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THE PINE KNOT. Published Every Saturday - Kerning at Southern PLies, Mn Co., N. C. B, A. GOODRIDGE, - Editor. S I .OO per Year in Advance Single Copies 5 cents. Advertising Eates promptly furnished j upon application. Job Printing of every description done with neatness and despatch, and 1 on leasonable terras. Correspondence on all topics of general interest invited, Write only on one fcide of the paper; be brief and to the point. Sign your name and state whether you wish it published or not. Entered at the Postoffice at' Southern Pines JV. C. as second-class matter. This is the season of drowning aceir dents, and numerous cases are beiner re ported every day; But boys will go swimming and boating in warm weather, and the most that can be done is to im press upon them the necessity of the ut most carefulness while about the water. The oldest man in the world is said to be James James, who resides at Santa Rosa, Mexico. He is 135 years old. He was born near Dorchester, South Caro lina, in 1752. It is asserted that he was one of the laborers at Fort Moultrie dur ing the unsuccessful attack by the British fleet in 1776. If this is true he was then 24 years old. It is estimated that there are 3,000,000 working women in England, about one half of whom are in domestic employ ment. Further, that half the working class families of the land are maintained by the work of women's hands, at ridicu ' lously low wages. The British WceMi suggests that jubilee year is a good time to rnake'some efforts looking to a better ment of their condition. A $l,200-clerk in the Surgeon-Gen eralV office, War Department, has beer dismissed under peculiar circumstances. In order to make a little extra money he hired a post-office box, and issued to dis tant points a circular offering to securt government employment for those desir ing it for a consideration. In answer tc inquiries he fixed the price at $10, and appearances indicated that he -wo'ulc have done a thriving business, but for ar investifiatlnn by post-office officers. Th( facts Were report 3d to the Secretary o War, who ordered the clerk's summan dismissal. He protested that he intended no offence, as his plan was simply to for ward, in answer to remittances, copies o: the civil service rules. Evidence continues to pour in snowinc that whoever made the statement thai Mrs. Iangtry. was the first alien womac to become a citizen of this country was quite far from the facts. Judge Thomas Moran, of Chicago, the Associate Jus tice of the Appellate Court, .says that his mother, a native of Ireland and subject of Great Britain, took out papers and be came a naturalized citizen of Xew York State as far back as 183G or 1S37. ; He says that prior to the adoption of the Re vised Statutes, about 1830, an alien could not inherit or hold title to land in New York. "My mother," he said, "came here as a child, and her father acquired property in ..New York. It was probably to enable her to retain her right and title on this that she became naturalized. Very likely many other ladies in a similar positiw in the original States and col onies did the very same thing; so-1 im igine the occurrence i$ much less rare than the papers think. -Until the Legis latures of the different States changed he law it had to be done' Icebergs are at present numerous in the path of European steamers, according to the reports sent the Hydrographic Office from the captains of various vessels. Since June 3 there have been sighted as many .as thirty-three bergs. Captain Bakker of the Dutch steamer Scholter saw . one 300 feet high, at a distance of seven teen miles, and passed within a mile and a half of it. Captain Brockelman of the Adolf saw one 210 feet high, with two others 100 feet high, on succeeding days. Captain Campbell of the English ship St, Rovans saw a berg two miles long and 200 feet high on the IGth in latitude forty four degrees, longitude forty-eight de grees. . Fourteen apparently new derelict? are reported this month. This is the age of paper, and the West cm Manufacturer suggests that an exhibi tion of paper objects and manufacturer would fittingly commemorate the bi-cen tenary of the first paper mill in this coun try, next year, to be held at Philadelphia, the birthplace of the trade. Paper is the receptacle and disseminator of science, the products of art and literature, the great means of keeping industries and commerce thriving. It barrels our flour, wraps our goods, enters into articles of personal wear and household use, and when we die sometimes forms our coffins. It rolls beneath our railway cars and forms our bugy tops. We eat off it drink - from it, Vear it on our heads, necks, bosoms, and feet, carry, it in ouj pockets in lieu of handkerchief, and tile, our houses, line our carpets with it, pad up our goods in paper boxes, and diveri our leisure moments with paper card 3 We make 500,000 tons yearly, import largely, and yet, like Oliver Twist, asl formore. Rags, wood pulp, straw, old rope, the bark of the cotton plant, and even the membranes in the interior oj silkworm cocoons, yield it. Green Carets at West Point. "Fall in!" the command was, sharply. You should have seen those green boys trying to get in ranks. There were now about 100 1 'beasts, " and they looked like a herd of Texas steers, though more sub dued. After a while the "beasts," in eluding my trembling self, were strunc out into a long, wavering line, and a ca det corporal commenced to call the rol Of candidates. - Each one was instructed to answer, "Here !" Some who answered. "Present, '' were nipped in the bud, anc taught a lesson in cadet discipline. On poor .fellow who was rather tardy in re plying to his name, wTas commanded tc " step out " and answer to his name.' " Step out " is the West Point slang foi "make haste," and when the "beast ' actually did step out of rank, he'wai surprised at the celerity with which h was made to step back. The format ior was for dinner, and we were retained until the battalion of cadets had started. They marched off, headed by the drurr corps, with all the accuracy and beaut j of a vast machine. Finally our time came. The plebes at the head of the column interpreted the meaning of-the command: "Forward, march," and the procession started for the large granite structure known as the mess halt". It was like running the gauntlet. One cadet in the rear of the line hollered al me in a voice of special envy : "Drag ir vour chin about a vard, mister! I want to see less slouching amoug you beasts: stand up ; sir!" I tried to obey. Each plebe hud his coat buttoned full up, the palms of ; his hands to the front, and all the while his toes digging up the gravel of the area. PhV-ih1phit Times. Spending Money Judiciously. John McDonough, the Xew Oileans millionaire, said one dav: "This is what ' many people do not understand spend- mir moncv juaiciousiv. 1 nev are at raid of spending money. A man who wishes to make a fortune niut first make a show of liberality and spend money in order to obtain it. By a dinner I once gave to the Spanish authorities I obtained their Q-ood will and esteem, and was enabled j to make a large sum. To succeed in life, then, yo l must obtain the favor and in- uuence 01 me opuieuu auu lue auinori ties of the country in which you; live! This is the first rule." Dry Geoh Croni- 7 - BRITTON HOUSE,' CAMERON, N. C. M OS ES BR I TTON, Prop'r. A new brick building:, newly furnished. Unsurpassed accommodations. General livery in connection. Also a daily j HACK FROM CAMERON T CARTHAGE 23t4) YARBDRDDEH HOUSE RALEIGH, N. C. Rates, 82.50 to 83.00 per Day Special Kates by the Week or Month. 1 R, B. RANEY, Proprietor.! H. BBIGGS BUILDING, RALEIGH, N. C. Wagon and Buggy Material, . ; . I. Stoves and Tinware, Paints, Oils, Glass, Sash, Doors., Blinds, Lime, Cement, j Builder's Supplies ; GUNS and PISTOLS. First-class Loaded Shells for breech loading guns, 2 cents each. jj S PORTIN G GOODS Best Goods, Iiowest Prices, Square I Dealing. 13t39 , ' 1 FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. The Japanese make cheese from bcfcns and peas. I Over 300 people in Rome, Mich., had the mumps at the same time. ; I . i An average human pulse at infancy is 140 per minute; at tivo years, 100; from sixteen to nineteen, 80; at mannood, TG; old age, GO. j 1 Cairo in Egypt Tvas founded in 973 by the rlrst of the Fatimite caliphs. Saladin surrounded it with strong walls and mag nificent gates. : . i Six thousand houses were thrown I conflagration kindled, which spread still wiaer (lestmction, by the terrible earth quake in Lisbon in 1 75-3. 1 The first auction ever held was I in Great Britain in 1700, when Elishuri a Governor of Fort George, in the Elast Indies, publicly sold the goods he had brought home to the "highe&t bidder. ! If a Chinaman desires the death oflan enemy he goes and hangs himself upon his neighbors door. It is a sure cure; to kill not only that articular enemy, but members of his entire family will lie j in jeopardy of losing their lives. .v "When a Chinaman desires a visitor j to dine with him he does not ask him to (do so, but when he doe not wish him to stay he puts the question: l'Oh, plefse stay and dine with me!" The visitor will then know he is not wanted. ! A new trade for women in Albany is that of ''neighborhood, darner. " The woman who follows it has for her cus tomers a dozen or twenty househoI-s. each of which she visits weeklv, and spends ja fe w hours in doing up the family darning and mending. 1 PrE City, t .ashiiigton Territory, clahli vo have rtha smallest liring woman. She is twenty-seven years old. twenty-nine inchU tall, and weighs thirty-three pounds. -i TO mmmm SEND IOUR ORDERS FOR Books and Stationery TO ALFRED WILLIAMS : & CO-, Booksellers and Stationers, ?3i mo EDWARD J HARDIN, I No. 210 Fayetteville St, R A L EIC H, N C . Offers at all times a full and complete . stock of Groceries and Provisious 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. IFINE ITEAS-ANDICOFFEES. Flour, Sugars,' Meats, Choice Butter, Preserves and Jellies, Pickles, Sauces, Spices, Soaps and Starches, Canned foods and everything else in the way of table supplies. - Orders for goods by Express 6t34 E. J. HARDIN. RALEIGH, N. C. Factory Cor. Harget and Salisbury sis. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand Sewed Gaiters, BUTTON, CONGRESS AND LACE. Made to order, of the best material, at . short notice "We also manufacture ft fllll lino -if Poonnrl .1 STANDARD SCREW SHOES. Our Northern friends rat. Southern Pines can have their shoes made to order at very reasonable prices. Every pair will give satisfaction. Prices Ifor Men's Sewed ShOes, S3.0Q o S6.0Q. LIME PHOSPHATE la a North; Caiolina Home Made Fertilizer. "The rock is mined rear Wilmington and ground at Raleigh. It contains over sixty yer cent, of Carbonate of lime (Agricultural Lime) badly needed on every farm and ten or twelve percent, of Phosphate of Lime (Phosphoric Acid) and a small per cent. ; of Potash both standard articles; analysis by the'State Chemist. It is . t THE filCHEST MAEL IWTHE W0BLD Sold for less than half the price of fertilizers made with Sulphuric acid. Writ.e for circulars, how to use in compost or alone!. EVERY FARMER who has given it a trial has sent a larger order.; Ask your merchant for it or order direct of the N. C. PHOSPHATE COMPANY, 2U33 EALEIGH, N. C, . W. I. WITH & CO
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