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WIDAT >-VrwXsTj> 136. _ wrio* Rati!* i~ One' year , f l .fiO. ?- Alt nx>iith?, 7k C4*nt?; thr?? mouth*, 40 (LfM PM An*?t?n#iK?r-s<f?r4t?*r> *Jv?rUiiii*nti> 4tn(inA*rtioii -T ii. 00 pwr aquore ; each ?iiouequout l? ? tortjon 60 c#ntn p?r aquare. Oh M)*rjfs <*haty#*<| for ?t *ume rate;* ac o^Mnary ?dv>'?tih|?K. , CftndJdstea' Card# lor County offlow v $6.00. <'oujfr^?Hioinil f 10.00. 3uniut(?H local*, 6 chiHh jn?r Huh ?aili 111 nortioti. Chrornunicatione will bo published when ofiutoreai U? the ueiutral {?uhli<* and n >t of a defamatory nature. No if ?j>on nihility will ho unnamed for 0m vtewe ofcorreapondoiitH, All communication* aildreHH^d to tiiln pai'arimmt b* Iminipjmk'd by the true nam* and addrctg of the wvitr-r, in or. d*r to attention- r{<>i?eot<d uian uscript* will not be returned. Kates (or eoulract ftdvertihlnj; will lie an nOMMftl upon fcpplioatlonuttlu". Office. Remittance* by check#, drafts and ttOMy order* should bo mad?? payable ' 409+ W. L. MolWWBLL, *'<* ^Oamdon. H. ('. " } 'W<t bnveuot been appreciative of DfctiOfe'il good nets to ufi, if wc had baen, we would have availed our ?elve* of the many ^dvantafjcM of river navigation long ago# J2, t V 1 " TtoeJVawereo wo highly thought of bjr ?ur forefather*, (or *? far bAch m fcht jriir 1754. atumpu win mode by themte I oj prove it for navigation. - Wbii you thlBjc of It, how re -ttorlttfcble itiirtb at ? <? at # e n - elation qfUamden people ahouM 1o?t intereet for so long a in the development of the eom m^uMiMtnportance of the W a twee occasion to look over bo try weeklies, we aro a? to not* the apparent cure-' sssnesn regarding press- work on bo ,y of Iheee. Certainly a large age" have advanced along ? - auU are issuing a noat, ttractively made- up 'sheet, the same time thorn are who arc not keeping up with rpceesion and who ure print paper that Is a disgrace to frdom. Some of these cdi Ready Prints and that side per is neatly, clearly print glancing at the inside or ? ease tnay bo, you d by miserably printed that disgust you Die In a newspaper tnun access when he is so boat giving his roaders looking paper, and more attention regarding this thing would bring out ny a struggling weekly thern Publisher. 's. Wnr Letters, [No. 7.] ?'about face" and re "the center of the city t large iron piping you *? prater iuain,\phr4t ; k Water supply to the rcoqies from Santalon fef-) A Spanish |the last century, 'ho was cowman ishioncd galleon Wexioo aucl Wa ff money in order md accumulated y dofrny the forks. The is banked at fr "a hundred far 1884 the Manila haw ih soud dt iuk ?'of tn? parks ?Hb fountains, nt that the In Off the \rat?r early pftrfc ot th? woik? and fro in their torrl fotaehed ami hid ?me pmt of the ?as soon found fere captured by >urio^ tho recent Several companies required to patrol it tho natives from la water. jn. That beautiful >ft was the palace tho Governor-Gone tiuica and afusr hy. tho-miliurv iresent by W\ II.' Tovernor. Wo nre IghtheSan Mogil lo tltouy" resident { We will cross the i% iron structure. on that Minali ?ig tiyer ia the Or jrmary. This largo] of ^he bridge Olg-u factory, will s<m>h Ifsuiot. On tho I?ft /?ctory, noxt, tho rhglu , tne oarracxs whore > qnarterod while a wr mmh *i tin*, ?Dd r?'. 2SC tu* body I ^ *ml ibrmro tn# h??p~ ?fclob 4?enu?U for 0>? number of thai arc bon*? ble*cl)*d by tbo tfopi cal ton. Sinn? of them, peibftpf hftvo biee biougbl to Ameri* ?** by iolicv biihVei*. A Irllli. !!ulf fnial??T up i? tbo BitdiopY JPlkUce, u?od tin 3rd Resolve IIoh piUl. Agsiu turfjiog to tU<? >iyh' Wf will noon V* it? v?b** the elite or ?Mipp?r U n" realde. I> is a delightful location, fitnnur ? In #ua, where t h '? ?? <? r> ? 1 ?* /"plier* softlv eoiOO Hlfd HO ft 1 V U<>, fXOi'pt win U l< typhoon in on, th*n i?H furry i* llttrdiy exo^ded by a woman ncoro ed, ( 1 W'Uian'* corn, ) Again turn lr?g to our bft w?? will noon bo pnnf ing through M Hint?, whir l) contain* n nilljl.tuv prison, biirrnck* H?id the a' at ion, A I-.' N a x t i the old fort, Hm ii Antonio Ahad, which whourw tho ?TiH?k*? ??f Dewry u bom bartiipi'nt. Just a littb;. way# from tbo fort on the beach lies oriw of t lit) Spanish boats that tho Spanl nrd? ran aground rather than he captured. A lilt 1? fuithor out in t Im 1'nsay Haoo Track, much visit ed .by tiin "^porting gentry." Now lb# Walled City or old Ma nila remains to bo viaitttd, and ah 1 supposo ' tho reader i? 'getting weary, will hasten on arid cot make I ho narrative too long. These he ut! I if ul grounds just ahead is the "Lunula'1 wiioie insurgent* wore foi uioriy executed by thn Spanish. It was the custom for ;?mo%'e.row.ln to aanemhle to eec t>t? condemned linfd lip and nb?>t, to iuipietw on the mtnde of the Insurgents that llie SpauUh government ruled w|th an Iron hand. But now tha scene ia changed. It haw .been re modled. It has,, graded driveway?, jjrndfttf w? Ik ? ourlosing a vcrdaut lawu, making it very pleasant to thn eye, after enduring the heat aud duat of the day, to ussomblc In the Corning twilight, 1 inUtni to the sweet music that ia being discoure from the two band suiudtt thai grace the Lunula. More the rich turn out in their aplendor, tiio pooi put on their beet clothea, all for the time being on an equal footing in the enjoyuicnt <?f the evening, except perliapH, tho silent pollce mai', alowly walking ins beat, who wau foiuioilv a eoldior, and now i h getting %7!) por mouth, which barely pays for a now uniform each ; month ami board, as they are re quired to bo at all limcu neatlv dressed. Porch anco ho glaucea <?|T toward the weaturn ?k7 admiring the wbautlfiil Hunsot, uh old Sol io Just\eiuklng behind Corrogidor, throvrinn a golden aheou across the bay, and as tho gathering gloom of night is just flhutin>( from view the dim outlines of a dood ahip that rides at anchor, gently rocked by tho waves, on which, perhaps, he soon wishes to return to mother, homo and friends, tho band Btrikcn up "My Couutry 'Mb of Thee." ? Quickly changing to "The Star Spangled lianuor," hate uro rovout-. ly dolf?d till thtf music hao ceasedi Tho policeman take# fresh courag# iind begins to whistlo that "Thv (iirl l Left Hohind Mu" is talking to "Two Little Girls in Blue," "Over tho Garden Wall" "Where the Swoet Magnolias Bloom" near "My Old Southern IJomo" "Ju?t aft the Hun Went Down." To bff conttnurfi. Composition* From the Cnmrieit (irndrd School II OM K. Home ouiflit to bo the most pleaaant of places to everybody, and people aught to appreciate it. for there are a groat many pooplo who have no homo and wander from place to place bogging. There are Home homos that *aro droftty and diurnal, hut that i? often on account of the peo ple themselvoo, far when they uro sad, there is nothing to keep home from boing sad also. Pooplo often nav that poverty provonta home from hoing pleasant, hut, aa I have. Raid, nothing ean keep it from being so it the people always look, fur Jhe better i of thlt'.gs ' and not for the worse. There aro ditl'erent kinds of homea in dltl'Ment laad.t. In Amoriea and ICiig land the houses urn j^enei ally vci\ preM-v anil Hhnd'lcd bv preilv trees and the pcepl" are hvi^lit and Intppy, and in-i-t to each othijr. Pooplo who arc genorond, loving and pntient with e?uh other ami other pooplo nuiko pleasant homes. In Cuhu the houses are made mofttlv uf straw und wood The roofs aro thatched with atraw and th<> l<ou?e is held up by soup poles. )n tile olden times w hen the Acadian pennant* lived in what is now Nova >>'<.<?.?, the homes were always sweet and pretty although the people were not well oil'. Hut they always made the host, of thiu?"?. Longfellow uivea us a splendid scchuut of their hornet* in Kvangolino. After all there is no place likohonu^ I-al Ulakeney. Age 13 ? Grade H, IIOMR. There aro many kinds of home* in litis wide world. Those that I will describe tire, the Japanese, Kstpunaux. Indian, African and Human, The Japanese home is made chiefly of J>iiiiilHM>, #??d paper. Paper forms the parlil leiiH between the rooms. The fur till uro is mostly straw. They , hnvo straw beds ami mats. There are paper screen?, lanterns and fans. Their pil low# arc wood, and their tables aro raised only a fow inches froiu tho floor. The Esquimaux have a very diflVn n? homo from tho one already described. Their homo i* built of Ico and snow. It i? very low, and. a narrow low pAasage leads to it. To ontor, one haa to crawl on hands and knees, lnsido a bench is made all around tho room, and on this the family ilc^p. Tho homo of the American Indian wa? made of *ki?H stretched on poles, All of those poles, mooting at the top, leave a smail opening, through which the '?tftoke passes. Most ?I tlm_ Indians painted grot?qTttr"figuifS?y in brilliant colors, on their wigwams, . Tn? 1h>oi? of thv-Alrieft'? i* mad* of atraw, fastened to poles. The roof is tfcatched with straw also. The ottlf OfWnibg is the door, beeAuaa the cJlmM* WMtim tor fcre, and the coottA* lfc] out of doors. iTj 1 ho** Vit ? Announces The Arrival of their Groat Fall Stock, Consisting of Dry Goods, Clothing, Sm, I 'U, and oaps, Groceries, Crockery and Hardware, O k j^um/furc. We ha^ve ftocuro-d the latest Novelties and styles in the different markets and kindly ask our iribnds and the public at large to give as a call. Our JTurni ture e,> i/uo m t. up-stairs we ask you to inspect. BY Tin: I 'Alt LOADS we haw ju.-d received new buggies, wagons and heautiful harness to suit all, and we offer ihern at the lowest price ever sold. I t is i in puihlc to enumerate all we keep in our new Mammoth Establishment. WAGONS, WAG ft3S, WAGONS. At the New IJeautifnl Mammoth Store,* we liave inst received a car load of the uOLD rv 7 *' y.' J HICKORY " wngonK, one and two liorsO, and will stli them at bottom prices. Call be f8 re buflMg. PleuHuyive as a cull. with rooms on each side. Their were two iloora to pass through, before tho lirge hall was reachod. On tho ou'bhIo of the outor tlnor, the word "Salve," or "liwil," was carved. On tho inside, wa# "Valo"' or ''farewell." Annie Alexander. Ago 13 ? Grade Jf. SB, Steeciman , (2 otto ft ?3atjer. Office at H. G. Garrison's. Platform in Rear. IamdeF restaurant. I wish to niinonure to my frUgpda nnd tho publio generally that 1 htn'o moved my rentnurnnt from lower Main street to tho building on upper Main wtreet re cently vaentod hy Mrs. S. A. Parker where I will bo glad to aoo and nerve them with the best the market affords aud at moderate price*. W. T. HAMMOND. Auction Sale. Our buyer i.n in NVn- York- T* in the iuiu'Loii unles, ol.eriiV's salon and all other places to get 'em cheap every day in th? year except Sunday *. IfewulchoH lor bargains, always the beat ? never touches (mhIi ? grabs them, tires them to Caindun to Oaddcll , and always Write?4 "got 'em '-eheap ? f??-l I 'cm cheap ami tjuick." iv.iop :.b?? hall rolling and <'ad dell does it. \\\> have not tried to kuU .ill the goods in Citmdeo. but we sot in to ??U our uhare, and the t evidence that w? are doing tho people good tiic fact that they come back to us. \\ e are fair and square? nothing about us ex cept wo got good good* ? get them ehuap And eel! them rhci.n. Wo hellovo wo are i'oiin' to build a big business here in l'?md-n f<?r, wo have started on the right , tnd k. We ate not, going to lose our , head*, the more trade the people give tin the cheaper \\ e rati bring goods they need to them. Oroji in, see what the saving it having of us, W. .1. OA PI) Kid., in , the Olyburn Mock. to, i" SMI s,M MANUFACTURERS OF ? Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Building Material, Sash Weights and Cord. CHARLESTON* - - - - S. C. Purchase our makes, which we guarantee superior to any sold South, au4 thereby sage money. 0 -*J- * Window and Fancy Glass a My Now <?oods are arriving evo-ry tlav and I liavc one of the best aSsoited, carefully selected stock in this city; would bo glad for you to call and see how cheap I sell. in addition to my general stock of Hoys, Children and Mens Clothing, Shoes, Hats, J ) # y Goods, 1 also handle Furni ture, >' (?21^ Taking orders for Suits a specialty. I DA/VXjD WOLFE, v o Cook Uo S^our Snterest. Ill -I?? & US pun tf) is considered a nood tiling lo hav?\ Properly used it leads a man to our More unci Lo buys item the stock of j^ood things therein, saves money, and AY e have a full line ot'Now Goods, embraced in our stock of Geiicinl Merchandise. W e pay especial attention to our Hardware Department. Anow lino Table and l'octket Cutlery, clause, Shears and Scissors. Everything wuranted. Fine lino Saws Engine and Pipe .Fittings, Helting ,lvubhei- Goods a ud Leather Lacing. Engine Oils. Haddles, Br idles, &.?. Hugging, Ties, and Got* ton Sheets at bottom prices. JSced Hye, Barley and Oatft. Fancy and Heavy Groceries. WagOli and Wagon Material. Last but not least Tlio Pinc6 of Mowers ? the JDeering. 'i'ln? fastest {'.rowing house in <'amd'*ii. Kecpn ll}) tti* re markable run <>| progress. Tin? ri tih t buying and the right selling keeps the wheel funnel', lu re at a rapid rate, Small . profits and quick turnovers is our i ? ?< >1 1 ? ? h very body seems to bo waking opto our superior system of cafh trndliijf. (Jount with your lingers the n^Mchants who have adopted our plans since wo have been in Camden. * That's right boys, if a man can'! be a leader let 1dm bo a follower, then some one else will follow him. Our would be competitors sigh for <b(? good old times swhen they could charge you what t hoy pleased, llirseh's tmall profits and ^ big business has put that antiquated theory to the wall. We are used to busy days, hut last week's crowds in?arly ook us off our feet. A look into our store would have told you what store is doing the business oftli3 town. , People natural^' seek the largest store and biggest and bo*-fc stock to make their selections. Hit sell's is coiifcidered to be the largest by far in Camtfen. Every train brings us new goods. Saturday night and Monday morning we opened up Thirty-seven Hundred Dollars worth of new Goods. Just follow the crowds and }ou will see where (hey stop at. Qwingto t.be immense sales we have been having, we havedecided to go North in a few day s Before going we have decided to make big cut prices in every department in order to make our purchases larger. BIG CUT PRICE DRESS COODS SALE, 54 in. Broad -clollys all leading shades, worth $1.25, now at J)5c. 60 in. Blk Cheviot Serge, worth $1.00, now at 80c. 5*2 in. Panama Cloth, all colors, worth $1.00 now at 75e. 42 in. Molrose all leading shades, at 65c formerly 85c. 44 in. .Hlk Henrietta at 50c worth 75c. Big cut in red and white flannels. Eiderdown in all colors at 25c worth 40c. Here is your chance to buy a Silk Skirt or Waist. 3tf in. Blk Taffeta at $1.00 worth $1,25. 27 in. Blk Pau J)e Soir at $1.10 worth $1.50. 27 in Flannel Taffeta all colors every yard guaranteed to ?wear, at 1.00 worth 1.25. Big lot Taffeta Silks, black and colors at 50c 60c and 75c, > all worth 25 per cent, more money. LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS. In Silks and Velvets Jill colors, m 2 .00 up to 6.00, mast be seen to be appreciated. s. A DRESS SKIRTS AND WALKING SKIMS. Big line to select from, all size's aud colors; pi ice from 1.00 up to 5 00. > BIG CUT IN LADIES TAILOR-MADE SUITS. 10 Ladies1 Tailor made Suits at 7.50 former price 10.00. 15 Ladies' Tailor made Suits reduced 1o 12.50 former price 15.00. ? * , * . JACKETS AND MONTE CARLO COATS. ?-V - * ? ? ?? This is where we do the business. The third slimmest just opened.1 If you want a Coat or Jacket it will be your interest to give our line a thorough inspection. THE BOSS SHOE STORE OF CAMDEN Is at Ilirsch's. Almost everybody must be buying shoes from us t.h'.s season We keep the rail-road hot. Every trafn that points its nose to Camden is lyfnging us new^ Shoes of aVL^, kinds, except horse shoes. * We dre sole agents^br ~H. O. * God man & Go's Black Bottom Shoes, for ladies and children, Every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction or a new p^ir. Z given in exchange. S?6Te~* "agents for the Sclz, Schwab Go's shoes for men; nothing better 011 the market. CLOTHING, CLOTHING, CLOTHING. We handle more cljtliing than all of the other stores in Camden put together. Nothing bottei made on earth than Strause & Bros' High Art Clothing. We give an iron clad in surance policy with every suit. Men's Business Suit, all wool at f).00 worth 7.50. Men's Fine Suits at 7.50, 10 00, 72.50, 15.00 and 18 00 all worth 25 t*er cent- more. Boys' Suits from 50c up to 5.00. - We call special attention to our bovs suits at 2.00,2.50 and 3.(^0. There goods musk be seen to be appreciated. The best values every shown on thft market. MILLINERY, MILLINERY. /' . , . ' v.. Our millinery business i* increasing. We are dailv adding I the new &t> lcs and shapes that are on the market. . "* ' *s . * . . ; -- f*TTr ' | 4 Ml MATTINCS, CARPETS RUGS. Wo have tho largest and most complete lino wo have?? handled. "Roclc Bottom prices. ^ Thanking the entire public for past favors, ? _ . . Wo are very truly all