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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05

THE argument SO much relied
upon by the opponents of the in
come tax, to-wit, that it is in
quisitorial; betrays the weakness
Of their opposition. 1t only
serves as a reminder of the fact
that all laws are more or less in
quisitorial in the very nature OF
things, and especially all tax
laws. AS a rule, those who are
urging this objection, are high
protectionists, and therefore
friends of the most thoroughly
and Extensively inquisitorial law
possible of enactment. By au-
thoritity of the administrative
provisions Of the tariff law, mems
trunks I opened and over
hauled, and the contents of their
very pockets are subject to in
spection. Even the bustles and
skirts of women are not exempt,
but may DE subjected to the
scrutiny of custom-house officials.
And yet, we are told, forsooth,
by the whole tribe of high tariff
inquisitors, with the squeakine
voice Of Davy Hill in the chorus.
that the proposed income tax is
inquisitorial
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05
New M6dt Market.
BEEF, MUTTON, VEAL

Pork-Sausage in season-In fact
everything to be found in a first class
city market. [ have decided to open d
permanent meat market in The Airing
ton Hotel, two doors east of p~ostoffice,
on Chestnut street.
On and after Thursday morning,
July 9th, the public can be supplied at
market. l solicit the patronage of
the public generally, and will always
Keep the very finest green meats and
shall endeavor to give entire satisfac-
ton. Orders will be filed promptly
and accurately.
WFFree delivery to any part of the city.
Respectfully.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05

Clinton Democrat: During the
thunder storm that passed over
Clinton Wednesday afternoon,
lightning struck a sycamore
tree in the yard of Mr.. Thomas
Boykin. The tree was not hurt,
but a dairy standing near by was
demolished by the bolt. The
sycamore is.a remarkable tree,
being a wonderful conductor OF
lightning and rarely ever dying,
as do other trees when struck by
lightning.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05

THE South is free from the in
lection of anarchy. 1t has never
found a foothold among our peo-
pie and if it ever raises it's head
here it will be promptly and eff
ectually crushed.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05
STATE NEWS.

A Moss Neck special to the
Wilmington Messenger says that
Mr.. Appleton Squares was killed
by lightning about six o'clock
Thursday evening last.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05
TIRED, WEAK, NERVOUS,
Gould Not Sleep,

Prof. L. D. Edwards, of Preston,
Idaho, says: 81 was all run down,
weak, nervous and irritable through
overwork. / suffered from brain IA
tigue, mental depression, etc. l be-
came so weak and nervous that I
could not sleep, | would arise tired,
discouraged and blue. l began taking
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05
& Yorktown,
Notice.

periOr court of Wayne county, ron
dered at the October term. 1893. in the
action of David Brown and wife, Min
ta Brown. VS.. Sailie Simmons and 9th
ers, the undersigned commissioners
will sell for cash at the court house
door in Goldsboro at y O'Clock m, on
Monday July ,, 1894. "a certain tract of
81 acres of land in Brogden township,
near to the town of Mount Olive, and
upon which the defendant, Sallic Sim
mons. now resides.
G. b. AYCoCK, ! Commi..,u
w. r.. ALLEN, .
May 30. 1891.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

Mr. Bailey's wit has a delicious mental
davor. b fact, it is always the shrewd.
thoughtful man that enjoys it, lit is not in
long inane dialogues, but flash Of
thought. The humorist says q poor man
came to him. with tears In his eyes one day.
asking for help for his destitute and starv-
ING children.
~What do you need most2'' asked Mr..
Bailey
'.Veu. we need bread, but if can't have
that IN take tobacco"
One day a solemn and religious Danbury
man hailed q charcoal peddler with the
query
"Aes, sir" said she eDpectant driver.
stopping his horses
THAT'S right observed the religious
man, with an approving nod, always tell
the truth. and people viii respect you"
And then be closed the door just in time
to escape brick hurled by the wicked ped
der
one day / asked 1Ir Bailey IL they had
lazy men in Connecticut.
lazy menF' he exclaimed. 'tWhy we
have q man in Danbury SO lazy that In
stead OF shoveEng path to the front gate
he pinchcs the baby S ear with the nippers
tilI the neigh 1ors come rushing in to tread
Mr. Mc1Aasters was buying home Of Mr..
Bailey and asked him if the house was cold
iu the winter
"ColdH' said Bailey cautiously. II can't
say TO that. Tt stands outdoors"
Speaking OF the Indian raids, says Bailey
''Ibe Aodocs have made another raid on
our people and murdered them If ever our
government gets hold of these savages. gets
them right where they cannot escape. gets
them wholly into its clutches, some con
tractor viii make money. From Twenty
Years of Wit and Humor''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

A young farmer who had been converted
at one of The revivals went before the next
conference and asked for license TO be e
preacher. # know am born to preach the
word, said the applicant, ''for I have had
three visions. all the same, and it has made
a lasting iEa preston on me" 'W har was
your visions asked q bishop Veal, I saw
a big, round, blue ring lin the sky, and in
side in great gold letters. were p c. Tt
meant 'Preaeh Christ and want to join
the conference" The argument was about
to carry when an old pastor stood up in the
back part OF the hall and said, Young
man, we don doubt your Intentions, nor
do we doubt you saw the vision with the
golden r. c. but am of the opinion thar
that II. CT meant Pillow Corn. 2 The con-
vert IS still a farmer Cincinnati Times
Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21
gov Ro Did 1t

''Say. mister, said the battered traveller,
SKIN have word with your"
'.4ou so away fwom heah, said Fred
die Van Erizzle. ~ shall call the police
wight away If YOU do not
.-And yet have moved ga the same so
cietv with the Bioobluds77
tIou don't say SOL Heah. poor fellow. is
30 cents foh you How did you get intwo-
duced to them9H
~ jes' walked into the house when they
Wus navin reception
"Bd6 you said you moved ia the same so
cietys"
Yes. / hadn't been there more7n two
minutes before the footman told me TO
move. and did it. So long. chappie -
Washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21
An Enertlr. eorn

"a gown warranted to bring out the
dazzling tints of youthful complezions,
the brightness of youthful eyes and TO
impart an air of dignity to the most
youthful wearar is Of black velvet The
plain skirt has q band Of ostrich feather
trimming a little above the bottom. and
on beth sides are narrow rows of jet.
The tight fitting bodice has three van-
dyke points. each outlined with jet and
Jet trimmed epaulats and belt. The
cape that is worn with this froCk Is
edged with feather trimming and jet.
1T is lined with a dazzling changea Bile
SILK "a which gold and green are the
most pronounced coIors- The Tiny black
velvet nat has tips Of black. gold and
green standing erect ia 'front.' Detroit
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21
oLD RELIABLE UNION Pacific

we are Notion the Wan path But Vill
Meet Amy Rate Made to Pacific Coasts
Points.
We have through vestibule train ser
vice to Portland and San Francisco with
out change via Denver, Cheyenne. Odgen
and Salt Lake. Our rates at present are.
To San Francisco, san JOSE Los Angles
and Santa Ana, California, one way $1,000
TO same points round trip S35.JO
Same rates viii apply 10 all Intermediate
points west of Ogden
Round trip tickets good for $50" days
wiih privilege Of returning via El Paso
81 Fort Worth to Missouri river
A NJ. FULLER.
City AGENT 525 Aas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21
in blue ink on piece Of brown wrapping

paper;
"a stray mare horse, Wich went away
from the Premises Of theundercined week
ago come a Friday, witch she had on roap
halter and a letter x On her hyp. Also She
was blind in one aye with q white star On
her fore he'd the rest of her is alite sorel e1z-
cepting tale wich Is blak a liberal reward
wil be payed for her return to Mr. j.
K
"Also saddeI marks on her back.''-
Youths Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

''Gold mining remarked the enthusiasts
tic boomer, sis what pays It's followers glo-
nous returns. Why, gentlemen" and his
voice took the fine oratoricaI turn of a man
with few claims to sell, Il know a man
who made hundred thousand dollars in a
month
Jgh,'' grunted an old fellow who looked
as If he had been there, what about the
hundred thousand who didn't27 and the
question seemed to cast q chill over the
subsequent proceedings ~ Detroit Free
Drass-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

empted the biggest snowbank. Then he
ran drift into its side and widened it
out in a cavern. He and Pat DemOrest
uncovered an old stove at the junkshop
GA Armour avenue and they carried it
into their cave. They found a few
Joints Of stovspipe and ram 1T up through
the roof. They split up a store box for
kindlirg and foraged down the Santa
Fe tracks foE coal They beguiled Con
nors. the grocery man. out Of apples and
potatoes and roasted them while TIM
Westervelt told stories about things that
happened him when he lived in Cohoes-
They had great times there for a
week. and chen the snow riot came one
day and the hired men of the Chicago
City railway loaded the snow into weg-
ons and hauled it away. Chicago Her
aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21
Union PacIm


Mid Winter Fair, take the Union Pacific
Route. Leaves Topeka 1890 p. ID. every
day. Eighty" hours viii laud you in
san Francisco. No change of ears
Thruus il Pullman and Tourist Sleepers
Fare one way $50 90
Round trip 80 80
A. n. FULLER.
City agent go Kas. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

sawmills is very useful IL it was
not for sawmills. we wouldn't have no
aawduat for to stuff cur dolls. If I was
d doll ( would rather die than to be
stuffed with straw Straw IL very tickle
some when you hahn got anything else
on your inside. il know a good deal
more about sawmills. but my paper IS
aIl gone. Bessie ia Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

Slight attacks Of cold often develop
into pneumonia. Statistics show that
this disease is rapidly increasing ID our
country, and is generally accompanied
by fatal results. Cubeb Cough Cure Will
prevent pneumonia if taken in time.
Sold bv Rowlev Bros
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

Archer avenue was a perfect harbor
Of refuge for The flying snow It Gov
cred the car tracks, it blockaded the
doors and windows, it heaped up in
great banks above the cutters, and it
welcomed an the boys in the neigh bor-
hood. Belden's youngest lad. Arthur.
got a crowd Together when the men
with shovels came along and he pre-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

Namma-Why, Howard, Why 90 you eat
those cakes So greadily2 You have plenty
81 them
Little Howard know it That's why
Pm afraid my appetite VIII be gone before
the cakes are.-1ruth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

HAVING purchased E. UT. Winters
interest ia the firm. we are prepared to
Give the people IF Topeka the best the
market affords. Ts1TNEY = SON.
$50 Kansas ave.
TRY Phillips mineral water 1t is con
sidered the finest water for the stomach
612 ~. Eighth avenue Try Is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

The notices tackled to fences and tree
trunks ID rural neighborhOods are some
times amusing specimens of com position
The writer saw the following tackled to a
tree one day last summer. 1t was written
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

Teacher be was the wisest man2
Sch0lar--N0ah. cause he knowed when
TO 20 ia out Of the wet.-I-ife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

The EskimO's eyes flashed
1.-THE heel of the oppress0r.'' he repeated
incredulously .Neverf'
His bosom heaved-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

send your work to the Topeka Steam
Laundry and have therents in your shirts
sewed up, FREE Fine work GA short
notice.
Phone 1853
d. M. Wo0LeHR. Manager
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

He extended his arms defantly
-''He has no place here. We can get ice
for nothing all the year round - Detroit
Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

No better aid to digestion,
No better cure for dyspepsia,
Nothing more reliable for biliousness
and constipation than DeWitts Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills
j. k. ONES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-21

Good work done b the Peerless
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
To ~n1a

slow fires Or killed by gradual dismem-
berment. On beds Of glowing Goals,
or while writing under the eAecu-
ticner's knife as he Topped off limb aft
er limb, the Uganda Christians were as
Steadfast in their faith as ever mar
tyrs were.
ALI the white missionaries expected
to be killed, and the most prominent
among them, Bishop Harrington, was
murdered by MWanga's orders, as he
was approaching the capital. 1t is
said that Mwanga's evaporation be-
cause he did not have a single heir in
all his great family aggravated his
iendish cruelty. His reign of blood
and terror could not last long, and in
1887 he fled from Uganda, driven out
by his people, and soon he was begging
for bread and shelter from the very
missionaries whom he had threatened
with death and driven from his court.
He could not be king of Uganda to-
day were it not that the name and
fame of his royal line were something
to conjure with when the whites We're
able to enter fair Uganda again. They
put him back on the throne, but he has
no power, except so far as the British
who are now in full control choose to
use him.
Unknown but Powerful.
Msidi was a potentate of whom the
British congress had never heard when
it decided not to include the territory
of any powerful king in the Congo
state. But the boundary lines that
were fixed included Msidi and all his
belongings, and there was great as
constituent later, when explorers visit
ed the southeast part of the state and
found a big king living there, his sway
extending over an area as large as
that Of New York State. Msidi had
one popularity. He permitted his
wives to participate in affairs of state,
and many OF them had districts as
large as a county, which they looked
after. If they gathered in plenty of
taxes their lord and master was per-
fectly satisfied. Perhaps it was wom-
ans share in the government that gave
the men their unique position in Msidi's
realm, For, unlike most African men,
they toll in the fields instead of leav-
ing all the drudgery of farm work to
the women. The king owned all the
ivory in the country, and anybody who
killed an elephant without sending the
t1isks to Msidi was put to death, if
he was found out. There was one re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
LOST FOR TWENTY YEARS,
A Valuable Stone Is Recovered in a
Strange Manner.

Valuable Stone Is Recovered in a
Strange Manner.
BY curious com bination of
chances a diamond that was lost
more than twenty years ago at Bir-
mlngham, England, has been diseov-
cred, and is now in the hands of the
chief constable. Some days ago one
OF the workmen in the employ of
Messrs. Taunton, safe manufacture
ers, was engaged in repairing safe
and came across piece of paper in
a crevice, in which was a large dia-
mond, estimated to be worth at least
f1OO. The condition of the paper
indicated that the stone had been
undisturbed for a long time,
and the finder considered he
was entitled to what he had
found. Some Inquiries were AFTER
wards made. which resulted in the
discovery that the owner of the safe
bought it four years ago from the
late Mr. Davis. Mr.. S. j. Davis, the
son. explained that some twenty
years ago his father gave his mother
huge diamond, which she placed in
a piece of paper with the name of
her son, and then deposited it some
where for security. She hid it so
effectually that it could not be found
afterwards. The piece of paper in
which the diamond was wrapped
does bear the name of Mr.. Davis,
and there is little doubt the stone
belongs to him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
Sell Their Hair.

DO we have many girls come to sell
their hair? Well, I should say so but
we don't make business of buying
on account of the risks we would have
to run. have had girls come to me
and offer to sell their hair as it was on
their heads. No, they don't get good
prices $3.50 to $3.50 being as much as
ever gave. know of one case, how
ever, where a we'll known society wo-
man took a fancy to the hair of
young lady she met accidentally, and
she paid the highest price I have ever
known for head of hair. The young
lady in question had luxurious growth
of golden brown hair, and one day she
was approached by this lady, who was
compelled to use false hair, who said
to her: Miss -, if at any time you
desire to part with your hair you can
find a customer in me- The young
lady was in need Of pin money at the
time and said, We'll, am not particu-
lar about keeping it now, as it is a lit
tie too light for my taste So she
agreed to have her hair cut, and in
payment received $3.50. If girls could
always get such sum for their flow
ing locks there would be a great many
short-haired young ladies about the
citvo
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
rom ten to twenty feet, makes It an

from ten to twenty feet, makes It an
unwieldy creature to roast. The ma
tives coil him down into a ring, as
sailors Flemish down. their ropes,
and fasten the ropes with vegetable
fbers. It is then possible to roast
it in large hole in the ground. It
is curious picture to see the natives
squatting about the fire, their
mouths open with greed, waiting for
the buried flesh to be roasted. They
seem to know by instinct when it.
has cooked enough, for all together
lean forward and tear open the
mound, and bring out the great
coiled serpent
A black jerks from the snakes head
the jawbone, with which he splits open
the creatures body. The instant tho
body is open the whole party scram-
BILE for the favorite parts.
The body Of the snake is divided
into lengths. This they do sitting
about on the ground and biting into
the body until they succeed in gnaw-
ing and rending it into sections.
Nothing is rejected. A feast is none
the less repulsive when it is not of a
cannibalistic sort. In that case the
kidneys, fat and thighs are consid-
cred the choice cuts.
At the death of a relative the
black fellow goes into mourning;
that is to say, he changes his com
plete nudity for a string of short,
yellow straws about the neck and
abstains, during the days of mourn
ing, from the daintier dishes of his
tribe. This insures sorrow for the
dead. He walls horribly for short
time, and an especially loving widow
has been known TO go to the length
of turning violent somersaults dur
ing the time her husband was en-
gagged in dying: Family affection is
not usually, however, so strong. as
mothers allow their children, in
some tribes, to be crushed to death,
and join in eating them with
maternal enthusiasm
With the eye of hawk, the scent
OF hound, the greed of boa con-
strictor, the agility Of an ape. he is
still man, and loves tobacco. The
nursing baby lets 60 with snap to
fasten upon and suck it's mothers
pipe, and the passion never leaves
him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
THE AFRICAN KINGS.
ALL BUT ONE OF THE NATIVE RUL.-
ERS HAS SCCCUMBED.
Illustrations OF Their Former t'ovv-
er and Wealth-Black Tyrants
Which Africa Can Well Spare
Effect of Civilization.

Within the past fifteen months all
but one of the great native potentates
Of inner tropical Africa have been
stripped of their power and property.
Some of them are fugitives, some are
dead, and others, whose slightest word
but yester day was law, are to-day
mere puppets in the hands of their
white conquerors. Only one great ma
tive empire is left in the whole of
Equatorial Africa, and that is the large
country Of the Barotse, over which
Lewanika, the tyrant of the Upper
Zambesi rules. Except in the case of
the Muata Yamvo, who was ruined by
native enemies, the fall of all these rul-
ers was the result of the inevitable con-
hict between Caucasian civilization
and negro barbarism. Semi-savage
despots, who absolutely control the
lives and property of millions of people
can not live in a region which white
men are determined and able to domin-
ate; and so these kingdoms great In
area, in population and in some Of the
elements of power, have been laid low
by Caucasian hostility.
The pictures Of these kings seen in
books Of exploration show them in no
way different from the common types
of Africans. One who does not know
their history might smile and hear that
the Enthusiastically dressed or unclad
black men had welded enormous pow
er; and yet they have been lacking in
few Of the elements that make royalty
a glittering show. Kabba Rega, the
last of them to fall, who fled in the
night from his kingdom about six
months ago, was the absolute master of
100000 people. Mwanga, King of
Uganda, can trace his loyal lineage
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
MwanEa.

powder, and, like most African pOtcn-
tatcs, he firmly believed that lie could
wipe the whites off the earth, until he
learned better by bitter experience So
he set out. last fall, with about $4,000
warriors, to attack the white forts
ana the people VINO were friendly to the
Europeans along his southern frontier.
He had never heard Of the Maxim
gun, and it was this powerful war
machine, more than the 5000 Nubian
soldiers which Maj. Owen took Forth
from Victoria Nyanza, that settled the
Kabba Keg;l business. One hard battle
was enough, and the black despot wos
so thoroughly whipped that he &cut-
tied out of his country, for the first
time in his life, and nobody knows
where he has taken refuge. So the
whites have" been free to plant a line
of forts through l)nyoro, and another
big country has thus been added to
the British domain
A Rattle-Brained Tyrant.
Things have very much changed with
me rattle-bralned young man, MWaGga,
who still sits on the throne of Uganda.
few years ago he was fond of keep
ing white men who came to see him
waiting in his ante-chamber during the
waking hours Of four or five days be-
fore he could condescend to see them.
The first question he asked Mr. Ashe,
a missionary, was: "Can you swim?''
Ashe could swim, and he had to give
an exhibition of his accomplishment in
a neighboring pond for the benefit of
d large and delighted crowd before the
king would transact business Mwanga
ushered in the darkest and bloodiest
era that his country ever saw, for he
was fond Of killing people, and if he
had no pretext that would pass mus
ter, even with sa rage, he would
kill them just for fun. Nine years ago
the native Christians of Uganda We're
passing through fiery ordeal that has
given them place in the roll of mar
tyrs. They were being roasted over