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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-17
EYE SPECIALgSr.

Prof. Edwin Shaya, the Elko EYE
SPECIALIST, is in ely With headquar-
tors at Munro's Hotel. Prof. Shaya
has been here before and his work
speaks for itself. His assortment OF
sPEoTAoLEs and EYEGLASSES is COM
plete and OF the best quality. The
Prof. iu&kes no charges for testing
the eyes and VIII tit glasses to prevent
headache which results from de
fectivS syesight.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-17

Judge Mack has rendered decision
in the Foley estate case in favor of
the eastern heirs. They get one-half
of the dead mans estate under the con-
tract. The case will likely be taken
to a higher court,
Judgment was also entered against
Mrs. o. j. Smith and j. V. Peers.
Public Administrator, acting as ad-
minlstrator of the estate of Harrison
Verno, Hartley, the alleged illegit-
innate son OF Nj. D Eoloy, in the sum
OF $500 for the two parties. = Reno
Gazette.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-17
VIII co East.

Dan de Guile writes the Mining
and Scientific Press that he is going
to West Liberty, Iowa. Ii every one
whom that veteran writer had delight
ed were TO contribute penny he
would start ON his trip millionaire
lie enriched all .aye himself and for
years rarely touched subject he did
not adorn. For nearly generation
he has written the chronicle of the
Comstock at Virginia, Nevada, and
what he wrote, whether in the ephem-
eral form of tlieeting newspaper
paragraph or more pretentious binding,
has been copied everywhere. Long
ago the coast forgot there was such a
person as William Wright, Shd as
'SDan de Guile" he has been hailed
by thousands as the wit and hum
orist of the Comstock. He was always
lavish of his literary treasures and
money-Mark Twain, his former col
laborator, knowa considerable about
that-and his best jokes were oftimos
published by aud credited to others
who better understood how to adver-
tisa themselves. He takes with HIM
tine kindly remembrance of many
who loved to read what he wrote and
first five.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-17

September or October, will attract a
larger crowd than did the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons affair. Anyway it will
not be long before Stuart will be drop
ping in on Carton. Carson News.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-17

stage leaves Palisade, the White Pine
people will be short mail for that
trip.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Major Mckinley will be the third Metho-
dist President.
The Duke of Fife is c1elited with a private
income of s4O0. 900 year.
Senator Wolcott has arrived in London on
his mission IN behalf OF international d.
metaliism.
Lori Salisbury turns the scale at 2'2
pounds. Mr.. Gladstone. on the other mana.
weighs less than LIT pounds.
Andrew E. Leo, the recently elected cover
nor OF SOUTH Dakota, owns more land thal
any otter resident OF the State.
Julge Holman, Of Indiana. intends TO
make IL crusade in Congress AGAINST tho
present high rate OF Federal salaries.
Eugene Zimmerman, the well-known car
icaturist, who signs his sketches "Ltm, IS q
Swiss by birth, and started his career as
sign painter.
Achilles Erant, an aged music teacher o
New York City, who numbered among NJ
, pupils years ago Minnie Hauk and Enm
| ThIrsby, is deal.
| Since his fifth Inauguration Presiden
| Diaz, of Mexico, has male Il tour OF IN
| country, vlsitin nearly every town In it. ID
| was receive everywhere with reJoicinSs.
Stanley will visit tae Belgian POSSESSIONS o.
| the Congo next spring in company with A''t'
| Leopold. Thay will supervise tue ophnin:
| of the railroad between Matavol ana Leo
pollvile.
There is but one monarch OF Europe VIII
| can show the scar of wound receive 1
war. 1t is King Huuberl, OF Italy, who re
ceived severe saber cut at the battle Q
| CuseoZZa.
The Prince of Wales says that the mo-
fitting plan for the celebration OF the Queen
sixt eth anniversary as ruler will eInpra'
schemes OF mercy for the poor and sufterir
in her dominion.
IfSenator Morrill, OF Vermont. lives unit
March next he Will have served dya III
terms in tho United States Senate, which I
man has ever YET done. His nearest Goa
petitor was Senator Benton, Of Missouri
who served four terms and half.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
The Croatan Normal School.

In report of this school to the Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction, the
trustees set forth the following facts:
During the sig months ending Jan. l,
1897, there was one teacher emplsyed,
sixty-seven pupils, among whom were
three teachers, one preacher and quite
number who are training for teach
ers, some of whom will be ready to
tske charge of schools next session. It
Is Indispensable for the maintenance
and efficiency of our public schools for
Croatans. On it depend the twenty
two public schools with their thousand
pupils, for teachers, there being nc
other normal school in the county.
The higher English branches, with
Latin, Greek, French and German are
taught. The present teacher, Mr.. P.
B. Hiden, is a highly educated gentle
man, with long and successful career
as tercher, and gives entire satisfac
ton to both patrons and pupils.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
HoW'S This?

L
We offer One Hun lred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, To
ledo, 0.
We, the undersigned. have known
Z. J. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in al
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
ny their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, D.
WALDINa, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the bloo'
and mucous surface of the system
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
FREE Pills.

Send your address to Fl. b. Rucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get free sample
box OF DR.. Kings New Lie Pills. A
trial will convince yon of their merits
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective ill the cure OF Con.
stipation and Sick Headache. For Ma
laria and Liver Troub es they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to b.
purely vegetable. They DO not weaker
by their action, but by giving tone tt
stomach and bowels greatly invigorat
the system. Regular size Csc. pc
box. Sold by DR.. H. 7. Pope & Co.
druggists. If
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20

and loved bis ACCOMPLISHED mother,
and all who knew her and her sainted
father will join us in extending heart
felt sympathy to the bereayed.
We spent last Tuesday night with
Mr.. Joseph Parker, of Iona. and his
interesting family. Mr.. Parker has a
pleasant home in o delightful neigh
borhood and richly deserves all the
good things which come to him in lite.
Rev. Hugh Craig, the pastor of Iona
and Ashpole spent the night there
also. Mr.. Craig has the reputation
OF being not only fine preacher but
also one of the best of pastors. He is
loved by his focks and by none more
than the children. We wrote of a
pleasant night spent at the manee of
the Ashpole church last week and our
pleasant entertainment by Mr.. Craig
and his accomplished wife, but the ar
tlcle persisted IN the flames.
The New REGIME. ''There is re-
trihution in history" was the sentence
with which Governor Russell began his
inaugural address last Friday. The
new Governor and his crowd have a
history which Jorms a part if not all
Of the dark period of North Car DINA s
past. Revolution -has thrown them to
the surface again and unless the leo
pard has changed his spots, unless the
ear-marks of the fall campaign, and the
Indications OF the present Senatorial
struggle raging in Raleigh prove illu-
sions, the prayer of all who love their
State should be: . Speed the day when
that retribution shall come and Wher
the sediment which now turbids the
waters shall return to its place.
| Governor Russell is strong writer
His style IS clear. He knows how to
express his thoughts. Many OF hi
recon ~ endations are good and worthy
of careful consideration by the Gen.
eral AS emily. Some of them are no
wise. Several of his insinuations ar,
vile. He glories, too, in the fact tina
North Carolina has broken the '.SoliJ
South" Pity it is tits true; and pit
it is that, in breaking the Soil
South, !" the decalogue was also "brok
en-" The closing part of his Inaugural
shows that the Governor has grow
larger than his position. It clearl
indicates that he Thought that he wa
thinking about as how he was in Nc
, Kinley's shoes and about to sit dow
in Growers chair. Well! Well! W
hope tor the best. Yes, the very best
MaXton's Cotton Receipts.
Sixty-seven bales were received la'
e week. Total receipts for the season
1851 bales.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
Death of Mr., Burns

Mr.. w. b. Burns requested me to
let you know of the death of his son,
Fosser Il. Burns, your correspondent
from this place. which occurred on
Sunday, January 10th at 1850 p. m.
He was born August End, 1868, near
st. Pauls. He came home from Little
Rock, Ark, about three and a hall
years ago with consumption and has
been great sufferer until death. He
was always cheerful and bore his sick
ness with patience. In the absence OF
Mr.. Black, his funeral was preached by
Rev. l.. M. Chaffin, the Methodist
minister, and he was buried at St.
Pauls church. A more extended no.
tice will appear LATER
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20

A. GENTS WANTED-For War in
- Cuba, by Senior Quesada, Cuban
representative at Washington. En-
dorsed by Cuban patriots. In tremen-
dous demand. A bonanza for agents.
Only $3.50. Big book, big commits
sions. Everybody wants the only en-
dorsed, reliable book. Outfit free.
Credit given. Freight paid. Drop all
trash, and make $500 O month with
War in Cuba. Address today, The
NATIONAL Book CONCERN, 352-356
Dearborn ST., Chicago.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
RUCKLIN'S ARNICA SALVE.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Germs and all Skin Erup-
tons aud positively cures Piles or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price, 25 cents per box. For sale by
DR.. T. T. Pope & Co.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20

Having withdrawn from the late
firm of Morrison & Barker, I desire to
thank my friends and the public gen
orally for the very liberal patronage
extended the old firm, and it affords
me great pleasure to commend john
Fl. Morrison to the trading public and
to bespeak for him the liberal patron
age heretofore extended to us. You
will find him on the Willis Barnes cor
ner, owned by me and rented to him
Very respectfully,
At J. T. BARKER.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20

Red tape in New York has stopped
the cleaning Of the streets. The chief
use as yet found for red tape In the
abstract is it's remarkable strength
when used to place common sense and
public service in bonds.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and
is taken internally, acting directly up
on the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. In buying Halls Catarrt
Cure be sure you get the genuine. Il
is taken internally and made in To
ledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co
| Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists; price, 75o pei
bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
To Advertise

The paper that is increasing in cir
culation every week is the one in
which 1t pays to advertise. Such a
paper is the Robesonian, and our rates
are exceedingly reasonable consider
ing the large circulation and influence
OF the paper.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
VALUA Bile LAND FOE
Sale.

Under an order of the Superior
Court of Robson County. I will ex-
pose to sale, for cash, at the court
house door in Lumberton, N. c., on
the first Monday in February, 1897,
the farm of the late DIR. D. Smith, of
about 800 acres, abont 100 in cultiva-
ton, with fine dwelling and all nee
essary outhouses, situated in St. Puals
township, and about three miles from
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. This
is fine chance for good investment.
Sale made for part ton among the
heirs. A. W. MCLEAN,
Commissioner.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
Our Third Point

Is the suggestion that all work, and work together for
the upbuldng of town and the improvement Oh the
we ask your attention some things regard
individual business The year of 1896 OF pleas
profitable business
We extended accommodations to large number OF time
Our line of this particular amounted
to than 1900 and will 90 record here in public
recall single whom believe intended to obtain
goods and effects without meeting his obligations of
pleasure satisfaction think of our
toners being better financial condition than when they
Many who commenced business with with
no supplies and furnishings with which to make crop lind
themselves at the with full supply OF necessa
ries hand
These things pass through industry and economy
We open for the business of 1897
We well prepared to take Of all customers We
do better offers business be found than
making We will name some advantages our custo
First our farmer friends will supplied with the best
standard grades Of Guano ACID Phosphate Ralt etc We
Implements, Plows Hoes, Harness, Hames Traces etc., are
In the matter Of groceries always well prepared
furnish the best reasonable terms
We buy Flour from the mills that grind and we now
We buy Coffee of the importers always carry
Tobacco of Job Lots and regular goods
bought Of and obbers 1t is customary for us to car
We exclusive the very desira-
We control the sale of Southern Leader Cook Stove
We fortunate securing this line Of Stoves they
much appreciated by dealers and customers They not be
sold this market only by u.s. except III second hand Way
factory has repeatedly refused ship other dealers
nave SOlu
at the have 20 OF them hand we
building filled with Stoves Stove Supplies Pumps etc
We sell enameed Stove Supplies Pots, Skilets Pans etc.
We control the sale of Chase City Wagonsone and two
Wagons made of second years growth V
gina Hickory and guaranteed to be all right
ticuar.
We carry stock of Shoes sufficient to stock ordinary
Shoe Store Among other good makes the celebrated
Douglas Shoes which being the best shoe
know Of They warranted to Workmanship and n ate
rial. We have them in So So and 81 styles
stock of Clothing always stands at the head for quantity
quality prices Come AID inspect stock, have
our second floor loaded with It,
conclusion, will announce that the stock of General
Goods Notions, Hats ried by this year will be
!, even greater in extent and variety than formerly
Asking continuance of the liberal patronage of the pub
lie, we are, Very Respectfully
Caldwell & Carlyle
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20

Having purchased the entire bust
ness of Morrison & Barker, beg to
inform my friends and the public gen
orally that ! will continue the bust
ness. Thanking every body for the
very liberal patronage extended to tt 9
late firm, earnestly solicit contin :
ance of the same. I am now located
on the Willis Barnes corner, oppo lite
the court house. Again thanking you
for past favors and soliciting q contin-
uance of the same,
lam, yours truly,
JOHN III. MORRISON.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
Dissolution Of Partnership.

The eopartnership heretofore exist.
ing between Joh1 Fl. Morrison and
James I. Barker. under the firm nan Q
OF Morrison & Barker, has this day
been dissolved by mutual consent. j.
Il Morrison having purchased the en-
tire bushes of said firm and by whom
all outstanding claims will be paid,
and to whom immediate settlement of
all notes, accounts and other evidences
Of Indebtedness must be paid
JOHN II. MORRISON;
J. L. BARKER.
Jan. II, 1897.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
Court Next Week.

The January term of our Superior
Court, Judge Coble pre- siding, will
convene next Monday.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
1897. new Year 1897.
The Past, The Present and The
Future.

We offer information observations and suggestions
regard the and future the business
of our town in general and of our in particular
The First Point
We make is that town in North Carolina has trans
acted business the last proportonatey than our
own good Town Of Lumberton
The Second Point
We make that present efforts and indications point to
continuance of the desirable state of affairs.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
Maxton's Cotton Receipts.

MaXtOn'S COGtOn NeceIptS.
Sixty-seven bales were received last
week. Total receipts for the season.
1851 bales.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-01-20
The Second Point

We make is that present effor
continuance of the same desirable
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
W. S0E THE Hustler House Furnishings Aliens Block, AUGUSTA Me

molds from which some of the ancient
coins We're made.
There are also on exhibition amulets,
such as were issued as medals by the Chi
nese monasteres from a. D. AGO. but
which also circulated as money. Many of
these amulets are of the most beautiful
workmanship in liigree design, and were
worn suspended from the neck as orna-
ments. The collection has been conven-
iently arranged during the last few days
for the inspection of the public. and al
ready has received most fattering atten-
lions, having been visited by numismat-
lists from all over the country. Although
this is the most complete collection in the
possession of the museum there are
thousands of other coins stored away for
lack of space, which if assembled and
placed on exhibition would form a collec-
ton unsurpassed. Congestion of space
has far deferred the authorities of the
museum from making an attempt to eX-
hbit the whole collection, but it is to be
hoped that a portion of the space to be
gained by the introduction OF galleries
will be placed al the disposal of the coins
now stored.-Washington Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
COMMERCIAL REPTILES.
Florida Wants Fish Commission to Propa.
gate Alligaiors.

Florida people have been writing to
the United States Fish Commission re-
Gently. to ask that something be done
in the way of propagating alligators By
artifice, so that the streams of that
state may be repopulated with the
ast-disappearng saurians.
1t is estimated that 100000 alliga-
tors have been killed in Florida since
1880, and the work of reckless eXter-
mination has proceeded so far that the
great lizards are now to be found in
numbers scarcely anywhere outside of
the UNEMPLOYED Everglades and other
vast SwampS Now that it is too late,
residents of the flowery peninsula are
beginning to realize that one of the
most notable attractions of the state.
from the point Of view of tourists. has
gone. This is serious, for it means
money loss.
Something can certainly be done in
the line of artificial alligator breeding,
but it is not possible to stock rivers
with unlimited numbers of little ones,
as is done with shad. Alligator eggs
cannot be collected by millions and
Matched in glass jars, like Holsters
The only practicable method is to get
the eggs from the nests" in which
they are deposited by the mother alli-
gators, and to hatch them in boxes of
moist sand at temperature of 120 de-
grees Fahrenheit. Professional alliga-
tor hunters could easily be employed to
gather them at so much a hundred in
the swamp regions where the animal
are still plentiful. There would be no
trouble in shipping them to the points
where they are wanted and where the
baby saurians could be put into the
streams as soon as they emerged from
the shell.
Alligator eggs are as big as COOS.
eggs, blunt at the ends, and covered
with hard, glossy shell. About 200 Of
them are found in each nest. In April
or May the female seeks a sheltered
spot on bank and constructs a small
mound of mud and other materials
She then deposits her eggs in a series
Of layers. with strata of grass and mud
between. In few days they are
Matched by the sun, assisted by the
heat which the decomposing vegetable
matter generates AS soon as they
come out the infant alligators
scramble for the water Many of them
are eaten by pelicans and other
enemies then and there--a cause Of de-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-25
Rare OLD CHINESE COINS.
Finest Collection in the World Given
TO National Museum.
ttsy Of the Ancient Nation Told in Gold,
Silver, Copper and Leather.

The Smithsonian institution has re-
on Of Chinese coins which may be
I'd to be more complete than any Of
great collections, not excepting the
lmous collection of the British mu-
um in London or the BibliOtheque
rationale in Paris.
This priceless collection was be-
aeathed by the late G. B. Glover,
amerly of the Chinese imperial mari
Me customs, a man of recognized
UNITY as numismatist AMI a collec-
OF many years standing, who, by
eallng himself of a long residence and
Owiedge of the country and an init
IVY With the natives, had opportuni-.
rarely offered to foreigners. The
ieeton represents the coinage of
yuma from no B. c. to- the present day,
luuihg very many specimens of
we peculiar pieces used both as coins
rehglous medals, molds of divers
apes notes both governmental and
"ate' and those coins of foreign
untrles struck from time to time for
niierclal use with China, such as
uolars" of English. Danish, Ameri-
anu Mexican manufacture, as well
eie entire series of the coinage of
Ahhamese, Japanese, Coreans and
mohammedan cities of China itself.
describe this collection would re-
volume, for, in fact, it is
Try Of the manners and customs,
a'ed in imperishable bronze, of a
nation whose era of civilization
ua.es ever the dawn of that of
~ and Rome. 1t represents the
iouS oDservances, the various dy-
febellious and instructions,
uirow of reigning families and
~ses IN form of government.
primitive mode of commercial
se IN China, as in, all other
ts,sa' was by means of barter and
~ aange of certain products of the
sucn as wheat and rice, or those
M. labor, as silks, arms. imple-
ans etc. From this method of ex-
oflginated the mode of coinage.
tclas s' CONS taking shape from the
~ which they were to represent
il, thus the first coins of
were shaped to represent knives.
kcS ana other articles of barter
ia. .ney We're to represent in value.
M ea being that the coins would be
EASILY, transported and boarded
me original articles.
Earliest record of China shows
b, summing, the second known en-
VINO reigned about the year 2737
Di,. instituted a market place in his
s s;n IN order to gather merchandise
,s a,ks. There in the daytime the
b,a..w was held. in which the people
ased their products. At this time
tan a'veiing merchants made use of a
nc money, which was supposed to
es.as ,nated during the reign of Tai
o. o'oz B. G. 1t was limited in circu-
n. being used solely by the mer-
alry people. INC as''cu''ufai or
o sa,s reign money was called kin "
N that of Gen-nue-si, 1892 b.