Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-08-08
GOSSIP Of THE WORLD.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
DIVERS SOURCES.
News of the Stage, Social, POiti-
cal and Otherwise, Culled
From Our Exchanges.


The hot July is history only. 1t
may worry the historians, but it can
no longer bake the people.
Elijah was a drouth breaker, but
no one thought of sending for
Dowie while the dry weather con-
tinued.
The Duty Free cigar is coming
from Porto Rico. It is to be hum
mer both in price and favor. What
it lacks in the former will be made
good in the latter.
Fifty whisky casks are to be set
afoat in Ber1ng Straits in order to
test the currents, but when the ma
tives see frewater casks ahoat they
will be filed with a wild desire to
test their contents.
A new York writer comes to the
front with advice to young people
to marry early. Perhaps on the
theory that when they find out their
mistake they will have more time in
which to live it down.
King Edward has now rummaged
the garret and found lot of old
furniture which seems to be of no
earthly use to anybody, so he will
give few more American snobs a
chance to show their loyalty.
That death in the sultan's harem
the other day was his third bereave-
1nent in the past five years. The
mortality rate among the sultan's s
wives can thus be arrived at-there
are 297 left, according to the last
count.
DIR. Karl Peters, the explorer, is
reported to have discovered, in the
district of Umatali, Rhodesia, a cur
iously carved image engraved with
Assyrian or Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Careful examination has convinced
him that he possesses the key to the
solution of the mystery as to who
were the ancient workers Of the
mines in the country.
The Bismark monument in Dort-
mund will have to be more modest
affair than had been expected. A
wealthy Deputy named Otto prom
ised $4,000 marks for it, provided
$4,000 more were raised. But when
that sum had been collected it was
found that in the meantime Herr
Otto had lost his fortune through
the failure of commercial company
40 that he had to withdraw his offer.
The European powers will have
the heartfelt sympathy of the United
States in their difficulties with the
Turkish Government. Russia re-
quests the Sultan to release the Ser
vans recently arrested in Albania.
The Turk, after his habit, agreed to
c,mply. Nevertheless he continued
making arrests as if nothing had
happened; also according to his hab-
it France and some other powers
are forwarding representatives tc
the Porte about various matters, al
protests being received with 1.-THE
utmost serenity"
A report comes from The Hague
that the Beers are taking steps tc
end the war. AS the government o1
Holland would be likely to know
about such negotiations, if they ar
in prospect, probability is loaned t.
the rumor OH account of it's source
and also because a continuation Q
the struggle does not seem to prom
ise any change in the result. Tn
issue of strength has been taken an
has been decided, SO that nothin
else remains but treaty OF peace
That now is the most humane an
sensible course, and if the ne'
Premier of the Dutch Governmen
shall determine to mediate to thi
end he will do useful service to hi
kin and to all the other inhabitant
of South Africa who have suffere
so long from this distressing war.