Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-07
AS We GO ALONG.
Snapshots, Witty, Wise and Other

Even the man who is looking IOr d
soft thing draws the line at a padded
cell.
Even a plumber gets worried about
finances when he owns an automo-
bile.
It is a lot of consolation for poo peo
pie to know that so many rich people
are vulgar.
There is always more or less making
up before a wedding, most of it in front
of a mirror.
MANY woman doesn't think it wrong
for her husband to bet so long as he
betters himself.
Some men count on their luck so hard
that when a girls refuses to marry them
they ask another.
When a woman says no she may
mean yes. Grab her and apologize after
ward, if necessary.
How happy a woman might be if her
wrinkles would only appear on her back
instead Of her face.
People who make the best of their bad
bargains are apt to turn a profitable
deal in the long run.
Adam didn't live long enough to ap-
p~reciate his good luck in not having
any dry goods bills to pay.
Spring is on the way. Luck y for
the ~violets, she won't have to pay her
fare on the trains, as the editors must
do. {
Acynic is proud ofhi worldly knowi-
edge, yet he doesn't know that his Gym
icism is a knife turned upon him
self.
Having changed the course of the Gulf
Stream, the Kingston earthquake
still manages to figure in the current
news.
The present Congress principal claim
to fame will be for having left undone
many things which it ought to have
done.
The flowers bloom die and blot n
again. So will the dark days be fol-
lowed by sunshine and calm ensue after
the storm.
Mr.. Shonts says the Panam Canal
will be built in eight years, showing
how ourageo he is with someone else
on the job.
It's a waste of time to attempt to
dodge a hypocrite. He knows more
lodges in a minute than you will learn
in a lifetime.
The Chicago Record-Herald says the
Thaw jurors will five years hence be no
more tamous than the heroes who helped
Hobson sink the Merrimac.
One New York paper refers to the
"moribund congress- where another
would probably have chosen by prefer
ence the word "plunderbund."
Since the American duel has become
largely a matter oftalk and stenograph-
ers, it is time for us to quit laughing
at the French affaire d. hpnnour.
Science says there are fish in the
deep sea that carry lanterns. It is not
known whether they are seeking for
an honest fish or something to eat.
In the swimming pool that Andrew
Carnegie is to give to Yale his name
cannot be written in the water, SO it is
to be blown into the bricks at the POOLS
side.
Thirteen million men available for
military dutyin this country stand
ready tie shake their fists at the first
enemy that appears on the hori-
ZOn.
Expert Wiley says cold meat is not
good after three months How long,
for goodness sake, does thabman think
the Christmas turkey is expected to
last.
When a man is asked for a list of"the
books that have helped him." he in
variably feels for his p~ocketbook and
writes down the Bible and Shakes
peare.
Carlsbad is in danger of losing he
famous springs as a result of mining
operations. People are too promiscuous
these days in the way they prowl arounC
in the earth.
The New Workers who did not propos.
to have the Thaw trial and 'tSalome'
going on at the same time, nave not We
gotten accustomed to watching the
three-ring performances.
People Who clip off the corners of
lar bills say thatit wininsure the owne.