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We mrrj unx stuck ia all our Unicvrii and
c ii ii I ull our lit Ms ninl nv thcrrliT ritulilt-tl to offer our
rtinlitiiicru I In- l-mu-st I'oaaibl i'rtom couipulililc with
tilt- (futility uf tlx' Ii1h.
Our Shelf Cihh! urc Jx-inif roimljilitly rt'pli'iiislutl
villi Nc ainl All rutin- Artirlcj mill our runlutit aim
is to mil our customer in r-rv rcKjHvt.
Any rrror of nin'msion or rommixtiion arc ulway
i Imi-i -fully eoirn tnl.
Iliw U8 :i 'l'ii.il uml if you are not pliiiin-d the fault
ill not U'
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WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE T
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pATTCRINbi
AVQ3T STYLISH -LOWEST BRICES - BEST FITTING!
Any pattern you sco shown in the Stand
ard periodicals, wo keep in stock.
No waiting hero lor patterns to be or
dered. Our pattern stock is the largest in
Eastern North Carolina.
PRICES, 5 TO 20 CENTS.
THE STANDARD DESIGNER
Is issued monthly at $1.00 per year, and can
bo purchased ot us at 10c per copy.
It contains nothing but the latest and most
up-to-date styles.
Standard Fashions Sheets are your3 for
the asking
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN
PROMPT ATTENTION.
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Mny 7, ISO!)
THE CORRECT HAT FOR SPRING
...MA... v
STRAW HAT !
We have them at prices to suit buyers and in
latest styles
PROM 25. CENTS TO $1.75.
WW ESCiFES.
Children and Misses SLIPPERS
Will be sold cheap. . i
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White and Neglige Shirts, tor Men, large
sizes, 16, 16 1-2, 17. . It you want'one, it will
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ue soia very cneap. ( . ; , t ,j i
Also have a full lino of SHOES, which are
selling at Reduced Prices..
:mfiE5E
ni Inritftr tf ftstr, Eat-
ere eartra far CeafaeeraU Vet
rsaa. elntyra Brlaf Halt
iralafft City af Hew Br
Big CatUa FarUry at
WllalBCUa.
nMi. May S-la taa Bapwtor
oourt ben tba Bygtaak Ira CoMpuy (n
Barn Baai) of Charhoa, B. C, gtA i
ventlct for 10,000 ittmigiM afaat laa
Hmbbard kt Llaa for taa baralaf at aa
lea factory aara. Taa CaarleaUta paopla
tied for IS7.000. Taa Jnry foaad taal
tba Art was canted by parka froai a
paMlnf anrlaa, tba lea factory bri
Itbla a few rest of tba railway. Tbe
railway appaala. Tba lira occurred la
Aniroat, IBM.
Tbtre are eow forty algbt caaeaof
amallpoi la tba peatbooaa bera, aad
a boat ninety flra aatpecta ara la camp
nailer rnard.
Baperlntendent , William C. Rtroaacb
aaya tbat at tba Confoderata SoMlsra'
Home bar work will aooa Iwgln oa a
building which will lie a combined boa
pltal and dormitory. Q iartera will be
proviilnl for at leaat fifty mora vsterana
Comineucemenl at (lollford College be
an today. Ke. J. W. Hng prrathlug
the baccalanieata aermon.
Tliere la to be tbia nionlb a total reor
(aalr.aiion of the State guard Up to
taut spring there were four reglmeula
lu Mnremlier Ihla waa redueod to three ,
rhitmaa A. Mi-Inlyro, of New York,
brings suit agalnat the eily of Mew Here
foi i'lOHO, aeli ln torih tbat by ae aci
of the Leirlnlaiuie ibecity badaubacilbed
tbU auui, laklug bond of tbe railway
between New Bern auil Wilmington,
which road Mi;Inljre built and operated;
that New Lem nowaetksio repudiate
the bonds on tue ground that tba bill
provldlua; for the $AU,000 aubacrlpttoo
did nut pasa tbe houses of tbe Leglsla
ture by the require! three several read
logs on three aeveral daya la other
words, It Is the Wilkes county bond caie
over again. F. H. Simmons, Democratic
Htate chairman, la one of Uclnlyra'a at
torneys. Another la ex Chairman James
tl. Pou.
8o far since March 80th, 115 recruits
for tbe army bare been secured here.
Tbe thlnl annual Cotton Manufact
urers' Aaaoctatloa meeting at Charlotte,
May 11 will be very largely attended and
of much Importance,
The annual meeting of the American
Fruit and Produce Travelers' Associa
tion met in Wilmington Baturday. 11 r.
Kugene W. Uaruea, of Providence, R. 1.,
prvaided. In the absence of Lot Jacques
of Suillhrleld, Md., Mr. John R Frank
lin, of Italtiinore, served as secretary
rim folio inK officers were elected:
I'reslileut, J. 11. Johnson, Provldenee,
it. I.; vice-president, George H. Lecato.
CUveUnl, Ohio; secretary-treasurer
Johu It. Krankllu, Ilaltlmore, aid. Al,
uioat every Htalo iu lbs Uuloo wss rep-
reneuled In I ho meeting. Tbe place of
thu next auuuul meeting was left in the
hands of tho executive committee.
The erection of another big cotton
factory in Wilmington by a $i50,0u0
stock company is asaured. Work Is to
commence on the buildiugs within thir
ty or sixty days, and the plant Is to be
completed and rt-ady for operation by
January 1, 1U0J. Mr. K O. Holt is the
head ol the eularprUe. The compauy
has purchased one hundred acres of land
and the buildings are to be denlgaed so
a to admit of enlargement, and It la tbe
purpose of the company to at least
double the capital within a few years.
For the present they will operate 10,000
apludlcs and 500 looms, giving employ
meut to 300 operatives.
E l. Lowery, a nephew of Henry Berry
Lowery, the famous outlaw of JCaslern
Carolina, shot and killed Tucker Dia at
8cufHelown. The shooting was the result
of a lawsuit over some land.'' It appears
that Lowery went to the place where
Dla was at work and ordered him to'
leive the premises, This Dla refused to
do, and Lowery emptied a load ot shot
Into DU's chest, killing him Instantly.
Lowery thea effected bis escape. 11a Is a
desperate character and may attempt
defiance of the authorities. fJa la also
accused of killing a mm In Clinch conn
ty, Ga , some years ago. -
William Branny, a yo'Jog while man
who was serving a iife sentence for tbe
murder of Mr. Bonner, a ' merchant of
Aurora, Beaufort county, baa escaped
from the penilentlarv farm knowa aa
the "Halifax Farm." id ward Splvey
was guarding nine convicts. Braatly
sprang upon Splvey, look his gun threat
ened him with death and fled with four
otber convicts.' Oue convict, who waa
Sort ing a life sentence, aud three .negro
J convicts refused to escape. Bloodhounds
tracked the escaped men. One was cap-
( tared. Brantly was shot at. lie killed
one of Iho .bloodhounds. Brantly Is dea-
! pernio. lie and three, young brothers
named Bell and a man named Cradle one
i Hundav nlithl knocked Bonner dowa "u
he wss ea bis way home, threw his body
over a fenco and then slabbed him,
though be begged for his II a. '
North Carolina's allotment for tba
Naval Mllltta Is fS.mtfJ. ' -
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klaLe the food mora deTtcks aod wnoaetxxne
J.Ij.McDaniel!
.. .MUM FJiHOIt TO
Taa aow faatoas poem wblck was re
el led by CaplOughlaa dartaghls famoa
spserk.was wrltlea aad. r pecalar eitasm
see la this city la October, lfatt. Taa
porta aa It waa la tba original roaslttad
of lalrteea verses, not eight, aa pab
Ilaaed through Ml laa work! dariag Ua
last two years.
Tba oocasloa apoa which laa poem
waa wrlltee was iba Emperor William's
speech apoa laa dlvlae right of kings
aad his awa special mlssloa apoa earth.
Al thai Date A. M. K. Oerdoa, a Bedtcb
maa by birth, aad whose real Basse was
A. Mcilrrgor Roee, was a member af lbs
llontreal Herald slaff. Ba bad beea la
the baud of writing verses apoa dlffei
eol snbjerts, aad was looked apoa as a
very bright fellow Indeed. The city edi
tor, taralng to him, said:
"Give as a poem, Oordoa, on the Em
peror."
Ia less than an boor's time he turned
out thirteen verses which were entitled
try him "Kaiser & Co.," or "Iloch der
Kaiser." The mttler was seat np to the
printer just as It was wrltlea, and by
sooie mistake tbe foreman of tbe com
posing room only picked np eight vtr.es
la type, leaving the other Ave verses on
tbe galley. Tbe paper went to press aud
Qurdun, who was very particular shout
his matter being strictly correct, got one
ot tbe Ural copies off tbe press. He al
once saw Ike mistake, aud the form was
recast, not, bowsver. before a few bun
dred bad been sent Into tbe mailing
room for lbs foielgn mails. Thus the
fM:t that only flfcbt verses were copied
in tho papers which printed the poem st
the lime. In the second edition It wss
lven In full end signed A. M. R Gor
ton Here is the poem In Us original
form:
Der Kalaer of die Fatherland
Uud Gott on high all dings command,
Vs two acbl Don't yon understand?
Myself nnd Golt.
He reigns In heafen and always shall,
Und aieln own embire don'd roe shmall,
Em noble pair I kinka yon call
Myself und Gott.
Vila some men ting der power divloe.
Meln soldiers sing "De Watch am Rhein"
Und drink der health In a Rhelniab wine
Of me und Gott,
Oere's France, she swaggers all aroundt,
She's ausgesplelt.
10 much we tuiuk ahe don't amount,
Myself uud Gott.
She vlll not dare to fight again,
But If she shouldt, I'll show her blsin
Ool Elsasa (and la French) Lorraine
Are meln by Golt.
Von Bismarck va a man auf might,
Und dought he was glear out auf tight,
But acbl be waa nlcht good lo tight
Mil me-und (Jolt.
Ve knock him like elu man auf sdraw,
Va let him know whose vlll vas law,
Und dot we don't Vould stand bis jsw,
Melnself und Gott.
We send him ondt In big disgrace,
Ve glf bim Insuldt to his face,
Und put Caprivl In hit place,
Melntelf und Gott,
Und ven Caprivl get svelled bedt
Va very brouplly on bim set,
Und toldt him lo gel np aud get,
Melnself-und Gotu .
Dere't grandma dinks she Is nlcht small
beer,
Mldt Boers and such she Interfere,
She'll learn none owns (Its hemisphere
But me nnd Golil
Sba dinks, good fran, some ships she's
got,
Und soldiers mldt der scarlet goat,
Acbl IrTa could knock them Ponft
Ltka that.
Myself-iulJl Gott
In dimes of peace, prebara tor wars.
I bear the spear aud helm of Mars,
Und care not for den thousanJ Cztrs,
Myself mldt Oolt.
In fact, I humor efry whim,
With aspect dark an I visage grim;
Golt pulls mil me, nnd I mil bim,
Myselt-nad Golt.
Montreal Correspondence.
. Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs, colds
croup and whoop-cough ready yield to
One Minute Cough Cure. Uaa this rem
edy In time and sava a doctor's bill or
tbe undertaker's. F. 8. Duffy.
TUX arKCULATlVM M ABtUCTS.
Baa Frtaanaco, May 7 Oa taa strata
ship City tit Prkla, whkh arrived brre
today from Chlaa tkd Japan,' waa lr
Epegv, pesenl assistant surgea, L'ulied
Stairs Navy, aad eurgeoa oa lae flagship
jOlympla fur I he last ) ear aad a half, lie
makes tba following statement regarding
I Admiral Dewey's health:
"Admits! Dewey Is la peifert health
He has aol beea more Uaa tweaty mike
t, ii- . j i .
iiuh w a u 1 1 a iu. hi., uav VI law
May aad ba aae aoi fell tba aereawity of
a physician's sld ia that lima The cli-
mata of Manila Is enervating, of course,
but the eootmaeder of tba Heel has beea
ao moia affected by It thaa anyone else
'The people ot California will be dis
appointed at aol seeing Admiral Dewey,
for be Is determined to return lo the
United States la the Olympla by way of
the Soet Canal "
Cralw BaaTate bk.
Naw YoitK, Msy 7 The cruiser Bulla
lo arrive I here Udsy from Manila after
a quirk run of forty four days, mulch In
cluded stops al Singspore, Port Kaid and
Gibraltar.
the brought about 500 oflloera and men
from Admiral Deaey'a squadron. TLeee
are mostly long termed men, whose lime
has expired an. I ate to be lauded at the
navy yard, where Ibey will be discharged.
UooJ soda water is always lo demand
especially tbe kind that remluda you of s
trip lo Iceland. Ilradbam't Fountsln l
famous dr lit good toda, and whrn wt
say good ae mean Just the tight kmil;
tue kiud Ib.l is made from only fresh
and pure material; served in delicate
thin glaase'. Every glass it carefullr
washed and highly polished before using.
It is proverbial what tellsh It added to a
drink when you know everything Is
spotlessly clesn. We will serve cream,
plain or frozen, with all sods, call for it
if you want It. Bradbem's Fountain.
McDANIEL & 6ASKILL,
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w umieftAie anti llrfnll Urorrrn,
71 BROAD STREET, NEW BERN, N. C.
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Having bought tbe iu teres t of Jowiih Ceslill in the firm J5
of McDauirl A Gatkill, I shall continue the bngint at tbe
aaaie a Laud. JJ.
I desire to thank the nulilic for llivir I liter I iMlnin tn ?
"S tbe old firm and raanrctfnllv auk f nr a ('0111111111111 nf Tour m.
fUMHjnaH ru.Kn.D. 1 .K.ll 1., .1. ...... :,. f..ll
I 5 fci ' ."" tun
value for every dollar vou irnud with me, Ak-aiu thaukintr 2'
you ior past tavort, 1 am lours ery ltetiwtfullv.
Notice ot Dissolution.
The firm of McDankl A Gatkill Is thie
day dissolved by mutual consent, Jo
gepn Gaakill withdrawing therefrom.
having (old lila Interest lo J. U, MoDaa
iel, who aasumes all the liabilities ot the
Hnn. A 1 poisons holding claims againal
the Arm wilt present I hnn to hint for
payment, All pet tons iidebtel to lb
nrm are requested to come forward end
settle at once. J 1. sICDANlfcL,,
May4,.18'J9. JOSEPH GASKIL.L.
A Tlioronglibrert
SI in of the world wou'd never think of
weurinir a ready made suit of i ll thiou
any sooner than he would allow hit beat
glil lo Vnke bim to the lliettre. His in
dividual ti.sle must lie suited in Fabrics,
nnu the Kxquinite Finish, IVriect Fit
and Kxtioisite 8t le that only a Skilled
Tailor ran put on a suit w I aatlcff him.
Our ArUftto Tailoring Bulla the Most
t-asttdious, ,
F. M. Chadwlck.
Middle atnin. N tW BERN, N. 0
I J. L.
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Wholesale
at Ilefall
Ortwr,
'Phone 01.
71 Brr1 Nf.
Tlxe JSLsty 1
iFxiriiitxLire
I IKTeedLs I 1
The itemi that tbe housekeepers will And cssriiliu in
getting the roomi in readiness for the Summer, that you'll wish
to purchase to tbe beat advantage, at ready.
Price alone ii not the ouly inducement we offer you, but
a selection of Newest Ideas, Proier Styles und Fashionable Fin
ishes, a Complete and Trustworthy Stock of Moet Reliable Ideas.
Couple with this our well known Reasonable Prices, and you
will find oar Stock a Satisfactory one, a Stock that Returns you
Every Peuny of Value.
Tbia week we are going to offer you some exceptional
values in
MATTINGS AND ART SqUARES,
We shall not name a price here, but the price at which
U we offer them should sell them quickly.
FRANC. H. JONES & LQ.,
87 MIDDLK STREET.
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Your table Ik not complete without a pound of
the -tXOVEU 1I1L.1YV BUiKD FOX
RIVER BUTTER WE ARE SELLING
AT 25 VENTS A POUNl.
67 ill01LB 8TP.EKT,;
M.W-CEU.N. N 0.
' When In Baybot9 stop at the Lupton
' llous for good accommodatlona.
Today's quotation! furnished by Lewis
A. stay 4 Co., New York, Represented
by A O. Newberry. .
NxwYome, May 8.
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ii5i.Book Store i
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A lass yipir a aiiuaueu., mi. wv m
aeadqnartera for a Fall Line of
np-to-date
SUtlonery, - -
$ Blank Books, S
? ; Hammock,- I
- Sport ina; aoods.
j - N..Ennett.
Phone 69.
G-rocer,
77 Broad Street.
h $1.25
in
fPrQ QHuPQ $4.00!
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J. L Hartsfield,"
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
I have some BARCAINS IN CITY
REAL E1TATE.V
Office over CitUens Bank, with J. 3.
Wolfeoden. .
II. W. SlllPfiOW,
Architect & Superiolendcnt
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We hive jut rtceircd our complete line of Spring Shoes
ail hi low nit everyone ii QUALITY, STYLE AND
t BICE.
: Our line of Mei'i $1.25, $1 50 and J2.0P Black Calf
SHOKS eainot be equaled ia the City." V .13
Oar line of Tai Viei Kid SHOES at it 50 $2.75, $3.00,
$3.50 aad $4.00 ia strictly up to date anf every ' . pair of
then are Riaraareed. .
We aavi' the largest line of Men' Shoes in the City
aad we narntee ear Shoes for Qoality, Style and Piice. 3
1 15 We can sell yea Shoes which are up-to-date in style and low 3
g dowiiiFrlce. ' . .
ite Call and he convinced. : , , . .
"55 tawttapsa-eweaweway . 2
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NEW BERNE, N, 4?. -
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C3 Croati Afreet. I;;
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