Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-03-07
GOI DsBORO. n G.. THURSDAY, MARCH Z, 1901 !

1u0r0 are uO mondays III
Mississippi, Kansas or Nevada.
Belgium has no navy except a train
ing ship for the merchant marine.
Out of 750 samples of wine analyzed
at the French municipal laboratories SO
only were pure.
California sends 81 100000 worth Of
canned fruit to Germany a year, and
more is wanted.
1t is the custom of the Alabama dis
trict of the United Mine Workers to
elect a negro as vice president.
A 40 foot channel is to be dredged in
New York harbor, and the work will be
done by the two largest dredgers in ex-
istence.
During the century a total of about
100000 people have come from for
eign countries to make their homes in
the United States.
Among the learned professions, it has
been decided, must be admitted all Ii
brarians if they are properly qualified
for their business.
An automobile driver in New York
who overchaSged customer and put
the difference in his pocket has been
convicted of petty larceny.
1t is estimated that the wheat crop in
the Darling Downs district, Queens
land, will beat all records, the yield in
some instances reaching 50 bushels per
acre.
New England is said to, furnish bet
ter workers in mills and factories than
any other section of the country.
Mexico purchased over 100000
af Tn;t fha
first nine months of the past year.
One hundred years ago it took a
month to cross the Atlantic. Now the
trip is made between two Sundays.
Chicago has big cooperative board
ing house, where it is reported the
members get good meals at II cents
each.
In 1900 there was not cooking stove
In the United States. Now we are be-
ginning to cook without fire by the aid
of electricity.
The statement was made before the
Ethical society of st. Louis at a recent
meeting that the city pays $4,000 a
year more for police protection than it
does for school privileges.
An official return, made as the result
of statements respecting the French al
my reserve, shows a deficiency in the
reserve infantry alone of 1880 lieuten-
ants and sublieutenants and 500 cap
tainS.
AS Illustrating the cumulative force
of the cent piece it is shown that the
total income of the 81 street railway
companies operating in Pennsylvania
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
1900, was So, Al, ,181.
Compulsory education in New Zea.
land is considered a success.
Russian gold mines average an an
| nua1 yield of S6,66S pounds.
Out of 10000 vessels entering Chi
! nese ports every year 10000 are Brit
| ish.
Queen Victoria had 60 housemaids al
| Windsor castle. This is the regulation
| number.
| There are about 100000 acres OF
unoccupied public land yet remaining
in Montana.
| The unfurling of the flag is becoming
| a feature in the history of schools iI
| New Zealand.
In the south the Italians are found
to be good cotton pickers. They are
| quick and have nimble fingers.
The emigration of Irishmen to Grea-
Britain for harvest has been steadily
increasing for the past three years.
The Chicago Journal says: "Whel
Sheridan road is completed, it will b.
the only S5 mile driveway in the worlt
that does not cross a railroad or :
bridge"
The Philosophical Grocer.
| 'How well you're looking, Mrs. But
terby. You're positively growing hand
somer as you grow older"
'Well, you know, Mr.. Gridley, tha
they do say that age is great improver
If I'm not wrong, some poet has sun,
about the charms Of old wine and oil
books and old friends"
But not Of old eggs, Mrs. Butterfly
not of old eggs" - Cleveland Plai1
Dealer.