Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-08-01
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More than one-ffth of the population
of New York is employed in her COM
mon schools, either as pupils or teach
ers. The total enrolment of pupils is
1,2Oo, 574, and their teachers number
$4,000.
stake care of the forests" says a
Tennessee paper in announcing that
out of a single tree in Dyer county d
citizen had got four cords Of frewood,
three gallons of honey and five rae
coons.
"A statue Of Cupid, dating from the
Roman period, has been discovered
near the village of M~ontegant, in the
canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The
remnants Of a Roman wall and some
pottery were also discovered.
SAa French scientist has discovered
that plants are very sensitive to poison.
The higher plants as well as fungi en-
able US to detect the presence Of cop
per, Smercury and other toxics SUBJ
stances which chemical analysis does
not detect.
1.-THE Italian postof1ce is about to in
troduce the automobile into its service,
particularly hbetween railway stations
and n~eighboring s~villages.e They will
probably also be used for postal deliv-
cries in the larger towns, such as Rome,
Naples and Milan.
THE library of Heidelberg university
has just acquired 81 sheets of a Septua-
gint code written in uncials Of the sixth
o,sS covonth aonf71rU on nonurI1c @o0n.
tanning the A1exandrinians translation
of chapters 4 to IA of Zechariah and
chapters 1 to 4 of Malachi.
4Hhe state Of New York has at the
present. time in round numbers %, 900
insane patients under care, which i'm
plies an original capital outlay of $780,
600, 900 for hospitals and their equip
ments and an annual expenditure of
S. 100000 for. the care and treatment
Of the inmates.
One of the curiosities of the old city
ofsGuadalupe, Mexico, is a great col
m of stone sails rising from the up
per walls of the cathedral. There are
three sails, one above another, each
with reef points and showing a stone
mast. On the top is a niche containing
the figure Of a patron saint.
During the winter 1901 there We're
34,412 students ~matriculated at the %
universities of Germany. OF these
1926 were studying for the Protestant
ministry and 1,615 to become Catholic
priests. There were 1O,343 students OF
law, 1916 of medicine and 1912 en-
rolled as students of philosophy.
The eastern Canadian ~seacoast from
the bay Of Fundy to the strait Of Belle
Isle cover a distance of 5000 miles,
and British Columbia, with it's multi
tude of bays and mountainous islands,
has a s~eacoast of 7,1SO miles and a salt
Waterinshore area, not including minor
indentations, of 1900 square miles,
The boiling point of hydrogen &C
cording to a new determination made
recently by Professor Dewar, is 252.5
degrees below zero on the centigrade
scale, : II 20 degrees above absolute
zero. Investigations as to the tempera-
ture Of solid hydrogen are now being
carried out and show a still closer ap-
proach to absolute zero.
Investigations conducted by the mill
tarys authorities in Rhenish Prussia
into the practice of giving drugs to
young men liable to military service
with the object Of incapacitating them
have resulted in the discovery that in
Leichlingen a doctor has been pursu-
ing a lucrative business in this line,
young men coming to him from far and
neal
The human body, it has been found,
Is shorter at night than in the morning.
due to the weight of the body COM
pressing the intervertebral cartilages.
During sleep Or while in a recumbent
position, the pressure being removed,
their natural elasticity enables them to
resume their normal size, consequently
the height Of an individual will vary
from three-eighths to half an inch be-
tween morning and night.
Mrs. f. 81. Briggs Of Auburn, Me-,
daughter of Senator Frye, is the owner
Of the box which was used to carry the
electoral votes for President Mckinley
and Vice President Roosevelt from the
senate to the house. The box is Of ma
hogany, 2 feet long and Is inches deep
and is bound with brass. Senator Frye
was acting vice president when the
votes were counted and, according to
custom, received the box, which he
presented to his daughter.
Cooler Winds Prevail.
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