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THE INAUGURATION.
as many of them as could get within
earshot, the inaugural address. The
picturesque and thoughtly republi
can practice of taking the oath of
office and delivering the inaugural
address in the open air in the pre
ence of the people wms begun by
Zachary Taylor in 1849.
At about 1:35 o'clock the doors
leading to iuto the rotunda from the
central portico of the inaugural stand
swung open and Marshal kosedell
and Marshal Wright of the U. 8.
Supreme ('ourt appeared heading
the procession; ex-Vice President
Morton and Chief Justice Fuller and
the Justices of Supreme Court came
next. Then came Sergeant at arms
Valentine, and Senators Ransom,
Teller and McPherson of the com
mittee, of arrangements preceded
President Harrison and President
elect Cleveland, who walked side by
side. The President, and Vice Pres
ident elect, tlio Vice President
Morton, Chief Justice Fuller
and the committee of arrange
ments were shown to the front of the
platform where within a railed en
closure had been laid a bright green
carpet upon which had .been placed
large leather covered chairs. Mr.
Cleveland, who was enthusiastically
greeted by the patient throng
in front of the Capital, and after a
few minutes delay stepped to the
front and began the delivery of his
inaugural address. He followed the
same course pursued by himself 8
years ago of delivering his address
first and taking the oath afterwards.
Despite the exceeding inclement
weather Mr. Cleveland removed his
silk hat and, with bared head, ad
dressed the multitude. He kept his
overcoat on and secured what
warmth he could for the fingers of
his right hand by keeping it in his
overcoat pocket, holding his hat at
his side in his left hand, which was
unprotected from the weather by
gloves. The wind had been rising
and turning cold ever since noon,
and Mr. Cleveland's task must have
been attended with considerable
personal discomfort, but he gave no
signs of it and steadily continued
his address until the close. The fol
lowing is the opening paragraph of
this great man's address :
In obedience to the mandate of my
countrymen I am about to dedicate
myself to their service under the
sanction of a solemn oath. Deeply
moved by the expression of con
fidence and personal attachment
which has called me to this service,
I am sure my gratitute can make no
better return the pledge I now give
before God and these witnesses of
uureserved and'complete devotionto
the interests and welfare of those
wrho have honored me.
Immediately after the address
Chief Justice Fuller admintered the
oath to President Cleveland upon
same bible used S years ago. It was
given to the President 49 years ago
by his mother.
The procession reformed and the
line of march was taken up for the
White House, which was a grand
sight
The main stand from which Presl
ey leveland reviewed the parade wras
erected immediately in front of the
White House. It was 150 feet long
and finite deep and had a comfor
table seating capacity for 1,100 per
sons, 000 more than the correspond
ing stand erected on the same site
for the inauguration of President
Harrison. It was well decorated
with effective taste. In the centre
was an arch forty-two feet high,
handsomely draped and surmounted
by the arms of the United States.
On the extreme right was the coat
of arms of New York (Mr. Cleveland's
State); on the extreme left was the
coat of arms of Illinois, (Vice Presi
dent Stevenson's State) and between
them were displayed the armorial
bearings of the other members of the
thirteen original States. Above
each of these insignia was a banner
bearing the name of the State.
A hearty cheer greeted President
Cleveland's appearance on the re
viewing stand and the shouts redou
bled as he took his place in the con
spicuous projection of the struction,
where he stood during the parade.
He was soon followed by Mrs.
Cleveland, Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs.
Lamont aud the- other ladies who
had been with the presidential party
all day. They came at a moment
J when the crowd was interested in
the passing troops and their pres
ence was unnoticed. As the Presi
dent arjpeared before the multitude
and while the cheers were yet sound
ing in his honor an aide of the
grand mar-dial, stationed opposite
the reviewing stand, galloped at full
speed down Pennsylvania Avenue
and gave the signal for the march
to be resumed. The bugle sounded
"forward march," the officers repea
ted Hie command and the line of
march was again taken up from the
point where the head of the column
had passed opposite the treasury
department. The great crowds
about the White House were enthusi
astic from the beginning and kept
time with feet and hands to the
music of the band in an endeavor to
keep warm and get rid. of surplus
hilaritiy,
As Gen. Martin T. McMahon, the
grand marshal of the parade passed,
Cleveland and saluted he was greet
ed with cheer after cheer and the
New York Business Men's Cleveland
and Stevenson club, which had form
ed the President's escort to and from
the Capital came in for their share
of applause.
Cleveland followed his own prece
dent in saluting the national flag
when it passed him. He also occa
sionally bowed to personal and po
litical friends in the parade. He
stood on the stand in the face of the
wind, impassive and dignified, not
seeming to mind the cold and the
waves of snow that were carried in
his face. His overcoat was button
ed tightly about his throat. During
the whole time the parade was pass
ing Cleveland stood in one position
and carefully scanned the lines of
marching men.
The enthusiasm of the multitude
in the vicinity of the reviewing
stand was not half vented until Gen.
Fitz Lee made his appearance at
the head of the Third division. The
ovation that had been given him all
along the route of the parade ap
parently reached its highest point
as hie saluted the new President.
Cheer followed cheer, and those on
the stand with the President joined
in the demonstration wTith as much
spirit as did those along the curb
stones. The shouts were taken up
with renewed vigor when the Presi
dent returned Gen. Lee's salutation,
and long after the ex-Governor had
passed tho echo of the cheers in his
honor came to those of the Presiden
tial party.
It was exactly 7 o'clock when the
last rank went by the White House
and disbanded in front of the army
department. So that the parade
had occupied but ten minutes short
of five hours passing on review.
Taking It Easy.
"My poor Eugenie," began George
Sand to Delacroix, 'I am afraid I have
got bad news for you." "Indeed," said
Delacroix, without interrupting his
work, and just giving her one of his
cordial smiles in guise of welcome.
"Yes, my dear friend, I have carefully
consulted my own heart, and the upshot
is I grieve to tell you that I feel 1
cannot and could never love you." Del
acroix k-pt on painting. "Is that a
fact?" he said. "Yes, and I ask you to
pardon me and give me credit for my
candor my poor Delacroix."
Delacroix did not budge from his
easel. "You are angry with me, are you
not? You will never forgive me?" "Cer
tainly I will. Only I want you to keep
quiet for ten minutes. I have got a bit
of sky here which has caused me a good
deal of trouble; it is just coming right.
Go and sit down, or else take a little
walk and be back in ten minutes." Of
course George Sand did not return. An
Englishman in Paris.
Gorilla Against Elephant.
Monkeys are not very brave, although
the gorilla will sometimes attack an ele
phant when he is sure of his advantage.
The mare gorilla often carries a huge
ptick and knows how to use it. As the
elephant is fond of the same fruit which
attracts the gorilla, an encounter fre
quently takes place. The gorilla, seated
in the tree, sees the elephant approach,
cautiously drops down to a bough, and
availing himself of the opportunity
brings his club sharply down on the
lensitive trunk of his enemy, who rushes
away trumpeting with anger and pain.
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For Rent.
Severel stores and dwellings in Ox
ford. Terms reasonable.
John A." Williams,
Oxford, N. C.
DR. HALL'S CALISTHENICS.
flow the Theory Was Tested by a Young
Man.
iCopjrrtghted by Lee & Shepard, Boston, 'and
published by special arrangement with them.
Dr. Hall says those people who are
troubled with cold feet at bedtime
should bend over and smartly slap the
calves of their legs for about five min
utes. This struck a young man who
boards on Essex street to be about as
sensible a piece of advice as he ever
heard. So he put it to the test after dis
iv.uing himself on Saturday night. He
bent over and pounded away at himself,
and all the time made a noise with his
mouth, like the hiss of escaping steam.
This noise attracted the attention of one
of the boarders, and he told the landlady
that there must be a fire in that room,
because he could hear it siz, and could
hear an alfired snapping and popping go
ing on in there.
The landlady didn't pause to argue.
She caught up a pail and plunged for the
place at once. The boarder followed
with a gigantic clothes brush. Both of
them precipitated themselves into the
room together. The advent was so sud
den that the boarder who was warming
himself had no chance to dodge. And
there was too much momentum to the
landlady and the other boarder to per
mit them to recover themselves in time.
So there was a collision. The landlady
saw it coming and instinctively held the
pail in front of her. But the disciple of
Hall didn't see it, as his back was to the
door and his head nearly to the floor,
and before he could look up on hearing
the door fly open the visitors were on
him, and the contents of the pail over
him, and the three, ..with pail and
clothes brush, came down in a crash to
gether. How the landlady extricated
herself and got out of that room as quick
as she did will always remain a mystery
to the two men wTho stood there amdi
glared at each other for some fifteen
minutes.
An Abused Uoy.
You can always tell a boy whose
mother cuts his hair. Not because the
edges of it look as if it had been chewed
off by an absentminded horse, but you
tell it by the way he stops on the street
and wriggles his shoulders. When a
fond mother has to cut her boy's hair,
she is careful to guard against any an
noyance and muss by laying a sheet on
the carpet. It has never yet occurred to
her to sit over a bare floor and put the
sheet around his neck. Then she draws
the front hair over his eyes, and leaves
it there while she cuts that which is at
the back. The hair which lies over his
eyes appears to be surcharged with
electric needles, and that which is
silently dropping down under his shirt
band appears to be on fire. She has un
consciously continued to push his head
forward until his nose presses his breast,
and is too busily engaged to notice the
snuffling sound that is becoming alarm
ingly frequent.
In the meantime he is seized with an
irresistible desire to blow his nose, but
recollects that his handkerchief is in the
other room. Then a fly lights on his
nose and does it so unexpectedly that
he involuntarily dodges and catches the
points of the shears in his left ear. At
this he commences to cry and wish he
was a man. But his mother doesn't no
tice him. She merely hits him on the
other ear to inspire him with confidence
and goes on with the work. When she
is through she holds his jacket collar
back from his neck and with her mouth
blows the short bits of hair from the
top of his head down his back. He calls
her attention to this fact, but she looks
for a new place on his head and hits him
there, and asks him why he didn't use
Ins handkerchief. Then he takes his
awfully disfigured head to the mirror
and looks at it, and, young as he is,
shudders as he thinks of what the boys
on the street will say.
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CaSSoria is the best remedy for children of
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TWO BIG STOCKS OF GOODS !
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I them with my already large stock, I am
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as r am going to locate permanently in Durham.
23P-CATCH ON to the best opportunity in a life time for buying bhoes, Cloth
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Without any fuss or funny business, without any noise or nonsense, we are
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H. A. Archer, M. D.,
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Boston, Mass.
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Murray Street, New York City.
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