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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-13
Rrs1asAr1os OF JUSTIN MCCARTHY
A dispatch of last Sunday give

dispatch of last Sunday gives
T. P. O'Connor's London Sun as
authority for the statement that
Justin Mccarthy will retire this
week from the leadership of the
Nationalist party because OF bis
impaired health.
The news, both of Mr.. Me-
Carthy's illness and of his retire.
ment, will be received with grief
by the friends of Ireland every
where. He has borne himself sc
honorably in q most trying posi-
ton that even his opponents in
the Parnellite ranks and all his
associates, save the implacable
Healy, have hold him in high re
spect. The sneering adjective
''amiable," as applied to him. is
a compliment from critics tc
whom it can never be returned
The stern discipline enforced by
his predecessor was at once the
strength and weakness of Par
nell: for while it served HIM well
in the days of his power, it bred
a host of enemies who triumpheo
in his downfall. After him there
was no man who could have kept
his forces so well organized.
Mr.. Mccarthy was accepted
as q compromise candidate in the
hope that his we'll known pa
triotism, integrity and courteous
dignity might avert the hostility
of men with less lofty ambitions
The hope was disappointed, ano
Mr.. Healy has the satisfaction
of knowing that if he could no
rule the party he could do some
thing towards running it. He has
done his worst, and it is not 81
bad as was feared. His follow
ing is not large, and the grea'
majority of those constituting i
would gladly see an end of dis
sension. So, too, would thu
followers of Mr.. Redmond.
The time is propitious for ]:
reunion of all parties. Why Cal
it not be done? The question O.
leadership" is a very small
matter to the country at large
which is more concerned abou
being led to it's destination BY
any honest and competent cap
tain. Ireland has plenty of sucl
men, and it would be better t.
choose any one Of a dozen tina
might be named, and choose hin
by lot if necessary, than to g
laundering in the swamps o
dissension as she has been dom.
for some years past.
We do not know who will b
selected to accept the delicat
Office, but we trust that the goo
sense of the Irish people vii
pitch upon one who cares NOR
for country than for self; VIII
inherits no legacy of faction, an
is great enough to put benin
him every petty personal ambi
ton and comprehend, as Wash
ipgton did, that the welfare G
his country should be foremos
in the heart of a true patriot
Ireland has such men. It is nc
for America to name tLem; bu
the friends of Ireland here loo:
anxiously and hopefully for tn
selection of one who can unit
all sections and parties for tn
common good. The occasion
ready. Let us say that tn
man for it may also be found.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-13
Good for
nothing
did you say?

Yes, that describes how l feel.
have no energy left, nothing inter-
ests me.
My strength has left me and l have
NO inclination to work.
No one would take me for the same
person that l used to be.
Hook and feel forlorD and miserable.
My spirits are low, l feel respondent
and ! can't sleep at night.
I am constipated and my digestion
Is out of order.
Ifeel almost hopeless, it seems to me
that l shall never be strong
again.
Cheer up, your case Is far from
being hopeless. You are suffering
from general debility, your nerves
need toning up, you lack vitality.
The cure lies in enriciling and
purifying your blood ard strength
ening the system. You should take
Browns Iron Bitters. 1t
will restore you to robust, perfect
health. You will improve from the
first bottle. This remedy is pleasant
to take and Is a very powerful
strengthened 1t does not stain the
teeth. But get the genuine-see the
crossed red lines on wrapper.
BROWN CHEMICAL co. BALTIMORE, ND.
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ASK for Plymouth Rock Gele-
tine-Pink or white.
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The Greatest

Bargains ever offered before in
Remnants of all sorts of goods are now
displayed on the counters at
JOS. EDWARDS.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-13

Why SUFFER with Coughs Colds
and LaGrippe when LAXATIVE BROMo
QUININE will cure you in one DAY.
Does not produce the ringing in the
head like Sulphate of Quinine. Put up
in tablets convenient for taking. Guar
anteed to cure, or money refunded.
Price, 25 cents.
~For Sale by j. F. Miller & Son.
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Special Offer

I have decided to offer my entire
stock of fall and winter goods at and
below New York cost, in order to make
room for my spring stock. Come and
secure bargains at JOS EDWARDS.
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SPECIALS.

SEED POTATOES
IS bushels of Red and White Bliss
Seed Potatoes for sale at $3.50 a barrel
ASHER EDWARDS.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
The POrcuDir.e.

The porcupine. widely scattered over
the world. unlike the rest of the rolen-
tia or gnaWing animals. is remarkably
slew in it's movements. and never al
temDtS to get out Of the way of an
enemy: nature. however, has pi'Ht"ctni /
it from attack by covering its body
With an impenctraDlc coat OF mail.
bliStling with hayOnets: but for this.
its helDleSsnoSS would soon cause it to
be eXterminated by the lynx and the
cat This harmless animal has been
the subject of much fabulous eNagger-
iltion 1t cannot project its quilts from
its sides. as arrows from a bow. as
iscl>r historians have gravely asserted; !;
and. in spite of Shakespeare insinu-
alton to the contrary. it is not fretful
in it's disposition. for if left to its Sol-
tary hauntS no animal of the forest is
more happy in the enjoyment of its
humble life. Its quilts vary from six
to fourteen inches in length. and are
much esteemed. both by savage and
civilized people. for various useful pur-
poses to which they can he applied.
AS weapons Of defense They protect
the animal from the proWeSs OF the
grizzly bear. as we'll as from the fox
and lynx.
The porcupine lives upon the bark Of
trees and it seldom leaves one that it
has selected for food until it strips
trunk and limbs Of their covering. SO
destructive are they On forest vegeta-
ton that a small number of them will
make a neighborhood appear as if it
had been Scathed with tire-one poIcu-
nine in a single winter DESTROYING 100
trees.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
THE LARGEST KITE.
Fifteen Feet High and Pulls a TIL hols>
sand Pounds

Fifteen Feet High and Pulls a Thou
sand Pounds.
w. G. Grace, the famous English
cricketer. has claims upon the public
attention other than those that are due
to S.. IL at the "wickets." Mr.. Grace
has a grandfather Mr.. George Pea
cock by name, who is high flyer.
That is to say. Mr.. Peacock dotes on
kites. Kites have a pull Of a most
pronounced kind on his affections and
ingenuity.
Mr.. Peacock has constructed d kite
that is Il fitting finale to a career that
has been permeattd with these aerial
machines. This kite is a 'corker and
a wCnder 1t is said to be the largest
single plane kite ever built. In point
of superficial area some kites On this
side of the water more than rival it,
but is is undeniably the biggest thing
in kites Of the conventional form-tnat
form dear to boyhoods days.
The monster kite is fifteen feet in
height and twelve feet across the chest
at the broadest part. The frame and
ribs are made CT layers of lancewood,
put together on the principle Of car
riage springs. Light canvas forms the
covering of the kite and its tail IS
formed of q series of wooden rings,
which. by an Ingenious contrivance,
can be laisel and lowered at the will
Of the flyer. so as to alter the center OF
gravity.
The old gentleman says that, i'll q
moderate wind his kite can develop an
actual pull OF about 1.0.0 pounds. He
has demonstrated the truth of his
statement by harvesting the kite to an
ordinary four-Whreled village cart, and
permitting himself to be dra gged along
by his Pegasus. AS demonstration,
the experiments on the line indicated
were 4 complete success. In Other
ways they were hot so satisfactory
The kite took no heed Of the turns OF
the highways near Bristol, England
where Mr.. Peacock lives. Gu general
occasions it insisted. in spite Of its
steering gear. in keeping the undeviat-
ing tenor of it's way The results to
spectators was decidedly interesting
An obese and elderly gentleman at
tached to an irresponsible vehicle in
siSts on plunging through hedges and
| crawling ur steep banks is a crtacle
| provocative Of laughter. Mr.. l'eacock
| now rides Only Cn the Bristol downs,
| where he permits himself and his car
ri;iGe to wander at the kites sweet
! will. :
During his walks abroad with his
kite tho inventor is always accomra-
MED hy I, crowd Of small boys. with
| out the aid of which Mr.. reacock'S ex
pertinent would not be pyssible. II is
an cas-, thing to get the kite in the air,
but it is IL matter Of thirty to forty
small~boy power to haul it down again.
And so the problem of the existence Of
the small boy has been partially
colved.-New York Herald. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
LINERPOQL'S GREAT FIRE.

1t Cost Nearly Ferty Human Lives
Through Panic.
A terrible disaster, causing the loss
Of learly forty lives happened OH Oct.
II, 1873. at Liverpool. through & sud-
den panic and crush occurring i'll q
crowded music hall. the Colosseum, in
Paradise street. which was nightly
thronged with q co, ,pany Of the poorer
classes listening to Il musical p%rfolHl-
ance. About $40 rs Fred Coyne vas
singing 4 connie S':n@, 4 fight took place
in tie corner Of the llt under The gal
lery. The disturbance Increased. and
thCS" takin" part i'll it could not be
seen from every part of the house
Some one raised the cry Of ''t>irc, A
great stampede tnSued, and a rush
was made to the doors. and in Il few
minutes Il large nu!lbcr Of people We're
flam},lel Under foot. being unable to
escape from the building, tie doors OF
which Stcln at first TO have been closed
TECre were no less than six available
exits but the frightened audience hast
eEcd to the one leading to Paradise
street. AS the free passage OF the peo-
pie there was intelfeTed with by an
Upright in the center of the doorway,
there was a complete block Hun
lreds rushed dcwn from the gallery.
others slid down the pillars on the
heads of those in the pit. The police,
seeing the shreking crowd trying to
emerge from the building. endeayored
to persuade them to hold back, but i1t
vain: the loss Of life would have been
greater had net a policeman cut down
a partition with an AK. and thus en-
largcd the exit.
At length order was restored and the
people made their way out of the main
door as we'll as by the other exits; but
the panic. however, though brief in
duration. had done its worst; in a few
minutes thirty-scven dead and a num-
Der Of injured persons were carried in
to the street. Few bore marks Of out
ward injuries. but their torn clothes
showed how severe had been the strug-
gle; death had resulted from suffoca-
ticn. AS fast as possible the injured
were placed i'll cabs and taken to the
Royal intilmary, amid scene of great
excitement. The fire engine and es-
cape arrived. and the firemen. joining
with the police. entered the building to
reassure the people. The performance
was. of course. stopped. and the build
ing taken possession of by the police
Spare Moments.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
scrubs are not wanted. q hopeful sign
in ITSELF"
Slow Progress.


Someone has said that. although
preached 1900 years ago, the Sermon
on the Mount has not vet converted the
whole world, and it is quite as true
that the dairy word. preached by hun
lreds of dairymen, is not fully needed
by the great mass Of dairymen. While
here and there localities are awake to
the Importance Of the best dairy know
ledge. and are awake to put these
things into practice. and scattered here
and there are farmers as alert and act
i've. it must be admitted that the great
masses are not as yet reached, OF.
reached. are still unheeding. 1t seems
strange that the two great and import
ant things. the two that bring the sue
cess to the dairy. a better COW and a
COW cheaper fed. are too often the very
last things considered. With thousands
high prices present the only solution.
and so men still milk COWS Oh 4 5000
and 4.OD-pound milk yield. and feed
them expensive hay. and milk in the
hot months. and deplore the fact that
darying is not what it used to be.
Along this very line is another mex
plainahlf. thing that. as prices go down.
interest in the dairy often lags. and the
milk or cream sent to the factory
shows Il falling off in not only amount.
but quality and care. when low prices
should bring out every eNertion possi-
bic to not only have as much or more
milk. but that it's care should cause it
to be delivered at the factory in the
finest possible condition. so that the
most fancy goods could be made from
it. TO remedy these neglects is the
work Of the patient. ever-teaching, ev-
er-progressivc dairyman. 1t needs line
upon line. precept upon precept. the
story told and retold. and wearying not
in it's repetition.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
Stay blythe Cows.

I'VE do not say that cheese will ever
sell again at - cents and butter at 50
cents per pound. but we do distinctly
remember drawing cheese to the mar
ket in October-the summers make
and selling them at cents and the
butter at 8 cents per pound, and that
is very much below the sums realized
for the same articles now says the
Practical Farmer. True. it was then
qhat Australia. Sweden. Denmark and
the Argentine Republic had not been
diScovered-aS dairy countries-and
they are competitors now AS we'll as
the vast Western country, that now
produces the greater half OF our dairy
produce. But up to a recent period
less than two yelrs-the demand kept
up with the supply. There are just as
many people now and not quite so
many COWS. when the mills start we
believe the pendulum will swing back
Il good part of the way and fair prices
will again obtain. and if the man has
in the meantime shifted around SO to
have better COWS. has cheapened their
cost of keep about half. which he can
do. and uses better appliances in man
ufacture the prices obtained will put
him about where he was before the
drop That is to say, don't sacrifice
good cows to go out Of dairying. Stay
in with fewer but greatly better COWS.
The dairy business cannot be suddenly
doomed if prices should go skyward.
Cows have to be raised. and it takes
three years at the best to do this and
half Of them will be of little value bred
IFS they would be. With the prices as
they are, COWS are the best selling
stock we have, and most in demand.
Cows are selling for full 1893 prices,
and what is commendable about it is
that they are of the better class, as
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
TccunlSch's Bones,

The bones CT old Tecumseh, Skeleton
No. 2G. of the McKees Rock mound.
are lying in state in a glass case in the
Carnegie museum. Around the neck
are the bone beads and ornaments,
just as they were dug from the earth
When Andrew Carnegie views the re-
mains next Thursday at o'clock, this
inscription will tell him what he is
locking at:
This skeleton was found fifteen feet
and four inches from the top, and near
the center Of the the mo,url From it's
position and the number of it., orna-
meNts. implements and weapons found
eth this skeleton, it is inferred that
this is the warrior for whom the
mound Was built
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
Sand nts.

This name was given by an imagin-
umns Of whirling sand that are 80 fire.
quently seen on the great plains Of
Central Asia.
Fancy what a terrible country to
journey through! For miles and miles
one unbroken stretch of dreary sand.
nothing to break the monotony. moth
ing to rest the eyes. unless one of these
fantastic exhibitions, which. knowing
the discomfort and tie danger. a trav-
eler would rather not see, takes place.
The first signal is Il puff Of wind. fol
lowed by various slight disturbances
in the loose soil roundalout: then it
blows harder. and. as if legion Of
evil things had been called from the
center Of the earth. tiny columns of
sand lift themselves. and grow larger
and larger and rise higher and higher.
like the misty giant Sinbad the Sailor
loosed from the great cal(ron he found
in the sea.
These columns have the form of ser-
pents, and all the waving sinuous mo-
tions of those terrible creatures. Some-
times they will rise to height Of fifty.
sixty. and. if we may believe the testi-
nCny of some writer's. even two hun
dred feet. They sweep over immense
stretches. sometimes Singly. sometimes;
in groups. gathering size and force as
they &c. and then. as the wind lowers,
diminish and dWindle into nothinGness.
But for tie terror Of being caught in
one of these sandStUrElS and being
blown and beaten about and having
ones sight and hearing almost deStry-
ed. the phenomenon would be aim; st
as grand as any in nature. One could
fancy the evil spirits Of the world at
play. Writhing twisting. wrestling and
exercising their mighty strength on the
playground Of the desert.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
A Vegetable Pistol.

But the most remarkable instance of
this method Of scattering the seeds
shooting them from the pod is afford
ed by Hura crepitans, a handsome
tree. native Of the forests Of South
America. The curious fruit Of this
tree is somewhat fattened. deeply fur
rowcd or futed body. made UP of a cir
Gle Of many cells. eat,l conta lining one
seed When the seeds are ripe the
cells open and expcl them with a loud
report. like the crack of pistol. Hence
the fruit is sometimes called the "mon-
keys dinner bell"
Stories have been told Of Hllra fruits
being placed in desks and subsequent
ly opening and discharging their seeds
with such violence as to break ink
wells. and even to crack the wood OF
the desk.-"How Plants Spread" by
Thomas II. Kearney, Jr., in the st.
Nicholas.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
Look Into These Details

one OF tho mistakes a writer calls at
tentiOn to is worth pOndering by people
with one or two good COWS. who ere
longing to 90 into the dairy business
on large scale. One starts with a sin
gle COW. In a year she makes $50
pounds of butter. raises 4 calf worth
$40 to $25. a pig worth s. to $40.
After figuring. he finds Il clear annual
profit on this one COW of say 500. He
commences figuring as to results with,
say. twenty cows-S2. 900 profit. He
gets that number. and finds himself at
the end of year or two almost
sWamped, and can't say really why.
Here are some points to consider:
The first step is to carefully test each
cow separately; you may find that
some Of your heaviest mixers are not
paying their way. Then ascertain
whether your COWS churn together. for
while the professional creamerymen.
ripenng cream on strictly scientific
principles. can get practically all the
fat out OF the cream. there is many a
one that has fed. MIXED and cared for
4 COW for the whole year and not
chUrned twenty-five pounds of butter
from her. Then find how much feed
each COW will bear, and make a profit
able return, and this can only be done
hy careful experiment and the study
ing of what makes Il balanced alton.
Ill experimenting on this line YOU
Will soon see that ut present prices YOU
may feed a COW at the rate Of $50 |,
year and get no molr return than by
properly feeding at the rate Of SD 4
year: and. further. YOU will soon iind
that while YOU can't feed fat into milk
that is. that given COW will give
milk of the same richness Whe tEer YOU
feed her hay alone. or hay and grain
roots and silag ge-tllat tie feed CT diff
ferent kinds will make a great differ
'ncc in the churrahility of the cream
and many will mist2ke for while tn
difference in churnability fol actual
difference in fat in the milk.-NeW
York Farmer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-12-12
A Bright Iowa Boy.

One of our boys who does not own a
watch writes about how he tells the
time Of day. He works in a wheat ele-
vator in an Iowa town. A big window
almost fills one side of his little office.
Into the corner of the window creeps
the early sunlight in the morning and
it shines in all day long and creeps out
of the other corner in the evening. On
the floor where the edge of the shadow
from the sash falls just at noon our
boy has placed a long chalk mark and
little further away there is another
mark for l o'clock, and so on up to
six. The forenoon is similarly divided
on the floor. Each day by simply look
ing at the edge of the suns light he
can tell what time it is. Once in two
weeks he changes all these marks be-
cause the shadows change as the sun
gets higher in the spring or lower in
the fall
This clever device-any of you may
use it-suggests the way that the na-
tives Of Liberia. in Africa. who have
! no clocks. tell the time. They take the
kernels from the nuts Of the candle
tree and wash and string them Oh the
rib Of a palm leaf. The first or top
kernel is then lighted. All OF the kpr-
nelS are Of the same size lld sub
stance. and each will burn Il certain
number CT minutes and then set fire
to the one next below. The natives tie
pieces CT black cloth at regular inter-
| walls along the string to mark the di-
vision Of time. Among the natives of
Singar. il the Malay archipelago. an
other peculiar device is used. Two
bottle; are placed neck and neck. and
sand is put in one Of them. which
pours itself into the other every half
hour. when the bottles are revcrS2d.-
Chicago Record.