Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-02-07
GOLDsBORO. N. c.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY z. 100

l.. FL. Creager, a cigar manufac
turer at Washington, Ind, has de
cided to treat his employees with 6
fifteen minutes religious service ev
cry morning just after the whistle
for work blows. Mr.. Creager will
never be able to compete with the
trust if he wastes time like that.
A bill has been introduced in the
Kansas Legislature making it mis-
demeanor to send flowers to persons
in jail. This is move in the right
direction, and it should have the
support Of every member regardless
of politics and despite any future
contingencies in the career of Mrs.
Nation.
That chicago detective who, at a
big social function in the Windy
City, shadowed some professors OF
the Chicago University under the
impression that they were sneak
thieves and burglars, must have
heard Of the Anarchists and other
dang gerous characters recently dis
charged from the faculty of the
Stanford University in California.
Senator Platt's mysterious utter
ance of some time ago that he was
willing to support Seth Low, or even
''some good Democrat" for Mayor
of New York, is at last explained.
The easy boss is fearful lest Bird
Coler be nominated on the Demo
cratic ticket. Mr.. Cooler is a Demo
crat tried and true, but his ''good-
ness'' is not Of the peculiar quality
Mr.. Platt is looking for.
A lecturer on the mummies of the
era of the Pharaohs says each has
stamped on it's face the good Or evil
characteristics of the individual, and
that as he gazed upon some of the
wicked countenances he felt glad
that their owners were dead, says
the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
From this it would appear that the
ancient Egyptians went to a great
deal of trouble to get themselves
talked about by posterity.
Lady Violet Greville is afraid that
the increasing fondness of women
for athletics will end by making En-.
glish girls so tall that the overshad-
owed man will refrain more and
more from matrimony. When, how
ever, the advance of woman has
reached the point where she pops
the question this trouble will disap
pear. The average man will then bt
| pleased to have his wife big ane
strong enough to work for him.
Things seem to be getting wore
for the British in South Africa. Th
| Beers are we'll aware that tn
months of of February and Marcl
are the worst in the year for the en-
teric fever. so that those who are &C
climated have but to keep up thei
activity and supplement the wor
which nature is doing among tn
British troops to bring about sar
itary condition of things with whic
Lord Kitchener will eventually b
unable to deal.
/ Captain Lockhart, the correspond
ent of the London Times in CHR
} believes the veteran Lii Hung Chan
is sincere, but holds that no agre
ment made by the Chinese COVER
ment officials will be kept any long,
than suits their convenience.
| spring the empress dowager w
, have tremendous force of me
+ armed with modern rifles, at b
command, and next summer.
says, will see great struggle b
tween the well-organized Boxer
: under the empress and Prince Tua
: and the allied forces in their attem
t to seat the young emperor on t
throne.
The decision of the Suprer
Court of New York to allow t
l. Castellanes only 5000, 200 year l
% ing expenses until some of th
II debts are paid off is based on t
4 theory,a AS explained by Judge Bea'
rs that person cannot have an est,
y to live on without having an est,
IL to pay debts with. Whether throu