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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
Hair-Mattresses,

Hair Mattresses.
Hair Mattresses.
Hair Mattresses.
SYDNOR g. HUNDLEY,
The Leaders.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

Eiderdown Dressing Sacques at Meyer
sycle's. 100 east Broad street solid colors
and stripes; some plain. some silk, ana
satin finish.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

II you want good work Tor niue naunsy
call at the Jefferson FINE Afl
52s east Broad street..
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

Persons who wish the ia.es 81 ia aet,s ~sre
their photographs taken az .ne s,rea 90"
Fine Art Gallery, ess east pioa'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
Combination Desks.

Combination Desks.
Combination Desks.
SYDNOR & HUNDLEY,
The Leaders.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

Two hundred and fifty dozen New Fail
shades in Kid Gloves. one dollar and
twenty-fiye-cent value for sevensy-nine
cents, at Mitteldorfer's.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
u,csmond ard Petersburg Railroad

The Richmond and petersburg sunday
excursion Train will be discontinued al
tsr sunday, october Slst' for TINS season
Ter 0uA0'' C. s. CAMPBELL.
Division Passenger Agent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

Androscoggin and BARKER - Bleached
Cotton at 5f-2 cents; Utica 1914 6hecting'
bleached. ct 10 cents, at Mitteldorfera
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
Office Furniture,

Office Desks.
Office Chairs.
SYDNOR g. HUNDbEY,
The Leaders,
III and 713 east Broad street
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

DeautffuI for . Young Lady's Room
one Of those $3.50 oval-Mirror Mahogany
Suits from
sYDNoR G. HuNDLEY.
The Leaders.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
SidebOaris, Oak,

Sldeboards. Walnut.
Sideboards, Birch.
Sldeboards Mahogany.
SYDNOR & HUNDLEY,
The Leaders.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

Old papers tor sale at the pispateh
once.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

OLD papers for sale at the Dispatch
Office. $500. -. =, $3.50 A.. --.sss
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

box front and roll
Tan Covert Cloth and Black
Rough Cloak, worth $50,
neatly made. box front and
roll collar. to be sold for. -.
s12 Cloak In the new shades
Blue, and Tan. lined with
silk, made tailor-made effec
price $3.50. We have Cloaks
to s25.
$3.50 Cbildren's Refers. blouse
front and full back. large
sailor collar, trimmed in white
braid. fOr........ .............,..
Black Cape, trimmed In braid
fur, double box-pleat back.
worth s., our price.
Black Cloth Cape, trimmed
In braid. fur. and Jet. double
box-pleat I'm back. worth 81,
to be sold for....................
Black Heavy Cloth Cape. I
cloth and buttons. ore of the
best values of the season. dou-
10 tov-pleat in back, to be
sold FORM. .................
Black Astrachan Cape, trim
med in plan Black cloth and
buttons, neatly made. really
worth $3.50, our price.
Tan Cloth Cape, made on
the same style as above.
for ...... ....................
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
Cloaks and Capes.

Such values and prices offer tomorrow VIII De great
70 e Richmond public Print cannot tell what values we oner you
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

Uat-Rncks.
Bat-Racks.
Hat-Racks.
SYDNOR & HUNDLEY,
The Leaders.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31

\: e. 4, Z, ~: NJ: e., @'''
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
J9 SYCLE 6 SON, 2O1 and 203 east Broad stree

.1c 10 81 worth double,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18

which men aud children (persons
under IS years Of age) work AT
the same occupation with a like
degree Of efficiency, men receive
greater pay in 1872. Or 70 8 per
cent. of the instances, and child~
rem receive greater pay in 20, or
10 5 per cent. while in % ins
stances, Or 81 per cent, they
receive greater pay in "a, of 10 8
per cent formed with the same
degree of efficiency. The men
receive 57.7 per cent, greater
pay than the children in the 1872
instances in which they are paid
more, while the children receive
but So per cent greater pay in
the "a instances in which they
are paid higher wages.
The main reason given for the
employment of women aud girls
is usually that they are better
adapted for the work at which
they are employed. Other rea
sons are that they are more re
liable, more easily controlled
cheaper, more temperate, more
easily procurable, heater, more
rapid more industrious. less liza
Die TO strike, learn more rapidly
etc.
On the other hand, the reasons
for their opinion given by those
who did no.. believe that there
was any tendency for the employ
ment Of women to increase in
their industries were that very
often women, who are better
adapted and cheaner. are unre~
liable; that their ply 8 ca
strength is inadequate for heavy
work, tbat machinery is gradu
ally displacing them, etc
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18

" TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
+ !. All druggists refund the money
IF it fails to cure CSC.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18
COLLAPSE RAIL POOL

Trusts and pools constitute a
menace to the trade and progress
of this country. When one of
these combines ~collapses its fall
carries with it good results. The
ordinary, observer would not sup
pose that the dissolution of the
steel rail pool will materially eff
feet the Industrial world, but it
will. 1t means work for many
men and a revival in railroad
building such as certainly would
not have occurred had the pool
held together.
The big companies that have
constituted the steel rail combine
have steadily maintained a price
of S25 per ton for steel rails.
Now the price has dropped to SIT
per ton and may go ever lower.
Large orders for steel rails
have been given on the strength Of
this reduction by big
railroad companies hal have long
been contemplating extension or
renewals. The result will be that
the mills will have to run on in
creased time to fill these orders,
thus employing more men,, Hun
dreds of persons will be given
employment by the railroads plac-
ing the rails, the companies sup
plying the ore and iron for the
making Of the steel will be called
upon to their outputs,
and thus the process will operate
to give work to thousands more
of men and to develop new regions
by fastening the construction of
long-contempIated lines of road.
There is no doubt but that the
high price maintained on rails in
connection with the general de
preston is what caused the mile
age of new railway tracks in 1895
and 1896 to be lower than for
twenty years past. Now hat con
ditions are improving the rall.
roads + becoming able to extend
and renew, with the price of rails
in reason this work will lie hast
ened.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18

Train on the Scotland Branch Road
leaves Weldon 4 ~ p. M, A~alifax.4.2S
r, n. arriving Scotland Neck at $40
p III, Greenvllle 6:5t p m, Kinston ...55
y. N. Returning leaves kinston 10
a. M, Greenville 1922 u NJ, arriving
Halifax at HOO d NJ, Weldon IL. 70 a ~
u8Ily except Sunday.
Trains on ashington Branch lea Vt
v %asbipgton S NO d m, and 2 90 p. m,
arrivesP armeIe $50 a n, n 3. III p IN,
returning leaves Parmele y 81 a III, and
and 40 p m. daily except Sunday.
Train leaves TarDoro, daily at 5 80
p N arri g. Plymouth st 7.40 p m; re-
turnl g leaves plymouth 7.30 a In, az
rives Iarboro 3 81 u IN.
L; ain ON MluIanu N @ Branch leaves
G~oldsboro daily, except Sunday, 40
a. N, arriving S%mlthtield $50 a m. Re-
turning leaves Smltnfeld 40 d m, al
rive at Goldsboro 1926 a m.
Train on Nashville Branch leaves
Rocky Mount at 4.3O p. NJ, arrive
Nashville sos p N, Spring Hope So
p. m Returning leaves Spring Hope
800 a. M. Nashville 8.35 a m. ARR YES
at Rocky Mount sos a NJ, daily except
Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves
Warsaw for Clinton daily, except Sur
day at lilo q m. and 9.15 p. m. Re
turning leaves Clinton AZ l.OO a. m.
and 500 p m.
Train No 7e maEes close connectlo1
at Weldon for ali points NORTH daily
Also at Rocky Mount with Norfolk ano
Carolina Railroad for Norfolk daily
and all points North via Norfolk daily
H. NJ. EMERSON, Gent Pass. Agt
J. K. kENLY. Gen | Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18
ST. DAY.

Sunday was St. Valentines
Day. The patron saint of the
day was, according to some ec~
clesiastical writer's, a Bishop.
and according to others, a press
byteE, &ho was beheaded at
Rome in the reign of Emperor
Claudius in the year 27O, and
was early canonized. Wheatley
says that st. Valentine was a
man of most admirable parts,
and so famous for his love and
charity that the custom of
choosing Valentines upon his
festival took it's rise from
thence.
Others say the custom arose
from birds being supposed to
select their mates on this day;
others, from a practice prevalent
in ancient Rome at the festival
of the Lupercalia, during the
month of February, when, among
other ceremonies, the names of
young wouIen were placed in a
box. from which they were taken
by young men, as chance direct
ed. The pastors Of the early
church, finding it impossible TO
extirpate this pagan ceremony,
changed its form. It was the
custom on the eve of St. Valen-
tines Day TO have the names
Of a select number Of one sex
put into some vessel by an equal
number of the other and there's
from every one drew a name,
which for the time being was
called his or her Valentine. The
imaginary engagements made in
sport on that day were supposed
to hold good through the year.
and often resulted IN weddings,
SO writer's tell US.
IL latter times the observance
degenerated to the sending OF
tender or ridiculous loYe letters,
which usage still obtains to q
large extent in this country.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18
South eru kaIiW y.
(PIE MONT Az
First and SeIond Divisions. On G..

IN EFFECT JANUARY II, .
LEAVE GOLDSBORO
DAILY No. 15-Passenger-Due Sell
1:3o P. M. ma 2 5 pm. Clay ton i.O2
pm, Raleigh 3 40 pm, Dui-
ham AS pm, University 1855
pm, Hillsboro 5.Q7 pm, Bur-
hngtcn 6:05 PM. Elon College
Ola pm, arrive Gl eenshorC
649 pm.
DAILY No. 33-Passenger-Due Selma
40 A. M. 7.4S am. clayton SIS am,
Raleigh S.5i am. Durharo
$50 am. University 1917
am, Hillsboro 10, 81 al, Gra-
ham ll.O3 am, Burl'gton H.
10 Flo college Ii 90 an,
arr i've greensboro II SO am.
DAILY No. 11-Mixed-Due S l. a
5.UL Z, III. $50 pm, Clayton 7ai pm.
Ra eigh 80 pm, Iurham
$50 I'm. Un versl,y 800 am.
HllisbOro 4.30 am, B Iriina-
ton B 90 am, arrive Green's
boro 60 a IN.
ARRIVE COLI sBO O..
DAILY No. 36-Leave Greensboro
u pm, B %rlington II 81
I'm, Haw kiver 1.07 pm.
university Las pm, Durham
2.O5 pm, Raleigh } 09 pm.
Clay ton "a pm. selma Eli
pm, arrive Gold horo. -.
As p. NJ.
ALLY NJ. Ii. Leave Greensboro
$50 am, Bu; lington $50 am,
Haw River 9 II am, U ivei-
Sly 10. "a am. Durham d
am, Raleigh 1l.45 am. selma
II 90 pa, arrive Uolusboro
lao 2. NJ. -
DAILY No.l2-Mixed- Leave Green-
boro 1.30 an, Elcn college
2.S2 ram, BurlIngt ton $40 am.
Graham 3 Is am, Hillsooro
4.3O am. University so IN,
Durham $50 AIN. Raleigh
10 am daily ex. Sunday,
CLAY ton 10 - am. S lima
IL. 3 aIn, arrive Colds 90
l, 10 P. M.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18

SLEEPIEG-CAR ST RVICF.
On t"alns nos IL and II p lIIm Ii
sleeper between greensboro and Ra-
l Ugh.
Through tickets on sac at principal
stations to all points, For rates o. in.
formation Apply to any ag-nt of the
company. w a. TUkK,
Gent Passenger Agt.
w. H. GREEN, j. NJ. CULP.
Gen'l Superintend't Traf Manager.
1870 Pa. Ave. Washington,D DC.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18
Wilmington 4 Weldon Rail Road

AND BRANCHES
AND FLORENCE RAILROAD.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18
TUFTS Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Save Your Money.

Save Your Money.
One box of TUFTS Pills will save
many dollars III doctors bills
Theywillsurelycu cure all diseases
ofthe stomach, liver or bowels.
No Reckless Assertion
For sick headache, dyspepsia,
malaria, constipation andbilio-
usness, a million people endorse
TUFTS Liver PILLS
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18
Sale for Taxes.

This is to give notice that I heve
levied on real and personal property of
the parties named below. who have
failed 10 pay their taxes for 1896 and
will sell such property at public ontcry
on Monday March 1st, 1897, at noon.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-02-18
Fine Creamery Butter!

Guaranteed to he as fine as the
market affords. Put up in pound pack
ages. % cts per lb.
G.. w. BROWN.
Corner e. Centre and Boundary SITS,
opp Giles Hinson.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-10-21
HE'S A GREAT MAN.


The Gold Commissioner of the KlOn-
dixie WIeIds Mighty Power.
In the rush of news about the won.
derful gold discoveries in the Klondike
there has been mention made once in
awhile about the gold commissioner"
but as yet the public is not fully aware
how important a parsonage he is. 1t
is indeed hard matter for people in
the United States to think of disputes
involving large wealth being settled
promptly, and that settlement putting
an end to all quibbling. According to
reports from the Klondike, the gold
commissioner wields power that is
fairly astonishing, in that he listens tc
cases involving ownership to gold
claims and renders his decisions
promptly. If there has not been some
big mistake in reports, his decision is
final, and the adjustment that he an.
nounces becomes the law that all in.
terested parties must abide by.
A case in direct line is that of Ron
Crawford, formerly clerk of the mu.
nicipal court in Seattle. A year age
Michael Kelly, a well-known Seattle
pioneer, went to the Klondike with
his son. Father and son located several
claims on different creeks with the un.
derstanding that they would share the
proceeds equally. The elder Kelly de.
cided to return to Seattle last spring
and left his son on the claim last To-
Gated. 1t was what is now known as
No. so, below Discovery on Bonanza
creek. At that time the Klondike was
not known to be a bed of glittering
gold.
Kelly was anxious to return to the
gold fields, but desired to raise money
in order to leave his family in comfort.
able circumstances. He met Ron Craw.
ford and proposed to sell him hall
interest in his claims for $1,000 Craw.
ford hustled around, mortgaged his
property, disposed of his jewelry, and
by taking some friends in with him got
enough money to pay Kelly the 81, 900
Crawford went to the Klondike last
spring, and to his dismay found that
young Kelly, not knowing what his
father had done, had sold the Bonanza
claim to an English syndicate for $1O,.
900.
When the elder Kelly found out what
had taken place, he said that Crawford
had made his purchase in good faith
| and that his rights must be protected
| The affair was referred to the gold
commissioner, who decided that Craw.
ford and his associates were to have
| half of the claim, but that they must
pay to the English syndicate $1,000 out
of the first cleanup, while the Kellys
| should return to the English syndicate
$4,000 or half the original purchase
price paid by them to young Kelly.
This decision was accepted by all
parties without a murmur, and that is
how a tangle was settled in day tha.
would have been source of endless
litigation in the United States.
r Miners say that Crawford's claim is
worth between 100000 and $500, ,ooo.-
Seattle Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-10-21

PERSONAL AND lMPERSONAL

Judge" Elijah A. Parsons, who
died at Towanda, Pa, few days ago,
was one of the oldest editors in that
state, having been actively engaged in
newspaper work about 60 years. He
was long the editor of the Bradford
Argus.
When Mary n. Murfree-Charles
Egbert Craddock-was young girl, be-
ing barred by physical infirmity from
athletic pleasures, picnics, tramps, ETC.,
she would spend the time at her mirror,
and greet her young friends on their
return, a vision of radiant beauty.
james Whitcomb Riley's father in
sisted on his reading law when he was
a boy; but one hot afternoon the young
fellow slid out of the Office, and ran
away to beat the drum for a patent
medicine and concert wagon. He kept
it up through the rest of the season.
Norman B. Covert, 7s-year-old cit
izen of Ann Arbor, Mich, has been con-
verted from Methodism to Brahmin-
ism. He is supposed to be the only
American convert to that creed, and he
has not adopted all of its doctrines, for
he will not abstain from the use of ami
NAL flesh for food.
One of Elizabeth Phelps Wards
best titles, men, Women and Ghosts" :"
was devised by James T. Fields, her
publisher. Mrs. Wards favorites among
her own short stories are: "a Madonna
OF the Tubs" Jack the Fisherman"
"The Supply at Saint Agatha's" and
''The Bell of Saint Basirs."
Col. Higginson, with his wife and
daughter, is summering in Europe. In
his slnall and unpretentious house at
Cambridge, Mass, the evidences of cul-
ture and the implements of his craft are
everywhere. He is kindly and gra-
cious host, and delightful figure on
any occasion, despite his TO-odd years.
DE Quincy was once obliged to fill
up census paper. He entered his own
| occupation as 'writer to the maga-
zines" but was puzzled in regard to en-
tering the occupations of his three
daughters. He finally drew a ring
around tkeir names and wrote: 'These
are like the lilies of the field; they toll
not, neither do they spin."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-10-21
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

III see that a number of women
are going to Klondike." "Yes, 1 no.
ticed it. l was thinking of going up
there and selling potatoes at 90 cents
apiece: indianapolis Journal.
-Mother-"You naughty boys! Why
did you take away your little sisters
cake?" Boys-"It's her own fault,
mamma. She passed here just when we
were playing robber-baron." - File.
gende Batter.
-He-"When I first met my wife !
thought she was one of the most eco
nomical women, in the matter OF
clothes, had ever known" She-"You
met her at the seashore, 1 believe ?"-
Yonkers Statesman.
A Natural Conclusion.-Mrs. SIM
mons-They say the season of mourn
ing for dead husband is only three
weeks in Persia" Mrs. Proudfit-
Dear me! Persian women can't look
well in black. k."-Cleveland Leader.
Modern Art.-Teacher-"G me a
few simple sentences" Pupil-"The
sky is green. The tree is red. The sea
is yellow" Teacher-"Who taught you
such nonsense? Where did you ever
see such things?" Pupil-"In my ia.
theirs pictures. .''-Fliegende Blatter.
Avoiding Risks.-Gladys-"Papa's s
going to give me check at the wedding
instead of present, Tom" Tom-"All
right; We'll have the ceremony at high
noon then instead of at four o'clock
Gladys-"Why, what for, dear?" Tom
-"Banks close at three. ."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-10-21
ENGLISH HANDS.
A We11-kNovn Palmist Finds Fine
Qualities in Them,

Nine. Thsbes, the well-known palmist.
went to England recently with the in
tention OF studying the hands of certain
prominent English people, her ultimate
object being to ascertain, by means of
such study, the causes of Great Brit
aims greatness. She has now returned
to Paris, and has given curious ac-
count of her experiences in England.
"The average English hand" she says,
CLEARLY denotes happiness. All these
hands are firm and slightly red, and
the fingers are square, which is the
token of punctuality. good sense, energy
and activity. Honesty is also denoted,
and this will not surprise those who
know how upright Englishmen are.
The English women have long thumbs,
which is sign of strong will unless
contrary lines in the hands modify this
tendency. Now, all these qualities
which [ have mentioned are good, and
those who possess them are naturally
happy and fortunate.
Furthermore, 1 examined nearly a
thousand hands among all classes of
| society-courtiers, as we'll as working
people-and in all I found one very
Characteristic sign, namely, the senti-
ment Of unity of the Anglo-Saxon race.
This sign is not to be found in French
hands. According to a persons rank
and social position in France will his
or her hand be. By means of the hand
l can always, in France, distinguish the
aristocrat from the plebeian.
"In English hands there are no traces
of organic diseases. In the thousands
which | examined found only one case
| of typhoid fever, and in this instance
the disease was contracted abroad. No
one who knows the progress of hygiene
in England can be surprised at this alb
| sence of disease. Neither did 1 find
in the hands of members of the English
court any presages of accidents, such
| as l have found in French hands, nor of
revolution, such as have found at the
court of Italy.
| "In what respects the English hands
| differ from the French and Italian
hands cannot yet say, but l intend to
return to England and to Italy, and to
study the subject thoroughly I will
also go to Germany and to Russia, and I
| expect to make some curious discov-
| cries.
"The usefulness of such work is mani
fest, though at the same time it is GER
| tain that many of the casualties fore
shadowed by the hands cannot, as a
rule, be avoided. A person who is
threatened with violent blow on the
head will find it very difficult to escape
it. Still, by the use of will power and
by taking all necessary precautions it
may be avoided. 1 have seen in the
hands of many young women unques-
tionably indications of injury through
some iron instrument, and, as all of them
rode bicycles, unhesitatingly advised
them to give up the amusement Y
| Herald
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-10-21
A Climax-

Dobson (eating fresh (?) trouD-Per.
haps two hours ago this fish was swim.
ming in brook, happy, careless and
free. And now
Just then his teeth struck a bit OF
solder. What he said then had better
be imagined than described.-N. Y.
Journal