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1 H HEADLIGHT. A. BOSCOtTER, Editor, "HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BT OAIN." Tf. P. DATI8, Pibllsher. VOL. I. NO. 28. GOLDSBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1888. Subscription, 01.00 Per Year. WHEN PIPING WINDS DO BLOW , When piping wiiula do blow Ami whistle long and shrill, And dancing feot o' the biiow (Hide down the long white hill Tis then tho world is gay, is gay With brave, bright skies aglow, For the long, long play of the winter day When piping winds do blow. 'Tis then the world is gay With naught to preach of gloom, Nor ever a flower of the May To push into bud and bloom. With never a blade of grass of grass To coax till its lancet show I!ut the long, long play of the winter day When piping winds do blowl Never her neoiits need run, And to 1 ho s!;ios eo uplain Of scorching heat o' the sun, Ordreiieliing blight of the rain; Ne ver an app'e to paint to paint, Or an t ar of corn to grow lint the long, long play of the winter day When piping winds do blow! No bir l in hidden nest, To woo to flight and t?ong, Or rock to sleep i' the b eant Of tall pines, green and strong; No music to teaeh the wave the wave, A- it breaks on tho sand below Hut the long, lung play of the winter da. When piping winds do blow! She hath no eare to lived If autumn fails to reap I'.ountiful wealth o' the seed, ' - And gulden lleee of the sheep; Whether the titack be high lie high Or whether the stack bo low, What dees she care in the winter fair, When piping winds do blow! Ah! when tho winds d blow, And whistle loud and shrill, 'Tis then the world may go Wherever her fancy will! 'Tis then she can daueeand sing and eing. With never a grief to know I'.nt the long, lung p'ay of the winter day, When piping winds do blow. H'tfc .4 wake. HEART HOPES. TIIK LITTLE WOMAN IN THE TENEMENT ACROSS THE WAY. -71 was visiting a deal friend of mine who , lived in a crowded city, and who I was always pitying; for, living as I do in the country, among birds and wild Uowers, plenty of room and fresh air, 3l ';-i.iU;: -r it seems as thoueh ,.M .j- pyppjg must i,0 very uncomfortable in those cramped tene ments and narrow streets. She had raised one of the front windows and laughingly drew a big arm chair in front of it and seated me in it, saying: "I want you to get all the air you can, so you need not smother." Then she went away to attend to the household duties. I was in a wayward mood, and noth ing seemed just right. I watched for a tune the interminable throng that was passing; smut! were overdressed, others shabby, s nie looked ImM and independ ent, others careless, and others still had that sly, sinister look that denotes them dangerous persons. My gaze wandered to a huge tene ment block opposite; when the white curtains directly opposite Mere drawn up, cue of the windows Mas thrown open, and a burst of bird song, mingled with childish voices, was wafted across the narrow street. What a relief to my oei 'taxed nerves! I drew one long breath and then sat quietly watching tlio occupants of the teuement opposite. Iu the window hung a small bird cage, containing a beautiful canary, and I be lieve I never heard a bird pour forth Mteli shrill, sweet music or try in so many ways to express its delight. On the window sill stood one or two lloworing plants, and near the window was a slight, girlish figure, wearing a light print dress, and holding in her arms a child, perhaps a year old, while another, some two or three years old, stood on a chair beside her; she was talking to the canary, and her merry laughter mingled with her children's, who were iu high glee. I was just giving reins to my imagina tion and weaving the most romantic fnt t'.i e for in v heroine and her babies, win ii my friend entered tho room. iiaiieing across tin street she exclaim ed, w hile her face lighted up with pleas ure: "A!i! Mrs. Hall has got homo." " lias she been gone long '" I inquir ed. "About three weeks. She has lieen visiting her friends, I believe; poor thing, she had 1 totter have stayed with tle itt." said Mrs. Ililey. "Why.'" I exclaimed, interested at once. "It is the old storv that told so often tften," returned Mrs. Rilev, after a fe few moments silence; "her husband drinks. He is a kind-hearted, hard-working man. but every month, after he is paid he will have a spree, and yet I never if t.rd her sny one word alout her trou h s; she has a smile and a pleasant 'void f.r every one end you c only 1.1 i r k 1 - L, (V T 1 ) tefrbv her nale. care-worn face llmk carriers a sal heart." ' I glanced with renewed interest at tin S window opposite. Mrs. Hall, unmindful of our observa tion, had seated herself in a low rockei and was sinsrincr to tho babv. while tin j little girl was having a gay time with me gray Kiuen. - "There is tho shop bell," exclaimec Mrs. Ililey; "now I will show you Mr Hall. There he is, that one dressed ii gray pants, and brown coat, and blacl velvet cap." I looked and saw, instead of the bloat ed, red-faced sot I expected, a hand some man, about thirty; he Lad mild dark eyes, full red lips, partly shaded bi a brown curling lxard. There was a sad, homesick look upor his face; he evidently did not know o his wife's return. As he arrived opposite the tenem en he saw the open window and tho bright smiling faces within; what a happy, joy ous expression came into his dark eyes with a bound he cleared the steps anc was in the little sitting room, I saw him clasp wife ami children ii his arms and shower kisses upon thei; upturned faces; then the white curtain! ( were drawn down, and I could only se j their shadows as they gathered rounc the tea table, but I knew that joy suppei with them. During the week that 1 was with Mrs Ililey I became quite intimate with Mrs Hall; she was one of the sweetest litth women I ever saw, but I could not agreeable and gentlemanly as he alwayt was, help treating her husband witl cold courtesy. It was the evening before I was going away. Daylight was all gone, yet then was a beauiiful moon that flooded the narrow street with a pure, quiet light My friend and I were sitting by tin window, talking of vanished days ant old friends, when the door of the oppo site teuement opened and Mr. Hall cam I out; his wife accompanied him to tin I door, and said, iu a pleading tone: j "Don't lie gone late to-night, wil , you, Harry ?" j "Don't lie foolish! Of course I won't,' he answered. "Hut don't sit up foi me." She stood looking at him until he turned the corner. Somehow I did not rest well tha' night, so, some time between two anc three in the morning I arose, threw t Bhawl over my shoulders, and sat dowr by tho window. I saw Mary at her window opposite, so I knew her husband had not return ed. My train of thoughts were interruptec by an unsteady footstep coining round Mie corner and up tho street. It was Mr. Hall Mary saw mm, too, and ran down to the door, "Hain't yer been aled ? hie he 3aid, leaning against the side of the dooi for support. "No, Harry, dear," she returned: "J jat up to let you in." "Now, Mary," he exclaimed, "I want you to understand that you've got tc mind me; when 1 tell you to go to bee pou've got to go." And, raising his ast, he struck her on the forehead. Mary reeled against the stair railing anc had opened my lips to scream, when saw her recover, and, saying a few jrords about "police," coax him into the louse. I leaned back faint and sick for a mo nent, and then my blood boiled through ny veins like lava. To think he had ictually raised his hand and struck his gentle wif;! "No man shall ever have ,he chance to treat me thus," I exclaimed, passionately. Tho next morning I stopped to th loor to bid Mrs. Hall good-by. She had i handkerchief tied around her head: ihe looked very pale, and said, with a pitiful little smile, that she hail a sev ;re headache. l'oor, weary-hearted, rouble-laden soul, how my heart bled or her! Five years passed away. I frequently lad letters from Mrs. Ililey, and in one f them she said that the Halls had noved away. Many times during those rears had the pale, sweetly-patient face f Mary Hall leen in my thoughts. It was a sultry day iu August, and a arty of friends and myself were on oui vay to the country for a week or two. )ne of the party, Harvey Dalton, had, n the few weeks of our acquaintance, KHSorae dearer to me than anything on sarth. He had wooed me in such a bold, straightforward, manly fashion, that odd md cold-hearted as I was called, I could lot help loving him. There was, as yet, 10 engagement between us, although 3arvey had told me his love and asked or mine in return. On the afternoon n question wo had left the cars at I , nut were jolting over a rough road in an ld country stage toward our iiual des tination, In one corner of the stage sat i man lieastly drunk. The driver apolo gized for putting him in with us, by say ng that lie pitied his family and wanted .o "take him home. The sight of the in ?briate brought back all my old horror md loathiug of drunkenness; and, like .Hash, came the recollection that several imes I had seen Harvey drink wine, and nice I had smelled something stronger n his breath. I tried in vain to answer the merry tallies of my friends concerning my Moodiness. At last tho stage stopped and the 1 river appeared at the door saying he vould leave our drunken friend here. I glanced out; it was a miserable hut; n the yard were several ragged chil Iren playing, and at the open window tat a woman, her head loved upon her irms, in an attitude of despair. The noise ma le by getting her hus band out of the stage seemed to rouse ier, and she raised her head. I could scarcely repress a scream, for in her mnken, wasted features I recognized Vlary Hall. How much further have we to go?" asked, eagerly. "Half a mile, Miss," returned the Iriver. "Then let mo get out. I can walk ;hat distance; that lady is a friend of nine," I said in a husky tone, for I jould scarcely keep back the tears. "Shan't I wait for you ?" asked Har rey, tenderly. "No, but you may come for me in an lour," I answered. The stage drove off, leaving me stand ing by the little broken gate, and Mary sras looking at me curiously. "Mary," I said, walking toward her, md holding out both hands, "don't you know me i" . Jura f Mi Avery !" be robbed; a glorious light illumining her wan face. "Oh, how good of you." I will not dwell upon our conversa tion for the next hour. At the eml of that time Harvey came for nvi, and I left Mrs. Hall with a smile upon her lips, for somehow I had in stilled hoi into her broken heart. Harvey and I walked some distance in silence; at last Harvey said hesita tingly: "Laura, can't you give me an answer to-night?" ' I knew what ho meant ; I had been thinking of the same subject; and I ans wered, with forced calmness: "Yes, Harvey, I can give you an ans. wer;itisno. I can never consent to have my life made what Mrs. Hall's is." I felt him tremble, strong man though he was, and his hiee was ashen pale. "I know what you mean, Laura," he gasped; "but I cannot take that answer to-night; I will see you again in the morning." There was not another word spoken until we reached the house; and then Harvey pressed niy hand and whis pered : "Pray for me, Laura." I did pray for him as I never prayed for myself, for in those hours when I thought I had given him up forever, I learned the depth of my love for him. It was a pale face and a sad heart that I took down to the breakfast table the next morning. My friends rallied me about being a poor traveler, and I saw Harvey look anxiously at me. After breakfast he drew me aside and whispered : "Don't you want to go and see Mrs. Hall f Of course I said yes, and we were soon on our way there. "I have a strange story to tell you, Laura," said Harvey, abruptly breaking a long silence. "I went down to Mr. Hall's last night, after I left you, and to my infinite astonishment I found he was my half-brother; he was always dissipat ed, and ran away from home fifteen years ago; and we have not heard a word from him since. And Laura, seeing him such a wreck has opened my eyes, and from this time, God helping me, I will never touch ardent spirits more. I don't ask any promise from you, Laura, only wait for me until I can feel sure of myself. Won't you, darling J" Header, that was ten years ago, and for eight of those years I have been Har vey Dal ton's happy wife. Harry Hall, through his brother's in fluence, has reformed, and he, Mary and the children, now live in a cosy lit tle cottage just across the way. Posted the 'ew Parson. During tho recent blizzard a knot of snowed-in travellers sat around the fire place in a little hotel iu Maine, and dis cussed jtolitics, the bear crop, and reli gion. At length they discussed the in teresting phases of a dissension which arose of late in a neighboring country congregation, when one of the party re marked that it was all foolishness that the church committee didn't know how to run that institution. Then he said: "SjK?aking of church news, gentle men, I belonged to r. church in Oldtown once that was always in a stew. Some crank was always kicking against some thing the parson had said iu his sermons, and we shifted ministers so often none of the.n ever stayed long enough to get used to the pulpit. Finally, they ap pointed a new committee to look for a new parson, and I was one of the com mittee. Well, we nosed around and fi nally hit upon what we considered a good man, and sent for him. When he arrived we went to tho parsonage to meet him and kind of give him. the lay of the land. After speaking of the various rows we'd had in tho church, Squire Stover Khines of the committee said to the new parson: " Now, Elder Merrill, we think you'll do first rate. Here's a good house to live in, and ther's a church to preach in. Your salary is no object, but take my advice and never mention religion or jKjlitics in that pulpit.' " " Well, how did that parson come out ?" asked some one. "Come out? He didn't come out at all. He's there yet." A Likely Story of a Bustle. When bustles first came into fashion, a certain society lady in Minneapolis, who is apt to carry things a little towards extremes in matters of dress, had one made to order. She insisted that it should lie a large one, and it was. It was ro gignntie, in fact, that it was rele gated to the attic Hut in the course of time it came to pass that bustles were worn larger, imd having need of a new one, the lady 1 thought herself of the niry network that she had once discard ed. Down it came from the attic and it J proved "just her size." But the bus- tie was innauiuM. a. cunningly con structed nest reposed inside, and a fast growing and inquisitive family of mice poked out their pink noses to resent tho rude disturbance. The lady, remarkable to relate, had not the traditional femi nine fear of mice. She bravely wore the bustle, mice and all. As the days pass ed on her strange pets becane very tame. She had a small aperture mado in her dress over the top of her bustle, covered with a convenient p'ait, and it is her chief delight to terrorize her friends by calling forth the mice from their retreat, as she sits entertaining her visitors. One poor dude is alleged to have fainted awav at the sight of the "hrwid crcatnrM. Mifili fvnr LADIES' CQLUMM. The Czarina's Xecklaco. The Weincr AU'jeuuiiie Zcitung tells lhat on the Czarina's fortieth birthday innivcrsary the Czar gave her a necklace composed of forty emeralds. In order lo collect forty stones of blameless per fection and sufficient size, liussian agent3 had been engaged for nine months in traveling to all the great European cities in search of emeralds. The Czar's pur pose had to be kept a profound secret, ince if it had been known that so great i potentate was in want of so many em eralds the price would have risen to a prodigious height. 'The Czarina," says the St. Petersburg correspondent of the V ienna paper, "although she posses ses a more splendid collection of jewels than any other European sovereign, was io delighted at this unexpected addition to them that she danced around the saloon like a child, with the necklace in (ier hand." Sim Jr ".iiiiiirtus osiiinte. bsually the bride is the principle feat- i ire or a wedding, L-ut when the Prin cess Jabolonski married the sou of Sara Bernhardt all eyes were turned to her aiother-in-law, who, as she entered the :hurch, was entirely concealed by a long ?ray mantcau trimmed with black fox. Throwing this back, she revealed a gown Of gray .sicilienne, a silver belt; and an ixquisitc bonnet of nurore crepe. The triUe s gown was of creamy white satin, the front looped with orange blossoms, ind the whole covered with old point i l aiguille, worth .-,(H)0. 1 hear that .his lace was presented to the Princes; some yean ago, with the mpiest that it mould be worn on her wedding day. The corsage was strikingly beautiful, For a broad lace Louis XIII. collar en circled the throat, ornamented the front )f the waist, and was fastened at the left of the belt by satin ribbon and irange blossoms. Bn-o bn Knjle. I Passive Keaitty of Peasant Women. une sees very many beautiful women imong the Croatians and Slavonians. It is quite surprising the number of lovely faces that are to be seen in a gathering f Croatian peasants. The beauty of these countries inclines the passive, 3Iadouna-like style of loveliness, in which figure dreamy, ga iclle like eyes and an expression of lan guor that telh of gentleness personified, fn Servia and Roumelia, too, one finds this type of beauty prevalent, and in :hcsc Balkan States, so recently domina ted by the Turks, the women still pos sess a timid, retiring disposition that rauses them to go about with half-veiled faces. The legacy of Osmanli dominion imparts to the Servian and Uoumelian tiadien the additional charm of mystery. One sees two heavy braids of dark hair Sesccnd'nir. Perhans. well nirb n ground, and a pair of large, languishing I black eyes lighting up features that are kalf concealed behind a veil of tulle. Courier-Journal. End of tho Short Hair Craze. "The short hair craze has sort of run out," said a Washington lady barber. "Some of the hair has got discouraged through being cut so often, and never given a chance to grow, so that now it R-on't. That is the trouble with lots of heads I could mention. It decsn't do for a young lady to cut off her hair short too late in life. That's why there are ft great many wigs being worn this sea son. You saw all those young ladies with short hair last summer? You flon't sec them now. Sometimes hair ?rows out very well after it has been cut short. Sometimes it doesn't. We have sold quite a number of wigs on account Df this change of fashion. There were some pretty suits of hair spoiled by that short hair cut. Some refuse ever to grow long again, some grow out stiff and straight, some lose all their natural color. Soft blonde hair came out stiffcr md darker. Some did not suffer from the fashion, but many did. Young la ities who had soft, curly" hair of rich natural color, were struck with the short hair craze. And now well, they are iwfully sorry. All the curl is gone. The softness is gone, too, ami so has the rich color. The mot common result has been the entiie loss of the natural ten dency to curl. Constant cutting ha made the ha;r straight. Sometimes they have their own natural hair that was cut off made over into wigs." I'aliioii Notes. Cray and ml is a favorite combination in children's dresses. Braided coiffures are again in vouc especially the braidel coronet or clia' dcm. Bodices for promenade costumes are sometimes made with the basques set on separately at the waistline. Shaded plush embroidery, exactly matching the dress material, is the new est trimming for cloth costumes. Black veils induce tan and white onca injure the eyes, so gray and blue should be chosen, even if they are not so becom ing. Clasps of old silver are used to . fasten outer garments, and these are j Fometimcs elaborately ornamented, often , being set with small turquoise-", gar ' nets, etc. j A light felt bonnet noted recently had a fluted phutli 3p th centra over :tfe crowflj hich gradual? visaed into a fan piaited brim, the sides being quite plain. Green is in high favor for short man telets, as it forms a very effective back ground for the colored beaded passe menteries with which these pretty gar ments are usually trimmed. A somewhat original hat for a young lady was in turban shape, the plain brim being made of red velvet and the full crown of dark blue plush. A cluster of red and blue ostrich feathers placed at the back was the only garniture: Close to a Huge Grizzly. Sylvester fcott, of Sonoma County, Cal., is considered in that region the greatest bear hunter in the State. To a New York S-tn correspondent he said: "Iluve killed in all, during the twenty five years that I have lived on my moun tain ranch, not less than ljcars. I quit keeping account after a while, and Din ov . rn.mi,, !. ;.. ,a.t. more. l nave also killed a great many California lions and wildcats, but I never kept any record of them. For eight years I got away with an average of 44 bears a year, and probably 10 or 12 panthers. The bears were principally brown and black, but there were a great many grizzlies too. The licst bear year was 1S7, when I got 04, sometimes killing four in one day. For tho last three years I haven't hunted much, be cause bears are getting scaice in my neck o'-woods. "I've read lot? of yarns about fellows fighting b-.ars with butcher knives, but I reckon those stories arc not told by genuine bear hunters. They don't sound just right. I never allowed myself to get away from iny gun, and I never fought with a knife. I never got into any collar-and-clbow wrestle with a grizzly, and don't want to, but I've bio wed the heads off 'cm when they were within two feet of the end of my gun, and that's close enough. ' The closest call I ever h-id was in the spring of '81, four or five miles west of ray pluce, in a deep gulch covered with a rank growth of chapnrral. A holy terror of a grizzly had been living on tho fat of the land in Sonoma County for about eight years. He had killed loads of beef and mutton, and every hunter in the county had been out looking for him. I had been out myself on his trail for sev eral years. He had been trapped and shot lots of times, but always got away. He was a rouser at least a 1,500-pounder. I concluded to make a business of downing the old fellow, and set out with my pack of houndg for a steady hunt. After a long run the dogs drove him into this gorge, the sides of which were too steep for hira to climb. They brought him to bay in a clump of chemisal, but he was so game that he wouldn't climb a tree. A grizzly can shin up a tree when he wants to, and the biggest of them do go up after nuts; but get a grizzily riled and he won't run or climb for anybody. "A grizzly will stay with the dogs and bat them whenever they come with in reach until he gets a sniff of a man, when he will scatter the dogs and make a break for the fellow that he knows put up the job on him. I had Deen try ing all day to draw him out with the dog, and finally went in closer to the brush. He got a snifter of me and out ve came, followed by the whole pack, ihey were biting his legs and hanging on to his hide as thick as bees, but he paid no attention to them. He was bound for headquarters, and he came a-running. I had an express rifle, built for lion and tiger shooting in Africa, given to me by an English sportsman named Adkin3on, and I was ready for him. His big red mouth, set with great sharp teeth, seemed about a yard wide. When he got within two feet of the muzzle I let him have it, and he fell as dead as a nail, with a big hole in his head. My dogj had fought that tear from early morn ing until four in the afternoon, before I could get a shot at him. I can't say that I felt particularly scared. I knew I had to make a centre shot, and it wouldn't be healthy to get nervous, even if it did look scaly; but I was sure of my gun, and knew what was going to happen to Mister Bear. The Origin of Leap Year. The custom observed every four r of permitting tuc fairer sex to assume the right and prerogatives appertaining t their brothers during the remaining three is a very ancient one, according to a New York Wrll correspondent. When it origiuatcd is not definitely known, but a Jaw enacted by the Parliament of Scot land in the year 12S- is doubtless the first statutory recognition of the custom. That law was as fo'lows: "It is statut and ordaint that during the rcine of Her Maist Blis:t Mcgchtic, i k fourth year, known asLcip Year, ilk maiden ladye of baith high and low etait shall hae 1-berty to bespeak ye man she like; albeit, gif he refuses to tak hir to Le his wjfe, he shall be mulcted in ye summe of ane dundis or less, as his estait moit be, ex cept and awis gif he can mak it appear that he is betrothit to ana ither woman, that he then hall be free. There is a volunteer regiment in Ken tucky that served in the civil war and was never mustered out. The members of it want pay from the day of Loe' sur render to thi prcMat timtt TELEGRAPHIC TICKS- THE SOUTHERN STATES. News lllcr ted hr Wire aad Mall Fram All l'arlr Dixie. NORTH CAItOf.lNA. The report of the sucrintendent of public instruction shows that last year no less than $tt33.000 was c.cnded on pub lic education in North Carolina, 30 jt cent going to the colored racer- A railway from Henderson, on the lialeigh and Eastern road, through Nash county to the Wilmington and Wcldon road is an assured fact. Miss M. E. Bowdeu, who sued A. B. Bailcs in Mecklenburg county for $10, 000 damages for slander, has Irecn award ed $l,r00. The judge took occasion to compliment the jury iqou the verdict. Delegates are being appointed from some fifteen counties to attend a meeting at Charlotte on thtt 15th to take some steps for building a railway from Char lotte to Wcldon. Mrs. Martha Short, of New Castle township, Wilkes county, committed sui cide a few days ago by hanging herself at the house. Rev. A. D. Blackwood died at Chapel Hill a few days ago. His age was J7, and for 43 years he had been a Baptist preacher. The jury has returned a verdict of manslaughter iu the case of Willie Keen, a young man who has Iwen on trial at Salisbury for murder. In Cleveland, county Joseph Cabaniss was run over bv a wairon and killed. The horses had run away and thrown him from the wagon. Work has been resumed on the Wil mington and Seaeoast Railway. Humors had been current that the work would stop altogether. The road will be com pleted by July. Night Ufore last the Methodist par sonage at Mt. Olivet, Wayne county. occupied by Kev. K. Laljenhy, was burned accidentally. The sensation of this week in Charlotte is the trial of the slander suit brought by Miss M. E. Bowden against A. B. Bailcs. The punishment for slandering women is, by recent legislation, made very severe in North Carolina. Governor Scales has consented to an exchange of Superior Court Judges so that Judge Connor will hold two weeks term of Greene court, and Judge Avery a term of one week each in Stanley and Montgomery. Governor Scales has pardoned D. H. Truelove, colored, of Harnett county, who was serving an eighteen months term in jail for wife Wating. The par don was granted on a certificate of three physicians that Truelove would die if longer confined. The Commissioner of Agriculture has arranged for experimental farms in nine counties, and proses in the course of the year to establish them in most of the counties in the State. He will give seed and other aid possible, and pioposes to distribute fifteen hundred dollars in pre miums among the superintendents of these farms as rewards of the lest ex hibits made at the State Fair. The larg est premium will le of $."00, and there will be nine smaller ones. A respite for James Thomas, under death sentence at Hcudcrsonvillc for murder, is granted at the request of jkt sons opposed to the commutation of sen tence. They say they cxect to show evidence unfavorable to him. He was sentenced to le hanged March 0th, or rather the Governor's death warrant named that date. His friends have mailed pajiers already asking a commuta tion to imprisonment for life. It is quite a curious case. At Hillsboro, as the jailer oK?ncd the door of one of the cells to feed the pris oners, two of the latter sprang on him. They struck him several blows on the head which knocked him down, then dragged him into a cell and locked him in. They took tne keys from him, and opening another cell, released another prison. All tnree men ilea, taking ine keys with them. The jailer who, by this time was on his feet, fired at them as they ran. A hue and cry was raised, the citi zens turned out and caught one of the men named Hopkins. The commissioner of agriculture will next Monday lx-gm a new scries of fann er's institutes. He will organize the far mers that dav at Smithtield. He will then visit the fish, oyster and game fair at Newlnrne, and organize them there, and will then go to Lenoir and Wayne counties. In each county he wil! ar range for an cxeriment farm. The fol lowing week he will devote in the sain? manner to the remainder of the counties cast of the Wilmington and Wcldon rail way. News has lieen rec eived at lialeigh of the drowning of three white men in the Sci.ppernong river, Chowan County. Their lioat casizcd as they were going to their nets. Another man, named Hat field, got his boat ashore, but just as he reached it, dropped dead from exhaus tion. HOl'TII ( AllllMtt. Scott Young, a white man alniut thirty years ohi, was knocked from the railroad track and killed one mile Ik low Starr, a station on the Sivannah Valley Ho. id, by a passenger train. The unfortunate man was deaf, and of course did not hear the warning whistle. A ten year old son of John Crews, of Anderson county, had his arm broken in two places while playiug about his fath er's cotton seed crusher. Seventy-five thousand do'.lare were spent last year in erecting new buildings in Florence. . Charles D. Miller, of Florence, won by competitive examination the West Point cadetship controlled by Congress man Dargan. The reason why Great Britain has monopoly, or something very like it, ia the condiment trade of the world, it be ! IUC tUUUIUlCUb L 1 SUV VI nvuu cause ner great nouses guarantee purity, THE JOKER'S BUDGET. HUMOROUS STORIES TOIil IIY FUNNY MEN OF THE DAY. A IOfson in Etiquette The End War's Havoc How He Acted Climate and Weather, Etc., Etc. RECKLESS. Mrs. Eastyn (to her dearest friend) Yt-8, Aurelia, my husband proposed to me three times lefore I accepted him. Tho D. F. Y'ou always were a reck less girl, Josephine. ruck. wnr SHE SAT DOWN. This morning a young lady was pass ing a residenoo on whoso steps was a young man and in front of which was a dog. In a flash her foot went out from under her and she went down on the icy walk. The dog in a playful mood rushed to her assistance, while tho young man, not at all embarrassed, "Did you fall!" " Well I should think I had," said the young lady, rising and rearranging her head gear. "l'es," responded the youth: "I thought it must be funny if you sat down to play with the dog," A LESSON. "Melissy, I ben readin' that lok on etiketty that your paw went an fooled away a dollar an' a half fer, an' it says that when a girl's ingaged to a feller they should conduct themselves in pub lie with the same 'reserve and dignity' as if they war'n't ingaged." "Well?" "Well, then, you an Hi Daggett air makin plumb fools o' yerselves." "HaowJ" "Why, at the party at Bill Hobson's las' night when High come in you stuck out yer foot a-purpose, an tripped Hi up, jist fer a joke, an' Hi he up an' chased you three times round th' house, an ketched you, an' hugged you, an' kissed you three times, in-fore ev'ry body. Ev'rybody'U know you're in gaged, if you carry on that-a-way; an' it ain't etiketty. The book bavs so." Tid-Bit. AS ILLUSTRATION. Little Dick Mamma, where is the end of the earth? Omaha Mamma Why, Dick, the earth is just like your ball, and it goes turning 'round and 'round in tho air. Do you understand? "Yes, mam." "Well, let'see if you do. Now, whero is the end of the earth?" 'Where tho cover's sewed on." A BUSINESS COURTSHIP. He, with emotion Now, dearest, that you have accepted my proposal, let us seal it with a kiss. She, in a business tone What's tho use? Your bid has been accepted, aud there's no need of sealed proposals. Washington Critic. IGNORANT BUT HONEST. Clentleman What do you mean, Uucle Bastus, by going to my wife with the story that I said she must assist you ? When you came to mo to-day I told you that charity l.egan at home. Uncle Bastus Y'es sah, an' I sosed yo' meant dat I was to go to Mrs. Smif. I may be ignorant, Mistah Smif, but ise hones', 'deed I is. N, Y, Sun. GOOD LUCK. In the Domestic Circle : Husband Have you heard the pretty little superstition regarding visits jraid by young ladies to Mrs. Cleveland at the White House? Wife What is it? Husband It brings them luck. Wife How ? Husliand They always get married. Wife Ugh! Yon cail that luck, di you ' Washington Critic. HE TICKED UP THE PIN. A Main street merchant who believes in the old saying of " See a pin and pick it up aud all the day you'll have good luck," saw a pin in front of the Post Oflk'O the other day, ami while stooping to capture it, his hat fell off and rolled into the street, two susender buttons gave away in the rear, his collar split op n, and his store teeth, which eist $13 when new, fell out and broke ou tho walk. He picked up the pin however. 11 rkahire Courier. A VETERAN HOUSEKEEPER. Brown Do you know how long Kol inson has lteen keeping house ? Smith No ; but it must be a good many years. I took dinner with him the. other day, and he carved a duck without spilling it on the floor. Btz r. NOT BARGAIN DAT. "I know I am not a match for you in wc.dth or in social position," he said. "I know how unworthy I am of you, yet may I not hope that perhaps some time some day" "Yes," she assented, lifting her regal head: "some day, as you justly remark, I may be glad to consider your proposi tion. But not, I think, in the near fu ture. No, Mr. Secondshelf, it is not bargain day on this counter yet. Ftqth Puck. CHARGE IT. Margaret Has he called again? Maid Yea, 'am; what shall I tell Msrgaret Oh, anything: only get rid i 111 .1. AAA IUJU M1J UO JVU llCOIK7 j ma liave if enarged to my aooounf. Alrte Ytrk Sviu
The Goldsboro Headlight (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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