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ready to give warning OF the enemy's ap-
proach. The rules OF the game are rev
and simple. The first player taxes Two
dice and shaking them violently IN the
palm OF his hand, calls out:
"a nickel-Dut up
Another answers. II fade you.' which
being translated, means 81 cover your
money"
The onlookers also take hand I'm the
betting, the one who bets with the player
being said 10 like him" Everything be-
ing in readiness. the player drops the dice
as If they burnt him. crying:
Come seben-eleven."
If he makes seven or eleven be wins.
If he throws the unlucky numbers two
three or twelve. he loses, or craps out
but II any of the otter combinations OF
numbers are turned sc makes his point,
and has another throw. Now, the "rader'
who has covered the players money
reaches out and picks up the dice with the
announcement. MY dice After making
this statement he cooily proceeds to care
fully examine them 10 see II they are
loaded and. satisfied on this point. hands
them back 10 the player This is allowable
just after the first throw but after this
81 is an insult 10 the player to again ques-
ton their genuiness. and II It is done
night is the result
The player having scored n point the
first time tho excitement becomCs intense.
The white teeth OF AN are shining. their
eyes rolling until they seem Ike ovals OF
ivory set with n black bead and their
heads commence 20 wlg from side 10
side The player holds his breath and not
n word is spoken by those around him as
DE rattles the dice. IT. is the critical mo-
ment. III he can make his point before
DE throws seven he wins but III seven
comes first he is undonc. The bettors sur
ropttiously run their hands i'm their pock-
cts and feel FOR rabbits foot.
Suddenly the player blows upon tho
dice I'm his hand. gives a deep cultural
/ grunt. and cries excitedly:
Come 20 see me. little joe" The "fader
keeps repeating:
"Cut him Off. soben. Cut his throat.
| lucky seben. Jump under him. seben."
There is am exclamation from tho
| "fader" a. triumphant laugh from the
player. lie has made his point There IS
am exchange of dirty nickels and a grunt
| or two from the losers. The player is
getting warmed up He takes Off his coat.
/ rolls up his sleeves and splits ON his
| hands Lovingly he fondles the dice; luck
! IS with him. Tho spectators draw closer
/ and watch with increased interest. By
| the rules OF the game he will be allowed
| to threw until me "crapsout." and elatcd
bv his success. he shakes the dice and
calls:
"A dime-come with dime"
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our hest statesmen. that all might even
now hc done by arbitration. and all agree
that the DAY of fun arbitration IS not far
OF
Mckinley IS fighting the fight that is
next 10 arbitration. lie IS trying TO win
the spanish-Amorican war without blood
shed. His commands 90 the army We're
Take Havana 10 YOU can without firing
a gun" OF course he knew that was i'm
possible. but he trusted TO history ana
TO the success OF siogos.
To cesoige Havana Is not a difficult mat
ter. with the Cincinnati in Havana wa
tors and the Marblehead doing patrol
duty at the entrance Of the port, with the
Mohawk and the Mississippi lying of
she could not then get enough food to
feed an her people. cuba IS starving
The reconcentrados are living like Mo-
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THF SIEGE OF F1AVANA.

and again the money Is his, The game
now goes on quickly. and he wins again
and again, until many Of tho bettors are
compelled 10 drop out. Soon the hand OF
the player tremDles as he reaches for
the worries. and he takes out his rabbits
foot and rubs Il on them. He feels that
he will never work again. that he will IN
the future trust TO the spotted dice for a
living. for surely he is fortunes favorite.
The man who likes him is utterins eN-
carnations Of delight, the losers are surly
and Quarrelsome.
Dat nlggah was born I'm de fun OF de
moon. He's bound 10 hab luck, some
one prophesics. ana the player smiles.
AS he drops the dice there are impiorins
cries OF Come seben-eleben. Come
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are falling IN Havana because II Is over
crowded and there isn't enough for an.
The only way OF getting food into Ha-
vana is By sea. The country to-day pos
sesses absolutely nothing. IL is deyasta-
ted.
The very first day OF the siege no meat
will enter the city. There are no stock
yards of consequence near Havana, the
cattle being consumed as fast as they
arrive.
There IS no alternative but TO turn TO
the horses Of the street. Excluding the
cavalry horses. there are to-day in Ia
vana about 900 horses. They are All IN
a pitiable condltion-almost as baby
emaciated as the recOncentrados.
The water supply will 90 almost as
as soon as the meat IL comes from Two
sources-by the Old aqueduct or carlos
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Of her stay for ten days, thinking that
I'm ten DAYS she could spend q day in
each one Of the principal cities Of thu
United States. She visited Washington
and Chicago and then found that her ten
days were up.
In case Of the blockade by Spanish war
ships Of New York. Boston. Charleston
or Dry Tortugas, these places would look
to the interior and receive an abundance
Of supplies Indeed. they get AN OF their
provisions from the United States now
and 50 would be unconscious or any effort
to starve them out. We get so little from
foreign countries TO eat that starvation
by siege takes the form Of ridiculous
suggestion.
How long will Havana hold out under
the siege? Gomez Is waiting to march 20
the city from one direction; he has lieu
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goes 10 show how sadly I'm need Havana
Is OF choice supplies. when it's gr'ndcos
send 20 Florida and Mexico for their deli
scacieS
Havana Is now I'M state of siege. The
port is blockaded. Nothing can enter ana
nothing can 20 out. unless the good
Tinted States ships that are stationed
-ust out Of the reach of Moro guns
give the woodland they will not give the
word. an Havana viii become reconcen-
ira and tho rrandecs themselves viii
stand IN the streets and look vainly
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the guns Of MORO. and tho Department
of the Gulf guarding the entrance 70
Cuban waters. there would be little Dim
Guilty I'm keeping any OF SPANS provision
ships from entering.
Havana cannot get supplies from the
interior for the interior is held by in
surgeuts. They are within two miles Of
the city and az night when Havana IS
asleep. the distant murmuring Of the
guns is heard over the still air.
Besides. even though Havana could can
on the whole Of cuba for her supplies
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with some grumbling the "fader' obeys.
Those who have no money on The game
chuckle ~ this doubling of the stakes
and those who are DESTROYS or betting
begin 90 search their pockets for nickeis,
some Of them apparently having consid-
erablc difficulty in finding The required
number The player drops The dice, at
the same time swapping the fingers OF his
other hand, a sure way Of bringing luck,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08

tenants ready 70 take Il from three 9TH
ers: the United states troops are pre-
pared to march ON 10 Havana at any
time Lee. with h.s Nirginans, and
Roosevelt for his first aid is thirstng
for Havana gore. He wants TO wipe out
that last Blaco insult and the sailors in
the harbor are pinlng and dying TO avenge
the Maine
Will Havana starve itsolf ont I'm two
weeks? 10 can hardly 1--WE longer than
that on IT'S present supply of provisions.
g. $. RUSSELL
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They could livo without meat. and they
arc living without meat. but they want
grain. Take all the grains from your
table and you get an idea Of what star
walton is. The only thing Havana now
depends upon is its green vegetables.
for these I'm the soft. fertile Cuban soil
spring up in a night Lettuce and rad
dishes are weeds which they throw 10
the goats The mules eat the very veg
etables which we purchase at the fruit
stores at fancy prices. But even these
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THE FIRST GUN CAPTURED.

quiet comfortable sleep"
Another newspaper-one that Is special
ly known as the Queen Regents organ.
informed Spanish tourists that IT would
be well TO select rooms in New YORK,
(which is a suburb of Chicago
All this gives one an idea OF how the
Standards size up This country II the
press knows no better. how can we eN-
pect the people or even the Cabinet 10
be more fully Informed. When Eulahe
came here on her visit. she set the peIloo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08

"Jimmv HICks' Is the throw
big Six. take my gal 10 Memphis.
propiuatory expressions that must be
the player entreats. for there are certain
used when these numbers are turned.
The bettors crowd SO close 20 him that be
scarcely has room TO move his arm, and
their faces are bent almost upon the
ground. one tall. ragged fellow, who has
parted with hfs last nickel. stands dis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08

around for supplies on which 10 spend
their money.
Napoleon won his battles In the open
Held. Won Moltke won his by strategy
Bismarck fought with his statesmanshipi
Washington fought by determination and
sense Of right; jefferson Davis fought
with the noble spirit Of the people he
loved behind him; but Mckinley IS fight
ing a new fight. History will 50 record II.
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Every tneologian. every deep thinker.
sverv loeician. every staustician every
historian will tell you that the day Of
the bloody battle is drawing past. in
every war Of to-day there IS more OF
strategy and compromise and less of ac-
iual killing Civilization is driving out
bloodshed and the desire 60 take man
life. because he Will not agree with YOU
On diplomatic matters, becomes less ana
less with each generation. Many now
Shlnk. including the Pope and some OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08

guls compared with the residents Of the
cities The reconcentradOs are eating out
of the supply trains. but the citizens OF
Havana are eating out OF the gutter.
Provisions went up here the day cuba
Iibre became fact. Meat flew 10 three
times its normal value and flour and
grain went up to ten times their original
cost You can't get oats for the horses
and you can't get wheat for the people.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08

They give HIM an impudont look that
De is not slow 10 interpret. 10 means
You didn't cotCh us do uothin. IA
yerg'
Since hc cannot answer this I'm the af-
frmatIve. hc merely commands-grufly.
Move on'
And they shuttle or n silence. the gams
OF craps .p0ned for another time New
York sun
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08
ETHE DARKYS GAME OF CRAPS.
II Originated just After the Civil War
When the Darlly Had Idle Time.

The Southern negro trusts fortune with
ali the blind faith Of a little child. lie
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08

only an innocont-looking group OF negroes
strolling 90 meet him. But he eyes them
susDiciOusiy.
what arc you doing lettering here
he asks.
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twelve" Two. frcei ts.'
Its nine. and the'thrower adds quickly:
Liz SIS de- gal fer me. a saying that
always accompanies that throw once
more the dice roll upon the ground, and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08

KEY WEST. May THE last provision
ship has entered tho port OF Havana,
sailed through Havana waters Apiil ~
,he dav the President signed tho Joint
resolution OF the Senate and tho House.
This provision ship had ON board 1909
bushels OF grain and a small cargo OF
fresh meat IL also bore n case OF choice
teA Think Of So! Tea for Havana! This
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-15
Are You Insured !?
THE ONE SPOT ON EARTH
WHERE A MAN FINDS
SOLID COMFORT

is in his own home. So when you Lave
once secured on ee that you keep il
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-15

patent medicines were taken, but without re-
time the first bottle was finished. her head be-
gan to heal. A dozen bottles cured her com
pletely and left her skin perfectly smooth. She
Is now sixteen years old, and has a magnifcent
growth of hair. Not a sign of the dreadful
disease has ever returned.
q. T. SHORE,
2704 Lucas Ave-, St. Louis, Mo.
Don't expect local applications of
SOAPS and salves to cure Eczema. They
reach only the surface, while the di-
sease comes from within. Sw1ft's
Specific
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-15
Seasons Introduction.

We make our first Fall announcement with feelings of deep graft
tude to u friends for their liberal patronage during the past season.
We open the Fall season with the choicest stock of Mems, Boys and
Cbldrens Clothing. Furnishings and Head gear ever brought into the city.
We shall continue to furnish or customers with the best results of
the tailoring art, while our hats and furnishings are the products of the
best makers.
We now extend to you a hearty invitation ans a warm welcome to
III store Look in our window; come in and examine our STOCK. Our
goods merit the highest praise, while our prices remain within easy reach
If you have money to spend for Clothing this Fall, we want il am4-RIl
make a stiff bid to get it, if you can be Influenced by STYLE workmanship
or price. We are ready-completely ready for investigation. We accord
to each customer the same courteous treatment and the same low price.
Our invitation is: Come in and look" when you want a Fall Suit an
Overcoat. a pair of Trousers. a Hat, a Shirt. Q anLthing to wear, and
want the latest thing out at the lowest price, don't fail to remember --
Yours very truly,
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Notice |

Having this day qualified before the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Wayne
County, North Carolina, as executor
of the last will and testament of Mat
thew Pope, deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons indebted to
said estate to make immediate pay
ment, and to all persons holding
claims against said estate to present
them to the undersigned for payment
on or before the End of August, 1899
or tn S notice will be pleaded in her oil
their recovery. BENJAMIN DEANS
Executor Matthew Pope, decd.
Goldsboro, N. c., Aug. 2, 1898.
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MADoLIN CoHENCIUs.

DEAR ARGUs:-I have just had my
examination for Atlanta school, and
feel better now than [ did before, as
all my new playmates asked me what
grade I was in at Goldsboro, and I
told them high 4th, and of course
they all said I would go in the low
End or in the 3rd; but I'll tell
you, I surprised them all, as l am in
the Sixth grade. 1 write you this be-
cause I want my teachers, Professor
Foust, and all my playmates to know
how proud I am of my Goldsboro
education, but [ was very nervous
among such a crowd, but I feel per
fectly happy now
JESSIE CoHENCIUS.
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Eczema!
The Only Cure,

Eczema is more than a skin disease,
and no skin remedies a cure it. The
doctors are unable to effect a cure, and
their mineral mixtures are damaging
to the most powerful constitution. The
whole trouble is in the blood, and
Swift's Specific is the only remedy
which can reach.such~d eep-seated blood
diseases.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-15

parted, "where are we at" when
such a crowd as that assembled
yesterday is to control the
affairs of Halifax county? I do
not believe the best thinking
Populists can swallow the
ticket"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-15
THREE HAPPY LITTLE GIRLS

And The Argus Is Happy, Too, for Them.
and Proud of Them, as VIII Be Ev-
cry One in Goldsboro who Reads
Not only is Goldsboro the best
town in the State, but it has
many public institutions that are
par excellence, and among these
it has, so that noted educator
DR.. Mayo, of Boston, says, 1.-The
best Graded School from Maine
to Mexico": and forth from its
halls of learning and from under
the teaching and training Of its
splendid faculty and superintend-
ent, have gone, and 60. year by
year, girls aud boys who have
stood upon their merits among
strangers and in competitive ex
aminations have won distinction
for themselves aud RI fl cted
credit upon their town and the
Goldsboro Graded school.
Our mail Thur day evening
brought the ARGUS three unique
| letters from three for ner Colds
horo little girls, the interesting
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam j.
Cohencius, who some weeks age
moved from Goldsboro to make
their home in Atlanta, and they
are so interesting that we give
our fellow citizens the pleasure
of reading them.
Here they are, just as they
were written:
DEAR ARGUs:-I feel almost like
the trial of my life was over, as [ as
sure you I felt very nervous going
to school this morning, knowing thar
I had to pass an examination before
so many strange children and teach
ers. OF couse I thought and was TOLD
that the schools here were mucl
higher than in Goldsboro, and
know in my own heart that all thu
boys and girls we're giggling ano
making fun of me Gas I have done thu
same myself, but nevertheless,
stood the examination and am to g
in the eighth grade-and next yea
will go to the high school. So w
certainly do ego forward" when .
was in the sixth grade in Goldsboro
and now I a. laugh at the class
and am proud of my native home.
The principal here of all tn
schools in Atlanta says he does no
understand how we L SO high, t.
have come to Atlanta from Colds
boro and skipped two grades, and
am very proud to say that my littl
sisters as well as myself showed tn
teachers here what good teacher
and proper training can do.
Apupil of the Goldsboro Grade
School. Age IS.
MADoLIN CoHENCIUs.
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broke out on my daughter. and eon-

LCZUHId . OUU OH u
ttnued to spread until
her head was entirely
covered. She was treated
by several good doctors,
but grew worse, and the
dreadful disease spread
to her face. b W s
taken to two celebrated
health springs, but re-
ceiyed no benefit. Many
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-15
Blood

is the only cure and will reach the most
obstinate case. It is far ahead of all
similar remedies, because it cures cases
which are beyond their reach. s. s. S. is
purely vegetable, and is the only blood
remedy guaranteed to contain no pot
ash, mercury or other mineral.
Books mailed free by Swift Specific
Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Tobacco Market.

Corrected by the mn Warehouse
The following are the quotations
for the Goldsboro tobacco market,
current at the time of going to
press :
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Registrars for November Election.

AL a ue0GluP VI Uue bOdlo VI LlOS-
ton for Wayne County, held Sep
TENDER 9TH, 1898, present NJ. E.
Cox, Chm BID Co., G.. c. Kornegay,
Register of Deeds, and c. F. Her
ring Clerk of the Superior Court,
Registrars for the election to be held
on Tuesday next after the LIST Mon
day in November, 1898, ap-
pointed as follows
GOLDSBORO TOWNSHIP.
OUTSIDE PREcINcT-G. W. Langs-
ton, Jesse J. Wood, J. B. Ham.
PRECINCT Al. H. Hill, Jr.,
Henry E. King, z. M. L, Jeffreys.
PRECINCT B.-S. W. Draper, A. T.
Grady, J. L. Langston.
PRECINCT CIV. G. Britt, A. M
Smith, T. O. Kelly.
PRECINCT DIV. D. Creech, W,
J. Horton, J. W. Ham.
FORK TOWNSHIP
J. M. Mitchell, J.. L. Pearson, G.
W. Pipkin.
GRANTHAM TOWNSHIP.
FIRST PRECINCT-W. K rantham:
Jno. Tadlock, J. F. Grantham.
SECOND PREcINcT-W. H. Burch
E. T. Grady, Needham Grow.
BROGDEN TOWNSHIP.
PROVIDENCE PREcINcT-Elijah Ed
wood, Jesse J. Cox, J. W. Price.
DUDLEY PREcINcT-G. P. G. Hall
G. ". Simmons, Jno. L. Grady.
MOUNT OLIVE PREcINcT-J. r
Smith, S. F. Herring, W. T. Martin
THUNDER SWAMP PREcINcT-N. J
Jinnett, E. J. Martin, S. w. Flow
ers.
INDIAN SPRINGS TOWNSHIP.
INDIAN SPRINGS PREcINcT-Chas
A. Smith, John H. Grady, S. o
Holmes.
WHITE HALL PRECINCT-W. B
Whitfield, Thomas B. Price, G. 0
Griffin.
NEW HOPE TOWNSHIP.
FIRST PREcINCT-V. r. May, Jane
Branch, Jack Daniel.
SECOND PREcINcT-James Long
Jr., Needham Garris, M. W. Moye
SAULSTON TOWNSHIP
H. E. Parks, Levi Thompson
Wyatt Taylor.
NAHUNTA TOWNSHIP.
SAULs x ROADS PREcINcT-W. A
Martin, H. S. Reid, 2. L. Davis.
FREMONT PRECINCT-J. 7. Aycock
J. W. Smith, J. B. Person.
GREAT SWAMP TOWNSHIP.
Milford Aycock, N. G. Holland, A
A. Edgerton.
PIKEVILLE TOWNSHIP.
FIRST PREcINcT-K. B. Smith
Christopher Coley, E. T. Crawford
SECOND PREcINCT-H. F. Yelver
ton, ]. H. Edgerton, Albert Aycock
STONY CREEK TOWNSHIP
o. F. Worrell, Ethedred Elmore
r. L. Pate.
G. F. HERRING, Chm Board
G.. G. KoRNEGAY, Sec'y
In precinct B. Goldsboro Town
ship, it appearing that the house i
which the election has h~eretofor
been held is now rented, it is OF
dered that the place for holding tn
election in said precinct be changed
and that the election in said precinc
be held at the Court House.
In precinct G. Goldsboro Town
ship, it appearing that at the las
election parties in possession of th
house, where the election was hello
objected to the use of the same, i
is ordered that the place for holdin,
the election in said precinct b
changed, and that the same be he1
at the Arlington Hotel.
This September 9th, 1898.
c. F. HERRING,
Clerk Superior Court.
AHn0fr Pupils desiring Plan
llWuOlO, By applying to 49,
MRS. CHAS. SICCUME