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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-12-07
cOKFERING WITH BRO. BAILEY.
John Morris tries to Help HIM With q
KnoHy Problem.

What would be thought of a preacher
who might be leading his congregation in
prayer if he should stop in the midst of
his prayer to crack a Joke. :
Bro. Baizey, editor5alzy, in Biblical Recorder,
Well, really, Bro. Bailey, while you
have sprung this question with edi>
torial seriousness and ministerial an
xiety, you have, nevertheless, done so
withsuddennes SO startlingly alert
as, figuratively, to overtake US with
suspenders of, our pet shoe buttoner
mis- laid, our masculine bangs an unr
achieved toilet, and our necktie pars
TALLY tied and awry,or, IN short an d
literally. without data essential to
vitalize an answer enlightening to
you, or duly tempered with quality
of mercy toward the ssrio-com,c par
son in question.
However, the confraternlty of
journalism is distinguished by chiv.
alries which we may not slightingly
regard. Wherefore, to refrain from
knightly proffer of adyice, SO earn
estly sought, would infract proft SIS
ional ethics.
We presuppose, as reasonable
course, that the next time the JokI
ing preacher attempts to dispose
his "chestnuts'' through the medi-
um of public prayer it would
be proper to rise in open meetin' and
declare him out of order. Then, we
suggest, that the choir be requested
to sing the long meter doxology
to the old, famlliar tune; which hay
ing been dcne, disregarding al pre~
cedent, a call should be made on
some abe bodied, reliable, we'll
equipped layman to pronounce the
benediction. After adjournment, as
a legal safeguard against the quiver
lngly humorous predictions of the
clerical joke-cracker, it would indi-
cate reasonable caution to "sue out
an injunction, restraining his rollick-
ing tendency, while in devotional at
titudes, until, at least, the first Tues
day af the Spring term of superior
| Court.
After the rellgloelegal measures
which We have SO hurrit dIy outlined
as the most probabl, fit methods
should he yet persist in 1nterlardir 2
his public prayers with slices of sar-
casm, chunks of ridicule, red~hot
pokers Of irony, mild devlltries
mischeviovs pranks and side splitting
anecdotes, we would, tEeo, unhesitat.
ingly demand the revocation of Lis
ordination. Albit, we would not
set him adrift. But from sense oi
mingled pity and charity, we woulc
secure for him commission as chief
marshal of picnic occasions, in
vesting him with plenary authority
to invent and operate such funny
sports and pastimes as may conduc'
no the hilarity of Sunday schoo
Ichins. j. r. NJ.
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UNREST.

Here in the years wherein l stand
gaze across the fallow land
Across the con quest and its cost:
Beyond the sought for and the lost;
And look into thine eyes OF jnJ-
Thou brown faced, tunicked country
boy
Just th ano thine, with naught be-
tween,
Make up that sweetest olden scene.
O tender Gene and sight and sound!-
The farmhouse with its lilacs round;
The poppy-bed; the locust-trees;
The st1llicidic hmm OF bees;
The we'll, with sturdy oaken sweep;
The morning~glories, half asleep.
The swallow gossipping: the-croon
OF doves about the barn; the noon
When kline, breast-deep, stand in the
stream,
And thy world pauses in dream!
Beyond, the uplands, then the hills,
Where interlacing creep the rills,
Here. forests, sentinels of peace,
There, fields with opulent increase.
Below the valley, stretching far
Aud dim to the ho1iz>n bar,
My brown-faced lad, 1 look again
From out the lairs and lives Of men.
I see the longing in thy face
To grow beyond the commonplace
| know them hurts that tween US doe
lie,
And pity thee For thou wert-I
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Congressional Eulog es.

One of the customs Of Congress
which it would be vel to abolish
i, that of setting apart day for
the delivery OF euogies on de-
ceased members. At nearly every
regular session considerab num-
Der OF Legislative days are lo=t in
this way.
The usual memorial speeches
ware written weeks and months
after the death Of their subject,
and often by those who knew bat
very little about the deceased.
These obserVauces, as rule, are
mcre matters of form aud are at
tended by hardly any body except
the speakers. Thousands of copies
of the memorial addresses are
printed in han dsome fern and diss
tributed at the expense of The gov
ern ment.
The most sensible expression on
this subject we have seen is what
Mr.. Frye, of Maine. said in his ad
dress i'll memory Of Senator Kenna.
1t was a follows
"Mr. President, | have never
been in full sympathy, and am not
now, with our manner OF paying
tribute TO the memories OF ass ~
ciates who died while in the pub ic
service. The
fact that Senators are selected
to deliver addresses weeks and some
times months before the occasion is
al invitation to careful preps
aration, which results in elaborate,
philosophical, and beautiful essays,
but excludes all i'm petuosity OF
speech all words forced from the
lips of the beating heart behind. 1t
seems to me that it wonld be better,
90 the day the death of one OF our
associates is announced, for those
Senators who wish, to speak what
the heart then and there dictates.
| This would seem like scattering
e Jwers over the death of a brave
comrade."
Mr.. Frye is right. The custom
he suggests would te better in
every way than that now in vogue.
atlanta Journal.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

A very pretty but quiet wedding
took place yesterday morning,
promptly at IL o'clock, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents in this
city, when Miss Corinne, the beauti-
full and accomplished daughter OF
Col. and Mrs. J. A. Washington, and
Mr.. James NJ. Allen, of Florence, S.
c., were united in the holy bond OF
wedlock, Rev. G. L. Hoffman,, for
mer rector of st. Stephens Episcopal
church of this city, performing the
ceremony.
The residence was very beautifully
decorated for the occasion with ever
greens and flowers, and the scene
presented was ideal home
marriage.
From the home the bridal party
were driven to the waiting rooms OF
the Union depot, where Mr.. and Mrs
Allen took the Northbound train
for Wilson, and thence over the
"Wilson Short Cut" to Florence.
where the happy young couple is to
make their future home.
The groom is a popular young bus
mess man of Florence and controls
one of the largest businesses of that
place. He has many friends through
out this State to congratulate him on
this happy event.
The bride was one of Goldsboro's
most-estimable young ladies, and has
large circle of friends here who wish
her abundant happiness in her new
life. The esteem of numbers oi
friends was attested by many beauti
full and useful presents.
TIE ARGUS is very sincere in it,
tender of congratulations and bes
wishes for long lease on life and
that prosperity and happiness may
attend them always.
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- EVENING.

Upon the hills the wind is sharp and
cold,
The sweet yourg grasses wither on the
wold,
And we o Lord, have wandered from
Thy fold,
But evening brings US home.
Among the mists we stumbled, and the
rocks
Where the brown lichen whitens, and
the fox
Watches the straggle from the scattered
foeks,
But evening bring US home
The sharp thorns prick US, AMI oul
tender feet
Are cut and bleeding and the lambs
repeat
Their pitiful complaints oh, rest is
sweet,
When evening brings US home
We have been wounded by the hunters
darts,
Our eyes are very heavy, and our hearts
Search for Thy coming-when the light
departs
At evening bring US home.
The darkness gathers. Through the
| gloom no star
Rises to guide us. We have wandered
far,
Without Thy lamp we know not where
We are,
At evening bring US home.
The clouds are md us, and the snow
drifts thicken,
0, Thou, dear Shepherd, leave u not
to sicken
In the waste night-our tardy footsteps
quicken;
| AT evening bring US home.
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A QUEER FAMILY.
Seven Children who Have Very Peculiar
characteristics.

Seven Children who Have Very Peculiar
Characteristics.
AMunSou (Pa.) dispatch to the
Phiiade phia Inquirer says: People
in this LEGALITY claim to have
among them the queerest family as
to physical popularity in the whole
country. Jacob Hers, farmer in
moderate circumstances, las seven
children. The oldest IS SIX cen. d
bright boy, but having thirteen
fingers and thirteen toes-eeven on
oue hand and six on the other, his
toes beng similarly divided. Next
to him is another boy, fourteen
years old. As long as this boy is
quiet no one would suppose he had
any pecu iarity, but the moment
he opens his mouth to ia k he lose:
all control OF his hands, arms, teet
and legs, and they Jerk and thrash
and kick around as il they were
hung on wires.
The hoy is az slow of speech as
his limbs are active. and in answer
ing a sim lie question it is no un-
,mmor thing for his legs to have
carried him a rod or mote away
before he is able to a,ticulate yes
or no The boy does not seem to
mind his sffi ction, aud not only
does not hesitate to respond or try
.. when he is addressed, but is
always ready to tegin conyersa'
ton on the slightest excuse. He
can beseen almost anytime arguing
with or exl la;nlng some iolnt t,
some companion, who is kept con
stantly busy either in avoiding the
Involuntary kicks or blows of The
boys sprightly f-et or hands or il
following him briskly to keep the
run Of the subject.
The third child is a girl, who is E
hunchb back and o dwarf She il
twelve years old. A boy next te
her is deaf an1 dumb. The fifth
child has a bright req mirthmaTE
encircling her neck like a piece O.
red flannel. 1t is an inch and 6
half wide. The other two children
are twins, three months old-a boy
and girl. The boys head is GOV.
cred with hair enough for grown
person, while the girl hasn't the
sign OF hair upon the head, the
little poll beipg as white and shiny
as a Billiard ball. The gir. is tal
aud the boy lean. When the boy
laughs the girl cries lustily, and
when his little sister is merry the
boy sheds tears ard yells.
Every one Of these seven children
IS handsome and mentally bright
Mrs. Hers is a fine-looking wo,
man. and her husband is sounc
physically aud mentally.
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Death of Col. Robinson, C. s. A.

The death of VIM. Geo Robinson,
eldest son of the late VIM. Robins
son, ESQ.,, of this city, and halfs
brother of Or. NJ. E. and Mr.. T. R.
Robinson, occurred yesterday morn
irg. at Lexington, KY, after pro-
tracted illness. The deceased was
born in the city of L'Original, Prov
ince of Quebec, Canada, on Nov. 16,
1885, and had, therefore, just turned
his 55th year. He came to this
town, when quite boy with his pf :
rents, sho afterwards moved to Stan
tonsburg, N. c., where his mother
died. His father then moved to
w hite Hall, how Seven Springs,
where he married Miss Eliza Davis
Subsequently, they moved to this
city and made their permanent home.
William George was in due tim
sent to West Poil t, from which
institution he graduated with dis
tipctlon just at the outbreak of
the late war between the States. He
volunteered in the Confederate service
and joined the 2ad NC. Cavalry, of
which he rose to the rank of Colonel.
He was engaged in the battle at the
fall of Newbern, and was subse.
quently shot fron his horse in a
skirmish fight at Gillets' and caps
tured. After the war he went west
and was soon overtaken by malady
that rendered him an invalid during
the past twenty years, leading up te
his death, as here recorded. His re-
mains are now en- route to this city
for interment in. the family plot in
Willow Dale cemetery.
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THE POOR AND THE RICH.
BY SARAH K. BOLTON.

She covered him over, her five year old;
"He will never know poverty more" she
said,
As she petted the curls of his boyish
head;
No feet'll be bare il the winter cold
NO crying for bread, no wearisome
hours
Ofiabrr ill-paid, from sun to sun;
No murmuring oft when the work is
done;
Shut up from the sun. and the birds
and flowers.
From the rich and the lofty. no look
of pride;
There1l be time to study and time to
grow.
In the beautiful gardens the angels
know:
1t is well, it is well that my boy has
died
She covered him over, the FIVE year old,
'He is safe, he is safe, she sadly said
AS she plated the folds Of his mar
row bed,
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THE OLD MANS SONG.

The apples cheeks, like yours, were red
Heighol long agol
The folks had all crept off to bed,
Heigho! the fire d1d glow;
And by the kitchen stove we sat,
You and I, to smile and chat.
Two seeds we from the apple took.
Helgho! long ago!
still can see your bashful look,
Heigho! with cheeks aglow
AS on the stove the seeds placed
And slipped my arm around her waist.
The seeds together jumped away.
Heigho! long ago!
And on the spot you named the day,
Heigho! how love doth grow?
We dearly loved each other then,
But not as at three score and ten.
New England Magazine.
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d" angels haze talked with him and
shoved him thrones.

When l was boy I thought that DIR.
Charles F. Deems was the greatest
preacher since the Nazarene "open-
ed his mouth, and taught them, say
ing, Blessed are the poor in spirit !:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven y,
or since GamalieTs superb pupil
" stood in the midst of Mars-Hill
and said, Ye men of Athens, l per-
ceive that in all things ye are too su-
perstitious
After l grew to be a man, and dis
covered that the intellectual world
was bigger than the cosmos I had
explored in my youth, l then thought
that DIR. Deems was but one of the
worlds many great preachers. Yes
since my years are those of ma
turer manhood, my measurement oi
men is calmer judgment, untouched
by hero-worship, whether the hero
wear trophy of knightly victor, OF
gown of scholar, or toga of patrician
father, or vestment of priest. Hence
with less of the ardor of boyhood
and enthusiasm of younger manhood
| retrospectivelv discern passages
from DR.. Deems marked by aspects
of indiscretion but which, when
heard, or read, l thought were sin
gularly charming because they were
scintillants of genius which / adored
In contradistinc ton, in these maturel
years, also perceive that he was not
merely great, as greatness is estima
ted, but that he was an intellectual
giant, so robustly wrought as to b.
distinguishable among the worlds
great preachers as one of the create s.
of the great.
Simplicity was lucidly the light O.
his genius. He was so ripely schol
arly that in his ecclesiasticism h,
was unscholastic. Learning had 81
brought ont the man that he hac
power to fling pedantic rubbish be
hind, hurling it from sight, TOSSING
it away from his God-world, and tt
stand forth himself grandly a Man
yet man for God.
In language, which little chile
could understand, have heard him
in aspirations of thought, pushing
toward the holier and loftier subli
nations of truth until I felt a
Tennyson has said Of the Mystic:
Angels have talked with him and shove,
him thrones"
JOHN r. MORRIS.
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FEED HOSE SHEEP.

The census of 1890 shows that
every sheep in North Carolina is
worth 81 81; in Pennsylvania'
'$S.Os.
The ARGUS appeals to the aver
age Mutton-Hes ded Third party
statesmen not to rush heedlessly
to the political stump and thereon
wildly allege that the Cleveland
administration is responsible for
this d ference in the value of that
physical type Of meekness-the
humble sheep, which we admit is
another mark of the comparative
poverty of North Carolina. But
let him adyise the shepherds of his
political fold to feed their sheep
more generously; thereby augment
ing the fat and enhancing the
value.
Sheep culture is one of the things
that North Carolina has ever been
far behind in and that THE ARGUS
has ever advocated as a source of
wealth to the farmers of the State
We have yet to hear Third party
evangelist advocate this neglected
industry, though it abounds in
wealth-giv;ng, or promulgate prins
ciples of better farming and agrieale
tural economics, They generally
WELD their tongues in insidions
speech and seditious vaporings,
calculated and intended to create
unrest among the masses, distort
their visions of political ethics and
overthrow their calmer judgments
by the frenzy of passion,
Such men may strut their hour
upon the stage, but it will, indeed,
be briet; and, like the tale tod by
an idiot, they will eventually
amount to nothing. The Demo-
cratic party is joined hands with
good government. 1t is of the peos
pie and for the people. The people
are with it and the people are sue
preme and invincible.
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Pikeville Letter.

P,KEv1LLE, Nov. 9th 1898.
Tear Argus:-Mr. w. B. Fort
went down to Wilmington We'd
nesday on a business visit.
Mrs. s. V. Tomlinson, of Char~
lotte, gave a temperance lecture
here Wednesday night to an atten-
tive audience.
On Thursday she organized g
young woman's Christian Temper.
ance Union with the following
officers: Miss Efie Blow, President;
Miss Emily Smith, Secretary; Miss
Rena Massey, Treasurer.
There will be Cooper oratorical
medal contest held at Salem church
on Saturday night December 9th.
Every body is cordially invited to
attend.
Mics Minnie Moore and Della
Edgerton, two of Pinkney's most
interesting and fascinating young
ladies. were visiting in opr town
Saturday to the delight of their
many friends here.
1t is with sincere regret that we
announce the death OF Leafie Gilt,
ton infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. e. Smith which occurred
at their home here Wednesday
night.
Weep not fond parents for Leafe
From this troublesome life she is free
And is safe in the arms of Him who said
"Suffer little children to come unto me" !"
J.F. ii.
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THE WINDS STORY.
The North Wind blew at night off the

The North Wind blew at night off the
sea,
Saying. "Sorrowful, sorrowful, all OF me!
1 sing cf the numbing Winters breath
l sing of snow and death,
1 bring in the waves with the broken,
spar,
And the gray seas curling over the bar
Drifting at night froln cold bright
SorroWful, sorrowful, all of me'
The South " ind blew st noon eft the
sea,
Singing, sorrowful, so-rowtul come t"
me!
1 sing of the golden buttercup breath,
1 sing The peace Of death
l bring in the shells with the laughing
tide,
And follow the brown sails home, and
slide
In the drowsy heat down the meadow
side
sorrowful, sorrowful, come to mel
The East Wind blew at morn eff the
sea,
Crying. IS .rroHful, soreowful, all OF
me!
l sing Of the piercing iceberg's breath
/ sing the horror of death.
And the tempesrs shrek in the rig
rino black,
And the spindrift wreath and the roi-
ling wrack,
And the beat that never agaiu comes
back
sorrowful, sorrowfuI, ali OF M!
The West Wind blew at dawn off the
sea,
Calling, 'Sorrowful, sorrowtul, come te
me!
/ sing of the Joyous salt sea breath!
I sing, There is no death.
[ murmur of sea Caves rosy and deep,
And the glittering bay where the shea
fish leap,
And the lapse OF the tide as 1t SINKS te
sleep
SorroHful, sorrowlu1, come to me.
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The Passing of Powderly.

When Terrence V. PowderIy
first appeared beo re the public as
the head OF the Knights of Labor,
be was recogn zed as man of eu-
perior parts, earnest. intelligent
and with an apparently sincere de-
sire to promote the just and law
full interests Of his fellow-wor kmep.
Under his lead the Knights of La
Dor became powerful body which
commanded degree ofrespect and
confidence seldom accorded to or.
ganizstions of it's class.
Whether deservedly or not, Pow
derly himself came more and more
to represent the order of which he
was the chief aud to absorb N ore
and more of its authority. He was
an antocrat, a boss. Then came
the temptation to employ bis power
politics, not SO much in behalf of
labor as in behalf of Powderly.
His personal importance caueed
him to be sought by politicians, and
not only to be hattered by them,
but to fatter himself. He aimed
at political distinction, at pc, sonal
influence and advancement. The
original purpose of the order vas
forgotten, ard from that time its
fate was sealed.
It's membership dropped away, il
lost the confidence and the respec,
of the public. and there Was moth
ing left for those who remained in
it but to let the organization go to
pieces or to get rid # Powderly
and try to bring it back to its orig.
inal lines. Whether the latter ex-
pertinent can succeed is doubtful,
but in any case Powderly's career
is ended. He was an able and
well-meaning man who attained toe
rapidly to more power than he was
master OF, and 30 Mas lured on by
personal ambition to failure and
disgrace.
In the early part of his career be
had always the warm supper. oi
the Times in every legitimate ef'
fort to advance the interests OF orr
ganizrd labor, and he would have
had9t continuously had he been
true to his opportunities and to
himself. When be descended to
the plane of the political huckster,
bis usefulness was gone, and thie
paper ls glad to have been able to
contribute to his overthrow, simply
by telling the truth about him and
correctly reporting the proceedings
of the assembly of the Knights of
Labor in which his long rule came
to an inglorious end, 1t is incor-
rect to say that he was overthrowD;
in his misdirected ambition he de-
stroyed himself and threw away
such a chance as few have had to
make himself useful to his fellow
men.-PhiIa. Times.
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ELECTRIC BITTERS.

This remedy IS becoming so wei
known and so popular as to need no spec
ial mention. All who have used Electric
Bitters sing the same song of praise.-A
purer medicine does not exist and it is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed Elec-
triC Bitters will cure ali diseases of the
Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples,
Boils, Salt Rheun and other affections
caused by impure blood.-will drive Nal
as cure all Malarial fevers.-For cure of
Headache, Constipation and Indigestion
try Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.-Price so
cts.and $1.00 per bottle at j H. Hill&Son's IS
Drugstore.
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THE BULL TEAM,
Cy Warman, in Mcclure Magazine for
December.

Cy Warman, in McC,ure's Magazine for
December.
The sturdy bull, with stately tread,
Submissive, silent bows his head
And feels the yoke the creaking waln
Rolls leisurely across the plain;
Across the trackless, treeless land,
An undulating sea of sand:
Where mocking, sapless rivers run,
With swollen tongue and bloodshot
eye,
Still on to where the shadows lie;
And onward toward the setting sun.
With fearful eyes he looks away
To where his free-born brothers play
Upon the prairie wild and wide;
He turns his head from side to side;
He feels the bull whips cruel stroke;
Again he leans agaiss. the yoke,
At last his weary walk is done,
He pauses at the rivers brink,
And drinks the while his drivers
drink
Almost beside the setting sun.
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SUBMISs SION.

The rose in beauty bloweth,
And never asketh why,
The stream right onward t1oweth.
With never fret nor sigh.
The sun its bright gold fingeth,
In love o'er everything,
The birds as sweetly singeth
For beggar as for king.
Thus e'er pursue thy part,
Aud long not to be great,
True greatness is, dear heart,
Submission to thy fate.
Kathleen Kavanagh, in Washingto
News.
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TRUE ECONOMY.

No matter how many hundred doses of
any other medicine are offered for dolls
lar, DIR. Pierce's Golden M edical Discovs
cry is the cheapest blood purifier sold,
through druggists, because its guaranteed,
and your money is returned If it doesn't
benefit or cure.
With its use you only pay for the fun
you get.
Can you ask more.