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THE GOLDSBORO MESSENGER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1886. Miscellaneous. Attend to it Now. Many suff erlnsr people dras themselves about Unfailing strength, reeling: that they are steadily sinking into the grave, when by using Parker's Tonic they would find a cure com mencing with the first dose, and vitality and Strength surely coming back to them. "I am 63 years old; have been sick nearly all mr life, and ought to know something about medicine by this time. I haveused Parker's Tonic freely for more than a year, and consid er it the best remedy I have ever known. In fact I now find no other medicine necessary. For weakness, debility, rheumatism, and that distressing all-goneness and pain from which T suffered so long, it has no equal. I do not see how any one can afford to do without so valu able a medicine." Mrs. Hattie N. Graves, cor. East and Front streets. Providence, R. I. Parker's Tonic . Prepared by Hiscox & Co., N. Y. Bnld by all Druggists In large bottles at One Dollar. . seplO-wswlm lahails kiPor. Sals ! We will sell on easy terms the land in shin, dpsr.rihed as follows ; Xjib f - It consists of two (2) tracts, adjoining each other, about one (1) mile west of Dudley. The home tract contains two hundred and seventy-two (272) acres, and.is situated on the east bank of Brooks' swamp; eight (8) horse farm cleared; the remainder is well timbered with oak, pine, ash and cypress; large quantity of good marl; young or chard; good dwelling and out houses, and two (2) tenement houses, all as good as new. The other tract lies iust east of and ad joins the above, and extends to within one fourth (i) of a mile of Dudley; and con tains about a four (4) horse farm cleared; the woodland is well timbered with pine and oak; it has a good dwelling with eight io nut Vinnapa and nne ( ffood 101 iUVUlZJ, Vfl - O tenant house; good apple orchard and one of the finest mulberry orchards in the State; a fine opportunity for hog raising and silk culture, No CJiiUsf No Malaria! The above will be sold in a body, or separate, to suit purchasers. ESr-For further particulars call on or address R. L HOLLO WELL, Wilsons t:u w n nr T CX TTOT .T ,OWE fTi. Dud- ley.N.C. sep27-tf General Commission Merchants, ,m i'i aw nvmiH I OFFfift Al WttUL-iiAkfii Uft MIAI-ii Box Meats, Mess Pork, Fiour (all grades) Sugar, Coffee, S. C. Hams, Lard, Meal, Corn, Bran. Oats. Dry Good3, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Crockery, Lamps, Glassware, Wood Ware, Baskets, Hay, Crackers, Cheese. Butter, Red "C" and K Oil, Snuff, Tobacco, Molasses, Syrup, &c. Bagging, Arrow and Delta Ties. AT LOW FIGURES FOR THE CASH. Goldsboro, N. C, sep6-ti NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE DOG DAYS ARE UPON US, YOU CAN FIND AT m FAMILY GROCERY! West Walnut St., Goldsboro, N. C., A Good Supply of Fine Groceries and Foreign Delicacies, Snuff, Tobacco, Ci gars, Tin, Wood and Willow Ware, &c, which he is offering at very Low Prices, FOR osih: I CSTDon't fail to call on him before pur chasing elsewhere. julyl-tf IMP 8 500 0. Or. Doors, (Culls) AT 75 0EHTS APIBOE, These are good strong 4'panel doors, but knotty. For cheap tenement houses just as good as a higher priced door. J. STRAUSS & CO., Goldsboro Rice and Planing Mills. sept9-lm' S TJ M M E R Send in Your Orders for . Ginger Ale, Sarsaparilla, Soda Water, California Pear Nectar, And the Latest Thing Out, TONIC J5EER ! You will find all the above Drinks to be Good, or No Charge. I am still leading in Low Prices in Gro ceries. My Stock is complete. Call and get prices before buying and I know I ul sell to you. Respectfully, Ra1. v - Walnut Street woldsboro. N.O, Mar. 22. 1886.-tf , i BarDersiD! STILL IN 0PEEATI0N. . -, Shavincr arid TT?- n..: ..tti J guy performed by the well-known ton gfijl artists, James Bates and William SJ parlor tne Gregory House. . .. O UOU'VUUIUK UU1U1L1V unu i Efcertofl, Finlayson & Co, Knaps GROCERIES ! tapry Hoti The Scout 1864. As 1 ride with a keen lookout throughout ln the wind of the Autumn blowing free, iu fn trom yur open window down, And I raise my face to your own, cheriel I press my Hps to the rose in your hair. Ana , wish it was one of the two on your If I were up in the window there, ' " "V Would you give me a last embrace? - I bnve been rather sari ' Tiiiwgm . (How the wind of the Autumn is blowing - free!) v-;" - : -- . nen ine raiue or saDres would pass away, . And the winds would whisper to you i and ThAt InvA la tho )u k.tiiiKiM. . And the Journey of life, made haud'in hand. Is a path of flowers; but the dream soon died iuc uir wj. iniB war-curei iana. .. i , .. This very moment I catch the beat. On the wind of the Autumn blowing: free, Of a squadron passing: with muffled feet By the mill, who are hunting: me. If they find me a shot! I am wounded, One touch of the roses so fair to see If they drag: me in to die at your feet, You must kiss me again, cheriel Ji Esten Cook, in Bivouac MISSING FROM HOME. "Penniless!" said little Ruth Egerton. Oh, I never thought to come to this." It was a dull grey winter day, with a raw chilliness in; the air which threat ened snow, and now and then a bleak gust sweeping across the river like some angry demon bearing storm-threaten ings on its wings! And Ruth stood under the shadow of the bridge, pallid and shivering, with her stonegrey shawl wrapped around her slim shoulders, and the scarlet bird's wing in her hat shining like a speck of tire in the semi-gloom. it was one tning to run away m a spirit of girlish adventure from the old farm, because her aunt had no sympa thy with youthful aspirations, and wanted her to sew carpet rags and work button-holes on endless piles of vests; it wal quite another to hnd herself alone and friendless in a great city; She had been walking until every bomr and muscle was sore her last penny was spent for a cup of muddy coffee at a streetj-stand coffee which had not even the I merit of being hot, and now she did not know what to do. She had believecj, this little Ruth, that life was full of romance and adventure, and how bitterly had she been disap pointed! How thankful would she be to go back to the farm now, and the button-holes, if only she had money to take her there! "Here, young woman! hold this bas ket for me a minute." Involuntarily Ruth obeyed the behest A stout little lady in a black fur cloak stood opposite her,: overburdened with baskets, bundles, and parcels, fumbling in her' pocket for her purse. 'un, nere it is, saia tne' little wo man. "I almost thought I had lost it or had my pocket picked!" "Please, ma'am," said Ruth in a fal tering voice, "might might I carry it across the bridge for your The little woman turned a pair of black beady eyes quickly upon her in terlocutor. "No," said she in a voice that sound ed like a snarl. "You're an impostor! You needn't think; I'm to be imposed upon because I came from the country." And she snatched her basket from Ruth and went her way. Shivering and discouraged the girl shrunk back. At that moment she saw a benevolent-looking old gentleman buying some roasted chestnuts irom a stall, while a weird-faced little street- Arab was deftly engaged in spirit ing his white silk pocket-handkerchief from the recess of his overcoat. "Stop thief!" she cried, springing for ward. "Stop thief!" But in her haste she had not perceiv ed a huge four-horse van thundering down the bridgeway. There was a cry of alarm on all sides: she was jerked vehemently back by a policeman, but not until her shoulder had been violently struck bv one of the wheels. "Are you tired of living, mv girl?" sharplv questioned the policeman; "be cause if you ain't, I'd recommend you to keep out from under warehouse-carts for the future. Here, stand up! You ain't much hurt, are you?" And while Ruth was trying to stam mer out that she was not much hurt, everything turned black around her, and she fainted away. "Number Fourteen, in the Accident Ward!" said Dr. Fletcher airily, glancr ing at his note-book. "Oh, she .can go out any day now!" Ruth looked wistfully up. "If I only knew where to go!" said she. "Why, to your friends, of course," s.aid the young surgeon carelessly. Ruth's head dropped. She could not tell him that old Aunt Peace was the only relative she had, and that to her she absolutely dared not return. "For I was so ungrateful and obsti nate," Ruth had told herself. "Ob, I never, never can look Aunt Peace in the face again!" Thettrained nurse who was bandagin a broken ankle in the next bed looke up at this moment. She, in her time, had been friendless and alone. Per haps she understood Ruth better than the doctor did. "If Miss Harrison would like a place," said she, "I know a nice old lady in the country who wants a lively cheerful companion, and helper about the house. The wages may not be great at "first, but it would be a comfortable home." "Oh," cried Ruth, "I should be so much obliged for your recommenda tion!" For, by a curious admixture of events, Ruth and the poor victim of a lamp ex plosion had been brought into the Ac cident Ward at about the same time, and the cards on their respective head boards had Jsbmehow got transposed. The "R." Egerton" of the Accident Ward had been buried; for, ten days, the "A. Harrison" was now sitting up and try ing to occupy herself with some neces sary needlework. At the time, Ruth had been too ill to set the error straight Afterwards she had been too listless to think that anything mattered ? very much. ' "I feel like a ghost!" he said to her self; "why not be a ghost?" "The old lady is a friend of mmV said Miss Corbitt, the trained nurse, in the soft well-modulated voice that' had mingled so sweetly with Ruth's dreams while she was yet delirious. "She is in great trouble! She has lost a dear friend!" . x - Ruth looked up, her eyes softening. . "Has she?" she . murmured. "Then I am sure I shall, like her. How soon can I go to her?" "My brother is going to drive out there to-morrow , afternoon," said Miss Corbitt "Perhaps we can get you ready to go with him?'? v ' "Is it in the country?" asked Ruth. "Yes.V " . "I am glad of that," said the girl, . : "Why? J)o you prefer, the country?" "I should be thankful never to see the bricks and mortar - of a city again so long as I live?", said Ruth, fervently clasping her hands. "I have learned a lessonyes, a lesson!" . . .. t And in the yellow afternoon sunshine oi tne next day, - Miss Corbitt packed "Number Fourteen" carefully into the old-fashioned buggy beside the specta cled, middle-aged brother, who evident ly regarded the young lady exactly; as he would have regard red chme, or a barrel of apples, or any otner pacKage consigned to his care for safe delivery at a certain nlace. It was a March dayi' all blue dazzling sky overhead, all sweet suggestions of the coming spring below. Once across the bridge, oucei beyond the wretched trail of the citv suburbs, sweet snrintr x , looked them in the face. 1 , .Here and there the willows along the watercourses had hung out their : ban ners of gold-green mist the apple-blossoms blushed on the edge of the woods, and the -songs of birds filled the air. Ruth clasped her hands eagerly. "It is like-coming home again!" she cried. "How far are we going, Mr. Corbitt?" 'A bit farther up the road," said her charioteer composedly. "Out Hemp stead ways." . Ruth leaned back in her carriage. It was content enough for her , to breathe in the balmy air, to feel that Heaven's blessed sunshine was folding her around as with a mantle of healing. "It is as if I had died and come to life again!" she kept thinking to her self. "She closed her eyes peacefully, .and let her head rest against the cloth lining of the carriage. She did not think she had fallen asleep for a few minutes, yet it must have been so, for when she once more looked up, a familiar landscape met her eyes the old brown house with the budding lilacs clustering around its eaves, and the fence half hidden bv rose-bushes. At the door stood Aunt Peace herself, in the self-same brown-alpaca gown and fluttering caj)-borders, clear-starch ed in double ruffles, that she always wore. 'Oh. where am'I?" cried Ruth. "Is this a dream?" "Bless and save us?" exclaimed the old lady. "Why, it's our Ruth come back again!" In a gecond the two were clasped in each others arms while honest Mr. Cor bitt sat looking on in sheer amazement. "You you seem to have met before," was all he could say. "My own little girl!" faltered the old woman with tear-bedimmed eyes; "no words cantell how I have missed you! And if you'll be content to stay here and live with me again, I won't be so hard with you I promise you that" "Dear, dear Aunt Peace, if only you can forgive me!" sobbed Ruth. Miss Corbitt smiled when she heard how strangely fate had united the des tinies of these two. To her it was only one more of the inscrutable pages of experience. "It is often so," said she. s"We think we are going our own way when it is God's way, after all, that He is leading us. Well, I am glad that little pale gin has found a home after all. 1 should have guessed the riddle long ago if I had known that her name was not Annie Harrison!' " How to Select a Piano. In selecting a good piano from a va riety of instruments, says a professor of music, the chief object naturally should be to find one which combines, as near ly as possible, all those qualities which render it both pleasing and sympathetic in tone as well as solid and durable in construction. The qualitv of tone should be first considered, the question to be decided being whether the tone is sonorous, full and strong, and at the same time sweet and agreeable to the ear, and not sharp and offensive. With this is coupled the question whether the tone responds eas ily to the softest pressure of the key, and whether the touch of the key, on applying a different force, will also produce a proportionate tone. This ought to be the fact throughout the en tire scale, and if this is the case the piano may be considered as being of good quality and evenness of tone. A piano when lightly touched may De found sweet and pleasing to the ear, but when a little force is used it will yield only a shrill, trembling noise, without any distinct pure, and round tone being heard at all. Not only should the different octaves be equal in the tone of their several keys, but the same character of sound should prevail in the piano from the lowest to the highest note. The labor and expense in resrulatinor a piano in the above-mentioned manrer is so great as to prevent manttraCTurers who do not make strictly first-class instruments from bestowing the necessary attention upon this part of the ! manufacture; in stead of this, however, they make the tone "brilliant,' as they call it in order to hide the defects in the evenness of the piano,, resulting in either the bass being too noisy, or the treble too sharp, so that the ear is very soon offended by tne sound. The action of the piano must be elas tic and the touch easy, although not light enough to cause a rattling of the keys after a short period of use. A heavy, unyielding action tires the player out and makes the piano disagreeable. These are the mam points to be con sidered in selecting a good piano. The integrity of a well-known manu facturer should be a safe guarantee that he uses only the ; best material, dry and well-seasoned wood, substantial braces, good strings, etc., in manu facturing the instrument. As a matter of course, every manufacturer tries to make the outside appearance of his pianos as attractive as possible, but,, the purchaser should not be influenced by the faultless exterior finish alone in se lecting piano. The real merit should be sought in the perfection of the action and the inner construction of the in strument Poor pianos may be - fitted up in most elegant style, but after a lit tle wear they fail to give satisfaction. ' The Editorial Excursion. Once upon a time a real editor, by some strange chance, found himseii alone with one of those editorial excur sions that you frequently read about. here were a couple or hundred in tne party, but he was the only real editor among them, and he felt very lonesome. Not only that, but he was looked., upon with suspicion and interest by the other fellows, who wondered what business he had there, anyhow. One veteran traveler on a aeaa-neaa ass that ho wasn't entitled to said he ad been on scores of editorial excur- sions, and that was the nrst time tnat an editor, that is to say. a real bona fide editor, had ever shown up. ,If this thin? was encouraged he felt , that the editorial excursion was doomed. Its epitaph might as well be written. So with one accord they all sat down on the solitary editor, ' and: made it so uncomfortable for him' that he got off the train at the first stopping place and returned home.: Texas Siftxngs. f Doctoring an African King. -: ? :, It is no joke to be a doctor to the king of Uganda, for whenever, I took him; a new supply of medicine I had always to take a dose myself and to administer one to seven of the -persons' who might happen to be present - Should onewof these seven unfortunates die within a week it would be considered that I had attempted to poison the king. If the king had to take a pill I had always to hold two in my hand; he chose one and I had to swallow the other, unless I had a friend with me who kindly undertook the office. I soon noticed, however, that Mtesa always chose the smallest, and so I arranged accordingly. One day Mtesa plaved me a nice trick. I had been to the palace to take him a lotion, and' had warned him particular ly not to drink it After I had left he sent a page after me with a gourd of mwengi, asking me to taste it and say if he might have some. I did so and said "Yes." It being a very hot after noon my friend drank the remainder; but it soon became evident that the king had doctored .the wine, for: my friend became violently sick. It turned out afterward that Mtesa wished to see what effect the lotion would have upon me. Scottish Magazine. The daily newspapers of New Orleans have abolished the custom of redeeming unsold copies. The proprietors had their suspicions aroused lately that they were being systematically robbed. An investigation was instituted, and it was found that a number of dealers had established routes on which they rented papers at a reduced price, instead of selling them. They delivered the papers in the morning, gathered them up in the evening and returned them to the office and had them redeemed. It was also found that by a trick in folding a Dum ber of papers in a bundle were counted two or more times, so that a package supposed to contain 100 really contained only seventy-five. Women Carried Across Wet Streets. When the streets in Mexico become flooded by the heavy summer showers multitudes of "cargadores" standing upon either pavement with their trou sers rolled to the thighs ply a lively business carrying pedestrians across up on their backs. They make nothing of hoisting a woman as though she were a sack of potatoes, with her reticule, fan, parasol, and other paraphernalia, and trotting away with her while her little feet dangle and generally beat a tattoo upon his back, and her fingers clutch him nervously amid a series of shrieks and dump her, dry shod, upon the otner siue, an ior six cents; vvnen a family party comes along mother, maids, and children it is a funny sight to see them transported, one by one, over a three-foot-wide, six-inch-deep tor rent, with more fuss than Barnum's menagerie, white elephant and all, would make in crossing the Mississippi. m A report comes from London to the Booh Buyer that tiresome people some can mem uarus, omers poetasters in sist on calling to see Oliver Wendell Holmes, and, when they are shown into his room, immediately strike an attitude and in a loud voice, and with much TMnlpnt (TPQtiii-p fort li vv5 1 li vooi to n n rAa or an address, to which he is expected to listen. You'll find her smiling night and day, Although at times she is cot gay. And should you wonder why you meet This constant smile, regard her teeth. She only laughs those gems to show. Which SOZODONT makes white as snow. laughter Lends-A New Charm To beauty when it discloses a pretty set of teeth. Whiteness, when nature has supplied this element of loveliness, may be retained through life bv using the fragrant SOZODONT. "Spaijjing's Glue," mends Furniture, Toys, Crockery, all ornamental work. Miscellaneous. Bull Tor Hit Graded Sclnl! Boob for EveryMy. You will do well to consult before you make any purchase. Patent Medicines Toilet Articles. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. MANUFACTURERS OF for disguising Quinine and other nauseous i medicines. KIR BY & ROBINSON, ' Messenger Building. Goldsboro, N. C, Sept. 23 tf SHVT50N W00T51V, -DEALER TS GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Takes this method to inform the citizens of the country surrounding LaGrange, that he bas now in store a splendid Stock of FALL MIL LINERY and DK ESS GOODS, together with a complete assortment of GENERAL MER CHANDISE. Call and See Us! We sell at Lowest Cash Prices. ' JVMiss Webb will again have charge of the MlUinerr Department, ' mr The Ladies are invited to attend the opening of Millinery on October 1st. , - UBAi range, r. o sept, au, isao-im Now in Store! g Car Loads Prime Timothy Hay. Tons Wheat Bran. Tons Mixed Cow Feed. Cases Soap. V';- . 40 Cases Ball Potash. . ,. , i Cases Concentrate Lye.' ? Tobacco, Snufl. Starch, Cotton , Bagging, Ac. B. IX. JPBIVETT & CO. SCHOOL 3 1! mini! F 4 Fill ill we: We are now prepared to offer to the Public one of the Largest and Best Selected Stocks of Merchandise it has ever been our pleasure to offer. We have Goods of every grade, and we are candid when we say that we believe we can suit most any one m Quality and Price. i tJ Don send North for your Goods this Fall. We can use the Money at Home to as good ad vantage as Northern firms and will give you as good values for your Money as any House you can trade with. We will suit you both in the Qual ity of Goods and Price. Whatever you buy from us, that does not suit you exactly, we are right here to take the Goods back or exchange them. In our Dress Goods and Wrap Department We are disnlftvintr nil ihn "POwoltina tViof A -.,,4- W l "CM t: e t j , .. . ... T t i c 7 i j 7 c vui.. iic uftYc ttu Elegant wue oi ladies, musses ana uuiiarens Wraps in the sOToTite: sssr stock of I,OSIERY' JWa- Our Shoe Department Is likewise complete. Every pair warranted to be Solid Leather and give entire satisfaction. We sell at the Lowest Possible Fnce and will save you the Jobbers profit, aTwe get all our Shoes direct from the Manufacturers. Our Clothing and Gents Furnishing Department Is Full and Complete. As heretotore, we keep only the best makes i this line. In addition we were lucky to get hold of large lots of Goods in this line which we bought considerable under regular prices. We have one lot of 1 00 Suits which we are offering at $7.50; they are all wool Cassimer, and the original price was $14.00. Another lot of Union Cassimer Suits we offer at $5.00 per Suit, original price $10.00 It is impossible to enumerate the different Bargains we have, therefore would only request an examination of our Stock. . In our Merchant Tailoring Department We are prepared better than ever before to make your Clothing to order on TEN DAYS NOTICE. Our Goods will be made up with the greatest of care and skill, at very reasonable prices, and we guarantee satisfaction in every case. Laundried and Unlaundried Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Suspenders, &c, in the greatest profusion, fill this Department. These Goods have been selected with the greatest of care. We can suit the most astidious taste at popular prices. Carpets, Rugs. Mattings and Oilcloths. In this Line, as in the rest of our Stock, we are displaying the Newest Designs of every grade and at prices which will be hard to duplicate in Northern Markets. We keep a full line of Carpets always in stock. Do Us The Favor To Examine Our Stock Thoroughly before purchasing or ordering. It is our determination to get you to buy your Goods in Goldfcboro, if sufficient Stock, variety and Low Prices can accomplish it. Tllis Is No Idle Talk; We Mean What We Say, and shall endeavor to do our part to accomplish this end. Therefore we most cordially invite you to call and Examine our Fall Stock. Respectfully, lir Is replete with a Large Stock and Varied Assortment of Desirab'e and Seasonable Goods. We guarantee to Duplicate any Hill in this Department, no matter where bought, and save you Freight and Expenses. 200 Bales North Carolina Plaids. 40 Cases Prints (all Styles). ISO Pieces Dress Goods. 50 Bales of Unbleached Domestic. 15 Cases of Bleaching (all Widths and Grades). 500 Pieces Pants Goods (all Kinds). 300 Pairs of Blankets. 500 Dozen Mens, Boys and Childrens Hats. 200 Dozen Undershirts and Drawers. OOO Cases Shoes, all Styles and Grades (Special Bargains). A Complete Line of Hosiery, Notion and Fancy Goods. tST Be Sure and Examine Our Stock Before Ordering. We will make it Interesting for you." Oar 25000 Pounds of Side Meat are received every week. iuuu J3uncues oi vrrow lies. 500 Rolls of Bagging (different weights). 25 Barrels of Sugar. lOO Cases Soap. t ' 25 Cases Lye. 150 Gross Matches. As well as other Goods in the septI3 WE3E3L JJ3cLLd mm LJ U Ll I IUU M UV VI II of a Mammotii toefe OP winter into nut' Grocery Line which will be told Wholesale WEST-CENTRE STREET, GOLDSBORO, N. C. U mill ! Goods a i 3S D)TQ) rti OB, sit 250 Barrels of Flour direct from the Western Wheat Growing Section. ,25 Barrels of Snuff (Gail & Ax and Lorillard'sV 25 Barrels of Molasses. . 25 Cases Potash. 25 Cases Soda. : fc 50 Boxes Tobacco. - and Retail at very Low Prices. wBwlm
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