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I An Admirable '-.""' Crichton , . Original! T say that a man la an Admirable Crlcbton meant that be baa many-ac-. compllshments in wblcb bla skill la re- . markable. The original Crlcbton spokt twelve languages, could dispute In Lat ' In on any subject, was a master of f . fencing and all manner of sports, be- ' aldea being an excellent actor. - I once knew an Admirable Crlcbton. ' He possessed a geniua for everything " "- except money making. Hla name waa ; Lawrence Dudley. As the real Cricb- V; ton waa In the aerrlce of the Duke of Mantua, a tutor 'to the duke's" son, ao i ; Dudley, after taking every honor In the nunferoltiea be attended, went south - and tutored to the family ptf a wealthy " planter named La Fourcbe. He taught ; ' Marie La Fourcbe music and prepared young Ben La Fourcbe for . college. ; Thla 'waa In the autumn and winter of ,: 180CMJ1, and the spirit or civil war waa red bot In the south. Dudley bad ao if fascinated many of the planter f ami Ilea that the fact of bla being a Yankee did not change their enthusiasm for him. However, ft finally ' came : to bia ears tbat La Fourcbe bad been ad- ' vised to send him north to save him from rough treatment. . Dudley asked La Fourcbe If bla presence In the house hold was compromising. -"By no means." replied the planter, " "Everybody knows my" loyalty to the v south. Moreover, if you leave, Ben will not be ready for college, and I am ""anxious to bHve bim enter next June.'" "Then you are' quite willing that I 'should maintain my position?" "Act your own pleasure." . , ? The next day a printed circular waa received by each and every man in the vf place whom Dudley knew, .challenging all comers to argue the question brew ing between the states with knife, pis tol, small sword, cutlass, lance, Jave lin, halberd, any kind of weapon that bad ever been used by contentious man. In any other part of the world such a circular would have excited laughter. In the south, where the tour ney of old has often sprung up like a floH"eifrom a root dormant for centu ries, the case was different. The young planters of high degree met informally for consultation as to what should be done. They decided to send a polite i note to Dudley accepting the challenge, the test to come off in a tourney. . The . ' day waa set, though Dudley averred that the meeting sbou Id be no gloved affair end none but the necessary men witnesses should be present The parties met in a secluded spot . hedged in by trees. There were three men present, each of whom bad re ceived a circular, a well as several . strangers who bad got wind of the af fair and come uninvited. The first man pitted against Dudley waa Stew- . art Anderson. Who had studied defense with foils in Paris' and bad fought sev eral duels with the rapier. The two men faced each other iu shirt and tron sera and began to fence., VYitnin a minute Anderson's sword went flying over a tree. With true southern lire be called on Dudley to finish bim. Dud ley put bis hand ou his heurt. bowed low and said be would not deprive the south of so worthy a gentleman The next affair was with pistols, and Dudley ended it With a quick Are. shoot . Ing the knuckle oSt his opponent, Tills was followed by an engagement with cutlasses, , Dudley's - opponent , having been especially trained with this weap on while at sea. Dudley parried the man's thrusts for awhile and then gave bim a blow with the flat of his cutlass that stunned bim. " - This finished the contests so far as the regular entries were concerned, but as the men were putting on their coats the strangers stepped forward and de manded a chance at the ;Tankee. They were of a very different texture from the- young planters, who bad fought honorably and abided by the? result and evidently "meant by book or by rook to kill Dudley. The planters at tempted to Interfere, but Dudley ob jected, offering to give all comers a chance at bis life. The gang put forward a desperado - whose skill with the bowie knife was celebrated. . There was a chnnge In Dudley the moment be set eyes on the man. There can be no fooling with bowle knives, and Qudley knew tbat he must kill or be killed. The onlookers gathered about expecting to see a des perate struggle. . They ,were; disap pointed. J The signal to begin was glv. en by a pistol shot Almost before the shot ceased to reverberate , Dudley's knife was burled In his opponent's heart. There was ment Then for Dudley an awed silence for a mo- the strnupers made a rush The opponents he bad vanquished sought to protect bim. but before they could do so he bad killed two more the gang, when the others took to fllgi - Dudley Invited bis opponents to the La Fourche plantation, where, stand ing by a sideboard with a glass In his band, he recited an improvised humor ous account of the affair In verse. How much longer Dudley maintained bis position in the south I never learn ed or whether be entered the Union army. '. In the seventies I visited Italy, and while chatting with a friend who lived there he remarked: "Py the bye, we hare an American here for ail the world like that Scotch man who served the Duke of Mantua, lie is ft professor In the' university, lie can run faster, shoot , straighter, drink bardet. talk more lanuaes. write letter verse, deliver better ser mons t!..m ary e.l-!.ir. pirate or ok-r-gynian tk.it etcr liv.-I." j "Oh. I kn.w wt that is! It's Law-j repi p vrY. y." "" ' '"s t r - ! " .- ' 1 A Trrrifrln Hat. .vTben the French artist . Benjamin Constant was traveling In Morocco he was Invited by the sultan to present himself at court at Fes. The New Torkr Staats-Zeitung saya tbat the painter's first thought .was In regard to bis coctrme. -' ' "Court" in Europe was one thing; in Morocco It was likely to prove some-. thing different. There was nothing to do, however, but to wear bis ordinary evening clothes. He was Ignorant of the fact that the Moors look upon black garments as very vulgar, and it was only after bla arrival that be learned bis mistake. The courtiers smiled openly; worst of all they sneered. 1 The painter was a man of hasty temper, and Suddenly, nettled by their insolence, be closed bis opera bat and sprung It open In the faces of the Jeering crowd. They scat tered, yelling with surprise and fear. ;; The sultan beard the noise and de manded the cause. After be bad seen and examined the wonderful bat be gave this oracular opinion: "If I bad 'lived a hundred years in yonr country and adopted all your oth er customs I could never have brought myself to set on my bead so hideous a contrivance as tbat!" . Ob RecomaBcadatloa. The members of a political party In a certain county were holding a conven tion to nominate a candidate for treas urer. The leading aspirant was a man who had formerly been noted as a base ball player. He bad. made a great rec ord as a batsman, but was notoriously slow in running bases. - The man who bad placed bim in nom ination made a speech eulogizing bim as a man and a citizen. He was fol lowed by others in the same vein, and things seemed to be going smoothly enough wheu one of the delegates rose and said: " "Mr, Chairman, are good men so scarce that we have to choose a base ball player for the most Important of fice In the county, involving the han dling of hundreds of thousands of dol lars r "Mr. Chairman," replied the original mover, "it is true that the candidate I have mentioned was a ball player, but let me ask you, Mr. Chairman, is there a man nere wno. ever saw mm steal even a base?" . - . i : - Diaeaaes of the Sraaoam. ., .,., Fhysicluns say tbat certain diseases follow the changing seasons with al most clockwork regularity, Thus acute rheumatism prevails from February till April, inflammations of the lnngs from March till May, stomach and in testinal complaints in August and cholera from August to October. On this basis some hyglenists classify dis eases Into summer, 'fall, winter and spring diseases. ; This classification Is supported by many facts which show that weather changes really exert pow- erful Influences upon health and dis ease. To cope successfully wltti these changes and their harmful influences dally exercise In tbe open air in all kinds of weather and at all seasons of the year is the best preparation. ' This toughens the system and is at once prevention and cure. : , Blood Barsraialna;. v., -.: A repellent scene took place before the bey of Tunis recently.; ? It was the huckstering for a man's life-In the pres ence of the victim. He 'whs 'an Arab who bad slain a rival In love, and was sentenced to die, when, almost at tbe hour fixed for execution, the murdered man's father offered to treat, according to the Koran, for the price of blood. The bargaining was conducted in tbe bey's presence, but as the murderer's family would not go beyond' 24 -to save bim, the doomed man, after a gleam of hop?, was led1 to tbe gallows and hanged. , ', s ' . i .' .. Dealfat-a la Gravea. . Cemetery shares continue to be quite a market feature In Scotland and are actively dealt in on the Edinburgh Stock Exchange. Apparently they ap peal to the curious nature of the canny Scot who doubtless reasons that in such a holding be has a security which is not likely to vanish and that If tbe worst comes to tbe worst be will never need to come on the parish for a grave. London Financial News. .. The Ky to Saeceaa. "Advertising pays" has come to be an axiom of modern methods. The business man who tries to be success ful without it is tempting fate Instead of fortune., The American nation to day is recognized abroad as tbe great est Industrial and commercial proposi tion in the world, and" the American nation spends S2CiO.000.000 annually In !avertJslng - its. business Rochester I Herald. ' ' - Iateraal Economy. Two years. ago n Polander out on Nubbin ridge swallowed ;a grain ol wheat. Last week be was attacked with a fit of coughing and coughed up a fifty pound sack of flour and ICC pounds of bran. Truth is mighty and will prevail. Hartford Day Spring. "That's rather a sizable hoss you'M 3rivinV said the man from Tennessee 'Yes,, be Is right smart of a critter," replied the man from Georgia. Chica go Record-Herald. - A Tad Startv "I guess." paid tlie naturally wearj young man. "i was meant to be a mil lionnire. hut started on a lice where they don't give trnnsfei s." Baltiuorr American. A C Ii n ace. Mrs. r.rvrn So you were out nirah; last ir -It. h1 I'"'''! No: I w;: nn-1 I"! jrire y ; i'.f f -r y-.-:r '..!. Petr--it i'ne i Air. Waterliouse's Economy tOrtglnal-J - ' "Llonel,,, said young Mrs. Water bouse six months after their marriage and when ber trousseau waa beginning to show the first signs of giving out,' "I need a pair of shoes." . "Certainly, my love." And be banded ber 3, "Lionel," said tbe wife a few days later, "I find my bat for the coming season la old fashioned. I fear that I shall nave to get another." . . "Of course 'yon wilt How much do you want?" ' ' - "A bat may cost anything yon please to give, even 12, but I'll need a lew spring waists. Then there's tbe trim Doing for my blue dress tbat I'm going to have made over, and" , , ; ; v "How much, dear?" "Well, I think I'll need about $18. A frown came to tbe husband's face bnt be said nothing, banding bla wife $15. She saw tbe frown and knew tbat one of the hardships of marriage bad come, the asking for money . for other than household expenses. r' "Lionel," said the poor woman a year later, "I'm tired asking yon for money with which to buy my clothes. For a time I tried to economise in dress, but when you saw that my bats were out of fashion and my Jackets and dresses were shabby you didn t like it so I find myself between two fires. Isn't there some fund from which I could draw a stated amount?" "To tell the truth, my dear, we need to economize more than ever this year, as my business is not so flourishing, but I won't ask you to do it. I'll do it myself. I ll figure up Just what we 11 draw monthly and turn it alt over to you. As I have clothes enough to last a year you'll have tbe use of all the in come." " - The wife gladly accepted the terms, and on the beginning of the next month ber? husband turned over to ber the amount agreed upon. "Don't you want any of It. dear?" ahe asked meekly. . "1 have a 'quarter in my pocket That '11 do for car fare." "But your luncheon?" "Oh, yes; well, you might let me have a 'quarter' for that" The money was paid over, and Mr. Waterhouse. after giving bis wife the marital kiss, started down town. ' Five cents of his money went for car fare, 10 cents for apples wblcb be pro posed to eat for tbe benefit of bis liver, while 10 cents more was considered necessary for a cigar. At noon be went round to bis down town lunch club. J "Hello, old man.1" said Owen Carter, one of bis clients. "Let's luncb to gether." "Oh, I'm not going to eat much to day. I'm not hungry." - Nevertheless they sat down together. : "What do you say to dividing a pint of claretf'ksked Carter. ' f "Why. I've made It a rule uot to drink anything before dinner." "Since when?" asked Carter, looking up, surprised. - - - . , . Now, Carter was an Important factor in Waterhouse's business, and tbe lat ter saw at once that any stinginess on bis part might lead to bad results, so be said: "But that needn't stand In the way. Waiter, a pint of Fontet-Canet." By good luck Waterhouse got tbrougb the luncheon, with only 20 cents over and above tbe amount given bim by bis wife for the purpose and returned to bis office. In tbe afternoon be received a note requiring a telephone reply. This cost bim 10 cents, which be agreed to pay the next day. He bad scarcely re turned to his office when a young girl with a wan face entered and begged bim to help ber by buying a five cent package of court plaster. He ground his teeth when be rememliered tbat bis money was gone more than gone, Then he found It necessary ,to see. a man whose office was at tbe other end of tbe city, Not baviug money for car fare and no one being near from whom to borrow, be walked there and back, a distance of three miles. When 5 o'clock came, be locked bis desk and dragged himself over another two miles to bis home. He bad at . times been disap pointed to see a dissatisfied look on bis wife's face when be reached home. To day It was transferred to bis own. His wife was serene. Tbe next day be got on famously spending only 10 cents for car fare and 10 cents for tobacco, for be gave up ci gars. He went borne radiant. Tbe third day be received a notice that each member of bis class in college was in vited to pay a dollar toward the build ing of a new dormitory. It was simply impossible for bim to refuse. Then came a lady acquaintance and sold him a ticket for 50 cents to a church fair. As soon as she bad gone be .looked in bis drawer for paper on which to reply to tbe college matter and found none. The stamp) box also was empty. Seven ty cents was expended for tbe two arti cles. . He economized by buying 20 cents' worth of stamps instead of a dol lar's worth, as usual, and was obliged to send again in two days. At luncheon be tried to dod;re Carter, but Carter. who snspeed that he was getting stin gy. got bold of him and forced him to divide a three dollar lunch. But the most absurd Infraction of his econom ical effort was the purchase of a razor offered to him by a peddler for $5 for which he satirically offered $1.50. On goiug home be became demoralized, figuring that his expenditures for the day amopated to f 5. 10. and to drown! remorse stopped for a cocktail and a el-1 gar. His wife saieileJ his breath aDi when te mentioned his expenditures caiied hi:u wasteful. This led to their j f.r-'t qn HTfl. The next day the tuband reassume.l ; tLe exel iin 1 tie wife has since I ei'ti wi : ! r 1 ' . " : :: r. :: r,vi;Li- : Cattle Flaala. Cuttles require deft handling. Tre bait, which consists of a rough' chunk of Bah fastened to a hook or even tied to a string, is not dropped over tbe side to be swallowed, but to excite tbe gus tatory organs of the cuttles and to be slowly pulled up until those mollusks have reached the surfece In a vain at tempt to embrace it with their long arms. Then lb a moment a gaff is plunged into the leathery mantle of the would be diner and the creature is un ceremoniously flung Into the boat Tbe prosaic nature of the fishing la some times punctuated by grotesque inci dents. For Instance, the cuttle which brought our catch cp to a baker's dozen helped to support tbe ides tbat thirteen is an unlucky number by mak ing bis entrance into tbe boat a pre text for emptying bia bag of sepia' Into tbe face of his captor, the liquid trans forming that gentleman's glib speech into a mere Incoherent spluttering, and then running down bis white "Jumper" in what tbe daylight showed to be a black torrent "Tbat was a braave clumsy Job," remarked a comrade, re ferring, not to tbe aim of tbe cuttle, but to tbe incautious handling of the fisherman. John Isabel! to Longman's. Hla Fae ipU Raaars." ". ! : VDld you see tbe. man who Just went outf asked an uptown barber of a customer as a swarthy individual left the shop, v "Yest , Well, be spoils a razor every time I shave him, and be comes here twice a week regularly.' He is a stonecutter, and the grit and . dust are so imbedded In tbe pores of bis face that it is like drawing a razor over the side of a stone. I always use the best tools I have upon bim, but they are not stone proof, and a dull razor is the result when his beard is removed. ' "He is a customer upon whom I lose money, and I am glad to say tbat be is the only stonecutter who favors met with bis patronage, I often wonder bow it is that be doesn't wince when tbe razor strikes a section of stone that is Imbedded in bis face and bounds off, but It is probably because bis skin Is so hardened that he feels no ' ill effects." Philadelphia Tele graph. loaie Dtfflcalt , TUti. . Borne of tbe excavations at Nippur show tbat tbe Babylonians bad multi plication tables five times as long as those commonly used in schools. - Most little men and women, for instance, do not have to go further than twelve"? times twelve, but tbe little Babylonian ; children, says Dr. - Herman ' V. Hil-V precbt, who superintended the late ex cavations, bad to go as far as sixty Pgy With Orders times sixty. ' . . . ;;. v Numbered fragments of tablets-bear-' It greatly facilitates and simpli iug these "multiplication tables" have fiies every business deal, been found, some few of which go as . It is a check ou forgetfulness, far as 1,300 times 1,300. But these ' your check back from the bank were evidently only for astronomical is a receipt and a reminder in case tTbarfe" 1 h- " and 'when they were calculating the omlK;q- ' -distances of the new stars they found,' jJJ BANK OF KINSTON and their size, they did not want to l tten nnn referred to these tables In stone. '. flab Wfthoat Bait. - Tbe fishermen of Ciudad Bolivar, on the Orinoco river, in South America; catch their II sh in tbe queerest way In the world. They use no bait, but try to book tbe fish by the body. A cylin drical weight Is tied ' to a long line. Above this weight, for a length of six inches, strong (lsh books are attached. The line is thrown out in places where the current is swift and shoals of flsb pass. It Is hauled In rapidly by a series of jerks and usually there is a fish on half the books. This method of fishing Is called ro- bador-literally. "to rob.- . - i.yr?- ..-. ' m i ' . I distrust both the Intellect and the morality of those' people to whom dis- order is of no consequence who can live at ease in an Augean stable. What surrounds us reflects more or less that which Is within us. The mind is like one of those dark lanterns which in spite of everything still throw some light around. If our tastes did not re veal our character they would be no longer tastes, but Instincts. Emile Sou vestre. C ASTOR I A - For Inianti and Children. Tt3 KbJ.Yca Kara Abz;s i:zzA. Bears the Signature of noPoi mm beiTvreen m Nor Florida Cuba. : A percenter service unexcelled for luxury end cc rnfort.equlpped with the Istest Pullman Din!.:-, Sleeping end Thoroughfare Cars. Fcr rates, schedule, mcps cr any informa tion, writs to AVl. J. CRAIQ, General Pasr?er Ajent, Wilmin.Ttcn, N. C. yyT. tARRo nv i'h. g m. d., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, KIXSTOX, N, C. ' Okfh-e Horns: 0 to 1 0 a. m. and 8 to Opro ' ' , Telephone calls: Honsa 24, Office 78 If your watch or clock doesn't keep time carry it to FELIX SUTTON, in Hotel Tull building," Kinsto, and he'll fix it " You llay Count V Printing on Expense, But Good Printing Is an Investment. . Tbe printing we do more than pays for itself in the- favorable impression it gives others of tbe office or business bouse from which it emanates ' The Free Press Co. H. W. SIMPSON Architect -'". -W' ."V ! T r. KINSTON & NEWBERN, N. C. tNotices left at the office of J. W. Grainger will receive prompt attention. P,us of $20,000. A. & N. CV RAILROAD CO TIME TABLE NO. 28 - . . in effect Sunday. Nov. 1902, at 7 s. to. WESTBOUND TRAINS. " . . . . .. . - ; , - ' on QoMKboro-srrlre AM. P. M. 8 SO 7 57 T 47 7 87 7 17 700 W s ao P. M A. M. ii m 5 40 4 35 4 10 3 fW 3 IK 1 li K&W'T"." 10 82 10 ti 10 12 KifiKiun. 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BILTMORE Wheat Hearts The Heart of Wheat v scientifically prepar- .. ed, retaining only the nutrative elements, appetizing, easily di-; ' gested and nutritious A Bountiful Breakfast, A Satisfying Supper ,' - QUICKLY PUEFARED. Mark Mewborn, The Grocer Phone No. 145. . . From the Lenoir .County Cotton Patch to the Lenoir County Foot. It is possible that by purchasing v the excellent hosiery, for man, woman and child, made by the ORION MILLS, of Kinston, N. 'C, that you may. wear socks or stockings made from , cotton spun in the Kinston . Cotton Mills and knit in the ,- Orion Knitting Mills, ' thus encouraging the cotton growers i of 1 Lenoir county and , two splendid manufactories giving employment Vo labor in the county. Thn1: you will be -assisting the cotton grower, the cotton picker, the cotton - ginner, the cotton spinner and . knitter-all people of your own ' . neighborhood. PAINT! 'vr3 I have - just added to ray stock of General Hardware a full line of Mixed Paints. Leads and Oils. Varnishes. ... w Colors and Brushes, of the celebrated Brands. Heath fc Millijran We ask those who iufoud ; using paints to call on ns, as we can please thein in Ixith quality and price. II. E. uOSELEi', Colling 0' 1 S:u;;1 Kfvh' V.
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