Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-06-13
FACTS I'M FEW LINES

The Berlin police are about to be pro-
vided with 20 bloodhounds to be used
in the tracking of murderers. About
"a murders committed in Berlin during
the last IA years are still unexplained.
The town of Eatonville, Fla, has
1000 Inhabitants, with not a single
white among them. 1t has a full quota
of officials, a bank and other business
establishments requisite in a town of
it's size.
While the population Of Maine IN
from 661 ,OS6 to 694,466, or but about
S per cent, the cost of the state gov
eminent has nearly doubled during the
last eight years.
In Sweden they have a land arrange
ment of this kind: The farmer will give
q tenant so many acres of ground pro
vided the tenant will give him SO many
days labor for SO many years, the Ia
Dor to be paid as wanted.
Among it's many curious products
South Africa includes the "sneeze
wood" tree, which takes it's name from
the fact that one cannot cut it with a
saw without sneezing, as the fine dust
has exactly the effect of snuff.
The empty mail bags not having been
returned from the Kongo for some
time, it was found on inquiry hat the
sacks were regularly being stolen by
the natives for presentation to their
wives, who used them as petticoats.
One Of the men employed at the ZOO
logical gardens in New York has a
black snake that has the run Of the
house. 1t has a reputation of being the
best rat catcher in the entire borough
of the Bronx. 1t is also a family pet.
The finest garden hedges in England
are at Hall Barn, in Buckinghmashire.
They are over 80 feet in height, are i'm
mensely thick and are clipped SO as to
present the smooth, velvety appearance
peculiar to the finest yew and box
hedges.
During the past year the price OF dia-
monds has increased by about so per
cent, and emeralds were never SO cost
~ as at present. The war in South At
RIGA has been partly and the American
diamond syndicate chiefly responsible
for the rise.
According to statement, there were
no less than 800 binders sold last year
In Edmonton and Strathcona, in Brit
ish Columbia. The record of nipple
ment sales includes 90 thrashing ma
chimes, and the districts consumed &c.,
600 pounds of Irvine.
Among the many changes necessitat-
ed by the death Of Queen Victoria one
which is not unimportant is the print
ing on all legal documents "God save
This change alone, it is estimated, will
cost something like $2,O0O,00O.
A New York police commissioner de-
clared the other day that it was easier
to hang a man for murder there than
to dismiss a policeman. Last year"
he said, 'sthe board had to pay out
100000 in back salaries to men who
had been reinstated by the courts"
New York's Raines law regulating
saloons has yielded $61, OOO, 900 to the
state and local treasures since it's pas.
sage five years ago. Saloons have de,
creased from $4,000 to $1,000 and ar
rests for drunkenness diminished from
u to 9 for each 1000 Of population.
Through the liberality of T. M. Baird.
Jr., of Victoria, B. c., a tract Of land
on the coast of Vancouver island, oppo-
site Cape Flattery, has been presented
for a seaside botanical station Of the
University of Minnesota. Preparations
are being made to open the work of the
station next June.
Many varieties of colored marbles
are found on the mountains surround
ing Carrara, in Italy. Two varieties of
blue, dove colored marble, known as
"Bardiglio" and "Pavonazro," are well
known in the United States, the latter
especially being largely used and com
a high nrica.