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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-10-07
EtSr sale!

4 NFT oAIGs
My home place in Grantham's t"1vn-
ship, ten miles from Goldsboro, con-
tanning 397 acres of land. This farm
is 70 a high state Of cultivation, we'll
adapted TO any crop grown in Eastern
Carolina 1t has "a good dwelling of
six rooms and all necessary tenant
houses, barns, stables, etc. A new to-
bacco barn and PACK house Title per-
feet with no claims against it. VIII
sell on reasonable terms. Parties wish
ing to buy VIII do we'll to correspond or
call on the undersigned.
j. a. STEVENS. McCIammy, N. G.
L S.-Mr. J +, Switzerland of
Goljsboro will act as agent for me, and
pa ties who visit G~oidsboro wishing
10 Guy land can call on him for de-
-eriptioa prices. &c.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-10-07
aARANINGs
Items OF IuterastC Clipped
From Our State
EXCHANGES.

EXCHANGES.
Smithfeld Herald: DR.. Nicho.
las Jordan died Sunday night.
He had been sick with fever, but
a cOngestive chill was the inns
mediate cause of his death.
Fair Bluff Times: Some time
ago Mr.. John [ Ford. who liyes
near Rochester. was stricken
with paralysis and last Saturday
evening he passed quietly away.
Rockingham Index: Cotton is
not coming to town very rapidly.
A great many farmers are hold
ing it with the hopes that the
price will not be loag about adj
vancing.
Concord Standard. Mr.. D. H.
McEachern, of Mt. Pleasant, was
in the city to-day and reports
having discovered that he was in
possession of a Klondike all of
his own on his old plantation,
known as the Jobn Fisher place,
O Little Gold Water. four miles
ast of this place. Mr.. Eachern
says that there r two veins on
his property, and that the ore
taken therefrom is paying him 50
per bushel.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-10-07

ONE reason for Spain not
wanting to surrender Cuba is that
thereby she'd lose considerable
ground as a European power.
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NOTICE

I Will attend at the following places
and dates for the purpose of collecting
State and { ounty Taxes for New Hope
Township Way ne 60:
Piney Grove, Oct. II, 1897.
Elzz I'll Mill. Oct. II.
Daniels I hapel oct, 13.
Longs Store, 1 CT, IA.
Boston. Oct. Is.
j. NJ. Woods, Oct, 16.
L. X. Herring, Tax, Collector,
New Hope Township.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money il
it fails to cure. Csc.
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NOTICE.

- JJH Mis-. UCC U.
Fremont, \ G.. Sept. 30th
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NOTICE. OF SALE.

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Co 1sboro, N. g., Sept. p, 81.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
How. This:

We offer One Hundred Dollars rev ard
for any case OF catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure,
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F.
]. Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their nrin.
West a Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
nIals sent free, Price 7sc per bottle. Sold
by all druggists
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
Ran Aioag sanny.

Az East Taunton. Mass. young man
who thought he was old enough to
have a sirl called on young woman
4 few nights since The girls mother
ouietIy left the room. and In a few
minutes returned with a big piece Of
bread and molasses. which she handed
10 the caller. telling him to eat ii and
run home. as mis- mother might be un-
easy II he should stay out late.-Home
Treasury.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
rRssnNr RUSSIAN pRgMIea.
sem. of III. scheme. Have Beea very
suece-sful.

Successful.
II Is too early for Judgment to be
passed on Or. Miquels work as minis
ter; even his admirers admit that his
schemes-and they are many-are not
all perfect while that some of them
have considerable merit his hitterest
foes allow, says the Nineteenth Gem
tury. Prusslan finances were In a de-
plorable condition when he accepted
ONCE: expenditure was Increasing by
leaps and bounds, and without any
corresponding increase Of income. Al
though he worked night and day-he
can work for longer hours than almost
any other man in Europe-pinching
saving. devising ingenious expedients
for raising money. for some time II was
all In vain; year after year he had to
face the landtag with deficit The
first reform he attempted has certainly
proved a brilliant success: It has ad-
tusied. In some degree. at least, the
burden OF taxation to the backs that
are best able to bear Il. Already in
1881 be succeeded in passing a pro-
greSsive income taxa startling inno-
NAAAgA ia EAhH-Ah NhA1a
per cent is levied on incomes above
100. 900 marks a year. only two-thirds
OF per cent Is levied on those be-
tween 5000 and $50. and nothing at
all on those under $50 marks. Tho
very next year he put a stop to scan
da'ous anomaly by abolishing the tax
alton immunity enforced theretofor'
by certain princes and mobiles. and
forcing them. as their less distin-
Euished fellows. TO contribute TO the
stale eIIcheQuer Then In 1898 he
placed a progressive tax on property.
personal a. well as real. above 5000
marks in value These measures, with
out entAilsng any great sacrifice On
the poorer class Of taxpayers. have re-
suited In a considerable increase OF
revenue-so considerable. indeed. that
last January Or, Miguel vas able to
announce TO the Iandtag that he had
a surplus OF 5000 600 marks. and thar
be hoped to have one OF so.0oo.ooo
marks next year Thereupon the en-
peror promptly showed his apprecia-
ton Of the work his own special min
lster was doing by ennobliBs him and
hsstowing on him the order Of the
Black Eagle.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
s.... nat. mai plan.t KlIi.

4 remarkable case OF recovery from
snake bite is recorded In the news
brought by the steamship Bonny from
West Africa F. T. Summers, who
Travelled home on the steamer. was
shooting elephant In the bush near
orobo, when be was bitten by two
horned viper. which fastened on his
ankle. After getting free he dispatch
ed the viper BY blowing its head on.
and Aseertalned its measurement to
Be seven feet long, His leg began to
swell Immediately and he was convey
ea TO the consulate, where DR.. Thom-
a. treated him twice. injecting either
iodine or bromide Of potassium. Al
though the leg at the time Of treatment
had sweIIed to three times Its normal
size. and everybody, including the
doctor. expected death to take place
within nine hours, Mr. Summers began
10 recover. and in eleven days he was
well
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
A Ting WING rIewer

/. ii Is said that a flower has been
~ Sd In South America which Is Wis
7bic only when the wind is blowing.
Tho shrub belongs to the cactus fam
m and Is about three feet high. with
= crook at the top. When the wind
c&,jows a number of beautiful flowers
protrude from little Jumps on the
stalk.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

To introduce our magazine. IL will be
sent free three months to all who send
six cents TO pay for registering name.
Home X Garden. st. Paul. Minn.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

"Perkins doesn't get reconciled to his
sons death mo; the boy got killed In
football game with a scrub eleven. II II
had been a professional game Perkins would
have borne up better"
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

GLOW fortunate that Rose has only one
hrOther,in-lnw to manage her money af-
fairs" "whyyr "if she had two she would
probably land IN the pSorhonsc."
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

his wife'- lettcrsy' well. he may have
the right; but don't 49, isos ne eolid have
the courage"
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

''Yoa guest didn't stay long" mo: she
begged me to treat her ike one Of the fam
Ily. but when / did she got mad and
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

'spo you think the English language needs
revision. profes@Drf-' .sNo. the English Ian
gnage l. ali light but need 10 induce
people to speak IT.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

Star Tobacco Is the leading brand OF
the world, because IL is the best.
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

'.Once a friend OF mine and ! agreed that
II would he helpful for each Of Us 10 tell
the other his faults- -How did IL work.
I'VE havsn't spnken for ninn years."
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
no curr Con.tIpetIon forevcr.

Take Cascarets Candy Csthartic. Ioc or sc
nc c. Q. fAI 70 cure, druggists refund money
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
Druggists refund the money II it fails TO cure sc
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

Mr-- wius1ow'- Soothing syrup
Fer chiaruu tcsthln .sdftans THE reners infau
m<tion si.ys pain. eurs- ~ina eoiic Is esns bottle
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

of getting well
Pnkham
concluded to try Lydia Pnh
using think almost macul
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27
No-ro-n.o for Fifty CENT.

os.r.n,eea tobacco hasi, cure make. ?, weak
The Lamar register., 1897-11-27

'swhy DO you say thar the more a man
knows the worse oG he tsF' sDecauze
when don't know how much I owe / al
ways have plenty of money TO spend
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13

heard he closing Of hia chamber door.
and nj watch began.
The tiae passed slowly away. Twelve
o'clock sruck, then one, and two, and
I began To think that my vigil would be
10 vain. when. in the stiffness Of the
night / heard a door softly opened
above, and a cautious footstep slowly
descended the a%tairs. 1t paused at the
foot Of them, epse to the door Of the
room in which d lay hid. and / next
heard the jinmlng of a bunch of keys,
as if the posss ssor Of themawere select
ing the righfone to at the lock. Amo-
ment later The portal opened and the
pilferer entered.
The place was in darkness, and / had
to strain BY eyes to watch his move
ments. The lantern / had with me /
did not desire to use until the right mo-
ment, for it was my hope to capture
the thief in the very act OF his larceny.
l had not long to wait, Wrapped in a
long gown and without shoes on his
feet, the pilferer glided stealthily to
the desk, and, fitting a key into the
lock, lifted the lid. He then opened
the cash box and took u some Of the
coins.
Now was my time. Slipping from
my hiding place, / turned on my Lam
tern and confronted the culprit. AS I
did so, l gave a start of surprise, for the
man / encountered was Mr.. Bridgnorth
himself, and / could tell by his closed
eyes that he was fast asleep, and, of
course, quite what he was do
ing.
Seeing that the lights from my LAM
tern bothered him somewhat flor be
passed his hand several times dreamily
across his face)s 1 replaced the shade,
and the somnambulist at once closed
and fastened the desk, and then walked
out of the Office, locking the door be-
hind him. Noiselessly / reopened 1t
and followed him.
He r~etraced his steps up the stairs,
and, going to a cupboard on the landing,
stopped down, rummaging a second or
two among some old rubbish at the bot
tom, and seeming to deposit his coins
there. He then entered a chamber adj
joining. Peering cautiously into this,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13
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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13

required no great amount OF sagacity
on my part, still / am inclined to think
that there is sufficient interest about
the affair to warrant making it public.
I was engaged with the superin-
tendent n morning on some routine
business when a note was handed in
from Mr.. Bridgnorth, a well-known So
licitor practicing in the town. The
superintendent read the missive, and
then turned to me.
ut is a case of pilfering, Sampson"
he said, land the thief, Of course, cam
not be discovered. There is nothing re-
quiring your services this morning-go
and see what you can do in the matter"
Iput on my hat and went, as directed.
Mr.. Bridgnorth's place was well known
to me and / was soon the occupant of a
seat in the private room at his office.
II have been a good deal concerned
M late" said the solicitor, turning to
the business at once. "about the alb
ktraction of certain sums Of money
from my cash box in my desk, and as
fear that I am being robbed by stIme
one In the Office, and cannot put my
hand on the actual offender, / am com
PEELED to seek the aid Of the police"
quite so, sir" / said, "and it will be
both the duty and the pleasure of the
force, and of myself, to give you every
possible assistance in the matter. HOY
long have the offerings been going
On2n I asked.
'About q week or ten days" was thu
reply; land the robberies always take
place at night, after the Office is closed
'How do you know that?"
because / count the cash in my desE
every evening before locking up. whel
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13
sETwEEN rwo 4


! hate Jest Ike the mischief to wake up at
When other folks is sieepln', m 1 try with
an my might
10 drop Into a d0xe ag'in; but somehow it
appears
AZ sech times. like my senses all We moved
into my ears
it's absolutely curious how the rustlin' O.
the leaves.
Or the slghin' n the whisperin' O. the wind
around the eaves
WIN sound to me / voices-though I
know It Jest can't be-
Like strange, uncanny voices calm spec
cially to ms.
Ely thoughts AXE up the rhythm o. the
drippin', sobbin' rain;
N listen to my rosebush tappin's tappin'
'gainst the pane,
like bare n ghostly fnger-tips a-knock-
in to come in
Test tap. n tap. N stop awhile, then tap,
m tap aginl
The shadders in the corners even seem to
take on eyes,
M stare. m blink. NJ glare at me, like
black. unearthly spies.
NY nerves git all be-fiustered m my cour-
age sort o. sinks,
NJ my thinker gifts a-goin' n jest thinks
m thinks. m thinks.
There's somethin' right down awful bout
a felier's thoughts at night,
When his conscience gifts to naggln' n
drags i before his sight
All the skeletons o. mean things that he's
said n, done m thought,
NJ the rweepin' wraiths o. good things that
he hain't done when he ought.
] most believe that Satan cut h pattern
fer his blaze
From the torments hat a mortal kin en-
dure between two days,
when his conscience Mount its high horse,
m his courage sinks, m Sinks
N his thinker gifts a-goin' n Jest thinks
M thinks, m thinksl
Carrie Blake Morgan, In Leslie's
Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13
TO Do about or Die.

AT that time the Widder BigIers wis
fat and fair and forty-already "broke
and bridlewise,' as Brit Foster were
wont to say. But Hank Williams he
was one of the most and bash
fullest men that / have yer scraped UP
an acquaintance with. He was jest
about good grown then-stood full six
feet in his socks and was a man amongst
men. He had went through IS or 90
bad fights and always whipped his man
as easy as fallin off of a wet log. But
when it come to the female generation
well, Hank Williams he want in the
fight any to speak of. have seer him
git caught out amongst the women
folks, as it were, and blamed If it didn't
look to me like he would have every
thing on the sick list from d night
sweat to a buck ager. 1 now recollect
one time when a gang of us boys tolled
Hank off to a break down dance over
the hill country and turned him loose in
the house where there was a tremendous
big drove of girls and he was the onlyest
boy, and I'll be blessed if he didn't take
q suddeDt case of measles and break
out.
It was in the dead of winter-some-
where's along between Christmas and
New Year-and by this time Hank had
worked up a furious bad case with
the wilder. He had sent her his fine
t~wo-year-old turkey gobbler to make
a Christmas dinner, and in hog KILN
time she had returned his double-breast
ed compliments by sendin him a big
mess of backbone, and spare ribs, and
sausages, and the like of that. So fur
as anybody knows. Hank never did
fool off any time writin love letters,
with plenty of flowers and fancy trim
minis throwed in for good measure.
But yet still at the same time, anybody
could shet n eye and see that he
meant business over acrost the creek,
and the widder-well, she want gone
nowheres.
Finally at last in them days it come
to pass that a big circus was comm to
town Friday night before New Year,
and the time had now come for Hank
Williams to do about or die.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13

everybody has left, and again the next
nnorning. before anyone arrives" said
Mr. Bridgnorth.
what are the sum you have
miseed2"
They have varied. One night five
pounds were taken, another seven
pounds. a third three pounds. and so on.
Altogether / have been robbed Of SIS
s~overeigna. and / don't know where it
Il going to end"
Have you any suspicion as to whom
the thief may be2"
a9nne whatever - unless" Mr..
Brldgncrth hesitated.
700 on, sir" l said. "Give expression
to your thoughts, they may furnish a
eIcw."
I was going TO say" continued the
solicitor, with some apparent reluc-
lance, unless it be Hartley; but I can
not believe him guilty Of such a thing"
BE added.
"Who Is Hartlsy2v asked
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13

"Well, Sampson" said Mr., Bridgnorth,
when he came down the next morning,
what is the result Of your watching?
Have you discovered the theft"
II think l have, sir" was my reply.
"And is tits it-Hartley ?" inquired
the solicitor, anxiously.
mo, sir, it is not Hartley" I said.
"Thank God for that!" calculated the
lawyer, fervently, as if the statement
of the fact relieved him. "But them =
he asked, with some surprise, "who is
the culprit?"
Before 1 tell you that" / replied,
"k!ndly see how much you have been
robbed Of during the night"
He went to his desk, counted over the
coins, and said:
-Four poundsl"
THAT makes in ALP" / queried.
"Fifty-ninel"
Come with me, Mr.. Bridgnnorth,'
l said. ~ should not be surprised if l
can put you in possession of your
money!"
With a puzzled air, the lawyer fol-
lowed me up the stairs to the cupboard
I have mentioned, the door Of which !
opened. A panied expression came over
the mans face as he watched me.
How strange!" he murmured, hall
to himself, half to me. II have been
dreaming every night of this recess in
connection with these pilferiugs, and
the things inside it all seem familiar
to me, though / have never once seen
them before!"
"Stoop down, sir, and feel in that cor
ner," 1 said.
He did as / bade, and drew out sover.
eign after sovereign.
"Count them," / said, when he had
got all that he could find.
"Fifty-ninei" he exclaimed, going over
the pieces one by one. 1.-THE exact
amount Of my lossesl"
"Just So" / said, "andnow, ifyouwill
come back 10 the office, / VIII tell you
who is the thief, before Hartley comes
down."
We returned to his room, and there ]
informed him, to his intense astonish.
ment, of what / had witnessed. sIf YOU
viii pardon the liberty, sir I said, al
the conclusion Of the narration, q
should advise you to see a doctor. You
are evidently suffering from some
mental election which, if neglected
may develop into a disease the effect Of
which you cannot ~foresee."
The lawyer acted upon my suggestion
and called in a specialist, who ordered
him a prolonged rest. A tryiag and
complicated case in which he had beer
recently engaged had apparently proved
too much for him, and brought on this
peculiar form Of brain trouble. Wher
last I heard Of him he had returned
seemingly quite restored; and Hartley
his confidential clerk, married to q
charming wife, was about to be taken
into partnership with him.-Tit-Bits.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13
.sCut the Pot, win or lose."

-
That Wednesday mornin before the
circus was to show on Friday Hank
come by our house bright and early on
his way to town. l had went out to
the lot and was tendin to the stock
when he rid by in a swingin gallop-.
which up to that time l never had
seen him pass by before sunrise, nor
ridin faster than a peart fox walk.
''Somethin's in the wind this mornin,
Rufus says mother to me, when / re
turned back from the lot. Hank Will
liams is up and gone too outlandish
soon and ridin most to furious like and
fast"
But I didn't take any %praticuIar mo-
tice of what was goin on till late that
evenin when Hank come back from
town. Then I could sec wherein moth
er had placed him dead to rights. He
was now ridin in a spankin new buggy.
with bright shinin harness and a red
striped lap robe. Human nature is
most in general always human, and so
1 naturally went out in the big road
when I saw Hank comm, and helt him
up and called on him to know what in
the discovered world was goin on.
"Nothin in particular, Rufe," says he,
"~exceptin it is now or never with me
and the widder. The cards are comm
my wal this evenin, and tomorrow
viii cut the pot, win or lose. We have
made our arrangements to go and take
in the show, hand in hand together,
and then if the weddin don't come off
in pursuit Of adjournment, / will have
to know the why. Rufe, you
have travelled all the gaits and covered
all the ground. Sposin you come over
and see. me of in good and regular
order"
Man sir, / can shet my eyes tonight
and look back and see Hank Williams
as he went forth that day to court the
Wilder Biggers. He wore a full black
suit of new store-bought clothes-fne
as split silk and soft as the fur on a
cats back-and likewise a bell-crown
stoyepipe hat. In his outside left vest
pocket he carried anew open-face silver
watch, which you could hear it tick into
the next room. On one finger he wore
a gay gold ring, whilst the smell Of
musk was in his clothes and bear grease
in his hair. And when he wentout and
driy of in his new buggy-with the
bright shiny harness and red striped lap
robe--I says to myself, says I-If the
~hamestring holds and the traces don't
break and the breechin don't fly up,
there is plenty Of fun in America yet.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13

which / now seat myself to drop you a
few scatterin remarks, Hank Williams
was Twin right there at the old Williams
place on the Hill this side Of the creek,
whilst the Wilder Biggers she was ~
In over acrost on the other SHE a mQe
and a half, or maybe a little better.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13
I'M ME CHRIsTMAS.v
The Sage Of Rocky Greek Looking
Backwards.
Hank WILLIAMS and Widder Blggors-
When the Course of True Love Didn's
Bun smooth by a Whple Lot
The Out P~rayInest Prayer.
Every time 1 go down to the Flat
Woods and b-ack-acrost the bridge

oyerthe Jordan
creek ~ can't
keep + r o m
thinkin about
Hank williams
and the wilder
Biggers, a n d
the scandlous
bad confusion
ment W h i c h
they got into
oncst upon q
time. In them
d q touchin
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-13
Danger EnvIrons Us

twelve in aregion where malaria is prevas
lent tits useless to hope to escape t IL nm
provided with q medicinalsafeguard. WheEs
ever the endemic is most prevalent and
m~alignant-in South and Central America,
the West Indies and certain portions OF
Mexico and the Isthmus of Panama, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters haveproyed q REM
edy for and preventive of the disease In
every form. Notices. effective is it in curing
rheumatism, liver and kidney complaints,
dyspepsia, b~iliousness and nervousness.