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THE LOST DIME.
BY JENNIE p. ARNOLD.
I was silting in the parlor of a New
York friend, indulging in an'after-dinaer
objit, "when the subject of horse car
Strikes "was mentioned and my friend re
marked: "I believe I understood both
sides of the story pretty well, for I was
conductor on the avenue line for near-
1 y a year."
"You a conductor!1' I said in surprise,'
"I never knaw that before, but thea," I,
added, "a3 our acquaintance extends
only over a little more than two years
you might have been a highwayman be-;
lore that far all I know to the contrary."-
"I hardly think a car conductor can
lip nln5fr? Ycifh flint f rffrnitv tlmncrVl
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perhaps some of the bosses think they J
are little better, when they abuse them
f having so much of the company's
money stick to their fingers ; but I never
speculated in Wall street or bought a
brown stone front with my accumula
tions in that line. I came to New York
about four years ago with the promise of
a situation in the office of the Avenue
Horse Railroad Company, but there was.
no vacancy at that time, and, as nothing
better offered, I accepted a place as con
ductor while waiting; but nearly a year
passed before they were ready for me in
tho office, and in the meantime I had an
opportunity of learning considerable of
the ins and outs of the business. I added
something to my knowledge of human
nature if not to my bank account."
His oldest child, a bright-eyed, mis
chievous little sprite of eight years,
came up at that moment and laid her
cheek agaiust his shoulder, while her
hands tightly clasped his arm.
"Ah, Puss!" he said, catching her up
and giving her a toss in the air, then
setting her on his knee as he resumed :
"You'd be surprised at all the ingenious
devices to beat a conductor out of a
fare, from the well-dressed gentlemen
who have left their pocket books in the
other trousers' pockets, to the half
drunken bummer who never has another
pair of trousers to leave a nickel in, but
who rides as far as he can and when put
off for non-payment of fare, hails the
next car and so keeps on until he reaches
his destination. But the toughest of all
is when a woman claims to have lost her
purse, or something of the kind, and
her helplessness appeals to a fellow's gal
lantry. I used to ring in a fare out of
my own pocket at such times until I
caught some of the schemers laughing at
my softness, then I decided I wasn't so
gieen as to get solcl that way again.
The company was very strict, it was
all a fellow's place was worth
to let any one ride without
paying fare, no matter what the circum
stances; our orders were to compel
women, as well as men, to leave the car
unless they paid. If we felt in the least
lenient in enforcing this order we could
never tell which passenger might bo a
"spotter," or how eoon we might get
called into the office and discharged.
I'll never forget one case of the kind. It
was a cold day in December, and the
President of the road was in the car;
what he was there for I never knew, but
ho occasionally rode up and down, for
inspection, I suppose. At Grand street
two nicely-dressed ladies got on, who
paid their fare out of well-filled purses;
not a very common occurrence where
ladies are returning from shopping at the
Grand street bargain stores, eh Fanny?"
with a laughing glance at his wife, who
was rocking in an easy chair with the
baby, a fine plump little fellow a year
old, in her lap.
"You ought to know best," was the
response, "seeing you had a year to
study up the subject."
"I shouldn't have noticed these so
particlarly only for what followed. At
the next crossing a woman was waiting.
I saw that she was young, was dressed in
black, and had a very sad expression.
She had a large bundle and feeble-looking
baby in her arms, while holding to her
dress wan a thiee-year-old toddler with
round rosy cheeks and bright blue eyes.
I stepped off to help the woman & and
took the little girl in my arms. I always
hail a soft spot in my heart for children
of the genuine sort, not little old men
and. women. My friends used to chaff
me on liking pretty little girls better
than I did the big ones, and I think they
were about right. Thi3 one wa3 so
bright and pTetty I wanted to give her a
hug and kiss, but I had learned that it
isn't always wise to try it with the little
girls any more than with the older
ones."
"'I yikes to wide!" the little puss
said, looking up into my face all smiles
and dimples, and showing her pretty
white teeth between her rosy lips, 'It
makes my tootsies told to walk, holding
up her plump little foot poorly protectee!
from the cold pavement by a well-worn
shoe."
" 'Well, you shall get them all nice
and warm,' I said, making room for her
beside the ctove. The mother dropped
into sat with a sigh of weariness, and
placing her bundle on the floor -ahlftad
tho baby to her lap to relieve her tired
arms. I was called away to attend to
other passengers, auel returning held out
my hand for the mother's fare. The little
girl was holding out her poor worn little
shoes to the lire.
" " 'It'sdood and warm here,' she said,
with a face all smiles and dimples, as I
stopped beside her.
"'That's right, get all warmed
through,' Jsaid, patting her on the head,
thoa turned to the mother again. She
had shifted the baby to her left knea
and was carefully searching her pockety
a troubled, anxious expression came
over her face, then one of alarm fol
lowcel. " 'I had a ten cent piece in my pocket
book,' she said, looking up, 'but I can't
find it; I'm sure I put it here; I'm
ifraid,' and her lips trembled and her
eyes began to fill with tears, 'I'm afraid
f ve lost it.'
"Her tlistrcss was so evidently genuine
could not believe she was playing off
is ko many had done before, and I s?.id
pleasantly: 'Look again, madam, you
will probably find it somewhere,' and I
aimed, catching the eyes of the Presi
dent watching me sharply.
"The woman turned her pocket in-
lide out, got up and shook her dress,
;hen looked carefully over the floor, as
Jid several who sat near her. I stopped
ihe car to help on and oil several
jassengers, then came back to the
Aroman. She looked greatly troubled,
ind I could see only restrained tears by
jreat effort.
' 'I cannot find it,' she said looking
jp at me with trembling lips, 'I saved
t out on, purpose for this ride, and pnti
.t in my pocket-book just as I started,
jut it's gone, and I must have lost it.' "
"What was I to do? The woman
teemed honest enough, yet I had seen
thers equally so who proved to be im
oster3; then there were the sharp eyes
jf the President upon me, and if I
altered in ray duty off would go my
lead, with no chance of the promotion
I was hoping for.
" The rules are to put off all who do
lot pay,' I managed to say with assumed
irmness, while all the time I felt as if I
vould like to pitch the President off neck
ind heels instead of the woman. 'I'm
lorry, madam, but tho rule3 must be
beyed.' 'I know it, I know it,' she
laid piteously, 'but if jpu would let me
ride up I could pay you when I coma
Jack; I shall have the money then,'
pointing to her bundle of work to prove
ler statement; 'It's such a long way, and
Lm so tired,' she pleaded, and there was
;he chubby, dimpled face of the little
rirl smiling up at me all the time.
"I felt as if I would like to kick my
;elf as I turned away; if I only dared ap
peal to the President, but nol none of
;he men were supposed to know him,
md I felt as if his cold eyes were piere
ng me through and through as if he (We
ighted in the test I was passing
hrough.
" 'Hang the old rascal,' I said to my
self, 'I'll have to put the weman off, but
I'll slip a quarter into Puss's hand so they
can pay their fare on the next car.
" 'I'm sorry, madam,' I tried to say
frmly, but the sad, pleading look almost
broke me down, 'the rules must be
obeyed,' and I reached up to pull the
jell rope; but in an instant the younger
of the two women, of whom I hare be
fore spoken, caught my arm.
'"No, no!' she cried vrith flushed
:heeks and indignant eyes, and before I
snew what she inte uded she emptied her
purse into the woman's lap and passed
juickly out of the car. A perfect shower
jf coin several dollars, at least, fell rat
ding down, a part falling on the floor,
t stooped to pick it up, when the elder
!ady dropped several more pieces into
;hc woman's lap and followed her om
panion. The poor woman looked up,
lumb with amazement, then covering the
noney with one hand, dropped her face
m the baby's head and sobbed m she
shook lrom head to foot. The little girl,
seeing her mother's distress, crept up
;lose beside her, and with her little arms
ibont her neck and her cheek nestled
igainst hers trisd to comfort her.
" 'Don't kwy, mamma,' she pleaded,
I'll be so dood, don't kwy.'
"I don't believ there waja dy eye
n the car; the women didn't hesi
;ate to carry their handkerchiefs to their
jyes, but the mea looked out of the win
lows, drew their hats down over their
;ycs, and some blew their noses vigor
)usly, the President giving the strongest
blast of all. As for myself, I just rung
n a fare out of my o.vn pocket, and went
ut on the platform, thankful that It was
i cold day I could use my handkerchief
"reely.
"At the next street the President got
Dut, and as he passed the little girl ho
stopped and patted her rosy cheeks, with
some pleasant word, and slipped some
;hing into her hand. A moment later,
vhen I had occasion to pass through the
;ar again, the little puss held out her
:hubby hand: 'See!' she cned, with her
pretty face radiant with delight : 'O see:
ny bright, new penny 1' I looked, it
was a five dollar gold piece.
"The mother noticed it for the first
time.
" 'Where did you get it?' she asked,
in astonishment.
" "E big man div it to me,' the little
Dae answered.
"1 'Oh, sir, do you know who it was?'
the mother said, appealing to me. 4It
must be a mistake.'
" 'Not a bit of it,' I answered, almost
as delighted as the child, herself, 'it was
the President of this load; he could give
her .a . thousand such pieces and never
! feet it.1"
My friend's little Elsie had been sit
ting very quietly in his lap listening at
tentively to his story, and now as he
paused eagerly.
" 'And the little girl did you ever
see her again, papa?'
" 'Yes, Pussie, I think I've seen her
several times since then,' he said, with a
merry twinkle in his eyes and a peculiar
niile under his heavy moustache. I
think I see her now,' catching up Elsie
and giving her a hug and a kiss, 'you're
the little girl, yourself, Puss!'
" 'Me, papa!' she cried, bounding to
her feet and catching her father by the
shoulders, 'and was the lady my
iiamma?'
' 'Just your mamma and no one else,'
was the reply, with a smile at the child's
imazement. 'She used to rido fre
quently on my car after that, and I al
ways carried a pocket full of bonbons
ror you, Pussic: we soon got to be
the best of friends and of course mamma
had to get acquainted a little
with me on your account. Then I learned
she had been a widow for a year and was
trying to support herself and two chil
dren by doing plain sewing, which hardly
gave her enough to keep soul and body
together. At last the baby died and
mamma had a long illness from the grief
and over-work : just then I recerveel my
appointment to the office with twice my
old salary, anel I finally persuaded mam
ma to let me take care of both of ycu;
though mamma says I courted you in
stead of her, and married her so as to
get you."
I caught the quick interchange of
glances, the look of pride and affection
which took in wife and baby, and the
the happy content in the face of the wife,
and felt sure there was room in my
friend's heart for all his treasures.
"Well, now that's a nice little story,"
Elsie cried delightedly, putting her
plump hands on either cheek and draw
ing her father's face down until sho
could kiss it, "and you're the darlingest
old papa in the whole world !" New York
Pout.
The Word "Blatherskite.
The word "blatherskite" in it3 origin
is Scotch, being composed of the Scotch
blather, blether, equivalent to the Ger
man bladdera, to talk nonsense, and
skate, corrupted into skite, a term of
contempt. The original meaning was
"one who talks nonsense in a blustering
manner." Fiom this comes the mean
ing, a good-for-nothing, a man who
talks too much. The word is good Eng
lish. ..- -----
LADIES' COLUMN.
FEATHERS ALWAYS THE PROPER THINO,
It always delights the female heart
when feathers are in vogue. This season
they are used on all garments, from the
tea gown to the outside wrap and hat.
This fondness for feathers is not to be
wondered at, for they are always becom
ing. A pretty girl in a large hat, witi
black ostrich feathers is twice as fascin
ating as with any other style of hat, and
a trimming of feathers about the neck of
an older woman softens all the lines of
the face. Mrs. Stanley affects large hats
and ostrich feathers.
A SUCCESSFUL WOMAN FARMER.
Mary B. Clay, of Whitehall, Ky., Is
one of the most successful farmers in
that portion of the State. In a recent
article, contributed to the Woman's Jour
nal, on farming for women, Miss Clay
say:
"The advantages of farming as a busi
ness for women may be summed up un
der the following heads: Women whe
have no training or learning in other
ways so as to take a profession can, with
ordinary application and judgment, make
a comfortable living on a farm. It is
available for women with large or small
means. For -women thrown upon their
own resources, with children to raise, it
is an economical and safe business invest
ment. If the means to be invested are
6mall a judicious choice of land as to lo
cation or access to market, the quality of
the soil for the purpose wanted, etc.,
should be considered, with a view t
small fruits, such as strawberries, black
berries, raspberries, dwarf fruits and
grapes, and the most salable vegetables,
one or two cows, chickens and ducks.
Milk and cream bring more to sell than
to make into butter. Eggs are more prof
itable to sell than to raise chickens.
Money invested in two or three acres,
can, with industjy and care, be made t
produce more than any notes or bonds
with interest will bring, and the family
can live on the fat of the land with very
little money outlay.
A LIFE-SAYING SKIRT.
"While my wife and I were on our last
trip to Europe," said a gentleman to a
Detroit Nacs man the other day, "w
met a middle-aged lady who was going
over for her health, and my wife and sho
became great friends. One day, while
sitting in the ladies private cabin, the
iady said : 'Let me show you ray life
preserver,' and, removing her outer skirt,
my wife beheld a skirt that wa9 a curios
ity if nothing more. Running up and
down the skirt at a distance of two or
three inches were soft, flexible rubber
bands about two inches wide. They
were sewed on at the side of each band,
and ran all the way around the skirt,and
at the top they were all joined to a broad
rubber band six inches wide. At the
top of this band was a rubber tube about
Lwo feet long, and which ran up the
waist in front and was left resting on the
top of the corset.
"Said the lady, 'You behold one of
my own inventions for saving my life.
In case of any accident all I have to do
is to take the end of the rubber tube in
my mouth and in two minutes I can
till all of the rubber bands, which are
hollow and air-tight, with air. Then,
tying the tube in aharel knot, I am ready
for the waves. This skirt, when I strike
the water, will spread out in the shape
of a pond lily leaf, and I will rest on it
in any upright position, as eay as
though reclining upon a coach, and I
can float around till picked up.'
"As our voyage was a pleasant one we
iid not have an opportunity to see how
it would work, but I have no doubt it
would work well."
FASHION NOTES.
In floral brooches the enameled orchid
has many adherents.
Monkey skin card cases have tiny sil
ver monkeys leaping upon them.
Jewelers are exhibiting vinaigrettes
with enameled pansies as stoppers.
A match-box representing a block of
cord wood, in oxidized silver, is odd.
Umbrella shades for the piano lamp
have reached the perfection of "artistie
elegance."
Hussar jackets arc qnite chic, al
though this is not the effect when worn
by stout women.
A novelty in trimming consisU of
yoke and sleeves to match of black vel
vet, studded with tiny steel bars.
In very many of the fashionable houses
the afternoon tea-table is set with pure
white china, fancy having wearied of the
much decorated ware.
In waste baskets the evolution the
last few years has been wonderful, and
now they are things of bear.ty and val
uable pieces of furniture.
Huge boas of soft-cut bear fur, reach
ing nearly to tha foot of the dress, and
half concealing the face of the wearer in
their soft depths, are worn by ladies wh
iffect English styles in dress.
Mohammedans Are Not Savages.
"The Mohammedans, or, as we call
ihem, 'Moohummedans, arc as distinct
in appearance from the Hindoos a3 they
aie in religion," says a returned mission
ary. "Physically they are a much larger
anel according to western ideals a hand
somer race. In the north, toward the
hills, many of them are six Jeet tall,
straight and dignitlcd in bearing. They
are not nearly so chaste a people as the
Hindoos, their religion holding up to
them different ideals. Many both of tho
Mohammedans and Hindoos are refined,
cultured and educated. All are civilized
md not the savages or barbarians I find
so many people here think them.
"You hear much of the poverty of In
dia. It is tru?. Sixty per cent. -of thy
population never has quite enough to eat.
Yet I have never seen in India the pinch
ing, degrading poverty I hava seen in
London and New York. The people of
India are poor because the population is
so elense, the methods of production so
inadequate, partly due to the existenca
of caste and Laca-usSthc taxes are so enor
mous. But with all this poverty the
mass of the people find it relatively about
as easy to make a living a3 people iu
Europe or America. Of course, on the
average, they do not live a3 well. But
quite as dark a pictore of life in America
or England can be written indeed, hdi
been written as any that can be writ
ten of India. The difference is that our
own experience and observation relieves
the melancholy of the picture." Chicajc
Neics.
Ths Most Popular Russian.
One of the most popular men hi
Russia, fast outstripping Count Tolstoi
for the premier place, writes our St.
Petersburg correspondent, and on the
high road to canonization, is Father
Ivan, of Croustadt. During the last
three weeks at least three different
booklets have been published giving an
account of his life and doing3, and these
find a ready sale, for his deeds have been
told, by rumor, throughout the empire
and exaggerated till they have reached
marvelous proportions. It i3 popularly
believed that his prayer can cure the
sick. He never touches those for whom
he prays and makes not the slightest
claim himself to the possession of occult
powers. He was bom in 1829 in the
Government of Archangel, in the far
north, and was settled in Cronstadt
thirty-five years ago. His reputation has
therefore been a thing of slow growth,
for it is only during the last ew years
that, those outside his owjr. parish have
heard of his good deeds ; but now every
one in Russia talks of him as much as the
world now talks of Dr. Koch. Lorulon
Neici.
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