Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-04-19

the youngest b1t also the largest Or
ganization of the kind in the coun-
try and new law in that State
makes 1t misdemeanor for any per-
son to have in his Or her possession,
living or dead, the body of any wild
bird except the English sparrow, the
crow and the chicken hawk Whether
stuffed bird on bonnet is
"bOdy" Or not is question.
Because of the recent death of
man who was run over by an auto
mobile in Chicago that city is dis
cussing law compelling such ve-
hicles to put on tenders. Already,
indeed, firm using automobiles in
the Windy City as delivery wagons
has begun eauipping them with man
catchers similar to those used on
street cars.
The untoward accident to young
Baron Rothschild, in his duel with
the Comte de Lubersac, whereby
the barron was slightly wounded in
the arm, is likely to result in an Of
fetal investigation into the careless
ness and disregard for human life
which appears to have crept into the
A number of wool growers have
leased from the Union Pacific Land
Company nearly million acres Of
land in Colorado, which will be used
as winter range for sheep grazing.
This is the largest transaction of the
kind which has been made in this
country. It will go far towards do
ing away with the friction in that
State between cattle owners and
sheep raisers.
After the passage of the currency
bill it seems like adding insult to in
jury to name one of the richest gold
producing gulches in the new min
ing district on the Koyukuk river
after William Jennings Bryan. An
other nearby gulch is named after
President Mckinley, and there is riv-
airy among the miners as to which
| shall yield the greater output.
John D. Long, Secretary of the
Navy, having definitely announced
his candidacy for the Vice -Presiden-
tial nomination on the Republican
ticket, many troubled souls are now
at rest. Mr.. Woodruff, of New
York, will doubtless be saved much
railroad fare, and it is probable that
even Governor Roosevelt will view
his contemplated trip to Philadel-
phia with less uneasiness.
The rumor that w. A. Clark, of
Montana, is going to marry again is
doubtless subject to readjustment
pending the final determination as
to whether he is United States
Senator or plain millionaire. The
lady in the alleg d case is the wife
of an ex-Congressman now separated
from her husband and on the point
of getting a divorce Whether Mar
Gus Daily will oppose the granting
of the divorce is not known.
It has passed into proverbial
phrase that a good name is jewel.
character it doubtless acquires
from the ease with which it may be
lost or stolen. But while this view
of it's value originated in the
distant long ago, like SO many
other things that took their start
from the remote period, the present
age has improved upon it. 1t how
appears that good name is COM
modify that jewels can be got by.
William Fitzpatrick, of Patterson,
n. j., accused his wife Of assaulting
him last week because he had not
three dollars to give her when he
came home on the night of election
day His father in-law and his
brother-in-law had sold their votes
for three dollars each, he said, and
Mrs. Fitzpatrick was incensed at her
husband for not having done like
wise The wife is said to be strongly
in favor OF woman suffrage.
Every American citizen will COM
mend Secretary Roots earnest wish
!: to break up the military ring that
surrounds the War department.. He
finds officers on his staff who have
not seen field service for many years.
The Adiutant Generals Office is q
nest of the same kind of experience
ed incapables. That condition suited
General Alger exactly. His army
career was meagre and far from
creditable; naturally he did not
care to have associated with him
men of proved ability or established
courage. ''Ageris ~" WAS synony-
nous with ''mediocrity," to use no
harsher term.