Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-09-13
GENERAL NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
sNews of the Stage, Social, Political and
Otherwise, Culled From Our
Daily Exchanges.

In the race for wealth too much
money seems to be an impossible
quantity.
Fame is like a duck in a mudpud-
.dle-easy enough to see, but hard to
get hold of.
Our Army in China can be sup
piled with whole beef from Japan II
other supplies fail.
When you hear a man say that
life is but a dream, tread on his corns
and you will wake him up to the fact
that it is real.
A curious thing about an election
prophet is that while every part of
the Union holds him he is never in a
doubtful State.
An autograph receipt of Nathan
lei Hawthorne has just been discov-
cred among some old papers in the
Boston Custom House. It was given
by Hawthorne while he was meas
urer there and is for $304.17 salary
for IS days.
A Herald dispatch from Hong
Kong says: Influential natives state
that the fame OF rebellion has been
famed in the southern provinces and
predict a tremendous confagration
within a month. Placards and pam
phlets are being circulated in Can
ton and The provinces intimating
that the allies are thoroughly routed.
The feeling against foreigners is
bursting the bounds of official con-
troll.
So great is the alarmcaused to the
the Republicans by the strong front
which is being presented by Demo-
Gratis all over the country that it has
been decided by their campaign
manager to put four cabinet mem
bers on the stump. They are Post
master General Smith, Secretary of
War Root, Attorney General Griggs
and Secretary of Agriculture Will
son, who are expected to be the top
liners.
The story that King Humbert's
death was foretold by a French
palmist is in no way remarkable. 1t
would be remarkable, indeed, if that
land everything else possible had not
been hit upon by the palm1sts as
worth "foretelling" It is not a very
unreasonable prophecy in these
strenuous days that any prominent
monarch will die by assassination.
The curious part of the story about
Humbert is, however, that the palm
ist did not see his hand at all, but
that of his wife.
News comes from the West tina
at a recent meeting of the American
Society of Professors of Dancing
1T was decided that rag-time music
would hereafter be denied O. place
among dance tunes. After mature
consideration these exponents of the
laws of graceful motion concluded
that the approach of violent gym
nastics suggested by "rag-time' did
not comport with the noblest ends
of the saltorial art, and for that
reason it should be tabooed. With
out inquiring further into the merits
of the cas- it will be conceded these
light-heeled gentlemen may start
many a movement afoot, but to think
their influence goes so far as to put
an end to rag-time in it's dance appli-
cation is a step in speculation nc
prudent mind will take.
A very curious phenomenon has
been observed in connection with
the small boy in the city of SYRIA
scuse, n. Y. During the past sum.
mer it was noticed by those entrust.
ed with the care of the public peace
that, whereas in previous years the
number of juvenile offences was
somewhat discouraging, the present
year showed a remarkable falling off
Previously windows used to be
broken until glazing became one OF
the most profitable of local profes
sions, while for other forms of youth
full deyiltry they we're beyond esti
mate. This season, however, this
for the most part is changed, and il
searching for the probable cause il
has been traced to the action of &