Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-20
LETTER
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pver the appearance of about the most
spectacular individual that the institu-
ton had seen in years. He was a Pa
pago Indian, and a wealthy one at
that, from PheniX, Ariz., and it was
evident that he imagined he was put
ting on an immense amount Of style.
AT all events, he succeeded in attract
ting attention wherever he went.
To begin with, he wore a plug hat
over a mat of long hair neatly plated
down his back and wrapped with
strips Of bright green and flaming red
flannel. He wore a standing collar and
"a boiled shirt" with a red tie. Over
this he wore a beaded buckskin vest,
the beaded designs taking the form Of
american and Mexican flags, flowers
and other objects. Over the vest he
twore a plum colored sack coat and a
4awn colored box overcoat. The trou-
asers that he wore were of the most vo-
t~ciferous type of English checks, and
THE concluding feature of this remark
Able costume was a pair Of patent
Heather shoes.
He wore earrings, sported a fantastic
watch chain that looked more like a
Ahd Va oil OCSdA S1OyA OuA0 LIN
smoked a cigar of the quality warrant
ed to kill at forty rods. In addition to
ahll this he carried a beaded cane.
Mason on Executive Sessions.
Senator Mason has written an article
about 1.-THE Farce of Executive Ses-
Sions." After telling of his awe Of ex-
ecutive sessions when he was a repre-
sentative he describes his first closed
session after he became a senator:
"a senator from New England arose
and solemnly and earnestly moved that
I'VE go into executive session. The bells
all over the senate end of the capitol
rang and made music to my ears. The
chief page clapped his n three
times, and the pages all rushed from
our sacred presence. Amid b ringing
of bells and rushing of feet the people
were all moved out, the doors were
closed, n we were alone.
"Thereupon the senator who had
moved the executive session struck a
match in the usual way and lit a cigar,
sRudibly Informing his neighbor that it
was the only one he had. He then
moved that John Smith be confirmed
fn his seven hundred dollar postoffice
lin Podunk. The vice president of the
United States said, Without objection
1T is so ordered A motion to adjourn
was carried. In one moment my dream
was broken"
Has Entree to Great Libraries.
Mr.. Samuel D. Hicks, a wholesale to-
Fbacco dealer of Washington, is one
among a few men Of this city who are
members in full and complete standing
of tho fC14Js Crpon+ liI1s1 rios of tho world
namely, the British Museum library,
the Bibliotheque Rationale of Paris,
the German National library of Berlin
and our W Congressional library.
Mr. Hicks is a first cousin of Sir Mi
chael Hicks-Beach, one of the British
peers. Mr.. Hicks father, a younger
SON., who did not succeed to the titles
and estates of the house of Hicks,
came to Virginia soon after the war of
1872, and his son, Samuel D. Hicks.
was born in Richmond, where on
reaching his majority he succeeded 70
the tobacco business established by his
father and which he eventually moved
to this city.
a Great Mapnaking City.
Washington is the greatest mapmak-
ing city in the world. There was a time
when Geneva, Switzerland. was the
great map producing center of the
globe, but this is no longer the case.
This city is turning out more and bet
ter maps than any other city on the
globe. Twelve bureaus Of the United
States government are engaged in the
work of printing and issuing maps Of
the finest quality and requiring the
highest class Of workmanship, and this
has resulted in attracting to this city
the best photographers and map en-
drawers in Europe. The maps turned
out by the government are Of every
quarter of the globe and are not, as
some might imagine, solely of North
America and its parts
Root and Shaw.
Secretary Shaw, the new head of the
treasury department, was standing on
the White House stairway talking to
a number of newspaper correspondents
when Secretary Root passed on his
way to the cabinet meeting which Mr..
Shaw was to attend when he had fin
dshed his discourse Oh finance. The sec
rotary of war rubbed elbows rather
roughly with the secretary of the treas
ury, glared at the carelessly dressed
man who had been in his way and
rushed by without speaking. Mr.. Shaw
evidently saw some humor in the stu
alton.
"Boys," he said as he watched the
rapidly moving form Of the war secre-
tary, 'tif I ever get in that fix after l
have been secretary awhile just stick
a pin into me-"
Sanitary Barber Shops.
BARRIERS must keep their mouths shut
while working in this city, according
to the rules adopted by the boss bar
beers. At a meeting last night it was
agreed that sanitary shops must pre-
vail. The bosses will ask the health