Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-06-13
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Denmark has a tax for commerc1aI
travellers. Its rate is $42.SS for the
first firm and $21.44 for every addi-
tional n where a man represents
more than one, good for one year.
In Hart county, KY, several farm
ers are making good money on ginseng
fields. Last veal John Sears sold from
his farm $500 worth of ginseng, be-
sides five pounds Of seed at $50 a
pound.
! The recent census of India shows
that Bengal which has an area of 2o3,-
473 square miles, one-quarter less than
the area of Texas, has a population Of
74,713,OOO, which is equal to that of the
United States.
The French minister Of war has or
dered the construction of 20 submarine
torpedo boats. The tonnage Of these
vessels will be about 20, and they will
be built at the dockyards at Toulon,
Cherbourg and Rochefort.
Benjamin Ferguson, living ten miles
east of Dodge City, claims to be the
champion trapper Of western Kansas.
During the winter he has killed 300
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which he skinned and sold.
A large chestnut factory at Lyons,
France, employs $50 women and girls.
The chestnuts are peeled and boiled
and placed for three days in a vanilla
strip; then they are drained, coated
nicely with vanilla and prepared for
shipment.
The moving sidewalk Of the Paris
exposition was a great success. The
number of persons paying for the
privilege of using the platforms was
1904 ,3OS, while only 2,635,S67 used the
railway that carried passengers in the
other direction.
About 49 miles from Deadwood, s.
D.. is a mountain of good size which
~prospectors say Is almost solid copper.
A company capitalized for 100000
has secured control Of the mountain.
The men interested say it will be the
richest copper mine in the world.
The Swedish court is one of the least
formal in Europe, and in the beautiful
"Venice of the North" as Stockholm
has been aptly called, King Oscar and
his wife and family lead an ideally
domestic existence and are accessible
to even the poorest of their subjects.
The reported offer of an opal for the
English regalia by the commonwealth
of Australia is locke upon with dis
favor by the superstitious, as the stone
is said to be unlucky except to those
born in the month of October. None
of the children of the late queen or of
he present king were born in that
month.
The government finds it exceedingly
difficult to secure properly qualified
carpenters for the navy. Out Of 21 ap-
plicants recently examined at the
Washington navy yard only three were
able to pass. Carpenters are paid from
$1,000 to $500 a year, according to
length of service, with added per GEN.
tum for longevity and Communication
for quarters while on shore.
The slot machine has been adapted in
England to the directory. This useful
volume is held fast in a closed position
by the arms of the machine until you
drop a penny into the slot; then the
arms relax and you can consult the
directory. The book is kept open as
long as required by holding one cover,
OuL DIS SOOA DIS ILLS IcSISlduCO Is Wllu-
drawn the directory closes automatic
ally.
A German expert in the east points
out that as time goes on more and more
men are required to, coerce China into
doing the will of another power. The
opium war required only 1000 Euro
peans, the Anglo-French war against
the Chinese 10000 and 1890 Indians.
The~Japanese needed $4,000 men and
$4,000 coolies, and today we find 80
men-of-war and almost $4,000 men at
tempting to compel obedience from the
giant empire.
The trustees of Harvard university
have purchased about 400 acres of land
in New Hampshire to be used as a
camp where surveying and railroading
will be taught during the summer
months. The land is near Center Har-
Dor and borders upon Squam lake. The
land is especially adapted for topo-
graphic and photographic work. Dur
ing the first summer the students will
probably live in tents, out a house will
be built 10 serve as dining room and
kitchen.