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THE PINE KNOT. PullUud Every' Saturday Morning at Scnifceia Fhies, Mccre Co., H. C. B, A. GOODRIDGU, - Editor. FACTS FOIi THE CURIOUS. TERMS' : S I .OO per Year in Advance Single Copies 5 cents. Advertising Rates prcmptly furnished upon application. ; Job Printing of every description done with neatness and despatch, and n leasonable terms. Correspondence on all topics of general interest invited. Write only on one tide of the paper; be brief and to the point. Sign your came and state whether you wish it published or not. Entered at the Foitoffi.ee at Southern Pine JV. C. as second-class matter. The annual losses by fire in the United States amount to $120,000,000, and the consumption of cigars, cigarettes and smoking tobacco amounts to $200,000, -000. Total destruction by fire, $320,000,-000. The Minneapolis Tribune tells of a new feature in Baptist merrymakings: The young men distinguished themselves by the preparation of a supper at the church parlors', including ices, ice cream and charlotte russe. It was incumbent upon each young man to malce with his own hands cake, and as a result nearly thirty specimens of these culinary tri umphs were set cut before the throng in attendance. They were in all shapes and sizes, and some of them were tear stained and bore evidence of many weary hours of deep thought and anxiety. " The men danced attendance as waiters at the tables and wore colors corresponding orange-yellow, pink and blue. The latest' Mlions' of Paris are nine negro chiefs with unpronounceable names. They have been brought from the African coast by an enterprising contractor. The object is to show them the sights of the French capital, and , then to get them to sign an agreement With M. d3 Lesseps to engage their tribes to work on the Pana ma Canal. - They are all horribly tat-J tooed jmd wear ivory bracelets. They apeak English. Some of the friends of the Panama Canal, by the way, fear thai it will go to meet the ghost "of Captain Ead's ship railway. Already over $300, 000,000 has been expended on this gor geous ditch,and a very despondent critic writes that before it is finished it 'will cost France - as much as the Franco Prussian war. 'Hawkers and peddlers were firs licensed in England in lGiiS. The founder of the Grand Army of the Republic was General Stevenson, of Iili-, hois. " On twelve bells, a current writer on the subject calculates, there can be rung 407, 001,000 changes. - - Slavery Once existed in Nebraska. The first official census, taken in 1S54, showed a return of thirteen slaves. The first Methodist Bishop in the United States was Thomas Coke, sent over bv Wesley and arriving in New York in 1748. . . " '- ; In March, 1G24, Edward Winslow, re turning from England,brought with him a few cattle, the first to be introduced into England. - . Clearing-houses were established in the United States about 1853 for the con venience and economy of banking insti tutions in large cities. ; The great wall of China is said to have been erected about 300 B. C. In 1879 it was reported to be 1, 728 miles long, eighteen feet wide, fifteen feet thick at the top. ,! In the Middle Ages the giving of a glove was a ceremony of investiture in bestowing land3 and dignities. In Eng land, in the rein of Edward II., the dis pensation of gloves was a ceremony of degradation. . ' A singular bet is reported from Belzig, Prussia, where a hotel-keeper has engaged to copy within two years the whole text of the Bible, punctuation and all, without a single mistake, in consideration of the sum of 2,000 marks. The conditions of the bet are drawn up in legal form before a notary. John Finley, an Indian trader, was the first white man to cross the mountains west of North Carolina and enter Ken tucky. This was in 1707, and it was the glowing account given by him on his return that induced Daniel Boone and four others to accompany him on a trip of exploration. What is known in history as the Field of the Cloth of Gold is a plain near Calais in France, on which Henry VIII. of England met Francis I. of France in 1520. The magnificent display made by the nobility of both kingdoms upon that occasion gave to the place of meeting the name associated with it in history. The great seal of the United States, at present in use, was adopted by Congress June 30, 17S2. The device was submit ted to Congress by Charles Thomson,then Secretary of that body, and was largely suggested by the eminent English anti- The New York Times savs that the dc luded persons who have been led to be lieve that a fortune of $75,000,000 awaits in England the pleasure of the Sands family in this country may be interested in a letter sent by Mr. Henry White, Sec retary of the Tjnited States Legation in London, to Mrs. Sarah M.' Caswell, of Aurora, 111., one of the "heirs," who had taken the pi .caution to ask him for in formation. Secretary White says: ."I beg to inform you that there is no such 'estate' as the one you mention; Vast numbers of people in our country are de ceived and defrauded by designing per sons, who represent that great estates are awaiting American claimants here, where as, there are none such. One of these rascals has recently been sentenced to five years' penal servitude for robbing Americans in this way." This, the Timts adds, should be conclusive as to the ex istence of the great Sands or Sandys es tate in England. It docs not, however, prove that there is no such estate in the moon, but the "heirs", will not , care to retain lawyers for the ''prosecution of claims in that luminary. : quary, Sir John Priestwich, to John Adams. The motto: 4 'E Pluribus Unum," is said to have been suggested by its ap pearance on the title-page of the London Gentleman'1 s Magazine. . English and American Hands. Mrs. John Sherwood says that the American hand is smaller than the Eng lish hand, but the nails are not as handr some. "The English nails are almost universally rosy and shell-like, and cut to a rounded, slightly tapering point, kept always scrupulously clean. The skin at the base is pushed back to show the onyx, a little White half -moon. This onyx is carefully cultivated and polished by the Creoles of New Orleans, to show that they have no ?black blood in their veins No matter hovv fair the complexion, the valuable insignia of pure blood is Want ing to the octoroon if the onyx is clouded. With persons who employ a manicure the onyx develops every day more and more. With those who are careless of this pre cious gem of a beautiful hand, the onyx is sometimes completely hidden." Tommy Knew. Mother "Tommy, how are you com ing on at school i" , Tommy- "First rate, ma." Mother "Mention the names of some of the domestic animals." Tommy "The horse, the dog, the pi--' ' ' : v Mother - ''Mention some more, i Tommy."' Tommy "The goose, the hen, and the duck." ;'" V Mother "Yes," I was thinking of four- ! ler2red animals. What animal is that which lives mostly in the house, but which often makes a dreadful noise so that people cannot sleep " Tommy "Four-legged animal?" Mother "Yes." Tommy "Don't let people sleep?" . Mother "Yes." Tommy (triumphantly) "The piano." Texas Sijlmgh BRITTON HOUSE, CAMEJ0N. N. C. ' MOSES BRITTON, Prop'r. ' :::o::: ! A new brick building, newly furnished. Unsurpassed aceon modations. General livery m connection. Also a daily HACK FROM CAMERON T8 CARTHAGE 23t4l : . -A- t YMGI10I fl BOUSE. RALEIGH, N. C. Bates, 82.50 to 83.00 per Day Special Kates by the Week or Month. j R. B. RANEY, Proprietor, TMDKW BRIGGS BUILDING, RALEIGH, N. C. HARDWARE, Wagon and Buggy Material, Stoves and Tinware, Paints, Oils , Glass, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Lime, Cement, Builder's Supplies. GUNS and PISTOLS. First-class Loaded Shells for breech loading guns, 2 cents eajDh. SPO RT 1 N C GOODS- Best "Goods, Lowest 13t39 rices, Square Dealing. SEND IOUR OPDEBS FOR Books and Stationery TO ALFRED WILLIAMS & CO, Booksellers and Stationers, BALE IG II, TV. C. '.t30 - : ' -V : ; " EDWARD J HARDIN, No.' 210 Fayetteville St. RALEIGH, N- C . Offers at all times a full and complete stock of Groceries and Provisioiis of every description, suited to the wants of a first-class family trade. All goods thoroughly guaranteed as to quality, and sold at lowest possible prices. : fute ; teas:and:coffees. Flour, Sugars, Meats, Choice Butter, Preserves and Jellies, Pickles, Sauces, Spices, Soaps - and Starches, Canned foods and everything else in the way f table supplies. jj Orders for goods by Express or Freight carefully filled. em E. J. HARDIN. W. H. WETHDRB & CO. RALE I GH, N. C. Factory Cor. Harget and Salisbury Sts. HISTORICAL. The summit of Mont Blanc was first reached by; Sanssure, Aug. 2, 1787. ' The laws of Massachusetts were first collected, codified and printed in 1648. The public records in England be gan to be regularly preserved in 1100, by order of Henry I. 1 The firstj copyright bill passed by Congress in the interest of American authors became a law in 1790. jj What is ; now Annapolis, ! Md., was; originally named Ann Arundel Town. The present name dates from J.G95. The invention of pumps is! ascribed to D an an s, at Linden, 1485, but they were in use in England fifty years be fore. ' ' - .1 .: Mirrors in ancient times rere but burnished metals. Mirrors or looking glasses were n:ade in Venice, A. D. 1300, and in England; 1673. j The nickname of John Bull, given to Englishmen, is said to have been de-, rived from Dr. Arbuthnot's satire, "John Bull," published in 1712. Needles originally came from Spain. The method of making theni was in- trodu ed into England by as German named Cowes, Elizabeth. during the reign of The micrometer, an astronomical in strument used to measure minor dis tances and objects in the heavens, was invented by "William Gasgoir.e, who.was killed at the battle of iiarston Moor, July 2, 1G44. The establishment of county courts in America dates back to Itfsl, when they were created in Yirgin'a the num ber of settlements and distance between the same making it inconvenient to transact all the business of the colony at Jamestown. r ! Up to Jmxe 1 there lied bec-a r&leemed near iy "7,000,000 trade dollars, which is the Fom estimatel by the mint director a3 the probable rna!ximum of these coin3 ouLstand inz. After September 1 no more trade dol lars can be redeemed under the e dstin law -MASUFACTCEEKS OF Hand Sewed Gaiters, BUTTON, CONGRESS AND LACE. Made to order, of the best material, . short notice. AVe also manufacture a full line of Pegged and at ST ANDAR D SCREW SH 0 E S Our r Northern friends at Southern Pines can have their shoes made to order at very reasonable prices. Every pair will give satisfaction. Prices .for Men's Sewed Shoes, S3.0O to SG.OO: LIME PHOSPHATE Is a North Caxolina Home Made Fertilizer. The rock is mired near AVilminton and ground at Raleigh. It contains over sixty yer cent, of Carbonate of Ijuie (Agricultural Lime) ; badly needed on every farm and ten or twelve per cent, of Phosphate of Lime (Phosphoric Acid) and a small per cent, of Pntnchhnth standard articles;; analysis by the State Chemist. It is i "THE BICHEST MAEL IN THE W0ELD ' , SoW for less than half the price cf fertilizers made with Sulphuric acid. Write for circulars, h : . j m compost pr alone. EVERY FARMER who has given it a trial has sent a larger order. Ask vour . merclmnJ. fr.r it rr order dir.-rt nf thn N. 2U33 C PHOSPHATE COMPANY, BALEIGH, N. C,
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