing to
save money. As it costs tbem Utile or
nothing they are lavish in spending it
This is a great mistake. All should try
to save money and never spend it with
out a reason or without getting some
thing worth what they" pay for. They
will not always have parents to take care
of them. As they grow np they will need
money. Young men need it, and young
women need it Persons should rareJy or
never marry unless tney nave some mon
ey saved, or are receiving so much for
their labor that they can take care of
themselves if they should for awhile be
sick. Those who do not marry and save
nothing are in a pitiable condition when
old age overtakes them or sickness pre
vents them from working or leaving their
homes,
Onee in a great while a youth is found,
with a morbid desire to board. Personal
ly we have known but few such, but in
them the habit grew until they became
notorious for meanness. A story is told
of a celebrated bishop who grew so mean
that one day when he cut his finger with
a penknife and no court plaster could be
found a clergyman standing by brought
out his cardcase and took from it a 5
cent stamp and gave it to the bishop to
use to stop the flow of blood. The bishop
ncopntpd it crntpfnllv nlnrail thn ft on
stamp in his own cardcase and then took
out a 1 cent stamp and pasted it over the
still bleeding wound. This seems almost
too much to believe.
But a celebrated minister in New Eng
land was offered a hat by a hatter who
vfla n friend et hfa flnrl vhrh nAmlraH him
in most respects. He asked him if he had
another kind. "Yes." he said, "though
not quite so good as that" He said he
would like to see one and asked what the
price of the first one was and was told
$5 and of the second $3. "Well." said
he, "as you offered, me the first one, if 1
ahonld take the second would you give
me the difference in money?" A young
person should not be a spendthrift nei
ther should he be stingy. Christian Ad
vocate, i
Quite Proper.
"Mr. Untidy," began his talented
young wife one night as she stood knee
deep in a bowl of dough, "can you tell
me one thing?" I
"I certainly can," grumbled the ambi-
irna hiieHand TrVir xxrn a of o ndtnff In tha
corner peeling some of the apples which
naa Deen 6eni to tnem oy ma motner-in-law
np in Podunk.
"Tell me, then," continued the good
woman, pulling off a small piece of the
pasty mixture for .Wilfred to play with,
"the proper season of the year In which
to pick apples?"
"Let's see," scowled Mr. D., "didn't
Eve pick them just before the fall?"
And Immediately after this utterance
a frightful noise evolved from the parlor,
where Wilfred was trying to take the
temperature of the cat's ear with a piece
of dough, despite the feline's unceasing
skirmishes. New York Herald.
CHINESE MINISTERS.
Recall of Wo Tint Fanj Decided Upon.
His Probable Successor.
By cable to the Morning Btar.
Pekin, November 2. Yesterday
the recall of Wu Ting Fang, the
Chinese minister at Washington, was
decided upon. He will be offered, it
is announced, a subordinate post in
thA foreign office beneath his abili
ties, which, it is believed, he will de
cline. Lri Hung Chang's interpreter,
Tseng, adopted son of the Marquis
Tseng, is a prominent candidate for
the Washington mission. He is
thirty years of age and waa educated
in Eng land.
Chang Te Yi has been appointed
minister in London. He is 65 years
of age and was formerly interpreter at
the Chinese legations in London and
Berlin. He is progressive.
Governor Durbin, of Indiana, has
refused to erant a requisition for re
turn to Kentucky of former Governor
Taylor and Cfaas. W. Findley, who
were indicted by Kentucky courts for
complicity in the murder of Governor
Goebel.
Iran llf.
HlfMDIPO
RESTORES VITALITY
Made a
Wen Man
THE "ASR-O ,mi.
Anr-T - "vTli VI INS,
F1aK.EEDYAProduces above result
in30dljs. Cures Nervous DcHltiy.JmMenrf
hdVnrt mpUon- Youn Men regain MiS.
ZS. ld ,Me recover Youthful Visor It
a manlor business or marriage. EasilTcarried lia
the vest pocket. Price TO PTC 6 BoS li 2
written guarantee. oO&iToknXVarU .
nOTUlT B B. BELLAMY. Agent.
ROE HOLLETS.
35,000 Ponnda New Mallets.
110 Dosem Fish Roe.
411 Empty Fish Eegi.
1.016 Bbls. Michigan Flour.
. ?25 Be Smoked Herring.
2. 1 60 Selected C. C. Nuts.
818 Bags Shot.
??i iEe Steel
. 119 Martin. Cheese.
1,086 Buahela B. p. Oats.
W. B. COOPER,
Wholesale Grocer,
S08, 810, 812 Nntt street,
WUmington. N.
Oct 89 tt
REASONABLE GOODS.
MULLETS, new catch.
Best Oream Cheese, .
Martin's Gilt Edge Butter.
Bagging andTies.
SALT.
A GE2TIKAL LUTE 0 OAS! S00D8
DXHA.SD AT' THIS SEASON.
Sole agents for
BOB ROY FLOUR.
UcMIR & PEARSALL.
pep
CANNED GOODS.
800 Cases Standard Tomatoes
200 Cases Standard Peaches. '
185 Cases Std. Corn.
60 Cases Std. Baked Beans.
25 Cases Std. Pears.
25 Cases Std. Pineapples.
100 Cases Oysters.
125 Cases Salmon.
100 Cases Syrup.
100 Cases Corn Beef;
100 Cases Potted Ham,
15 Cases Tripe.
200 Cases Sardines.
1.465 -
Also full line ot Groceries and Drugs.
D. L. CORE CO.,
AfZ&
sra. - A tn-nrsfaa t
imauy ureanmg anaj -
most enjoyable evening. Erby the
way, i expect to pass your
morrow evening, fend I; thought I
might"
"I'll be delighted," said she quickly
"Good night" Philadelphia Press.
Cholly'a Close Shave.
.x. a uO iuul iuaivu
laugh at me for me big walking stick,
bai Jove, but I wouldn't be without
it"
An'rt as f'linllir nraen'l lnnkinc wlipre
he was going (it was In Africa) he
suddenly found himself in a croc's
mouth.
But that's where his stick came In
useful. The croc couldn't shut bis
mouth, and Cholly was able to escape,
after all.
' All Looked Alike.
"All Chinese look alike to me," said
the chief executioner impersonally as
he sharpened np his cutlass. Then
turning with a puzzled look to the
next victim, whose head was bent
over the chopping block, be asked:
"John, didn't I cut off your bond
last week?" Ohio State Journal
Gave II I in tbe Lausb.
Tom Do you still call on Miss TJp
perten? Jack No. I couldn't stand her Irri
table laugh.
Tom I never noticed it.
Jack Neither did I until I oroDOsed
to her. Chicago News.
A FULL STOCK OF
Coeeaanti. Mixed Nuts.
Candies, Cakes, Cheese.
Fox River Butter.
Powder, Shot. Capv, &c.
Snuff, Tobacco and Cigars.
Bagging and Ties.
8alt, Fish and Molasses.
HALL & PEABSALL,
t (INCORPORATED.)
Wholesale Grocers and Commission Mer
chants, oct 81 tt
"KIM,"
Kipling's Latest Book.
- "BlennerhasRBtt " hv Chan iAuAn
. viwu
Pidgin.
"The Eternal City," by Hall Caine.
"The Cavalier." hv Ooato. w
- 1 .
Cable. .
"The Tempting of Father An
thony." "The Old Plantation," by Avirett.
"Cinderilla," by Crockett.
"Tristram nf Riant V a i
'mmm, mtj O.U U1U11V
Hope.
"Understudies," by Mary E. Wilkins.
"Flood-Tide," by Green. .
"Lazarre," by Cotherwood.
"Foma Gordyeeff," by Gorky.
All the ahovo and manv nttiu nam
.uj TT
Books just received.
C. YATES & CO.
OCt 20 tf '
THE RUSH
For our department goods
still continues.
We have sold lots to appreciative customers
GREAT VAJlTllBllilNf and the
Closing Out Sale at New Tort Cost
will be kept going on until we have disposed of
OUB LINES OP FOOT-WEAR, to Which we
" buuou uuuiy ittaiB ui interest., we are
tnrfiwlnor nnt. anil aalllncr a nnat. anmm. n .
I O - " - wmv wv DVU1. IUIOO VI
.lauio, auuniKu suwu sou varieties or our
pouglas', Duttenhoper'8, Hogan's and other
here "U,WI " Agenss
Wf thnnf. hAolt.aflAn mA .n M
uauroo ouuot BKiiieu tmuj j.uu LiauieB' Hnoe we
ever heard or. Come and Bee all our attrac
tions in 1WVW1 ILnrl nrHnaa art n
f OllDl 1UUU1K
your own comparisons we feel sure you
Will txerreck tarft-h na unnt v.. n r : -
: iJmtZ alAnn-
DEPARTMENT STORES.
Mullets !
NEW CATCH JUST IN.
Also Fish Barrels for paek
lag: Mallets.
Salt in 200 lbs., 1 80 lbs. and
100 lbs. Sacks.
We also hayea f nil line of Groceries
such as
Flonr, Sugar, Rice,
Coffee, Cake, Candy, Sar-
. dines and Oysters, Virginia
Water Ground Veal
and most any other thin o-t.hftf. vt-r.
can find in the grocery line. All
Mt UlU v mm. Am. mm a79 J . . I
wx wxuua we oner xo tne trade at
' W Bai Vl 0av
"Well, good night" said Mr, Borem,
mt ,i i 1.4.... .wav MTvm had A
tar i Evans Cos
uTing prices.
MD Williams Bros.
pwifiTff
III
1 I
HtasUtowat'
ZiN'egetablePrcparationfor As
similating iheloodandHegula
ting the Stomachs and Dowels of
Promotes Digestion,Cheerful
ncss and HestContains neither
Qpwrn.Morpfcine norHineral.
Not Narcotic.
Pumpkin Stvtl'
&dulUSJtt-
bfwrrMiiif
fUtmJctd -Clrwd
Soomr .
AnerfecrRemedv for Co n.sli na
tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoca.
Worms .Convulsions .Fcvensh
oess and Loss OF Sleer
I&c Simile Signature of
NEW YOEK.
EXACT COPy UT WRAPPEB.
V
A QloilrfVlTnn Coin nf Hum flKA I
n rJiuugiiiui uaic ui mj UUUUS I
THE BIG RACKET STORE
Is way ahead on Fall business.
times, scarcity of money, poor business, the
Racket Store man Is up and hustling. When you
get in this Big Store it looks like you are in the
City of New York.
We have new goods and new
goods a plenty. Our Dress Goods
department is piled up with beauti
ful new goods. New Venetian
Cloths in rough and smooth finish,
36 inches wide, for 48c per yard.
Ladies' Cloths, the heaviest and best
quality,: 54 inches wide, the lowest
standard price is $1.25, my price is
98c. A hicelineof rainy day Skirt,
good, all wool, 54 inches wide,
double-face backs, for 57c per yard,
worth $1.
A special drive in half wool Suit
ings, 36 inches wide, for 14c, worth
25c; 3,000 yards Liberty Flannel,
27 inch wide, in bright patterns,
standard price 8c. my price 5c.
Yard wide Percale not 10c but &fc:
20,000 yards Calicos at 4c. Yard
wide Sheeting, good weight, for 4c
per yard. Navajo Flannel for Ladies'
Waists, bright colors, for 5c, worth
8c. We have the agency for Sweet,
Orr & Co.'s Overalls at 75 and 90c,
worth $1.
Eeceived to-day a big lot of Boys'
Clothing, bran new goods from fac
tory and some swell styles. Our
stock of Boys' Clothing is equal to
any in the city, at a third less. Suits
from 50c to $5.
Men's Overcoats We h
supply of all grades from $1.75 to
$10 each.
We have a heavy all Wool Melton
Cloth Coat, fine aualitv. will hnlrl
its color, a standard $6 Coat, mv
opeuiiM price 4.ou. uur 7.50 and
$10 Coats are erood enouch for any
body. We have this to say, you
can't match them at our price.
We have $6,000 wnrf.h nf Mart n
Youths' Clothing on hand. Just
THE BIG RACKET STORE,
Geo. O. Gaylord, Proprietor.
COAL AND WOOD!
WE ARB NOW OFFERING
THE BEST QUALITY AND THE CLEANEST COAL ON THE
MARKET.
i l)i fli f iiiBi ytaii
Our Wood we Guarantee
To be perfectly DRY regardless of
weather.
Prices, Weights and Measures Guaranteed.
Giyeuaa trial order
The Coal, Cement
5514 South Front Street.
BELL PHONE 645. INTERSTATE 72.
oct 27 tf
THE ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK,
WILMINGTON N. C.
T. W. NORWOOD. Pres. JOHH S. ARHSTRONn. V1..P...:
Capital $125,000.
DEPOSITS.
September, 1899, $ 945,000
oeptember, 1900, 1,100000
bentember. 1901. 1 Ann: nan-
Am- ' J -rj )tv).uw
modem nan lr npnnrili'n rr onnx-.
tomers ' wvni.6 wuivwus
:- AMnnciA iinDiTi sun
. W. YATES. Ass't C..hlr.
STOP
m Spending that nickel ! Just drop it into your
piner pocket and add to your savings account The great fortunes of
to-day are built upon a foundation of small savings. If you are not
cultivaUnjt the habit of aaving, now is the time to begin . Call at the
Bank for full information regarding deposits.
THE WILMINGTON SAVINGS & TRUST CO.,
108 Princess Street.
jr. w. rorwoob, rridB. h. Walters, ti pmui.
dot 8 tt C. K. TATIiOR. Jr., OashlM.
SffifiHI
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
th cchtuw comwihv. mw von en-;
While others are crying dull
' received a nice line at $5, all Wool,
regular $7.50 goods. A handsome
line of Suits for $12.50, worth $18
elsewhere. , Our strongest -line is
from $7.50 to $10. Men's and Boys'
odd Pants, anything you want and
any price you want to pay. Pants
that you pay others M for I will
sell you for $1.37; what you pay 5
for elsewhere I will sell you for
$3.37; good heavy Pants, well made,
for $1. Boys' Pants from 23 to (19c
a pair. Little Boys' 4-piece Suit,
Coat, Pants, Vest and Vestee,
sporty looking, any price from 1 to
$2.98 for 3 to 8 years old.
Twenty-five dozen beautiful Brus
sel and velvet Rn
bought before the advance, all BizeB,'
all colors, all priceB, from 48c to
$2.48; match any Carpet and fill
any place. A nice line of Druggets
in beautiful new patterns for 40c
per square yard.
In our Millinery Department we
have just bought a. big line of
samples to-day. Theswellest goods
from the swellest House. Newest
styles imt almost half price; goods
perfectly fresh and styles the latest.'
Beautiful Hats. A nice line of
Amazon Plumes. The swellest line
of Pom-Pons. Handsome Fall and
Winter Foliae-a. Evfirvthinc in new
Millinery you can think of. Our
Store is the people's store. I work
hard and buy goods cheap and save
money for mv customers. I nav
cash and get' a discount and give
that discount to you in premiums.
Bring your card and get it punch
ed with every cash purchase. We
give away China and Table and
Crockery ware free, at
FIRST CLASS
and judge for- yourself.
and Supply Co,
- $100,000
. 120,000
innn
xtu.vw
- j i : t l x x . j..
auu uuoiui bruabmeuG to na cus-
nov 3 tf
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