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BURNS.
Dark t In the
of the
As i; ii always darkest before the
dawn, tho year which was most
life and wan
to give birth to his
opened with peculiar mid
Tho
i of appeared
while the poet i from
to to avoid the jail
with which Jean Armour's father
its
was the ; of sufficient money
to pay bis pas Jamaica.
in i. air expenses deduct-
ed nearly took a final
of his Ho
chest was on my way to
a letter from Dr.
to a friend
cf mine all my schemes
by opening now prospects to my
poetic
His was, in fact, spreading
rapidly. Farm laborers and servant
girls expanded their hardly earned
s on his poems,
and name of
began to be noised among
members of wealthier more
The person to
extend to right band of
was the
was Mrs. Their
came with all tho charm
of a novelty is yet strange,
a long felt in-
definable n. while, in tho latter
case, and independent
spirit was gratified by
edge that tho obligation was not all
on his side, hut that Mrs.
and friends had reason to in-
to bis poet's spells.
After two winters spent Edin-
burgh, to
tho poet n ore disappointment and
i gratification, Burns
married and settled at
nu upland farm on the
estate, six miles from
Dumfries. To this period
that is, from of
the bed letters to Mrs. Dun-
lop belong. They are chiefly inter-
as indicating real
views on bis excise post and his dis-
taste to farming. There were bad
times in the eighteenth as in the
nineteenth and in a letter
of March 1789, hoar Burns
raising the com-
I had two plans of life
before excise and farming.
I thought by tho glimmering of my
own prudence the was my
most eligible scheme, but all my
great friends, and particularly you,
were and therefore
ed me, for farming. My master,
Mr. Miller, out of a real though
mistaken benevolence, sought me
industriously out to set me in this
farm, . said, to give mo a lease
which would make me comfortable
and easy. I was a to the
country. Ilia farm, soil, and so
ventured a bargain that, instead
of c and will be
very bargain, if at all
I sorry to tell you-this,
madam, it is a damning
STORIES OF EUGENE
the Port Are
His
During one financial crisis that
was especially severe Eugene Field
could see no way out of his-
ties except to ask for a raise of
and that was as abhorrent to
his as it would have been
to do a mean action. Several days
in succession ho to tho office
resolved to make appeal to Mr.
Stone, and each he went borne
having failed to nerve himself up to
the speaking point. Finally he
formed a thoroughly characteristic
resolution, and for ft week was not j
seen in tho office at all. Then one
afternoon ho into Mr. I
Stone's followed by four cf his
little children, tho five of
such a pitiable appearance
as would have wrung tears from his
employer hod bis name j
been synonymous, which was far,
from being the Father and
were dressed in and
tatters from head to foot; tho j
toes were sticking out bare
through holes in their shoes; their
faces were unwashed and their eyes
red, as if they had been crying.
Field himself was in no better
plight, and there the five stood in
front of Mr. Stone, speaking not a
word, but looking at with
pealing glances. All this of course
had been carefully rehearsed by
Field during week of conspiracy,
and the result was simply over-
whelming. At last Field broke the
silence, looking at his employer, who
was also his best friend, out of those
big eyes so full of human kindness,
and
you think you can see your
way, Mr. Stone, to raising my
Needless to say he got tho
Field's eccentricity showed itself
in the books he purchased, many of
which had no possible bearing upon
his work and indeed had small in-
value. be
to say, full of fool
and was some truth in this.
For example, ho had hundreds of
volumes containing tho works of
and or tho most part
worthy pets. Nothing pleased him
more than to buy some little volume
of execrable verso produced by
poet in Peoria or Cold water or any
ether insignificant place, and these
ho would range proudly with the
others and sometimes turn over tho
to how had
Ho said that things had to
very good or very bad in
order to please him.
One of tho queer things ho did at
Tho News office was the establishing
of what ho called tho me-
really a portion cf
a glass door over which he had an
artist n tho
wings attached to his own head
and face. Under this cherub's head
ho took delight in pasting all the
disagreeable clippings ho could
from newspapers and periodicals
regarding any one in the office and
especially about himself. This win-
came to be regarded as a
board of spleen, and
many a quiet Field would
watching long faces of his
companions as they read sarcastic
or facetious remarks about them.
Field never cared how much fun
was made of him, and ho was the
first to applaud when tho laugh was
at bis own York Bun.
ASSAILING OUR LANGUAGE.
m Hatter of
and
A writer in Tho Atlantic Monthly
attacks tho English language
as being tho freakiest and most
reliable of any in He
Tho words of oar language
might indeed be compared to tho
countless leaves on tho millions of
trees in tho world, each of
is to a extent a law
unto itself and develops individual
peculiarities. I believe it never
pens with any other spoken
on this globe that people of culture
and even learning in doubt to
the proper pronunciation of any
word and go to tho to
settle the matter, finding often
enough that doctors disagree I
have given time in my life to
tho study of foreign languages and
know that in all of them certain in-
flexible rules govern certain com-
of consonants and vowels,
so rarely, if ever, departed from
that it is possible at least to
from books a correct
pronunciation. But in English who
knows from its spelling how a
word will pronounced
Woo to the misguided foreigner
who should attempt to loam to
our idiom from the printed
page only I I know of such case,
attended, as might be supposed, with
HE HAD BEEN
I he's
fur
a man ain't sot.-. lent,
bin.
And e hang
a great
a letter foal lay
Upon your i a
sort
It makes a feel ; i makes
you a t;
glen
You up an sect ;
. on dot it
hi baud hen your ii
friendly .-011
O, the s a
its honey and its golf,
With its eared and bitter arm h
good after all.
An
I lint's what I .-
W In a band on my
friendly tort way.
u t
SONG OF THE ROAD.
AU the mills in U gold
grain,
AU heart, in world like be
fain.
For my foot
And bird In my if fur
are.
I know not what end to my wandering shall be,
Or what fairy prince for me;
He may a gallant in of gold,
Or a who for young
and old.
go tramping merry over
I With too Dower of my heart folded for
my lover;
Folded safely and close till my prince comer
to claim
Tho bud long and the tarns
a flame.
I go tramping, maid
With flowers blowing for mo in iron shine and
shade.
White poppies, red s-a poppies of am-
And wreath for my of all wild ;
that clamber.
I am one with the world and the flowers in the ;
corn,
And and the world aloud in our scorn I
A tho who quarrel its meadow
lands over
While there's roses en and honey in i
clover.
Nora Hopper in Black and White, i
The Ignorance Not all in
Districts.
the
following from
of
most disastrous consequences. lodgment in
was that of a German who came Lou's
The
Y-, k of
that hi
in this
t lodgment in
hero during tho war, and having no
means enlisted in a German
In tho leisure of camp life
he undertook to learn English by
himself by reading
But, ye gods and little To
this day this man, who, it must be
admitted, has exceptionally little
ear and equally little ambition,
speaks of he can
do and of the
uses a jargon in general which it is
simply wonderful any American
mind should grasp the moaning of. ;
But, then, for the matter of that,
why. really, should it not
Can we
give tho slightest reason why vow-
els sometimes sound and
sometimes another
A little composition such as this
shows the mystery of cur
day, having some
chores to do and no about it,
I went into tho garden, but stopped
to listen tho chorus or choir of
birds, although I had an ache in my
stomach from eating too much spin-
was a
suit for arson, one of
Mr. Davis, d
his had -1
the of tin- lat
Gordon replied U
-i. v r tariff
didn't know what the
Y in the
a -l- d Mr. Davis.
yon know
capital tin
ow -n
i f
R V
know Hie
n a-or of this
-No,
asked Mr. Davis.
answered the w
and Fitzgerald, the
Pet
There are better pets for a
chip than a well conducted goat.
She soon gets passionately fond of
her quarters and will eat anything
from a banana to a
This goat became a sadly debauched
character. She acquired in a tow
days such a taste for tobacco that
oho would refuse tho most enticing
in tho way of green stuff
THEY ARE PLAYING YET.
A of During the
HI
C. A. Hamilton, tho Washington
of I ho Rochester Post-
on Interesting but
somewhat improbable poker story
which he i while riding through
the streets of
Hart of
Mr. Hamilton, our escort
our stay in town, and us
by an Imposing building tho colonel
sen that bank In its
vault.- nib d one of tho most
peculiar special deposits ever put
Into a bank in the
try. after army
loft Tennessee and was well on
its way to Atlanta was a ,
party of son thorn gentlemen who
Invalided in Knoxville. They .
sat in a game of poker. They
General of Georgia, Colo-1
Of Virginia, Major
Brown and Colonel Atkins of Ten-
The went along
an hour or two without any
incidents, but at last General
and Colonel j
found themselves d
other with hands. There
was no limit to game. After tho
cards had been drawn Colonel
pepper planked down MOO in com-j
Confederate and United States
money. Gem Ml
Highest of all in Leavening U. S. Report
ABSOLUTELY
Baking
Powder
PURE
The phrase s
And hie tie--glibly use it,
And often austere
To aid it;
lint when Spoken from the heart.
While griefs and care oppress you,
The nu appears, depart
Thai common bless
often is a dreary run I,
Where thorns and briers beset yon,
Ami while you your load
Small troubles sting nod fret you.
It lights eyes dries tin- tear,
When all these ills distress you,
If from a friendly voice you hear
The common phrase.
And often when heart would speak
impulse tweet and tender,
raised And other words are all t- weak,
him more, using the same sort Its meaning deep to
r-
grog
t-he, and punctually she was stand-
tho tub at bell in tho
afternoon watch, when two glasses
cf water and of rum per man
are served out to the different
messes, is always
a glass or two when all
served. This was poured into a can,
tho grog tub turned down,
tho liquor poured into the shallow
bottom. Then Nanny drank her
a man. It was too absurd to
watch bar conduct alter this.
skylark with any one, charge.
up awl down the dock, butt anybody
came in bur way and, in fact, .
the all around
half an hour or so. Then, like
nanny depraved human beings, she
coil herself up in a comer
sleep off the effects of her in-;
Journal.
and a pain in my head from the
heat. My ear was not affected, how-J and spectators looked at Mai
ever, and it being still early I
down a pear and found in it a pearl, j Gordon test
Otherwise it proved a disappoint- bad been in business in
which I loved not. It for years,
tough and gave me a house in street, an
cough, and as I had not bought the
fruit I let the bough slip back.
There was no though, in
a sour foul, so I set off on a lit-
journey, making a tour of the
garden. My had not been able
to sow, yet I had intended to sow
corn, but a sow with her litter I
had eaten it, while the owl came
forth to drink from her bowl. It;
being near noon, I took out my book
to read, and having road some time
marked with a bit of lead pas-
sages as had tho
gentleman ho exhausted
his ready fowls, but still neither
was I call
will
bare no more fund;
me, I want to your last
raise, colonel, just tilt
more for lack. If yon will
pardon me, I will SO and raise
tho in
courtly Virginian of
willing
friend and comrade and readily no-1
General Ca ban was gone
nearly an hour, finally
back with funds. Tin a Colonel
the same
By time ho returned tho
was spent, and the of
the day bad started in tho
and warehouses of Knoxville. Gen-1
demanded
of raising again. It wan, of
Grim Jokes.
The often makes a
s- of ii s work and over-
looks Just
the i-e of
c that S r
j , told lie f
i that In
i I .--.
I lie. i I-
. Ill S I
aid
if--.-1
ii ;
as
i f II
There is
the oilier
son i a lint v
In-
course, accorded but as each;
that
there
aided
hand
1803 did of
place in Wall street
Moral Maxims.
What distresses me
is to see has
that stupidity ha
financial of a Collie.
One of tho features of a popular
West Bide store is a collie dog
that ; assesses the peculiar
cf being able to distinguish by
p or touch on tho door latch i
pie who the from those
who have not.
For hour tho other day
was stream of people going and
n and of tho store, but the dog General walked into
paid no attention to them. Suddenly a,, deposited the last raise
from her place knows
who the I'll his beau
of the
man accepted
t tits b t and
lost tho b-st pare of his
I op in envelopes and j bead. The belief that a fool is
those
might some delay it was d
tho stakes and each
should be
bands and the stakes have boon over j
Every two or months
at first and afterward every two or ;
by such occurrences is those.
ii
lie
sure your sin will 2nd you
said a man who has a weak-j
for high hats, which is
latent with his general mode of
dross. tho instance of my wife,
who did not like his styles, T
my old hatter not long ago
and got a bat at another shop. For
How the Were Fooled.
Some sports recently took place at
a station in Upper Burma, one of
the events being what is popularly
known as a Cross I
that is, the competitors have to ride;
distance, taking two or three
hurdles on way, to a point
where there are arranged a number
of figures in stuffed cases shaped
human bodies. They then dismount, I
fire a round of blank cartridges,
up a dummy each and race back.
In this case after tho sports wore
fear ho would discover this I went over the dummies were left on the; j hut never so
around the block rather than pass ground, and in about half an hour
after the ground was deserted I
a vulture settled on the ground
lion
by
God shows to you. and y
not time to pry into
He hides from too-
their
who do not know how to
the lo ad
Give don't lea
giro stakes only ingrains, lo
makes
What is
We tonsure in other only the
what those envelopes contain,
neither gentleman has shown the
slightest disposition to call. Al-
though so many years passed
since the hands were dealt, tho pot
and mod to tho door, barking
The door opened, and in
I n beggar asking for alms, and
i do kept snarling and barking
until left. Then she retired to j
her earner and remained fully not by either.
minutes, unmindful of comers. ,,
and when suddenly she again ; currency, for of
to tho door and began bark-1 or no but climb
big. Has visitor was one, the Confederate and
of those insinuating individuals who doubtful paper the pot locked
And the Band Played
The morning battle of
Sailor's Crook the
prisoners ordered to fill in
line Soon Gen. Oust r and stuff
appeared Ibo tee is
was the for nu
applause. The was fairly
darkened with thrown in the
ail, flayed
and altogether it was a
to
pretend , buy old clothes, and the i n ,.,, ,, probably one sight to the captive
drove him out without a word
of co; n
owner of tho coll says she
baa never to this
and ho bis no idea how picked
it up, bat years has been
of tho most valuable -.- played for
in tho southern
by which we do not profit
It is
pass
his shop when on my way to
only postponed tho evil day. I.
took a seat in a restaurant
day at the very table at which one
of his salesmen was seated. He
started as ho saw my hat, but at
looked tho other way. When
very painful to j
pain-
a Lot have done it.
L said
close to the dummies. In about an- j, IV. strength to
minutes more than bad j of
collected. I , ., , , , . ,, .
The birds seemed much puzzled as
they carefully inspected each lay;
figure, walking from one to tho next
bear
He
not
always to boar good
A certain German professor of
music to he met with in English
to in some mysterious man- drawing rooms is an entertaining
before she can see tho person old gentleman. To him recently a
Whether Lo is a patron or an j My said, when of his sided and band be
interloper, and she Just by one the boys meaning tho
never made a- of I
Tribune. did the rendering of
fa i rates
Caster
this, and a delicacy of feeling
and of spirit which
only true chivalry Can appreciate,
as soon as the
got up, he said pleasantly all along line and eventually,
be hoped I would come back to them
long. One comfort is that I
won't have to go around the block I
any
Unsafe Criticism.
It is not quite to
Americans in tho
of British society, unless the
has studied thoroughly the pedigree
of those whom ho addresses, so
many American girls nowadays are
of tho
of tho old world.
Not long ago at a given
in at the British embassy, an
Italian baron, who was presented to
tho of Manchester, sighed
deeply, as with relief, and said
I How glad I ant to got from
those Americans there I We come
across them everywhere, don't we,
You can't imagine hew
happy I am to converse with you;
there is such a contrast between the
manners of English and American
The duchess let go on as long
as he liked in this way, and then
said, with a gracious
you are right, baron,
being myself an American I am,
no doubt, of
The baron wished that floor
would swallow him and reflect-
ed that ha should have known, as
every one els did, that Duchess
of Yorker.
after sitting in a for a short
time, flew away.
birds must have discovered
the dummies by sight, though I
have often board that vultures rely
on their sense of smell
Pearson's Weekly.
Free to Our Readers.
A first high grade month-
home bas to be a
necessity household
a journal, well conducted
a special every j
member of tho circle.
of the best journals this, char
that e have THE
Stage Realism.
Ono of my best friends in
was Benjamin Hay don. His pop
son, the artist of celebrity, was at
that time a spirited and intelligent
little follow about years of age,
and
the to bis fellow prison-
result of a moment of
said tho incendiary,
cause of an unfortunate habit of
making of
in a forger,
of a simple desire to make a
name for
added burglar,
nothing taking ad-
vantage Of an opening offered
in a largo mercantile establishment
in
But hero the warder separated
Weekly.
did you the rendering
of your song,
my replied war son- rolled waves
professor. not know liquid through the
London Tit-Bits. air, Gen. faster took off his hat
. I t U j
There are so called cheap stores in applause deafening. The
Jersey. I happened to in one of j and rebel yell,
In tho back part of tho store blended into book
I saw a tub stenciled us well as hearts and hands,
I asked the clerk whether he the bloody chasm,
tho the in j Tetra afterward, when the
or like tho in sixteen, I Ouster rode gallantly to
no, we do nut pronounce his in his last charge, i
d at Chattanooga, Ten
choice stories, h ming r-e
Properly is no other
edge but that which is got by work-
rest is all yet a hypothesis
pf knowledge, a thing to be argued
and interesting mi schools, a thing floating in
who used to listen to my songs and t to young and old. Its in endless logic till
of Fashion, try to fix
A Page for I .
laugh heartily at my jokes
ever I dined at his father's. One
evening I was playing Sharp in Mothers,
Lying when he and my friend
Benjamin were in stage box, and
on my repeating words,
bad nothing to eat since last Monday
was a little ex
in a tone to the j
department
Amen Our Girls,
I . Joke,
With the Children and tho Health L the famous born player,
Hygiene d j was an incorrigible practical joker,
by a competent and cue occasion in an omnibus be
invaluable to
make it
home.
The always on to-
whole a whopper I
Why, yon dined at my father's
this
of the
It is a royal prerogative, belong-
exclusively to the reigning
to drive down the middle
of Rotten row, London. Tho queen
bas only availed herself or
twice of right From this an-
privilege came tho Rout
Rois, whence the corruption
lookout, far what will n
has d fifty yearly
subscriptions to The
Health it
poses to away
next days.
A years to this
will
to who will
gel us one new f u a
, , .
i las
; d
so of m
pie copy-
j alarmed bis fellow passengers by
to be mad. He indulged
in wildest gesticulations, and
then, as if in despair, drew a pistol
f. on pocket The conductor
was called upon to interfere, and
was on point of being dis-
armed suddenly be broke the
j pistol in two, banded half to con-
j and began to eat other
It was made of chocolate.
London Standard.
. A Fair Exchange.
you queen of
Jolly unless you'll
n xiv kins of York
at was smart answer.
call it Ad-
Sure to True,
know, she was ex-
plaining, was brought up with-
out .
mo, my said
George, you shall
but Globe.
The first idea of method is a pro-
transition from one step to
another in any course. If in the
right course, it will be the true
method; if in the wrong, we can not
hope to
chemists affirm that
ideal ink consists almost exclusive-
of of iron and that
nearer tho liquid approaches this
substance perfect the ink.
Mora of It.
Oh, that's much too
pretty a for a servant, especial-
where there young gentle-
men. I presume you no
to being called by your
no, madam; I'm quite used
to
is your
London Tit Bits.
SOME ANCIENT FAT.
sent a thrill of pain throughout
the length breadth of our
land, for bis death of
t daring and unselfish of men
perished, nor can it be doubt
ed had he spare I, he would
been one of the most potent
factors bringing about that
golden
When heroes f the an Gray
to sash one
scorn all their martial
g nils
The cowards and venal ghouls.
Who shunned th- they had
bred,
And to malign the dead.
New
have completely cured of
boils by I. R
Tress, Grove. N. C.
That on a
Tens Thousands of Tears
Dr. Ball of tho Smithsonian
during his recent visit to
secured a natural history
specimen that was a indeed.
It was a bit of mammoth fat from
actual adipose tissue of an
that had been dead for tons of
thousands of yours.
Bodies of mammoths in a fresh
been dug from time
to in arctic Siberia,
in natural cold a period
probably antedating the first appear-
of man on the earth. That is
an old story, but this is tho first
known instance in which tho soft
parts of a beast of this
boon found on tho American
It is easy to imagine tho
interest attaching to
Ages ago this mammoth died
such circumstances that its
pus was buried in mud. At about
that there was a great and per-
change in tho
of polar regions.
had been subtropical. It
became frigid. The mammoths
literally tho of
the species perishing of cold. This
particular individual, frozen in a
bank of clay, had every of
for an indefinite
Hundreds of centuries later a
stream flowing through an Alaskan
valley tackled the clay bank refer-
red to and began to cut it away. At
length big bones stuck out,
and a of exceptional courage
dug out or two of thorn. This
required of quality known
in civilized
than might be imagined, for
monsters, however long may
been dead, regarded with
by
However, the natives finally sum-
enough to drag the
remains of tho mammoth out of the
clay bank piecemeal. The body of
the animal had boon preserved so
well that a fairly perfect cast of it
as found in tho matrix. A
of fat, which overlay tho
was obtained and was used
for greasing Dr. Dall secured
a piece of it and fetched it back to
Washington.
In tho of Fred-
crick A. Lucas, at the mu-
is a mammoth's molar tooth,
to which an odd story is
It was got from a spring at Paso
Verde, in country of
Indians. Ever so many centuries
ago a mammoth in its dying agonies
sought that spring for water and
fell into it, too weak to climb out.
Thorn its bones remain to this day,
and the Indians that if
were removed tho spring would dry
up. Of course such event in that
region means the destruction of a
village
Mastodon bones, of course, are
frequently dug up in the United
States. The mastodon was a kind
of elephant, but it did not belong to
the genus mammoth
did not belong to that genus, being
known to modern science as
genus. It often hap-
pens rs plow up the
remains of mastodons,
in reclaimed swamps,
anciently tho gigantic beasts became
mired and died from sheer helpless-
to get out. The tusks com-
found so far decomposed that
tho ivory crumbles between tho fin-
Tho first mastodon ever dug up
was found in The remains of
mastodons by no means confined
to tho States. dis-
covered all over tho Eu-
rope. Asia and Asia Minor.
are much thicker set than tho mod-
The lower jawbone
of tho full specimen weighs
nearly pounds. Tho first
don hat were dug up were
supposed to be those of giants of an
earlier Star.
Improvement for Building.
We have s-en some now
weather that is being
by the Greenville Lumber Co.
The plunks are dressed with a double
bevel and grooved on edge so that
when placed together gives the appear-
of being made of narrow
The effect looks much better than the be ashamed.
old style weather boarding.
The Most Crowded Spot OB Earth.
most crowded spot on
earth's surface is that portion of the
city of of Malta,
known as the In
the whole of proportion
is human beings to the square
mile, but in tho thorn
is locality in which there are
persons living on a plot of
ground less than two acres and a
half in extent. This would give no
loss than persons to the
square mile, or 1,017.6 to the acre.
In Liverpool, tho most crowded city
in Britain, tho most densely
lated portions 110.4 to
Louis Republic.
A Asian.
The editor of Men of
Today Series when a little boy at
was detected at a Greek
lesson with a Bible on
bis knee, from of course, be
was cribbing. His class master stalk-
ed up to him. have you there,
my boy. Tho boy, seeing that no
escape was possible, brazened it out
with, book, sir, of which no one.
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THE REFLECTOR
Greenville, N. C.
J. as.
THE BONNER CASK.
Entered at the t Greenville
K. C-, as m matter.
Wednesday, Mas,
Mrs. D. B- Arlington was
fined and cost for the
the late Chief Justice X. II.
Smith. The Pros, who printed
Criminal were fined as
R. K. Guy V.
Barnes and R. J. Barnes
The National Democratic Executive
Committee met in Washington, D. C,
Wednesday, and on Thursday decided
as to where and when the
Democratic National Convention shall
go. Chicago was selected as the place
and July 7th, as the time. There were
four cities contending fur the
Louis, Chicago, New and
All Silver Suites, except
North Carolina, voted for St. Louis.
Our vote was cast for Chicago.
The Populist National Executive
Committee met in St. yesterday
to decide upon when and when- the
National Convention will be held. The
Committee is composed of members
but not more than of them will be
present. Mr. Chairman of
the committee, said he has no idea who
will be nominated as their candidate for
Pi says is a
man. but his endorsement by the Silver-
is not at all binding the Pop-
Senator Mills, of Texas, made a
speech last week on his resolution, con-
what he believes should be de-
to the world as He financial
of the United States. This
contains seven distinct declarations,
which may be 1st,
against retirement of outstanding legal
tender notes; 2nd, in favor the coin
the silver bullion in the
3rd, of the issue of
legal tender notes in ease of a
in the 4th, against the
issue of interest bearing in
favor of paying government obligations
in both gold silver;
ting the theory that a public debt is a
public blessing; 7th. urging the main-
of a sinking fund for the rapid
of the national debt.
Special to
Washington, Jan. wit-
were examined yesterday even-
The evidence was mainly the
same, several testifying that Uriah Bell
followed Bonner cut of the store when
he left to go to his home. This
orates Creole's testimony before the
Coroner's jury that Uriah Bell was to
follow Bonner from the store and give a
signal at a certain point between the
store and his house for
Sherrill Bell, Brantley and Credle to
make the attack.
The most important witness examined
evening was William West,
the following being in substance his
I am mail earner between
and Aurora. I was at
Aurora the night Bonnet was murdered
Went to Bryan's store to purchase com,
then went to my room. I saw Mrs.
Brantley in her room reading. Went to
Bryan's lot the second time, came out
of lot to main street near Bryan's store.
I heard a whistle when off against
pump. You can see down the street
pump in the day time. Whistle
was was in direction of house,
I judge about house.
The peculiar whistle attracted my at-
About four minutes after hear-
whistle two pistol shots were heard
in the same direction and were fired
separately. and
houses are nearly opposite. Witness
occupied one room in Brantley's house
up stairs and Miss Matilda Gray the
other. When I heard pistol shots was
near Dixon's house- on my way home.
The first time I went home heard no
talking in the house. Heard Brantley
in a few minutes talking to his wife I
reckon. I did not see Credle there that
night, have never seen him there. I
had separate rooms from the
Upon cross examination witness said
the pistol shots wen- near together.
Had not taken over a step or two lie-
the first and second shots.
examined by Mr. Simmons
don't think it probable mat a
could have been to the spot where
was killed and made the. circuit to
said you and Brantley talked
this matter over f Brantley said this
is one of the parties, there are three of
us and we don't think we will get
caught, none will lie suspicioned.
Brantley then asked Uriah Bell where
the other party was. Bell said he was
outside and then went out and brought
in Sherrill Bell. Sherrill said Brantley,
Uriah and I are plucky men, think
Credle will do what he Uriah
said have you a pistol. I said no, and
he you don't need any, we
you to take when we knock down.
Uriah said we have a paper and you
sign and join us and asked Sherrill if
he bad it. He said no. The Bells
then left. I stayed there that night
and slept in another room. On
way to Flowers next morning Brantley
said he didn't think they would get
caught, said the Bells had been in this
thing sometime with Saturday
evening I again went to Aurora with
Brantley went also.
to Thompson's store, Brantley came in
and said want you to stay with me
to-night. I replied all right. That
night Brantley's wife went into the din-
room. The Bells came in. Uriah
said you agreed to join I
replied not yet. Uriah said we want
you and I consented to join them.
Uriah then said we have broken open
stores in In and Thompson's,
and Sherrill were present
when Uriah said this. The reason
they broke open Thompson's was be-
cause they had seen him with fifty
that evening. Brantley said
was going to lay a nine on window
this was to be a sign for them to
break open the store and get the money
from the drawer. A. Thompson
Vent night. Brantley went to
see if pipe was there but didn't find it.
They afterwards broke open store and
unhinged money drawer and found a
few dollars. They said they had
broken open store, went
in side window.
We all got on our knees and Uriah
read the paper which stated, as well as
I remember, that we should cling to
each other death and live like
brothers. The obligation was to
and death if divulged any-
thing they did. We all shook
hands on it. Uriah said -1 have been
captain so and they continued him
Brantley's house before got back the
second time. they had done so as captain. We were all to obey the
are no important developments
in the controversy the United
States and England over the hitter's at-
towards Venezuela. There are
a number of newspaper rumors as to
what England will do, but nothing
has been received. It is reported
that England's cabinet has concluded to
diplomatic correspondence with
Venezuela, through some American re-
other than the United States,
which, if done, would be a direct snub
to this country. But here is the
in regard to the report, it might be
construed as a back-down by England
as she already sent her ultimatum
to Venezuela. Beanies there- are other
reports that seriously conflict. So
every report that M heard
be disposed Germany has
England's closest attend n
over the congratulatory mes
to President of the Trans-
republic, by Emperor William, of
Germany, thereby mollifying England's
attitude toward an arbitration
of the affair.
Their modification also been brought
about by the English press counseling
its government to go slow and not have
Many irons in the fire. Hut when
excitement over- the message if
William
on the Venezuelan question may revert
to the original determination not to
allow the United States to interfere.
The commission appointed by President
Cleveland have had two and are
now thoroughly organized and for
business. The commission baa decided
they will have to visit
and several European countries to ob-
access to documents bearing on the
disputed boundary line. In
of their visit to Venezuela,
dent appointed a commission
to confer and assist them in their
at Caracas, and Holland offers
her assistance in their researches at The
Hague. The Commissioners say it
will them about four months to
complete their Investigation and the
meantime England will have plenty of
tune to carry out any plans she may
would have seen them.
Court convened this morning and
S. DiXOn was called and said he was
at store the night of the
Said a person could reach Brant-
house from body in five
minutes.
S. Bonner was and mid he
saw Bonner the night he was killed.
That lie had seen Brantley and Uriah
Bell reading the life of Jesse James.
David Credle, one of the persons
was put upon the stand at a
quarter to o'clock yesterday.
said I am years old, was born in
Hyde county, can't read or write. Have
been living in this county about four
years and in Aurora about one year.
Have known the defendants all this
time. was the first one arrested and
with me
at Thompson's store. The
Bells were arrested the next morning.
I was carried to Thompson's hall and
guarded all night. Next morning I
told the Sheriff wanted to see J.
Flowers. Told Flowers who was con-
with the murder. Flowers did
not make any threats or promises.
seeing Flowers I saw J. Fowler
and W. B. Rodman, did not make
any threats or promise. I have made
statements to the State's counsel here,
they made no promises or threats. I
went before the grand jury, refused to
testify the first time. My brother told
me not to say anything until he saw me
again. By making this statement or
confession I don't know what will be
the consequences. Was Working with
J. M. Flowers when murder was com-
Brantley was the first one to
mention the killing of Bonner to me.
He came to the woods where I was
working. I went in the woods to get a
sole and followed.
r .
said ain't you tired working in
this world when you can do
said can do better, my leg
has been broken and I Gin hardly
Can't work much now mid I know a
couple of parties where we can get some
money and there are two others cm-
with me ill this and we want the
fourth man. I asked who the other
two wen-, he would not say. He did
not say who they were that had money,
said the other two with him would not
be stood high. Brant-
MM, you will suit us, we
want Brantley said they were to
rob and take anything they could get
hold of. He said you mind killing
a man r I said yes, sir. don't want
to kill one. Brantley said we has e
got three pistols, yon just take as we
down. I then cut pole and went
back. Brantley says yon to my
house, the other parties will be there.
Brantley made the proposition Thurs-
day week before Bonner was killed.
No one was present when he was talk-
to We then went hack. Brant-
Flowers to send after him that
night and he would work with him. I
went after Brantley that night, never
was in bis came
out and told me where to put horse,
stables are war house, it was dark when
I got there. At said
the other pa would be- after a
while and old Us an. Gray
captain.
It was then late and we went out to
see what we could do. We went to
Cherry's who keeps open late and takes
his money home in a bag, arranged our
positions at back door to his store. He
was to be knocked down and robbed.
The clerk came to back door and said
gate is open, some one is out
Cherry came with light and we run.
had gone for club, he wanted to
know why we run and they said Cherry
spoke of his rifle.
We went and were to try Billy
and rob his store and make him
open his safe, Bell said we are too bold,
we . masks. Brantley said he
would have his wife make them of
black cloth. store was
closed.
Saturday morning Brantley and I
took a walk and talked over what we
had done. He said we had made a
next time we will do better,
you need not get rand. On night
Uriah said this was on the order
of Jesse James book only our crowd is
a little shorter. came back and
Brantley went to church with his wife.
Monday we went to Flowers to
work. That night the Hell's came and
we went to try b. F.
wife gave us masks. took our
places and Uriah was to give signal.
Some one came with him and we did not
get him. well said we will go to
and get Peter we went in road
cart. Uriah was to give signal.
We were in fence corner and
saw some one coming and think it was
somebody else went He passed
and we did not get him.
Next to try II.
son if lie but clerk was
with him and We made a water haul
again.
night look supper at
the Mrs.
Brantley gave us our masks again.
Went to stables our meeting place, and
said we can t Bonner to-night.
All was arranged, Sherrill
and wen; to go in front of
house and get in fence jam and Uriah
was to watch and give signal by
whistle if it was the right man. Bell
gave his pistol as he had
loaned his to his brother,
brass knocks so he gave me the
pistol. Took our positions and saw
some one coming. Uriah gave signal
meeting Sher-
rill followed and I behind,
knocked him down with we
threw him over the fence and he
a little. We broke some rails.
Bonner caught on his feet, Sherrill got
over threw him down and said
help me keep him from holler,
begged and said for
God's sake don't kill me and I will
give you everything I I put
my hand on his head, told
me to shoot him, I would not and he
took the pistol from my hand and shot
him in forehead. I ran, so did
we got about or
yards away another pistol fired. We
went through field and over fences to
Brantley's house. Uriah ran as soon
as was knocked down, don't
know where want, left him at
Brantley said shot him. He wanted
to know if we robbed him and we said
we left Sherrill at body and supposed
he did. He said you both stay in and
I will let you know if anything occurs.
My hands were bloody and Mrs.
Brantley put water in vessel for me to
wash. Brantley was not bloody. He
took empty shell from pistol and threw
it in fire, gave pistol and to his
wife who put them away. There was
a light in church when we came to his
house. He told his wife what we had
done and she said you shock
Next morning we went to see body.
That afternoon Uriah gave me
store key and told me throw it in
creek. I went to and hid
key under fence. We had a talk that
evening about the blood hounds, Brant-
said it is raining and they cannot
scent. He said they may suspect us
but don't get scared. We were arrest-
ed Monday afternoon, wells were
rested next day.
The witnesses was then cross exam-
by J. E. Moore.
Washington, Jan. morn-
J. E. Moore resumed his cross-ex-
of David Credle for defense.
That the witness is an ignorant man
and often did not understand the
questions. Taken as a whole he
held up well under the acute cross-ex-
He was then turned over
to E. S. Simmons, attorney for AV. II
Brantley, and at o'clock the
ended. He was on the
stand from o'clock yesterday until G
o'clock to-day. demeanor on the
stand has made a favorable impression
on the majority of the large number
who but there are others who
are not pleased with it. lie stuck to
his statement wonderfully well
Washington, N. C, Jan.
was an interesting day in the
Bonner trial. Fifteen witnesses were
examined, some of them giving very
important testimony and
the statements that had been made by
Credle.
The first witness was Mrs. Alex
well who testified that she heard a pistol
shot about o'clock on the night of
the murder in the direction of
house, heard some one cry twice
and in about a minute heard another
pistol shot.
statement as to the time the murder
was
C. S. Dixon said he and J. H.
Jarvis run the of the tracks from
where body was found to the wire fence,
then walked on to Brantley's house, it
took them four minutes.
F. F. Cherry's evidence
Credle as to what took place, between
him and Ids clerk on the night they
attempted to rob him.
B. F. Mayo corroborated Credle as
to Buck's going home with him on Wed
night, the time they planned to
rob him. He also said that on the
night before he met Brant-
on the street between and
Mayo'S house and saw two other parties
go off quickly.
Buck said that he went home with
Mayo that Wednesday night and that
they walked on east side of street as
Credle had stated. He also went with
Thompson to Brantley's house, searched
the fire-place and found charred leaves
of a and one empty pistol shell.
is where Credle said the shell
was thrown the night of the
The ashes were all sifted but only one
shell found. Thompson examined the
charred book leaves and said they were
from the Jesse James book.
Thompson said he live at and
while in his store Wednesday night
heard a noise behind the store.
said he run over a box or barrel there
and made a
J. M. Griffin testified that he saw
Brantley and Credle at Flowers Monday
night following the murder, the former
asked if any one was suspected and said
would not have brother John know
Bonner was killed for the world as he
would think I was ill Credle said
it was the first scrape he was ever into
and he was persuaded into this. We
went to Brantley's to search for the
brass and found them where
Credle said they were hid. Mrs. Brant-
left the room crying. On cross
examination he said reputation of Sher-
rill was good up to this affair. Uriah's
was not so good, he had reputation of
attending festivals and getting
drunk.
Dave Watson said he was
Aurora when the Bells were arrest-
ed, started to ask Uriah for tobacco and
stopped as he was talking behind
store. Uriah told Sherrill not to
toll anything, that Brantley had not
told and lie was not going to tell. Wit-
said he told S. W. Watson about
this soon after.
S. Watson said Dave told him
what he heard Uriah tell Sherrill be-
bind the store.
Mrs. Best testified that the Bell boys
hoarded at her house at the time of the
murder and that they and Brantley
were often together They were
there the day the murder and the
day before. On Saturday night she
started in the sitting room where they
were and heard Brantley say thought
we would give him a serenade
They the room when she entered
and continued talking in a low tone in
the passage. They all went off and W
tor she heard pistol shots. Brantley
came again about o'clock
morning, the Bells had gone in the
woods and he went after them. They
was horrible to sec the girls crying.
He said was a kind of a Jesse James
Mrs. Gray, the old woman who lived
in a room at Brantley's house,
rated Credle about the night Brantley
sent his wife up stairs to sit with her
while he had Credle and
the Bells in his room.
Paul testified to seeing Uriah
beckon to Credle across the street and
both went together around the house.
Credle came back and Uriah went off
through the bushes. said this
was when Uriah gave him the store
This morning the strongest evidence
is being given that has yet been intro-
by the State except
John W. Flowers, Jr., corroborated
I most everything Cradle said except the
act of the murder.
No one seems to have much idea as
to the results of the trial. Interest is
very great and all who are attend-
Uriah and Sherrill Bell are both mere
boys and do not seem to mind being on
trial for so great a crime. They sit
most as unconcerned as spectators.
Brantley appears to be low spirited.
Mrs. Best said the Bells left her
the night of the murder. It was
reported that she was going to testify
that they were at her house that night.
In confession he said they
all went to Bonner's house Sunday
morning and saw the body, and after
they left Brantley said the ball was
where he aimed it at forehead. Credle
said that since being in jail one of the
and he might as well tell it. Upon
hearing the Bells implicated by Credle
he looked for Uriah and
told him. He said that before finding
Uriah he had a talk with his brother,
A. Thompson, and from what the
latter said was convinced that the Bells
were not in it. Said he had taken
interest in their defense.
W. A. Thompson testified to seeing
Bonner at store the night of
the murder. Also saw Uriah in his
store and Dr. Smith-1
wick's office. Bonner passed and had
time to get home and go to bed, he
did not stop, before Bell left his store.
S. T. said he had a talk with
on his way home and also saw
Uriah at office.
The of witnesses for
the defense has continued today. Hugh
Bell, of the defendants Uriah
and Sherrill, is on the stand this after-
noon.
OUT AT
ST
The following comes very near giving
the state of affairs with our Senators at
The Springfield Republican thinks
the North Carolina Senators fair game
for Senator Hill because, are
found voting on opposite sides of about
all They vote the same
way, and the way that helps the Re-
publican party. They merely talk two
ways. Pritchard talks votes Re-
publican, tin tier talks against the Re-
publican party, but votes the way that
helps that party best. O one
during a prohibition campaign in
Raleigh, a prohibitionist met the keep-
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
Will be closed out at cost-without reserve. There
will be a change in our business next year and
these goods must go. Remember everything
goes at New York cost. Parties owing us must
make immediate payment so we can settle up
the business.
J. O. Proctor Bro.
GRIMESLAND, N. C.
LORE
-IS STILL AT THE WITH A LINE-
ABLE.
prisoners had got on his knees and beg- and N is YEARS EXPERIENCE has taught me that the best is the
him to bring John Flow- for The reply talks . . ,,,,.,. ,, , ,, , , ,
. ,,., d. Rope, Pumps, Farming Implement, and every
an in the murder, lowers had this nut you, but he dunks inc. necessary for Mechanics and general M well as
prisoner indicted for Cradle
refused and requested the Sheriff to re-
move the other prisoner so as to avoid
being bothered by him again. Credle
told a very straight story and acted as
mild on the stand as any witness. He
was polite and did not seem excited in
the least.
The trial will no doubt be in pro-
all next week, possibly longer.
The defense will probably begin
testimony first of the week.
N. C, Jan. In-
in the trial continues to hold on
well, although the crowd at times on
Saturday was not so large as upon some-
other days. Only eight witnesses were
put upon the stand that day. Evidence
given in by and Robert Best
what Mrs. Best said when
she was being examined.
The chief witness for the day was M.
J. Fowler, chief of of
ton and a general detective, who has
done much in working up the evidence
in the case. His testimony was looked
for with interest by everybody, lie
corroborated the testimony of Credle
as to the confessions made to him
K. S. Simmons, counsel for Brantley,
was very severe his
of Fowler, but the detective did
not lose his self-control and gave sub-
the some testimony on both
direct and cross examination. Mr. Sim-
mons being blind adds interest to his
examinations.
Soon after court opened this
the State rested its ease and testimony
for the defense was begun. Several
witnesses were put upon the stand and
it was proven almost conclusively that
Uriah was at a dance from to about
o'clock on the night that Credle claims
they all met and were sworn in. This
was about the substance of the testimony
given in this morning. Further de-
are looked for with inter-
est.
N. C, Jan.
Though our brief of yesterday
gave the substance of the first day's
ottered by the defense, some de-
tail of the evidence may be of interest
The Suite introduced fifty-two
witnesses, and it is thought fully as
many will be put on the stand for the
defense. the latter witnesses
were examined yesterday, the defense
undertaking to prove by them an alibi
for the Bells.
Mrs. Hugh Bell, wife of a brother of
the defendants, said that Uriah and
Sherrill had a room at her house which
they occupied occasionally, that on
Thursday night week before the
night Credle said they met at
came dressed,
put on slippers left about
o'clock for a dance. After the dance he
came back and stayed all night. On
cross examination she said it was as
near to go by Brantley's to the dance
hall as any other way. also
said in her direct testimony that on the
night of the murder she heard a tap on
the window and her got up,
put on his clothes, went out and came
back late, he said he had been at work
at the stables.
Several other witnesses .-d that
Uriah was at the dance on Thursday
night from to about o'clock. L. T.
Thompson testified to the same facts
as to his being at the dance, but stated
that Uriah changed slippers in his store.
This contradicted the statement of Mrs.
Hell that he put the slippers at her
house. stated that
Uriah went to his store about o'clock
on the night of the murder. He said
further that lie went with another party
to measure tracks, but so many had
been there that one track could
not be told another. Said he was pres-
when Credle was examined, and
. I.,. . .
talks the
of Kc-i Hats. Ladies Dress Goods I lave on band. Am head-
but voles
cans.
quarters for Heavy Groceries, and for Clark's O. H. T.
Cotton, and keep courteous an I attentive
N. C
Commissioner r port of
the condition in the Pension
Bureau is an effectual answer to the
slanderous dun upon the
of that office which are constantly
made in certain quarters. It shows
that on December 1st. the
of Ac office was practically up to
date. Sine.- then calls Con-1 N- C
often nearly a day. OF PICK AT THE COURT HOUSE,
and largely unnecessary, have resulted placed in strict
in throwing the busings behind. Of ASS COMPANIES
the interior workings the office the At to current rates
AGENT FOB. FIRST-CLASS FIRE
J.
report says am that the
officers and clerks are bringing every
effort to bear upon the prompt and
proper adjudication of all las several
classes of claims now pending. Cases
are ready for adjudication arc
promptly disposed of, and apparent
delays are usually the result neg-
or inability on the part of claim
ants of their attorneys to supply
evidence, after being notified,
often repeatedly, of the necessity for
furnishing such
Trustee's Sale.
By virtue of a of
to me by F. B. Staton and wife
Augusta Staton and J. H. Staton
his wile Nancy J. Staton. on Hie 1st
of May, 1895, and duly recorded in
the Register's Office In Pitt, County,
V page to secure the pay-
of a certain bind bearing even
date therewith, and the stipulations in
said Deed of Trust not having been
complied with, I shad expose at public
n, for cash, on Tuesday, tho 18th
day of February, 1896, the Court
House in Greenville, in Pitt
the following The tract
of land as by the said d of
conveyance which Is said to contain
eighteen hundred a fifty-two
and adjoins the land-, of J. T. Taylor
others and laying on both sides of
creek.
This 1800.
JOHN BUGS, Trustee.
T. A- JONES. Established 1878. P. II. SAVAGE
SAVAGE, SON CO,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
TUNIS NORFOLK, VA.
Wholesale Retail Healers In Bagging, Tics. Peanut Bags, S
Attention given to Sales of Cotton, drain, Peanuts and Peas.
liberal Cash Advances on Consignments. Prompt and Highest
Market Prices Guaranteed.
Not foil National Bank, any Reliable In ft
Ct .
R. Cot.
Pitt CO., X. c.
C. C.
Co., N. C.
Skinner.
Co.,
An Aged Lady Dead.
Mrs. Forties died on Sun-
day, Kith, at her three miles from
Greenville. was years old End
the widow of the late Noah Forbes,
who was well known, being for many
years a County Commissioner.
leaves four sons, grand-
and twelve
and Was greatly beloved by a large
circle of relatives and friends.
A drowning man would have little
use for a method of rescue which would
require days. A dyspeptic doesn't want
to bother with a that is going to
take weeks to show Its effects.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers are of-
a product under the name of
Shaker Digestive Cordial which yields
Immediate relief. The very first dose
proves beneficial In mot and it
is to their c
In it, that they have put cent
battles on the market. These can
be had any and it Will
repay the afflicted to invest the trilling
sum t make a trial.
The Sh i relieves
by rest I n lie stomach and aiding the
of food.
is the best for
Doctors recommend it In place
of Castor Oil.
Shorten labor, lessens pain,
diminishes dancer to life
both and child and leaves her In
lion more favorable to speedy recovery.
after than before
a prominent midwife. Is the best remedy
FOR RISING
Known and worth the price for that alone.
Endorsed recommended by sad
an ladles who hare It
Beware imitations. .
Mikes Easy.
COBB BROS CO.,
and w near N. c. it. K.
Bagging, Ties and Peanut Sacks Furnished at Lowest Prices.
Code, edition used in
and Solicited.
GOOD FOR STOCK AND POULTRY,
TOO.
ford's is
pared especially for stock, Well
man, and for that purpose is sold in
holding one-half pound of
cine tor cents.
Lambert, Franklin Co.,
March 1812.
have used nil kinds of medicine, but
I would not give one package of Black-
for all the others I ever saw.
It is the best thing horses or Cattle In
of the year, and will cure
chicken cholera every time.
R. R.
Organized
over
Surplus over
The Mutual
Life Ins.
Company,
of NEW YORK.
Security, and Profit.
W have got what yon want. A
Payment Investment Con-
tract in the largest financial
in the world, which affords
to your families as well
us provides for old age.
Our Motto best com-
is the company which does
Differ In their taste. The foremost
thought with the men i ow is
tobacco and high prices, while
the ladies arc the
at Lowest Prices.
If Hi -y will call at the store of
PENCE
Aid a t line of
IS Fancy Hair
Pins, an t
style goods.
Agent Pita.
Notice of Dissolution.
The firm of A Forbes,
the most We have paid i w day dissolved by
aiders in The will
in years hereafter be conducted A
to policy h
352,630.26.
Co.
be conducted by
OLA FOR
Ms Rat day of December, 1815.
line companies are
best. Among them will be found, Notice of Dissolution,
the oldest Scottish companies as
well as American. We do the . The flint of. I,. A Co.
for the people and
WHITE
N. C-
way dissolved by consent,
J. purchasing interest
of the other members of the firm. All
outstanding business the firm will be
settled by X I.
I. I,.
J. K.
. . .
. a-
THE REFLECTOR
Local Reflections.
are finding it profitable
to their
from me. T will treat
you fair and square. If
want a suit of
clothes to fit you neat
and up-to-date in
come see me.
WILSON,
The King Clothier.
I HO
There is a big catch
in store for eleven
dozen men who desire
to purchase from my
beautiful line of
Mr tail
They consist of all the
latest novelties. A call
will convince you.
The Leader.
Tobacco Lang's
The question now is who'll be the
next
January so far given the farmers
MM good weather for work.
For bent Cart and Wagons go
to A. G- Cos, Co.
N- C-
tor dins there has been no
change of in the cotton
market. The continues at
i-
The RM to be on the in
in
Agent J. L. Sugg us
he has received the checks to pay the
insurance policy on the house
Buck, which was in November.
Don't forget is selling at cost
to get ready fur moving to another
The recently conference
the M. E. Church here appointed a
committee to dispose of the old parson-
age and take steps to erect a
new one.
best Flour is
Knott sol by S. M. Schultz. Try
U lb bag.
Patrick Whitehurst, who was struck
SB the head by a a week ago, at
Bethel, died Friday. A con-
with the affair has been brought
here and placed in jail.
L, Smith is in the West a big
lot of horses and mules and will be
back this week. Wait and see them.
K. L. Smith Co.
Improvement is still the word in
Greenville. Capt. T. Williams tells
us he is preparing plans Ear more
lings lo started at an early day.
week closed the first five
month's term at the Male Academy
with the most searching examination
probably ever given in the school,
says the boys held up
pretty well. spring term be-
Monday. All boys who expect
BO attend are requested to be in as early
a.- is practicable.
V.
Death entered and stole from tin-
cradle little Pleasant Daniel, son of;
W. A. and He was i
born May. and died
I It- was a bright, beautiful
child and suffered only a few
days croup.
Death has entered a home
And taken a child,
God's taken him for his own
Though he was good and mild.
Many a heart grieved
By the death of this little son,
But we have been bereaved
Of our dear little one.
His cradle is cow empty
And bis play-mate left alone,
be is now with bright angels
In a beautiful home.
But we will try lo be contented
For we know that lie is gone,
No sins to be repented,
For he has reached a beautiful home.
Annie, Jennie and Mattie.
Have Bat to and See.
Mrs. J. Dane; is quite sick-
Mrs. J. A. Dupree is quite sick.
J. S. Joyner, of Baltimore, is in
town.
Ex-Gov. Jarvis is confined to his
home with sickness.
Ex-Sheriff Allen Wan-en has retained
from Washington.
Mrs. Eh Cooper, of Wilmington,
is visiting Mrs.
Mrs. V. II. returned
Tuesday evening from Salisbury.
George of Louisburg, is
visiting his brother, W. H.
Miss Jennie Williams left this morn-
Washington City to visit Mrs.
AV. T. Lee, who has been clerking
for C T. now has a position
with J. R. Cherry Co.
Capt. John A. of Salisbury,
is in town in the interest of the Royal
Rill organize here.
Mrs. J. M. Edwards formerly Miss
Mahala Thompson, who had ninny
Heads Pitt county, died in Wilson
Thursday.
Ed. Randolph returned Saturday
evening from Central America. lie
has been gone sometime and his friends
are glad lo see him hack-
W. T. returned from
Saturday evening. Mrs.
mother of Mrs. accompanied
home for a visit here.
Mrs. S. C. Wells, of Wilson, and
Mrs. of Rocky Mount,
arrived Saturday evening to visit
parents at Hie King House.
dailies and wife of
have been spending a few days
with kinsman. Dr. C. J.
and left Monday for Florida.
George R. Jones, of Durham, has lo-
here as a tobacco buyer ard we
hope will continue on this
market, lie is a brother of Mrs. B.
E.
Dr.
left us yesterday morning tor John
Hopkins where he will spend
sometime pursuing a post graduate
course in medicine. It gives us great
pleasure to note Ibis element of pro-
in Dr. No doubt
most of the citizens of our county
well acquainted with the reputation of
the school which he has selected for his
graduate course, none but grad-
being there, and his at-
tending such a school cannot but die of
great benefit.
H. B. BRYAN DEAD.
A to them.
Special to Reflector.
. H. H.
U. Bryan, one of the oldest and most
highly respected of this town,
died at o'clock Sunday afternoon,
lie was years of age, has
greatly during the past few weeks.
He was proprietor of Hotel
here
Some homely
has remarked that
the good things of
life seem to be on the
other side of a barbed
wire meaning
that the price was big-
fer than the pocket
That
hadn't seen my
beautiful display of
SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION
N. C. Jan. 17th.
Mn. EDITOR perhaps that
of leaders would like to hear
what township is doing in
the way of Sunday School work I will
give an account of our
Convention which in the
Ayden Baptist church the second Sun-
day in December. The devotional ex-
conducted by R. W. Smith and
the Convention proceeded to organize
by nominating A. G. Cox J. D.
Cox for president. J. D. Cox was
elected. Nannie Cox was elected Sec-
by acclamation. Short speeches
wen-
I believe this
Convention is the most effective way to
the county. had the pleasure
of attending the State Convention and it
was good to be there. Surely if the
county could have been there it would
be an easy task to organize the work.
Will not some of the adjoining town-
ships meet with us next fourth Sunday
in -March and help to make our meet-
a grand success, for sooner or later
we mean to succeed.
you will hear from us again
on this subject.
Nannie Cox, Secretary.
Cotton and Peanut.
Below are Norfolk prices of cotton
and peanuts for Yesterday, as furnished
by Cobb Bros- Commission Mer-
chants of
Good Middling
Middling
Low Middling
PEANUTS.
Prime.
Spanish
7-lo
Sudden Death.
We are pained to chronicle the death
of Hr. H. b. Barber which took place
on Wednesday, at his home, about
three miles from town. He was sitting
at the table and complained of a pain in
his leg and another ill the temple.
A messenger was hastened to town for
a physician but before be arrived Mr.
Barber died. The extends
sympathy to his family.
King-King.
At the King House this morning at
o'clock Mr. G. B- King, postmaster
Greenville, and Miss Nannie King
were married by Kev. D. B. Clayton.
The couple left on the morning train to
spend a few days tit Old Point
They have the belt wish-
es of a large circle of friend.
They received a large number of
handsome bridal presents.
at the Bank-
Tyson it continue to make
improvements at their banking house,
have just received a new safe
that is one of the best pieces of work-
ever seen in this section. It
is a large safe, built of the very best
e so as to be absolutely burglar
proof, and fitted with the latest
proved time lock and motor. The safe
is a convenient size- for occupying a
place inside the vault. They have also
let the contract for having the interior
of the vault fitted up with- metal furn-
for the keeping of books and
papers in the bank.
Greenville Market.
Corrected by M. Schultz-
which are offered low
to make room for my
spring goods.
FRANK WILSON,
Butler, per lb
Western Sides
Sugar
Corn
Corn Meal
Flour, Family
Oats
Sugar
Coffee
Silt per
Chickens
. Eggs per
Pen f n
to
to
to
SO to
3.7 to
to
to
to
to
i to
The Generosity of the Tobacco Board
of Trade.
The members of the To-
Hoard of Trade have built for
themselves a monument more lasting
than marble. As is In our read.
they were taking steps to have a
here at an early d y.
day the Board had a and de-
to contribute the they had
raised for this t ; relief of
the family of Mr. L. Y. Lawrence,
who was burned out morning.
The Secretary of the Hoard went to
Mr. Lawrence to what the
family stood most it need of, and then
went to the stores and pa; a
quantity of dry goods, -y
other things to supply and also
gave them n good of The
contribution from the Board of Trade
amounted in all to over
a step on the pal of these
gentlemen, most of whom are i.-w-com-
to our town, is deserving high-
est commendation. They are big-heart-
ed men and Greenville proud
to have such among .
Many of our people gen-
to the needs family,
which is in keeping with the
liberality of the town. There is
not a or more I -i
in the world than those right here
in Greenville. What they do is
out ostentation, but they never a
leaf ear lo suffering.
FIB, NO WATER.
The Dwelling Heine and Content of
Kr. I Destroyed
The Baptist Church also
is
Good Roads and
Editor
White everybody is need
of water for the town with h put
out fire, want to say a few v.
interest lo every one the county.
All of us have heard Store the
Arkansas in which re-
lated bow the owner of the house with
a defective roof explained that he
not repair it while it was raining
when wasn't raining the
all right, just as it was.
many localities the bail .-.
lion of the highways may be
for the same manner. Through lie
busy teaming season the farmer . it i
much occupied with other work ;.
the condition of the mi
And when their busy
is over, so they think ii isn't .
while to do anything until next .
And so a lick and a
the roads are patched up the
and a good piece
accident or the result of Nature's
Just now is a good time .
the residents of the
to build their good roads.
at least.
With good, comet roads in cone.
two-thirds of the expense of
produce would be saved.
worth considering. The value-d
he increased greatly and
body would be much happier.
Arc the farmers of the bind
dwellers the town properly -.-
the time in educating .-
and others in this vast important
A neighborhood is judged by the
roads it keeps. The. man who builds a
good public is a benefactor to inn
kind.
Plan your work DO and do it
as soon as you can.
We have not stone with which lo
macadamize our roads Streets
many of the western counties are doing
but we could greatly improve them by
using wide tires on Wagons, earls pad
drays.
A wagon with wide tires heavily
loaded can be drawn to per cent,
more easily over a soft or sandy road
than the narrow tires we now use. Do
you believe that If not, why not
It has been proven.
Yours for more roads and better roads.
L. II.
Between and o'clock
morning the people of Greenville
awakened from their slumber by the
of bells, the discharge of
cries of fire. The alarm
came from the resilience of Mr. I,. W.
Lawrence, corner of Fourth Wash
streets, when
the building was burning v.
Both fire companions and many
citizens responded to the alarm
were soon working like h woes to save
property from the was
the burning building could
not be saved, and the turned
their attention to nearby buildings that
were in immediate danger. The
Ready company with their bucket
brigade went to work on Mrs.
house occupied by Mis. Home,
which stood close to the east end of the
burning house, and Hope company
worked on the linker house occupied
by Mr. on the north side.
buildings caught several times.
The heat was fearful but the gallant
firemen held their ground and fought
manfully, saving both buildings. The
residence of Mr. W. II. Smith just
across the street on the south was also
in some danger, but a liberal use of wet
blankets and the tram in the Street
from damage. Men
on the roofs of the Perkins
boarding house and other neighboring
buildings kept then protected against
falling sparks.
The work of the Hope company was
greatly because of scarcity
water. They run engine to wells
for two blocks away, but no well would
keep them supplied longer than a
minutes the lime, the engine quickly
sucking them dry.
The cause of the lire is unknown.
Mr. Lawrence tells US that being sick
lie left ii lamp burning in his room upon
retiring and also left a slick of wood
tainting the fire place. He was
awakened by smelling smoke and got
lip, but owing lo the bright light in his
room he did not notice any light
the outside. lie looked around the
room saw nothing wrong in there,
the smell of the smoke became
.- strong that went to the door his
room and opened it. lie saw flames
bursting all through the wall into the
about the head Off the stairway.
I lie family all slept the upper story
lie building he awoke them as
I as possible and gave the alarm.
s-e Licenser
For of
Deeds ton marriage
Mini eight
f-r
WHITE.
Hunt and Martha
Entity Joy-
Windsor Anderson and
if in h
Louis and Amanda
Mm.
Louis A. and Mary E.
Simon Mat
Mack and
P. H. Pollard and
Henry and Ida
King and Martha E.
There i- a good deal religion in
paying a just bill promptly. We hare
SO idea that the will permit no
iii
We heard a wit refer to the bar-
rooms that are getting so thick along
the street, as swing
Dangerous shoals would have been
belt
Al. If yams
Ohio.
The Same as Dread
lie barely had time to get his wife and
Hookerton.
On Thursday evening at o'clock
at the home of Mr. W. Edwards,
grand father, of the bride, in Hooker
ton, Mr. Jesse W. Brown, of
ill-.- and Miss Clyde of Hook-
were married by Rev. N. II. D.
Wilson. The attendants were AV alter
Fender with Miss Mattie Edwards,
Willie Edwards with Miss Grim-
Frank Johnson with Miss Lula
Carr, Wiley Mosely with Miss Ora
After the ceremony elegant sup-
per was served to the bridal party and
guests. Rev. N. II. D. Wilson, Walter
Pender, Frank Johnston, Ambrose
Johnston and D. J.
the groom over from Greenville.
The bride and groom reached Green-
ville this and will make their
homo at Mr. J. B.
The extends best wishes
and gives the bride a hearty welcome
to our town. .
Parallel Case in Pitt.
Superintendent J. W. Smith, of the
County Dome, seeing the item in a
recent issue of the taken
from a paper in one of the western
counties, that a master and
slave were inmates of the sum j County
Home, tells us that a similar ease has
come under his notice in this
When he took charge of the Home
about a year ago Mr. Charlie Brown
was one of the inmates, later a
colored man named A-a Brown was
admitted. Asa was a former slave of
Mr. Charlie Brown, learning that
his old master was there, and very sick,
he asked to be allowed to in to
him every day. Asa is himself and
man and quite feeble, but until his
former master died he continued
him daily waited on him as fur
as his own strength would permit.
down, for in a few minutes the
id so enveloped the stairway
was impossible. The house
. rapidly and was MM a mass
llamas. It was a narrow escape for
inmates. Scarcely nothing could
b .- from the house, even the wear-
apparel of the family being lost.
At present an estimate of loss
annul be given. There was
on the house but none on
the contents. It is a severe loss on
L-i Having a large family
losing their home, their furniture
and ail wearing apparel and provision
phi in such as
i from our citizens.
The . Memorial Baptist
;. a loser by the lire. Mr.
iv was clerk of the church and
of the silver communion
this with all the church rec-
we- destroyed. This is the sec-
has lost its records
by years ago his father,
Mr. I Lawrence, was clerk of the
Church. He lost his residence by fire
and the ii records up to that lime
were
Hood's Sarsaparilla on tho
at Every
my opinion Hood's Bi has
cot an r. M I doe-
months for and
Neuralgia of tho
without any and than
Every an i
I have used ft ft has etc- I i
good. I have not ban aV s
physician four
Was afflicted I
Fooling All Out.
but my
prevailing upon to Hood s
Hood's
B a short time. Now she ,
have faith In I i
Hood's Cures
rills and It on the ovary
Ai. with
I T. V. fr. Sons,
North Third Ohio.
Pills SE
the Date.
Pr, Hyatt, of will
at the King Feb.
Monday and Tuesday for
the s- of examining and treating
the eye. Those who u
I i I will do well to all
early. Some cases are tedious and
difficult l Any early call
gives plenty of time to do the work and
will bin it well.
STOVES,
BICYCLES,
v e son fur
your
for and will
be made
sell the Elmo
e- Grain Cook time
We ran a bran
new 1896 for
Call it.
a E. PENDER CO
Administrators Sale
of Land for Assets.
By virtue of a en-e the
In the of If.
of J. L. W. Nobles, I will
sell cash at the I House dot r in
Monday, tin- of
1801. the following f
laud, lo A of d situated
In the
lands of Amos iv. II. Stocks,
Redding Trip containing
forty eight more o.- lass, Sub-
to the of Mary Nobles,
ow of J L. W. Nobles.
of I. L. W,
A. Atty.
T am making room for a dandy
Spring Stock and will lower
prices on all good to
then . The new year
caught us with a little too
many goods to carry over so
will rush them out at bottom figures.
See me tor great bargains. C. T. Mun-
ford, Next Door to Hank Greenville.
FOR THE-
FALL WINTER
BUSINESS
and cordially invite you to inspect the largest
and neatest assortment of
-1
ever brought to Our stock con-
all the newest and
use,
fob
and Cotton Seed Meal.
Furnishing
Good Boots
and Shoes, Domestics,
Bleached and
ed Sheeting and Shirt-
Fancy
Cotton Dress Goods
everything you will
want or need in that
line. Hardware for far
and mechanics
Tinware,
ware, Wood and
Whips, Buggy Robes, Collars, Rope,
Twine, Heavy Groceries always on hand,
Meat, Flour, Sugar, Salt and Molasses.
The best and largest assortment of Crock-
Lamps, Lanterns, Lamp Chimneys and
Shades, Fancy Glassware, to be found
in the county. And our stock of
FURNITURE
Matting, Carpets, Rugs and Foot Mats is by far
the and cheapest ever offered to the people
of this section. Come look and sec and buy.
Sole agents of Coats Spool Cotton for this town
for wholesale and retail trade. Shoes
for Men and Boys. Shoes
for Ladies and children. We buy Cotton and
Peanuts and pay the highest market e for
them. Tour experience teaches you all to buy
and deal with men who will treat you fair and
do the square thing by you. Come and see us
and be convinced that what we claim is true.
Yours for business square dealings,
To our Many Friends.
Accept, through thin. medium.
most heartfelt thanks for kindness, I
sympathy and generosity to us In our ;
recent trouble. Words arc inadequate
to express our gratitude to you all, j n
Not only to old do turn -Before buy don't to
with grateful hearts, bat comparative j . Q . , ,
strangers, numbered among the j , I fT Pi I C
co Board of Trail, and
donated most liberally, in a manner as
delicate and as a woman,
with nil the noble bearing of true gen-
God bless r you all
in this lite, and give yon an everlasting
inherit mice hereafter, will ever be the
of
bf. Fault
for If do not find Mr. at
hie office the street and talk with Hr. Cobb
They are both prepared to supply wants at low-
est prices and give the best the market affords.
Lang's Great
Clearing Out Sale.
Owing to Removal I offer my entire stock from
JANUARY 1st, 1896, A. M.
At Cost. At Cost.
In or retail to suit the buyer.
Now is the time to secure Bargain.
LANG'S.
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P P. P.
cures all skin
blood diseases
PORK SIDES SHOULDERS
BUT
X. their supplies will
their interest ingot our prices
n all its branches.
FLOOR, COFFEE,
w- direct from i
Ming you to ; -lit.
stock of
FURNITURE
always
tin mi will bought
for CASH
lo i sell U a
ft K. K.
AND KAli.
ten
Tris
Dated
Jan. 6th
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Tarboro
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Physicians P. P. i u
splendid combination. and
with great of tin cm- of
forms and I of primary,
and tertiary syphilitic
P. P. P.
Cures RheumatisM.
ulcers and sore.-, swellings,
old
that hive all ca-
P. P. P.
Cures Blood Poison.
skin diseases, eczema chronic ft male
s aid heal,
I. P. P. is a powerful an
excellent
P. P. P.
Cares Scrofula.
bu up rap-
Ladles are poisoned
and whoso is in an
due
P- P. P-
Cures Malaria.
lo irregularities, are
by th tonic
and blood cleansing properties of
Mb, Poke root and Potassium.
P. P. P.
Cures Dyspepsia.
Props.
DRUGGISTS. BLOCK.
Ga.
Sold at n's Drug Stoic.
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Sec.
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A. M
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LUMBER GO.
market
for pay
Cash at
Can also All order
fur Rough
bar promptly.
Give us your orders.
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Weldon . J.
p. in., bud l Hi
id., 1.47 p. in. 7.45
j. in. teaM Kinston
a. in., S a.
hi 11.21, am
Trains on lean
leaves 1.30 p. .
p. in,, Arrives 7.4. p. in.
Sunday. Connect, with
trains mi
Tr . leaves C C, via
a R. it. sun-
at p, . M;
M., p. m.
-aves
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arrive I II.
Train on Midland N. leaves
dally, Sunday. a
m. arriving a. m. He-
turning a. in.,
rives at 9.30 a.
in branch leave
R Mount at p. in., arrives
8.05 p. in., Hope
L, f
JO a. in , a m. Hi at
8.08 a daily pt
Trap-son Florence R
leave p in,
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leave I'M a in. -r m,
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Train
p. in
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makes
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Which sound How.
What is probably one of oldest
books on deportment in existence
was discovered in Paris the other
day, says tho New York World. It
was published in that city in 1628
for College of the Jesuits of La
and is entitled Man-
In Converse Among The
text is in French, with a Latin trans-
Deportment in is first
touched upon. yawning do not
this ancient guide to polite-
do not gape even
when spooking. In blowing thy nose
do it as one would sound a trumpet
and afterward regard not fixedly thy
handkerchief. Avoid wiping thy
nose as the children thy
fingers or upon the sleeve. When
listening to some one speaking do
not wiggle about, but keep thyself
in thy the
It roust have been hard to obey
this latter injunction, judging from
what is s id n little farther along,
not fleas or the like in the
of others, but excuse thy-
self and remove whatever torments
Three hundred years ago gentle
men did not wear such sad colored
costumes as do today, and one
cannot help feeling that a little pride
and swagger were excusable in a
dandy of these days when he donned
for tho first time a particularly
fetching costume of high colored
silken doublet and hose. Yet this
remarks thou
art well bedizened, if thy hose be
tightly drawn and thy habit be well
ordered, parade not thyself, hut
carry thyself with becoming mod-
Demean not thyself arrogant-
go mincingly about. Let
not thy hands hang limply to the
ground and tuck not up thy hose at
every
not thyself with
flowers upon thy is another in-
junction which sounds curiously to-
day, but tho advice, speak-
raise not voice as if thou
crying an is just as per-
now as when tho budding
young gentlemen of La France had
it drummed into them.
Table manners in those days
have been rather primitive
even than those of some of the
cent table in this city, for
the book seated at
table, scratch not thyself, and if
thou must cough or spit or wipe thy
nose do it dexterously and without
a great noise.
not thy mouth with food
when eating, and drink not too much
of the wine if thou art not master of
the house. Show not overmuch
pleasure either at the meats or wine.
taking salt hare a care that
knife be not greasy. When it is
necessary to clean that or the fork,
do it neatly with tho napkin or a lit-
bread, but never with entire
loaf. Smell not of tho meats, and, if
by chance thou dost, put them not
back afterward before another.
is a very indecent thing to
wipe the sweat from thy face with
napkin, or with same to
blow thy nose or el. an , lie plate or
Salaries.
There is a great difference in the
compensation of the governors.
Now York pays tho a
year and house free. Now
and Pennsylvania pay their gov-
a year, but do not
furnish mansions for them. Ohio
and Massachusetts pay year.
Illinois and California pay a
year. Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky,
Minnesota, Missouri, Virginia and
Wisconsin pay Maryland
pays Eight states pay
a year. Tho remaining states pay
miserably small salaries to their ex-
In Vermont and
the governors receive only a
enough to pay a ca-
private secretary. In Michigan
the salary of the remained
for many years at This re-
tho office to rich men, for
no poor man who was competent
could afford to take it. salary
in that now is
change
A Lamentable Failure.
new figure
I invented for failed last
night.
was it
arranged a set of beau-
decorated flowerpots in one
end of the each with the name
of a gentleman, and then the ladies
were to pet partners by throwing a
golden heart into tho flowerpot
didn't it work
smashed all
windows didn't a flowerpot
From London Punch.
Tho new woman
Moo. do Main tenant.
in the is the title
of a new hook. Where else should
In a lamp
Favorite song on the Stock Ex-
what a difference in
Appropriate decoration for a
Dentist's will out
were discussing merits
of various Oxford colleges.
said a certain matron emphatically,
would never send any son of
mine to such a place as col-
MAKING CARBON
Beacon Hill's Glory Departed.
among prophets
have foretold years ago that real
estate on far famed Beacon hill
would have depreciated in value
more than in any other section of
Boston And yet there tho fat,
and it illustrates how the whims of
fashion dominate over all things
Herald.
state is supposed to have a
composed of men from to
capable of bearing arms, but in
nearly all tho states the militia or-
is very incomplete.
number of militia actually organized
not far from
In families well ordered there is
always one firm, sweet temper,
Which controls seaming to
dictate. The Greeks r Per
crowned.
bl la Whet Happens Ms Am
la
The electric are light, with its in-
tense steady is now so
familiar an object that few atop to
think how wonderful a thing it
really is. Here is light enough to
illumine many square yards nearly
as well as daylight does, proceeding
from tho points of two carbon
rods as large as one's finer. What
of the carbon in that
small spot Professor S. P.
son, in a Cantor lecture be-
fore Society of Arts in London,
tells us that it has actually melted
there, something that was until re-
thought impossible. More-
over, he says that when the light
hisses, liquid carbon is really
boiling. facts that h d him to
these conclusions are below
from the report of bis that
appears in Industries and
bad found the
white surface of the luminous crater
to be always of an equal degree of
whiteness, which obviously means
that it is always of an equal degree
of temperature. only thing that
could account for there being a fixed
temperature for crater surface
was fact that carbon is at the
surface in a state of volatilization;
that the carbon is evaporating off
from the positive carbon into the
or flame. At that surface yon
necessarily must have the tempera-
at carbon evaporates,
just as you cannot have the surface
of ice ordinary conditions
either hotter or colder than the
which is taken as of
Centigrade scale. My present
view of tho physical state of the arc
crater is that tho solid carbon below
is covered with a layer or film of
liquid carbon, just boiling or
orating off.
biasing takes place, a new
state of things is set If yon
watch a short hissing you will
see a column of light concentrating
itself on a narrow spot, and tho spot
keeps moving about and is very
stable in position as well as in
amount of light it gives out The
contracted spot from which light
seems to start pits deeper into the
carbon. Mrs. made the ob-
that crater surface,
after has been hissing,
found to be literally honeycombed.
When the is hissing, yon can see
little bits erupted out, and the hiss-
seems to be comparable to the
hissing which takes place in water
just when it is hog inning to boil. If
yon have some water being heated
in such a way that there is not
than a certain quantity of heat
en off from tho surface, you have
the water evaporating quietly, but
you cannot get more than a certain
quantity of heat given off per
square inch of top surface of the
water in that quiet way.
If you than a
quantity of boat to pass off
top of the water,
yon find the water begins to break
up internally, and you have bubbles
formed below surface; the
face breaks up, the bubbles are
thrown out and you have a noisy
phenomenon. I think yon will find
there is exactly the same kind of
difference between silent arc and
the hissing arc as between quiet
evaporation and noisy boiling.
There is a sort of as
solid particles are being torn
asunder to make way for something
coming out, when the is
Digest
They Dropped It.
Here is an unrecorded
concerning a certain woman's
in Now York city. Following the
example of all such organizations,
the club, when first organized,
pared an elaborate constitution and
bylaws. These- were duly printed
and bound. Soon after
a copy chanced to fall into
hands of the husband of one of
the members. After ho bad perused
volume entire edition was at
once recalled and a new one
pared. second edition, however,
differed but in one respect from the
first. It had merely followed the
advice of aforesaid member's
husband and omitted the following
by la two shall
the floor the same
New York Sun.
Laughter Prolongs the Performance.
is the performance so long
asked a lounger in the
lobby, as he at his watch
and saw that tho time was o'clock.
yon put in anything
but it's a warm house to-
does that make
I haven't noticed many extra en-
cores to
there's more laughing to-
night house laughs
than usual and keeps it
that make differ-
in the length of the perform-
from to minutes.
An ordinary laugh at some joke on
the stage lasts or seconds.
When laughs for sec-
it is a good, long laugh, and
seconds is almost the limit, I
don't mean acme
one back, but laugh sprinkled
the A good
and cordial audience will
laugh seconds at every
Ten will prolong the show a
minute, and when yon figure that
three acts are well filled with funny
lines, yon will understand why the
show sometimes lasts o'clock
and on chilly evenings fa over at
or Record.
Oh, yea, there is a marked differ,
between big man mentally
considered and the little man. When
big man an idea, he lays it
away in his brain box for use
an emergency arises for it, hot in-
idea in little man's nod-
and it will leap of his
the very first time he opens that or-
Transcript
A BRIDE.
A Oar I That Ha Its
Merry and Sad
An ancient custom la yet main-
in Russia at Christmas
season, in the festivities of
the day are made to play a
part in the lives of who
are chief in the frolicking.
Borne person of importance in the
district that annual
will be held at bis house.
Thither, at the appointed time,
hasten young men of the
try side; thither come, no less eager-
hut with decorous tardiness,
maidens of the place. There are
dances and songs, games and feast-
but all is but the prelude
to the great event when is
made handmaid of lore. At the
arrival of the proper hour tho host-
gives a signal and withdraws
into an apartment, accompanied by
all girls. Tho lasses are ranged
upon long benches, where they pose,
a tittering phalanx of freshness and
beauty, with naught in their smiling
affability to suggest that a scratch
on blooming cheek might reveal
Tartar.
The hostess is supplied with long
strips of broad and with this
she straightway muffles each and
every maiden. She twists it deftly
over and about head,
and features are hopelessly veiled;
she winds it about neck,
shoulders, the waist and on until
the sprightly and figure of
the girl is merged in the rude out
lines of a
This is preparation. The action
follows, when one by in an or-
determined by lot, the young
men of the party enter room.
Each in turn approaches tho veiled
row of loveliness and examines it
Eyes and ears are useless; touch is
everything. The puzzled suitor
to penetrate the baffling folds and
locate the personality of his idol.
When at last he has made his choice,
be is privileged to remove
and behold the
of his prize. Then is the
moment of rapture or
despair when soul answers soul in
the love light of the eyes, or
disappointment speaks in stifled
sigh or shows in averted eye.
It is the law of custom that this
twain should become man and wife.
If custom is broken, a heavy
forfeit be paid by the
person. But it is rarely that
happiness fails in the result. Chance,
it is well known, is open to a bribe.
And the lowers who would fail to
offer her bribes would hardly deserve
happiness. In their whispers before
the hour of trial amorous
for the of ill fortune
are made, and lover may depend
upon his ingenious inamorata to
convey to him the concerted signal
whereby will be determined her
identity and mutual happiness.
New York Herald.
A FRENCH SQUiRE.
of tho Quaker.
We take it that Quaker idea
of cultivating stillness and the
so great an
effect upon their children's
is identical in effect with that
practice of for which
thousands of minds in our fussy
generation have so deep and we may
add so ineffectual a longing. Even
their peculiarities of dress and
have long since ceased to ex-
cite ridicule and hardly more
distinctive than those of earnest so-
or of newest successful
Protestant denomination. Perfect
toleration, however, has
so many creeds, has almost
killed the Quakers, and in the hour
of triumph of most prominent
ideas their society is dying, or near-
dying, of want of votaries.
have the community, and
they are being absorbed into it.
One would have thought that thou-
sands of families would have joined
their communion as a kind of
safe from the
pressure of a battling world, but it
is not so, and if have not for a
few years actually decreased
are never without the apprehension
that in this at least, they
may disappear, swallowed up in
multitude of those who agree with
and yet do not belong to their com-
Spectator.
The Siege of Lisbon.
When Lisbon was besieged by the
Spanish in fifteenth century,
Portuguese as were captured
were maimed. eyes were put
out, their noses, lips or ears were
out off, finger nails or fingers
amputated, and in this miserable
plight they were sent back into
city with the announcement that
when it was taken all the defenders
would be similarly treated.
Boston's Literary Conductor.
The conductor leans over a
on the seat of a car, whose
interest in one of a number of hooks
he carries probably suggests a liter-
pardon, sir;
I picked up an English book on as-
more than SO years old, the
other day, with colored plates. Was
not that unusual at the Are,
yon interested in those things
now. spiritualism.
do you often invite that
old gossip, Mrs.
she always knows so many
interesting things to tell
one forgets to cat, almost all
the left
of City of i
County
Frank J. makes oath
he Ii the partner of the Arm of F.
J. A Co., doing s in
the City of Toledo. County
aforesaid and that said firm will
of ONE HUNDRED IO
LARS for each and every case of
that cannot be by the use
of Catarrh Cube.
Sworn to before me and sub.-c in
my presence, this 6th day of December
A, D.
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Ball's Cure
on hi on and
face at system, read
for i
F. J. A Co,, O,
by ,
ins., wilt you a I.-1
of t.-r self.
cl fa-
Suits,
f 10.26, am
waned
Ha Pressed, His Weakness For Fr-
and What Ate.
The were of a very
plain and solid make, little bettor
than those provided for his laborers,
and such was his my that he
bought leather and had them re-
soled by a living at the
Ho was much
his headgear. Felt bats
were brought by sea from Rouen to
paid
francs for his own, those for
his servants were not more than a
third of that price. His rich velvet
caps nearly francs.
Tho bad a peculiar weak-
for perfumes, which ho distill-
ed on tho spot, such as rosewater,
Damascus water, a la
etc, and he did not think it beneath
bis dignity to go and gather
pinks at n neighboring monastery.
Ho was very fastidious with re-
to his gloves and would pay
francs a pair for them.
A word may added as to tho
arrangements for at the
flour was ground and
tho bread at home, although
when was not time to do so a
loaf of would bought
from tho baker for francs. Ho
paid a higher price when ho expect-
ed friends, and especially tho
of who was somewhat
of an epicure. There is little said
about pastry
so essential to the festivities
of Twelfth Night or Epiphany. The
desserts consisted of honey,
fresh and dried oranges
grenades from tho south, with n
great variety of Generally
tho preference was given to solid
food. Sometimes and
slaughtered at home; some-
times choice morsels wore bought
at tho town, and wonderfully cheap
they were. On occasion the half
of a calf and a pound of candles are
purchased for francs. Kids
much in request for special enter-
Pork was then, as now,
a favorite article of diet among the
peasants. Ono day, when going to
the ho at o'clock and
breakfasted on pork and
himself. Tho fact speaks wall for
his digestive ho had
reason to of tho indulgence.
Special luxuries occasionally
provided at his table, as when the
servant of a neighbor brought
an Indian cock, and then ho was
that ho tho messenger
a of francs. This
circumstance not interest,
as showing that turkey was not
then unknown in France, and throw-
doubt on tho common tradition
that this bird was first introduced
by tho Jesuits and served at
royal of Charles IX, 1671.
Fish appears often on tho squire's
board, as his was near the
sea, and tho rivers also furnished a
good
Slack
A newspaper contained the
following prospectus of a
in the is
the favorite of resort for those
who fond of solitude. in
search of in fact, con-
flocking from the four
quarters of tho I gather
from my informant that this is
either a copy or a translation of the
prospectus. But I forbear to
the name of the favorite
partly because I not myself
seen the advertisement and partly
for fear that many of your readers
might tempted to swell tho crowd
in that haunt of populous solitude.
In my Harrow days it was report-
ed that tho very clover and kind
hearted hut irascible and sometimes
second master
called out to the
boys in his form, boy prompts
another, tho hoy who prompts shall
ten times as many lines to
write out as tho boy who is prompt-
ed, and tho boy who is prompted
just tho same Spectator.
A Display of Confidence.
On of the busiest corners of
is a newsstand. Tho young
man who sells papers has a largo
and abundant confidence in human
nature, for as soon as ho gets his
displayed at tho stand he
a handful of nickels and
pennies on top of a paper. Ho cries
bis wares without intermission, for
be holds a of papers under
his arm. But for every paper ho
sells from tho he carries he
sells two from his stand. His
who know him, pick out
their papers, lay tho on the
stand and away. If lay
down a nickel or a they
change for themselves from the
loose for purpose.
What Did He Mean
Two young gentlemen met in
of the parks, according to
The One of
thorn was wheeling his firstborn son.
good morning, Mr. Belle-
said tho proud father.
isn't this a
Mr.
have never seen wife, but I
fancy child must take after its
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