L . , i L .overy That Has
L, !ited Archeologlsta ths
, " World Over.
An exceedingly rare and valuable
; ircheological find is reported from the
province of Tauri (Black Sea) from
t enot known aa Great Zlnamenka,
: tear which is an ancient burial mound
tt unusual dimensions. Excavations
Her resulted In the find at a depth
if over 60 feet of & Scythian king's
tomb. The bones lay In a . porous
tarred stone sarcophagus, which had
teen adorned with plates of gold and
liver of yarylng size and weight . No
fewer than 248 of these were found.
The skelton is well preserved and sur
rounded with Invaluable specimens of
- contemporary art. Round the' neck
was- heavy gold collar adorned with
exquisite enamel work. Under ' the
skull lay a bronte helmet of Greek
pattern , and the full - panoply of a
.warrior breastplate, thigh and shin
pieces, all of Greek workmanship. By
the side of the dead monarch lay two
words with hilts - and sheathe of
wrought gold, ' ' ; Ji
Such s-complete find Is believed to
fee unprecedented. . The sarcophagus
likewise contained nine great silver
rases, .the Inestimable value of which
lies In the fact that they bear a series
of admirably-executed bas-reliefs Illus
trating, the dally life of the ancient
Scythians. A large V gold-; salvei
adorned with figures of birds and flsh.
aid a golden comb of unique' work
manship," complete the list of article
found. The comb is of pure sold and
weighs over a pound; and its 18 teeU
Cre In the form of. 18 distinct little
tatuets,,, also Illustrating the scenet
Sof ordinary , Scythian life. The , In
Hrinslc value Of this find must be con
(slderable, but its value for the pur
tposes of archaeological research is be
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AFTERNOON GOWN IN WI8TARIA
CHARMEU3E AND CHIFFON. '
Note of Simplicity Is lt Chief Charm
' Odd But Effective Arrangement
- of the 6klrt Hat May Be
Matter of Taste, '
- for a dressy afternoon gown noth
ing could be more attractive than the
design shown in the sketch, developed
in wistaria ehanneuse and chiffon. In
0k model of this kind it la the color
scheme which counts most The wis
taria with filmy touches of white at
neck and sleeves and the rich dark
brown of the fur band trimmings is a
charming , conception, though, of
course, there Is a host of ojther color
arrangements possessing equal charm.
The blouse la simplicity personified,
for there la merely a plain sleeveless
jumper of ehanneuse with a deep hem
run orer the shoulders and held with
a line of French knots. The neck is
round and quite low and finished in
the same manner with French knots.
It is worn orer a guimpe blouse of
wistaria : chiffon .with three-quarter-length
kimono, sleeves finished with
fur and white maline ruffling. Another
ruffle forms a collar, and a section of
the chiffon guimpe showe above the
round cutout neck of the Jumper. A
very broad girdle of chiffon is swathed
about the waist and tied in a large
butterfly bow -in ' back. ; f. f. : If --
The skirt is oddly and effectively ar
ranged. , The side line of the jumper
is continued below the belt, hemmed
and . finished In the same way, and
sloping toward the back until it
reaches a point half way between hip
IDENTIFIED' THEM. AT ONCE
Happy Remark Credited to Young Ber
lln Girl Soon After tne war
in the Balkans.
One of the results of the lnternatlon
lal notoriety and the quasi-internatlon
lal standing acquired ,by. the Baikal
ipeoplea as a consequence of their, sue
icessful campaigns .against tne , Turn
jras an Invasion of the larger -capital
f Europe by. subjects of Czar Ferdl
band. King Peter, King Nicholas, King
fconstantine, and the - rest. ' Thes
igentryproTlded a new type of .tourist
land thda Invited the attention of th
local jest makers.- Also,-as everybody
knows, there was a leal of talk about
. itbe atrocities praencea Dy we euigarr
- and their kin on the helpless ' Mussut
man and on each Other. ' There wae
efen an international commission in
vestigating the matter. That even the
, soung misses in Berlin heard about 11
-is proved, by ,xhe . following tory,,A
" couple of young chfts out for a walk
caught sight of . two strangers among
,the( pronJ(3naders,in Unter den, Linden.
rne Uresa, taw Buii't'uuauuiuB uoaiiiiei
wery thing ';' about i 'the 1 strangers,
'marked them as exotic persons. u
,,'What, sort, of .men-creaturea .may
. tfeose be?" inquired the first young
chit, identifying the victims with a
Iswift' glance and a disdainful gesture.
: IOlk. answered -the second, with an
Ulonnnnt toss of the head, "one of
jhemia a Montenegrin and the other
lis some other sort of Balkan atrocity."
New Tork Evening Post. - - '
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, " JHsyfYou Ever Been. Theref t.'
- ;;fl myself hare been to afternoon
' lens where I have been welcomed by
the hostess t the 4wt ofi the draw
.' I: x-room, passed on by her after a
"ord of greeting, with the charge to
lo out into, the dining-room and hare
"; iecmethihg to ,' and1 have made my
,hzf thither, accepted a cup of tea
Ul sandwich from the handa of a
Jt, errant eaten' and drank, what.-: was
fclven me, stood about for a while, un
noticed and ; unsaluted, and then ta-
pen myself and mr farewells back to
mf hostess, and so out of the front
, (doorf 'rlthdut having exchanged - a
.'VordvWith anyone except the lad pt
- (the house. And this thing has hap
pened to me more than once." Wom
an's Home Companion, , . ' ; 4 : t
, I ''fx Moraia and Language. f-
v jt ia no worthless part of education,
,: Uvnii in a rc" 'ous view, to study the
' mreclse meaning of words, and appro-
i-iat ! irnifl cation, of lanaruaite.. .It
' may be thought ridiculous to pissert
that morals have any connection with
rial pun i j ot. iouiubjc, v -
kiiBiont of truth may bevioiaiea
khrouth defect of critical exactness in
' the three-degrees of comparison; yet
f how frequently do we hear from the
dealers In superlatives, of "'moat ad
" mirabla, super-excellent and quite per
fect" j iople, who, to plain persons,
innt hrf l in the school of exaggeration,
- iwould rppear mere common charao
Iters, e t rising above the level Of me-
s dlocrlty! Hannah More. -:
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Cats
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i France Drove Out Cats-. ,
rare J ta J some years ago
policy cf tii9 rreTich govern
9 re milt cf tie lav? crcfr
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EVIDENCE IN
A PICTURE
' J By F. A. MITCHEL, . . ,
v50 PER CENT. REDUCTION.
Afternoon Gown
Char-
and knee, where the material U. dra;
and then carried up to the waist
again in back, but this time under th
chiffon-tunio. m other worda,- there
iaaurved..seotlon cut out overreach
htn, between whloh .the: tunle It kungi
The front Is lifted with a norlsontalu
run fold Jtwo-thlrda othe 4latanoe npi
and from under hl.the tower part tf
the skirt falls in graceful drapery. An
opening down the front is left .'Open
Just above the feet and rounded into
The tunic is really only a half (unifi
for it does not run across the front Of
the eklrt, f it Ha, evenly -gathered - a
the waist and finished with a deep Kent
and border of fur. "J
i For such a gown one can. so ofteq
make a quaint little mat to match, with
little trouble an4, not. much., expense.
Here, for instance, in the sketch ie a
eoft round crown of irtstaila' TelouK
drawn In to the head size under a band
of fur and trimmed with a mauve and
white plume;' Other trimmings will do
as welL however small ' silver ; and
rose-colored apples in a cluster at one
side or a posy of gayly colored flowers,
tor Instance. The hat has no lining
ether than the inside one of satliL
.Washington Star. , - !
" t Slipper Claaaic.
The tango slippers hark back to the
classic, for the Grecian sandals, hare
been faithfully, copied for the modern
tango enthusiast These slippers are
prettiest in matelasse, - though they
can be bought in any shade of satin
to match or contrast with the gown.
When t the black satin or ' matelasse
sandals are chosen the ribbons match
the gown In c(Xor. The atrasse or
cut steel slides and buckles add tre
mendously to these slippers, though
they do not necessarily from the view
point of the dancer. Wist Is more
lmiortaEt to her is to procure the low
beeped s"rper. , Here agr.'a the tin
f t'l developed a new f shlos. for
i 1 tie tango ent?""-'" t dem?-il
,t-a JjW teels, t ' "a U profit 'l
"-.Er ti.rr : i -it, tie manufii.2r
c s never C-aut of using them on
drcy surras. ,- j - '.
." '' Fn,!t cn T&ble. -; ;: j
J n attractive way to arrange firnlt
, i as rea e;:'i, is to 11 a Ug
- t' t $ " 1 U fr a
Grap a sr-
1 l i a r : "1 lor' handled taa
, ' ! . ' 1 f j i , 1 over the ecJgpa.
.1 1....U In the ci -i :!- r, makes anoth
;r attractive centerpiece.
.Touring on foot along the coast of
France between St Nacalre and La
Rocbelle, sketching by ' the way, - i
came, to- a picturesque spot where
stood a cottage. A boy often came and
looked on while 1 worked. - I , was
tempted to cease my. landscape draw
ing and sketch the boy instead,' for I
never saw a finer model of a child of
that aga M I chatted with him and
learned that he lived In the cottage
with his mother, a; widow; that hia fa
ther had been a wealthy man, and un
til his father's death a few years be-1
fore tlw family bad-jived in a chateau
Curious to know something more of
the story, I asked the boy if he would
present to his mother the compliments
of an American artist who was on a
sketching tour and beg shelter for the
night under her roof. He ran away
with mv message and soon returned to
say that his mother would be happy
at least to receive a visit from mon
sieur. - I folded my stool, easel and
other equipment and, slinging the
package on my shoulder, accompanied
the child to his homage ; W, x i
, I found Mme. Clalrmont, his mother,
a aristocratic looking as her son. ' I
told her that my curiosity had been
excited by her boy as to. her family
story, and If it would be ho Intrusion
upon her feelings I would like to know
more of It She made me welcome
and gave me the facts. ; . . ,.
She had married late in life a man
much older than herself who was both
rich, high born and In every way
prominent One child, my little friend
GfRton, had been born to them at a
time when it was supposed that she
was too old to bear a child. Her hus
Diind's brother, who had been looking
forward to inheriting the estate, had
shown from the birth of Gaston that
he was bittwlr disappointed at being
supplanted. But he gave no sign of
any Intention to dispute the succes
sion till after the death of her bus
band a year agone.
ML, Clalrmont had scarcely been in
terred when his brother, Martin Clair
ajont. claimed the property on the
ground that Gaston was not his son
nor the sou of bis wife, but the child
of one Annette Voudray a laundress,
who had been brought mto , the cha
teau to be palmed off as ,the child of
Mme. Clalrmont; The claimant ob
talned from this woman what purport
ed to be a confession to that effect.
There' was a, trial that was dragged
through the courts for two years; thes
the highest court confirmed tne aeci
slons of the lower ones, deciding In
favor of Martin Clalrmont, giving him
bis deceased brother's estate and Gas
ton to Annette Voudray.
. Mme Clalrmont had possessed a lit
tie ,' : w of her, own,, with, which she
bought off the woman so far as Gaston
was concerned, and he remained, with
his mother. They had come to , live at
the cottage. Mme. Clalrmont having a
small, allowance irom ner reiauvea.
Such was the story I, got from the
lady's Hps, and 1 couia not qoudi uci
statement One thtng aurpnsea me
that ai;ourt should be pade to believe
tha,iBaston was,, tbej'son, a . i laun
dresksiTtjiiet he dinqt esnectallysre
semMe Uw mother, but have observ
eckthat ont and daughters, bear ,th
elosect remblance to .their parent at
,m corresponding, ageJpne can, hardly
xpect a, child to .resemble a parent , of
riXtvuaV.,: o1 ,.i4.m oaf!fttt .he Allri
Mme. Clalrmont kindly.voffered me a
room for the night which I giaaiy ae:
oontAA. 'Her ' neraohal effects, furnl;
ture,' heirloomsg pictures, etc, had
been removed from the chateau, to th
cottage; 1 The" room -i accepted showed
evidence of hls.' Over the mantel way
tplcture; that lntereated..meiEKtt srai
rosea arrangedJlntf an eval sebapetct
make'S- borden foe a portrait , i.Tbf
portrait was (that1 of an' old woman.
Btoppinjt 1 strange places as 1 dldp f
carried with me the most powerful
electric hand lamp I could buy. In or
der to see the portrait more distinctly
1 brought my lamp to hear an Jit The
strong light revealed that the oia we
man's picture bad been painted over
another picture. 'The one first painted
was too indistinct for me to see any
more of it than to warrant my assum
ing that it was the head and shoul
ders of a boy.
The next day I called, Mme. Clair
monrs attention to, my discovery, and
was surprised to find that it was also
a discovery for her. Being an artist, I
was familiar with processes for remor
Jng paint t and offered to attempt to
take off enough of the first portrait to
reveal " the second; . suggesting ' that
there was a remote possibility of some
family evidence behind tt that rrould
bear on - her , fortunes. tBhe assented,
and I at once began my work. . .
, But I jwas obllged. to work in a dark
room, and with my. electric light, for
the boy portrait, .was only risible un
der myoelectric lamp. ', "?, ': :i vj'
By rery careful work I succeeded in
removing enough of one layer without
the others to show the boy's bead and
wai surprised td eveal a portrait of
little Gaston.: But hia mother said no;
It was the head of. Gaston's father at
Gaston's present age. ! . - r6 1 1 hre '
. That picture, bronght about s return
of the Clalrmont estate to its rightful
owners. As to tbe picture, there wa
bnt, one explanation. . .The original
maot have been painted in colors re
coring certain artificial, light to bring
t.wa out 'Later some one hot know
i j t"at there was a portrait wlthlr
t: a f ower border bad used the canva
fvr a seoond portrait- ;
' On old water and , electric accounts
paid in January and February, " 1914.
i'At the regular meeting of the Board
of Aldermen of the City 'of -Bern New
held Tuesday evening, 6th January,
1914, the following resolution was
adopted:)
' "Resolved, That the'collector of the
water and electric accounts shall allow
all persons' paying water and elactric
bills which accrued prior to 1 May,
1913, fifty per cent, on such bills paid
in the month of January, 1914, and
twenty-five per cent, on such bills
in the month of February, 1914. And
that paid collector shall cut off the ser
vic of water and electricity to all
persons who shall not pay such ac
counts on or before the 30th' day of
April, 1914.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was duly passed at said
meeting by said Board.
By order of the Board of Aldermen
of the City of New Bern.
This 15th day of January, 1914.
F. T. Patterson,
Coal stoves at one dollar each
Demonstration on at BasnightHard-
ware Co., 67 South Front street.
all this week. You are Invited to
call. , 1-18 6 ti
Q Have you a mesh bag? If not
call to see J. O. Baxter the jeweler.
He will see you have one. Price
to suit.
Cameos. Cameolf Brooches,
Cameo Scarf Pins, Cameo Brace
lets, Cameo LajValhers.'M Every
thing in Cameos just inatfj. O.
Baxter, the Jeweler.
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CLEAN
SWEEP SALE
Our big Sale is now on. Every
thing in our big store reduced ex
cept spool cotton and standard
patterns. No goods charged! at
sale prices. Money refueded on
any goods not satisfactory. Don't
spend your money till you have
seen us. We will sell it cheaper.
J. J. BAXTER
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W1LUAMS INDIAN PILE OINTMENT
Will cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles,
it absorbs the tumors, allays Itching at once,
acts aa a poultice, gives instant relief.
Wor sale by all druggists, mall 50c and tl-OG.
WILLIAMS MFG. CO., Props., Cleveland, Ohio
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piles! piles! PILES! Fancy China & Brass Goods
CITY OF NEW BERN, N. C, $20,-
000.00 5 PER CENT. 30 YEAR
BONDS FOR SALE.
Scaled bids will be received at
the office of undersigned, in New
Bern, N. C, until Tues., 3rdday of
Feb., 1914, at Ujo'clock M., for the
purchase of Twenty Thousand Dol
lars "Public Graded School Bonds"
issued by the City of New Ber N
C, and payable 30 years after the
first day of July, 1913, and bearing
interest at the rate of five per cent
um per annum, which said interest
shall be payable semi-annually on
the first days, of January and July
of each and every year . at such place
or places , as may be agreed upon by
and between the Board of Aldermen
of i. said city , and the purchaser of
aid bonds, so long as any of said
bonds shall remain due and unpaid.
$aid bonds; to be of the denomina
tion of not more than One Thou
sand Dollars nor less than One Hun
dred Dollars each,- as may be deter
mined by the Board of Aldermen,
and shall bear on their, face the
words: "Public Graded School
Bonds. AH H Jhe ; coupons thereon
shalluafteel maturity, bfcieceivable in
payment , all taxes, debs, dues, li
censes,,;; fines and demands due the
cky; of any kind whatsoever, which
shall "bes expressed son- " the face ef
said bonds. InaUA other respects
the said bonds shall be. in cash form
as may be agreed upon by and be
tween the said Board of Aldermen
and the purchaser thereof,
v. Certified check for a sum equal to
one per cent, of the amount of bands
bid for as 1 evidence of good faith
must be filed with bid.
; ', Bidders , are invited to submit
form of bonds and. coupons to be
used.
.. The right to reject any and all
bids is reserved. w . s -.. . . . '-
By order of the Board of Aldermen
of the City of New Bern. -
. This 10th day of January, 19U.'
" F. T. PATTERSON,
1-11 10 ti. City Clerk.
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New Bern.N. C.
WANTED
Everybody'tbat'enjoys something
good to eat, to come into see
what we haveT We are' using the
best quality grocery that canjbe
bought." .
. TRYON CAFE, ; -;
v 133 Middle Street.
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(dr Great Inventory
Sale Starts Today
Clothing Shoes' Hats, Gents furnishing Goods,' Dry
Goods, Ladifs Coats and Coat Suits in fact everything
will be sold at greatly reduced prices. We make no
big advertising sale but come and call oh us and our
prices will show you how much money we can save you
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