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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
What Allied II

Congressman Sibley, Of Pennsyl-
vania, was recently asked his opinion
of the man in charge OF certain bill.
He replied:
"He is all right, / guess, but he
reminds me very much of a man up
in Pennsylvania. He came from the
lumber district with an old bull's>
eye watch to a jeweler and said: I
want you TO fix my watch The
jeweler asked: What is the matter
with your watch?' Well, replied the
man, I have been looking into it and
I can't tell exactly, but as near as l
can make out I guess the trouble
with it is that the hair is all worn of
the hairspring.' buffalo Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
The Qrads.
OUR NAVY COMING.

The new U. S. battleship en-
diana" made her trial trip last
week and surprised everybody
by developing an average speed
of nearly Is knots an hour, over
a course of 60 miles. This would
be a slow record for an ordinary
cruiser; but the Indiana is not a
cruiser; she is a floating fortress
of steel, the most heavily armed
and smored of any in the world.
The nearest approach to the
Indiana in those two respects is
the British battle ship Prince
George, but the latter is 10
match for the American ship in
the weight Of metal which she
can hurl at an enemy. The In
diana is to have as sister ships
the Massachusetts and the Ore
gon. Of equal tonnage and arma-
ment.
When u new navy is al
afoat, and in commission, no na-
sion On earth will try to bull
dose Uncle Sam or his poor re-
lations in North or South Amer
lea.
The good people who fancy
that the possession of a power
full navy will inclte our people tc
an aggressive policy are alto
gether mistaken. It will have
exactly the opposite effect.
In the wise words of Genera
Grant: ITO maintain peace ir
the future it is necessary to be
prepared for war;" and we mus
always be ready to resist a pos
sible European combination
against is.
Even dear mother England
will love US more than ever, i
that be possible, when she read
the record of the new battleship
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
SLEEP REFORM.
The Man Who Tried 1t and tha Way
1t Worked,

The Man Who Tried 1t and ths Way
1t Worked.
Col. Henry Watterson, who is at
present lecturing in the larger cities,
tells a story Of an old compositor,
whose life had been given up to hard
work and the following of eccentric
Ideas, II of which was that the
human race slept too much. He had
several theories to advance in sup
port of his idea, one of them being TO
cut down the usual number of sleep
ing hours by gradation and finally
arrive at a state where, by practice,
one would be satisfied with a much
smaller amount of sleep than one was
getting.
To show his confidence in his
theory he began to practice the new
idea 10. follows: He usually slept
nine hours. lie explained that
he would cut this down a half
hour for each week that passed
until he had reduced his number of
sleeping hours to two, which he
claimed was all that was needed by
anyone.
The time went by and the old fell
low had kept to bis rule laid down
and finally reached the two-hour
time.
He went along for several weeks
sleeping but two hours daily, devot-
ing the time gained in reading and
advocating his idea. While there
was a noticeable decrease in his
weight, he seemed to stand it very
well.
Then he began to talk of further
reducing the time, and, when en-
thusiastic, talked Of the possibility
Of one doing without sleep entirely.
He set type and was an old hand
on the paper. One morning, about
three weeks after he had reached his
low sleeping mark, the compositoE
at the caS next to his noticed the
old NAN had dropped his h cad upon
his arms that we're folded over the
case. 1t was near quitting time.
All the forms wcre up and the Ole
chap was not disturbed. He haC
gone to sleep. The Office was soor
deserted with the exception of The
j%anitor and the sleeper. The ianitol
was instructed not to bother him.
The next day when the first ma;
arrived he was still sleeping as theJ
had left him and snoring SO hare
that he Jared the type in the cas-
on which he rested.
, Some n told his wife where h,
was and she concluded to let hin
sleep.
5 He slept on in tina. position TO
twenty hours. Then they carried
, him to a bed at home, still sleeping
. He slept for thirty-two hours, an,
, when he woke up he had for
gotten how to set type and had t
= learn to read again, although hi:
memory was good in other respects
!, Col. Watterson uses the story as
!, smile for a political situation, whic'
he enlarges upon in select circles
;, N. Y. Journal.
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Eyes and ..

Said q well-known optician: you
have no idea how many people come
in here daily who want cheap glasses.
Affections of the eyes, which require
the incest and most accurate adj
justment to correct, and which can
not be done without good glasses,
are deemed of less moment than
other so-called human necessities"
While he vas speaking a man
entered who purchased a pair Of
spectacles for twenty-five cents.
There is an example," continued
the optician. THAT mans sight
will probably become But
there's a large demand for cheap
glasses, and we r forced to supply
that demand. "-Cincinnati Tribune.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
FROM THE RANKS.
The omcering OF the United States
Army.
Privntes who Can Pass the Requisite Err
Aminatao stand ON an Equal Foot.
ing with West Point
lrnduatoG

The number of men who enter the
army with a view to secure promotion,
outside of those who have relatives
in the service, is limited to q much
smaller number than is generally
supposed, says Harper's Weekly.
The enactment of the law allowing1
enlisted men of any grade to apply
for examination for a commission re-
moved all incentive for applicants to
strive for the lower non commits
stoned grades, a most serious defect
in the law. 1t is in keeping with the
legislation advocated by Mr.. Proctor
during his term of Office, relative to
| the gradual elimination of the old
soldier, and his replacement by a
better class of young men, who were
to be secured by holding out as u
tempting bait promotion from the
ranks.
The large number applying for ex-
animation at present would natural
ly lead to the supposition that Mr..
Proctor's object was surely being
accomplished, but such is not the
fact.
The enlisted force Of the army Is
to-day composed of no better men
than it was ten or twelve years ago;
In fact, a comparison results favora-
bly, to the old soldier. The men who
are now being examined for promo
tion do not in any represent
the great body of the enlisted men
of our service.
They In reality represent q class
consisting Of about one-twentieth of
the enlisted force, who have nothing
In common with the other nineteen
twentieths, and who are fully alive
to the advantages they possess over
the West Point graduate in securing
their shoulder-straps in one-haIf the
time required by the cadet to con-
summate his high ambition.
The enlisted men Of the army, es-
pectally the old soldier, look upon
these men as a favored class-and
favored they are in many ways dur
ing their preparatory two years
service.
The soldier reasons, and justly,
, that If the four years of preparation
at West Point are necessary to fully
equip the cadet for the requirements
r of his position as an officer, it is
presumption to suppose that a man
of ordinary intelligence can, in two
years, in addition to his duties as a
soldier, fit himself for the accom-
, plishment Of the work required OF
the graduate.
Possessed Of the finest military
? college in the world, which has been
the Alma Mater of the greatest sol
diers of modern times, it should be
the aim of the United States 10 sup
ply the commissioned officers of our
army from that source, restricting
promotion from the ranks to extreme
l cases, In recognition of extraordina.
Z ry acts of conspicuous bravery or
t the battlefield, o other distinguish.
ing feature of the soldiers service.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
Freshest News.

Mr., Joseph Willard, for a long time
clerk of the superior court Of Massa-
chusetts in Boston, relates In his Half
a Century with Judges and Lawyers"
many good anecdotes
Col. Edward G. Parker, who was
rather pedantic, wrote a life of Mr..
Choate. He was relating an incident
which happened in the third century
before Christ, about the time of the
death of Ptolemy Ill, and he appealed
to John S. Holmes, who stood by.
"Didn't he die about that time, John?'
"Who's that that's dead?" asked
Holmes.
"Ptolemy I'LL" said Parker.
"What! What!' said Holmes, stretch
ing out his hands. You don't say he's
acadr'
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS.
FheY Furnish the Excuse for q Noxel
Enterprise


Enterprise
There Is a peculiar industry In
Gotham which has grown to aston
ishing proportions. This is the
business Of furnishing newspaper
clippings to individuals, firms and
corporations. There are half q
dozen Of these concerns IN New
York, which supply customers, not
only in the United States, but in all
parts of the world. One of these
newspaper clipping bureaus received
an order the other day from the
dent Dole all the notices, editorials,
cartoons and other published matter
regarding Hawaii, it's government
and it's affairs. This is one of the
largest orders ever received by a
clipping bureau, and it will require
the labor of half a dozen bright young
women to Gull the clippings from the
newspapers to fill this order. Every
prominent author, Sstor, politician
and professional man is now a sub
scriber to oue or of the clipping
bureaus, and a busy man finds the
system very convenient, for he is
enabled, as it were, to read his news
papers by proxy.
The manager of a New York clip
ping bureau, in speaking of the pc
culiarities of his business, said;
"Many of u customers are folks
with fads and hobbies. A man sent
US an order recently for all items
about two-headed calves, three
legged chickens and other mon.
strosities. A leading politician
ordered one hundred Memorial day
addresses, from which he could com
pile a Fourth of July Grafton which
he had engaged to deliver. Society
bellies are beginning to make SCRAP
books Of their newspaper notices
and the custom will doubtless be
come a regular social fad in time
The wives of public men are amons
the best patrons of the clippins
bureaus. About the strangest ordel
we have is that of a dealer in tomb
stones and monuments. He takes al
the death notices."-N. Y. CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
SEA LAWYERS.
They Arc Dreaded More by tho Com
maQdpr Than Storms.

AAASy = AOAo W ~" >oHAN
mander Than storms.
1.-THE chief of all things on earth =
sea captain breads is the sea lawyer"
said an old, gray-haired commander to
a Baltimore News reporter. 1.-THE tv-
phoon OF the China seas and the hurri-
cane of the West Indies are bad, but
they are not in it for raising a sumpus
with the sea lawyer.
1.-THE fellow 1 refer to as the sea
iawyer' is the one or more sailors
almost sure to creep into every fore
castle at one time or another, Who, be-
ing a little better educated than his
mates, becomes their leader and pro-
ceeds to make himself solid with them,
and a deadly enemy of the captain and
officers, by quoting maritime law to
them that never existed and filling
their heads with nonsense and mag
mary wrongs. He'll tell them they
must have plum duff every day, ac-
cording to law, and they'll believe him,
and raise cain if they don't get it.
He'll persuade them they are worked
too hard, and every man Jack of them
viii desert the ship at her first port OF
.al1. He'll make them believe they
own the vessel before he gets half
through with them, and will instigate
a half dozen or more damage suits
against the ships wner among them
as soon as they set foot ashore.
1.-The sea lawyer is generally a
sneaky fellow, who makes a steady
practice of deceiving honest sailors and
getting them into trouble and then
leaving them to get out as best they
can. He is hated and dreaded by every
captain afoat, and there's only one way
of arguing with him-that's with a be.
laying pin. I've known more than one
bloody mutiny to be stirred up by q
sea lawyer,'"
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Asheyille Citizen:

Asheville Citizen: Handsome
cards were issued yesterday ap~
nouncing the marriage, Novem<
Der 6, of Miss Becker Springs
and Mr.. John McCorkle Scott,
both of this city. The ceremony
takes place in the First Presby-
terrain church at 9 o'clock in the
evening. Accompanying the in
vitations were two cards, one:
please present this card at the
church The other: sRecep-
ton Immediately after the cere-
mony.' Miss Springs has many
friends in Asheville, where the
young lady has been a welcome
guest during the gay seasons.
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a WOMAN WITH a HISTORY.
She Fooled a Smart Lawyer by Her
B~usinessIike Manner,

She Fooled a Smart Lawyer by Her
B~usinessIike Manner.
A well-dressed and sharp-faced
woman passed into the lawyers Of
fee and very shortly was standing
by his desk.
Il beg your pardon" she said, in
salutation, 'but can you spare O
few moments of your valuable
timer"
Il am very busy, madam" he re-
piled, ''but if you have anything Of
Importance to communicate l shall
be glad to hear it. Pray be seat
ed"
"Thank you no." she said, looking
around at q clerk or two in a nerv-
Gus fashion. 81 am a with
a history, and"
Excuse me-" a~pologized the at
torney, seeinga fee appearing on the
horizon, possibly you had better
step into my private Office with me,
where you will not be interrupted"
She thanked him and they went
into the adjoining room.
Now" he said, when they were
seated, 81 presume you wish to con-
suit me On this matter of your his
tory?"
Yes, sir. That is why I am
here"
VERY we'll; proceed. Anything
you may say to me will be held in
the strictest confidence. You were
saying you were a woman with a
history?" This very sympathetically
as an encourager.
Yes, sir" she began, as she laid
a document before him. ut is g
history of Napoleon Bonaparte in
eighteen monthly parts at so cents
a month and"
He threw up his hands, but she
had him and he couldn't get away
until he had put down his name, and
now when "a oma with a history
is mentioned in his hearing it makes
cold chills u down his back
Chicago Record.
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Not What He Expected.

Convalescent-I was surprised,
sir, at the amount of your bill
Physician-Why, I thought I made
It pretty small, considering the
length and serious nature of your
sickness.
Convalescent-You did, sir. As
! was going to say, the bill seemed
to me quite reasonable. -Somer-
vile Journal.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
Afraid Of Lightning.

The Greeks we're so much afraid
of lightning that they worshiped it.
They endeavored to avert its malig-
nant influence by Kissing and
whistling at it. In places which
had suffered by 1t affairs were
erected, and oblations made to
avert the anger of the gods, after
which no one dared to touch or ap-
proach thcu.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31

AS an indication of how things
change, hunting the fall leaf is
less a practice of the new woman
to-day than it was perhaps six
thousand years ago.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
New Test for Death.

A foreign scientist has a new test
for death. With q candle produce a
blister on the hand or foot of the
body. If the blister, upon opening
with a needle or other Instrument,
is found to contain fluid OF any kind
there is still life in the supposed
body.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-10-31
InStOre
AND
To Arrive

10. 900 pounds G r Sides.
1000 pounds N G Hams,
200 pounds dbnvassed hams.
so cream cheese.
so cans leaf lard.
so cans compound lard.
20 barrels heavy mess pork.
500 bales choice timothy hay.
800 bushels corn,
200 bushels seed rye
200 bushels winter seed oats
200 bushels rust-proof oats
500 bushels feed pats.
100 bushels mixed feed
100 bushels rice meal
100 bushels cotton seed meal
100 bushels bolted meal
800 sacks wheat bran
so barrels graduated sugar
20 bags coffee
5 barrels rice
200 barrels iour-all grades
SO sacks four-all grades
500 bundles arrow ties
200 rolls bagging
zoo sacks salt
Also, Rock Lime, Cement, Plaster
Laths, Hair, etc. Wholesale and retail
at the cheap cash store of
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B. NJ. Privett.


I have for sale Fall and Spring
seed oats, ssalso seed rye, Write for
prices. A.AU. KORNEGAY,
Goldsboro n. C.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-02-13
SEVEN suNFLowER cAPIToLs.
The Kansas Prairie Schooner of State Has
Moved About q Great Deal.

The Kansas Prairie Schooner of State Has
Moved About q Great Deal.
Kansas recently celebrated the thirty
fourth anniversary of her admission to
the Union as q state. During her exist
ence as territory and state the great
commonwealth has had seven capitols
The first was III Pawnee, and the capitol
building is still standing, but it looks
as though a cyclone had been toying
with it. Pawnee was one Of the first
boom towns of the Sunfiower State. "A.
FL. Reeder, who was governor of the
territory in 1854, was interested in
land in the vicinity of Pawnee and i'm
timated to the small population that il
a building were ready the first terri
torial legislature would meet there i'm
July The building was quickly con-
strueted of Geary county stone and was
90 feet wide, so feet long and two sto-
ries high. The legislature met in Paw
nee, as the governor had predicted. but
its members did not favor Pawnee's
claims for the honor. They refused to
patronize the numerous boarding houses
built for their use and lived in the prai-
RE schooners in which they had come.
One of the first things the legislature
did vas to pass a resolution providing
for the removal Of the seat of territorial
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-02-13

Pierre dispatch, II: About 100000
acres of good land will soon be disposed
of at the rate of so cents an acre. On
February 10, 1889, there was a law
passed opening for settlement that por-
ton of the Great Sioux reservation lying
west Of Pierre, and providing that that
portion, which after five years was un-
settled, should be disposed of at the rate
OF 30 cents an acre. The five years ex-
pred the tenth Of this month, and this
land may now be filed upon. This res
~ervation contains some of the best land
that it is possible to find in South Da-
kota. The land has sufficient water for
all purposes, either for grazing or farm
ing. Many have already selected their
land. The officers of the United States
land office are expecting a great influx
of settlers, and Judging from the amount
of inquiries they have received they will
not be disappointed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-02-13

Gov. Sheldon has secured from the
supreme court, all the judges concurring,
an opinion as to the constitutionality of
the law recently passed providing for is
suing warrants based upon revenues as.
sessea but uncollected. 1t is planned to
issue 100000 in such warrants, and the
constitutionality OF the law is a question
OF vital importance. The opinion Of the
court is full and complete. After citing
various decisions, including one by the
learned Justice Fields, on q similar cGse
in California, the court holds that when
a Legislature has provided for assess
ments within the limits Of the constitu-
ton, it is entirely constitutional to issue
warrants in anticipation Of such reven-
ues. Such warrants do not add to ex-
listing indebtedness and are valid and
binding upon the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-02-13

The divorce law is the important sub-
iect before the legislature just now, but
the attempt to reduce the time limit is
meeting with much success IN the SEN
ate. Two important amendments
frightening the time in which a divorce
could be obtained we're hotly debated
but carried by large majorities. One
provides that the petitioner for divorce
mrst have been a resident OF the state
one year and the other where personal
service could not be secured q decree for
divorce should not issue until after q
years residence. This ought 10 remove
Bishop Hare's suspicious of the legisla-
ture being run by a divorce lobby. The
senate also passed a bill repeating the
law authorizing a state surveyor to ap-
point deputies, and has passed the fol-
lowing house bills which have now be-
come laws:
Repeating the law allowing extra COM
counties.
Also, providing eight years free educa-
tion for the blind.
Also, to extend until October mex the
time for payment Of taxes for 1894.
Also. for granting to incorporated
towns the right to levy and collect a
road tax
In the house, after a warm debate, the
bill establishing an asylum for the blind
at Gary passed. Gary donates the old
court house building and square, but
does not ask an appropriation. Consid-
cradle feeling was caused by the vote.
which stood 40 to %.
The house had quite a discussion over
the Russian thistle problem. The dis
cussion grew out of a bill allowing town.
ships to bond for building barb wire
fences along public highways for the
purpose of stopping the movement OF
thistles. The bill passed,
Also, the bill allowing towns to bond
for aid in building court houses.
Also, the bill repeating the law giving
mortgages to building and loan societies
priority over mechanics liens.
Many bills have been introduced for
the safe keeping of county funds and in
place OF all these the house has passed a
substitute that the county treasurer
shall not hold In his own hands more
than one-half of the county funds, aud
that the balance must be deposited in
banks to be named by the chairman of
the county board, the clerk of the court,
and the register of deeds. The county
treasurer can draw money from the
banks only as needed, and then not to
exceed $500 at ol.ce upon vouchers coun-
t~ersigned by the county auditor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-02-13

is92 10 perfor med the same Office for
the M tional Republican committee and
took - prominent part in conducting the
unsuccessful Harrison campaign. In
January. 1894, Mr.. Quigg was nomi-
mated for congress by the Republicans
Of the Fourteenth district, o district
that had gone Democratic at the last
election by q majority of 8,S25. This
fact did not daunt Mr.. Quigg, who con-
Quoted one of the most exciting con-
gressional campaigns ever held in New
York and not only overcame the Demo
cratic majority of 8. $50. but carried the
district by 949 votes, defeating Colonel
William l. Brown, the proprietor of
the New York Daily News. At the last
general election Mr.. Quigg was re-elect-
ed by a majority of 5,977. He is the
son of John b Quigg. who is now pas
tor of a Methodist church in Whining
ton, Del.
The New York Press was started in
1887 by Frank Hatton and Robert p.
Porter, afterward superintendent of the
census. Its new owner is Henry l. Elm
stein, brother of Edwin Einstein. who
ran for mayor of New York in 1892 ON
the Republican ticket and was defeated
Editor Quigg will remain in congress-
until his term expires.