THE DAILY FME PBES3.;
W. g. HERBERT. Editor and; Pop'r.
n i .7J m ii hi n iiii-.ii g.i i ifl-
Entered at P. O. m secona olm inul matter.
A CURIOSITY. OF.. ALASKA,
Continued reports of prosperity in
Mexico appear. That country la highly
prosperous is prospering at a greater
rate tban ever before. Mexico is on a
silrer basis.
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It is in the power of ' the southern
farmer to keep the price of cotton up or
to put. it down. Reasonable acreage
will do the former and an brer-acreage
will do the latter. Which do the farmers
prefer? Atlanta Journal, Dem,
The Progressive Farmer has begun Its-i
15th volume. It changed editors about
seven ' months ago, ' Mr. Clarence Coe
taking charge and states that it has
added a considerable number of new
subscribers since the change The. Pro
gressive Farmer is an interesting paper
and is neatly printed
If the farmers cannot make the trusts
pay higher prices for their products, they
can even matters considerably by rais
ing their supplies and buying less from
the trusts for which they have to pay
high prices, ; There are ) many ways of
fighting trusts other than by , adopting
high sounding resolutions drafted by
; some politician. Durham Herald.
The Republican senate financiers . are i
at their old tricks;; They added to the
t financial bill a section which ; favors i
bimetallism, provided that the same can
be secured by concurrent international
agreement at a ratio which shall insure j
the permanence' of the relative value
between gold and silver. Two impossi
ble conditions! The senatorial grand-
mothers are playing politics again. i
Philadelphia Record.
Wai Queen tStmm Handaoinef
Sir Horace Walpole's description of
the maiden queen; drawn from her
portraits and from contemporary ac-
, counts, is not a very attractive one.
A pale Roman nose, a head of hair
loaded wlth crowns and powdered with
diamonds, a vast ruff, a vaster farthin
gale and a bushel of oearls are." he
. says, "the features By which every
body knows at a glance the pictures
of Queen Elizabeth.'
But notwithstanding that she did not
' care for art and that, knowing her
lack of It, sbe affected to despise bodl
ly comeliness, still she loved to multi
ply portraits of herself. In them she
could appear really handsome." , Yet
If she has been flattered in the exist
ins likenesses of her she must have
been not merely plain, but a remark
ably ugly woman. Perhaps the truth
ts that wltli the most courtly Inten
"tlon3 the painters of the time did not
know , how to prevaricate.
"The tiuren." my a foreign observer.
"Is fair, but wrinkled.' Her nose Is a
little hooked, her lips thin and bur
teeth 'black. She wore false hair and
that red. , Iter bosom was uncovered,
as all the English ladles have It until
thcy many." That the painters flat
teted her In some degree we must iufer
. from, that fact that she was fond of
sitting to them, .though she could net
bear the siht of a mirror, which so
enraged her that her attendants were
obliged to lilOt theirs when Bhe was
present.- Art Amateur:
Beaches Formed by Prlf two4 From
;." .-. All (Ovr th World. v
. One of the greatest curiosities noted
by travelers In Alaska Is the wonderfu
haven of driftwood on the coast be
tween Yakatag ' and ' Kyak . Islands,
some 1.200 or 1,600 miles . northeast
from Seattle, The constant deposit
of logs and driftwood In this particular
spot, which has been going on for bun
tireds, perbqps thousands, of years. Is
due to the phenomena of the tides, the
Pacific gulf stream. ; the f mysterious
ocean currents and the peculiar forma
tion of the shore lines at that point.
Loes and timbers are readily ldentl
fled there as baring come from 'Japan.
China, India and other parts of Asia,
as Well as from California. Washing
ton and other parts of the American
continent.4 There "are fine logs of the
camphor tree, the mahogany, the red
wood and the pine In this driftage.
Some of those from the state of Wash
Ington contain the names of the men
who felled the trees and t of the saw
mills for which they were destined,
but never reached. ( Logs eight feet in
diameter, are in this novel woodyard,
and some entire trees 150 feet long are
there, uplifted by the roots, cast Into
the sea by some terrible tempest and
sent floating round the world. Other
persons on the beach descry big trees
floating' shoreward. ; with fantastic
roots above the waves like some sea
monster. One beach after another has
been formed by the floating timbers.
and a. little distance back from the
shore the deposits nre so old that the
wood In some places' Is petrified, while
a little. deeper In the earth it has turn
ed into coal. The newer logs are with
out bark and as bard as stone, due, It
Is thought, to their long immersion in
salt water. They have all taken on a
whitish appearance. - In places ' the
timbers are piled 20 feet high; at other
points they rise to a height of only
four or five feet.
Under this wonderful beach are "found
large quantities of dark, ruby sand.
rich In fine, particles of gold, for the i
separation of which no successful proc
ess has yet been discovered. Chicago
Tlmes-IIerald.
You Will Find.
v ,t?I OIJB STORE a fair line of
Staple Dtjfv Goods and Groceries.
We pay cah our. goods and get
them at bottom prices, Mnd will sell' as
close as any merchant doing a square and
honest bains.
We - Solicit Both Town
and Country -Trade.
. We keep it, f re iMivtr y waitou on our
Mtrct for 'tbettODVfnlnc or our i town
trude, and h fr lf nud xtablee for oor
conn try ;ustfm'r.y i ome to see n.
Ynqr- very truly , v
VM. ALEX LaUOQtW
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a - KINSTON, N. C
Office near Court House. ,
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W. T. parrott, Ph:o:.M:
Physician and Surgeon
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It will give you an intellectua
-Located , it l Tit.- fas. M,
A ol Kim?, , , -
In olden tlmea, when European kins
were as plentiful as Kentucky colonels
nre today. It was not an exceptlona
occurreuc-e for n king to disappear and
never been heard of again. In ancient
times. : however, the people have been
more careful of their kings.1
So when King Sebastian of Portuga
disappeared in battle July 20, 1578,
while ngntlug the Moors at Alcazar,
there was great, commotion. The Moors
surrendered to the Portuguese a body
snld to be that of the king, but it was
rumored tbat the Moors had the king
alive In custody. ' 1 ,
The surrendered body was buried
with royal honors at Helem. but the
faithful Portuguese persisted In wait
ing for the return of their king. Long
after he would have died In' the course
of nature his country men ? iouglngly
awaited his coming." "' 1 "
Even up to this lay the legend of the
return of King Sebastian is believed by
many, and on stormy nights credulous
Portuguese citizens will, wrap their
clonks about them and go outside and
watch the storm, thinking that the
king may appear in a cloud of fire
again to rule.
An Aretle Hotel."
The most northern hotel in the world
Is on h& inhospitable shore of Advent
bay, where it washes the west coast of
Spitsbergen.- ; Tourist hy then (Tourist
hotel) Is the name of the remote estab
lishment. Its teason is necessarily short,
extending from July 10 to Aug. 18, but
it gives a hearty welcome to the few
venturesome travelers who have the te
merity to seek its shelter. It has accom
modations for 80 guests. It is announc
ed that the increase of travel to the gate
01 the arctic regions has made the es
tablishment CI a postoffice in the hotel
a necessary feature, The hotel is in an
approximate latitude of 78 degrees 15
xninutcs.or 500 miles farther north than
Ilammerf est. Probably a better Idea of
its situation may bo gained from the
statement that the late quarters of the
Jackson -Harms worth expedition in
Franz-Josef Land were hardly ; more
than ISO miles nearer the pole. The
building naturally is unpretentious in
eppearance, being only 1 6toriea high,
with a diminutivo porch at the front.
As a matter cf course it is built of
trood. New York Tribune,
When Women Played Cricket. -
The following is from an article In
the London General Advertiser of 1747
On Monday last in playing the Wo
men's Cricket - Match the 7 Company
broke in. so that it was impossible for
the game to be play 'd out; and some of
them being very much frightened, and
others hurt it could not be flnish'd till
his 1 Morning, when at Nine o'clock
they will finish the same, hoping: the
Company will be so kind as to indulge
them in not walking within the Hlng,
which will not only be a great Pleas
ure to them, but a general Satisfaction
to the Whole. All Gentlemen and La
dles that have paid to see this Match
on Monday shall have the' Liberty of
the Ground to see it finish , without
any other charge. And in te After
noon they will play a Second Match.
in the same Place, several large Sums
being depending between the Women
Of the Hills of Sussex, In Orange Col
our'- Ribbons, and those of the Dales.
in Blue. The Wickets to be pitch 'd by
One o'clock; and to begin Play bv
Two." ' -; - ""
The Truly Eappy.
Of course the only truly happy man
is the man who devotes his life to do
ing good for others," said the corn fed
philosopher. "That is the only occupa
tion a man can engage In In which peo
ple will let him have his own way."
v. Indianapolis Journal. ; . -
eyes
classes.
look, and then how nice it will be to be II.' K. SHAW,
able to recognize friends across the
street: and by returning their bow ex
plode the idea tbat we Are of a haughty
and unktna nature.
If we tit your glasses, you will have
no trouble wltn tneni or . witn your
eyes, we would be pleased to have you House Kinsto, N. C.
vice.
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