Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-08-01
FACTS IN FEW LINES

rAOAS In FEW LINES
There has been a marked decrease in
r. Equator OF French India of late.
,o- 20 settlements, with a total of org
- hnaoltants there has been a do
crease OF more thar 1900. in the 1aS+
eeh years, though they have been FREQ
from famine and plague.
nrosts are unknown in the ora,ao
oeit OF southern California. and tho
slo"ers are constantly experimenting
WIN the result that the fruit has haen
oioushI TO a state of perfection scarce.
: ~ dreamed of 10 years ago whom -
was coarse and stringy, with more mi,
han juice. ~ pup
american material for the BUILDING of
rdllroads, tramways. ETC., contin,7os -
pe exclusively employed in Nav;oo
nne latest cHoer in that line placed in
tle united States amounted to q Iormo
nSufc, Tor it was destined for throo
ilnes OF tramway around Medina in 49,
state of Yucatan. ~
: owing to he avages of the neronos
pora' the larva of a small moth. in tho
vine foWln provinces Of Greeoe
great distress exists, in some districts
Inc people being absolutely starving.
"hole families are leaving their homes
most Of them migrating to Americo
1000 people having left lately
In order to obviate the freouen+ d;s
pu'es as TO the ages Of children the
steaulooat authorities In Switzerland
80 oecioeu mat In every case where
oouo' ARISES the child must be meas
80 AL chlldfen under two feet are
lave Tree passage, while those be-
tween TWO feet and four feet are to nov
half fares. p"'
Inc dressing Of the hair Is the most
important part of a Chinese woman,s
toilet. The district she comes from
may always be known from the man.
ner III which she does her hair. IF also
lndlcates her station in life. Yonno
girls, whether married or single. wear
cues co1ling up their hair, as their
western sisters do, on attaining a Ger.
tain age.
For military and naval purposes the
hatlons Of Europe spend annually
~ioo,ooo,ooO They keep under arms
continually more than 100000 men
Win SIX times as many ready to fv
" arms when b word mobilize" is
SPOKEN. 1t is estimated that the COM
lnunlty loses at least 5000 a year for
each man who is kept under arms and
Is therefore unproductiye.
The restorations which are now boinr
carried out in the Castle of st. Angela
have resulted in the discovorr
d some curious frescoes of the ff-
century. 1t is even hoped that
possibly thick coatings of whitewasb
III cover the frescoes by Pinturrichio.
the whole Of the Borgia
aHlly. Ihat such frescoes existed in
he time of Julius II is proved.
In many parts Of Spain the "stoye"
Il general use is made from an emmy
'etroleum Oil can by cutting a hole
lear the bottom on one of the sides TO
nake a draft, the can being lined with
ypsum to the pleasure of the con.
giving the fire space accord
Ugly. The stove thus made. primitive
s 1t IS in appearance, is effective in
urpose and costs the equivalent of but
few cents of our money.
Inc latest fad of critics, the New
ofk Press says, is to rebel against
le names OF months. They point ont
lat 1t IS absurd for Europeans and
OF today to dedicate one
KIN OF the year to the memory OF
mus caesar and Augustus, to name 8
ira after heather gods and d
esses' to have two months of doubtful
'menclature and to designate the re-
four by misleading numerals.
eptember being obviously ninth and
IT seventh in order.
Frenchman lately conceived tho
"a OF dosing a geranium plant with
.ohoi to see what effect the spirit
ould have on it. He poured the al
on the earth around the plant.
rst the leaves turned yellow and
Off an odor as of ether. Then
Inptoms OF poisoning appeared, the
otlets turned black and seemed TO
been burned, the circulation stop-
In the branches. the leaves droon-
toward the earth, and in four DAYS
: beautiful plant had become a to-
wreck.