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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27
FOR THE SOUTH'S BENEFIT.
Birmingham News.

Birmingham News.
In a letter in last weeks Balti-
more Manufacturers Record Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson says
that he is anxious and willing to
second the intimation from the
President that the Department of
Agriculture give the South a
large share of official attention.
With that object in view, Mr..
Wilson is preparing to make an
extended trip through the South
in order to become acquainted
with it's resources and it's people,
and in the meantime he practi-
cally invites men who + in a
position to acquaint him with the
needs of the South from the stand
point of the department., to sug-
gest to him measures for promot-
ing agricultural prosperity.
MI. Wilson is making an ear
nest endeavor to place his depart
ment in a position to be of great
er benefit than ever before to the
farmers of the country. He as
serts, and he brings forth con-
vincing facts as his auxiliaries,
that the American husbandman is
capable of raising many products
which are now brought in part or
wholly from abroad, and he pro-
poses to make the way as easy as
possible for this to be done. He
sees no reason why the United
States should import 1000, 900
dozen eggs, $10,0O0,0 900 worth of
goat skins $659,32O worth of
beans and peas, $556,644 worth
of cabbage, $226, 595, worth of
potatoes, $2.773,535 worth of hay,
$605, 600 worth of hops, andnear-
~ $4,000 worth of rice; and,
with the belief that it is absurd
to pay to other nations 500, OOO,-
900 for sugar each year. He has
not only distributed sugar beet
seed by the wholesale inthe hope
of encouraging the cultivation Of
that crop, but he is now under
taking to demonstrate the practi-
cal advantages in beet sugar man
ufacture to those who will be able
to invest capital in the undertake
ing.
The Manufacturers Record
rightly thinks that Mr.. Wilson's
proposed trip South presents a
particular chance for this section
to get in close official touch with
an official who is DESTROYS of
bringing his practical knowledge
and official influence to bear upon
the study of questions of impor-
lance to the agriculturist, and it
remains for competent men in the
South to offer him every facility
at their command to acquire the
suggestions of their special ex-
perience.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27
POLICY TOWARD CUBA
President Mckinley Will Try to
Induce Spain to Stop War.

Washington, May "a. In pur-
suing a policy looking to the COM
plete independence of Cuba Presi-
dent Mckinley has the cordial c.
operation of every member of his
Cabinet. The President proposes
to use every endeavor to induce
Spain to practically accept the
good offices of this Government
for the purpose of concluding an
honorable peace, with the under
standing hat Cuba shall have a
Republican form of government
and be freed from the possibility
of a military dictatorship, this
government to undertake to sus
tain a civil form of government on
the island. In the event of failure
after exhausting every means of
securing a peaceful solution of the
problem, the President will resort
to force. The Spanish Minister is
fully advised of the plan, and has
communicated it to his govern
ment.
At the Cabinet meeting on Fri
day last it was suggested by two
of the members of the Cabinet
that in the event of war it would
be necessary to issue bonds, and
that this power would have to be
secured from the Congress-, where
the Silver Senators might block
the way by demanding the issue of
silver bonds.
This matter was fully consid-
cred, and on Saturday the Presi-
dent communicated with a leading
Silver Republican Senator, who
sent back word: ssTeIl the Pres
ident that the Silver Senators are
as patriotic as ever. and will do
nothing in such an emergency to
hamper him. We r not only
patriotic, but we know enough of
politics to know that the people
of this country would condemn Us
if we should pursue such a course
in such an emergency. 1t would
NEAR the doom of the silver cause
If we should undertake to stand in
the way of public opiniorat such
a time"
Senator Morgan, of Alabama.
the author of the joint resolution
which recently passed the Senate,
said: 81 am a silver man and a
Democrat. The President is a
Republican and a gold man. Both
of us are American citizens, and
| should stand with him in a war
with Spain, and SO would my
Democratic colleagues"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27
THE TARIFF IN THESENATE

The Democrats of the United
States Senate have acted wisely in
determining, by a resolution of
caucus, not to favor any obstruc-
ton to the passage of the new
tariff bill. 1t is their duty to dis
cuss it fairly and fully, and to Of
fer such amendments as they may
deem just, but when the various
conflicting views of Senators have
been presented to the body and
acted upon, no obstacles should
be offered to a final vote in the
Senate
There never was a time in the
history of the country when ear
" action on the tariff bill was as
important as it is to-day. What
ever may be the realization or
disappointments from the new
tariff, the business interests of the
country are awaiting it, and there
will be little or no attempt at the
diffusion of capital into indus
trial enterprises until the tariff
policy of the government shall
have been settled for the pres
emit.
Whatever may be the views of
Senators, whether favorable or
opposed to tariff amendment on
the line of the Senate bill, let the
views of the Senate be aseer-
tanned at the earliest period prac-
ticable, and then let the bill be
disposed of and sent to the House
for concurrence in the Senate
amendments.
The country is anxiously
awaiting the action of Congress
on tariff, and every consideration
of patriotism and craftsmanship
should incline Senators not only
not to obstruct the early disposal
of the tariff bill, but to aid the
final vote upon it in every way
consistent with a fair expression
Of the views Of the Senator's
Philadelphia Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27
ANOTHER AIRSHIP
1t is Building in California The
Projectors Hope to Cross the
Continent

San Francisco, May "a AT
Grand Island, on the Sacram>
ento River. an airship is now
building with gasoline as motive
power. the propelling and steer :
ing to be done by strong alum
mum propellers. The machine is
building by the Sweauy. Daven-
port Company. The ship will be
125 feet long AMI a will be Az
feet from the top of the cylinder.
The width will be 81 from tip
to tip of the propellers.
The machine consists of az
ellipticai, gas-flled cylinder with
two propellers, one on each side
of the cylinder. It is steered
entirely by the propellers. The
cylinder is made non-collapsable
by bicycle tubing runninglength
wise with it,, and underneath it
is a small compromising cylinder
into which the hydrogen gas
escapes when the gas expands,
and returns again into the cyl~
inder when the machine nears
the earth.
The promoters expect to make
a trip next month. They will sail
over this city. If the machine is
a success they propose to cross
the continent in it. AS no gas is
lost they will not have to stop to
generate gas.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27
Bluffed by a Bobtail Flush.

!. Pittsburg. Pa, May PA
fight over cards tosday at Snow
den. a mining town in this coun.-
ty. resulted in the murder of AL.
bert Grier, by George Douglass,
both colored.
A game of draw poker was in
progress when Douglass was
blufed by James Smith into lay
ing down three queens against a
bobtail flush. This enraged him,
and a fight ensued. Douglas then
went to his house, and returned
with a gun. The crowd rushed
indoors to escape him. and he
fred through tie door, hitting
Albert Grier, killing-him instant-
ly. Douglass fed, pursued by a
crowd, who-captured. him in the
woods, and were about to lynch
him when officers appeared and
rescued him and brought him to
Pittsburg jail.e
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27
Geersia's Crop of Colonies.

Atlanta, Ca, May 24-Geor-
gia has meyer suffered from a
lack of Colonies, but at no time
in her history has the Colonel
market been SO we'll stocked as it
is tosday. During the past week
Gov. Atkinson has made APP
pointments to places on his staff
which give him a whole regi-
ment of Colonels, very few of
whom have eyer seen military
service, but all of whom look
very handsome in the gorgeous
uniform which goes with their
official places. There are now
eighty-one members of the Gov
errors staff each one a Colonel,
and it is said that the Governor
hopes 10 have an even hundred
before his term of Office expires.
The magnitude of the staff has
grown steadily during the sever~
al State ac ministrations since the
war. The Governor who preceded
Mr.. Atkinson graduated a class
of forty-fve full~fedged Colo
nels, and the man who preceded
him turned out about the same
number, but Gov. Atkinson had
not only had a campaign for re-
election as Governor but a fight
for the United States Senator
ship on his hands during his first
administration. and all this mes
cessitated more Colonels.
The recent exposition held
here was also fruitful of colonels,
because the goodslooking men of
the State liked to wear their uni>
forms when they showed their
friends around the grounds. Gov.
Atkinson and his entire staff will
attend the Tennessee Centennial
at Nashville. Tennessee is ais
making ready for them.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27
Our Literary D~iplOmatists.
Philadelphia Times

Ia lines
A chief function of the Ameri-
can Ambassador at London is to
make addresses at the unwilling of
monuments. This is an Office to
which the British attach great i'm
p~ortance. and it is gratifying to
observe that, in spite of the Sen
ate, it is still entrusted to our rep
resentative and that it is still per-
formed by him with dignity and
success.
Former American Ministers
were called upon occasionally to
make literary addresses, but it
was not till Mr.. Lowell had
proved himself a master in this
line that the duty or honor be-
came attached to the Office. Mr..
Phelps carried it on very happily,
and in the hands of Mr.. Bayard
the scope of Ambassadorial ora
tory was greatly enlarged, to in>
clude not only literary, but his
torical, social and charitable COM
memorations, till no public cere-
mony could be deemed complete
till the Ambassador had spoken.
Following so unusually brilliant
a line of speakers, there was some
natural curiosity as to the manner
in which Colonel Hay would con-
tinue the tradition. 1t may be
said without hesitation that his
address at the dedication of the
memorial to Sir Walter Scott in
Westminster Abbey is worthy of
the opportunity and worthy OF its
associations. it is clear, direct,
appreciative, we'll thought and
well expressed, with a literary dis
tinction that is rightly kept sub
ordinate to the popular Or national
aspect of his theme. His intro
duction of this national idea is eA~
cellently conceived. "The books
a boy reads are the most ardently
admired and the longest remem-
bered, and Americans reyeled in
Scott when the country was
young"
This association of the roman.
ces of courts and castles with the
new Democracy of the frontier is
the central idea of the speech
aud with it is Joined a recognition
of the Intellectual robustness
and the moral elevation and pu>
rity of Scott as the foundation of
his enduring fame. His work is
a clear, high voice from a sims
pier age than ours, breathing a
song of lofty and unclouded pur~
pose, of sincere and powerful
passion. to which the world,
however weary and preoccupied,
must needs still listen and at
tend"
Wise. eloquent and truthful"
the Dean of Westminster called
the Ambassadors speech, and if
the business of an Ambassador is
20 represent and speak for his
countrymen. the merited compli-
ment is gratifying to his consti-
tuency. It is a familiar reflection
that two nations that have a
common literature cannot be far
estranged, aud it is more than
mere coincidence that our reps
resentatives in England found
themselves SO constantly called
upon to emphasize this literary
bond. No tariff or embargo can
prevent. 40 treaty is required to
promote, the free commerce of
thought. of convictions and
ideals, between people whose
streams Of intellectual sustenance
proceed from one source. It is
not the politician or the man of
business, but rather the man of
letters, with his broader realiza-
ton Of the forces of national life,
history and humanity, that
best presents the mind of the
American people.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27

sLEEPING-CAR SFRvICE
On trains nos IL and IL Pullman
sleeper between greensboro and Ra-
leigh.
Through tickets OF sale at principal
stations to all points, For rates Or in
formation apply to any agent of the
company. w. A. TURK,
Gen'l Passenger A g en-
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27
Southern Railway.
First and SeCO nd Divisions. On. 6.
IN EFFECT JANUARY II, 1897.

IN EFFECT JANUARY II, 1897.
LEAVE G~oLDSBORO.
DAILY No. 15-Passenger-Due sell
1901 NJ. ma 2.35 pm, clayton 3.O2
pm, Raleigh $40 pm, Dun
ham 4.38 pm, University 4.56
pm, Hillsboro 5.07 pm, Bur-
11ngtcn sos pm, Elon College
Ola pm, arrive Gil eensborc
6.48 pm.
DAILY No. 35-Passenger-Due Selma
ITO A. NJ. 7.48 am. clayton 8.15 am,
Raleigh 8.53 am, Durham
$50 am. University 100
am, Hilisboro 10. % am, era
ham 11.03 am, Burl'gton H.
10, Elon college 1l.20 am
arrive Greensboro 1855 am.
DAILY No, 11-Mixed-Due Selma
500 p, M. $50 pm, clayton 81 pm.
Raleigh 900 pm, Durham
$50 am, University $3.50 am,
Hillsboro 4.30 am. Burling-
Ton 5.55 am, arrive Green's
boro 6.55 q m.
ARRIVE GOLDsBORO.
DAILY No. 36-Leave Greensboro
IL 10 pm, Burlington IL 5e
pm, Haw River 1.O7 pm
University 1.48 pm, Durham
2.o5 pm, raleigh 8 09pm
clayton 3.43 pm. selm a Al
pm, arrive Goldshoro.....
1856 f. M.
DAILY No. 16. Leave Greensboro
$50 am, Burlington 9.36 am,
River Al am, Univer-
sity 10. "a am, Durham 10 SO
am, Raleigh 11.45 am, selma
1880 pm, arrive G%oldsboro
lao P. M.
DAILY No.12-Mixed- Leaves Greens.
boro 100 am, Elon college
2.32 am, burlington $40 am,
Graham 3.18 am, Hillsooro
4.30 am. University 4.50 am
Durham $50 am, Raleigh
10 am. daily ex. Sunday,
clayton 10. 80 am. Selma
11.e5 am, arrive G o ldstoi
LILO P. M.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-27

It's all in the baking pan.
Sweetest bread you ever saw.
Not a breath of aroma lost.
No run-overs, no air-holes, no burnt
edges, no raw places.
Can't burn, no matter how careless
the cook.
And such crust! Beautifully brown.
dainty crisp, charming in every way.
The bread is steamed as we'll as
baked, steamed into delicate evenness
and rich moisture inside. baked to
just the right point outside.
The Quaker Pan saves work, worry
and money.
It requires no skill to use it, the pans
pack in the over as so many sticks of
wood might, and even if left long over
time the bread cannot burn.
This is the simplest, surest and best
OF all modern baking pans
just as good for cake ana pudding as
for bread
The boy stood on the burning deck.
The flames roared DER his head,
"Father," he cried ''why don't the
cook
Save that last loaf of bread?"
BE calm, my child'', the sire replied
Why don't you learn, the cake won't
burn,
It's in a Quaker Pan?'
Goldsboro Hardware Co.
West)Centre s., Caster Old Stand.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-10
WHEN TAPE WAS HANDMADE.
Women of Colonial Times Had to
Know How to Spin Thread.

Women of Colonial Times Had to
Know How to Spin Thread.
Among the many household industries
of colonial housewives, which include
spinning, pen, ink, wine, glove, shoe
and lace manufacture, was the making
of tape, though this was considered OF
minor Importance, The preparation for
weaving tape on the small hand loom
was the same as for making yards of
linen cloth OH the great looms that stood
in the weaving room attached to the
kitchens of colonial farmhouses.
The fax when harvested was rip
pied" on the field, the rippler being a
large comb fastened on plank. The
fax was beaten on the comb to remove
the capsules containing the seeds. Then
it was "rotted" to make the fiber soft
and flexible. This was generally accom-
plished by laying it beneath the waters
of the meadow brook or pond. Some
colonial farmers laid it on the ground
for the winters snow to render it tit
for the scutcher, the machine that
whipped. out all the particles of bark
and stalk adhering to the fiber.
The next and last process before it
was ready for the spinning wheel was
hacking to straighten the flax, free it
from tangles and bring it to the requi-
site fineness. This was done by very
primitive machine called the "hatchel,"
an immense comb, whose long iron
teeth were set perpedicularly in a
board.
The operation of hacking requires
much skill, and this part of the long
preparation was particularly women's
work, as it needed delicacy of touch.
After the fax was hacked it was care
fully sorted, according to the degree of
fineness. This process was called
spreading and drawing" Then it was
ready to be wrapped in its soft, fluffy
fineness, about the spindle.
The spinner seated herself at the
machine and soon the Emusic of the
wheel" and the deft fingers of the colo
NAL housewife brought the fiber into
long, even thread, ready for the small
loom and shuttle, to be converted into
tape.
The shopper of to-day little realizes
the long and tedious processes practiced
by the woman of colonial times before
she could wind her linen tape into a
neat roll for the workbasket's uses
n. Y. Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-10
HISTORIC TELEGRAM.
its Sender Recently Retired ON a Pcn-
sion for Life.

One of the greatest services ever
rendered by the telegraph was the
transmission from Delhi of the famous
telegram of May IL, 1857, which warned
the Punjaub of the outbreak of the In.
dian mutiny. The telegrapher, Bren-
dish, who sent the message, has just
retired from the service in receipt of
special pension equal to his salary.
Brendish and Pilkington were the
two young signalers under Mr.. Todd,
the superintendent of the Delhi tele-
graph Office. On Sunday, May 10, at
four p. M, it was found that the line
from Meerut was interrupted, and Mr..
Todd started to find out the break. At
the bridge of boats across the Jumna
he was met by the mutineers the fol-
lowing morning and murdered. The
lads, who were left alone in the Office
outside the Kashmir gate, saw the mu-
tineers pass, and continued steadily
tclegraphing to Lahore all the news
brought in by poems as to the doings of
the mutineers in the city. Brendish
went out at noon to see what was GO
ing on, but was desired by wounded
British officer to go in and close the
doors. There for two hours the two,
with the widow and child of Mr.. Todd,
remained, and at two p. m. Brendish
went to the Umballa instrument and
telegraphed the historic message: "The
Sepoys have come in from Meerut and
are burning everything. Mr.. Todd is
dead, and, we hear, several Europeans.
We must shut up. And now am off. )"
The little party then made its way
to the flagstaff tower, where the Euro
peans had congregated, and from there
saw the blowing up of the magazine
That night they fed to Umballa. Be
fore they left the tower Pilkington
went back to the office to send a mes
sage for an officer. Every step of the
way was taken in danger of instant |
death, but the daring mission was ac-
complished, for the message is recorded |
as having been received. AS the last |
click died away the mutineers burst |
in and the signaler was slain. The
effect of Brandish's warming message |
to the Punjaub was that, the regi-
ments tainted with mutiny were dis
armed before they knew what had
taken place at Meerut and Delhi.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-10
To Get ria of Mosquitoe,.

\ correspondent writes that last year
she was almost compelled to give up
working in the garden by reason of
mosquitoes, but happy thought sug-
gested itself. Getting some kerosene
oil, she smeared the fences near which
she had to weed and trim her plants
and, to her delight, the insects took
wings and departed, not to return till
the odor of the oil had entirely gone
A second application rid the garden Of
them for the season.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-10
WHITES CREAM vERMIFUGE.

Is the one worm remedy that does ev-
cry possible good without the POSSIBLE
ity of harm. 1t is purely vegetable
preparation that cannot fail to expel
worms. II your child eats well hut
fails to frow, If it is dark under the
eyes, If it is fretful or If it sleeps poor
ly, the chances the that the worms are
sapping its vitality, retarding its
growth and endangering its life. You
can use Cream Vermifuge with abso-
lutte certainty Of results. Large bot
ties. small dose. Price % cents. Solr
by E. Reuss and @. Schasse. z
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-10
Blood in a Human Body.

An adult has about rs pounds of
blood, and ten pounds are sent through
the veins and arteries at each pulsation.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-10

ROOFING Felt, Pitch and Asphalt
at HENRY PAULYS. Tel SO. 5-16-tf
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-07
STOCK,

II you used horse blanket last win
ter. when spring came you:found that
you had saved many times its cost, to
say nothing OF feed and labor.
The raising Of mules is not very pro-
gressive business. yet there is a con.
slant demand for them in some parts of
the country, and it is the farmers legit-
innate business to meet the demand.
II all will use pure bred sires to grade
up the hocks and herds. the profitable
early maturing high grades will soon
make stock growing popular.
Crossing has some merits for immedi-
ate market results. but it destroys the
merits of pure breeds. The type is lost,
and no gain is made.
The whole secret Of improving the
herd depends upon the prepotency of
the sires and dams used, and prepotency
can only be procured by breeding
strictly in the same breed for long
series of years.
Cross breeding usually produces the
worst rather than the best characterize
tics of the original parents, in short a
cross bred herd deteriorates much more
rapidly than a distinct breed.
Tie the six months old colts in the
stalls, and see that they have plenty of
oats, bran, water and exercise. They
will learn fast to eat, will improve right
oil NJ - Ia
weaving.
Never select bull or other male ami
NAL because he in his own person pos
sesses the peculiar form which you
think the best; this is often but an acct
dent, and there is no assurance that he
can transmit this form to his progeny.
If he has ancestors of which you need
not be ashamed you can take him more
confidently.
The deer is a native of America, and
thrives in every State and Territory.
We have too long permitted their wan
ton slaughter. Considering the excel
lency of venison as food, and the small
cost of rearing deer under proper pro-
lection, it is in America especially that
steps to form deer parks might be easy
and of profit.
Stations, bulls and mares breed all
the better il highly fed, but care must
be taken that they have proper exercise
if given this, they can hardly be fed too
literally. This does not hold good with
smaller domestic animals. and even the
COW must be fed cautiously.
Humane treatment does not consist
merely in refraining from kicks and
blows, but includes regular watering OF
the stock, providing shade. giving shell
ter, and in having ample fiynets and
blankets. 1t comprises close attention
to every comfort.
When two distinct breeds are crossed