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Sowing And Keapin;
on may have a little notion
That the world is only chance.
1 hat the harvest don't depend upon
I he grain a fellow plants.
Hut there's an old time saying,
Hy all nations it is known,
lhat w hen comes the time of harvest
You w ill reap as you have sown.
Every brush you give your counter,
Is just so much stock in trade,
Kvery counter you have painted,
Is a customer you've made,
Kvery time your name is printed,
Is a dollar laid away.
Kvery thought you give your business,
Hastens in another day.
Then never mind the reaping,
If the sowing has been right,
1-or the laws of nature govern,
And she'll alwavs treat you w hite,
Don't you be afraid of business,
Open out ami make a show.
For the laws of nature govern,
And you'll reap just w hat vou sow.
Acting From Triuciple.
Men of decided views founded up
on well-settled principles are the
stroDir men of the world, the leaders
of public opiuion. They are more
entitled to our respect even when we
do not approve their views or prin
ciples thau vacillating time-severs or
the men who are irided jn their op
inions by their feelintjs or controlled
by their personal interests. A poli
tician adapts his views to circum
stances, seeking to keep with the
majority or to keep the majority with
him, but even the politician has some
guiding principles of political faith
from which he does not readily de
part, lie is thus able to preserve a
certain amount of consistency in his
dealings with public questions as
they arise, and the public knowing
his principles knows also where to
find him.
The man who is without definite
principles, firmly held, can scarcely
be consistent, for he cannot remem
ber what lie has previously said on a
similar subject and his opinions on
that subject will vary with his point
of view, his feelings or his prejudices.
It is well for every man to consider
and formulate, at least in his own
mind, a code of principles to be his
guide. He can do this only by think
ing of the origin of parties, of rules
of conduct and the like, and deter
mining for himself why parties or
sects were set apart from other par
ties or sects and why humanity by
common consent established this or
that rule of conduct. By such ana
lysis he will fix in his own mind cer
tain principles based upon reason
and which will serve him as sure and
safe guides in dealing with the ques
tions to which they are related.
The lawyer seldom comes across
two cases that are exactly alike, but
he does not on that account have to
find new law for each individual case.
He studies the principles of law and
finds similarities between new cases
and old which guide him to the prin
ciples governing both. In much the
same way the individual must study
the principles of politics, of moral
ity, of social conduct, and having
once mastered the principles he can
apply them without much difficulty
to every question of politics, morals
or social couduct as it arises. The
advantage of such a study is that it
gives the individual confidence in his
own judgment and promotes in him
decision of character. It also makes
him an object of respect not merely
for his intelligence, but for the in
tegrity of his opinion. Even those
who differ with him will see and con
cede that he is honest and has form
ed his opinions upon a foundation of
thought.
The opinions of a man of principle
are generally consistent one with an
other. Consistency of that kind is a
real jewel, but consistency which is
mere stubborness or a refusal to
yield to the logic of changed condi
tions is not to be commended. A
man guided by principles may change
his views, adopting other principles,
but he will not do so often nor be as
fickle as a weather vane. All young
men, however, should use their best
intelligence in the selection of guid
ing principles, to the end that they
may become clear thinkers and rea
soners, with opinions of their otu
founded upon thought. They will
then be recognized as men of stand
ing and influence, worthy of the re
spect of their fellowmen.
Pointed Paragraphs.
A laugh on the face is worth two
in the sleeve.
That man is generous to a fault
who never corrects it.
Politeness, like beefsteak, is better
underdone than overdone.
A good mirror tells the truth, no
matter on whom it reflects.
A double wedding might be prop
erly called a four-in-hand tie.
It is a poor widow who can't rem&vr-
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APiP HAS A BIRTHDAY.
The (.'eorgia Philosopher Has Now
Reached His 7 Year.
Today is the seventy-fifth anni
versary of my advent into this world
my coming into this mysterious,
wonderful coudition that we call life.
It is a fitting time for meditation,
contemplation, cogitation and rumi
nation. An aged poetess played
double with herself and said:
Life! We've been long together.
Through pleasant and through cloudy
weather;
Say not "goodnight," give little warn
ing. And in some brighter clime bid me
"good morning "
She dident care to linger and lan
guish on her last bed. The dot-tors
hadent invented or discovered heart
failure then, but that's the way she
wished to go.
I do not. I would have some little
time for the last loving words, and
looks some time for tears and sor
row on the faces of those who love
me. The death of the aged is only a
change a parting, a beginning of
another life. It is no calamity, no
horror, no shock, no unreasonable
thing. It is the law of our being
and the old are not far ahead of the
young. How kind it is in providence
to reconcile us to it as we near the
goal. I remember when I thought it
was an awful thing to die. I dared
not think of it, much less to ponder
it and it seemed to me that there was
some possible escape from it and I
might not surely die. But as we
near the alloted age and realize the
symptoms of decay we becone less
reluctant, less alarmed and like Job
are ready to exclaim, "I would not
live always; I ask not to stay."
But some how I do not feel old
not very old not infirm. My eyes
are weak and my hearing impaired,
aud when I stoop long at work in the
garden or picking strawberries my
back aches and my knee bones crack
when I straighten up, but I soon get
over it. I love work easy work
and it keeps me iu good health, but
I don't like to work by the da3-or the
job for somebody else. I don't like
to have a master or a boss except my
wife, who wants me right now to
transplant her peppers. I gently
hinted that they should be planted
by a high tempered woman to do
well, and she said she thought an
impertinent man would do as well
and I had better attend to it right
away. Sometimes I think I have
worked hard enough, for the poet j
says we should crown j
"A youth of labor with an age of ease," j
and so I like to work when I feel j
like it and quit when I please. I j
have never distressed myself about j
the work that the toilers have to do.
Work has its hardships and its bless
ings, too. The law of compensation i
governs ever' trade or calling or j
condition in life. There is a good,
side and a bad side. There are lights j
and shadows. Work is nature's .
law. "By -the sweat of the brow
shalt thou eat bread," and no idle
man is happy. "The sleep of the
laboring man is sweet," saith Solo
mon, and the doctor tells us that
bodily exercise promotes good di
gestion. Work brings contentment.
The wealthy who don't work and
don't have to are always longing for
something they have'nt got. Some
thing that money can't buy, for it
will not buy good health nor good
children, nor make .the home happy.
The peace and gratitude of the cot-j
ter's Saturday night is unknown to j
the rich. The toilers as a class are
the happiest people I know. They j
enjoy their food and their rest and !
their Sundays. I had rather take
the chances for happiness on earth j
and a home in heaven of the working
man than those of the millionaire.
Byron says "The many must al
ways labor for the few" and Cobe
says "the good Lord made poor men
just to keep rich men in money,"
but the good book says a poor man
can squeeze through the eye of a
needle aud a rich man can't." Cobe
is a good confederate veteran and en
joys his record and his religion aud
his tobacco. This is all he has and
he is content.
One of the greatest comforts of
old age is in contemplating the hap
piness of children. It delights me to
set in the shade of my veranda and
watch for two little girls who are
four and six years old, coming up the
avenue hand in hand and waving a
welcome and a smile at me. It re
joices me to watch larger ones as
they play croquet on the tennis court
near by and to hear their merry
voices and unconsciously I breathe a
prayer that they may always be
happy and no calamity or allliction
befall them in the years to come. If
I ever get to heaven and St. Peter
asks me what vocation I would
choose, I think I would say, "Please
good Saint, make me a guardian an
gel of the children I left behind me,
and give me power to Shield them
from all harm." I think I would like
that I think that I wouid. I like it
now as far as I can do it. It is a
privilege and a delight to an old man
to make others happy. Time was
when my chief concern was for my
self and, wife and oiir children, but
aa age ome3 on the heart eularges
and softens. The vanities and am
bitions and selfishness of our youth
disappear and we recall the lines of
Bobart:
"Count the day lost, if the descending
sun
Views from thy hand no generous action
done."
Lost a day lost! flow many days
have we all lost in our brief lives.
How many days in which we made
no one happy, not even with a smile.
But these reflections are too gloomy
for the day. They remind us of Her
vey's meditations among the tombs,
or Gray's "Elegy in aCoutry Church
yard." I am old, I know; but I don'tj
feel old nor sad. My desire is to
grow old gracefully and for
'An age that melts in unperceived de
cay And glides in modest innocence away.'1
Hill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
Pastor Hid in the Coal Hole.
Bridgeton, N. J., July 2. For some
time back there have been evil ru
mors afloat regarding a prominent
local clergyman of the Second Meth
odist church and his attentions to
some of the young women of the
flock. The climax of all this latent
scandal was reached last night when
at a late hour a girl of 1(5, whose
name has been mentioned in connec
tion with the pastor, was seen com
ing along from the darkened church
by a party of men who had been
watching the clergyman's movements
during the evening and who were
convinced he and the girl were alone
in the church together. The girl was
uot molested.
As soon as the girl had gone the
watchers swept down on the church
and surrounded it. After a search
the clergyman was found in the cel
lar of the building and concealed in
the coal hole. He was dragged out
in a very much blackened and be
grimed condition and at first express
ed surprise at the intrusion. A few
stern words silenced him and he was
escorted to his home by one of the
members of his church who feared
that if he set out alone he might be
roughly handled by some of the in
dignant citizens who were present at
the time he was pulled out of his
place of concealment.
The clergyman whose name is Rev.
G. E. Ford, is married and there
was a painful scene when he was
brought in such a humiliating plight
into the bosom of his family. He
left town a few hours later aud his
family expects to follow him. His
wife stands by him loyally and ex
presses herself as convinced of his
innocence.
Summer Notes From llillville.
The mayor's celluloid collar caught
fire yesterday an' burnt up his whis
kers. This is weather in which to envy
the thermometer, for it's always
spoken off as being "in the shade."
Lightning struck two mules here
last summer, and it aiu't had the
courage to tackle anything in this
neighborhood since.
The new town hall was hit by
lightning, July was a year ago, and
at that time the mayor and council
men lost all their poker chips.
You come mighty near to having
happiness in this hot weather with a
watermelon on each side of you and
two willing niggers to fan you.
The weather is not all we could
wish it; but we have a palmetto fan,
a celluloid collar, six acres of ripe
watermelons and a sharp knife.
One of our leading citizens was
drowned in the ocean last week. Bet
ter for him to have stuck to the mill
pond where he might have been swal
lowed by a home alligator.
Last Wednesday, when it was so
hot, we saw the sheriff coming to
levy on us, aud we put on a Mother
Hubbard. When he saw us he
thought it was either our wife or our
mother-in-law, and he backed down
the steps.
Keep Out of Deht.
Every man who would get on in
this world should avoid debt, as far
as possible. From the very outset
of his career he should resolve to
live within his income, however
small it may be. The art of living
easily as to money is very simple:
pitch your scale of living one degree
below your means. Many a man
dates his downfall from the day he
began borrowing money. Avoid the
first obligation, for that incurred,
others follow, one necessitating the
other; then follow pretexts, excuses
and lies, till all sense of shame is
lost, the whole life becomes a failure,
aud the debtor in despair finally re
solves to live by indirect robbery
and falsehood. If you wish to suc
ceed in this world, and live a happy
life with a clear conscience, avoid
debt.
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Troubles.
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twenty years aud have sold most all of
the proprietary medicines of any note.
Among the entire list I have never found
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Olive.
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
The News Front Everywhere leathered
and Condensed.
The quarantine against Cuba will
not be suspended this summer.
A 10,000,000 oil cloth combine is
being arranged at Youngstown, O.
Six men were killed by a fall from
an elevator at Buffalo, N. Y.. Fri
day. The divorce record at Providence,
Ii. I., shows 400 cases for the July
term of court.
An 18 word will left by Charles
J. Patterson, of New York, disposed
of $1,000,000.
Grip is spreading alarmingly among
horses in New York, there being at
le ;st 15,000 cases.
Twenty houses at Center Point,
Ark., were burned Thursday, caus
ing a $73,000 loss.
A wagon containing four men was
struck by a train near Baltimore,
Sunday night, and the occupants
were killed.
The factory of the Everett Glass
Works, at Newark, O., was wrecked
by a tornado Tuesday, and seven
men injured.
On the same scaffold at Birming
ham, Ala., Frank Miller and Alonzo
Williams, colored murderers, were
hanged Friday.
The roof of the betting ring at
Overland Park, Denver.Col., dropped
on the crowd Tuesday, severely in
juring a dozen persons.
A defalcation of .5,000 is charged
against Arthur J. Moss, paymaster
of the Gould Coupling Works, at De
pew, N. Y., who is missing.
Stephen Clark, a gambler, of Pop
lar Bluff, Mo., killed Pearl Clark,
Monday, while in a jealous rage, and
then fatally stabbed himself.
While stacking wheat on his farm
near Piedmont, Ala., Tuesday, Rob
ert Cuke and his son were struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
One man was killed and four were
injured in a collision between a trol
ley car and a hose cart at Montgom
ery, Ala,, Thursday afternoon.
With his head crushed and throat
cut, Robert Crompton, a farmer,
was found murdered in his barn, at ;
Saundersville, R. I., Sunday morn
ing. A forfeit of $100,000 has been de
posited to bind the sale of 1,200 acres
of oil land near Sour Lake, Tex.,
the price to be paid being $1,250,
000. After killing his wife by cutting
her throat Monday night, William
Barnes, living near Harrington,
Mass., killed himself in the same
way.
Sixteen persons were killed and
about fifty severely injured in a train
wreck near Peru, Ind., Wednesday.
The dead were Italian emigrants
bound for Colorado.
Richard Freedman, of Boston,
Mass., shot and killed his sister
Rosa, aged 12, and then suicided.
Insanity caused by over-study and
ill-health is declared to have caused
his action.
There is no intention on the part
of the War Department to reduce
the military force in Cuba at the
present time or in the immediate fu
ture. The present force is nearly
five thousand men.
One persou was killed and nearly
a score were injured, eight of them
seriously, in a collision between an
electric car and two wagons loaded
with picknickers on Irving Park
boulevard, Chicago, Suuday.
The total number of dead bodies
found to date as a result of the Po
cahontas (W. Va ) field flood is 31.
Five other persons are missing, mak
ing the total list of drowned 30. The
work of relief goes steadily on.
Three negroes were killed between
tlanta and Macou Tuesday on an
excursion train en route to Savan
nah over the Central Railroad "of
Georgia. The negroes killed were
riding on top of the cars and were
knocked off by bridges.
Despondent and tired of strug
gling alone to support herself, Mrs.
Emma C. Myers, of Philadelphia,
Pa., committed suicide Saturday
morning by shooting herself through
the temple. She was recently di
vorced from her husband.
Missouri and Kansas are suffering
from hot winds that threaten great
damage to corn. Atchison, Kansas,
reports the greatest drought in
northwestern Kansas since 1SC0, a
warm wind having blown from the
south almost unceasingly for the
past seven days. Abilene, Kansas,
reports 103-degree weather with
manv fields in South Wickinson
county ruined.
The condition of cotto according
to replies received by the New York
Journal of Commerce and, Commer.
cial Bulletin from a valuable list of
correspondeut?, shows a decrease of
ii points, compared with the June
report of condition promulgated by
the Department of Agriculture. Re
turns from nearly 1,100 correspon
dents have furnished the data on
which a general average condition of
77 for the enMre cotton belt has been
obtainec
Financial and Commercial.
Sjiecial ForresM.ndence.
New York, July 2, 1001.
Slight declines iu wheat and cot
ton were the notable features of the
past week in the grain markets. Fa
vorable growing weather has lasted
for the fourth successive week, and
excellent conditions for harvesting
operations continue. Harvesting is
now almost at its height in the win
ter wheat belt, and thrashing has
commenced in the more southern lo
calities, from which come uniform
reports of good yields of especially
fine quality. In the Northwest the
outlook for the spring wheat is also
very promisiug, excessive moisture
being the only drawback in certain
regions. In the principal States
the winter wheat will be very heavy
and there will be no failure in any
locality of the country to be relieved
from the surplus in other sections.
Figures of acreage indicate that the
total area under cultivation this
rear is somewhat smaller than in
1900, but the yield per acre will av
erage much larger. The quantity of
cotton which came into sight during
the past week exceeded that for the
corresponding week of last year. The
reports of Texas rains proved, too,
to be exaggerated, and the opera
tions of the Liverpool investors did
not affect the selling quotations, as
had been predicted by certain proph
ets. The cotton goods situation, as
well as the woolen market and yarn
and goods trade, is steadily improv
ing. Consumption in the iron and
steel industries continues on a large
scale. Business failures during the
past week, according to R. G. Dun
& Co., numbered 20-1 in the United
States and 23 in Canada, against
207 in this country and 21 in Cana
da during the corresponding week
last year.
The weather forecasts indicating
rains for the cotton belt aided the
bearish interest in the cotton mar
ket, but the Southern spot markets
have held their own on the healthy
demand from exporters and from
Southern mills. The New Orleans
market remains comparatively stea
dy. In cotton goods there has been
an increased volume of buyiug for
actual requirements. The sales of
brown sheeting and drills are better
than they were, and quantities of
bleached cottons are changing hands,
a considerable demand for these
coming from abroad. Print cloths
are on a firmer basis. There is no
buying beyond current needs. As
for the export business, it is picking
up once more notably that with
China. The wool situation is more
promising, the increasing hopeful
ness iu the market having sprung.no
doubt, from the better condition of
affairs as regards the manufactured
product. Woolen goods are moving
more freely. Several mills report a
great pressure of orders, and certain
lines of goods are bringing easier, if
not actually higher, prices. The mar
ket is undeniably firmer.
American Women Looted.
Washington, July 2. Corrobora
tion has been received at the State
Department of allegations that Am
erican women attached to the lega
tion at Pekin during the siege were
probably guilty of looting the Sacred
Palace after the flight of the court,
although the particulars are of a
character that will not permit of any
action being taken.
In an interview at New York Sir
Claude Macdonald, former British
Minister at Pekin, stated that Lady
Macdonald withdrew from the palace
when several women and members of
a party from the legations began to
take some of the curios, and, while
she did not protest, she disapproved
of the proceedings.
Minister Conger some time ago
forwarded to the State Department
the result of an inquiry he had made
which apparently indicated that no
deliberate attempt had beeu made at
looting. Notwithstanding this re
port the officials are inclined to cred
it the allegations. Among those said
to have beeu present at the time
Lady Macdonald withdrew from the
palace was an American lady who is
said to have been at the bottom of the
"femininity" referred to by Admi
ral Remey in connection with charges
against Captain Hall, of the marine
corps.
Tortured By .Masked Men.
Wheeling, W. Ya., July 1. Early
Saturday morning six masked men
entered the summer residence of
Jacob L. White, at Brothers station,
on the Baltimore and Ohio, just over
the Pennsylvania line, overpowered,
bound and gagged the seven occu
pants of the house and ransacked for
valuables. They. got $.3,000 in money
and double that amount in jewelry
Mr. White and his aged wife and
daughter were tortured by having
lighted matches applied to their
bodies and their skin lacerated by
needles in an effort to make them di
vu'ge other valuables, but without
success. The victims were deserted
and lay helpless for hours until Miss
Sidney Mac-key, a niece, extricated
herself and secured assistance. There
is no clew to the identity of the rob
bers. White is a millionaire oil ope
rator. The victims are in. a serious
condition.
ALL OYER THE STATE.
A Summary of Current Events for the
Past Seven Dajs.
Wilson voted $25,000 bonds, Thurs
day, to macadamize seven miles of
streets.
The Adjutant General has com
pleted arrangements with the War
Department for the settlement of
all claims growing out of the Sanish
American war filed by North Caro
linians. An attempt to build a first-class
hotel in Raleigh has resulted in fail
ure because the money could not be
raised, and it is intimated that the
auditorium project there has fallen
through also.
William Huss and two grown sons
were struck by lightning Tuesday
while hoeing cotton near Crouse,
Lincoln county. The father and el
der son were instantly killed and the
latter rendered unconscious.
Burlington was visited by a severe
electric storm Saturday afternoon.
The rain poured in torrents, making
the streets look like rivers. The
Presbyterian church was struck by
lightning and considerably damaged.
A 13-year-old son of Smith Red-
dick, a white farmer of Iredell coun
ty, was killed by lightning Tuesday.
His father and a man named Tom
Hutchins were badly shocked. They
were all standing in the yard when
the bolt came.
The order in which the State
Guard regiments will encamp is
changed, at the request of the colo
nels. The Third Regiment goes into
camp July 10th; the Second Regi
ment July 22d, and the First Regi
ment August 2d.
The Globe Furniture Company and
the Home Furniture Company, two
of the largest manufacturing con
cerns in High Point, have consoli
dated and will incorporate under the
laws of the State of New Jersey with
a paid up capital of $130,000.
There are many hundreds of acres
of cotton in Anson county that have
been, or will be, turned out because
of the impossibility of cleaning it of
grass and weeds. Then there are on
almost every plantation fields in
which the plant has died, from va
rious causes, in such quantities that
not more than half a stand is now
left.
The next examination of appli
cants for license to practice law will
be held on Monday, the 30th of Sep
tember. The examinations in future
will be on the first Monday in Feb
ruary and fourth Monday in August
of each year. The fall term of the
Supreme Court begins on the fourth
Monday in August, and appeals are
required to be filed seven days be
fore the call of the district in which
they belong.
John Crowder, of Cleveland coun
ty, committed 6uicide Wednesday by
hanging himself to an apple tree in
the rear of his barn. His mind had
been affected for some time and he
had threatened and previously at
tempted to commit suicide. A few
days previous his wife was danger
ously bitten by a snake and her pre
carious condition it is thought added
to his woes and mental disturbance
resulted in suicide.
A distressing accident occurred at
Pernay Stewart's, in Union county,
Thursda. Some strychnine tablets
bad been put in a drinking glass and
one of Mr. Stewart's daughters, aged
about six years, poured some lemon
ade into a glass containing the tab- i
lets and gave it to her little three-
year-old sister, Olie, to drink. After
drinking the lemonade the little girl
went into convulsions and died in a
short time. The older girl took some
of the lemonade into her mouth, but
finding the taste bad, did not drink
any of it.
Father and Daughters Drowned.
Newbern, June 20. Hon. William
E. Clarke, his two daughters, Mary
B., aged 12, and Francis B., aged 9,
and George B. Bryan, the ten-year-old
son of Green Bryan, were
drowned here Friday night. The
party was out rowing on Neuse
river, opposite the water-works,
when the boat was swamped by the
waves. Mr. Clark's little son, Wil
liam E. Jr., was the only one of the
party saved. He clung to the boat
until rescued. Mr. Clarke was a Re
publican, and had at different times
been State senator, representative,
deputy collector of customs and
postmaster of Newberr..
A Currituck Boj Weighs (i.iO Pounds.
Mr. Louis Lewark, of Currituck
county, has the distinction of being
the biggest man in North Carolina.
Louis is only 17 years old and tips
the scales at COO pounds. His shoes,
which are always made to order by a
firm in Elizabeth City, have the fol
lowing dimensions: Seventeen inches
instep, thirteen inches toe to heel,
five inches across the ball of the
shoe and thirty-one inches around the
shoe. A man of ordinary build can
place both of his feet in one of these
shoes with ease. Lewark enjoys per
fect beaH'ii and is strong a3 a bull,
bemg able to lift the weight that
would require the effort of six ordi
nary men.
An Odd (Government Case.
An odd case came up in the
Federal Court at Raleigh the other
day. Nathan Lunsfurd, a lawyer
of Person county, was charged with
embezzling mail. The fact developed
that he was on the bond of the post
master, his son-in-law, at a rural
postoffice. Lunsford had furnished
boxes, letter cabinets, etc. Another
postmaster was appointed and the
postoffice moved. Lunsford went to
the new site and took his boxes and
cabinets, depositing the mail on the
ground in front of the office. For
this he was charged with embezzling
and obstructing the mails. Judge
Purnell directed a verdict of not
guilty.
W hat are Humors?
Thoy are vitiated or morbid fluids eni tra
ins the veins and alTeclins t.'w tissues.
They are commonly due to defective diges
tion but are sometimes inherited.
How do they manifest themselves ?
In many forms t:f cutaneous eruption,
salt rheum or 117.1111a, pimples and boils,
and in weakness, languor, general debility.
How are they expelled ? P.y
Hood's Sarsaparilla
which also bui'.ds tip the system that has
suffered frotn them.
It is the best medicine fur all humor".
Some Reasons
Why You Should Insist on Having
EUREKA HARNESS OlLi
Uneqnak-d by any other. I
Renders hard leather holt.
Especially prepared. j
Keeps out water.
A heavy bixlied oil.
Harness
A" excellent preservative.
Reduces cost of yotf harness.
Never burns the leather; ils
Efficiency is increased.
Secures f c-st service.
Stitches kept from breaking.
Oil
s sold in all
Localities Mnnnfivtnrs,.! I ,r
Standard Oil ( ompnnr.
REAL ESTATE
BULLETIN!
FOR SALE
During the next 30
days:
28 acres very valu
able land, lying East of
City, and in Goldsboro
Township. Desirably
located, only ten min
utes drive from Post
Office.
PMCE 81G00.
Terms Reasonable.
HUMPHREY-GIBSON GO,
Goldsboro, N. C.
Opposite Hotel Kennon.
BICYCLE - BARGAINS.
You Will Save Money
by buying .your bicycle of ine. I keep
the largest and lest --elected stock iu the
city.
Barnes' White Flyer Chainless,
Is a beauty. I also sell the Eagle, Co
lumbia, Reading, Monarch. Racycle and
other well-known makes. The Kaeyele
is warranted to be the easiest running
w heel in the world, otherwise the manu
facturers w ill pay you if l.OOO. deposited
in a bank.
New And Strong Wheels
Made by the American Bicycle Co., all
standard goods, ranging in price from
$17.5(1. I2U, $ :, ?:o, 5., W, 9 and
$.-0. You can buy a cheaper wheel but
nothing like the makes 1 sell. The best
is always the cheapest.
Bicycle repairing and supplies, guns
and revolvers for sale.
OLD WHEELS BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Powder, shot and guu shells. General
jobbing done with neatness and dis
patch. Gold, silver and nickel plating.
Gun locks, trunk locks and keys all
kinds a specialty.
T. H. STANTON,
Goldsboro, IT. O.
POSITIONS GUARANTEED.
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HOW TO BUILD m HOUSfc.
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will Milt Ton almost a well a if yt
paid fuf bor,k . Sent post-paid
on receint of cents. AdUirrsa
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