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DECEIVED TIE BRITIsRERs.
Bow Woman adventurer Was Able e
 Play a High Role in London.

The history of Hon. Elizabeth liar riet Grieve, who fiourished in England n t7737A, illustrates fayorite meth od by which the old=time Britishers endeaFored to secure snug places. This lady, who said that she was first cousin to Lord North, second cousin to the Duke of Grafton, nearly related 70 Lady Fitzroy and a personal friend of Lord Guiffard and Charles James Fox, drove about Lone n in a hand some chariot, with footmen; her char tot stopped at the doors of great houses; she received great people at her own house, notably Charles James Fox; she also eondeseended to receive smaller people. The latter gave her large sums of money, in return for which she promised them places. One was to be a clerk in the victualing of flee, one was to be court waiter; one was to be clerk in the admiralty; one was to be settled tidesman;" an. other was to have anything that hap pened to be going. Charles Fox as- sisted, unwitting1y, at spreading the belief in the lady's powers and pro- mises, because he frequently drove to her lodgings, and left his carriage out side for all the world to see. The rea- son was not friendship, but interest. He, too, received promises. He was at the moment impecunious. The lady promised him West Indian heiress. with S300,000 He called daily to in- quire after his heiress with all the eagerness of young lover. Alas! the heiress was never visible; she was even reported to be laid up with small pox. Her visits were so useful to the Hon. Elizabeth that she actually lent hin $1,590. 8 step which naturally made him believe more firmly in the West Indian. Of course, when the ex- peetant men found that there was nothing for them they went to court and saw the magistrate. It came out, on investigation, that the lady was not in any sense honorable; that she was not related to any great people; that her history was mass of lies. and that she was nothing more than an ex-convict recently returned from Virginia. They kept her in prison for a twelvemonth-th delay is not ex- plained-and then banished her for seven years.
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A Great Place for Longevity.

To all appearance Ardnamurehan. on the west coast of Scotland, is a great place for longevity. Whether it is be cause of the soft salubrious climate, or the remoteness of the place from the eenters and sins of population, or something indigenous to the Ardnam- urchan nature. it would be rash to Fay; but certain it is that an Ardna- uurchan seems to have a good chance to become a patriarch. Within thirty years many of the inhabitants have been cut up at varying ripe ages be- tween 100 and 112. There was a Miss Ann Macdonald, friend of Macleod, the high priest of Morven, who leisure ly laid down her life at the extreme age of 112. An Alexander McPherson vanished from the present vista" when he had attained to 109 A third Donald Cameron, not only saw the five score comfortably out, but left "a hundred individual offsprings to mourn his death." And fourth, Mrs. Mary Stewart, has reached 10S, is hale and hearty, rises daily, and moves about the housa"
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INDIGO IN COLONIAL TIMES.
gt was Looked Upon as a Sort of Cur
 rent Coin.

rent Uoin.
 The colonial ladies were great gar deners, and the hours they passed with their fruits and flowers must have been moments of much pleasure In their busy lives, says Longman's Magazine. The most famous of these ladies was the dau shter of George Lucas,a planter Of Carolina, and at the same time governor of Antigua. at which place he appears to have resided. leaving Miss Eliza at home. From Antigua he sent her ali sorts of tropical seeds of fruits and flowers, to try if any would take kindly to the soil of Carolina Eliza observed certain hopeful signs with re gard to the indigo and undismayed by repeated accidents to the young plants. at length obtained good crop. Gov. Lucas was so delighted at this un- looked for success that he sent over an Englishman to teach Eliza the whole process of indigo working. The Eng iishman bearing gifts. seems to havv been rather sly and tricky sort of person, but when did England ever get the better of America? The youth ful Miss Lucas saw through the Eng sishmans dodges, this name was Grom- welD, and finally obtained success full knowledge and application of the complex and annoying methods of ex~ &racting indigo" A bounty Of Sd pound encouraged the planting, and through it's profits more children were sent over from Carolina to be educated at home than from all the colonies put together Indigo was looked upon at aast as sort of current coin. and 1t is on record that when a little boy was sent to school at Philadelphia, he took with nim wagon ef Indigo to pay his expenses.
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GENIUS ts ECCENTRIC.
As Is Proved by Some Recent Doinss
 of Actors.

The ancient wearers of the sock and buslsin had many draw backs to con. tend against. The strollers who sol emnly performed their parts on the insecure boards of cart must have felt at times that they were leaving altogether too much to the imagina tion of the open-mouthed auditors. Yet we have no reason to believe that they ever cut short a tragedy because of these unpleasant restrictions, nor that they rudely drove away iI the midst of mutilated comedy. It re- mains for the later-day actor, with his wealth of realistic surroundings to flare up over trifles and bare his quivering nerves before a presumably sympathetic audience Miss Julia Arthur stops her performance and de- nounces the murmur of chattering box party. Actor Richard Mansfield throws up his hands in disgust and rings down the curtain because of a sputtering steam pipe. Perhaps he felt at the moment very much as the oldtime actor did when greatly an- noyed by the crying of an infant child. Breaking off abruptly, he advanced to the footlights and gravely observed: Unless the play stops, the child can not go on." MT. Mansfield, however. said nothing-at least, nothing audi ole to the audience. He tacitly con- fessed his unwillingness to match the ordinary vocal pipes against the va pory sort. and rang down the curtain Genius has always borne a reputation for eccentrieity, but only in later years has it burst through the en- vironments of time, and place. and professional obligation, and domi- nated it's chosen field The musical genius warbles or thrums at will; the actor treads the boards at will. Per haps this independence of action will mark the other professions in time Genius has become, in a measure, q petty autocrat, and as long as there are servile necks for it to pirouette upon, it may be expected to show stil. further proofs of unpleasant eccen sricity.
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Net tho Right Names.

A salesman in chinaware estab- nshment is responsible for the follow ing: A day or two ago." said he. "a iady came in the store and began to examine some fine cups and saucers. Nothing suited her. At fast, however She found some that pleased her, and, smiling innocently, said Now, these are very nice, and like the way they are made. with different names cn them. If could find some with the names l want, would take them. but all see read Tom and Jerry."s"
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The Mother Love.

II IS given to few people to under stand the workings of the child mind. and 1t is only by the exercise of pa- nence and the utmost sincerity that one can get to know. the ideas and de- sires that are formed in the ever busy little brains. A pretty story was once told by Sir Edwin Arnold of three children of his acquaintance, whom he asked at their bed time. when about to say their prayers. if they would pray for what they wanted most. After the two eldest hsd made their requests. the youngest, little girl. knelt down and. putting her hands together, said:
 Dear God. love me when am naugh- N. like mamma"
 Monanimedan Mosque eae London.
 Though the Mohammedans In Lon don, England. number no more than two hundred. they are building a mosque, at a cost of $50, ,0O0, to accom- modate from three to four hundred worshippers, in addition to the women. for whom gallery will be provided. It is expected that when the mosque Is established in the metropolis, Mo hammendans, students In particular. will flock there from all parts of the world.
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An Extraordinary ob.tuary Notice.
Tall Men Scarce.

The directors of the Great Northern Sf England have issued circular lat- ter to the station agents stating that sn future the standard height tor DOT, eers in the passenger department shat be five feet six inches, and in the good department five feet four inches, This ss considerable reduction, forced by . scarcity of taller men.
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~rsca utions Against Fire.

The Paris Exposition precautlonS against fire include the coating of al, wood used in the building frameworks with non-ipfammable material: al; stairways will be tireproof AZ emer gency light system for night use will consist of electric lamps of one candle. power, bearing distinctive red color Only coal gas and electricity may be used for heating and lighting, the use Of any form of hydrocarbons, acety lene. or gas other than coal gas being forbidden. Theaters, concert halls, etc. must have fire-proof curtains of iron er asbestos, and mus. be lighted exclu Nvely by electricity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-25
Auction Sale of Land.

BY virtue OF power conferred upon me
by certain mortgage executed by Ben
McCullers and duly recorded in Registry
of Wake county in Book No. 124 at
Page 3G5, | will offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash at tho court
house door in the city of Raleigh, n. c.,
OH Wednesday, February Z, 1900, at IL
o'clock M, a tract of land situate in
Wake county in st. Mary's townships
about seven miles southeast from Raj
eigh and described as follows:
Beginning at a stake on the north edge
of the road leading from Raleigh to Bat
ties Bridge the southwest corner, thence
north 21a degrees east 152 30 poles to
stake in Caswell Powell's line, thence
with the same east "a poles to red oak
thence south degree west III 40 poles
to a stake in the old dover line, thence
east ~ poles to a stake on the branch.
thence up the various courses OF sald
branch about SO poles to road, thence
westwardly along the road liz poles to
the beginning, containing one hundred
and eight acres (10S acres) save and ex-
cept from the above tract fifty acres on
the south side OF said tract heretofore
CONCEDED to James Holder.
r. +. MONTAGUE, Mortgage.
Raleigh. \. c.. Jan. l. 1900.
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THREE NEW CASES FOUND.
The Report of the Health Officer Of
Guilford.

Greensboro. y. c. Jan. 24.-(Spociui.l
There were three new cases of small
pox discovered here yesterday, Two cf
them being white pecFle-Mr. y r..
Brooks. Il contractor. and j. :. Moore.
The other ease was an old negro man
living on Elm street. whom it Is reported
had small poX before Chris mas and
had gotten entirely we'll when it was
discovered yesterday. The whole family
was hustled out Immediately to the pest
house. 1t is reported this morning that
Mr. Richard Wills, Il book-keeper has
small poX.
DR. ID. W. Best. who was appointed
health officer by the county tonuni>-
sioners when the small pOX Appeared Il
Pomona. has resigned and DR.. 1iAr>,n
who is health officer for the city. was
appointed i'll his stead. DR. Best courts
that he has treated 127 cases and has
disinfected and discharged l02 clses.
having only - cases in the COUNT out
side of Greensboro. Every cas- dis
covered so far in this city ills been If
the very mideSt type. the ia -iaIts iii
some cases hardly going to be
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Hill-Lindsay Nuptials.

Beaufort. y. c., Jan. 24-(Speciall-
This morning at $50 i'll the Methodist
church. Mr.. +. W. Hill was married to
Miss Mamie Lindsay. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Mr.. Hicks. The
couple go to Durham for few days
visit at the home of DR.. +. \. Yates.
From there they will so to Wadesboro.
Arson county their future home
Mr.. Hill is the steward on the State
farm near Wadesboro.
This was Il very pretty early morn
ing marriage; the church had been very
prettily dressed for the occasion with
flowers and ever-grecns. Above the altar
was a beautiful ring of flowers and ever
green's. The wedding march was played
by Miss Lottie Roberts. The ushcrs
were Messrs. Tom Lindsay. Frank How
land, Will Satter. Frank King.
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For State Treasurer.

To the Editor: The countymen of Mr..
III. y. London are much gratitied to see
III the Sundays issue of your paper and
other State papers his name so favor
ably mentioned for State Treasurer.
The people of his native county will glory
in his nomination. first because the
people of Chatham county want to see
him honored: secondly, because he de-
serves it. 1t is high time that the press
of the State SHOULD be represented in
the capitol. and if all men knew Mr..
LOndon's fitness for the office of State
Treasurer as well as the people of Chat
ham know it, he would receive the nomi-
nation unanimously. No man in North
Carolina eXcells him in the qualities
that Il State Treasurer should possess.
As Il political speaker, he is able to
meet the best campaigner i'll the State.
He certainly is nothing of Il demagoguc
as his paper will show, which has been
the Democratic organ in Chatham county
for twenty-one years.
JACOB THOMPSON.
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RECORD BROKEN IN TOBACCO.
Henderson, Tobacco Houses Overflow
ing. Death of Mrs. Spencer.

Oxford. y. c., Jan. 24.-(Special.) y
\ larger quantity Of tobacco was brought
to this market yesterday than on any day
within the past two years and more
money was realized from it. The wrap
pers were of Il very high grade The
FIVE immense warehouses were full and
the sales continue over today
Rev. Il. j. Devin. one of the oldest
and most distinguished Baptist minis
tiers in the State. and who has baptized
during his ministry more than thous-
and persons, has been very i'll with
rheumatism; his condition is more favor
able this morning.
Rev. Mr.. Gillespie, synodieal evange-
list. will preach at the Presbyterian
church Sunday.
Mrs. J. NJ. Emmett is visiting friends
in Henderson.
Mrs. w. ii. Cheek. of Henderson. who
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
A. 5. Hall. has returned home.
Mrs. a. Il. Spencer died this morning,
after Il brief illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Spencer was most estimabe wo-
man and Il consistent member of the
Methodist church
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IMPROVEMENTS AT TARBORO.
Work on Sewerage System. Bids For
Electric Plant.

Tarboro. y. c., Jan 24-(Special.l-
The board of trustees for the graded
school met yesterday afternoon ana
elected two new teachers of music, Mrs.
Harry Smith and Miss Sue Curtis. This
vacancy was caused by the resignation
Of Mrs. j II. Reid. who goes to Nor
folk to live The population of our
town has increased so much recently.
that the board will be forced to double
the capacity of the building, to make it
comfortable and healthy for the chill
dren.
Bids for Il first class electric plant have
been published. and it is thought that
in Il very short time the plant will be
in and at work
The sewerage system that has been
progressing rapidly will soon be com
pletely in. II is now more than half
finished.
The improvements on the court house
have been completed. These improve
ments amount to about seven thousand
dollars. Two large wings have been
added to the building. One of these
wings is for the registers office and the
other for the clerk. They are both fire
proof, and there are steel cases for the
books and records. Even the tables are
iron. Every thing is made for safety
against fire. The court room has also
been greatly improved.
a most enjoyable whist party was
given by Mr. j. Il. Gaskill at his elegant
home Tuesday night The following cou-
Pies were present: Mr.. Paul Jones
with Miss Isabelle Fairly, Mrs. Kate
Blount with Dr. Don Williams. Miss
Sallie Station with w. Il. Howard, Miss
Hester Lewis with Henry Gillian. Miss
Lizzie Nash with !. $. Fenner, Miss
Annie Baker with III. NJ. Jenkins. Miss
Mamie Clarke with w. b. Fenner. The
first prize was won by Mrs. Blount, and
the BOBBY was won by Miss Sallie Stat
on After thee game an elegant supper
was prepared for the guests, which was
greatly enjoyed.
Mr.. II. Ii. Gatlin has been confined
10 his room for some time with rheuma-
tism. He has had a very severe at
tack
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A Singular Accident.
(GoldSibOro Argus. J

EXShcriff JAS. H. Grant was in the
city today ard informed The Argus Of
II singular and serious accident at his
home Saturday morning. His > year old
baby armed with only broom straw in
flicted an INJURY to its mother that came
near being fatal. The mother was lying
on the bed resting while the child kept
after her to get up, to which pleading sac
paid no attention. Finally the little one
became enraged and got Il short broom
straw and stabbed its mother i'm the ear.
The pain was so severe from the wound,
from which the blood flowed freely, that
medical attention was summoned at once.
Although the danger is thought to be
over today. yet Mrs. Grant is still in the
bed from the loss of blood.
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KILLED BY ACCIDENT.
Sad Fate of Kenney Jordan. Mr.. w
F. Herrin Dies.

Weldon. y. c.. Jan. 24.-lSp"cial'-
The educational meeting in the Method
list Episcopal church was addressed last
evening by Rev. j. G. Kilgo, -. d.. of
Trinity College, on the Twentieth Cen
fury Movement.
Kenney Jordan. of NORTHAMPTON conn
ty, was accidentally shot nv friend
last Sunday, while they wore playing
with pistol which was supposed 10 be
unloaded. Jordan died Monday from he
effects of the wound. No blame appears
to attach to any one.
Mr.. W. T. Herrin, who lives near
Weldon was stricken with paralysis yes
terday and died in short time
About 1O4 convicts were raken f"Dm
the Northampton farm to Tarhor0 TO-
day to work on the grading OF the Tar
boro and Snow Hill railroad.
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| want to let the people who suffer
from rheumatism and sciatica know that
Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved me
after 4 number Of other medicines and
a doctor had failed. 1t is the best lini-
ment l have ever known of. a.
Dodgen, Apharetta, Ga. Thousands
have been cured of rheumatism by this
remedy. One application relieves the
pain. For sale everywhere. Bob5itt.
Wynne Drug Co. and II. r. Hicks. Drug
gists. Raleigh.
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ESCAPED FROM PEST HOUSE.
Negro With Small Pox at Large. A
Dummer's Departure.
(Fayetteville Observer

There is considerable excitement in
MaxtOn and neighboring country over THE
running-at-large OF a negro with the
small poX, This man was discovered in
Maxton yesterday with Il we'll developed
case, and was Immediately placed in a
pest house. Some time during last night
he made his escape, and up TO the hour
of going to press this afternoon he is still
ut large, though Il tremendous effort is
being made to apprehend him.
A drummer on the train from MaXton
this morning with ii ticket for Fayette-
vile. who had been riding through the
infected districts around Hamlet. taking
the first hint from Quarantine Officer
O'Hanlon. left the train at station be-
low here.
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In a letter received from A d. Weller Esq
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