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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09
SEA LAWYERS.
They Are Dreaded More ~ tho Com
mander Than Storms.

They Are Dreaded More b She Com
mander Than storms.
The chief Of all things on earth .
sea captain breads Is the sea lawyer"
said an old, gray-haired commander to
. Baltimore News reporter. 1.-The ty-
phoon CT the China seas and the hurri-
tame of the West Indies are bad, but
they n not in 1t for raising a rumpus
with the sea lawyer.
1.-THE fellow l refer to as the sea
almost sure to creep into every fore
castle at one time or another, Who, be-
en1 . little better educated than his
mates, becomes their leader and pro-
seeds to make himself solid with them,
End deadly enemy Of the captain and
t61cers, by quoting maritime law to
EA6m that eve existed and filing
Aaar heads with nonsense and imaF-
bary wronga He'll tell them they
must have plum DUFF every day, ao-
eoRding to law, and they'll believe him,
md raise cain II they don't get It,
He'll persuade them they are worked
700 hard, and every man Jack Of them
Win desert tho ship at her frst port Of
sail He'll make them believe they
own the vessel before he gets half
through with them, and will instigate
. half dozen or more damage suits
against the ships owner among them
u Don as they set foot ashore.
1.-THE sea lawyer Is generally .
sneaky fellow, who makes a steady
practice of deceiving honest sailors and
getting them into trouble and then
leaving them to get out as best they
an. He Is hated and dreaded by every
captain ahoat, and there's only one way
Of arguing with him-that's with q be-
iaying pin. I've known more than one
bloody mutiny to be stirred up by .
sea lawyer"
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0sorKia Onsndev Rsssnts Prosssasssa
with . Biting Remark.
'one Of the funniest things that eyes
happened during my connection with
The Georgia Judiciary vas when I was
orSt elected solicitor" said Judge
0riggA OF Atlanta, to . Constitutions
reporter.
THE demands Of my position fro
Quently put me In the position Of prose-
euttng . friend. It was hard, but I
aid T.
IAN ex-sherih Of a county In my cir
ouit-a fellow that l had known and
liked for a long while-was prosecuted
for making away with some money. 1t
was an ugly charge. The evidence was
conclusive againt him.
"When / went down to court he came
thirds drunk. 'Jim,' he said, these In
fernal scoundrels are trying to prose-
cute me-perfect outrage. l told 'em
just wait till l saw Jim Griggs and we'd
d. til told 'em we'd let EN- know who
to prosecute. And we will, won't we
Jim?'
II looked at him very gravely and
said: Tom. I've get q dead ease
1BdihSt you l." gong 70 prosecute
you, convict you and send you to the
penitentiary. You are guilty. You got
the money. and I've got the evidence to
prove it.
HE looked at me in perfect amaze
ment. He was ~dumfounded. He said
I didn't mean It. l told him l did. He
Strengthened himself up and marched
out without q word.
His case was the first one called
after dinner. The judge asked him if
he had any counsel. He said no, and
didn't want any. He spoke In a half
drunken fashion. But said the Judge,
you are charged here with a serious
o~ffense, and If you have no money to
employ q lawyer I'll appoint one TO,
you.'
1.-THE defendant didn't like It. He
arose with difficulty. He steadied him
self against a table, and, speaking in q
maudliu fashion, said:
eyer honor, l said l don't want no
counsel, and l don't want none /
meant what 1 said. / don't want-hio
take no vantage of re state. State
amt got no counscl-whnt de- l want
with anv2n
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If 1t required am annual outlay

Ii 1t required an annual outlay
of $1,000. 90 to insure a family
against any serious consequences
from an attack of bowel complaint
during the year there are many
who would feel it their duty to
pay it; that they could not afford
to risk their lives, and those of
their family for such an amount.
Any one can get this insurance for
25 cents, that being the price of a
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
In almost every neighborhood
some one has died from an attack
of bowel complaint before medi-
cine could be procured or a ply
stefan summoned. One or two
doses of this remedy will cure any
ordinary case. 1t never fails, Can
you afford to take the risk for so
small an amount9 For sale by
M. E.. Robinson & Bro, drug
gists.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09

Be sure to get Simmons Liver
Regulator for your Spring Medis
cine. It's the old reliable that
did the old folks so much good.
Don't let anyone persuade you Ito
take anything else instead. You
can always tell Simmons Liver
Regulator by the Red z on the
package. Don't forget the word
Regulator-Simmons Liver Reg
ulator-better than anything
else, and sure to do you good.
For sale by M. E. Robinson &
Bro. Druggists.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09
PikeYiIle Letter.
Pikeville, July 9th, 1896.

Pikeville, July 9th, 1896.
Our farmers are now laying by
their crops.
We are sorry to note tho ILL.,
ness Of Willard, the little son of
MI. and Mrs. r. H. Smith,
The public school at this place
commenced this morning with
Mrs. S. w. Edmundson, of your
city as teacher. Mrs. Edmund
son is a teacher of long expers
fence and one with more than orr
binary ability and our school
committee are to be congratulate
ed on securing her services.
Miss Efie Blow returned home
Sunday from a pleasant visit to
friends in the Nahunta section.
The picnic given here.Saturday
by Sunday school was a complete
success and was most highly
enjoyed by the large crowd that
participated. At IL o'clock our
young townsman Mr.. E. D. Ham
gracefully introduced as the ora
tor of the day Rev. A. L.. Or
mond. who delivered quite an
interesting and appropriate ads
dress, which was listened to with
utmost attention by all present.
After the address the crowd
repaired to the table, which ais
most groaned under it's load of
rich and tempting Eviands. which
had been prepared and arranged
by the fair hands of our noble
women. After dinner the crowd
remained several hours and pass
ed the time away in the most
pleasant manner. It was an oc-
casion that will be long and plea
sanity remembered by all whose
good fortune it was to be present.
From it's earliest existence it
has been the teaching of the
ARGUS for the farmers to raise
their supplies at home, and we
believe there is a greater ten
dency among the farmers in this
section now to raise ''hog and
hominy" than for several years.
The farmer who keeps his smoke
house full of home made meat
and his crib filled with corn can
not fail to succeed.
j. F. H.
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BORES.


Two Public Nu1saacss Receive Their just
Dssoets.
Many phases OF human nature assert
themselves in public conveyances, but
to the nal who takes especial de.
light In making his business Affairs
known TO the public a crowded "L"
train is Just b place.
There you meet the a going down
town in h morning Who tells his
friend in general, but the whole car in
particular, what his business methods
arc; how many dollars worth of goods
he sold last year, how he got the best
of others In trade, and so on. What .
bore and a nuisance these in~dividuals
are can be best appreciated by n who
is doomed to listen to these uninterest-
ing r~ecitals of personal affairs.
On a crowded rain the other day
we're two of this class of individuals
who persisted in making themselves
particularly obnoxious TO the passen.
gers who wanted to read their papers
They had hardly entered the car NJ
Canal street whom their recital began,
aud by the time Twenty-third street
was reached every passenger in the car
had heard about their business affairs.
II didn't see anything of hard times
last year." said the little man. why,
John, my bookkeeper sho we'd me the
accounts to-day, and to my great ur-
! prise they showed a clear profit Of sew
enty-fve thousand dollars. This year
l expect to double that. My traveller.
on the road are sending in marvellous
orders for goods" etc.
His friend retalinted in kind, and SO
the conversation continued. Before
them sat a middle aged man, with .
dyspeptic, yet kindly look. The con-
versation of the two men before him
evidently made him nervous, for he
looked up at them several times with
something like anger expressed in his
face, and then began reading his paper
again, or tried to, at least.
He stood it until Twenty-third street,
n then his patience became ex-
hausted.
"Gentlemen," he said quietly but
firmly, consider the fact that there
are other passengers in the car who
have rights as well as ourselves" The
two men regarded him with astonish.
ment. Remember, also" he contin-
ued, that an elevated train is not q at
place to tell business secrets. l don't
want to know your business, and I
wish you would let me in peace, SO that
1 can read my paper"
didn't ask you to listen TO our
conversation" said one of the men,
angrilv.
mo, you didn't; but the people in
this car are not leaf and you have no
right to monopolize their ears with
details that they don't care a rap
about"
We'll. we paid our fare and can talk
If we like"
S you can, but don't disturb other
people. l don't want to infringe on
any ones rights. All l want to do is
to be allowed to read my paper. You've
been talking to me and the rest Of the
car all the way up. Now. for a change,
won't you oblige by talking to your
friend only?"
The passengers in the car were evil
IDENTIFY in sympathy with the middle
aged man, and smiled and nodded APP
provingly. The two business CONVEX
s~ationalists were embarrassed and soon
after got off at a station. When they
had left the passengers complimented
the middle aged man for Kidding them
Of a nuisance.-N. Y. Herald.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09

Chamber lain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safe
guard against an attack of bowel
complaint during the summer
months. It costs but 25 cents
and is almost sure to be needed
before the summer is over. This
remedy never fails, even in the
most severe cases, and is in fact
the only preparation that can
always be depended upon. When
reduced with water it is pleasant
to take. For sale by M. E. Rob-
inson & Bro.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09

If we could trace dyspepsia to its
source, it would lead back to our
kitchens. In fact, the secret of good
health is good cooking. If well cooked
foods are partially digested; if poorly
cooked, they are less digestible than in
their raw state. If you are a victim
of faulty cooking; that is, if you suffer
from dyspepsia, the rational cure must
be looked for in an artifcially digested
food, and a food, and a food which will
at the same time aid the digestion of
other foods. Such a preparation vir-
tually rests the tired digestive organs,
thereby restoring them to their natural
strength. The Digestive Cordial, as
prepared by the Shakers of Mount
Lebanon, is just such a preparation,
and q single 10 cent bottle will con-
vince you of its value. If your drug
gist does not keep it, he viii be glad to
get it through his wholesale house.
LAXOL is the best medicine for
children. Doctors recommend it in
place of Castor Oil.
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Raleigh, N. I
North Cal DINA,
Superior Crit.
WavnR @.

fSuperior Crit.
S. B. Lane VS. G r McCleese and wife
Mamie McCleese, John E Davis and
wife Abble Davis, Walter Ventars and
wife Nebraska Venters Fred Davis
and wife Georgia, Jane McCarttar and
Charlotte McCleese.
The defendant Charlotte McCleese is
hereby notified that she mas been made
a party defendant to the above entitled
action, now pending in Wayne super
ior court, the purpose of which is the
cond emnation of Il tract of land men.
toned in paragraph 5 of the complaint
which has been filed herein, being the
land conveyed by deed of gift, executed
by Unity Venters to the defendant
Charlotte McCleese, situated in Pam
leo county, North Carolina, contain
Ing Four Hundred Acres, more OR less,
to the payment of the debt of the plain.
tiff herein and the defendant charlotte
McCleese is hereby required to appear
and answer OF demur to the complaint
herein at the September Term, 1895, Of
Wayne Superio court, beginning on
the! 18th day of September, 1896 at
Goldsboro, North carolina. This the
3rd day of June, 1895.
c. F. HERRING.
Clerk of Superior court of Wayne CO
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Freshest News

Nj. Joseph Willard, for q long time
clark Of the superior court Of Massa-
chusetts In Boston, relates In his Hall
. Century with Judges and Lawyers
many good anecdotes
Col Edward @. Parker, who was
rather pedantic, wrote q life of Mr..
Choate. He was relating an incident
which happened In the third century
before Christ, about the time Of the
death Of Ptolemy Ill, and he appealed
to John 8. Holmes, who stood by.
Didn't he die about that time, John?"
"Whoss that that's dead2" asked
HolmeA
"Ptolemy Ill" said Parker.
"What! What" said Holmes, stretch
ing out his hands. "You don't say he'
Aeadr"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09

The Home Life Insurance Company
pays claims on receipt of proof of death,
gives 30 days grace for payment of
premiums, and offers many other ad-
vantages to policy holders.
A. G. DAVIS, General Agent,
Goldsboro, N.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09
BEYOND HIS INCOME
Evidence Which Settles n Bank Cashisr's
Guilt.

Evidence Which Settles = bank Cashisrs
Guilt.
The bank cashier was under sus-
picion.
DOG his every footsteps, shadow
him morning, noon and night, note his
method of life and make every effort
to discover whether or not he is living
beyond his means"
As the bank presidents voice died
away Herlock Shomes, the famous de-
tective st%ealthily glided from the room.
just one week later. as the banker
WAS ~endeavoring to forget what his
taxable income was, a shadow fell
Rthwart his lap and the detective stood
before him.
well, what have YOU learned?"
For an instant a look of triumph ap-
ceared among the detectives false
whiskers. Stepping to the bankers
side he whispered a few words.
"Ha, the directors must know this at
once." cried the banker. 'Come!"
In a moment they stood in the pres
ence of the assembled directors.
Gentlemen, this is Herlock Shomes,
who has been s~hadowing our cashier"
the bank president said solemnly. His
Investigations, I am sorry to say, more
than confirm my suspicious"
"What have o learned, ShomesF'
inquired a director.
Enough to know that the cashier
must be dishonest"
"Is he extravaganza"
That's no name for 1t, SIR"
Living way beyond his means, ehT'
Eyes. SIR"
"What evidence have you hat he Ia
living beyond his income and must be
taking the banks money to keep up
his expenses?"
"The evidence is this the detective
responded, the same proud look of
triumph again struggling into view.
-four nights during the past week his
family had beef-beef for dinner!''
With blanched faces the directors
gazed at one another.
Guilty! GUILTY. they moaned in,
ehorus.-St. Louis Republic.
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DIsEAsEs on THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting Incl
dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and other
diseases of the skin e instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by 1t. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles and a favorite rem
edy for sore nipples: chapped hands, chill
blains, frost bites, and chronic sore eyes.
For sale by druggists at 25 cents per box.
TryDr. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are lust what a horse needs when In bad condi-
lion. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09
Three STYLES.

Young LADY, wish to get . popular
novel, anything people are raving
over.
Bookseller-Here is the latest, ma
dame, already in its seventeenth sdi-
ton.
Young Lady-Is 1t of the romantic or
realistic school?
Observation-Disclosures. It is of tho
srotic or idiotic schooL-N. Y. Weekly.
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$4,000

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May II, SO.
Mr.. Clarence Il. Wruy, General agent
Home Life Insurance Co., 800 and sol
Built, Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
DEAR SIR.-In receipt of draft in
full settlement of policies on the life of
the late Hamilton Disston, aggregating
$50, 600, we desire to express our hearty
appreciation of the prompt and salts
factory manner in which this claim has
been settled. which fully justifes the
high opinion we, as well as the late Mr..
Disston, entertained of the Home Life
Ina france Company, based upon its So
years record. Yours truly,
JOHN ROBERTS,
HENRY DISSTON,
EMMA F. SARP.
Executors
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09

An Apparent Contradiction.
Cobble Did you know that the
widow Pickett married had four chill
dren?
Stone That's strange. He told me
one of his reasons for marrying her
wal that she was alone in the world.
Detroit Free PreaA
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For $500 Cash

Richard Brown, the Buggy and Car
rage Painter, will ,repaint your old
buggy and make it look like new
| All material furnished. All work guar.
anteed. Forty years experience. q
| Orders left at Summeriin's repair shop
on John street, viii receive prompt at
ttentiop3
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09

This is to certify that the Weber
Piano and Organ Tuning and Repair
ing company have tuned and repaired
my organ in the most satisfactory
manner, the instrun ent being very
much damaged by an inexperienced
tuner, SO that it could not be played
upon. 1t is now in perfect order and
in every respect as good as when pur-
chased several years ago, and with
much pleasure I can safely recommend
thisscompany as comIe tent, and faith
full worknen in their profession.
MRS. GEO. D. MILLER.
July 18th, '96.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09
MUSICAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Families having pianos or organs out
of order viii find it to their advantage
to have the work properly attended to
by the Weber Piano and Orgs n Re-
pairing Company, before they leave
town, repairing shop next to the Post
Office.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-07-09
To Whom it May Concern:

The Weber Piano and Organ Tuning
and Repairing Company has repaired
and tuned my piano and l take pleas
ure to recommend him to all who need
his services, as the work the Professor
did for us was entirely satisfactory.
MRS. ASHER EDWARDS.
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TONG SINGS
Hone Laundry

FRESHAND SWEET aud
as white as snow that has
just fallen is the way
your clothes comes from
this laundry. We do not
fade, shrink or tear them
to pieces, We are here to please every
n which we always do. We do not
use I've or l~abor-sat:ng soap, bnt we do
use the pure unadulterated Soap, Give
us a call.
TONG SING
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-30
SILVER MOULD Rise.
Would Free Coinage OF Silver Lead Co
Contraction of the Currency?

Would Free Coinage of Silver Lead Co .
Contraction of the Currency?
Would the free coinage of silver lead
to the contraction Of our currency?
asks the Philadelphia American, and
it answers by saying, most decidedly
it would not. Indeed, contraction
from the expulsion of our gold would
be quite impossible, for any export of
gold before silver was coined to take
its place in our currency would result
In raising prices in Europe and rela-
lively forcing them down in America.
with the result that America would
become an attractive market TO buy
in, and gold would flow back to Amer
lea in payment for orr grain and cot
ton and other produce. The truth il
that, on the opening of our minis to
silver, the demand for that metal
would increase while the demand for
gold decreased. Consequently silver
would rise as gold fell, and as silver
rose measured by gold, silver-using
peoples would lose the premium on
gold which they now enjoy on all their
sales to gold-using peoples. The re-
suit would be that to receive the same
silver price as now, silver-using peo-
pies would have to ask more in gold.
Consequently gold prices would rise,
the market for our cotton and grain
would broaden. and at the same time
we would get better prices. The agri-
cultural products we export would go
further in settlement of interest on
our foreign Indebtedness, the balance
of trade would accumulate in our favor,
and the tendency of gold would be to
flow towards, not away from our
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-30
THE MEXICAN DOLLAR.

Why the American Silver Dollar VIII Buy
More Than That of Our NeiGhbOr.
The Chicago Times Herald the other
day gave as an instance of the disas-
trous effect of free silver the fact that a
Mexican silver dollar would buy only
about half as much in this country as
an American silver dollar. The Mem.
phis Commercial Appeal contended
that as we were upon a gold basis, it
was not legitimate to charge this up to
free coinage of silver, and says an
afternoon contemporary thinks that it
IS And the reason why an American
silver dollar will buy nearly twice as
much as the Mexican dollar in
Mexico is that the purchasing
power of the Mexican silver dollar
at home as well as abroad is but
little more than half that of the Amer.
lean gold dollar" which has the same
purchasing power as the American sill
YER dollar. This introduces a new
argument, says the Appeal. No one
contends that Mexico can alone main
tain the price of silver, but certainly
no one will contend that free coinage
in Mexico has reduced the value of
Mexican money. Behind the American
dollar stands the powerNof the greatest
nation on earth, a nation which makes
Blk grains of silver pass for dollar
in England and in Mexico. Behind
the Mexican dollar stands one of the
minor nations of the world.
But what we wish to emphasize is
that the sins of decentralization must
not be charged up to free coinage.
We would have rendered unto silver
that which is silver's and unto gold
that which is Colds. If we lived un-
der free coinage regime, then fall
in the value of silver might be charged
up to it. The gold-bug says: MELT
gold dollar and it is still gold dollar;
but melt silver dollar and it is worth
only so cents. Down with free coin
agev' Yet the reason of this is that
the minis are open to gold and closed
to silver. If they were open to both
metals, silver dollar would be worth
a dollar whether coined or melted.
The Mexican dollar test is the same
trick in a new form; for il free coinage
prevailed in this country, the Mexican
dollar would buy just as much rs the
American dollar. It is not worth as
much because free coinage of silver
does not prevail in the United States.