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SPE- GAL.
1888 Yards of Madras and Ginghams
to b Sold at the Mill Prices.

to b Sold at the Mill Prices.
We have ready for you six cases,
11.19S yards of the greatest value in
Mandras and Gmghams ever offered in
our city. There was reason why the
mills closed this lot of goods out to us
ut a loss but that will not interest you
what YOU want to now is the price.
Lot 1-1.S64 yards of Check Cling
hams, 49, cents.
Lot 2-3.42S yards Dress Ginghams
ut cents.
Lot 5000 yards of Mandras at )
cents.
These goods are all perfect goods in
full pieces and fail styles.
TWO SPECIALS IN LACES.
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THE WEATHER TO-DAY.

North Carolina: Thunderstorms; va
riable winds.
Local forecast for Raleigh and vicinity
to 8 O'Clock tonight: Possibly showers
in the afternoon; slightly warmer.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday
Maximum temperature, 80; minimum
temperature II; mean, so; rainfall, 0
inches for II hoursl
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TO cents
WashGoods at 3 I-2c.

We have about an armful OF Wasi
Goods which we are going TO sell at
W rAnfC
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tailor es IN dress
materials
Goods GOTH
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cents.

Machne-made Torchons, Platt and
French Walls and Insertion Torchons
from q in. to 30 in. wide with inscr
tons to match, 10, 1919 and 1Jc values
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Synopsis of the Weather.-The baTUHIV-
ter is lowest in the vicinity of Kansas
City. and generally east and south OF TINS
point, warm weather with southerly
winds prevails. The temperature Whlle
only touching 90 degrees at most east
ern points, and % at Augusta, Ga.
reached yesterday a maximum OF % al
Dodge City. There has, however, been
a considerable decrease in temperature iii
the Lake region. Buffalo, for instance,
reporting only 7S, Chicago "A.
Notwithstanding that the arrangement
of presssure-low in the north high in the
south-would favor fair weather, show
ers have occurred generally in the
south. as well as in the central valley,
Int generally in small amounts. The tine
perature will rise slowly.
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q Cu-;o.

A great crowd had gathered to see
and to bid cn tae greatest curiosity il
the world. The arctioneer's catalogue
described it truly as "the only thing Of
its kind IN existence, and collectors
who had come from all parts Of the
country acknowledged that it was
unique. When the auctioneer ascenGed
the rostru,n, there was breathless S.
lelce.
ct is unnecessary for ,nc to prove
that this curiosity has 10 double il the
world, . he began. ''You all know that
another like il does not exist; that this
is the only low grade bicycle or earth.
Has any one here ever heard Of 4 low
grade bicycle hefore?''
"No, no'' she shout went up.
The first bid was $500, and the bid
ding rapidly went up to $4,000, at
which figure the bicycle was awarded
to on agent of the National museum III
Washington.--New York World.
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TRAINS GOING NORTH.
aDa;:y. tDeily except Sanaey

"Da;:y. 1Deily except Sanaey
he. Sc runs .h1cagn 70 Coiuz1bia via Gen
tcsi E. f. OF 8. G.
T.sina Nos. 70 soa 60 rzn VIA WILSON aud
ayetterills-S Li1e-e.d uake cioee
connection for al, points Nor.n
.:ra;ps OF G. J. D E. z. ieass Florence
IS e, arrive Darlington 10 20 u, Che
raw II 20 m, Wsoesccro 1885 N. Leave
Florence, daily except Suoday, 500 Il, ar
rive Darlington 8 Is p IA, Hertsvilla 20 p
m, 6ennettsvi:se 81 Il, Gibson 9 As p N.
le ave Florence, Sunday cn.y 8 IS 6 ID, ar
.i-e Dsriingtoa 10 2! n, Hartsyille II 20
NJ.
Lasve Gibson daily except Sunday s5 q
n. Eennet.s7ille 6 SO a 70, arrive Darlington
so m. Leave Hartsvil!e daily except Sun-
day 7o0su, arrive Darlington 745am
leave Darlington SIS e, arrive Florence
9 90 e % Leaye Wsdss5o-o, dailJ except
Sunday 25 n, Chersw Is ? t., Dar-
!iogtoa 90 m. Florence 90 p "a Leave
Hartsvi.lr, Sunday osly 8 IS n. Darling
ton 9 co . 81, artive Florence 9 20 sm.
J Z. KgNI.Y, JH0. 7. DIVINE
Gs5':: Msnsgsr, Gs7 lsur't.
T. u. EMERSON. Trafic sausrer.
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A Grea. Book.

There is in Utica an old man Of ~
usual intelligence who is known TO
have graduated from no college, and yet
whose perfect English, including syn
tax, orthography and pronunciation.
would stamp him as an educated ,sis;,:
lin any company. Ono night this old
man was seated in the rooms Of the
Cogburn club, when he consented to be
interviewed as follows:
''From whom. did you get the fourda-
tion CT your education?'
''From Webster
.'Daniel Webster?"
"No, bat Noah Webster, through his
spelling book When was IL, 1 could
spell every word in that book correctly.
/ had learned all the reading lessons it
contains, including that one about the
old man who found some rude boys in
his fruit trees one day, and who, after
trying kind words and grass, finally
peltcd them with Stones until tie
young scapegraces were glad to come
down and beg the old mans pardon. !"
"Nebster's spelling book must have
been wonderfully popular
eyes And a genial smile lighted
up the ancient face. ''There were more
copies Of it sold than of any other work
ever written in America. Twenty-foar
millions is the number up to 1647, and
that had increased to So, COO, 600 III
1860, since which time I have seen no
account of it's sale. Yes, owe my ed
ucatien to the spelling book. Utica
Observer.
Trying 6. Dead Man.
It is probably an unusual thing IN
any country for a court to sit in judgg-
ment on the dead, but in a Berlin letter
to the Chicago Record an account is
given of trial in which the accused
was dead man.
It was not his first trial That had
taken place in his lifetime, and its re-
suit had been sentence of imprison-
ment for Is months. The delinquent
was bureau chief in the tax Office OF
Schweidnitz, Silesia, and it was proved
that be had embezzled funds and forged
documents. Soon after his sentence,
however, he showed signs Of unsettled
reason, and at length died maniac.
His widow, anxious to clear his mem
ory from the stain that rested uroa it,
had the case reopened and proved by
expert testimony that her husband bad
been demented at the time he commit
ted the crime
THUS occurred the peculiar circum-
stance OF dead man on trial. Tie trial
resulted in tie reversal Of the former
sentence, the court pronouncirg the Ge-
ceased not guilty.
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Her Ei-st Thought.

a steamer was passing by a settle
ment on the shore of ore Of the great
lakes, and along the water front were q
few houses built out Oh piles. An old
man and an old woman, evidently tray-
cling that way for the first time, stood
by the rail. Presently the woman no.
ticed one Of tho hoases built over the
water.
"Well, my gracious, Henry, she ex-
claimed. lust look at that house!
S'posin somebody's taken sick in the
night and they have to run for the doc
tor. Built right out in the solid water.
0 my Lord ''-Boston Budget.
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Iodine es u Detective.

Another use las I,ren found for the
7apor of iodine. This is the discovery OF
alterations in manuscripts. Professor
Bruylats of Louvain, tie discoverer OF
the process, noticed that when u sheet
Of paper which had been sized and fin
ished was moistened and. after being
thoroughly dried. exposed to the vapor
Of iodine the part which had beel
moistened became violet, while tho un-
mois1ened portion became brownisn yel-
low
It appears that when manuscript
has been altered both the nature and
extent Of the alteration can be deter
mined by the use Of iodine vapcr. Those
parts which have been rubbed become
brownish on exposure, and when tho
rubbed part is subsequently 1noisteneG
it becomes blue, the depth Of the color
depending on tho length Of time thai
the exposure had been allowed to pro-
ceed.
The process is believed to be due en-
tirely to the well known fact that when
iodine is put on starch the starch be-
comes blue, and the difference in the
tint is dependent on the fact that por-
tion of the starch which is contained III
the size has been removed in the eprocess
of the alteration of the manuscript.
Oddly enough, the same process will
reveal the extent of pencil marks which
have been erased by rubbing. The iodine
vapor brings out the lines which have
been traced by the pencil point disturb
ing the surface Of paper, even though
tie rubbing has been SO carefully done
that it has not removed any cf the sur
face of the paper itself.-Pearson' S
Weekly.
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.ne in life worth living for. I learned
then from Rao's lips how he had been
dispatched on a false mission to Eng
land, Cautley having told him the same
was my wish. BEt the Hindoo's prefer
naturally acute sense or prescience told
him all was not well, and God willed
he should reach that newly made grave
in time to save me. During my lorg
illness the thought of my revenge came
to me, and I greeted it as would a
thirsty traveller spring of water in a
rocky place. How often in my thoughts
have fed my hungry heart upon such
a scene as this. when ] should stand
face to face with the evil genius who
had wrested from me everything!''
He clasped his hands upon his knees
and bent a sco-ching gaze on Cautley .
bowed head
"Wh,ere is my wife:' he asked.
dead this year past, was the
muffled answer.
SIS she sos'' saeered Wayling. "And
who killed her? I know the whole
story. AYE, knowhow you squandered
in evil living the portion she received
through my supposed death. I know
what her life was with you and how you
cast her off, for stood over her un-
marked grave in Lcndons pauper bury
ing ground the day before sailed from
English shores. Say your prayers. You
have not an hour to live. /"
There was groan of mortal terror,
and C:iutley lifted his face. 1t was a
ghastly sight. a terror so awful had
twisted every feature Peter felt his soul
sicken rs he looked.
It wss the first time in his happy SO
lucky life he had stood before the reality
Of a death like this. It was too deliber-
ate, too horrible. He looked at the Hin
doc, who stood waiting like figure CT
fate, and, despicable as he knew Caut-
ley to be, his quick sympathies went
oct to him as be fancied himself in o
like extremity.
"Itis your settled purpose to kill this
MANI" he questioned, taking Waying's
arm i'll an eager grasp. "Nay, then,
you will not. What will it profit yen TO
take this wretch s life?''
"Wcald you not kill reptile if it
stung ,,ou?" asked Wayling.
'sBat look at him, debaucbed, brutal
lied, ragged, The laughing stock Of I'll
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The Test OF Good Nature.

Fuddy-There is one thing that ca,
be said Of Mercer-he lives Up to tbs
injunction Of the golden rule.
Duddy-In what manner, pray?
Fuddy-When he tells Groper 4 gooa
story, Groper never laughs as it, bu,
when few days later Groper tells III,
same story to IIercer Mercer lacgas a>
though he would splis.-Eosson Tran
script.
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arctcS's liJcs''..,
respectable people Spare him, and he
will continue to live miserably, de and
be forgotten. His punishment is hin
self. -
.'The mercy you ask is impossible.
He had none for NE, said Wayling,
trying to shake of his hold.
But Peter threw his arms about him.
and his .utterance was broken and rapid
as he locked with desperate entreaty
into Wayl;ng's eyes. He scarcely Ere!v
what he said, bItt the thought that this
mans life perhaps hung upon his words
lent him a persuasiveness and eloq2ecce
quite new to him. Cautley sat with
open mouth and livid face, scarcely
breathing in the agony Of suspense.
see! Mortal fear has left its marks
upon his face. Death has terrcrs fer him
unguessed by man Ike you, and
should he liyea thousand years he could
net forget this Lour-no, be could no..
Ah, be satisfied with this revenge. To
stoop to deal hin blow for blow is un-
worthy Of you.
"WIy do hcarkeu to you??" asked
Wayling iclpatientiy, while his hand
nevertheless fingered almost caressi0g-
ly on Peters shoulder. "Wi.l you be 81
lent? This is child's play. WHAT At
this last moment renounce the idea
which for two years has given stimulus
to my life? Useless to ask it. am lot
saint. cannot forgive in such boun-
teous fashion, .
Forgive? Nay, who could expect
you to forgive? Not !, in sooth, but''-
'NoS cne man in a hundred would
agree to Jour wish, - exclaimed Way
Ling.
sNiaety-nine would not. The hun
dredth might. Will you?" asked Peter,
stepping suddenly back ard holding
out his hands, trembling with eagerness.
There was something in tho lads in
pulsive attitude, his vide, imploring
eyes and thrilling voice which touched
Wayli1lg strangely. In all his life he
had never come in contact with ma
ture SO appealing, so refreshing, as Pc
ter's. Their reciprocal attraction had
been Instantaneous. The boy seemed the.
embodiment cf everything beautiful in
his own youth. The illusions he had
lost locked at him from Peters sunny
eyes. 1t was poignant moment. On
the one hand were the possibilities OF a
eatisfv.ng friendship with Peter in the
future, or the other the Cutting CT al
old revenge Which would he choose:
But Wayling did no5 choose. The pow
er to do so seemed to pass out Of his
hands. Nothing appeared of much con-
sequence except Peters sympathy ard
trust III him. The thought of these was
unutte1ably sweet.
a change crossed his face. The veins
showed. like purple stripes upon his
white forehead, and be remained silent,
looking at Peter like enc fascinated.
"You hold this mans life III your
tand, !" Peter continued in his strong,
sweet zones. "You can crush him IS
easily as ey struggling witj,i,; your
palm, Or you can fling his liberty III rs
face, saying, !, whom you have so IL
famcusly wrongcd, | give you your re-
naming years Alb, the mobility OF that
gift! And which, think you. would b
the greater revengc?"
There was deep silence in the socn',
broken only by the lonely cry Of bsi'-
man who paused beneath the window
"a dark. fosey. night! Ono. r. thr
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TRAINS GOING FORTE

*l,:..:y ll.A.:5 e1cec, a';od&y
Nc. 81 rass :ateux., 70 Charleston, S g.,
SIS Gea.-s: L. Is: :.gr:v;ng s.sriios s 81 p
H.. La2es 74s ar., Caaries.en aj5 ?. m.
f>rates &C GJaTes Sra1ch lss7e Cs.d"
oorrn i; e3 Z. ~, srr:7e s: GorWsy
ws7 t3 p. u, retrrains: ;eavs Cca1ay ST
rs p, we GteAseass IS 2. ia.
.;,: se t.i:a.2. ::Irc Is , l,., s:'-ye .; HUI 81
J; g: <, .clu.ai - ia.vc ::ao IS e. "a
arrive at !y,s5hoara 900 G. Z. GailJ Ok
ceg,t &aalaY
fDsil; except Suocas.
=. HsHH!.E7, Gen'l Haaege-.
e ::1Hp%(1St. 'f',afir Eaaascc
N EXGR::rGM. Cen: Pass. Agent
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PETER RUKD'I'S s HDR0.
BY KATE JORDAN.


fCopsrieht. 1885,. By, the Autho-.l
s;;aRtley help1essiy nodded.
You see, am not dead. I have come
out of the grave to find Jon. .
me?'' gasped Cautley.
.ssSsureIy. =
And when? Not now. Oh, in the
name Gf God, not now"
Aye, tonight. p
Cautley sprang to his feet with cry
and made lunge toward the door. He
was swiftly intercepted BY the Hlndoo,
Who, winding his muscular brown arms
around him, bore him back to the
couch
Speak no word, make nc sound,
s hsssed the Hindoo, thrusting has hand
INTO Che folds Of white cloth ON his
beast and drawing out what looked TO-
Peter like a long, black darning needle
having a jeweled hilt, its end tapering
INTO apoins as fne as hair.
What would you with chat murder
Gus weapons,' questioned Peter, adj
vancing Pat it back. i say.
LET him be quiet then, said the
Hindoo coldly> as he obeyed, taking q
uatchful position at the foot of the
eouah
Rao VIII do nothing save what !
direct, 2 eaid Wayling. do not fear,
Peter Have not / given you my word?
Nov that we have well nigh forced our
way into your house and stand face to
face with the Judas who betrayed Ele
is meet you should know my mean
ng There is no time to lose
Peter drew achair forward and seat
ed himself in the centero OF the room be-
tween the two men. His boyish face
WAS pale and pinched from anxiety.
There was an indomitable resolve in
Waylingss bearing, an open eagerness
for revenge in the Hindoo's, q seryile
terror N the attitude Of the unfortunate
Caut1ey, who sat huddled upon the
couch, his Wig awry. his lip dejectedly
hanging
Vas rot always this mans enc
z commenced Waylirg, leaning his
head upon his hands. $ Time was when
I've were inseparable On the details of
enr long friendship Idare NOT linger.
He was the son Of poor missionary, e
good man, and when left India eight
years Ego to inherit an estate ia Eng
Hand I made him accompany me. Aye,
IeYen shared my fortune with him, and
he was TO me as my own brother.
~ For these two years pastsI have
hated him as strongly as once I loved
him. From place to place IN England
and France have I followed him. He
eIuded me always, though never dream
ing was on his track. By happy
chance learned Of his departure for the
colonies, and I followed him hither.
Not aeleE had Ito his whereabouts.
lint judged be would prefer New
York, and for q month past my days
and nights have been spent at the play
hocse, the coffee houses, on the streets,
;n the mail coaches. everywhere men
scongregate. looking always into the
face Of every passerby for the one I
sought.''
WayIing sprang to his feet and COM
menced TO pace up and down the ittls
room, his eyes closed. When he spoke
again, the words came in sDnrts:
80 a woman crossed my path when I
was 90, three years ago-only three.
SHE had the face ef anangel. Oh, Peter,
how truly Ioved ker. She was to me
the flower cf the esrth Sha became my
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HIS cges net Wcyling's fastened sspon
him

It's cues sI!CE Wtsllt7tyeS jtIStS2ttN tcpUft
HIM.
wife. Twas happy. had reYer thought
to be so happy. Every day I thanked
God for the privilege OF living. Every
day Z loved her better. Inade her tell ne
OYER and over again that her heart was
indeed my very own. A willfrl, pretty
thing she was. Her name was Mary,
but called her F'lite Like sum
beam she would sometimes dance from
me in waywardness, only to dance back
again and hang about my neck, her eyes
vet, her Heart throbbing against mine.
% God in heaven, when suffer myself
to thisk- But let it pass. y
He controlled himself. by violent
effort ard continued almost calmly:
We were travelling in France, Peter
Judas. yonder; Rao Singh, Mary and
i, for was not strong in these days,
and English air was counted i'll for me.
No, was not strcng. In India I had
been sa55ecs to faintness which had
held me in an unconscious statefcr days
"a scrt Of trance, IN which felt, knew
everything, Jet was he:d captive in
such way could not move as much
as an eyelid. ! was sensitive about this
trouble. No one save Rao Singh and
this man knew Of it. did not tell my
wife. Women are rot fond of sickly
men.
"But, ah. there came time in wt.ich
/ suffered a thousand deatas-a short
space as we reckon time, but to me all
eternity among the tortures Of hell itself.
How shall / best describe it to you,
how give yon an inkling Of the unim-
agined agonies I suffered"
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TRAINS GONG soUT5.

r.sirs hasreen Mi!ls.d anG St. Paul leave
N;l:aEa lN 3 s N ard IS ? n, arriving
5, Patti 10 2a q N aud SIS p N. Returning.
ieava 81. Paul iG IS 10 and ic . q, and
arrive MiI!aTG .a Ao III snd-4 4 20 9 "a. Dai.-
ty except Suaasy.
THoMAS WILSON
Predsient.
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CHAPTER Ill.

Wayling stood still, with .tensely
clasped hands. his under lip caught be-
tween his teeth. his eyes turned inward.
like mans walking in his sleep.
81 found myself coming from land
Of clouds and nothingness to faint
consciousness of myself, he said rap
idly. My brain by degrees became
clearer. endeavored to open my eyes,
but found it impossible. Then ] knew
that the trance which had held me at
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TEE END.
Slang.

The use Of slang has beccEe SO cor-
mon as to cease to cause comment
among large class Of people, both cid
and yoang. tits habit to be condemn
ed, and cne which girls and tcys saculd
be induced to break. 1t is secseless,
degrading, and one which leads to a
much worse habit-the use Ct profanity
and obscenity. We thinl, it would be
we'll to organize an antislang society.
Boys readily learn class OF low, yul-
gar worGs and expressions which are
never hea-d in respectable circles CT
around the 1ireside. Some seem to think
these smart OF remarkably funny, and
sometimes girl so far forgets her self
respect and maidenly purity as to bo
guilty Of the same thing We cannot
imagine a decent girl using words OF
expressions that she would not use be-
fore her mother and father.
Many Of tie slang phrases in COM
mon use are next to swearing, yet not
quite so wicked, but they lead to worse
language and fill the mind With evil
thoughts. A distinguished author says,
"I resolved when was child never to
use wcrd which I could not pronounce
before ny mother. % lie grew up to be
a pure minded father, noble and hclcr-
ed gentleman. A clean mouth and a
pure heart Will make men and women
whose pure lives Will shine amid the
surrounding sin and darkness Of lie
like stars in tho twilight sky. Take eny
slang expression in common Use, ana
lyze it ard see how utterly senseless.
Button up your mug" says one little
boy to another. You cheese it your
SELF he responds. Who Of the uninitl-
ated could understand t!aat sort Of Ian
g1age? Slang words are of low origin,
coming from the lowest depths OF the
race course. the prize6ght ring, the sa
loon and from sources even lower
FarInyille (Va Journal.
Go To Fed.
The best possible thing fer q man to
do when he feels TOO weak to carry any
thing through is to go to bed and sleep
as long US he can, says The Medical
Record This is the only rccuperation
of brain power, the only actual recu-
peration of brain force, because during
sleep the brain is in {. state Of rest, in a
condition to receive and appropriate
particles of nutrin.ent from tie blood
which take the place CT those which
have been consumed by previous labor.
since the very act Ct thinking burns up
solid particles, as every turn OF the
wheel or screw of the steamer is the re-
suit of consumption by fire of the fuel
in the furnace.
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No 90 runs tnrcug,- fraEi Crasles.o's VIA
Central P. r., leaving Charleston IA. n.,
Lanes 80 a. H., MsnrirE 9 52 E. e.
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respectable people. Spare him, and he
will continue to live miserably, de and
be forgotten. His punishment is hin