Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-09

farm in the Ian Joaquin Valley was
his base of operations during his
search for literary material. Mr..
Norris spent much of his time in
the sadie, and saw an abundance of
big game, but despite these allure
ments has his work well advanced.
Wu Ting Fang, the first Chinese
Minister to America able to con
verse in English, has already begun
to pay the penalty for such knowl-
edge. He has been interviewed by
a reporter concerning his opinion of
American women, and being as yet
a stranger to the particular brand
of diplomacy needed in such cases,
he said that ''gentleness is not an
American quality" and that he pre-
fers the mt of China to those of
this country.
At the Ladies Day to be given By
the Strollers' Club, of New York,
next Friday, society and the stage
| will again be invited to mix as was
the case last year. Miss Julia Mar
lowe, Mrs. Fish, Miss Terry, Miss
May Irwin, and indeed about every
prominent actress in New York will
help the Strollers pour tea, and
from the list of society to be pres
ent, as published in the New York
papers, there is no ground for fear
ing that the fair histrions will come
to any harm.
The New York World. which has,
internationally, been a strong advo-
cate of Dewey's candidacy for the
Presidency, printed an interview
with the Admiral Sunday in which
he said: L would not, under any
circumstances, consent to be a can
didate for Presidency, and I should
consider it an act of friendship if
the press would treat this decision
as sincere and final. I wish they
would now drop the matter. 1 feel
that any further booming of my
name for the Presidency tends to
make me ridiculous"
Here, once more, is the detective
| who is again hot on the trail of the
men who blew up the battleship
Maine. In fact, this last story, which
comes from Havana, says the detec-
tive has a man, who, for a consid
GRAFTON of $4,000 to S2O.O 900, viii
tell how he and several others did
it This man wants the money sc
he can live quietly hereafter away
from fear of vengeance. but SO small
an amount as he asks for would
hardly carry hum out of harms way
in case he proved his case.
So h~eartrending have become the
scenes enacted daily at the War Of
flee in London by all classes of wo-
men, who go there and wait for long
hours for news from the Transvaal
that a special lobby has been set
aside for them. The West End mo
dlstes I finding such a demand
for mourning and half mourning
costumes that their windows pre-
sent quite a sombre appearance.
Still the mourning has not yet ex-
tended far into smart society as the
swell regiments have not yet seer
action.
New York is confronted by a pro
blem which is not only already mon
umental, but rapidly growing in a
way which will tax the capacities of
even that great city. It is nothing
less than an announcement that all
the relatives of Dewey will gather
together al the Waldorf-Astoria in
January or February for a family
reunion. The very man who makes
the announcement is a Dewey away
out in Tacoma, Washington, who
has never before been heard from,
and already 1900 people have sent
notices of their acceptance of an in
vitation to be present.
It is sold that President Kruger
has sent sever sons and fifty grand
sons into the Boer army to fight the
English, in addition to taking the
field himself. Fritz Eloff, his great
grandson, bears the courtesy title
of Lieutenant, in spite Of the fact
that he is only four years old. The
little fellow is pa~ssionately fond of
guns and horses, and looks forward
with eagerness to the day when he
can march and fight beside his faith
er. Captain Saral Elof, who is one
of the officers in command of the
forslfications at johannesburg.
Lieutenant Fritz has been popular
alike with the English and the
Beers in the T~ransYaal capital.