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me Fuse LIGHTED FOR THE ILLUMINATION OF TAR HEELS, BOTH NATIVE AND ADOPTED. VOL. I. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1 887. NO. 28. THE PINE KNOT. Lighted for the illumination of all. Of special interest to NORTHERN PEOPLE who seek a home in the South It has some thnf to gay, and isn't afraid to tay it.. Eight Pages, Published Weekly. The Wilmington Star make the start ling statement that Noah Webster was a humVug on spelling. Show us good proof, brother Kingsbury, or else hide thy diminished twinkle. Your Attention The North Carolina teacher is, as usual, a welcome visitor. This time it ns aocompanied by the announcement of the fourth annual session of The Teacher's Assembly, which is to be held at Morehead City from June 14 to 29, 1887. It is printed in artistic pamphlet form and presents a most at tractive program for the meeting as well as much valuable information relative to the history and workings of is called to the interesting fact that The Pine Knot pleasure to extend to you this courtesy, and I trust that you will accept it with no thpught of I being laid under any obligation thereby. Yon were one of the first to open the eyes of the com munity to the great benefit to be de rived from the building of a railroad through this section of country. It was I very largely through the influence of youi able newspaper that this road was finally built and equipped. You are doing the public good continually and thus indirectly the railroad. You publish our time table for the benefit of your patrons, but at the same time it is an important service to us. i You ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT. SOME REMARKABLE INFORMATION PRE SENTED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS. The Alaginnies are mountains in Philadelphia. The Rocky mountains are on the western side of Philadelphia. , The first conscientious congress met in Philadelphia. There are a good many donkey! in theological gardens. A- verb is something to eat. A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle. The principal produets of the United States is earthquakes and volcanoes. . ill ' i i . : t niuu auu iu us in lurmsann wavt vrninn aro fh WnwitSA- ti. i . i weather only v.6wuit,wnuu. iucih portraits v . - . n v. j perfectly legitimate, and we assure you ul u me presidents or the ssmh v , , J i mar. such adorning the front page and various ; hi h characteiT that 111.. A it J! il t ! i , . ' 1 I ' ui usu al ions 01 me aengnts to be ex perienced at Morehead City scattered here and there through the book. Teachers eertainly ought to avail themselves of this opportunity to gain rest and recreation and at the same a few days. In Austria the principal occupation your j j, gathering Austrieh feathers. Ireland is called the Emmigrant Island because it is so beautiful and green. - The imports of a country are the I things that -are paid for, the exports'. are the things that are not Queen Isabella, of Spain, sold her veaches more people who are desirous f buying J, Manufacturing and Mining Propertiet LAND, LUMBER, ;'. HARDWARE, HOUSE FURNISH INGS &C. &C. I tJian any paper in North Carolina. 13ooo COPIES is our appreciation of we would never offer you any favor that could for a moment be considered in the light of a bribe. We shall, my dear sir, expect your criticisms in the future as we hare had them in the past, and though thev make usiwince we shall bphVv watch and chain and other Vnillinr"v sn time mental and social broadening and ! that they ehlanate from an honest j that Columbus could discover America. hum. Th AUmA a The Indians pursued their warfare obligations to you than you ca n be to ; the railroad.5 The virtuous editor has been adver- . . " 1 . tismg lotteries a good deal since he re ceived his last annual pass and now with a deeply pained expression he draws forth a pocket book well filled j with green backs, which he has receiv ed in payment! for the last quarter's advertising of various lottery swindles, gift enterprises, &c., and says: "Mr. Short Haul, I km surprised that 'you Some of the more virtuous of the snoul(i do suc a tninff as this. Do to ' you think that! a man of my standing would deign to accept a pass over your road T Here, i sir, is the price of a deepening, fcveiything, it seems to us, that a thoughtful and considerate executive committee could do has been done for the comfort of teachers who attend, as well as to save them ex pense. Low rates by rail and at the hotels have been secured Special facilities for visiting points of interest have been provided, and most impor tant of all, the intellectual feast is to be ! provided by the very best talent the State can furnish. HE PAYS HIS F ARE. editorial brethren (some of those whom the Louisiana Lottery advertise ments were never offered) are extreme- lv irlppfiil nn acr.onntVif flip, an.t nf thf ' I T . , . . ., ... thousand mile-ticket. I would have Legislature prohibiting newspapers from advertising lotteries. We take yu know, sir, . that I pay for what I leave to call the attention of these get from the railroad or any other brethren to some other recent legisla- , source." " J . tion, to wit: the passage by Congress J Exit General Manager Short Haul, of the Inter-State Commerce bill, , .- 1 . ... . . . ... , .. endeavoring to classify this virtuous which contains a provision breaking l , up the dead head pass business. There editor' He muses thus: "No more are some of us who have heretofore j passes to him I always did consider taken the money we got for advertis- j the editor an overworked chap who de ing the lottery and paid our railroad serves all the favors he cam get on ac fare with it like little men, while the j coullt cf his uoine so much that he virtuous brethren drew their compn direct to Northern people who are in tending to come South. Subscribe Now! Only $1.00. Advertise Now! Loiu Rales. mentary paste-boards on the conduc tors and thanked God that they were not as other men. Statesville Land mark. It is many a day sinee we have seen never gets paid for, but I see that idea won't work.. He gets all the money he wants from advertising lotteries and feels mightily independent. Now there's Bloat, who sells bad whiskey anything that goes beyond the above and makes more money than he can for sweet and crushing simplicity. What an affecting scene is brought up spend. He doesn't want any favor from the railroads either. One peddles before the mind's eye t The general j whiskey and theother peddlei lottery manager of the Slow & Sure R. R. ten- j schemes. I guess one doe about as of the mouth and extends to the his road, saying "It gives me great ify them together henceforth." by hiding in the bushos and then scalping them. The Puritans found an insane asylum in th wildn of Amprina Gorilla warfare was where men rode on gorrillas. Alfred the Great reignod 872 years. He was distinguished for letting some buckwheat cakes burn and the lady colded him. Lord James Gordon Bennett inst gated the Gordon riots. The midle ages comes in betweea antiquity and posterity. Luther introduced Christianity'into England a good many thousand yeart ago. His birthday was November, 1883. He was once a Toh H 1i-vpd at th time of the rebellion of worms. Socrates destroyed some statues and had to drink shamrdek. "Bracebridge Hall" was waitten by Henry Irving. Shakespeare translanted the scrip tures and it was called St. James be cause he did it. Chaucer was succeeded by H. )Vads Longfellow, an American writer? His writings were chiefly prose and nearly one hundred years elapsed. A sort of sadness kind of shone in Bryant's poems. Holmes is a very profitable and amusing writer. The constitution of the United States is that part of the book at the other end that nobody reads. Congress is divided into civilized, half civilized and savage. The stomach is a small pear-shaped bone situated in the body. , We have an upper and lower skin. The lower skin moves all the time and the upper skin moves when we do. The growth of & tooth begins in tho stomach. Century Magazine. i
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