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I- ! . Hear Instruction and be Wise, and Refuse it Not." VOL. I. GOLDSBOKO, N. C, SATUKDAY, FEBKUARY 18, 1882. JsTOo 21. ...... il in mil i is t imp mi' IB IE EF! Parker & Peterson Desire to inform their friends and the punlic that they can be found one door west of Ex tress Olhce, where they keep constantly on Laud FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, VEGETABLES, Etc., Which they will be pleased to sell you at lowest ctwli prices. Re-pectfully, l'AKKIili & l'ETE Its-OS. sMjlO-lm H ISTAK I went to New York and found Dry Goods Jlado Clothing, liootc, Shots, Hats, etc., cheap, and bought too many. They muni- be sold at some, price. I ask the public to call aud ie ubar bargains they can get. m:o.s. MOORE Wi.l sell tha most fashionable ILLINERY UP STAIRS CHEAP. w!7-tf C. C. PER Kl E M 5. BMlsaiiSsiiailiMS. Come hero when you want School Books, Note Books, Blank Books, Bibles, etc. Every thing in the Book line at lowest prices. Eifisreat Makes c! SEWIHG MACHINES, From $16 up. On time or for Cash. OFFICE AT THE Messenger Book Store. J. H. PR5NCE, Agent and Proprietor. Goldsboro, N. C, Aug. C-tf. GrO TO Godson's Gallery, West Center Street, For good Pictures of all styles. Frames, eta., for sale. Pricts as low as the times will allow. sel7-tf J. M. DODSON, Artist. New Groceries! J. I DOBSON, v Three Doors South of Market, j Keeps a full stock of Groceries, Cigars, Liquors, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. Bottled Beer Tii! You Can't Rest. CALL, UGETLER & KERN t Manufacturers of and Dealors in PARLOR, CHAMBER AND KITCHEN BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, LOOKING GLASSES, CHAIRS, PICTURE FRAMES and FURNITURE OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, 57 & 59 East Center St., GOLDSBORO, N C. o o 1 1. . o Belief for Rheumatism. WHAT GLARE FIBEB 13. This new matorial is a stron?, tongli, elastio fiber, cut from ihe pine loaf and chemical iz d for Mattr. ees ami Bedding purpos.s. It re tains all the curative .virmes found in pure pine, whi 'h is so beneficial to those suffering from Rheumatism and Fever. It gcn rates Ozone fx kc.ii air purifying the aim, sphere of the apart'ient iu which it is placed. Jt makes a comfortable, durable and elastic Mat trees, and vill not break or mat down. FOR SALE BY FUCHTLER & KERN, COLDSBORO, N. C. Ja23-tf Entered at the Postoffice at Goldsboro, JV. 6'., as Second-clajis Matter. . All communications on business should be afldrensed to Geo. T. Wassom, Editor and Pro prietor, Goldaboro, N. C. Musical Fishes. Of " screaming " fishes -we have a curious notice in Notes mid Queries, The writer states : "In the early part of December I called upon a Quaker gentleman at Darlington, for whom 1 waited in a room in which stood a small aquarium containing, along with the usual allotment of sea anemones, star fishes, etc., five fishes not larger than minnows a species of blennies, as I was informed. After watching their motions for a few minutes, as they floated near the surface of the water, I stooped down to examine them more neatly, when, to my utter amazement, they simultaneously set up a shriek of terror, so loud and piercing that I sprung back as if electrified. I think a human being could hardly have set up a louder or shriller scream than did those tiny inhabitants of the water." Sir James Emerson Tennant, in his account of Ceylon, relates : "In the evening, when the moon had risen, I took a boat and accompanied the fisher men to a spot where musical sounds were said to be heard issuing from the bottom of a lake, and which the natives supposed to proceed from sortie fish peculiar to the locality. 1 distinctly heard the sounds in question. They cme up from the water like the gentle thrills of a musical chord, or the faint vibrations of a wine-glass when its rim is rubbed by a wet finger. It was not one sustained note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each clear and distinct in itself, the sweetest treble mingling with the deepest bass, evidently and sensibly, from the depths of the lake, and ap peared to be produced by mollusea, and not by fish." The alosa has been noticed for its love of music and dancing by ancient writers. Aristotle says that it no sooner catches the sound of music or sees dancing than it is irresistibly led to join the sport.and cut capers and throws somersaults out of the water. jElian declares that the sprightly conduct imputed to the shad by Aristotle was well known to fishermen, who, taking advantage of it fastened little bells to theii nets, by the tinkling of which above the surface the fish within hear ing were attracted to the spot and netted without difficulty. A somewhat similar mode of catohing fish is had recourse to by the boatmen of the Danube, who arch across and keep tense upon strong stretchers hung with grelots a floating net, and so ring in a great number offish by the tinkling of these bells. Rondolet, the famous naturalist, gives a romantic instance of the fondness for music of fishes. When staying at Vichy he took a walk with some friends in quest of alosa, along the banks of the Allier, with violin in hand ready for a serenade. The air was still, the moon and stars shining brilliantly. When the party had come to a favorable spot for the operation, a net was carefully drawn across the stream, while the violinist, putting the instrument to his chin, struck up a lively waltz. A wonderful effect ensued. Scarcely had he drawn his bow when the sleeping surface of the waters began to move ; alosa backs ap peared rippling the silvery expanse, and after a few strokes a large party of fish might be seen rising and leaping in the water- A writer in the "Naturalist's Library" observes : "The fondness of seals, for musical sounds is a curious: peculiarity in their nature, and has been to me often a subject of interest and amuse ment. During a residence of some years in the Hebrides I had many op portunities of witnessing this pecul iarity, and, in fact, could call forth its manifestations at pleasure. In walking along the shore in the calm of a summer afternoon a few notes of my flute would bring half a score of seals within thirty or forty yards ot me, ana mere tney would swim about with their heads above water, like so many black dogs, evidently delighted with the sounds. For half an hour, or, indeed, for any length of time I chose, I could fix them to the spot, and when I moved along the water's ede tbey would follow me with eagerness, like the dolphins, who, it is said, attended Arion, as if anxious to prolong the enjoyment. J have fre quently witnessed the same effect when out on a boat excursion. The sound of a flute, or a common fife, blown by one of the boatmen, was no sooner heard than half a dozen would start up within a few yards, wheeling around us as long as the music played, and disappearing, one after another, when the music ceased." FTenry Lamar, of Muscatine, Iowa, will ho 105 years old if he Jives until the 26th of March. His health is excel lent and his spirits good. COUNTERFEIT MONEY. The Mnchlnerv Which Connect the Coun terfeiter With the Public. " Counterfeiting," observed a promi nent special agent of the government to a New York News reporter, " is, as you say, an interesting branch of crime. But do you know what is the most interest ing part of counterfeiting itself ?" " Getting ninety-nine bad dollars in change for a good hundred ?" ventured the reporter. " No, nol I speak seriously, interest ing as counterfeiting itself is, there is a much greater amount of fascination about the way ' queer money is put in circulation." The reporter intimated his desire to be fascinated, and the expert, puffing his cigar into a glow, spoke out of the smoke : "To commence with, did you ever notice on the upper left hand side of the face of a bank note the single letter A, B, C, orD? No! Well, the next time you make a st rike, look for them. Or.ewill be sure to be there. These letters are an integral part of every national bank note and greenback. After a' genuine bank note is engraved, duplicate die.s are made of the engraver's plate. Four of these are cast iu one plate. These four are arranged and numbered like this." .And he drew on an envelope this diagram : A B 0 D " This plate is used in printing the notes, each impression making four bills, consequently of every set of $1, $2, or any other denomination of bills ran off there are an equal number of As, Bs, CsandDs. Counterfeiters, however, print their notes from the original plates, which in genuine notes are never used except to make transfer dies from. They cannot spare the time and trouble of making duplicates, not to mention that they could not do it per fectly save with machinery of which the government alone is the proprietor. Consequently, the counterfeiters' notes only bear one letter, so that while A, B and C of the dollar notes on the Pargyville National Bank are genuine, D will be queer.' As soon as a bank discovers, say, that its D note has been counterfeited, it calls in all the genuine ones of that series, and knows that all of its others are safe. " The general public, however, never think of making this letter feature a matter of scrutiny, even after they have been put upon their guard. They take the notes as they come along, only examining them if the work is coarse and defective enough to arouse their suspicions." " But how does tha general public jet hold of ithem?" demanded the reporter. "In many ways, i irst, let us assume that a note has been counterfeited and printed. The counterfeiter does not attempt to circulate it himself. He passes it over to au accomplice known as a ' boodle carrier ' a man whonj, I need scarcely say, he can implicitly trust. This man takes the counterfeits in large quantities, and starts off with them. ' Boodle carriers' generally have their special districts to operate in, and when one' gets in trouble, that is to' say, comes to be regarded with suspicion, he is set to work in a new district and the man from that put in his 6lr one, It is not the ' boodle carrier's ' business to spend the money. Oh, no! He never circulates a dollar of queer.' He simply deals it out to the", regular retailers, one ot wnora can be foupd in every city and big town. Thus the 'boodle carrier' is a sort of middle man between manufacturer of and retail doaler in counterfeit money. He handles it in bulk, as a wholesale house handles goods, and you might as well hope to buy coal by the peck on the Coal Exchange as get a single note from him. "When a new counterfeit is put in circulation the 'carriers' start with their 'boodle,' as the package of bad money is called, and sell it out to the retailers. The retailers in their turn sell it to the 'shovers,' as the people are called who put it in circulation. Up to a certain day, arranged upon beforehand, not a dollar of the bad money finds its way out On the preconcerted date, when the circulators of the whole country are supplied, the notes suddenly appear. Very often a whole edition will be poured into the market witnin twenty' four hours, and by the time the authori ties get word of it the 'shovcrs' will have the 'queer' money all out of their hands. You will thus see that if the 'shover' and the retailer keep faith, which the 'boodle carrier' and the bos 'koniacker' always a, before the com munity can be put upon their guard by the authorities and tue newspapers, the counterfeiters can have made a good haul and stepped out. Fortunately for the public, tLe 'shover' and retailer frequently defeat themselves by their own eagerness, and give the existence of a new counterfeit away in time to warn the public against its general cir culation. "Most of the dealers in counterfeit money are business men, whose respect- baity is above casual suspicion, Thev tumber lawyers, doctors, tradesmen of all sorts and private citizens of irre proachable social standing. Like the higher members of the fraternity, they do not put out any of the 'queer' them selves. They simply sail it to ths 'shovcrs.' These buy it iu nuantitiee varying from a single note to a couple of hundred dollars' worth, and more. If the 'shover' is a 'fly' one he will buy a quantity, and then hand all but one note over to a 'tender.' This tender will stroll along behind him, till he gets rid of the one bad note. Then he will find an opportunity to join him and supply him with another. In this way, if the 'shover is arrested while at tempting to pass a 'queer' note, nothing will be found upon him but good money, and he can easily plead that he took the one bad bill by accident. "lemalo 'shovers will commonly buy tbeir bad notes singly, for the same reasou. In spite of their excessive timidity, though, they exhibit more nerve and cheek in putting the money out than anv of the male traffickers upon the public confidence." Take Your Hands Out of Your Pockets. To begin with, it does not look well when a young man crooks his arms and thrusts his hands into his pockets, making a figure eight of himself, and then stands up against the sunny side of the house like a rooster in December. How would the girls look all turned into eight3 apd leaning against the wall? How would your other look in that posture ? You don't find her hands in her pockets. lour mother s hands I while you are loafing they are the hands that sew, and bake, and stew, and fry, and sweep, and darn, and nurse; but she does not sink them in her pockets and then loll against the building. Are your hands cold ? Warm them up at the end of the hoe handle and the scythe. Swing the hammer; drive the plane; flourish the ax. There is un told calorio about a spade, a trowel, a wrench. Besides, pocket-heat is not profitable. Have you money there? Are your pockets the safes in which you have hidden treasure, and are your hands the bolts that secure the safe door? Money may be there to-day, but it won't bo a guest over- to-morrow night. An idler's money is apt to leap out of his pocket. It is likely to go for a pipe, a cLar, a tobacco plug, a mug of ale. There is no money in pocket-warming. Take your hands out of your pocketp, young man! You are losing time. Time is valuable. People feel it at the other end cf the line, when death is near and eternity is pressing them into such small quaiters, for the work of this life craves hours, days, weeks, years. If those at the end of the line, if youth with its abundance of resources, would only feel that time is precious I Time is a quarry. Every hour may be a nugget of gold. It is time in whose invaluable moments we build onr bridges, spike the iron rails to the sleepers, launch our ships, dig our canals, run our f. ctories. You might have dug twenty hills of potatoes while I have been talking to you, young man. Take your hands out of your pockets. ' The world wants those hands. The world is not dead, asleep under the Pyramids, a mummy by the Nile. The world is alive, wide awake, pushing, straggling, going ahead. ' The world wants those hands. You need not take them out of America. They can find a market here at hpme. The country wants those hands, selling dry goods in New York, cradling wheat in Minnesota, raising co ton in Alabama, weaving cloth in Lowell, picking oranges in Florida, digging gold in Colorado, catching mackerel from the dock of a down-East fishing smack. Take your Hands out of your pockets I Evangelist Head Covering. M. Troupeau has lately made numer ou3 experiments with head-gear in its relation to heat from the sun. He reaches these conclusions, which may serve as useful hints : 1. Head-coverings of conical and rounded form are cooler than those of flat shape, the helmet is accordingly preferable to the kepi in hot climates. 2. A thick body, formed of a substance which conducts heat badly, protects effectually aaainst the sun's rays. 3. No metal should be used in the construction of head-gear. 4. Good ventilation, obtained by means of lateral air-holes at the top and a gallery at the buse, isolating the head, causes a very sensible lowering of the interior temperature A head-cover of b..d con struction may be made cool by good ventilation. RELIGIOUS READING. Chrtttiantzina n Turn. At St. Paul's, Onslow Square, Lon don, recently, a christening took place sufficiently unique in character to draw together an immense congregation. Tewfik, who was imprisoned by the Turkish government, and lay under sentence of death, for taking part in ths translation of the English Prayer Book into his native language, was received into the English Church. At d o'clock, amidst the strains of the organ, this small, dark refugee, looking very much like a prisoner, clothed in a lone, black robe, with fez and turban, was brought up the aisle under the escort of his god parents, Archdeacon Philpot, Sir Wil liam Muir and Mrs. Webb Peploe, who placed him in a seat close to the font, and immediately under the gallery. Meanwhile Dr. Kohler mounted the pulpit, and gae an interesting and im pressive account of what it cost the con vert to renounce Mohammedanism. At the end of the discour.se, Dr. Kohler came up the aisle to the font, in which stood the three sponsors. The meekest of the Turks was then led to his place, where he stood In an attitude of pro found reverence, not with his head down, but with his head elevated toward heaven, aud his careworn face bedewed with emotion. When he knelt, with his face still up, his attidude was painfully suggestive of instant execution. When Mr. Peploe had finished his part of the service in English, Dr. Kohler repeated it in Turkish, during which Ahmed Tewfik betrayed the writhings o' the spirit in a series of groans and Oriental mutterings, but gave out the responses with great clearness, and all the solem nity due to his translation from one religion to another. When all was over, he gravely raised the Christian hands of Dr. Kohler and Mr. Peploe, and Kissed tnem with Christian lips, and thtn received the congratulations of some clergymen and friends. London World. Religious News and Notes. Of the 873 Baptist churches in the State of New York, at least 350 are not able to support a pastor. At a confirmation in St. Faul s Cathe dral, London, recently, 300 persons were confirmed. They came from every part of London. The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland has raised no less than $15, 000,000 to' $20,000,000 by subscription for various objects in tne past ten yt as. The American Board of Commission ers for Foreign Missions received, within a year past, $102, J80 from women's societies, and $5,370 from Sunday schools. During the year ending May 'lb, 1881, George Miller received for his orphan houses at Bristol, England, and several missionary obiecw, the extraordinary sum of $104,500. Cardinal Manning has declared him self in favor of legislation to put down intemperance, maintaining that moral means have been tried enough and proved insufficient. The Kev. T. De Witt Talmage said last Sunday that the exclamations "My wtars !" "Mercy on us !" "Goodness gracious!" "By George!" "By Jove!" are next door to swearing. The Lutheran Insurance League has now about four hundred and fifty mem bers, and has since its organization given over $28,000 to thirty-seven -e j l i : ,.l Wiuu WH ui uepmijeu uiiuintein. At the call of a Baptist clergyman all the ministers in Accrington, England, including Eoman Catholic priests, will meet in conference to "consider how the question of non-attendance of the masses of the district on public worship shall be dealt with. The Rev. Lr. Speer, who many years ago waj a missionary in China,is labor ing among the Chinese in Chicago. Posseasmg 'he happy faculty of being able to preach to tht se people in their own language, he holds a meeting with them every Sunday in Farwell Hall He has secured their respect and con fidence, and seems to be doing them much good. Bags instead of plates have been in troduced in many parishes in England to re ceive the offerings of the congre gations. The amount of the contribu tions has consequently fallen off, copper coins taking the place of silver and gold. A few Sundays ago a Liverpool clergy man preached upon the subject, taking for his text the words, "Alexander the coppersmith hath done me much harm." Tjie sermon had a good effect, the con tribution at its close being muoh larger than usual. The Shah of Persia hid a trouble some tooth, and it became necessary to "have it out." So his ent re court came to witness the pulland to soothe the pain his subjects presented him with 3,000 .lucats ; tbe dentist was rewarded with one hundred ducats. Dr. Foot Health Monthly. I
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