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Gruesone Statues.

Seeing that flowers fade and even
immortelles have but their day, the
sorrowing family Of one gentleman
cast about for some original and en-
during way of perpetuating the mem
ory of their beloved one, and they
discovered it. too. That is to say,
they reversed the operation of the pa.
gan gods and changed the body Of
what was once living creature into a
statue, which is to be seen at the
cemetery of Pere Lachaise, where it
lies in triple coffin of glass. The
corpse, having been plunged into
picnic acid, and washed in solution
of nitrate of silver, was placed in q
galvauo-plastic bath. The result is Il
statue in every respect identical with
the individual, ana to use Hiberni-
cism, strikingly lifelike. The doctor
whose method was successfully en-
ployed to bring about this curi Gus
transmutatioa confidently hopes that
in future all public statues will be
made on the same principle. But the
statue erecting mood no longer pre-
walls in Paris just now. Indeed, most
politicians and people are iconoclasts,
and would gladly demoiish many OF
the existing monuments to dead celeb
rites, and quite a number OF living
caes to boot.-Londcn Telegraph.
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Hearts Broken Through Happiness.

Hearts Broken Through Happiness.
The law OF straight things is just to let
them grow; they will grow straight. The
law OF crooked things must be to break and
readjust them; otherwise the more growth,
the more crookedness for ever. Growth fol
the straight things, breakage and readjust.
ment for the crooked things-these are the
man life or spirit just for the sake OF break.
Ing IT. He always has an object. Sometimes.
perhaps oftenest, His obiect-the stop.
page of life that 1t may begin anew,
and begin better-can be accomplished only
through the agency Of suffering. The blow
has to fall; the fortune that man leaned
against so that he leaned away from God
has to break down, the child that the mother
clung to so that she would not see her
Saviour has to be carried in its coffin out
side the house door, before the broken heart
Is willing to strike straight for God. But
arc hearts never broken by blessings? Does
the sun, with its still and steady mercy,
work no chemical changes more gracious
and more permanent than the wild winds
accomplish? The storm sweeps in some
night across your garden, and in the morn
ing. 10! it has wrenched and re-shaped the
great tree and snapped q hundred little
flowers from their stems; but the real
power there Is nothing to the majesty which
through the summer days the sun that woke
no sleeping insect in the grass was drawing
into shape the vast arms Of forest
giants and carving out the beauty OF
the roses leaves. I believe that much OF
the best piety OF the world is ripened, not
under .orrow, but under Joy. At any rate,
We ought not to talk as il only sorrow
brought conversion. There Is a grace for
happy people. too. Blessed is the soul that
for very happiness is broken and contrite,
turns away from its sins, and goes to Jesus
with the spontaneous aud unsel1sh love OF
gratitude Brooks.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

The "Rose and Crown Hearts Broken
Through Happlness-A Cog in Gods
Machinery What the Hereafter Has
in Store-The Roll Call of the Lamb.
ION the night Of April II, 1899, the fishing
schooner ELIZA" OF Beverly WAS lost, with
eleven OF her crew. on the dread Rose and
Crown Shoal," ten miles due east from Nan
tucket.]
Beverly's bells rang sweet and clear,
Far blown across the bay,
The morn her stanchest fishing boat
Set sail at break Of day.
And up and down the brown old wharves,
And from the echoing main,
Swelled loud the shouts OF them that sailed
To come not back again.
Before the freshening western winds
She sped with swelling sail;
And, though her brave crew knew 1t no.,
Death was the helmsman pale. -.
That very night, though stars shone bright,
And lulled the storm kings breath,
Clad In her snowy robes she went,
A bride unto her death.
o 'Rose and Crown" accursed shoal,
Nantucket's demon fell,
How hard bed thy sea-swept flints!
How sad the tales they tell!
Strong Is thy name. thou seething shoal,
Now passed from lip to lip,
Thou burial-place OF fearless men
And many gallant ship.
Thy Rose doth pierce with sharpest thorn
Those whom thy waves draw down;
But since through thee brave souls find
peace,
Endless shall be thy Crown!
William Hale, In Zion's Herald.
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A Hau aiinn Chinese Millionaire.

An interesting addition to Washing
ton society this winter in the three
Misses All Fong, the unmarried daugh
ters of Chinese millionaire of Homo
lulu, who have just finished their ed
ucation and desire to enjoy the advan
tage of winter at the capital. They
have two sisters married in the United
States. One is the wife of Captain
Whiting. of the United States Navy,
now commanding the monitor Monad
mock at Manila. The other is the wife
of William A. Henshill, San Fran
cisco lawyer, and they will be chap
eroned here by Mrs. Humphrey. 8
third sister, the wife of an American
planter and banker at Honolulu.
Their father, All Fong, is in many
respects the most notable man in
Hawaii. He was o common cody
when he came to Honolulu, but be
has had the enterprise and business
ability to make an enormous fortune
80 that he is said to be able to give
81, 900, 900 to each of his seven daugh.
ters. Their mother was the daughte,
of a rowing Portuguese sailor and a
native Kanaka womun, so that they
represent curious mixture of blood,
but the ladies are highly educated and
are said to be possessed of many per.
sonal attractions. Their ancestry is
not more mixed than that Of the wife
of Hubert Vos. the artist, who was
Mrs. Graham, considered the most
famous beauty in the Hawaiian Islands.
Her father was q Irish castaway named
Cooney, who married Chinese wom-
all. Their son, Mr. Cooney, Jr., mar.
ried Kanaka, and Mrs. Vos is one
of the several children, who are re-
markable for their fine looks. MIR.
Cconey, Sr., was an ordinary planta.
tion hand, but his son became super;
intendent and afterward owner of one
of the finest properties in the Hawaiian
islands. ds.-Chicago Record.
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CHAPTER x.
TIE OLD M1ssIoNARY's STORY.

TIE OLD MISSIONARY 8 STORY.
eyes," continued the old man, az
he settled himself in o comfortable
position; "this is the island of Tai.
mooch. You may have heard of it.
Not you, in San Francisco, doctor, but
Miss Arnold, there, may have heard it
mentioned in Hong Kong"
"No, I cannot recollect having ever
heard the name, Mr.. Avery" said Miss
Arnold.
"Ah, we'll, it is no matter. The
fame of Talmooch is O thing of the
past. The island was at one time,
many years ago, noted for the superior
coal and lead mines to be found in the
mountains away off there" pointing
over the wall. "And it was also ia
nous for the high civilization of its
people, who, untutored as we under.
stand it; had skill entirely their OWL
in various manufactures, such as sill
and steel. You may have heard of the
'Jumar blade 2"
"It seems to me I heard the term
used at meeting of the officers of o
militia regiment to which I. was at
tached," I replied. "If I remembe,
correctly, they spoke of it as a de.
sirable thing, but one that could not
at present be obtained"
"Ah, yes, that is too true," he saie
sadly. "The lunar blade is of the
past, save for the conquerors of this
unhappy land. But I am anticipating
my story. You are in strange land
There are difficulties before You Of
which you have never dreamed. 1t il
better, even at the expense of a little
time and patience, that I tell you my
own history and that of the island,
that you may Judge for yourself the
wisest course for you to pursue.
eyes," I said. "We are eager to
hear you. Is it not 80, Miss Arnold?"
"It is so, Mr.. Avery" added Miss
Arnold.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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|. "what did you see?" asked the old
man, eagerly.
ri saw about thousand women
kneeling in prayer, They rushed
away when I called to them. Then
two Chinese soldiers appeared"
"Then-what?" asked the old man.
ssDid you call to them tool"
"No. I simply watched them until
they went away"
"Ah! 1t Is we'll. Had you dis
closed your presence to them, you
would now be a dead man and your
companion would be captive"
"Mercy!" exclaimed Miss Arnold.
care all Cinnamon bad?"
Gall that I ever saw. There may
be good ones, but they are not here.
But you said you were going to eat.
Shall we not?"
"With pleasure. I am anxious to
hear you tell US of the land we have
chanced upon, so full of mystery and
trouble"
Gay! You may we'll sayit. Trouble
singled ont Talmooch for its own and
has kept it.
We found comfortable places to sit
down. Miss Arnold rested near me,
facing the old man.
500 on, frlend," I said; "tell us OF
Talmooch, if such be the name of the
place.
"To begin with-your name?"'
Crickmore-Dr. Archibald Crick.
more, of San Francisco. And yours"
civilian Avery, of England and
Talmooch."
"England!" said Miss Arnold.
"Yes. England is my home, O.,
was. But of that later"
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A eLooD.cURoLINc SPECTACLE.
Circus Bear Tears His Trainer to Pieces
Before q Vast Multitude.

A blood-curding scene was witnessed at
st. Petersburg, Russia, Il few days ago, by
a vast multitude at the opening OF the
Kley5urg circus. Just rs Charles Patti,
the famous animal trainer, was making
ready to perform his star feat In cage
illed with wild animals, one Of the beasts,
giant bear, suddenly refused to do his
masters bidding.
lash from Patti infuriated the bear,
which threw the trainer on the floor OF the
cage, and, after rendering him unconscious
with his paws, began to tear pieces or
lesh from his body, amid screams Of ter
ror from the spectators.
The circus attendants rushed In with iron
bars, but they could not save the life OF
Patti.
Another trainer jumped in the cage, and
after lassoinS the bear, shot him In the
,reaepcs Of the Oeopla -
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THE BIBLE IN ENGLAND.
a Lad in London Who Never Heard o,
the Scriptures.

An incident occurred in Londor
court the other day which shows how
1t Is possibl. for child to remain in ignor.
nnce OF the Scriptures. The case dealt WITH
the appearance OF Il boy OF ten before the
Coroner TO give evidence. and this Is what
happened:
Coroner Langham-"Do you know what
It means to speak the truth. my boy?'
[The little fellow gave no answer, but
looked round frightened do you 20 te
school?"
The Boy (quickly)-"Yus, cir"
The Coroner-"What do you 70 to schoo'
for?"
The Boy--"Cos as to-
The Corouer-"Yes, but whit do they
teach you?"
The Boy-"Sums and lessons, and lots 'el
fngs."
The Coroner-"But don't they teach you
the Bib!e?"
The Boy--"The Biblc-what's that?
Tie Coroner-"Haven't you ever seen OF
heard Of the Bible?'
Tho Boy-"No, sir"
The Coroner IL nm afraid this lads evi
dence cannot be taken, as his education
appears sadly ut fault"
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The Roll Call of the Lamb.

A Russian soldier, after having performed
feats OF great vaior lay dying upon the field
OF battle. His comrades g lthered around
him, willing to afford him such help as could
be given him in his last moments. AS his
life was fast ebbing out, he said, II have
but one request; answer to my name at roll
call" Though more than forty years have
passed since then. and all his old comrades
are dead, bis name remains upon the roll
and Is still answered to by some living men,
Der OF that imperial regiment. Earthly en-
rollments may be lost or destroyed, earthly
honors may fnde and our names may be for
gotten here, but. II once recorded upon the
Lambs Book OF Life, they will be answered
to through all eteruily.-RsV. John W. Say
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TOWN OWNED BY ROCKEFELLER.
He Practically Comes Into Possession Oh
the Entire City of Everett, Wash. "

John D. Rockefeller did not 60 to tho,
Northwest for mere pleasure. The resigna-
ton OF General Manager Brownell, OF thett
was part OF a proeramme arranged by Mr.
Rockefeller to get control OF the Everett
Land Company With its 5000, 900 or a.
OOO, 900 worth OF property. The fact came
to the surface in a suit filed IN the Federal
Court at Seattle. by the Central Trust Com
pany Of New York City, to foreclose Q
mortgage for 81 SOC, 900 against the land
company. Mr.. Rockefeller own this mort
gage aud by foreclosing it he will come In \
to possession OF the property.
The act, taken in connection with tho
recent move in foreclosing mortgage $
against the Monte Cristo mines and con-
centrator, which property his representa-
tive purchased for $375.000, practically
makes Mr.. Rockefeller the landlord Oh
Everett, with its 5000 or 1000 people Tor
tenants. The mortgage covers nearly
everything within the town limits, besides
thousands ot acres In the country,
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A Cog in Gods Machinery.

God has chosen to work out His designs
not in spite OF you, but through you, and
where you fail there He halts. almighty
God needs you r'-wbat change that sum-
mons gives In oil ones estimate OF himself
and his duty. 1t might seem small thing
to you to let your isolated or ineffective little
life run to waste or to harm; but to run the
risk Of standing In the way OF the mighty
purposes OF God and hindering in any de-
gree the vast mechanism OF creation-that
Is a thought OF indescribable solemnity. It
60 weaving with their leaping shuttles the
millions OF yards Of cloth. one, little thread
should snap. and the whole vast mechanism
should stop abruptly lest the single flaw
should mar the entire work.-F. G. Pea
body, D. D.
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What the Herear rter Has in Store.

II shall so to Him." was the sob and So
lace OF David's broken heart in the very
moment when he gave vent to the corre-
spending thought of anguish He shall not
return to me-" That blighted flower would
not only rr-bloom in the garden OF immor-
talitv. but he would see 1t, recognize it. love
1t, as his own. His comforting soliloquy is
not: II shall 90 to heaven. where know the
spirit OF my child somewhere is. though all
trace OF the dear earthly face and form be
denied;" but II shall 10 to him; and the
thought will prove more, to me than the
dearest, most cherished jewel in my crown.
l shall 80 to him. where the silver cord OF
parental love shall no more be loosed nor
the golden bowl broken. Rev. ]. Il. Mac
duH n n
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He may leave you long without succor
He may allow you to toll against tempes-
tuous sea until the fourth watch OF the
night. He may seem silent and austere.
tarrying two days still In the same place, az
il careless Of the dying Lazarus. He may
allow your prayers to accumulate IKE un-
onened letters on the table of an absent
friend. But ut last be will say: 20 man. O
woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee
even as thou wilt. REV. f. B. Meyer.
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ReInforccments to the Struggling.

God helps Us in numberless ways, but
His help is ul!o in response, not to our ap-
peal from the lips, but to that cry OF the
heart which comes when one IS making his
own struggle and fighting his own battle
as best he can. He senis His reinforce
met not to the commander who, crying
for aid, flees before the enemy, but to him
who hotly contests every inch OF the ground.
and who has Il right, therefore, to call for
help.-Lymun Abbott.
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One thing alone my heart requres-one
CLEAN OF living light amid the ashes and
gloom; that into my cell Of humiliation the
flood OF divine pity should break and keep
aolow the openings OF eternal hope. and
sustain the hidden strength Of In eyerlast-
ing love.-James Murtineau.
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Shah q PhysicaI Wreck.

A Russian officer, who has just arrived
at Sebastopol from Teheran, reports that
the Shah Of Persia Is a prisoner in biz
palace and q physical and mental wreck.
He is never seen outside Of his palace, ant
he takes childish delight IN the new tele-
phones which have been plnced In bis pal
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THE TURN OF FORTUNE.
A Child in an Asylum Founded by His
Grandmother.

James Hague, seven years old. Is an In
mate OF the Protestant Orphan Asylum at
Newark, N. j. He Is grandson OF Mrs.
James Hague, who was one Of the founders
and first trustees OF the Institution. Her
name is chiselled on a memorial tablet in
the hall Of the asylum. Her husband was
a wealthy iron manufacturer. His son,
james Hague, married Hackensack girl,
TWEEN y-four years old, while Hague was
sixty. Both became dissipated. A fortune
OF 800, 900 left to Hague by his father was
s1uaudered. Hague aud his wife died re.
Gently. Their boy was sent to the asylum.
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Manufactures Artificial Coal.

A workman named Montag. living In
Mannheim, Baden, has succee 81 In manu-
featuring artificial coal from earth and
mineral substances.
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When God says Yes. He does 1t without
rrudpinr. Wien God says No, there is q
blessing behind. d.-CongrrgHtionais
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pro,estant conyerts in India,

Protestant missions in India and China
claim 1000 COO converts, the work being
carried on by 5000 missionaries.
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There ere now about three hundred anc
0fty public libraries in Great Britain.
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in THE CHINA SEA
A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.
By SEWARD W.:HoPKINs.

@tcorYE1eHT 1884, SO
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farther and farther from shore, five years,
ten years, twenty years, thirty years: but
some day they find ON irresistible mesh
drawing them back, and they are COM
PEELED to retreat from their prodignlity
and wandering; and though they make
and try to dive deeper down In sin,
after awhile are brought ciear back and
held upon the Rock OF Agns.
II 1t be possible, o ':ther and notherl
let your sons and daughters go out into
tho world under the seniomnipotent. MEM
ory OF good, pure Nome. About your two
or three rooms In II boarding house, or 4
family hotel, you can cast no such glorious
sanctity. They will think OF these public
caravansaries rs IN early stopping place,
malodorous with old victuals, cofTees per
petuaIly steaming and meats in everlasr-
ing stew OF broil, the mir surchnrged with
carbonic acid, aud corridors, along which
drunken bonrders come staggering ut l
O'Clock In the morning, rapping ut the
door till the affrlghted wife let's them In.
Do not bo guilty OF the sncrilege or bias
phemy OF calling such place home.
A home is four walls inclosinG one
family with identity OF intert st md Il
privacy from outside inspection go COM
Ilete that it is world In itself, no one en-
tering except by permisslon-bolted and
barred and chained against all outside in
quisitiveness. The phrase so often used
in the law books and legal circles is might
lily sugcestive-every mans house is his
castle, us much so rs though 1t had draw
bridge, portcullis, redouht, bn. .tion and
armed turret. Even the officer OF the law
may not enter to serve writ, except the
door be voluntarily opened unto him; bur-
gary, or the invasion OF 1t. crime so
offensive that the law clashes its iron jaws
oil any one who attempts it. Unless it be
necessary to stay for longer or shorter
time in family hotel or boarding house
and there are thousands OF instances
In which 1t Is necessary, rs l
showed you Mt the beginninS-unless
in this exceptional case. let neither wife
nor husband consent to such permanent
residence.
The probability is that the wife will have
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A PRETTY SHOP.

One of the most attractive and truly
metropolitan establishments in the
State is Noble and Dunston's new
barber shop in the Tucker building.
.Tonsoriai Parlor" applies fttingiy to
this place. The shop is large and
roomy, has tiled flooring and steel cell
ings Massive French mirrors, with
handsomely carved quartered-oak
frames occupy two sides of the shop.
The revolving chairs are dreams of
elegance and comfort. The bath and
toilet room-large, light and airy, which
adjoins the shop, contains A massive
porcelain tub supplied with hot and
cold water.
The proprietors Of this establishment
Ferry Noble and Charles A. Dunstcn
are experts in their line. They have
always lived in Raleigh and have host
of followers. They are Justly prou! Of
the splendid class of custom they cor
troll. They employ only the hest help:
they are polite, obliging and rapid III
their work, reasonable in their charge $
and fully deserve the success they are
making.
1t is a real pleasure to 90 into n
shop of this kind. A shave or lair
cnt under pleasant conditions is Il SUI
ri'eme JOY to the average man. half
an hour snatched from busln sss ana
spent in the BARRIERS chair is morc
rcjnvenating than the best tonic.
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THE DRESS SUIT.

There has been effort after effort by
some of the fashionable tailors and by
many leading society men to set the
style of colored dress suits for men. On
several occasions well-known men in
New York society have appeared at
swell functions in them, but all efforts
in this direction have ANONYMOUSLY
failed. The regulation black dress suit
has stood the test of time, for evening
wear, notwithstanding the fact that it
is used as a uniform by walters, buffers,
etc.
4 good dress suit will last man
lifetime, lit is therefore economy to
have it made by first class tailor, AMI
out of the best material. ] should like
To show you some dress suit goods
and quote you prices.
And when it comes to overc0ats, the
weather has brought us up to the over
coat question, ! can please you. My
beautiful line of materials for business
suits has created very favorable COM
ment among the business men of the
city. Do not think for a minute that
am cheap" tailor. i put out moth
ing but the best work, and am satisfied
with a moderate profit. You will al
ways receive a cordial welcome at my
tailoring parlors in the Henry Building,
whether you buy or not. Foller, the
Tailor
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SPECIAL FAIR PREMIUMS.

Two things have arrived from Ger
many of much interest to the boys and
girls Of our city and in North Caro-
lima generally. One Is the beautiful
jointed Kerner doll with natural hair
and eye-ashes, which is said to be
the finest doll eyer brought TO our
city 1t is to be awarded to the girl
under II years Of age in North Caro-
lima who exhibits the best hat for a
doll, made and trimmed by her own
design. The premium is given by our
enterprising dealer, J. d. Riggan. ana
may be seen there, having reached Raj
eigh yesterday.
The other is a chest Of carpenters
tools for practical use, being of good
material, worth $1,000, to be given for
the best boat or vessel or any kind
designed and made by boy under Is
years of age limited to North Carolina.)
This is also given by j. ID. Riggan, ana
may be seen at the Hargett street
entrance of his store.