Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-01-02
FACTS IN FEW LINES

More than forty guides have been
insured free against accidents by the
Swiss Alpine club at In annual cost
Of over 1900 francs.
A process has just been patented for
making artificial woods out of pulp so
as to initiate UGH costly kinds as ma
hogany and rosewood.
Dallas. Tex. manufactures more har-
ness and saddles than any other city in
America and perhaps more than any
other place in the world.
The state ~entomologist Of New Jer-
sey predicts that the state will be over
run with locusts next year and that
they will eat everything in sight.
The colored element constitutes in
Virginia nearly one-third, or 32.7 per
cent, of all males of voting age and is
comprised almost wholly of persons of
negro descent.
Arrangements are being made in
Scotland to fttingly celebrate the CEN
tenary of the birth of Hugh Miller.
geologist, author and journalist, Oh
Oct. 2 of next year.
Jackson, Ont. has made a record for
municipal economy. Of the $1,000 vot-
ed for decorations for the reception OF
the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
York $500 was not spent.
BY using compressed air in the blow
ing of glass a Dresden inventor has
discovered a method of manufacturing
glass vessels of unusually large size,
such as bathtubs and kettles.
Instead of being a modern notion the
| plan of preventing destructive storms
by exploding bombs among the clouds
was suggested nearly a hundred years
i ago by Professor Parrot of Riga, in
| Russia.
"Every Cuban must have hts helper
says an army officer who has been
| serving in the island "YOu cannot hire
, a carpenter for or hour unless you pro-
vide him with a helper to hand his
| hammer Inc nails and talk to him"
The largest railroad tunnel in the
United States will be built through the
| Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
The project, which will involve an out
lay of So, 200. 900 to S. 900, contem-
plates the boring Of a hole $1,000 feet
In length through the heart Of the ST.
erras.
A building in a Georgia settlement
displays this unique sign: "School Of
learning. Lessons given in poetry writ
ing and %noveltry. Also will teach mu-
sic to you and dramatics. Hides and
wool taken for cash. Also, as the win
ter season is coming On, oak wood and
kindling."
By the command Of the shah the Per-
sian government has arranged to send
$50 young Persians, the sons of we'll
born ~persOnages, to Europe at the ex-
pense of the state for educational pur-
! poses. The towns selected for their So
journ are London, Moscow, st. Peters
burg, Berlin and Vienna.
The Salt Lake Tribune says that the
farmers of a certain county in Utah
Ogden river from the protected storage
dam of the Utah Light and Power
Ogden river, from the protected stor-
age dam Of the Utah Light and Power
company, and that the farmers expect
to store 800. OOO. 900 cubic feet of water.
Rhosllanerchrugog, a town in Wales,
with a population Of over 10000 inhab-
itants, will be in darkness this win
ter. Owing to the refusal of the local
gas company to reduce the price Of
gas the parish council has determined
not to light the street lamps. Private
consumers also intend to do without
gas if a reduction is not made.
The Colorado Cliff Dwellers' associa-
ton is making every effort to preserve
the ruins which lie on the Mesa Verde,
In southwestern Colorado. There are
from 300 to o cliff dwellings, includ-
ing the Cliff palace. on this mesa. As
these ruins are in the Ute reservation
a ten year lease has been obtained by
the association from the Ute chiefs.
The reported discovery Of beds of nj
trate of soda near Lovelock. Humboldt
county, New. may prove of consider
able Importance. Chile at present fur
nishes the worlds supply, and the use
Of the mineral for agricultural pur
poses is increasing, due to the results
that have been CLEANED in that all i'm
portant matter of mixing brains with
the soil"
The Canadian fisheries department
has recently sent a consignment of
salmon to be placed in some of the
Tasmanian streams. 1t is hoped that
the same signal success will follow
from this experiment as was expert
enced with the eggs of Canadian trout
which nave Deen sent TO TASMANIA anu
from which fish scaling over ten
pounds have frequently been caught.
Cottonseed oil, according to state de-
partment reports, is soon to find a rival
in oil from the seed of the sunfower.
Experiments made by German chem
lists have convinced them, it seems,
Of the availability of this cheap raw
material, and it may become a valuable
article of mmerce 1t is said to be
convertible to many uses and, besides
having possibilities as a lamp oil, may
be used for dyeing purposes and will
be Of service in soapmaking.