AN ODD FISH.' Qaecr Marin Moaater a Natural Ba , emr to Waalea. Wlille operating at a fishery In Ad miralty island, Alaska, one iummer my attention and the ntteutlon of the flab lug crew were almost dally attracted to a large marine creature that would ap pear in the main channel of Seymour canal and our immediate vicinity. . There re large numbers of whales of the species rorqual there, and the mon ster seemed to be their natural enemy. The whales generally travel In schools, I ml while at the surface to blow one ivouid be singled out and attacked by the I". ill. aud a battle was soon In order. It 1.4 the nature of the rorqual to make three blows at Intervals of from two to three minutes each, and then sound deep and stay beneath the sur face for thirty or forty minutes. As a whale would come to the surface thert would appear always at the whale's right side and Just about where his head would connect with the body a great long tail or fin, "Judged by five tisbernicn and a number of Indians, lifter swing it about fifteen times at various distances," to be about twenty four feet long, two and ohe-balf feet wide at the end and tapering down to the water, where it seemed to be about eighteen inches in diameter, looking very much like the blade of the fan of an old fashioned Dutch windmill. The jrreat club was used on the back of the unfortunate whale lu such a manner that It was a wonder to me that every whale attacked was not In stantly killed. Its operator seemed to have perfect control of its movements and would bend It hack until the end would touch the water, forming a horsi shoe loop; then with a sweep it would be straightened and brought incr ai.il down on the back of the whale with a whack that could be heard for several miles. If the whale was fortunate enough to submerge it self before the blows came, the spray would tiy for a distance of a hundred feet from the effect of the stroke, mak ing a report as loud as n yacht's signal fctin. What seemed most remarkable to me was thai, iu matter which way the attacked whale went or how fast (the usual speed is about fourteen knots), that great club would follow right along by its side and deliver those tre mendous blows at intervals of about four or live seconds. It would always get in from three to five blows at, each of the three times the whale would come to the surface to blow. The w hale would generally rid itself of the enemy w hen it took Its deep sound, especially if the water was forty fathoms or more deep. During the day the attack was always offshore, but at night the whales would be attacked in the bay and within 400 yards of the fishery. I d. not kn iw of any whales being killed, but there were several that hud pros it holes and sores on their backs. Questhiiiim; the Indians about it, I was told that i' Te was only one, that It had I lecn tl . :( for many years and that it once at. ici.od aii Indian canoe and with one sirohe of the great club Mua.-I.id He canoe into splinters, kill i:i;r aud drowning several of Its occu pants. I'Mvost and Stream. .Wised Types. Some years ago the editor of a down east newspaper undertook to compli ment an eminent citizen as "a noble old burgher, proudly loving his native stale," but the neatly turned compli ment came from the compositor's hands "a nobby old burglar, prowling round in a naued state." This was as per verse and shocking as the blunder iu the message Ihnest Kenan hud occa sion to telegraph across the English channel on the subject of a proposed lecture by him in Westminster abbey The subject as written by blm was "The Inllucnce of Home on the Forma tion of Christianity." It was announc ed in lhigland as "The Influence of limn on the Digestion of Humanity!" Baturdny Evening I'ost. Wanted! "An industrious farmer with exper ience to take charge of farm in Pam lico county. Place healthy, pleasantly located on Trent creek, one half mile from Merritt postoffice. Schools and churches about same distance. Steam er transportation. Large, convenient ly arranged residence. Barns and other out buildings in good condition. Apply to B. B. Davenport, New Bern, N. C. A floe breed sow healthy and ia good mdltion. Apply.to.W P Gilbert NOTICE! I have for sale one pair well bioken Sceers, 7 years old, W A EWF.LL, Near Steels Ferry, Craven Co. Fof Sale The tract of land on Goose Creek known as the Guion tract. D. C.NGDON. Plant Cloth Si 1 14 D n li n nn fflmons- ho owe iu . GaAlInelaoat.' , 32 feet on keel, dead rise bottom. Lathorpe engine, 10 h. p. For cash or easy terms. For particular! aj ply to J B. COLLINS, - Trenton, N. NEW SHORT STORIES How He Heard tha Hews. ' General Spuuldlng, who has been at the St Louis fair representing the treasury department as one of Its spe cial agents, has just returned to Wasb- ' lngtou. . lie was formerly a member of congress, having served two terms with credit to himself and his district. I-at-j er on he became assistant secretary of i the treasury and while in that position showed unusual knowledge of the tar iff laws. It was while he vas a special agent of the treasury, located lu the 1 eity of Detroit, that he heard news af fecting himself in the most unexpected ' manner. The congressional convention of the district In which he happened to reside became deadlocked. Twenty ballots ivere taken wfthout result. General Spauldiug, who was acquainted with the rival candidates and very much In terested lu the outcome, paid several visits to the newspaper offices for the purpose of scanning the bulletins, but "THE DEADLOCK HAS BEEN BROKEN." o o'clock iu the evening came aud still there was no result. The convention was being held in Lansing, aud the latest dispalch said that a night ses sion might he necessary. The general went home to his dinner and on his way down again stopped iu at the newspaper office. "Have you heard anything from Lan sing?" he asked the telegraph editor. "Yes," was the reply. "The deadlock has beeu broken." "Indeed. Aud who has been nomi nated?" "Oh, I forget the name," said the op erator. "Would you mlud looking?" asked the general. The man said he had no objection to this, and, going through a pile of dis patches, he finally discovered the right one and. looking up, said carelessly: "They've nominated an old fellow named (Jeneral Spaulding." Aud that was how Spaulding got the news of his unanimous nomination, which resulted in his election to the house of representatives. St. Louis Globe-Ienioerat. Barred Strancrri. "Many times," said Colonel Bill Ster rett of Texas reflectively, "I have seen the disastrous effects of butting In. Sometimes the butter in gets the worst of it and sometimes not. Now I call to mlud the ease of a man down lu my state who got into a seven handed game of poker and was done right and proper. After he had lost his money he went out and formulated the theory that he had been robbed. He meditat ed over thU for an hour or two and then determined to go back and tell the people he had lieen playing with exactly what he thought of them. "He climbed upstairs and dashed Into the room. While he was out the game had changed entirely. There was nobody playing who had been at the tuble with him. "He began talking before he looked, though, aud said, 'I just come up her to say you arc the biggest lot of thieves I ever knew.' Then he looked. The men at the table prepared to get up and slay this abusive Interloper, but his presence of mind did not leave him. " 'Barrln' strangers,' he said as he backed out of the door 'barrin' stran gers, of course.' " Chicago Inter Ouean. Root For Milk Cattle. It will be perfectly safe to feed a heifer coming next spring a moderate feed of roots until within four or six weeks of calving, says Professor Wing of Cornell university in American Agri culturist. She may have from four quarts to a peck a day. As soon at she begins to make up her ndder fhe roots should be discontinued or there may be trouble with Inflammation In the ud der. Milk cows may bare from a peck to half a bushel of roots per day. Grown In the open air. Will stand tay cold. Count guarantied. Guaran teed headers. Heed g-own by bart ieed hornet la tbe basinets. 1 have bow an anllmfttd supply. Any variety. Bold the laMest half of tha nlanta tnr tha cabbage crop in Virginia and North uaroiina last year. Will give rtferencea If desired lo anyone that used them last jeer. - .. Prkai, la lots lets than 500 11.60 par ibonian1 1 lea thaa innnn at 9it- lota, (over tan thousand) $1.0.) per tho Bind, f. o. b . Met-get, 8. IX Ex press raiei abont 80 L nar Ihnnunrl ail I elve cnunona with muL nu ante-lag count, and offeilog rpeci In ducements to all purchasers. Cabbage Plants e. i. corimra, MEQQETTd, 8. 0. SV SPORTJNG WORLD Jarker HIMeaimad's Great Heeara. Eugene Hildebrand. the California rider, broke the world's recorjl for win ning mounts during last season and will command his own price for 1B05. The record prior to 1904 was 292 vic tories by ('. Kelff aud was made iu iSMi. Hlldebrand's total for this year Is 293 winning mounts. At tbe Dak tend track last winter lie rode Bfty seven winners. ' Then he went to the Los Angeles track and rode forty-four winners. When he traveled east ha began riding at Aqueduct (New York) and followed In all the eastern tracts EUOKNTu HILDEBRAND, AMEHK'A H LEADTNO JOCKEY. during the season. When he went to the l'aciiic coast In November he led the list with Htf winning mounts. On tiie California tracks tnis winter he rode two winners at Oakland and tin Ished the year by riding thirty-two win ners at l.os Angeles, thus bringing his total winning mounts to ills. This smashes all records ever attempted lie fore by a jockey in the United States. Cornell Rnnnrri Mmy Co Abroad. A popular movement is being agitat ed among the students of Cornell uni versity to promote nn international cross country meet between Oxford and Cambridge and an American team representing either the Intercollegiate Cross Country association or Cornell alone. The former plan would be pref erable, as the American team would then be representative of all the eastern universities and not Just one college, but iu either instance. Inasmuch as four Cornell runners have been iu the tirst five to finish at the Intercollegiate cross country meet In the last two years, the team selected would be essentially a Cornell team. The English distance runners have the reputation of being the best in the world, and a few years ago it would have been Impossible to select an American team that would not be out classed by them. The rapid advance made in American colleges, especially Cornell, during the last five years In distance and cross country running causes many exierts who have follow ed closely the meets of recent years to predict that the American team not only could hold its own, but would prob ably win if such a meet were arranged now. Baa Johaaon Fear. Ban Johnson Is wrought up because the National league has voted to play a 15-1 game schedule, which will neces sitate tbe American doing the same thing, although the latter had previous ly decided to cut to 140 games. The American league president fears that there will not be time after the close of the season and before contracts expire on Oct. lo to play a lK)t season championship series, but he has the remedy iu his own hands lu conjunction with Messrs. I 'u I Ha in aud Herrmann. The schedules of the two leagues, which their respective presidents are authorized to druw up, can easily be made a trifle more compact than they were last season, when for every club there were breaks of from one to sev eral days without games. The regular season cifli be made to close a few days before Oct. 8, say on the 4th or 5th, giving ten days or more for playing off the series for tbe world's championship and any others (hat may be mutually arranged. The Bawerad Sla; A woman who is a close observer of children was out walking In the coun try one day, she relates, when abe saw a little girl with solemn big blue eyes sitting on a doorstep munching a bug slice of bread and butter. The only peculiarity about the operation was that aha waa holding tha buttered aid ef the breed toward tha ground. . - "Why do you bold your bread and butter that wayT" asked tha lady. "Tause," whispered the little maiden confidentially, "mamma aaya bwead always falls butter aide down, ao if you bold It butter side down to start wif and then dwop It, why, of course, t falls butter aide tip." LETTER TO G. W. WATERS. New Bern, N. C. Dear Sir: If our agent charges you 10 cents more for a gallon of paint than somebody else, don't think he ia making more profit; we charge him more; it costs us more. It ia all paint, true paint, and full-measure. ,' No other paint ia all paint, true paint, and full-measure, so far as we know. That ia wrong. We know some that are pure and full-measure, but weak, thin, too much oil and too little lead-and-zinc: an honest sort of weakness; don't know any better, may be. It amounts to this: ao far as we know and we think we know the whole Ameri can trade; tnere ia no other name but Devoe that stands for all paint, full measure, and right proportion. That'a why it takes less gallons and wean longer. , ' ' Toura truly, . F. W. DEVOE k CO. 97- P. S. E. W. Small wood sells our FACTS IN FEW LINES An Immense flower market la to be built In New York city by 200 or more florists. i An Englishman has been sent to an Insane asylum through too much study of newspaper puzzles. . In the French army soldiers are al lowed to have gardens In any spare barrack ground and grow vegetables. which help out their rations. Statistics show that the birth rate In the largest German towus la steadily decreasing, notably in Berlin, Chariot tcuburg, Hamburg and Crefeid. A "Hook of Songs For Motor Cy clists'" is being- compiled by the Ger man Motor Cycle club. Prizes are of fered for the six best songs submitted. The l'aris correspondent of the Lon don Mail says that unties' brains make very good eating and are frequently used instead of calves' brains In Pari sian reatsinrants. The number of cigarettes manufac tured and sold In Canada increased from 34.000,000 in 1890 to 83,000,000 In 1S!)5. In V.m 123.000.000 were manu factured, while in r.HM the output was 210,000,000. Some of the old guns purchased by the town of Crewe from the British government and placed In the local park as "war trophies" had never been used on foreign service nt all, It has been discovered. There does nit seem to be much 'graft" In Australia. All Its public nen who have died In recent years lied poor. The late Sir George ilibbs. rhose wlil was probated recently, left mly about $lil.nn). An inspector a few days ago found that a weighing machine used by the Groat Western liallway company of Kn.-rhind was sixty-six pounds short In every ton. The company paid a ten tk)lh:r line and costs. French naval ,i!tieers are beginning io complain strongly of t lie state of the Mast defenses at Cherbourg. The com plaints resolve themselves mainly into tlii.i that the guns are largely obsolete and the gunners loo few. The forei'ii i iniitr'es which send 40 .ds t: Kciiad-r t the amount of Slmi.ii. it or more cmi i year are the I'niud S;-'.:e.. Dug-land. Germany. France. Belgium. Australia. Spain, Italy, ' 'hih', I'eni and China. A 1 1 1 i n i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 elected lii York cathe dral to I he olih er ; and men Of the Yoric and Lancaster regiment who fell in South Africa was unveiled the other day. Besides the names of the fallen It bears only the word "Remember." The police of Lancashire have pre sented to (he townships over which they have jurisdiction forty-six hand some ambulances, many of them cost ing $."i(Mi. The money was raised by means of football matches and other athletic sports. Illiteracy among negroes is about sev en times as common as among whites, and this ratio between the races has not altered materially in the last ten years. Illiteracy among southern ne groes is more than four times that among southern whites. A short time ago Chile solemnly open ed a permanent Industrial exhibition. The president presided, surrounded by the leading people of Chile and the en tire 'foreign diplomatic corps. Tbe day is referred to as one marking a new era in tbe development of the country. The bishop of Worcester in a trien nial address to his clergy recently said that the clergy had fallen under the despotism of choirs, and with regard to monotoning on a high note he com plained that they seemed to think there was "something sacred about the note G." A number of persons In good posi tions iu Budapest have within the last few days received threatening letters bearing the signature "The Hungarian Black Hand." The sum of $125 Is al ways demanded, aud many have paid rather than appeal to the police and take the risk of assassination. As early as 1873 the first commercial Institute was established in Tokyo. Since that time similar schools have been established In various parts ofthe Japanese empire. In 1S84 the commer cial schools were regulated by minis terial decree, and in 1899 a general lrfw was passed concerning commercial edu cational Institutions. One of the most remarkable places of worship in the world is the miners' chapel In Myndd . Menlgdd colliery, Swansea, Walea. It Is close to the bot tom of the shaft The only light la that obtained from a solitary, safety lamp hung over the pulpit from the celling, and the oldest miner In the colliery la generally chosen to officiate. In consequence of the scandals In small German garrison towns, such aa formed the staple of Lieutenant Bllse's "Aus Finer Klelnen Garnlson," the military authorities have decided to change tbe garrisons at least once In every five years, ao as to avoid too great an Intimacy between the officers and troops and the civil population. Recently In a paper read before a technical society at Odessa Mr. Lokuze jewskl described a way of killing the young of Insects In fields by electricity. A dynamo is carried on a wagon (horse or automobile), and the current excites an Induction coil, giving a high tension discharge. One pole of the coll la to the metal tires and the other to metal brushes passing over the ground. Tha discharge kills the grubs, etc., In the eoll. Hearing one of hla officers say at din ner that "half a dozen Russians could drive tbe English out of Tibet" a sol dier In Manchuria, who had been serv ing aa a waiter at the table, asked some people where Tibet waa and, learning that It waa somewhere south west, persuaded seven comrades to Join blm in an expedition. Tbey bad not gone far when they were attacked and aelzed by Chinese bandits, from whom they were afterward rescued. Cluver Hay. Farm clover hay la often very dusty. For that reason It la almost traditional that farmers prefer timothy to clover, aaya American Agriculturist. JYhen It Is put up and properly cured there la no dust, and a very flue nitrogenous feed U the result. Tbe use of clover bay la becoming uidre and more com toon. o a OTP on 7.:. Wttm tii , " A II Kind Yu 'A.t Bu'jit TH ROWN AWAY By BARRY PAIN "1 have been having a sort of row with mamma again," said my cousin KUa. "Then," I said, "you ought to be ashamed of yourself, as usual. And you won't be, also as usual." ' . "I happen to think," said Elsa, with rather more dignity than she possesses. "that In thla case mamma was quite unjustified. Of course you take ber aide, and of course you thluk you are In the right. You always do." "Oulte so," said I. "Well, sob out your sad story. What Is the entangle - ineut who Is tbe man? No; on second thoughts don't tell me. Aa I observed to you at bridge lust night. 1 don't like your weak heart declarations." "So you think you're always lu the right, do you?" said Elsa, with bitter triumph. "Yon begin by being nil in the wrong anyhow. There Is no man lu the question. Iu fact, 1 have come to think now that I shall never marry." "The;," I said, "I am eutirely with you." "Frankly, I don't know a man who Is worthy of me." "I would sooner put It that I don't know n limn n-lm deserves vnn thmiirh 1 I know many men .who are far from perfect. Weil, If It was not a man, what wns the subject of your trouble?" "It was dress boxes." "What on earth do you mean?" "I wonder if there is anything about which you know anything." said Elsa reflectively, "lress boxes tire, as the name Implies, boxes which hold dress es. The box In which your dress is sent home Is a dress box. lo you think you can understand that now?" "Yes, my child." I said. "Wbnt I ca& not understand Is how you or nay oth er sane person can manage to have any kind of dispute with a mother or with anybody else about a rotten dress b.ix." "Dress boxes are not rotten: I hate that word. I hate almost all the words you use." 'That limits me." I observed. "Dress boxes are very good boxes, very strongly and neatly made of card board and frightfully useful. You nev er know when you may want one." "1 didn't know that urgent necessity was hanging over me. Put I'll take your word for It. 1'r.s-eed." "You have of.en called me careless and extravagant, and so has mamma. Yon are always In the light, aren't you? As It happens this proves wheth er yo'.i are or not. I always keep my dress boxes, and I always have done since I came to years of discretion." "Y'ears of discretion?" "Try to be quiet and listen. I filled up the box room with dress boxes, aud I had a lot more In the spare room wardrobe. In fact, I had them pretty well everywhere. There were 242 of them altogether. They were all good boxes that might have been used again. Last week I was Saturduy-to-Moudiiy Ing with Mrs. Banrjuest (the boy rather believes be Is In love with me, but I don't think he is reallyi. While I was away mamma got an awful fit of ener gy and went about the house saying she wouldn't have anything any longer. Among other thlugs she said she would not have my Insane collection of dress boxes. Those were the very words which she used to my maid, and I don't think it was right But whnt I really complain of is that she has bnd them all tumed out, every oqe of them. I don't know where they are, and mam ma says she doesn't know either, but she Is thaukful to say they are not In her bouse any more. It means tbe work of years undone. Suppose I wanted a dress box tomorrow?" "To start with, you will not want a dress box tomorrow, and yon know it. Secondly, If you did you would tele phone to your dressmaker to seud you one and all would end happily. Your mother was right." "It's ao easy to say that Perhaps you will tell me why. If you can." "Certainly. Dress boxes come lu the category of things which to mean, weak, vacillating minds seem to be too good to be thrown away. I should like to work out the cubic space occupied by the lost 242 and calculate for you what rent per annum your mother was paying to accommodate the rubbish. You must remember that dress boxes are not like the 1900 port" "Really? What a lot of things you do notice! I've never tasted a dress box mysel." . "Do not be silly, Elsa. I give you words of wisdom. Tbe 1000 port Im proves with keeping and Increases In value, tt helpa to pay Ita rent Now, the dresa box, aa you know If you would not palter with your conscience, distinctly deteriorates In keeping. It gets dustier and dustier. 'Tbe corner which Is broken there la always one gets broken worse. By ' people with clear,, practical, sensible mlnda dress boxes are Invariably thrown away. It ia a algn of mental Inferiority to keep that which la worthless. And leave that box alone, please." ' Elsa bad Just opened a brass box on my writing table. It waa full of smell pieces of string. "Why do you keep all theae?" . "I sometimes want etrlng." . "You're got a whole baH of It In a special case there. Don't you know It la a sign of mental Inferiority to keep things that are worthless? Those bits of string ought to be thrown away, aa yonr advice will be. And, I aay, I Md mamma you would take me to lunch." Upbore. ' ' Hara aa Thaam. ..; nicks Isn't It awful tbe way Dum ley bmga of hla ancestors? Wlcka Yea, It excltea my sincere pity. Hicks Pity? Nonsense, tbe chump doesn't deserve any pltyT : ' Wlcka Oh. I don't pity blm. but bla ancestors. Catholic Standard and Tlmea, ah Caparaanabra raalt. Flgg Goodman ia dead. He baa led a most beautiful and a correct Ufa. Everybody praises bim. Fogg But, confound him, be tramped my ace once when we were playing partners at wblst TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab let, all druggists refund the, money if it fails to cure. iiacricaitaiy Corsets! are upheld by America s formost votaries of fashion. Every where they are recog- . nized as the K K Kl I I . mM 1 a Dashingly Stylish Periect Fitting. All the new models, now on. dis- " play. Notice window. $1. CO, l.CX Perfect fitting garment tor every indl- t vidual shape of feminine form. J J BARTOpT. BR OS. Wafceh Being overstocked on Watches we I tions. . , i I 20 year Gentlemen'a Gold Filled Screw Back and hazel at $8.00 with Elgin j or Waltham movements, the same with ladies hunting case at $10.00. j Solid 14 karat gold, Waltham or Elgin Watches, medium weight, ladiea size at $i5.tw; heavy weight at ?20.u0. Extra heavy $22.50. J. O. I JUST RECEIVED ! An Invoice of White House Coffee I j. iaJ. S Wholenale A Retail Grocer. 5 Tarker Store. . Corner Broad and Hancock Sta. Zr onnocononononononoonoDDooo if lite Goods, Laces I and Embroidery Sale. Foi 3 Days. We will platta on sale next Monday, February 13th a beautiful l line of White Waist Goods. Victoria and Peraian Lawns, Waist Lin- ens, yard wide. ' I The 35c grade at 23c. v The 60c grade at 39c. 1 ' The 60c grade at 44c. ' Our new stock of Laces and Embroideries are the prettiest we have ever shown, and the prices are lower than you have ever seen them. '" ' . ... l This sale ia for three days only, don't fail to come, you can al ways make money at our store. We are atill selling all winter goods at and below cost. IsJ. J. BAXTER.! k A Ik M aa, 0 tT 'WwWW'wwwWwwWfc'M'wwWwM'WwwwWkaw WE OFFER SPECIAL : DAI2GA1N3 TIIIS VEEH. HAMBERG For Hamberg and Insertion, kind that you pay 20c for elsewhere, for-10c yard. ' T"! TAFFETTA SILK. . Two piecea best quality, 36 by the manufacturer. Sale price DRESS GOODS, EXTRA. Fine quality Skirting, 66 Ureen, and uarnet, wonn ioe, nere oniy vc A good chance now to buy good suit of Clothea for half price, aa they are broken sizes and must be sold at once. aa they are broken sizes and must K S. COPLON, 75 Lliddle Street. X :zycti !j H-rJ Vcrk without GOLD DUST. I .1 IKNh I K. 4 a. ,ar a s a a 4 2.CO TTto. are now aelling them at ereat reduc- BAXTER. AND INSERTION. V come to us. We will sell you the 1 t inch. Black Taffetta Silk; guaranteed 96c yard. Value $1.60. - inches wide in Navy, Black, Grey, fj t be sold at once. Sal McDaniel E. W. Grove's signature on each box paint. 25c.

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