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JOB PRINTING. The Reflector is pared to do all wort of this NEATLY, and FINEST STYLE. Plenty of new mate- rial and best of Stationery. -I astern Reflector D. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance. i I VOL, XVI. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. CM WEDNESDAY, MA-CH NO Two for made die Reflector and Carolinian the above amount. This h campaign year and vow should lake the two leading papers. THE N . . I Irish nil----- H s J R In . nil A I -.-, I'm in Car- Ti i.- . pi i II Fan. . I . ,. . . , . .- . . . Drop i- j . arc mail ,. . tun ; tin i i Hit. across bar- Those two immense store Hew x at I s a apart that miles I Entrance to Ike harbor is wade through the channel between i; 1897 these jetties, and there i Tl a out four days in G and it was the THE depth of water fin v. of . j as great as feet aught to pass ion that the National Editorial Association had also had an tipper been in re royalty entertained I y of viewing and visiting M U than it. city- The forenoon of ask was devoted to the As Hon. the of the time being given to sight seeing and attending entertainments and u the ins if Galveston. The of Association no- being of in- st t-i Bike reference to stare Denver. Col., was as the plane f of is look is a charm the People of Pitt County, v , la M c. BK K W. I J B M to Latham St a. a Galloway, M- K. N. On X. C. i LAW. X. C in all I battleship Texas let at in in the harbor. This ship j to b and am one; Hie beat in he was of interest lo, all energies have never relaxed. Hon-he, I fl tO OH and was co a l-v in ; ship yard It built at J Of N-ti the d and fur- m In- I ill Works is m n and to Ti an best His. . attendant of i Washington City was Mrs. l. Gotten, of We clip folio a in.; ill- ton Post Mis. a paper on tor before Friday la a typical Southern woman, and has the cordial bat debate ab manner which the women born sooth f the Mason Highest of all m Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Ma. The click of chips is no heard in some of the rooms .,. . II m a building located I, o. of I. U. C U over A. B. X. C. Greenville, N. C Greenville, attention given collection and of claims. in short time. . H. X. Greenville, j MA Law. Con IS. Dissolution Notice. of John Co,, his by from lit Inn, in the bought by It. Greens Hooker, tie he Mill j of fir-iii lie paid K. Greene Hook-r whom all the oil a i . ii.-. Tub -1 I of February FLANAGAN, j;. GREEKS, o. Notice. as Administrator of Mayo, is in all against the as- th-- En. Mayo, to present rum to the on or before of or this will be i bar of their re- AU e please K. GRIMES. of Mayo. Feb. Kb. Notice. Mayo, this fa notify ,, against the I ate of the said lo or before the bill day of Feb. or notice will plead In bar of recovery. All indebted to aid Mary Mayo will mike U. J. GRIMES. of Mary T. is Feb. S h and fronted by h n the Atlantic at is o Carolina, g side resort of S In a letter that the hit the city time the edit on d d. th.- news- paper foils did not mind such a little obstacle to transportation at this. Moat of them were accustom i-d to doing lots of w liking in their lily hunts for news, and the way merrily too and from the convention hall showed the Texan that they had a crowd of good pedestrians in their midst- However, the strike was of short the week for the purpose of Racing , a d who went w-r c . Iv r.- and hue. Her mo is j poker used to played. Falkland, N. she ma mean that d in h-r own Stain, and i. playing poker. Oh, The dick-of chips need no Ion- .,., .-, heard, whether is being the he ,,.,, , , , . h . . I played or not. An inventive It was an who knows how it is be t f to play poker on the quiet and she strong one wants to, has invented c- f f and -l- the ,,. . , , , . same as of bone, celluloid I u . . , ,. ;,; s ; us well the nut- Tale, of CAROLINA. Miss Eva Mitchell, of county, a pupil of the F. died Sunday morning after u aired about Her Mr. d Mrs. John Mitchell, arrived u few before death. Her remains Inker, to Gates for interment- Index the and col- II v to select c-,, db, commander, , J. night I music of ii in giving a from c it a i y coming year. your We unhesitatingly is the of all stores which to your tor the . .,.,. .,. . Gen are sold on time at close of the battleship. bowed a for that ii of tile of and was richly en i by the large audience. or greens- Friday afternoon a handsome t j best presented to the bottle hip by . o . the citizens of Texas in Call tor OUT of honor of naming the Do aW be ship for Slate. took place in i . . g, ; , . Oil i- . S ilia iii-.-l hill is H i. i ii r, nil is i i Hi I. i i-. I i i f man ii . she d ii . a -i hi g nib i i.- took place is front of the led CO Straight back to your duration. The trouble was hotel Will take of by people . to a Legislature attend U in e. of The made day the were along again. If there i feature that prides herself on more than it is oyster toast- prominent visiting delegation or notable XX Q d f i . Minn, lives in a . located between a and a dance hail- One evening recently there was a i- in both It be- too warm for comfort indoors, the editor t on the veranda and in situation. Tins is what be heard ; us pray ail eh thee to j ii.- hands draw to ii to st forward and back officials and members of attend d in a body. presentation speech I by and the man assembly in the city I tors began leaving is feasted a lay out to their homes kind, and oil Wednesday afternoon J others going for a trip into one was given to the Editorial j all parrying with them by Capt. of the and man. We are the of the poor battleship. I man. we are the friend of the rich man, we After the presentation the j are will lite friend of you all. Come to sec us, we serve you to the best of our ability. best of service and honest The party of pleasant recollections of a delight d right and left tor Christ's sake seat The editor was more sad the of the and went off and joined a baseball club order to fort-; shall be yours to command at the and Printer. Notice. t To., composed of Jesse Wight and have day by and will no longer the and in oar Una. we a from all o us as our be our many sett are. very t JESSE was taken to a park on the banks of a beautiful lake where every- thing was in readiness- There oysters desired style with and the way they disappeared before that crowd show J that most of the pushers were expert at hiding bivalve as they are at finding news. At the of this the crowd assembled in a large ion whore Mr. N. Levi, cf Galveston, made them a very witty speech. He said it was the custom on occasions of kind to present a medal to the pion oyster pater i that a commit- tee had been keeping to see who entitled to the and they found that Mr-13-13- Herbert, of Chicago, had broken the by eating That was called to the and an 3-inch loath medal tied around his neck. Each of the present wore given a shell on was marked tho number of oysters eaten. The old man got ft shell saying he ate We were inclined to doubt it, but the committee bad that number on us and no kicking going behind returns was allowed. All the same we wore to know just how get away with oysters at sitting. Thursday afternoon tho was a complimentary fill sojourn in this charming city on the is not out of place to mention that tho Western Union j graph Company was also very courteous to tho editors, extend- tho free of the wires for person to and from home. The old man being a himself stood in with the boys and found those of Galveston and pie's Store. Corn Stalks Worth Two Dollars a Ten Notice to Creditors. qualified before the Clerk of Pitt as of tie estate W notice is given day of January or tab pi. ad bar of recovery of William St Cal It time after the l.-de war that it was announce there was a mercantile value cotton time ether cotton could be seen lying around heaps to rot and often ho wanted to use the wires. D. J. W. should dwell together in This can always done if we bear with one another- is ore cf the great stumbling blocks to this man- of living When it is religious it is ten times worse. We may men, we may thing we are right yet should cord to every one the right to his own In arguing a it is well to and very often ho has a wife, in which event one should careful what of conversation is indulged other- wise one might get knocked down, for if there anything an own The to Go, on their I however remote, his elegant ocean steamer be a run largo I Some no doubt moan steamers out of having well, but are not always direct with New York prudent or wise- By their and tho they not only commits o- her foreign ports. Their boat j sin, but cause others to sin. Then are among floating is the good of it all, palaces the world. if we licked Statistical and in. t unhealthy Europe is Barcelona, Spain. The number of deaths there at present number of birth-. The fellow river sty ltd the of It is mated that its Hoods tho present century have cost China lives. to waste. All know how arc now. Until recently no one thought if thousand dollars a year, tho corn stalk as a source of icy-1 by the French What were gathered in is taken for tho fodder on thorn, sum paid lo any diplomat; the chemist has at work and j finds two dollars worth in every . , . ,, , ., W hen is told that about ton of or live dollars . , , cases of contagious ; to the It is estimated that from the Six great corn growing hut States would be worth annually be liberally served to all on board. This excursion gave the visitors persecution for Christ's is all right, but the , trouble is it is not always for His an of Generally the devil has with a chip. gentleman splendid harbor of and to do with it than Christ- j who owned tho beaver was Bailed after viewing the vast water front Thus it seems Improbable that early in the twentieth century coin stalks may be gathered and marketed as frugally cotton seeds a-e now. A f Beaver. A baby beaver was and given to a gentleman as a pet Beavers, as you know, build dams in which can make their But bore was this poor baby living in a bone where woe no possibility of his having that he love to have- One day when the little r was in the kitchen, a leaky pail put on tho floor. The moment the baby saw the water running in a little stream across tho floor he ran cut into the yard. appeared in a startled if ho bus not looked into mortuary statistics Cities. Shoes. which an- i for n bite. The colors are not very well defined, for rubber doesn't m to take the colors easily mid seems to difficult to dye. Hut the colon ore distinct enough to avoid tin; of a man anteing a I blue chip when a white a the ante I or ,. ii a red i- all that i.- needed. The. who bundle i poker chips say they are very popular, and that a great many of hem have been sold. make when arc l he in is. h tin i has the habit, which much costly experience, of his chins with one hand bus to learn the trick anew, for are apt to stick to other prevent the accomplishment of the Times-Herald II. Mil is too high, sir, and I won't pay snapped the young woman, and she turned sharply on her heel and strode OUt Of the office. The lawyer w ho bad procured a divorce for bey again to his leak and merely remarked under his woman, In of coy t. Cats to little- at such as spreading a rug or laying a for ex- tenacious of their rights of possession. Besides their each of mine has u cushion, la kept in place, on which she i- to to prevent her cover- tho with hairs. Only two have been completely broken of tho habit, and bus so exclusive a sense of property in hers, is in the corner of n sofa, that if she sees a human being resting head or elbow on it posts herself or. tho floor before him, looking him out of countenance until ho moves. a visitor threw her cushion in- to a chair sat on it. As he dis- regarded her mute protest walk- would be If it hadn't for d not m weeks afterward. This jealousy of anything a privilege or shows itself in them Tho of Tho prophet was taking a In tho country when ho saw a an Albany jeweler as j pent, stiff with cold, lying on the the greatest fool sin. ground. Ho compassionately took it simple Simon, sold a clock S ,, I When recovered, lo a country be in afterward listen. I am now lino claimed thing was I going no the band wouldn't inquired work right. I him to bring . .,,., mine it in a-, d I would what j to it out the matter with it. v hen ho came does not thy race, too, make and brought the clock he perpetual war against was had the tied together with a cotton string. The longest hand , . so soon forgot that I saved thy be Said, go clean round dial an hour, while the only moved inch, or so. lie The Norfolk thinks the appointment of Manna lo the senate a to Ohio, to the senate the t-d- As to the we agree, but a which kept John in the senate so can't be by send- i I his place. And as for the administration, where V Star. f lie Fool. to the Albany, Ga., University Ridge Ii, . . of and of equal pr News in d I Ml. The barn and its coal, f Mr. the china Grove road miles from town were turned afternoon. Mr. ill Hinged lo get his f tho the b; l gained any headway i, u saved his hordes and cows. the ham which was burned there was loll bushels of corn, a f wheat, hay and other feed for I is stock. Mr- Cress thinks the fire originated a match lb World. Sunday the were to have preaching at Mr. John Mrs- Webb, a widow of the John Webb, was one of number present, but she for preaching- Mr. Joseph Webber arrived he an d the uprightly widow of short Id left immediately for state and were made one. The- young people present fol- lowed witnessed the ceremony and Mormons had no preach- Tho groom is only about years Star. is no such thing as upon this serpent, if I now to spare price cents per L. Woolen. they wore not that this is one of tho in Uncle Sam's domain- The government, recognizing the importance of having a good port here, has done much toward the harbor. Some that greatly tho excursionists was the large built tor the Bear one fools him- chip was placed are driven ; wise men may be in such a way as to stop tho People who are troubled cold feet may take heart. Id . i hero has been patented a described as a The is hollowed, out, and in tins is a receptacle for a slowing similar to that The heating in heel keeps the water warm, it circulates wearer is walking, thus a pleas- Bat to tho foot. A small safety-valve is provided, so that tho b burst. Tho warmth given by sole above degrees Fahrenheit, and will last about eight Popular News says that the sole is not unreasonably thick, being only slightly thicker than that of tho wet weather shoe. There are more than the law department of Wake Forest college and outer. and the beaver hurried out and came with bi. wood and then some mud. Old. were given tho beaver was disturbed, but allowed Lutterloh purchased from W. T. a just them run to- thee, either thou of thy he said, until he tied them, then, he said, thing would i i at. all. After so long time I succeeded in explaining to at it wan the business of the long hand to go clear tho dial once every hour, while hour moved only from hour mark hot I'll blamed he the blue the So it seems, after all. that it was not Mr. Cleveland whom tho dusky M V wished to with her presence, but that she t it on the doorstep of the with the of a Hindu creditor tho cf his debtor. lie laughs best who laughs last. The of the ti o tore Philadelphia Record. she pretty j Ho. is ugly enough to be a race would kill mo. By A shall thou hast sworn by Allah, will not cause thee to break thy said tho holding bis hand to tho month. The serpent bit him, ho sucked the wound with his lips and spat tho on tho And on that very spot sprang up a plant which combines within itself the of tho and tho com- passion tho prophet. Men call this blunt the of tobacco. Th lo A gentleman saw the following advertisement in a road to wealth. Scud stamps Tho gentleman sent IS stamps and in return for outlay received minute instructions how to get to the Bank of England from any part of TUT, BAYED his LIVE Mr. C Beaver ville. says, Or, New Discovery I owe ray Wan taken or Burying a Populist. An incident happened at Halifax Tuesday while the board county was in session. Au old key before he commissioners and asked Chairman Harrison if his t had allowed. don't said Mr. your bill burying a re- old man, meaning a There is no poison living who has done many thing he she afterwards regretted, exchange assures its readers that will never be sorry For living a pore life- For lining your level best. For being kind to the poor. For hearing before judging. For I hi liking before speaking. For standing by your For I topping ears to gos- sip. For bridling a slanderous tor- gee. For being square in business dealings. For giving per sou a lift. For promptness in Beeping your promises. will outer. There rut bis plan, and four weeks the large w m purpose of the Moore county man, the following to be a w not to rabbit, coon, Two colored to work g I woman ed in Nash county b it i about 181.70. otter skins by cutting out a tore trial st L. ill and Fayetteville Observer. Optic. To Reflector Readers. ill use of our up tor the n or to a new paying not less than one year in advance, we will in- one years to Health and Home Journal of Chattanooga, Tenn. This Journal devoted to Health, Bomb and Farm, is a page, monthly elevating. We hove only a limited to give away on the above terms. you wait your neighbor comes in and with tried the the last one we have left. clans for miles about, but of no avail If yon want to fake van- of only My bay and to UP subscription began ii use and from the first be- for this year or get us one new pa gel h and after for a year. Those who have already paid up for the year 1807 this notice is made will receive Health and Home Journal.

THE REFLECTOR N. C. P, Editor at the at N. C, as second class mail matter. LEGISLATURE- Condensed Report FORT SENATE. Bills and resolutions were introduced as follows i to appoint additional cotton for Edgecombe. Wilson, to regulate the Kile pistols and cartridges. To amend the charter of Lumber- ton. The hills- To allow Cumberland to its debt. To amend Sit- Airy. To provide for working the public roads of Nash. To incorporate the New Bern Fire Insurance Company. To amend the charter of Dennis- Lumber Company. Tc incorporate the Commonwealth Insurance Company, of To incorporate the trustees of St Mary's of from the committee on public made a report y, recommending that the letting at lowest bid be abolished and that the bill of Butler appointing Guy V. Barnes public printer be adopted. The report goes on to say that the printing under Stewart Bros, cost the state nearly more than for the two years; that of the work as done in Richmond , v hen it should all have been done in this state ; that they recommend the adoption of report. The report further says that the printing should be done in The bill to appoint Guy V. Barnes, of Raleigh, public up. The report was unfavorable. Shore moved to Grant considering the bill at once, as it no use postponing. The question recurring on the of the minority committee report, it was adopted oil second and thin readings. This was a republicans. to tin- By Atwater, to incorporate Atlantic Development Company and r By Patterson, incorporate lied Springs seminary. By Cannon, to livestock from at large on Beach suspended and passed By Front, to amend charter of Goldsboro By Smithers, to regulate rate of in- in counties of the Blue Ridge ; also to protect real estate mortgage or deed or trust. The bill was taken up to amend the charier of the city of Wilmington. Senator Justice demanded the roll call which was sustained and the bill passed third noes, Bills passed as To repair certain stock law In i county. To amend the of Elizabeth City. To provide working public roads in Nash county. To incorporate in county. To allow Sampson county to borrow money, issue, bonds and levy a special tax. To incorporate mil- way. Amending the charter of the of commerce cf To change the time holding courts in the seventh judicial district. To incorporate the Mutual Aid Banking Company. To allow clerk cf the cf county to be absent office on Mondays. The bill was taken up to amend the charter of by providing for a police commission. Senator Maultsby moved to table the bill; the motion prevailed mid the was added. The bill to establish a colored normal school carrying an of passed. HOUSE. house met at o'clock. Person, of Wayne, withdrew his bill reduce tobacco warehouse charges and that ends. Among bills introduced these. Duffy, to build a toad the public land in Onslow county. Lusk, for representatives of North Carolina at the Tennessee centennial. to incorporate the and Bristol railway. to chance the name of berry street, Wilmington, to Grace street; to incorporate Hanover Land Company. Hauser, to require insurance to pay the face value of their Lusk, to provide fur payment of the attorney's fee for the the prosecution is to b and malicious. to incorporate Artesian Well and Sewerage Com- Cunningham, to prevent taxing property twice in one year. Ward, to change certain Sixth dis- courts. The house was of the whole several hours on the revenue bill and struck out the tax on law- doctors and dentists also ax proposed to be levied on drummers It let the stand providing that commissioners grant liquor licenses. Duffy's amendment to make the word Was to The section a tax on in- was also stricken out. Bills passed as follows To allow Wayne, Green, Pitt Wilson counties to levy a tax of cents for road improvement, this to be alike on county and town property. To amend the charter of by extending its limits reading; ; noes, Walters gave notice that the would file a report the bill, Saying he had served notice that he would do this and had asked the clerk to file a protest with the bill, but could not get it done ; that it ha been understood the bill was merely one to allow a special tax to be levied. Hancock and Sutton tried to rut Walters off. The latter moved the report and protest be tiled. This prevailed, though a lot republicans to defeat it. HOUSE. No ills were today and only one report was made by commit- tee, this being to appoint E. S. Simmons, a blind demo- justice of the peace. Bills passed as To allow Craven county to levy n special To allow township school committee to issue of for school houses. To appropriate new building and other improvements at the colored deaf mute and blind institution each of the 1807-8. The vote unanimous on the passage of this bilk The bill to increase the annual to the State guard to came up with favorable repast an f was referred to the finance committee. The bill to appropriate for each years for the deaf mute school at Morganton passed alter debate, Mr. Dixon, Cleveland, the statement that the argument the met during late campaign was republican liberality in in appropriations to institutions, that he hoped the fine record would not be broken. passed to allow n colored to be employed at the in for deaf mute and blind here and to establish graded schools at Washington. The special order was up, be- tie bill to provide a police for Charlotte. Mr. Walters, of de- the reading or the bill in full- There was half an hour's debate, Mr. Hancock speaking ill support of the bill and Mr. Freeman, Republican, against intense interest in the vote on second reading which was ayes-, noes, There was loud applause at this failure of the bill to pass, and the was put on it, so it ear. come up no more this session. Three were then to Hie contested election case of N. B. James Young from Wake. Mr. Cook, spoke in sup- port of the report, which fa- Young, while Mr. Mr. as did Mr. Cunningham. The majority report, Young, was to The joint resolution to raise a com- to investigate Mrs. D. B. Arlington's complaint was tabled offered a resolution that e senate should not adjourn sine die all the bills on the calendar are passed or NIGHT Hills passed as follows To amend Code relating to band as tenants in courtesy. To allow the mayors of cities and towns to solemnize rights of To appoint cotton for and Seaboard. To prevent fishing with wire nets Cape Fear river below Wilmington with that no person or com- shall shad before 1st in each year. A resolution instructing the state treasurer to report whether there re mains in his office any unpaid con- bonds of tho Raleigh and and why they have not been paid. The bill relating to the Rocky Mount and Industrial To increase the given prisoners good behavior. To enable creditors to reach judgment in land where the judgment debtors are as ten- ants in common. To give orphan asylum fit Oxford extra appropriation of annually. To provide for North Carolina at the Tennessee ex- position. To regulate the sale cf liquor in Col- county. To promote oyster culture in Now Hanover county. The speaker announced as the special order the election of railway and state Hancock nominated for commissioner D. II. Abbott, of county, Parker, of seconded the nation. Nelson nominated E. C. and Duffy seconded it. Ward, majority populist, nominated John Graham, of Warren. The result of the ballot Gil, Graham Sputter bolting populist, voted for Abbott. For state librarian Hodges nominated A. Cobb, bolter. Johnson nominated E. A. Cole, a straight populist, of Moore county. nominated J. C. Ellington. The result of vole was-- Cobb Ellington Cole speaker voted and, of course, for Cobb. By consent, Adams introduced a resolution to pay James II. Young, of expenses his election contest, and Duffy one to pay M. B. the same amount. As a special order the senate bill to revise and amend the public school law wan taken up. It creates a state board of examiners, county etc. fas drawn by Senator It was put upon its second reading and holders, directors and officers of rail- roads and other corporations, to take an oath. To prohibit i lams the Columbus county. HOUSE. The house met at o'clock and calender was taken up and the follow- bills To allow special township taxes in Person county and in Tyrrell county. To incorporate the Snow Hill rail- road. To incorporate the Chatham, Moore ind bank at To create Beaver Dam township. Washington county. To protect deer wild turkeys in Moore county. To give children in county the sight to binds on their way to school. bill passed providing for work- by taxation tho roads of Wilson, Wayne and Greene counties. stricken Roberts, republican, made a motion to adjourn for one minute in honor William It was over- voted down and Roberts angrily cried it's all right Bills passed as To allow Whiteville to charge or liquor license. To place county in the Fourth congressional district and Vance and Sorry in the Filth. To declare Cape Fear and lower Little rivers Harnett county lawful fences. To give county a second week et November Pinnix advocated his bill to take Moor i Carolina history out the public school list. He said it was partisan and that from it you could not tell who was governor from 1872 to asked Pinnix be state adoption. He said thou said not leave it to the state board K s said Was the only state hist of New raid the history was bad. Rill it and somebody will write a fair history. Dixon moved to The bill to Bills passed rs follows To extend the corporate limits of Mt. To i the Tar River and Carolina Railway Company. To allow Sampson county to in bonds. SENATE. The senate met a o'clock. Bills passed as follows incorporate the mil Co- passed Its third reading Hallway Lumber Com- and Wayne with but half m dozen noes. The senate amendment to HAY. Tills were introduced in the Senate as To incorporate the Underwrite s Goldsboro readings under suspension of the SENATE. The hour arrived for election of a railroad commissioner and the state librarian, and the election was gone into. Senator Mitchell d in Julio placed in Humiliation D. II. Abbott. said was unusual see in the legislature North who call themselves populists sup- porting republicans for pie they were in the majority, but the would stick to the republicans. The vote ham The cans and bolting populists voted for for stale an be- in order, placed ill It, A. Justice nominated J. O. of county. The Cole and Ellington Bills passed u follows To the of New Bern. i a off. red before the by It is similar to the Wilmington bill. The vote was ayes, MM, To n the clerk of the superior of Robeson county clerk of the criminal circuit court of that county. To establish a dispensary Vance to be lift u lb vote if charter bill was in, this allowing registration books to be kept open only Jen, days before election. The house concurred in the amendment the New Bent charter bill, the amendment being the same as the Wilmington bill, by which tho governor appoints the aldermen. nun The house took up the bill to were MO the animal appropriation to the state guard from to Hancock, chairman of the military committee, warmly supported it. Bryan, Chatham, who two years ago desired to take away all opposed it. moved to table an- Hancock protested. attempted to get of the vote, but was not The yeas and nays were demanded on the motion to put the There much explaining of votes. The motion to put on the clincher noes The bill passed to place and counties in the con . r district and and in the Eighth congressional district Its purpose is lo make Eighth dis- republican positively and kt our in the Seventh district and u democratic. FIFTIETH BAY. SENATE. The senate met at o'clock. Lieut, Governor presiding. following bills were parsed To improve the public roads Ali- son To amend the charter the town in Anson county- Railway Lumber Company. To create the slate board of The special order was taken up, be- the to revise and consolidate the charter of This bill was reported unfavorably by the committee on corporations. A report was filed, recommend- its passage. The House met at o'clock, There was greatest sensation here today ever known in North Carolina. It Occurred in the house At Sutton, Cumberland, member the committee to investigate the lease of the Carolina to which the senate substitute bill was re arose. Cook, who is chairman of that special committee, was in the chair. Lusk presiding during the ear- lier part of the and Speaker who was so hoarse that he spoke with difficulty, sat on left of Cook. Sutton asked consent to 0.11 up the resolution asking the supreme court to give tomorrow its opinion in matter of the substitute for the lease bill. His purpose was to gain tune. Blackburn sprang to feet and as the hands of the clock to noon declared that the hour set for the so Law arrive it d that ii must be Both he and on their feet. i- we.-e the speaker to n c one or the other. those who out were Hancock and Alexander, Sutton, of r- people of that county. To drain Carter's creek, in county. To establish a graded school the district to be known as Hill dis- Tc authorize the school commission- Raleigh township to issue school establish the graded of in Clay county. To allow Iredell county to levy a special tax. To prohibit sale c and moral books. To require all banners a holders of same and officers, th uproar continued held up until the resolution was acted on. He wan it d Then the storm burst. Blackburn said ; know that under the res adopted by this house no resolution can be introduced save by consent. You know that the journal slums that the was not introduced. I move that the house concur in the senate Then confusion broke Twenty were floor at once all shouting, all protesting, some one way some The two factions arrayed themselves. For two or three minutes Person, of Wayne, moved I list I he house take a recess until There was a roar protests -Vote it down, vote it amid tie din, the voices of Alexander, the two ON and Hancock could heard seconding the motion. The aisles tilled- put the motion. a burst drowned by a rush of which rattled to dome and descended in a torrent of sound. shouted Blackburn, and forty more ; but Cook declared the house had taken a recess until o'clock. Blackburn u the aisle. is he cried. appeal from the decision of the The at this moment, was Cook left the chair the gavel fell. He to the rear lob- by. The uproar raged, broke loose. Members rushed to the fro it. Some put on their hats and moved towards the door. Some the more timorous hurried to The atmosphere was tilled with mainly of Cook and his ruling. is is will not submit to h d to declare the house adjourn- shouted Cook's friends. Factions faced other prepared for battle- One blow would have caused instant men shouted sake slop this. It is the most disgrace- scene the house ever witnessed Never talk about the of 1808 During the turmoil Speaker sat serene in at desk. Suddenly Murphy shouted I house with jut a speaker. I move we elect Freeman speaker pro second the said Black- burn and a score of ethers and Murphy put the motion. There was a volley of and then, taking arm Murphy Jed him lo the speak- desk. did not take the chair, but stood the end of the desk. The assemblage was now a The fairly bulged with Wild, excited spectators. The the senator poured hall the house. Suddenly to the trout and leaning over at which the correspondents MM seated, n his arms high above his head and in his loudest voice shout as he looked at Freeman at the desk ; protest. In the name of North I This is This is We ought to send for a force to clear this hall and to stop these riotous and revolutionary proceedings. Be ashamed of yourselves. Be All this was with a rising voice to the of yells and cries which stunned the ear. Alexander, rushing up even nearer the desk, shook his fist at eyes flashed with down from that be arc a usurper. You are a The faction, all party hues broken, roared and glared at each other. Angry words passed and Suddenly II. A. Gudger appeared while Freeman was and stood reside was entreating the house to be quiet. So Ii-k-i him. am not to he cried. C leaned over the desk and said lets all Freeman get excited. This a small matter. The journal shows we have taken a until Dockery walked near the clerk's desk and said hear me. settle this matter at this of the and but I protest against this revolutionary Freeman stepped down at 12.12 o'clock. The whole affair had occupied hut nine minutes, but minutes seemed hours. There were cries, ought to be There were others, Cook must be impeached. He is not our speaker. He will not act There were loud curses of Cook, who by this lime had left the hall, for his ignoring the demand for a division on the vote to adjourn. Cook's partisans declared he bad a perfect right to declare the Blackburn sprang on the desk shouted us lair play. We won't he The men declared be knew the substitute supporters were in the majority and had won fight. Speaker as matters quieted, around to the desk and spoke of his He was very calm. By o'clock barely a dozen member were in the hall. The lately gorged were empty. The quiet after the storm was almost start- Out from the the poured. Groups of excited talkers were seen every men said conduct made listen votes- Governor Russell was in his beneath the hall. At the first roar above his heal he the building was Then he ran out and up stairs; nor did he stop until he. reached the Head the stairway on Hie second floor. There he met t- people of the hall and loan v bat the was. passed to incorporate the Tar River To place all lire insurance under the jurisdiction of the secretary of state and give him power to inquire into rates, and provides rates on buildings shall be higher than in Virginia. To appropriate additional colored agricultural and mechanical college ; as a substitute the bill to the college as its share of the United States land scrip The omnibus liquor bill passed its final reading. A committee was appointed to confer a senate on educational day. SENATE. The senate went into executive to confirm the appointment the trustees of Normal and Industrial school. A. J. Pitt, J. A. Randolph, and A- S. Peace of Granville. They were confirmed. The bill was taken up to amend election law. This is a substitute the original bill introduced by Grant. substitute is also by the same senator. The bill provides that the Jerk the register deeds and chairman the county .-hall appoint all the registrars s of eh without recoil.- of any one. U ignores ll of the State aid county exec, committees. It also provide tor three ballot boxes, one township officers, one for county one state officers. The length time to register is extended to the Sat- until o'clock when a voter is challenged. The reason shall be slated on the book; each chairman of the slate and county each political party shall with the seer of stale and clerk court a implicate ticket that is to be used in t with the names of ail dates and with or without a design or device Any other tickets shall be tie counterfeit and the party issuing th. m guilty of misdemeanor. In city elections the mayor shall certify registrars and judges of election. II he be a candidate, then the shall and he be a candidate then they shall he certified by duel of police that city registration books shall be open forty days pit-ceding election. In removals from one precinct to another the voter is allowed up to the day of election to get a certificate. The of the bill do not apply to cities or towns have a charier for election. The bill passed its third senator from Fill, l remarking that the law would not benefit any but democrats. The bill to encourage local taxation for public schools next came up. Tin is bill which appropriates tor year, and allows school dis- to for taxes t the amount of the state treasurer to duplicate amount raised- Ai water offered an amendment to direct the it pro school districts. The amendment of was lost and substitute passed its third read- ; noes, The resolution trait Senator appropriating came u . The picture is valued at Rollins slated that the friends of Senator Vance in would furnish thereby the price. The resolution was adopted unanimously by a rising vote. house. The Senate bill giving the public to Guy V. Barnes, of Raleigh, was A was of- leaving the whole matter to the governor's council. The debate was at times very warm. The substitute was to tor. Hardware, Tinware, Implements, Spokes, Hubs, Building Materials, Paints, Oils and Stoves. Fair Dealings and Honest Goods at Hock Bottom Prices. MAIN STREET, N. C. . . .-.; .-. K MM a plan y Farmer's can I FEE . r ., .-. it -t h i , u it i .; i T. -A ,,. . Tl i . k. pr III. I till- H Mil. It M. H. HEAVY GROCERIES, GREENVILLE, N J. I will the best goods obtainable and will sell them at the lowest prices possible. I will do all can to obtain and hold your pat- Come and see me. IV. H. Next don-to Griffin THE LIVE GROCER- I. W. HIGGS. I. S. HIGGS, Cashier HENRY HARDING. THE GREENVILLE BANK IV, Capital More a Hall Million Dollars, Wm. T. Dixon, President National Exchange Bank, Baltimore, Mil. The Scotland Neck Bank, Scotland Neck, N. C. D. W. Greenville, N. C. R. R. respectfully solicit of firms, individuals and the general decks and Account furnish on GRENVILLE Horse Exchange. For Horses ard Mules go to Dr. James old stand, rear of Hotel Ma- cod. I have just returned with a lull line of from Richmond, at prices to suit Constipation Causes fully hall tho sickness the world. It retains the digested food too long in the bowels and produces biliousness, torpid liver, Hood's bad coated M m tongue, sick headache, In- f eta Hood's rills IS cure Prepared by O. I. Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass. She only Fills to take with Hood's Equitable Lite Ar- the States, all the Life i , want to solicit Liberal contracts will be given. Apply In person or by latter with reference to CO M Va. Call at once, to see my stock before buying elsewhere, it will pay you. i I have a Livery in connection and have both turnouts and polite drivers. E. O. WHITE, Manager. For Buggies, or Norfolk Traps I can save you per cent. Nothing but first -class vehicles sold and Notice. By virtue the power sale con- In a Mortgage executed and de- livered by Archibald Cox, to W. H. ox on the 30th day of March and duly recorded In the office of county, North Carolina, In book I page ISA, the undersigned will expose to public sale, before the Court House door in Greenville, for cash, to the highest Udder, on Monday, April the following real property, to In Swift township, county, the lands of G; W, Cox on the. north, by Prank Hardy on th, east, by the Nelson heirs on t and by the lands of Archibald Cox on the south containing acres, being the same conveyed to Arch Cox by Ms father. Win Cox, to satisfy said Dead. This day 1897 W. H, COX, Mortgagee. j t I stock be COST. Owing to the death of of our firm during the past year and in order to settle his estate we find it necessary to close out our entire stock of GENERAL and to close out as early as possible we have marked everything right down to FIRST COST. such a stock at the low prices the goods be sold you can get genuine bargains, early if you want the benefit of these bargains. will be closed out as fast as possible.

k . A .- -A Patriotism and good sense go together in choosing hats. No hats in the J world like American American hats like Stetson Hats Stiff and Soft Felt Hats fore- J most for and wear. New Spring Styles on sale, r PI POINTS. People You Know, r May Know. L. C. King, of Norfolk, arrived Saturday G. Pinning retorted Wednesday evening W James left a trip to New York. Its Better to be a young than an old bird of The Early Bird Catches Worm. S be first to to f tore this mid get some of we to c fUr. in Into the band wagon sweet of low in ices and policy. goods which you ought to Lave, Mid order Way thorn, we simply ll out of prices for this week- and everything i lea will go at the lowest prices yon ever heard of to room for m coeds which are begin to arrive. FRANK WILSON. The King Clothier, THE REFLECTOR Reflections spring poems are on tap. vacant score in Spring styles arc en the the jump. Can't make it word A dead deceased first Pres is with us. muM out in the rain, hut April Alar. Latitude and longitude are only learned by ; . One railroad suit occupied v of court last week. fay there was a snow last night. garden work las been done during the past week. can now Lave all the time be to shoot duck. One swallow makes not make a spring, nut one grasshopper A girl should marry for protection and not for revenue Must our folks have returned from Washington horse fair. Ed h. is building a large house in rear his store. The expenditures by the 04th Congress exceed a billion dollars. catch of shad is increasing to get prices for a roe nearer in reach. Grover, Grover, it is all now over, you'll be a rover, with more over. So far March has base lamb like, but you will hear the roar before the month is out. It is said that fish make brains. guess the MM it is because they in schools. You help your town by not buying anything away home which you tan get at aid training far their while the are preparing to go tor train. The State Senate adjourned a whole minute Thursday in honor inauguration. The bird law takes effect on the of this month. So you may prepare to away your gun. Street lamps are seldom needed more that; on Saturday and Sunday but were lighted. Cotton started on in- day with a big tumble in Notwithstanding everything is lent now for forty days, there is no against paying a bill occasional Iv. occasionally. Nearly everything that is attention begins with C. There's Cleveland, Crete, Cuba and Carson City. C E. L. is opening a stock goods in the former Baker Hart hardware building just south of office. Jim after meeting with such his late mule investment, has decided to make a change and now has his eyes on a gas boat. You need not be in a hurry to shed your whiskers or heavy clothing when these balmy days come along. There will be more cold weather yet. are in a fearfully bad condition. In many places travel is difficult. This argues that everybody should be interested in better The year 1897 began on Friday and will end on Friday, and has fifty-three Fridays in it. Superstitious people believe this s ominous and are looking for all sorts of terrible things. Strange things do happen. The legislature enacted a law to punish a man who marries his moth- just as it fact that he her was not punishment enough. The Missouri legislature has enacted a law prohibiting any one who is not a citizen of the States from per- forming the marriage ceremony. The law applies to clergymen as well as lo civil officers. It is a great deal better to go the world believing everybody is good and honest than it is to be con- that all your and neighbors are thieves, liars and possessed of bad character generally. The appearance of advertising indicate the is being done, or will be done, and so long as every body prefers to buy men success rather than of men of failure, just so long will the man who advertisers be likely to do the We learn that a young man in had paying some attention to a young lady in North Carolina. Not many days ago he paid her a and urged nil immediate marriage. The lady whereupon the young man took on some bug juice and tried to procure a license and preacher to have a marriage anyway. The New York Sun. asked to name the ten American women who will live longest in history, gives this an Martha Washington, Mollie Pitcher, Elizabeth Black well, Elisabeth Priscilla Alden, Eliza Goose, Maria Mitchell, Beech-, r St owe and Lucre Mutt, price. That's A career who sometime ago K- B. having a farm in near College City. That on which Abraham Lincoln was lion of the town to born, is to sell it to Government for The Miss Maggie Langley has gone lo to spend a days. is visiting tor a days. S. and wile returned Saturday evening Baltimore. returned evening from a visit to Washington. W. K. Smith returned Saturday evening from a visit to county. went north to make purchases tor spring and summer. Frank Wilson Monday tor the northern to purchase new lira. Bettie Mosely. of is her daughter, Mis J. W. -Miss T. Carver, of Raleigh, who has been visiting Mrs. S M h Monday. Mrs. S- M. Thursday evening to visit sister. Mrs S. B. Wilson A. H. Taft, of the firm Kicks Tall, the in irk-Is to new garish. Anise morning. She will in the millinery business here with Mrs J. Be cam d evening to his appointment Ml. Sunday, and p urned to Littleton Monday. Hisses Snug, of Snow who made a visit to Hiss Hooker, home E I. and wile days ago to make ville their In Mr. Me- i- a native of I'm has i living in A. M. Moore, who left Greenville in for Seattle, Washington, arrived evening en a visit. During his residence in the northwest he has seen much of people of all nations and classes, and says has yet to sec a pt or a section that will with eastern North Carolina. For she Reflector. ONCE Sue and one were strolling Where the bluebells loved to grow, Swinging out their bell shaped censers, Tossing sweetness to and fro. All those reddish, purple beauties their births in woodland wilds. Clinging to some twig, or bramble a frightened, child. Yards and yards of green, gray O'er the nearest holly Bi laden were the branches as the moss-s swayed. Not far an aged beech tree With a lightning crown Through the leaves and parted branches Sifted ripening beech nuts down. For the busy bright eyed In bis lo in made their nests So be gave both and shelter To his chattering guests. All the M side, Tufted cedars all a row, Each like Alpine cottage In midwinter thatched with snow. Through pine trees slender lingers, IV come moaning sweet retrains Nev r yet, has written music Can those mystic minor strains. Gorgeous clouds were busy weaving Wrappings for the aged sun lie was going o'er the Ad would need them one. the place was lull U Pictures, pictures every where, n Idle river near as intoning AH those have long per- Not a trace is dear Sue, the s Trample v here the there's beauty, , -is Flo. with huh Inn bright know a be nothing without light. County Fine Pigs. Yesterday Col. I. A. The Board of County Commission- to Messrs. Sugg Bros, and M. K. held their regular monthly meeting , county, two fine blooded on the first Monday March. The pauper orders were issued, in amounts allowed being pigs, months old to a day, that weigh ed pounds gross. were Po- land China with short Guinea We Extend Thanks. made as follows Nancy Moore from the Colonel rays were too fine to to Kenneth Henderson from j kill He has others the same 3.00 to Martha Thomas from stock. good makes a full It pays to have to Mrs. W. Crisp from the kind to Peal increased from Ike following were add. d Marriage License, the pauper list for monthly For the week in March the Hardy Randolph Henry Jenkins Deeds issued only three Daniel Move lie-uses one while and Orders for general county amounting to were i-sued Swift Creek and stock law Williams and Charlotte territory j in law territory Valuation of lands Dawson was corrected and he out pf Swift Creek and c. Baker from payment poll tax for her husband, deceased. of Bethel township were ordered to allot hands to the public road leading from the Patsy White- place to Bounty line near Parmele. S. S. Standard K- per- presented his bond which was A road ordered laid out in township running through of Shade Cox, May Hardy, H. l. and Several re allowed to list The made February meeting an in Con aim Creek t was revoked, the sum being illegal. Grimes. Morgan. John K. and On Sunday the choir of Baptist church was assisted by T. E. Hooker, who sang a at each service. She it sweet and singe rich, ii M B doesn't get a chance every day to buy farms on which Lincoln lo race, with loser. Such is life. ,. for Kentucky -i about II an acre. Presbyterian On next Sunday Dr. William Black, Evangelist, will begin a series of meet- in the Presbyterian to con- days or longer. services will i Wednesday night, at which time N. M. Wat- son, of the church will preach. Dis. C M. Payne, of Washington J. B. Morion, are both ex- to arrive Thursday and will Continue the services the remainder of this Week. A cordial invitation is to the ministers, and citizens the attend all Let all pray earnestly for a great of the Holy Spirit upon the meeting. Dead. A colored man named who work-d at dropped dead in . day. Hi I i d sonic d-i, and just .;,.,. of a severe misery in his side. It is sup- posed his death was caused by heart Thieves at Work, We learn of a burglary that took place .-ft Bethel on Wednesday night. The store of Knox Co-, do Bess in that town, time during the night and the thief car- away about worth goods. There is no clue lo the party. Of test prove hi to 1st, Greatest Merit by s and tn and Greatest Cures , n by tie.- ask o voluntary test and actually produce Greatest Sales According to the statements all over country. In these three points Hood's Sarsaparilla is peculiar to Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the best It Is One True Blood Purifier. are the only People buy Hood's year after year because It does good. It do you good to take it now. ITEMS. N. C. March 8th; Our friends still hauling We hope they may pot have to wear long when it comes time to pay for it. Several from here attended the Washington fair last week. T. Simmons, cf Washington, was here just buck horn New Bern lair. Miss Emma House, is visiting here. Capt. Win. returned Saturday and will take charge of the new loco- motive of the son Lumber Co. which is expected lo arrive today. Mr. and Mrs. Gurganus, who have been suffering with are much improved. and Lena spent last week at Hollands visiting relatives. D. E Whichard returned to school at r.- lost week. Rev. E. E. of Virginia preached at Swamp lust Friday, We were glad to see W. D- Moore, who formerly lived near here, but of New York, in town lust week. J. R. Mobley and W. L. Jones spent Sunday in Washington. Goes to J. R. Whichard of the Hickory Times, has purchased the Lumber m from he widow of the late W. W- and will move to Lumberton and continue that paper. He can hardly hope to fill the place with the people and press of the State that editor occupied, but he can give Lumberton a good paper. Bill Faded. The to b- congratulated that the Person bill the Legislature to ware- house charges failed Co pass The Legislature of 1895 made the charges low enough; mid if this last bill had passed making still reduction it nave closed up several markets in the State. Baby Mine Every mother feels an i r. d e dread of the pain and danger attend- ant upon the most, critical of her life. Becoming a mother should be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and of the ordeal make its anticipation one of misery. MOTHER'S is the remedy which relieves women of the great pain and incident to maternity; this which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is re- moved by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer de- gloomy; nervousness nausea and other distressing con- are avoided, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the serious accidents so com- to the critical hour are obviated by the use of Mother's Friend. It is a blessing to woman. 1.00 PER BOTTLE at all Sr, or sent by mail on receipt or price. BOOKS Information of interest in all women, will e sent to any address, upon application, by The CO. Attests, H. J. R. COREY, Two Cur Mr. h. S. May, of town- ship, the two cu- Friday. One was was a moth hen egg weighing ounces inches in length. Th is was laid by a The other Was a car of corn. At the butt the cob it was one ear, dividing in hi into four distinct points. ear Ins the exact shape o a human jaw tooth. An Extra Session. In delivering his inaugural at yesterday, President Mo- condition of the public treasury demands the immediate attention of Congress in should not be considered a disturbing influence. There can no better the upon a sound, financial economical basis, than now. Under the circumstances, I shall consider it my duty to convene Congress in extra March next. Fresh Butter X package at S. M. Inasmuch as a of senate could not be forced by sell, who is acting tn the roll of a dicta- tor, to support the radical ease bill passed by the house, His is Democrat. Good Ar Tee Ads. The prince of advertisers, P. T. Bar- led the unsuspecting to lie- that he care people said about him so lung as they said something. And yet Mr. Barnum ways chose some way of having good said of him. He wanted that kind of advertising. It is that, kind that pays best. The advertiser of today is a pub- character. He likes to be talked about, but experience has taught him that kind talk that pays him best is to be mentioned by meat favorable way, He wisely governs him- sell Sense. Almost a lire. Aleut G Sunday evening V. J. Lee was on his way to supper Pass, along street In front of Hotel Macon he happened to look over in the lot just north the John Buggy Co's. factory and saw a light under the edge the building. Going over to investigate he found some shavings and grass burning under the edge of the factory. Calling some parties to his assistance the lire was extinguish- ed without giving genial alarm. It is believed that some one all. to burn the factory. Servants about hotel say they a man striking over there- shortly before the use was discovered, but could net tell who he was. UNDERTAKERS, EMBALMERS. We have just a new hearse and the of end la metal- and cloth brought to We j Jo embalm- in ah form-,. Personal to con Doting funerals and bodies on- to care will receive mark respect. Oat prices are lower than ever. We do not monopoly but invite We own found a any and nil times in the John Co's building. BOB GREENE CO, i-v- AM COLLARS Millinery. Also a nice line h Groceries. can now be found in the brick store for- occupied Brown. Come to see Our Inauguration OF SPRING STYLES BEG IN-r- From this day on. Lang Sells cheap. As Spring Comes MINDS VERY TURN TO GOODS SUITABLE FOR SEASON. MY HE ARE ARRIVING DAILY AND EMBRACE EVERY- THING NEW AND STYLISH. THE QUALITY OF MY GOODS AND WILL YOU. I STILL SOME DESIRABLE WINTER GOODS THAT WILL BE CLOSED OUT AT TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW STOCK PLACE TO SAVE MONEY IS AT MY STORE. EXPLODED OF HIGH PRICES- We had a good trade during the holiday and have a lull We show you the latest in Dress Goods, Shoes,, Notions, Hats, AND FURNISHING GOOps, prices that are way -down. Come and us and we will give you mire goods for a. dollar bill than any house in can first-class at such low juices as Good Green at cents, a pound; Good Chewing Tobacco at cents a pound. . Granulated Sugar at cents a pound. Salt and Sweet Snuff at pound. an-i everything else in the Grocery line just as cheap m the above It. is because buy goods the spot and sell for same kind of stuff. . Cornea sec us. We lead others to ED. H. CO. IN THE SWIM. If you want anything in the Merchandise line call see me. I can save money on SHOES of the Eagle T. WHITE, Stand. NEV GROCERY STORE. lo White's have full line CIGARS AND TOBACCO. to ct from. fresh and low down in price. A extended to all. Come hob me, will make pay you- JAMES B WHITE. New York City, March 5th, 1895. Reflector. I promised to let you know about the spring styles for my ad- when rived here but my time has up and cannot write you let- Just good people of Pitt am making the finest of Spring carried firm Greenville. The styles are season and I am buy it. g heavy. Yours truly, A. II. TAFT. -i a.

HELEN la to and to NP. . . Keller is a in lands. She is blind as well as deaf. That Use v.-alls of silence and darkness which shut her bog the world been broken down, that her soul been sot free and the seal of silence from her lips, seems to who know not how it was done. Tho limits of will permit only tho briefest out- line of her story. both deaf and blind at month by severe she passed the first seven years of her life in silence, darkness and Who have the exquisite soul imprisoned in that and darkened body A bright, patient, loving woman came, and the miracle began. There was only one possible of approach to the beleaguered The of touch remained, and to that the teacher. Warn Annie M. Sullivan, addressed her efforts. Through finger spelling the child at length obtained the idea of and with other doors could be unlocked. Having natural- a fine mind, she learned rapidly when once started and developed a phenomenal memory. While Helen received information only through spelling and ii limited mount, she never To tell her something was like writing it in a book. When you wished tho again months or even years aft- you had only to ask for it. But later, as she began to read books, to meet more people and. to receive impressions through more channels in larger numbers, her memory to be s absolutely reliable Until she was years of age her only means of communication was by finger spelling. Then, at her own was given sons in speech by Fuller, of the Horace Mann school The rapidity with which she the ability to sneak was dented. spelling as a means and has ever since alone. But others still had too rate with by their a. She then a wish to learn to read the lips by them with lingers. the pose of attempting this difficult and to get special training in speech she came to the school in New York city. Daring the two years she remained there she succeeded the power of when they spoke to her, and at the same time pursued regular courses of study in arithmetic, history, cal geography, French and German. ha;, rend much the best liter- j and is very intelligent on topics of the day. Her own speech is now excellent, and she has enter- ed a school in Cambridge, Mass., where she is taking a course preparatory for college. When being spoken to, she places index finger lightly upon the lips, while the other fingers rest upon the cheek, the middle one touching the nose. Her thumb is upon tho larynx. This position her the greatest possible concerning the elements of which speech is . John Durban Wright in Century. PLOT FOR A NOVEL. Walter a a. Colonial ll--i. In those the writing of novels promises to become tho employment, pro- l mid shortest way of a fortune, ho who pots tho world of writers in possession of a plot is clearly a benefactor of tho nobler kind. Now hero is a plot for a his- novel. The leading facts are perfectly true; in a historical novel there must always be the tum of undoubted fact. Tim facts, motive, character, public opinion, etc., doubtful. This is most important for tho ho can view. Tho story belongs to tho can war of As is very well known, there was a large and, In parts, a powerful minority of colonials who were against tho war. Among those was of Now Jersey, who held s captain's commission in tho of the In the year he was with his at York. Ono day he heard of tho death of his wife's half brother, Philip White, also, like himself, a loyalist and a soldier in tho king's At Christmas time Philip White was so rash as to cross tho enemy's lines in order to visit his mother and sisters. He was found in the house, taken and banged by one Captain for a spy. This which he considered sheer murder, made mad. Chases shortly afterward put into his power as a prisoner of war. hanged him on an tree. for V he said grimly. And ho ac- reported at headquarters that had exchanged for Washington immediately demand- ed the surrender cf as a murderer. was refused, owing to tho representations of the loyalists. Washington then caused all the English officers in his hands to cast lots for hanging. Tho lot foil Charles a young of great promise. A somewhat distant fixed for his execution. Washington re- fused to give way. Then the young mother in England appeal- ed to tho French minister, her appeal Was published and produced a profound effect both in Europe and America. Washing- ton yielded, and was He died as General Sir Charles As- gill, K. C. B., in 1823, aged TO. Tho yielding of Washington was probably due to his tardy perception of tho fact tho death of this youth would boon a murder of sure to be followed by de- retaliations and certain to create a war of savages rather than civilized beings. whoso I memory has been defended by his j grandson, Mr. George Denison, in i of the I over to Canada, where ho died an advanced age in the year Hero, I think, is a plot strong enough for anybody. Persona of weak imagination and feeble respectfully invited not with THE BRITISH It U With Other m . The crown of Brit- according to tho official de- consists of diamonds, pearls, rubies, sapphires end wt in silver and gold. It has a crimson velvet cap with ermine border and is lined white Its gross weight is ounces pen- weight troy. Tho lower part of the band above the ermine border consists of a row of pearls and the upper part of the band of a row of pearls, between which, in the front of tho crown, is a large sapphire, partly drilled, purchased for the crown by his majesty King George IV. At the back is a sapphire of smaller size and other sap- on each side, between which are S emeralds. Above and below the sapphires and around the emeralds diamonds. Between the and sapphires trefoil or- containing diamonds. Above the band are B sapphires, by diamonds, between Which are festoons consisting of US diamonds, In tho front of the crown and in the center of a Maltese cross tho famous ruby to have been given TA- ward, prim a of Wales, tho Black Prince, by Don Pedro, king of tile, after the battle of near Victoria, A. D. 1387. This ON A BRASS SUNDIAL Tow harp of at there is n nor a i l an a la Of the- lac the tan in Va i i Von only to Om Not the and s i ;, n. Tho The that still Bra .-. The For love, alike now an then. the st power Time, which servant and you Who tho world in And who at he t Tor non may hi On love never a He h to hurt and roar. For tan of world only. And. ho all for n a distant tarn Kb An and Tho Art of Heine at lent. A wise man in an address to young men ad vised them to learn tho hi st lesson i -the art of j being patient. lit; to care of and then you will sec , Mmes to tho j that can You know, for in- i stance, bow hard it is to r. .-n a All the ideas are j familiar, nil words .-. i go on laboring and to I make no way. i nine of ten- tho nine j of ten than will always boob- j tho tenth man bard. or, ho let his mind pi around subject, he loom he Ida so that sub soak into l- In , soaR into h is deter- ho hp to I inn ., . ,, re. d and are away. I j fist and no fine d that faithful will tar, . ,.,,,, , ,. . i . Ill light Perry you livid iii . were . i v I'd rather would I to bud mood, Cincinnati En- the famous man and tin i. i i of obesity i in . was born iii n d at the age of -i re fat weight was Trajan and built;. line walls from the Black sea to the to Asia Minor and another the to Hie river Bat Tho original has for long remained sufficient for probably tho with them is hardly more than tho original moans of to. . it provided for tho Indians, ad competition in speed was never a successful possibility. The I coaster was destined to a I far shorter supremacy when put to the keen tests of tile racing do- oped it. Men soon got nil that near i possible in tho way of speed ; sitting on n wooden framework of Henry V ; m flat And i Mr. L P. Child of Now York sup- the b. of A. D. It pierced quite through, the eastern custom, the part of the piercing being filled up by a small ruby. Around this ruby, to form the cross, ore brilliant diamonds. Three other i form- the two sides of tho crown, have emerald centers, an contain, respectively, and brilliant diamonds. Between the four Maltese crosses are four mental in the form of French with four rubies in their plied tho want by producing in the winter of American which beat every rider in cut of sight, whether native or imported. He it lying head first on his side, steering with foot swinging out be- hind, after the method familiar on tho chutes cf Montreal. Owing to local prejudice it, this head first position had not penetrated to till long offer it bad been well known else- where. even the Introduction of j . ; bout work i . y, work .-. of an I ability that young k not The ;. i to labor and to watt. sell the was born blind; but, notwithstanding this defect, skill .; try logic that he i one of the bis age. Goliath, the famous Philistine was one the men of whom any measurements are recorded. His height was six cubits and u span, or about ii feet. centers and surrounded new position was not so Why the Grow tad. Iii his work on tho senile heart Lr. tells us that there are two parts of tho human organisms which, if wisely used, es- cape senile These two are tho brain the heart. Persons who think have often wondered why brain workers, gr.-at statesmen and others should continue to work with almost unimpaired mental ac- and energy up to a period when most Of the organs and of the body are in a condition of advanced senile decay. There is a physiological reason for this, and Dr. Balfour tells us what it is. The normal brain, he affirms, vigorous to the that cause its nutrition is especially pro- About middle life, or a little later, the general arteries of the body begin to lose their to slowly but surely dilate. They become, therefore, much less efficient carriers of the nutrient blood to the capillary areas. But this is not the case with the internal carotids, which supply the capillary areas of the brain. On the contrary, those large to retain their elasticity, so that tho blood pressure remains normally higher than within the capillary area of any other organ in the body. The cerebral blood paths thus kept open, the brain tissue is kept better nourished than the other tis sues of the Who is there among those who have reached or passed middle age that will not be rejoiced to rind such admirable phys- warrant for the belief that the brain may continue to work and even to improve almost to the very last hours of York Ledger. of Tower. Some interesting phenomena have been noted at the high fall water power plant at Fresno, Oil., where the wheels are operated a fall of feet and an pressure and jet velocity are developed. A sudden stoppage of the water flow will raise the hand of the pres- sure to the astounding height of pounds par square inch, the pressure returning eventually to nearly a corresponding distance be- low the normal, accompanied for over yo seconds by a sharp The great pipe writhes like a huge serpent, and the in its interior sounds like the tiring of distant cannon. The only Safeguards in such sudden changes of How are the great strength and elasticity of the steel. The water is applied to the wheels by deflecting nozzles. The terrific force that this stream of is capable of is almost incredible. It will a through a three inch plank in a few minutes; it will tear a hole through a three-eighths inch piece of steel in a few melts before it like sugar. The only successful mode yet known of safely stopping the motion of the water from the nozzle is to put a heavy casting plate in the tail race in such a manner that it can quickly replaced when worn out Record. diamonds, containing respectively and rose diamonds. From tho Maltese crosses issue four imperial arches, composed of oak leaves and acorns, the leaves con- rose, table and diamonds, 3-J pearls forming the acorns, set in cups containing SI rose diamonds and a table diamond The total number of diamonds In the arches and acorns is table and rose the upper part of the arches arc suspended four th. pendant pear shaped pearls, with rose diamond cups containing rose diamonds and stems contain- very small rose diamonds. Above the arch stands the mound, containing in the lower brilliants and in the upper brilliants, the and arc being on advance n was tho long spring rum r of Mr. Child's ma. by cf which steering was made far mo- accurate easy than with tho Oat runner of Kr. another American, by winning tho best at St. Moritz, sitting on one of the new clipper sleds, proved tho merits of tho right even when it ridden In the wrong way, showed that on hard as well as on tho snow now machines nod methods wore a I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacle when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more tempt. Lug. In like manner I make tho most do om and myself, and never lot them an- ornament has been estimated by lacy STICK TOO is pared for stock, n mil man, for that purpose told in tin one-bail pound cine tor cents, Franklin March 1892 used f Inc. hut not one of for all the others ever It Is -.-I fir horses in the spring of the year, and will can tokening every time. Brian. Ii. is char- of . tad., whole just a little in his bop Mat, He wanted to I nil I a table for his but but d In I bat Mat of i . II was ever, that he didn't want it a bit larger than was A brilliant idea struck ; brilliant for a man of his mental standing and he proceeded to put He drove a into the ground about on the hero lie wanted to build and tied the home to it Then ha drove three other stakes, at th ho; he. Then he nailed the side boards to th stakes, put a roof on had a stable which wan- ranted to fit the horse without be- t. large, to h n ho had it nil died, best the out. but found he Ii d not i wisely, hi he hid made no dots. I i I . he I hi off one. ml tin . . and made them into . . Ivor, and then bin i nil i, As for tho . well, that another Free It .-It. Mrs V-- i m i d that your earns little if he works as you any. What does ha i, The last thing ho did how many times a ticked in tin. curse of London Tit Hits. who ones. The value of the French jeweler, at the sum of which, however, is probably very far below its real value.---St. A OF GOLDEN CURLS. Tho Frugal At a dinner given in bis honor in Philadelphia Colonel A. K. the editor of tho Philadelphia Times, told tho following story relating to his first newspaper venture, started some SO years well bar the of a frugal farmer of the persuasion who was public spirited to for The Sentinel for six months to get tho paper started, but at the end of that period ho had calculated the heavy expenses of gathering tin ripening harvest and decided to his paper for awhile. I need not say that he was enthusiastically con- fronted with many reasons why a man of his intelligence and should not I without the cam but he yielded only to the extent of farther tho matter with his wife. Ho re- turned in a few days and sunshine around she editorial chair by saying that his wife had decided to continue for another months, as the paper would be handy in the fall lying up bur apple potter should make allowances for your wife. Probably she does not intend to be extravagant. You know now fond of drew n i;. i said the kindly . i fuming husband, be gasped. where all the trouble lien. I have to make hers so big that there is hardly any left for go Stay n little, J see the violet, for kin to where the frolic winds around tho gar- dens Cheeks like lo n rod ltd All bird L. IN ringing. And from tho morning you good Stay a little, golden of blue, Tho violets an, listening for the step of Tho Lids you welcome, red row sweet, J the a a for falling of your All birds are The ringing. from the And 1.1 .-s from 11-. white Kissing you good morning And kissing yon night. Frank L. in Chicago engendered i ferment mg in a are the of gout, liver and complaints, n- j i. many results are by the the Shaker a remedy and prepared by the Shakers Mount V. It is in lie a f bus In i- f- taken with of a or. Little children people the only really know anything. VI lien a woman wants to brag to other woman she sys it's an awful bore to keep a It's a good deal man to lore to get married for a woman it's a good harder to got married than to love is walking. imp ft bedded is a rubber baa; filled with water. mum their year i iNTi nit their i will their . .,; our p i its brand Tobacco, bay Met In . . . t o o in i . n FURNITURE I IV on Ii.- aid o ran I ; i I It . . i . d . . in link Ii . el Catarrh Cannot be Cured. cure constipation. R pans cure bream. at curt- cure torpid liver- costs cotton planters more than five million dollars an- This is an enormous wast and can be prevented. Practical experiments at Ala- Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of will prevent that dreaded plant disease. AH molts it by a. en Meat la tea lie was a cable conductor of most surly and temper. When a woman carrying altogether too large a bun- for her strength hoarded tho car, ho grumbled a running five minutes straight about the perversity of man nature in general and of feminine sex in particular. A few before he had viciously kicked at a newsboy who dared stand on the platform while selling a At Adams street a portly military looking gentleman and his wife got on the car. is the smallest I -l tho military gentleman as he tendered ft bill for fare. The conductor growled again and grumbled but finally dug into his pockets for tho change. First he gave two silver dollars, then in then the balance in quarters. He seemed in an exceedingly great as he handed the quarters to his passenger. The other no- it too. Now, it BO happened that in the change a bad quartet was given. The military gentleman was on tho point of calling the conductor bock when ho the latter had handed him nine instead of eight quarters. That de him to hold his pence, lie wasn't in any event They had ridden a when the conductor came bock again. I give you too much he inquired frowningly and in a tone that plainly you're a nice fellow try to beat a poor did, man said. gave me a very bad quarter which you were very anxious to shove on me, but as I not possibly use it I'll it hack to you. Hero it The her who had rho whole performance I ; .,.; ,. . . which be and go C rent I I lie Inert i. . a. With AL , he reach the seat or the is a Meed or la order to run. i Mini take Internal remedies, h taken acts directly on lbs Wood and Hall's Cure is not mend wine. It by one of the best in this tor and anally I and I a regular Ii ill cases of I of the best known, pro eh with Mood purifier. i weight t ken after parted of I ha two the pain and so b what such ed i y results in curing Catarrh. Bern Thus ii I for J. Toledo. best lac for by price I. rec aim ind tor Oil. enough prove it. cents. A EDWARD. s. curt GREENVILLE, K. and dealer kind in in in THE STAB Tin Oldest NEW p i i h- TASTELESS mo skilled labor I rial and are prepared k CO, . in-------- County Judge The Honorable J. P. of the beat known and nest highly so inly of the of Florida, writes of horrible from i I i . or I. F. a, lei. A S;. .,; Co I re- with ill I . ., . v. i,. . . . I . in lay ether . i with local pi t to two year i . la my i for t Induced t., try P. . K. knowing that ea. h R. the two mall I At four different I have had two Mull i and have relieve., and I i P. the Lent medicine I . P. James M. of Aberdeen, Ohio, says lie bought of I. at Hot did good than three treat- at Hot well Sciatica trout, cured by a P. P. P., ii a Indeed to weak worn. a. It in n sad cars All by It; thing from to worst to the of P. Dyspepsia and Indigestion n their worst f. ire it. Asa to the lust vigor, It is the heat Spring In the world. It heavy, and yon to u condition of perfect physical hi Heart lever, Debility and Kidney P., the moat the world Said by all Sole Block, Ci v Daily in the State Favors Free Coinage of American Silver and of the Ten Per Cent. Tax on Banks. Daily GO cents par month. Weekly N. . Al Ii MARBLE Wire and Iron Fencing sold. work prices reasonable. J. L. Ken IS ,.,. Co. bl. M. THO bottles ft In II eras i I,; ;. o i. . Toni . f Wot. t . ma . . . of i, v . Heated and car mo- i than heard of i r. cf cared by him. II work ha sends with a bot- of ha car, free to any B. Cedar St. If to Tho been duly appointed and I II ; the of ti. net lee hereby given to the creditors of to-be on or I-l. f K- 1808, or i m I lair of their re- n en to in- to ii e to a site i t Up f r Attorneys. THE OLD RELIABLE. --------m STILL AT FRONT WITH A LINE-------- YEARS CE ma the best h the Hemp Rope, r. 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