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Thar. ar. many other apartments In st.
Iou,s homes that show evidences OF taste
ard discrimination on the part OF their OWL
orc Mrs Alexander Cochran owns a
..r,o,,,ne-room." as she calls IT. done in
,,h,,,z and iedolent of dainty femininity,
which IL greatly admired by the privileged
few who have seen H.
The .br sakfast-room" in the Lincell ooois
,ar, residence of Edward S. Pierce IS an
other coy apartment. where early toast
.,d eeys become as anbrosis: and coffee
,,o,-.d from Mrs Pierce's antique silver
NOT takes on the favor and fragrance OF
ambrosia.
For combined coziness and luxury. no u
brary in 81. Louis equals that OF Byron Nu-
-sn, q, Westmoreland place The books crs
easy OF access and look as IL they are often
usad The shaded lamps are In soft-toned
colors beautiful 10 hook at. and restrul 10
,be eyes as well. The few pictures are
,,cc, rorefuIly chcsen-soIne old eoGrayings,
a water color or two by the French genre
na;u-ers with Just enough bronzes and bits
Of marble to add elegance without giving
the room the look OF curiosity SHOP
Writing materials are at hand. but do not
ohtr,,de themselves. as is often the case in
many libraries The chairs are luxurious
..sleeny-holIows'' or window .couches piled
with pillows. This library IL one o. Mrs
Nucent's favorite apartments. ard lis fur
-.ishings are almost entirely Ter selection
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ally . Turkish sword UNFOLDING the dra-
perry. or a tall Oriental figure piece sur
mounting a pedestal with luxurious cush-
ions piled about its base.
The deep bow windows are cushioned
seats aTordirg delightful hooks for COM
fort. A large center table may he used
equally well for games and cards or for the
serving OF an Informal supper. side5oard
near by supplying the requisite chatting
dishes and table appointments.
Out IN the pretty suburb Of Cabanne there
are many picturesGue,y furnished homes.
none more coy and interesting than that or
Mr.. Charles L. Ware. A poster dem ht-
ted up by Mr. Wares son. Bisse! Ware. be-
fore his marriage to Miss Eliza Boyd. was
the favorite nook OF all Of the households
friends. who invariably found something
now to admire at each visit Mr.. B!sseii
Ware collected the posters. which were or
al descriptions 49, theatrical. literary and
merely spectacaIar-from time TO time, ana
as fast as he acquired one Of especial In
terest. tackled It up on tho walls in good
position. with pipe racks. boxing gloves,
dainty statuettes and the bric-a-brac which
q colles!an generally manages to get To-
gether Interpreted for relief.
After Mr.. Bissen Wares marriage the
room was left intact. and Il still one OF the
s.rorite resorts OF the Ware household
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came to the reluctant conclusion that she
must let oil thought Of him and hope Tor
him go out OF her life.
Boy was in tho way Of being ruined
With bad influences at home. careless
teachers. ard the loss OF dear Miss Le'Iy.
he became sn embittered youth. Then ms
mother sent him to cheap school IN
France. 20 that he might be quite away
from Miss Letty's influence.
When he came back to England, badly
taught. and very unhappy. Miss Lefty was
in America looking after the orphan niece
OF a friend. He stood the examination Tor
the army, barely got In, and soon AFTER
wards disgraced himself by being drunk
and disorderly. He was expelled from sand
hurst disgraced. His fathers curses anu
his mothers selfish reproaches only en-
FILTERED him. After several trying expert
ences during one OF which he learned that
Miss Lefty still loved him. he enlisted as
a private for the war in South Africa He
had needed money on one occasion. ami had
written TO Miss Lefty for II. Her prompt
response pleased him, but the amount Was
not sufficient, and he made the check READ
f5e. instead of 50. When he found hat she
had acknowledged the check. and saved
him from q second disgrace. his shame eTd
repentance came. and the money was re-
turned to her Then he went away 10 AZ
iica.
The end Of Boys career came at the hat
tie of Colenso. Miss Lettys young irienu'
Violet Morrison. had offered her services
as a nurse she had been trained for her
duties and she was in South Africa also.
When they brought Boy to the hospital. lie
vas accompanied by young Lieutenant.
Alister Mcdonald. who had not recognized
the private soldier. whom he had rescued.
as his old playmate, Boy. Recognition
came and Violet Morrison heard Mcdonald
,xcIaim: Boy She hurried toward the
wounded man. She must help him FOR Mss
I,etty's sake for sine knew the sad story.
.Ah. you've done something brave-al-
ready!' murmured Boy to Alister Mcdonald.
..You always said you wouid-you wanted
10 be n hero. and you've-you've Begin.
wanted to do something great, too-for Miss
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chased one at time while Mrs sie-
grist Travelled about. They are almost price
less and. as may be imagined. exquisite
examples OF the Chinese artists best work
A home which IS dominated by the taste
of the mistress is that OF Mrs. Zach Tink-
er. No. 1913 LonEfellow boulevard Mrs.
Tinker's French parior is a little gem. and
mos. daintily appointed. The co!ors are
pink and pale sea green, a thick soft car
pet OF these hues covering the floor; and
the walls tinted family green. formin. an
acceptable background for many valuable
French watercolors. the collection OF which
is OF Mr.. Tinker's pet fads. Not a few
q these pictures are figure studies OF pict-
urssque French court ladies. and in almost
every one d close observer can trace some
resemblance TO the charming chatela,ns Of
the Tinker household. The hangings are Of
sea green Chinese silk, bordered with deep
dull ecru Battenberg lace.
on the third floor OF the Tinker home
Mrs Tinker has allowed her fancy to run
Plot and has turned the entire place into
a Turkish living room. which is the Joy OF
her friends. II IS especially comfortable for
winter evenings for the entertainment OF
small card parties and n general and cozy
good time. Here the waits are hung with
Turkish draperies. gay posters adding
hit % co.or now and thsn. with OCCASION
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WRITTEN FOR THE suNDAY.REPUBIIc

WRITTEN FOR THE sUNDATREPUBfdc
OF picturesque interior bits Of furnlshins'
there are many among the handsome anu
luxurious homes Of ST. Lou $. The tendehcy
of the last few years has been toward
persistent seeking for Individuality In the
appointment OF modern houses. The bhhu
following OF a ster,o;yped fashion Is no
longer In vogue Nowadays. the mistress OF
the manse-somctin?es II Is the master
desires that a certain apartment or apart
ments shall in some measure express fer-
self and reflect her tastes and inclinati''is.
To that end she picks and chooses her fcf-
nish!nys spending day, and weeks Of care
full thought on the haTmOnies Of color ana
the arrangement OF brtc-a-tT2c. so that
when the room IS ut last completed ana
her sdmiring family ard friends are Efa-
c.ously permitted to take the first peep.
their first remark IS more than iike!? 90 be,
..iow much this room looks like you
There Is perhaps no room IN 81. Louis
on which more time and thought were eN-
pended and in which the skill and tas-e OF
the owner is more IN evidence than the
small Chinese tearoom. which the late Mrs
Henry S.esrlst fitted up IN her Westuore-
land place house shortly after II vas COM
pleted The decorations FOR this room were
the careful selection of years. each o. the
satin, handpain,sd wall pansis ie.ns IuE-
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MARIE CORELLI'S NEW BOOK.
"Boy'' Is Pathetic Story of Modern Life.

his memory all her life She was exceed
ingly charitable. Much of the grinding OF
the ceaseless wheel Of tribulation did MISS
Letitia see she went to and fro on her
various errands OF mercy and friendship.
but perhaps among all the haunts ana
home where her personality was faTillar.
her interest had seldom been more strongly
aroused than in the I'll ordered household In
Hereford Square. where Captain. the Hon
orable D'Arcy-Muir. drank and swore. ana
his wife 'slovened' the hours away In mud
die and misanthropy. For here was Boy.
Boy, a soft. smiling morsel o: helpless and
innocent expectancy, Boy who stretched
out plump notified arms to 'Kiss-Letty.
and said chucklingly 'Cllo" an exclamation
ne had picked up from the friendly police
man at the corner of the square. who greet
ed him thus when he went out In his peram-
bulator 'Cllo. 'Ows 90 Kiss-Lefty? Wants
Boy out! Kiss-Letty. take Boy wiz 'er
walk-talk.
Which observation. rendered into heavier
English, Implied that Boy politely inquired
after Miss Letitia's health. and desired TO
20 out walking and likewise talking. with
that lady.
and no one in all the world responded
more promptly more lovingly to Boys
delightful amenities than Miss Letitia did.
The wisely swec, expression Of the chiid's
face fascinated her; she saw In Boy the pos
abilities of noble manhood, gracsd perhaps
by the rarest gifts of genius
Miss Letitia wanted to adopt Boy. educate
him, and endow him with wealth. She had
him on a long visit TO her house. but his
selfish mother who did not like Miss Letitia
very we'll. jealousy refused TO give up her
son." though the drunken father was willing
that Boy should take advantage Of MISS
Ix,titia's bcreiicence. II was bitter blow
TO Miss Letlta. and when the boy grew
older and his mother was still spitefui. she
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HIS voice sank. Aovsd ~ ss00aaecn.
ate wish to rouse him once more. Volss
Morrison suddenly put her arms round hin
as he lay and said cleariys
"Boyr'
He stared at her and . Iftns saal, ~spe
round his mouth.
BOY" she went on soboinsiy. ~aa ~
hear me-can you understandr'
He made a faint sign Of assent
81 know Miss Lefty" she went On. In her
sweet. thrilling tones "and you've seen
me- and I have seen you, only you don't
remember me Just now. Poor Boyi I
know Miss Lefty. and I know how she loves
you and wants TO see you again"
A gray shadow fell warningfy On his
features, but he still kept his eyes hxsd On
Violet
'.Does-she-knowr'
"She knows-she knowsr' answered rlo-
let. unable to restrain her tears she
knows how hard everything was for you
yes, dear Boy. she klows!-and she loves
you Just as dearly row a. when you were
q little child
A grave peace began to compose and
soften his face as though II were touched
by some invisible sweet angels hand.
Tell her-that enlisted-to get chance
of making amends-doing something good
-brave-to make her proud Of me-but it's
too late now-too late
A terrible convulsion seized him. and the
sharp agony Of It caused him to spring half
upright The surgeon caught him and held
him fast.
Boy! Oh. Boyr' cried Violet.
IT'S all right,'' he said dreanfly. IAN
forgiven-an right Don't cry. Tell Miss
Lefty not to cry. Tell her-Boy-Boy left
his love!"
An awed silence followed. and then young
Alister Mcdonald. with q tenderness which.
though he knew It not, was destined to
deepen into a husbands lifelong devotion
later on, drew the weeping Violet gently
aside that she might give her tears fun
vent. while the surgeon revereDtly drew q
covering over the quiet face Of the dead.
When tie news reached England and they
went to tell Miss Lefty about Boy they
found her dead. So ends the story Of Boy.
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in nearly all the great battles OF the Meg
lean War until he was mustered out at Vera
Cruz on April 60. 1sfS He then went to
New Orleans. and made his trip home on
a steamboat. ride far less interesting, he
says. than his journey to the south on
horseback.
Mr. Barkers was the first regiment
equipped with Cots revOlvers. and this
early Invention OF a repeating arm was re-
garded as something not far short OF a
marvel. The soldiers were encouraged TO
practice pistol shooting while riding rapidly
on horseback. and they became expert
that the Mexican officers found II hard
work 10 keep their men In line when Jack
Hayes and his 'double-s:xers' got IN
among them.
Among the mementoes Of his Mexican War
experience Mr.. Barker has cane from a
bulet-riddled tree at ChUrubusco. a gold
ring with three diamonds, a present from
the alcalde of Mexico after the City's sur
render to General Scott. and Il copper grape
shot he found az the Alamo In July. lsti.
Mr.. Barker was born ut Jersey Shore,
Pa. April q, 1871. and has been a Mis-
sourian since his removal here June I.
1872. with the exception of the time he was
shooting at the Mcxicans under General
Santa Ana. He Is yet strong and mentally
vigorous. and can easily do full days
work on his farm. or take a hand with the
boys on a hunt He now lives between
Shelbina and Shelbyvile near the proposed
Line Of the Eldnn sni ST. Louis Railr"ad.
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Special Correspondence OF The Sunday Republic.
Macon, No.. July s.-James S. Barker.
Missouri farmer Is a veteran Of the Next
can War who rode on an old farm horse
thousand miles. in the spring of lsE, 10
1oin Colonel Jack c. Hayes. then at Aus
tin, Tex, recruiting for General Zachary
Taylors army. The distance is about 40
miles direct, but this patriotic horseman
couldn't find all the roads running straight.
and he frequently had TO make wide detours
to find ferries and good fording places. He
crossed the Missouri River at Boonvilie on
/ the ice. He took provisions with him. but
I, the simple statement that he was bound for
, The war insured him a hospitable welcome
+. wherever he could find cabin in the then
ehfnly settled country.
: Mr.. Barker didn't have TO go TO war. He
WAS an Independent Missouri hunter and
I trapper. and there was 10 conscription. But
Che news that filtered through to his little
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RODE ON HORSEBACK ONE
THOUSAND MILES TO WAR.
Remarkable Feat of Man, Still Living in Missouri
Who Wanted to Fight the Mexicans.

Northern Missouri homo led him TO think
his country needed him, and he quietly laid
aside his pursuit OF deer. foxes. wildcats
and the like for the more exciting one Of
hunting men.
When he reached Austin the horse that
had carried Mr.. Barker SO faithfully on
his long Journey. evidently thinking IL had
done enough. laid down and died. Mr.. Bar
ker got & new mount and sailed forth
with Colonel Hayes's regiment. in quest OF
General Taylor. but before reaching him
the regiment received orders to reinforce
General Winfield Scott. who was then pass
ing on TO Vera Cruz. This was the first
regiment to re-enforce General Scott after
entering Mexico, and IL was enthusiastically
welcomed by the weary American troops.
Vera Cruz fell In March. and there was
hard fighting at Cerro Gordo and at Jalapa.
In both of which engagements the Amer
tcaus were victorious. Mr.. Barker fought
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Rev. c, w. Byrd Hurt.
receives.

The following taken from the VIII
lnington Messenger will interest the
friends of Rev. c. w. BYRD in Scotland
Neck:
REV. Or. Charles w. Byrd, we'll
Known and gifted Methodist preacher,
native Of North Carolina, but now a
pastor in Kentucky, was lately badl:
shocked by light sning. He held in his
hand an umbrella with steel rod.
Lightning struck tree about 20 feet
distant, and affected DR.. Byrd to the
extent hat it rendered him insensibls
for about one minute. When he re
gained consciousness his little son vii
liam who accompanied, him WIGS
standing oyer him crying. Since re-
covering consciousness DR.. Byrd has
lelt NJ unpleasant effects except that
his arm was numb for time. The
umbrella was torn to pieces and hurled
about twenty feet."
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Weldon "a, Scotland Neck 9.

Scotland Neck met her first defeat
on the diamond at the hands OF Wei
don last Tuesday. Weldon outplayed
Scotland Neck both IN the field and at
the bat. Her hits were punched and
errors were made when they were not
costly, on the other hand Scotland
Neck's errors made at critical times
when an unplay meant a run.
Weldon has u strong team, its IT ain
strength being its batting ability.
Cleary batted and ielded best for Wei
den. Smith was the only man to play
an errorless game Tor Scotland Neck.
The Scotland Neck boys were at a
great disadvantage on having to play
on very slow diamond and a very
rough ou!feld. The batting OF the
Weldon te m was the feature Of this
game, no man failing to make hit.
Add to this the TACT eighteen errors
were made by the Scotland Neck boys
and we will not have to go far to find
the reason why Weldon made twenty
four runs.
At the end OF Scotland Neck's hall
of the first inning it looked as if the
Enfield score wonld be repeated, Scot
land Neck making tour runs. But
when Weldon came to the bat and
made fifteen runs things began to look
different.
In the second Scotland Neck was
goose egged and Weldon added three
more runs to her score making it next
to impossible for Scotland Neck to
overcome SO great a lead. scotland
Neck scored after this one in the third
inning, one in the fourth and three in
the ninth making total of nine. Wei
don scored three in the fourth and
three in the seventh making the score
"a to 8.
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The following came down from Hal
flax to witness the ball game Tuesday
Mess. Terrell McMahon, J. H. Fenner,
Earnest Safer, Quinlon Gregory and
Mr.. Moore.
Mrs. E. B. Higgs and children went
to Elm City Friday after visiting Mrs.
Higgs' mother, Mrs. Margaret SHIELDS.
They were accompanied By Miss Leila
Shields, Mrs Higgs' sister, who went
to Tarbofo.
The following boys composed the
Tarboro ball team that played here
Tuesday: B. Cllngman, A. Arnheim,
S. P. Bass, J Pennington, G. Penning-
ton J. Redmond, J. Cheshire, M. Hart,
L. Morris, NJ. Haynes and J. R.
Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Montague and Mas
ter Paul, of Winston, came Friday to
visit Mr.. Montague's sisters, Mechanics
J. H. Lawrence and E. E. Hilliard.
They were on : return trip from visit
to New York, Boston and Canada. Mr.
Montague went on Monday but Mrs.
Montague and Master Paul are still
here
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Prof. BeazIey to Wed

The following invitation has been
recei we'd, which will interest Prot. Beaz-
Iey's many friends here:
Mrs. Caroline King Garner
invites you to be present at the marriage
of her daughter
Lcrena White
Mr.. Samuel Williams BeaZley,
on "Wednesday, August the eighth,
at high noon,
Ebenezer Church: Westmoreland 20.
Virginia.
At Home
after August the twelfth,
Dayton, Virginia.
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HIS LIFE SAVED

"S tiiAMbERLAiN's COLO, CHOLERA
AND DIAERHEA REMEDY.
r. AN sure that Chamberlain $ Colo
and Dlarrhma Rene dy at on
1 saved my life," says A. E. Lata
, =, OF Gregory Landing, Clark coun-
- Missouri. II was in such bad
I.i"ie that the doctors said l could not
'''e' " hen l was at the lowest ebb,
I'll 81 my nelghbors brought in bot
VIC 81 Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
.n Ia Diarrhoea Remedy and l took 1t
"n -. Instant rellet. l soon got up and
+ o"'i- That was nine years ago and
,h ,''i sui In good health. Since then
,' ""' medicine has always been In my
to-, ~9 ard always will be. It is the
WI EARTH" For sale by E. I.
whitehead & Co..
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QUESTION ANSWERED.

Yes, August Flower still has the lar
gest sale of any medicine in the civ
lied world. Your mothers and grand
mothers never thought Of using any
thing else for Indigestion or Bilious
ness. Doctors we've scarce and they new
er heard of Appendicitis, Nervous Pros
tration or Heart failure, etc: They
used August Flower to clean out the
system and stop the fermentation of
undigested food, regulate the action of
the liver, stimulate the nervous and
organic action of the system, and that
Is all they took when feeling bad with
the headaches and other aches. You
only need a few doses of Green's
August Flower, in liquid form, to make
you satisfied there Is nothing serious
the matter with you. For sale by E.
II. Whitehead & Co. Druggist.
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-Ir- Phelps Won Distinctions,

Nr. Richard Roscoe Phelps, son OF
Rev. G. ". Phelps, rector of the Epis-
eoEaI church Of this place, did himself
great credit at Washington and Lee
! University last year. He made three
distinctions and won the James J.
White scholarship in Greek. This
entities him next year to free tuition
and 500 cash.
HE COMMONWEALTH Is glad to note
the success CT Mr.. Phelps at this famous
lns3tution OF learning, and predicts
stli other honors and distinctions as
he continues his course there.
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WILL PREACH ToN1GHr.-Rey. G.
". Blanchard, of Kinston, Will preach
III The Baptist church tonight WED
nesday.)
N DINNER AND BARBEcUE.-Repre
sentative w. P. White gave Dime,
ana barbecue to number of friends
at his home at Hobgood last Thursday
REFRESHING Enthusiastically after.
noon the drought was broken here by
refreshing showers, which were vel
corned by all. The crops had suffered
great deal, especially early corn.
SPEAKING At HoRGooD.-Thursday
OF last week Mess. E. L. Travis, w. A.
Dunn and W. H. Kitchin spoke at
Hobgood. The crowd that was present
were ali for the Amen dment except a
few colored men,
C0IoRED Box DRowNED.-A colored
man named Herbert Anthony was
bathing in Smith s mill pond Sunday.
Ills float capsized and he was drowned.
There were others with him and the
body Was recovered.
STREETS NEED ATrENIIoN.-There
are some streets in town SO overgrown
with weeds on the side walks that two
persons can scarcely walk about on
them. Ought not these streets to be
cleared Of the weeds and grass?
JAILED FOR FoRGERY.-A few DAYS
ago colored man named Dempsey
Thompson forged an order on Mr.. D.
A. Madry to Morrisette Brothers Tor
SLIGO. It was soon detected. he was
brought before Justice Perry and sent
to jail
60 We failed last week to call at
tention to the new ad OF Vine Hill
Female Academy. Read it and OBJ
serve the many advantages and moder-
ate expenses. Don't make a mistake
in thinking you can get better advan-
tagas from home
BASE BALL.-Tuesday the Scotland
Neck and Tarboro teams played in
Scotland Neck. The score was 3 to 3,
and TIE game was said to be the finest
ard NEST Interesting ever played here.
\ full report came in so late 1t is crowd
ed out, but will be printed next week
Mr.. EoLLINGsWoRTH's MAGAZINE
SHoP.-Elsewhere may be seen the
worth's new machine shops. He
has been machlnIst for the Scotland
Neck cotton mills tor a number OF
years ana was machinist in the Tarboro
knitting mills three years. Has beeil
known IN Halifax and Edgecombe for
- years, ana has wide experience as
first class nachinist. He is we'll fitted
you want in the way OF machinery.
WHITsEiT INsTITUTE.-Special at
tention is called to the advertisement
of Whltsett Institute. It is one OF the
foremost educational institutions in the
State, and Mr.. Josephus Daniels wrote
in his narer the News & ObServer las.
May as follows: 81 have seen the
magnificent campus Of Harvard Uni
verslty, every foot Of which is historic
ground because trodden by men who
have become famous.
''But large as it is, it becomes narrow
and oramped when contrasted with the
100 acre campus OF WHISTLE Insti-
tute" 1t is a first class institution
and is worthy the liberal patronage it
receives.