Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
English writer's have

Several English writer's have en-
deavored to prove that the Indians
are the descendants of the ten tribes.
Most of b arguments adduced are
drawn from customs which the authors
In question regarded as peculiar to the
Jews, but are, in fact, common to the
early stages of the human race.
The Albany railway was one of
the first street railroads of the country
to adopt the freight car service. The
cars were put on the road last Septem-
Der, and run over the line between AL
bany and Troy, a distance of seven
miles. There is a storage warehouse
at each end Of the line, into which the
cars run.
pede & Car company has recently
brought out a new inspection ear,
propelled by a gasoline motor. The
car seems we'll adapted to the uses of
railroad officers making quick inspec-
ton trips where but two or three per-
sons are to be carried. It is always
ready for service, the engine being in
motion after one turn OF the balance
wheel.
-Clovernook, the historical home of
the poetic sisters, Alice and Phoebe
Cary, near Cincinnati, was sold under
a foreclosure in May. The Briggs
Swift estate bought it to be preserved
as a historical literary center, and put
Warren Cary, a brother OF the poet. in
charge. There are thirty-three acres
OF ground connected with the home
stead.
So rich INC beautiful is much mod
ern factory-made furniture designed
upon antique models, that only persons
acquainted with the real thing can de-
tect at a glance the difference. This
is especially rue of such modern fac
tory-made furniture as does not con
tain elaborate carving. A close CD
server, however, will at once see that
the rush bottoms Of factory made
chairs do not fit snugly, having been
made ~sHpcrctely from the frames and
slipped in when finished and painted.
The rUaos, too, of TIE modern chair
are not Of hard FOOD, but of stained
pine, while the bits OF ornament that
conceal the joints are nlanifastIv stuck
on and not part Of tie original wood.
A woman was buried alive at An
necy in Savoy recently; while the grave
diggers We're throwing earth on the
coffin they heard a knocking inside.
They waited half an hour before max
ing up their minds what to do, and
then, instead of opening the coffin,
went II Mostly the authorities. ADriest
was the first to arrive, and all hc dared
to do va to have gimlet holes bored
SO as to let in a little air. Finally,
after three hours, soon after the knock
ing ceased, the coffin was opened and
the w~ou-aa's checks were seen to be
flushed, and her eyes half opened. II
took SIX hours and a half more to get a
doctor, who when he came said she had
been deed less than six hours; that is,
h must nave been alive at the time
when the coffin lid was removed.
"A strange attempt to enforce
medieval penance ended il & row re-
Gently 1T Dlisland, in Cornwall. near
the Lands End. Two young men who
had assaulted a girl in the church yard
were told by the rector that he would
absolve them if they would openly
confess their crime and distribute ten
dollars worth of bread at the church
gates as penance. The scene within
the church was impressive; the rector
admonished the culprits and forgave
them in behalf of the girl; the guilty
men, on their knees, then confessed in
a loud voice and asked the CONGREGATION
to pray for them. When thew went
out with the bread, however, the crowd
ieered at them ard made a rush for the
~loaves, which it irreverently ate with
%ulolasses IN the cLurchyarl, hootinr
and singing.