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Lou of appetite; bd breath; bad taste In
the month ; tongue coated; pain under the
hooider-blade ; in the back or sido often
mistaken for rheumatism: sour stomach
with flatulency and water-brash ; Indiges
tion: bowels lax and costive by turns;
headache, wun auii, neavy ""'j""'""
LYNCHED
MIIUGRER nEKTS
FATE.
HIS
nstiisnu. with sensation of having lei
something undone which ought to have
been done; fullness after eating; bad
temper; blues; tired feeling; yellow ap
pearance of skin and eyes; disslnees. etc.
Not all, but always some of these Indi
cate want of action of tle Liver. or
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" I have been p recti cing medicine for twenty
years and have never keen able to put up a vegeta
ble compound that would, like Simmons Live
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L M. Hnrrow, m.d., Washiagtoa,
ONX.Y CKNL1MK
Has our Z Stamp in red on front of wrapper.
J. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Masked Men Enter the Jail, Overpower
Autlioriue . Seeare their Victim
and Swing Hire nto
Eternity.
Keneh Feomar, whc enteretl th
honee af Nap Atlios, a jegpf cted at d
estteoxd farmer living ntar Auian
flr. Bertii' county, and murd- red
him 8ud 1 is mn her
November, has t laetJ
Freem n w caught iM
lore since nJ ti-.k' n
inipriaiu irie. t, j
A e'era n fff reeivd h
Frei man w s ly w e1
about 2 o c ot k
The Frtv of
entt-rt-d he to takej Freeujai. ) utl
thwfnUim imrrntu iiiclv ana ex
ecuted them ful y ns
Ettes.
Tb y c-al- d I he j
thai t.hev 1-ai - Tr soner
The jai er, u sus, d
and ouin-i the d' .r
atonii-hmei t. li-- wa
WANK II A.i l
611 tue 4'D 01
met his fate
No folk j
to "WiDtn 'or
re tl a
111 tna- vim v
y - at era y n or n 11 .
unknov"1 me 1 w': '
tbe ttle, raiu
and tf id liiiu
for I'i-p.
l.t-n "to ui
fr nte ' bv
C UJr
him; secured
visit d Free-
will Mm
January 1st.,
To the store
occupied
formerly
by
FRED COOPER,,
1X7
mo6t eiquBite
e State.
rcpai .1 d ad
aod b ttom,
vLich lurtk s
W. S. CURK,
Tarboro. N. C
about thirty iua ked men.who ru Led
to him, ovi-rpowered
the kes and foithwi I
min's ceil.
Th y t-- k t e murderer and hang
ed him iu his cell.
Calvary Cliurcli Completed.
To-day tie p-icts who have
been at work 01 tin mteri- r of Cal
vary rhurch comp t dj their wotk.
Th- church uhs always Deen con
sidered out of the ht-hdsomest aid
prettiest in ihe Sl.te and
since this excellent work ua- been
firslied it can be iusflv said that it
i-itbe hit d-otDe-t and
fiui-hfd e lificein t!
The walU have been
e borders both top
Lave beeu Irescoej,
hem beautiful aud a tra tive.
Tbe citing has bee'J repainUdiaa
1 ghtr color, wh c 1 gites the churd
ijore light an 1 attractiveness, :ju
adds to ite a peara ice.
The interior appeirance la wonder
fully improved. I
Services will b held in it o m r
iow (Christmas day) as follows:
Holy Communion .30. Morning
pnyer. Holy Communion aLd se
m-jn 11 o'clock,
The public is iuvitesd to atteud.
Ccttlnff Ready For Christmas
Everybody wa3 busy yetterdey
buDg gt-ods for Cbristmas and
Old Santa Clans was makiDg his vis
its to the various ores in t-wn
githeii' g together hi splendid l t
nf Christmas e- 'ods t make his v sit
t ihe liule folks th oughout the
country
Santa U;aus '8 vtiy
Chris' mas and bout
all the lu.c' ant-. H
with their frxcellfnt lot of g -ods and
spoke of the multitucle of little folks
he had to visit this year and gladden
their I ejr s wi h good things tor
Christinas- J
In t e "wee BOidl! houis of tbe
morn" Old Sant t Claus, with his fleet
a d fes'ive reinleeh wnl make bis
iait f.iil... khonsands of home-and
There bill be many chant s here
next year. - - -.
"Peace on earth and good will
to men.
To feel bright aud cheeiftii attend U
your stomach. Take Simrnni.a L. v r Kegvu
latar.
Un not weaken yourself by drastic
purgatives. Take Si mm ns L'ver R'gu
lator. About fifty families of colored
people are reported to have left here
yesterday morning for Texa. . - w
1 be healthy people you meet have
hethliy livers. Tbey take bimmona ver
Kegulaior.
The cold wave eienal a dis
nlaved eailv vesterdaT and the
. ol J arrived on time.
My a cuied of malaria by Sim-
mns UlVer lteu aior. - w . iiiiu.
sou, pastor M. E. Cliurcli, Leigh, He .
Hmdy f r traveilert U Bimmons
T.iv.-, ni-i7ulatr in DjwX.t. li tan be
cariltl 10 thu ti cket.
B ickuer Rogers on four 1 oise
cr p made sixty-five packed bl of
n fto 1 and one hundred barrels of
n
corn.
Christmas is here in earnest
ow and tbe strerts were indeei
lively scene toJay.
The farmers, as soon a the hol
idays are over, should lose no time
in n akinc Dreoarations fo another
O K I
crop. 4.
The . SouTHSSimt takes holiday
for to- morrow and Friday and wish'
es a merry Christinas to aU.
Our First t.Ovel "what Gold
cannot buy" will appear with the
woAklv SnnTHEXHa and tbe new
year.
Xmas comes but onoe a year but
ibfe kindlv feelmes which that occa
sion touches should last a twelvth
month.
J h C tten Jr. Is at home for the holl-
A. L. O. Wilkinso . i Richmond, li here
on a vis t
The toDTUafiMKU viehes a merry hri.t-
ms to a'L
Lee Whitaker, of EnfiUd, wis In town yes
terday at em fn.
Mrs. J. G. M. Cordon of AUanta is hereon a
visit to parents.
Mis Nloa Lloyd has retu ned frc jb Browni-
viue Tennessee.
SnDerlntcndent Falrley eoea to his home In
Falettevilie to spena wie u nunjo.
Dr. Chas. B. Harrfrov, of Norfolk, Is I
spendloK the bolldays with his father la una
county.
Officers Legion of Honor.
The Tirfon of H nor. at their meeting
Tuesday night, eltcUtl the following om
cera:
Dr. Geo. S. L'o.,l, commander; Maj.
H. K Nash. vWf-c mmander; Lr. Lt. 1.
Bass, recieiary; J. U. Brown, collector;
r. B. Llovd. warlrn, P . . wiiKinson,
orator, aand D. Peuder, ticas-uier.
After trausactioe their regular uusineas
they repaired to Cooler's and enjoyed an
oyster supper.
PKHliMI, ItvXKl.l.lWHtK1
A Bird la Bsao,
The knot was tied, the pair were wed.
And then the smiling bridegroom said
Unto the preacher. "Shall I pay
To you the usual fee to-day.
Or would you have me wait a year
And give you then a hundred clear.
If I should find the marriage state
As happy as I estimate T'
The preacher lost-no time in thought,
To his reply no study brought.
There were no wrinkles on his brew;
Said he, "I'll take 93 now."
Itarcbant Traveler.
Fiona
Highest of all in Leavening Power. TJ. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
Merry Maskers.
About teveDty of tl e young col
ored men of th plce will ornate
themselves in the roost fantastic
vTarbs tomorrow.mr4sk themselves and
on teeds of every description they
will parade the streets.
Situation Wanted.Clerk.
A geutleman wishes a position a
.Larfc store, with six years x-
rwuianre. Drv eoods store preferred.
ra erivn trooA recommendation if
neceesary. Addres?,
K. lj. YVEIKS,
-rf Whitakers, N. C.
lib-- rl th:s
gc eroa ly o
1
. tt3
pay ni-
lit.l f
1 espect-t to
txskins of the
HOLIDAYS
T
The
ftctory
Generous Acts.
6tock-ho!de-s of the
Rom of h i-retty. as well as use
ful ai tides we offer you :
GENTS' Silk Handkerchiefs and
Muffleie,
LADIES' Emb Handkerchiefs,
Scarfs, Rue' ing and Kid
Giovep.
T.ibrAr.-. Hall and RocheUr
Lambs, Cut and Etched Glassware,
including Goblets, Wines and Bowls,
Decorated French China, Chamber
ctton
through their exodilei t su-
perint.ndeiit Alex M. Fairley, pre.
eed ah of tho opernives in we-t
Tarb rd with a b g fa , to .thsorn
turkey to adorn their O ristm s din
n r tables, gladden jlheir hoar's, and
satisfy ihu "tuner man.
'I'. r-iittjn acL-'rt uiui
- till VI An ,1 a v Kill
ye steadiiy uiuiuuig
J . -n ...iJ Ar,;..rr
Denntentlant u ainey in "e
to'Fiyttfvill'.
Tue p pnetor
nulls gav - a prize
R v. D. H. Tuttle who sac
Rev. F. M. Shambareer as
Dator of the Methodist church
this place, will preach his first ser
mon here bun day.
The . re-election of Senator
VanAA in flHsnred now since he has
nromised to follow the instructions
of the Legislature in regard to mess
urn) of relief for the Durdenei mas
ses.
It is reported that there is quite
a cro vd of negroes at the depot
awai'in&r th arriTal of the emigra
tion train- Agents are in tbe coun
ty now soliciting labor.
The weather has turned consid
Arahlv colder and severe weather
may be expected before Christmas is
over.
While all of the members of the
fami y of Mrs Fields were here Tues
day, attending the marriage f Miea
Field some one entered tbe boose
an 1 stole $160.
Yestcsday was asplericlid one for
tr4de withtb i mercbantf. Actuary
it a8 almost impo sible for a person
to walk on tbe sidewalks as tbe
streets were so jammed and packed
wi'h humanity.
A fe of the members of, the
board of town commissioners met
Tuesday night to consider varioas
uia Jers.but there, was not a sufficient
numher oreent to do anyJthing. C.
H. King asked that he be all wed to
bnild a woode w-rehouae i 1 rear of
s'ore occup't-d by Frank Hart.
.Th.i mnoitxr in searching fo-
newa items y- i-trday observed v ry
strange c i iis o 1 the p t; t of n
roung colored lad. and stopped for a
minute to atcditain what, he was do
ing and what d yon thirk In fie
broad daylight n a epBfptc' ijt f art
of, the fctieet.thegentleixanof tfie c 1
ored persuasion tried to kiss his best
girl. He finally saceeeaea a"
tl ere was er srrac.ing, no nut.
Notice.
T will remove on Jauury let to
t hn i.ffiee formerly occiitie I by Dr.
w. n Rftrnes fover S. S. Nash's
.ni whAre I can be found at
times. I. N.Ctrr.
w4t.
all
The blandest man to bo met with
fhauo rlea i the whilom rheuma ic
who has trie! Salvation Oi'.
Before the das of Dr Bull's
Couh Syrup a person troubled with
a coneh always consutea ins puypt
-cian. rtow 11 is uj ' "v w - j
Atttntion is tailed lo the sdve
tisement of the New Toik Her id.
ik. mnat snwrb of the New York
111 V a--awj w
newa tapers.
of the knitting
dT tn d Urs to
1 he
, 1 j
r- guiaiiy auu gave
nit Vi hnr work.
.
To the second bet a prze ot nve
dol art was given
The Purest and Best
er-tive who attended uios
m ist satjsfac'ton
o-i. nL:u..'. p;.tn RnnVs far I Arfiz-ipc known to iDf dical sc ence
octs, vu.iutu - - ' " 77 2. -:L tta Ha,...
UTate and ' a 10 PrPBI fg,." -
pets, Smyrna, Rugs,
Bric-a-brac.
Walnut Chamber Suits. Ward
r b -, Bed LoungOM, Par
lor and Extension
Tables.
Bible", Hymnals, and Testaments.
,;n., . Kerv ineiedient is careiui
,
ly Btl-cteil, peisouany cxamu.cu, -uu
only the Dest reiaaueu. iuo mcw
cine is pr p re l urtdrr the supervi-
aion of thtrouetiw competent pii-
m'cis'e, and eveiya'ep in tha pro
cess of manufacture is carffolly
watch d with a viiiw to eeeuriog in
Hood's Sarsaparil a the best possi
ble result.
Married.
T. Duuean of Norfolk was mar
V.
j Ma i .11 la itArn
w . riAQ W1IU lyxi- o t
Pender & MarSTOVe.'Bethelin this place to-day
His Lordshin There's no dodging t.
wnn know, but one does miss the influ
ence of a leisure class over nere.
She But we have a leisure olass.
His Lordship (suspiciously) I haven't
met them. Who are they i
She Our plumbers and messenger
boys. Life. ' ,
Judge Are you guilty or not guilty?
Prisoner Not guilty. . Judge (to wit
ness) HoW much was the stolen watch
worth? Witness Your honor, it was
-worth $150. Prisoner (taking the watch
from his Docket) That shows that he
can't be believed. Do you think that
watch, is worth 150?
A Preliminary Trial ef the Slippers.
Mrs. Spankwell (to shoe dealer) May I
try .these slippers before I take them?
Shoe Dealer Why, ' certainly, ma'am.
Mrs. 8pankwell (catching her hopeful
over, her knee) .Yell kinder easy,
Johnny. Tain't as if we was nice and
cozy at home, you know.
Miss CLapp (Boston) Do you turn
thfc naronian philosophy specifically
applied has any materialistic effect upon
the terrestrial inconsistencies that clog
and warp the esoterie development of
our inner being ? Hiss Foote (Chicago)
tepever gave the subject much thought.
t snrnis always Mflfla flaxseed. '
Good Cow Big Liar.
A Vermont editor boasts that he has
stub tailed one horned cow with no
pedigree, which not only furnished the
milk for his family of ten persons last
The salary of the infant king of Spain
Is $1,250,000 a year.
Ex-Governor Foraker is said to have
gone into the railroad business.
Sam Jones cleared $2,000 by a week's
work in Aberdeen, Miss.
Francis Parknuuv the historian, gives
two hours a day to cultivating his flower
garden.
Ex-Governor and ex-Consul to London
Thomas Waller has purchased a brick
yard on Long Island for $200,000.
Dr. Gatling, the inventor of the gun
that bears his name, is an active old man
of 86 years, whose home is in Hartford.
It appears that there is a movement on
foot in London to have Eobert Louis
Stevenson made British consul at Samoa.
John Ruskin feels buoyant and elastic
on a bright clear day, but on a dull wet
day he is moody and misanthropic. He
is his own weather bureau.
Senator Culloni is said to wear his hair
and beard exactly as Lincoln did. He is
supposed to do this to intensify his strik
ing resemblance to tne martyr x-retu.-
dent.
Mrs. Maxwell Scott, owner of Abbots-
ford, has a revenue of about $2,000 per
year from the fees paid by tourists who
wish to see Sir Walter Scott's books,
curiosities, and personal relics.
One of the iolliest of the members of
the United States Senate is Senator Wol
cott, of Colorado. He is short, thick
set, and broad of beam. His fund of
humor is well niglf lnexliaustaoie.
Prince RunDrecht, of Bavaria, has be
gun his studies at the University of Ber
lin, the first prince of a reigning house
to outer t!:at institution.
The great window for the hall of Mr.
Jefferson's house at Buzzards my is
now to be seen in Boston. It shows a
Southern swamp scene, drawn by Mr.
Jefferson himself, and executed in mo-
, 1 ft Kr 1 tot
saic ine wmaow iufoiucs j.u u -
Dr. Schliemann is working with a will
Ut his task of laying Dare an inas uio
ages have left of old Troy. He has zou
men at work, and he has laid down a
small railway, so he is making rapid
progress to the attainment of his object.
Mr. Kichard Vaux seals all lua letters
in the old way, with wax, impressing it
with a seal ring which he wears on his
forefinger for the purpose, and, like Lord
Chesterfield, he thinks the modern prac
tice of usm? saliva for fastening en
velopes an uelean one.
Thp visitof the Persian bnan stavorrce
wife to Vienna has done her much good.
The two surgeons who treated her have
javed her sight, and, incidentally, tne
heads of the astrolo-eis who advised tho
trip, lhey are saiu w get o,wv
joint fee.
Mrs. Wanamaber has introduced a new
fad iu Washington, and' has a class of
young women meet at her residence
twice a week, where a professor of physi
cal grace from abroad teaches them how
to walk, to go up and down stairs, to
bow, to smile, to dis)ose of the hands.
mm
11
aim
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
gate to neaven and he wiii die a million
aire. A politician is not considered a strong
man until he can pack a caucus.
It "was a deaf mute who "said nothing,
but sawed wood. "
Fourteen thousand and forty-nine
books were published in France last
year, but only a few were fit for trans
lation into American.
A Congressman is all ayes, noes, and
mouth.
Some professional jokemakers have no
cents of humor.
The silent partner in a firm usually
has co-ordinate powers with the active
partners.
Votes are worth what they wui Dring
to a candidate.
- Women's hearts break more easily
than men's, bat Uka fracture knits more
rapidly.
( He Was Smith.
Are you Mr. Smith?" the girl asked,
as he nervously stood at the door, "be
cause if you are Mr. Jones, or Mr. Brown,
or Mr. White, or Mr. Ureen, or any oi
the other gentlemen, she's not at home;
but if you're Mr. Smith she is at home. "
"lam Mr. Smith,! he answered, and
his face, could have given the sun a thou
sand points and beaten it for brightness.
"To think," he said to himself, as he
waited in the paid or, "that she has chosen
me out of so many devoted admirers.
How she must love me. "
And that night she told her mother in
confidence that the many lovers racket
had worked beautifully, and that Augus
tus had proposed. Philadelphia limes.
KDUC A TIONAL.
in Maine, ine proieasor ruwio ou
moment; the benches are partially filled.
The lecture opens from brief notes. The
students take notes of the lecture, more
or less ample, according to industry. If
tbe professor exceeds his time by a
minute the students shuffle and their
noise warns him. He picks up his hat
and leavea There is free intercourse
between professor and Btudents In the
polytechnic, in the midst of A lecture on
geometry, one student smoked, .without
protest from anybody. There are no
recitations, no control of the student
He is free to enter the university, pay
his fees and be a member of it without
attending lectures ai alL The students
who seek degrees must work, because
the examinations are rigid. Berlin Cor
respondence Boston Transcript.
BCKAPS.
Klectric Biltrra.
This icmt'dy is br coming so well known "
and ar p. ular as to med no pcia) men
tion. A'l ho bare usdit ai i g ihe same
rie of p.'ftis--. A f.niT mwlicilie " Jo 8
ni tt-x'el at tl t is gtinriti.ifi il t (I Hlltuat"
ic c.miiiu if. rilt c'nc- lii uih wii. cure' all
d:n a- S t Mil- li vtr ai.d k duej s, will it
ru vt p n pi. f. t o!', ta1t i hi um nrd 'oil er
ff cirv e cau d 1 y impute i lo Will '
fh;v tii-ila ficns ihe sjsit iu at d re vent
ts will is cur - a',1 mn'arial ftveic. Fur
cu e o! htad-.clip, cii)tati n and lndU
mi;o , tr E itric B.Ueip. Entire aatii-,
fie i mur i tiitt 1 or money refunded.
Piict 50c ;.nd 81 per boule a' Stat-ns
1891.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.
'Ihe important, petles of pnpprs on South
Amerit-a, by Theodore Child, wtil be continued
ih IhirperV Magazine during l he Kiei.ter pnrt of y
the year 1891. : lie Article, on Boiil hcrn Cli
n rnia. by CUrle i Mid ley Wa-ner. will uleo be
i-on'inueJ. Amon other nntewmhy at tract ions
be a novel by C.'hnrlis Egbert t'randr cl ; a
c.-lleciion ol origin"! drawing!, by W, M.TiiBCke
r.ty, nv pub.lnhed for the Mrnl lime:arovel
riueu and illubtraU-d lv George Du 11 Hurler;
l novelette l-y Willimii Dean Howellx; nnd a sc
ries f papers on London by Walter Bean nr. . .
In Hie on - ber andarieiy of illiiHt rated papers,
and other ar' tele-on t-ubj-iM of timely luteres. '
a- well as in the uorivlled Cllaracier of Its ahort
-toriei, po iu, te.. Harper's Magazine will cor,
ittitie io mil ini u thnl Htandard t enpi-ll- nee for
wliiCii it hH-;iieen ho lon? dimlnguliihed.
APHOllISMS.
Youthful rashness skips like a hare
over the meshes of good counsel.
Shakespeare.
In writing, as well as speaking, one
great secret of effective eloquence is to
sav what is proper and stop when you
have done. Colton.
j The future destiny of the child is ai
! ways the work of the mother. Bona
j parte.
Wit loses its respect with the good
' when seem in company with malice, and
to smile at the jest which plants a thorn
I in another's breast is to become a prin-
cipal in the mischief. Sheridan.
! There is not a man in the world but
I desires to be, or to be thought to be, a
wise man; and yet, if he considered now
little he c ntributes Wmself thereunto,
he might wonder to find himself in any
tolerable degree of understanding.
Clarendon.
The hatred of the vicious will do you
less harm than their conversation.
.tr
f
Pronounced Hopeless Yet Saved.
From v. letter written by Jlrs. Ada
E. Hard ot Groton, i. j v we quo-ci
"Wastken with ra fbadj cold, whico
settled on my Langs, cough set in
and finally terminal d in ' consump
tion. Four doc ors gave me up Bay
ing I could live but a short .tircec I
gave myself np to my Savior, de'er't
mined if I c uld r ot stay with my
friends rn earth, I w ttid meet.oiy
absent ones abve. My bu lvnd
was advised to get Dr., . King's. '
Discovery for -Ckniaumptieu, Cdgh.
and cold-. 1 1- ave it a trial, tofik in
.11 oio-hthntt es: it has curVd tue aud
(hank Oorl I m now well and
hearty woman.' Tia bottUie free i t
St-ton & Zoeller Drogatore, regu
lar siae 50c and $1 00 " "
A h use and lot on Pitt street, garden
twe out houses all in good repair. Apply
at SorjTHBBHsa office. 30 tf.
fBeutley.
Have a time and place for everything,
nrl do everything in its time and place,
. . m v. ,v;i, ha aolil to i nrtll rr nnlv nyrarmnlish more.
ycjlF DUb flW WOTWS n"" " . auu juu " ""--J r "
hia neighbors, a wiu -
from this that Vie ow is eiww -
one or fee' editor reasonawj ia
liar. ,. ; i ; i . , . '
' it Dtda't 8Ise Tham D.
Practical Joker (to clerk in musio
Store) Have you note paper?
Clerk We keep omy anee muoio.
?;p.j.Wen, isn't sheet musio note
P??V :n ioVo ?
(jlera now mucu www
p. J. One sheet
ClerkCan't acoommodate you. We
sell it only in chotr lota. Detroit Jour
nal. '
A MlfktUr Baa. '
Willie Papa, fa that the President of
the United States at tne head of the pro
' Papa (in an awe atracr wnmper;
Hush, Wfiliet BeWhearyou. He8thr
rum majort
JA raflroad nun, Who i an agent f or
an Eastern road do Mg nusines3 with all
the Western, Southwestern, and North
western trunk lin -a, says that 70 per
cent of the emigrant travel goes to the
Northwest. ,
but have far more leisure than those whc
are always hurrying, as if in vain at
tempting to overtake time that had been
lost. Edwards.
Surmise is the gossamer that malice
blows on fair reputations; the corroding
dew that destroys the choice blossom.
Surmise is primarily the squint of sus
picion, and suspicion is established be-i
fore it is confirmed. Zimmerman.
Spirit is now a very fashionable word;
to act with spirit, to speak with spirit,
means only to act rashly and to talk in
discreetly. An able man shows his
spirit by gentle words ana resoiuw -
... ..li timid.
tions; ne is neimw
Chesterfield.
Stab Ends of Thought.
Kest is the molasses on the bread of
labor. , , .
One never walks on the rough road
-when he can keep on the smooth Bide
walk. The fragrance of the flowers can not
be stolen; their color may.
War furnishes red ink for writing; his
tory with.
ghqwa man a million, dollars and.the
Kan Jv5 has 81 women who are efficient
superintendents of public schools.
The contributions to American colleges
during 1889 amounted to about V4,0,'0;00' .
The German University at Pi .igue h:ts
an atei.danceof 1,543, an increase of 108
over the previous term.
The overseers for Harvard have con
cluded to continue the use of Latin in
stead of English in their diplomas.
It is generally acknowledged in Eng
land that the instruction in civil'engi-
nwrinrr in the United States far sur
passes that in the mother country.
At the election of school boards in
Sweden at the close of 1889, the first oc-
... i i . i
casion on whicn women were eiigiuto
for election, seven women were returned.
Berlin is full of students in music.
One meets many children bearing violins.
Everybody can read music. There is a
musical public, as there is an intellectual
nublie. as keen for a false note as for a
false tense.
There were 22,760 white and 13,004
colored . children enrolled in the public
schools in the city of Washington for the
v.-ai- 1889. ihere were 235 colored and
458 white teachers, and the total cost of
instruction was $487,455.52.
Mr.-. E. W. Lord, assistant principal
of the ladies' department at Oberlin, has
given $10,000 toward the erection of a
bu ilding to be known as Lord Hall, which
is intended to furnish board and rooms
,or the children of missionaries.
'here ;re now 10 Hindoo ana .rarsee
Indies taking courses of higher study in
England, and numbers of young girls
i.ie at school in the motner lsiaiiu.
Doubtless many of these girls will live
to see the last "child widow" in India.
The opinion of many eminent educators
concerning Chautauqua have been gath
ered by the New York 3fat7 and Express.
They agree in saying that it is a most
valuable ally of the colleges, and a stim
ulus to the people to fill them; that it
liao promoted good habits of reading and
ih nkinsr in many thousand homes, and
ti at Bishop Vincent, by originating the
plan, deserves to be regarded as one of
the great benefactors oi tms generauuu.
In Paris there are five professional
schools for girls. These have a course of
instruction embracing modern languages,
domestic ecomony, industrial designing,
cutting aud fitting garments, and ao
xiunts. Each school is equipped with a
kitchen and workshops for making cor
sets, feathers, and other staple articles
Df trade. Girls are admitted at 14 years
of age, and remain three or four years.
Dr. Atticus G. Haygood, the agent of
the Peabody fund, in a recent article,
says the following sums from Northern
churches have been expended for the ed
ucation of the Southern negroes:
Society (Methodist.
......... $2, 225, 0
" The foreign born population of New
Vork is computed at 675,000.
It is said one building at the Chicago
fair will be entirely devoted to pies.
A California paper te'.Ls of strawber-
ries so lage ui4 uvc kroner, wnug
square meaL "
A system of electric liomeopathy is
Raid to be successful in curing leprosy.
It is used in India..
The sum of $2100 was recently found
secreted in the bustle of an aged lady
who died at Birmingham, Ala.
A Philadelphia minister thinks that a
fee should be paid clergymen who con
duct funeral services, as it takes up their
time.
A comnanv to place advertisements on
the ceilings of barber shops for the pe
rusal of men getting shaved has been
formed in New York.
A Georgia youth, who answered (in
closing a quarter) an advertisement of
how to make money without work, got
in reply a piece of paper inscribed:
"Catch suckers, as we da "
One hundred boys and girls of Wood
land, CaL, whose ages range from 12 to
19 years, have formed a ? Co-operative
Fruit Canning and Drying Union. "
The cars . on the Jungfrau Railway
have movable flaps, which may be ex
panded by the guard until they nearly
touch the tunnel lining. In this way
the car becomes a kind of piston acting
in the tunnel as a cylinder, and the air
acta as an automatic brake to check the
speed of the descending car.
On an average 85 more boys than girls
are born in New York every week. On
She average 55 more males than females
die in New York every week. By force
of natural increase, therefore, the fe
male population grows more rapidly
than the male, During the past 10
... .1 tv. l
years, from tms cause aioiie, whs wu
population of the city has increased
10.000 more than the male population.
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