Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-01-31
NO 6S

the dismissal of the hazers. would
| cover the case.
The Missouri House of Represent
atlves in passing resolutions of SYM
pathy for Aguinaldo was evidently
disgruntled over the last Presiden-
| tial election returns
In places where the curfew law
was most eagerly welcomed it is fall
ing into desuetude. This may be
because people feel the days of youth
are too short anyway.
Uncle Sa-,,ss troubles nsver end.
just as reports came in that every
thing is moving along smoothly in
the Philippines they are getting
ready to raise cane in Venezuela.
Parties and purposes may change,
but one great principle of American
politics will always be that a man
with an axe to grind will leave no
stone unturned SO long as he can get
anybody to turn it.
The Now York Suns TRADE against
| putting General Robert E. Lees
name in the Temple of Fame will
not affect his standing in the hearts
of the Southern people, temple
''more lasting than bronze
Still the Mons olians in this coun-
try do not seem much worried by
the tribulations of their people at
home If they wiring their hands at
all there's usually a shirt or some
| thing between them
It is generally believed that one
| thing in the Prince of Wales favor
| is that he is popular with the people
| and enjoys their confidence even to
an extent not altogether warrented
by his personal behavior, sometimes
One effect of the South African
war is the great falling Oft in Scotch
cities in the number of marriages
during the past year. The war has
taken from bonny Scotland thous-
/ y
Congress has finally disposed of
the army reorganization matter. At
the expiration Of the existing militia
ry law the army will be continued
upon it's standing basis of IS, 900 men
and war footing of 100000 men If
this isn't militarism, what is it?
| Congress should refuse to make
fish of one set of proprietary medi-
cines-makers and fowl of another by
discriminating duties. If the tax on
proprietary articles Is changed at all
it will be best to repeal it outright,
thus putting all manufacturers of
proprietary medicines upon the same
basis
Elixirs of life are simply delusions,
even if ex-mayors or ex-aldermen
certify to their value There is no
! way to stay the course of advancing
: age, and for the good of the world
; the middle-aged are on hand to take
up the succession, and nature s
course cannot be and should not be
changed.
A Pittsburg dispatch says that
negotiations are being conducted
between the American Sheet Steel
Company and the Carnegie Steel
:, Company, with a view of closing 6
J. large contract for steel. A consider
e alton is that the Carnegie Steel Com
n pany will abandon it's plans for the
erection of great sheet mill at the
J. Duquesne works, preparations fol
/ which have reached an advanced
t. stage.
If Many wise people have feared dis
aster in the rapid rise to popularity
of the latest church fair invention
> the rummage sale, and in New Yorl
it appears to have arrived. There
- maid servant, instructed by her mis-
tress to gather up all the old stut
about the house and send it to on
q, of these sales, included in her collec
ton two old landscapes painted b,
le a celebrated artist. These picture
1e were of so late an acquisition tina
they stood in a closet, unframed
10 Their loss in the manner describe
or would seem to indicate that the ser
70 want girl problem will not be con
:. pletely solved until course on al
IL is included in the schools now bein
ng established for instruction in d,
nestle service.