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WHERE OUR 310 EV GOES.
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IT IS
ABSOLUTELY
The Best
SEW1N3 '
JRACHINE
MAD E
AND '
MONEY
on OUIt DI2AI..KRS can f,ell
you iiiiichtiies cliei-per than yon can
- -t elsewhere. Tho'NKW-HOJia Is
o-irbtt,b?!twoEiake cheaper kindts,
:; , 11 i'3 lio CI'i.'MS, 1 1)12.1 1 and
'oder Iliali Arm i'"ull WJeltel l?lated
:-. v( i.ii Fiacliines fsi $15.00 and np.
Tali on our cr;eul or rrlto us. We
. v:! at your irade- r-id ifrle- U?mi
j, .I tiarc scaling wlii ti ia, wc will
i:sve ill V.re chnllaRge tlia wcrM to
.-.roduf-b a. tiILTXXiIfc-$50.00 SoxVns
j'ip.r jiIi2G for $50.00, ov a betfcr $20.
Peit-litfe iftRClilne far $20.00 tl:r.n yon
can bJ from ESj or. our Agists.
' f illj ll LV.la -t dill J bajisiUUViJm
iir.-.xoF-ir.-.ts,- Bosrov, ' bs.- 23 Vvrrnt Pq-a-bk, N. Y.
t :.(u:.'.d:o . IT.U i :'.Uin JO.- J'i--,A-..
INKY & JORDAN,
i)C.NN, N. C. "
TOWN DIRECTORY.
; CIirilCIlES.
'. :'t!)0(ibt 'Church. Rev. E. C Soli', Pastor
S' r -n-v iii-st Sund- uiffht, and fourth yuu
itj;4y in'jriiin. and mylit. PrayermVet ing
; very U"fiiicsIay nfght.- . Sunday KtSite!
. i vt ryS viiidny morning' at 10 o'clolcfe, 0. K.
(i-,ii:iTi:siit Siihriiit:ndin t. ,
j't ist C hurch .- Rev. L. R. CarrolKpast' r.
H 'rvii'i-s vory ..sucoud 8 u uda ' moriii pnd
Prayvrnifeting' nvery .Tliursday niht
Mii-day School wvry Sunday morniiiy, K. O
i-r-f n i'-t-tl in lent.
l'r..!,ytoriait Church. R" v. A. M. Ilassc.I
j a-tur. -r vices every lir.st ana liifii sutiuay
j.i.inin,r and night", Sundav : school every
f-'un'day morning', M.I,. 'A ude Superiiitendent.
liseijh ('; iirc'i Rev. I. Vy. Rogers, pas
tr. Services every third Sunday iioriiiiir
rijuiit. Ch ri.stiaa I'huieavor Si ciety every
Tuf-diiy night. Sunday School every Suiulay
evening at .j o'clock, Mcl. Ilol'iday Sunt.
1'r. ;- Wiil raitist .-.Ciiur?h. Elder K. C.
J.-K !i oii ; j.astor.- Services every second Sun
cia;, iii'ii-iiiiig fiiid night.
i ntuit ive Uajiti.st. Church on Broad street
:J. !!; V. ) . Turner, Pastor. Regular servi
ii tlvc tiiiril Sal batli ni(rn!iig, and Satur
c'av !ifff-..;-i?, in each month at 11 o'clock. El-tl.-r
1' I . inld, of Wilson; rait or-i6f Zion'.-
l.;)i..(Unark,iireachea at this church on t'iC
fucrtii Sunday. cvjki.ng in t iu-h month at 5J
o'clock'. Kveryl(dy is invKed''to attend
t;iJSh sci vices. " . . - ,;
Young itens Union jFrayrjmveting every
;Uiiday ev
d 7:3') o'rl
ening at i o'clock and i riday night
ok. All are cordially invited to
s. ,serv;e.,.-i. An. invitation is c:c-
atlea th.j
Ivm.'cd to !
:i)! visitors.
I.01).KS.
-T.Hn.-.jEno'W
I.o!g, No. J 15, L O. O. f. Loigt-'
I). Jjarnes" store.. Regular me-.d-
fiif? n e very -t-.Uiintzy uijr.ht, L. II. Le. N. .;
i'. U. -ixt
u, V. (i,; U. K.; Omiitham,' Secr;"
Oud Fkd'owa aro cordially iuvited
t-ny. Ai!
to atti'tu'l.
I'ahnyra I.odg?', Ko.lC-, A. P. & A. M.. Hall
owr ,",.(;,. n,t, ,! .jjaptist church. P. P. Jones
'W.-M ; VJ A. Jtdinsou, 8. W.; E. A. Jones
J. V,.; J (. Johnson, Secretary.' Regular
roiuinunlcjatiotis ar-vhehi on the ?rd Satur-
day.atM nfciock A. M.andoi) the 1st Friday
t ":( o'.dpck i. m. in each month. All Ma-
Hvius in.gobd t:nfjiug' ar cordially invited
to atttiid tlii-,i communi.catious.
, TOWN OFFJCIiLiS.
H.C. MCjXeill, Mayor.
, M. I . Wad.?. Clerk. '
E. F. Voting, Treasurer.
J. A. Driver, 1'Olicemau, 4
' CoiJillSSIOXEUS ?
fi. 1C. (iranthain.
V. D, Tiidri'to'n.
i.'li. P.-i-lo.r.
E. F You nr. .
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Cor.sTV OKKici:u3,
iMf ri!T, J. II. Pope. "
CU'ik.pJ M. McKay.
1 Register of Deeds,.!. McK. Byrd.
Treasurer, U. D. Sience.',
t OrtinM-j J. J, wilsou.
'Surveyor, J. A. Ci'Keliy. '
County Examiner, Rev. J. A, Campt'eU.
ComtniN, loners : J. A- .Qrij-jn, Chairman,
II. N. l'i.'.dl nnd Kcill MrLeod.
riiOFKSSIONAL CARDS.
lv. W. pou.
Attorney-at Law.
s.Mi i ihii:ld, n. c.
iCareful :(tciition to any civil matrons
.nitniptc to hiscarc in tlie courts of
Uar.nett County ,
H L- Godwin, ,
! Attorney at Law.
Dunn, i . - N. C.
omet next door to rort'Ofiice.
Will nractiee in the courts of Harnett
Hud mi'olning counties and du ihe
t edeial Cnuils.
J Prompt attention given to all tvuines
W-E-Murchison,
JOXE8I10K0, n. c.
Practices Law in Harnett, Mooic and
other counties, but not for fun.
Feh. 20 It. '
Isaac A- Mnrchison,
jf j FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
Piaetices Law in. Cumberland, Harnett
and anywhere services are wanted.
i Any fool can start a news
paper, and any sheriff can stop
Jiie, but it takes a wise man to
K'ei tin thing going. Ijv
Riid I'rititer. '
ss
mmmr
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X"ii-y SiiV.
"Thoy say" a!i!" well, suppose they lu;
But oau ill -y jjuove th story t uy f
.Su-picion iii;ir arise for. naught ,
But malice, "envy, want of thought.
WSiy ciuut yourself amouj the "they!
Who whisper what they dale not say?
'They say." But why the tale rehearse
Aiulhelp to make the matter worn !
No good can posst-ibly aec-ure
From telling what may be unlrue;
And U it not a noble plan
To speak of all the bt yoircan ? 7
"They ?ay." Well, if it sliould be so,
Why need ou tell the. tale of W(e ?
Will it the better wrong redress.
Or .make one pang of. sorrow less !
Will it the erring one restore,
Henceforth to ."go aad via no more?
'They say" Oh! pause and look within.
Seehow your heart incline.', to sin,
Waich, lest in dark temptation's hour.
You, too, shoidd sink beneath its power.
Pity tiie frail, weep o'er htir f ill.
But speak of good, '"or not at all."
Selected.
TIIE GREGORIAN CALENDAR.
Tlie present time measure
ment that is now used by near
ly all nations is the remodeled
system adopted by Julius Caosar
in tlie year G B. C. There
w.M-e 354, 60 and 3G5 days in
the Greek year at different
times. Under Nuiiia the Ko
n i a n yea r 1 1 ad 3 5 5 (1 ay s , a nd
there wa-s so much variance be
tAveen the civil and . astronomi
cal year that tlie autumn feasts
were celebrated in the spring,
and those of harvest in midwin
ter. Every second year an ex
tra month (called Mercedonius
was adlled. This month had
no cereaih length, but was ar
ranged bv the pontiffs as they
saw fit, . which naturally gave
ri.se, to corruption and fraud,
'nterferino with the duration of
oriice and th ? collection of debts.
In order to restore the seasons
t jt their pr)per months it was
necessary for Cresar to make
the year in wjiicli he inaugu
rated (lie change contain 445
days. On the hypothesis that
t he astronomical year contained
3i days, Tic'.' had each fourth
, t- j -a T 1 . I !
year contain .500 aays ana tne
.oilier" 3C5..: The extra day was
ad led to the 24th of February,
winch was called Sexto-calendas,
i beiiiix the sixth before the cal-
' -
endo, or first of March, cele
brated in honor of the expulsion
of the kins. The additional
day was placed next to this feast
and known as Bis-sexto calen
das. -.'-' i ' '
But this year of Ccesaf was
too Ton" by -11 minutes and
13.95 seconds, or about three
days in 400 years, so that by
A..JX 1582 the error amounted
to ten daj-s. at least. To correct
this miscalculation, Fopo Greg
ory XIII ordered that October
5, 1582, should ' be known as
October 15, 1582, and to pre
vent a recurrence of the error it
was arranged that three inter
calary days should be omitted
in four centuries that is, one
in each century year except the
fourth. Thus IGOO was a leap
year ; 1700 and-1800 were hot.
The passing year 1896 was a
leap year, and under ordinary
circumstances 1900 would be,
in order to come under the rule
of th e Gregorian calendar.
Therefore the years which have
i. V
3GG days in are, first, those that
are exactly divisible by 4 and
not bv 100, second, those that
are exactly divisible by 400 and
not by 4,000 ; hence the 3-ear
2,000 A. D. will be a leap year,
and the only one in the series of
the foui centenary years.
All the Catholic countries
adopted the Gregorian calendar
,i 't 111
i as soon as tne papal nun was
issued, but it was not intro
duced into England and her col
onies until 1752,110 error then
being 11 days. The dates pre
vious to that change are referred
to as old style.; Chicago Tri
bune. , Jlortense Mclntyre, a seven
year old daughter of Congress
man Mclntyre from Maryland,
was thrown from her' bicycle in
front of a lumber wagon and
was run over and killed in j
Washington. D, C, Saturday.
Greece
has declared war i
1 against turkey and one or
two I
engagements
of the
opposing j
The tic
still un
' troops have occurred.
jtionof the Powers is
settled,
Items oil- Interest to the La
dies," FURNISHED BY OUR
Correspondent.
"three looks and a hoot."
"There i:i a peculiar pleasure
in visiting a country where tlie
people have a speech and man
ners of their own, where at any
turn a man is liable to hear or
see something new. The New
York Sun describes an experi-
( 1 1 IT
ence 01 a iorinern traveller 111
the pine woods of North Caro-
1 "WW 1-1
una. lie Jiaa started out to
join some friends who1 were on
a hunt for turkeys.
r maing no sign of them, he
vras glad to meet a- native in an
old road, and asked hira if he
had seen anything of the party.
I cs, suJi,. lie replied.
"They're up this road yohduh,
three looks and a hoot, suh.
Tiic New Yorker thought the
native way guying him, and
started off in adiuff. He went on
until ihe came to a bridge, whef
he met another jiiny-woods
denizen at work, and asked him
the same question. The man
looked up the road. The farth
est thing in sight was a
1
1)1
pine tree, nearly a mile away
1 os, suit', 1 seen em s
mawnin', suh," he said. "They
was jes' ;'bbut one look ai' a
hoot from hvuh then, suh."
j Tlie stranger glared at "the
nian, and went grumbling on
his way.' Just before be came
to the big pine-tree another na
tive came out of the woods, and
the New Yorker, with much
misgiving, asked him the
question he, had put to others.
"Oh yes ,! suh j" was the re
ply, "They only jes' in iiyuh
a hoot, suh
5
xiit; iiiinvt; Liirufu tuwa-rti me
iii i i. i-'i . ..i ii.
-,w,.E, -,,.,i 1 1 .;,i
of his mouth, and shouted a
usty :
"Hoo-o-o-o-o-o- hoot!"
In a! few seconds a similar
cry came back from the woods.
' I liar they is, suh !" ex
claimed the native. '.That's
them, ! suh." .
And it was. They were three
looks and a hoot ' from the place
where I the New Yorker had first
inquired for them.
quiieu 101 rnem.
The difficulty was that he did
f,J,ii,i.J Q'innminnf
t understand the language of
not
tlie country. A look is as
far as you can see from the point
where vou now are. It may
. 1 1
be a turn in the "road a hun
dred yards away, or" a point a
mile or more distant. You
travel to the end of that "look,' '
and from there take another
look to the farthest object in
sight as your course lies, and
travel on to that. If 3011 have
been told that your destination
is two looks ahead, when you
get to4the end of the second
look, there you are."
The above is taken from "The
Youths' - Companion." We
wish the Sun's versatile young
man had given some means of
identifying the locality where
this truly extraordinary method
of measuring distance is in
vogue." j
We, ourselves, as dwellers in
the "pine -woods" have never
heard of it and iii the absence
of corroborative evidence are
inclined to think that it. speaks
more for the narrators imagina
tion than for his truthfulness ;'
if any; one else knows anything
of ' 'three looks and a hoot' ' we
would be glad-to hear about it.
servant and mistress.
The laving of the corner
stone of the Jefferson Davis
monument at Richmond, not
long ago, was marked liy a pa
thetically interesting incident
which is thus narrated by the
Washington Post : ;
In the midst of the speech
making, an old negro was seen
working his way laboriously
through the crowd upon the
platform. Finally reaching the
governor, the white-haired dar
ky, his worn hat in both shak-
iug hands, made a low
bow.
ease,
gov nor,
4
will you
standiir point her out td me?,'
snow
t
me wiiar Missus Da yis'are
The governor looked at the
a moment, and seeing the
trembling eagerness in hiswrin
kled face, courteously complied
with his -request.
pf s ml
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' 5 .'rtl'
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The above jiicture is made
knife and is a representation of
est and most renowned actors and coiiimcdians in America. He
gave his celebrated play "Rip Vail Winkle" in Wilmington .'Sat
urday night to a large audience
He is now about 70 years of age
South. ':
Thank'e, goy'nor, tliank'e ;
I aint see my ole missus sence
massa died way down in
sissippi -I war with her then'.
I done heerd she'd be here
to-day."
Tears of joy were in tlie old
hitive & ecs ct:- nv tuucreu tuomi
1 ' i -. Tx
me nuvv. wiiny-im. -xjuxx
and her daughter
were-- stand-
mg.
both unconscious of his
coming
As soon " as the lady
saw her servant her voice broke
into a glad cry of recognition.
The old darky knelt and kissed
her hands, while the tears
streamed down his furrowed
cheeks. There was for a mo
ment absolute silence. Some of
the spectators turned away their
laces, ana all telt tliat tlie at
'fotircr pup hd ipnt n
tedllf scene faa lent a
sacrediiess to the dedicatory cer-
.oe . . f
emomes.
STATE NEWS.
Items of news gathered from
all farts of the state. , .
TheState' Dental Association
meets in Charlotte in May.
The negro, . Charles Bobo,
who murdered another negro
namedJames Washington- at
the Newbprn Fair in Newberne,
has been found guilty of murder
and sentenced to be hanged on
Mav 14th.
The Grand Chapter of - North
Carolina Roval A rch Masons,
and the Grand Commandery of
Knights Templars will hold
their annual meetings in Wil
mington on May -12th;
It is stated- that Adjutant
General Cowles of this state
will be appointed Minister to
Greece by President .McKinley
to succeed Prof . Eben Alexan
der. The Salary is $7,500.
Arrangements are being made
to have the State troops to go to
the Centennial Exposition of
Tepnessee 011 June 21st, the
date of the Confederate reun
ion. M. Lowrie, a Croatan Indian,
has been convicted of murder
i 11 Glenn comity , Georgia . He
is said ,to have been a member
of the Henry Berry Lowrie
band which did so many de
predations in Robeson county
several years ago. He was .a
native of Robeson and lived a
few miles from Maxton.
A serious wreck occured 011
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Val
ley railroad last Wednesday
near Pilot Mountain, and was
caused by the spreading of the
rails. The conductor, Fred W
Foiishee, of Mount Airy, and
the fireman, Walter Chafin, of
Germantown, were killed. JRn-
! gineer Powers was badly scald-
led.
by our artist .with liis pocket
Joseph Jefferson, one of the old
and captivated all Ins 'hearers.
'and is
'
making a
tour of the
The town of Wii.con has
bought 10,0(30,000 pounds of
tobacco this season' says "the
Wilson Times. '
There are. now 115 Lodges ' cf
the lad-pendent Oi-.ler of Odd
Fellows in the State'-with ' a
membership of- nearly 5000.
The Grand Lodae meets ' in
Charlotte in May.- . "
In 1849 the 'Moravian Breth
ren, of Salem, sold 51 acres of
woodland just ou'tside the cor
porate limits for ;f5 per acre.
Those 51 acres to-day make up
the busiest ' part of Winston,
says the Winston Journal.
The Victor Fire Company's
house in Raleigh was burned
last Wednesday night and in it
two -fine horses that' belonged to
fl . romno,iv wpr. hurn?H to
tne compa.n Aeiy puinect to
death. The fire was caused by
by
the explosion of a damp that
hung dn'the hose wagon.
Governor Russell pardoned
two men from the ; penitentiary
last week. Onewas John Wil
liams sentenced for 15 years in
1891 for Ij-irglary from Durham
count-, i the other was a
negro
Harris from iGranvillc
county
fall for
who was convicted last
secret assault'. j
Mrs. George Litaker, of Char
lotte, committed suicide last
Friday, in the presence of her
three children by placing a pis
tol in her mouth and firing it.
She was a daughter of one of
the most prominent men i of
Mecklenburg county.
The Sampson Democrat of
last week says : In a private
1 e t t e r Congressman Fowler
writes the, following : "It may
bo interesting to yoti to know,
if you do not already know, that
Senator Ilawley, Rep. of Conn.,
was born in Richmond county,
N . C.J C ongressm a 11 WTi 1 1 i am
L. Tern-, Dein-. of 'Arkansas,
yvas born in Ansoii coinUy, N.
fi. and was: educated at Trinity
College. Congressman Jos."ph
G. Cannon, Rep.! of Illinois,
-was l)orn in Guilford county,
n. c." ' - : .. ;; ' '
Congress has appropriated
$200,000 for tlie flood, j-uifrvers
in the Mississippi flooded; dis
trict. A rich lady from Houston,
Texas, is in New York and has
a lame finger. The physicians
attending Iter advertised for a
cmod sum allow one of her fin -
O. - .
gers to be cut off and engrafted
o me hand of the Texas lady.
A young woman .twenty-two
years of age answered the ad-
i -I :
vertisement and proposed the
amputation of the forefinger on
right hand for the sum of $1000.
She said she did it because she
was poor and wanted money. New 1 ork 10 paiiitip-ue m un-
noufrti to educate herself in vo-
cal muie so th:it sli" could be
ing.r.
Not very lo-ig ago th1 Morning
-jSews stated. that one of the rea-'
Sons, and perhaps- the chief rea
son,' why there is complaint of
the sea -city of currenf y in the
South is that all of tle" 'Seuth's
surplus m jney is sent to the
North to pay for life and fire
insurance, interest on the bonds
of her railroads and losses i:vi
cotton futures, If the South 1
could keep the greater part of
what her products bring her
she would be 'enormously rich
within a few years.
Our attention is drawn to this
matter again by the announce
ineut that there is to be a eon-
rereiice 01 soutuern insurance
.c' i
inch in Southern Pines, N. C,
on April 28, the pAirpose of the
conference being to awaken an
interest in Southern -.in'suN
ance.
In the minds of some, the
first thought may be that the
purpose of the conference is a
selfish one that the insurance
companies of fTic . south desire
to work on the sympathies' of
the Southern people with the
view of getting control of all the
insurance business of the South.
Assuming that such is the pur
pose,'-would it not be much bet
ter for tlie south if the money
shepays out for insurance were
kept at home? It is staged, on
what appears to be reliable au
thority, that North Carolina
pays out in. insurance premiums
$2,000,000 annually, and g t
back only $1,000,000. In-.other
words, she is but $1,000,000 a
year on the single item of insur
ance. That money goes to the!
north, and helps to increase the
wealth of the people of that sec
lion. It is safe to say that the
net profit of the insuralnc busi
ness which the south does .'with
the north amounts to fully $25,
000,000 a year. This "is not
the amount of insurance money
which the south pays -the north,
but the amount which the norths
keeps. j ; .
The movement ii have tin
southern people insure in south
ern companies is a gpod one.
All the businssAvhiclrthe south
can do with her own p'.'ole
'ought to be done Vitli them.
The. south will be slow in get
ting rich if she sends all of her
surplus earnings to New York
and New England .
All the great guarantee com
panies and nearly all tlie firms
which deal in stocks and cotton
futures are in the north. These
institutions take away from the
south many millions of dollars
every year. There is no good
good reason why. such institu
tions should not be established
in the south, so that Their earn
ings would, be invested in the
south.
The reason why the rate of
interest is so much lower in
New York' and New England
than in tlie south is chiefly be
cause th.-: bulk of the currency
accumulates there, and it woitild
continue to accumulate there,
however many banks we might
have or whatever monetary sys
tem might be adopted, so long
as the north does all of our life
and fire insurance business, has
all the guarantee companies,
and does all ' the trading in
stocks and cotton futures.
What we must do is this : We
must support home institutions.
The millions of dollars which
wc send north every year iiiiist
be kept in the south and invest
ed in southern .enterprises. It
is for oiir ablest men to say how
this condition of affairs is - to be
brought about. It must be
1 "- 1
brought about, however, or we lbnseious but wan'not seriously
shall remain poo ami continue j uirt. Several peivons were in.
to complain of the scarcity of .j . )Ut JumQ KericusIy.
monv while the north will b?;1
rich and have mora money than
s.'ienows
wliat to do
Wit 11.
. 1
S a an n ati .Morn i n News.
1 monument to General h .
t .... . v . . .. .t l
Grant will be given- to 11,3 i
! Caf " "of New York city oh. April ;
j 27th when the dedication exer--
--n ia 1,1,1 ri.dit if tbe!
j cis aviU he lieid. r.igiit i tne
. . 4 ,
! Maritime power., have accepted
j the invitation to be reprec nted
i and wnl rend war vessels to
i dedicatory ceremonies. France.
ajSpaiii, and ihigland will each
have a war-ship there .
'-wV-i t vve ,
W. L Douglas $3 Shoe.
Stylish, durablt. rrfft f ttinf.
Endorsed by over i .000.000 wearers.
V. L. Douglas $150, $4X0 ni $5X0
Shoes are the productions of skilled
workmen, from the best material pos
sible at these prices. Also $250 and $2
Shoes for Men, $2.50, $2 and $1.75 Boys
We useon'ythebMtCa'f.KufRUCaKFraach
r.itont Mlf, 1- rtrncli Ennmrl, Vk-I Kt4, rc..
STidlt-d t" rorrtt pond with prlcetoftliacltots.
I . 11 ucmer ranuoi uippiy yon, wrua
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News from all farts of tub
Would.
The Oregon wool growers aro
opposed to the Dingley tariff
bill because it puts the duty on
wool too. high.
A petition from Hawaii will
bo' presented to this sessiou of
Congress asking for the annex
ation of that island to tlie United
States.
The ;. Globe Savings Bank, of
Chicago, has .su-pendnl ami
warrants have, been issued for
iw prcKident and cashier. The
University of Illinois had $823,-.
000 in this bank.
Tl.e Sotithwark Foundry and
Machine Company, of Philadel
phia, have been i.warded tho con
tract for building four engines'
for a blast furnace I. -in Russia.
The engines are to be .mammoth
in size and weigh over 1 ,130,000
pounds, says tlie Phil ddpl.ia
Record. . ,
Adna A. Treat, of Denver,
Colorado, celebrated his 100th
birthday last Friday. Ho
joined the Masonic fraternity at
Appollo Lodge, Troy, N. Y., in
1823 ard was Master in 1829.
He is probably the oldest Mason '
living to-day.
The idea that lighting will
not strike feather beds has been
exploded. One day recently at
Utica, 'New, .York, during' a
storm liglitning struck a house
run down .the chimney ' and
struck a feather led tearing it to
pieces. '
Ex-Senator Daniel W. Voor
hees, of Indiana, one of tho
Democratic leaders in the last
session of the Senate, died in
Washington, I). C, last Satur
day of heart dis?ase. Ho was
in his 71st year and began his
congressional career in 1801.
He will be buried, at his homo,
in Torre Haute, Indiana.
Hon Win. J. Bryan addressed
a large crowd last Thursday
night at the San Marco hotel in
St. Augustine Florida. At the
close of hU f-peech hundreds of
j people ilocked upon the balcony
to shake his hand and tho
weight got so heavy that a sec
tion of the. piazza broke down.
Mr. Bryan was picked up ml-
y M Rnoxvill Tennessee, last
Thursday night fire broke, out
in the Knox hotel and. pretty
soon the whole building ,was in
Haines. There were fifty-six
Deonle sleeping in tlie hotel at
tlie time and three are known to
)1;lvo M e:i hurned to death while
n, tllirtv.fivo liave been ac-
" , mi a
.. tf 1 r r Tlr flames spread
luullini ' 1
( othop lHliMings a6d burned
;i 0m1 por,ian 0f the handsom-
1 A
est business block of the city.
The los i estimated at $1,150,
000 with insurance for C00,
000. j
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