Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-02-16

form of gambling; but now they
are to have stock exchange-the
first ever incorporated in that coun-
try. Old gamblers may find in it a
new sensation.
The recent heavy rains and thaws
are working havoc at Jacksonville
Park. -Four of the large Worlds
Fair buildings are leaking like
sieves and two others are leaking
badly, and only one out of the group.
of large structures-the Electricity
Buildings comparatively dry.
Mr.. Cleveland tells the N. Y.
Herald that there is danger of a
panic in Wall street if the Sherman
silver law is not soon repealed. The
Herald tells Mr.. Cleveland that
there is greater danger of panic in
the Democratic party if the McKin-
ley law is not soon repealed.
Mr.. Foster says that on taking
the Secretaryship of the Treasury
the department 'Fdazed" him for the
first few weeks. Mr.. Foster now
doubtless feels that he has fully
settled all scores on that account.
Judging from the exceedingly
"groggy" figures of the recent re
ports of its condition Mr.. Foster has
very effectually ''dazed" the depart
ment.
1t won't do for the poor discum-
fuddled organ to lay too much stless
on the fact that President Harrison |
appointed Judge Jackson because of
his fitness, because underneath that
treacherous pathway lies the mani
fest assumption that there was no
one in the whole Republican party,
or at least In the section represented |
by the late Justice Lamar, that was
as eft" as Judge jackson. Every
way they turn the ice appears to be
very thin.
It is told of wellsknown Kens
tueky colonel that once he invited
a gentleman to dine with him at
Cham mberlain's in Washington.
Among other things ordered was
porterhouse steak with onions. His
guest asked to be excused from pars
taking of the dish. cit gives me
a bad smelling BREATH" he said.
"Never you mind about that" res
marked the Colonel. "Wait till
You get the bill; that will take
your breath away"
It is hard as we'll as a sad thing
for a great mind to be forced to
recognize evidence of its decaying
powers. In spite of Mr.. Gladstone's
heroic battle against the ravages of
age, that inexorable enemy Of all
vlgor and freshness is rapidly assert
ing its power over the great statess
man. His voice becomes ''husky"
after twenty minutes speech and
his memory is failing him. Three
hours were devoted to the search for
the home rule bill on Tuesday, and
it was at last found in dispatch
box where Mr.. Gladstone had for
gotten that he had placed it.
Death is rapidly thinning out the
ranks of the printers at the hospital
at Colorado Springs. Six men have
died since the opening of the house
and others have been sent to more
climate to prolong their
shattered lives. The union printers
of the United States have put $751;
900 into a handsome building,
Messrs. Childs and Drexel each do
mated $5,OOO,and the unions through
out the country are keeping it up at
a vast expense. There is every kind
ness, comfort and luxury within it's
stately walls, but the climate is too
rigorous, the altitude too great for
the heart, throat and lung troubles
which aff1ict printers. Had the hos
pital been located in the Rie Grande
Valley it would, indeed, have been
home-the name first given it-for
the aged and ailing. Now it is only
a question of short time when the
place will be shunred as the gate
way to certain and speedy death, and
the object for which it was intended
fail utterly.
They who are SO oficiously occu-