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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25
WALTER LETT Err.
A ChrOnicling of a Weeks Ev nts
In That Thriving Neigh


borhOod.
Miss Mary Thompson spent
several days with Miss Dixie
Caldwell this week.
From the way some of our
farmers are turning dirt, it looks
like corn planting time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spine. Of Faisons,
have been visiting Messrs. John
Nj. Mitchell and Fl. 7. Jones last
week.
Mr.. Richard Merritt and Miss
Alice Holland, from your city,
were in our community Sunday
evening.
His many friends will regret to
learn of the serions illness of Mr..
Edward Sasser, at his home near
Princeton, n. @.
Mr.. n. Fl. Gurley, from John
ston county, is in our community
for a few days to the delight Of
his many friends.
Rev. Mr.. jackson filed his reg
ular appointment at Ebenezer
last Sunday and preached to a
large congregation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Crawford,
from near Kinston, spent Satur-
day night and Sunday at their
mothe'r rs, returning to-day.
Mr.. E. T. Atkinson and sister,
Miss Charity, we're in our COM
munity Sunday, where their many
friends were glad to see them.
Mr.. Bill Thompson and Miss
Genie Coor, and Herbert Howell
and Miss Cora Hargrave attended
quarterly meeting at Salem last
Sunday.
Miss Lizzie Becton, who has
hosts of of friends who wish her
a pleasant and profitable session,
left last week to enter Caldwell
Institute, near Hillsboro, n. G.
DR.. E. III. Hornaday, from Will
low Green, N. c., spent Wednes-
day at Mrs. Ophelia Crawford's,
returning Thursday, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Pearl, who
has been on a visit to relatives.
We we're glad to meet our gen
ial friend Mr.. Lee McCrary, from
Lexington, in your city to-day, on
his return home from a hunting
trip to the coast. He had five
wild geese, and reports a most de-
lightful trip.
The Walter debating society
met in the Getty hall' last Satur-
day night, a i'd we learn, was an
enthusiastic meeting. Much good
can be accomplished if each
member will do his part we'll.
and strive to make the society
mutually beneficial, and a credit
to the community.
The crop of sweet potatoes in
this section have nearly all rotted
and that means a great loss to the
farmers. There are many of us
who have not learned the art o1
properly housing sweet potatoes.
which, we think, depends upon the
quality of the soil which produces
them, it's condition, when potatoes
are dug, and other details, which
are too generally disregarded.
KILLICKINICK.
coax Glen"
Walter, N. c., Jan. "a, 1900.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25

Our drifting dreams furnish
no fitting for the reality of the
rapids.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25
effective

Hoods Pills are non-irritating, mild;
effective
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25
RAMBLES OF THE RAMBLER
BREEZY NEWS VIE VS.. AND
What HesSees and Hears While
Roaming the Streets.

Young man-you with the CT
garettein your mouth, and the flush
of liquor on your cheek, and that
leor in your eye which only thu
demon of whiskey a generate
come here aud let the Rambler
say a word to you, in passing:
only a word; let one who has felt
the curse speak to you in sober
ness and truth. Do you know,
young man, that every time you
smoke a cigarette, every time you
take a drink of that which damns,
you r not only welding the
chain of habit stronger about you,
but you are also grinding your
heel upon the bleeding heart of
your loving mother? Don't look
upon this as a figure of speech,
young man. 1t is as true as any
word that was ever spoken and
you know it-only too we'll. Turn
from your folly and be wise.
&
This is going to be a great
year for politics. Already the man
who sits in front of the stores on
warm days and chews all the to-
5acco he can beg and splits all over
the sidewalk and tries to look
wise on all occasions, is discussing
the subject from an UNBIASED
standpoint. He can tell you how
to vote and who to vote for. He
has been voting for a number of
years and never made a mistake
in his life, because he reads the
papers left lying around on the
store counters. He has never been
known to subscribe and pay for a
paper. When asked to subscribe
he will tell you ssthere is too much
politics in your paper" This man
is we'll posted and can tell you the
exact majority the winning side
will have-after the election.
X X
We sorter feel sorry for the
fellow who put himself to the
trouble to break into our pantry
the other night. The night was
dark and stormy and we thought
it was a friend seeking shelter from
the drenching rain. We had just
finished writing our innocuous
ramblings for the next days paper
and had retired to our pile OF
wheat straw when we heard him
raise the window. He need not
have worried himself to raise the
window for there was not a glass
in it. We lay perfectly still and
listened. After he had plundered
around in the dark for some time
we heard him bring a sigh of dis
gust and throw an old sin can at
the cat as he jumped out of the
window. He had a rather scant
breakfast if he didn't get some
thing elsewhere that night.
"Speaking about women taxi
ing the places of men," said a
citizen to the Rambler o-day.
81 wonder if there are people SO
foolish as to think they ever will.
The idea is absurd, I suppose,
however, there are a few women
who think they would adorn a
public Office, but you will find
very few Of this class. In the
larger cities, il must be admitted,
the women are at work in the
shops and factories and counts
ing rooms side by side with the
men, bnt this does not appear
| SO manish as to see a woman fol-
lowing q plow in the cornfeld
side BY side with a man. All Of
US who were raised in the coun :
try have seen this sight, and
| thew were white woman of good
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25
R:R 0uGIl'lI|['l is

Bronchitis is very prevalent. It gen
orally begins with a common cold, at
tended with cough, h~oarseness, sore
ness of the lungs, tightness Of the
chest and difficulty in breathing. IF
not cured, it becomes dangerous
thousands die from bronchitis annual
ly. DR.. John W. Bulbs Cough Syrup
is the best remedy for this disease ; it
relieves the cough at once, eases ex-
pectoration, and cures in a few days.
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The Good News Spreads

and our business
grows larger, and The prices small
er, every day, People come here
from all parts Of the city. When
ever they need anything in our
line, they think Of Us. We have
furnished more coy homes than
We could possibly name. We
have done it to the owners salts
faction, and We can do the same
thing for you.
BLUFF CITY
FURNITURE co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-13
es,. Nevis and Tts observatory.

u the current number af knowledge
Mr. Bruce gives an account Of Ben
Nevis AID It's Observatory. Inc o.
zee of MS Observatory IS 70 study the
heEa of clouds t9see speed. direction
ana constitution, and 8 laasn as much
as possible regarding temperature
winds. &c. ) . tF8e scientific IN
stlHcs taat leads us to sound IS =
were upward i8ss as rs sound down
ward and explore a. the bottom - tae
ses The reasons WY Ben Nevis. d
ali places was most suitable were. t11
Because II was the highest mountain
IN The British Isles. rising y 4 IDS teet
81 its summit was IN close horizontal
proximity to q aeazleFel station AT Fort
William - + vas situated in the
track Of the Southwest storms. which
influence 50 greatly the weather Of
Europe, especially n autumn and win
tar
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-13
It IS I'm possible
to Get Away

from the tact that IN 1900
White other butchers changed their
shops,
And the name & other neat firms
Hops.
FeddIerI haul their staf thro' mud
a8d STOP.
still tt people kHaw
that 10 the eld reliable
They've always gar to q.
To get the meat that il desirable
CITY NEAT MARS ET
20 y est Second.
E. P. Holmes. Prop.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-13
.Ane her Electrical ToEFE.

Another electrical town is 10 BE- built
en- the WInooskI river. Vermont where
a thtrtE-foo1 head can BE had 1hs
engineers say i 5 a deal place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
fortnight to stay for six years.

fortnight TO stay for six years.
In McCarties case the visit stretched
to nearly double that time. After
eight or nine years. however, his kins-
man got Il little tired of his guest and
let him know of his old mansions pro-
posed renovation and that he had sign
ed Il contract for having it painted
from garnet to cellar.
by George" said Jerry. Its for
tunate that l don't object to the smell
of paint, and it will be well to have
some one to keep an eye on the paint
ers now that the wall fruit is ripen-
ing"
Some months passed. Then his host
informed him that he was going to be
married, adding, Il thought I'd tell you
in good time, so that you could make
leisurely preparations to go. as the
lady and you may not hit it off as we'll
as you and 1 do
With fearful eyes Jerry grasped his
cousins hand, saying:
"Oh, Dan, dear, you have my hearty
thanks for your consideration; but,
dear, dear boy, surely if you can put up
with her 1 can"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
CHEAP SPONGES.
Where These Sold by the Street
Fnkirs Are Procured

SpOnges sold by the street fakfr are
rather captivating in appearance, large
and almost white. and the price ranges
from . to 10 cents each. People who
have bought SpOngeS at drug store
know that no such looking articles can
be got there for so little money, and so
they invest. But they don't invest
more than once. because the sponge
soon falls To pieces, whereas a good
sponge will last for years.
Somebody started a story years ago
that the reason the fakfrs could sell
these sponges so cheapIy was because
they bought them from the hospitals,
and there are some people who still be-
lieve it. As if men dcvoting all their
energies and skill to amcliorating the
ills of mankind would spread disease
by distributing old and possibly germ
infected SpOnges. AS n matter of fact
surgeons sponges are small and
smooth as velvet, being close grained.
The fakirS' spOnges are the clippings
off the big spOnges sold to Iiverymen
and others who need large sponges.
The parts cut away have little body
and would soon tear loose The fakirs
buy these bits, trim them into shape
and then give them a bath in diluted
muriatic acid. After lying there for IL
hours they are taken out and washed
in clear water and dried. They are
bleached. in other words, but at still
further detriment to the sponge. Nev-
er Of close texture, the mesh is made
more rotten by the acid, and that is
why they soon fall apart. But so far
as disease is concerned they are as
pure as any sponge bought in the finest
drug store.-Chicago Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
The Young Men of Today.

The young men Of today are too fin
icky-tOO much given to self analysis.
too self pamperinG. Their shoes and
neckties cost more each year than did
the entire wardrobe of their GRANDPA
theirs. They feel a sense of degrade
tion in small beginnings and plodding,
and they wait for success ready made
10 come to them. There is not a young
man in the country who would initiate
Ben Franklin and march through the
streets munching loaf Of bread while
looking for employment He dare not,
indeed. because society has become al
SO finicky, and he would be arrested as
a tramp. The young man Of today
wants capital. He cannot be president
Of bank or judge of court the first
week he is from school, and he feels,
like the famous Eli Pussley, that he
has mo chance.'-Mempbis CONNER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

There is one corner of Central Amer
lea that is at present perfect paradise
for men who have committed any
crime. 1t is place where the'outcasts
of the worlds society rule the land Of
their adoption and where the officials
of the government protect all thieves
that come to them and make it danger
GUS for any detective to modest them.
This is the republic of Honduras, one
or the least advanced of the states Of
South or Central America. Honduras
indeed is ii curious mixture of jungle
and gigantic forest, of cocoa and of
rubber trees, of bugs. vampires. snakes
and crocOdiies-Of all manner or things
that creep and crawl and sting and
bite; a region where life in the daytime
is a mOckery and at night one feels as
though sleeping in red pepper.
Here, in every hamlet and city, are
to be found men from different lands,
mostly outlaws from their own coun-
try. Chicago, Boston. New York and
Philadelphia all furnish their quota.
England. France, Italy and even far
away Russia have their share. They
make no attempt at conceaIment, bear
the names they were born to bear and
go along about their business as if the
laws of their own country had not de-
clared them outcasts.-London Ex-
nrpSS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS DINNER IN AMERICA.
master of ceremonies, and he had lit
tie reason for rejoicing, for on Christ
mas eve, 1892, he had lost his flag
ship, the Santa Maria. which had run
ON a reef on the north coast of Haiti.
Fortunately for him and his crew, the
native Indians OF the island were
friendly. and they not only came to his
rescue. but saved all the wrcckagc OF
his vessel, which they piled up on the
beach at Guarico, near The present city
of Cape Haitian. The Indian caciquc
did all he could to allay the grief of the
Spaniards and on Christmas day
spread Il banquet to which they were
invited and at which many of his peo-
pie acted in the capacity of servants.
This was the first Christmas dinner
in America, and mt this aboriginal
spread" so many new and strange ar
ticIes of food were offered the Span
3ards that Columbus made n note OF
them, so we are enabled to state exact
" what they were In the first place,
there was maize, or Indian corn, which
the Europeans NAV have seen in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
How Ii .workedv Two Machines.

With Il seeming innocence that would
have done justice to All Sin, the Hea-
then Chinee. Ii Hung Chang appeared
10 display the greatest interest in the
sewing machines at an exhibition in
Edinburgh he visited when in Great
Britain several years ago.
His eXcellency's first question was
how long it would take for the sewing
machine at which he had sat down to
do certain diStance-seemingly con-
fusing the mechanical stitcher with a
lady's safety at the next stand.
Without waiting for any reply to his
query or further ceremony Ii started
sewing a little seam. Nor did he do it
badly, a fact which made him seem de-
lighted as Il child. For some time the
viceroy continued his hemming and.
though got away at length by his at
PENDANTS, Immediately sat down at the
next machine and insisted on working
il.
What is the price," asked Ii at
length.
Your excellency shall have it as a
gift was the reply of the exhibitors.
Then 1 don't want it in that case"
observed the simple and bland Ii, be
cause 1 require two, one for myself
and the other for the empress"
And he had them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
Exhibit LIfeIIke Qualities.

Weeds If they are pulled out Of a
lawn at a time when they are full OF
seed will evince a degree Of care for
the seeds which is almost touching.
They will curl their leaves upward AZ
far as each can 20 to cover the seeds
and protect them from the sun till the
end, and often one will find weeds that
are quite dead. sun killed, whose leaves
still are wrapped firmly around the
seed pods. No mother could show
more striking devotion in death than
do these despised plants.-Cincinnatl
Enquirer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
DEATH AT A WEDDING.
A Pathetic Tragedy of the War BE-
tween the states

Recalling the historic incidents cluS-
! tering about South Cardinals cXccu-
! tive mansion. Mrs. ThaddeuS Horton
| writes in The Ladies' Home Journal
of the shocking tragedy that occurred
| tnere toward the close of the war. This
| was the death of the daughter Of Gov
arnOr Pickens Immediately after her
marriage to Lieutenant lie Rochelle.
ION the afternoon preceding the even
ing of the marriage the northern army
began Smelling Columbia. but prepara-
tions for the wedding continued.
FINALLY the guests were all assem-
bled, and the clergyman was proceed
ing with the solemn ceremony and had
just Joined the right hands of the hap
py pair when suddenly there was an
awful crash. and ball from the enc
my's cannon penetrated the mansion
and burst in the middle OF the mar
riage chamber, scattering its death
dealing missiles in every direction.
There were screams and a heartrcnd-
ing groan, mirrors crashed, the house .
shook, women tainted and walls rock
ed to and fro.
when the first confusion was over.
1t was discovered that in all the crowd
was the bride herself She lay partly
on the floor and partly In her lovers
arms. crushed and bleeding, pale, but
very beautiful, her bridal gown drench-
ed with warm blood and great cut in
her breast.
Laying her on lounge, the frantic
bridegroom besought her by every
term of tenderness and endearment 10
allow the ceremony to proceed, 10
which she weakly gave consent, and.
lying like crushed flower no less
white than the camellias Of her bridal
bouquet, her breath coming in short
Gasps and the blood flowing from this
great angry wound, she murmurcd
yes to the clergyman and received her
husbands first kiss. A moment more
and all was over
''She was laid to rest under the mag
nolias, and the heartbroken BRIDE
groom. reckless with despair. returned
to his regiment"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

Bahamas, but which they had not eat
en- before. In fact. the golden kernels
carried back to Spain by Columbus
from this first voyage 10 America were
the first that ever reached the old
world, and it was many years after
that before brown bread and "Injun
pudding became at all common on the
tables Of European royalty.
One OF the curious tubers offered the
Spaniards that day by the Indian chief
tain in Haiti was the manioc, or cas-
sava. from which the aborigines made
their daily bread. They were the orig
inatOrs also of the cassareep. or West
Indian pepper pot, made by throwing
pieces of meat of all kinds into an
earthen vessel, where it was preserved
for any length of time by the antiseptic
properties of the manioc.
Christopher was so taken with the
pepper pot, according to a local tradi-
ton, that he begged the recipe from the
native chef and took it home to Queen
Isabella. but whether she appreciated
the article or not has not been record
ed. Another tuber, the yam. was also
served up after roasting in the ashes.
but it is doubtful if the potato was on
have been found in the highlands Of
Haiti as in South America, where it is
said to have been discovered long aft
er. Anyway, there were several new
fruits. all tropical. such as the guava,
custard apple. sapOta and pineapple,
and in meats there was a great varie-
ty. for the Indians shot and trapped
the wild parrot. pigeon, doves. agouti,
iguana and the utia, the three last
named being animals indigenous to the
island.
There was one function at that BAN
Quet which Columbus may have in
dulged in. though he has left no record
OF having been suddenly indispOsed,
and that is tobacco smoking. He had
seen Indians on the coast of Cuba roll
up dry leaves of a plant unknown TO
him and after lighting one end of the
roll inhale and puff out the smoke
thereof with evident enjoyment. But
at this banquet he was astoniShed to
see the chief and his big men cram
portions of the weed into curious
pipe, with Il branched stem shaped like
the letter Y and after inserting stem
into each nostril proceed to fiddle
themselves with the narcotic. to the
great disgust Of the Spaniards. who
had a few vices of their own. even
thcn. but did not smoke. 1t was only
because they did not know how. but Co
iumbus lost an opportunity for adding
another laurel to his immortal wreath.
and left 10 Sir Walter Raleigh the in
production of smoking into Europe n
century later.
The main object OF this article is to
point out that down in the West In
dies, where dwell our nearest foreign
and where we have n tidy
little island of our own in Porto Rico,
thc first Christmas anniversary in
America WAS celebrated and the first
dinner eaten with aboriginal Indians
as the hosts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
! THE FIRST ]
WEST INDIAN
XMAS. !
% By r. A. ODER. %

1t may or may not be generally known,
but the first Christmas celebration in
America took place in the West Indies
aud in the very year that America was
discovered. There was not much fes-
tivity about it, to be sure, for the first
anniversary Of the Nativity in the new
world found the participants in a
state of mind not conducive to merry
making or cheerful entertainment.
The great navigator. Christopher Co
1umbus. who showed the civilized
world the way across the Atlantic, was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

rage is very characteristic. 1t is told
that while attending lady for several
weeks he observed these admirable
qualifications in her Slaughter which he
truly esteemed TO render the married
state happy. Accordingly on Satur-
day. taking leave of his patient, he ad
dressed her to the following purport:
You are now so well that | need not
see you after Monday next when L
shall come and pay you a farewell Wis
1t. But in the meantime l wish you
and your daughter TO seriously consid-
or the proposal l am about TO make. 1t
* abrupt and unceremOnious, l am
aware, but the excessive occupation of
my time by my professional duties af-
fOrds me no leisure to accomplish what
] desire by the more ordinary course of
attention ard solicitation. My annual
receipts amount to e. and | can set
tie E on my wife. My character is
generally known to the public, so that
You may readily ascertain what it is.
have seen in your daughter tender
and affectionate child. an asSiduous
and careful nurse and a gentle and
ladylike member of a family. Such
person must be all that q husband
could cover. and l offer my hand and
fortune for her acceptance. On Mon
day when l call l shall expect your de-
termination. for | really have not time
for the routine of cOurtship.'
In this manner the lady was wooed
and won. and it may be added the
union was felicitous in every respect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
Played 1t to the Limit.

Many writers have declared that an
Irish gentleman's hospitality is unlim-
tied. but this Is a slight exaggeration,
a is shown by a story borrowed from
a book of Irish memories.
Jerry McCartie was often the guest
Of friends who on account of his pleas
ant ways extended TO him that sort Of
old Irish hospitality which enabled a
visitor in my own family who came for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

One gigantic monopoly there is free
from attack, and that is the toy trust
kept a-SoiDg by one Mr.. Santa Claus.
aided by about 40O.OOO.OJO iusty shout
ers. Pa and ma and uncle may buy
Christmas gimcracks from Smith.
Jones or Brown. but they won't go
down in the stocking nor up the Chin
ney 1ue until s. e. puts his trademark
on them. Call 1t patent right or copy
right or vested right. the grand old feI-
low holds it in perpetuity. True. he
doesn't charge cash fee for the use OF
his name. but he is q stickIer for all
the glory there is in it, and be gets it
in full measure. Everybody plays into
the hands Of this trust. The consum-
ers must have the real thing. and the
dealers and middlemen conspire 10
meet the demand