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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-13
GoLDsBoRo. N. c.. THURSDAY AUGUST 3, 1896
When two China,

When two China,
m e n meet, Their
ay of sayin Z
/" How do you do? +"
is 4" How are you1
b o w e l S J? " 1t
a m o u n is to the
same thing. If the
bowels are in good
condition the rest
of the system is
pretty sure to be all
right. But when
t b ey are consti-
pated, it has a half
paralyzing effect OF,
the rest of the body
---and the mind too.
Headaches, dyspep-
al a, biliousness,
r,eru0,,crecc rOoy
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Many people drink too
much as consequence Of the
heat, but no one would think Of
blaming the thermometer if it
took a drop.
The real rulers of Britain are
the great bankers, whose fiat de-
cides for peace or war. who hold
the purse strings of the world,
who rule Britannia as no Planta~
genet or Tudor or Stuart ever
ruled it. The question is, shall
they rule America also?
THE weather man seems to be
trying to work in Is degrees of
temperature where only one is
wanted
Thomas B. Reed, having with>
drawn his withdrawal from the
Congressional contest, has been
renominated by the Republicans
of his district without any con-
test. His nomination was made
by acclamation by rising vote
and with a rousing cheer for the
candidate. This is as it should
be, for while Reed is a partisan
of partisans, and something Of
a dictator besides, he is easily
the ablest Republican in Maine
since the death of Blaine, and
should be kept in the House as
long as he is willing to serve, or
until the Maine Legislature is
ready to send him to the Senate.
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Al III Allen.
C-Goone Cotton
E--George Evans, Norman Elders
F-John Fields
G-John Getty
H-Will HolloweI Nero Hines, n
G Holloway, Caurad Hibben
L-Jas M Long
SD J Smith E Sullivan. Lee Strong
T-John II Thomas
V-SamTel H Vanbrook
LADIES.
A-Charity Adams
B-Martha Dunn jamie Britt Mrs
James Barnes
C-Mol!ie Groom
F-SaIlie Fields Madgu c Faulkenel
H-Hester Humphrey Hattie Holt
Jennie Hines
J-Al1ce Jones L Jennings
K-Mrs A Kor5, Saliie Kornegay
L-Annie Lewis Mary Lancaster
R-Maggie Roberts
S-Annle Smith Martha Sugs PATHS
Sutton Amy ] Stevens G G Small
L-Jane Lee
W-Eliza Wooten Susan Wooter
Sa lie Williams William Williams
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THE UNIVERSITY.

AZ Teachers, 534 students, Tuition
$50 a year, Board SS. Eight Dellarsl a
month, full College Courses, 3 Brief
Courses, Law School, Medical school,
Summer school for Teachers. Schol-
arships and loans for the needy. Ad
dress
President Winston
Chapel Hill, NC.
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Persons ca Ing fer above letters will
please say advertised, and give date o1
list. The regulations reqire that
cent be paid on all advertised letters
John w, Bryan, p. M,
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EAN1NGS I
Items Of Interest Clipped
From our State
EXCHANGES.
EXCHANGES

Pender Star: The crops in
Pender are the best known since
the war, and are matured now,
but rain is badly needed.
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Can't
This is the complaint of
They have no appetite; food - u

does not relish. They need the toning upof
the stomach and digestive organs, which
a course of Hoods Sarsaparilla will give
them. 1t also purifies and enriches the
blood. cures that distress after eating and
internal misery only a dyspeptic can
know, creates an appetite, overcomes that
tired feeling and builds up and sustains
the whole physical system. 1t SO prompt
ly and efficiently relieves dyspeptic symp-
toms and cures nervous headaches, that it
seems to have almost ga magic touch"
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LIST OF LETTER.

Remaining in Post office at Gcldsboro,
N. -. July 81.
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sleep, weakness, heart palpitation and
gloomy spirits, all come from constipa-
ton. And that isn't the worst of it: It
lays your system open to all sorts OF
serious and danger Gus illness.
1t isn't safe to neglect constipation and
it isn't safe to Use dangerous wrenching
carthartics, to overcome it, either. They
leave you worDe off than before. What
isneeded is a mild natural laxative like
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They act
surely but without any violence. They
regulate and strengthen the intestines to
do their own work. When the "P1eas-
ant Pellets" cure you, you are cured.
You don't become a slave to their use
Take care the druggist doesn't give you
something else he calls "just as good. I"
1t may be for him, but how about JoM?
You might learn a thousand valuable
lessons about preserving your health BY
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it is just the same. Address Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo. N. Y
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reading DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser. It is
a grand book and the present
edition is absolutely free to
all who send Fl one-cent
stamps to cover cost of mail
ing only. 1t contains zoos
pages and over 300 engrav.
ings. $50, ooo Inbound cop.
les have been sold at ST.. SC
each. This free edition is
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Time is never more misspent
than while we declaim against
the want of it; all our actions are
then tinctured with peevishness:
the yoke of life Is certainly the
least oppressive when we carry
it with good humor, and in the
shades of rural retirement.-
Zimmerman.
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Washington Messenger: Mr.
Demsey Grimes left this morn>
ing for Chapel Hill to attend the
summer law school. He gets
his license in October.
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~ Guidance.
And is the duty hard to do?
No one, dear Lord! hath done to me
Such wrong as I have done to Thee.
Why should not all men go to
heaven?
-Faber.
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Bishop Wilmer says: "Repress
by Puritanic rule the innocent
disportings of youth, and the
nature not changed will either
seek other channels or break the
embankments and spread itself
at random. [ have never seen
so reckless manhood as in those
cases where a childhood had
been unduly and unwisely re
pressed"
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Elizabeth City News: Mr.. Will
! Lester, who was hurt in the ex-
plosion accident last week, died
in terrible agony Sunday. The
other victims Of the accident are
| still very sick
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
ovox PopuIl.., Not "vox Del"

We all know a favorite and much
quoted proverb is "Vox populi, vox
Del. Is it not, perhaps, of all proverbs,
the most fallacious? Was it not Carlyle
who asked, "How many fools does it
take to make public?" Does not anoth-
er popular proverb say, Too many
cooks spoil the brothf" 1t is a vulgar err
ror to believe that many persons togeth-
er can decide better upon a subject than
one person alone An optimist might
argue that this belief has taken birth
from the modesty of mankind, pessi-
mist that it has arisen from the desire
to escape responsibility.
The popular notion is that a number
Of intelIects can be summed up into one
hole, but the fact is they limit each
other and act as clog. Men, " said
Galilei. fare not like a number Of
horses attached to carriage, all pull
ing together, but rather like number
of loose horses running race, of which
one gains the prize. - Blackwood's
Magazine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
Al fATAL MIsTAkg.
1t Was Made BY rrofuse Frenchman IN
His Leave Taking.


A izen Of France who has an invet-
crate habit of confonnding everything
which is said to him and has been en-
deavoring TO acquire a knowledge Of our
vernacular was shout leaving his board
ing house for y more comfortable quar-
ter. All the little mysteries of his ward
robe. including his last neither garment
and umbrella. had been packed up,
when he bethought to himself the I'M
pleasant duty now devolving upon him
that Of bidding re folks goodby.
After shaking his fellow boarders
cordially by the hand and wishing them,
with inceASant bowling. &c verree best
success in re VIM and re henediction
du chief, he retired. in search Of his
''lear landlady, to give her also bis
blessing he met her at the staircase,
and advancing. hat in hand. with a
thousand scrapes. commenced his speech /:
All. madame, I'm going to leave you.
You have been verree amiable ca me,
madame. ! viii nevare forget you for
Eat. II in my countree, l would ask ger
government TO give you a pension, ma
dame. The good lady put down Ter
head and blushed modestly, while our
Frenchman proceeded; Ven, / must
90. You know in reese life il is full II
pain and trouble Ii Got adopted ze virl
vich Lamartine made in his poesie, zen
cure should be no more pam. Adieu,
madame-adieu Perhaps forever.
Thereupon the Frenchman was max
ing his exit, when he was suddenly
called back by his landlady. who inter
estedly inquired. ''Why, Mr. c.,
you have forgotten your latchkey " Mr.,
c. appeared amazed, apparently not
understanding his interrogation. Yes, y
continued Mrs. M, ''you know ii is
the rule for all boarders to give me their
latchkeys. "Oh, madame, interrupted
the Frenchman, with enthusiasm, u viii
give you not one-not one, but you
zandsp' and, applying the action to the
word, he sprang toward Mrs. M,
and, embracing her tightly in his arms,
kissed her most heroically. The alright
ed Mrs. M, recovering herself al
length, cried ont, THE key, Mr.. c.
the keyr' Frenchy, looking confused
COMPOUNDED, calculates with heavy signs
"Oh. madame, ! zot you AK me for one
KEGS, and l give it to You. Vat tatale
mistake p'-Scottish American.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
&c AAONrEo KITCHEN.
kerriBie fright of q I8elated Cook and
Her PrecipItate Flight.

Her PrecipItate Flight
Out in the neighbUrhood Of Iowa cir
lie lives a government clerk who has
grown gray in the services Of his coun-
try, and with his gray hairs have grad
ually crept up in him several ills that
flesh is heir to. among others an occa-
SIGNAL touch Of insomnia. Insomnia
breeds irritability, and his irritabihty
had been stirred to its lowest depths by
inability to get satisfactory hired girl,
but month or so ago he was fortunate
enough to get a settled woman, who
was pretty near perfection. She was a
good cook, siaid in nights except when
her ss'ciety" met, and in other ways
was a model. About once a month the
oblong piece Of buff colored paper that
was slipped under the basement door
by the gasman wC..ld bring frown 10
Mr.. IS brow, but he would only
caution the hired giIl TO turn down the
gas when not using il. A few nights
ago a ''s'ciety" meeting had called the
pirl out before she finished washing the
dinner dishes, and she hadn returned
when the family retired for the night.
Mr. - had protracted interview
with his enemy, the sleep killer, the
same night and could find no rest. In
vain he thought over all his misdeeds
and counted 100 backward and forward
several times. Sleep wouldn't come, so,
after tossing about until long after mid
night, he finally got up and sat at the
window. Happening 10 look down in
to the yard, he saw streak OF light
glintinc from the basement shutters,
and he thorgNt of burglars. Creeping
stealthily down the stairs, he heard
dishes. so he went back up 10 his room.
Then he got mad at this wanton waste
of gas, and going to the speaking tube
yelled, Put ont that gas and go TO
bedr' 1t was the first time there had
been an occasion to use the tube since
the new girl came, and she hadn't been
introduced to it before.
A smothered exclamation in the kitch-
en-, the noise of chair knocked over and
pans rafting to the floor were followed
by a scurrying up stairs, three steps at a
time, and the badly scared colored wo-
man gathered her few belongings in her
room and made a rush for the front door.
Mr. - tried to intercept her, but she
was thoroughly frightened and wouldn't
STOP "Lemme go, boss; femme go. |
wouldn't work heah any mo- fer all the
money in the treasury. l was washin
the dishes down stairs jes' now and a
loud voice come right through the tin
pan was jes' hangin up, and it said,
Put out dat gas and go to h-p l
know this house is haunted, and l
wouldn t work heah any mo- for muffin. I"
And she wouldn't. The next evening in
the want column of The Star was an
ad. for a settled colored woman to do
homework up at some hundred and
something Thirteenth street. Washing
ton Star
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
Longevity of Ants.

Sir John Lubbock, the naturalist,
who has done more to popularize the
study of insect ways and habits than all
the other modern entomologists COM
bined, has been experimenting to find
out how long the common ant would
live if kept out of harm way. On Aug.
8, 1888, an ant which had been thus
kept and tenderly cared for died at the
age Of 10 years, which is the greatest
age any species of insect has yet been
known to attain. Another individual of
the same species of ant (Formica fusca)
lived to the advanced age of Ii years,
and the queen of another kind (Lasius
niger laid fertile eggs after she had
passed the age Of years.-St Louis
Republic.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
PRIVATE TELEPHONES.
New York MiIIionaires' Call Numbers AR
Not Public Property.

Not Public Property.
There are some very aristocratic tele-
phone owners in the city, but study OF
the telephone directory supplied for the
use Of the general public does not reveal
this fact. This is done purposely. 1t is
no use getting mad if, when you ask
for Mr.. Crmsus Vanderbiltis telephone
number the girl at the other end asks If
you don't know it. When you say that
you don't know it or try to fool her and
say you did have it, bat lost the memo
randun, she will answer back, 1--WE
cannot give you Mr.. CrGsus Wander
bits house unless you know the num-
Der. -
The fact OF it is the girl would be
breaking strict rules Of the company II
she gave this information. There are a
good many millionaires and prominent
society families who have telephones in
their residences, but they are for private
use. Only the friends Of the head of the
house and few other persons know the
number. The mistress of the mansion
leaves the number with her friends, and
in exchange receives their numbers. She
also leaves her number with the head of
the hospital where she happens to be on
the managing committee.
This exclusive system is adopted in
order that outsiders cannot annoy Mr..
Millionaire by ringing him up ON the
telephone. The men who have tele-
phones put into their palaces do so with
the proviso that their names and tele-
phone numbers shall not appear in the
directory. New York World.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
Miss vanderbilt,s Retort.

An amusing story about Miss Ger
trude Vanderbilt is told by one of her
school friends. 1t happened several years
ago, when Miss Vanderbilt was in short
dresses, and the desirability of standing
we'll with prominent people had not yet
crossed the minds of her schoolmates.
The dispute started over the monthly
report book. Miss Vanderbilt's marks
were higher than any of the other chill
dren's in the group
81 don't care,' exclaimed one OF
them, the teachers favor you cause
you re rich, but my father says your
grandfather used to sell matches. There
didn't hef"
And Miss Vanderbilt, who was pos
sessed of rare dignity, held up her curly
head trifie higher and answered
quietly;
81 really don't know. But if he did
I'm sure they were good matches. -
New York Herald
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
A BIT OF PENCIL.
Priced Because 1t Is Veteran and Went
Through the War.

Through the War.
81 have a very fine and choice cabinet
of relics and specimens of the late war, T"
said J. Fillmore of South Dakota. I'm
the collection is an old fashioned COM
mon lead pencil, only three-quarters Of
an inch long, which was given to me by
Major J. b. Fairbanks, who carried 1t
through the entire war, and in present.
ing it to me the major gave me this bio
graphical sketch of the pencil; This
pencil is a veteran of the late war.
When it enlisted, it was round and OF
full length.
"'When the war was over, II was, like
many other veterans, badly used up.
During its service it campaigned in dust
and mud, over the hills and plains Of
Maryland and Virginia, through the
swamps of Mississippi, across the noun
tains Of Kentucky and Tennessee, again
through Virginia, from the Wilderness
to Appomattox. Ithas watched upon the
picket line in daylight and in darkness,
in heat and in cold, in rain and in snow.
1t has taken part in many skirmishes,
and in more than half a score of regular
battles, and in addition it went through
the siege of Petersburg, and was en-
gagged in several of the assaults upon
that stronghold. With it, for eight
months. while the owner was first ser
geant of his company, he kept the daily
record and report of the company.
1T wrote the name and the number
Of those ON detached service, Of the alb
sent with leave, of those daily detailed
for ordinary camp duties or occasionally
for some special duty, of the number
present for duty and of the sick in quar-
tiers. At the roll call after battle it has
noted the names of those who did not
answer. 1t has recorded the names OF
those men as killed in battle, wounded
in battle, died of wounds, died of dis
ease, discharged on account of wounds
received and disease contracted in line
of duty. In its own way it has written
its humble page in the history of the
most eventful epoch of all times. Pre-
serve it and cherish it, kansas City
Times
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
His Prize.

Father (who has given his consent)-
hope, young man, that you know the
value of the prize you will get in my
daughter!
Young ACKNOWLEDGMENT, sir. l
dom know the exact value, but, as near
as can find out, it's in the neighbor-
hood of 60, 000.-London Answers.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
A MONSTER BOOK.
The Largest One In the World In the
British Museum.

British Museum.
The Chinese department of the Brit
ish museum library contains, says a
writer in Cassell's world of Wonders, "
a single work which occupies no fewer
than 5000 volumes. This wonderful
production of the Chinese press was
purchased few years ago for So, 900
and is one Of only very small number
/. of copies now in existence. 1t is an en-
cyclopedia of the literature of China,
covering period of 20 centuries-from
1000 B. G. TO 1900 A. ID.
1t owes its origin to the literary pro-
clivities of the Emperor Kang-he, who
reigned from 1862 to 1922. In the
course of his studies of the ancient liter
ature of his country Kang-he discovered
that extensive corruptions had been al
lowed to creep into modern editions,
and he conceived the idea of having the
text of the originals reproduced and pre-
served in an authoritative form. This
was mighty conception truly, and IN
its execution it remains unique down to
the present time. For the purpose of
carrying out the work, Kang- The appoint
ed commission of learned men to Sc
lect the writings to be reproduced and
employed the Jesuit missionaries to cast
copper types with which to execute the
printing.
The commission was occupied for 40
years in its great task. Before the work
was completed Kang-he died, but he
had provided that his successor should
see the book completed, and he faithful
" carried out his trust. The book is ar
ranged in six divisions, each dealing
with particular branch Of knowledge.
The divisions are thus designated: First,
writings relating to the heavens; Sec
ond, writings relating to the earth ;
third, writings relating to mankind ;
fourth, writings relating to inanimate
nature; fifth, writings relating to phil
: losophy; sixth, writings relating to po-
litical economy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
The Devils Cap.

In medieval dramas the part Of the
devil was always played in pointed
red cap, with two side points or tassels.
So much importance was attached to
this cap that on one occasion, in France,
an actor refused to play, and the enter
tainment was postponed because his
"devil's cap" had been stolen and it
was impossible to play the part Of satan
without a proper headpiece.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03

Though Vermont has increased in
population but 1000 in % years, Mas
sachusetts has added nearly 1000. 600
to its inhabitants in the same time, and
Rhode Island ami Connecticut also show
a steady growth
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
Lost-A Point.

Historic are the instances Of points
missed in the retelling Of good story.
Who has not heard of Charles Lambs
GLADLY tired wheel twisted into bad
" wearied, with consequent loss of
the point? And here is one that was
overheard at one of the little French
restaurants
One of the habitues of the place had
just returned with coat of tan that
spoke even louder for glorious vaca-
tion than any words.
1--we been roaming around through
the upper parts of the state, (" he said,
land many quaint and curious things
have / seen. One of them was an inn,
old as the hills, guess. It's name, too,
was particularly appropriate for a no
tel, Dew Drop Inn.
His hearers commented ON the apt
ness. and later in the evening. when a
stranger joined the party, one of the
number tried to tell about this hotel
and could not understand why the late
conner did not see the aptness when he
told that on the signboard were the
words, ''Please Walk In. New York
Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
Blood Poisoned
A Running Sore on the Ankle
Yields TO the Blood Purifying Pow
ers Of Hoods SarsapariIIa.
"Iwant to tell what Hoods Sarsapa-
riIla has done for me. ] am an old sea

trader, some years
since RETIRED years
of age. A little sore
broke ont on my an
kle, and after some
effort to cure II, grew
considerably woze.
Home doctors failed
and different medi.
cines and ointnenta
did not give me any
help. ! endured un-
A@Hl ~~0m~gwA g.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-03
A Newspaper For the Blind.

There is but one newspaper in the
world that is published in the interest
of blind people, The Weekly Summary
of London. 1t was started in the spring
of 1882 and now claims subscribers in
every quarter of the globe. 1t is printed
in raised, or Brailie letters, and is
considered literary curiosity: That it
will succeed may be judged from the
fact that it has been twice enlarged
since the fall of 1S93.-St. I4onis Re
public.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-06-20
How They Run 1t.

The following story comes from the
Occur d'Alene Sun: Recently the
bank at Weiser, Idaho, sent to the
Croker Woolworth National Bank
at San Francisco for $500 worth Of
silver from the sub treasury. The
sub-treasurer said the silver must be
obtained from the s~ub-treasury at
Chicago. The srb-treasurer at that
point returned the draft to Weiser
and stated that his Office did not ex-
cept drafts or checks for any purpose
whatever" The Idaho banker then
instructed his New York correspond.
ent to deposite $500 in cash with the
s~ub-treasury in that city. This was
done and the Weiser man was informed
that the silver would be shipped from
San Francisco. The banker wr.ted
two weeks, and as the sil-.r did not
a~srive, he appealed 20 the Assistant
Treasurer at Washington. This APP
pealtinally brought the coin from st.
Louis. 1t had just taken two months
Of persistent demands to force the
Democratic administration to release
$500 worth of silver, which the lying
officials say the people do not want.
The Welser Signal publishes the en-
tire correspondence. It is rich read
ing and ought to be thrust INTO the
face OF every goldbug in Congress.