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The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03
The Post Office Middle.
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On our journey to the Western
portion Of the State VIC stopped at
Durham, N. c., on Saturday, Aug.
Goth, where VIC met Samuel @.
Smith, the sub-contractor and he,
feeling the STAR had been too hard
on him, requested the following
statement to be written down and
published, va:
al had nothing TO do with max
ing the sub.contract for the "Star
Route" from Goldsboro to Snow
Hill. While | was q clerk in the
Goldsboro Post Office my father,
John r. Smith, told me that DR..
Miller was authorized to let out the
sub-contract and that no was going
70 get II and that ir | preferred car
rying the mail 70 staying IN the VI
Zee | could do so. lie Got the sub
contract andmy uncle, W. II. Smith
became his bondsman. | drove III,
mail about three mc,ths and my
father then sent me n High Point
10 attend school and hired OtheI
parties to carry the mail. | hays
not carried the mail since and have
nothing to do With it,
We publish the above statement
at Mr. Samuel 9. Smiths request
and assure him We never intended
10 iRjure him in any way. We sta
ted that Samuel 9. Smi.lA rs a mi
nor, and therefore could not make .
contract. Our object vas to show
tho public that John R. Smith wal
the sub.conlraclor, and that . Pos
Master could not be ; contractor Of
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03
LATEST FROM THE PRESIDENT
His Condition IL Somewhat Better
The Doctors Still Hopeful.

The condition Of the President on
Sunday last, and for several days
before, was pronounced by the at
tending physicians to be very crit
cas, Since Sunday the doctors are
more hopeful and all bulletins issued
this week seem to indicate that he
is .lo,sly recovering. On Thursday
morning the first Official bulletin Of
the day was. unfortunately, wrongly
worded, and created considerable
anxiety; the next one, however, ex-
planning the error and the actual
condition Of the President caused
our people to feel more hopeful,
The following are the latest bull
letins received here:
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oyplcIAi. nu,IErrs.

Executive MANSION, Sept. J.
$50, P. M.-The condition Of the
President has not materially chang
ed since the last bulletin, except
that there has been q moderate rise
Of temperature this afternoon. i
having been represented to us tha'
0 portion Of this mornings bulletin
has been misunderstood, VIC would
state that the Presiden. has had nc
rigors for several weeks. At pres
ent his pulse is l0S, temperature,
1914, respiration Is.
lsiencd,) d. W. Bliss,
J. X. BARNES,
J. j. WOODWARD,
Rom. REYBuRS,
+. II. HAMILTON.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03

AAsNAN7sNA ." "H N""''" 49,
United States.
John r. Smith runs the Post or
fee as 0 matter Of speculation he
docs none OF the duties Of the Office,
nor is he capable Of doing any; he
leaves all The duties FOR his clerks
to perform while he penmbulates
about, making contracts aud writing
to Mr.. Tyncr that We will steal and
that there are no niggcrs here hon
est enough to I'll clcrkship in the
Post Office.
We wonder If lie informed Mr.
Tyner that some Of his own kith and
kin, while serving q clcrkship in the
Post oyce, had learned him to be-
ware Of thieves!
II John II. Smith can point TO a
single instance where VIC ever stole
anything he is welcome to do SO,
while We will see if be is he is not
living in glass house and throwing
stones We have heard his character
questioned for honesty concerning
some taxes. Rumor has il tha,
John Il. Smith collected certain
taxes and then destroyed certain tax
books in order TO bar SUCH books as
evidence agains; him. We are not
responsible FOR the rumor; We will
state, however, for tho benefit Of the
public, that James +. kornegay,
Esq, cx-Cha;rman Of the Board Of
County Commissioners, made this
charge against him in the CANVASS of
1878 when John X. Smith was run.
ming for Sheriff of the county. Mr..
Kornegay is a well known citizen of
he county and consistent church
and il is not reasonable TO
suppose he charged Smith falsely.
I, was a mean, sneaking act, in
John r. Smith to write to Mr.. Ty>
ner that We wOnld steal /; such
trick is beneath the dignity Of any
gentleman.
After Smith got some colorcd men
to sign bis petition by promising TO
take q colorcd clerk hesaid hc would
"die and 90 to hell before be would
take a niger in the Office. We
don't know how many ofthc co!ored
men sigacd the pe,itiOn-perhaps
II. l.. Grant who was Smiths rep
rcscntatiyc at Washington, can tell
US he took the petition to Mr.. Ty'
ner. Smith promised his Democrat.
ic clerk, Mr. Stanscll, that il he
would aid in getting his petition
signed he would retain him us clerk
in the Office, and Stansell took his
petition aronnd getting il signcd and
painting out the horror and crime it
would be for q niger clerk TO be in
the Post Office, and Smith has now
discharged Mr.. stansell.
What do those colored men who
signed Smiths petition think Of
him!
What does Mr.. Siansell and his
friends think Of him.
What do all Who have any regard
for honor and trath think ofhim !
What will Mr.. james and Mr.
Tyner think Of him when they find
him out !
Poor John has fallen in the pit o.
bis own digging and must feel thai
"ihc ways Of the wicked are hard.
/ [To De Continued
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03

Teachers FOR colorcd schools arc not
paid fancy salaries any more in the
South. The Huntsville. Ala, Ga.
setts informs US that the board met
last week and decided 10 run thc
schools six months, and to pay the
principal thirly.iisc dollars, and each
assistant thirty dollars per month.
Imagine teacher trying 10 incul.
cate honesty among the pupils Al
thirty dollars per MONTH Il that !
not q tcmptatioa to q woman 70 steal
or to get married, We give il up.
And Huntsville has over six thous'
and souls-largcr than Wytndotte
or Independence. -Gatc City Frc'N
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

EXECUTIVES MANSION, Sept. ],
1890 P. NAT the morning dress
ing Of the President the abscess Of
tho parotid was found to be dis.
charging freely. II looks well and
continues to diminish in size. The
state Of the wound remains the same.
His general condition is not materi-
ally different from what it was ut
the same hour yesterday, except
that the pulse is somewhat more fire.
quent. Pulse 10S, temperature
500, respiration Is.
Isigned,l D. W. BLISS,
j. X. BARNES,
j. j. WOODWARD,
Rom. REyBuRS,
II. II. HAMILToH.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03
RATHER LAUGIlABLE-BuT
ON WHICH SIDE?

FOR the star
Inr. Editor While sitting with
some friends the other day one Of
them said he once read an old story
of n family residing in B, The
family consisted of Mr.. C, lis
wife and three daughters.
Mr.. C---bought a pair of pants
and, after returning home, found
the pants were about finger too
long. lie went in the room where
his wife and daughters were and
said:
"Wifc, | wish you would cut of
about fingers length oil these
pants; they are too long"
! The wife said she twas too bnsy,"
she "did not have the time,' and
best les she was stirred out and bro
ken down.,
The husband said no more but
threw the pants on the back Of u
chair and went about his business.
Presently the mother and daugh-
tiers went out about their domestic
duties. and while the girls were busy
the mother came in and seeing the
pants lying on the chair said to her.
self: "TlI just FIX these pants and
. be done with it, So she took the
: pants cut Off a fingers length, hem.
: med them nicely, and went off about
her work again.
, Soon after Nancy came in the
room and picked up the pants saying
to herself, "poor mother, she has SO
much to do; I'll just Gx these pant:
myself So she cut Of finger:
length, hemmed them, threw them
back on the chair and went of.
After a while Mary went into the
room and seeing the pants lying on
the chair thought to herself, "I've q
minute or tSe 10 spare, so III FIX
!. Pas 1snts for him." She sat down
cut d fingers length, hemmed
: them a vent out about her work.
Pre- nth Susan was called int
! the room toanswer knock at III,
door, and on passing through thu
room she sssp the pants, as sh,
! thought, still lying there untouched
and knowing that her father Father
J would need them the next morning
! said, another is 30 tired III fl
! Pas pants right now So dowr
|. she sat and of came another finger
: length. She hcmmed them, place.
them back on the chair. and wen
about her other duties.
Each one had had q ''clip' at til
;, !. pants and knew nothing Of tho 9th
ers having done the same.
TRgino Mr.. C-'s good hu
J came to try on hi
W ludicrous he mus
9 liked with his ne'
9 ,s.ss zoo short. s.
$ WilminstoI Star "A gentleman |
3 this city, who has just returned from
4 hnsIGes trip by private conveYanc
! through Brunswick and Columbus cour
q ties, 10 this State, and Horny county. !
y South Carolina, informs Us that the %
n ton cFopinthoso counties Is badly damage
e bs tho drouth, aud that the yield 10 II
I" sandy lands win, 10 all probability, i
short fully fhy per cent. In some ie
J. instances. IL fact, there will not be on
a 9Th Of a crop mado. In the sitter land
! however, the damage has not bean 30 50
y ious. Tho corn crop. though damage
10 aome extent. he thinks viii come full
up 10 the average.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03

Tho water along tho w. < w. Rail.
road was never al low AZ il was last week.
The trains found II difficult 10 got q mifii.
Gent supply for the engines,
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03

The Fair Of the Cumberland County
Agricultural Society will he held at their
grounds In Fayetteville on Tuesday. We'd
scsday. Thursday and Friday, November
ssh-illh, 1881. The premium Use WILDE
published soon.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03
Raleigh, N. c.. Aug. 20.

The County Commissioner viii meet
10 Monday ncsi
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03

The next thing to knowing the
sw, is TO be able to refer to tip.
III. Wiasioa
Gases are but corrollarles Of first
principles. - Maddoek's GIauce,y.
In an English court OF justice, the
veriest dolt that ever stammered " ,
sentence would be moro attended to,
with case in point, than Cicefar
with all his eloquencc, unsupported
by authoritios.-B.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-09-03

Cnstos, non conditor icgam,
1881.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02
For His Brothers. Sake.

An Ashaway correspondent OF
the Providence Journal writes the
following: A good story is told OF
a gentleman from this town who
visited Washington on the occasion
Of the Inauguration. Between New
York and Philadelphia, while look
ing for seat, he saw a portly
gentleman who had a whole seat
to himself. The Rhode Islander,
being a thin man, thought there
was room for him, and sat down.
Soon conversation began. Politics
were soon mentioned, and the
Rhode Islander said he was Re-
publican, and thought last fall that
il would not be well for tn. coun-
try to have a change, but that he
had a brother who was a Demo.
crat. Soon the train was stopped
at a station, and our Rhode Island
friend stepped to the platform and
met an acquaintance, who, after a
little space, remarked: "Genera
Hancock ia Oh this train, and as
am acquainted with him, perhaps
you would like an INTRODUCTION.
or course he would; so they en-.
tered the car, and approaching thu
portly gentleman just left, the
Rhode Islander was introduced I,
the General, With a twinkle o
the eve, General Hancock said
III will shake hands with you 70
your brothers sake"
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make her confession, but she did
not know how to commence. II
was very easy to think of before
hand, but when the time came she
was lost. There was an awkward
pause then both spoke at once.
"Mattie, I've been"
"Marsh, I'm sorry"
Their eyes met, and each saw
the tenderness in those of the 9TH
er; all was now told in an instant.
Both made their confession.
Marsh opened his arms and Mat
tie fell sobbing on his breast, while
baby looked on in amazement.
From that hour they were the hap
picst of couples.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02
Memory In sheep.

was settled in North America
farming, and kept a number Of
Mcrino sheep, including several
valuable bucks. These latter with
few yearlings) | trained to come
to call, and in especial had christ
ened one lack" and a fine young
lamb Tommy" Christmas, 1879,
| passed at friends and on my
return found no response TO my
calls for either Of them when Wis
iting the yards. ! also missed
about a dozen ewes. Marks Of
"bohs" on the snow near the in
closure showed that thieves had
been at work, but although ! hunt
ed the surrounding country, !
could find no traces Of my lost
property. A month elapsed, and
| | received 4 hint rs to the where,
abouts Of the animals, and getting
search warrant, | rode away
some twenty miles, accompanied
with the marshal for the district,
to a settlers farm.
My request for the return of the
loan was laughed at and the thief,
denied but being well armed, my
companions (by this time increased
In numbers) and myself insisted
on viewing a flock Of sheep gra'
zing on the prairie some little dis
tance away. When about a hun
dred yards off ! commenced call
ling, "Jaek, Jack, Jack Tommy
Tommy, Tommy" when to m,
delight and the extraordinary sur
prise Of the bystanders, the tw'
sheep detached themselves iron
the herd and came up to me at
gallop. The whole affair was 81
evident that restitution and subsc
4
quent punishment Of the thieve
followed in due course. The poo
: animals had been changed as &
! appearance in every possible wa,
but memory tand a hope of oai
as usual) proved unimpaired. Thi
: fact was given IN court as cyidenc
: and was verified by the onlooker'
London Field.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02
How She Got Hubby Home.

The Washington Chronicle re-
cords the following incident as
having occurred in front Of the
National Museum, where the ball
was held on Inauguration night.
While a boozy "cabby" was
curled up inside his hack, he was
awakened by the door being OPEN
ed suddenly, and hand jerking
at his coat in a quick, imperative
manner.
wake up! wake up. for Gods
sake " said Il startled voice, that,
IN a calmer moment, would have
been silvery sweet. Come with
me and III give you $40
The dazed driver of the vehicle
raised his weary head, and his
eyes fell upon a beautiful face,
frightened blue eyes, and tremb-
ling lips-a glorious woman, who
was all excitement.
My name is -. You know
me you took my husband and
myself to -" mentioning a
grand party that occurred recently,
"Now he is here with another wo-
man. o. heaven, that | should
have to say it, Let me get into the
carriage. will send one of the
officers to tell him that a man is
waiting to see him for a moment
out here. When he comes to the
door Of the hack I'll make him get
in, and then you drive off.
In vain the driver expostulated,
and said that he was engaged to
stay there and get his party. The
poor woman would not take no for
an answer, and the sight Of a new
crisp bank note So excited the ay-
aricious desires of the hackman
that he complied and drove the
wife as near the main door as he
could get. She got out and hur-
riedly spoke TO man in attendance.
In a moment he was gone, and
ere long he returned with a gen.
tleman, who made his way TO the
carriage where his gentleman
friend" was supposed to be await
ing him. There were some hasty,
excited words: the man denied
and eXpostulated, but the wife
would not be reasoned with. lie
returned, and a few minutes later
came out with his overcoat and
hat. He got in that carriage. and
was whirled away up toward the
northern section Of the city. A
noted and charming lobbyist was
minus her escort, and the wife
possessed her own.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02
A Prayer for Editors.

We offer the following prayer
for the benefit Of those of our sub
scribers who won't pay mp. Some
of YOU have "planked down" all
right, but the one who can, and
won't, may imagine us on our
knees praying thusly;
May he never be permitted to
kiss handsome woman.
May a:4o night-mares trot quar-.
ter raees over his stomach every
night.
May his coffee be sweetened
with flies and his sauce seasoned
with catterpillars.
MAY his boots leak, his gun hang
fire and his fishing line break.
May his best friend run oh with
his wife, and his children take the
whooping cough.
May the famine-stricken ghost
of an editors baby haunt his slum-
bers and hiss murder in his dream
ing ear,
May his cattle have wolves in
EN-, his mules the blind stagger'
and the pigs destroy his garden.
MAY a troop Of printers devils
lean. lank and hungry, dog hi
heels each day. and a regimen
OF Internal cats oaterwaul under his
window EACH night,
MAY his COW give sour milk ant
churn rancid butter; and in con
clusion, good Lord, may hi
daughter mary > cne-eycd, hunel
backed editor. his business 60 d
min and he 20 10 the -. Amen
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02
CurIa.liIes Of ar-mertsm.

an amusing entertainment was
given In the lecture room of the
Madison Avenue Congregational
Church last evening, on the occa-
sion Of the usual weekly gathering
Of young people. Prof. Il. d. Jen-
nings gave an exhibition Of what
he could do in the way Of mcsmcr-
izing several Of the young ladies
and gentlemen present, and his
experiments were ludicrously sue
ccssful.
He began his programme by
saying that meSmcrism bore a re-
lation to electricity, yet less than
hundred years ago the electric
light, the telephone and the tclc-
graph would have been ridiculed
and considered unworthy Of a mo-
ment Of scientific investigation.
In 1880 a committee Of the Royal
Academy of Paris, after an inyes-
tigation Of five years, decided there
was such thing as animal mag
netism, and that it excited a posi-
tive force. Psychology or mag
nctism concerned the science of the
human mind. tshowed the power
Of the will when concentrated on
a single idea. One right and prac-
teal idea followed out in life would
always lead to success. Dickens
when young resolved to have a
home at Gad's Hill, and he had 1t
before he died.
Disracli was sneercd and hooted
at in parliament, yet when a youth
he predicted that he would be prime
minister Of the realm. Bonaparte
early resolved to rule France, and
in after years, as all the world
knows, he wore the cmperor's
crown. The speaker then pro-
cccded to manipulate the minds Of
his subjects, who were seated in a
row before him. He did not cause
any Of them to buy the charming
property at Gad's Hill, nor u oc-
.cupy the prime minister's seat in
parliament, nor toy with the gilt
tcring crown of France, but he
made grown men and women burn
their fingers on imaginary hot
stoves, use chairs for spelling
books, and make speeches and
play marbles as if they were school
children.
He stuck real pins into them, and
they smiled. He told them that
he was running swords through
them, and they yelled and mopped
up imaginary blood with th,ir
handkerchiets. Ladies in fash
ionable bonnets got down on their
knees and played jackstones +; they
admired imaginary masterpieces
by Michael Angelo, and made fools
of themselves generally, when sud-
denly the magician snapped his
fingers under their noses, and they
has,cned, bcwildcrcd and blush
ing, to their seats, while the audi
ence roared with laughter.-New
York Herald.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02

,ormy wears we saw Il gleam,
ples hopc--and then rcillrled,
|while Is glory was the theme
or half the world.
.aeon thai, with streaming ray,
d a struggling nations sight,
No q pillar OF cloud by day,
0f fire by night.
iser, who trcmbled as II hung,
t.like. blazoHing the sky,
bero,s. such as Homer sung,
Followed ito die.
but stainless as II rose
Ired--like Stephen in the strife
bp-like him, girdled with foes,
| From death 10 life.
/ trophy, sanctified by tears
kd forever at her portal
--true. what then' -Four short year
Made 1t immortal.
Capt. Harry Flash, N. o.
MAMMA requests me to send yo,
les, copied from a soldiers scrap
bn aner the war. We have ncvei
n anywhere else. a.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02
SENSE AND SENTIMENT.

The strongest natures are the
tcndcrcst and most piiifl.
II you act with a view to prais,
only, you deserve none.
a man who cannot mind his own
business is not to be trusted with
the king $. -Sayillc.
We polish marble, not clay. II
one would be polished gentleman
he must have solidity.
CoNards fear 10 die, hut courage ,tou,
Rather than life in snuff will bc put out
Sir Walter Raleigh,
Live on what you have; live il
you can ON less do not borrow,
for vanity will end inShamc.
When one man has a prejudice
against another suspicion is very
busy in coming rcsemblances,
A man is made rich by what he
loses, just as a tree is icrtlized by
its own dead leaves and broken
branches.
It's by defeat we conquer,
Grow rich by growing poor;
And from Our largest giving
We draw oar fullest store.
In the beginning, God, the great
Schoolmaster, wrote upon the white
leaves of our souls the text of life
in His autograph,
The modest man, inspired by
passion, is more persuasive than
the most eloquent man it unin-
spired. La Rochcloucauld.
When anger rushc, unrcstraiucd TO action,
Like u hot stecd. it stumblcs in IT, way,
The man of thought strikes deepest, and
strife, it safely.
Savage
Mold things Alright while the day
lasts, for when night cometh on
they will harden into permanent
form, and how can one sleep
peacefully if that form be ugly.
a slave has but one master; the
ambitious man has as many mas
ters as there are persons whose aid
may contribute to the advance
mcnt Of his iuture.-La Bruyere.
Our lives are albums written through
With good or III, with false or true,
And whom recording angels turn
The record OF our YEAR,,
God grant they read the good with smiles
And blot the III with tears.
Just let the world see which way
you are determined to go and it
will set its mighty shoulders to the
wheel and help you along, caring
little whether your destination be
heaven OF hell.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02

II Is stated explicitly BY the Gin
oianati Commercial that up to a
recent date the police commission
ers Of that city were paid $1,000 a
month as blackmail by gamblers.
The names Of three Of the char
table gentlemen who made M the
Grant fund are Jay Gould, VIM.
II. Vanderbilt and ], w. Mackay'
They are fovn lpf {7> $40, each
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-02

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