Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-04-11
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2iCkleO DIGS D0duS are ScuL IrOIQ
Denver to Ireland as the food of the
poorer classes.
Arrests in Cleveland last year num-
bered 1928 as compared with 1904
in 1899 and 1852 in 1898.
In southern France, where beer costs
20 cents and milk Is cents a quart,
new wine has been lately on sale in un-
limited quantities at 2 cents a quart.
Arizona newspapers declare that deer,
antelope and mountain sheep will soon
be eXterminated there unless. immedi-.
ate steps are taken for their preserva-
ton.
The legal rate of interest in Canada
is now 5 per cent, the reduction from 6
per cent having been made by a stat
ute of the Dominion which went into
effect Jan. 1.
CALIFORNIA; presidential electors cast
their vote in the largest hall in Sac
ramento in the presence Of an i'm
mense assemblage, including the pupils
of the public schools.
Cotton has ranged in price from
$1.90 a pound during the war to less
b 5 cents a pound in 1898. In the
last two and a half years it has risen
from D cents TO 1Z.l0 cents.
In the present house of representa-
tives of the Japan diet there are 100
farmers, % barristers, IL officials, %
merchants, 6 newspaper editors, 8 doc
tors and 70 members without fixed pro-
LESSONS.
The average cost of land in southern
Germany suitable for tobacco culture is
$127.5O a HeSsian morgen, which is
equal to three-quarters of an American
acre. The total cost Of production is
1855 a morgen.
Coal is the latest discovery in Yukon.
It has been found in unlimited quanti-
ties, and the great trading companies
are supplying it at reasonable rates.
The chief deposits are in Rock Creek,
only 20 miles from Dawson City.
The official report shows that during
1900 the number of pilgrims to Lourdes
was 6OS,0OO, among whom were 4
| cardinals and 80 archbishops and bish-
ops. OF water from the grotto 1O5, 900
bottles were dispatched to all quarters
Of the globe.
The servants in some of the best
places in Shanghai club together and
pay a cook to provide and prepare their
food for them at a cost of $3.50 Mex
lean a month, or about $1.25 a month
in gold, or a fraction over 4 cents a day
in our money.
During 1899 the total value of mules
exported to all foreign countries was
$516,OOO while during 1900 the figures
reached $3,919,O00. Memphis used to
be the great distributing point for
mules, but Louisville has recently tax
en- precedence.
At a small village near Namur a
discovery has been made of 960 pieces
of Roman money in a perfect state Of
preservation belonging to the third and
fourth centuries and bearing efigies of
no fewer than 15 different emperors
and expresses.
Autograph letters of famous men will
be far rarer in the future than now.
Great men of today content themselves
with signing their names, often with
rubber stamps, to typewriter docu-
ments, and it will be hard to get much
| sentiment from typewriter manu-
| scripts.
The ancient Spanish mission of San
Bu~enaventura was established in Cali
fornia in 1882. The mission books
show that in 55 years the monks of
| San B~uenayentura had brought inside
the fold 3,S76 Indians. The fine stone
structure of the mission built in 1909
still stands.
In consequence of emigration there Is
a greater preponderance of women in
Norway than in almost any other
try in Europe. The census of 1891
showed that there was an excess Of
women over men of almost 10000,
while in 1876 this excess only amount
ed to $4,000.
The government has created some
large forest reserves in northern Ari-
IONA and promulgated rules for their
regulation with a view to prevent their
spoliation and to preserve them from
fire. The principal lumber mills Of
Arizona are situated at Flagstaff and
Williams, in Coconino county.
Street trees, properly planted and
cared for, work a remarkable change in
the value of residential property. Any
one with doubts on this subject should
look into the history of Washington,
Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Buffalo and
other cities where a comprehensive
system of street planting has been car
ried into effect.
The bank notes issued by the YES
terbottens Enskilka bank of Sweden
and other private banks must be pre-
scented for payment within n yea or
they will be forfeited. Swedish banks
have hitherto issued bank notes as gen.
eral currency, but now a law has been
passed which gives the national or
state bank this privilege alone, as is
the case in Denmark.
The author of a book which has sold
well has adopted a novel scheme for
advertising it. He has had a large
quantity Of excellent Egyptian ciga-