Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-04-11
GOSSIP Of The WORLD.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
DIVERS SOURCES.
News of the Stage. Social, POliti-
cal and Otherwise, Culled
From Our Exchanges.

Kansas and Cincinnati papers say
that the Southern Railway is after
the Tennessee Central.
Aguinaldo may promise to be
good without end and yet this ad-
ministration will not permit him to
be hrst-ciass American.
Roper steps up alongside Hobson
as q naval hero. The Petral on which
he gave his life for his crew fired the
first shot in Admiral DeWey's Ma
Mia Bay battle.
If Carter Harrison can run next
year for Governor of illinois as he
did for Mayor of Chicago. he be-
comes a Presidential possibility of
the first class.
Herbert Spencer's health is not
time on lounge by window that
Brighton, England.
General Chaffee might send Gen
eral Funston after the Dowager En-
press, and bring her into camp, but
the Kansan would find her tougher
proposition than Ag. was.
An aged Wisconsin woman says
England owes her $2,000,000, and
that she believes she will collect. A
faith like this may move mountains,
but it will probably not phase Eng
land.
The Rev. John Jasper, the negro
preacher who confounded science by
declaring that "the sun do move," is
dead. He was a5 least entitled to
the glad hanG from Joshua on his
arrival in eternity.
One of the main troubles about
this suggestion of the Hon. Tom
johnson, of Cleveland, for president
is that Ohio may grow tired of fur
nishing presidents for the balance OF
the country after awhile.
According to the Chicago Social
Economics club young woman who
earns $130 year in Chicago will
come out SO .05 in debt. It is now in
order for the club to do something
practical, and tell her where she
can get the 80 05.
There is bill before the New
York Legislature to issue bonds, not
exceeding $5,OOO,OOO, for the con-
struction Of good roads in the State.
This may prove better Investment
for the States surplus millions than
sinking them in the Erie Canal.
Why do we persist In OVERRIDING
the thing when anybody whom we
like dies2 For instance, since his
death great many people insist on
referring to Roland Reed as great
actor-a thing they would, very
probably, never thought of doing be-
fore.
Japan's motto seems to be ere :
member Korea" Russia interfered
to prevent the Japanese from secur
ing this prize. to which she was
justly entitled, as result of the late
war, and now Japan seems deter
mined to keep the richest of all the
Chinese districts in the north out of
Russian hands.
The calamity which befell Bir-
minghan few days ago has served
to show the spirit of the people OF
that city. AS soon as the storm had
passed the work of clearing away the
ruins was begun and preparations
for rebuilding were made. The
bhghted section of the city will be
restored in better form than it had
been before and Birmingham will
continue in it's steady and solid
growth. Even nobler than Blrmlng,
hams pluck is her generosity. She
has come promptly and hberally to
the aid of the storm sufferers who
need assistance. Nearly $4,000 has
been subscribed and the sum will bt
increased.
Rev. DIR. Parkhurst in his sermon
last Sunday spoke of the parable O
the sower, and said that s'Chris
fond no fault with the soil-wha
there was of it-but the seed tina
fell upon stony places was lost be
cause there was no chance to grow
underground. That is why" he ad
ded, Eve always distrust convert
that become converted SO easily. TIL
7olubleness of their quick doxolo
gies is not reassuring. NY onl
thought is to illustrate what poo
thing, what a cheap trick, what
helpless, profitless fantasy religion
is till it gets down into q man
SOUL