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Mora things enter Into advertising than are general! (apposed. In fact every
(bin; that connects a name and a business in people's minds is advertising.
Membership in churches ana ciuds ana societies,
the giving of social entertainments, public charities
gll these things and more are advertising. But greater
ind broader, and better and easier than all these is
newspaper advertising, Yott may think of that with
out thinking of the other plana, bat no scheme of
publicity is complete without the newspaper..
Properly prosecuted, newspaper advertising will
always pay. That here and there is a man who says:
-Advertising doesn't pay, I've tried, it." proves noth-
w but that his method was faulty,
u;h arrf of PTeat dailv imnmtni It la of more . t .1
nntk the mitral hnniuiwifa ta know where aha can
CIVMU. T O " . . "k. 1
mt certain necessary commodities at a leas price than O jvv 1 O
usual than to know all the troubles in Siam or Alaska. . . , t
The news should be news. It should not be al
wed to btow sUle with repetition in the same old way. . "T
- it yon can - auvcruso oniy in a sraau way, pica
out the best paper in your territory and spend all of
your advertising money in that Don't scatter. When
your, business grows, and you can spend more money,
buy J more space in the same paper, until you are
sure yon are using all you profitably can. ; Then
add another paper. I would rather have on good
, "ad." than half doxen poor ones. fWben "hun tins'
for bear" I would rather take the best gun I had ana
load it properly than to scatter my powder in half
La dozen poor guns, and so ''make a flash in the pan."
Publishing merely tout name," address and busi
ness will do some good, but there is a better way.
t Be different from th others in your lice. Find some
noint in which von excel and ban) on that. Give
' i prices and specialties. Try to make the advertise
ments interesting and readable. Make them char-
:i" ' acteristic of your store, and, above all thingi make
them true in letter ana in spirit.
Don't say that you, haven't the time-to '
attend to your advertising properly. Hy.
you haven't time to do anything else. Ad
vertising is the most important thing about '
ny business. It is the vital spark ' What
good does it do you to have the ver, best .y
thing or the very greatest bargain on earth
if people do not know itl ; s 1 'w.j .
In running a newspaper, James Gordon
Bennett, Sr., said, the important thing was
to "get the news and then make a dom
fuss about it" ' .
First get the right sort of goods, in tb ;
fiirrit location, at the richt crke. and
then make a dom fuss about it" in tha s.
Best paper yon can nna.- v.i ... v , . ..T Y MwAA.itimv
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"Fimd mm ftM ' & wUIrA
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the trade wll follow. .
AtwYtrk.
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AN AMERICAN'S . ' m
IMPRESSION Ok
PORTO RICO
A Country Where .There Is
Perpetual Summer, ,,
IT IS RICH IN TRADITIONS AND
IN THE ROMANCE OF ;
THE PAST.
Carolina. Porto Rico, April 18. Per.
haps the , people of Ashevllle
would like to hear something
about Porto Rico from an American
school teacher who has been here
some months, and who has had ample
opportunities to study the people and
conditions. .
If Cuba Is the peart and tjueen of the
Antilles, Porto Rico 1s certainly the
gem of them all, for there Is certainly
no more beautiful Inland under the
sun. Porto Rico Is an emerald gem
set In an opalescent and turquoise sea.
It Is one of America's smallest colo
nies, containing but 355 square miles.
It Is about 90 miles long and 40 miles
wide and contains a population of 925,
000 souls, hence, it Is also the most
densely populated of all the territory
acquired In the Spanish-American
war.
San Juan, the capital, has about 25.
000 souls. It has a large Spanish pop
ulation and Is a true copy of many
cities in Spain. It Is four centuries
old, very pretty, wealthy and beauti
ful. In walking its narrow streets one
dreams of Granada, the 'Alhambra,
Boabdll and the diminished glories of
Spain. It was at one time a walled
city, until its population overflowed Its
massive moss-grown and time-stained
walls. ". . -
All the forts and barracks are now
occupied by detachments of the Elev
enth infantry. Fifth cavalry and Fifth
artillery.
Many of the buildings In San Juan
are painted a gorgeous color. They
are built of brick and stucco. Stores
and residences-alike are flush with the
narrow streets. Below are the stores
and shops, above are the rooms for
the family. The'Wdewalks are scarce,
ly wide enough for ' twi to walk
abreast. . These children of Spain have
no conception of a residence hoye set
In the middle Of a large lot surrounded
by trees and flowers. Even the parks
and plaxas here are almost devoid of
trees and flowers. '
In one of the plasas stands one of
the finest monuments in the western
continent, to the memory of Christo
pher Columbus. It was designed and
buflt by a famous architect of Gen
oa Italy.
From San Juan yon have a splendid
view of the sea, the harbor and the
distant mountains. The latter remind
one of the dark blue mountains of
Tennessee and North Carolina. , Their
slopes are not so well timbered and
watered. Th whole panorama Is of
unsurpassed" beauty.
, The seashore is fringed with cocoa
fist IftPI and the. talL rraceful royal
palm trees. The low lands along the
roast are of great beauty as 4 fertility.
Everywhere one -ees villages, fields of
cane, haciendas, encoanut trees, rich
pastures full of dun colored cattle,
and native huts built In a fragile man
ner of palm boughs, j u
The island's surface ts for the most
part mountainous, the, central part be
ing One vast msse of mountains and
nigh hills.; The -Blonds pre -not '"very
steep as a rule, and are cultivated to
thels summits. . The mountain ate not
so rocky as the ranges In America. In
the highlands we found the coffee
groves The coffee here does not thrive
in the lew tands.(? )i
' It Is said here that the cocoanuv res
does not like to grow out of sint of
the sea. It likes to have its roots wash
ed by the saltwater. The oranges of
this island are of unsurpassed flavor.
I have never seen anything In Amer
ica that equals them.' Yet there has
cultivate the delicious fruit here, or to
build up an export trade. The tree
grows haphazard everywhere, in, nooks
and corners. Some Americans are now
planting large orchards of oranges and
the future will bring them aiprtttss
no doubt. . f 9 ;.-! .
In the past everything here has mov
ed at a snail's pace. "Manana." or to
morrow, is a great word among these
tropical people.
Everywhere you see fine Or splend
id cathedrals and churches, but no
school houses, in the American sense
of the word. Of course all the church
es are Catholic. I do not believe there
is a single Protestant church building
on the island. In the brief period of
two years the' United fetates has done
more for common schools than Spain
has done in three or four , centuries.
Here, as elsewhere, the Catholic church
Seems to be the "great central idea
around which everything else revolved.
In the early settlement of the Island
the churches were the forts, the school
houses the places of worship, etc. It
was a government of friars to a large
extent. "The past is the father of the
present." But all is now changed.
The guns at Manila and Santiago were
the death-knell to all this. The people
know nothing else but Catholicism.
The Americans are beginning to bull!
and. establish common schools every
where". The plans" for a fine normal
college have just been complettd.
Next year is bright with promire. "Thf
darkest hour is before datrn.''
These people are eager t) lea in
English and everything American. The
rising generation for the most put
will learn to speak English. It is the
aim of the insular board of educat o--to
put an American teacher in every
school that is located In a town of at
least a thousand Inhabitants. Over th?
school houses, floats the American flag
during school hours. On the walls ,c.f
every room Is also found old gloiy.
Twice a day the children salute the
flag and sing "My Country, 'Tts of
Thee." The boys and girls do not oc
cupy the same.roonw The girls have
a separate room and a-lady teacher. It
is in keeping with Spanish customs and
traditions. 4
Here there Is not nearly thst free
dom between the sexes that there is
in the United States. When a gentle
man courts a lady he must do so In
the presence of the mother, or some
other member of the family. 'Young
girls are never permitted to go out
alone with their lovers. And here in
the past the higher education of wo
men was practically unknown.
The Porto Rlcans are nothing If not
polite. The lowly class in this respect
are far superior to the same classes in
America. With all of our boasted civ
ilisation and superiority, we can learn
something from them in polished and
refined manners. They say that It is
superficial and not sincere, but I have
found muchtrne hospitality here. The
people have ' been taught their fine
manners by their Spanish masters.
Porto Rico, has a delicious, . and
hesltby tropical climate. Here yellow
fever is seldom known, as In, Cuba and
elsewhere. Delicious sea breeies blow
summer. and wlntar, if such, term
can be used. There are but two sea
sons, the dry and the wet. During" the
nlat.t very heavy dew frequently fall.
1 have seen the water dripping from
the houses In Ihe morning from dw.
tall alone. S'o such a thing as frost
Is know here, even n the summits of
the highest mountain.
f he Island Is down under the "flouth
Irn Cross." wrapt In the silence of
Iternal summer. , We cannot see the
eonstellatlon of the Southern Cross In
the United States. It Is too far south.
It might be celled a diamond. Nothing
can surpass Us silvery splendor In the
southern sky. -
be beauty of these tropical waters
CSrcatcd 'and' llaintaincd
by Vinci.
THAT THE FOOD IS DIGEST
ED IS ASL0 EQUALLY
; NECESSARY.
We Recommend Vinol as an
Appetite Creator.?
WE GUARANTEE THAT VINOL
' WILL AID digestion; !
Vlnol is the greatest aid to digestion
that we have ever known. s
It Is because Vinol aVts so beneficially
upon the stomach that it accomplishes
10 much good.
"Vinol contains the active curative
principles that are found In cod-)iver
oil, without nny oil or grease. '
These medicinal elements . act so
favorably upon the stomach," that this
organ-obtalna for 4tstlf -tha -elements
necessary for creating new flesh, muscle
tissue and for making rich red blood.'
When the stomach acts easily and
naturally, a desire is created for good
simple food and a good appetite is the
sure result. f
With cod-liver oil as formerly taken
the medicinal elements which It con
tained were too often nnable to
counteract the harm that was done by
the obnoxious grease thai .enveloped
them. ,,-.. uv.jiii,, ,.
Now that in Vinol we have those
same elements separated from the vile
tasting fat, we have a, tonio and re
builder that is simply marvelous in its
action. ' 44 g
The following is a totter that will ex
plain itself :
" This is to certify that I have need
six tattle of Vinol, and hate found it
of great value as an appetizer and
tonic in general debility. I have re
ceived so. much, benefit from its use.
that I gladly furnish this testimonial
it order that others may be Induced to
rrlve it a trial and prove to themselves
its wcuperativejpof'er8.,,,--MB8. uz
AJETH FiKi ay, Water bury, Conu. ' '
; We want every one In ttafa Dlste to
kiow more about out Vlnol, Itow. It
cures and what It cures.' Certainly
the greatest tonic and rebullder we
have ever sold, f'ss 'Vijiii
We, therefore, cordially Invite any
one Interested to call upon us; and
we want all to bear In mind that we
will gladly refund to any one who Is
not satisfied with the action of Vlnol
every cent they pay for It. ,
Wiogood's Drug Store.
Is Indescribable. Standing on the sea
shore you see a medley of gorgeous
colors light green, pale ' blue, dark
blue, emerald, purple and chocolate
brown, flecked perhaps -with white
salts and white caps, all gleaming un
der the Intense light of the . tropical
sun.' We stand in the shadow and see
and heir the tumbling surf as it
breaksupon the white sande or sharp
coral' rock. i
The island is of volcanic and coral
rock formation hence, Its great fertil
ity. Fruit of some kind ripens every
month in the year. Here Is a much
older civilisation than Is found In
America. Porto Rloe? had been a
thriving Spanish colony for 100 years
when Jamestown was settled in 1609.
In another letter I will tell more of
the country and its strange customs.
It is rich In historic tradition and the
romance of the past; much more so than
Americans generally suppose. It is not
far from our shores, yet we have
known but little of it.
- J. F, EDWARD8.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago Pally News.
Hard cider must be the spirit Of the
press.
, The world contains an oversupply of
average men.
The gold handled by a dentist Is al
ways at a premium.
The man who is learning to play the
cornet Is his own toutor.
i A girl loses her self-possession when
she puts on a wedding ring.
Usually the more money avman has
the more selfish his children are.
' A woman talks until things get seri
ous, then she gives the man a chance.
When a young rooster gets a comb
he reaches the top notch of his ambi
tion., , "" s""',':: V
It is easy enough to find a seat In a
crowded street" carT but It Is" always
occupied. ,. , ,
Every man knows how mean his ac
quaintances are, but he Is never abso
lutely sure about himself.
A St. Louis; spinster ' was recently
kissed in a dark hall, and she hasn't
had a light in her bouse since,
The man who makes a study of a
woman's disposition may learn a great
deal, but the cost of tuition is apt to
be rather high, 'j f ' '
A railway brakeman does both' the
coupling and the switching, while a
clergyman does only the coupling, and
the coupled ones da the switching la
ter.' ' ' i---1' .
Legal
Blanks
of All'
Kinds
v. . At
DEEDS OF TRUST, " ! !!
PEED3 OF CONVEYANCE
CHATTEL MORTGAGES,
SEAfcClt WARRANTS,
STATE "WARRANTS. '
KXEfiinflbNa, SUMMONS,
ETC.
the Citizen Office.
O ' THE (3
lei&BAiiiMaEl
0. THE BARGAIN CENTER OF ASHEV1LLE
PREPARED to meet all the wants of its people. Our
Big Double Store is stocked to its fullest capacity with
seasonable goods, bought with' good judgment and a keen
eye to qualities; and prioes. As Usual, we cut; the prices
down to the lowest notch,' and for FRIDAY and SATUR-
for themselves :
DRESS GOODS.
Jor t Ytfeur. inch ; Homespun Suit-
j)) inns ainA nlsr n full l!n ff fnvArl
"U
m Duninas. in all trie latest styles ana
shades, sold everywhere frorn 75c
CV ; IU . V I iVV 1 V'UUVCU IU 1,11c 1 c- sWI 1
D markably low price of, , '. vvV
iffl , in..'. , ,
I SAILORS.
J) Havinrr sold out all 'rrur -first or
OKflers ,: of choice eiylish Sailors, we
have now just opened an entire new
Cj lqt, ' including all the very 1 latest
shapes at the special low 1 ii'I'i
price of........... 4yV
WASH GOODS. 4 0
We are showinci this WeekJa.full.f
line of Dimities; and Lawns in all x
the new styles. The 25c quality V
k m M M ft a a t 4 vLsaw'
cur.ee
. ;The 'well known .Brown ShoeCos
shoes having arriyed, we now put on
sale the choicest line of men s, ladies
' and 'children's Shoes shown in city.
.... . as . " r ', - r 1 Mv
, Ladies' $2.00 0x?ords . . I48 ,
In all styles and colors. ,
Warranted to wear, i
G0R
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We have put on our bargain counter 1 A
"another big lot of corsets, worth from
75C, to 1
they last
at 1 ytn.ri.it . cts
CLOTH-
ING . sand
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cAnniinv our ciuimiii ana genir 1,
lurniBiuna hock wnicn is nuea wun
choice bargains that will make dollars
cents in your pockets.
. . Come and examine the above offerincr and you can realize' we can and
win sa vc (vu iuuuc y. r
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THE BIG BALTIMORE;
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1 IO AND 12
Wisbing Willow Fornltnrc taj
Wicker Churl
Vlcksrcbtirssooa bsooms Mlled. bat tber
I eta bt tlttotd M look like s vltb
Cold Dust Wisliiflg Powder
iU wis twr. UMSserabMafSfasluvbei
twrbeeomoiOMlMesila,M frashtMlte
with s toll, in ehono doit, ss4 vtpo irj
Wbiti Irea h4 en site ke wssksd kr this
mitbod, kal stest ke vlpod 4 17 .alekl7.
Mtaaniais,
tin aw a. ssmasM eownuiT, -v.
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Ashcvillc Transfer Co.
checks your baggage
from your1 house direct
to destination with rail
road checks.
., . OFFICES "..
60 Patton Ave. Phone 210.
With Uptown Ticket Office.
HERBERT C. ALLEN, Proprietor
Cures Dandruff, Falling Hair,
Brittle Hair and all Scalp
Troubles, such as Itching, Eczema,
Eruptions, etc. Purely Vegetable,
harmless and reliable.
Guro Guaranteed
l eeen after all other rtmedkt hat failed, '
, . er rm mtji rundl ,
. : k UXAS DOCTOR WITtt.
' Swr,T..MrB.WSI.
"OokaDuraf OafVliHloBBaMr food tkM
For Sale by all Druggists and Barbers.
Treatise on Hair and Scalp Trouble!
free on request.. V ' v.
A.fUEEHCO., - Chleato.
,BEWARE OF IMITATIOflS."
DR. T. C PMITH.
WHOLESALE! AND RETAIL AGENT.
- A8HEVILLB. IS. J.
The only hair preparation admitted
to tl) o Paris exposition.
WIRE FENCING.
' I am prepared to contract for your
fencing, both ornamental and plain.
Iron and Wire Fences both woven or
strand wire for farms, lawns and ceme
teries. !
, I have many new and very desirable
designs, both heavy and light fencing.
Also the finest Acme Poultry netting
ever put up In Ashevllle. 'Phone 818.
Address ' -
M. A. CREASMAN.
MA5SAQE
PACKS.
PROP. EDW. ORUNER.
65 ioutH Main Street
Home or Office Treatment ,' Office
hours 4-10 a. m.; t-i p. m.
Southern
Railway
THE STANDARD RAILWA OF
, THE SOUTH..
THE DIRECT LINE TO ALL POINT
TEXA5, '
CALIFORNIA,
FLORIDA,
CUBA ANDs
PORTO RICO.
Strictly first-class equipment on all
through and local trains; Pullman
Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
trains, fast and safe schedules. ,
Travel by the Southern and you are
. assured a safe, . comfortable and
expeditious Journey.
Apply to ticket agents for Time Ta
bles, Rates and General In
formation or address
. L, VERNON, F. R. DARBY,
T. P. A., - CP. T. A., '
NO TROUBLE TO ANBWER QUE3
vTIONB. Fruk&fiuaoi, J, HCilp, W.l.Tirt
idV.P.AOen.Man TrarMan." O.PJC
WAilHINaTOp-C-. ,
' Ashevllle riekeU office 60 Patton
svenue. Transfer office same building.
Baggage checked through from bouse
to destination. " T
Executions.' lOmmoas and all Legal
Forms at The Cltlsen office.
DFSIONI ,
TMDE-tURKt
NO iOPYRMiHH
OSiSINfcll
PATENTS
ADVICE S TO PATENTsBILiry
Notkw in -lnnu? Age"
Book "How to obtain Pktrat1
0krp moimtt. Mo he till paUnt it second.
t fl. SIOGERI, Pil.ntltwrf.iiWifll70.C.
FREE
Dryma
n
Spring.;.
Four and one-half miles west of
Ashevllle, west ' side Dryma n moun
tain: a good water; physicians recom
mend It. This water can be obtained
by leaving your order at J7 N. Main
street, at
40c. a Gallon, Delivered.
Phooa 279. J. P. BROOKSHIRE
DOVE HAMS
Just in. Ship
mcDt sizes 6 to
18 pounds.
FEW AS OOOD.
NONE BETTER.
H. G. JOHNSON.
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