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fientittKiinu 4 1)'. asd. awl 11 UkWt fllMtfUttDI or i uin IN A CITY OF 8.000 rl'.TI x Of :! 1MM :: MFUITIIIJ HII tlUU it Mil J rl Complete Job Of fiat IK COXXECTIOll, IIOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1800. $2.00 A YEAR. VOL. XII.-NO. C7. " -and- RE MEMBER -THIS GREAT BARGAIN SALE -OF- Laces, Ribbons. and Gloves. 200 TlECES All Silk Ribbon. Oiua grain with Batiu edge and Moire with Picot odgoa.warauted pure Silk all width. To go in this aula at oue price, 10a a vard. Not a yard in the lot worth loss than lu to 30 cents. - -5q A yard for No 2. all ailk, Satin edge Ribbon, all shades, re duced from Ho. QgQ A yard, magnificent quality double faced satin Ribbon, all color, worth double. Upholstery and Curtains. Having just received from the man ufacturer a full liue of Chi'uille Por tions ranging iu price from 12.00 to $ 10.00 a pair, wo are prepared to fill all wanta in thia line. Pongeo Drapery only 10c. a yard. ('roam Laoe Scrhn Go. a yard. Stamped Tidies worth 25c , Mnudat 'i prim 15o. Colored H.ad Beats 35c. Stamped Tidies, Table Scarfs, Shoo Bag. P.llow Shams, etc., at manu facturer'! prions. BASSETT&CO. FAMILY SCRAP BASKET. A TnlaabU Tlw.lr ftxnpUastlra ml llua..hld UluU. lloll clotlimplns In olo.r water onno a iron ill aud Ibcr will Iw niucli uura dur tlln. (lin cinncd fralt hour or two be fore It l aiwdi'd fur ua It Is (mr richer wIikb ilie oiygna U thus restored to It Itrat aa tlioroujlily la a bowl and add one teacup ot cold water to IU Use enough of lliln to thoruuRlily moliUin rolfuo wlioa naklnf U Koeplnaoold t(T- (iranulaUul lag ir l tha purest brand; oontoquonllr tho choipMuL IJo nut usa qnluiaa niucb a of other Iclndi one lialt Inch lou tur a enbtuL Co We Uttor aiads with i-ranulsud niiar requlroa luniror boating than uial; as the ujar la lunr In dtawilvlnir. To lieat Ilie while of an egl atilT, with ea. they aboiild be euld, with a vory email ptnrh of aalt Erir-aholls are somewhat foroua, and like hnlUir and elioeao alMurb unploas ant odura. Thorefura oirirs should ba kept In a wool, clean, cool place. All floor and whl.k kroums ahmild be tlmniuirlily wet In acaldlnir hot brlnot foro lining Ihem. It will elTecluallj pro ont the alrewa lrom lin-akinr. Add two tahloanoontula ot kerosene to tho al of water with whir.h yon waab (trained urothor varnUlied furniture. Cut a piece from the top of old kid aboes and Inwrt It Inildo tho Ironing bolder vun are (rolnir to make. Make bulled starch with a weak anap snd made of wlilto aoap, Inntead of with clear water, and you will have no dinicultjr with Its atlcklnir. lo not wring woolen underwear tliroiigb a wringer. tho banda and shake It thurouglily before drying. When perfectly dry told It smoothly, but do not Iron. Ho ft the odor li not mora agroeahlo than whoa a hot and iron bos paased ovor thorn. Nu.or slice applos for making plots quarter and corn, and It an apple U large cut each quarter In two plocea. Hilt a tahloapoonful of pul.erlied sugar over the top of two-cruat plea fort baking, and .see how dellclom It wakes them. Nonet put tea loatoa on a light colored carpel; they will eumlj loave a stain. Afterthoroughlyswoeplngadlngy car pet, wipe It with a damp olotli partially wrung out of a mixture of water and ox gall In proportion ot two tableanoenfula of tho latter to a gallon of lukewarm water. ' In packing bottles or canned fruit for moving, alip a rubbor band ovor tho liody of them. A small loa'poonfiil of nuwdored borax addod to a bowl of cold tarcb will give moroatlffnnaa to linen than any of the numerous thing i navo triea. Whon you are hurried and a postage stamp will not stick, moiston it and rub It on tho flap of an envelope, and then nnlcklv put It In Its place. Mix atovo blacking with spirit of turpentine. It will tako off tho'nist. polish easier, and stay glossy longor than whon water la used. Add a tubloanoonful'af borax to a pan of hot soap-suds; put your table silver In It, and lot It stand two hours. Ulnaa It with clear water, and pollab with a soft cloth or chamois. ' Warm dishes for the tablo by Immers ing them In hot water, not by standing them on a hot store. . Coffco boiled longer than ono mlnuto is coffoo spoiled. American Agricultur ist. ; A COLONY OP CATS. End of a Very Klnfiilar Aur.g.llon el Pari faMUM. lly the abolition of the Ilallo-aux- lllun at Paris to make room lor wis new building of tho llourao do Commerce, tho ourioua history ot a colony of oata lias boon brought to an end. , Twenty yoars ago the millers who frequentod the old llallo-aux-llles, or grain market. found tbolr Backs of wheat dnatroyod terribly by rats. Traps and other sys tems of extermination wore triea with' out avail, and at laat a few oats went introduood. Tbey succeeded In putting tho rnts to nlffhUlnit reproduced thomsolves with such smanlng rapidity that tbo niillora found tlioiu a greator nuisance man their old enemies. To got rid of the rats that bad eaten the rats tbo admlnlstra tlon of the Hallo hired Bve or six bull- aogs, out me nuroeruua apuuiuim,. u, .111 feline tribe wore able to ollmb into oor- nors and orovlcoa which tho dogi oould ' pot rQacth, oxt ttia authorities tried Laces and Handkerchiefs. gf A yard, 100 pieces fine hand made Linen Torchon Laoos.actu al value 10 to 15c. 100 A yaril. 7a pice, fine hand made linen Smyrna Laces, actual value 15 to 25e. JJfJ Each, for fast bonier homjied Handkerchiefs. Others sell at 6c fn For fiuo huniHtitchod Haudker f-UIOIS. wunu 1W. Ladioa' sheer white Hemstitched and drawn work Handkerchiefs, al ways aold at 25o Will lie offered at 10c 35 choice styles fine Linen cambric Handkerchiefs, worth 35 to 50c., All go at 2fx. Q For Men's fiuo hemstitched Hatidkeichiefs actually worth 25c. Great Bargains in KID G-LOVE8. 250 nair real Kid Olovea with But tons and Mather lace, all colors, actu al cost of gloves (1.25. Our price tuis sale 7.x1. WHITE GOODS, 12iC ot 'ove'y ,ality In plaid Nainsook.reduceu lrom 2lto. 150 ur eIll,l'"'tw quality Plaid . white goods, worth 25c. Wreckers of H igh Prices. tbaUrvo them." This also fa!',ed, oe cause all the old ladles of tbs quarter fill them with crusts; luatnad of diminishing, the colony In creased, and the adnilnlatratiou thea lodged a formal complaint at the dis trict polios offlco agalnet the oats. It was forwarded to the Prefecture of I'o- llco the Hootland Yard of I'arla-and ' attor due Inspection and the requisite formalllloa an emlauiry waa sent to tho Hallo armed with a packet of polsun from She Municipal Laboratory, which he apread upon bits of horseflesh and sum moned the eats to eat. They declined tho allurements of the police. pre pared lalntlos. but the bulldogs did not, and their- speedy death proved tho excel lence of the polsun provided for their ppononti. Itecnimo waa. then had to tro-arms. "onntuhlea armed with platols proceeded o the Halls and flred at every eat they aw, noun reducing the colony to meagre proportions. Home of Its members Bed o the roof, ana there they lea a pre srtous existence for some monlha. Iiave the building where tbey were born their fatherland they would aot At latt the pickaxes ot the labor-' re who demoliahrd the Halle, Uroro them from their refuge, and a colony of twenty years duration camo to an end. -London 1 olograph. . "Somo time ago," said Mr. J. J. Carty, In a paper read to the New York Electric Society, "Mr. I'reooe mauo some experiments to detormlne the effect of tho great Itaptford 10,000 volt alternat ing current dynamo upon neighboring telephones, and he came to tbo con clusion that when this dynamo was working, all of the telephones In Lon don would be Interfered wltb, owing to their connection with -the rartb. At that time I pointed out that, by weans of a dynamo properly connected wltb the earth and a set of telephones, a bo- aiejfed garrison might eemmnnlcate with a relief party by slgnslllng through the earth itself. Similar signals might be sont with the aid of a tolophone from a ship to the shore, or from one ship to another. Some worklngmnn digging on a road la Jersey City Heights, N. J., found at a depth of fourtoen feet a box containing vor SI.VOO0 In old State Bunk currency. It bad probably been hidden there years ago by soms unknown nils-.jr. Tbs uutos havo tie value nuw. ' Ta Narvoua Debilitated Men. If v6n will send us your addreas.we will mail vou our illustrated pamphlet explaining all about Dr. Dye's Cele brated Electric-voltaic iieitana Ap pliance, aud their charming effects upon the nervous debilitate 1 system, aud how they wii quikly restore tou to vigor and manhood, Pamphlet free, II you are thus afflict d, we will send you a Belt and Appliances on a trial. Voltaic Bilt Co., Marshall, Mich RELIQIOU3 AND EDUCATIONAL. That man hath nothing, who wants Cbrtst; and that man who bath Christ, wanta nothing. Tho Amorlcan Congregational Cburohos have resolved to give f 3,00(1 annually for evangollcal work la Franco. Tho American colony of student and archmologlsts In Athens .Is so largo as to giro a cortatn oharnotor to the dally lllaot the town. Thero aro doe em of profoSHors studying thero whose names sro well known In America. The missionaries aasomblod at the rooont Shanghai conference aent out an urgent call for a retnforcemont of 1,000 men to enter China within tho next Ova years. Nut ministers only aro sought, but tnordalned inon aswell.evangelists, teachers and physicians. Miss Fuji Koka, a young Japanese lady, who has spent throe -years In this country, gtrlng espeoUl attention to kin dergarten work, left Chicago recently for homo. Bhs will probably be associated with Miss Ilowo, at RoUu.ln training t seloct number of bor countrywomen In the mystery of klndorgnrtonlsm. L-lfd' Is a Joornoy, not t homo; a road, not an abiding plncoi a prepara tion, not an abodo of rest. Tio joys of tho way are but as resting spots on the road, where wo may bo refreshed for the moment that again we may journey on. Booking what Is still before us the rest that romalnoth for the people of God. It It said that Cardinal Newman's VERY DESIRABLE Bargains, offeree by BASSETT & CO., this week, it will undoubtedly pay you to read this ad vertisement very cautiously and remember the sale continues throughout the week. STORE OPEN AT 8 O'CLOCK. Oress Goods Department (lie it Inducements Here. Some uf the Must Slaitlinir. liar. - gains of tlia Heat) n. Beautiful Wrapper Goods f wool, regular pnoe ale., Monday's price 121. All wool Grey Ladies Cloth 34 iu wide, worth 35c. Monday's Price 25. Fine Imported Sacking flannel l'laids and stripe, cheap at 40c. Monday a Price 25o. 52 in. Fine Broad Cloth, Oreen and Brown mixed, only worth 00c., Monday's Price fiOo. 40 In. All Wool Serge with handsome side-band regular price 60c., Mouday's Price 8.1c. 30 in. Imported All Wool Serge fan cy stripe, worth 50c., Mouday's Price 25c. $3 50 'or "m''i"f 'n oh' nu' newest maimer aur dress bought of us duriug this sale, regular price $5.00. UNDERWEAR. Mona' Ladies' and Chiklrons' at great inducements. BASSETT&CO. hymn, "I.cn1, kindly light," though sung so frequently in l'rouwla.itchuroh OS and chapels, is aoldom heard In Ro man Catholic services, snd has no place In the authorised collection of hymns used at tho llrompton Oratory. Hut It should lio remembered tbst that faymn' was written before hobocnnieat'alholfc. An Inconsistent Chrlstlsn Is worso than an Infidel, fur bis Influence makes ( Infidels, Most unbellovers honestly -such bsve been driven to unbelief by the Inconsistency ot thoso who claimed to bo helievess. To misrepresent Christ by a sinful life, snd thus drive men away from Christ, Is to be worse than thoso drlvon away. Cumberland Pres byterian, j Lnglish education appears thus far to have mado only a superficial Impres sion on the Ilengsl mind. Tho director of pnblle Instruction complains that up to the present there have boon no origi nal publications in any department of j loarnlng. Journalism snd politics, not ; alwaya of a respectable character, seem wholly to occupy tho educated talont ot young HengnL A set of fifteen chiming bells for the -tnwors of SL Patrick's Cathedral.ln this city, has keen contracted for by the Meonley Hell Company, of Troy. The bolls will cost 815,000, will rango In weight from a,M0to 400 pounds, and the , aggregate woigbt is to.be 30,000 pounds. I At present tbo beavloatset in thooountry is Trinity's chimes, Now York City, I the weight ot wbich is 11,000 pounds. I would rather havo more of tba ' mind that was In Christ; more of a luook, quiet, reslgnod, ponoeful snd lov ing disposition, than to enjoy tho great est measure of sensible comfort, If the consequenco (aa perhaps It-would) should be spiritual pride, soil-sufficiency, and a want of that tenderness toothers whloh becomes one who has reason to style himself "the ohlof of slnnors." John Kewton. . WIT AND WISDOM. ' Hay fever may be likened to a "tie vote, " as "the eyoa and nose both appear to have It" A close reader one who always bor rows his neighbor's paper, being too elose tu buy one. Texas Sittings. "Oo to work, you lasy thing." " 'Taln't no use. Work won't do nothln' for me since I struck him." Ilarpor'a llaiar. Aftor all tho only way to profit by tbo oxperlonce of. others and avoid tbolr troubles, Is to die young. Atchi son (Hobo. Tho way to emancipate a man la to make him so large that you can't afford to f urnl'sb Iron enough to make a fetter. Beocher. Speak no evil of ftio absent; that Is eowardly. Likewise, spoak no evil uf tho present; you might got licked. In dianapolis JournaL An empty pocket-book Is a man's most constant friend. Others may grow cold, but he will And no change In the purse. Oreat Harrington Nows. Tbo young mail who thinks he can marry any girl ho wants to, will save himself a good deal of mortification by not falling In love. Van Dorns' Mags slno. Tho man who Is small In atntuo novor regrets the fact so muoh as when he Is bbldlng an umbrella over a pretty girl who Is about fourteen lnchos tailor than he. Hoston Herald. Mrs. 1)0 Fashion What! Did your daughter marry for lovo? Mrs. Oldtlmo Indeed she did. Would you like (o seo hor? "WolL yos, unless she Is ex hibiting herself at some dime museum. Good News. A man's ears aro placed in such a way that ho may catch the things that are said In front of him. A morolful I'rovl doneo nover Intended that bo should boar what Is said behind his book. Atchison Ulobo. I bellove In hollnots, truth, beauty; 1 bellevo In the redemption of tho se"l by faith In forglveileas; I bollovo In lovo, devotion, honor; 1 bellove In duty and nvornl conscience; I bellove In pray er; 1 believe that our higher nature Is our only trtio nature. Amlel's Juumsl. . Somebody says that a healthy In fant, cooing In a cradle, Is a sight Hint makes angels lean over the battlements of ileaven and gnso longingly toward earth. Tho Idea Is poetic, but the cold facts In the case aro that life la full ot howling discord to the lnoxporlonced father of colicky twins. Hum's Horn. Great Editor (new dally pnpur) "Have you finished that double-luudod leader on our marvelous lacrosse of olr culaUou sal. our nhaueuional sucoosn? Lupins Celebrated Black goods in new and lovely weaves, actual value Mondays price GOc 40in. Cotton Henrietta, Opera shades, just the thing for evening wear, and doll dresses. Mondays price 20c. a yard. 52 in. Lnglish Broadcloth, Black aud colors, wort h 1.75. Mondays p,l. ei l.-v. Lovely quality Imported Serge French make Black with rich R.y SidoLand, 40-m wide, regular price 1.00. Mondays price G9o. Celebrated D 60 Black Henrietta Cloth 46 in. wide Silk finish, cheap at 1.00 . Mondays price 82c. 36-in. Grey Tricot worth 45o. Mondays price 83o. Imported Robe suits, Boucle and Camels Hair effects, regular price 20.00. Mondays price $ 1J.33. Handsome Embroidered Bobos worth 10.00. Mondays price 6.00. $2 50 'or '"""tog Tea Oowns v bought of us during this sale regular price 5.00. HOSIERY. Men's, Ladies' aud Children's. Bargains iu this department. Assistant Yes, str. Ju.st gut through. "Did you refer to I he psper ss the most wonderful luiirnalistlc triumph since tho davs of Krsnkllnr "Thoso were al- .,', , ...... .,,r.l. " -I Quick as tho edition Is on tho street, I'll bus-' tlo around and teo If I can, borrow enough to pay your salary." H. x. Weekly. A gift, to bo perfect, when given to porsons of msture years must slskluojf In Its symlwllam; that la, the emphasis!""" issrar...M. ....... . . I , - I r. (eA nvn. 1 m T must be laid by both glvor and receiver. nut upon what It Is, but upon what it expresses, ll Is the foaling of esteem, of respocL of affection, ot sympathy, of approbation seeking au outlet through the gtft that makci, or ought to make, its real preclousness. That It la which throws a halo arouud the slmpleat tok en, and sometimes mskes a violet or a eurl of hair more truly valued than the Woavlcat gold or tie rurest gouk It Kemladrd Her. Mr. Hanklnson (wstting for Miss Irene) '1 bat's a pretty Ultl e watcbyou carry, Johnny. Juhnny (temporarily entertaining Mr. Hanklnson) Yes. Irene ssys she al ways thinks of you when she sees It (Highly pleased) "Did she say that, Johnnyr "Yep. That's what alio said." "It's It's a-h'ml a good rollablekind of watch, Isn't It, Johnny?" "Nope. 1 1 doesn't go.? Mr. Hanklnson puts Johnny down and thinks snd thinks Chicago Tri bune. v . Merely a Bngxestlew. "Is the msn who owns this hotel any where around?" askedne of the pat rons ot tho Intensely Important olork. No." "He's a modest, retiring man, Isn'tbo? Doesn't went sny glory or publlo atten tion, does ho?" "Those sro bis qualltlca, bow did yoa guess tbom?" "Oh, I knew be must be tbst sort of a man; othorwlse he'd give you the hotel and be tbe olork hlroaellj.' Washington Peat Itlval l-raroa-atlvea. Mrs. Xagloy Henry, I've got to pay twenty dollars to Mrs. Felherflufl for my last bonnet ' Mr. Nigiey Hut, my dear, wo really can' t spare the money. - Mrs. Naglcy Yas we can. Pm secre tary of tbe treasury here, and I say the bill must bo psid. Mr. Nagloy Uut I am prosldont, and I shall oxorclso my right of votolng the bill. Light Tier Notlnua of (Irsmmtr. Miss de Hub And those desr little squirrels that sported under the hedge last summer, where sro they now? Miss Uustle Oh, they're holed up fot tho wintor. Miss de Hub Cghl My dosr, your notions of grammar mako me ahlvor; I presume you - mosn held up. West Shore. Suitable. ". Motbor Johnny, go down to theetoro and get a pound of black tea. Johnny 1 heard pa say he didn't, like black tea. Mother It mskes no difference what your fathor says, Johnny. . This family Is In mjurnlng nuw. - Judge. ' A Give Away.. Mrs. Plunkey I've got a lovoly now maid just from Paris. Mrs. Munkoy(mallclously) I thought so. Y'our husband told mine Inst night that he bad 1 egun taking French les sons from a private; teacher, Toxas Sittings. ' 111. U.MWM. - Old Orump Why don't you try to savo somo monoy? Young Fastlmy Afraid somo one would want tu borrow It Texas Silt- Merit Wins. "We desire to say to our" citizens, that for Tears we havo been selling Dr. Kiiur's New Discovery for Con - sumption, Dr. King's Now Life Pills, rucKien a Arnica oaive- auu xjik-m-ii -j tuttior rocoiveu mo regular wn iwruwu. Bitters, and never handled remedies! royalty. The book sold for one dollar, that sell as well, or that, have given Tbo not revenue to the author was, such universal satisfaction. We do therefore, seventy dollars. Ills typo not hesitate to guarantee them, evory writer's bill was Wi.&o. Not proflt, I time and we stand ready to refund :8.so, and the book has stopped selling. 1 the purchase price, if satisfactory The other author waa a trifle more results do not follow their use. These fortunste in that his novel reaohud . remedies have won their merit, H. B, ssle of 8,000, all but Ave copies. Like Garuor's Parmacy. 0 he .reoelyod ton. uer.cenji. W AND REMEMBER . -THIS GREAT BARGAIN SALE OF Dress :-: Goods, This Week. FURS AND CAPES 4.ftf for B!a 'k Coney Fur and Seal wv Plush Muffs cheap at $1. 08c 'or Mtr "ne Russian Hare Dili hi., won ii uuuuio. fe1 OK for real Lynx Muffs, actual value $i to $3. FUB TRIMMING in Black Coney, Russian Hare, Opossum, Fox and White and Guld Angola, at less than oost to mike. (6,7 f(l for vory fine quality As- trakhan Capes, actual value $11. high shoulders, pointed fronts Medici collars. . FULL LINE riush, Astraahan and" Seal Capes just received, secured only by mighty hustling. MISCELLANEOUS. $2 QJ-) fr Pun Silk Shawls worth v $5.00. 49C eacu for handsome Pompadour r Ruching worth 75c. All the rage. 25c 'or Children's Corsot Wnisk, worth 50c. Qq for choice of any Harpers Bazar Pattern in our house, worth .lt'c to40o. WATCHu,gGKSa,ehiOf soon to be announced. Bassett&Oo MODERN DEFENCE. Wherein rt Differ, from ha UetliodJ Formerly Kmniornl. The irreat tactical principles ;umain Immntoblo and equally underlio all suc- cess In war, ana, Human noturu iu,2 tho samo in all agos, will apply with the samo force In our own day as they did a thousand yoars ago. 1 ho great object uf tho dofonse, wbotber armod kots. or tho magaiine rifle, as ovor been a detain tho assailants under nre lrom men more or losssocuroly placed behind cuvor, so shatter thorn that they would ta compelled to full bock. Formerly weapons wore so defective, and took so long to load, that It needed a long timo to produce Are ot tho requisite Intensity. Vast obstacles to hold tho onomy had, therefore, to be established, and elabor ate arrangements to produce flanking or cross Bra entered Into. Hut In thoso days of breechloaders and magoxino rifles the rapidity and volumo of fire hkvo boon so enormously Increased that J vory abort tlmo Is sufficient for it to o Its work. i No trooptv howovor braro, could in tho open face the pitiless hall that can now bo directed on thorn aa they oinorgo loom their tronehos to the assault; and tbo offoot of modern mnskotry Is so tre mendous that frontal fire Is all that U required. Any light obstacles, such as wire entanglrments or railings, will bo aU that la needed in front of a parapet if it bo lined by resolute mon with plonty of ammunition and modern weap ons, A ditch may be added as a conces sion to popular prejudloe. but can vtry well be dispensed with. Dltchos nover won victories. Those were alone accom plished by fire, and It is to Are that wo must still look for suocoss. To devolof that of artillery to the utmoat It Is an (mmonso advantage to be able to niovo the guna about tho line that bas to bo dofendod. :. It has up to now boon the custom to place thorn In flxod positions, where they could only Are In a more or loss re stricted dlrect'on, snd where, if tbey were not likely to be hit tboy had, on the other hand, themselves lltllo nbanto of dolns- offectve service. This entire absence of mobility was one ot tho greatest disadvantages under which tbo detenao baa hitherto labored. It is, hap pily, no longor necessary thus to oripplo Its efforts. Tbe guns sro sufficiently so eure if placed outsldo the redoubts which hold the Infantry, and may bo freely moved as required along tbo In tervening spaces, where tboy will llko wlso bo supported by a Acid fOroo which w'll bo handled according to tactical considerations, and can, If nocossary, hold Its ground behind field dofonso. Tbo attack will by this moans be dis tracted in Its efforts, and can not direct artlllory Are on both infantry and ar tillery at tbo same time, as it has up to tbe orosont been able to do. It cj.n not hope to carry tbe position until tbe re doubts have been rendored comparative lv Innocuous, and yet it can not begin the task of rendering them so until It has accounted for the defenders' gun Saturday Review. . NOVELS DON'T PAY. Financial ttiparlanee of the Writers of Two Successful Stories. (Two friends of mine spent each of thorn tho best part of tbe year 1888 in writing and revising an novoi a piece, ssys Edwsrd W. Hok, in the Ladles' Home JournsL ltoth stories were pub lished by lesdtng houses during the early part of 1800. Tboy were well ad vertised, skillfully hsndled, and both novels are, according to tho popular ac ceptance of the torin, successful that Is, thoy have been widely written about paragraphed in the press from one end of the continent to snother. English editions hsve been printod of eooh, and to ovory literary person the name of both novels and authors are thoroughly familiar. Now what have tboauthors received in hard cash for tholr year'a work? I will tell you exactly: Of ono, 1,700 copies were aold; no royalty waa paid on the le - ,. thousand tncover manufacture, etc., ona upon the remaining 700 eopioa tho We Guarantee Every Item to be Just as Advertised. 5c. Celluloid Collars, plain standing, worth 20c. 8c, Celluloid collars, turn down and white wings, wor.h 20c. 15c. Celluloid cuffs, worth 40c. ' 8c. Men's extra heavy seam less double heels and toes, close ribbed top box, worth 15c. 5c. Men's fine cambric handkerchiefs, colored L or ders, worth 10c. 13c. Men's good white or fancy suspenders, worth zuc. 25c. Men's fine natural wool J hose, worth 40o. 48c. Men's fine white me- riuo ribbed tail undershirts, worth 75o. t- r n .1 . uv, 'i t"u n uiui wuui ouiitn and drawers, all sizes, worth $1.00. . ovor buy, badly i PRICE. 10 dozen Men's damaged wool and cotton overshirts. $1.00. Bull dog jeans britches, soiled, worth $1.50. 75c. Children's lino cassi- mere and worsted kilt skirts, worth $1.50. . 08c. Child's nice, neat kuoo suits, 4 to 14 years, vortii$.'.50. 1 Fifl. Mon'fl irnrwl. hpnvv all wool sack suits, wort $10 J. $4 75. Men's good, hcavv. unlined overcoats, worth $7.60. alty only nllor tlio first thousand cop ies. Unfortunately, ho bought so many.' copies of his book for his friends tlt.it, r when bis publisher's sluteinent came, it I showed a credit In his favor of justSS'J.oO. Had tho type writor w.ilten bis manu script, the novel would havo thrown bim Into debt! And thoso aro but two of a score uf Instnncos within my knowl edge that I could clto. Novel Ksperlment Htstlnn. At tbo Instance of n number of Mmlgo burg manufacturers, an electro-tocbnl-cal ex-orlmental station Is about to lio founded In that Gorman town, to nltord to companies or privato persons oppor tunity of experimenting as to tho prac ticability and cost uf varluus oloctrlcal , arrangements, and ot testing niachlnos, I apparatus, etc Tho station will Iw ar ranged on tho patlorn of ono already l:i oxlstoneo at Munich, but expanded In several directions. Among matters which will como under consideration are tho oxamlnation of arrangements for illumination, transmission of forco and metallurgical purposes, determina tion of tho luminous powor of are and glow lamps, and of constants, such as Intensity and tension uf current, tostlng of carbon rods, ot measuring instru ments, accumulators, primary battorlos, etc, examination of conducting and In sulating materials, lightning conduct ors, prlvslo tolephono arrangement, and so on. Engineering. A Massachusetts man has taken out a curious potent .for a funoral carriage It la built llko an old country omnibus, with a eomportmont on tho roof for tho :oflln. Tliore Is not much In this no tion thnt Is startllngly now, but tbo pat snt has boon Issued specifically for an endless chain and pulley arrnngeinent which lifts tho coffin from tho bands ot the pall-bearora tu tho plnco doslgnod lor it on tho top. About a dozen varie ties of air-tight coffins havo been pat ented slnco January, each being graced with somo particular quality. In ono the air is pumped out through a small bole after the coffin lid has been closed, ind the holo automatically closed by an tpparatus lnsldo tbo nlr-oxhauatlng ma- shine. That hypnotism Is becoming dan rorous Is proved by tho issuing of a pro- icrlptlon for escaping tho hypnoliser. foe best remedy would ho, 11 rat, ncvor Mcomo hypnottzod. Weak Men And Weaa Women UAn a A wnmnn lu,lb fillffer from weakness aud loss of Btrength. Wo iren, however, suffer more tliau mon. Men don't have thoso bearing down nn;.,a Ka l.nna nf a u'ttnk woman's existence. Both, however, have their dizzy spells, both bemoan tnoir loss of appetite, their lock of energy, that feeling of weariness and constant fa tigue, llotu Decome langiuu lusipm and lifo to either hardly seems worth living. Their kidneys are weak snd seem wasting away. Their lives- are inactive' thori stomachs diFordereV, their bowels irregular. Ohl foolish, fool inn men and womon! why will you not seek ' the way to health and strength. Others as miserable as yourselves are now in the full enjoy ment of happy, joyous life, simply be cause they put prejudices and ix'gnn - ,.UA f,Li avnullunl nllnmt IVO k UOWn Tl. Tnlti, TImH'. sirKanArillfl. Ask your neighbors who have used it what they tnink auoiii it- ask your uihk gist for a bottle and dou-'t tulto any other. You boo i hat poor beggnrT a short time ago he liau an omuiuuse renin e left him. You dou't say so! Drank and gambled it away I presume! No, he started a forty-column newspaper in a livo-columu town- Chicago Fust. I never was strong and I married a delicate little lady. . We traveled much in search of health but "we re mained invalids until wo begun a use of Dr. Bull's Sarsnparilla. We both are now iu bettor health aud fee', stronger. "It isn't always eaiy to keep truck of what Blanks is saying," remarked a Congressman in referring to his col league, "but he is deep' "Yes" was the reply, "he's so everlasting deep that 1 am constantly in fear thut he is going to fall into himself aud get lost." Washington Tost, .. i ill ! Boom Sale mm -AT- Anderson's, And.lhe Greatest- cf Them All I It has been some time since we have given our cus tomers the benefit of a cut price sale, and In this one wo proposo to m:iko up for lost time. We hive never in our lives had such a tiemendous trade and it has taxed us to our utmost to wait on it and keep our stock replenished. But wo aro a little uneasy for fear our last visit to tho eastern market has overloaded us. You seo, we were having such an unpretelentod trade and wore offered some largo lots so cheap to close out, and then the McKinley Bill going into effect advancing everything, so (hut diking all these things together it I was enough to turn a fellow's head and cause hint to aud that is just what we did. We are OVERLOADED and aro going to commence in time to unload. Read carefully the two parallel olumna on either side and see if you don't think we mean just what ws say, that we aro going to uuload. TERMS: One low cash price marked in plain figures. No jew ing or dickering. . H. ANDERSON & CO. OLD GLASS CORNER. WANTED INFOrtMATlOH. And When He neeelred It He Male a Lend llcm.nil for llrliika. Tho Secretary of Stato had just come down out of his ofllco and was making a boo line for a cool ploco, whon a tall, lunk, hilmn-shoulderod, "one gal lu sod" man stopped him in tho morciloss sun sbino and said; "Do yon live hero?" t: "Yes sir." ' "lleon living here vory long?" "Yos for some time." "Know a fellow namod Ike Pllo?3?" "No. I think not" "Great big rod-headed fellor." "No I don't bollovo 1 havo ever seon him." ".Sorter limps with bis loft foot and don't enro a cent who'a In tow'n." "Xovor mot him I'm sure." , Tho man took hold ot the lapel of the Secretary's cunt and said: "Of courso you know Sam Powoll?" "Don't know that 1 da Let's get In tho shade., "Walt just a mlnuto. Sam's a sort of bench-logged foller a curious fellor, not exnetly a liar but a man who keeps on tnlkln' aftor all his facts havo give out" "Don't know him." "Hllnd In one eyo." "Nover saw htm." "Curious fellor man that will pay if be has tho money, but who novor has tho monoy." "Ilavo nover mot him. My friond, I must get In the shade." ".lust wait a minute," tho man re plied, retaining his bold on tho Secre tary. "I'm a strangor in this town, and 1-want to got a llttlo Information. Do you know a fuller hero named Polo Wll sun?" f' ,,r ,i.ii. n "Sort of a curious fellor, with a ecaM on bis right law." "I haven't the pleasure of bis so qimlntanco." "Foller with one ' shouldor higher than tho otlior." "I hnvo novor mot him. Whowl I must get In tho shado." "Just wnlta mlnit Just want to And out a llttlo something. Am a atranger in tho tuwn. Kay, do you know a feller named Pottor Motion?" Tho Secretary, thinking It would be a good Idea to humor tho follow, replied: "I think so." A ono-leggod toiler?" "Y'os." "Follow with a splay foot?" "Exactly." "Sorter curious lookln' out of his oyos?" "llo's tho man." "Alwaya trying to stoal somobody'a dog'.'" ""Tho vory follow." "Come from SL Louis, ch?" the man joyously oxclaluiod. Yos, sir." "Sorter hoarso, especially just aftor a rain?" "Tho Identical follow." v' "Aro you sure?" "I am." "Now, look boro, podnor, the drinks aro on you." "Why so?" "Hecauso thoro ain't such a man in Arkunsaw. Como, set 'era up an' I won't tell tho fellers that l'vo caught you. What do you sny?" "I say thall wgn't" "What aftor 1 havo caught you? Say, podnor, try once, won't you?" "Turn mc looao." ! "Walt. a nilnit I am a atranger In tho town and would llko to be treated with courtosy. I may be curious, but generosity and courtesy win mo evory time. Hold on a bit Say, do yeu know a mean, rough-skinned foller namod Park man? Hold on Say." Tho Secretary had broken looso from him and run to tbe shado. Ajkansaw Travolor. Highest of all In Leavenieg Power iWs.roi'vsfer OIKS IS 1HK ON Li on MIICKI) CLOTHING AND SHOE STORK lnlh. Cltj. $2.50 Ladies' fina kid and goat hand sewed button shoes Sizee, 1 to 5. Orig-'ntl prieti $4.00. $1.78 Stevens' fins kid but. ton shoes. Sizes, 1 to 6, Original price, $2.50. $1.08 Sullivan's fina kid button shoes. Sizes, 1 and . Original price, $3.00. $2.74 Thos. Bolton's finest kid hand turned ahoes. Sists, 1 to 5. Original prios, HM, $124 Fine kid front lacs; Sizes, 2) to 8J. Original price, $2.00. . rv.,; $1.60 Misses' fins kid but ton shoes. All l's. Origi nal price, $2.00. V0c. Hisses' kid buttsa, spring heel. All l's. (Vigi nsi price, $1.60. $2.75 Men's fine welt shces. Sizes, 6 to 10. Orif iaal very pnoe, ti.W. ....,..:. $224 Men's calf wiM ahoes. Original prfae, $3.00, $224. Unglit A Richards ' line call oougr-ea, original price $4.00. $2.24. Geo. Keith's beat calf shoes, all 10's and ll's, original prios $3.00. $2.00. Men's fins kaad sewed calf oongisis, original price $4.75, c1$3.74. Men's finest French If hand sewed laos and congress, made by suck ma kers as Geo. Hooker, J. S. Turner, Edwin Clapp and Slacsy Adams, original $0.5O. 75 pairs in all sixes to 11 fgevst Ml4 Daalaoas, A man with a box on his shoulder wl making his way along Chambers street, the other day, when it fell to the walk. Aftor two or throe efforts to replace It, be appealed to a man In a doorway with: Give me a lift please?" "Can't do It" waa the prompt reply. : And why notTr M), Hecauso I never mix business, 1 ami a plumber, and the man tfext door fa la the elevator buslnoss. lt'a for bias to) give you a lift" . The man with the box thought lor a momont grinned lna good-natured way,. and by an extra grunt re-shouldered the box and passed on. N. Y. Sun. It Could Fly aad 11 Olda't, New arrival (taking bla first saeal at' the country farm house): 1 thought yoa" advertised that thla waa a delight fill place. Farmer Brown: So It Is. Have some) toal? New Arrival: What ta yel? Farmer Urnwn: Why a kind of dockJ New Arrival: Could It Ay? I Farmer Brown: Cortalnly. Have) some? ;! New Arrival: No, I don't want any. Any thing that could fly, and didn't fly; out of this accursed plsoe, 1 dua't want sny thing to do with. The Jorv. 1 AdolDhus "Autumn Is a sad sea son to me. I wondow why the leaves turn red. Angelina "Frhaps they re blushing!" Adolphus "Ah, but why should they blush t" Angelina- "Maybe they blush to see the limbs so bare." America. There never was a remedy that (rave so good satisfaction always as Dr. Bull s Worm Destroys, a. rhysictans recommend them. Tom Tou don't no to see) your friond Jackson as often as you used to. Is there any . coolness between you and himt Fred Oh, not only we smoked the last of that box of ci gars he bad. Yankee Blade. A sod of Mr. M. D. Pusaer a mer chant of Gibralter, N. C, was so badly afflicted with rheumatism for a year or more as to be unable to work or go to school. His father concluded to try Chamberlain's Fain Balm on the boy. It Boon cured him snd he has since walked one and a half miles to school and bock every school day. 50 cent bottles for sale by Buckner Leevell. Customer (at orange stand) How does it hsppen you hsve no blood or anges? Proprietor It in out of ani line dye. I'll have plenty of blood or anges as soon as the boy gets back from the drug store. Chicago Trib une. A Safe Investment. Is one which is guaranteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in case of failure a return of purchase price. On this safe plan you can buy from our advertised Druggist bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affec tion of Throat, Lungs or Chest , such aa Consumption, Inflammation of Lungs, Bronchi! is, Asthm v, Whooping Cough, Coup, etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to tasto, perfectly safe, Snd CAu'alws'y be depended upon. Trial, bottles free at H. B. Garuor's Phar macy'- . What kind of a physicia Is Dr. ScalpeT splendid I I never saw his e.itial. xlis aiagnoses are wouueriw. I He makes a dead sure thing of it every time. Docs hel )Vell, I guess I wont have him. Bos'ob Transcript. - U. S. Govt Report, Au 5. 17, iM 4 1 0