North Carolina Newspapers

m The mct T1RELKS3 WORKER In w Elizabeth City it the - g 2 I1AKE AD7EETISIK3 FAT . U r O It fw Into the homes of the peeple o telling the newt with the Toice of a 5 trusted friend. r si ) 2 ECONOMIST, 5 families than any other paper in Eastern Carolina. ci o XDur Malta: D cram With Trusts.? voii. xxvin. ELIZABETH CITY, K. C., FBIDAY. JULY 28. 1899. NO. 18. 1 1 p NO ELDOV GREASE WEEDED Elbow Crease' b a sLuag term, denoting wu w nouing. it is xajt lading into causa because ot tne almost nniTersaJ ose of Washing Powder rrexse"is needed with Cold Dnt. It m.V.. work euj.a real j leisure lastead of a hated drudgery. It tares your t:rae. year strength, your temper, your money. It is better and cr.cjpcrrr.aa sap ror a.1 cleaning, for greatest economy bur emr Ure pava-c. The N. K. Fair bank Company irorirosx BOST01 Ni . PUBLISHED WEEKLY BV THE FALCON PUB. CO., L. F. LAMB Manager. It. B. CREECY Editor. SuDScriptlon One Year, $1.00 PKOFKSIOXAL CARDS. I MONUMENTS, HS1 II. CRUECY. Ailcrruy at-Latt Elizabeth City, X. C Er. & S. S. LAMB.1 . AtivrMv or J Cuunn'n at Late, Elizabeth City.M.C OfTce corner Pool and Mathews streets 17 RANK VA CO I IAN, JL1 A tUrrney-at'Ltt, Elizabeth City. N. C" Collections faithfull? made. TDKUDEX, &.PRUDKN, JL Attorney $a!-Ijiir, - Edenton.N. C. rractice in IVyquotaok, Perquimans Cnowaa, Gaits, Ilertlord, Wasutn&ton sod Tyncll counties, and In Supreme Court o! the Stile. r R. GORDON. Aiisriifyiit-Law, Currituck C. 11., X. C. Collect iu a speciality. Practice In Stite and Federal C- arts. Our Illustrated Cata logue, No. 10, which we mail free, contains a Tariety i of designs of marble and frrauite memorials, and will hclpyoa in making a prop er selection. Write for it: wo will eatihfy you as to prices. LARGEST STOCK IN THE SODTH The COUPER MARBLE WORKS, (Established 50 Years) i59-63 Bank St., Norfolk, Va. JI S. MANX, .1 t:sriicy-atLa 1, hwan Quarter, ri. C Practice in State anil Jrvderal Court. CoUtctioL. faUliIullj made, PERCY WOOD McJIULLEN. JL -lf.Vri.rjr CvjHHtvr at Is.tf, Eliz.ibeth City, X. C. Eekkuksck: Citizen Lank of this city. piIOMASG. SKINNEIt, JL A::srntj-U'Latr, Hertford. C ii wmm m mm, CHAS.1V. PETT1T, Proprietor. 2;3 : Hi WIS SI3SST, Vi. MANCFACTCRKE8 OF Engines," Boilers, FOP.GIfJGS and CASTINGS. Machtce and Mill fc'upp ies at lowest Prices. Worn:en sent ont on application for repair. - fcjpecial &ues Agent for Merchant nabbit Metal. E3TABusnn 1870. BUYEKS AND SELLERS BUSINESS LIFE THE SUBJECT OF DR, TALM AGE'S SERMON. 1 ii. white, i). n.i?.. O Esizubfth City.N. C, I)es;stiit in all its branches. Can found at all A Matter of Choice tV'V,';.. til t f mm m A) titnt CrOtUce Hrad fortl building Root.. I. 2. 3. and 4 Corner -Main I .&ui:cr Street. EF. MA IiTiN. I. P.., Elizabeth City, X. C, Oj.rs Iiis professional -iXrTices to the public in all yr-n"1 urancnea 01 uksistut v 4. a ie lounci ai an iirnfi. t : Iz-n Bank Cor, vr andFcarin. ;r.rtrrfO Whether yon have your teeth extract ed the old way, with pain, or use Gas, Vitalized Air, Cocaine, and all their attendant tlanpers, or with perfect safety, without pain or sleep at N. Y. DENTAL ROOMS' ONLY, S24 Cor. 3Iain and Talbot streets, Norfolk, Va. Ofllce hours: 8 to Orundays 10 to 1. ENNES, Dentist. F. HZIEGLER&B 0. Duccisor to John II. Zeiolsb W. tiREtiORY. U. 11. A Elizabeth ( ity, X. C. OlTer Ihi profes sional services to the public in all It he branch s of Crown and RriilKe t vrotk a sjctalty. inicfhtur. to Ii ami I to 6, or any time huuM sptcial occasion require. tro;!iCf, Flora BuiUlinj?, Corner Main and Water Y. " DAYID COX, Jr., C, E.f ah IiITECT AND SURVEYOR. HERTFORD, N. C, Plact f.trnbhed utcn application. t;TlcUl surveyor for Perquimans county. Dealer in sJ kinds f UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES, Froa the Chexpcst to the best. All tel egrams promptly attended to. mm iKD c:;:n;; h.n doired. The finest Hearse in tnis section. R seocd. walnut, cloth-cov ered and mtalic caskets a specialty At the old stand on Ehrinshaue Street. Thankful tor past patronage. WA!so all kinds of cabinet work. J HOTELS. Bay View House; r.nr.NTON. c. N'e. . Clcanlr. . Attentive . Scrrants. 2vear tne Court Uouse, Columbia Hotel, Columbia. TTHaxu. Co. J. E. HUGHES, . - Proprietor. tuTGcxxi Serrants, go yd roota, coed table. Ample SUM s and shelters. The patronage of the public sollc ted and utlsf action assured. THE OLD CAPT. MALKtlt HOUSE. SVNDELL HOTEL. SWAN QUARTER, N. C. The Hunter Home, The Drum mer's DliRht. The Fisherman's Feast, The Pleasure Feeker'a Paradise. i'ealthresf - Pa iff in ' the " State. Horses, Vehicles Qjns, Dogs, Boats, tc, supplied at short notice. If you come ana se us. TRANQUIL HOUSE, MANTEO N. C. A. V. EVANS, . Proprietor. Firstcla.s in every particular. Table supplied I with eiery dehcacr. Fish ovters and Game abundance in season. S. L. ST0RER:& CO. WHOLESALE Dea'ers and Shippers of all kinds ol FRESH FISH! 76 FULTON FISH. MARKET, SY Y. Particular attention paid to , Shad Department. We employ no agents and'pay uz commlions. If your Etencil is noi In "rood order let us know. ranled fln idea Writ JOtlS WLVDKMiVRS CO-. Patent Attar -yi. Wti'iiBfton, t. IX, for thlr S1Jju prts t liM c; ld btuulrl LarcAiion waata. WTio ema thtca of Mint simple ttUot to naimL' Tl Great Olrlae rari a Illa-h Com. pi I meat to the Inlrcrltf of tlie Daalaesa Maa of Today Denounce Trickery la Trade. Copyriybt. Louis Ktopoh. 1399. .WxsnixcTox, July 23. Integrity and trickery In business life form the sub ject of Dr. Talmage's sermon today, and the contrast he establishes be tween the two la a striking one. The text hi Proverbs xx, 14: "It Is naught. It Is nausbt, salth the buyer, but when he Is gone his way then he boasteth." Palaces are not such prisons as the world Imagines. - If you think that the only time kings and queens come forth from the royal gates Is in procession and gorgeously attended, you are mis taken. Incognito by day or by night and clothed in citizen's apparel or the dress of a working woman, they come out and see the world as It is. In no other way could King Solomon, the author of my text, have known ev erything that was going on. From my text I am sure he most, In disguise, some day have, walked Into a store of ready made clothing In Jerusalem and stood near the counter and heard a conversation between a buyer and a seller. The merchant put .1 price on a coat, and the customer begin to dicker and said: "Absurd! That coat Is not worth what you ask for it Why, Just 00k at the coarseness of the fabric! See that spot on the collar! Besides that. It does not fit Twenty dollars for that? Why, it Is not worth more than 510. They have a better article than that and for lower price down at Clothem, FItem & Bros. Besides that, don't want it at any price. -Good morning." "Hold!" says the mer chant "Do not go off in that way. 1 want to sell you that coat 1 have sent payments to make, and I waDt the money. Come, now, how much will you give for that coatr' "Well," says the customer, "I will split the dif ference. You asked $-0, and I said $10. Now, 1 will give you $15." "Well," says the merchant, "it Is a great sacrifice, but take It at that price." Then the customer with a roll under his arm started to go out and enter his own place of business, and Solo mon In disguise followed him. He heard the customer as he unrolled the coat say: "Boys, I have made a great bargain. How much do you guess I gave for that coat?" MWeIl," says one, wishing to compliment his enterprise, "you gave $30 for it" Another says, "1 should think you got it cheap if you gave $25." "No," says the buyer In triumph, "I got It for $13. I beat him down and pointed out the Imperfec tions until I really made him believe It was not worth hardly anything. It takes me to make a bargain. Ha, ha!" Oh, man,, you got the goods for less than they were worth by positive falsehood, and no, wonder, when Solo mon went back to his palace and had put off his disguise, that he sat down at his writing desk and made for all ages a crayon sketch of you, "It Is naught. It Is naught saith the buyer, but when he Is gone his way then he boasteth." B a a 1 n e i fl n t e ir r 1 1 y . There are no higher styles of men In all the world than those now at the head of mercantile enterprises in the great cities of this continent Their casual promise Is as good as a bond with piles of collaterals. Their reputa tion for integrity Is as well established as that of Petrarch residing In the family of Cardinal Colonna. It Is re lated that when there was great dis turbance In the family the cardinal called all his people together and put them under oath to tell the truth ex cept Petrarch; when he came up to swear, the cardinal put away his book and said, "As for you, Petrarch, your word Is sufficient" Never since the world stood have there been so many merchants whose transactions can stand the test of the ten command ments. Such bargain makers are all the more to be honored, because they have withstood year after year temptations which have flung so many flat and flung them so bard they can never, never ' recover themselves. While all positions In life have pow erful besetments to evil there are spe cific forms of allurement which are peculiar -'to each occupation and pro fession, and It will be useful to speak of the peculiar temptations of business men. First as In the scene of the text, business men are often tempted to sac rifice plain truth, the sellsr by exaj rem ting the value of goods and the buyer by depreciating them. We can not but admire an expert salesman. See how he first Induces the customer Into a mood favorable to the proper consideration of the value of the goods. He shows himself to be an honest and frank salesman. How care fully the lights are arranged till they fall Just right upon the fabric! Be ginning with goods of medium quality, he gradually advances toward those of more thorough make and of more at tractive pattern. How he watcties tne moods and whims of his customer! With what perfect calmness he takes the order and bows the purchaser from his presence, who goes away, having made up his mind that he has bought the goods at a price which will allow him a living margin when he again eoilq them. The roods were wona shows the arrival at-one of our hotels cf a young merchant from one of the Inland cities. He is a comparative stranger In the great city, and, of course, he must be shown around, and it will be the duty of some of our en terprising houses to escort him. ne Is a large purchaser and has plenty of time and money, and It will pay to be very attentive. The evening Is spent at a place of doubtful amusement Then "they go back to the hotel. Hav ing Just come to town, they must, of course, drink. A friend from the same mercantile establishment drops In, and usage and generosity suggest that l they must drink. Business prospects are talked over, and the stranger Is warned against certain dilapidated mercantile establishments that are aout to fail. land for such kindness an&lnaguanlmi ty of caution against the dishonesty of other business houses of course it is ex pected they will and so they do take a drink. Other merchants lodging In adjoining rooms find it hard to sleep for the clatter of decanters, and the coarse carousal -of these "hail fellows plied and admitted at brokers' board or merchants exchange. Because oth ers smuggle a few things In passenger trunks, because others take usury when men are In tight places, because others palm ofi worthless Indorse ments, because others do nothing but blow bubbles, do not therefore, be overcome of temptation. Hollow pre tension and fictitious credit and com mercial gambling may awhile prosper, but the day of reckoning cometh, and In addition to the horror and con demnation of outraged communities the curse of God will come blow for blow. God's law forever and forever is the only standard of right and wrong and not commercial ethics. Young business man, avoid the first business dishonor, and you will avoid all the rest The captain of a vessel was walking near the mouth of a riv er when the tide was low, and there was a long stout anchor chain. Into ness to that time? Are yoa adjourn- su Diaat Like cfc Jafc. ing your Joys? Suppose that you "I ucd to work for a collection achieve all you expect and that the Rcncy in one of the northern eitita." vision I mention is not up to the real!- al a dy perfumery drummer, "and ty. because the fountains will be my experience was tolerably exciting, brighter, the house grander and the nty was to sit at a roil top desk in scenery more picturesque the mistake e Gee and Impersonate the propTle- ls none the less fatal. tor. Light work, did yon say? Jn?t What charm will there be In rural you wait. All day "Jonic men would quiet for a man who has for 30 or 10 come ln rd PJd "to lick the lorv years been conforming his entire na- -'Where's the fellow that sendaout these tare to the excitements of business? blackmailing letters?' was the tuna! Will flocks and herds with their bleat salntatlon. Then I would smile sweetly and moan be able to silence the In- and say: 'I'm the proprietress. What satiable spirit of acquisitiveness which has for years had full swing In the soul? Will the hum .of the breeze soothe the man who now can find his only enjoyment in the stock market r Will leaf and - cloud and fountain charm the eye that has for three- can I do for yoa? At that the visitor would look dazed, mnttor things under his breath and walk oh. Well, things went along all rkht for nearly a month. Then one day aHit- tie, wiry chap walked in carrying a black cane. 'Where's the boss ?' he said. fourths of a lifetime found its chief 1 SaVe the usual fairy story. 'Don't be- beauty In hogsheads and bills of sale? Mve a word cf if he replied, 'still I Will parents be competent to rear their can 1 bat a woman.' He thought well met" waxes louder. But they sit not all night at the wine cup. They must see the sights. They stagger forth with cheeks flushed and eyes bloodshot The outer gates of hell open to let in the victims. The wings of lost souls flit among the lights, and the steps of the carousers sound with the rumbling thunders of the lost Farewell to all the sanctities of home! Could mother, sister, father, slumber ing in the inland home, in some vision of that night catch a glimpse of the ruin wrought they would rend out their hair by the roots and bite the tongue till the blood spurted, shrieking out "God save him!" Gathering: Corse. What suppose you, will come upon such business establishments? And there are hundreds of them in the cities. They may boast of fabulous sales, and they may have an unprece dented run of buyers, and the name of the house may be a terror to all rivals, and from, this thrifty root there may spring up branch houses in other cities, and all the partners of the firm may move into their mansions and drive their full blooded span, and the fami lies may sweep the street with the most elegant apparel that human art ever wove or earthly magnificence ever achieved. But a curse Is gathering surely for those men, and if it does not seize hold of the pillars and In one wild ruin bring down the temple of -commercial glory it will break up their peace, and they will tremble with sick ness and bloat with dissipations, and, pushed to the precipice of this life, they will try to hold back and cry for help, but no help will come, and they will clutch their gold to take it along with them, but " It will be snatched from their grasp, and a voice will sound through their soul, "Not a farthing, thou beggared spirit!" And the Judgment will come, and they will 'Stand aghast before it, and all the business 'iniquities of a lifetime will gather around . them, saying, "Do you remember this?" and "Do you re member that?" And clerks that they compelled to dishonesty and runners and draymen and bookkeepers jwho saw behind the scenes will bear testi mony to their nefarious deeds, and some virtuous soul that once stood aghast at the splendor and power of these business men will say, "Alas, this Is all that is left of that great firm that occupied a block with their mer chandise and overshadowed the city with their Influence and made right eousness and truth and purity fall un der the galling fire of avarice and crime." While we admire and approve of all acuteness and tact In the sale of goods we must condemn any process by which a fabric or product Is represent ed as possessing a value which it real ly does not have. Nothing but sheer falsehood can represent as perfection boots that rip, silks that speedily lose their luster, calicoes that immediate- one of the great links of which his foot I children for high and holy purpose If awhile, and something in bis eye made their Infancy and boyhood and girl- me IeeI creepy. 'I II have to take it ont hood were neglected when they are on tne fixtures, ne said finally, and, almost ready to enter upon the world "P011 mJ word, he broke every blwed and have all their habits fixed and thing in the shop. He did it quickly their principles stereotyped? No, no; anJ systematically, and yon ntyer saw now Is the time to be happy. Now Is 8ncn an wfnl rniql As a wiud up he the time to serve your Creator. Now broke the chandelier and bade me n pu is the time to be a Christian. Are you lito daJ When tho proprietor too busy? I have known men as busy cme in e bail a fit. It was aftrr that as you are who had a place In the 1 wenk into tho perfumery bnsinem. store loft, where they went to pray. Tbe work is harder, hnt it is much hm Some one asked a Christian sailor trying on one's nerves." New Orleans slipped, and it began to swell, and he could not withdraw it The tide began to rise. The chain could not be Joos ened nor filed off In time, and a sur geon was called to amputate the limb, but before the work could be done the tide rolled over the victim, and his life was gone. I have to tell you, young man, that Just one wrong Into which you may slip may be a link of a long chain of circumstances from which you cannot be extricated by any in genuity of your own or any help from others, and the tides will roll over you as they have over many. Rlchteoaiaeia Rewarded. Agahv business men are sometimes tempted to throw off personal responsi bility, shifting it to the Institution to which they belong. Directors in banks and railroad and insurance companies sometimes shirk personal responsibili ty underneath the action of the cor poration; And how often, when some banking house or financial institution explodes through fraud, respectable men In the board of directors say, "Why, I thought all was going on in an heaeat way, and I am utterly con founded with this "demeanor !" The banks and the fire and life and marine insurance companies and the railroad companies will not stand up for Judg ment In the last day, but those who In them acted righteously will receive, each for himself, a reward, and those who acted the part of neglect or trick ery will, each for himself, receive a condemnation. " Unlawful dividends are not clean be fore God, because there are those as sociated with you who grab Just as big a .pile as you do. He who countenances the dishonesty of the firm or of the corporation or association takes upon himself all the .moral liabilities. If the financial institutions steal, he steals. If they go Into wild specula tions, he himself is a gambler. If they needlessly embarrass a creditor, he himself is guilty of cruelty. If they swindle the uninitiated, he himself is a defrauder. No financial institution ever had a mney vault strong enough, or credit stanch enough, or dividends large enough, or policy acute enough to hide the individual sins of Its mem bers. The old adage that corporations have no souls is misleading. Every corporation has as many souls as It has members. Again, .many business men have been tempted to postpone their enjoy ments and duties to a future season of entire leisure. WTiat a sedative the Christian religion would be to all our business men if, instead of postpon ing its uses to old age or death; they would take It Into the store or factory or worldly engagements now! It Is folly to go amid the "Uncertainties of business life with no God to help. A merchant In a New England village was standing by a horse, and the horse lifted his foot to stamp It In a pool, of water, and the merchant, to escape tho splash, stepped into the door of an In surance agent, and the agent said, "1 suppose you have come to renew your fire insurance?" "Oh," said the mer chant, "I had forgotten that!" The In surance was renewed, and the next Some one asked a Christian sailor where he found any place to pray In. He said, "I can always find a quiet place at masthead.'!. And In the busiest day of the season, if your heart Is right, you can find a place to pray. Times-Democrat. the first hot fire, books Insecurely bound, carpets that unravel, old fur niture rejuvenated with putty and glue and sold as having been recently man ufactured, gold watches made out of brass, barrels of fruit, the biggest ap ples on the top, wine adulterated with strychnine, hosiery poorly woven, cloths of domestic manufacture shin ing with foreign labels, Imported goods represented as rare and hard to get because foreign exchange Is so high rolled out on the counter with match less display. Imported, indeed! but from the factory In the next street A pattern already unfashionable and unsalable palmed off as a new print upon some couatry merchant who has come to tow te -wake kit 1st rat chase of dry goods and going home with a large stock of goods warranted to keep. Testa That Won't Stand. Again, business men are often tempt ed to make the habits and customs of other traders their law pf rectitude. There are commercial usages which will not stand the test of the last day. Yet men in business are apt to do as their neighbors do. If the majority of the traders in any locality are lax In principle, the commercial code In that community will be spurious and dis honest It is a hard thing to stand close by the law of right when your next door neighbor by his looseness of dealing is enabled to sell goods at a cheaper rate and decoy your customers. Of course, you who promptly meet all your business engagements, paying n-lipn rnn nrnmls to nav. will find it what the salesman said they were and iard to compete with that' merchant were sold at a price wnicu-wui noi rho l8 nopeiessly in debt to the Im- niake it necessary ror tne nouse 10 j for tne goods aal to the land fall every ten years In order to fix up on whose store te occupies and to things. the clerks who serve him. There are Ialaltoaa strataarema. jtt hundred practices prevalent In the But with what burning Indignation rij cf traffic which ought never to we think of the Iniquitous stratagems ig the rule for honest men. Their bv which goods are sometimes dispos- j wrons does not make your right. Sin ed of. . A glance at the morning papers ever becomes virtue by being multi- ly wash out, stoves that crack under ay tne house that had been Insured I dom of God and his righteousness, and Men Who LIVe In Xeafa. ' In the bnshnn of Australia we find, perhaps, the lowest order of men that Kncv thnrnii(rhf!iroa nro -,wi rin tn are known. They are so primitive that pray in as you go to meet your various '" "ni",ncw "long,, 10 uuia even- engagements." Go home a little earlier s 01 i nw lor sueuir and get lntreduced to your children. Be not a galley slave by day and night, lashed fast to the oar of business. Let every day have Its hour for worship and Intellectual culture and recreation. Show yourself greater than your busi ness. Spiritual Defalcation. - Again, business men are often tempt ed to let (heir calling interfere with the Interests of the soul. God sends men into the business world to get ed ucated, Just as boys are sent to school and college. Purchase and sale, loss and gain, disappointment, prosperity, the dishonesty of others, panic and bank suspension, are but different les sons In the school. The more busi ness, the more means of grace. Many have gone through wildest panic un hurt "Are you not afraid you will break?" said some one to a merchant in time of great commercial excite ment He replied, "Aye, I shall break when the fiftieth Psalm breaks in the fifteenth verse, 'Call upon me In the day of trouble, and I will "deliver thee." The store and' the counting house have developed some of the most stalwart characters. Perhaps origi nally they had but little sprlghtliness and force, but two or three hard busi ness thumps woke them up from their lethargy, and there came a thorough development in their hearts of ail that was good and holy and energetic and tremendous, and they have become the front men In Christ's army, as well as lighthouses in the great world of traf fic. But business has been perpetual depletion to many a man. It first pull ed out of him all benevolence, next all amiability, next all religious aspira tions, next all conscience, and, though he entered his vocation with large heart and noble character, he goes out of it a skeleton, enough to scare a ghost Men appreciate the importance of having a good business stand, a store on the right side of the street or in the right block. Yet every place of business Is a good stand for spiritual culture. God's angels hover over the world of traffic to sustain and build up those who are trying to do their duty. Tomorrow, If in your place of worldly engagement you will listen for it you may hear a sound louder than the rat tle of drays and the shuffle of feet and the chink of dollars stealing Into your soul, saying, "Seek ye first the king- The nearest they conld approach Jo it is to gather a lot of twiy and grnns, and, taking them into n thicket or jrm gle, they hrtild a nc-nt fur n home, mm:b as does a IJrd. The nest i usually built large enough for Ibe family, and if trie latter be very numerous th n the riffcts are of a very Jjtrge hjr.p. ,,.. Into this place tbiy all turn d winngle and cnrl tip toeUirr 'Ills t . mury kit-tern. Hointtiims thyfotfryt vi 11 grow totft'tlur mi l for n.;;otl rf natural tov( riuf, but tliri ii never any attempt ' at -constructing n I'.rutlVfln from tho ruin r.d l nn. nud -itUa marvel hew they riidnru thriii. ? But, th( r;'.'li thtj bu: Iiijh lid ustm'tfa are the very lowest in the f-nde cf fg norance, they po-ts n rare instinct, that equals that of many animals ni ' is in its way ns vciiilerfnl as 'man's rea son. It fil.'uost iinpot-hiblefor thra to be lost. JSviii if they ! .led awsy from their home, blindfolded, for miles, when rdcar-ed th;-y will unerringly Yiirh in the right direction and 'make, their way to tbur not home,, and, though tiller :-e all very siii.ii.r, they never make' a iuit-tako. Sf. Louis ' Qlobe Democrat. .. ;..,..., r r .1 T!ie Hark Unrrf. '"Say, p. what U n ;Li 1 k .horse?',' asked the Utile von of :i well known east side politician, having fiequitlj heard his f-jther use that, pn:lii in speaking of conventions. "A dark horse, my son. Ii one that never comes to IlghtColumlms ((.).) State. Journal.' 1 " -" "-' Hint to IlejclnnerN. "Don't you think I write wltlj u great ieal of dash?" Inquired the new woman reporter. "Yes," ""responded" the city j editor, "and I'd much prefer to- hiivo! you use commas and semicoiona-" Cleveland Plain ijealr ' . . 11. v . was burned. Was It all accidental that the merchant, to escape a splash from a horse's foot, stepped into the Insur ance office? No; it was providential. And what a mighty solace for a busi ness man to feel that things are provi dential! WTiat peace and equilibrium in such a consideration, and what a grand thing If all business men could realize It! Adjoaralnjr Joya. Many, although now comparatively straitened In worldly circumstances, have a goodly establishment in the fu ture planned oat They have In Imag ination built abeat 20 years ahead a house In the country net difficult of access from tat jp-eat tewa, far they wm if fcwr 1ftt3 3 a ertnto re settle nrMfana U Urx after. The heuse Lb large enough te accommodate all their friends. The halls are wide and hung with pictures of hunting scenes and a branch of antlers and are comfortable with chairs that can be rolled out on the veranda when the weather Is Invit ing or set out under some of the oaks that stand sentineiabout the house, rustling In the cool breeze and songful with the robins. There is Just land enough to keep them interested and Its crops of, almost fabulous richness springing up under application of the best theories to be found in the agri cultural Journals. The farm Is well stocked with cattle and horses and sheep that know the voice and have a kindly bleat when one goes forth to look at them. In this blissful abode their children .will be Instructed In art and science and religion. This shall be the old homestead to which the boys at college Will direct their letters, and the hill on . which the house stands will be called Oakwood or Ivy Hill or Pleasant Retreat or Eagle Eyrie. May the future have for every business man here all that and more besides! But are you postponing your happl- all other things shall be added unto you." Yet some of those sharpest at a bar gain are cheated out of their Immortal blessedness by stratagems more palpa ble than any "drop game" of the street They make Investments in things everlastingly below par. They put their valuables in a safe not fire proof. They give full credit to Influ ences that will not be able to pay one cent on the dollar. They plunge Into a labyrinth from which no bankrupt law Or "two-thirds enactraemt" will ever xtrk'a te tkem. They take late their parfearsfal tie werla, the flesh ab the -Icvil, aad tke ey ef all rtgkt-ae-ia will ket uml lift Mli aal MrtlHG, last tumble lk4o spiritual aefalcatfea and was swindled out cf hcavea. .-Perhaps some of yoa saw the Ire in New York In 1835. Aged men tell us that It beggared all description. Some stood on the housetops of Brooklyn and looked at the red ruin that swept down the streets aad threatened to ob literate the metropolis. But the com mercial world will yet be startled by a greater conflagration, even the last one. Bills of exchange, policies of In surance, mortgages and bonds and gov ernment securities will be consumed in one lick of the flame. The bourse and the United States mint will turn .to ashes. Gold will run molten Into the dust of the street Exchanges and granite blocks of merchandise will fall with a crash that will make the earth' iremble. The flashing up or the great light will show the righteous the way', to their thrones. Their best treasures, In heaven, they will go up and take possession of them. The tolls of busl;: Hess life, which racked their brains" and rasped their nerves for so many years, will have forever ceased. "There1 the wicked cease from troubling, and tne weary are at rest" i ( r flDlil We never"dld; 'but we hire seen thexlothingttu-hls time of the year so covWed with dandruff ' that U looked as If it had been out hi a regttlar.snov storm. ' No'need of this snowstorm. As the summer, sun ..would melt the falling snow so will ftps; mm"' melt these flakes cf dandruff (n the scalp. It goes further than this: it prevents their formation. It has still Other properties: it will restore color to gray hair in just ten times out of every lea cases. . ..ri ? - And it does even more : It feeds and" nourishes 'tho' roots' of the hair. Thin hair becomes thick hair; and short hair be comes lsng bail.' V . Y7e bsvo a- book on the Hiir and Scalp. ' Jt is.yours, for the asking. If7&a-o riot oatala all r lt8f too expected from the ate ( VUr, vritat.lba .doeto about U. rrolmiAf thr- u um difficulty with roar t eu- moved. aadre, . DK- J. C. AYES, fcowau, bum. . )