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VOL XXIII.
LOUISBURG, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1803.
:M'!Ii:Kll
Highest of all in Leavening Power..
Latest U. S. Gov't Report
O
ABSQIilfE12f PORE
A. GOLD BRICK TEICK.
IN
TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The Superintendent of Public
Schools of Franklin county will be
in Louisburg on the second Thurs
day of February, April, July, Sep
tember, October and December, and
remain for three days, if necessary,
for the purpose of examining appli
cants to teach in the Public Schools
of this county. I will also be in
Louisburg on Saturday of each
week, and all public days, to attend
to nay business connected with my
office.
J. N. Harris, Supt.
c.
Prot'essionul ciai'tis.
M. COOKE & SON,
AT TORN EYS- A.T-LAW,
LOUISBURG, N. C.
Will attend the courts of Nash, Franklin,
Grunvill'', Warren an'i V alt j counties, also the
Supreme Curt of North Caroliup, and the U. J
-!. Circuit and District Courts.
25
THE ASSAY OFFICE THE PEOPLE
HAD LOADS OF FUN.
An Interesting and Mirth Producing En
counter of an Innocent Looking Jay.
hawker With a Lot of Exceedingly Smart
Bank Clerks Who Knew It AIL,
THB HjU OF OTJB boob
JR. J. E. MALONE.
. R. W. II. NICHOLSON,
O'.flce two doors Mow Thomas & Aycocbe's
druK store, adjoining Dr. O. L. Elljs.
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
LOUISBURG, N. C.
V. TIMBERLAKE,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
LO'JISB'.TEO, N. C.
Office on Nash street.
1'.
S. SPRUILL,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
LOUISBURG, N. C.
Will attend the courts of FranWin, Vance,
Or-ui villi. Warren and Wake comities, also
the Supreme Court of North Of.roliua. Prompt
attention given to collections, &u.
FOR 1893.
The Old Reliable.
The only Standard State Almanac is
just published andjf ull of valuable infor
mation to all classes.
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reliable we know of.
We don't know when we were without
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Observer.
Turner's X. C. Almanac. No other to
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It is a standard work, none to com
pare with it in the South. Elizabeth
City Carolinian.
Turner's N. C. Almanac. Of all the
many publications in or out of the State,
none are so important and none so cheap
as this Almanac. Biblical Recorder.
Price 10 cents. For sale by
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ptsts,
LOUISBURG, N. C.
N.
Y. QULLEY.
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
KHASK LINTON, N. C.
All legal business promptly attended to.
T
HOS. C. WILDER,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
LOUIPBUr.G, N. c.
Ofloe on Main street, one door below Eigle
Hotel.
M. PERSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
Louisbtro, y. c.
Practices in all courts. Olflce in the Court
House.
The North State
5T HA3TTDONi
lf 1 I CAN IT DO
The oritrinil and only irormitie Compound
Os.yjjen Treatment, that of Drs. Htarkey &
IiPn is a sn'ipntific ndjuntinent of the ele-n:-iit
of Oxyucn and Nitrogen mairnetized;
h:i1 the coK'ipounl is ho condensed and
made portable that it is sent u.11 over the
v. orlti.
It has been in use for over twenty years;
thousands of patient hiive been treated,
an 1 over one thousand physiciana linve
u.-w-l it and rocommouded it a very signifi
cant, fact.
"compound Oxygen Its Mode of Action
nn 1 iWtilts." is the title of a book of 200
p-ir, published by Dra Stark ey & Palen,
which triveK to all impiirers full information
ur to this remarkable curative agent and a
good record of surprising cures in a wide
range of chronic cass -many of them after
being abandoned to die by other physi
cians. Will he mailed free to any address
on application.
Drs. ST A TIKE Y & PALEN,
1.V29 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
120 Sutter Street. Sau Francisco, Cal.
Please mention this paper.
uslc Go.
(Successors to J. L. STONE.)
CECIL G. STONE, . . Manager.
Extensive retailers mid jobbers of high and
medium grade
PIAIOS-ORGMS,
Musical Instruments, Sheet Mu
sic, etc.
Coffins and- Gaskets.
Wo have added to our already
complete line of wood and cloth
covered Coffins and Caskets'
SOLID WALNUT COFFINS AND CASKETS,
Also a line of
METALICS
as nice and fine goods as is car
ried in any of our cities. Our
stock is complete in every line.
Respectfully,
R.
LDuisburg, N.
R. Karris & Co.
C.
Bank of Louisburg
Does a General Banking Business
Collections made and returned promptly.
-Northern Exchange bought and sold
COUNTY ORDERS CASHED
Interest paid on deposits after three
months.
W. P. WEBB, rresident.
RALEIGH,
N. C.
CO NOT FORGET
TMkV THE
CENTRAL SALOON
Is not only Central so far as loca
tion is concerned, but is also the
Centre for the
Purest and Best Whiskies
What a jay he looked! The haysoed
vt3l3 dropping out of his pockets, and his
unkempt whiskers were sporting with
the wind as be marched into the United
States assay office in Wall street and de
posited upon a desk a big carpet bag,
which he set down with a resounding
bang. All the clerks stood around and
grinned. It was the old story.
"Mr. Assay Man," he said, "I have
here a gold brick that I"
But ho was interrupted with a roar of
laughter. A young man in a comer
nearly rolled on the floor with merri
ment. A banker's clerk who had come
in to inquire about a gold shipment gig
gled till he was crimson.
: "Sucker born every minute." he said
"Same old yarn. Yon jayhawker;;
wooldn't get taken in so often if ycy
read the papers. Oh, Lord, what a fool
you must bel"
The old man looked puzzled. "If yov.
will kindly talk English," he remarked,
"you and I will be able to understand
each other better. What do you mean
by calling me a fool?'
"Precisely what I say." spoke up the
banker's clerk. "You've been taken Li
by the gold brick swindle."
"Swindle, eh?'
' "Yes, swindle. You met a man from
California, didn't you, who had a gold
brick tied up in a red handkerchief and
an Indian with him? Man said the brick
was worth $9,000, and he'd sell it for
3.000, didn't he?'
"He did."
'' "Oh, what a larkr laughed the bank
er's clerk, and everyone in the office was :
on a bread grin at the mystification of
the jayhawker. "The Calif ornian said ;
the Indian knew where there were a lot i
more gold bricks and they've gone to get :
them. And then they sold you a lump ,
of lead covered with gold paint that is
worth about $4.63, and you've come down '
here to the United States assay office to :
have the lead analyzed and get told what ;
'a monkey you've made of yourself." And :
every one howled with mirth. i
"Not so fast, young man." objected .
the jayhawker. "You were right about i
the Californian and the redskin selling !
me the gold brick, but there your infor- j
uiation ceased. 'Tain't no bit of lead they i
jworked off on me. I had a chip of it ana- !
lyzed. No, sir. I wa'u't born yesterday.
if I am from the country."
"Yon had it assayed!" burst out the
banker's clerk, almost exploding with :
the intensity of his grin. "You knocked
a corner off the brick, and then they
changed it on you, substituting a piece
of real gold cut from a $." goldpiece.
That of course was found to bo all riht.
and they landed you like an old guy. I
high and dry." Laughter. J
"No. they didn't," protested the jay- i
hawker. "I've got the genuine thin''. .
I'll bet you $o00 it's a real gold brick." i
And he pulled out the sum of money
named and threw it on the table. ,
There were cries of "Don't take the !
poor old chump's money. He's been dono '
once," and, " 'Tain't fair to bet on a sure
thing." The jayhawker, however, protested.
I'm rich," he said. 'Tve got a lot
more money Tm going to spend on gold
bricks, and if any one can fool me I want
to know it. I'd like to take a flier on it
anyway."
The banker's clerk hardly liked to
cheat the jayhawker. but all the rest said
that the lesson would be worth $500 to
the old fellow.
'Til make the bot without looking at
the brick," said the banker's clerk. "The
terms of it are that you've been fooled
and that you've bought a lump of lead
or something. Money talks. Here's
mine," and he threw $500 on the table.
There were soma moral scruples in the
minds of the crowd about "doing" the
old man up in that way. but the major
ity view was that he deserved it for be
ing so fresh.
The money being deposited, the jay
hawker slowly unpacked his carpet beg
in the presence of abroad grin. There
were derisive cheers as he took the gold
brick from the many coverings ha had
wound around it and handed it to the as-sayer.
That official accepted it, and a look of
amazement came over his face.
"Gentlemen," he said, "this brick will
not need any assaying. It was mado in
this building, and it has the government
Btarap upon it. It is worth $10.0(50. "
The jayhawker reached for the 6take
money and transferred it to his pocket.
The grin on the face of the know it all
clerk changed to an expression of pain
Spoiling tb rpTTITtfl.
It is very well," said a leading actress,
"to have nice, sentimental parts, to bo
cast away in a boat and come in for a
Ehaxe of tho enthusiasm created by tho
great 'scenic effects,' but just consider
when the scene is called for again and
again, and you are kept rocking like mad
for a good 20 minutes. It isn't so at
tractive then, to say nothing of beinj
obliged to take a call absolutely green
with seasickness, and then ran down
stairs to 'change' when yoa can't ovc-n
see straight. It is like making a nightly
fall' all through the country, on all sorts
of rugs, chiefly fur ones, that are full of
dust and tho hair of which flies awfully.
It isn't bo pleasant to lie there whilo tho
Eceno is being finished by the other act-
THE TAILOR CF MANNHEJU.
H
ors, and you in a 'dead laxntf 6tranglo
yourself to keep from coughutg.
"Or take the sccno ill Nero where you
lie on the couch, and Nero pnshea you off
on the floor. To a certain extent you can
make yourself fall comfortably, but if
you dont, if your arms get twisted un
der you, or your neck is bent, you have
to stand it and lio there 'dead' through a
long 6cene. An actress who played the
part toM me that one night Nero forgot
to push her off the couch, and there fhe
was in a frightfully uncomfortable posi
tion, almost dead, and so far on the
couch that sho couldn't mako herself fall -1 bini- Kl-t il strikes r.s tht the u.ir.ir-i-nfT
ftvpn if sh wnr.ld hav rl.irM tn risk I Ions tailor has not UT.d cannot Unvr t':..-
Invented Dollet Hi-oof Coat.
PrtoI IUnga Art) m.1 Ilia FmL
Who could kav0 told before tho other
day that Mancleim held her epoch
making tailor? Who even in Mannheim
knew it? Mcin Hrrr Do we tho miracu
lous, as he Is discovered to bo vrsi
known to his follow citizens as a plain
"Schneider." of whom something miht
be made were it possible to multiply
him by nine. And now where arc the
nine men barring the emperor, Prince
Bismarck aad Count von CcjiriTi who
fcave etirred the fatherland as IKrr
Dowe has stirred iNthese few d.-iys?
A littlo while ago Herr Dowo waji so
impecunious that ho was constrain xl to
bej the loan of tho pLstol v.-herewith Le
has privately tried his experiment, Tla
moment ho may if he like be rich beyond
the dreams of avarice. Erapwrn arc
"wiring" him. ymliaates are cltn: r.r.
round him, French and IlufjiAn rjmps
are trying to bag him, and O- ri:a:
tectiveb as they appear to b- cr foil
ing the 6p:es. Mojt vron.lorfv.l tail, r!
Our correspondent's accor.r.t make it
clear that tho new coat of mail I t riri 1
garment whivh tho warrior c:m put on
! his breast wheu ho f.wi-? the fu r '..ti
' cn his back when ho rnr-s n-.r-.w froi.i
PRESIDENTIAL PIETY. j FxiLr' Cri, tb ir-i Ocrt tl
j p5p etjr i f r U br TL-ci. A
George Washington wit a rnem- flrr do, coly 3. (KHra Uv tt.
interrupting the scene. The dear people
in the audience do not think of these
things that are part of the work of pleas
ing them." Boston Transcript
serious problem of imjvu-t. His -o.-vt of
mail can stop the swiftest hv.U-t. but i:
cannot destroy the force of the blovr. IV
causo a bullet is bo small a t!u:it few
poople, soldiers excepted, mid
Education and Vong Life.
It is a common belief that education
wears out the body and invigorates tho
mind. Also that nervous disease are
more common among civilized nations
than among the savages, because tho
latter without education are able to at
tain and maintain physical perfection.
It is claimed by myeelf, as well as other
investigators, that the educated man, the
man who studies most, while not physic
ally strong, is yet not weak an J is much
more ablo to withstand a given period
of nervous tension than is the man with
the excellent physiquo and the modor- '
ate comprehension. In fact tho intel- I
ligent mind may be physically sick all '
through life and yet live on in this mis
ery to a good old age, whilo the strong
physique breaks down early, and having
no mental or nervous acumen dies very
quickly and only at a moderate r.ge.
Among tho lowest African tribes, cur
rently supposed to bo almost devoid of
nerves, nervous diseases aro very com
mon. In fact, entire tribes are mero
wrecks and only live a little time. It is
6afe to say that with tho advent of civ
ilization thena tribes would regain phys
ical strength. My best Ftudy has 1oen
given to the prominent educators of the
worid, most of whom I find physically
weak, but livingon and doing work daily
that would kill tho ordinary laborer iu
less than three years. Interv iew in St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Ttand
terr.!:c
t on
xuuhr.
how great its weight is at its
speed. A soldier reveivm n b;
hi coat of iu:iil v. c r.M in nil pro
be knx:ked Hens U-ks for a tuiif.
We can fancy him elowly cor-.r.r.g t 1
himself again, sitting up an 1 leisurely
! looking roui.d about hun to b.o h w
things were going on. II" ha b'ii U h
! nically dead for, say, 5 or 10 ino;,t pr
1 cious minutes. Dut it is po.isiide that if
CO or 40 per cent of his r'gim-r.t w-re in
! the same position they might j-.it at
. well, from the general's jx'i-it i u -.v,
. be physically dead for all ti:.-i and t"; i:
though lives were saved t li day might
be lost. A warrior prttr::Vd in that
j manner might prove a sourcof j- r; '.''i
ity to tho Il-d Cross rescuers Rr.d th.'
takers of prisoners. Loti Ion Ktwi
ber of the Episcopal church and a
great believer in prayer, as is ev
idenced by numerous mewijjes.
One was: "The blessing and pro
tection of Heaven are at all times
necessary, but especially po in
time of public danger and dis
tress." He also said: "TLonh
I am a member of the Church of
England, 1 have no exchis i re par
tialities." John Adams a Conrrera-
tionlit, and came of a lor line
of Puritan ancestors, but wsjj rrr
liberal in his views as to r-'. iK-ion .
He was baptized October 2, 1733,
in the first church of Q iiucy,
called the "Church of Mail
men." Thomas Jef5ron' idM on re
; ligio:i are bird to clarify. II"
, was an admirer of the -p-a. Torn
I Paine, the agnatic, atid s ci-
nnimred from New K:iv''and
i
pits a a "GodleM
! letter to Mrs. John
that ho be.ievd in a
where we wi,i meet
a till l,i life vi a.- a
one. He be
Tho right tiruo
whu you fii.d cut
w rouf .
that vc-u are
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j -nt to frr T' urwif ifj JC3l
f ihrtv -In r-wuc rr.rpi tat, rf rr
ttink r. caii a- 'ir ior zi t-.'-
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John 'iit.cy
gre'al iona
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A Disastrous Apjiearauce.
Nat Goodwin says that he was scared
almost to death during his first appear
ance, and the story that he tells certain
ly gives color to that assertion.
"In 1S73," he saiJ, "I signed for the
season to appear in juvenile roles r.t tho
Providence Opera House. In a melo
drama called 'The Bottle' I was cast
for the part of the horrid 3-oung villain
who is forcing his unwelcome attention
on the good young heroine. I thought I
was right in it until I mado my first
speech, and then I discovered my mis
take. In the first act I am supposed to
suddenly come upon the heroine alone,
and I deliver this hue: 'So, I have you
again, my eweet beauty! Why do you
avoid me thus? I had not more than de
livered that line when the girl turned cn
me and let out an unearthly screech that
scared me to death. It shook every lino
out of my head, and I 6tood as if I had
been suddenly attacked with lockjaw.
The heroine was quick to see my plight,
however, and she weut right on with the
play, repeating my lines and tben her
own. As soon as I saw a chance I made
a bolt for the stage door, and with all
my makeup on took the next train back
to Boston." New York World.
The Control of th Mrtrapt Canal.
Tho cost of the Nicaragua canal ha."
been variously estimated. The latest I
have Fcen. r.r.'i 1 1-elieve it to le th- inch
est, is T.UXMajO. The company engacl
in its construction proposes to
some war sii.u.wu.ia) ancircf.sn
000, CO) above tho estimated cost to pay
interest till the canal is in 01 ration an 1
to provide for coat jigeiiei's that may
arise. Tho sum i3 not large if the jat
ronage the cr.nal shall receive prove.-, to
bo anything like what U predicted ani
seems probable.
Thero are differences of view r. to
how the canal shall le cM.rtmct-d and
controlled when In operation. -Vs it will
prove most advantageous to our own
commerce, and a. under pal lie control
excessive profits will not bo mad on the
money invested, there is a prevailing
, sentiment tliAt the govemnu nt fhoald
! build it and manrgo it after it L built;
, that it should It? freu to American plop
ping, and a tax in:pel C'n foreign j
; tror.s only to an extent that i neces.ry
. to py the expense of manatr'-mt-ut htm
repair and a reasonable income on tl
cotit of com true tion. Licharvl IL ilc
Donald, Jr., in C'nkforT.Lp.n.
. y 1 r r e . 1 g : cm t 1 1 1
hood and mature
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friends and servant.-. 1 h
trust to meet yo'i all in
both white and Ma'k."
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THE CENTRAL.
A Beautiful Stylish She
for Ladies.
Gilmore s Celebrated Rye, and
Cooper's Best Corn can't be beaten
in this or any other town. In fact,
you win always hnd none but the
best and most pleasant goods in as he turned to the man nearest to him
this line at and rxditelv requested that he kick him
to the foot of Wall street and off into tho
East river,
The only person in the crown who was
smiling now was the jayhawker. Turn'
ing to the assayer, who had taken no part
in the proceedings, he said
"I had business here, but I have trans
acted it. My business is exclusively
with smart young alecka who know it
all and want to enlighten the old suck
ers. Good day, gentlemen." He beamed
upon them for a moment and was gone.
Outside the assay office he was joined
by a young man who likely enough
"capped" his game when occasion re
quired. "D'd it work, uncle?" inquired tho lat
ter anxiously.
x "WbTk! Did it ever fail? Lefs go up
to one of the Broadway banks, and you
can start a crowd guessing and betting,
as to whether it's real gold. Work!"
They sauntered west. The old man
looked so guileless and innocent that
every second citizen they met had a
n ITJ.t.J Pk ft- lf. I IR.. mmu to eeu mm Kreeu Kwua ui
OUUoUUUaiU omub uu., mil., ljuu, matt, pocket. New York Herald.
1 "
The Extinct Northern "Sea Cow."
In the year 1754 the Bearing explor
ers discovered gigantic species of ry
tina, or "northern sea cow." These
enormous manatees were similar in gen-
1 eral habits to thoso of the South Ameri
can coast and were from 20 to SO feet in
length end from 10 to 20 feet in girth.
They were very stupid, harmless beasts,
and lived by browsing on seaweeds and
other marine growths near the land. The
sailors were not 6low in finding out that
a sea cow 6teak beat seal meat "all hol
low." From 1754 until 1763 they were
the principle food of the sailors and ex
plorers on cur western coast. This bo
ing the case, it is not at all surprising
that the northern sea cow, never a very
numerous species, should become ex
tinct in the short space of 14 years. The
last of the giant manatees was killed in
September, 1708, a few months less than
14 years after the discovery of the first
one. St. Louis Republic.
TVntol -V Ilrckcn Down Krf Ilnrwv.
Alexander Jones, the rich'ft man on
the island of Parbadooa, want an Ainer
can race horse to beat the Jamaica thuT
oughbreds that have lee:i carrying every
thing beforw them at the Bridgetown bar
raka. He doesn't want a Salvator, or a
Lamplighter, or a Tammany. A horse
that can go a mile in about 1 :18 id g-l
enough. Tho Firenzi of tho Caribbean
has a record of 1 : 49. Mr. Jones always
insists cn a pedigree, however. Ha isn't
particular about tho horse. The Barba
dians aro "death" on pvdigre s. Four
years ago a ClifUm selling plater than
which there is no moro miserable crea
ture on earth was shipped to a firm in
Bridgetown, and nearly all tho Jamaica
thoroughbreds were driven off the if hind
by him. He swept everything Wfore
him. It we could induce the Gutten
burg and Glouctster legions t emigrate
to Barbadoes with their wretched brutes,
something would be gained. New York
Tribune.
p a 1 : a n .
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bed, w hen a
man
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FOR SALE BY
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YOUNGSYILLE, N. C
The largest Gothic church in the world
is Cologne cathedral. Its foundation
stones were laid in 1248, and the edifice
I wasonrpleted in 1880.
Two Thlngn That Scare a N'octo,
Two seemingly harmless tilings excite
the fear of the southern negro. One is
the cracking of the finger joints; the
other is to be stepped over as he lies
prone upon the ground- The cracking
of the finger joints seems to suggest to
the negro imagination the rattling of a
skeleton's bones, while to be stepped
over is regarded as likely to bring bad
luck to grown folks and to check tho
growth of children. A half grown ne
gro boy will sternly command a play
fellow who has stepped over his body to
6tep back, in order tht the spell may
be removed. New York Sun.
The Customer Ate Crackers.
"Will yon please have these biscuits
warmed for me?' asked a patron of a
Sixth street restaurant of a waiter one
night last week. "Very sony, sir, but
the cook is taking a nap, and I m not al
lowed to open the oven doors," replied
the knight of the tray. The customer
Ate crackers. Cincinnati Enquliex.
Tho San 3Ijth.
It was in Bayard Taylor's day that tho
sun myth had its vogue. One niht at n
pikrty Taylor was greatly bord by the
persistent efforts of a guest to discuss 1
run myths. No matter what direction
tho conversation miht take this person
would rutldessly drag it back again to
bis favorito topic. j
At last tho distressed poet rr.ised a ;
very interesting question in regard to the
threadbare subject. '"Did you ever i
think," ho asked, "that the name Smith !
eo common all over th? world is derived i
from sun myth?" No one had ever I d.jsrn
dreamed of tuch thing. Max Mailer
had overlooked the point completely.
"Quite powdble, certainly moet plaus
ible," said Taylor. "Sun myth. Snmyth,
Smyth, Smith, and somo ftill 6pell the
name wit a a y. ine uiscusaion waj
ended. Youth's Companion.
about theology and cared
Millard Filmore was f
diiiet but rdous man, who
ted with the Dapti-t.
Franklin Pierce was an I'pi-co.
pal communicant.
James Buchanan wa? always
pious, but he didn't join the
church until after his retirement
from the presidency, when he be
came a Presbyterian.
Abraham Lincoln, according to
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expressed
JACOB EVANS.
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Both
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clincd to spiritualism
parents were Baptists.
Andrew Johnson was not a
member of any church, but a tacit
believer in Christianity. He was
unusually handy with his 4 cn?s
words'' and inclined to Metho-
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A Luxurious Way to TrareL
The apartments in Dr. W. Sewarl
Webb's private car, nilnero, are fur
nished as richly and comfortably as
rooms of similar frLzo in a millionaire's
residenco could be. The decorations of
the interior of the car ere very dainty
and pleasing to the eye. In the drawing
room there is a superb upright i-iano
and other musical instruments with
which Dr. "Webb and his guests will be
able to add to tho pleasures of their long
trip to the Pacific coast. New York
Times.
Fizzletop Miss Bangs is out? That's
strange I sent her a noto saying I would
call this afternoon.
Servant Yes, sir; 6he just ot it, sir.
Detroit Tribune.
Ulysses Grant was a llethodist,
and extolled for his piety by his
biographers, though he was nev
er known to do anything beyond
letting fall a few pious remarks.
Rutherford B. Hayes was a
Methodist.
James A. Garfield was a meia
ber of the Church of Christ, a
Caropbelite church, and once tried
his hand at preaching.
Chester A. Arthur was an Epis
copalian, who played a good
game of poker.
Benjamin Harrison is a Presby.
terian, and attends church quite
regularly.
Grover Cleveland gets his sap
ply of cbristisvn fortitude to deal
with the pie hunters from the
Calvinistic fount also.
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1 in n mortng' xe utel to n
Mr. A I- Arrmglon 'n S-ptr-f--1
17th, 101 . and rvitf rri in Kri "
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( 4i3. I shall wdl nt th ( ourt IP
! drwor in lx)uiburir. N. (' . on T''
! dny June -JOth, 1.M03. the trrwt
land dens-nbd in nid mortirn:
j lying on the I-ouisburg nd Nn-'
vill nd. adjoining Innds of A V
Jackon, Hnnr Perry end otre
nnd njntainiryx one hundred r .
sTenty-six acrr. more or
The anle will te t public nor
to the hichwt bidder for on tr
msh, rwidae in 12 months with
per cent, interest from dny of f'--
Jon PRETLOW, JK
Mny 10th, 1803.
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