: . -MriJ. Minnie. ; Walter Myers in her
. .' "Bonjance and KcalJsnj- of the South
era) Gulf Coast," gives an account of
, one of th? last challenges .to. a duel
- .'Which occurred lu-Loulkiana. The af
laijr waa wfwevn U. Marlgnj, pvlio De
... longed to wne of the oldi-st families of
. Louisiana, and a Mr. Humble, a sturdy
' ex-blackainltti of Oorgia,, who had be
come a paan of political consequence.
marks of the Georgian and sent him a
, challenge. The big ex-blacksmith was
nonplused.
"I know "nothing about this dueling
business," he said. "I will not fight
him."
, Tou must,; said his friend. "No
gentleman, can refuse."
J-amjnotii Centieniant repijed the
honest son of Georgia. "I am only a
blacksmith."
'But you will be ruined if you ao not
light," urged his friends. "You will
tare the choice of weapons, and you
can choose so as to give yourself on
equal chance with your adversary."
The, giant asked time In which to
consider the question and ended by ac
cepting. , He sent the following reply
to M. Marlgny :
I accept, and In the exercise of my
privilege, I stipulate that the duel shall
take place In Lake Pontchnrtrain, In
Six feet of water, sledge hammers to
be used as weapons?'
M. Marlgny was about five feet, eight
Inches In height, and his adversary
,was seven feet. The conceit of the
Georgian so pleased M. Marlgny, who
could appreciate a joke as well as per
petrate one. that be declared himself
satisfied, and the duel did not take
place.
Some Qacer Definitions.
Baijey's Universal Etymological Dic
tionary, with the subtitle, "An Inter
preter of Hard Words," was first pub
lished in London in 1721. Most of its
definitions are eccentric, and some of
them incredibly so. Here are sped-
mens piucKeo, at ranaom:
Man A creature endowed with
reason.
Thunder. A noise known by nersons
not deaf.
Lightning. A meteor.
A Rainbow. A meteor of divers
colors.
Weapon Salve. A sort of ointment
which Is said to cure a wound by being
.applied, to the sword or other weapon
thai made the wound.
Balloon. A football; also a great ball
with which noblemen and princes use
to play.
CowAA. beast well known.
Mllk.A foodvell known,
Peacook.r-A flue bird.
Elephantv-The biggest. . strongest
and most Intelligent of all four footed
oeasts.
Medlar.-A fruit which' is grateful to
the stomach, but is not Vipe till it be
rotten. '
's Snow. A meteor well known . In
northerly and southerly climates, es
Specially- beyond the tropics.
; Mouth. Fart of the body of a living
. creature.
Eye. An Instrument of 'sight
4 It has been 8f ggested that suicides
were buMca tto ctt ssroaas; because it
was usual ; to r& : , cross, at ' such
places, TLose who vere excluded from
holy rites wefe iirled there as the
place next In sanctity to consecrated
ground. It was an old superstition
tha the devil danced at. crossroads
and that the erection of a cross thereat
would prevent such unseemly prac
tices. From this or some other super
stition, such as the fear that his ghost
might walk the earth, arose the cus
tom of driving a stake through the sui
cide's body.
These plausible theories have gained
many advocates but it is more likely
that burial at crossroads was Intended
as a mark of Indignity. The temples,
or rather altars, of the heathen Teu
tons were mostly at the junction of
crossroads. The place of execution
was there, and criminals were sacri
ficed to the gods; hence suicides were
buried at the crossroads to give as
strong an Impression as possible of
heathen burial Probably, too, the pub
licity of such a spot, which Insured the
fact . that a great number of pcpple
would become directly aware of the
degrading consequences of the crime,
had a good deal to do with Its selec
tion. A curious fact In this connection is
to be found in Plato's Laws (book ix.
chapter 12). The murderer of any of
his near kin, after being put to death,
was "cast out of the city, naked, in an
appointed place where three roads
meet, and let all the magistrates, In be
half of the whole state, carry each a
stone and hurl it at the head of the
dead body."
Padernrrakl tt Deceiver.
" This 4 Is how a Kansas newspaper
l man criticised Paderowsk I: '
' "We heard the Polander Paderewskl
. xAar the piano in Convention hall, Kan-
"sas City.' The fellow is deceitful Ha
makes you think all the time he Is gov
In to play a tune." but he never does;
. ' YTa 4MiW-i Mil n ? a fnno tinf-nave
touches It. His hair looks like a wig.
but it isn't. me qeceives you in a nunT
dred ways. He makes the sweetest
Bounds yon ever heard that were not a
. tune. He has his piano so trained that
the doggon thing will keep right on
playing - when bt Is not touching , It
He reaches, out slowly and strokes It
drawing back. his elbows like a man
brushing a girl's hair.": You see the
moonlight. 'rnd you're there with your
glrL but sometiow sne eioesn c love you.
You know the sorrow' of that and
J that's wny, we aant, nice raaerewsKi.
We wouldn't go to bear him again, but
We wouldn't ; take W for - what we
1 beard at Convention 'halL". r
i -. The Terne!" of Famine.,' : witf
4 The Torre della Tame, or Tower of
Famlnej was noted for, Its grewsome
history. It once stood In; Pisa,. Italy,
but there , are ; now no . traces,: of It
Count Ugollno della Ghprardscha, whom
-Dante Immortalized. , was the bead of
the Guelpbs." and Iwatfse of his tyran-
ny and accredited attempts to place
his country In bondage he was antog
onized and finally conquered by the
chief of the Ghibellinetr, who Imprison
ed him. with his two sons and two
grandsons. .In. this tower, the slow
method of starvation being employed
as the manner of their death. The
door of the tower, was locked and the
keys thrown Into the Arno.
Among the tens of thousands who
have used Chnibrl win's Cough Remedy
lor colda RDd l trrippe during the past
tovr vpiirs. to nnr t mm lrtlirp. not & n;n-
p-le case bun ru!u1 in pnnraonia. Thos.
WhitSeld Co., 210 Wabash avenue,
CLieasfO, on of the mont prominent re
tail dru2i"tt in that city, in ppeaking
of this, gav: ''We rvcornmnd CbaTjaber
lain's Con'uh Vwmy fr 1a grippe ia
many ci'vh, a it not only tnvea prompt
and coir; Vt- rwovr?, but alr-o counter
acta any ttnien'-.v of Itripix torfn!t in
fneun- nia." For sale by J. E. Hood,
Conscience. tle Coward.
Murderers uncaught suffer awful
agonies of fear when alone with their
consciences, but when apprehended,
tried, convicted; sentenced and Incar
cerated they become, callous to fear.
Jailers tell me this is the general rule.
iThere is an acquitted murderer in this
city, once a leading politician, 'whp has
not been able to sleep alone In a dark
room these 29 years. A light must be
kept burning and an attendant Is con
stantly on guard. A Wall street bro
ker, who has "done" every one of his
Siost faithful friends, dares not go to
ed In the dark. He keeps a light
burning in his room and one in the
IhalL leaving the door open. In the
small hours of the morning he awak
ens his family, with pitiful cries. The
city man who is not afraid of the dark
est alleys, who will brave thugs and
stable gangs at any hour of the. night
lis in a panic, when alone In a forest
New York Press.
f!iiri(cL
STnF,'o::ii
TIIE STOMACC1
Will CJosQut 'j l :
; - My Stock of ;'
Shoes and Hots
AT COST
to make room for more Groceries.
Feeding tt people "is my busi
ness I'te been at it for 20 years
and still keep cp the game.
Call and get your winter Shoes
and Ilats at cost before they are
all sold. '-
- f
Respectfully,
W." A. LaHOQUE,
KINS TON, N. C
u, -s. ...i
.i .1
iTo the Public:!
We,' the undersigned, arcnow
ready and well eqnipped with intf,"
and fixtures and abundant forestl
and wish all purchasers of lumber
to give us a pall before buying else
where,, Fully thanking you all
for past favors, we solicit a contin
uance of the same. Terms, strictly
cash.
Z. EDWARDS & SON,
KINSTON.N.C
CXXXXXX)CXXOOOOOOCXXXXXXXX)0
RHEUMACIDE
I rapidly Uking the plac of all
other knows remedies at a rhtu
matic cure, Uxatire, tonic and
blood purifier. The reaion i
plain, tor it
CURES
There U no better time to treat
rheumatism than during; the fall
month. Core yourself before the
rigore of winter are felt. RH EU
MACIDE cotu but $i per bottle.
Sold by all Druggist. Secure it
and cur your
RHEUMATISM.
Sold by J. E. Hood.
OOOOCX)00(XOOOOOOOOOOOOCX)00
mnieF anil lialier.
Will give competent service to all so
unfortunate as to need; such service.
Tast simolTsrive me notice and all de
tails will be attended to.
Caskets of all qualities carried in stock,
and by patronising my establishment
you will get competent services at as
low p ices as from anyone.
I respectfully solicit a con tin oanc of
the patronage of the people in this sec
tion. Very truly,
GEO. B.WEBB
KINSTON, K. C.
Residence Phone No. 63. Shop Phone
No. 59-
You Sour, Cross-Grained
J list Received;
T
Stop looking so ugly and
feeling so badly. Get
a bottle of
PepsioAbvi
Get well and decent
once more. Ypu old
played-out old man,
take it andfeel young
again..
PEPSINAGOGUEf is
made by
D$. H- O. HVflTT,
t , 1, ' '
And sold by all up-to-date ;
Drug Stores,;
FOR THE :CURE
OB ALL':
Coughs, Golds,
X;
Incip
ent Cons
Dili
1
. t:o t.ee:;DY Ecns
DR. OTTO'S
Spruce
GumBalsam
A sir j!e dose will relieve suffering and its
reralar use will effect a permanentcure.
Sold ia Xinstca by J. E. HOOD.
Ra8pbrra preserves,
Preserved ;
Strawberries,
Damson Preserves,
Apple Butter and
Mince Meat.
T. P. ASHFORD.
OYSTBHS
Served
In Any Style
Over T. B. BROWN'S SALOON.
Come Up! We will treat
you right:
NEW
111
I! have secured the aeencv ia
this section for several strong fire
insurance companies, and am pre
pared o write insurance on all
classes 01 town ana country prop
ertv.
'Office in Cox & Co.'s store with
S. H. Abbott.
Samuel Abbott,
KlNSTON, N. C.
and HQldpessinq PqHoi"
Under Hotel Tull.
Easy Shaves and Artistic Haircuts.
Competent Assistants.
Clean Towels.
Children's Hair Cutting a Specialty.
B9-A TRIAL SOLICITED.
J. E. PHYSIOC
It Here to Stay I
I have prepared myself for it. I hat
lost received a fall line of Foreign and
Domestic Samples of Woolens ranging
from $15.00 np to $45-oo, a suit. I am
not trying to compete with ready-made
goods I promise to give yon a first-class
Merchant Tailor's Suit as good as yo
can have made in any firsbclass Mer
chant Tailoring establishment any
where, and for as little money. You
will find that I deal straight and fair,
and always look to the interest and taste
of tny customers, t i-.
taJHHaveJust employed v first-clsaa
coat-maker.
J. E. PHYSIOC.
WILMISGTOS AID WELDO! RAILE01P.
OHDXN8KD BCHXDULB.
TRAINS QOau bOOTE
DATED
Juij sad, 1900.1
GRAPHOPHOH
..FOR..
aockwofk
MotoA.
HKlwalsss
Visible.
Durable Co
tractio.'
(no bother, much fun
: AJ tM Wonders shsI Ptoaaww of
I . HJab-PrlcMi TalkiM Mackis.
I Vtbea accompanied "by a Recorderttla
iijrapnopnone can oe mcu w mun-v cvjiub
1.- ir-itK Dai-nrHar. Sf .iuY Kpnroduces al
the standard Kecoras. : Band orttr ant moneyi
n our nearest otiic. ' , . . I
COLUMCIA PHONOGRAPH CO. Dept. 30J
-VVW vnt ...!. Ktmlnv.
CHICAGO, & Wabd Aw
ST. IXms, M071 on st. :
WASHINGTON, 019 KmnybmBU Am
PHILADELPHIA, 103s Chestnut St,
BALTIMORE, im & Saltiiaor St.
yjlVANClSCO. tf Geaiy St.
XjOKDON.
.paki.
BESIZH..
Call To,Dav!
There is no. better
time, than now to
, drop in and select
v a beautiful .
Dress Shirt.
Our line contains -.
a number 01 beau- :
tifiij designs or ;
bid men, young
men and boys. !.
Give Us a Call
We47ill; treat you
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Weldon 8:58 p. m., Halifax 1:17 p. m., arrives
SooUand Nook at 6:08 p. m., Greanvlllas 1 p.
nu, KiaBtoa 7p. m. 1 Hetorninf leaves nms
ton MW a. m. flreenvUla 8:6ilaT m.,amvtof
Halifax at 11:18, a.m.. Weldon ll:88a, an., tatty
except Sonday. ,-o a '
- - h.m. jEMARBon.eea' pass. Asren
J . B KKNLT, Gen'l Manager. . ,
T . BMaBBON.TraffloManairer
AUantic & N. C. Kallroad
TIMB TABLB No. 18.
November', tgoo.
BA8TBOUND TRAIN A.
BTATI0N8.
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Beat's..
LaGranga
Palilag-Creek ...... ,..
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CasweU ..... .
Dover.
Core Creek..
Tuscarora...
Olarkvs
Newborn.... ....
Croat&n .. ..............
Havelock. ...... ...........
Newport ...
Wiluwood
Atlantlo
Morehead City
Moreaead Depot ............
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STATIONS
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B. A. NEWLANtT. Master Transu'llia.
J. C. LEWIS. Ciiiel Dlspatcter.