Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-04-17
GOSSIP OF THE WORLD.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
DIVERS SOURCES.
News OF the Stage, Social, POliti-
ca' and Otherwise, Culled
From Our Exchanges.

| Americans nave increased their sales
IL Sydney, Australia, 100 per cent each
year for years.
Nome's population this winter is esti-
mated at about 5000, which is 1900
less than last winter.
It is possible in some cases to assist
the process of seasoning by dissolving
the sap of wood by immersion in water.
Statistics recently published show
that Paris affords excellent climatic
conditions for the treatment of tuber-
culosis.
I In the early machines electricity was
generated by turning a large glass
wheel which rubbed against a silken
band or cloth.
The checks which pass through the
London clearing house in six weeks are
more than equal in amount to all the
coin of the world.
! Montreal is to forbid child insurance
on the ground that parents neglect
! their ing children upon whose
lives they hold policies.
Chinatown in San Francisco, accord
ing to the president OF the board of
health, should be burned. AS it is at
present it cannot be rendered sanitary
except by total obliteration.
The Prince and Princess Of Wales are
to have a residence on Deeside and
have selected Craigowan, neal Balmo-
raj, which has hitherto been the resi-
| delce Of the kings commissioner.
The telephone has been a government
monopoly in France since 1899. The
development outside of Paris has beer
c1iphf Thorn moro toIonh0nnc in
New York than in the whole of France.
Iar.a now las d~utol4.L4ia nc ei-
gines which measure 6 to 10 feet,
weigh 2h tons or when fully equipped
| $3.50 pounds. They start to work in
stantly. The pump delivers twenty gal
Ions a minute.
In 1890 the area Of the national do
main occupied by the Indians aggregat-
ed 116,O00.O0O acres. Today it aggre-
gates $4,000 900 acres, which is about
rs much land as We have in the states
! of Ohio. Indiana and Illinois.
There seems to be no longer any
doubt that Italy will within a few
J years turn from a sugar importing to a
sugar exporting country. The past two
seasons hav witnessed a remarkable
development of the beet sugar indus-
try.
! When the first Bible society in this
country was organized, the English
language was spoken by only 10000
600 people. Now 10000, 900 people
speak it. Then the Bible was printed IN
30 languages; now it is printed in 420
languages.
Dar-es-Salaam, the capital of German
Eoc+ A fr;oo which oron uoorc o~o
was a village inhabited by a hundred
natives, is now a town with 300 Euro
pean and $1,000 native inhabitants. 1t
has three hotels, several hundred
: stores and a newspaper.
It is estimated tnat the value Of land
along rural delivery routes has increas-
ed from So to So an acre. Then, too,
there is al educational value in the ru-
raj free delivery III thar <1ouscnGs 1dore
magazines and periodz-a4s are finding
their way TO peoples homes.
Large quantities of dried inkbags Of
the cuttlef1sh n squid are received by
artists colormen for manufacture into
sepia. 1t has been suggested that the
Newfoundland fishermen, who annual
ly destroy a large number of these mol
luscs, might make a considerable reve-
nue. by saving and selling thci' inkbags.
Soonerville is the name of the new
est town on record. 1t is located six
teen miles north of Rice Lake, Wis,
and the town site company owns 10000
acres of land. No one was allowed
to locate until Oct. 10, but the president
Of the town was elected beforehand
and police appointed, who now rule the
place with an iron hand.
Another bird believed to have be-
come extinct is the California condor,
twice as large as the condor of the An
des. It's length was 5 feet, weight 20
pounds and spread Of wings II feet.
An egg of his bird is worth $4,000 to
collectors, but none has been found for
seventeen years. Eggs of the golden
eagle sell in San Francisco for $50
each.
During the last century the popula-
ton of the territory which now con-
%stitutes the German empire has very
nearly trebled. Notwithstanding the
enormous emigration. It has increased
, from 100000 to nearly 10000. 900
souls, and at the present rate of in
rease Germany will nave a popula-
ton Of 1O0,O 200 before the close Of
this century.
, Hoboken. for its area, is the most
! densely populated city in the United
States today. About 10000 people are
distributed within the limits Of the
city, which is about n mile square.
The city surveyor will tell you that of
the 100 acres within b limits 400 are
! marshland and go upland. There is
only 1876 square feet Of ground for ev-
cry resident.
New York city's average daily sup
: ply of water for the three boroughs OF
5 Manhattan. Brooklyn and b Bronx
Is $40. 1000 gallons. and b consump-
ton Of Queens and Richmond brings