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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
LONG ISLAND LOSING ITS TAIL.
Inroads of the Sea Causing Alarm to
Property OMners at Orient Point.

Inroads of the Sea Causing Alarm to
Property Owners at Orient Point.
Long Island, which looks On the map
like a big fish about to swallow New
York city. is apparently being slow
ly swallowed by the ocean. Portions
of its shores have disappeared beneath
the waves, and now the northern fork
of its huge tail is vanishing. About
two miles of Orient point, that formed
a sandy beach two years ago., is now
under fifteen feet of water. The light
house on h point was six rods from
the sea a few years ago. 1t has since
been toppled over by the sea, and only
small part of the surrounding beach
is visible.
The bluffs on both the sound and the
bay side of Orient point have been
sinking at the rate of about ten or
twelve feet a year. The same state of
affairs is true of Montaulz point, but
there the bluffs jut up so abruptly III
SO high above the sea that the rising
of the water is not SO noticeable. A
rise of a foot or two on the low shores
near Pecon;c bay will subcncrge acres
of land. Much OF the threatened land
on Orient point forms fertile farms,
and the steady advance of the shore
line Is causing no small concern to the
owner The water has in several
places found its way across a low spot
on the point from the sound to the
bay. The result will be to ultimately
divide the peninsula into a series OF
small islands, similar to Plum, Little
Gull and Great Gull islands, all OF
which were doubtless once a part OF
the mainland, and were cut off by the
rise of the sea. The village of Orient
is ituated in a particularly narrow and
low portion of b peninsula, and the
next serious inroad of the ocean will
probably occur there. In that case
two thousand acres of land and a vii
lage of one thousand people will have
to be abandoned.
The value of the property threat
ened is placed by the assessors at si1
hundred thousand dollars. The mar
rowest point in the peninsula is a little
to the west of Orient, between tina
village and East Marion. The tow
; of Southold, in which both of the vii
i, lagos are included, has spent consider
able money in protecting this isthmus
Assemblynnan Higbie has had a bill
passed by the assembly appropriatin;
fifteen thousand dollars for a sea wall
: A few years ago the government bull
. a breal1water between Shelter islam.
and Greenport to protect Greenpor
harbor and its bordering uplaEds
:, When the larger portion Of Gardiner
=. island became submerged, the Sc
= rushed in and, notwithstanding tn
breakwater, caused a powerful unde-
tow that can be felt far up in Littl
Peconic bay. This action of the sea
8 gradually cutting away the shore
both of Shelter island and the mair
6 land. Owners of property in tn
l. neighborhood intend to ask the GOV
n eminent to place the breakwate
IL further out from the shore.-N. !
g SIM.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
INCREASED FLOUR OUTPUT.

The flour mills of the country
seem to be about as busy as our
iron, cotton aud wooden mills.
Over $50, 900 barrels of -four we're
turned out in the Minneapolis
district last week.
This is a gain of about Al, 900
barrels, or nearly 90 per cent,
over their production in the cor
responding week of 1894. Every
mill in the district is reported to
be running at it's full capacity
this week.
Sales there last week amounted
to nearly 500, 900 barrels. Aoout
12O, 900 barrels we're taken for
export, as compared with less
than Is, 900 in the third week of
September, 1894.
Flour production is at the
highest point in the Superior
DuIuGu ulSbIlCu, LdSU "OOh =
output was the largest on record.
10y, $50 barrels This weeks
is expected to go s1ill higher.
The production there in the
third week of September was
only a little over $1,000 barrels.
Milwaukee is doing only about
as we'll as she did in 1894, but
her sales are reported to be
ahead of her production.
The third flour district in the
country in point of production is
that of St. Louis. St. Louis
and a lumber of thriving cities
in the vicinity, whose mills are
owned, for the most part, by
gentlemen residing and estab-
lished in business in St. Louis
Last weeks output for Greater
St. Louis was $1,000 barrels;
gain of 3,4OO over the record las
year.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
SCOTCH FISHER FOLK.
Lazy Lives of the Natives OF the North
east Coast.

Lazy Lives OF the Natives OF the North
east Coast.
Ashore he is the laziest of operatives,
lolling about the wharves and harbor
corners with his hands invariably deep
down in his 'breeks" pockets, his
women folk meanwhile doing most of
the work and toiling along bent near
" double under their heavy creel
LOADS of fish. Well does Jenny, Old
bucks serving wench,s put it: As
sure as the keel O. the coble touches
| the sand dell a bit mair will h lazy
fsherloons work, but the wives maun
kilt their coats and wade into the surf
to take the fish ashore" Their method
Of batting the lines with a multitude
of hooks is very neat and pretty to
watch, the whole being arranged SO
Systematically. In this branch of
shore labor the men dc sometimes take
a share.
Some of the fishing villages along
the north and east seaboard of Scot
land are singularly quaint and
picturesque, Netherlandish almost III
their details, worthy studies for q
Ruysdael or a Van de Velde. The
rows of little split fish skewered on
sticks or triangular lath frames nailed
along the cottage walls are quite dis
tinctive features. So also are h cot
tages themselves, with their YER
million, pan-tiled roofs and outlying
stairways; bat these are fast disap.
pearing and giving place to a modern
style of tenement, which makes one
miss the old world forms and warm
color. Well were it, however, il
primitive dirt and archaic scavenger
ing could in many cases make way fol
more modern sanitary arrangements.
:, The fisher folk of both sexes are very
commonly of a serious, i~nscrutablt
cast of countenance, generated, l sup
pose, by the ~precarious nature ant
: constant risks of the seafaring occupa
t ton. .'It's no fish we're buying,
quotes the masterful Maggie to thu
Monkbarns, Its mems lives" The mel
: do, indeed, carry their lives in thei
> hands, and it were strange if this die
e not give a certain solemnity and God
fearing set to their characters. TIN
Eyemouth people still speak will
. bated breath of the terrible catastroph,
] which overlook them in the grea
storm or cyclone of some years bacl
. and turned well-nigh every HOMESTEAD
into a house of mourning. The fisher
{ man has a long memory for such visits
tions.-Scottish Review.
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Artistic Treatment.

A famous landscape painter had to
call in a doctor to see his wife, who
was suffering from bronchitis. After
he had examined the patient the doc
tor recommended the husband to take
a small brush, dip it in tincture OF
iodine and lightly paint the lady's back
with it.
The artist took up his brush, and,
after dipping it in the tincture, pro-
ceeded to carry put the doctors pre-
scription. But his artistic temperament
soon. got the better of his sick nursing
qualities.
Mistaking his wife's back for a can
vas, instead of simply applying the
lotion, he sketched out a landscape
and gradually peopled it with figures
and put in all the details complete.
The patient, finding the operation .
rather lengthy one, asked her husband
If he had not finished. And b latter
receding a few steps to examine hi
| work, replied:
another dab or two, end I can put
Il In the frame."-u MessaGgero
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
IMPROVEMENT.

Kentucky and Maryland Demo
Gratis are getting their lines of
battle in better shape every day.
At first the signs we're un-
favorable in both States. Dis
affection seemed about to throw
both Governments into the
hands of the Republicans for use
IN the national campaign.
In Kentucky the mass of adj
ministration Democrats have de-
cided that a Is to 1 Democrat in
Frankfort cannot oisarrange
their principles, while a Repuh-
lican there would be a party dis
grace.
In Maryland the boilers do no
in numbers correspond with th'
noise they made just after thu
nominations.
All the gains in October wi
accrue to the Democratic ticket
in these States. It will not b
miraculous, though a surprise, ]
the full vote which will be pole
shows in each a more than aver
age majority.
There is more danger of Den
ocratic defeat in New Yorl
However, that event would nc
cause disbursement over th
Presidential contest, since Whi
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
HOOD & BRITT,
nn11choro NJ y

CASTORIA is truly a marvellous
thing for children. Doctors prescribu
it, medical journals recommend it and
more thar a million mothers are using
it in place of paregoric. Bateman's
Drops, so-called soothing sprups and
othc~ narcotic and Supplying remedies.
Casoria is the quickest thing to regu-
ate the stomach and bowels and give
healthy sleep the world has ever seen.
It is pleasant to the taste and absolute
ly harmless 1t relieves constipation,
auiets pain, cures diarrhoea and wind
collie, allays feverishness, destroys
worms, and prevents commissions, sooth.
es the child and gives it refreshing and
natural sleep. Castoria is the oh
oanacea-the mothers friend.
.,Castoria is put up in one-size bottle
oniv. It is not sold in bulk. Don't al
low any one to sell you anything else OF
the plea'o or promise that it is slust a
tood'' and twill answer every urp
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03

Fayetteville Observer: John
Buie, more generally known as
John Grannon, an old colored
man. committed suicide last
Thursday by jumping off Beaver
Greek dam into the pond below.
The old man was last seen sit
ting on the dam and, when asked
what he was doing, said he was
waiting for high water. His body
has since been recovered. He
was between so and 20 years
old, and for several years has
been acting strangely.
Weldon News: A serious diff
fculty occurred in the east end
of town ON Saturday night
about II o'clock, in which Henry
Parker and Ed. Williams, his
son~in law, both colored, were
the principal actors. At the end
of the first chapter Williams lies
dangerously cut about the neck
and body, while Parker reflects
behind the iron bars. --Messrs
W. L, and D. B. Stainback last
week rode their bicycles from
Stony Creek to Richmond. The
distance is 43 miles and they
covered it in four hours. includ>
ing a stop in Petersburg ano
several bridges and trestles t.
lead over. The actual running
time was about three and hal
hours. They averaged IL miles
an hour, and considering the
range of the mercury last week
the record is a pretty good one
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
HE WAS MARRIED.
After the Found 1t Out When
the Man Came Outside.

After the Conducto Found 1t Out When
the Man Came Outside.
II it had happened at home probably
the man wouldn't have minded it 50
much. but it all took place in a street
car, says the Rochester IN. W Herald.
The man and his wife, SO far as could
be gathered from the conversation, had
been downtown together making
some purchases. When it came to
counting up on h car one parcel was
missing. The parcel had been given to
the husband to carry and he couldn't
remember what he had done with it
except that he had possibly cleft it
somewhere"
"Well. of all men," she exclaimed,
STRENGTHENING back and taking a full
breath, which threatened to come again
in a manner hat he wouldn't fancy.
81 do believe you'd lose your head if
it wasn't fastened on. What did you
do with it-just lay it down somewhere
| and then walk away like a big simple
toni"
He mumbled something about not re-
Numbering.
eff you wouldn't try the patience of
a sainti I'll declare to-anything, if a
| sixteen-year-old did a trick like that
he ought to get a sound lickin' for it.
You can just pack back to town to-
morrow and buy some more, that's set
tied"
.There's no need of tellin' half the
town about it, he ventured. The other
passengers were looking at him. Soma
appeared sympathetic, others we=s
amused, and all were interested.
81 should think you would oe
ashamed to have people hear it," she
said with n sour smile, which was en-.
tirely an effort. Observation-Disclosures
would. Go and pay money for some
thing a1d then walk right off and leave
1t. If you don't need somebody to take
care of you l miss my guess"
He sighed deeply and turned toward
the back platform. where the conductor
stood grinning at him. Then he arose
and started out of the car.
"Sce here, where are you going?" sh'
demanded.
He neither answered nor turned
around. Once outside he leaned will
his back against the door.
whats the matter with your wife?
asked the conductor.
"Ch, she's Eollerin' because lost
bundle somewhere"
swell, l wouldn't let her talk to m
that way before a car full of people
I'd make her quiet down till we GO
home if l had to choke her."
"No, l guess not. You amt onto he1
You may think you would, but 20
wouldnt-you bet you wouldn't. Nc
once in a hundred years."
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
Greatest on Earth.

James M. Brooks. Washington Ave,
ST. Louis. Mo-, makes affidavit that he
suffered from rheumatism for years,
until persuaded to try Drummond's
Lightning Remedy, and that by it's
use he has been fully restored. He says
the remedy is the greatest on earth.
This is high praise, but fully warranted
by other miraculous cures. If you want
to be cured, send SIS to the Drummend
Medicine Co, 48, Maiden Lane, New
York, and they will send to your ex
press address two large bottles of theil
remedy. This treatment lasts one
| ents b, and will cure any ordinary case
! AgontW antcd
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
TRUE BRAVERY.
Shown by SoIdiers Elsewhere Than On the
Battlefield.

En:tieficld.
Exposure to the fire of an enemy is
not the only form of bravery which an
officer or a soldier may be called upon
to show. Not long ago the French pa
pers chronicled the death Of Lieut..
Col. Azan, of the army, of infectious
pneumonia contracted while visiting
a military hospital where there were
cases of this disease, and encouraging
the men. In connection with this case
the exploit OF Col. Gardarens, of the
Sixth regiment of the line, also in the
French army, is recalled.
During one of the Algerian cam
paigns, when the position Of the
French troops was somewhat pre-
carious, some eases of cholera ap-
peared in the regiment. They were
all in one mess. A feeling of panic
spread among the men, which it was
necessary to allay in some way, in
order to prevent disaster.
At that time the fact was not fully
known that cholera is communicated
wholly through the food and drink,
| and is in no other way contagious
But Col. Gardarens had reason to be-
lieve that it was not infectious in the
ordinary sense.
One evening a man had died of chol
era in the quarters, and lay dead or
| his bed. The men had fed from the
| vicinity in CONSERVATION. The colone.
! ordered them to follow him to the
presence of the victim Of cholera, anC
they obeyed.
With his own hand he lifted the
dead man from his bed, and had the
body removed. Now l will show
you" he said, ''that cholera is not in
fictitious. 1 shall pass the night OF
this mans bed"
He did so. Not only did he craw
into the dead soldiers bed without an.
change of the clothing, but the won
dering soldiers heard him snoring
TRANQUILITY through the hours of th
night. In the morning he rose
dressed, gave the military salute, an
departed, having evidently rested vel
Whatever the soldiers may hav
thought, they were debarred by thi
example from, showing any furthe
signs of panic.-Youth's Companion.
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KING DAVID AS A GENERAL.

A French Scientist m on His
Tactics Against the PhIIistinas.
At a late meeting of the Academic
des Inscriptions ct Belles-Lettres. NJ.
Dieulafoy, the wel1-known explorer in
Persia, read Il very interesting account
of his visit &c the scene of the decisive
encounter between King David and the
Philistines in the valley of Rephaim.
NJ. Dieulafoy described how, after the
capture of Jerusalem by David and the
establishment of the Israelite mon
archy, the Philistines resolved to
crush the nascent kingdom, and how,
after alterations OF success and failure,
they occupied the valley of Rephaim,
situated at the foot of the slopes
which led from the west to Jerusalem.
It was then, according to NJ. Dieulafoy.
that David, constantly attacked by
| his enemies, executed one OF the
| finest military recorded
in his history. NJ. Dieulafoy, while
Indicating the various advances made
| by military art, andhaving shown
| that befo1s &AA wars of h Modes
no nation had any acquaintance
with the rules of higher tactics
and strategy, dweit upon the fact that
| David was the first of the Israelite lead
ers to form drilled and disciplined
troops, and pointed out what good use
the king made of this army in the
valley of Rephaim.
The plan of the battle, very clearly
described In the Bible, which ascribed
the conception of it to Jehovah, COM
prised a flank march, a rapid change of
front, the rapid encompassing of the
left wing of the Philistines, and an at
tack from behind on this wing. This
was a complicated and bold turning
movement, very difficult to execute,
and something quite out of the common
for the age in which it was carried out.
M. Dieulafoy, who had discovered the
theater of operations and had made use
of the general topography of the region
in order to reconstitute the principal
phases of the battle, pointed out that
this movement presented a striking
analogy with those executed by
Frederick II. at the battles Of Mollwits
and Rossbach, and by Napoleon a
Austerlitz. IN the conduct of thi.
operation David gave evidence of the
highest capacities, taking advantage O
all the inequalities of the ground, form
ing his troops afresh in the wood, ant
charging impetuously, and NJ. D%ieulafo.
insisted very strongly upon the SINH
larity of his military genius to that O
NapOleOn.
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a GREAT African Lake.

Lake Superior is in danger of losing
It's distinction Of being the largest
fresh water lake in the world. African
explorers begin to think Victoria Ny
ANA is larger. Superior covers thirty
one thousand two hundred square
miles and Victoria has been credit
ed with about thirty thousand,
but recent explorations have dis
covered a hitherto unknown bay on
its southern side, which SO increases
it's known area as to make it a question
whether it Is not larger than Su perior
Fuller explorations and more careful
surveys must be made, however, before
a decision is reached.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03
THE VALUE OF HOT WEYM
II Used Freely, Its nsnsAcinl Results Ard
SufurfeinR.

cUxYKIoIM8s
Advice on the use of water is always
timely. So many general recommends.
kions are offered to boil water, and SO
few people are found to follow them,
1t seems hardly wise to continue with
well meant platitudes which no n
heeds.
Boiled water is always nat and in-
sipid, and few, if any, ever enjoy water
SO treated, as a general beverage. In
cities reasonable care is taken to
have good water, and, if it is
to be used plain, it had better be
fresh drawn and not boiled or filtered,
unless the fltering medium is replaced
often or returned. AS very few per-
SONS take the precaution to recharge
filters, the only safe thing is to do with
out one. While it is perfectly true that
filtered water will show brighter than
unf1ltered water, it Is also true that in
passing through n filter which has
been used for two or three months, the
water will take up inperceptible germs
far more deadly in their results tha1
the matters removed.
If water must be boiled, it had bet
ter be used as hot as it can be drank.
or If drank when cooled, be favored
with a small quantity of some mild acid
to render 1t palatable.
Visitors to summer resorts are natur-
ally concerned about the quality of
water they are to drink there. Per
haps it is not too much to say that next
to the lovely scenery of tae Green and
White mountains of Vermont and New
Hampshire the water supply is the
strongest attraction. With the mount
ain scenery and the strong air one finds
~oo1 N.Y. - &c noar W a1xra wa n Seo~iatoA
This double advantage is known to
produce the best type Of physique in
man, and to yield results of equal value
in domestic animals kept for profit.
The solvent power of water makes Or
mars the health and happiness of a
community. This solvent action ex-
plains the extraordinary effects pros
! duced by the use of well-known popu>
lar spring and we'll waters having
their sources in the New England
states.
When we remember the enormous
quantities OF earth matter absorbed in
our ordinary food, which can not be
avoided, it becomes a matter of SUI
preme moment that we wash out the
body as much of this as possible by a
systematic use of the best of water.
The quantity of earth matter stored
ap in the body determines in a marked
way the degree of health and disease
one may suffer from.
Gout, rheumatism, gravel and slug
gish circulation are due in no small
degree to the quality of water used.
Few can estimate the value of the in
creasing practice OF hot water drink
ing before meals. Its benefcent ac-
ton soothes the stomach, promotes
active excretions and tones up all the
physiological processes The use OF
pure waters in substitution for much
OF the coffee and tea now consumed
will add greatly to the health of the
community and the total of human
happiness. Old age is but another e~-
preston for stiffness of joints, pro
duced Toe often by an undue accumu
lation of mineral water in the body
Baltimore American.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-03

Mrs Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she
had conpumption and that there was
no hope for her, but two bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery completely
cured her and she says it saved hel
life. Mr.. Thos. Eggers 139, Florida
St., SanFrancisco, suffered from q
cold, approaching consumption. trieo
without result everything else the1
bought enc bottle of DIR. Kings New
Discovery and in two weeks was cured
He is naturally thankful. It is sucf
results, of which these are samples
all prove the wonderful efficacy of this
medicine in coughs and colds. Free
samples BOTTLES at J.. H. Hill & Sons
drug store. Regular size so C. and Is