Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

York city offers a silver medal to
any member that rides 1000 miles
on a bicycle. The offer was made be-
fore the wheel became a fashionable
and as many men ride 200 miles a
week, the club is likely to find the full.
fllment OF the offer rather taxing.
Berlin is to have a ''Sport Exhibi-
in preparation for which, and
to save the German language from for
eign faint. a committee offers prizes of
S125, $50 and S25 for German equiva-
Tents for all foreign sporting terms.
prospect Of new ja~w-breaking
compou nds suggested by this idea is
appalling
|apan's small losses in men in the
battles with the Chinese were due in
part to the accidental use of a bullet
cold, the japanese soldiers wore a
clothes; this, then they were hit, was
found in many cases to have stopped
the bullets.
The following were re-
celved by a teacher in an uptown
school from her pupils during a recent
examination; The cotton gin was in
vented by Robert Morse shortly before
the war broke out" THE Boston tea
party was a famous dinner given bv
one Of the ~colonists to the Indians.
Many celebrated people were there"
The gold fever is a fatal disease which
those who dig gold sometimes GET
Philadelphia Call.
There will soon be a great reduc-
ton in the number of LAWYERS in
France. By a recent law each one must
take out a yearly license, for which he
pays an mount equal to about twelve
per cent. of his house rent. Many per-
sons admitted to the bar who are not
In active practice have asked to have
their names taken from the roll, among
them M. Fallieres, formerly prime min
lister and minister of j~nstice, and SEN
ator Berenger, author of the law re-
uniting the penalty for first o~ffenses,
and also noted for his efforts to improve
French morality.
1T is no easy task to sound the
whistle on a fast express train" said
an engineer, recently. Take a run of,
say. 14o miles through a thickly-settled
country and figure it out. The train
runs IS miles per hour, and there are
about five CROSSINGS per mile. Five
times lao is 700; now multiply TOO by 4.
h number of blasts given at each
crossing, that's $500; d the station
signals, the call to engineers Of side
tracked trains, etc, and about 1900
blasts are necessary. Who SAYS that
the whistle-puller has an easy time?"
Conductor Pershing, of the Pan
handle, who has just returned from the
west, had a novel experience in a Kan
sas sandstorm, the train on which he
was passenger having been stuck in a
sandstorm for nearly four hours. The
sand defed the efforts of hundreds of
men who had undertaken the task of
digging it out, and there was no alter
native but to calmly await a change in
the direction of the wind. Mr.. Per-
shtng had seen trains stalled for the
want of sand, but never before had
he observed a locomotive hopelesslv
blocked by a sandstone.
Female nudity in art comes from
prehistoric Greece, and not, as is com
monty believed, from B~aby1onia, saws
NJ. Solomon Reinach, of the French
Academy of Inscriptions. Istar (As-
tarte) IS a warrior goddess is fully
clothed and in armor; it is only in her
humiliation, when she goes down into
hell, that she disrobes. On the other
hand, statuettes Of nude females have
been in the Archipelago, at Troy and
In Thraee that go back to 1900 B. G.
He infers that nude divinities penetrat-
ed from prehistoric Greece to Babylo.
MIA, that the type was preserved bv
Phoenicia, and thence passed back to
historic Greece and to Rome
Lemon Shortcake,-Make a ricl
cake, split and butter, then take rind
juice and pulp of three lemons grated
one cup sugar, one cup cream, mi:
thoroughly and spread.-Mrs. w. c
Newell, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Batter Cakes.-Sift one quart o
Jour with two teaspoonfuls of bakin,
powder, add two beaten eggs, a tea
spoonful Of salt, a pint and a half o
sweet milk, and a tablespoonful o
melted butter or lard. Bake on a no
griddle, Home.
-Tripe a la Newberg.-Cut the trip
into pieces the size of a small oy ster
Make a sauce of two tablespoonfuls O
flour, one of butter, two teacupful
of milk. When it thickens add tn
tripe; let it boil up once. Season wit
a pinch of ground mace, salt, pepper
and a little stewed parsley. Boil fv
minutes. Add half a wineglass c
sherry. Serve on toast.-Good House
keeping.
To Boil Bacon Ham.-After clear
ing the ham well, place in a larg
boiler and fill with cold water. Let
boil slowly 1--WE or six hours, then TAX
it out and put it into a dish to drair
While it is still hot, or when it is coo
remove the skin and place it in tn
oven to brown. Mix one teacupful
vinegar, one tablespoonful of blac
pepper, a little ground mustard, two {
three tablespoonfuls of sugar, ar
haste the ham with it while it is roas
ing.-Farmers' Voice.
Something Good.-Beat cup {
butter and one cup of sugar unit
light. Beat three eggs without SCI
arating until very light, then stir the1
into the butter and sugar, add half
tablespoon full of ground cinnamon, tv
tablespoonfuls of milk and suficier
-four to make a dough-about tw
cups Knead lightly, roll into a thi
braid them together, drop them
once into smoking fat and cook
golden brown. Dust down with pov
dered sugar and serve.-N. Y. Ledger
Pearl Barley Cream Soup.-Simms
a pint of pearl barley slowly in stool
with an onion, carrot and, seasonin,