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ABOUT NOTHING.
Story of a Story Which Would
Take with the Editors.
Two Sisters Decide to Writ for Soma Mag
azine Pasallna; Oyer . .tho Babjoet
Speculations Concerning Its Orlf la,
Ita Sub tan ee and Its End.
My little sister Patience -and I
were- froing to write a Btory to
gether. She was to write a few sen
tences and then I, whereupon we
would send, it to some magazine.
"When I proposed, this to her she
thought it a very admirable plan;
only there was one important ques
tion to be' settled at the very outset.
"What was the story to be about? '
This puzzled us;' but then we soon
decided that the tale should not be
about anything, for in that case it
would be much more apt to be pub
lished. ; If it was about something,
then it would be like so many other
stories sent to the papers that no
editor would take it: but if vou
! couldn't tell what it is about, or if it
; was about nothing at all, why, of
; course, it wouldn't belike anything
! else under the sun, in which case
people might read it for the very
novelty of the thing. It would thus
serve as "light reading," since evi-
dently people could not possibly
; weary their minds thinking about the
things in . it if there was nothing at
all in it to think about. That is as
4 clear as a fog in April. ' .
This is what I told Patience, and
she seemed to think so, too (but per
haps thar was just because I did) ;
and then we tried to start ahead
with the story,
"But what people shall we put in
111 SaiU JL. I
"Ohj dearl" exclaimed Patience,
"must people alwayj be in a story,
as they are in a city, or on thecars?"
"Why, I suppose so, if they want
to be, 1 replied, confusedly. -
"But if we put thenTin, there will
be somebody in the story; and the
story, by our rules, cannot be about
anybody, any more than about any
thing besides, it started out to be
about nothing. "-
Well, what Is nothing, Pa
tience?" ;
Why, nothing' is what the bees
in ine orcnara num aoout ail oi an
August day,- and the cows in the
meadow low about, and the birds in
branches carol about, and at which
the dogs, bark stormy nights; and
that Bill, the chore-boy, does ail day
when Gran ther isn t looking; and
that idiot Jake is always thinking
about; and that I learn at school
when the weather, is so hot the last
days of the summer term; and that
parson said to father he was going
to get for marrying" old Pete, the
blacksmith, and Widow Snapall;
and and why, nothing is ; what
lots of things do, and some things
are, and others, want to be, and tha$
father says his 'spectyoulations' al
ways come to at last."
Then, Patience, you are a nihil
ist for that, you know, means a
nothing-man,' who says he comes
from nothing and believes in noth
ing, and declares that he gets noth
ing and hopes for nothing, and tries
to think that he is going at last to
become nothing."
"I know nothing about' nihilists,"
said Patience; ana, besides, we
agreddthat we would not put any
people" or any things into this storyi
because then there would be nothing
original in it so let us talk about
nothing again 1" "
"But what, then, can we say but
just nothing, at all?"
'Why, rejoined my little sister,
"you might tell them where nothing
comes from.
l'Oh, yesl Well, I don't know,:
unless it comes from somewhere (I
mean nowhere) beneath the zero
point in the thermometer tube, or out
from the golden treasury at toe end.
of the rainbow, or from the waters of
the desert mirage, or out of the
house that Tack built (but I forgot;
he is a person, and we must not put
him in this story), or perhaps from
the north pole that nobody can find,
or the lourtn - dimension tnat no
body can think." , - j
"Oh, dearl exclaimed Patience,
"all that sounds so wise, especially
the last part too wise, indeed, to'
be put into our story; and it sounds
so sensible, too, that it seems as
though it must be about something
instead of about nothing but it
can't be if you said 1C, for you i are
always so queer and never sensible!
At any rate I am so tired of talking
about nothing that let's stop and be
gin talking .
"About something?" s
"Yes!" , ' , ' !
; Why, then we could not go on
with the story." j
"Well, let's finish, anyway I" cried
Patien ce, impatiently; . ' 'for ; I'm
afraid to try in this style not to
think about, anything or anybody
for so long a time, since, if I do, I
may. always go on thinking about
nothing at all, like idiot Jake, and
aever.be good for anything, and, be
treated by the people whom we
couldn't put into the story just as'
though I wasn't of any use in the'
world, because I had lost what they
call 'the power of thought' or, some
thing; and" rwith a Drettv-little
stews;. Washington for steamed
oysters. New Orleans has a specialty :
in broiled oysters. These are the big'
luscious native oysters caught in the
gulf streams. They are pinned on
silver skewers and broiled in a bunch:
of ten or twelve, and- their goodness
is beyond praise. !
The oysters of Prance and Eng-
TARBORO N. a THURSDAY, JANUARY
lana are not considered as good as
those of America, but they are more
of a luxury. Oyster culture is one
of the industries of France. In one
day, in the year 1877, twenty-two
millions of oysters were gathered in
the basin of . Aracachon. Some of
the French oysters, notably those of
Oancale, were considered the best in
the country, their shape being fine
and tkeir flavor excellent; iThe oyster.
Deas are protected by law since the
catching of the oyster has become a
science. ! i
A traveler who has eaten oysters
In all lands has this to sav about
wild oysters: '
I never want to eat better oysters
than some I found growing in the
trees at Station Creek, Port EoyaL
I used to go out before breakfast and
pick enough for a feast. They were
tree oysters,! and I used to take a
stone to dislodge them. Sounds like
a yarn, but it is true every time.
ine iiaa , comes in there ten; or
twelve feet high, and the trees were
submerged twice every twenty-four
hours, and the oysters lodged in
them.- And they stayed there and
attracted more. When the tide went
out they were stranded high and
dry, and lazy fellows, like myself,
were glad to eat them.
A man who has made the oyster a
life study finds many curious and in
teres ting things about this mollusk.
The anatomy of an oyster shows as
complete an equipment of the vital
features as does the human body,
Seen under a microscope it is a won
der to examine. A connoisseur will
tell us that it is' a sin to cook ; an
oyster, that it should be eaten with
deliberation in its native liquid, out
w .vvn v. ' .
3 i.i T..i ai '
mexnoaoi coo icing, tsut there are
many people who are fond of the
oyster cooked, who cannot touch it
in the raw, and for these are the in
ventions of stewed, steamed, panned,
fancy roasts and other designs,
which are produced at i the restau
rants with much painstaking on the
part of cooks. While th oyster is
believed to be the lowest form of an
imal life, it is also ' known to be
acutely sensitive to noise, light and
intrusion of any kind. ; It is not
fighter, nor has any exhibitor ever
succeeded in showing to the world a
tamed oyster. It is vigilant but
silent. "Mum as an oyster," is
well known phrase. . 1
Innumerable jokes have been in
vented anent the church sociable
oyster, and it was boldly declared
during the popularity of a certain
slang saying that the church oyster
was "never in the soup." Shakes
peare commemorated the bivalve in
a climax of fine distinction when he
saidr
'Why then the world's mlna oyster.
Whlcb I with sword will open."
Ha Can Be Identified.
John Allen, twenty-five years old.
five feet seven . inches ' in height,
'joad weighing one hundred and thir
ty-one pounds, has escaped from
Fort Leavenworth military prison.
He -is a victim of the tattoo craze
and has a wristlet on his left wrist,
fend a small ship, flowers, a crescent.
a star trad an anchor adorn his left
hand. Rings are tattooed on several
fingers, an eagle holding a shield,
with a wreath: on each side, is on
the back of his right hand; a male
bust with a wreath underneath ' Is
pricked in his upper left arm; a full
rigged ship on the lower part of the
same arm, a broken dagger with: a
etar in the center and a hand hold
ing a bouquet; on the outer portion
of the left arm a female figure hold
ing a flag, on the right forearm out
ward a picture of the crucifixion; on
the inside of the same arm a female
bust with a wreath; on .the upper
part or the right arm, , besides a
spread eagle, a coat of arms, a large
cross and crown, -a flower. girl, an
eagle, an anchor, a cross surrounded
by a wreath, an owl on the limb of a
tree, a nude female figure, a heart,
and more wreaths on other parts of
his body. ' .
Moat Noted Engraver. ',
John Sartain, the most widely
known engraver in America, cele
brated his eighty-ifif th birthday re-
cently. "Probably," says the Phil
adelphia Record, tio living arU"
ist has done more for the advance
ment of his profession in America
than Mr! Sartain. In 1828 he began!
the practice of mezzotints, and there
after seldom resumed the art he had
first learned in its purity,' but com
bined it with stipple and mezzotint.
Air, bartam at one time also occu
pied a prominent position in the Lit
erary world, where his memory ia
Still green. In 1843 he became edi
tor and proprietor of Campbell's
Foreign Semi-Monthly Magazine,and
held an interest' in the Eclectic
Museum, which subsequently be
came tne eclectic, in i 1&43 ne
bought a half interest in the Union
Magazine, which later became wide
5y known a&Sartain's Magazine." j
Honors Easy, j j
It is gratifying to our racial pride
to learn that many of the crafty orien
tal fakirs in Midway who have been
selling plasters, worth four cents, to
the guileless American public for
three dollars all summer found that
a goodly proportion of their ill-gotten
gains consisted of confederate
and extinct state bank bills when
they came to "cash in." j Fair ex
change is no robbery, and a five-dol-
lar confederate bill is surely as valu-
I vi - - . : c v
auic as a suuicuu u tjjr iia aa is uugus
Turkish plaster is as a souvenir in
America. Chicago Tirnesl -
A PICTURESQUE 8IGHT.
Gan&l Street and the Levee at
New Orleans.
Tho Oreoeoat City a It Is AVloas; tho Oro4
Fathor of Waters" Ulsvck
UaadUas; tho Hag Tralght
' Aa Eroalas; Icobo.
Like all the cross, streets of the
Crescent City," Canal street sleeps
they nearly all do a great deal of
sleeping, or drowsing . at least
with the levee for its pillow. I mean
the land is lower than the river when
the waters are up, and the levee is
an embankment along the river's
margin thrown up to keep the Mis
sissippi in its own bed, and let . New
Orleaus bleep peacefully on hers.
What enormous quantities PI
freight are here, in rows and piles!
Bales, barrels and casks, without or
with tarpaulin covers to shield them
from the ram of sunbeams even more
than of water drops. Scores of little
flags of many colors and devices flut
ter over them. These are to enable
the negroes who unload the boats to
sort their burdens as directed by the
stevedore, who stands at the gang
plank to see the mark of each pack
age as 'it comes by him, and give
its bearer or bearers his order ac
cordingly. "Go to de blue flag! Go to de red
an' yelleh! Go to de white cross! Go
to de check flag! Go to de blue an
chor! Go to de check an green J'
It is fascinating to watch, from
the J upper guards of some great
packet-boat, this distribution of
huge treasure by the hands of these
ragged black Samsons. Sometimes
the' orders sound'like imprecations:
"Go to de -red hand! Go to de
black heart! Go to de green moon!
Go to de black flag!"
' This levee was once a "battlefield.
That was years ago, though, since
the great civil war. It was a real
battle, with infantry and artillqry,
and many were killed and wounded,
and a state government changed
hands as a result of it; but, though
men are quite willing to tell you of
it if you ask, not even those who
won the battle say much about it
without being asked now; for it was
that worst of all kinds of fighting,
tailed factional strife, and the levee
offers so many pleas an ter themes.
When the afternoon hour is near
ly five, as the lofty steamers' deep
toned bells begin to toll, and their
towering funnels pour forth torrent
clouds of black ; smoke, - hundreds
gather along the levels front to
see the majestic departures of the
vast yet graceful crafts. 'One after
another, with flags and pennants
streaming, they back out from the
landing, turning their- bows up
stream, fall away for a few moments
before the mighty current xf a river
one hundred feet deep, then stand
still against it, and the next moment
spring forward with a peal from
their parting gun and the courtesy
ing down-run of : all their bunting,
and speed away, while the black
deck hands, massed about the jack
staff, sing defiance to weariness and
fate. All along the city s front for
miles, as they pass, men and. boys
pull out in skiffs to "take the waves
which rise in the wakes of their
great paddle-wheels; for a Mississip
pi river side-wheeler "tears the
river wide open," as they say. In the
warm months many fellows swim
out Instead of rowing; but, believe
me, the "Father of Waters" is dan
gerous enough even for a skiff; it is
no fit place for a swimmer. George
W. Cable, in St. Nicholas.
. HOLIDAYS IN BRAZIL.
The New Republic Rejoices In No
Leas Than Nine.
Although the Brazilian republicans
have not yet shown themselves so
thoroughly imbued with republican
ideas that they can run their gov
ernment in an acceptable manner,
says the Boston Herald, ' they have
thought It desirable to prove their
immense veneration for the repub
lican system of control by the an
nouncement of a considerable num
ber of holiday celebrations In its
honor. .
There are no fewer .than nine na
tional holidays, namely: January 1,
In ' honor of universal . fraternity;
February 24, to celebrate the ap
proval of the Brazilian federal con
stitution;' April 21, In honor of 'the
forerunners of Brazilian indepen
dence; May 3, to celebrate the dis
covery of Brazil; May 13, in' honor
of Brazilian- fraternity; JulyJ4,to
celebrate the takinjt otltheBastile;
September 7,-tocelebrate Brazilian
independence; October 12, to cele
brate the discovery of America; No
vember 15, to celebrate the upheaval
of the republic : . .
There are, besides, more than
twenty religious holidays which lead
to a suspension -of business some
what to the detriment, it is thought,
of commercial and manufacturing
activity. But the days we have spe
cially referred to and the objects for
which they are designated indicate
that even if the Brazilians cannot
govern themselves, they can at least
become enthusiastic in the tributes
they pay to the theories of self gov
ernment. -
The Difference.
Mistress What kind of pies are
these, cook?
Cook Some av 'em is appul and
some is mince. ,
Mistress But I told you to mark
them so they 'could be told apart;
and they are allcmarked T. M.
Cook So they be, mum " Tls
mince" an 1 'Tain't minoo." J udge.
25, 1894.
UOKE ON 'A UUOCJE.
How Martha) Gave Justice Qrtv a
Carriage Rid. ,
'Attorney General Olney tells the
following story, vouched for. by th
Washington Post, about Justice
Gray of. the United States supreme
court. Judge Gray prefers riding to
walking and a carriage or cab to a
streetcar. When he first held Ourt
in Boston, he asked the United
States marshal to provide him with
a carriage to transport him from his
hotel to the oourt ;and back to the
hotel after a day's session. The mar
shal was commendably prompt and
cheerful in complying with the wish
es of the distinguished jurist. From
Boston Judge Gray went to Provi
dence to hold court. He asked the
United States marshal there to pro
vide him with a carriage to carry
him back and forth. The marshal
said he could not do so without pay
ing for the vehicle out of his own
Tcket. i
"Why, how's that?" exclaimed the
astonished jurist. . "
"Tho department would not allow
the account, and III have to pay it,"
explained the marshal.
'"But the marshal at Boston fur
nished me with a carriage and had
no trouble with his accounts," said
Judge Gray. j
"i aon t see now be did it," pro
tested the Providence marshal. "I
know that if I tried it that item In
my accounts would be disallowed.'
"Very well," sai4 Judge Gray.
"Of course I don't want you to pay
for my carriage," and he paid for it
himself and the incident closed so
far as he was concerned.
Not so with the Providence mar
shal. - He wrote to the Boston- mar
shal and asked him hew he managed
to have his charge fof a carriage for
Judge Gray's use between the hotel
and the courthouse allowed by', the
department here. ' j .
"Easy enough," wrote the Boston
man in reply. "It's plan,'" he con
tinued, "that you've; not been mar
shal long. I provided Judge Gray
with a carriage and!- my accounts
went throngh the department with
out any trouble. Yovi see, I put the
item of tho judge's carriage under
the head of 'core and transportation
of prisoners.' " '
HIGHEST PRICED STAMPS.
Two Mauritius Penny Stamps Sold in
London for S3.400.
' Philately has scored one of those
records which make prosaic people
open their eyes in wonder, for the
well-known stamp dealers of Lon
don, Messrs.' Stanley jGibbons (lim
ited), have just paid iCSO ($3,400)
the highest price ever 'given for any
two stamps for the penny (red) and
two-penny (blue) Mauritius stamps.
Issued in 1847. They were first ac
quired by Mme. Dubois, of Bor
deaux, having been found in a mer
chant's office there. Mme. Dubois
sold them to M. . Lalanne in 1867.
This latter gentleman! has just sold
his collection for CO. 000 f. ($12,000) to
M. Piet Latauderie, a well-known
French collector, from Whom Messrs.
Stanley Gibbons have purchased the
two stamps mentioned' As far as is
known only two other copies of
these ' rarities exist a England
namely, in the nations stamp col
lection beqeathed by IMr. Tapling,
at the British museurrj. The penny
in that collection is obliterated, and
the two-penny unused is not so fine a
copy as the' present. In the whole
world - only thirteen f or fourteen
crfpics of these stamps are known.
To Roast Sucking Pig. -
In choosing a pig forj roasting se
lect one not older than'three weeks,
being particular that every part of
it is thoroughly cleansed and washed
with cold water; wipe perfecy dry
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duuiuuvu iuo lusiueju vaoicspoon
ful of salt. For the (dressing use
three pints of grated breadcrumbs,
three tables poonfula of butter, one
of minced onion, half a teaspoonf ul
of pepper, three teas poonfula of
salt,' and one tablespoopful of pow
dered sage mixed together, sewing
the body firmly together after filling
It with this mixture. Before plac
ing it on the rack p Hhe dripping
pan, the forefeet should be pressed
forward and tho hind feet back
ward and fastened wUh skewers.
Dredge with salt, rub. with butter,
and dredge again with; flour. It U
a good plan to place buttered paper
over each ear before placing la the
oven, which should be moderately
hot.' About three and ja half hours
are required to roast a pig of this
size. Butter or salad j oil is prefer
able for basting to -vater, giving
also a slight dusting ;of flour and
salt occasionally. When nearly
cooked the paper may j be removed
from .the ears, and when taken from
the oven an ear of corn or a lemon
may be placed in the fpig's mouth.
Apple sauce is very palatable served
with roast pig. Ladies' Home Jour
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Equal to the Occasion.
"Why do you wish me to be your
wife?" '
' 'Because I love you-f-love you to
distraction." . , 1
"Did you say that to' Mamie Jones
when you proposed to her?"
"How could I?"
"Why couldn't you?f
"Because she had neither beauty,
dignity, grace, amiability nor re-
that inspire ardent attachment, and
you are the only girl .1 know who
possesses them in a superemineot
degree, Veed I say more?"
. He had said enough. -N.'Y. Press.
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AESOHTELY F2JEE
THE GIRLS WE MEET.
AH Charming, But of Vary Different
Types.
Of all .the hundreds of girls that
we .meet daily there are no two
alike, which in all probability is the
reason why they are. individually
charming, but withal- a puzzling
mixture that drives the shy - man to
desperation and the would-be adorer
to the verge of distraction,
Suppose a man meets Miss A ,
a tall, queenly beauty inclined to
be 'dignified and rather cold in her
manner, he is charmed, but feels
frozen and thinks that he must for
ever preserve a demeanor in keep
ing with her own, when along comes
Miss B , who calls him an old
fossil, asks him if he ever, had any
young thoughts and reports him to
the rest of "our set" as awfully slow,
when in reality the poor man has
only fallen into error by gauging
one woman by another.
The demure maiden with down
cast eves is sometimes a far worse
coquette than she who boldly meets
the glance of man and flashes forth
Inviting looks that mean absolutely
nothing. The girl who takes life
seriously is a pretty enigma that ap
pears to be past finding out to the
man laboring under, the impression .
that all women are butterflies . and
that to please them bon bona and
bonnets must be showered about In
extravagant profusion.
Then again, men fight shy of femi
nine M. D.'s and short-haired pro
fessoresses, fearing 'they know
not what, but dreading .the look of
scorn that may filter through the
pincenez and in its bright-effulgence
reveal their own dense ignorance.
And yet, let it be whispered just
here, no woman is so dignified, co
quettish, learned or austere that
there does not lurk somewhere a
flaw in the armor Of her indifference,
and a few gentle tactics will level
the battlements and make all the
girls we meet alike for once In their
humble submission to the power of
affection. Philadelphia Times.
no wonder:
This Man Would Make Any Woman
Weary of Ufa.
A big, red-faced, jolly -looking
woman got into a Niagara street-car
yesterday afternoon. She .was fol
lowed by a man with gray hair and
close-cropped gray mustache and a
dyspeptic expression.
They sat on the sunny side of the
car. The man relapsed Into a gloomy
silence. The woman looked around
the car and tried to be cheerful,
"Kind of hot," she observed.
"What?"' growled the man.
"Kind of hot."
"Where?"
"Here." '
"Well, I guess you can stand it"
The woman took the man's" sour
ness as If she was used to it. . After
the car had gone a block she said;
"What pretty flowers r
"What?" growled the man.
- "I said what pretty flowers."
"Where?"
"At that house we passed."
"WeLL what of It?"
Five minutes later she said:
"Isn't that a nice baby?" '
"What?" .
"Isn't that a nice baby?"
"Where?"
"There," pointing to a beautiful
little boy on the opposite side of the
car.
"Looks like a fooL
The car turned down Pearl street
and the chimes of SL Paul's were
ringing,
. "That's nice music," said the worn
an.
"That's nice music."
"Which?". '
"Why, those chimes."
'Sounds like a lot of cow-bells
Do you wonder that wives some
times do not love, honor and obey?
Buffalo Express.
He Has White WW.
Basgoa Guzuella b a Zulu who was
on exhibition at the world's fair. He
left for his own country a few days
ago, taking with him as his wife a
fair American girl, whom he had be
come acquainted with at a soda
fountain over which she presided at
the fair. He met the girl only a few
times until he found himself bead
over ears in love with her, and she
reciprocated the attachmenL In a
few days more they were duly mar
ried. The young lady has no-relatives
in the world except a brother
In Texas. She is said to-be thor
oughly Infatuated with her dusky
husband, and is very anxious to get
back to his native land with him.
He has nine other wires there, but
he says he Intends to give them all
to his brother without delay. He
claims to be an aristocrat and of the
immediate family of the king of the
I Zulus,
His young wife will probably
have plenty of time to repent of her
choice after she has lived awhile in
av Zulu hut and learned how women
are treated in that country. -
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. BROWN SEGMEMXM. GUN.
Can Shoot Harder for Its Siie Than
j Anything Else.
I . The Brown segmental wire gun
has demonstrated more clearly than
ever incomplete superiority over all
other guns hitherto made, says the
New Orleans Times-Democrat. , .
At thor Sandy Hook proving
grotind, under the superintendence
of -Capt. Frank Heath, the gun sur
passed even its own record of Au
gust lasL A sixty-pound shot was
propelled by a thirty-pound charge -of
Leonard's smokeless powder, with
the astounding result of 3,130 feet
per second muzzle velocity, and a -breach
pressure of 53,800 pounds to '
the square inch. This muzzle veloc
ity is equivalent - to the muzzle
energy of 3,216 foot tons, and means
140 foot tons for every pound of pow
der in the charge. .
The gun weighs: only four tons;
and there is not a gun in the world
of anything nearly approaching that
small weight which could even ven
ture to fire thirty pounds of smoke
less powder in a charge, nor is there
a gun of four times its size that
could sustain a pressure of 53.000
pounds to the square inch. Such
a charge and consequent pres
sure would rend an ordinary five-,
inch gun of ten or twelve tons weight
into pieces.
Nor, moreover, has ever any such'
high' muzzle velocity as 3,130 feet
per second been obtained pronor-'
tional to the pressure, with any pow- "
der In the world for the same weight
of shot and length of gun.
The principle of this segmental
wire gun is the most effective prin
ciple that has yet been invented la .
gunnery; and it is unintelligible why
tne board of ordnance does not go
ahead and build them, as they are
both Inexpensive and easily built -
for use both ashore and in the bat
teries of our men-of-war.
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His
Arithmetic.
The kid was taking his first lessons
In arithmetic ' -
"If you eat one apple now, and one
ten minutes later, what will that
make?" asked the teacher.
"Two," responded the young
mathematician.
"Then if you cat two more what
will that make?"
Tour." -
"Then If you eat two more what
will that make?"
."six.- :
"Then three more, what will that
make?" "
The boy hesitated a moment.
"Green or ripe?" he Inquired.
' "What difference is that?" asked
the teacher, In some surprise.
"A good deal," responded the boy;
"if they're green three morell make
Bie have a pain. Detroit Jrree
Press.
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-The
slang expression "I '-don't
thing" is not so. new that one' may
feel that he is very tresh wficn he
uses 1L It was common more than i
fifty years ago7 when Dickens wrote
Martin ChuzzlewiL" It was put
into the mouth of one of the charao
ters early in the story, and the
author comments on it as being "a r
favorite phrase. - j
The Town of Garfisld.
President Garfield's farm in Men
tor, O., is to be cut up into building
lots, the intention being to make it
the nucleus of a town to be called
Garfield, and to be the summer
home of wealthy citizens of Cleve-
land said to be the projectors of the
scheme. The farm is about twenty
miles from the center of Cleveland
The Old Friend
And tie best friend, . that nearer
fails you, is Simmons Liver Regu
lator, (the Bod Z) that's what
you near at the mention of this
excellent Liver medicine, and
people should not be persuaded
that anything else will do.
It is the King of ?Liver Medi
cines; is better than pills; and
takes the place . of Quinine . and
Calomel. It acts directly on the
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and
gives new" life to the whole sys
tem. This is the medicine you
want Sold by all Druggists in
Liquid, or in rowder to be taken
dry or made into a tea.
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