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ELIZABETH CITY N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1900.
ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance.) The Official Paper of PASQUOTANK and CAMDEN Counties. (ESTABLISHED 1886.
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TRAIN SERVICE.
NORTHBOUND
Ia-. Kiiz City daily (ex. Sun) 2:45, p.m
Ar. Norfolk, " " 4 25, p.
Lv. Hliz. City, Tue.Thur.&Sat 9:35, a.m
Ar. N orfolk " " " 11:00, a m
SOUTHBOUND
hv. Bliz. City daily (ex. Suu)ir 40, a. in
Ar. Edenton " " 12:40, p.m
Ar. Belhaveu " " 4:45, p.m
Lv. Eli?. City Tue Thu &Sat. 6:00, p.m
3F"Trains stop at all intermediate
stations.
STEAM B 0 AT SE R VIC E .
Steamers leave Edenton daily (tx
uept Sunday) 1:00 p. m. for Plymouth,
Jamesville, Williamston and Wind-so-.
Leave Edenton Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday 1:00 p. m. for Chowan
River landings; and Monday and Fri
day for Scuppernong River.
Steamers leave Elizabeth City for
Roanoke Island, Oriental and New
Berne, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
dav 6:00 p. m.: connect with A. & N.C.
R.'li and W. & V. R R. for Golusboro
and Wilmington, lc.
ForCoinjock and North River Land
ings Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
3:00 p. m.
For South Mills and landings on
Dismal Swamp rente Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday 6:00 a. m.
Steamers leave Belhaveu daily (ex
cept Sunday for Washington, N. C.
For further information apply to M.
H. Suo vden, Agent, Elizobeth City,
or to the General Office of the N. & S.
R R. Co., Norfolk, Va.
M. K. KING, H. C. HUDGINS.il
Gen. M'g'r. Gen Ft.&Pass.Agt
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PRESENCE OF MIND.
It Saved a Life and Trapped tno
Would He Ass.'issiii,
A writer on Klondike customs and
dangers says in The Independent that
there is here, as everywhere, a class of
ex-criminals whom the lone voyager
must guard against.
Last year, he says, the man Whc
went out with the first mail, after th
closing of the river, fell in with a trav
eler, hungry and cold, stumbling along
the unbroken trail. The messenger
took pit j on him, shared his fowl with
him, made a fire and warmed his half
frozen body.
All day they traveled over the ice
and at niht the messenger made the
man. lie down to sleep, while ho watch
ed, to scare the wolves away and keep
the fire burning. It was long past mid
night when he woke the sleeper and
asked him to watch, so that he himself
might snatch a nap before setting out
again on the long journey.
The messenger was sleeping soundly
when he was startled by a blow on the
head. He leaped up and was terrified
to find that his companion was stand
ing over him, striking at him with ai
ax.
The 'messenger dropped" to one sid
and threw off his sloping robe and th
fur cap that had save ids life. Thei
the would be murderer was plainly em
barrassed. To be sure, he had the ax
but it is not so easy to kill a man whet
he is looking. He hesitated, and in
that second the messenger conceived i
brilliant thought.
"Ah, poor old chap!" said he pathet
ically as one conciliates a snarling dog
"Cold and hunger have driven him era
zy!"
The man let the ax fall. He almost
smiled. It was so well to be out of a
nasty jcb! Yes; he would be crazy.
Appearing to forgot the matter, he left
the ax where it had fallen and begar
to rummage in the grub sack. Thf
dogs awoke, and the two men break
fasted and started long before th
dawn. That day the messenger car
ried the ax and insisted that the msd
maii should walk in front.
At the next mounted police station
the man, much to his surprise, was
handed over to the officer in charge.
Now his efforts to play "crazy" were a
sad failure. He was taken to Dawson,
tried and sentenced to 14 years' impris
onment. JOAQUIN MILLER.
Explanation nf Some Queer Wayt t
tiie 1'oet of the Sierras.
Joaquin Miller, being a real poet, it
privileged to be unique if he pleases,
and he has always pleased to cultivate
as many harmless idiosyncrasies as he
had time for, aside from dashing off a
gem of poetry now and then. He in
sists that there is method in most of
his madness for instance, his long hair
and flowing beard hide ugly scars made
by a red man's arrow long ago. He
has always been noted for handwriting
more illegible even than that of Hor
ace Greeley. He started for the Klon
dike with the first of 1897 in the capac
ity of correspondent for a San Fran
cisco newspaper and a number of east
ern periodicals.
This last detail seems to be partly
confirmed by a story that has reached
Don Francisco Moreno, the director of
the Plata museum, of the fresh foot
prints of a bearlike animal recently ob
served in the forests of southern Pata
gonia whose feet were evidently web
bed. The most curious part of the story is
that which connects the jemiscb with
the fossil remains of the grypotherium
recently found and taken to England.
The Indians showed to Don Carlos
Ameghino what they said was a piece
of the skin of the jemisch. In it were
imbedded little "ossicles" similar to
those that occur on the hide of the fos
sil grypotherium. If the water tiger
carries a horny armor over its hide, no
wonder that he is invulnerable to the
attacks of the Indians.
Don Francisco Moreno declares that
the fossil hide he found is like that of
the hide of the jemisch, according to
the stories of the natives. The ques
tion remains. What is the jemisch? Is
it a sloth, a hear, a water tiger or mere
ly an India u bogie beast, and did the
piece of skin shown to Don Carlos real
ly belong to a monster of the glacial
epoch or to a modern animal? Here is
a chance for a zoologist to make some
interesting researches. New York Sun.
Easily Removed.
The courtier prostrated himself be
fore the dowager empress.
"What have you learned concerning
this reformer Ting Foo Ping?" inquir
ed the grand old woman.
"I have learned, your imperial mcf
fability, that he is a man of dangerous
popularity whom it would be well to
let alone."
"You think it safer, eh? And why?"
"Because, madam, he has a wise
young head on his shoulders."
The empress laughed contemptuous
ly.
"Bah!" she said. "1 can easily re
move that objection!"
And, turning slightly, she beckoned
to the imperial headsman. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
CTirUtma Greens.
In olden times holly was used only to
deck the inside of houses at Christmas,
while ivy was used not only as a vint
ner's sign, but also among the ever
greens at funerals. For formerly "the
rooms were embowered with holly, ivy,
cypress, bays, laurel and mistletoe."
There are thousands of quaint old
verses that could be quoted in praise of
the rosemary, laurel and mistletoe. A
loe of nature, her fruits and flowers,
her roses and vines with their mystic
significance seems to have been a pre
dominant trait among those who gath
ered at the Yuletide.
Sham Antfqaltte.
A few years ago, in Boho, Londoft,
there was a factory for antique cop
pers which is probably still ia opera
tion. The legitimate business of the
place was the manufacture of stey
pans and kettles, but when trade whs
dull in that way any sort of antiques
for which there happened to be a de
mand was produced instead.
An old iucense burner, for example,
would be reproduced by the dozen by
hammering over a eh nek. If orna
mented with pierced work, the copies
would be coated wirli asphaltum,
through which the design would be
traced, when it would then be eaten
out in an acid bath, saving the time
which would be required to cut out
the pattern with .a piercing saw. Tiie
bath leaves thin edges, by which such
work may be detected.
The work would then be annealed
and would be permitted to oxidize and
scale. Pickling with muriatic acid and
salt, to produce a good coating of ver
digris, would complete the jb. Some
times these "antiques" would be pur
posely broken and would be clumsily
mended with solder or with pure tin if
the piece was to pass for a very an
cient one. Chiseled metal was repro
duced by casting and "dubbing" over
with the hammer, then pickling, an
nealing and bending. In such ways
helmets, copper and brass castings for
antique furniture and the like were
made. Art Amateur.
Horse Racing on the Sta&e.
In racing scenes the horses do run at
full speed. They run, however, not on
the fixed stage, but on what may be
called treadmills, which keep the horses
in front of the house for longer or
shorter periods, according as they are
moved quickly or slowly. A picket
fence, placed between the audience and
the course, not only makes the scene
more realistic; it also hides the mechan
ism of the treadmills. This fence has
contributed iw another way to add to
the effect by beiug moved in opposition
to the direction of the horses and so
lending to their apparent speed.
As to the sounds made by the foot
falls of horses to be heard as though
passing outside an interior scene, they
are reproduced by the dried hoofs of
dead horses or wooden imitations
mounted on handles and hammered
against surfaces of stoue, gravel, sod
or whatever the occasion may demand.
They are also more elaborately manu
factured by revolving a cylinder with
pins protruding from the surface.
These pins are arranged, like the spurs
on a hand organ roller, to imitate trot
ting, galloping or walking when struck
against other substances. If the sound
of a carriage is to be added to the
trampling of horses, wheels are run on
sand. Cassell's Magazine.
Needed In His Business.
"I've decided," said the dignified eld
man, "to let you have that young Brite
ley after all if you are positive that yo.i
can't be happy without him."
"Oh, father," the beautiful girl cried,
"you don't know how happy you have
made me! Now I can see the gates of
paradise opening. Dear, dear, good
old papa! Let me kiss you for those
sweet words! Oh, I can hardly wait
to fly to him and tell him the glorious
news. He will be so glad! We shall
all be so happy now. It seems almost
like a lovely dream! I can hardly be
lieve that I am awake! But, tell me
what has made you change your mind'
Yesterday when I tried to plead fo7
him you said you would never permit
us to see each other again. Ah, if you
had known how those words bruised
my heart! What has happened, father,
to make you relent?"
He kissed her fondly and then, with
tears in his eyes, replied:
"I sat in a little game of poker where
he happened to have a hand last night,
and if we don't get that money back
!n the family some way my business
is going to suffer." Chicago Times
Herald. He Answered It.
The following story is told of how
Thomas B. Reed was admitted to the
bar in California: Mr. Reed was bein&
examined as to his qualifications for
the law along with several companions
The question "Was the legal tendei
act, in your opinion, constitutional?"
was asked of the candidate sitting next
to Mr. Reed. The young man hesitated
as well he might, for even the justices
of the supreme court had spent many
weary days hearing arguments on that
particular question, and after once de
ciding that it was unconstitutional aft
erward reversed their decision. While
the young man hesitated, the judge
turned to Mr. Reed, saying, "What do
you think, Mr. Reed was the act con
stitutional?"
"It was," replied Mr. Iieed, without a
moment's hesitation.
"Very good." was the reply; "you arc
admitted to the bar. Any man who can
answer offhand a question that is still
puzzling the supreme court of th Unit
ed States is certainly pre-eminently
qualified to practice law before this
court" Washington Letter.
The Queen's Visit to Ireland.
On the queen's previous visit to Ire
land 40 years ago an old fisherman
was asked what he thought of her.
Too polite to tell the Englishman that
he was a little disappointed in the per
sonal appearance of the sovereign, he
replied. "We like the sarviug maids
well enough." meaning the maids of
honor, two well known beauties. Lon
Ion Outlook.
If you doii't feel quite well,
try a bottle of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla. It is a wonderful tonic
and invigerator. It will help
you.
A ROPE OF WORMS.
Ihe Carious Procession That Mar B
Seen In Xonray Forests.
In the deep pine forests of Norway
the woodcutters sometimes find a ser
pentine object nearly 50 feet long
crawling slowly over the ground. If
they did not know that It was made
up of millions of rittle worms, they
might be frightened by Its peculiar
appearance. These jvorms, called the
?iara, gather during July and August
In large numbers preparatory to nil
grating in search of food or for change
of condition. When setting out on
tills journey, they si!ek themselves
together and form a huge serpeuthke
mass, ofv:n reaching a length of be
between 40 and 50 feet and several
laches in thickness.
As the sciara Is only on an average
about three thirty-seconds of an Inch
in length and barely wider than a flue
needle, the number required to com
pose a line of the size above men
tioned Is enormous. Their pace Is
very Slow, and upon meeting an ob
stacle, such as a stick or stone, they
will either vrithe over or around it
sometimes breaking iuio two bodies
for this purpose.
M. Guerin-Meueville, a celebrated
French naturalist, says that if the rear
portion of this wonderful snakelike
procession be brought into contact
with the front part and a sort of circle
formed the Insects will keep moving
round and round In that circle for
hours and hours without apparently
noticing that they are not getting on
in their journey. If the procession
be broken In two, the portions will re
unite in a short time.
The Norwegian peasants, when they
: meet one of these trains, will Iny some
I article of their clothing, such as a belt
; or handkerchief, on the ground in
j front of it. If the procession passes
over It, it is regarded as a good sign;
but If it makes a way round, the re
verse is believed. Chicago Record.
PLAYING POWER.
Just How Great a Force Is Expended
on the I'inno.
Tiie amount of power expended on
playing on a piano has recently been
figured out in a way which, if not alto
gether accurate, is at least interesting.
Commenting on the statement that it
really requires more force to sound a
note gently on this instrument than It
does to lift the lid of a kettle, says Wo
man's Life, it is easy to verify it, if
one takes a small handful of coins and
piles them on a key of a piano.
When a sufficient quantity is piled
on to make a note sound, they may be
weighed, and the figures will be found
to be true. If the pianist is playing
fortissimo, a much greater force Is
needed. At times the force of six
pounds is thrown upon a single key to
produce a solitary effect.
With chords the force is generally
spread over the various notes sounded
simultaneously, though a greater out
put of force Is undoubtedly expended.
This is what gives pianists the won
derful strength in their fingers that is
often commented on.
One of Chopin's compositions has a
passage which takes tw o minutes and
five seconds to play. The total pres
sure brought to bear on this, it is es
timated, is equal to three full tons.
The average "tonnage" of an hour's
playing of Chopin's music varies from
12 to 84 tons.
A Good Place to LeuTe.
"The Indians of Mexico," says a cor
respondent of Forest and Stream,
"know nothing of the laws of conta
gion. They display an apathy toward
certain loathsome diseases which sur
prises a foreigner.
"In a recent hunting trip in the Sier
ra of Pueblo our party of eight was
descending toward Zacapoaxtla. We
rode leisurely, for the trail was nar
row and hemmed in by Indian huts.
At the door of one of these stood a
woman and a little girl. We stopped
co inquire the way, when the follow
Ing conversation took place:
" 'Good morning, senora.'
"A very good morning, at your or
doss, sen or.'
" 'This is the road ta Eacapoaxna, is
it not?'
" 'You are quite right, senor.'
" 'And is it very far?'
" 'On the contrary, it is a very little
ways.'
" 'A thousand thanks for your kind
ness, senora.'
" 'There is nothing for which to offe.
them, senor.'
" 'Is the little girl sick, senora?'
" 'She is a little sick, senor.'
u 'What is the matter with herr
" 'She has the smallpox, senor.'
1 'Ah, good day. senora P "
Merely a Question of Spelling?.
He was the engineer of an ocean
liner and prided himself on his knowl
edge of electricity. On one of his brief
stays at home he accompanied his
wife to a party. The subject of elec
tricity coming up, he indignantly com
bated the idea that it was possible for
two people to produce an electrical cur
rent through the body of a third by
simple physical contact, nis wife and
a friend said they would prove It and,
leading him to a window, told him to
pull up his sleeves and place both
bauds flat on. the glass. They then, on
either side, took a firm grip on his
wrists. At the end of a few moments
his wife said:
"Don't you feel a pain, Willy?"
"No!" he replied and returned a like
negative to a second and a third in
quiry. 4
At his third response most of the
eompany began to laugh,'- and it sud
denly flashed Into his mind that the
pronunciation of pain and pane was
the same. New York Tribune.
the Mosquito of Rasata Laplaad.
"We d to force our way through
long streffftee of dense birch scrub un
der a burning jpu and without
breath of wind to clwir a-way the mo
quitoes. They settled on MD particle
of exposed flesh, and the theejBpde
who failed to find room there cover4
our caps and backs till the color of the
cloth was nearly hidden.
"We reached camp at 11 o'clock a.
m. thoroughly done up, and even then
we could not sleep, our blood being so
feverish from the mosquito bites. My
neck and wrists were swollen up with
lumps the size of sparrows' eggs. Un
fortunately, our mosquito nets had
been left in camp, as we had quite
enough collecting gear and guna to
carry, and expected to be home hours
earlier. Oil of lavender gives tempo
rary relief from persecution, but its ef
fects soon pass off.
"A mixture of half turpentine and
half olive oil is also useful In ordinary
cases, but when the enemy are brought
Into good working order by a hot sun
and calm day nothing stops them ex
cept a veil. This desire of the mos
quito for blood is a strange puzzle. Not
one In a million nor any of his ances
tors for generations In the arctic can
have tasted it, yet all rush for the first
human being or reindeer they meet. I
have heard of the Samoyeds being
driven mad by their bites." "Around
Novaya Zemlya," by U. J. Pearson.
Chinese Theaters.
The Chinese are remarkably fond of
the drama, and consequently every vil
lage has its stage. In this way the
people are educated In the past history
of their nation. The stage arrange
ments are about on a par with those
which existed in England at the time
of Shakespeare. 'There is no scenery,
and consequently the success of the
piece depends entirely on the acting,
which is remarkably good.
Actresses do not exist In China, for
since, some centuries ago, an emperor
married an actress they have not been
1 allowed. Women's parts are taken by
boys, who excel in their imitations of
women's voices, gait and general de
portment. Perhaps it is their theatrical repre
sentations which render Chinamen so
content with rural life. At any rate,
Instead of crowding into towns from
the country they are happy to work on
the land, which supplies them with all
that is needful for food and clothing.
There are no native factories, indus
tries being still in the cottage stage,
and agriculture employs more people
than any sort of trade. Collier's Weekly-
A Difficult Car.
A New England woman is the owner
of a hen which appears to choose her
surroundings with a discriminating
eye.
Soon after her present owner ac
quired the hen she discovered the crea
ture's fondness for stepping into the
house whenever she could effect an
entrance and laying an egg on the
down coverlet which ornamented the
bed in the "best chamber."
One day the hen managed to get in
nnobserved during a season of sweep
ing, and her presence was only dis
covered as she made her way hastily
out of the side door, cackling with tri
umph, some time later.
As the best room coverlet had been
out of the way during the sweeping,
the mistress of the house looked about
for the egg which she felt sure had
been laid somewhere. She found it
after half an hour's search, on the
plush mantel covering in the parlor,
where the hen must have sat in state
between a china shepherdess and a
glass vase.
Nothing on the mantelshelf had been
disturbed, although just how the hen
had managed the delicate business will
never be known. Youth's Companion.
Two Big: Necks.
"Once, wrhen I was in New York
some years ago," said A. W. Whelpley,
"I found myself one afternoon stand
ing before a counter in one of that
city's largest dry goods houses select
ing some collars.
"A good many men sallied up while
I was there and ordered collars of
various sizes, from 13 to 18.
"I heard a full, rather hoarse voice
ask for 'turn down, 20.'
"I turned to note the man with the
thick neck and beheld Grover Cleve
land beside me. I knew him by ids
resemblance to the fellow on the cigar
boxes.
"I had been given my change antf 9
eTBall packet of wares by the auburn
haired goddess of the counter, and with
one more glance at the generous pro
portions of the man of destiny I was
moving away when, strangely enough,
the autocrat of the house of congresa
Tom Reed, came steaming up to the
counter.
"There they stood, neither evidently
knowing the proximity of the other.
"And bless me if he didn't ask for
collars, 'second medium, welt band,
turned front, 21 P
"I wondered if he thought the store
provided a surveyor for such mon
strous measures, but the goddess was
equal to the occasion and handed out
the desired size." Cincinnati Enquirer.
.nt- acrasea uisn.
A schoolmaster in a village school
had been in the habit of purchasing
pork from parents of Cis pupils on the
occasion of the killing of the pig. One
day a small boy marched up to the
master's desk and Inquired "if he
would like a bit of pork, as they were
going to kill their pig."
The schoolmaster replied In the af
firmative. Several days having elaps
ed, and hearing nothing of the pork,
the master called the !oy up to him
and Inquired the reason be had not
brought it.
"Oh, please, sir," the boy replied,
"the pig got better." San Francisco
tOVE'S CWN.
Where Loto bnilt hi- hnml le nest
Tired and thankful did I rest.
Bwretr r rest there could not be.
Though the black night covered ma,
And Iove whimpered, "Art thou ble,tt
And I answered, "Love ia best."
Where Love built his neat I knew
Thorns beneath the rose lavca grew.
Sweeter roses could not be.
Though the keen thorns crept to me.
And Love whispered, "Art thoa bloat?"
And 1 anawered, "Love id beat."
Where Love built his nM a blight
Blew from lands of Death and N iybt.
All that life had held of rwt-vt
La? in a.ohea at Love's feet.
Yet I folded to his breast
Weeping, whispered, "Love is boat."
So, with Love abiding still,
I am Love's, to do his win,
80 his lips on mine are laid,
60 his hand my cout h hath mndo.
Btiil he whi-iers, '-Art thmi blest V
Btul I answer, "Love is best."
Atlanta C'onatittUloa.
Hard to Get Ont.
An English woman who imc 1
traveling in Russia seems to have found
it easier to get In than t p-t cut of
the czar's country. She sent her pas
port to the authorities before b tart Ing
in order to have It vised and thru
blithely made for the frontier.
Arriving there, sho was lnunedlatej
detained and taken before the now rs
that not onlv be. bu1 als 1 do. ai 1
Russian frontier. Here she was ia- MC(luai tance ai H frequent trail.--formed
that her passport lid not per action with the grocery liade of
mit her to leave the country and that the V est and South we are able
sue woutu 01 oonptMi 10 maae nersell
comfortable while the police found out
all she had done while in the country.
At first she was rather pleased Rt
the thought of how she would tell her
friends about It when she got home.
P.ut when she found that si: had .
pay not onlv for her room, her nn. ' -service
and all that sort of thing, lut
also for long telegrams which the i
thorities were exchanging in regard :
her case, her pleasure dwindled as ra;
idly as her funds did.
She finally got oflT, however, but
without receiving any apology or ant
reimbursement. New York Sun.
The Same Old Christinas.
A description two centurns ago of I
the festivities of Christmas shows little 1
variation from present customs:
"Families take it bv turns to enter-
tain their friends. They meet early, the j
beef and pudding are noble, the mince 1
pies peculiar, the nuts half playthings
and half eatables, tho oranges as cold
and acid as they ought to be, furnish
ing us with a superfluity which vse c an
afford to laugh at, the cakes indestruc
tible, the wassail bowls generous, oid
English, huge, demanding ladles, threat
ening overflow as they come in, solid
with roasted apples when set down.
Toward bedtime you hear of elder wine
and not seldom of punch, (iirls, though
they be ladies, arc kissed under the mis
tletoe, "
At an auction saie 01 miscellaneous
goods at a country store the auctione :
put up a l-uggy robe of fairly g 1
quality. An old farmer inspected il
closely, seemed to think there wa a
bargain in it, and yet he hesitated to
bid.
"Think it cheap V" asked the auction
eer, crying a 10 cent bid.
"Yes. kinder," was the reply.
"Then why don't you bid and get It?'
"Waal. I've bought heaps o' things iu
dry goods and so on," slowly ivjui:.. :
the old man, "and I never y t took
home anything that the old woman
thought was worth the price. If 1 gel
that 'ere robe for even 15 cents, she'd
grab it up, pull at one eud, chaw on a
corner and call out: 'Cheated again:
More'n half cotton!' That's t he reason
I dasn't bid." Ohio State Journal.
An Insinuation.
"I simply had to do it," said Mr
Erastus Pinkly in an apologetic tone
"1 had to draw my razser so's to bol'
up my cbaracti r."
"Did he slander you behind y mi
back r
"Xo, sub; 'twas to my face. Ho ax
me what business I was in, an I says
'Raisin chickens.' Den be looked at
me solemn an says, "You doesn menu
"raisin," you means "Utln." ' "
Accommodated.
The manager of the clothing depart
ment opened his envelope on pay da;
and scowled.
"Look here, Miggs," he said to the
cashier, "this is the fourth time in suc
cession you have paid me with three
$20 bills, and I'm getting tired of hus
tling around to get them changed.
8uppo.se you work your big bills off on
ome other fellows for awhile, begad P
"Mr. Miggs." spake up a calm, un
emotional, businesslike voice from
somebody who was sitting inside the
railing with a newspaper la his hand.
for the next four weeks you will
please save Mr. Whackham name an
noyance by keeping one $20 bill per
week out of his envelope." Chicago
Tribune.
''Delays Are Dangerous.
1
. A small pimple on your face
may seem of little consequence,
but it shows your blood is im
pure, and impure bloood is what
causes most of the diseases from
which people suffer. Better heed
the warning given by the pim
ple and purify your blood at
once by taking Hood's Sarsapa
rilla. This medicine cures all
diseases due to bad blood, in
clnding scrofula and salt rheum.
The nouMrritating cathartic.
Hood's Pills.
It vSaved Hts Leg.
P. A. Dan forth, of La Grange
Ga.t suffered intensely' for six
months with a frightful run
ning sore on his lej;, but writes
that Buckler, s Arnica Salve
wholiy cared it in ten days
For Ulcers, Wounds, Huns,
Boils, Tain or Piles it's the lcst
in the world. Cure guaranteed.
Only j:c. Solvl at Standai
Pharmacy.
fJAYEDPORT, MORRIS
& CO.,
Wholesale Gr- rs and C minis'.
5io. M : chants and
Dealers in
FISH,
1 1 i 1iiiioii1.
Consignments of North Caro
lina Herring solicited, and pro
; ce ds remitted in ca Ii
i account of our tntitnat
to handle X. C. Fish to the best
possible advantage, and we are
known every where as the larg
est distributors in this market.
E Btabliahed Kei,
Saml M. Lawder&Sons
Waolesab CommlnaoD Detlci.
Soft Crabs Terrapin Etc.
Ualti 111010, U tl.
Quick Sales ! Prompt Returns !
REFERENCKS :
radc Nat l Hank, Duns Mercantile
Agency, Wtr) Hoopt 1 Co.,
linkehai N: t'. j he J
Jobson Company.
S R Ml MM. (J
NO. 7 FULTON FISH MKT,
New Yorl.
Clarence G, Miller, )
Miller Longbotham.
Special Attention
Given to
THE SALE OF NOR'J 1 Cl O
UN A riHAP.
Stencils and Stationer Fiirtiinhecfo
Application.
WEEMPL V XO AGENT
S.L.STORER&CO
Wholesale Dealers in and Shippers of
k inds of
Hi FTJLT N FISH M RKET.
i 1 : w vol K.
We v. c; i hai d j j th , .t r
;st ul tic Southern fi&heztucfl
than an) house in the buMneM.
if your "'tcilcil is not in good Oroei
let us know.,
ff.e.M. DAVISON & CO
Wholesale Cctctniwion AmUiitt
FRESH FISH
Terrapin and Game.
"; H. W. COR. CHAIiLE sad CAMDEN HT.
BALTIMORE, MD.
Prompt Returns. h Sale.
REFKRENCI S :
Third Nation 4i ttank, C. Morto '
stew
Co. ait & Co., J. A. Lehnm
and the Tiade iu General.
Stencils Furnished Mee.
E. W. ALBAUGH 6, SON
Wholesale Commission Merchants
FRESH Wim
TERRIPIN AND GAME
Xo.2S4 Llgijt itree: Wharf.
BALTIMORE
Prompt Returns, Quick Sales
:beference. Citizens National Bank.
W. J. Hoover & Co.
Stencils Furnished Free
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