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7 I " ; THB HEADLIGHT A. KOStWKU, Editor & 1-roprletor. HRB SHALL Tint PUBtla TBS noFWa mew MAISTAtt, UNA WBD BY INPLZneXOX AND USB BIB SD BY OA IX. " KKJIIT PAGES. VOL. V. NO. 2. GOLDSBORQ, N. C, "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1891. Subaerintion. 111.00 ner Year. How's Your Liver? Is the Oriental salutation, knowing that good health cannot cxit without a healthy Liver. When the Liver is torpid the Bow els are sluggish and con stipated, the food lies 111 the stomach undi gested, poisoning the Mood; frequent headache ensues; a teeling of lassi tude, despondency and nervousness indicate how the whole system is de- ranged. Simmons Liver Regulator has been the means of restoring more oeople to health and happiness by giving them a healthy Liver than any ugency "known on eaith. It acts with extraor dinary power and efficacy. 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SAULS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in flea?! aiifl Fancy Keeps constantly on hand a full ine ot FAMILY GROCERIES -AND Including Oats, Bran. Hay, Shipstuff, Corn, Meal. Flour, Meat, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses,etc. SEE ME BEFORE BUYING. 1. S. D. SAULS, Goldsboro, NC. Do You Heed Machinery? 1 1 en nie xo --uixie ana vour wu iH will be published free. If you purchase from any of our ad vertisers, and will so inform us, WE WILL MAKE YOU A PRESENT of a year's subscription to "Dixis." Address, THE "DIXIE" CO., Atlanta, Ga. QUIET WAYS ARE BEST. What's the use of worrying, Of hurrying-, And scurrying. Everybody hurrying, And breaking up their rest? When everyone is teaching us, Prf aching anl beseeching us, To settle down aul eu'i tha f use, For quiet ways are best. The rain that trickles down in showers A blessiug brings to thirsty flowers; Sweet fragrance from each trimming CUD The gentle zephyrs gather up. There's ruin in the tempest's path; There's ruin in the voice of wrath; And the7 alone ara blest Who early learned to dominate Themselves, their violence abate, And prove by their serene estate, That quiet ways are- best. Nothing's gained by worrying. By hurrying And scurrying. With fretting and with flurrying The temper's often lost: And in pursuit of some small prize We rush ahead and are not wise, And rind the unwonted exercisa A fearful price has cost. 'Tis better far to join the throng, That do their duty right along; Keiuctant they to raise a fuss, Or make th imsel ves ridiculous. 'uiin and serene in heart and nerve, Ibx-ir strength is always in reservd And nobly stands each tei; And every day and all about By scenes within an 1 scenes without, We can discern, with na'er a doubt. That quiet ways are best. The Evangelist. A SAILOR'S STORY. AVe had touched at St. Helena to leave detachment of soldiers and some stores, and had left that historic spot several days behind u?, when the brig caught fire aud we had to abandon her. There Avas no hope of saviag her from the first, and we congratulated ourselves ou having a smooth sea and time to pro vision the boats and get the people off. One hour after noon on the 12th day of February, 1862, the brig Gull, bound from Liverpool to the Cape of Good Hope, e.nd having forty-eight souls aboard, burned to the water's ede aud 1 o sank, leaving us S"o miles off the Afri can const. With the other boats I shall have nothing to do. for never a oue was afterwards heard of. In the boat to which I was assigned there were nine people four of us belonging to the crew and the other rive passengers. Of these three were young Englishmen, go ng out to the Cape to try farming, and the other two were women. They were aunt and niece, and just why they took passage on the brig or whether they were goiug beyond the Cape, I can't tell you. Heiug only a plain sail- romau, 1 knew nothing about the pas sengers, except as I picked up a word here aud there. The aunt was nearly fifty years old and the niece not over twenty, and if there was ever a hand somer girl afloat in an English ship I never had the luck to see hor. There was some confusion, as a matter of course, when we took to the boats, but we got away from the brig in good shape, with no oue lost or hurt and with water and provision? enough to do us for a week. We were in charge ot the boatswain, and but for a terrible ac cident I know we should have pulled through without mishap or suffering. He was an oldish man, a good sailor, and he had authority over all in the boat. Wheu the boats got together it was found that the Captain had the only compass, lie ordered that we were to hold up to the cast and to keep together, and when we headed away for the Afri can coast the long-boat was leading aud the rest of us were strung out in line. Had the weather been fair our mishap would have been nothing to talk about; but at midnight that night, while wTe were following the loug-boat by the lantern hung aloft, a tierce and sudden squall came out of the east and almost proved our destruction. It was followed by a gale which soon kickea up a tre mendous sea, and we got over a drag and lay head to it all that night and all next day until an hour before sundown. Dur ing all these long hours we had to keep bailing to prevent being swamped, and by daylight it was impossible to see a cable's length away for the flying drift. It was bad enough for the men. but those two poor women might as well have been dead. They lay on the bottom of the boat, covered up as best we could do it, and when the gale at last broke I hardly expected to find them alive. They were, though, and at the hour named food aud water were served out aud the boatswain begun seeking to cheer everybody up. By night the wind had die J flat away and the sea was fast going down. The worst was over, and we could now shake ourselves and utter congratulations. The passengers had been terribly sick, and each of them had given himself up as lost, but now that things had mended we could almost be said to be a jovial crowd. While the boatswain got one ot the men to sieging to increase our cour age, he whispered to me that he was full of anxiety. We had two water-kegs, but they were leaky and ha 1 lost much of their contents. We had sheltered the ship's bread as much as we could, but a good half of it had been spoiled. You might tigire that we had dropped to three days' supply, aud that wasn't the worst of it. That gale must have drift ed us at least a hundred miles further ofl the coast. The boatswain talked these matters over with me because he knew me to be, begging your pardon, a sober, steady lad who could look the worst in the face and help to meet it. We were not to say anything to the icst until next day. As there was n wind to move us, and as everybody was badly used up, it was de cided that we lay to as we were for the night. It had come nine o'clock or later and some of the men were asleep, when the boatswain went forward ami stood ou the thwart wih his arms arouud the mast to steady himself. I think he was looking about t.c see if he could find anything of the other boats. Just how it happened uo one could tell, though three of us hud our eyes on him wheu he mddenly pitched overboard. AVe were till pitching briskly about, and perhaps it was a sharp dive of the boat which sent him to his death. If he rose to the surface he did not call out. lie simply vent right out of sight and never even called out as he was going. Little or nothing was said that night is to who should command the boat, but .uorningvhad hardly dawned when there was a row about it. Being a lad not yet DUt of my apprenticeship, I was of course .nvt ot tne question, but each of the three :ther sailors was determined to act u captain. From words they came to' blows, and another horror fell upon us. The three young men were drawu into the quarrel, an 1 the six had a savage right with suc h weapons as could be laid hold of. It was a dead calm, with the sea quieted dowu, and a couple of great sharks were lying off our port quarter. No one had seen them, nor did any one see them until two of the young men were knocked overboard. It wasn't ten seconds before both were, seized and drawn under. The horrible climax to the row cooled the men off at once. One of the sailors had been stabbed iu the back, another badly hurt about the head, and the third youug Englishman had his right arm broken. Nor was this the full extent of the calamity. Iu their fight they had knocked the water kegs about, and lost us nearly all their con tents, and a good share of our bread had been ground up under their shoes. The sailor who had been stabbed took command of the boat, and when things had settled down breakfast was served out. AVe had not to exceed two gallons of water and a dozen biscuit, and the day was hot ami without a breath of air stirring. The water ought to have been doled out drop by drop; but no sooner was i. seen what a small quantity was left than Davidson, the oue in command, declared that each should have his share on the spot. Their injuries had made the men terribly thirsty, but the water was fairly divided and each one drank his portion. After that the sailors lay down and went to sleep, and the young Eaglishmau, whose name was Hearne, came over to us and we tried to do some thing for his arm. You can guess that it was little we could do, however, and he was soon suffering terrible pain. The aunt I now heard called Sirs. Morton, while the grown girl was ad dressed by her maiden name, Edith. Before noou the auut took very sick, and we were terrified at our helplessness. She was soon in a high fever and raving, ; and we hadn't even a drop of water to give her. Hearue was also mad from thirst, aud feeling that the sailors had brought destruction upon us all he would have killed the three while they slept had I not restrained him. Davidsoa was the first to wake up. His wound had began to inflame and his throat was dry, and he held the water kegs up iu hope to tiud a last drop. They were as dry as booes and he uttered deep curses as he threw them overboard at the dorsal fius of sharks circling around us. Wheu night came it was still calm. The aunt was still raving an l sick unto death, while Hearne had crawled into the bow of the boat to suffer alone and insi leuce. The sailors had eat up, cursed their luck aud lain down again, aud I had gone among them and taken all their knives aud concealed them in the stern sheets. About 9 o'clock the auut sunk into a stupor, and ail of U3 slept for soma tim?. We were finally awakened by Davidson getting up aud hoarsely calliug for water. In his torment he caught sight of Hearaj in the bows, and he rushe I forward aud seized him. I ran to pull him off, but before I could reach him both had gone overboard. They went down grappled together, and though I stood with the boat-hook ready I never caught sight of them again. The two other sailors sat up, asked me what had happened, and then fell back and slumbered as soundly as before. Morning came to find the aunt dead, aud, fearful of what would happen wheu the 9ailors awoke, I prevailed upon the girl to let me lift the boly over the rail. She protested at first, but when I told her my reasons she turned away and I committed the body to the deep. It was sunrise when the sailors awoke. AVith a leader those men would have suffered and endured for a week and made no com plaint. They no sooner saw that the calm still continued thau they began cursing aud threatening and they looked at the girl with such wolfish eyes that she cowered in terror. Presently they went forward and sat down close together and talked in whispers, and the girl crept over to me and said : "I know what they are planning. They intend to kill me!" I gave her one of the kuives and told her I would protect her to the last. If I Ladu't had the knive3 1 think she would have been so terrified that she would have gone overboard. The men talked for au hour or so and then lay down and slept again. I made sure this time there was no weapon they could get hold of, ana the day, up to 4 o'clock, dragged without incideut. I was half mad with hunger and thirst by that time, and I knew the poor girl was if anything worse off. AVe talked iu low tones of the good thing we had eaten and the springs we had drunk from, aud we kept our heads constantly wet with the salt water to alleviate our thirst as far as it could. At 4 o'clock or soon after the meu awoke aud called to me. They wanted to kill the girl and drink her blood and eat her flesh. I reasoned with them aud told two or three deliber ate falsehoods, and finally prevailed up on them to wait another day. I felt they would do so, and slept soundly that night. The sun oauiu up next morning the same ball of lire, and any sailor could have told that the calm would last an other day. AVhal happened aloug to wards noou I can never distinctly re member, lor I had httlu reason left. I remember of hearing the meu cursing and demanding the girl, and of their oiuinj aft.. There must hive been a light, but 1 remember none of the details. It is like trying to recall a dream of years a;o. What I can remember back to was waking up in the cabin of the German steamer Bergen very ill aud very weak. She had picked up our boat the day be fore. In it were two living skeletons the girl and I. AA'e were alone, aud there were two bloodstaiued knives on the bottom of the boat to deepen the mystery. The girl pulled through as well as myself, but there was no after romance. She thauked me over aud over again with tears in her eyes, but there was no love. She was a lady bred aud born, and I only a poor sailor ial. Xew York. "World. The rapid, the startling growth of the debt of Canada, states the Xeo England Magazine which has increased from $78,209,74 in 1870, to $233,000,000 in 1830, with a population almost at a standstill and a stagnant traae, has struck calm, impartial observers with the idea that there has been something wrong in the government of a peaceful young State of enormous extent and great nat ural resources Of course, a large por tion of this debt was incurred for the construction of railways, improvement of canals, and similar political and commer cial works ; but the results or returns do not compensate for the vastness of the new debt, with its oppressive load of in terest. They freely comment upon the fact that while the United State have reduced their debt frooi $39 to $16.50 per head in twenty year Canada has run up her's from $21 to 47. LADIES' COLUMN. A $4000 LINEN CHEST. Mrs. Crawford writrs from Paris "A very fashionable wedding was that of Mile, de Riquet Carameu and Conite de Mortemart. M. de Mortemart made, some handsome presents to the bride, r-o did the Duchesse d'l. zes, whose hand is still always in her pocket. "The young lady's parents gave her a trousseau of house-linen that cost $1000, and the Comtesse's coronet of brilliants, pear-shaped and round pearls, which the Corntessee de Caramf n used to wear at the balls of the Tuileries. "Her late grandfather's gilt is a silver and a rock-crystal centre-piece lor a din ner table. He left it to her mother in trust to be handed to her, in sigu of his great affection for her, on her wedding dav." "'UILDBES S FROCKS. Children's frocks are made iu ths simplest style, the yoke top with straight widths set in full, hemmed and tucked at the edges, and confined only by a sash, or for older girls, leather belts have been much worn. The yoke is lined, but the lower parr is simply straight and un lineu, and these frocks are so pretty au 1 so easily laundered that they are deserv edly popular. Tie sieve consist of a straight width of material gathered on over a shaped sleeve lining. For very young children the Tudor front is made in this yoke fashion, and no sash is worn ; or the pinafore over-dress is set into a low yoke of insertion or trimming, and the under-dress is high, and has full sleeves, and no 3ash is worn. This is very effective if carried out in two colors. AX EXTERI'RISIXCS WASHINOTONI AX. Ju AVashingtou is a youug woman in oue of the departments, who, kuowiug the demand for flowers there, turned her spare moments to floriculture, and last year 'she sold over a hundred thousand violets at good prices. She bought little farm near town and in the morning and evening she give3 it her personal supervision, aud, while it is not yet suf ficiently remunerative to warrant her in giving up her place at the desk, it will be so within a year or two, and ever after she will be an iudependeut woman at a work she loves. Another, living iu the country, set about making old-fahioue pound cake for the city trade, aud within three years has built up a business which pays her a handsome profit, and gives her so much to do that she has uo time to thank of votiug and steering the ship of State. Truth. NOTES ON (il.OVES. A new dressy glove has a point on the wrist, plain or embroidered. If gloves are even dampened with per spiration, pull them in shape, dry in the air and pull in shape again. Mend a break with cottou of the. same shade. Gloves are stitched with cotton 'to make them wear longer," the glovers say. Wheu gloves are laid away in a box they should be wrapped iu parafline tis sue paper. Never lay gloves together, clean and soiled. A fad of the season is the use of yel low, pearl, white aud lavender chamois glove9, plain or stitched with black. They canuot be worn as close fitting as kid gloves, as they are not elastic. They soil easily, but the yellow ami white es pecially wash well with a little care in using refined soap and drying ou the hands to keep them iu shape, if not tho owner of glove lasts. Fashimt. A YOUNG WOMAN ENGINEER. Chicago is a great city, enterprising to an astonishing degree, and iu more than one respect is uulike any other city j on this continent. She gained the AVorld ; Fair ?ite over all her competitors, and j ihe now has a woman engineer, who hi.s j successfully passed the ordeal of a rigid . examination. ; A contemporary says she wa3 not let j I off easly either because she was a woman ; I in fact, the writer says her examination j j was, if anything, a little more severe ! than usual. - The young woman walked iuto the j Board of Examiners' room in the City j Hall, presented her application in u j manly way, deposited the oS::al fee ; ($2), and the made her way into the j line of the aoolicants to await her turn. Among other questions she was asked was as to the size of the blow-off re- quired for a seven-horse power engine, and what she would do if the valve stuk fast. When the examination was fin- Uhed the examiners wrote at tha cud of ' her paper "accepted' and M Us De Barr is now a full-fledged licensed steam en gineer. ScUn tine A meriin. FASHION XiE3. Black velvet sashes go with striped wash silk gowns. A gieatdeal of satiu is used for lining transparent gowns. Silk mitts for young girls are worn with t-veuing frocks. Tiie Imw knot pattern iu black and ,vhit" la'-es is p.qailar. Bustie straw hats ure trimmed with fruit and velvet ribbon. All musha frocks are lace trimmed. Xo other garniture scorns appropriate. It sounds incongruous to trim a simple spotted or figured print with a flounce of deep lace round the skirt aud the basque, but so fashion dictates. Liueu lawns with full, round, belted bodices, very full sleeves and skirts bor- lere 1 with three narrow frills, are both fetching and fashionable. Face veils match the hat or its trim ming in color, drawing the line at re l veils, which, at the minute of writing, are thought not to be in jood ta. .Jacket bodies jire on the top wave of success just now, whether cut s juare or round. The tiny fronts are ot lace, pas sementerie, velvet, silt, wuie sasu no- bon, embroidery, etc. Short revere are made by turning the upper corners back, aud another style has the upper part of the jacket fronts cut down in meet in a point over a plastrou. Habits of Wild Ducks. At the period of incubation duck make their uests whenever the desire to deposit the first egg comes upou them. If they have neglected to provide a suit able retreat, it is too late to mend mat ters. Since then I have passed and re passed the spot, and have seen the eg handled frequently, but for all tint Madame Du- k does not desert her ro. ky home. Jock suggests that I go to his camp, three miles distant, for dinner. Oa the way we cross au immense mardiy flat, and in the middle of this is a beau tiful spriug, some eight yard in dia n ' ter. The water is fairly blue, icy cold, aud uo bottom cau be seeu at thece.itre, but about the edge, where the water is fro.n oue t3 ten feet deep, are missive rocks that are fantastically draped with iqmtie mosses aud alga so that itscm liUe looking down into fairyland. Tii-i waters of this spring run for a quarter of a mile aud then sink to reappear a inilo awav, bursting into the creek from crev ices iu the volcanic rock. The swamp is a great breeding place for teal, and three or four ducks with their young broods are swimmiug in the miuaturo lake. As we burst upon the scene o.u$ uuok flies ofl,but the rest stay to eoujeal thir young. How do they doit? Briu them in to shallow water, where they can rest upon the bottom and stick their bills up through ihe mo;. Thou th j old ones swim out iuto de?p water and resort to the same ta'.-ties. Wc drive the ducklings fro.ii their uJace of con cealment and they swim out to their pa rents with half of their bodies exposed. Though the moss is just as inviting they will not hide where they canuot feel bottom and their mothers bring them back to shore. Youug ducks can dive, but have not the power of remaining be neath the water for auy length of tim"? until they cau make a strong flight. Th-s power of remaining berie'h the water is acquired by practice and is not innate. Forest and Stream. Absolutely Pure. ' J j A crm ut taiUr biking podr. j Hihcd . f all in h-nning strength.. J I..tteat V. fiorerrnncht Foo t Report. tip mm NO ! ,! 7
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