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The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-04-24
LODGES.

Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. III A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall. corner of Nash and Colds
boro streets on the Ist and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:3o clock P M. each month.
ID. Bullock, W. M.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every end Monday night at 7:3o
O'Clock P. M. each month.
Lat Williams, H. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Commandery No. 7 are held in the Ma
sonic hall every 4th Monday night at
7:ao O'Clock each month. 1nnn
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1896-04-24
THROUGH TRAINS:

LOCAL LFREIGHT--NORTH BOUND
Leaves Wilson 7:os A. M.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-05
ADVERTISING.
It Is One Of the Most Ancient of All the
Civilized Arts.

Civilized Arts.
1t is generally believed, by the simple
and unlearned, that the art of advertis-
ing is of comparatively modern inven-
tion, but very slight study of the sub
jeot will be sufficient to convince the in
quirer that it is, in point of fact, one of
the most ancient of all the civilized arts.
Indeed, the first advertisement was prob
ably coeval with the first man who had
something to dispose of or with the
first woman who wanted something she
had not got. 1t seems not impossible
that the serpent tempted Eve to partake
of the apple by means of puff para
graph. setting forth the merits of the
fruit as a complexion beautifier. Be that
as it may, the uses of advertisement
were known at very early date to the
1sraelites, who were accustomed to
placard the streets of their cities with
the utterances of kings and prophets.
The ancient Greeks, too, were much
given to advertisement, chiefly through
the medium Of the town crier, who,
however, was not permitted to offend
the ears of the citizens with his procla-
LlutlUuS uul6sS Il6 were uCCOu puuleu ny
musician to give him the correct pitch.
The fact that property had been stolen
or damaged was made known by means
of curses, inscribed upon sheets of lead,
which were affixed to the statues Of in
fernal deities in the temple, the venge-
ance of the gods being thus invoked
upon the persons who had stolen or in
jured the advertisers goods. A rider
was usually added, to the effect that
should the property be returned, or rec
ompense be paid, the owner would in
tercede with the gods for remission Of
the punishment.
The Romans also made use of the
town crier to proclaim laws, victories,
or sales, and the walls of the streets
were covered with notices painted in
black or red, or inscribed upon terra
Gotta slabs, and let into the pillars on
either side Of houses and shops. Many
of these wall advertisements were found
i'll Heroulaneum and Pompeii, among
the most interesting being the announce
ments of the gladiatorial games, contain
ing promises that shelter would be pro-
vided in case Of rain and that the sand
would be watered should tho weather be
exceptionally warm. Maya
zine.
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WANTED TOO MUCH.
The Latter Part of Complex Scheme
Fails to Work Successfully.

The Latter Part of n Complex Scheme
Fails to Work Successfully.
Said a wholesale whisky merchant:
eve have the reputation Of giving more
for charity than any other class of men.
While we get credit for sclo things we
do, yet there are many calls made upon
us that are never recorded. | remember
case not long ago A former prosper
GUS citizen came into our establishment.
He took out his handkerchief and wiped
the tears that came into his eyes. In q
broken hearted manner he said that his
wife was dying, and that the doctor had
prescribed whisky, but that he did not
have any money When he told such a
tale OF woe. said
My friend, il your wife is really
sick, will give you the whisky.
''He swore he was telling the truth,
and l put the whisky in bottle on
which was our brand. He left, the hap
piest looking man in the world. | was
feeling good also and was fattering
myself into thinking might be another
good Samaritan, when presently my
friend reappeared. This time his tears
were rolling down and his frame was
shaking with convulsive sobs l went
over to him and asked, Is your wife
dead?'
"'Oh, nor he replied, but I am
afraid she will die, as just as was at
my front gate slipped on the steps and
dropped the bottle, which broke into a
thousand pieces. picked up the pieces
and have brought them back for you to
see, and to beg that you will give me
another bottle.
81 was touched and turned to get him
another bottle, when to my surprise /
got glance at a piece Of the glass l
said, Excuse me, my friend, but the
bottle gave you was white glass and
that one is green. then examined the
pieces and found that it was not the bot
tie nor our brand. Tho liquid ON the
glass was water. AS / looked at my
friend he picked up the pieces, turned
red, mumbled an excuse and sneaked
off. "-Lousville Courier journal.
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MAGIC OF THE WOODS.
What Hunters Say About tho Spell of nj
Offers Eyes.

What Hunters Say About the Spell OF an
Offers Eyes.
By the Adirondack woodsmen along
the banks Of the West Canada creek the
otter is regarded as quite as sly as the
fox, inasmuch as it is very difficult to
trap in any kind Of continuance. There
are fewer stories about the creatures in
telligence, as the animals are scarce and
have not been so much observed as have
the foxes.
There has been, and probably is, an
otter that for six years anyhow, and per-
haps longer, has travelled down the creek
winter and summer about every two
weeks. In the winter it left running,
sliding trail in the snow on the ice, sell
dom leaving the creek bed to go into o
cove or overland for dozen or 8 rods.
In summer weather it fished and caught
frogs in the coves Of the flats. A good
many shots have been fired at it and
lot of traps set for it, but none was
ever successful 1t is believed by woods
men that the offers, like the hell divers,
looms, mink and others, dodge shot or
ball. saw this otter once some years
ago in the summer time, and while only
one feature of the animal is distinct in.
my mind, I do not recollect any other
wild animal SO we'll The body is mere
glimmer Of black in waving swale grass.
Even the head is burly, rusty gray
shadow, sort Of background for the
two eyes.
have seen deers when they were
standing still looking at me, have look
ed at squirrels, rabbits, partridges, foxes
and other wild animals alarmed by my
presence, but their forms, rather than
their eyes, are more or less distinct. In
fact, the eyes seem secondary in the
mind pictures, except in the case Of the
otter. 1t seems to me that the otter did
not merely look at me; it was more as
If it looked into me, the same as the
sensation one has when some one--a
man or woman-''reads your innermost
thoughts - These eyes were large and
full rounded, dark brown with SHIN
mer of light gray skating across and
around the center, and with lively
beauty as different from the dead beauty
Of deer's full eye 1t sent precisely
such chills up and down my back as
dark human eyes have done. 1t was
tense, particular look, and not the gen
eral gaze of bird or other animal. The
otter, I think, hypnotized me, for did
not shoot. although my impression is
that we locked at one another for a
minute or two. Forest and Stream.
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Parrots / Have Known.

1t is very curious to observe the pecul-
lar way in which these birds learn their
lessons. When fresh word is being &C.
quired, at first Though not always the
word is miscalled, and the parrot will
constantly repeat it, just like child
yzaetieina a lesson. laAaassair>g 5neseset ~
degrees. Then, when quite mastered, the
word is put away, as it were. at the
back of its memory, to be brought for
ward when required, two Or three years
sometimes elapsing before the occasion
arises. Some easy words it is found
quite useless to endeavor to teach the
bird; for instance, for years the words
THANK you" have been said to her when
giving her food, but she never has once
uttered them ON receiving it. On one
occasion though, on seeing some delica-
cy being given to the cat, she remarked
in reproving voice, "Thank you"
"Good morning" and Good night" are
constantly said at the proper times, but
q heavy London fog perplexes her; she
hesitates which to say sometimes, end
ing the matter on dark morning by
remarking, Good night. "-Chambers'
Journal.
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TIE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
General Harrison Explains How It Was
Made by the People.

Made by the People,
Ex-President Harrison's paper in The
Ladies' Home Journal of "This Coun-
try of Ours" series treats comprehen-
sively of the constitution and its apph-
cation and operation, defining the in
strument its scope and limitations
clearly. "The word constitution, he
writes, ''as used among us implies a
written instrument, but in England it
is used to describe governmental sys-
tenn or organization made up of charters
AS the Magma Charitable general
acts of parliament and body Of long
established legal usages or customs.
These are not compiled in any single in
strument as with us, but are to be
sought in many places.
1.-THE common American usage in
making state constitution is to elect
by popular vote delegates to a conven-
ton, whose duty it is to prepare plan
of government. When the delegates
have agreed and have properly certified
the instrument, it is submitted to di-
rect vote of the people, and each voter
casts ballot For the constitution or
Against the constitution. If a majority
vote for the constitution, it then be-
comes the paramount law of the state.
The legislature does not make the con-
stitution; the constitution makes the
legislature. The American idea is that
constitutions proceed from the people in
the exercise of their natural right Of self
government and can only be amended
or superseded by the people. Whatever
one legislature or congress enacts the
next one may repeal, but neither can re-
peal or infringe constitutional provi-
sion.
1.-The delegates to the convention that
framed the constitution Of the United
States were not, however, chosen by
popular vote in the states, but by the
legislatures. Nor was the question of
the adoption of the constitution submit
ted in the states to direct popular
VOTE " y There have been 10 amend
ments to the constitution adopted. Ten
of these were proposed to the legisla-
lures of the states by the First congress
and ratified. The other five amendments
have in like manner been submitted by
congress to the state legislatures for rat
ification, conventions in the states not
having been used in any case. twill be
noticed also that the vote upon the
adoption Of the constitution and upon
amendments thereto is by states, each
state, without regard to its population,
| having one vote. But while these provi-
sions make the popular control less di-
rect than is usual in the states and nee
essarily recognize the states in the proc
ess of making and amending the consti-
tuition, the idea that constitutions pro-
coed from the people is not lost. "
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Strict Compliance Eraeted.

Tho laugh is on Milo (Me. farmer.
He prides himself on regularity in feed
ing his live stock, especially his pig.
The other day he found he would be
obliged to be away at the usual hour,
SO he told his wife to be careful and
feed tho pig just on the stroke of IL.
This advice was repeated several times
before he started, and, as he drove off,
his parting admonition was, "Remem
Der the pig" His business took him to
a neighboring town, and he had been
there but short time when telegram
was handed to him. Fearing the worst,
he opened it and read, "Shall l feed
the pig on local or standard timer" and
the message was "collect. Boston
Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-05
Not "A Soldier.

A certain solicitor general Of Eng
land visited Berlin on vacation, and
being mistaken for bearing military
title was invited to review and mount
cd on a charger. Being accustomed to
following the hounds, he made an ex
cellent equestrian, but when asked opin-
ions as to some Of tho maneuvers was
obliged to parry the cross examination.
A similar incident befell the late Mar
shall Bidwell, an eminent New York
lawyer, in the fifties, who visited Paris
in long vacation. Presenting his card at
the gate Of the Tuileries, he was polite
ly informed that the emperor was at a
review, and if he desired dragon
should be detailed to accompany him
ON horseback to the Champs de Mars.
"But am not soldier" said the old
lawyer. mot soldier, and a mar
shall" Examining the card What
q droll country is AmericaP'-Green
Bag.
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HOUSES OF GLASS.

Some people know have curious ways.
They will censure most all of mankind.
they'll hunt for the flaws in their neighbors
next door.
To their own they seem rather blind.
There's many man gone wrong In this world
Through troubles abroad or at home.
So don't push them down with q kick or
frown,
But give them chance to atone.
You We all heard the story bout houses Of glass,
So often you've picked up your stone.
Before you have shattered that cottage next
door,
Why, just take look at your own.
read small piece In the paper today
Which caused me to ponder and think
How poor boy had fallen victim to crime
While enslaved by that dread demon, drink.
''Ten years you must serve" said the judge
on the bench.
His poor mother CRIED with moan,
"Dont sentence my boy, my hope and my joy
But give him n chance to atone"
Walter Fletcher in New York Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-05

Some of the patients of one of the
prominent physicians in Dorchester are
getting well pretty rapidly these days
under the influence of joke which
they have recently heard regarding their
Ascuiapins. It seems that this doctor
has horror of high places and is al
ways dizzy when on lofty buildings.
Not long ago some relatives from Eng
land visited him and suggested trip
about one-half Of the population of Bos-
ton, the doctor was not only forced to
acknowledge that he had never been to
the top of the monument, but was
obliged to accompany his guests to the
summit of the granite shaft 1t cannot
be ascertained whether the persons whom
they found there had ever heard of the
doctor before, but he had not been there
many minutes when one of the strangers
was heard to remark that the sun had
such an influence on the monument that
ON warm days it warped it. This was
enough for the doctor, and, with part
ing remark that he would see his friends
at the base, he beat a hasty retreat, go
ing down, it is said, four steps at
time and not feeling safe until he had
run out on the lawn about the monu
ment far enough to get out Of the way
in case it fell. The joke of it all is that
the doctor, in state of absentminded-
ness told the story himself, and now,
much to his chagrin, his patients are
laughing themselves into good health.
Boston Traveller.
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JACK RABBITS FOR couRslNe.
Said to BE Greatly Superior to the English
Hare For That Purpose.

The sport of rabbit coursing is receiv-
ing q new impetus since the Kansas
black tailed jack rabbit has entered the
arena. Not until quite recently has the
coursing fraternity been aware Of the
great superiority of the jack over the
cotton tail rabbit or the English hare for
this purpose Kansas jack rabbits are
now greatly in demand, both in this
country and in England, and live ones
command good price. The difficulty in
catching them alive is very great, and
only one man in Kansas, so far as
known, has given his undivided atten-
tion to the work.
Charles Payne, familiarly known
throughout the west as hunter and
plainsman, has been jack rabbit en-
tlusiast for years, and it is largely
through his efforts that the merits Of the
animal for coursing purposes have be-
come so generally recognized. The cap
ture of live jacks involves the purchase
Of great deal of expensive parapher-
MALTA. Mr. Payne has two nets made Of
seine Irvine, 5 feet in height, which,
across a section, and made expressly for
catching live jacks. His method of en-
trapping the live jacks is unique. 1t is
his usual custom, when preparing for
the raid upon the rabbits, to advertise
among the farmer boys the day upon
which the jack rabbit drive is to take
place.
At the appointed time hundreds of
country boys, mounted ON ponies, flock
to the rendezvous, armed with fog horns,
drums, bells and anything else that will
make discordant music. They are de-
ployed in semicircular line two miles
in front of the net, and at given sig
nal from the marshal of the day the line
moves toward the net, each man making
all the noise possible. If the hunting
grounds have been we'll selected, the
horsemen will have no trouble in
bouncing" rabbits innumerable, and
as they scamper away toward the net,
followed pellmell by the eager farmer
boys, the scene is one of great ANNA
ton.
The rabbits, if they do not become
confused by the noise and excitement,
bound away toward the net at almost
lightning speed, and many of them
strike the net so hard that they break
their necks. Those that survive the shock
scamper into the pockets which are in
geniously arranged for their reception,
and for them the jig is up. Rabbits
sometimes die of fright, not having suf-
ficient strength to make the race for life.
These rabbit drives are among the most
popular sports in which the prairie
farmers indulge, and it is customary for
the organizer of the drive to provide q
bounteous spread for his gratuitous
helpers. philadelphia Times.
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Alarmed For His safety.

The Professors Wife--The professor
is in the laboratory conducting some
chemical experiments. The professor
expects to go down to posterity-
(From the laboratory Br-r r-r- bang !
The Visitor--I hope the professor
hasn't gone. Harlem Life.
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anv of these II is the commonest trouble
that human beings suffer from. II is SO
common that nine -tenths of all the sickness
in the world is traceable to it. 1t IS merely
that simple, common thing-cons.ipation:
There is no telling what it may lead to, but
Il Il sure to lead to something bad. Its i'm
mediate effects are unpleasant in the ex-
IRENE. 1t makes people listless, gives
them headaches, makes the digestion poor.
causes dizziness, loss of appetite, loss Oh
sleep, foul breath and distress after eating
All this merely because Nature mas oeen
imposed upon, and has been refused the
little help she needed.
pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One pill is
gentle laxative and two mild cathartic.
There are two remarkable things about the
"Pellets.n One is that they never gripe,
the other that they cure permanently.
There Is no other medicine that does cure
permanently. You can take any otnef
medicine you like, as long as you IKE, anu
IL YOU stop, your trouble will come back
quickly. and the chances are the trouble
will be worse than it was before. THIS
isn't true of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
You take them until you get yourself into
perfect working order, and then you stop:
You don't have to take any more Peliets
unless after while you do something that
deranges your digestive system again. we
are not guessing about these facts, ana We
don't ask you to take our unsupported WORD
for it. Thousands of people have found
that they are true, and have testified to
them. Let the druggist who says that some
thing else is Just as good sell that some
thing else to somebody else. Don't let him
trifie with your health for the sake OF
little more profit to himself.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
No. Coz Main Street, Buffalo, N. X.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-02-05

Plumbers tell some laughable stories
about people who don't know how to
run furnaces and steam heating plants.
"We put in furnace for minister
once," says an Auburn plumber. "and
the next day he came down and kicked
about it. He said that it wouldn't burn,
and he either wanted it taken out or
put in working order right away. l
went up, and after examining the CHM
ney carefully looked into the furnace
What do you suppose the trouble WASP
Well, sir, the minister had been trying
to heat the house by building fire in
the ash box. Lewiston Journal.
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HusbandIng one nIInutes.

1t is wonderful to see how many hours
prompt people contriye to make of a
day. 1t is as if they picked up the mo-
ments the dawdlers lost. And, if ever
you find yourself where you have SO
many things pressing upon you that You
hardly know how to begin, let me tell
you secret-take hold Of the very first
one that comes to hand. You will find
the rest will all fall into line, and fol-
low after like company of well drill
ed soldiers. Examiner.
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THE GOOD SAMARITAN IN CHINA.
He Would Have Been Likely to Get Him
self Into Trouble.


One dark evening / was returning
home from call Oh one of our English
neighbors in Taiyuenfu. When not far
from our compound, the road crossed an
open space of several acres i'll extent.
AS l was finding my way along by the
rather dim light of Chinese lantern l
nearly stumbled over the body of a man
who had fallen by the way. My first
impulse was to take hold Of the person
and ascertain if help was needed, but
for some reason did not, but hurried
home to get aid. Mr.. x. was still with
us and ON hearing my statement said
Eyes, know. The man is dead, and
it is fortunate that you did not attempt
to touch the body. Should we now try
to remove it or even to go to it we
should no doubt be seen and mt once
suspicion would attach itself to us, and
none could tell the consequences. We
might cause a riot before morning.
1t should be said that this suspicion
would not have been because we were
foreigners, for a native under similar
circumstances would likewise have run
the risk of being charged with the muir
der. The good Samaritan would have
Jared hardly in China, or most likely
would have been suspected of doing the
kind deed for some ultimate gain, while
the priest and the Levite would have
been accounted not hard hearted, but
prudent. Professor @. M. Cady i'll Cen
fury. "
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Sept rs. 1895 sm
NJ Office OF ASSIGNMENT.

Notice is hereby given that Howard I La
Barre has this day made an assignment 10 the
subscriber for the purpose Of securing to his cred
tors an equal and Just division of his estate, and
that al claims against his estate must be pre- sent
ed under oath or affirmation within three months
from date. and that list OF the claims presented
will be filed 10 the Office Of the Surrogate of Hum
terdon county on the first Monday Of February
next.
CHAS. A. SKILLMAN.
Assignee of Howard l. La Barre
Dated Lambertvile, N. j., Oct. 18th. 1895.
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still Proud.

Eyes, brethren" said the convert, II
am a humble Christian now, but IN
my unregenerate days, l fiatter myself
that you wouldn't meet finer or more
thoroughbred sinner in days walk.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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The real satisfaction which praise can
afford is when what is repeated aloud
agrees with the whispers of conscience.
Johnson.
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Centuries ago, peo-
pie used to fear what
they called the pes
thence. " Black
Death - was the
most terrible thing
in the world to them.
They feared it as
people now fear the
|Cholera and Yellow
Fever. An d yet
there is a more terri
bic thing than any
of these. There IS
a thing that causes
more misery and
more deaths than