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HILL.IARD, Editor and Propriety. YOIn XVIII. 5ew Scries Vol. TH3 EDITCHS'S LSI-SURE E0UE5. Pclnts and Paragraphs cf Things Fressnt, Past and Future." Miss Stone, the missionary whoso confinement by brigands for several months has attracted groat attention, h:-s at last t een liberated for t!)9 ran som paid. It is said that she will pay ittla r bout her captivity and treal taciit ; and there is suppoitior that her silenca is dti3 to an offer which an American iiublishing hou-e ha tn-de to her o! $10,000 for the com pi etc story of her captivity. Will women generally learn to handle ''shooting-irons?'' This is a question that seem to have a right ol way across the line in "The Old Do minion." The following item as news from Richmond a few days ago confirms it z "A bill will soon be introduced in the legislature whereby the women of the state will be placed among the ex empt from the present statute in the iame manner as policemen, constables and other olSeers! ; that is, they will be allowed to carry weapons. The women, in view of many criminal assaults recently, are becoming expert pistol r? raJiT-s f t it n fr,i-i s!ti!t r... '.--.vx ea in Roanoke and regular meetings, are held for target practice." 1'iiuce Henry maile his arrival on J;n3 save a fow honw delay by reason of storms and such like hir t sea-voyaa. It 13 useless my observations now; for a, aii :he big papers have given full space for introducing the gentleman to aii Amoviean readers. And somo have re.d more of the Prince than they vi-hed to. A good and faithful reader of tlm paper said that he had become lirei reading about Prince Henry, but the big papor 'he had was filled with Prince Henri', and feeling inclin- el to real it through he read more about the Prince than he really wished. The Saturday -Evening Tost made observations about the Prince's, visit, some of which are the following : "It is said on high and venerable authority that a cat may look at a king. Much more, then, without io:;bt, may a cat look at a prince. Cut a good many American cats, if they look at our visiting Prince Henry, have got to le mighty quick" about it. 'For instance, irom the published itinerary, it appears that the Alba ny cats must get their Prince-surveying cleared up inside ol two houra, for this will be the length of his Royal Highness' stay in that town. Thi?, however, is aeona compared with the lime in which the Buff do cats must take their observations, which is fif teen minutes. But again, the Buffalo 'eiiues may proceed in leisurely fash ion compared with those of Syracuse, Pittsburg, Columbus and Louisville, .vhich must crowd their examinations into the space of ten minutes each. The tabbies of Baltimore will have twenty minutes, those of Cincinnati, R ichoster and Indianapolis the same ; at Nashville they ar9 cut down to fifteen, but at St. Louis they will have 1 whole four hours, and at Milwaukee six. Clearly what' our Amerioan cat? ouht to do is to get together before hand and rshearse rapid-fire observing. "But though the adage assures us of the right ol a cat to gaza at royalty it in no way hints of its fondnesj for it. Even the pussy cat of the sterling old classic, who went to London to see the Queen, came away not with recol lections of royalty but of the fact, that she frightened a little mouse under a chair. So we'il dismiss the cats from our consideration and turn to the peo ple. There is no question but that the American citizen likes to look at a king. But can the Pittsburger, say, look his full in ten minutes? There, will certainly be no time for anything bevond. a look. And can Prince Henry do justice to Pittsburg in ten minutes? Can he go away and write a book to be called, for instance, Life in Titts burg ; or, The Past, Pras&nt and Future of Pittsburg? Some English tourists could do this on tea minutes' exper ience, but it 13 doubtful if the more easy-going G3rman mind is capable of it." TClna.te Your iicwela With Cascarete. Oandy Cathartic, euro constipBtion torever. tt r a. L Call. I'm.-i.-ciref miHQnejr. pi -w. r'V 'iju .... 5. SCOTLAND ABOUT PEARLS. H2W tO FiStt and HCW tO ValU5 Copyricght 1900, by HERMAN MYER, Poarl Expert of 41 and 43 Maiden Lane, New York City. Sectioa III. (3 .-r j VARIOUS FORMS OF TEAKL.S. Xo. 1. Round. No. 2. Button or hemispherical, some times called ball-round. Xo. 3. Pearl shaped. Xo. 4. Baroque o! a salable-shape. Mo. 5, 6 and 7 Lump and wing shapes of no value, unless when very large and bright they sometimes have n nominal value. Now a word about the value of pearls. Your wilt find that never are two pearls found exactly alike. Whlit many of thern are round, the rest will be discovered to be almost every im agiuab'e shape. Only those which ar bright have the csat of value. Only thosa which are round or hemisj heri cal, which i3 sometimes called halt round or button shaped, or pear-shaped aye mucj yalue. Those which arc witgh but are bright and have a fla back with a generally round cr oyal shaped surface like No. 4 in the illus tration have eome value. You wii find them in large quantitss which art shaped like hands, bird wings, pplinler and similar objects, like Nos. 5, G anr 7, but aa thece are found in suoh enoi rnous quantites and have use in jewel ry and are not curiosities, they have no value. Bourd, half-round and pear-shapec pearls are the varieties of shape usee' in jewelry. Whan perfect and of fin lustre these bring enormous sums ot money. Those which are in the shapt of barrel, 'lets, cartridges, collai buttons, etc., s-'ldom have any value. The reason is that tho pearls are ussd only in the fchape they ar3 found. These can not bo shaped into round, half-round or pear-shaped pearls with out poiliog their lustre, and henet can not be Ua&I in jewelry, and being found in great uumbers they are not curios'.tiej. Pearls less than one-eight inch ii. diameter seldom haye value, or at m03i on'y a few cents each. As pearls go j aboye this size they rapidly increase in value. In judging pearls, brilliancy, smooth nesa, shape, perfection, size and color are to be observed in the order given. First, I will giye you a few definitions of words which are commonly used in sneaking cf pearls. By instre is meant the shine of a naarl. A brilliant lustre is a lustre like the very brightest part of the inside of the very brightest shell. A pearl poss essing brilliant lustre seems to shine of itself. If a peari looks line a piece of bone or like a white marble, it- has no lustre and henca haa no value. By smoothness is meant the regularity ol the surface. A steel bicycle bearing ball or a new glass marble is smooth but not brilliant BRILLIANCY : A pearl must be brilliant to have any value, whatever its shape oi s'ze. However round or Iarze it may be, if if i perfectly dull, it has no value. Usually, value will run in something like this order : If a LOCKJAW FROM COBWEBS. Cobwebs put on a cut lately gave a woman lockj aw. Millions know that the best thing to put on a cut is Buck- Ien'a Arnica Salve, the infallible healer of Wounds, Ulcers, Sores, Skin Erup tions, Burns, Fcalds and Piles. It cures or no pay. Oaly 25s at E. T. Whi tehea d & Co's. drug store. 1 n 4 . 5 6 EXCELSIOR" 13 OUR MOTTO. NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1902. perlect pearl be very brilliant and worth $50," then one which is a little lees brilliant would be worth -T30. If of 'good bright lustre it would be worth ?20 iTofa medium lu3tre it would be worth 10. If dull it is worthless. ; SMOOTHNESS comes second in the estimation'-of the value of medium sisad peaala, A smooth pearl is worth twanty tiinea the value of a rougn pearl when both are bright. By a rough pearl ia meajtf one which has the genera! smooth shape but a sur face which is crinkley like a piece of paper which was wadded in the hand and then smoothed out ; or the surface may have knots, dents or dimples. SHAPE : Bound, half-round and pear-shaped pearls have about equal value, weight for weight. Any shape departing from these is seldom worib on2-third as much." Some shapes are worth almost nothing at all, even when perfect otherwise. A few peari3 when of the shape indicated in illustration No. 4 h2V3 a small value or about one fiftieth of what a perfect hemispherical pearl of the same size and weight would be worth. PERFECTION : By this is meant freedom frcm any cracks, dark or dull spots, rings or rlgdes. If a pearl ol this size and hemispherical, or like No. 2 ia shape should have a face which is perfect in every respect and be worth 50, it w'oulJ be worth only about f 15 'f it had a tiny dull spot about thi size and at the point indicated ; re member, not a dark spot, but simply a o dull little cloudy spot. In ordinary things one is apt to reason this way: "If a pearl be worth $50 and it had a spot about this size, which is about one-filtieth of the total size, then one fiftieth of the value would be taken off and the pearl would be worth ?49." But pearls are not oidinary things, and this way of reasoning does not suffice in the least. The caus9 of this great reduction of value when it has a tiny imperfection is this : Wealthy people who have plenty of money to spare and wish to buy pearls, buy them be cause they are beautiful. Those which have any impefection are not beauti ful and they do not wish them. They are willing to take a very much small er one which is perfect. So the im perfect ones remain oa the jeweler's bands year after year, until he almost gives thsm away at a very small price. So a jeweler does not with imperfect pearls at even the smallest prices. A few of the best dealers will buy your good ones in order to encourage you and give you help. They will endeav or to sell them at some time in the fu ture for as much'ca they gave for them and so get out even on poor ones. SIZE: If pearls are exactly alike in every other way they rapidly in crease in value as they- incaease in s'ze, and on the other hand, rapidly decrease in value as they decrease in size. Round and pear-shaped pearls obey this rule more readily than other shaped pearls. Rough poarls do not follow this rule. Very small rough pearls have no value. Medium size rough pearls increase in value ir about the proportion of double yalue for double weight, . Very large rough pearls do not double in value as they double in size. The reason for this 1s a different use for different sizes. COLOR : Dark, metallic green pearls, found in only one sEr.all river in America, are the most valur.ble pearls In the world. They are worth more than similar ones found in the northern part of the Island of Yeddo in Japan. Usually -speaking, colored pearls, unless near about three-eights of an inch in size, are not so valuable as white ones. The reason for this is that small colored poarls are not used, and hence they have no value. Largo colored pearls are not so much desired as white ones. . Only clear, clean-look ing colors ate desired. Yellow ia a very poor color. Light pink is a good Mrs. C. E. VanDeusen, of Kilbourn, Wis., was afflicted with stomach trou ble and constipation for a long time. She eay, "I have tried many prepara tions but none have done me the good that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets have." These Tablets are for Bale at E. T. Whitehead & Co. 'a drug store. 0 NWEAL acted Tuc nmb' nriiicol fti a Lit 1 SSL U I f UU IV LO iffi I fiitSlil r IKE A TERRIBLE CYCLONE grip '. I bacillus has passed over our coun- try, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, leaving behind it a dark cloud of an guish and despair. Catarrh follows grip as effect follows cause. A multitude of catarrh victims vill spring up iu the trail of the awful epi demic of grip that has just passed over our fair country. The hoxo to these people is Peruna. Most people know this already. Everyone who has had the least touch of grip, should not fail to take a course of treatment with Peruna. Peruna eradicates every vestige of the disease and leaves the system in a nor mal condition. Hon. Joseph B. Crowley, Congressman from Illinois, writes from the National Hotel, Washington, D. C, as follows : " After giving Peruna a fair trial I can cheerfully recommend your remedy to anyone suffering with coughs, colds, la grippo and all catarrhal complaints." J. 15. Crowley. Hon. Oeorge H. White, Congressman from North Carolina, writes : " I am more than satisfied with Peru na, and find it to bo an excellent remedy for the grip and catarrh. I have used it in my family, and they all join me in recommending it as an excellent rem edy." George II. White. Hon. J. P. Megrew, Superintendent U. S. Capital Police Force, cf Washington, D. C, says : " Having suffered from the grip, I was advised by a friend to use your Peruna. color. Dark pink is not. Browns are of little value. Deep reds are about the same value as white. Perfectly black i earls, if bright, are worth a lit tie more than white. If not bright they have no value. It is a general rule without exception that colored psarlsmustbe perfect to have any great value. Dull and impefect color ed pearls are not salable except at very lowest prices, In white pearls those of a silvery metallic white color like a clean new drop of mercury, and which seem to have a light glowing inside them, have the most value. The reasons for most of these rules become perfectly evident with the pos session of a little knowledge of the pearl jewelry trade and fashions. A pearl jeweler can only buy what he can sell, and that that for certain reasons. Sometimes he himself cannot understand Ah rea sons. For instance, colored pearls are used oaly aa centres of brooches and rings. Their use ia limited. They can seldom be matched. Hence tbey do not have as much value for these reasons. Then, too, people usually know pearls as being white, and ex pect white pearls, so tbat the sales for colored ones are not so frequent as for white ones. Therefore they are not po desirable for tho jeweler. In some localities only white pearls can be sold. Now, remember distinctly that while these rules (when fully understood) ap ply quite clearly to pearl8 the day 1 write this, they will vary greatly lrom month to month and year to year aa the fashions and the market change. While they may remain, as a whole, during thia year, they are net to bs absolutely depended upon. Remem ber also that co two men describe any th ing anywhere alike, and under no circumrtances can a pearl's value be given or a bid made upon it until the pearl i8 6een. In your first hour or two of work you tcay find a pearl which seems to you perfect, but when your attention is called to it you will see Its many imperfections. Perhnpa in a few days you may find a very fine which will lead you yourself, to see the many imperfections in the first one you found. (To be concluded ) . Fyny-BkUam KeUevea Rigbt Away Tlf - wJnd ofconglmiuid.OQlr'. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo. NO. 10. j I also used it for my catarrh, and I can now cheerfully recommend yonr remedy to anyone who is suffering from the grip and catarrh." J. P. Megrer?. Miss Anna Russell, Past Worthy Coun selor, Loyd Mystic Legion, 3t.'i Enrlicott Building, St. Paul, Minn., v." rites: " For years I have unfortunately found my system in a. peculiarly rocsptive con dition for catarrh when I was exposed in any way to inclement weather. At those times I would be severely afflicted with la grippe and its unpleasant con sequences. "Now for the past year end a ha.li I have used Peruna in such eases and have found that it not only cures me quickly, but it also cleanses my blood and ren ders me lees liable to catch cold. It is the finest preventative of colds that I know of and a very, superior tonic." Anna Russell. Miss Ernily Milburno, President of tho Westsido Young Woman's Club, No. l.2 West Congress street, Chicago, 111., writes of several members cf the ciub of which she is president, who have hr-d the Grip and have been quickly restored to health by Peruna. Mr. Nicolas F. Kossiter, of 4C1 Nor wood avenue, Cleveland, O., had a severe attack of the Grip, was very pick rnrl under the physician's care. lie, like many others, passed the acute stf ge but did not receive strength. Peruna not only quickly restored him to his former health, but to much better health than he has had for years. Ho gives Pcrnrt?. all the praise. Hon. Max J. Porges, Alderman of the Eighth District, residing at3GRivingion SHOULDBRTOTHE WHEEL Us Who Etfxiscs an En?isy to His Ra:o. - Virsinan-Pilot. Did you ever lhit;k of it that all the progress the human race has made baa bean duo to the conscious upward &? r I v ingof the man who puts his shouk'er to the wheel of progress and puthe?, not merely on his own account but on his neighbor's account as wel! who contributes something to th3 sum total of the race's iirpulsi toward better things? Did it ever oc.ur to you tbat but for this man with hl3 sboulder to the wheel, this man wl o givss or Lis effort for his fallow?, we should all be to-day half-naked savages gibbaing gutturals and living on the raw flesh of animals, possibly of one anoiher? We-have gotten pretty far away- from all that now, though tho curse of it iu a measure clings to us still, and we still murder in the name of honor and patriotism and of justice, and go to war, ma'mand kill each other and hyp ocritically or ignorantly call our selves civilized. But when we look bade and See how far the race has come, shall we say that wc owe noth ing to the men in the past who put their shoulders to the wheel? It may have been only a man in the stone age who made for a fellow man a better ?ton hammer than he could make for himself ; it may hove been a great law-giver ho taught hia fellow men principles of justice they could not have found out for themselves but in every case each step away from the brute has been due to thia cr tbat man who gives of Jiis best effort for his fellows. And just as all progress has been due to the man with hia shoulder to tho wheel, so all decay has been due to the man who doesn't put his shoulder to Headache often lrom a disordeied condition of the stomach and constipa tion of the bowels. A dose or two of Chamberlain's ctorcach and Liver TaHtata will correct these disorders and cure the headache. Sold by E. T.f Whitehead & Co. I IF YOU ARE A HUSTLER ADVERTISE 70GB Business. Seni. orR Adyeuttfe.mestis Sow street, New York, suffered with tho Grip, two liottlcs of Peruna cured him. lie ah;o writer that he knows a largo num ber of peoplo who have been cured ot the Grip by IVrvma. Hon. Charles W. Culkiu, Alderman ot th-j Seventh A.-scmhty District of tho Borough of Manhattan, residing at 4 Eighth avenue, New York, writes that he was laid up .several days with tho Grip. On tho fifth day lie was advised to try Peruna. He did so and found him self bettor wil hi'.i twenty-four hours. This remedy rroii restored him to hia usual vigorous health. Mr. Martin Edwards, President of tho County Clare Men's Benefit Society, 523 West Forty-Ninth street, New York, writes that he v as cured of the Grip by a short course of treatment with Peruna. ML;s Blanche iMnnont, President of the Allien ia Club, 4110 Aldrich avenuo North, Camden' Place, Minneapolis, Minn., pays she was cured of the Grip. Nothing helped h'.-r until sho tried Pe runa. Felt Isetter next day after liegin ning its use. Was nMe to be out of bed the third day. Who also tells of others who were cured by lVruna. La Gri?ps s epidemic catarrh. Pe runs cures cotzrrh, hence Peruna is a specific for ia grippe. If you do not derive prompt ami satis factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. llartman, giving a full ftatoir.ent of your case and he will bo plea-v.-d to give' you his valuable ad vice gratis. ' Address Dr. llartman, President of The llartman .Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. the wheo1. The ruins of Babylon, tho crumbling reminders of the splendors of Creek and Roman civilization, attest the potency of this man "to destroy this man who doc-tn't put his shoulder to the w! eel bnt bang ns a dead weight on it. Did yon ever reflect that this man is the reed of death wherever you find him and that you find him in cycry community ? the fool of death to progress, to civilization, to tho race itself. When v.e look at organized society it seem, to nss m?lliing very solid and substantial. We lock nt our walls of mas jnry and siy : "This people can notpsriib born the c-arth." Aa a matter o! fact fats Las written a large question mark after the name of every nation and of mm itself. Organized society looks solid but it is not. It is in a state of flux flowing either to the gcod or the la:d. The sta'e of Rociet', ns we see it, is merely the resultant of two forces- push of the man with his choul ccr to the wheel, end the dead weight or dragging downwards of the other ft How. We have plenty of mm right here in Norfolk, rcur.i ot repute possibly, who haven't got their shoulders to the wbcsl. They are pulling back aU tirae to ward the stone hammer, and the eemi nakedncs3 and rw meat, cannibal diet, though they may not know it. Tr.e man who lofu.ea to put hia shoulder to the wheel is an enemy of hn race. He is one at heart with the man who U mean enough to ridicule the bitter economies of the poor, bccau be rifnics bis obligations to his fellow man. Wood's Seeds. S la. Second Crop Seed Potatoes. Theee are th-3 result of growing tvo crops in the fcamo year, tho first being planted from select Maine .Seed Potatoes, and the seed selected from this crop planted again in July cr A ugr.pt. They not only make their crop earlier, but they roV'O make a larger yield and much surer crop than Maine or Northern grown ecd. Our stock is verv superior and we always ship iu full-sized double bead barrels. Wood's 1WJ De scriptive Catalogue gives very in teresting information about Pota toes. Mailed upon request. We have also large stocks of the best MAINE and KOKTIIEUN G ItOWN SEED. Write for special Potato price-list. T.W.Wocd&Sons, Seedsmen, SICHM0N9, YiRSINIA. P "sometniner inst as traaA.v - - - - . . , -
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