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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-03
EOfntg Up the WQueer.n

The committee appointed by the See
retary of the Treasury to destroy coun-
terfeit notes and coins, dies, plates,
etc, captured during the year by the
secret service, has made its report,
showing that the amount destroyed ex-
ceeds that of any previous J ear by about
$1,000. The notes. etc, destroyed by
the committee is classified as follows:
Counterfeit notes representing S12S, 722;
counterfeits coins, $25, $50; flash notes
and coins, So, 754, 3O7; number of plates,
1,2O3; number of dies, 161; number OF
metal molds, 81; singles 56 sets; num-
ber of plaster of Paris molds, 442 sets;
miscellaneous molds, II sets. There
was also destroyed large quantity o1
tools, material, crucibles, ladies, in
Guiding four printing presses.
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Gardening in q Mine.

Seventeen acres Of garden, three
hundred feet below the surface Of the
earth, was the unusual sight on which
the writer looked a few days ago, and
he at once decided to tell the readers
Of the Youths Companion something
about this strange, Subterranean gar
den.
The whole place was shrouded in the
most intense darkness, except the
small circle Of light produced from
nv Pickering torch, as 1 stood In an
abandoned gallery Of one Of the great
gypsum mines near Grand Rapids,
Mich, which Mr.. A. 81. Apted, assist
ant superintendent of the Eagle Mines,
has transformed Ito profitable mush-
room garden.
1t Is we'll known that mushrooms
grow most freely in the dark. Conse-
auently arches and tunnels for their
culture are constructed in many parts
| of the world. This fact suggested to
Mr.. Apted, few years ago. the idea
of attempting to cultivate mushrooms
for the market in the abandoned gal.
leries Of the old mines.
His first attempts were dfscoura ging
but after several years work, and the
expenditure of much money, he haf
brought his odd garden to a paying
condition. He is able to place severa
hundred pounds Of plants on the mar
ket each week, and readily secures
20 cents a pound for the whole crop
There are seventeen acres Of area Il
the abandoned galleries. and Mr.. Ap
ted is able to cultivate nearly the Who'll
space. The soil for his beds Is pre-
pared in the open air, and Is draw
: in wagons to the place where 1t
used. Attempts have been made t
3 raise mushrooms in coal and irol
: mines, but without success. A sma
t garden similar to Mr.. Apted's is cult
! waited in an old gypsum-mine at Akrol
4 N. Y, and these two are probabl
the only places in the world wheI
abandoned mines are successfully ut
lied for the purpose.
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Washington Notes.

The House has approved the appro-
priation of $40, 900 for lighthouse at
the pitch of the Cape Fear river, near
Wilmington, N. G.
The extradition treaties with the
Orange Free State and the Argentine
Republic have been ratified by the
Senate, but added clause which made
it discretionary with the surrendering
government whether it should give up
its own citizens.
The inaugural committee announces q =
are now ready for distribution. Each
ticket will be accompanied by souve-
nir, which is exceedingly handsome and
is included in the price of the ball
ticket-$5. Orders by mail will be filled
in the order Of receipt. No compliment
| ary tickets will be issued except to Presi-
dent-elect and Mrs. Mckinley.
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Transient advertisements to be pub
lished one month and under, must be
paid tor in advance. All advertising
for shorter time than three rlouths
is considered transient advertising.
Accounts rendered quarterly for all
advertisements published for q longer
period of time.
Local advertisements is appearing
among reading matter will be charged
10 cents per line for insertion.
Legal advertisements, such as ad-
ministrators' and executors notices,
commissioners and trustees sales,
summons to non residents, etc, will
be charged for ut legal rates, except
when they exceed certain limit ot
space, in which case we reserve the
right to fix our own price. All such
business must be PAID FOR IN ADVANCE
The charge is very small and we cannot
afford to take risks or wait the pleas
ure of persons to pay.
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Logan Carlisle's Cheek.

Secretary Carlisle once issued an or
der that no two members of family
should be employed in the Treasury
Department at the same time. This
caused several dismissals and forced
designations, and one young woman.
whose mother had been forced to leave,
entered Indignant protest with Logan
Carlisle, the secretary's son and chief
clerk Of the department. She pleaded,
threatened, and finally said: well, Mr.
Chief Clerk, it's poor rule that won't
work both ways. Both your father
and yourself being here, the rule is
violated, and think 1t a shame that
such favoritism should be displayed" !"
Logan drummed on his desk with his
pencil and wore a far-away look. FL
ually he said: "Well, I guess the old
man will have to CO."
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REVIEW OF TRADE,
January Month of Disappointment,
But of Real Gain.

Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co. say: "Jan-
uary has been month OF disappoint-
ment, but of real gain. Wheat has de-
clined severely; cotton has scarcely
risen enough to pay brokerage. wool
Ids steady in spite of enormous buy
ing; woolen goods hardly change in
price; iron and its products decline;
leather is sluggish; hides are lower for
some shoe manufactures; the average #
railroad stocks is slightly lower than it
was December 81, and the advance in
trust stocks has been small. To traders
in such properties the month has been
disappointing. Yet during the week
the record shows that ten iron works
have started and only two have stop
ped; thirteen wooden works have start
ed and nine more are about ready to
start, while three have stopped. SINH
lar things are seen in other industries
and the additional establishments are
not starting without some increase in
orders received. It would do more
harm than good to exaggerate the i'm
provement, but study OF conditions
governing business indicates that the
wheels are on the right track and nov'
ing in the right direction.
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HOUSE.

WEDNESDAY. The House met at p.
III. with only Al members present. a
bill was introduced by Lrsk to author
ize the Governor to appoint female no.
taries public.
The resolution asking Congress to
rebuild the United States arsenal at
Fayetteville passed third reading.
1 he bill to amend the section of the
Code relating to appeals from assign
ments of widows support, also passed.
third reading.
A Bill to prevent lynch law came up.
1t increases the fines and penalties pre-.
scribed for those who break into
| prison houses for the purpose o1
| lynching.
THURSDAY House met at 10 o'clock
among the bills introduced we're:
| Drew to punish wife-beaters.
Hancock, by leave, introduced bill
to restore to the State the control ant
ami management of the Atlantic 4
North Carolina railroad.
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All About the North.

Governor Sadler, of Nevada, has
signed bill licensing glove con-
tests.
Cincinnati, O., has experienced atwo
hundred thousand dollar fire.
President Cleveland delivered aa ad-
dress before the opening session of the
National Medical Society's convention
in New York.
Henry Feitfelt, Populist, has been
elected by the Idaho State Legislature
to succeed Senator Dubois.
At Newton, Conn, three hundred
employees of the rubber works are out
on q strike.
Frank J. Lespa, cashier of the
Clarkson State Bank, at Clarkson,
Neb, committed suicide.
At Mount Ada, Ark, family con
| sisting of father, mother and three chill
| dren, froZe to death in their home.
VIM. A. Harris has been elected by
| the Kansas Legislature to succeed Mr..
| PETER as United States Senator.
VIM. A. Burns and twelve others
! have been indicted by the grand jury Of
| COX county, ILLINOIS, of-victlmlZlnS
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad out of
thousands of dollars worth of transpor-
tation.
| Philadelphia, Pa recently had a
., 600, 700 fire and John Wannamaker' s
zig establishment had a narrow es
cape.
}, At Lancaster, Penn, Abe Benson,
: one of the members of the gang OF
thieves and outlaws who reside On the
, !, elsh Mountains was shot and
, killed by his step-brother, Jer .,
1reen, who is also noted criminal
, and member of the same gang.
The convention of the national asso
ciation of manufacturers in session a
, hiladelphia, Pa adopted a resolution
favoring the Tennessee Centennial.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-03

THE RECENT COLD WAVE.
Report Of the Government on Its Esx-
tent and Severity.


The following special bulletin was is.
sued by the weather bureau Saturday
afternoon on the cold wave Of January
2Srd to 30th: The condition of extreme
cold that has prevailed over the coun-
try during the past week has been re-
markable for it's extent, duration and
severity. The temperatures over the
entire United States, east of the Rocky
Mountains, have been greatly below the
normal during the whole week, the de-
hc1enc1es IN some sections ranging from
30 to 40 degrees for several days.
throughout the Ohio valley and the
Lake regions on the 25th, and the Car
ollnas, central and northern Florida,
Georgia, Alabama and Eastern Tennes-
see on the 2Sth and 29th, the minimum
temperatures recorded were lower than
any previously recorded by the bureau
| during the last ten days of January.
| Ihe conditions were especially severe
throughout the Southern States, the
line OF freezing temperature extending
nearly tc Jupiter, Fla, and the TEN.
perature as far south as the Gulf coas1
falling to IA degrees below freezing and
continuing 10 degrees or more for sey
! oIdl udyS.
Following are some of the minimum
temperatures occurring in the regions
where the cold wave was most pro
nounced, viz: On the 25th, degrees be
low zero, Chicago 20, Milwaukee an,
Saulte st. Marie 1S, Indianapolis an,
Detroit IA, Cincinnati 10, Pittsburg
On the 2Sth, above zero: Tampa 80
Jacksonville %, Mobile and Atlanta 6
knoxville 2. On the 29th, above zero
Jupiter "a, Tampa %, Jacksonville %
Key West SO; below zero, Knoxville 4
The condition of cold weather was al
tended by persistent condition of at
normally high barometric conditions
with readings of 81 s inches and above
the highest readings on record. Tn
storm that developed over Florida O
, the 2Cth and moved northeast along th
Atlantic coast was an efficient factor i
: producing the low temperatures i
Florida on the 2Sth and 2gth. Th
storm developed great energy in its pa
sage along the Middle Atlantic and Ne
3 England coasts, causing high and heav
SHOWS in the Middle States and Ne
r. England. Boston reported about !
inches Of snow, Northfeld 8, Portlan
9, Albany and New York City 10, Phil
delphla Z, and Washington 5.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-03

England learned great many things
from the loss Of her American colonies,
but nothing more important than that
colonies left to govern themselves, and
interfered with only in the way Of sup
port and protection, are a source Of
strength to a nation, while colonies
treated only as a source of revenue are
in Australia, IN South Africa, the Eng
lish have established healthy common
wealths that would probably be lost to
the home government If any modern
ministry could be guilty Of the blum
dering policy adopted toward the Amer
lean colonies in the last century, but
| that keep to their allegiance now be-
| cause it is mainly sentimental and i'm
poses no burdens. And England profits
greatly from them. India, on the other
hand, the English have still regarded
very much as 1t was regarded by the
| commercial adventurerS who first took
possession of it, as a source of wealth
be cultivated. Now, when the country
does not even produce enough to feed
it's own population, while the enormous
cost of holding and administering II
still increases, India is weight on Eng
lands hands. But the great example
Of a false colonial policy Is that OF
Spain. She lost her colonies in Soutl
Africa because she never did anything
for them but to rob them, and while sh,
mas held Cuba she has treated it onl.
as a source of revenue. And now Cub.
Is impoverished and cannot be made t
pay for the cost Of maintaining Spanisl
rule, and Spain is likely to lose 1t alto
gether, if for no other reason than tina
She cannot afford to hold it. To the ina
bility or unwillingness of Spain to lear
the obvious lessons of history, we ca
easily trace the decline of her powe
and glory. England, on the other hant
has prospered by adapting her colonia
policy to modern development. Whel
ever she has followed the Spanish pla
Of mere military occupation, she sti
, has trouble ahead.
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NEWS ITEMS co kCtkStD.
Southern Pencil Pointers.


Governor Taylor, in his message to
the Tennessee Legislature, pledges
himself to aid in every effort to pur-i
fy the ballot and to redeem the pledges
made.
From present indications it seems
extremely probable the Tennessee Cen
tennial Exposition will be in a remark
able state of completion for the opening
on May 1st.
At Spartanburg, s.. c., Saturday, q
local train collided with a shifting train
MASKING up things in general. En-
| glneers and fremen OF both trains
| jumped and saved themselves. AnegrO
who was on the cowcatcher Of the shift
ing engine was killed.
At Chattanooga, Tenn, Postofice
Inspector G. NJ. Whiteside caused the
arrest of Charley Slack, editor and own
er of the Bristol Courier, charged with
sending obscene matter through the
mails.
Fourteen people connected with the
city government of Louisville, KY,
have been indicted by the grand jury
for conspiracy and other damaging
charges. Other indictments are also
expected.
A dispatch from Galveston, Texas,
says that there is in contemplation at
that place the formation in the near
future, of stock company with an au-
thorized capital of $1,000, 600, having
for its object the introduction and ope-
retion OF cylindrical bale cotton com
presses throughout the cotton States.
Harry Jennings Hauseman, OF Jack
sonville, Fla took passage on the Clyde
Line steamer Seminole, from New York
to Jacksonville, and was lost overheard
during the voyage.
At Chattanooga, Tenn, Virgil NJ.
Moore, a groceryman, was killed oy
burglars.
In Bibb county, Alabama, q negro
committed an assault upon young
white girl and made his escape, bn
was overtaken and captured, and or
the return to the county jail he wa'
''lost in the snow"
Dick Burge and Eddie Connoll,
; fought to draw mt Birmingham, Ala
The purse offered wss fl, 200 side.
, In Atlanta, Ga Steve Ryan was con
| victed of assault and battery on Judg
, George f. Gober, of the Blue RidS
!. Circuit, and sentenced to pay fine 9
500.
> Joseph H Earle was declared tn
United States Senator to succeed Jon
: L. NJ. Irby in Congress By tie s50ur
Q Carolina state Legislature Tuesday
!. W. J. Bryan spoke before the Texa
:. Legislature Wednesday. His talk wa
! on laws to regulate corporations.
n The steamers Three Friends an
: Fauntless, which have been in the Gus
: tody of the United States marshal {
Z jacksonville, Fla, have been release
!, Oh bond
Admiral Bunce's squadron of evol,
ton is to blockade Charleston, ). &
Il :, early in February.
Judge E. T. Merrick, ex-Chief Ju
tice of the Louisiana Supreme Court al
one of the best known lawyers In IL
South, is dead.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-03
COMPENSATION for Confederates.

Mr.. Cox Dem of Tennessee offered
in the House Saturday bill which
recites the circumstances Of Lees sur
render at Appomattox and the written
guarantee that the artillery and cavalry
officers of the Confederacy should be
permitted to retain their horses, side
arms and baggage After the surren-
der the Federal soldiers despoiled the
Confederates of these effects and they
were never returned to their original
owners. His bill appropriates $500, 900
as compensation for these losses, upon
satisfactory proof being furnished to
the quartermaster general.
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THE R0BESONIAN

Published every Wednesday In Lumberron.
N. G., by W. w. McDIARMIn. at S2.N0 a
year and Sl.0O tor six months, and is read
every week by nearly every intelligent citizen
oi R'beson Co.; has n general circulation In
all the surrounding counties, including Flor
ence, Marion, Marlboro and Darlington
IN South Carolina. The paper Is now In the
twenty-eighth year Of a prosperous and viy-
orous existence, and is 80 firmly established
In the hearts of its patrons, as we'll as a
pecusiary enterprise, that business men can
estimate us to Its value to them. As a local
newspaper 1t hns no superior anywhere bav-
ing local rer orter in every community and
in Fnv't't Vile. Mnxton and other towns.
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.Janan and Our Cotton.

Mr. Tom Hoshi, the Japanese minis
ter at Washington, was in Atlanta, Ga. +,
last week studying the cotton industry.
He received many callers and he OBJ
tanned from them much information.
Mr.. Hoshi says that the South ought to
sell more cotton to Japan and he pro-
poses to induce them to export more to
his country. He went from there to
New Orleans.
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HOUSE.

WEDNEsDAY.-The House agreed to
the conference report on the immigra-
ton bill. which embodied substantially
new measure, being different in some
Respects from either the Senate OR House
bill. Wilson, Dem. of South Caro-
lima, spoke i'll favor of the bill Chair
man Batholdi refused to sign the report
of the committee recommending the
bill. The principal objection to the
bill was the clause requiring immigrants
to read and write sin the language of
their native resident country" This,
it was pointed out, would prevent sew
eral classes of people in Eu-
rope and Central America and
Mexico from gaining admission to
the United States, because they do not
speak either Of the languages to which
the clause limits them. 1t was admitted
that the language was intended to pre-
vent the coming of great body of Rus
sian Jews The vote was taken on the
adoption OF the conference report and
on division which was agreed to, 116
to 1O5. Mr.. Barthodi demanded the
yeas and nays which resulted: Yeas
l31, nays 1T. The usual motion to re-
consider and to lay that motion on the
table having been made by Mr.. Danford
and agreed to, the House adjourned
THURSDAY The Indian appropriation
| bill passed the House with some ma
terial changes, all reducing the scope
Of the measure Altgeld, of illinois,
was the subject of speeches in connec
ton with fraud in the late national elec
ton claimed by him, thereby defeating
cure, was criticized by Dearmon
Dem. J, of Missouri, for therecent bul
letin he issued showing the illiterac
and poverty of the States which vote
for Br IAN, as compared with those {
the Mckinley States and denounced
as a slander upon the men whom th
Department of Agriculture were SUI
posed TO represent. Wednesday ne,
the House will consider the electio
contest of Cornell VS.. Swanson, frol
the Fifth Virginia district.
FRIDAY.-In the House there We,
u warm words between the States of Ma
, sachusets and Vermont over the alleg
tions of railroad wrecking in tho!
commonwealths. The report of tt
!. conferees was rejected by vote of |.
to rs. The conferees were instructe
to insist upon the retention of the bi
, Of the House amendments, the prime
pal one of which forbade the issue
stock, except for par value receive
: The bill making appropriations for Il
| Military Academy was sent to co
! ference on the Senate amen'
/ ment thereto. The agricultural b
was considered without completing
: Hardy, (Rep.,) Of Indiana, began
speech in favor of the acquisition
Cuba, and being refused permission
conclude, the Ave minute rule being
operation, gave notice that no b
should pass the House by unanimo
q consent for the remainder of the 81
. sion. The House committee on elt
: tions reported in favor of Boatn'
Dem. } of Louisiana, against Beno
> (Rep) At the night session ninete
e private pension bills were passed.
SArURDAY.-The agriculture app
priation bill was the principal and
= most the sole subject before the Hou
I As usual the distribution of seed ge
;. rise to All animated discussion, q
comprised the annual motion to STR
: out the appropriation 1870, Oool al
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miscellaneous.

Judge Goff has declined the At
torney-Generalship in President-elect
McKinley's Cabinet.
In the House of the Texas Legisla-
ture bill prohibiting the carrying of
concealed weapons has been passed, and
A bill has been introduced prohibiting
anyone to manufacture or sell pistols
> the State under any circum-
stances.
The recent heavy snow throughout
ew England measured from fifteen to
I, irty four inches on level.
1T is now announced that the Corbett-
Titzsimmons fight will take place ia
Nevada, March 18th.
The President has sent to the Sena. g
| the following nomination: w. FL. RaT
! lis, to be postmaster at Wilson, n. L.
Postmaster G eneral Wilson has made
| public the statements of postal receipts
for the quarter ending December 3lst.
! 1896, as compared with the receipts Of
the corresponding period of 1895, which
show decrease of about $50, 600. and
is taken to be an indication OF general
business depression.
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Photography in Colors.

It is again announced this time from
an English source, that photography in
natural colors is an accomplished fact.
Sir Henry Wood secretary of the Lon
don society of arts, tested the discovery
which was made by Villeden Chassagn,
of Paris. The process is said to be
simple and inexpensive.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-03

He-"Madam, you have my assur-
ance that am q gentleman!' She-"I
have no reason to doubt your assur.
ance,"-Hariem Lifs. J
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-03

Maud Muffett says that the age of
cllivalry has passed" Il guess she
means she has passed the age when
she may expect any."'-Indianapo!is
Journal.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-03

Most of us were named after our
parents kin who had the most money.
and what did it get us!
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HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE,

Having qualified as Administrator
of the estate of Amanda Paul, on the
4th day of January, 1897, notice is
hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present
them, duly authenticated, to the un.
dersigned for payment and settlement
on or before the 4th day of January,
1893, or this notice will he pleaded il
bar Of their recovery. AL persons In
debted to the estate arc requested tc
make immediate payment. This 4tf
day Of January, 1897.
A. l.. BULLOCK,
Administrators
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Nothing Succeeds Llk, SucceSS.
JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING

CREATES many new business;
ENLARaEs many an old business;
PRESERVES many large business;
REvIvEs many dull business;
REscUEs many lost business;
SAVES many a falling business;
SECURES success in any business.
To advertise judiciously," use the
columns of THE RoBEsoNIAN. It is pub.
lished in one of the live and growing
towns of North Carolina and circulates
extensively among an intelligent and
prosperous people, whose trade is we'll
worth seeking and having.