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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25
WE GO FORWARD.

The eyes of the world are on
the South. Its progress is marvel
Gus; it's resources are illimitable
and unfathomable; its capabilities
and its future need only the guid-
ance born of intelligent compre-
hension and concert of purpose.
How this section is recognized
aud what is anticipated of it may
be comprehended from the follows
ing editorial in the New York San,
which was its s'leader' in a recent
issue:
"What the Southern Agricul-
tural Commissioners said at their
meeting in New Orleans last week
will be read by the country at
large with wonder, with grstifca-
ton, and with pride. It may be
summed up in a sentence taken
from the address of the president
of the Ass ciatlon, Mr.. O. B.
Stevens, Commissioner of Agri~
culture in Georgia.: 81 think there
is no doubt that the South is more
prosperous to-day han at any
time within the last thirty years."
"Mr. Stevens spoke with nod
Grafton. The South is to-day ma
teriaIly and spiritually strong as
it never Was before in its life.
Manufacture completes with agri-
culture in taxing Southern energy,
and even agriculture, ono the
South's sole means of subsistence,
is now so varied and expanded be-
You'd it's former narrow limits that
Southern prosperity is on a foun-
dalton of stability which years
ago had no existence. The condi-
ton of bankruptcy and democrat
z4tion into which Mr.. Stevens
describes the Southern farmers as
drifting years ago, due not to
sterility Of soil or unfavorable
climate or lack of labor, but to
the habitual persistence in plant
ing cotton only, has gone, never
to return.
eve feel sure that some of the
haters of trusts in Georgia viii.
bear with Mr.. Stevens when be
warns his neighbors that an s, OOO,.
OOO-bale cotton crop at 9 cents
t pound will be better than a g.
900, OOO-bale crop at Z cents {
pound, such as is ascribed to the
cotton year of 1899-19OO. There
t fore Mr.. Stevens advises thu
sowing of less cotton lands AM
the planting of more garden truck
! Mules, plougns, corn. forage ant
{ meat have risen in price. Why
should not the Southern farmer
provide for a rise in the price O
| cot on?
:, "rhe signs of Southern prog
{ ress are constant. Before long
will be SO great rs to put tina
: part Of the country on a par wit
all the rest in material prosperity
and smash for ala time the ssoli
= South of politics
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25
WRECKED BY A TRUST

There are towns in this coun~
try which would measurably fill
Goldsmith's pathetic description
of "The Deserted Village" and
they have been brought to their
desolation by tho merciless exer-
else of the power of trusts.
The Denver Post tells the tale
briefly, but with a terrible ems
phasis. It says:
"Years ago the town of Hart
ford, in Indiana, subscribed $685.
900 toward the erection of a tin
plate plant which has since CIV
en- employment to over 200 work.
men aud become the chief indus
try of the place. Then came the
tin plate trust, and the Hartford
plant with others in the State
was absorbed. This, however,
did not interfere with the work,
and everything went along satiss
factorily until the other day,
when orders came from trust
headquarters to shut down the
plant. This has deprived the 200
workmen OF the means to obtain
a living in Hartford. AS the plant
is so dismantled by the trust,
the employees and their families
are thrown into the street. while
the business houses that have
thriven through the factory
must eventually close.
"But there is the $25, 900 the
people Of Hartford invested in
the plant. They are ask
ing themselves now what has
become Of their investment.
The trust has not vouchsafed
them any answer. and they are
about ready to invoke the aid OF
the courts. Hartford is not only
out the money contributed toward
the erection of the plant, but is
about to lose a material part Of
it's population aud prosperity or
account of the action of the trust
The people of Hartford are the
losers Of their subscription, snc
the men there are vi of a job,
while their families may starve
AS the tin plate trust is one o.
the most favored by the system
of tariff protection those in Hart
ford who have all along support
:, ed that system by their vote:
may now contemplate the re
suits"
There are many other small
Communities in this countr.
which are completely at th'
mercy Of trusts, and may at an.
time be lighted by a blow from
these aggregations Of conscience
: less greed.
Yet we are told by the master
and minions Of the trusts tina
they are benevolent agencies.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25

Do not suffer from Neuralgia,
when you ear get a full sfze 25c. bot
tie of Whites BlackLiniment at Hill's
Drugstore for Is cents.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-01-25
If WE ONLY KNEW

# all nursing mothers could only
know the true worth of Mrs. Joe Per-
sons Remedy, a world of suffering and
trouble would be saved. It is the great
est medicine [ over tried in my life. /
have d large family Of chiIdren. and L
do believe [ am indebted to Mrs. Joe
Persons Remedy for having raised
them al. Wien anything is the matter
with my children I give them the Item
edv, and there is never any reed to
give them soothing syrup, paregoric
and things of that kind. Ihe Remedy
keeps them well and healthy, especial
ly wnen teething, ana they never need
anything else. One of my babies lad
sore ewes, SO that the eyes had to Re
KEEP shaded all the time, n the Rem
edy cared her. [ canno say too much
for it If everybody knew what it would
do, and try it, a world Of suffering
wou d be saved
MRS. W. FL. HOLT;
Graham, N. c., July Is, 1897,
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
DENISE OF MARCUS DAILY.

Montana has lost a distinguished cit
izen in Marcus DAILY. the copper king.
who passed away in New York last
Monday Mt the age of fifty-eight, sur
rounded by his wife, son and three
daughters, who had remained with him
at the Hotel Nctherland during his ILL
ness which began in Paris.
The deceased was a man of robust
constitution. He was big, broad-shoul-
dered, deep-chested and powerful. He
was six feet tall, weighed 235 pounds,
and had the muscles of an athlete. But
with all his physical prowess he. sue
cumbed to the grim reaper. Since his
arrival in New York he had been bat
ling with death, but the rallying of his
vital forces at times led his friends
into thinking that the end might be
warded of Indefinitely. He was con-
scious up to the day of his death and
only short time before his dissolu-
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
sion on me was "old Bob Ridley" and

sion on me was "Old Bob Ridley and
l can recollect the fact that during
one christmas he was prominent tie-
ure at nearly all the pantomimes. ana
that at one of these entertainments no
appeared as the Egyptian Sphinx on
the desert near the pyramids, and the
mechanical stage sphinx opened its
huge mouth and sent forth in hoarse
tones the song Of "Old Bob Ridley J,
Still more lately we had the noisy
clustering, boisterous reign of "Chan,-
payne Charlie" and 1 remember the
whole pit and gallery of a great popu-
lar London theater at a Christmas pan
tomlme joining in the stage chorus
Wnlch made proclamation that "Cham-
payne Charlie is my name." About
this time began to be drawn into poli-
tics and other such frivolous occupa-
lions, and l seem to have lost nv hold
on the succession of the popular comic
songs, hardly noticing that I was liy-
ing for a time under the sway Of
Tara -ra-Boom de ay" L cannot
therefore pretend to become qualified
historian of the successive reigns, and
can only suggest to others more fitted
Tor the task this field of historic labor.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
pessimism is the onnnsite of on+i.

Pessimism is the opposite of opti-
mism. AS defined by photographers
it is disposition to take the least
hopeful view of things, and pessi-
mist opines that everything is going
to the "demnition bow-wows." A
medical authority defines it as follows:
"Pessimism is dyspepsia Of the pia
mater and medulla oblongata. The
sensory nerves transmitting to the en-
velope of the brain and cord half
baked thoughts, unripe and half-mas-
ticated ideas and alcoholic draughts
OF I'ruriency, normal digestion is i'm
possible and there is no nerve force
to 81 nv tic motor system from which
flow the Gulf streams of. fecund irri-
CATION" That accounts for the in
digcstlble platitudes which appeared
i'll our Republican contemporaries dur
ing the presidential campaign.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
A Very Large .Parish.

Rev. Father Hayes, of Wyoming, has
a parish larger than the whole of Ire
land. His parish includes a part of
Montana and North Dakota and
stretches for hundreds of miles
through Wyoming. Father Hayes is a
young man of about 80 years and was
ordained at Cheyenne by Bishop Lene-
han May IL, $780,
During the first year of his priest
hood Father Hayes travelled 10000
miles in discharge of his clerical duties
looking after the spiritual welfare of
his scattered forces. On one occasion
he rode 143 miles on train, 35 miles
by stage and 215 miles on horseback to
baptize child. On another occasion
Father Hayes rode 500 miles on horse
back through the mountain region of
Wyoming to attend to the spiritual
needs of few scatterd Catholic fami-
lies.
Father Hayes is an athlete of the
type so much sought after in crack
college team. He can make 20 or 80
miles at good pace and frequently
walks from his home to New Castle
on Sunday morning, IS miles into the
where there is situated a
small mission, saying Masses at both
places OH the same day. The reason
that this particular walk is made is the
fact that the trail is not passable
one in several places for even the most
rugged and practical mountain climb
ing pony.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17

with his foreign and domestic policies,
they preferred to leave him rule i'm
perialistically for n second term rather
than run the risk of another period of
depression under Democratic rule.
The Democratic party is defeated
for the time being, but it has not lost
it's vitality. 1t is the American party
and is bound to live. It's principles are
imperishable. 1t will continue to be
the party of the people. 1t will get rid
of the silk-stockinged element which
seeded from it's ranks and which wore
the livery of Democracy to serve,Manl-
mon in. That element properly be-
longs to the Republican party and will
never again control the destiny of the
Democracy Of this Republic.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
Praying for Each Other.

Max o'Rell tells this story about
himself:
had just returned to the hotel after,
having given a lecture on the, Scotch
at the town hall. was half undressed
When there came knock at my bed
room door. 1t was waiter bearing ~
card. The Presbyterian minister of
the town wished to see me at once on
a very urgent matter. I babe the.
waiter show the reverend gentleman
up. A man of about SO, in the usual
black ecclesiastical coat and white.
cravat. and holding soft felt hat. an
peared in the doorway, wearing a sad
race. recognized him as one of INV
audience last evening.
Excuse my costume 1 began. "but
You wished to speak to me ON urgent
business. and l thought best not to.
make you WATT
There Is nothing the matter with
your Dress" he broke in. This ia NOT
an affair of the body, but of the soul.
nave come to pray for you.'
l was taken a little by surprise and
felt trife Disconnected, but I quickly
regained my composure. why, Ger.
tainiy'" said. with the greatest
pleasure If it can make you happy"
lie knelt. put his elbow on the he'd.
buried his head in his hands and he
gan: "Lord, this man whom Thou
seest near me is not sinful man: he
is suffering from the evil of the cen
fury; he has not been touched by Thy
grace; he is a stranger, come from =
country where religion is turned TO-
rid1cule. Grant that his travel throi,o1,
our godly lands may bring him into
the narrow way that leads to seyerlast.
ing life.''
The prayer, most of which I SNARE.
YOU lasted at least ten minutes. When
he had finished, my visitor rose and
held out his hand, shook it,
And now," said l, "allow mo to-
pray for you.'
He signified consent by a movement
OF the hand. did not go on nv
knees, but with all the fervor that is
in me I cried: Lord, this man whom
Thou seest beside me is not a sinful
man. Have mercy upon him, for he is
a Pharisee, who doubts not for one
moment, and that without knowing
me. that he is better than L. Thou
who has sent in vain Thy Son ON
earth to cast out the Pharisee, let Thy
grace descend upon this one; teach him
that the foremost Christian virtue is
charity, and that the greatest charity
fs that which teaches us that we are
no better than our brethres. This
man is blinded by pride; convince him,
open his eyes, pity him, and forgive
him. Amen
l looked at my good Presbyterian.
He was rooted to the floor, amazement
written on his face. I once more took
his hand and shook it.
And now," said 1, 1--WE are quits,
Good night" He went away somewhat
abashed. pocketing the mild reproof.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17

The rule that q candidate for the
presidency who is beaten in one cleo
ton, and runs against the same oppo-
nent, four years later, wins the sec.
ond time, is broken. 1t held for JEFF
ferson in 1900, after John Adams had
beaten him in 1896; for Jackson in
1928, after John Quincy Adams had
beaten him in 1924; for Harrison in
1910, after he had been an unsuccess-
full candidate against Van Buren, in
1886; and for Cleveland in 1892, after
Harrison had beaten him in 1888. 1t
failed with Bryan in 1900 after being
beaten by Mckinley in 1896.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
Andre Monument Sold.

Indications point to the speedy oblit.
Grafton of the old monument erected at
Tappan on the Hudson by the. late
Cyrus w. Field in memory of Andre,
the spy Of the Revolution.
The little plot on which the monu-
ment stands was sold recently by
Treasurer Randolph, of Rockland
county, for non-payment of taxes.
Since Fields death the memorial has
been neglected. 1t has passed to the
ownership of George Dickey, of
Nyack, who says he will wipe the spot
off the map.
Cyrus w. Field, an enthusiastic An
glomaniac and warm admirer of
Benedict Arnold's helper in arranging
for the delivery of the key of the Hud-
son to the British. located the exact
site of the spy's execution, bought the
property, erected a costly monument
and announced his determination ia
surround it with public park. Ar
thur Penrlyn Stanley, Dean of West
Minister wrote the inscription, which
declared England and America zone
in thought, language and religion"
The monument was unveiled Oct. 2.
1879.
No one was very much surprised
when, in April, 1882, the Andre shaft
was tumbled from it's base by an ex-
plosion of nitro-glycerine. 1t lay as it
fell for three years, covered with vines
and weeds. But in October, 1885, Mr..
Field restored it in enlarged form.
Hardly month later-on the night
of Nov. 4-the country for miles around
was shaken as by an earthquake. a
charge of dynamite had wrecked the
Andre memorial, scattering it's broken
fragments far and wide. Windows
were broken in houses two miles
away.
Detectives employed by Field traced
the patriotic act to a man named Hen
bricks, but it is needless to say he was
never prosecuted. No grand jury in
America would indict him at that time
on any charge that could be brought
concerning the affair. Once again the
Andre memorial was restored, and this
time it was permitted to stand unas-
sailed, save by the hammers of curio
hunters
Now it has met an ignoble fate under
the hammer Of an auctioneer-sold for
non-payment of taxes.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
"You must remember if went to


"You must remember If I went to
any English place, If the authorities
knew fought for the Beers, they
could take me as prisoner of war.
There are many of the Irish brigade
prisoners of war in Ceylon, and many
were killed in the field, although we
have been very lucky. The brigade is
now scattered all over the place. There
are about eight or nine Englishmen to
one Boer in tn field, and I am afraid
the poor Beers will lose their country.
II am in splendid health and spirits,
and ready for another shot at the Eng
lish, should I ever get the chance,
which, pray, will soon come my way.
Thomas Patrick Byrne, Boston Post
office, Mass, U. S. A.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
A Cardinals Pride.

In Cardinal Cullen's time there was
a sick-call for priest in Dublin. The
sick person was at - hotel. the
proprietor of which was a Protestant.
a stormy, wet, dark night it proved.
AS soon as the messenger got there a
priest started; through mud and slush
he made his way, and at last arrived at
the hotel, saw the sick person and
gave the Sacramento. Everything
went off as usual thus far, but now
the curious part began. The proprie-
tor of the hotel, thinking to do a little.
PROSECUTING, invited the priest to come
into his own sitting room. After ad-
ministering some welcome refresh
ments, this Protestant evangelizer let
himself out. ITO think, Father" said
he, addressing the priest, .of the pride
and sloth of these bishops and cardi-3
nails! Is it not monstrous? warrant
now that while the cardinal has sent
you on this long tramp through the
muddy snow he is comfortably toast
ing his heels and drinking a good
warm punch" II think you wrong
him" :'Why?" Because he is do.
ing nothing of the kind" ssYou don't
tell me! But how do you know?" 81
know by the best of reasons. You
have never asked NV na,,,o ttv<,.,,s
name, what is it?' Cullen Cardinal
Cullen" In moment the hotel keep
er was on his feet, hat off. "Will your
eminence forgive me? I spoke in ig-
norance. Shall I order a carriage for
your eminence?" "Oh, no! I can go
back as I came.'' The cardinal de-
parted. A few days afterward the
hotel keeper went to a priest for In
structions and was finally received into
the church.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17


In Chicago last Sunday DIR. j. r..
Brushingham delivered sermon in
which he referred to William J. Bryan
as defeated candidate for the high
est office In the gift of his countrymen.
and said: Mr.. Bryan has not worried
himself sick; hut, on the contrary. is
found as ,soundly sleeping ut 8 o'clock
upon the day Of election rs Napoleon
slept ON the evening Of a great physi-
cal battle. Instead of nervous prostra.
ton and physical collapse he said: at
is not SO important be elected Presi-
dent as that present the principles
for which 1 stand to the American
people," rT.s
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17

According to report made by Unit
ed States Geologist d. +. Becker, who
is with the army in the Philippines,
the Stars and Stripes may be floating
over the Garden of Eden. He says:
The geological history of the Phil
ippines leads scientists to believe that
the islands comprise the Garden of
Eden, the original home of man, and
that the Tagalo of to-day is direct
descendant from the man of Borneo,
midways in development between the
ape and the human species.' Becker
omits to mention who the scientists
are who hold such a theory. They
must be the members of his own staff.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17

A long-haired Limerick dude with an
English lisp, named T. st. John Gaff-
ney, writes to the New York Sun and
charges the Catholic press of the coun-
try with printing lies and suppressing
truth during the'campaign. Ganney is
a Republican who poses as an Irish
patriot. Whether he is Of the same
family as the notorious Gaffney of '9S
who betrayed his countrymen we know
not but he is worth watching. He is
badly afflicted with the cacoethes scri-
bendi and frequently ventilated his
views MS a "Cawtholic" in the defunct
Colorado Catholic which was edited by
FIR. Malone. Since witnessing CAT,
ney's antics once upon time we came
to the conclusion he had more hair
than brains
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
Tough, fos. tho Boer,.

We have just received an interest
ing letter from a Dublin man who
served with the Beers in all the cam
paigning previous to the occupation of
Pretoria, says the Irish People.
He was one Of the Irish brigade I'M
der Colonel Blake. Immediately the
war broke out he took to the saddle
and Mauser, and had the thrilling
pleasure of seeing the Sassenachs run
ming away on many a hard-fought
field.
When, Pretoria was taken, and when
the Beers decided to adopt more or
less guerilla warfare, our correspon-
dent was granted his discharge by the
Beers. Then he set himself to put as
many miles as possible between him
self and the British, whose tender mer-
cies he had no anxity to experience.
His tale then grows interesting.
II went to Delagoa Bay" he says.
"and as l had only few pounds
could not pay my passage to America.
I suppose my friends will be aston
iehed to hear that I an writing this
from Boston. got on board German
ship bound for Port Said. On that
boat worked my passage as steward
when we arrived at Port Said I
got off. and had to wait another week
before I could get a ship sailing for
America. This | went on as an ordi-
nary seaman. to- be paid f2 los a
month, but this tile captain has re-
fused to give me except stay on tile
ship, which Is going to Australia from
here.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
A year ago in Lincoln, Nebraska,

A year ago in Lincoln, Nebraska,
William J. Bryan said: "Some of my
Republican friends have been feigning
,wonderment as to what will become of
me when this craze Of isms,' as they
term the issues. has died out. In order
to relieve them of any undue worry, l
want to serve notice that l shall con-
time in politics in active opposition to
any party or doctrine which violates
American ideals ana the true principles
of human liberty, until the lid is closed
upon my eoftin.'
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17

There are fifteen members of the
British parliament representing Con-
naught. Two of the fifteen under.
stand Irish, and one of the two is a
Tory. None Of the members for Glare,
Waterford, Limerick, Donegal, Mona
CHAN, Tyrone, Kilkenny, or Tipperary
know anything about the language of
Ireland. OF the nine members for
Cork one has the smattering of the
tongue, and in Kerry where eighty per
cent of the people know Irish better
than English, only one of the four rep
resentatives speaks it. i. Out of the
eighty-two Nationalist" members of
the British House of Commons, not
half dozen could keeIrup a CONVERSE
ton in the native language.
The Irish standard., 1900-11-17
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The Irish standard., 1900-11-17

1gnatius Donnelly, the Shakespeare
an cipherer, feels happy over the de-
feat of Hon. Sidney NJ. Owen for rail-
road commissioner He feels just lis
happy as when w. d. Washburn was
defeated by Knutc Nelson for United
States senator. Our friend Ig. is al
ways happy when his political enc
mics fail to get there, But he himself
does not get there, and never will while
lie remains with the Middle-of-the-
Road visionaries..