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THE TIRED MOTHER. They were talklna- of .tii glory of tho land Of thehamfoffee gladnesa tobefoundln Of thfiwers ever blooming, of the never- Of thelrandrinlf'throuffh the golden streets, of happy white-robed throng : And said father, leaning cosily back In his easy-chair, . -L (Father always was a master hand for comfort everywhere): : What a joyful thing 'twould be to know that when this life is o'er, ' ' One would straightway hear a welcome from the blessed, shining shore ! And Isabel, our eldest girl, glanced, upward , from the reed . . She was painting- on a water-Jug, and mur mured : Yes, indeed." And Marian, the next in age, a moment drop ped her book, , J- . ; And, " Yea, indeed !" repeated with a most ecstatic look. But mother, gray-haired mother, who had come to sweep the room. With a patient smile on her thin face, leaned lightly on her broom Poor mother! no one ever thought how much she had to do And said : " I hope it is not wrong not to agree But seems to me that when I die, before I join the bless'd, . t I'd like Just for a little while to lie in my grave and rest." i TAKE YOUR CORSET OFF. "0, dear! I don't know what is the matter with me, I am so tired all the time I can't stand anything; I can't walk three blocks. 1 have neuralgia every little while, I'm good for noth ing, and yet there seems to be no dis ease about me. I wish you'd tell me what ails me." The speaker was a beautiful girl, about 19 years old. Na ture had intended her for a magnifi cent specimen of womanhood. She was not less than 5 feet 7 inches in height, but, with shoulders and hips hroad in rjrooortion. she measured only 22 inches around' the waist. Of course, she asserted that she did not dress tight; but when told that in order to have good health she must leave off her corsets she rebelled. "Why, now wouia i iook wuuuui a corset!" she exclaimed "I'd be a per fect fright." What reply, was there to be to so convincing a statement? But by the light of science her whole body was illuminated, and to the under standing vision she was a perfect fright as it was. I never see such a figure that I am not reminded of Hi ram Power's query in regard to a fashionably attired lady: "I wonder where she puts her liver?" It is easy enough to prove that the breathing capacity is actually lessen ed by the corset, even when not worn tight. Any one wishes to try the ex Seriment can sit down and begin to raw in the deepest breath possible. When the limit of the corset is reach ed, unclasp it and see how widely its clasp can be separated by the action kof the lungs alone. Then if you bear in mind that these muscles have been weakened by non-use, and that with full liberty they would increase in strength, you will be able to imagine how much the the corset has lessened the vital capacity. I saw a fine illus tration of this a few days since, when I called upon a lady whose literary labors are wonderful. She received me in a neat loose dress, in which every organ of the body had full play. She rejoiced in her perfect physical freedom. She ran up and down stairs with the lightness of a child, and felt no palpitation of heart or oppression of lungs. Later in the day she dressed to go out upon the street with me, and put on a corset. "I do it in deference to the opinion of my friends," she ex claimed. "They complain if I outrage their sense of proprieiy by appearing without one, but I do penance all the time I wear it." We started off at her usual brisk no10 Hiit in fivArv Utilo wbilfi shfi said to me: "I can't walk so fast when I've a corset on. I can't breathe, you see." And so to accommodate her diminish ed powers of breathing we slackened our pace, and soon she commenced to look weary, her cheerful laugh be came less frequent, her face began to wear an anxious look, her vital capa city was lessened, and her whole sys tem felt the effect of it. ,I could ac complish nothing at all," said she, "if I were compelled to wear a corset at my work." .1 asked a young lady to sing for me the other day. With some hesitation and blushes she excused herself, say ing: "Really,, I shall be obliged to decline; the fact is. I am just breaking in a new corset, and it hurts me so I can hardly live." "Why do you wear it, then?" "Oh! I'd look so odd with out a corset." To me she would look far better, for 1 could see that her health was failing, her cheeks paling, her nerves starving for the vital breath of God's pure air, which the corset was shutting out of her lungs. "We girls are always glad to undo our corsets and draw a long breath at night," said one frank girl to me. "We don't wear them tight; we can put our hands under them always; but it does seem so good to get them off and breathe just asbig as we can." Dr. Mary A Allen, in Herald of Health. ONE BRICK WRONG. Not long ago some workmen were engaged in building a large brick tow er, which was to be carried up very high. The master builder was very particular in charging the mason to lay every brick with the greatest care, es pecially in the first courses, or rows, which had to bear the weight of all the rest of the building. However, one of the workmen- did not mind what had been told him. In laying: a corner, he very carelessly left one of the bricks a little crooked out of the line: or, as the masons call it, "not plumb." "Well," you may say "it is t ... T. T T 1 - A. . ! . t oniy one single otvck in a great pue oi them. What difference does it make if that was not exactly straight?" You will see directly. The work went on. Nobody noticed that there was one brick-wrong, but as each course of brick was kept in line with those al ready laid the tower was not put up exactly straight, and the higher they buit itthe more insecure it became. One 'day when the tower had been car ried up about 50 feet a tremendous crash was heard. The building had fallen to the ground, Durying the workmen in the ruins. All the pre cious work was lost; the materials were wasted; and, worse than this val uable lives were sacrificed; and all be cause one trick had been laid wrong in the start. The ' workman who laid that brick wrong little thought what a dan gerous thing he was doing, and what terrible harm would result from his neglect. My dear young friend you are now building up your character. In the habits you now form ' you are laying the foundation of that charac ter. One bad habit,-one brick laid wrong ''now, may ruin your character Sy and by. Remember what you are oing and see that every brick is kept MENTAL GROWTH OF CHIL DREN. Very often we read of cases where parents are deceived in the character of their children. The truth is, they grow up much faster than parents are aware. While a mother innocently believes her little girl's mind is entire ly occupied with her dolls and pets, in reality the child is weaving romances in which some callow youths is the central figure, and herself the hero ine. She may fancy her boy is en tirely engrossed with his marbles and his balls, but the lad himself has al ready determined his future career of renown in the pirate's or highway man's fascinating profession. It is a terible revelation when a surrepti tious fliration with the telegraph messenger, or a midnight esca pade, shows too plainly where the heart of the child is placed. We know a case in which a boy of fif teen was charged with a crime, and finally confessed himself guilty. The surprise and agonv of his mother were heartrending. "It cannot be," was her cry, "he is a little boy- Why, he is my baby. Every nierht he puts his arms around my neck and kisses me. It is not possible." Had the boy ac tually been a babe in the cradle, the mother would have been no more as tonished. It is a fiction pleasing to the parent's hearts that their children, too young to know or dream of any evil more heinous than childish pecca dillos. But it is a fiction fraught with frave perils. Every mother ought to now if her boy smokes. Yet we can point to a half-dozen boys who puff along the streets, whose mothers nrm ly believe them to be angels of light, and would be indignantly incredulous if told the facts. . THE DUKE OF ARGYLE In his last work, "The Unity of Na ture' says: "The third case of animal instinct, which I shall here mention, was of a different but of an equally common kind. In along the side of a river with overhanging banks, I came suddenly on a common wild duck, whose young were just out. Spring ing from under the bank, she flutter ed out into the stream with loud cries and with all the struggles to escape of a helplessly wounded bird. To stim ulate the effects from disease, or from wounds upon the human frame is a common necessity of the actor's art, and it is not often really well done. The tricks of theatre are seldom na tural, and it is not without reason that 'theatrical' has become a proverbial expression for false and artificial re- f presentations of the realities of life, t was therefore with no small inter est that on this, as on many other oc casions, I watched the perfection of an art which Mrs. Siddons might have envied. The labored and half-convul-siye flapping of the wings, the wrig gling of the body, the straining of the neck, and the whole expression of painful and abortive effort, were real ly admirable. When her struggles had carried her to a considerable dis tance, and she saw they produced no effect in tempting us to follow, she made resounding flaps upon the sur face of the water, to secure that atten tion to herself which it was the great object of the manceuyre to attract. Then rising suddenly in the air she made a great circle round us, and re turning to the spot renewed her en deavors as before. It was not, how ever, necessary; for the separate in stinct of the young in successful hid ing effectually baffled all my attempts to discover them." Clear the Way For the escape from the system of its waste and debris, which, if retained, would vitiate the bodily fluids and over throw health. That important channel of exit, the bowels, may be kept perma nently iree irom oDstructions Dy using tne non-griping, gently actnag and agree able cathartic, Hostetter's Stomach Bit ters, which not only liberates impurities, but invigorates the lining of the intestinal canal, when weakened by constipation or the unwise use ol violent purgatives. The stomach, liver and urinary organs are likewise reinforced and aroused to health ful action by this beneficent tonic and corrective, and every organ, fiber, muscle and nerve experiences a share of its in vigorating influence. Unobjectionable in navor, a most genial and wholesome med icinal stimulant, and owing its efficacy to botanic sources exclusively, it is the rem edy best adapted to household use, on account of its safety, wide scope and speedy action. New Advertisements. LD.G1DDENS Qoldsboro, N. C, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER ! TAKE NOTICE That lam prepared to do all sorts of re pairing of Watches and Jewelry, and guarantee satisfaction to all. My work the past 20 years is ample guarantee of what may be expected in the future, and you will find my prices satisfactory. Mr. Frank Giddens, of Clinton, a Watch maker of skill and experience, assists me 1 . 11 1 , 3 aiiu ue win uepieasea J to wait upon his nu- MY STOCK OP Jewelry, Watches, and Silverware, is first-class and is offered at hard times prices. fcS3 Thankful for past liberal patronage I respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. L..D. GIDDENS. Goldsboro, N. C, May 10-3m WANTED ! ' A White Woman, to do the domestic work of a small family, for which liberal wages will be paid. Address a - v J. W. HAM, Jul9-w4t Mount Olive, N.C. THE GOLDSBORO MESSENGER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1886 Educational. Law scnooi, TJNIVEBSITY OF"NOBTH" CAROLINA . Regular Session begins Sept. 1st, closes first Thursday in June, 1887. Fee payable in advance $100.00. IST For particulars address jul8-wtsepl JOHN MANNING, Prof. ST. MARY'S SCHOOL, C, 2V. O. The Advent Term the 91st semi-annual Session begins Thursday, September 9 th, 1886.' . 1 I' ' For Catalogue address the Rector, Ret. BENNET SMEDES, A. M. Raleigh, N. C, June 28, 1886-2m Statesville College, STATESVTLLE, N. C. Begins Wednesday, September 1, 1886. Closes June, 1887. Full corps of able teachers, fine climate, home comforts and moderate charges. Special lessons in cooking and house keeping without extra expense. 157 bend lor catalogue. MISS FAN mm EVERITT, Principal. jun28-tf SEW Staunton, Va. MISS MARY J J BALDWIN, Principal. Opens 1st September, 1886. Closes June, 1887. Unsurpassed location, build ings, grounds, appointments. Full corps teachers, Unrivalled advantages in Music, Languages, Elocution, Art, Bookkeeping, Physical Culture, Board &c, with full English Course, $250 per session. For full particulars apply to principal for cat alogue. ; june21-2m WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL WARSAW, N. C. ,&B. S. KENNEDY, PRINCIPALS. A Boardinsr School for males and females, Full corps of teachers; pupils prepared for colletre or business pursuits. Music and Art are specialties. Buildings are new and ample to accommodate a large number of boarders. Location healthy, water good, religious ad vantages fine. Charges very reasonable and payments made easy. Correspondence solicited- Address the Principals at Warsaw. jull-2m PEACE INSTITUTE, ' RALEIGH, N, C. For Young Ladies and Small Girls. Fall session commences first Wednes day in September and closes correspond ing time in June following. An experienced and highly accomplished corps of teachers in all branches usually taught in first-class seminaries for Young La dies and Girls. Advantages for instruction in Music, Art and Modern Languages unsur- Eassed. Building heated by steam and lighted y gas and electricity. Expenses less than any Female Seminary offering same advan tages. Special arrangements for small girls. Deduction for two or more from same family or neighborhood. Correspondence solicited. For Cata logue address Rev. R. BTJRWELL & SON, . 1 jun21-3m Raleigh, N. CT SALEM HIGH SCHOOL! ESTABLISHED 1874. Huntley, Sampson Co , N.C. A Boarding School for Both Sexes ! LOCATION. This institution occupies a central posi tion in Sampson county, 11 miles west of Clinton, 24 miles east of Fayetteville and 38 miles south west from Goldsboro. THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC will be under the charge of the accom plished and experienced teacher, Miss L. T. Harrison, L. F. C. (Virginia.) LITERARY DEPARTMENT. The Principal will be ably assisted in this department to the full requirement of the school. A SPECIAL FEATURE, in connection with the school, is the Fhi lotechhic Literary Society one of the oldest and best established Literary Societies at any Academy or High School in North Carolina. HFSend your name on a postal card for Catalogue. Most respectfully, MARION BUTLER, A.B., Huntley, N. C, junl8-2m Principal. TO. The Fall Session begins September 1st, 1886, and closes January 15th, 1887. o - No Institute for Young Ladies in the South has advantages superior to those offered here in every department. An experienced and highly accomplished corps of teachers, selected from some of the best schools North and South in which they were teaching, has been en gaged for next year. Prof. Albert Rowss, the new Director of Music, has been teaching in Italy, New York and Massachusetts for twenty-five years with eminent success. No one could come more highly commended as a refined Christian gentleman, an American citizen, and well known in New York and Brooklyn, and in Massachusetts. The Music Department here will not be sur passed anywhere either in thoroughness or popularity. The Art Department of this Institute still sustains its supremacy among South ern Institutions. During the severe weather of last win ter it was proven that, the method by which the rooms in this Institute are warmed is superior to any other in health, comfort and safety, and that there is no possibility of accident or failure in this important matter. Expenses less than in any Female Sem inary offering equal advantages TERMS:-, For Board, including furnished rooms, servants attendance, lights (gas), with Tuition in everything in full Collegiate course, including ancient and . modern languages, calisthenics, for each session, ,$100 Correspondence solicited. For cata logue, with fullparticulara address; . - Rev. WM.R. ATKINSON. . - , Charlotte, Jun25-w8t then w8t - ' AUGUSTA 1 W -PROPRIETORS OF- QolosDoro inert -SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE- GOLDSBORO :-COTTON-:-PRESS ! STRONG POINTS Durable ! Runs Light ! Presses Fast! Simple ! IT IS III I K ; ! ; : Cheapest First Class Power Press ON THE We have Sold a Large number of these given Satisfaction. 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