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HEADLIGHT 2A v. "HERE SHALL TUB PRESS THE PEOPLE'S MOISTS MAINTAIN, UNAWEI) BY INFLUENCE AND UNBItlBED BY GAIN: EIGHT VXii ES , A. KOSCOWEK, Editor & Proprietor. n VOI.. IV. NO. 52. UfORKIG PEOPLE ('nil t:iko Simmons I Aver ItOLMilator without. Jos.s oftime or dan jjvr from exposure. It l;tkos the place of a doctor siw costly prescriptions "and is therefore the medi cine to bo kejr-t in the household to he iven upon ?my indication of approaching- sickness. -Jt contains mo dangerous ingredients 1'iit is urely vegetable; gentle yet thorough in its action, and can be given with Fafety and the most satisfactory results to any persun regardless af age. it has no equal. Try it. 11k Not Imhoskd Upox! Kxnnu'ne to see that ou get the Genuine, Distinguished from all frauds and imita tions hy (iur red Trade-Mark on front of Wrapper, and n tbe s'i the settl and -Immature of J. H. Zeilin tS: Co. We have just received an immense stock of Furniture consisting of a tine selection of Bed - Room Suits. M MMw-?m Foi nitnre. which we now offer at WAY DOWN PRICES. A nice selection of- Baby Carriages, u the latest designs at very popular prices. (live us a cull before purchasing else where. We promise to save you money, I. SUMMFIELD & CO, l'.AST CENTltE ST. LEADS ALL COMPETITORS! I. S. D. SAULS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Itay mil Fancy Groceries. Keeps constantly on hand a full line ot FAMILY GROCERIES AND i i i Including Oats, Bran, Hay, ShipstufT, -orn, Meal, Flour, Meat, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, etc. SEE ME BEFORE BUYING. 1. S. 1). SAULS, Goldsboro, NC. Do You Need Machinery? Then write to "Dixie" and our nts will be published free. "you purchase fron any of our ad-f-rtUers, and will so inform u?, WE WILL MAKE YOU A PRESENT of a year's subscription to "Dixie." Address, THE "DIXIE" CO., Atlanta, Ga. LITTLE THINGS. A good-bye kiss is a little thing, With your hand on the door to go. But it takes the venom out of the stinj Or a thougtlesi word era cruel fling That you made an hour asjo. A kiss of greeting is sweet and rara, After the toil of the day, But it smooths the furrows out ot the care,. Aud lines ou the forehead you ones called fan, hi the years that hava flown away. 'Tis a little thing to say, "You are kiud," "I love you, my dear," each night, But it sends a thrill through the heart, I find; For love is tender, as love is blind, As we climb life's rugged height. We starve each other for love's caress, . ; We take, but we do not give; .It seems so easy some soul to bless, .But we dole love grudgingly, less and less, Till "tis bitter and hard to live. Union Signal. THE NEXT-OF-KIN. EY FKASTCES ELLEX WADLElGH. All the legal quips and quirks are complied with; at last I am a free man! Young, rich, not so very bad looking, may I not no be the happiest man in America? I will. No more work foz me, boys!" As Flavel Ashcroft uttered these word In tones of exultation, he tore a note into tiny fragments and threw them aside. One of his companions, Louis Jewett, blew a cloud of fragrant smoke from hh cigar and said, flatteringly "Ah, you lucky dog, you'll play tha mischief among the girls! May I ask i) that is a love-letter which you have so thoroughly destroyed?" "By no means. Merely a brief billet from Huxley, my former employer. He says that if I don't appear at the store to-morrow I may consider myself dis charged. " "Then you haven't told him " "That Uncle Roger died intestate and childless, and that I step into his shoes? No, no. Until this morning I feared some unknown heir might crop up and chisel me out of this money, and I didn't choose to tell of my hopes as long as there was any chance that they might be delusive." "Did you suspect that your uncle left children or grandchildreu?" asked Har vey Wilson, Flavel's other companion. "I was positive he never had but one child, my Aunt Kathleen, who was de mented for sixteen years before hei death, which took place about three years ago. If she had ever married, her chil dren would, of course, inherit this es tate." "Your uncle might, even in that case, have remembered you," suggested Wil son. "Never! We were sworn foes. He wouldn't died intestate had he been as far seeing as he was unforgiving. His lawyers tell me he had yielded to their persuasions so far as to promise to make his will before the close of the year; but the year closed for him long before De cember came. Apoplexy, you know." "I believe rumor says you are sweet on the pretty typewriter at Huxley's," said Jewett, inquisitively. "Bessie Moore? Ah, I fear she is rather gone on youis truly," said Flavel,; complacently, as he caressed his luxuriant whiskers, "but that sort of thing'll not do now. She's a nice little thing, but she must marry some respectable fellow in her own station in lite." Wilson scowled at Flavel and abruptly left the group, unobserved by Jewett, who was also about to depart in another direction. While strolling homeward, Flayel said to himself- "How lucky for me that my aunt was daft after that mysterious visit of her3 to friends in New York! And how very, very queer it seems that no one but me knows of her mertiage and subsequent motherhood! When her husband,Theo dore Terrill, and I were both in the hos pital after we were injured in that rail road accident, he told me the whole ttory, knowing that he was about to die. He told me, deluded mau, that my aunt had gone crazy at the birth of her little daughter, and had drowned herself, but her body was never found, and he wa3 then on his way to see her father and tell the sad news. He never suspected that she was at home. Lucky is it for me, boy a I was, I had sense enough to hold my tongue about Ten-ill's surprising revelation, for that child, is it is alive, is my uncle's lawful heir." Such was the fact, but no one had ever suspected that old Mr. Ashcroft's only daughter had been a wife and mother. Therefore, not even the most astute GOLDSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, lawyer had the least hesitancy in declar ing his handsome, extravagant, selfish nephew to be his heir. Of course, it was not long before the tidings of Flavtl Ashcroft penetrated to the large wholesale drug store where he had been a former clerk for the past six year?, and his former comrades rejoiced at his good fortune, for in his careless, happy-go-lucky way he always made friends wherever he was. "I wonder Mr. Ashcroft has not been in to see us," said one of the clerks to Bessie Moore, Huxley & Co's stenogra pher and typewriter. "Has he told you when we are to expect him?" "I haven't seeu him since the last day he was iu the store, four weeks ago," Bessie replied, with an embarrassed air. Mr. AshcroiVs attentions to her had osen so unremitting for some time past that everyone predicted a speedy wed ding, and Bessie knew it; she knew, too, that her own family her adopted mother and sisters (for she was an orphan) had lOOKcot ror the same result, mererore ir. was doubly mortifying to feel aud real ize that others felt that Flavel had merely been amusing himself at her ex pense. "Oh, well, T dare say he's been pretty busy,"' said the first speaker, kindly try ing to hide his surprise at Bessie's words. "Different people, to whom he was al ways more or less in debt, have told me that he has beeu around among them :-et tling up all his little liabilitie-. Then, too, where there's so much money iu volved there must necessarily be a gooc manv interviews with lawyers." "Ye?," chimed in Harvey Wilson, ; head bookkeeper, who had overheard j these last woids, "riches entail many j cares, yet Ashcroft, no doubt, has some j free eveniurs. For my part, 1 am con- j vinced none of us will ever tee him j again." "Oh, I say, Wilson, aren't you a bit cynical? Ashcroft isn"t such :i cad as ; that." "Ao? I hope not, for I used to like him. But remember, prosperity tries a mau; adversity is not our only crucible.". Bessie's cheeks flushed painfully. Sh.' knew that Wilson was an houest, far seeing man, and that he had been more j intimate with Flavel Ashcroft than any of the other clerks; consequently, he ought to be able to judge him correc tly. Yet she also kuew that Wilson's alfec-: tions were all bestowed on herself, aud that his love for her might make hiin jealously suiteful towards :i handsomer, richer rival. She had ithvays liked aud esteemed Harvey Wilson, but. who con'.! blame a girl of nineteen if she had beeu captivated by Flavel, who, during his thirty-four years of life, had traveled much and learned many things, among them the art of making love to every pretty face? Harvey sighed as he noted the flush ou her face, and walked quietly away. Days passed, weeks vanished, yet no" visit or message earae to her from Flavel Ashcroft. Bessie was young and in genious, but she was u sensible girl.x Gradually his true, character presented; itself to her miud as she read of his gay; life among fashionable people, aud she saw that he was indeed a recreant knight. And as this knowledge wras forced upon her, she slowly came to appreciate Har vey Wilson's unwavering, though hope-, less! devotion. "Oh, Mr. Wilson,"' she exclaimed to him one evening when he was calling on her, "I have heard so much uews to day. One thing you, too. have perhaps heard, that Mr. Ashcroft is engaged to the lovely but hitherto unapproachable Miss Carroll." Harvey looked quickly at her. Her tone was not that of a heart broken wjmau. "Poor Flavel!" he answered. "She has the reputation of being cold hearted and mercenary. Can you pardon rne if I say that I thought him devoted to you in the oldeu days?" "So did I." she replied, lightly, "but we were mistaken. I really believed, too, that I was devoted to him, but I am happy to see that I was mistaken about that, also." "Oh, Bessie, your words open para dise before me! I know I can't hold a candle to him; if he failed, how can I, a rough, plain fellow, ever hope to wiu?" "To win what?" she whispered. It took many words, many kisses, many tender glances before he had answered that question to his satisfaction; but at last he was satisfied and in elysium. 'Name the wedding day?" said Bessie, an hour or so later. "That I cannot do without consulting dear mamma. You ! know, of course, that I am not Mrs. j Moore's own child ; that she took me, a I ni-neles3 waif, from an orphan asylum?" "Yes, yes; but that is nothing. You are your own uear self; I ask no more. But Mrs. Moore has been a mother to you, j , , . ..... a ! o let us go down to tne sitting room and I , , . ., ,-k her blessing, i Mis. Moore not only gave her blessing, but said that there was no man iu the world to -vhom she would more willingly see Bessie married. "But when you get. the license, per haps you ought to give her own name, for my husband and I never legally adopted her." "Oh, mamma! And I never knew it! My father's name was Theodore Terrill, was it not? You don't know my moth, er's?" "No, dear, but Harvey can find out. The matron cf the asylum whence we to k you told us that your father placed you there temporarily while he went iu search of your poor mother, who had wandered frotu home during a temporary delirium lie gave her a copy of his maniage certificate, in case he might die suddenly, but she never saw him again." "Theodore Teriill!" exclaimed Har vey Wilson in surprise. "My father had a chum of that name aud called my second brother for him. I will write to the asylum, and if the father of my Bes sie is the same man, how singular it will be!" "I have lived long enough to learn that life i full of coincidences; it is the unexpected which generally happens," Mis. Moore sagely observed. "Perhaps my unknown father may have left me some money," cried Bessie. "Wouldn't that be nice?" "It's all very ul-je as it is, darling." "I am glad to hear you say so, Har vey," said Mrs. Moore, "yet a little money is always useful." Judge, if you cau, of Harvey's surprise when it was proven that Bessie was the lawful owner of the wealth which had so turned the head of Flavel Ashcroft! No words cau describe the hitter's disgust with hiniso If when he found that the . pretty girl whom lit: had courted aud then forsaken was the one to whom he was forced to resign the riches which he hud always known were not his own. Bessie would gladly have giveu him a share of the money, in spite of his con duct to her, but h- gav: her no chance. ii.. ,r.,n; i.,..i .m.ivi.r .,, l .- vMi.letelv even lie; tauniii'i mnnj .." J i Miss Carroll nver heard of him again, l.ttilii Ho hi? Companion. A Harvest of Dates. Harvest work in this country wheth er it be hop picking, orchard clearing or the reaping of grain is easy enough compared with the toil and risk of gath ering dates. In North Africa, Persia, Palestine, Ceylon and other lauds where the date palm flourishes, the fruit is of the utmost importance to the natives. The tree has a height of from sixty to eighty feet, and its stem is bare nearly to the top, wdiere the leaves and fruit are found in thick clusters. You would naturally think that it would be extreme ly hard to gather the dates (which grow in bunches weighing some twenty or twenty-live pounds) from so high aud branchless a tree. But the natives find no difficulty iu getting at the precious fruit. At the time of harvest, quite a busy scene is presented when the labor ers are all at work. Fortunately, the stem of the palm is very rough, aud this greatly helps the active men and women in climbing it. They put a stout rope around the trunk, and then fasten it about their bodies. Tuey then throw it a little distauce up the bark, and, when it has "caught," walk up the stem, lean ing back, with the rope drawn taut as a support. By this meaus they soon reach the dates, which are either placed in a big bag worn around their waists, or drooped to other laborers on the ground below. When the harvest work is over, the fun and festival, which are common in Eaglaad at this season, are seldom seen in the palm countries, though the people enjoy themselves in their own way. Remarkable Vitality of Seed. It has been claimed that the seeds taken from ancient Egyptian tombs are capable of growth, but proof of the claim is lackiug. It has been demon strated, hov;evcr, that seeds of a very great age are capable of development. Rasp berries have been raised from seed taken from the stomach of a man who died during the time of the Emperor Hadrian, who reigned in the second century of our era. Think of it, a seed springing i into new life after lying Dormant sixteen ! centuries! I Subscription, 81.00 per Year, 1891. LADIES' COLUMN. I!IN'o FOR THE KRIDEGROOlf. cociety belies have revived, or are trying to revive, the old Italian custom, dating from mediaeval times, of the bride presenting the bridegroom with a 1 . . , f i:U.'. The nag is of iron or steel, , . , , v. rcugnt vain letters or caoaiusuc rneau ing, inlaid with gold or silver, and sometimes set with a precious stone. "May Gud protect the wearer," in Ara bic characters, is a favorito inscription. Moonstones or star sapphires, protecting the wearer from evil; or weird red aud green Alexandrite, are often set in these rings. Xeio York World. SLEEVE EFFECTS. A long sleeve makes the hand look tiny ; au elbo.v sleeve cuts off the best part or a woman's arm, shows that which is usually it worst, an 1 certainly does not decrease the siz of her hand; au ex tremely short sle-jve the regular cream pvill sleeve that permits the shoulder to chow above it and the entire arm to be visible is, for evening, a most desirable style, whether the arm be a plump or a slender ou... If the arm is slender the glove c iu bo v. oru to cover the elbow, and then the plump part of the arm would Lj visible. PhUu'hlphlu Record, X'lSI.EO FOI'. V WEDDLN'J INVITATION. Thai Queen Victoria attended iu per son the wedding of Sir Henry Pouson by's daughter a few weeks ago "has al ready been mentioned. The announce ment of her gracious iutention to do so is thus described : Her majesty was dis cussiug with La ly Pousoaby,her whilom maid of honor, the details of the ap proaching ceremony one day, and at length inquired: "Aud is the wedding to be a very large and crowded one?" To which Lady Ponsonby replied: "Far from it. The house in Ambassador's court would not permit of a crowd; it is to be very select." "Iu that case," re sponded the Queen, "perhaps there will be room for an old lady among the guests an old lady like me aud Victor- j lU s 8 godmothei?" Tho bride's mother gave a delighted assent to this sugges lion. Chicijo Pout. A SHADE HAT. Green straw is intertwined with pith, to form a shade hat for the beach. Large green rose leaves witu tnorns ana stems j j raised in a centre of deep red roses, ana these are veiled with soft brown silk tulle; but iiewr than these is a liuottel straw, with a flounce of dark cream col ored guipure lace caught in at the crown with black velvet, so that a heading stands up round it. Above this, at the back, where the brim is turned up, high loops of black velvet are bound togethei by a silver buckle studded witth sapphire blue stones. A pretty bonnet shown at the same importing house is of green rushes, with rose morte velvet as string, and au upstanding bow in front. It is w reathed with roses, which come under the generic name of damask, but are tinged with that rare shad of purple red which predicts decay. Xj.o York Post. A ItUNNIXG CLASS Foil O'JOXTZ Ollil.S. A ge'itlemau spending the night with a frieud on the Cheltoa Hills arose early the other day to catch a train for New York. While driving to the station he passed the former placa of Jay Cooke, now used us a school lor yoaag women, and looking ut the grounds he saw four teen youug women running in Iudian file up a driveway. Each young woman wore a loose bodice aud short skirt of dark I blue, blick stockings aud low, flexible shoes. They had their heals up, their shoulders down and back, and kept their mouths closed. Ou they ran rap idly, following au instructor, who led tin? way idong the winding road until they disappeared. "Bleso my soul !" exclaimed the astoa- isncd New Yorker. "Who and what are "they.' "That's the Ogontz running class," re phea ins host with a smile. "Almost any line morning you can see these girls start out for a mile and a half spin. The teacher of gymnastics ia always with i them :ind c-es that none overtaxes her- fiti:"." The running class was organized a year ago, and is one o! the features of Ogontz- gvmnastics. FAS n ION SOTE3. Boyale silk finds favorable mention io t several French fashion journals. Black silk gowns have vests aud panels of black brocaded with yellow or piede The tendency ls agaiu for gold linings in silver cups, bowls, cream jug3 and tfce like. Scallops are a neat and stylisb finish for the foot of dress skirts finished in thallow scallop3 about three inche3 wide, and ia addition to being bound they are outlined with soutache. Percale or cam bnc ' skirts are cut in deep leaf scallops that are faced. It has become the style to trim hats in front underneath the crown brim. The r.an-cake sailors are all provided with a little crown piece underneath the brim, and this little false cro v.i is usel ai a vehicle for displaying fruit, flowers and fold of bright material. Tiie faacy for feather boas is ou the increase, and as the long ones are ex pensive they are uot likely to be com mon. Medici ruffs with flaring ends are i lie latest style of summer lingerie. Sleeves are trimmed with a great deal of braiding and lace ruffling. Silver jewelry is the favorite wear, when even the appearance of what is worn is of importance in keeping cool. For this reason there is special pertinence in the introduction of brooches, brace lets and necklaces of silver filigree which gives a sense of thorough ventilation. Napoleon blue, a grayish tint of blue, is one of the colors of the season, like the tint of the great hero's greatcoat, though there ara people who insist that the coat was only ordinary pepper-and-salt that no woman would wear. The tint is particularly becoming to blondes. Papers in Iceland. Although Iceland has a population of only about 70,000, the majority of these being poor in this world's goods, yet no fewer than eight papers are published on the island. The majority of these are printed on excellent paper aud with good letter press, one of them, the Fjallkonan (Mountain Maid), even has an illustrated literary supplement. Aside from the lo cal news, the papers are filled with dis cussions on political and economic sub jects pertainiug directly to the affairs oC Iceland. The spirit of the articles ar often extremaly, sometimes even offen sively, partisan aud personal. Not iu fiiqiieutly the place of the books is oc cupied with a learned discussiou of soma kind. Comparatively little attention is paid to the ups and downs of European or American affairs, these being reported but very briefly. One characteristic of these papers is that almost the entire con tents consists of original contributions. Splendid translations also are quite fre quently published. The whole popula tion of Iceland is educated, the number of illiterates being extremely low; as a result these papers have an abundance of correspondents even among the fishermen ami peasants. First American Newspaper. "To Benjamin Harris," says Cur rent literature, "is due the credit of having published the first American newspaper. It was printed in Boston by Hiehard Pierce, the first number be ing issued September 2.1, 1G90. It was the intention of the publisher to issue a monthly edition, but on account of some unfavorable criticisms, it was almost im mediately suppressed by the authorities. But one copy is in existence, which is possessed in Loudon. It bears the title "Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick." The first newspaper that had any considerable existence was the Boston News Letter. This was published and printed by John Camp bell and appeared an April 24, 1804. Absolutely Pure. A rit in ,f tartar biking pod' Highest of U in leavening strength.. Latest U. S. Government Food Report.
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