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Evening star., 1895-11-02
Rockers.
COuChes.

SO Spanish Couch. Observation-Disclosures.
SIS Couch. corduroy Oy...............
SIS Wardrobe Box Couch, striped
Same in Figured Denims. ........
They're guaranteed to give US
much wear us any so couches, or
We'll upholster them free Of
charge.
ST. Bed Room Couch, cretOnne. .....
S11 Bed Room Couch, cretonne.
50 Couch, corduroy. y................
Evening star., 1895-11-02
Bed Room Furniture.
,ChiffOnierS,
White Enamel ana
Brass Beds.

$40 White Enamel and Brass-trim-
med Bed, with 81 woven wire
spring attached, 3 feet wide. 800. $7.45
$1O.IJ size-3 IT. q in. wide. S795
Sll.5O siZe-4 feet wide. ........... IS. IS
$i2U size It. . in. wide e........ $S.95
3 patterns OF Enamel Iron Beds,
the best values in the world.
Every inch Of the bed and mat
tress frame Is enamcled, and
they're as near all iron as a bed
can bc constructed. We pur-
chased n big lot of 200 beds for
tbs sale. and shall offer you the
most desirable stock at less than
the intu.Il market ynlun
Evening star., 1895-11-02
PariOr Suites,

$50 5-piece Overstuffed Parlor
suite. Brocatelle e;............... $1,000
so 3-piece Parl0r Suite, star mar
quetry ......... ............... s2G.75
So 3-peCe Reception Parlor Suite. S13.25
Evening star., 1895-11-02

pet Lining, Felts. Fire Brick and Clay, Asbestos,
Paints Brushes, Lime, Cement, two and three
ply Roofing Material sci
Evening star., 1895-11-02

NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE
Carpenters shop. 1920 N Ut. NV. 1obbing by ex-
perienced and reliable men.
JOHN T. WALKER, Builder. Residence. 2021 N.
o3Sms
Evening star., 1895-11-02
Great -. =. =
OVerst0cked Sale,

WV H1'fh1111> F y =, f->0i1SN71F11
Every piece OF furniture in the house will be reduced
cut right down to the lowest notch.
The signs OF success everywhere in store Prices
responsible for them And the biggest proof Of price
popularity you'll find in the fact that keep two hun
ted and sixyfve employees busy. People must patron
ize make this possble-peope must have to
patronze and that to prices
and enormous stocks.
Just such prices we'll quote next week bring the
trade OF the town.
Evening star., 1895-11-02
Extension Tables.

$3.50 Massive Solid Oak Table. -. S13. rs
$3.50 Massive Sold Oak Table. -. $l1. .75
$l2.UO Solid Extension Table. $3.50
The courier., 1895-01-26
more talk about Jobs"
ADDITIONAL BASE BALL.

Manager Ebght has signed Pitcher c. Fisher whose home
in Louisville Ky Fisher twenty years DID,
inches and weighs 6i pounds He pitched for Buffalo in the
league 81 the end of sold the
Cleveland National league for 500 He traded sold
the Cincinnati club after the opened being
good health did not participate Manager Eght
be congratulated this the
clubs wanted him. While he did good pitcher
Ruse in the National league he should
Western Association We have pitchers under
namely Fisher Barnes Kmere Smos Gragg and Myers
does that of TIE Manager Ebght should pick three
who Barnes Gragg Myers and Fisher profession
ais while kmeer and SmOns II yakey
awarded to Lincoln will have fifteen
On Ia has si..- 4 = cIcr "a - q I-.Le-rr--n
The courier., 1895-01-26

The municipal alton instead of selecting its best and
largest stockholders the the corporation
selects its board Of directors he counc from its smallest
holders, sometimes
whatever and who the capable best
ted attend to the affairs a great company In
they who have made conspicuous failures only
other peoples business but of The president
board of directors he the stockholders
interested financially
Of the of large business experience
enough and character firm en- ,ugh to
successfully and direct corporation larger pr
companies in the put together No.
The courier., 1895-01-26

still better bids There absolutely question but that the
city could have made sale at and commission for such
offer made the council meeting Monday The
$4,000 the difference between the Az
and A bond makes further of considerably than
altogether about $4,000 Now what does the council
do! 1t offers the bonds public sale and advertses that effect
representative of house here from Mass
achuses for the bidding these bonds This
representative when he his the night of the
sale advertised and offers bid calmly told that another
these bond and forthwith the honorable city council
bonds for the trng of $4,000 than the lowest
bid The vital point be that there $4,000
the sale to Green VanDuyn This commission presumably
Green VanDuyn That be the situation nut
she'll The vital point for the be that he the
freight while the council nduges its propensity for sweet charity
presumably toward Mers Green VanDuyn The business
of Lincoln might proay take brace unto themselves their
They might protaby the
and expose the gentlemen Of therein contained 1t
said that carlGcss next Goiness and the hes. thing fr
The courier., 1895-01-26

OF the SMALLEST stOckhOid
ers, a ward politician, an
unsuccessful business man,
whose sole fitness for the
important Office is his abil-
ity To control a city conven-
tion or to get votes. Com
pare if you will the present
mayor and council with an
imaginary lot OF officers
which might be elected, il
nominated: May or, ex-Gov.
Nance or lion. G.. III. Nor
rill; such men in the coun-
Gil as |. NJ. RAYMOND, Eli
Piummer. y. 5. H,TwOOd,
Al Har. reaves, -. G.. Harp
nam. VIM. Mclaughlin. s.
Fl. Burnham. j. ID. Macfar
land. Fred Schmidt, Judge
Field, j I'll Harley or fifty
others who might be
named. III men Of this class
would take hold and run
this city for few years
taxes might be reduced. or
al least there would be no
The courier., 1895-01-26

As rule there is only thing that will the ordinary
business and him take notice Of municipal affairs
and that excessive municipal taxation That people outside Of
ward politicians asking who be the who
going represent begin
pinch harder than usual and there hou doubt
era feeling Of dstrus AMI dissatisfaction
men
The courier., 1895-01-26

in the management OF the
city's affairs, it could at
least create a public senti-
ment that would put an
effectual stop to such trans
actions as the refunding
bond job. One Of the most
righteous acts Of Mayor
Wiers administration has
been his persistent veto OF
the award of these bonds.
1t is to be hoped it may
prevail. 1t seems that
Green Il VanDuyn offer to
sell d 4s4 per cent bond for
q commission of 2la per
cent or something over
$4,000. Another house
offers to place a Az per
cent at par to the city. A
third firm offers to sell the
bonds at 4s4 per cent with
a commission Of IL per
cent or about 5000 less
than Green & VanDuyn's
bid. No doubt an open
sale would have brought
The courier., 1895-01-26

be Lincoln who will and rustic for the the
Of public sappova and against such
demanc methods those paced connection with this bond
deal Even the business talent OF this cyand there
good deal OF such talent heewhch stands for principles
above all integrity will
itself municipal affairs to the taking active
The courier., 1895-01-26
THE COURIER

Lincoln would be thorough financial house cleaning
The courier., 1895-01-26

! A very pertinent inquiry has arisen in
+ the minds of the apparently few men
who bave the financial welfare OF this
city at heart as to the legitimacy of the
action OF the city council last Monday
ght in awarding the s534,O refunding
,nds to Green & VanDuyn. Just incident
ly. how very few business men there seem
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
LONG ISLAND LOSING IT'S TAl,-.
Inroads of the Sea Causing Alarm to
Property Owners at Orient Point.

Inroads of the Sea Causing Alarm to
Property Owners at Orient Point.
Long Island, which looks on the map
like a big fish about to swallow New
York city, is apparently being slow
ly swallowed by the ocean. Portions
of its shores nave disappeared beneath
the waves, and now the northern FORK
of its huge tail is vanishing. About
W. miles Of Orient point, that formed
a sandy beach two years ago, is now
under fifteen feet of water. The light
house on the point was six rods from
the sea a few years ago. 1t has since
been toppled over by the sea, and only
= small part of the surrounding beach
is visible.
The bluffs on both the sound and the
bay side of Orient point have been
sinking at the rate of about ten or
twelve feet a year. The same state of
affairs is true of Montauk point, but
there the bluffs jut up so abruptly and
SO high above the sea hat the rising
of the water is not so noticeable. A
rise of a foot or two on the low shores
near Peconic bay will submerge acres
of land. Much of the threatened land
on Orient point forms fertile farms,
and the steady advance of the shore
AAAS AZ SN%otAS ~ oAAAoAA oI1OS IL W liz
owners The water has in several
places found it's way across a low spot
on the point from the sound to the
bay. The result will be to ultimately
divide the peninsula into a series Of
small islands, similar to Plum, Little
Gull and Great Gull islands, all of
which were doubtless once a part of
the mainland, and were cut off by the
rise of the sea. The village of Orient
is situated in a particularly narrow and
low portion of the peninsula, and the
next serious inroad of the ocean will
probably occur there. In hat case
two thousand acres of land and a vii
lage of one thousand people will have
to be abandoned.
The value of the property threat
ened is placed by the assessors at six
hundred thousand dollars. The mar
rowest point in the peninsula is a little
to the west of Orient, between that
village and East Marion. The town
Of Southold, in which both of the viii
lagos are included, has spent consider
able money in protecting this isthmus.
Assemblyman Higbie has had a bill
passed by the assembly appropriating
fifteen thousand dollars for a sea wall.
A few years age the government built
a breakwater between Shelter island
and Greenport to protect G%reenport
harbor and it's bordering uplands.
When the, larger portion of Gardeners
island became submerged, the sea
rushed in and, Notwithstanding the
breakwater, caused a powerful under
tow that can be felt far up in Little
Peconic bay. This action of the sea is
gradually cutting away the shores
both of Shelter island and the main
land. Owners of property in the
neighborhood intend to ask the gov
eminent to place the breakwater
further out from the shore.-N. Y.
Sun.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
WALKING EGYPT.
A Curious Semi-ReIigious Custom Ii
Southern Georeia.

A Curious semi-ReIigious Custom In
Southern Georgia.
you pretend to know enough to
come to congress from Georgia." re-
torted the colonel, disgustedly, ''and
don't know what walking Egypt is?
well, it's a grand Indian file pro-
cession to which the colored race gives
way once a year in it's churches. They
lift up heir voices in a horrible wall,
the congregation does, and suddenly a
negro jumps up in the aisle.
Next a sister jumps up. She places
her hands on his shoulders, and there
they stand jumping up and down,
stiff-kneed, like you've seen sheep when
feeling festive.
Usually these two are a misft-he a
small, runty little fellow, she a big
strapping wench.
1.-The singing means on. Others get
up until the whole congregation is in
procession, hands forward resting on
the shoulders in front, like a lot of pen
itentiary people going to dinner.
keeping a jerky time to the moan
ing, h procession, like a long, black
centipede, jumps and jerks its way up
one aisle, down another" say the
Washington Post, until their religious
fervor has cooled.
That's walking Egypt and 1 sup
pose the rite was imported from
Guinea two hundred years ago."
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
A DOGS
He Was Taught to Be Respectful to
Bears.

Jack Mccall, of Gray Eagle Bar, was
out at the dog show and took a great
deal of interest in the foxhounds, for
up in h mountains of Placer Jack is
known as a mighty deer hunter, says
the San Francisco Call. Sanderson,
whose dog Paddy took the first prize in
the challenge class, was talking of his
dogs merits. "Foxhounds," he said,
seldom NOW much more than to fol-
low a scent, but Paddy is an exception.
l can drop my knife while out hunting,
and, after going on a mile or more, send
him back for it and he will bring it to
me-"
You ought to see my dog Quartz"
said Mccall.
'Thoroughbred?" asked Sanderson.
"Oh, yes, yes, he's a thoroughbred.
One of the smartest dogs you EVER saw.
Fine deer dog, too, He's a half hound
and half Scotch terrier"
Il thought you said he was a thor
oughbred," said Judge w. p. Lawlor,
who is the owner of a PRIZE winner.
"Well, if you saw him after deer you
would say he was a thoroughbred re-
piled Jack, who has not attended many
dog shows. One day l was out pros
pecting and had no gun with me, and
we, Quartz and l, came upon a black
bear sitting up Oh his launches. Quartz
had never seen a pear before, but had
often had fun with the wild hogs that
you may see sometimes in the noun
tains, and he supposed he had a hog to
deal with and rushed up to the Dear
and made a grab for him.
"The bear just reached out with one
paw. and, taking Quartz on the side of
the head, loosened one ear and sent
Mr.. Quartz rolling down hill. You
should have seen the intelligent look of
inquiry on that dogs face when l came
up to him. 1t asked as plainly as could
be: What kind of a hog was that, any,
wavo'n
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
ENORMOUS PREGLACIAL RIVER,

Biologists Tell OF one Which in OIden
Times Existed III Northern Canada.
The largest river of any g of which
there is any evidence in the world. ac-
cording to a remarkable geological dis
covery reported to the Royal society Of
Canada recently, was a great pregla-
cial river in northern Canada. DR.,
Robert Bell, who produced scientific
evidence of the correctness of his dis
covery, pointed out that it was general
~ admitted by biologists that the con-
tinent of North America immediately
before the glacial period stood at a
much higher elevation than at the
present time, amounting to, perhaps,
between two and three thousand feet.
The inevitable result of this mustshave
been to change the river systems from
what they now are, and to create in
the north a gigantic river draining an
area of yer one-third OF the entire con
tinent of North America, and forming
a drainage basin seven times as large
as that of the st. Lawrence.
The central portion of the great river
was in the middle of what is now Hud-
son bay, as proved by the existing de-
pressions Of land in the north of Cam
ada and the great depth of the center
Of Hudson bay. It's lower part dis
charged through what is now Hudson
straits into Davis straits. 1t is also
maintained hat the upper half of the
St. Lawrence basin, both in preglacial
times and also at a later geological Pc
Rod, discharged its waters northward
by way of what is now Hudson bay. 1t
is asserted that this constituted one of
h main branches Of this great north
ern river. Other large branches were
the present Saskatchewan, the Nelson
river, which rises north of the Rocky
mountains, the Churchill. largely aug
mented by the reversal of some OF the
upper rivers of the Mackenzie basin,
and great tributary streams that came
down the present Churchill inlet, Fox
chnnnel and Ungava bay, any one Of
which must have fully equaled in size
the Mississippi Of own day.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
The "Rorn-Tiredr Man.

The fellow who was born very tired
grew more and weary as he went
through the haps and mishaps of child
hood, the adolescence of youth and the
early period of manhood. At middle
age he was the tiredest mar then liv-
ing. At fifty he was so utterly worn
out with the simple process of existing
that it occurred to him to calculate
how many breaths he must draw if he
went on living for twenty years more,
and, being a man in fair preservation,
there was a good prospect of his reach
ing the allotted threescore and ten
years of average mankind. Well, the
tired citizen figured it out on the basis
Of eighteen breaths a minute, 1,0s0 to
the hour, 25, 900 to the day, 9,462, $50 for
a year and 1S9, 342, 800 for twenty
years. The figures appalled, him. and
he died in disgust and encouragement
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
THE USEFUL BICYCLE.
An Occasion on Which 1t Replaced Turp-
ms bonnie Black Bess.

ms Bonnie Black Bess.
In these days when so many means
of earning a livelihood are closed, save
to the working classes, it is interesting
to hear of the revival of SO old a pro
fession as that of the road. This be-
ing the age of machinery, a Y the Pail
Mall Gazette, one need not be sur
prised to learn that the bicycle has
been substituted for the Bonnie Black
Bosses of a century ago. The original
formula: Your money Or your life" is,
however, maintained intact, and the
old York road is once again the scene
of the highwayman's operations. The
pistol, too, is still the proper weapon,
and in other respects the traditions of
the craft + carefully preserved.
THE Doncaster police are commune
Gated with, but have not made any
arrests" is a sentence that reminds one
of the days when watchmen were over
turned in their boxes. Throughout the
account is picturesque. The cyclist-
cuthroats' bicycles were son the road
side,' while their riders disputed the
passage of Mr.. Lovely. The latter
shook up his gallant ~''safety" Chence-
forth a misleading title), and at
tempted t % run the gauntlet, but a
bullet took him in the back of the
thigh. He, however, escaped to Ibis
native city, of York, preserving his
purse virgin.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
80 uRRY IN NORWAY.
People Take Their Time There and Won
der at Yankee VisItora

der at Yankee Visitors.
These N~orwegians are a wonderfulIy
patient people. They never hurry; why
should they? There is always time
enough. We breakfast at nine. Mon
sieur goes to business at ten or so, and
eturn to his dinner, like all the rest
Of the Scandinavian world, at half-past
two. We reach coffee and cigarettes at
about four, and then monsieur goes
back to his office, if he likes, for two or
three hours. We sometimes see him
again at supper at h~alf-past eight, but
usually there is a game of whist or a
geographical society lecture, or a con-
cert, Or a friends birthday fete IAN oc-
casion never overlooked by your true
Norwegian), or some one has received a
barrel of oysters, and would not, could
not, dream of opening them without
champagne and company masculine
company only. 1t seems to me that
there are entirely too many purely male
festivities here In fact, the men say
SO themselves, and that they would
really enjoy many of the occasions
much more if ladies were present. But
sit is not the custom of the country "a
rock o which l am always foundering}
to omit or to change in such matters.
Monsieur only does as do all the other
men of his age, which is elderly, and
condition, which is solid.
There is a curious feeling concerning
America over here, in one way and
another. Mo~rgenbladet, the chief con-
sentative paper, an organ. locally of the
first Importance, keeps a sort of horror
chamber of Americana. The reason is.
l suppose, that in these very dark and
treublous political times, not only
the union, but the monarchy itself, is
threatened and tottering. the conserva-
tive interest thinks it dangerous to
allow any virtue to appear in a re-
public, and especially in ours, the
most f1ourishing, and therefore the
most pernicious, example of that inven-
ton of evil bred.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
Better Than A Gold Mine /

There is no farming on earth so pro-
itable as raising fine tobacco MANFRED
with Orinoco Guano.
l give below a partial list of promi-
men: farmers who used this brand, and
prices obtained for the tobacco:
w J Jackson, W%interville, n G; 229
pounds, 8 per hundred.
r l. DanieI, Rocky Mount, 218 pounds,
$58.oS per hundred
Geo NJ Tucker, Greenville, 200 pounds,
$98.10 per hundred
j 0 Bryan, Battleboro.-
500 pounds, S72.5 per hundred
296 pounds, SS3.67 per hundred
Howard 81 Smithson, B%attleboro, 210
pounds, Sol. Sc per hundred
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
SEA LAWYERS.
They Ara Dreaded More by the Com
mander Than Storms.

mander Than Storms.
THE chief of all things on earth a
sea captain breads is the sea lawyer
said an old, gray-haired commander to
a Baltimore News reporter. The ty-
|phoon Of the China sea- and the hurri-
cane of the West Indies are bad, but
they are not in it for raising a rumpus
with the sea lawyer.
1.-The fellow / refer to as the sea
lawyer is the one OF more sailors
almost sure to creep into every fore
castle at one time or another, who. be-
ing a little better educated than his
mates, becomes their leader and pro-
ceeds to make himself solid with them,
and a deadly enemy Of the ca2tain and
officers, by quoting maritime law to
them that never existed and filing
ltheir heads with nonsense and mag
mary wrongs. He'll tell them they
must have plum duff every day, ao-
cording to law, and they'll believe him,
and raise cain if they don't get it.
He'll persuade them they are worked
too hard, and every man lack of them
will desert the ship at her first port OF
lcall. He'll make them believe they
own the vessel before he gets half
through with them, and will instigate
la half dozen or more damage suits
against the ships owners among them
as soon as they set foot ashore.
1.-The sea lawyer is generally a
lsneaky fellow, who makes a steady
practice of deceiving honest sailors and
getting them into trouble and then
leaving them to get out as best they
can. He is hated and dreaded by every
captain ~af1oat, and there's only one way
OF arguing with him-that's with a be-
laying pin. I've known more than one
bloody mutiny to be stirred up by a
sea laWNer;"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
GOT EVEN WITH HIS FRIEND.
Georgia Offender Reacnts Prosecution
with q Biting Remark.

georgia OnenQ6r h0acnGS Prosecution
with a Biting Remark.
zone of the funniest things that ever
happened during my connection with
the Georgia judiciary was when 1 was
drst elected solicitor said Judge
Griggs, of Atlanta, to a Constitution
reporter.
'The demands of my position fire.
quently put me in the position of prose-
cutting a friend. It was hard, but I
did it.
can ex-sheriff of a county in my cir
cuit-a fellow that l had known and
liked for a long while-was prosecuted
for making away with some money. 1t
was an ugly charge. The evidence was
conclusive againt him. \
"When 1 went down to court he came
staggering into my room about two
thirds drunk. 'Jim,' he said, these in
fernal scoundrels are trying to prose-
cute me-perfect outrage. 1 told 'em
just wait till 1 saw Jim Griggs and we'd
fix i'll told 'em we'd let en- know who
to prosecute. And we will, won't we
Jim?'
Il looked at him very gravely and
said: Tom, I've got a dead ease
against you. I'm going to prosecute
you, cOuV1cG you una sen you TO the
~penitentiary. You are guilty. You got
the money, and I've got the evidence to
prove it.
HE looked at me in perfect amaze
ment. He was dumfounded. He said
l didn't mean it. 1 told him 1 did. He
Strengthened himself up and marched
out without a word.
Ellis case was the first one called
after dinner. The judge asked him if
he had any counsel. He said no., and
didn't want any. He spoke in a half
drunken fashion. But said the Judge,
you are charged here with a serious
offense, and if you have no money to
employ q lawyer I'll appoint oae for
YOU
"Thc defendant didn't like it. He
arose with difficulty. He steadiedhiIn-
self against a table, and, speaking in a
maudlin fashion, said:
eyer honor, l said l don't want no
counsel, and L don't want mono. I
meant what / said. l don't want-hic
take no vantage CT re state. State
amt got no couEsel-what der I want
with anV?r