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Tor Change of Life it is the best medicine made. It is beneficial during pregnancy, and helps to bring children into homes barren ior years. It invigorates, stimu lates, strengthens the whole sys tem. This great remedy is offered to all afflicted women. Why will any woman suffer another minute vrith certain relief within reach? Vvine of Cardui only costs $1.00 per bottle at your drug store. For advice, in cases requiring special directions, address, giving symptoms, the " Ladies' Advisory Department," The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat tiTcja, Tenn. Rev. 1. W. SMITH, Camden, S.C., tayt: -My Wile uses wine 01 varum unum f;r Sailing of the womb and it entirely cured her." The political campaign in Noith Carolina promises to be lively this year. The Republicans will be glad to fuse with what Populists they can The Populists, however, as a party can not afford to even offer for fusion with tie Republicans ; for they made aprop 03ition to the Democrats which the latter rejected, and now to be consistent they must stand off from the Repub licans and either come to the Dem ocrats or fight out their battle alone. IMM01L -1MTMI0N. COMMENTS ON WAR AND ITS EE-STILTS. Present-Day Thoughts. BY G. GROSVENOR DAWE. conjure away the burden ol meeting such an expenditure. It is a very real one that effects even tne smauesiui ua. i And to the extent to which we each feel it, to that extent does an army make it harder for us to me. um but not least, these men who talk so flippantly of surplus population ever wrWift or attemnt to wriggle when naked to exDlain what they mean by the term. One thing about me argu ment is reasonably clear ; that the sur r.lnsfleisalwavsin the family of an- o- . II... k..rt nf her man. SO ions as mumra-uoai can love : so long as father-love is strong there will be never be a consci- nna willinerness to have the family rrnnr reduced : and thus are we leu to understand the selfish supremacy ol these friends of fighting who caimiy welcome the reduction of a neighbor's household. REBEL NAVY'S WW BOAT. Pour Braye Crews in Bray Who Perished in a Torpedo Craft. UNIQUE DESTEOYES AT MOBILE. (Copyrighted by Dawe & Tabor.) It is well for us who feel that we are right in favoring international arbitra tion, to remember that it is'bound to encounter stubborn opposition. Yet this i9 onlv part of the conflict that has Perhans the croD nrospect has not oiwavs heen waged and whose issues . : T7.. Tffm floi-nlino om rtrnoreaa On the Drift SltlB the CQll VT JTV i fc. 5w "of Pawning ight have ever favored good for the greatest number." Arbi smce 1889. The heavy rains have been V 01 aav ning iguina g involved in it the deepest nd cotton ' fha nfhoi. bMa hhMn the crv r?!ird ior the mass of a nation, lu "fliir fathers (lid I the Tisirk As the whims of choleric not do so : we will follow in their steps !" rulers were the arbiters of national late inA crw Kotivoon the niavof nrogressive- We. the people with new hopes Uiiu JV wwwii vu f-" - a- I - - - J 11 4-t, f haa hppn prfldu- nftw ideals, have changed all tnat al and lasting movement forward. Op- we protest against any backward steps position should be welcomed as serving to clarify thought in regard to our be lief and therefore as holding down the desire for change to those advances that are feasible and wise. yery injurious to the corn and crop and has had Some bad effect on tobacco. Farmers say it has been the hardest year to cultivate a crop that they have seen in a long time. The crop has, therefore, been cultivated at greater expense than usual, and the farmers must get good prices or they will come out at considerable disad vantage this year. In brief, arbitration and civilization arealike in meaning, "tne greatest in? set, for their expedition the last preparation bad been made. "The torpedo boat was lying along side the steamer, from which the crew had embarked. She was submerged until the combing of the hatch alone was visible above the water. Her com mander. Pavne, was standing in the act of ordering her to cast off, when the swell of a nassing steamer rolled over her and sank ber with her eight men m several fathoms of water. Lieuten ant Pavne Strang out of the hatchway as the boat sank from under him, and he alone was left alive. "In the course of a few days she was raised and again was made ready for service. Again Payne volunteered, and eiitht men with him. The embarka tion for their second attempt was made frnin Vnrt, SumDter. and as before, all having been made ready, Payne, stand ins at his Dost in the hatchway, order- od the hawser to be cast off when the host careened and sank instantly Pavne sorang out of the hatchway and two of the men followed him, but the nthpr iv went down in the boat and perished. CREW AFTER CREW LOST. "Aeain the boat was raised and made rendv ior aciion, auu uer uwura, vai. PROFESSIONAL. fin. A. C. LIVERMOX, U OFFicE-Ovt-r the Staton Building. 9 to 1 o clock ; How Miss Willard Captured the School Boys. V The resignation of Dr. W. H. Whit- sett, president of the Southern Theo logical Baptist Seminary, is a wise step. The friction between bis views those of the great Baptist denomina tion, has caused a great oeai oi pleasantness in his denomination. is a man of great ability, but ability In certain things does not always give one wisdom for every emergency. Dr. Whitsett would have relieved the pres sure very much if he had resigned more than a year ago. In order to be properly patient with opposition we must remember that the world has passed through a number of stages of development : and that there and always lap over into the later some who belong to the earlier ones, xnus inougn the men who rejoice In slaughter live Rev. Charles A. World. Savage, in Christian Endeavor Philadelphia Record. "During three days," said N. B. Sadler, of Washington, D. C, an erst while soldier in the Confederate army, who was visiting in Philadelphia a few days ago, "when our people are wrought to the highest pitch or war, toe siory that I am going to tell you may not be amiss as illustrating the lndomitaoio courage and utter.regardlessness of fear on the part of our Southern brethren during the late conflict between tne States. And I want to add right nere that the same men and their boys are now doine likewise for the Stars and Stripes "In 1864 the fleet ot Admiral r ami- t ain Hundley .of Mobile, to her to an ed against Charleston. During our experimental trip imo iue , long defensive war a great deal of in genuity had been expended by the Confederates upon torpedoes ana tor pedo boats. "The most remarkaoie oi inese uuais was constructed at Mobile by Messrs. TTnndlcw Az, McClllltOck. It Was From FACTORY to CONSUMER. O) A I A A S M..1H 3 tHiysthis(exact) 1" UatUui Hooker, X tho largest size j ever made ; per tin dozon, fl4.SO. V Our new 113- o page catalogue coinaining Fur- (jft nituie. Drape- 5f ries. Crockery, fVk Baby Carriages, fJ Htfritierators. fn Pictures. is yours for the lj.leruenU lust to- A Write to day. VJf in UtbO- Ol praphed colors is also mauoi iiw. Write for it. If you wish samples, A send 8c. stamp. Mattinjr samples also V. mailed for 8c. All t'rpt ewl q ina vssiH - Lamps, fll . -.. a i m. i i m tnwk tha rors, neaamg, vw., f asking. Special supr niuPKT iATAI.(lG(TB L" irranhed colors is also mailed free. O) 1 lV fMa this mnnlh Hllll a patu on 9 purcuaKi o) 5? O) fA loiruo and samples. Address 9) JVLIVS BINES & SON 0 Dept. 909. BALTIMORE, MD. $7.45 buye a mado-to-your-meas-ure AU-Wuol Cheviot Suit, exprcsaage prepaid to your station, wmoiorinio loguo and sampies. (exactly as dciowi. un" I under the peaceful benefits of our mol- fle em civilization, yet they have nearis dwelling hack in the time when life waa lightlv esteemed, when the glory of strength was not to restrain oneself but to crush the weak, when the weak had no rights save, as it were, to gnaw discarded bones beneath the tables of the muscular. While grief is fresh yet over the low; , . JA n . nritMr. which ' , j a i lauiituc i '"o of "the mostiovea womamu ,aa ov nnfi down into tne . - i a ; k m-iKlirt li to nr 1 1 1 l ' ovarv mnmnni in uer nuuuv ..... have si-tecial interest. f)ne. which has never been published occurred several years ago, when for a short time Miss Willard was an nonor eri o-npst, in mv home. e - f ... . :. It was a university town, ana in WiiiarH hail consented to sneak on the nnlv evening at her command, in tho nvnilahle church. It so nappeueu however, that, some weeks before, tno students of the university had engaged ho nhnrch for that evening lor a iijjv - " nea was more wonderfully contrived to wreak vengeance and destruction upon friend and foe. "She was built of boiler iron and was oir.fiaht. when rendv ior her dive. Her w -"" - w extreme length was about thirty feet, with five or six feet beam, and about six feet in depth of hold. In general contour she resembled a cigar ; sharp at both ends. She was propelle by a screw, the shaft of which ran horizon tally along her length, almost irom hi em to stern, and waa turned oy me After coing through her usual revolu tions she dived into the deep water and for hours and for days the return of poor Hundley and his crew was watch ed for and looked for in vain. After mnnv weeks search she was found inclining at an angle of forty- tnur decrees. Her nozzle was driven rioen into the soft mud at the bottom. The crew of nine dead men were stand- cittinor Iviner about her in her lllj,, o.,..-0, -j " hold asphyxiated, iiunaiey was sianu- !ncr Henri at. his nost. a candle in one hand : while the other hand had grown stiff with death in his vain efforts to ..lamn the hftch. Others of the UUsitas-us crew had been working at the keys at Kaiioat. hnt the inclination at LWl- lt W ... y which the boat had gone down jam nnwl the kevs go that the men could not cast off the heavy weight that their doom. Their death had NOTICE. Court i Superior ( S. M. Gary, Clerk. for which they ' , heen hard and lingering, uuowj;xu.v o i manual iorce ui ciext mcu, ot,.-.. v. - - , . l l,t.,.t ronir.i. Ulfluum I n k i iUa rosea! W19 mHn JXlliXlU L 1J , vow OiHcg hours from 1 o'clock, p. in. SCOTLAND XECK, N. C. 11 tit A. DUNX, ATT0RNE Y-AT-L A TT. Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services art required. The surrender of Santiago carried joy to many thousands of hearts both in the United States and in Spain. It is hoped that this is the beginning of the end. And while perhaps it may sound a little backnumbery to say it, we are of the opinion still that t he war ought to have been averted. Noth ing can atone for the loss of life both of Americans and Spaniards. What 2 to change ha3 been wrought in four short months ! Just four months ago Congress and the hot-headed newspapers were bring ing to bear on the President influences that after all prevailed and he was forced into the war. However, we are glad that it has been no worse. Tn relation to war these dwellers in oast ages use all sorts of specious argu ments to conceal their lack of progress Thftv sav that war. brings out fane qual ities, which at once connrms our Deuei regarding the backwardness of these men, for the world has grown towards the fineness ol vision that sees heroism in the undramatic, unpraised doing of rintv : in the natient love of burdened mothers ; in the silent battle fields of the heart where fights with bad im pulses are waged. Compared with things the neroism oi war ia had been making elaborate prepara tion. The Temperance Union woman tried to persuade them to change their entertainment to some other date, but they were unwilling to do so, and some bad feeling was aroused in consequence. Miss Willard was then comparatively unknown, and the students lelt affront ed by the effort to get them to changa their plans, and give uie ngni ui n to a "temperance cranic. At last it was arranged for the Shake spearean reading to come off as expect ed, only shortened somewhat, and that Mica Willa rd should then have the op- audi- thoan purely occasional and casual. No portunity to speak to the same praise is too high for such an incident ence. . as the Hobson one at Santiago, but Many of the students yielded to the such incidents multiplied a hundred proposition with little grace, and were ma ifl not ennnl the heroism of determined to express their disapprov- ..,,1. V X V UVV - I " - I ready frr option, and volunteers beine called for- Lieutenant Dixon, ot the Twenty- firsl Alabama Volunteers, a native Mobile, and eight men, volunteered take her against the enemy. DOWN WITH THE HOUSATONIC. "The new and nowerful Union war- oi.5.-v ir..tmi(. was selected for the atta On a drizzly, nasty, rainy night the brave crew set out from Charleston in this terrible, nameless torpedo boat. We all know the fate oi the lluns.ttonic Dixon guided the torpedo bout fairly against- her. The I re a 1 ...h ha l-i it- n oinac was placed on her bottorn outside of exp c on - "ub nearly all either side, NARROW HATCHWAY OF DEATH. The only hatchway was circular, about two feet in diameter, with a low combing around it, which was placed well forward, and, when desired could l.n olrco(l hv an iron CUD. working on hinges, and made air-tight. In the forward part ot this cap was inserted a clear glass bull's-eye, through which the pilot could see. She was provided with water-tight compartments, by tne filling or emptying of which she would sink or rise ; and to enable ner to rise instantly ber ballasting ot railroad oars North Carolina Halifax County. W. E. Staton & wife Olivia and M. F. Pierce vs. J. W. Womble and wile Mary C. Womble. By virtue ot the order of tho court in the above entitled special proceed- gs. I will on the 29th day of July 1898, in Roanoke Rapids, N. C, eell for cash at public auction to the high est bidder, that tract of land of which R. B. Pierce, died seized and pos sessed, containing CO acres more or less, lying near Bowling N. C, on the North side of the public road leading from Weldon to Gaston adjoining tlie lands of M. B. Ivey, Mrs. George Hales lana and others. Clvupe Kitohin, G-30-5t Commissioner. Sale of Land. daily life that any country-side or city could show. These opponents ot ours also say that t. least I war has alwavs been and therefore ai- 1 L IS SttlU j - . m a everr man's door. The greater ways will be, W. II. Day. David Bell. DAY & BELL, A TTOItNE YS AT LAW, ENFIELD, N. C. part of humanity either are not at home or fail effectually to answer the call. Here is what the New York Dis patch says about the opportunity of the United States at this time : "The world is all mapped out among This is an inconclusive argument. The eternal hills were nere before us, but it is the glory of man to change the face of nature to suit his needs. The hills he can rend, the val leys he can fill, the rivers he can turn. Infantile ignorance always has been eaually dense, but it is the crown oi our race that a cniia-minu Biaruug uu nations. The united otaies uaa ic ns teeoiy as mai ui auj Practice in all the Courts oi -nan- u. to take dos- I ,Mv Af human thought. Darkness al- tnP I IHCOCUU vi mtvw7 I' 1 ' 1""-" " , - tllU I . . X-. nraatfir I 1 Uv. f Kir f. al, as students can, when the lecture should begin. The elocutionist himself, feeling that he was being thrust into a corner, made several ill-natured allusions to the entertainment that was to follow after he w;s through. The friends of Miss Wil'ard sat with no little apprehension through the reading, but she remained as calm and self possessed as if no storm was brewing. ' . , JJ When the time came ior ner auuiesp, and she was introduced by the pastor of the church with quiet dignity she ot.ri in the nlatform. an in a voice awi'iA " 4 her hull, and by means of keys accessi ble to her crew, could be detached in a moment, so that she could rise quick ly to the surface. " . . I 1 : t. ...... r, "Besides her ruaaer, wmcu 3 the usual form, this vessel was equipp ed with side paddles or fins, which, line those ot a fish, served to guide her up or down, with reference to the sur face of the ship. "To prepare her for action a floating i,.nrin. nrtia secured to her stern by a lUilJCuu - - line more than 100 feet long, and, her crew having embarked, the water tanks oro filled until she was in equilibrio and almost submerged. The hatchway was closed, the men revolved the ehaft ; and the captain or pilot standing un der the hatch steered the boat, regu- her crew in a verv lew minutes. The torpedo boat also disappeared Whether she went down ...;i. onomv nr whether she drift- 1Y111J ili , - ,ui nut, to se:i to bury her gallant doad, M?n not known until some tune after the close of the war. Diyers in subma- visited the wreck ol i on1 there thev found the jiuuatiiyuivi ntt ie tornedo vessel lying by her huge victim, and witmn ner m mo t a riovntort and daring men as ever Jk rtO VA w-w - went to the war." By virtue ot a Decree of the Superior Court of Halifax county rendered the viii. rttiw of June. 1SU8. in the case of S. O. Daniel, administrator of Isom Banks against Sterling Banks and others, 1 shall. sell to the highest bidder at the Court-hou.se door m Jiam.-i. tm Moudav. the first day of August, i .. That tract of land situated in Hal fax county on which Isom Banks resided at the tinic ol liirf acain, couuui ihk sixtv two acre.", adjoining t he lands ot M. E. Newsom, James Glasgow, n. Johnson and others, said land is sold for assets to pay debts, lerms ol ra.io one half cash, the balance in six months bond with good security required of the the purchaser for the deferred payment, and title to the land reuuueu mi the purchase money is paid. 1 ft VTI7T Halifax, N. C. u. UA.yu, June 30, 1S98. Acimiuisirawjr. G30-4t. An Old Legend, I . ... a.Z V... IkA niflnn clear and mUSlCai. Willi a uauuvuv - , . fov nnd adioining counties and in Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims eo lected in all parts of the State. and power far surpassing that of the of lateral fins the depths to which she Ceinn of vast colonies from a weaker wavs has been, but by fat, by candies, fiinftutionist who. had pre- would move. .jw.w- - r . . - i I . i T V I M v"""- uavu i , . . i u W. J. WARD, a notion no longer nuea iu hv nmns. bv gas. uy uiwuitiy UU,WU, " ..r- -- " J L - - . . . .,. rule even at home, xnere was u umc we successiuny couquweu k 4 ' - i i i a. I ... . ofirv. nine when farm land could be Dougui uu ed us hours into use uu if raiand That time is past. The thins' that always has been has no I There was a time when we might have promise of always being of lasting and lands, xnat time pcontial value : else wuuiu. iucm Surgeon Dentist, Enfield, N. C. Office over Harrison's Drue Store. Edward l. travis, L Attorney ana Conwselor at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. Money Loaned on Farm Lands. onnn nested savage -m-w-r ! . . I wa.. nn nf nf ftll V I is past, we are in me picwu nwiot nnnortlinitV. Let US ShaKO UUO Siu" "ft- - , the plums down and maKe tne of it." of ours still remain our only method of progression. So may we dare to hope that war will be purely transitory in its benefit. On the other hand I would not insist that arbitration would be sure to usher in a new heaven and a new earth. It would simply prove an other one of the slow but permanent utena hv which the race has climbed HOWARD ALSTON, C. Attorney-at-Law, LITTLETON, N. c. M. FURGERSON, ATTOBNEY-at-LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. .) 9 ly P AUL V. MATTHEWS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Collection of Claims a specialty ENFIELD, N. C A number of educated young men who had taken a college course were in .nnversntion a few days ago, and reach- ed the conclusion that the young men away from .the bone. P"-g -v. who live in the towns are much less ?fA-atod in the Aubiect of education lUivivoww m w than the young men in the country. It is true now, as it has been true whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, that a greater pro nortion of the strong men of the world come from the rural districts than from the cities and towns. The country boy feels the need of an edu cation more than the town and city boy, and for the most he is of more de- i ,nA mirrwae and can work nam- terLu" i'"-1' : er at whatever he turns his mind to. And this is why such a large propor tion ot the successlul men in the edu cational and financial world have come in the country. It is II UUl 1U5 a blessed thing tor a boy and young man to have a rural training In the reasonable hardships that come to him as a country youth. ceded her. began : "And what else said the myriad n.inAoA Shafcesnenre? 40 thOU invis ihi.. sniritof wine! If thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil!'" Never did an orator capture an audi ance more completely. In an instant the silence was almost deathlike. Not another allusion was made to Shakes peare, and not a word about the embar rassing circumstances. But so gracefully was tne transitu UNDER WATER FOR TWO HOURS. "The greatest speed did not exceed four knots. She would remain sub ohI fnr half an hour or an hour without any great inconv her crew : and on occasions known to remain under water two hours without actual injury to them although no mean3 were provided for procuring fresh air, and. from the mo ment that the batch was closed, the men thus fastened in theirliying tomb, inhaled and exhaled continuously T. E. Richey, in Kentucky Star. There ia an old legend of a man who sold his soul to the Devil. The condi- Vnr n certain number oi UUU? im.j . - ' . . . . Iw-tvrA oil hia years tois mau waa w Fire and Life Insurance. The very best fire companies repic- sented. The Aetna Lite so wen Known in thin community is still here giving de- the best policy of tho day and has in- WllllUUl a. " .. . . . ... o-i..i- n..t .rc.or.ri ita fii virtenas annuany sires gratified oy nis eauiauiu uijw, wr . ,,.,,.a Tt blreB &la . . ' . l.-u . Ufa I ;f..,At;r.M fnr the nast yeais. it 1,11111? UIO llJLOliUlMWH " - - m.rio frnm the aubiect the audience tmncnh0rA which was inclosed witu IJ.J i.4VV , . . I (IvllJVOIJM w v had been thinking about w wa,i mwi R. C. A. WHITEHEAD? DENTAL Surgeon, Taeboro, N. C. SPRING PARK HOTEL, J. L. SHAW, Proprietor. Littleton, N. C. Good aecommodatlons near Shaw's All-Healing Springs at $1.50 per - day. Sunday Batoe $1.00. v ; i Persons troubled with diarrhoea will be interested in the experience ot wr. W. M. Bush, clerk of Hotel Dorrance, Providence, R. I. He says : "For sev eral years I have been almost a con 0ffOr0r from diarrhoea the ire- quent attacks completely Ptrating me ad rendering meA two yers lightened population dunes at tuio . - ago atraveling atonSj; me a small bottle of Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera Diarrhoea Remed . Much to my surprise and delight its ftic " ,.eniate. Whenever I fortify myseit against iu,. -few doses of this valuable remedy. TlTe St has been yery ; satisfactory . relief from the affliction." For sale by E head & Co. .h. ave-dwe11er towards the stand ard of a creature that is upright, thoughtful, regardful of others. Another most common and shallow argument in favor of war ia that it clears off surplus population and thus eases up some of the competition of life. There are several strong t Ma iincnmnassionate view of the tJ ll-llK? L - 51 matter. First let us say that no civil ized nation selects the tramp or aged element to fight its battles. In our own case, particularly, instead of the army being made up even of off-scour-in-s of the population, tt is in its en Hv selected body from tllCLJ . W"""" J . walks of life that are lucratiye. therefore in anv nation tne proui eased competition should be forthcom lnrv CllTAlV it should be in ours. Yei granting that a series of disasters, quUe n was done beyond all imagining, euou 50 000 men a year it would be solely one fourteen-hundredth of the whole and therefore purely innniiBiuji its influence upon the crowded and atrained conditions of lite. Let it be AtnnA. however, that instead o! conditions being rendered easier tor those who remain, the real Jact wonld k th.t nnnnlhe toilers is placed a new class ot non-producers to sustain. Our war-budget will amount almost to Jpi, nonnnoadav. The total of this huge sum will be cheerfully met by filled her soul, so calmly om tne speah.- tha aitn.jtinn and sDeedily be- come master of it, that not a ripple of disapprobation was heard. Her mag netic personality cast a spell over the large audience of students, and with characteristic gallantry they acknowl edged their defeat and declared alle giance to the conqueror. For nearly an hour - Miss Willard th a thirlling el- ilCivJ. iuav ----- at. the exniration of which to lie forfeited. agreed upon had j thoc man was unwilling to lul had been fil his part of the contract, and asked the Devil upon what terms ne wum he released. The reply was : "If you will curse vour God I will release you No Rnid the man. "I cannot curse II Tininir Ttrhose til Tfi IS love. Give me something less fearfully wicked "Then Kill your mhuci. Devil, "and you go free." "No, answered tne has paid out over $70,000 in this com munity during the past 25 years. 1 here is none better or more reliable company than the Old iEtna. . . J. H. LAWltrJiN, agi. Office over W. L. Jiarreu x kju. b bvoi. a-i-ly. the the man, . ... , j u tha I trx hmrihle t.n think of. I "The man oi aitacis. uiuwscu uj w . a i ai I cr crroar. n r ;nrantnr waa to fiive beneaxn tUB heci cumiuiu 1 11 1 ViU w "that is will not Are there of an enemy's ship, hauling the torpe- a for her. The triggers or sensitive " ' . primers would thus press against the ship's bottom, explode the torpedo and sink the ship. "Not anticipating an early opportu nity for using the dangerous craft nominal, the fleet ot Farragut, General fact has never before i,AI"iJ S" . . . , ;i Devil, "you oquence which, I am sure, she rareiy been printed) fent her by rail touener- surpasssci. rcw i" v .w..ww i al xeauregaru at uauooi-u"! if of as she did, tho demon in the wine cup, anrl with a tender eagerness ana mag netic power she pleaded with young men and women as for lives. , SHaiz-Acneare was made to service on a temperance platform such as he never intended, and the applause that followed showed how successfully those their do Listen, Girls. much time to our en- because we are bv force teaching humanity to a nation v.ot ia linaDDroaciiauio u thought ; but our cheerfulness does not Sam Jones. "Our orirla rleVOtB tOO i.o,.tw of the face and fashion of dress But after all beauty of character is the fhimr for hv and bv the roses will fade from the cheeks and the lustre will fade from the eyes but a beautiiui cnanustei upheld by the pillars oi moaesty u purity will shine on when the stars r ' j ... U,l tK 1atole3Q have grown aim auu nuc -- -calendar Of the future is wearing away. believing the water ot that harbor better suited to her peculiar construction, while in the Tronsides. or some other gigantic r ahin then attacking Charleston, might be found an object worthy the Ms.t. riair to which her own crew was evnoaed in anv enterprise they might ..ntortolre in her. Ao1 TP!l 11 regard chanced the nf the toroedo by tasten- aiiauuiw"- - ing it to the bow. its iront a rninoturl hv a sbaro and barbed lance head, so that when the boat was driven a nn mrninst a ship's side the lance- ii ho fm-ced deeD into the Utu helow the water line, ana tmi1H fasten the torpedo boat, would Kir .fT anrl exnlode the torpedo by uav.o. v-. - means ot a lanyard. THEY VOLUKTEERED TO DIE. "General Beauregard's call upon the Confederate fleet for volunteers to man t. ; n-nMno crntt. w:i nromDtly an- swered by Lieutenant j-ayne, a cri an. and eight eailors. They soon ready for action, and on the even crime no other conditions?" One more, replied the n rrnt (IrlinV." Ill U OK ft-- v..-. An" "That is a very easy thing to ao, .i "and I accept your vnTral t i nil - I cannot kill my lamer I will not curse my God, but I can gel drunk, and when I become soner r.ll l.o weil. Accordinglv be got drunlf , ana wneu .- v - in ihis condition chanced to meet ma x-.i .!.. r,l.rairlerl him. which SO excited the ire of the drunken and halt crazed man that hosiew nis lauiw, cursed his God, then fell dcao, airi tue h,id him without Jail, vnny ,n.-.A thi nnrficular case. But lCgouu ' I true to the tacts regarums curse ! the a how liqonr Hottest Spot on Earth. of the Geor- were T. White- tj n TOanks. of Lewisville, Texas, writes ihat one box of DeWitt's , Witch Hazel Salye was worth w.w It cured his piles of ten years standing. He advises others to try it. .It ala? cures eczema, skin diseases and obsti nate sores.-E. T. Whitehead & Co. BTJCSLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. - .i r. r1,, t u The best salve luiuc woiMi Bu MiIe8burg, Pa BaSTTOb BMni says Dewitfs Little Early . cwfnlain? Corns, and all Skin Erup- the best pills he ever used in his family Chilblains, wm, i j,,-.;,, fnrtv vears of house keeping. lions, and positively x , . v: re c.on8tination, sick headache SSSSSL liver trouble, Price 25 cents per box. For sale by I in size but j, y-pTTTCHlCAn . CO. great " Whitehead & Co. in Small results. E. T Evening Tost. r-. r,( the hottest regions earth is along the Persian Gulf, where little or no rain falls. At Bahrin the arid shore has no fresh water, yet a comparatively numerous population n a, to live there, thanks to copi .1 onrinrra which burst forth from the 1 - ' nt. r-rvl- motor la bottom ot me sea. xuv - t k,- riivinr. Trie diver, fuiuik lli'U ' ' " - . . . ho-jt winds a great goat-skin nag ., his left arm. the hand grasping ! .th then he talce8 m dis xigut 1LB Umit"" , , . , - I- u a o hoow stone, to which is attach- " " J . - I LA a o ctrnntr and thus equippeu UB plunges in and quickly reacnes tue uui r' 6 - : . !, Kor river tnm nsrani v uueuiuj, m the strong jet of iresh water, be springs the aacending current, at me "i" " ,, uQlr,orl .rt f osmir tne van auu. ,,.t hoard. The stone is hauled up, and horliver taking breath plungea in again. The source of these submarine onfin era is thought to be in the green bills ot Osman, 500 miles distant, 60 Day Sale. We have several thousand dollars worth of goods to close out in the next 60 days at and below cost. Come quick. If you can't come, senu oruers . Remember we pay the freight o..-.U goods bought at one time amounting to $5.00 and over. We are shipping goods to almost every shipping point in this part of the State. Spring calicos 3, .'c. Curtain poles wood fixtures 22k. Heavy Rugs 1x2 yds 8Sc. Lace curtains lx3 yds o5 Hassocks 33c. Window ehr.deH on spring rollers 12i, 18c with fringe 20, 22. With fringe and faocy.pai:l ings and gilt work 25, 30c. Lace ci-.r-' tain scrim yd wide 4c. Men's very wide brim straw hats 5c. Boys fancy straw hats 5c. Ladies' ready-mad wasted skirts black end colors J8c., SI 25 White dress goods - 3, 4, be. Unbleached sheeting A, c. neerai hundred yards fancy curtain dropery yd wide U, 5c. yams spring dress goods', over 200 styles d, 5, 7, Jc. Art squares and druses j $1.63 each. Wc have just received a arge consignment of Japanese cotton warp mattings. Keguiar price . offer this lot for 8, 10, 12i, loe. Heavy China mattings U, , Jzc. we having a big rush on mattings, auu this consignment will not last long at these cut prices. All orders ov roa promptly filled. H. C. HA f 115, 1808. Weldos, JN. U. April 20, Pretty Wall Papers! We can supply you with any and all kinds of Wall l'air In the latest and prettiest designs, at astonishingly low prices. It is direct from Use great man ufacturer?, United States Wall IV.per Co., of Cincinnati, and is the latest nd most up-to-date paper on the market. E. T. Wi "''? Co.