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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22

have attempted to raise tobacco from
the Havana seed in America that,
while the first crop may be equal IL
that produced in Havana, it then be-
gins 10 degenerate, until, after the
third or fourth, 1t is us bad rs any
American seed tobacco. The most
popular wrapper, outside of the lia-
yana, used in America Is that grown
in Connecticut. 1t is double the
price of any other American grown
tobacco, but ii is an acquired taste,
that Is To say the man who smokes
the Connecticut wrapper never wants
any other. 1t has a peculiar flavor.
Havana wrappers can be distinguish
ed from Sumatra wrappers by their
having a SOFT down covering, whereas
the Sumatra wrapper is perfectly
smooth. Havana seed tobacco grown
in America has the same appearance
as to down, but can be readily distin-
guished by the odor, which Is much
ranker than the Havana.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22
PeHtlss and Degtles.

An old farmer of Sumpter county
Georgia, writes to the Americas
Times Recorder as follows
"Mr. Editor-There is being sc
much said in the country about hard
times and the scarcity Of money, and
as every one has a cause and knows
a remedy. | thought would write to
let your readers know what think
is the cause. The trouble is we buy
more than We produce. There is too
much -four and bacon shipped here
every year. The things we ought to
make at home we are buying.
We let our timber rot and buy our
pillow stocks, swinglctrces. AK handles
and fencing.
We throw away u ashes and buy
our soap and axle grease.
We give away our beef hides and
buy hamc strings.
We let our manure 60 to waste and
buy guano.
We buy garden seed in the spring
and cabbage IN the winter.
We let our lands grow up in weeds
and buy our brooms.
We let the wax out Of our pine and
gum trees go to waste and buy chew
ing gum for our children.
We build school houses and hire
teachers and send our children off to
be educated.
We land a 5-ccnt fish with s. fish
ing rod.
We send a 15-cent boy out with a
s20 gun and $40 dog to kill birds.
We raise dogs and buy wool.
And about the only thing in this
country that there is an over prOduc-
ion of politics and d~ogtIcs."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22
Christmas Charity.

Good will toward men" is the al
pervading sentiment of Christmas
tide. 1t is the time to bury unkint
thoughts and petty jealousies. 1t Is
the season for loving deeds and kind
rcmembranccs, a day of general am.
nesty, a time to forgive and forget,
and with Il mantle of Cllristlikc char.
ity to cover the foibles and frailties
Of our fellows.
The sentiment Of common brother
hood should predominant. 1t is a
sentiment that does not lessen the
tender ties Of kinship, hut broadens
and ennobles its posscssor. The man
who confines his Christmas charities
to his own family circle misses the
purcst and hottest pleasures of the
day.
The custom of giving Christmas
presents is said to have originated in
the oriental practice of bearing gifts
on all pilgrimageS and visits. Thus
the wise men of the cast laid gifts at
the feet of the infant Christ. With
us the custom has, or should have, a
higher and nobler significance.
The act Of charity or the testimo-
NAL of friendship and esteem should
be entirely spontaneous. To bcstow
gifts with the hope of return or re-
ward. or to propitiate friendship Or
interest, is to masquerade s~cllshncss
in the guise OF generosity.
The oriental idea of charity was re-
ciprocal, to exchange benefits for fay-
ors expected. Christ inaugurated a
n0bler system, the principal of broth
erly lovc-"Pcaee on earth, good will
toward men,"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22

An old London paper contains the
following curious advertisements,
wanted, a man between twenty and
thirty years of age, to be footman and
under butler in a great family; he
must be of the church of England and
have had the smallpox in the naturnl
way. Also q woman, middleaged, to
wait upon a young lady of great FASH
ion and fortune !; the woman must be
OF the church of England, have had
the smallpox in the natural way, very
sober, steady and well-bchaved, and
understand dress, getting up lace and
fine linen, and doing all things neces
sary for a young lady that goes into
public places and keeps the best COM
pany. Inquire OF the printer of this
paper.-Oct. l, IVA"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22
Sulta bic Gifts.

Don't be too particular about civ
ing useful Christmas presents, not
outstanding that hosts of practical
individuals, especially those of a phil
a%nthropic turn of mind, are forever
advising just the contrary. OF course
where extreme poverty is IN question.
when the very nccesSarics of life are
lacking, a ton or coal or a basket of
provisions is doubtless a more suita-
BILE gift than would be a silkcn table
cover or an embroidered scarf: but
barring such extreme cases, the great
est degree OF. happiness experienced
by the exchange Of gifts at the sea-
son of good will to men" does not, as
a rule, result from those Of a strictly
useful nature. After all, men and
women are only boys and girls grown
tall ; and. pray, what healthy boy or
girl would prefer a pair of boots to a
toy pistol or a pair of skates, a doll or
a box of candy, as his her annual con-
tribution from Santa Claus?
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22

"Thc Chicago University has dis
cardcd the title OF Prof the mem.
bers OF the faculty being addressed as
Mr. says the University Courier.
There Is still a chan &c for the man
who plays the piano In a beer place
to be called professor.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22

TIE EDITORS CHRISTMAS
John, Is the fire lit in the stove?
Yes, sir.
And the table set?
Yes, sir.
Now, go out there and gobble like
a turkey, while l rattle these knives
and forks.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22

When the devil goes to church. he
generally walks q o,I,th n church
member. -,
The deviISS. quarrel with the
man who nevs.Sas any controversy
with himself.
An archangcl would break down
under what some people expect OF a
pastors wife .-Ram's Horn.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22
Ghe1rmurrat-s S..
The rtlsMlsl,r.

I Wig Slrdlsr.
Some one hak left n, ;,
Union Office u specimen n, Hines
beetle with long antennae co Or 's Wy
to which he rightly ,,r,% leeles
sirdll"s of Young pear trees s'' y, St, The
branches. We suppose i, :. " Their
same beetle that does 50 mu.a 'e lss
OF this sort on the small braus'"@k
sprouts Of oaks and hickorics' cas' 40
them to litter the ground in , ,.uS'As
as we have seen the same SCR, 1 :,
ing on young pear trees. s'd'
although this insect must h.
garded as an unmitigated nui. " 9
one cannot but admire its mer,s ssace
skin, which comes to it wi'a ,'sal
teaching and which enable, it a' ~
as symmetrical u groove as , :, -. eAs
could cut with turning.lathc laa a
sun more wonderful is the ins, n"a
which promps this insect to d. w,tl
10 man would be regarded as Droo' @' !,
rare foresight and ingenuity. "'"
Inc objects which the girdle, b..
10 accomplish by such muti,,,,.' "'
Trees are the feeding of its youN" y
the larval state and the convsvas IA
OF Ihem from the tree tops "a ,1s
ground where they undcrgoth ei, -. s"s
ther transformations. A little bcIo.
where the female beetle lays her ""
IN u twlg she cuts a groove aroxsI,
nearly to the center, le@av,nvfo."
enough woody fibcrs to hold It b n,
tree until it's time, in order 10 so. .as
the desired 49,, that it should AN
to the ground.S 'a''
We are not aware that n mo,,,.
OF preventing the twig girdlo,.s a.,
tacks has ever been devised. But II.
expectations in following wears n,v
be prevented in some degree Nv d.
stroying the girdlcd twlgs as som >.
they fall. or still better, before ,h"'
become detached, for then they ,,s
sure to contain eggs or larvae.
-
An exchange says the oll-time i'd,
That a newspaper is printed for "mon
only" Is fast disappearing. In times
fast woman was so busy with bouso.
hold work that she didn't read m,,ch
but now sowing machines. gas stoves
and knitting machines give her am.
pie leasurc, which she deyotes IN
to reading. She is fast outstrjupIny
man In familiarity with the TONES ot
the day. Woman decides the fate 0,
"A book and Of a newspaper. The news.
papcrtha is read by woman blossom,
with the announcements Of the great
dry goods houses. No wonder That
newspapers devote so much " their
space to woman, for she constitutes
not only the larger part of the human
race, but by far the most interesting,
When the devil goes to church. he
generally walks Il o,t,th a church
member.
The devilSS. { quarrel with the
man who neve 5}as any controversy
with himself.
An archangcl would break down
under what some people expect OF a
pastors wirc.-Ram's Horn.
TIE EDITORS CHRISTMAS
John, is the fire lit in the stove.
Yes, sir.
And the table set?
Yes, sir.
Now, go out there and gobble like
a turkey, while l rattle these knives
and forks.
"Thc Chicago University has dis
carded the title OF Prof the mem.
bers OF the faculty being addressed as
Mr. says the University Courier.
There is still chan &c for the man
who plays the piano In a beer place
to be called professor.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
IN MEMoRrAM.

SFARLING.-Dep-rted this life March
25th, 1898, at 6 a. M, Rom B. Startling,
aged 70 years, s months and II days,
He was a cons;ssan' member OF
Salem NJ. Z. Church, S uFil. a duti-
full, aft .ctionate son aud bother, a
kind and gentle f,js nd.
He bore Ills sickness ani paiu
with a heroic Christian u gnafion.
i few hours before his spirit des
ar:ed. full e ing his cn1i~
lion, he Gale his parents 70 bin,
sat up in bed and c aarins his moth
er with both arms, told her lie was
dying, and would soon be With Jesus
in the Heavenly Jerusalem. Ee
asked for one last national kiss,
and begged lis mother to meet him
in, Heaven, ai.G - tiy - bring
sweet little julian, his Youngest
brother. To his ta}Etr he SAID, at
has been a long time since you
kissed your boy, but kiss NE now
for the Ia time to saal my depart
ure from earth to heaven"
Each CT his b;others and friends
we're hidden an affectionaie fares
well and all were urged 20 meet
him in Heaven, even the rolored
boy, who worked fer him, was toId
to live right and meet him.
He sent iovirg messages 10 his
only sister and her husband, Rev.
6. W. Starring. who did not reach
him until death had claimed him
for his own, saying, Tell them
good bye and to meet me in Hea =
ven"
Mrs, Speight and bis other
teachers, aud his sctI. climates were
affectionately remembered, and to
those that should assemble around
his grave to pay the last tribute Of
respect, be cent invitations to NEE
him in his heavenly home.
Exhausted, nc was placed back in
bec-he asked thst his arms be
tolded across his breast, that he
night be in readiness for the angel
that jesus had sent tor blm. A few
hours later he fell on sleep in Jesus
and is now at II ST IN his havcnly
home, nc doubt, watching through
the Pearl.Y gates and reckoning TO
loved ones here below TO join him
in the mansions above.
Calm on the b som CT thy God.
Fair spirit, rest thee now!
Fen while with US thy footsteps trod,
His seal was on thy brow.
X = y Il x =
Lone are the paths and sad the bowers,
Whence thy meek smile is gone;
But 0, a brighter home than ours,
IN heaven is now thine own.
NJ. NJ. MCFARLAND, P. G.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
Court Poet.

II seems that MI. Ruskin has
not been nominated Poet Laureate,
after all, and that we have all been
praising or abusing Mr.. Gladstone,
according to the point OF view.
without occasion. The latest Ions
don rumor assigns the honor to
Lewis Morris.
The foundation of this report is
that MI. Morris has been commits
stoned to write the marriage ode
for the Duke Of York and the
Princess May, bnt as he did such
Jobs while Lord Tennyeon was
still alive, intending the Queens
Jubilee ode, n more order Goes
not necessarily imply a permanent
engagement. However for this
sort of thing, the hack work of q
court poet, Lewis Morris is alto
gether fitted, and if this is ali that
the appointment as Poet Laureate
means, he might as well have it.
This is al, that it lid mean at any
time between Dryden and Word-s
worth, and Morris is quite the
equa! OF most OF the official line
that stretched between those two
poets. =,
Moreover his selection should
satisfy those who objected 70 be-
slowing the honor on Mr. Ruakn
because he did not write verse
Morris writes nothing else. He
has probably written more verse
than any man living, and it is good
enough, as verse. 1t has not many
ideas or anything else to give i
value, but il is grammatical and 1t
will scan, and Mr.. Morris can reel
il off on the shortest notice, and en-
the most reasonable terms. AND
it will not bring the blush Of shame
to the most modest cheek.
These qualification arc 50 we'll
understood that it was generally
ex Yected, when Tennyson died,
that moral and amiable Morris
would be the Queens choice for
the vacancy. It was only the &C.
cident of her having a Prime Miu-
lister with literary Judgment thar
ra sed a doubt. Perhaps the QneeE
and Mr.. Gladstone might arrange
it amicabIy between them by lets
ting Ruskin have the laurels and
Morris the butt of Malmsey, or
whateyerit is. and the congenial
task of writing birthday odes for
her Maiesty's great-graDdchildEen.
-Phaia. Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
PICKED UP
News Items Gathered Here
and There for Passing
PerLSaI

TIE Democratic party must now
proceed to do something more than
to excoriate the Republican
scamps.-Galveston News.
For this year, at least, the Gel
umbine ought to be an eligible
candidate Tor the honor of being
the rational fower-Chica.o Iris
tune.
When an Oregon man calls his
neighbor a digger ass than old
Pennoper" a shooting match is
ALWAYS sure to Washingo
ton Post.
Infiamed itching, burning, crusty and
scaly skin and scalp CT infants scothed
and cured by Johnson's Oriental Soap.
Sold by Robinson Bros. Goldsboro, n. G.
Kate Field says that the secret Of
longevity and success is TO never
do yourself what You a get any
body to do for ~you.-Atlanta Con-
stituticn.
The Geary act stands, but it
split the Supreme Court wide open.
It is not often that on such a sub
jeet thee dissenting opinions are
launch. d.-louisville Post.
Prepare to shed your undercloth
ing and make glad the heart O
your favorite doctor, There is moth.
ing III your life insurance policy
which says you shall not do So
Steep Brook Bszo,.
Sunday gentlemen in Tacoma
are shouting loudly for The inns
peachmcut OF C.eQela. d. Doubt
iess til s sh4u,ing will havc some
effect. 1t viii make the gentlemen
hoarse.-Sau Fraucisco Examiner.
Now that the commission has
been bounced there is a chance for
Phiiade pIia TO finish her Big towo,
without having it seizad by lie
Sheriff or being compelled to send
the Penn statue 10 the pawnshop.
Swansea G ze5te.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
G0LDsBORo. n. c.. MAY "A, 1898
AN EASIER MONEY MARKET

The considerable export of gold
on Saturday last, says the P~hilade?~
phia Times, excited no comment,
partly because the immediate APPS
prehension of a gold panic has
passed and partly because the gems
eral condition Of the money market
has begun to show the recovery OF
the past two weeks.
The bank statements show a
large increase in the surplus res
serve within that time and an ads
vance Of deposits; the rates for
money have come back to some>
thing like q normal standard, and,
while the banks are still exacting
in security, they are already ins
creasing their ordinary accommo~
dations to customers.
This indicates the usual process
OF gradual recovery from a sharp
contraction of credit such as has
been lately passed through
and there is no reason apparent
why it should not continue. The
situation in London adds an ele~
ment Of uncertainty, of course, TO
our own financial hazards, but we
shall shortly have the crop moves
ment in our favor and with reasons
abe good fortune that should
counter-balance many adverse con.
ditions.
The result of q contraction like
this is always to accumulate money
at the centres, but it only comes
there for security and must 60 out
again when the alarm is past. The
conditions now seem favorable to q
gradual relaxation which should
at least carry Us easily ove tie
summer.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
HOW TO LIVE.
The Baltimore Sun says:

Gas the cost of commodities
decreases a higher standard Of liv-
ing is possible for those who have
a fixed income. Some Injuries
may be made ordinary necessarieg.
But a different result is possible,
namely, that income may be res
duced to correspond with the
cheaper cost of living and the adj
vantage of the new conditions may
slip away into the hands Of unecrus
puious dealers and monopolists.
AS prices OF commodities 60 down
there ought to be a wider choice of
food, use OF better clothing and
better housings to say nothing OF
larger expenditure on means of
culture, books and the like"
AS the Redmond State says, it
cannot be questioned that with
close economy, attention to a calls
ing, however modest it may be,
thrift and temperance in all things,
a man can live better tosday than
he could before the a
1t is also true, though, that the
temptations to expenditures for
what is not absolutely needed are
greater to-day than ever b.
fore.
The man who keeps his eyes
wide open, is conservative, cautious
and selfsrespectIng, and who dis~
misses any dream Of being rich,
giving. on the contrary, close heed
to the work in hand, will "get
there sooner or later, and be
happy while he is getting there.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25

The repeal OF the Sherman act
at the next session of congress ia
response to a demand from all parts
OF the country seems to be certain.
Even the father of that vicious law
has turned against it and ia now
anxious to etop the mischief for
which he is largely responsible.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25

letter 1lGiu biSHCp DutiCdh ~
President Crowell brings the news
that Bishop Duncan Will hold the
North Carolina and Western North
Carolina Conference this year.
Smithfeld Herald: Mrs. ]. P.
Jacobs, mother of our townsrnan,
Mr.. W. J. Jacobs, died at his home
a few miles west of town last Tues-
day from the effects of a cancer
from which she had been a suffs
erer Tor years.
Wilmington ReuieW: MI. Z. B.
Manning was reported this morn
ing as being 10 better He was no
worse, however, than on yesterday
and Saturday, and there is enc3urs
agement in this fact. He has ty~
phoid fever. He is in good hands.
DR., Bellamy is his attending phys
sician.
Newbern Journal: The ex-
cellent beef which Mr.. @. E Nels. n
was selling was raised by Mr.. j L.
Rhem. It was a fine young steer
in good order, ter which Mr.. Rhem
received over fifty dollars. The
live weight was 100 pounds and
it dressed $50 pounds. 1t pays to
raise good cattle.
Gastonia Gazette: Mr.. Jno, i.
Spencer killed a spotted rat in his
wood pile one day this week. Tie
"varmint" had been killing little
chickens. The animal was mainly
white, with irregular stripes and
spots of the ordinary rat color. His
eyes were regular lat eyes, other
wise he seems to have been a mix
ture Of about half and half OF white
rat and common rat.
Salisbury Herald: Three boys,
IS, IA and Is years old, were lodgs d
in jail at Asheboro last week for
breaking into a store at Randle-
mans factory. Two of them have
no father ard one has no mother.
The youngest one, it is said hid in
the store ard after the clerks left
nnbaIred the door and let the
others in. The oldest boy can't
read.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
EXPELLED

las, Boils, Carbuncles, Enlarged Glands,
Tumors and Swellings, and all Blood, Skin,
and Scalp Diseases, from a common b1otch or
eruption to the worst scrofuIa-these are per-
fectly and permanently cured by it.
In building up needed flesh and strength of
pale, -puny, scrofulous children, nothing can
equal it.
Unlike the ordinary spring medicines or
sarsaparillas, the Discovery" works equally
well at all seasons. All the year round, and
in all cases, it is guaranteed, as no other
blood medicine is If it ever fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back. It's not
only the best hlood-purifier, but it's the cheap
est. You pay only for the good you get.
Buy of reliable dealers. With any others,
something else that pays them better will
probably be urged as Just as good.n Per-
haps it is, for them but it can't be, for you.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
r YOU

Il is the srlall annoyances That wary
sour mi K over night, no milk-nan
in the morning; 10 cream for the coffee;
no milk fer the baby, The Gail B, rden
Eagle Brand CondeLscnd Milk is always
ready for use. Grocers and Dru, .gists.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
LOST.

a Pension voucher, issued to Artsold
Murphy, The voucher was enclosed Ia
an envelope, The finder will please leave
ct this Office, as it can be of no service to
anyone else, A reward will be paid if re-
CURED,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
THE GOLDEN SECRET, LoNG LIFE

Keep the head cool, the feet warm
and the bowels open. Bacon's Celery
Cure is a vegetable preparation and acts
as a natural laxative, and is the great
est remedy ,ver discovered f r the Cur.
of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, and all
Blood, Liver, and Kidney diseases. Call
on J H, Hill & Son sole. agent, and get
a trial bottle free. Large size soc.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25

THE best indication OF the real
progress of the Home Rule bill is
the indjgnities to which Mr.. Glad@
stone is being subjected at the
hands of its opponents, who seem
disposed to substitute missiles for
arguments.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
STATE NEWS.

Charlotte DemocrGt; A private
letter from Bishop Duncan 20
President Crowell brings the news
that Bishop Duncan will hold the
North Carolina and Western North
Carolina Conference this year.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
BOARDERS.

Mrs. F. /. Caster is prepared to acco-
MEDIATE a limited number of boarders at
her residence on John stleet, formerly
occupied by Mrs. |. s. ID. Sauls.
Terms made known on application.
May f4th, 1898. IF.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-25
With health and beauty laden,
A rich and priceless thing,
To woman, pale and wasted,
NV precious gift [ bring.

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the Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
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