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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-06-23
DOLEFUL

DOLEFUL LITERATURE,
We owe a world of thanks to
the n,eu of letters who deliberately
und artake to be gay /; for nobody
expects unconscious and spontane-
Gus gayety in the books nowadays.
The modern spirit has e to that.
No thanks are too good for the
bold, bad Mr.. Henley who is 90
acrid against Americans; for he is
the n living poet who has struck,
and means to strike, the very note
OF 4" How Happy is He Born and
Taught -, and "Shall l Wasting
in Despair. The Tyres of "Parnaso
mount !" have all grown h~opeleasly
melancholy. To sigh, to scowl,
and to whimper are the ambitions
of young minstrels in the magas
zines !; of the three, to whimper is
decidedly the most high-bred. Nor
is it easy to be at once as mourn
full and as exquisitely lyrical as
Virgil, or Shelley, or Tennyson.
The danger of expressed despond-
ency, even to the great poets, lie
extreme. The maudlin shoots like
a sudden parasite from moving
themes. It was not without reason
that Thackeray made fun OF
Werther y; and what Sidney
sweetly calls,
"Poore Petrarch's long-deceased woes",
stirred up the skepticism of Leigh
Hunt, and of the indicate public
after him.
But the day of the Eterna,
Yea" is coming. AS the only
sovereign thing looming in ou1
politics is Democracy, so the only
serious thing in literature is to be
of good cheer. They that wall SC
well in d~uodecimo may presently
be accused OF giddiness and shal'
low thought. To "make a scene
is not manners, even on paper. Be
fore the implacable tates we may
as we'll be collected. It seems les'
than edifying to ask the cold ont
whether her bosom is of marble O
of a ghost whether she will no
visit us in the garden. To do so i
to attitudinize, and to talk big OF
what does not concern us ," Ye
i such pathos, impossible SO long q
: faith was general, and true emo
ton therefore unexhausted, tn
: pathos of the decadence, the exag.
D ~geration of normal moods, AM
8 affectation of more than is felt,is tn
9 most characteristic feature Of mino
s contemporary verse.
e The French and their follower
have driven us into a demand TO
e decency !; and pessimism, even til
s slightest, is nc more decent tina
the things oftener named and con
f tested by our worthiest critics
+ Down with a, J Muse, be she tn
most charming in the world, VIII
d frefuses the offices of art as define
by Mr.. Matthew Arnold" to in
q spirit and uplift and who live
!, but to be, in a phrase of Southey'
d /" soothed with delicious sorrow
IL Art, indeed, has little to do wit
e her; for art is made Of seemly r.
ticeness. The moment it speal
If out fully, lets us know everything
ceases to represent a choice and
control of its own material, ceas'
It to be, in fact, an authority and
e mystery, and prefers to set up Fl
q, a mere detailed Chinese copy
ss life,-just SO soon its birthright
ST sold and transferred. Must liter
h ture, then, be somewhat imperson
Il and under constraint-be tied, n
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-06-23

There are people who seem to have
an idea that they attract attention in
Heaven for their piety every time
they buy a dish of ice-cream at a
church festival.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-06-23
LAS YOU LIKE IT."
and illusions, Wise and
Otherwise, for Argus Readers.

Thousands of people would work
like beavers in the church if they
could only do it in the front win
dow.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-06-23

Bring his mother, when he goes away
! would not hold him overlong, an so
Sometimes my yielding sight of him
So quick of tears, I joy he did not stay
To catch the faintest rumor of them, nay,
LIE re always his eyes clear and glad,
alth ough
Mine own, dear Lord do fill to overflow;
Let his remembered features, as l pray,
Smile ever on me All what stress of love
Thou givest me to guard with Thee
thisWise =
Its fullest speech ever to be denied
Mine own;-being his mother All thereof
Thou knowest only, boxing from the
skies
AS when not Christ alone was crucified.
James Whitcomb Riley, in Lippincotts
Magazine.
There is being illustrated at these
tent meetings that a pure gospel,
fearlessly preached by a man of God,
will have its effect upon the heart in
bringing many nearer to God.
These extraordinary means of grace,
as Rev. Sam Jones says, are necces-
sary al we'll as the stated services of
the sanctuary. Our Divine Master
sowed by all waters-everywhere He
preached, on the mountain, on the
seashore, in the synagogue, in the
temple, in the open air-and His
gospel had effect, and those who fol-
low Christ as ministers of His have
His example for using ordinary and
extraordinary means for saving the
lost.
The pious Phillip, of Neri, was
once visited by a lady, who accused
hel self of SANDER. He babe her go
to the market, buy a chicken just
killed and still covered with feath-
ers, and walk a certain distance,
plucking the bird as she went.
The woman did as she was di-
rected and returned, anxious to
know the meaning of the injunction,
"Retrace your steps,, said Phillip,
''and gather up, D by one, all the
feathers you have scattered.
81 cast the feathers carelessly
away, said the woman, 'and the
wind carried them in all directions.
"Well, my child", replied Phillip.
$50 is it with your words of SANDER,
like the feathers which the wind has
scattered, they have been waited in
many directions. Call them back
now, if you can. Go, and sin no
more".-Companion.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-06-23
KINsToN. N. G.. SEP. 80, 1879.

KINsTON, N. c., SEP. 80, 1891
Mrs. Joe Person, Kittrell, N. c.:
Dear Madam-As / have been cured OF
a malignant case of liberation of the nose
produced by catarrh, by the use of twelve
bottles of Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy, I
take pleasure in recommending it to the
public. Respectfully,
Mrs. j. M. WHITE.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-06-23
Notice !

Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of II. W. Crawford, deceased, all
persons holding claims against said estate
are notified to present them for payment
by the 18th day of April, 1898, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar OF their recov-
ery. April 18th, 1892.
JAS, M. WOOD,
1aw,6w. Administrator.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-09
FOWLS AND REPTILES.
What People In the Nutmeg State Fin,
to Talk About.

to Talk About.
Bridgeport special to New York Sun
Billy Digney brought into the city yester-
day two turtles, one weighing 21A pounds
ana the other 20A pounds. The heads Of
both turtles were blown off and Digney tells
the story OF how he got them.
II was over to PARROTS pond to shoot
frogs. having a double-barreled shotgun
with me. Frogs were scarce and was
about to start for home when l saw two
objects about 100 feet from shore, both In
good range from where l stood. 1t took aim
at the nearest one and fred and then let the
other have the second barrel. got boat
and pushed out and found these two fellows
floating belly upward. That's how / got
'em ana Pm going to send 'em to Miles
Ferris hotel at Ashley Falls to be served
to his guests instead of the frogs legs
promised to send him.
Ovor on Great Hill, few miles from
Ansonia. James Brennan's young son a
short time ago found the nest OF q
partridge. and putting the ten eggs into his
hat, carried them home. A hen which he
was trying to break up from setting was
allowed TO try her skill with the partridge
eggs. and she succeeded in Matching out all
oil them. so that a pretty brood OF the game
birds new run about the henyard under the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-09
THE NEW PROPELLER RICHARD PECK.

to catch the last bit of daylight he bent
eagerly over the nearly finished picture,
when suddenly on the silent air sound
arose that paralyZed his arm and made his
very heart stand still-tbe sharp whirr of
a rattlesnake. Quick as thought he sprang
across the room, then turned, and there on
the shelf was the terrible creature be had
for two whole days believed TO be dead,
coiled, angry, with fangs rapidly darling,
ready TO strike. For one moment he was
helpless. half dead with fear, remembering
only that he had locked the door to keep out
curious visitors and that the key was on the
shelf near the enTaged snake. The next
he seized a bottle of chlOroform, soaked
his handkerchief and threw it dexterous y
over the head of the threatening reptile. A
moment OF suspense and the head dropped,
the rattle was silent. and once more the
great snake was insensible, overcome by the
drug 1t took but few minutes to open the
door and call for help. as you may suppose,
and in less time than it takes to tell il the
snake was carried off. killed most effect
ually, cut up and buried. But should you
chance TO visit the Smithsonian any day
you will see the plaster picture
and may, perhaps, then realize how
terrifying Ii would De to be shut up, alone
and defenseless, in a little room with
monstrous rattlesnake, which had survived
a dose strong enough to have killed three
snakes OF ordinary size.
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watehful eye of the proud foster-mother
Young Brennan proposes to keep the PAT
tridges and if possible breed from shem to
sell TO sportsmen for stocking purposes.
Fruit-growers in the suburbs of New
Haven have always been troubled by the
petty thieving of the urban residents who
stroll their way. One of Westvile's
largest orchardists has found a pre-
ventive for this spoliation. One day
few weeks ago a member of his family
heard a shrll scream from the direction Of
the orchard, and running to the spot found
a stout Irishman half frightened to death
sitting on top of the fence. Inquiry elected
the information that while in the orchard
to club pears from the trees he had heard "a
Quare buzzn' loike noise" and on looking
around was Mortified to see zone big snake
rolled up like stilhouse pipe" while an
other was gliding through the grass to help
its companion.
Investigation showed that pair Of rat
tiers had taken up their quarters in the or
chard, and that fact having become noised
about not thief has since dared TO set foot
inside the fence. The owner, who is not
afraid of reptiles, says he proposes to main
tain those two snakes and to induce them TO
make home in his peach and apple or
chards.
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greeting TO the Fall River, Providence,
StOningtOn and other sound and harbor
boats which were passing up and down in
the North and East rivers. They answered,
blowing loud and long, and then II was first
known what boat the beautiful stranger
was, as in the morning light there gllstened
In letters Of gold on her bow the words,
New Haven Line-Richard Peck" while
amdships, just above the rail, in large let
tiers, was her name, ''RichaTd Peck"
1t was, sure enough. the new boat that
had been built for the old line OF steam
boats TO New Haven, and she had just
arrived from the yards of Harlan IL H0l-
lngswOTth, at Wilmington. Del, where
she had been built. She proceeded up
where she now lies. and will remain until
her furniture is put aboard. her entire
course up the river to her dock was one
tremendous ovation from the river craft and
the factories along shore.
The new steamboat is undoubtedly the
finest Of her class ever built She Is larger
than the c. Ii. Northam, tie New Haven
lines other palatial steamer, and is
S15 feet long and 4S feet wide, with
is feet depth of hold. She is built
of steel, and has twin screws driven
by triple expansion engines of 1000
developed horsepower. She is built In six
water-tght compartments, and Is practi-
cally unsuitable. She carries $50 state
rooms and will accommodate fully 800 pas
sengers. In her trial trip last Tuesday she
made 21A miles an hour for six consecutive
hours over course Of six measured miles
In a heavy swell. 1t is thought that when
her machinery has run for a few weeks she
may make % miles or more 10 the hour.
The new boat was named after old Captain
Dick Peck, founder of the New Haven line,
who is still hale and hearty.
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A Summer Girls Heroism.
Omaha World Herald


The summer girl isn't always such a
trifing thing as she looks. She has way
Of drifting around in respondent costumes
and OF talking about nothing in particular
and Of idling through the hours with an alb
sence of industry or ambition until the
world gets to thinking of her as a very
slight thing. But woman is woman
even In Paris costume, as was evidenced
at New London the other day. Miss
Bessie Shipman of st. Louis. who
was on the bay on pleas
ure boat. dressed for fete ON one
OF the Islands near, saw little child fall
overheard from tug The little body rose
ana sank, rose and sank, and nobody seemed
at hand 10 go to her assistance. So this
particular summer girl got up. handed her
parasol to friend put her gloved hands
together and took neat dive into the water.
caught the child aud held it until assistance
came. Then she returned to the hotel, put
her ruined finery in the rag bag and put on
some more-after which size probably sat
around and talked airy nothIngs as before.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-09

geant, and soon after Henry b. Cieayes.
ward was appointed lieutenant when his
captain was killed in action. Lieutenant
Cleaves participated in many Of the great
battles of the war, and for bravery In battle
was offered commission in the regular
army by Secretary Stanton.
at the close of the war he returned to
Bridgton and worked In factory as a sash
and blind manufacturer. In 1868 he began
the study OF law. He was admitted to the
bar and practeed in Bath. After being in
that city for year or more, he, with
his brother, removed TO Portland. In
1876-77 he was a member of the Legis-
lature, and was chairman of the judiciary
committee. In 1877 he was elected City
Solicitor La 1880 he was elected Attorney
General for the State, and was twice re-
elected, serving five years. He was instru-
mental in securing the passage of new tax
act relative TO the taxation of railroad and
and telegraph companies. The taxes were
duly assessed against these corporations,
the railroads refused TO pay. and suits were
brought. General CleayeS won every case.
and $1,000 was paid into the State treas
ury as result Of the litigation. During
his occupancy of the Office Of Attorney Gen
eral he prosecuted eighteen murder cases,
and a majority of the culprits are now
serving life sentences.
Charles +. Johnson, the Democratic cam
didate for Governor, is young in years,
young in tina practice of his profession and
young 10 the game of politics, and yet no
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-09

0hartes r. 'ohnSou' is a small mustache.
which curls up at the ends His eyes are
gray in color and have look that inspires
confidence Mr.. johnson has a winning
smile and when he smiles. which is not sell
dom, he shows a row of perfect and hand
some teeth. He is always neatly and
becomingly dressed. without seeming ever
to give any thought to the matter OF his
clothing.
In his speeches thus far in the campaign
be has confined himself closely TO two sub
jects-State government expenditures and
the re-submission of the prohibitory amend
ment. He has had little to say on national
topics.
Mr.. johnson probably owes his position
on the Democratic ticket TO the stand which
he took at Augusta two years ago, when he
urged the Democratic convention to make
this matter OF re-submission one of the
issues of the campaign. He believed that 1t
was better to make the issue in an off year,
but he could not bring his party to the same
view, although he made an able speech In
favor of his plan. This year his party is
with him.
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A DUPB, NOT A DETECTIVE.
Young Frank Miller's Dream
Rudely Dispelled.
Employed to Track Criminals BY schemer.
He Gets Into Serious Trouble for
Carrying Hawk.haw Too.s.

To be real detective. and a Hawkshaw
at that, was the ambition of Frank P.
Miller, a smooth-faced lad who lived with
his parents at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Great was his delight. therefore, when he
fell in with Edwin c. McInnes. who claims
10 be the local representative of Cincin-
natl detective agency. His delight in
creased when Mclnnes provided him with
a false beard, pistol and pair of hand
cuffs ana enrolled him as full-fedged de-
tective.
Franks first task was to shadow" a
guest at the Occidental Hotel He followed
his man up into the wilds Of Mendocino,
lost the trail and returned TO the city.
White reporting TO McInnes in room on
Sixth street Officer Dawes ~sw0Oped down
upon the pair and arrested both for carry
ing concealed weapons and burglars tools.
Frank appeared in Department / of the
Police Court yesterday and explained why
he associated with Mclnnes aud why he
carried a tirearm. pair OF nlppers ana
doorkey. He had used the nippers while
employed by an electric company, and the
key fitted the door of his mothers room.
Attorney ID. S. Doru defended the young
aspirant for fame as sleuth.
IF your Honor please, said Mr. Dorm.
81 have known Frank Miller for several
lines dupe. AS for McInnes' intentions
and methods. that remains to be investigated
in another court.
Now. this young man actually believed
that he had been employed as detective
and sent 10 trail a criminal, and"
HE might have captured Evans and
Sontag and the Berkeley train-robbers as
WELL" interrupted Judge Campbell.
Frank is just 10 years old. and several
well-known citizens cheerfully testified 10
his good character.
Il have purposely permitted Frank to
remain in Jail several days" said Mr.. Dorm,
ito cure MIN of his folly"
Judge Campbell dism Used the charge of
carrying burglars tools, and continued the
other case for thirty days. allowing Frank
to 90 on his own recognizlnce In the mean
time.
but you must understand" said the
court. "that you must quit all this nonsense
and have nothing more to do with such men
as McInness, even though it be in the gniSe
of a private detective. IL you conduct your
self properly for thirty DAYS the pending
charge against you will be dismissed"
Frank promised to quit his detective work
there and then and left the courtroom with
his parents.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-09
The 4ALKAqIVE PARROT.
How the Bird Is Taught to
Repeat Words.
An Interesting Chat With a Dealer Who
Knows Something of the Methods
Employed

Amy demands for parrots at this timer"
asked q representative Of THE CALL yes
terday of prominent dealer in birds.
There is no boom in the parrot line just
now" was the reply, but there is always a
demand for the birds, particularly those
that talk. not mere chatterers. put genuine
takers"
by the way, what is good talking par
rot worth?"
The dealer leaned over and In confden-
tial way said, ''Al that customer Is willing
to pay. or. like railroad freights, all that the
rattle will bear"
''Do you find it difficult to teach parrot
to talk?"
''No, not il you 90 about it the right way.
In the first place, when it is desired to teach
parrot to talk the bird should be placed
where it will not hear confusion of sounds.
The great secret of teaching is to have the
BIRD where it will. day after day, hear the
same sounds spoken In the same tone. All
of sudden the bird will repeat the
words in exactly the same tone as
spoken by the teacher. But l can
tell you this: it requires patience, and If
you have not got that do not attempt to
teach parrot to talk. In my experience |
have found that it may be weeks before a
bird VIII utter word that Is spoken or a
sound, then all OF sudden it will rattle
them off. When it does that it is a good
plan to give il some little dainty of which 1t
Is particularly fond, and when the bird
knows that for every word spoken there is
reward it will soon keep you busy giving
ii dainty morsels."
IF you want to keep parrot as it should
be kept let me give you this as bit of adj
vice: Never allow any one but yourself to
feed 1t; keep the cage always clean, and
above all do not allow any one to tease il (;
give 1t fresh sand and water every day and
put some canary seed in the seed box"
As the representative was about to leave
the dealer remarked: "When you have $50
with which TO buy good parrot I'll sell
you one, and then you can discover what
success you will have in teaching it how to
talk"
The representative promised to Call when
he has G50 tn snare
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-09-09

yellow. white granite and brown sandstone
can be piled up this way or that to get the
most artistic result
Pictures of the first and second choice of
the artists will be given on the day of the
final result of the vote.
As the votes come in from time to time
mention will be made of how they run, and
there will doubtless be much public interest
in the matter.
The vote will be of importance in one re-
spect-it will lead public taste toward the
artistic ia buildings, SO that when the archi-
tects of Ne East make reference to an idea
or thing in the way of architecture out
here they will not have their little fling:
That's Western"
And after the standard of artistic beauty
is set UP some Of us will not cape skyward
toward top-heayy smokestacks plastered
over with gingerbread and exclaim. "How
lovely"
We will know better.
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SHE is VERY SPEEDY.
a New Propeller Astonishss the Steam
ship Men of New York.
New York World.

New 7 ork World.
Steamboat men about the harbor were
surprised as we'll as delighted when
called upon to welcome a new and
handsome craft to these waters. Early
in the morning a large propeller. with three
tiers Of staterooms and carrying two huge
smokestacks, one set aft the other, was seen
coming like a raeehorse inside of Sandy
Hook ard up the lower pay. She was glori-
ously attired in a dress Of fresh white paint
and covered with bunting.
How she did forge ahead. The spray few
wide and high from the cleaning cutwater
and in her wake rolled a long, seething
swell. The Monmouth of the Sandy Hook
line Of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
was making her early morning trip. Her
pilot catching sight of the beautiful Stranger
became fearful lest the Monmouth should
lose her laurels and they would be placed
on the brow of the whitehall stranger as
the speediest steamboat in the bay. He
therefore pulled for the stranger boat and
rang for increased speed.
The Monmouth i3 a noble boat, but she
might as we'll have tried TO race with the
north wind. She was soon rolling in the
swell in the wake of the stranger. which
soon passed through the Narrows into the
upper bay.
As she turned her nose about Castle Will
liam she blew three long shTill whistles Of
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