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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25

IF Reed were really to retire
from Congress not only would a
big figure be missed there. but
one that counted much in the
sum Of its late doings.
There is 20 need of little children be-
ing tortured by scald head, eczema and
skin eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve gives instant relief and cures
permanently. j. Fl. Hill & Fon,
Goldsboro, ard John r. Smith, Mt.
Olive,
Greensboro Record: Henry
Roberts, a colored boy about 20
years of age, was fixing the cleo
trio light in FRONT of Hutchin's
store, in Reidsville, Saturday
night, when he came in contact
with the current and was instantly
dashed to the ground. His neck
was broken and his skull fractur-
ed by the fall.
WARNING:-Persons who suffer from
coughs and colds should heed the warn
ings of danger and save themselves
suffering and fatal results by using One
Minute Cough Cure. It IS an infallible
-emedy for coughs, colds Group and all
throat and lung troubles. J. H. Hill &
Son, GoldsborO and John r. Smith, Mt.
Olive
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
A TRUST.

Some days ago it was announc-
ed in a Washington special that
President Mckinley and Mr..
Dingley were entirely satisfied
with the net results and indications
of the elections that were held
in several of the States the
early part of this month. Now we
learn from the New York papers
hat Hon. Marcus Aurelius Hanna
shows the satisfaction of Messrs.
Mckinley and Dingley.
Mr. Hanna has been interview
ed by several New York reporters,
and to all he expressed himself as
satisfied to a degree that could only
be equalled by the feelings of a
"dead pig in a barrel of corn"
1t would therefore seem that
Messrs. Mckinley, Dingley, and
Hanna haye formed a satisfaction
trust, limited. This was accord
ing to the eternal fitness of things.
lts.was an act of consistency. 1t is
doing themselves what they have
been eminently prominent in en-
couraging others to do-that IS,
combine to conduct a monopoly
Barring a little stray and quasi
satisfaction here and there, the
Mchinley-Di trust,
limited, possesses all theR Republican
satisfaction output and Indications
of the elections in question. How
ever, we do not share the view Oh
these gentlemen that their trust
will, in the long run, Justify their
elation. We shall not be aston
ished if it goes all to pieces in 1900.
if indeed, its stock does not be-
come practically yalueless before
that time.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
The Qrads
CONGRESS AND BUSINESS.
A Democratic Newspaper.

We are not surprised at the
statement that business looks
with no confidence upon the re-
assembling of Congress. There
is a good deal that Congress
might do to help business. There
is one thing, especially. it might
do that would be of great benefit
to the business interests of the
country, and that is. adjourn
Immediately after reassembling.
However, it certainly will not do
that, and it is to be feared that it
will not only not help business
by other means, but that it's ses-
sion's work will conduce to bus
mess disquietude.
The three principal numbers
on the programme are currency
reform," Hawaiian annexation"
and Cuba" AS to the first, we
may expect a lot of juggling,
with no results, perhaps, except
those of giving Wall street an
occasional opportunity to unset>
tie values and making investors
timid. AS to the Cuban and the
Hawaiian questions, they will
doubtless, be used to justify a
vast amount of jingoism, which
Wall street will also turn to &C.
count, and which will necessa-
rily disturb business, more or
less. The outlook, therefore, is
not encouraging, except in the
light that the probable work or
proceedings of the session may
recoil on the Republican party
to its undoing.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
Social S~hipwrecks
ST Louis Globe Democrat.

st Louis Globe Democrat.
The parent who desires his
daughter to make a grand match
as the first object to be gained by
marriage IS not grounded in wis
dom. The literature of every age
cries out against such a view OF
marriage. Hundreds of the most
powerful books and dramas tear it
to pieces. If the course of true
love seldom runs smooth, yet it
usually reaches its destination, and
the world applauds the happy end
ing. Marrying exclusively for
wealth OF position IS a reproach,
and is generally mentioned with a
prediction that 1t will not turn out
we'll. The list of social sh1pwrecks
laundering on that rock is a long
one in the recollection of every
one of mature years.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25

81 know one lady, the mother of three
children, who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained a bottle of
Mothers Friend of me before her
fourth confinement, and was relieved
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and less painful"
JOHN G.. PoLHILL, Macon, Ga.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
A Flag of Warming.

Beware of the dry, tickling, hacking,
morning cough, for it arm you that
consumption turks near. The famous
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup will cure it.
81 had a very bad cough. One doctor
pronounced it consumption. I used
Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup and was COM
pletely cured the cough left me and
has never come back. Simon Smasal,
375 31st Street, Chicago, Ills" DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup costs but 25 cents.
Ask for Bulls, take only Bulls.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
EEy'S
Cream Balm

4lne, mercury or COLD III HEAD
any other injurious drug. 1t is quickly
absorbed. Gives relief at once. OPP
ems and ~cleanses the nasal passages,
Allays inflammation. Heals and protects
the membrane. Restores the senses of
taste and smell. Full size so cents.
Trial 1Oc, at druggists or by mail.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25

&I.oo PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores,
or sent by mail on receipt Of price.
nanKe Containing Invaluable information of
$3.50 interest to all women, will ss sent to
fhEe any address upon application, by
rms RRApEIELp REeuLAToRc Coz e.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
GARANINCs
Ite rs OF Clipped
From Our S6at6
EXCHANGES.

from Jul
EXCHANGES.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Corn
''likker' is constantly getting
somebody in trouble cue way or
another. in or around Henderson,
here of late. It was only a week
or two ago that the revenue aI-
thorities seized seven barrels of
whiskey at Cox's still, near here,
for some irregularity. and Sunday
night a barrel of the pure stuff,
unadulterated by association with
revenue stamps and uncontami-
mated by handling Of revenue
agents, was captured here Ill
town, near WoodIiff's saloon, j..
T. Smith was bound over in the
sum of 5000, and z. O.. Woodliff
was required to give b'na for
$500.
Small pill, safe pill. best pill. De-
Wits Little Early Risers cure bill
Iiousness, constipation, sick headache.
J.H. Hill & Son, Goldsbor and Jno.
r. Smith. Mt Olive
Lumberton Robesnnian: Capt.
j. H. Morrison made an assign
ment Monday evening, naming A.
w. Mclean as trustee. The ex-
act amount of liabilities and assets
are not yet known. AS nearly as
can be epproximated the liabili-
ties are So, 900 to 81, 600, with
nominal assets of about SIS, 900.
Should the assets realize so per
cent. of their face value they will
more than pay all Indebtedness.
The low price of cotton and ina
biIity to make collections forced
Capt. Morrison to the wall.
You can't cure consumption but you
can avoid it and cure every otner form
of throat or lung trouble by the use Of
One Minute Cough Cure. j. H
Hill & Son, GOldsooro, and John r.
Smith, Mt. Olive.
Raleigh Press Visitor: Sheriff
Jones has collected about $45,-
900 in taxes since the tax books
were first opened. There are
$40, 900 in taxes due the county,
The county people have been very
prompt in the payment of then
taxes. They outnumber the city
people In the payment of taxes
three to one, so we are informed al
the sherif's office. Raleigh town.
ship pays $40, 900 of the $110,
900, the total amount of the county
tax.
Yo1 can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cold to develop into pneu
monia or consumption. Infant relic
ana a certain cure afforded by On
Minute Cough Cure j. FL Hill & Son
Goldsboro, and John r. Smith, Mt
Olive.
Franklin Press; Mr.. M. D
Hodges brought to our Office
Saturday aslngular freak of veg,
citation. 1t was a goodly sizeo
ca bbage head surrounded by
eight smaller heads branching
off from the stalk. The large heao
had burst as though starting tt
grow, and inside there were ff
teen other smaller we'll developed
heads.
Disagreement for life by burns o.
scalds may be avoided by using De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the grea
remedy for piles and for all kinds o
sores and skin troubles. j. Fl. Hi
& Son, Goldsboro, and John r. Smith
Mt. Olive.
Concord Standard: A serious
cutting affair took place just be
You'd Enockville Tuesday morn
ing soon after midnight. Our 20,
licemen are in possession Of ;
description Of the man that is be
lieYed to have done the cutting
but not the name. The victim is
Henry StjreWalt3 The wound is {
fearful one anc. may prove fatal
- eN EEassz "a q MRK 50
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25

SPAIN S new administration is
evidently anxious to leave no
cause of friction with the United
States that can be removed. The
release of the Competitor prison
ers is in line with this general
policy, and there is reason to ex-
pect an abrogation of various de-
crees of the Weyler rule that
were especially obnoxious,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
HIIIIWHl1

HAVE you pies, d nasSss. Pim.
ed Spots, Aches, did Sores, Ulcers in
Mouth, Hair-Falling Write Cook
REMEDY. Co, 965 Masonic Temple,
Chicago, ILL.,, for proofs of cures. Cap
ital, $500, 0G0. Worst cases cured in Is
to 35 days. 1G0-page book free.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
MOTHERS FRIEND

aIIayS NERVOUSNESS, and SO assists
Nature that the change goes for
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations-she passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pains left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of Mothers Friend" and
the time of recovery shortened.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25
The DANGER

to which the Expectant Mother is
egg osed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks for
ward to the hour of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
IN life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-25

Disagreement for life by burns OF
scalds may be avoided by using De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the great
remedy for piles and for all kinds o1
n and skin troubles. j., H. Hill
& Son, Goldsboro, and John r. Smith
MI Aliua
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-01
EVERYBODY POSTMASTER.
Curious Mail >@rNiee-How Isolated lei
and-rs Communicates with Friends.

Curious Mail >-rNie--How Isolated lei
and-rs Communicate with friends.
st. Kilda j. the most westerly island
Of the Hebrides, lying isolated IN the
Atlantic some fifty miles 10 the vest
81 the main group. For nine months
Of the wear this island is cut of from
communication 10y boat or steamer
with the outside world.
Its inhabitants are a hardy Celtic
race. who live in rather primitive
way. aud who speak only the Gaelic
language. They sulsist chiefly upon
the produce of their small craft, and
Law rent to some extent in kind-e.g.,
seabirds' feathers, fish and oil.
During their long isolation through
out the summer months they eudeayor
TO send word Of their welfare to
friends ON the mainland by cOmmitting
to the sea some roughly constructed
"mailbOats.
A piece of wood some two or three
feet in length is hewn into a roughly
shapen hull. A cabin is then hol-
lowed out amidships, for the purpose
of holding strongly secured tin IAN
lister, into which the letters destined
for transmission have been placed.
The canister having been covered
with oiled cloth, is placed in the
cabin, which is then rooted in by II
piece OF wood nailed to the deck, u
LAYER of oiled cloth being also securely
tackled over the cabin roof.
In order to attract the attention of
any one who may subsequently chance
to pick up the little boat, the legend
OPEN is carved i'll rude letters upon
the deck.
In case of the boat becoming water
logged, small buoy is attached, by
means of stout cord, to the PROV of
the curious little craft, which is then
launched into the sea.
A strong sea current runs from st.
Kilda in Il northeasterly direction to-
ward the mainland, and by it the boat
is borne along, aud is usually cast
ashore on one Of the larger islands
opposite, or the mainland, in about
fortnight. But sometimes these mail
boats" having rounded the North OF
Scotland, have been washed up ON the
shores OF the Orkney and Shetland
islands.
When discovered, the letters are
forwarded to the responsible authori-
ties, who see them safely transmitted
to their respective destinations. -
I Pearsou's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-01

improyised lancet also does duty As a
razor, serving L. remove the remain
ing hair from the head # some dryOut
follower 81 Islam. The stake, 81 the
card players are kuul,s 81 sugar saved
by rigorous ECONOMY at the tea table.
When these fail bones and odds AM
ends are substituted.
On the fifteenth day at sea the iet-
tiers are removed. This l., indeed,
day Of rejoicing, and the most hard-
ened criminal gives vent to a sigh "i
relief at being released from these
hateful embiems uf bondage.
The coveted freedom Il not, now
ever, Of long duration. A poor mol
fensiye Crimean Tartar accidentally
treads ON the foot Of a regular cut
throat villain. tu Ice seized Immediate
ly 10y the throat. The cry Is instantly
raised that the M"hammedanS are
killing the Christians. A general
melee ensues, in which racial hatred
is given full play. The guard Is called
ont, aud, turning ON the hot water
hose pipes, which are kept ready for
any emergency, soon COWS the cumba-
tants. The ringieader is placed in
irons aud put on dry bread and water
for fourteen days. The Tartar is ear
ried. more dead than alive, to- the hos
pital, and the rest, guilty and imno-
cent alike, are kept in chains and
sharklps for the rest of the voyage. -
London Mail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-01
ON A RUSSIAN CONVICT SHIP.


VI lht 'oNHst 'htrth W lit
Island of Saghalin.
The sailing of Russian convict
ship from Odessa for the Island of
Saghalin, in the Japan sea, is always
an impressive sight. The motley
crowd, indigenous to all countries, is
of course present, but there are in add
dition many government officials, full
of importance in their emblaloned
uniforms, and more numerous mem
bers of the clergy attending to per
form the ceremony of sPrinkling the
ship with holy water, and to give the
inmates parting blessing and a god
speed. Nothing is done in Russia
without the help of priests, and a Rus
sian is bathed in holy water from the
cradle to the grave.
The religious ceremony over, it is
with a cargo of heavy hearts that the
convict ship--usually built at GIas-
gov, by the way-weighs anchor and
departs, for even hardened convict
would prefer serving his sentence on
his native soil to dragging out his ex-
istence in foreign land. But, how
ever that may be, the accommodation
for the thousand or more convicts on
board is ample, and the arrangements
for their well-being complete. The
food provided is good and wholesome,
and it is not an infrequent thing for
people in the saloon-the convict ship
carries ordinary passengers as well as
state prisoners-to ask for convict
soup and rye bread.
All the convicts are in letters, wrist
and ankle bracelets, with II connecting
chain. These and their half-shaved
heads present most hideous appear
ance. The daily routine on board is
unvarying; therefore, to change the
monotony, the prisoners have resort
to all kinds of devices to make the
time pass away as pleasantly as the
circumstances will allow.
Most lower class Russians are born
card players, 50 the convicts collect
all the odd scraps of paper they can
lay their hands on Clubs and spades
are roughly scrubbed on these slips
with the ink supplied for letter writ
ing purposes, while to provide hearts
and diamonds of the requisite color,
one or more of the company consents
to have vein opened. This delicate
operation is performed with the aid of
the tin spout of tea can, ground to
sharp edge on the iron deck. This
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-01

A government report from Colon
bia contains description of tree,
known as the chaparro, which is said
to possess the quality of being fire
proof. 1t grows ON the vast plains of
Colombia and the mouth of South
America, called Savannas, extensive
districts which are parched with heat
except during the rainy season. It
has long been the custom to clear the
ground for the new vegetation which
springs up so luXuriantly on these
plains after the rainy season, by means
of fre.-and such fires miles in extent,
kindled by the herdsmen, destroy
everything in the shape of vegetation
except the chaparro tree which sur
wives to afford welcome shade in an
almost treeless region.
1t is a small tree, seldom growing
to more than twenty feet in height,
with a girth Of about three feet, aud it
owes its protection from fire to the
nature of its hard, thick bark. The
bark lies on the trunk in loose LAYERS,
which do not readily conduct heat to
the more delicate parts of the struc-
ture. 1t is a general idea among the
natives that this tree grows only
where gold is abundant in the soil be
low. That it is common in auriferous
districts is undisputable, but there is
no ground for supposing that it does
not grow elsewhere. -"' ~'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-01
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The earth probably receives about
one Observation-Disclosures part of
the total radiation of the suns rays.
Ii is said that were II not for our
atmosphere, the oceans would become
boiling hot from the suns rays IN the
course of a years time.
The oyster is one Of the strongest
creatures on earth. The force re
uuired to open an oyster is more than
nine hundred times its weight.
firelighters are made in Germany
by twisting wood into rope, cutting
it into short lengths, and dipping the
ends of the pieces into melted resin.
In total population of a little over
5000, 600, Switzerland now has over
| 200, OOO depositors in savings banks,
with an average for each family of $40
in cash deposits
The man who discovered the Amer
lean Beauty rose is worth $50, 900. all
of which he made ont of the peerless
flower. which unites all the qualities
of perfect rose.
A whale recently captured III Arctic
waters was found to have imhedded
in its side halpoon belonging to Il
whaling vessel that had been ont of
service nearly half century.
Nevada is the most sparseIy settled
state in America There are nearly
two and half square miles to each
inhabitant next comes Idaho, with
one inhabitant TO each square mile.
Godalming. Surrey. England, has a
remarkable cat, which, after being
taken to Leeds by railroad, returned
to its former home on foot, taking six
weeks to make the journey of over
two hundred miles.
Beamur SAYS that each thread of
what We call spider web is COM
posed of about five thousand separate
tibres, and that ii would take 27,64S
full-grown spiders a year to spin n
pound of such silk.
The Russian photographers have a
strange way of Furnishing those who,
having received their photo, do not
pay their bills. They hang the pie
lures of the delinquents upside down
at the entrance to their studios.
The hairspring Of a watch is a strip
of the finest steel, about nine and one
| half inches long, one ue-hundreth
inch wide and twenty-seyeu ten-thou-
sandths inch thick. 1t is coiled mp in
spiral form and finely tempered.
The summer coat of the polar fox is
dark. in general harmony with the
ground of the rocky Arctic regions
where the sun has melted of. the
snow. In winter il is so white that it
can hardly be seen as it runs over the
| snow.
A procession of icebergs sent
against the surface of the sun would
melt at the rate Of 300, 600, 00O cubic
miles of solid ice second, and its
heat is estimated to produce force OF
about ten thousand horsepower to
every square foot of its surface.
What processes to he the smallest
recorded specimen of the equine race
is now on view in Milan. 1t is the
property of the Marchese Carcano,
and is said t, stand only six hands, OF
twenty four inches high The small
est Shetlands seldom are under eight
hands.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-01
uIJ. D;IIe are the only pills TO take
HOODS fIllS With Hoods Sarsapsrilla
nnr. rhnt Cnn TrIIthe rime.

'sThe Street Dogs of CONSTANT
NOBLE" is the title of an article in ST.
Nicholas bv Oswald Garrison Willard.
Mr.. Willard says:
The instinct which enables these
poor tramps to tell time is the most
astonishing thing about these dogs
| mean their being ON hand, day after
day. at regular hours, when the scraps
are thrown out, and their never being
much too early or too late. The super
intendent of one of the great railway
lines endiag in Cunstantinuple told
me the most remarkable case of this
| have vet heard. The Oriental eN-
press. the famous train from Paris to
Cuustantinople. arrives, 1t seems, three
times week, at certain hour IN the
afternoon. When the train comes in
there are always many dogs ready to
have had time to get ont the dogs
Jump into the carriages and search
everywhere under the seats and in the
corners for scraps of luncheon left by
the passengers: and when they have
found all the pieces they go away.
The remarkable thing is that they
never come at any time except When
the Oriental express is due; that they
never make mistake i'll the day, and
always remember that between Friday
and Monday there are two days and
not one. They pay no attention to
local trains, because little or no food
is left i'll them owing to the short rides
the passengers take. Exactly this
same knowledge of the timetable and
of the difference between local and
long distance trains has been noticed
at the station of the Asiatic railways
in Scutari, across the Bosphorus.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-01
sion H.uar,i-nInn.

The readers 81 this paper vail H. pleased ID
learn that theTr IL a. least one dreaded di--
ease that science has beeu able a. rure ia al
it. stage aud that b. Catarrh. HALF Catarrh
Cure il the only positive cure nov known O.
the medical fraternity. tatarrh being q com
~titutiunal disease. requires constitutional
treatment Halls Cat,rrh Cure B. taken inter-
ually acting 4 rertlN uppu the hlouf and mu-
cous surfaces uf thv -l~p-m. uI-rrhN destroy
ing the foundation 90 tie di-ea-e and giving
the patient strength by building M the con-
stitutiou and assisting nature Ia duiu. it,
work TIE pruprist,r~ have 80 much faith iu
i, curative rover, that thry offer one Hun
drvd Dollar Tor auA ease that b. fails 10 cure
send for list 81 testimonials. Addrrs-
r. 4. CHENEN g. 60. Toledo %.
Sold bN Druggist. "a.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-10-01

In Santa Rosa, capital of Santa
Rosa county, Cal, there is a Baptist
church built entirely from Il single
redwood tree. There are no bricks
and stone about it, Tilnbers, weather
boarding, lining, etc, are all of wood,
sixty thousand shingles left.