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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01
ONE HUNDRED KLONDIKE FACTS
Some Very Important Things to Know About
the Frozen Gold Fields.


gold fields OF Alaska that any
facts regarding the country are
interesting. The Chicago Times
Herald gives the following con
densed facts.
Alaska is two and and one half
times as large as Texas.
1t is eight times as large as oil
New England.
1t is AS large as the South inclu-
ding Texas,
1t IL as large as all the States
east of the Mississippi and north
of the Ohio, including Virginia
and West Virginia,
1t makes San Francisco east of
our center.
It's coast line is $4,000 miles.
It has the highest mountain III
North America.
It has the only forest covered
glacier in the world.
The Troadwell is one Of its great
est gold mines.
1t has the best yellow cedar in
the world.
1t has the greatest seal fisher
les.
1t has the greatest salmon fish
cries.
1t has cod banks that beat New
foundland.
1t has the largest river in the
world.
A man standing on a bank of
the Yukon $50 miles from its
mouth cannot see the other bank.
The Yukon is twenty miles wide
TOO miles from its mouth.
With its tributaries it is naviga
bic $4,000 miles.
| 1t is larger than the Danube.
1t is larger than the La Pla-
ia.
1t is larger than the Orinoco.
1t discharges one third moro wa.
ter than the Mississippi.
The water is fresh fifteen miles
from it's mouth.
| 1t has more gold in it's basin
than any other river.
It's color is beautifully blue to
its junction with the White river
| 100 miles above the mouth.
Alaska runs 10000 miles west
of Hawaii.
Yukon basin gold is estimated
at SIS, 900, 100000
! The necessary eruptive force for
the formation of great assure veins
isseverywhere evident in Alas
ka.
Silk should be worn next to the
body then wool and then furs.
| Citric Acid should be taken to
prevent scurvy.
4 The food there produces rectal
diseases. Take medicine.
| Lima beans are good portable
food.
Snow glasses should not be for
gotten.
Nowhere are mosquitoes so mum.
erous.
There are two kinds of poison
: Gus flies.
There are no snakes in Alas
ka.
Moose are plentiful. The fesl
resembles horse flesh.
Capital of stock companies or
gained to do business in Alasks
aggregate 100000
It ia probable that within lively
| months Dawson City Will be with
in four days from Janeau.
Iii central and northern Alask;
the ground is frozen to the dept!
/ of 200 feet.
Snowfall in the interior is yer
llght-six inches or so.
The heaviest rain and snow ar
on the Southeast coast.
. No land contains finer spruc
: timber.
| In It's low temperature gold fl
0 ling in teeth contracts and fall
out. Use amalgam.
I Men born in the southern lat:
8 tudes have become insane in Il,
u long dark.
T Take g chess board and Nor
Q They prevent demontia.
y The medicine chest should hol
pills, pills, pills.
II A temperature of Is degrees be
e low zero has ben recorded.
When it gets below so there
/ no wind.
" A tent is as good as a house an
st cheaper.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

have been i'll the drug business for
twelve years, ard during that time have
sold nearly ali the cough medicines nlan-
utactured; and from my personal Inowl-
edge OF such remedies, ! say that Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy gives better sat
1sfacsion than any other on the market
". II. Terry, Elkton, Ky. Sold by DR..
J. .. Mcmillan.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

A temperature of IS degrees be-
low zero has ben recorded.
When it gets below SO there is,
no wind.
A tent is as good as a house and
cheaper.
No shelter is needed except when
the wind blows. At other times
q sleeping bag answers the purpo-
SEES.
Just below rapids ice forms on
ly nine feet thick, and there fish
ing Is done. It other palces it
will reach 40 feet.
In the dark season here twilight
lasts six hours, and almost any
kind of work can be done.
Elk, caribou and grouse are com
mon and easily killed.
Don't eat snow or ice. Melt
them. Else quinsy.
In low temperature the inside
of the throat something's freezes
This is locally called "fro5t burn
ing
For frozen fingers use cold wa
ter.
1ou can only battle lie face and
feet.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01
Administrators Notice. i.

tt ANING QUALIFIED AS ADMIN
-&-- istrator of Charles McRae, deceased.
ate of Robson County. N. c.. this is to notify
an persons having claims against the estate
Of said deceased to exhibit them to the under
signed on or before the 18th day of August,
1855 or this notice will be plead in bar Of their
T .covery.
All persons indebted 10 said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 18th day Of August. 1887.
c. B. COX. Administrator.
PROCTOR & MCINTYRE,
aug1S-6w Attorneys for Administrator
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01
For Sale !!

NFV VALUABLE FARM OF SEW
enty-two (72) acres is offered for
sale. It is situated two and half {aZ)
miles southeast of Maxton. This is a de
sirable two horse farm. Come early, or
you may be too late.
aug25-2t MRS. ANN RAY:
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

Sweat under blankets in sum
mer or have rhuematism.
In summer all land not noun
tain is swamp.
Underfoot is ice cake, overhead
is % hours sun.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01
WILMINGTON & WELDON RAIL R0sL
AND BRANCHES. AND
FLORENCE RAIL ROAD
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
Dated August 1st, 1897.


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Leave Weldon - i'"ily'
Arrive Rocky Mt N
Leave Tarroro = % p u
T,.,va po.I, A..
Leave Wilson
Lowe selma
Leave Favettevill.
Arrty.. Ejy,r.,,o,.
30
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Arr,,. RocL,- NJ, 40 p N
Tco,.a p.,ot-,. NJ. IoS'
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Low. F,,.,,,,,11, II 10
- -. nv IA a N.
Leave Rocky At - DHi4S-
Leave Wilson a. H.
Leave Goidsi,oro
Ieeva Ya.noIia
Arrive Wilmington o.o
NJ 90 M,
Leave Rocky III
Leave Wilson oIs
Leave Gollsboro n, =.
Leave MAJ nolia 4ra ..
Arrive Wilmington A..
AAiNs 1oiNG NORTH
-. III, No. as Daily
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Arrive T,ocl,,- -,
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

Glass 4. Tickets sold daily April 2sth TO oc-
tob"r 18th. Final limit November eth.
Glass Z. Tickets sold daily April 29th TO 0c-
,ober Bib Final limit twenty go days from
date of sale.
Glass c. Tickets sold Tuesdays and Thurs
days Of each week, April path to October 2jth
Final limit ten io} days from date of sale
THOROUGH SERVICE between all points
~ the
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

LREoL the new Castor Oil, is being
used in hospitals. It is sweet as honey.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

Three thousand marriages are
performed every day ali over the
world.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01
NOW IS TIE lFEEE1z. TIME
TO
PURIFY YOUR S.. oCp:

[ carry a full line of Blood
Purifiers, including S. S. S,
;. B. B., P. P. P, Paine's Celery
compound, Hoods and Ayers
5arsapaIilla, also Taper Sarsa-
oarllla at 75c. per bottle, guar
anteed to be as good as Hoods
Or any other, also Pure Drugs,
Stationery, Toilet Articles, Jew
cry, Paints, Cigars, Tobacco,
Etc.
Don't fail to call on me if you
want full value for your money.
Truly,
J ,. MCMILLAN,
PHYSICIAN &. DRUGGIST.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
robson COUNTY.
IN SUPERIOR COURT
J. c. HARRELI.
ROBERT MONROE | Notice.
and wife, ANNIE
MONROE.
The defendants above named will take no.
tlee tina an action, entitled az above has been
commenced in the Superior Court OF Rol,eson
County, 10 foreclose 4 certain mortgage made
~ said defendants; and the said defendants
Will further take notice that they are required
TO appear at the next term of the Superior
Court of said county in Lumberton. n G., and
answer or demur to the complaint in said ac-
ton, or the plaintiff viii apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint
This 23d day of August. 1897
aug25-6w $. a. EDMUND. c. s. c.
The news & observer., 1897-02-27

lima cannot see its way clear
now to provide so literally for
higher education as most other Southern
States do, it viii do its utmost to place
within the reach of the masses the best
training and the most liberal culture.
but l do not regard this liberal dispo-
sition to higher education as the most
hopeful sign in the educational outlook.
Honest and intelligent men win con-
tinue to differ as to the States duty IN
the field of higher education, but prac-
tically all educated men in North Carolina
are united to-day for the first time IN the
determination to make more efficient our
public school system We are having
genuine educational revival among all
classes, and no one who understands the
State and is acquainted with the history
of educational progress in other States
can fail to see what the result will be.
The school supervision bill, which pass
ed the Senate to-day, the bill already
passed directing that $4,000 of the school
fund shall be used to encourage the prin-
cipal of local taxation, the only method
by which any State has ever secured
satisfactory school system; the action Of
the Finance committee in framing the
revenue act so as to raise the State school
UaN 1FOIl 10 ceIhtS 10 ~ CcIhUS Oll edCu
S100-few States having a higher State
school tax, and the decision of the House
Educational committee this afternoon
to report favorably a bill to appropriate
100000 out of the general fund to
strengthen the public schools in those
townships willing to make a special eff
fort to help themselves by a local tax, all
mean that the good old State is going TO
move forward Its heart is in this move
ment, and that it will neglect its work
in no part of the educational field, high
or low, is a cause for patriotic rejoicing
Education is the States best investment.
after restraining criminals to protect life,
liberty and property, and after caring for
ITS afflicted, the States first and chiefest
duty and highes privilege is to
invest liberally in the education and train
ing OF it's citizenship"
Dr. McIver was happy over the fact
that the action OF the General Assembly
in making the appropriation to the States
institution for women equal to that made
for men at the University Indicated a pur-
pose to make no discrimination in the fu-
ture between the sons and the daughters
of the State.
'No civilization" he said, ''can go in
advance OF homes and schools and women
and net men determine the character and
of homes and schools"
The news & observer., 1897-02-27
BACK FROM THE GRAVE


We cannot come, but we can often stay
our progress thither. Disease, like every
thing else, must have a beginning. All
chronic maladics tend to shorten life, and
render it a species of martyrdom whale
they last. Malaria, kidney complaint,
chronic indigestion, rheumatism-all have
small beginnings, and may be stayed at
the outset with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters. This excellent tonic and Alternative
is adapted alike to the prevention of dis
orders of the system and to their removal,
and its early use cannot be too strongly
advocated. 10 renew appetite and insure
tranquil rest, there is no surer and pleas
anter means than the Bitters. The effects
of overwork and exhaustion, mental or
physical, are counteracted by it, and the
busy merchant, the tired clerk or opera
tive, and the brain weary student, au-
thor or newspaper man, derive from 1t
present relief and future energy.
The news & observer., 1897-02-27

an elegant restaurants for gentlemen snt
ladiea. Also luxurious cafe tor gentlemen
Private dining rooms and banques ball
Prompts service and frsS-claSs cuisine,
LATTY, NJ Anager
The news & observer., 1897-02-27

the body is made to yield pleasantly tc
the change 1t is undergoing Headache
and nausea are dispelled, the depressed
feeling yields to one of pleasurable ex-
pectation. Danger to life of both kiother
and Child is avoided, and she passes
through the ordeal quickly.
"Ihe mother of three children, who snFfered
greatly in the birth of each, obtained bai4se of
sMother's Friead' of me before her f0urta coa-
lsnement, and was relieved quickly. Al agree
their labor was shorter and less painful.
john 6. POlfiHI, Mac0n, Ga.
Sent by MAIL receipt of price, Sr.oo PER BOT LIE.
Book ITO ExPECTANT MOTHERS mailed free.
THE ERAprIELp REGULATOR Co.. ATLANTA, Ga.
SOLD BY ALI DRUGGISTS.
The news & observer., 1897-02-27
PRESIDENT M'IyER's VIEWS.

A News and Observer reporter saw DIR.
McIver, president OF the Normal and In
Industrial School, last night, and asked
his views upon the prospect of an educa-
tional advance in the State. He replied:
II regard the outlook as exceedingly
bright or course / feel great gratifi-
cation at the result of the vote upon the
appropriations to the State University
and the Normal and Industrial School,
the appropriation to the latter having
been voted almost unanimously, and that
to the former with only about one-fifth
Of the General Assembly opposing.
"This action, the most liberal to higher
education in the history of the State,
means that North Carolina rs in earnest
about putting the opportunity for liberal
culture and thorough, practical training
Within the reach of the ambitious youth
of the State, regardless of sex. State
aid, or any other aid to higher education
is q recognition of the fact that the sons
and daughters of the rich are not as
rule willing to undergo the drndgery of
study and the self denial necessary TO pro-
duce scholars for the State, and of the fact
that society must expect to develop ITS
leaders of thought and action from the
children of the poor, or OF the moderately
Weil-to-d0. ne DeSL stuueHtS III all AhoO-
tutions with rare exception, do not come
from the extremes of wealth or poverty,
but from those families that are compell-
ed to make considerable sacrifices to edu-
cate their children, even in those institu
tions where expenses are reduced to a
minimum by the aid of appropriations and
endowments.
Whenever the State controls the man
agement Of an institution, the peoples
representatives can keep the charges
within the reach Of people of ordinary
means, and the tendency is to check ex-
| travagant charges in those institutions
| not controlled by the State.
''T am glad to see, too, that the State
| is endeavoring to provide for better and
more thorough and practical training for
| its colored citizens.
"All Of this is encouraging, because it
! shows that while North Caro-
The news & observer., 1897-02-27
THE PEOPLE ARE CONVINCED

When they read the testimonials of cures
by Hoods Sarsaparilla. They are writ
ten by honest men and women, and are
plain, straightforward statements Of
fact. The people have confidence in
Hoods Sarsaparilla because they know
it actually and permanently cures, even
when other medicines fail.
HOODS PILLS are the only pills to
take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Easy
and yet efficacious.
The news & observer., 1897-02-27
Public PRINTING.

Under section 3, Of chapter 20, of the
Public Laws of North Carolina for 1895,
the joint committee on Printing and
Binding, of the General Assembly Of
North Carolina, advertise for thirty days
from date, for proposals for the public
printing and binding for the State, for
two years, from and including the first
day of July, 1897, to and including the
80th day of June, 1899.
Printed forms of proposals for printing
and binding showing the class of work to
be contracted for, etc., will be furnished
free of charge, upon application to the
hairman of the printing committee.
The Printing Committee reserve the
ght to reject all bids, if they believe it
to be to the interest of the State so to do
For the committee.
JOHN A. RAMSAY,
Chairman, Etc.
James FL. Cathey, Secretary.
January 20, 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
what maddened mel No more Of it now
Have you saen Cafherine lafelry

what maddened me! No more Of it now.
Have you seen Catherine latelyg'
Not lately"
Il suppose she Is as handsome as ever.
When will you ask her to let me see Kittyg'
Leave that to me-" was the one reply
which Randall could venture to make at that
moment
The serious embarrassinents that surround
ed him were thickening fast. His naturally
frank nature urged him to undeccive Her
bert. II he followed his inclinations, in the
near neighborhood OF the hotel, who could
say what disasters might not ensue In his
brothers present frame of mind? IL he made
the disclosure on their return 10 the house he
would be only running the same risk of
consequences after an interval of delay, and,
If he remained silent, the march of events
might at any moment lead TO the discovery
OF what he had concealed. Add to this that
his confidence in Catherine had been rudely
shaken. Having allowed herself to be en-.
trapped into the deception proposed by her
mother. and having thus far perseyered ia
that deception. were the chances in favor OF
her revealing her true position-especlally If
she was disposed 10 encourage ~Bennydeck's
suit? Randals loyalty 10 Catherine hesitated
10 decide that serious question against the
woman he had known, trusted, and admired
for 50 many years. In any event, her second
marriage would lead To- one disastrous result.
Ii would sooner or later come to HerOert's
ears. Ia the meantime, after what Mrs.
Presty had confessed, the cruel falsehOod
which had checked poor Kitty's natural in
quiries raised an insuperable obstacle to a
meeting between father and child.
Continued next week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15

To make a mad dog to order, tie a tin
pan to his tail. A man made mad is
who. after suffering ten, fifteen or
twenty years with rheumatism, finds
that by the use Of a bottle Of st. Jacobs
Oil he Is cured. He feels the waste Of
his life in pain, with the loss Of time,
place and money, and then reflects that
for the expense of zoe. be cid have
saved all this ani live free OF pain; II
Is enough to make him mad. Most of
our sufferlngs are intensified by delay
In seeking relief, and there is much
worth knowing as regards the cure Of
pain that we find ont at last only by
the use of the best cure. 1t Is worth
knowing that for the cure of rheuma
tism there is special virtue In The
Great Remedy for Pain, st. Jacobs Oil,
and as so much can be saved by its use
the cost Is really nothing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
Said I'm Fun.

Conductor crowded carr: Plenty OF
room inside" Passenger tone of forty
hanging on straps: Plenty Of room, Ell?
Where is it," Conductor (~wrathfuily)
Alongside o. you. you selfish hunk o. hu-
manity. Want ter keep that strap all TO
yourself. don't yer?"-New York Weekly.
Ethel: "Oh, dear me! 1 don't know what
to think! Algy asked me last night IL I
wouldn't like to ave something around
the house that i could love, and that
would love n,s." Edith: "Well?" Ethel:
We'll, / don't know whether he means
himself, or whether he Is thinking of buy
ing me a dog."-Puck.
What is that giant roaring about?''
asked a friend Of David. as the young
man started to meet the champion OF the
Philistines. He's kicking about the
kaleidoscope privilege" replied David.
He thinks he ought to ave Is per cent
of the profits on account of the difference
In our size. The big stiff! I'm going &c
give IL 20 him right IN the neck!' But he
gave IL TO him as will be remembered.
right In the forehead. Chicago Tribune.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-05-15
vIRcINlk'S BEAUTY RULES.
Recipes Found in the Note Book OF an
Old-Time southern Belle.

these rules and recipes are taken
from an old book found in a Virginia
homestead. They were in use among
the beauties of the South in the days
when all women were handsome. and
grace of figure was as common as beauty
in a rose.
To get thin-Eat a great deal of
chopped meat without any potato in It.
Drink little fluid of any kind except
strong tea. Exercise a great deal with
out drinking. and do not eat bread and
butter or candy. Lemonade, acid drinks
of all kinds. and saline mineral waters
are excellent. Drink a glass of clear
water before breakfast.
To get fat-Eat vegetables and sleep
after each meal. Go TO bed at Q O'Clock
and lie in bed half m hour after YOU
wake up. Laugh a great deal Drink
water by the pint 9r the quart if YOU
can. Drink weak and sweet tea, With
plenty of milk in it. Take cod liver and
sweet oils as much as You can. Eat
until you feel as if you would burst at
the table. Put plenty of butter on your
bread and do not be afraid of ales, layers,
and sweet wines. This will guarantee
a gain of live pounds a month. aud, il
you can sleep a great deal. of double
that mount.
To have n white skin-Eat no meat
at all. Become a vegetarian; they al
ways have beautiful skin. Once in six
weeks or so eat a meal Of fresh meat.
This does away with the tendency tC
scurvy that curse of the vegetarian.
Drink as much water as you can, eat
little grease, and touch no tea or coffee.
Your breakfast may be oatmeal and
oranges; your dinner, fruit, nuts, fruit
tea-preferably ounce tea graham
mullins, caulifower, croquettes. mar
malade, and dishes of stewed vegetables.
The diet is not so bad when you get
used to it. In large towns you will find
one or two restaurants catering to such
as YOU.
To become very muscuiar-Walk a
great deal, carrying always something
ia the hands. This develops the arms.
To roll a hoop might be good If one
were brave enough to do so in public.
Practice lifting a little every day. Never
strain or tire yourself. Eat meat, drink
milk, and practice bending backwards,
forwards. and sideways every day. At
night rub about a tablespoon of brandy
or rum into your skin on the under and
tender part of the arms.
To keep ones feet small This is DIFF
ficult. The first sign that one has
passed youth il the tendency to wear a
larger pair of shoes-and this is neces-
sary. The feet spread and really grow.
To remedy this yea shoes as long rs
can be managed, but not as wide as seem
necessary. Never wear old slippers
around the house unless they are snug
in the width. and be careful Of corns.
These are never necessary while the
chiropodist exists.
Then there follow a dozen other re-
cipes for being pretty, sweet, and at
tractive generally. and the old book.
whose wording has been here modified
and modernized considerably, winds
up by telling the young ladies of Vir-
ginia that they deserve m special
credit for following out these hints and
suggestions. as they are absolutely
necessary for every girl who would be
q lady"