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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31
HE eoT HIS ANSWER.
philadelphia Times.

AS tie train pulled out of ClIiclsoa
quiet, gentlei;ianly looking man entered!
the buffet car, an esconcing himself in a
comfortable ci.air, drew out long ciga-
and entered deeply into his paper. He re-
manned so quiet and kept his seat so long
that another passenger, whose bearing
distinctly stamped him as a commercial
travelling man. one of the kind full oe
chatter and curiosity, could not Longer
retain himself. Addressing the quiet gen.
tleInan, he inquired:
Travelling east"
Slowly removing his cigar, the gentle
1.ian turned and looked a, his qlestioler
with slightly elevated eyebrows, reply
ing:
Yes"
New York?'
Eyes"
"pieasure?"
Eyes and no."
Great place, New York. Ever been
there before?''
mo"
I'm going home this trip-New York
you know"
Tie gentleman made no reply, but re-
sumed his paper After little silence the
commercial r,a. began again.
I'm with c. s. Co., OH Broadway. If
you drop in III show you over the city .
THANK you, it will not be necessary
Excuse me, but might l ask what
you're going to New York for?''
By this time most of the passenger:
were interested The gentleman, who
was extremely annoyed at the drummer:
curiosity, laid down his paper and ex
claimed:
Pm going to New York, first, becaus'
the train is taking ME there; second, be
cause I've got lots of money and can at
ford it; and last, because if l ike tn,
place intend to buy it,
The commercial man subsidized amid
: roar of laughter.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

In Kew York the other nigllt
Principal Booker I. Washington,
of Tuskeggee, Ala, spoke of Tie
moral and religious life Of his own
race, and said that it was proba-
bly, all that could be expected after
their $50 years in slavery. He
told an anecdote of an old slave
who reasoned that, as lis body be-
longed to his master, if lie ate the
masters chickens the chickens
still were his, and nostheft liad
been committed. His master re.
monstrated with him for eating
chicken shortly after. and TIC
slave replied: ''Well, naass
you'se got less chicken, but you Sc
got more niggah -
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31
One of the leading medical pub

One of the leading medical pub
LEGATIONS. of the country presents a
number of interesting figures from
educational institutions showing
the effects of tobacco on young
collegians. In 1901, according to
the above mentioned authority,
the official physician Of Yale col
lege reported that in class of 147
students he had found hat In four
years the seventy-seven who did
not use tobacco surpassed the sew
enty who did use it to the ex-
tent of 1914 per cent in increase in
weight, 24 per cent in increase in
height and 26.7 per cent in in
crease of chest girth. In the
same period at Amherst college it
was found that the abstainers
from tobacco gained "a per cent
, in weight, 81 per cont in height
; and AZ per cent lii chest glrth.
But the most striking revelation
from the statistics was that re-
J specting lung capacity, the Am,
herst abstainers having gained {!
} per cent over the tobacco-users
while at Yale the average gain was
. IT'S per cent.
Il Judge Joseph Babcock, one o
the quaintest characters that eve
! lived i'll Sparta, Ga, died Their
q last week. Mr.. Babcock cam
o there about forty years ago from
New York. He arrived a poo
n boy, but by frugal industry hat
% accumulated fortune estimate
. at $4,000. He would have II
confidential friends and not eve:
r. his daily associates know any
% thing of his history prior to hi
W life there. For quarter OF
.. century or more he has been
, ieweler. He never told any or
n his private business and no Oh
!, knows of the existence of an
% will. It is consequently pr
20 sumed that he made no disposltiC
of his hard earned estate. In III;
IN case his property would natural
e belong to the State. He was he
0v er married and had never me
he toned or written to kinsma
n anywhere. His religious ide
50 were as eccentric as his life, f
=; while he realized the existence
1v a supreme power he maintain
nd that death was the grand finale
IT'S US all.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

1T is stated upon positive authority"
says tic Richmond Dispatch, ''t!,at the
Baron de Hirscli fund i'll the country is
to be augmented by his widow by dona-
ton OF 81, $4,000 OF this new sum 81
100000, it is reported, is to be devoted to
the alteration OF suffering and distress in
entirely new channels, which those con-
versant with the matter expect will create
great sensation BY their originality and
scope. 1t is also said that $1,000 is te
be g:ve:i to the Educational .Slliance. ir
Which Baron de IIirsch took so ,nuci, in
te-est, ard the remaining 100000 will
be distributed among various other char
ties
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

The State Museum at Raleigh las re-
ceivcd two wild cats, male and female,
from Craven county. On the way the
male attacked the female and bit ard
clawed her severely. She has beer killed
by the use of ch1orofor,u. The male viii
be killed i'll day or two It is said that
tile wih!-cat is the Only animal wl,:c,
cannot be tanned.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

Three Catawba county men
were in New York city buying
goods some days ago and visited a
dance hall. While there Tie pc
lice raided !he hall and the Ca
tawbians were locked up along
with the others. After spending
the night in cell they were dis
charged, and they took the frs
train for home.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

On Monday night at Roanoke
Marshes there were 1000 nice shad
dumped over in the sound for
want of ice and salt to save them
1000 shad, enough to give 14,00C
hungry persons square meal that
a Prince might enjoy and that
Delmonico can't equal And yet
some says that they will go to some
better land to make a living
Surely little Dare county is no
only The land Of plenty Of Nor,
Carolina, but the most blessel
and that the sun in lis diurna
round, looks,iown on. BLESSED
Dare .-Elizabeth City Economist
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

The New York Wcrl,l says that the
New York Journal has been run at loss
of two million dollars up to date; that
$4,000 has been lost on the Mail and
Express; the Times, which was worth a
million dollars when Jones dcid, has lost
three or four hundred thousand dollars;
and that c. P. Huntington has lost 81 COO.
900 III newspaper enterpriscs.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

According TO the War Office sta
tistics Spain had sent, up to the
end of 1896, 19S,047 men and 40
Generals to Cuba. The deaths in
the field and from yellow fever
and other diseases were four Gen
erals and 22,731 men and officers.
No accs u 1t is given of tho men
sent home invalided, but. Mt least
y, 900 have. returned, many Of
whom have since died.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

ducing and manufacturing. The
wool clip is not worth more than
$50, 900, 900 year. There are not
more than 40, 100000 of sheep in
the country, perhaps not SO many
now. The 100000 men engaged
in the wooden industries represent
about 500, 900 people all told.
To give prosperity" to these
100, 600 people and make these 49,
600, 900 sheep probably less) pay,
the 100000 Of people in this
country must submit to an in
crease of price in the WOODEN goods
they need and must buy, varying
according to those who under
| stand the question, from 25 TO 33
per cent. more than they are pay
ing now. The difference in the
cost of the WOODEN goods bought
by these 10000, 900 of people, the
majority of whom are dependent
upon their daily labor, would in
one year buy at the assessed valu-
alton twice as many sheep as
there are in the country. Isn't
that paying a pretty high price to
protect wool?
| If all this money Went into the
Treasury it would be different
matter, and it might be justified
as revenue increaser in an emer.
gency, but it doesn't, for about
nine-tenths of it will go into thu
pockets of the protected to the
one-tenth thatgoc into the Treas
ury. With higher duties OF
woolens, the importations will b.
less (for that is the object of thu
:, higher duties). The manufactur
ers of this country will keep thei
goods just u little below tn
price of the imported goods. The
will add the duties to the domes
tic article, and pocket the gai
: while the Government gets the dr
ty on the imported article whicl
y will be added to the cost of tn
goods when the purchaser buy
- them.
AS revenue raiser the tariff Q
y wool and woolens will be failur
: bat as a means of putting none
into the pockets of some of Il
large wool-growers and the WOO
- manufacturers it will be success
but one that will cost the Amer
- can people very dearly, not on
" in money, but in comfort al
|, health, for good WOODEN carmen
are one of the essentials of both
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

Two French biologists claim that fasting
lessons the effects of dipl,tileria and other
lnicrobia1 affections. Probably if people
should also refrain from Breathing the
danger CT contracting diseases would lsc
still less.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

The Courier says that three of Roy-
boro's dead game sports" wrote Corbc.t
a letter of sympathy, telling him also tia,
notwithstanding the fact that they had
lost 1850 OIL him they stood ready at any
moment to place ten times that a.,lori:,
on him against Fitzs:,nmons.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

A lawyer sent tie following words OF
consolation to the widow of an editor:
II Cannot tell you now panied I was to
hear that your husband lad gone to
heaven We were bosom friend, bit cau
never meet again.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

The sixth wife Of q Nashville
Ind. man who died lately re-
ceived $1,000 by his will, IS an an
tcnuptial agreement barring lie
from any share in lis estate oth
crwisc. Some of lis prcyiou
wives. divorced, lave been draw
ing liberal alimony.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31
THE DISGRACE OF OUR POL
TICS.
Statesville Landmark

The scandal of American poll
tics is the scramble for office.
Every four years, at the coming
in of new administration, an in
Vulnerable company of otiice-seek-
ers move upon Washington, and
for weeks and months besiege the
White House like pack of
wolves, consuming the: time of the
new President and hindering him
in the discharge of the duties for
which the people elected him.
The attacking party never grows
81 small as to vanish out of sight.
It diminishes in number as the
administration grows older, until,
i'll the last few weeks, it becomes
as a stream in the last stages of
drying up; but the abatement is
no more than symptom of renew
al, for rs the stream gets to its
smallest the flood breaks forth
with mighty fury, marking the re-
turn of another 4th of March.
The onset at Washington has
never in the history of he govern
ment been ficrcer than it is at this
time. The new President is liter
ally beleagured, and if 4 foreigner
could see this army Of the hungry,
and had any means of numbering
those who arc at home wanting Of
fice-some Of whom have been
there, some of whom are going,
and others of whom will never
! have the fortune to get there-he
would want to ask: care tho
Americans a nation of paupersi
Do they all want public otlicei
Have these men no business Of
! their own at which they can make
Il living?"
! OHice-holding is, within certain
: limitations, an honorable employ
ment. 1t is we'll when man il
called from his. vocation ant
placed in charge of a public inter
! est. 1t invests him with d new
j dignity and if the Office be grea
one it casts its halo around him
9 But this quadrennial scramble TO
= little plac IS and big, to say Moth
: Ing of the petty scrambles whicl
are in progress all the year round
i i'll State and county, town an
e township, is a stigma upon th
J national character. Either
= was-never SO bad before as now g
l. else tie same publicity was neve
II given it. A man of quiet taste
~ would rather be without Mr. Nj
"a Kinley's Lonors than to hay
~ them, accompanied by his care
As Less harassment about Office tina
~ IS his at present has been tt
g death of Presidents before now.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

DR.. Watson, "Ian MacI.arcn, y
is to be tried for l.cresy before The
Synod of his church. The ortllo-
dox Scotchrnan don I think that a
preacher ought to write novels.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

The wreck of the steamer st.
Nazaire off the coast Of Hatteras
on the 18th inst. was most fear
full disaster. Seventy-eight lives
were lost and only four lived to
tell the story. The four were
picked UP in half starved condi-
ton five days after the vessel
went down.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

The St. Louis bride and groom
who are spending their honeymoon
on a railway caboose attached to
a freight train will not, at least,
be embarrassed by fellow-travel-
ers watching their billing and COO
ing from behind.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

Salisbury las about tie s1:cl,cst chief
OIL record. While Robert Woo,. was
asleep there one Cay recentl~ tie sharn
rascal stol, tie shoes off his feet and
never walked kin up.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

Mckinley Is said to have Sent
notice to Ohio office seekers tia,
their applications must cease f.,
the present.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

AT Sur Superior Cour; last
week 33 merchants were indic;cd
for failing 20 return tEeir mcr-
chants purcilse tax. The fine Is
$50 fos, eac,. offense.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

It looks as if the heroic Greeks
will have to play a lone hand
against Turkey and the powers,
but they may yet make march
that will euchre their antagonists
for all time TO come.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

1t takes I5,oco,ooo cross tics annually
to supply the demands of the railroads.
which, means the cutting down 2oo,o
acres of timber.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-03-31

A special train carried Cliaucy NJ. Dc
pew from New York to Albany, distance
Of LIS miles, i'll Sc minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
NEW-YORK UNIVERSITY NOTES.

The first meeting OF the New-York University
Senate was held last Monday. 1t consists OF the
deans OF the six schools and professor from
each faculty. with the deans presidents OF five
theological schools as advisory and honorary mem
bers The most helpful relations between the the
illogical schools and the University school OF gradu
ate instruction was discussed by President Charles
Cuthbert Hall OF Union Theological Seminary and
President Butte Of Drew Theological Seminary
Committees were appointed the matter OF a
University press and the annual commence
ments to report at the next meeting OF the senate
on the first Monday of February.
In the college and school OF engineering there
are 1872 students. In the graduate school l22 In the
school Of pedagogy 1s2. In the law school COL in the
school OF medicine IA, making total of 1881.
The lectures every Friday afternoon at o'clock,
upon municipal government, by Alfred r. Conkling,
are attracting students.
The class OF 9s has formed cotillon club. with
w Campbell president and w. w. Wotherspoon
At a previous meeting OF the freshman class w
A. Young was elec:ed president At the regular
meeting on Wednesday afternoon the following
Officers were elected Vice president. Vanentine
Lambert; secretary. j. Hermann: treasurer
Charles Taylor; historian, William McKip: poet
A. Ehrmann: orator. II. T. Brooks.
Commodore David Banks has presented fifteen
silver cups and fourteen bronze medals, to be
awarded at the various gymnastic contests OF the
year. which will be held monthly. the nrst to take
place on Wednesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

A. DAYS Theatre Number Nine; or the Lazy
- O.,o,d E" will begin It's second week tomorrow
rIobt The play belongs to the class OF n ''is"'
on :, "seyen Twenty Eight and numerous o'neiS
,ha, have done much to make the fame or DAY
Theatre and &c, G0m Spssences other plays and mu
sical pieces new and old. are proiliseu III '"P'1
succession
robr Drews second month at the Empire The
afro is half over and the success when ne u meet
ing in "A Marriage OF Convenience" Is most graz"
fvine Mr.. Drew will continue In "A Marrlase u OF
G!onSSenience' all through his Empire engagement
which extends TO January l.
Mica uaude Adams is 10 continue In The LAtt'e
Minister, at the Garrck Theatre indehnitey
Chr,os F,ohman has succeeded In cancelling all
her out-of-town contracts for this season, ana she
,s NOW free TO remain IN New-1 ork unt spI rnn
The change nag Also al on neeeess,ated
for the plays which II was a'en ecred lime az
al this TScatre and he will there present the
pjeces which he had In preparation io' INC val
rick season.
Tho srst four performances Of the week NJ inc
Irving Place Theatre will be devoted 10 strauss
.Waldmeister" with Nine. julie hopacsy III inc
cast On Friday evening she VIII appear so Ra uh
The same operetta will be repeated on SATURDAY
afternoon and evening.
The Empire Theatre Stock Company viii appear
at the Harlem Opera House tomorrow night ana
for the rest OF the week. in Edward Roses
,ss Red STANLEY SG and
Miss Viola Allen together with the other mem I'M
Of the 6% Ss M be se oe N
Of the drama at the Empire Theatre last season.
The new play. Nathan Hale" which Nat C.
Goodwin was DESTROYS OF producing at the Knlcker
booker Theatre in his present engagement there
will 20 over until next season. The actors con-
tinued success in IAN American Citizen" has COM
p pIaTs MN 10 HAZE viii probably be produced
by Mr. Goodwin az this theatre next season IN the
The one-hundredth performance OF THE French
Maid" at the Herald Square Theatre on December
20 will be marked by the presentation OF travelling
clocks as souvenirs. The forthcoming souvenir
occasion will be the tenth time Mr.. Rice has pre-
sented clocks In this cty-once with 'l4E. three
times with Little Christopher" four times with
Maid
At Roster g. Balls tomorrow night Laveria Char
uion Is to give an act the high trapeze OF
type IT IS said that has not yet been in this
country Albert a. Guile the tenor. Is retained
for another week. Modge Ellis is to give new
songs Juan Calcedo Will continue to perform on
s high R6%ss y H T pcsa in
ored sands The De Koch troupe Of acrobats Is
retained SO Is Ns Anna An Held a,u4 S1 ~ It's
programme and Madge Ellis, VI. Guile. Nile. Rom
Sso n tS %sT to MAKE ass her are re a
pearance tonight
Theatre with 1.-The Swell Miss Ftzwell." and espe-
c,aIly delights them with the clever negro songs
with which the farce abounds The one about the
frog and The Dummy Line" are the favorites.
Doris's Winter Circus seems to be getting set
tied and looks more and more like establishing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
LOSS OF VISUAL ACUTENESS.
REASONS THAT TEND TO MAKE CHILDREN NEED
GLASSES.
Dr n Ruth. in The Jewellers Weekly.

GLASSES.
DR.. H. Ruth. in The Jewellers Weekly.
1t is interesting to compare the visual acuteness
some purely physical cause that han, may be within
the realm Of either .n nu Sr GT VIII
from nature rst It Il well known that ! severe Ill
5sy ronP ese the the @ h G
,oonyaiescent viii do is to cali FOR book or news
TO nc 70 s
apt. through forgetfulness. to overtask his accom-
ciIiary muscle. When the rest Of his body RECEIVERS
its normal strength the eye continues weak After
%PIoysa sss e 4 Be- Is v;s S
up the first pair of spectacles available regardless
OF whether they be too strong or too weak for
s w een hS 10 1T
Other natural causes that affect eyes are wind,
wise good enough become weak under such condi:
rsfraction. and under most conditions the accom-
Inodatve power OF the eye Is strong enough 4, to
or climatic conditions as have mentioned the ac-
Is ss s of s9d sss ssY
generally be convex
ness due to natural causes in order causes
produced by civilization. At the outset will say
iicians services might never be needed. but these
Take boy from the country bring him to town
all day and INTO the night, Put him behind a
counter, and let him stand all day with hour
free out of twelve, more let him sit
workbench. following q trade that keeps his eyes
nxed steadily hour after hour twelve to eighteen
inches in front OF him. Take this same youth with
hitherto good eyes and BID him use them day In
occupy his time In a dimly lighted room, or bend
over desk beneath artificial light all the time.
! might go on giving instance after instance. with
out particularizing. any calling moro harmful
than others 20 the eyes.
Is it wonder that the children Of this generation
OLD age is no longer the for wearing glasses
In nine cases out Of ten the young man needs a
convex glass TO assist his overtaxcd eyes In full
hlhng their duties.
In addition these causes of weakened vision II
IL hardly necessary TO mention the common evils OF
tobacco and alcoholic srmulants. Again. IL the
strong constitution Of a boy cannot save his eyes
from their thousand and one uses how can frai
women escape? The ever-increasing army Of women
workers In shops and ofhces, and the new avenues
Of employment opening 70 them. swell the number
point out that 1t IS not the serious and very plain
errors OF refraction that cause the most Of OPP
tcians patronage, and he must often attribute the
loss Of visual acuteness TO other causes