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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-01-16
PICKED UP.

It seems perfectly easy to tell the
difference between the former price
of sos, 600, 900 and the present price
Of $40, 900, 900 asked for the Panama
Canal without reconvening the Mic
,aragua Canal Commission and in
structing them to prepare a compre-
hensive report, as suggested by Sen
ator Hanna. Mr.. Hanna thinks the
Panama route better than the Mic.
aragua, but the Darien route better
than either, and if that sort of thing
continues it will prove easy to spend
the difference on reports.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-01-16
Standard Varieties of Chickens.
PART I.
Light Brahmas.

The leading variety of the
Asiatic class is the Light
Brahma. They were first known
as the ''Brahma Pootras, ""GraY
Shaughais, "Chittagougs," and
what not. The early breeder
named them accor ling to his
fanch for high sounding and
sensational names to sell his
stock. The standard of the pres
ent Brahmas was fixed in 1869,
and no deviation from the type
then adopted has been made.
They have stood high in popular
favor since then without abate-
ment; the vast number of breed
ers who ara raising them fully
attest theiE worth IS q practical
bird to the industry.
In plunags the male is pure
white, excepting hackle, tail, and
flights which are black, and
white striped with black. Any
color but white and black is
agai0st the standardized bird.
The haclzia is white vito a black
stripe exgendjng down the centre
of eaca ee4tnsr 277 tapering TO q
noiut Near the extremity. The
tail feathers are black, and
sickles are glossy green2sh black.
The sLaDks are we'll faathered,
wit b the faatharing extending
down TO the middle toe; the toe
feathariug may be white Or white
sprinkled with black, pure white
preferred.
A small pea comb, broad
crown, projects over the eyes;
bright red face, wa55les aDd ear
lobaa aro essential TO a good
bead. The shanks and toes are
brign5 yellow.
Tna Rraatna female is much
like vaa male in head qualities,
having broad crown projecting
well over the eyes, and small pea
comb. The head Of female should
be masculiur il appearance. The
head is white; hackle, white
striped with black, as in male;
cape, white and black, but is
completely covered by hackle
when tha bird stands erect; tall
black, excepting the two highest
main tail feathers, which may be
edged with white; tail governs,
one Or more rows, distinctly
covering a part Of both sides of
main tail, two rows being pre-
peraoie, are black edged with
white,
The Light Brahmas are valu.
able birds for the farm. They
have always been made to pay
for their keep and have seldom
been set aside by any who have
bred them. They are the largest
of domestic poultry and do as
we'll in confinement in small runs
as on free range. AS layers they
will average from twelve to four
teen dozen eggs a years, and lay
exceptionally Well in winter.
Their eggs r large, about z &c
a pound, OF rich brown c%olorland
excellent favor. For table pur-
poses the birds are good; they dc
not mature as early as do the
varieties Of the American class.
yet they r hardy, and can b'
raised with as much ease as any
of the earlier maturing varieties
AS sitters and mothers they art
only fair. Standard weights are
cock - pounds, cockeral Il
pounds, hen 81 pounds, puilet
pounds.
The Best Way.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-01-16

For best coal, order of ". Fl.
Griffin. Phone AZ.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-01-16
FUR WANTED.

At Joseph Edwards the highest
market price paid for minks, %raccoons,
1opposum's, otter's, musk rat and foxes.
Bring your fur to me before selling and
let me make you an offer
JOSEPH EDWARDS.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22
An Elephant Story.

There is no doubt that the elephant is
naturally cunning, and the following
extraordinary incident related by
planter from Ceylon is only another
proof. - ~
phants." he says. After stalking
got a chance at the biggest OF the nero,
and dropped it at the first shot. ABOUT
two hours afterward / had. the tail ana
feet cut off and taken to the bungalow.
Next morning ! went to the spot 10
look at the elephant and to my surprise
found no trace of the BODY.
AFTER looking around / saw that the
herd had been back during the night,
and / soon discovered track Where
they seemed to have retired in a body.
"Following this up l eventually came
upon the dead elephant lying at the
bottom of a rocky stream.
"From the tracks it was quite eNi'
dent that the body had not been rolleo'
b,,+ carried to the bank, and 1t was
Main that it had been taken through
The long grass which grew on the pahh'
into the stream. ....,o,,.
+;l I showed them where the elephant S
tail and feet had been cut on, ana
where the body lay in the stream,
which proved conclusively that by some
means or other the body had been got
over the intervening space IN the mig IT.
"T+ is difficult to understand now ere
,t,ar+e with their trunks and feet coulu
raiea and support the dead BODY OF d
cor,rade However, they seem TO nave
ranaged to do it, and it is a pity nu
human eyes saw this strange IuIlerdi'
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

frame UP a babe of yarn, describing
the fire in general terms, but he could
have written that without so much as
leaving the office to take a look at the
fire.
"Well when I saw him the other day,
he was standing with the crowd on n
street off Upper Broadway, looking at
the smoke pour out of the windows of
a big furniture store. l walked up be-
hind him and clapped him on the back
suddenly:
Hello, Pete said. Have you got
the insurance YETI
"'Gosh, noi' he exclaimed quickly,
wheeling around and recognizing me.
, Say, you look out for that end of it,
will you? and I'll do the "lurid glares"
and lambert flames"
"Then we adjourned to place near
by, and extinguished a few inward
flames of our own. From the slender
STRIPPING that he used to be in the old
days, Mr.. Dooley is now solid chunk
of a smooth-faced chap, weighing
about $50 pounds, if not more but, in
spite of his rudy skin and clear Irish
eyes, he isn't in good health, and hasn't
been for five years, since he had a bad
dose of typhoid fever. He hasn't got
single, solitary thing on earth but
just money, if anybody should climb off
a herdic to ask you His enormous
revenue from Dooleyisms has been a
whole lot supplemented during the past
couple of years by the right kind of
stock information. AS Peter Dunno
Dooley has one of his strong admirers
in William c. Whitney, and as the two
are frequently seen together motoring
around New York in one of those any
figure devil wagons, it doesn't take
much of a guess to figure out where
! the Archey Road delineator picks up
his knowledge of the correct things to
| do in Wall street"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

was no love lost on the boundary line.
They hated each other with a hate
passing that of neighbors. By day,
when the owls slept, the crows tor
mented them, and by night, when the
crows slept, the owls were not found
irresponsible in the neighborly solicit
tude. The slaughter among the crows
was great, and enc morning, after
counting the slain, a many wintered
crow shook his head and said that the
only way to preserve their peace was
to exterminate the owls. He then di-
rected his friends to peck him and pull
most of his feather out. They did so,
and it was a most badly handled look
ing crow that put his head on one side
and winked his eye and strutted off to
play his game upon the owls.
Arrived at their dwelling, he asked
them to take pity on him, as ne was in
a sorry plight, and the Vermillion Bird
forgave him for ever having set UP as
a crow-a degraded creature that at
tacks one of his own kind, pecks it al
most to death and then turns it out.
They heard his tale and pitied him.
Very soon he was comfortably lodged
in the owls domicile. where he lay low
till his feathers were grown again.
Then one morning, as the winter was
coming on, he set to work and piled
great heaps of brushwood before the
mouths of the owls dwelling, saying
that he foresaw a heavy snowstorm
and wished to protect them. When ev-
erything was complete, the willy crow,
watching his opportunity when the
owls were within, suatched a burning
brand from a peasants fire and set the
funeral pyre in blaze. Then, as they
flew out and were scorched, he stood
with his legs apart holding his sides
with laughter at their dying struggles
This fable, however. although very
much used by the Chinese, was prob
ably derived from an Indian source.
Another, which is purely Chinese, is
remarkable for its subtlety. "A tiger
was making preparations to devour a
fox, when the sly one claimed some
consideration from the fact that he was
superior to all other animals of the
forest. "And if you want proof of the
fact" he continued. come with me
and I will show YOU" They Their
| walked together through the forest, ano
all the other animals fled before them
The tiger, seeing this, glanced at his
! companion, and was struck with the
! lordly manner in which he waved the
other animals off. Verify he said
this is the king of beasts and, being
| too stupid to see that he himself was
the object of terror and respect, he de-
| cided not to attack the fox
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22
FABLES OF THE CHINESE.
High Moral Truths Which They
Convey
New York Evening Post.)

New York Evening Post)
There is a pleasing humor in most
Chinese fables which renders them
highly readable, and, in the applica-
ton, serves as a sugar-coating to the
pill. This bumor crops out in the very
first fable of which the Chinese have
any record. 1t is to be found in the
Histories of the Contending States"
where a certain prince uses it as an il
lustration of the need of a wholesome
unity among those who, though enter
tanning internecine feuds, have cause
to combine against a common foe. A
mussel was basking on the bank ot<a
river" so says this fable, when a big
bittern came by. Seeing it move, the
fowl put its head on one side anf
watched it. Then it drew near and
pecked at the mussel; but that willy
shell fish clapped its jaws together like
trap and held the birds beak fast.
Then said the bittern: If you don't
open today, and if you don't turn me
loose tomorrow, some one will find
dead musSel lying about here. To
which the mussel made reply: If 1
don't open today, and if l don't release
YOU tomorrow, they will see dead bit
tern holding up his toes on the beach. =
At this point a fisherman came by and
seized the pair OIL lnenl
Most Chinese fables point a whole
some moral, nor is it difficult to see the
application of the foregoing. Another
quaint little story illustrates the sim
ilarity of the Chinese mind to that of
more enlightened races, for it plays the
| part of a satire on the pernicious habit
/ of borrowing trouble. Where we talk
| of two old women minglina their tears
| on the bank of deep pool in incon-
solable grief at what might have hap
pened if little Freddy had fallen in
! there and been drowned, the Chinese
have the following: A certain rich old
man of the Chi state gave his annual
party to commemorate his birthday,
and invited all his sons and grandsons
| TO grace the occasion. In the midst of
! the Publications, however, he was OBJ
served sitting apart with an expression
of woe upon his face. Being asked
what was the matter, he replied: 81
was only thinking what trouble l
should have in inviting all my guests
when my two hundredth birthday came
round"
The fable which is least likely to rust
| for want of handling in China is one
which gives in clear fashion the adj
vice: Never put faith in renegade.
In all countries renegades should be
handled with a pair of tongs; but it
seems in China there is especial need
| for a strong fable to point the advice,
for in dipping and being duped the
great pure empire has no equal.
The crows and the owls having their
respective colonies adjoining, were sc
near and dear to each other that there
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22
DUMMIES REPoRToRIAL DAYS.
Writer of the Dooley Letters Not
Much on Statistics.

81 met Pete Dunno, the evergreen Mr.
Dooley, at fire in New York the other
afternoon" said Washington CORE
spondent quoted by the Washington
Post. 81 had not seen him for good
many years. We worked together in
Chicago about fourteen years ago.
Pete was then just q years old, and
1 was three years older. 1 was city
editor of one of the afternoon Chicago
papers, and Pete was my star man.
He could write swift and f1amboyant
story about any old thing, but he never
had much of an eye to detail and one
of his weaknesses was his invariable
neglect to get the damage and the in
surance when ne was sent out to cover
a fire. Threats, bulldozing, persuasion,
bully-ra gging-nothing could seem to
induce Dunno to bring in fact or two
about the destructiveness in dollars
and the insurance on a fire. He would
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22
AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY.

Dear Nieces and Nephews:
Aunt Busy does not like to write
ANYTHING unpleasant. but she wishes to
write briefly to you about some of the
let els that reach her department.
Frequently Of late she has received let
tiers with no signature or with nick
names.
Now. Aunt Busy wants it distinctly
understood that anonymous communi-
cations will not be published. Always
in writing to any paper, sign your
name. Aunt Busy has received three
very nice letters in the last two weeks,
but no names are signed, only y our
little friend etc. She is pleased to
hear from the little friends" but the
dear small folk must sign their own
pretty names. Then they will find their
letters in Aunt Busy's department.
AUNT BUSY.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

anity contemplate in the eyes of the
serious and thoughtful, and an object
of ridicule to the thoughtless and
worldly minded. 1t is not surprising
that the chief complaint of the Protest
ant ministry is empty pews. Of all the
pulpit utterances in last Mondays pa
pers the most sensible thing was said
by John D. Rockefeller, jr., to his Sun
day school class. He said:
Il do not care who the man is, or
how much worldly success he has
achieved, if he has secured his success
along selfish lines he is not entirely
happy. True success is not wealth, but
the influence one extends over others"
-Freemans Journal
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22
Sunday Sermons For Newspapers

The batch of sermons published in
the Monday issues of the New York
papers affords the psychological SUI
dent rare opportunity Tor the sIuoy
ef the vagaries of the human intellect.
and of fine itching strenuosity of the
, nreachers to say something odd, wl1im-
Tbey SUNNY the papers with just the
lind of sensational stuff they like to
insert 1,s in their budget of strange things.
a Main Sermon instructing the lgnor-
ant in the truths of Christianity, or
exporting evil-doers to repentance
would find no place IN these pd 1IJIl.
ttev want is those oratorical, colored-
iieht pvrotechnics wherein the pulpiteer
eSnIoits his facility of curious phrase
and makes their exposition of Christi
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

Payson was once asked, when under
great bodily affiiction, if he could see
any particular reason for this dispen-
sation. NO replied he; but 1 am
as well satisfied as if 1 could see ten
thousand reasons; Gods will is the
cry perfection of all reason
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Current Time Table.
In Eject Nov. l. 1902.
LEAWE SALT Ia KE CITY


LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 6-FoR Grand Junction Dem
yer and points east............... $50 1t. m.
NO. For Provo. Grand juno
lon and all points east ...... 3:15 p. m.
No. 4-FOr Provo. Grand juno
ton and all points east........... $40 pm.
NO. l0-For Bingham. Lehi. Pro
Vo. Mt. Pleasant, MantI. MlryS-
vale and intermediate points. 500 a IN.
No S-For Eureka, PaysOn, He
Der, Provo and intermediate
points ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800 pm.
NO. ll-For Ogden and all inter
NO. 5-For Ogden and the west. $3.50 a m
NO. 5-FOr Ogden and the west. III 200 p IN.
NO. For Ogden and the west. .12:J0 p. m
No. lO2-FOr Park City............ S.I5 a. m
ARRIVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. l2-F'rOm Ogden and all in
termeolate points ....-........... 9:O5 a. N.
No. 5-F'rom Provo, Grand juno
ton and the east ................ 9:35 a NJ.
No. From Provo, Grand juno
tlon and the east ................12.35 pm
No. S-From Provo. Grand juno
ton and the east 1850 p. N.
No. 9-From Provo Bingham.
Eureka, Marysvale, Manti and
intermediate points .............. 500 pm.
No. 6-From Ogden and the west $40 a m
NO. From Ogden and the west 3:O5 pm.
NO. 4-From Ogden and the west $40 pm.
NO. From Eureka. Payson,
Heoer. Provo and intermediate
DOIIllS - ..lO.VO am.
No. 10l-FrOm Park City ......... Sis D. m.
Perfect Dining Car Service.
Sleeping Cars to Chicago Without Change.
Ticket Office, 103 West Second South,
Postoffice Corner. Phone 205.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

There is a difference between living
for the present and living in the pres
ent. The former signifies self graft
fication, yielding to temptation. The
latter implies embracing opportunities
of well-doing, and an appreciation of
the relative values of times and eter-
nitv
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

The. reward of being gentle is to be-
come more. gentle. The reward of be-
ing liberal is to become more liberal;
of controlling temper is to become more
sweet-tempered. The penalty of being
hard is to become hardened, of being
unforgiving is to become cruel.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

Mans faults will always be better
known that their virtues; because their
defects will find more persons capable
of forming judgment of them than
their noble qualities persons fit to COM
prehend and appreciate them.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22
zETTER-wRIT1NG DIRECTIONS.

Write on one side of paper only.
DO not have letters too long.
Address all letters to Aunt Busy" In
termouutain Catholic
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22
Time Table
In Effect
April |, 1902
IE351
sa:lg4.a..
ARRIVE.

ARRl v T..
From Ogden, Portland, Butte,
Chicago. st. Louis, Omaha,
Denver and San FranCiscO...... S:35 am.
points =. .............. - . $40 am.
From Calientes, Milford, Nephi.
Provo and intermediate points. 9:S5 am.
From Ogden, Chicago. st. Louis,
Kansas City. Omaha, Denver
and San Francisco .............- $500 I'm.
|From Garfield Beach. Tooele and
terminus ..-................... 0.OO PM
From Tintic, Mercur Nephi,
Provo and Mantt ................. $3.50 pm
Ogden and Intermediate points. $50 pm.
San Francisco ...........,.......' SdOp.m.
For Ogden. Cache Valley,
Omaha, Chicago. Denver, Kan
sas City and st. LOuis........s 7;OO am.
terminus ........ go. 80. ..l 7:45 am.
Nephi and Manti .. 49, 1855 am.
For Ogden, Butte, Helena, Port
mediate points ................... 9:45 am.
For Ogden, Omaha, Chicago,
Denver. Kansas City. st. Louis
and San Francisco .........,.....12 1850 pm.
For Ogden, Denver, Kansas
City, Omaha, st. Louis and
For Provo. Nephi. Milford. Cali
entes and intermediate points. 700 pm.
For Ogden, Butte, Helena, Port
land, San Fracisco and inter-
iisu''''' pO T. NJ. SCHUMACHER,
Act Traffic Mgr.
D. E. hurley,
d. S. SPENCER,
City ticket office, POI Main street Teie-
phone, 25O.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

The man who stands above his fell
lows must expect to be the target for
the. envious arrows of their inferiority.
1t is part of the price he must pay for
his advance.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

Seek to mingle gentleness in all your
reoukes; bear with the infirmities of
others; make allowances for constitu-
tienal frailities; never say harsh things
if kind things will do as well.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22
Number One.

He's a number one boy" said
grandmother proudly. "A great boy
for his books; indeed he would rather
read than play, and that is saying a
good deal for a boy of T.
1T is certainly" returned Uncle
John. but what pity it is that he is
blind
Blind" exclaimed grandmother, and
the number one boy looked up, too, in
wonder.
YES, blind and little deaf, also.
fear" he answered.
why, John, what put that in your
head asked grandmother, looking per-
picked.
why, number one boy himself said
Uncle John. HE has been occupying
the one easy chair in the room all the
afternoon, never seeing you nor his
mother. when she came in for few
minutes rest Then your glasses we're
mislaid and you had to climb upstairs
two or three times to look for them; he
neither saw nor heard anything that
was going on.
"Oh. he was so busy reading" apollo
gized grandmother.
THAT is not a very good excuse,
mother replied Uncle John smiling.
eff Number One is not blind nor deaf
he must be very selfish indeed to oc-
cupy the best seat in the room and let
older people run up and down stairs
while he takes his ease"
Nobody asked me to give up my
seat or run errands,' said the boy.
That should not have been neces-
sary." urged Uncle John. What are a
boys eyes for if not to keep him posted
on what is going on about him? L am
glad to see you are fond of books, but
if a pretty story makes you forget all
things except amusing Number one
better run out and play with the other
7-year-old boys and let grandmother
enjoy the comfort of her rocker in
Quiet
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

There is nothing steadfast in life but
our memories. We are sure of keeping
intact only that which we have lost.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-11-22

Now I must tell you that I have a
dog, and he loves me. 1 am sure you
could never guess his name. His name
Is Goo Goo. We named him that on
account of his pretty eyes.
he goes to school with me every
morning, and when go in the
schoolhouse door he holds me and tries
to keep me back
once in a while l steal away from
him and when he finds out l have
gone to school without him he cries
just like a baby.
My schoolhouse is built on the side
of hill and when l am up there
can look down over our little town
surrounded by mountains-mountains
that are covered with wild flowers and
are grand in summer time. but they
now look very bare, except for the
pine trees.
We have a very good library in our
school, and there are forty-three chill
dren and one teacher. There are eight
grades. I am in the fifth grade.
Dear Aunt Busy, 1 am afraid my
first letter TO you is too long, but 1
had so much to tell you that couldn't
possibly leave out because l wanted
you to know. Your loving niece,
DORIS MMILLEN.
Aunt Busy extends to you a really
glad welcome, Doris. She wishes to
thank you for your kind opinion of
her department. She is delighted to
claim you for niece. She would have
enjoyed being at your pretty birthday
party. Dear little girl, try to re-
member that your dear brother is
safe and happy in Gods tender keep
ing. 1t is hard to lose him, but your
loss and bereavement is his gain. He
would not exchange his happiness for
any that you may have here. We all
want our dear ones to be happy, and
surely your dear brother is enjoying
eternal happiness.
Write very often, little niece. Your
letter was too interesting to be con-
sidered long. Aunt Busy hopes to
hear from your very often. BY the
way, little girl, you have a very pretty
name.