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-JPHE GOBDSBORO-MESSENGEE," 28, 1886.-DOTJBLE SHEET. i WHERE YOU RAISE MONEY. A Pawnbroker's Sliop The Mel , ancholy Interest It Possesses. A New YorkrepsrterwritesJ Glance into the windows of any of thej various pawnbroker's shops in Chatham street, the Bowery, and Third, Sixth, Seventh aa(i Eighth avenues, and there is dis . p ayed the same tangled heap of "per sonal property," thrown togjether in the same confused, dusty, neglected jumble. There is the triple row of watches of every description, gold, silver, nickel and brass, s&ne with chains attached and some wijthoufjn all stages of disrepute and unrepair, hung across the rear of the window. There is the same assortment of vio lins, dusty and disused, hung up at the sides, and in the heap at the bottom of the window there is almost every thing rings, match boxe., accordions, pipes, opera glasses, carved (jigarette- holders, decorated tans, revolvers, flatirons, padlocks, watch-chains, bracelets, necklaces, lamp standards; fanciful ink bottles, scissors, eyeglass es, paper-cutters, silver cups, prize medals, steel handcuffs, sets pi silver plaVed fOrks, gold penholders, knives of every conceivable description ra zors, eigar cases, musical instruments, mechanics' tools of all trades and end less trinkets and bric-a-brac. ! A DREARY FROCESSIOIj. Stand near the door of any one of these shops and watch the men and women who go in, and out. It is not very strange, but it is an indlex to the ctia racter of the, place, the tact mat the greatest, number of customers come lusc aooui uusk. xuey ui&iij&. to go in open day, when they may be . i detected on tb steps; and neither do J they desire to enter at night, when the liehts inside make them conspicu ous from the street. It is a dreary j and "gloomy procession that enters the portals under the gilded balls. Want j has brought the great majority of -hem there, and poverty has stamped their features. How familiar are the types of destitution, and how hack neyed their description sounds., A woman with pinched and saddened features, wearing a faded shawl and carrying underneath its folds a pack age done up in a newspaper, enters the door with, which she is too familiar, and goes up to the end of the counter where a big man of a Semitic cast of visage stands serene and majestic in . his shirt sleeves. A young man, whom . nature, has4 stamped as his son, is at his'side. The woman draws the pack V age from under her shawl and lays it on the counter. Father and son pay her no .attention, but continue-a con i versation relative to the respective merits of the black cigars they altern I ately place between their lips and then withdrawtocontemplate the color of the ash at the end. The woman opens the piaper and ; discloses a neatly folded brown dress : of some woollen material, and then waits wearily until the younger man suddienlvsrferKs it toward mm and in quires j "Canwl gve me $1," she asks. irtT cents," savs the older man, with one glance at the garment. The younger man looks at it more carefully, aim then says "Forty cents." The old man nods approving ly and turns to his papers. "All right," the woman says, know ing from bitter experience that no amount of pleading can make one penny's difference in the result. The young man tosses the dress to one side, makes out two tickets at the desk, pins one to the dress, reaches into a drawer that sounds an alarm bell when it is opened, and; tosses the other ticket and 40 cent's1 on to the counter. HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE. A young man is the next customer. He has sauntered up the street whist ling, with an ojvercoat on his arm, as if it were too warm to wear it, though the air is sharp and biting.' He stops carelessly at the pawnbrokers window and looks in at the triple row of watch- ; es, whose hands, all pointing to differ ent times of day, give an air of reck- ! lessness and improvidence to the in- f tenor that seems well suited to its dis mal usages. The young man looks in for some time at the window, not be cause he is undecided what course to pursue, but in order to wait until the other young man, who seems mterest- ' ed in the scrutiny of a-pair of duelling pistols, has' gone away. Then the young man with the overcoat glances nastily about and enters the door. He throws the overcoat down at the near est end of the counter and waits for one of the black eyebrowed gentleman to come and look at it. He waits for several minutes and then carries it up to their end of the counter. It is ob viously his first experience with the moneylender. The young man with the prominent nose looks curiously at the coat and says : "Two dollars." "Oh, no," says the other young man with a forced smile, with which he intends to convey the idea that he is not to be taken in. ; "I paid $35 for that coat, and I've only worn it a lit tle while. 1 want $5 on it." The young man behind the counter gives the garment a push toward its owner and turns calmly away. The other young man waits two or three minutes for him to turn land take it back, but as no indication of any such action is evinced, he inquires u ildly : "Wen, now much will you giver' He of the prominent nose turns and says harshly : "I told you $2. If you don't want to take it, pick up your coat and git ut ot the shop." The young man does pick up his coat and walks rapidly toward the door. He is biting his lips, and can it be possible, that he is trying to keep back tears weak, effeminate tears? He stops at the door with his hand on the knob, and then turns about and walks back to the counter "Couldn't you give me $3 V he asks timidly. "Did you hear me say I only give you $2 f " demands1 the pawnbroker's son! . .' "All right' responds j the other, meekly, ' and the same rapid transfer of tickets, coat, and money is made as in the former Instance. ROMANCE, TRAGEDY, CRIME. Perhaps the next customer is a rag : ged caller who obtains 5 or 10 cents upon a flat iron, and then a bent and aged mechanic enters and with tremb ling hands places a chisel or hammer upon the counter and receives a trif ling amount of coin with the ticket. , ; At some of the shops one might chance ' to see a gilded youth enter and obtain $5 upon a handsome gold watch, which he will redeem when he receives his all iwance; or perhaps a lady's maid comes in- with a pair of diamond ear rings or a valuable jewel, inpon which the owner will obtain a temnorarv loan to tide over a domestic crisis. 1 It isi possible that the. well-dressed gen tleman iwho obtains a large advance upon the expensive, jewelryhe brings in is a thieves' go-between, and it may be that) the jewelry the pawnbroker is carefully packing away has been ob tained -at the expense of a human life. SILK CULTURE. Editor Messimaer: We shall-have to nor ht the silkworm's cause against ig- I'll ?n ir norance, prejudice ana ni-wiii. xet, with all this, in less than ten years silk culture has been established in o more than twenty States of the Union. The conclusion that thfs industry does not pay is an erroneous one, as the figures given by Mr. Li S. Crozier, one of the best known cnlturists in Amer ica, will clearly prove. According to Mr. Crozier's calcula tions, and taking the average success of 150 pounds of cocoons per ounce of eggs, at 50 cents per pound, fresh, one can make $5G clear profit to the ounce. Hard work, care and intelligence are required to get a paying crop of co coons. It is a short season , but a hard one, and will not thrive in lazy hands. . The government, under the emi nently intelligent direction of Prof. C. V. Riley, United States entomol ogist, has given fresh impetus to this beautiful industry, and ere the lapse of ten years American-grown silk will be imported to all the world; and thus we will save the millions of dollars an nually sent out of the United States for raw silk, and give to the poor and impoverished of our nation an indus try that is at once grand, beautiful and remunerative. The want of a market has been a serious obstacle to silk culture in this country. Three Filatures have been erected within the last year. One in Philadelphia, Pa., directed by the Women's Silk Culture Association of that city ; one in New Orleans, La., directed by Jules Her bel in, and another in San Francisco, Cal. We have now only to send our cocoons to the nearest of these fila tures and get from $1 10 to $1.50 per pound for them. In a recent commu nication Mr. L. S. Crozier states that a new silk mill or station will be erect ed at Corinth, Miss., where the high est market prices will be paid for co coons. This station will comprise a model cocoonery, a filature, a school of instruction for beginners, with in creased facilities for the reproduction of the finest breeds of worms. It is to the ladies we must address ourselves and expect aid and encouragement. 'Tis for them they toil and spin their life away for the gorgeous robes that our great queens of society seek we have to depend on worms, tiny crea tures, so small and weak. The progress that this industry has made in the last few years is marvel lous, and there is every indication that it is a thoroughly healthy, permanent growth. The silk worm is a gift of the great Creator, given us for a com mercial value, and they will thrive throughout the length and breadth of the land, and nowhere better than in the dear "Old North State." It is no onger a dull, plodding routine; it is an art, a science the most interesting and profitable occupation of a woman. ihroughout the world ot literature silk is used as a synonym of wealth, refinement and finesse. Sir Walter Scott uses the term "silken ties" to describe the tender link binding two hearts, and the poet holds up the promise of "a silk attire" if ye but be my bride. VUl OUUIUCO UULU CIO LLX CJ DVYUUJf ; glide To weave the robe for a fair young bride Of silk as pure as the drifted snow, And glisfning bright as the pale moon's glow, Or to form the meshes of filmy lace That will shield the bloom of her gen tle tace. Will she think of the tiny forms that left Those silver threads for the warp and weft r Mrs. 0. G. Thompson. A WRECKED STEAMSHIP. The City ot Nassau Supposed to Have Foundered Off Body's Island. The schooner Wilson and Hunting, which has just arrived at Charleston, S. C, reports passing the wreck of a sunken steamship about fifteen miles north-by-east of Body's Island, N. C. As no steamship is known to have been lost in that locality it is supposed that the wreck is that of the missing steamship City of Nassau, which clear ed Philadelphia on December 25 for Jacksonville, Fla., and of ' which no trace has ever been found, i The last seen of the steamer she was hear Winter-Quarter Shoal standing pff against a gale blowing seventv miles an hour. It is probable that she foundered soon after, as the location of the wreck seen by the Wilson and Hunting is but a short distance from Winter-Qnarter Shoal. The Captain of the schooner reports that the masts and upper decks of the wrecked steamship could be Slainly seen. There is no longer any oubt but that the seventeen men on board the City of Nassau have per ished. IilLLEO WHILE LOGGING. Wabash, Ind., January 22. Jacob iyhnstman met with a horrible acci- aeni yesieraay, wnicn will result m his death. He and his brother Etenry were hauling logs from the woods on bob sleds. When the sleds were par tially loaded and while skidding a log it slipped, rolled back, caught Jacob and bore him io the ground, wedging his legs beneath the sleds. After vainly endeavoring to move the logs over the legs or the prostrated man. Henry rolled it across his abdo men, breast and head, crushing his countenance beyond recognition, smashing the trontal bones and inflict ing injuries which will result fatally. Brown' 8 little Joke. 44 Why, Brown, how short your coat is," said Jones one; day to his friend Brown, who wittily replied: 44 Yes; but it will be long enough before I get another." Some men spend so much for medicines that neither, heal nor help th-m, that new clothes is with thenk like angers visits few and far between. Internal fevers, weakness ot the lungs, shortness of breath and lingering coughs, soon yield to the magic influence of that royal remedy, Dr K. V.Pierce's'iJolden Medical Discovery Donlt Fail to go to M. E. Castex & Co.'s and see their beautiful stock of Toys and Holiday Goods. f Use Lister's Fertilizers for Wheat W. 8. Fabitkr. ( PROMISES TO' PAY. ;, Another Uoom in f Confederate . ' Bonds, j v . v' - j T ' - ' i i- i - : ICharlostoh News and Courier. ; "I cannot understand it at all," said a Broad street broker to a reporter for the Nevctand Carter yesterday. "There is another boom in "'Confederate bonds, j Why it is I don't know and I don'f suppose that anybody could give a reasonable explanation of this eter nal specu ation in the securities of a government that passed out of exist ence more than twenty years ago. It is true, however, that there is another boom in Confederate bonds and we are offering $4 a thousand, while the holders are asking $5. The bonds bring from $3 to $4 and the demands that we get always come from Rich mond. The Richmond stock brokers who seem to be dealing in these se curities most largely are Thomas Branch & Co., and K. H. Maury & Co. Generally they say that they don't know why there should b: any demand for the bonds, and that they are buying on orders from across the water or for persons in New York who are acting for speculators on the other side. There are very few of these bonds left in Charleston and it is hard to get them. It seems to me that this craze will never die out and that there are always foolish people who will risk their money on securi ties which can have no standing in law and r for which there should be under ordinary circumstances no de mand whatever. I suppose that this present demand has been caused by an advertisement which appeared in the New York Herald on Sunday last in which it was stated that a commit tee, consisting of the Right Hon Lord Penzance, the Hon. Thomas C. Bruce, M. P., Messrs. John L; Gorse, Q. C. Mi P., John P. Martin, and Robert Stewart, has been appointed in London to act as trustees of the Confederate bondholders. In view of the solicited action by the Congress of the United States persons holding such bonds, wherever situated, are requested to send to Mr. William F. Moore, in care of the Hon. Wm. Ful lerton of counsel, 18 Exchange Place, New York City, giving the number of bonds held by them respectively, the dates of issue and the number of cou pons attached to each bond. "In the New York. Herald, of Mon day, the following paragraph in re lation to the subject was published: "There was a good deal of talk in financial circles yesterday about an announcement in the morning papers to the effect that a committee had been appointed in London to act as trustees for Confederate bondholders, Mr. Wm. F. Moore, to whom all hold ers of such bonds are requested to send their names and a full descrip tion of their securities, said that the object of the announcement was to prepare for concerted action by all the bondholders. Brokers and finan ciers are inclined to regard the an nouncement as an attempt on the part of London speculators to give value to a parcel of worthless bond?. "It appears from these statements that the Confederate bondholders in tend to petition Congress for some re lief; in other words, they want the United States government to pay for the bonds which they hold. It is . not at all likely, however, that the United States government will do any such thing. "The only bonds that are salable are those wjth coupons attached fall ing due in 1865, the most valuable of which are those with the coupons pay able in April. J uly and October of that year. Millions upon millions of the bonds have been sold since the craze first began, and the Southern people have received at least $500,000 in good lawful currency of the Gov ernment for the bonds that have been already sold. At a rough guess I sup pose that thirty million dollars' worth of Confederate bonds have been sold in the aggregate. The demand for these so called securities have varied largely since the first sale was made. Six weeks ago the bonds were in good demand. Then there was a lull in the market and there was neither any demand nor any sale for such stock. The craze has begun again and it seems that it is never going to die out. "The highest paice paid in Charles ton for Confederate bonds has been $13 per thousand. The first bonds that were sold brought only $1 per thousand, but the average price paid has ben $6 a thousand. I bought $265,000 worth from the estate of a former ; well known resident of this city, for which I paid $9.50 a thousand. The bonds have sold as high as $17 a thousand Jh New York. I don't sup pose that there is any ground for be lieving that any part of the Confeder ate debt will be paid by the United btates (iovernment. The Confederacv died as a government twenty-one years ago and it will never be reconstruct- ec A Mystery How the human system ever recovers from the bad effects of the nauseous med icines often literally poured into it for the supposiiire renei oi ayspepsia, liver com plaint, constipation, rheumatism and oiner ailments, is a mystery. The mis chief done by bad medicines is scarcely less than that caused by disease.. If they who are weak, bilious, dyspeptic, consti pated or rheumatic, would oftener be gui ded by the experience of invalids who have thorouehlv tested Hostetter'a Stom ach Bitters, they would in every instance ouiain ine speediest aid aenvable irom rational medication. This medicine ia a searching and at the same time a thor oughly safe remedy, derived from vegeta ble sources, and possessing, in conse quence f its basis of pure spirits, prop erties as a medicinal stimulant not to be found in the fiery local bitters and stimu lants often resorted to by the debilitated dyspeptic and languid. lhe sky glows which began two years ago still recur tar South as well as far north of the equator, if one may believe letters from New Zeal and on one hand and Sweden on the other. : Thousands c ay o. Mr. T. W. Atkins, Girard, Kan., writes: 44 1 never hesitated to recommend your jiecinc .Bitters to my customers, they give enure satisiacuon and are rapid sel lers." Electric Bitters are the purest and best medicine known and will ptsitively cure Kidney and Livi r complaints. Puri fy the blood and regulate tbe bowels. No family can afford to ; be without them They save hundreds o dollars in doctor's bills every year. Sold at fifty cents a bot tle by Kirby & Robinson. Picture Frames of all kinds, sold cheap at Fuchtler & Kern's. Motto Frames 25 cents, -if . . . j Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brackets, Stair Work, Newels, Balusters, Scroll Work, Mantels, Fancy Store Pine, Cherry, Ash, Walnut, or Poplar. MOULDINGS at prices SO LOW as Rough and Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Weatherboarding, and other Lumber. Estimates made; Contracts taken for ll classes of Buildings, or Materials for same. Special Discount to the Wholesale Trade. For Same Class of Wort we guarantee to duplicate prices from any Factory wliether located North, Southeast or West. X C. EA8Q1L f Largo Stock: of Fall Dry Goods, Notions, Hals, Boots, Shoes, Family. Groceries, Sniar, COFFEE, FLOUR. MOLASSES, MEAT, LARD. An Assorted Variety of Will sell at Lowest Prices. Honest Dealings. "We sell Good Goods that will nav vou to bnv. Come and sea mv Taro-ft Stnr.k j j j 0 J. octl-tf i We would Call the Attention of M u u n. jm i& a who wish Seed that we have on hand Extra Early Peas aafl Beans which we sell cheap for Cash. We would also say to our friends that we do not profess to keep a Cheap Drug Store ! But those wishing to buy PURE DRUGS At a Living Profit, ca fiad them at our Place. Parents Needing SCHOOL BOOKS will do well to consult us before buying. ALSO MANUFACTURKES OF for disguising Quinine and other nauseous medicines KIRBY & ROBINSON, Messenger Building Goldsboro, N. C, Jan. 14 tf ATTENTION! Those ,who have bought my goods on a credit are respectfully reminded that "nne good turn deserves an other." I need money, i W. H. SMITH. Goldsboro, Oct. 19,'85.-tf COGDELL & BARNES' Steam Cracker Bakery. We are better than ever prepared to supply our friends with the very best Bread, Buns, Rolls Cakes, Pies, Ac, and everything in the line of a Baking business. are Making the Very Best Article of SODA OFt-OTCTTiFlS ever manufactured in the State, and the best article of OH.ATT CRACKERS ever made in or out of the State. octl5-ti O I -A- Ii - I will take pleasure in ordering any Book or other article in my line that I may not have in stock. Leave your or ders as early as possible. declO- J. B. WHITAKER, Jb. Attention Trncta tor Goods Now in Stock. hfifor rmrr.hasincr I i o C. EASON, GOLDSBORO, N. O. HOOD, BRITT & HALL r Desire to call the attention of the public to the fact that they now have on hand a well selected stock of General Merchandise, CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. BOOTS AND SHOES, TINWARE, CROCKERY, GUNS, PISTOLS, SNUFF, TO BACCO, GROCERIES, &c, which they mean to sell as low as the same quality of goods can be sold. If you want the best shoe in town for the money, don't fail to see our PACK ARD & GROVER'S $2.50 AND $2.99 GENTS' SHOES. A nice lot of Ladies', Misses and Chil dren's Shoes also. We wish to call special attention to our stock of MdTS both stiff and soft. We think they are interior to none in the city. Be sure to see them before you buy. Almost daily we are making additions to our stock, and consequently always have nice, fresh goods. Thanking our friends for pa?t favors, we respectfully ask them to remember us with a share of their patronage. Parties who are indebted to us will ob lige us by making an early settlement. Respectfully, HOOD, BRITT & HALL. Goldsboro. N. C. Oct 19, 1885.-tf L. SIMON & CO; (Successors to H. Brunhild & Bro.) WHOLESALE DEALERS IX Liquors.Ciqars AND 114 North Water St., WILMINGTON, - - JY. C. BRANCH OT H. BRUNHILD & BRO., RICHMOND, VA. Sole Agents for HICKS & BRUNHILD BROS., Manufacturers rf Tobacco, nov26tf RICHMOND. VA. Having had a long experience in the Mattress Business, I would respectfully inform the Public, generally, that I am now prepared, and pay special attention to Moss, Hair, or any other kind of Mattress Mattresses made to order. Will also contract to furnish Mattresses in any quantity desired. fST Send for Prices. Address LOUIS HUMMEL. Goldsboro, N. C, Sept. 7-tf NOTICE! I am prepared to take a limited number of Boarders. Mbs. JOHN PATE, Near the Rice Mills, Goldsboro, N,0. 'For Oak Wood apply to jan4-6w JOHN PATE. ml Ms Mattress Making! PFIT1 IFF $ A . iLa 23 ill IOZQI-iEIF S I2ST Furniture, Carpets, Oil Oletlsi MATTIWGS Rattan, Reed, and Willow Rockers, Carpet Folding Hockers, every t: tyle of Wood and Cane Seat Children Rockers. Chamber Sets Poplar, Walnut, Cherry'ior Ash Wood or Marble Top. : OUR STOCK OF IS LARGER THAN EVER, CONSISTING IN PART OF Raw Silk, Hair Cloth and Brocaded Plush. Also Easy Chairs and -n-uueru. maruie xop laoies ot every-Style and Size, Hi Secretary, Book Cases Writing Deiks, What Note, Walnut and Maple Extension Tables, j Safes, Sideboards,' Bureaus, Wash Stands, and a Large Assortment of Every Style of Chairs. Our Stock of Carpets, Oil Cloths and Rug, is Larger than ever, and we offer the same, for the next 30 Days at Prime N. Y. Cost. OUR STOCK OF Glass Waie Tin Ware, Wood and Lamp Goods, is completejand will ALL WE ASK IS GIVE US A pxuua, n; uke YOU PURCHASE. Cgy Also a Larcre Line of FrmM i -m J every description made to order FUCHTLER & KERN, 87 K 89, XI GOLDSBORO, 1885 C. G. PERKINS. 1886 Hi - E , I We invite the public to call Dry.Goods, Notions, Clollg, Shoes, Hals, 'Hardware, Imi CrOCkrv. Trntilru Am JP. In the LApIES DEPARTMENT We have Cloaks, Dress and Fancy Gooos, and a full line of Zephyrs afc reuucea WE CLAIM! TO BE JMLjET nT n3E3T3B3 And offer the Largest Stock in our City selected especially for us by Miss Bordlx ii Millmery House in the United States. ShJ i now & Zv ritore , tnett KTParties indebted will please call and GOLDSBORO, N. C, Oct 6.!l885-tf: Fittings, Counters. Shelving, in to Astonish the TRADE. :"-t;,., s CD- Willow Ware, Cutlery, Lamps and be sold at remarkably Low, Pr-ces. CALL AND EXAMINE 0UB on! short Lotice. Respectfully, nTc7 EETIN and examine our Rfvv r prices. HEADQUARTERS FOR 4 Lower IKan Ever Before. settle. I
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