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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-06-04
THE GLORY OF AMERICA.
Liberty is the glory of this FIRE

Liberty is the glory of this free
country.
In the United States of Ameri-
ca Civil Liberty and Religious
Liberty enjoy a security unequal
led in other lands.
Civil Liberty consists, Sri,
William Blackstone, the great
law-writer, declares, sin a per-
sons legal and uninterrupted en-
ioyment of his life, his limbs, his
body, his health and his repute-
ton" The French Constitution
of 1893 contains the following I'M
ique definition of Civil Liberty:
cit is the power by which man
can do what does not interfere
with the rights of another; its
basis is nature; its standard is
justice; its protection is law; its
moral boundary is the maxim,
sDo not unto others what you'd
not wish they should do unto
you" A contemporary Ameri-
can writer says: "Civil Liberty
is the privilege of living accord
ing to ones inclinations, and en-
joying the free use of ones own
property under the sanctions of
the law and the protection Of the
State; it includes freedom of
thought, freedom of speech, free
dom of press, freedom of the bal
lot, freedom of ~locomotion, and
freedom of association. A free
people enact their own laws and
elect their own rulers"
Religious liberty sis the right
of every individual to regulate his
own religious activities. He may
accept or reject any creed; adopt
any or no form of worship with
out interference"
Religious liberty is a natural
and inalienable right of every
man. Nothing can be more alb
horrent to the spirit of freedom
than any kind of ~so-called legal
regulation of the conscience. Any
sort of slavery dwarfs a man. The
untrammeled privilege to do what
one c~onceives to be right and to
worship God as he chooshes is the
most precious possession of mod
ern civilized man.
Liberty, Civil and Religious,
makes men brave and heroic. Ii
is the most effective force in hui
man activity. The spirit of lib
erty is the spirit of progress; it
secures justice and happiness,
which are the real purpose of all
schemes of government. Civil
zation is synonymous with free
doom. Americans are freemen.
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UNIVERSITY AND CHAPEL HILL.

NO %, daily tx. Sun"ay; Leaves
University 5 80 pm, arriving Chapel
Hill Il % pm. No. So leaves chapel Hill
pm, arriving University 5.l5.
No. Oh and 81 leaves university l 50 pm
and 1925 an. airing chapel HfIl 3 40 D
m and II 10 am. Nos 81 and 81 leaves
Chapel III | 2 - am and Il 80 pm, arriv-
ing University a3l am and 35 pm.
BETWEEN Richmond and Raleigh via
KevSville.
Leave Richmond II So pm. daily:leave
Keysvllie4 ID pm: arrive oxford 62S pm,
henderson t. 90 pm. Durham : 45 PM,
Raleigh 1O5 am. Retui ming leave Raj
elgh SAT am, daily, Durham IL joan, Hen
derson t6"O am, oxford ] 06 PM: arrive
Kevsvile 800 I'M. Richmond . 10 pm,
daily.
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WEAK, TIRED
PEOPLE

should take P. ?. p. Lippman's Great
Remedy, without delay. While not
actually sick, You feel weak and tired,
ready to get sick, and what you nced is
strength to drive out of your system
that which is the cause of Spring Fever.
T.. L. p. is needed at once.
Mrs. Hattie Myths, of 20 East s6tl,
street. New York, says hat she was in
poor health, and that her case dcvcl-
oped into pr~oStration. She
suffered from crvou headaches, and
at times was unable to do any work
at all. She could not sleep, and was
SO nervous that she would have to get
up at all hours of the night and walk
the floor, and the opening of a door
would startle her. But her weakness
and nervousness is all gone. /. p. =.
was what saved her. Her appetite
improved, her nervousness is a thing
of the past, and she thanks =. L. p,
Lippman's Great Remedy, for her com
plete restoration to health.
Sold by ell druggists.
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IS JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS.
PRICE SO cts

Newbern Journal: Master
Earnest Dunn, the little son Of
Mr.. John Dunn, is truly an ac-
complished boy. Already he is a
fancy trick cycle rider of no
mean powers, and by the time he
is eighty Or ninety years old. if
he continues as he has begun, he
will be a marvel. He gave a
free exhibition yesterday in fro. t
of the Episcopal church.
Raleigh News & Observer:
Died, at his home in Lake Aus
tin. Texas, on May II. Col. JAS.
B. Hawkins in the 83rd year Of
his age. Col. Hawkins was a
native Of Franklin county, this
State, and was a son of the late
Col. John ID. Hawkins and
brother of DR.. A. B. Hawkins,
and Miss Jane Hawkins, Of this
city. He had been a resident Of
Texas for more than fifty years,
and was a very prominent citizen
of that State.
Winston Sentinel: Revenue
Officers Smith, Davis and F'oard
destroyed five blockade distil>
%leries, on the Yadkin river about
3 miles from Tyro Shops, David
son county, last night. Three
of the stills we're found on the
lands of a man named Smith. His
son and a colored man named
Hairston were captured and
brought to Winston this morn
ing. The officers also destroyed
about 2, 500 gallons of beer, etc.
Asheville Citizen: This morn
ing J. M. Freeman came into
town with his wagon, bringing
along some butter for the mar
ket. Soon after arriving Mr..
Freeman missed a bucket Of the
butter, and learned that Walter
Ray, colored, had been seen near
the wagon. Rays trail was fol-
lowed and he was caught with
the butter in his possession. He
was given a hearing in Justice
Frank Carriers court and was
committed in default of bail.
1t is a little singular that Mary
land, situated as she IS, should
be so decidedly a sound-money
State. Baltimore may be classed
with Philadelphia, New York.
Boston, etc., etc. The Cecil
county convention enacted the
other day a platform which not
only commends the President for
This firm stand in favor of the
maintenance of the financial
credit of the nation" but goes on
specifically and in certain terms
to oppose the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, "as we'll as all
other schemes or devices calcu>
lated to debase our currency"
The Penn Yam National Bar k,
of Penn Yam. N. Y, capital $780,
900, has failed. Bank Examiner
Van Ranken has been placed in
charge. The liabilities are stated
at 800, OGO, including $16O, 600
due depositors.
The 2O-round bout between
| Mayer and Slavin which was to
have been brought before the
Eureka Club of Long Island City
last night, was postponed until
Friday night next, owing to the
action taken by Police Justice
Ingram.
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SLEEPING-CAR ST VICE.

SLGEPING-CAR ST RVICE.
ON trains nosi il ana ~ pullman
Sleeper h-tween greensboro and Raj
nigh.
w. A. TURF, Gem Passenger Agert;
Washington. n. @.
w. H. Gre"t,. +. NJ Culp,
Gem Supt 7"atfic Mangr,
Washington. D. G. Washington, DC
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Southern Railway.
(PIEDMONT AIR LINE.l
Richmond & Dapville and N C. Divisions.

IN EFFECT FEBRUARY Q, 1896.
LEAVE GoLDsBoRo
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u, Hillsboro 5 36 pm, Bur-
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1885 pm.
DAILY No 13-Passenger-Due selma
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DAILY FIX. Sunday. No. 1l-Mixed-
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Hillsboro l.35 pm. Univer-
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DAILY No.12-Mixed- Leaves Green's.
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ESQ am, burlington 80 am,
Graham } 10 am, Hiiisooro
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Full REMEDY !!
RANDLEMAN, N. c.,

RANDLEMAN, n. c.,
Feb. 6, 1896.
Rev. A. l.. Mendenhall SAYS:
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1t had baffled the skill of
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son county, N. c., and soon
after taking the Remedy
my leg was entirely cured
and has remained perfectly
well ever since.
Very respectfully.
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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-06-04

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
NEWS OF THE STATE.

Miss Georgia Shepard of South
Royalton, one of the Shepard family
entertainers, has sued the Canadian
Pacific railroad company for ST. 1000.
Last winter she slipped on the ICY
platform of car at the company's
station at Richford, receiving in
lures which will probably cripple
her for life. a claim for damages
was presented, which the railroad
company refused to settle and the
suit followed, United States Marshal
Harris attaching property of the
company at Richtord. The SUIT will
be tried next spring.
The case in the United States SUI
premc court of Edward Hodgson.
plaintiff in error, against the state OF
Vermont will probably be tried at
Washington before the Ist of De-
cemb,r. This case tests the consti-
tutionality of the Vermont prohibit
tory law and excites great interest.
E. ]. Phelps has been retained for
the plaintiff, and it is expected that
eminent counsel will assist. f. l..
Fish is attorney for Vermont in the
trial. This case arose in Addison
county and has been carried on b.
Mr.. Fish for the state and W. II.
Bliss for the plaintiff.
While G.. w. Gerard of Jericho
was out hunting Sunday he was shot
in the shoulder by friend, whose
gun was accidentally discharged.
The wound is not considered dan
gcrous.
The grave-digging mystery at
Mortified is a mystery no longer
two boys have confessed to digging
the hole, which was simply for the
purpose of hiding some of their val
uables.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

Tho wo, Il "calito' Las peculiar
origin. Many Contul les since the
first monarch of tho province of
Malabar, Hindus!an, gave to one Of
his chiefs, IS u reward for Serv-
ices, tho land within tho limits of
which cock growing at n certain
temple could Ec beard. From this
circumstance tho little town which
sprang up in tho center of this terri.
tory was called "Calicado, or Tho
Growing Geek Aftcrward it was
called Calicut, and from this place
tho first cotton goods were imported
into England under the name of cali
COST. Louis Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

first instalment OF Marion Crawford's
new novel, "a Rose of Yesterday
This number begins the twenty-sev-
enth year of the magazine and prom
Uses much for the next twelve
months. 1t is the best of the high
class magazines.
The leading feature of the st.
Nicholas for November is a serial,
"Master Skylark, by John Bennett,
story of Shakcspeare's time, and
another serial is ''The Last Three
Soldiers" by w. II. Shelton. "An
Old-Timc Thanksgiving" stirring
story by Walter Camp, 1.-The Bicy-
Gle Race" and The City of Sto'
rics." are among the fiction features
and the rest of the contents of the
magazin present the usual variety.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

Mckinley and Hobart were elect
ed Tuesday by one of the greatest
najorities ever cast in this country /;
1t was very nearly unanimous. The
American people have declared for
national honesty and against repudl-
alton and in such an unmistakeable
way as to thoroughly extinguish any
hope of revival of the sentiments
with which an attempt was made to
dclude them. The majorities are
sweeping and surpass the cxpecta-
tons of the most sanguinc, Vermont
for one more than cqualling the vote
cast in September, and in every sec
ton of the country the vote is Just as
complete and emphatic. 1t was not
victory for Mckinley or an en-
dorsement of McKinlcyism; it was
simply an overwhelming declaration
of principles in which candidates and
parties were ignored. 1t was VIC
tory which dispels any doubt as to
the real sentiment of the people.
Shrewd but corrupt political mana
gers with millions to spend can
sometimes swing doubtful section,
but to bring about Il landslide, a stu
pendous victory like that of Tuesday.
is another matter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
Marvellous Results. .

From letter written by Rev.
Gunderman, of Dimondalc, Mich.
we are permitted to make this ex.
tract: IL have no hesitation in rec
ommending DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery, as the results were almost
marvellous in the case of my wife
While | was pastor of the Baptist
Church at Rives Junction she was
brought down with Pneumonia sue.
ceedlng La Grippe. Terrible par.
oxysms of coughing would last hours
with little interruption and it seemed
as if she could not survive them. A
friend recommended DR.. Kings
New Discovery; it was quick in its
work and highly satisfactory in re-
suits" Trial bottles free ut A b.
Morgan's Drug Store. Regular size
soc and $I.oo.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
CurbstOnc l.Cn0rtee.

Newsboys Glc N'til u'lMpudont
One of tho trlteli ~, V no had O
backing kit over his shoulder, &C.
costed Il sect!y looking old man on
tho corner Of Grand River and
Woodwar avenues.
Say, boss, want shine?"
mo, my boy Els velCd the old
man. II used to cut up shines once,
but I'm too cid now
This clCIuenCc took away the
boys breath for n Moment; then no
asked with gieat apparent sincerity:
Don't you have to pay taxes,
boss?"
"Whaffor?' inquired the cid man.
Real estate On your shoes, boss. ="
Detroit FREQ Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

The Democratic party has been
beaten OH an issue foreign to its re-
cord, directly hostile to its principles
and repugnant to the ideas on which
1t is based. 1t should discard this
issue and plant itself again Oh the
sound principles on which Demo-
cracy has won so many victories.
Let Democracy be true to itself
and honest with the people. The
principles of ii hundred years are
not to be lightly discarded IN a day !;
they assert their vitality in a very
emphatic way, as we saw yesterday.
They have claim which the people
recognize even though parties may
repudiate it.
1t is not oblivion that awaits the
Democracy. This is temporary
eclipse. Provided the lesson of the
great defeat is taken to heart, there
are great victories vet awaiting the
Democratic party. Boston Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
Starts Fatal Dinry.

In the year Ct grace 1868 one ia
cob Starr, in tic city of Montgom,
cry, Ala, took it into lis head that
he was man Of somo literary and
historical ability. Starr went to
work to keep up diary. He record.
ed every event of note and was so
proud of his work that he read it to
his neighbors. Two young lady
friends lived next door. and Starr
read his diary to them every even.
ing. The girls enjoyed it very much
and repeated the contents of the
document to their beaus.
All this made its work. The
points in the Starr biography were
duly quoted. The young men about
town discussed the matter. and it
was soon decided that Starr was a
public enemy who deserved the
worst punishment. So Jacob Starr
was watched. Leading Confederates
were consulted, and they agreed
that he ought to be hanged or shot.
But the innocent went on writing
and reading, and it never occurred
to him that lie was III any danger.
Starr wrote down the impressions
of tic people Is Sherman advanced
and laughed over it. Then he took
his diary next door and read it to
the young ladies'. After that every.
body laughed over it. The town
boys especially were hilarious.
There was general demand for
something moro from the pen of ia.
cob Starr. Mr.. Starr promptly re.
sponded. His diary was produced
whenever it was demanded, and it
is needless to say that 1t was enthu.
siastically received.
One night the town boys gos to.
gether. They looked over the Starr
diary, raid him call and then
strung him up to tree down by tho
river side. Mrs. Starr sat up all
night waiting for her hust md, and
in the curly dawn of sunday morn
ing she took II negro boy in buggy
with her and cut down tho dead
body of the foolish man who had at.
tempted to keep war diary.--Chi.
cago Times Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

The expression. Nor does the fact
y cut amy figure" though com.
mon in newspapers, which are writ.
ten more hastily than is altogether
agreeable to newspaper men, and
though not unknown in moderately
polite society, is out of place in an
opinion handed down by supreme
court. This expression occurs, we
are sorry to say, in al opinion hand
cd down by the supreme court Of
Wisconsin. milwaukee, Sentinel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
London's Most Ancient Court.

Tho ancient court Cf hustings is
of Saxon origin, ard the name is de-
rived from ''hus." u house, and
"thing," q matter of cause-that is,
a house or hall of causes. Courts of
the kind We're established in all the
great cities, and, as regards London,
it is the supreme as we'll as the
most ancient court, and is the court
of appeal from the shoriffs' court.
In the earliest times it was held
weekly, but it is now summoned
only as occasion requires, and tho
last sitting was held ii years ago.
Deeds and wills are registered and
enrolled in the court. - London
Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
FeIchvIIIe.

Rev. J. F. Simmons of Wood
stock will hold services at the Union
church Sunday evening, followed
by the usual meeting of the y. p.
&. L.
The following officers have been
elected by the B. Il. c.. Jessie
Edison, president; Pauline Hatch,
vice presidents Flossie Cole, secrc-
tary; Clara Round, treasurer; Myrtle
Barnes, librarian; Grace Suther-
land, organist.
There was an enjoyable Hallow-
cen party at the school house.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
Electric BjtteyS,

Electric Bitters is medicine suit
ed for any season, but perhaps more
generally needed in the spring, when
the languid exhausted feeling pre-
walls, when the liver is torpid and
sluggish and the need of a tonic and
Alternative is felt. A prompt use of
this medicine has often averted long
and perhaps fatal bilious fevers.
No medicine will act more surely in
counteractlng and freeing the system
from the malarial poison. Head
ache. Indigestion, Constipation, Dir
illness Weld to Electric Bitters.
Only fifty cents per bottle at A. b.
Morgan's Drug Store.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
o., D.,s cure liver ills; easy to
Hoods Pills take, easy to operate. CSC.
A VERY WILD FLOWER.

Within gardr, once there grew
A flower that seemed To, very pattern
OF all propriety. Nonu knew
She was ut heart Il wandering slattern.
The gardener old, with care AMI pain,
Had trained her up as She should grow.
Nor dreamed ami / his labor vain
That rank rebellion lurked below.
A name sufficiently li-h sounding
He diligently sought lor her,
Until hc thought th.t the Rebounding
Elizabeth" he should prefer.
But when grown up TIE flower began
To show the tast ) wiihin her hidden.
At every chance quite wild sho ran,
In spite OF being sternly chidden.
They told her beds for flowers were best
But daily greater grew her failings.
I'm to the fence she boldly pressed
And stuck her head between tho palings
Then to the street she stru ggled through,
Tearing to rags her silk attire,
And all along the road she grow,
Regardless quite of dust and mire.
You'll find her now by country ways,
A tattered tramp, though comely yet,
With rosy chrt X and saucy gaze,
And known to Ill as Bouncing Bet
Mildred IIo"clls in st. Nicholas.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

A horse belong ng to Fred Doc of
South Ryegate was killed in Pc
culiar way the other day, while
drawing fodder corn. He had just
kicked hayrack to pieces, after be-
ing struck by his master, who on
getting him into the barn thought he
would give HIM lite more exer.
else, but the horse reared, and fall
ing over backward broke his neck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

The famous Edmund III of England
was designated the Ironsides on ac.
count of his intrepidity in warfare.
Frederick ii, elector of Branden-
burg, was designated tho Iron
Tooth. The Emperor Nicholas of
Russia was known among his people
as the Iron Emperor. or tho Iron
Gar, on account of the rigidity of
his disCiplina.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
Queer Pranka.

An English journal reportsa com.
ical experience of u musician In a
quiet Kentish village.
He happened to be In the place
over Sunday and went to the little
parish church, where, after service,
he was introduced to the organist
and invited to try the organ.
As he began to play, the people
gathered about to look and listen.
BY and by, in the course of his i'm
provisation, be introduced piece Of
rather rapid pedal playing, upon
which a rustic youth blurted out:
"Blow me if .he amt playing and
dancing to it himself.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
Cows Scared by Deer.

Will Hutchinson, who lives be-
tween East Bethel and Randolph
Center, lost two young cows in Il
strange way last week. They were
in the highway when bold and
mischievous deer came up behind
them and gave them such a fright
that they scampcred off and had not
been seen up to last Saturday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07
The Cup and tho Lin.

There's many slip 'twixt the
cup and the lip is as old as the days
of Ancseus, who one day having
filled cup, set it down before
drinking, on the information that a
wild boar was ravaging his field
Taking his spear he went out to slay
the animal, but WAS killed by the
boar.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-11-07

Charles Smith, a young man a
little over 20 years of age, was acct
dentallv killed while hunting north
of Castleton Saturday. The suppo-
sitlon is that while watching squir-
rel Smith held his gun with his
thumb over the muzzlc and in NOV
ing about struck the hammer against
the rocks, causing sufficient concus-
sion to discharge the shell. The
charge tore away the greater part of
his thumb, scorched his clothes. en-
tered his neck, severing an artery,
and lodged just behind the ear.