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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
UMBRELLA AND SHOES.
Their Importance In the Eyes Of the
Indian Native.

Their Importance In the Eyes Of the
Indian Native.
India is so vast that different ETH
quotes prevail in different districts.
We have no standard etiquette, no
standard dress. We mostly copy Eu-
ropean etiquette while with Europeans.
Even a Bengalese shakes hands with a
Bengalese, speaks in English for a few
minutes Il then breaks forth into the
~vernacular. We shake hands with a
European OF parting, but by mistake
again touch the hand to the brow in a
salaam, so we both shake hands,
salaam and do the like, n no sober
minded European ever cared for the
anomaly.
The umbrella is the emblem Of royal
ty, the sign of a rajah, SO natives
generally fold their umbrellas before
a rajah and not before anybody else,
however great. 1t is not a part OF the
dress, BIT a protection from the rain
or sun, a necessary appendage, just
like the watch and chain. You might
as well ask a European to take of
his waterproof coat. A cody is not
bound to fold his umbrella when a
brigadier general rides past. But a
mental generally closes down the UNI
brella on seeing his master, whom he
considers his king. But no Indian,
however humble, ought to fold up the
umbrella, even before a magistrate, be-
cause he is neither the master Of the
humble passerby nor his superior Off
Ger, nor is he bound to salaam him.
But if he does, no harm. In a word,
natives generally fold. the umbrella
before a master or a superior officer
and not any other citizen, however
great. and his is no INSULT.
While going to see a native chief in
his palace the native visitor Or official
takes off his shoes If the reception
room has a farash and the rajah is sit
ting on his musnud. But if he is re-
ceived in the drawing room, furnished
after the European style, the shoes
are allowed. In some states no ma
tives can go to a rajah without a pu-
gree. In others the pugree is taken
off and tossed at h feet of a rajah.
1t is ridiculous in q European from
the Hindoo point Of view to order a
native to take off his shoes. This is
what we ask our priest to do, SO that
we may touch the u of his feet.
A munshi when mildly rebuked by his
sahib took off his shoes, but %recounted
the whole scene to his better half, say
ing, "Sala hamara gor ka gurds lenas
magtnav C"The brother-in-law wants
the dust of my feet.")-Indian Military
Gazette.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

No man ever landed a particularly
easy position by trying to dodge work..
Almost every man imagines he would
do a lot of philanthropic stunts If he
had the money.
Why is it hat the people with moth
ing to do but sit around and visit ara
such dreadful bores?
Some people imagine that by being
impudent they are showing others they
are cas- good as anybody"
When a father and son are in bust
ness the son can usually tell of a lot OF
mistakes his father makes.
Almost any married man can make
his friends smile by saying he is per
fectly free to do as he pleases.
When the carbolic acid bottle finds
itself next to the cough medicine on
the shelf, Death stops sharpening his
scythe to lean back and be merry
Atchison Globe.
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Knew Him at Once.

There are other sure ways of bring
ing a man to mind besides mentioning
his name. Among the candidates who
were sent from Princeton to a Phila-
delphia church was one yOung man
whose language was of the sort which
dazzles and delights the younger mem
bers of a congregation and sometimes
pleases the elders as well. In this cas-
the committee were besieged to ask
for the young man again, and they
consented, but unfortunately the man
to whose lot it fell to write the letter
had forgotten the candidates name.
Nothing daunted, he wrote to one of
the seminary professors:
'Piease send us that foweret, stream
let, ~rivulet, cloudlet, starlight and
lnoonbeam young man again. We've
forgotten his name, but we've no doubt
yeu'll recognize him"
I'VE do" wrote the professor. And
the desired candidate was sent and
subsequently was called to the parish.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
CRACK NUT SUNDAY.
Queer Method of Hearing a Sermon
Still in Use In England.

Queer Method of Hearing a Sermon
Still In Use In England.
"One fine autumn Sunday I attended
a service in a north of England coun
try church that would have driven a
New York preacher clean crazy" said
the man who travels. THE congrega-
ton didn't do a thing but sit around
and crack nuts. Fancy a New York
minister talking to a crowd OF that
kind! The modern preacher likes to
have things quiet when he talks. 1t
disconcerts him to hear a baby cry or
a woman cough or an old man snore.
If he is put out by such trifes as these,
it is Interesting to conjecture what he
would do if he were to take hold OF a
congregation where everybody brought
uuts to crack during the m
"Worshipers, it seems, used to do
this in England and even in u W
states during colonial days. This dis
turbance was not a weekly occurrence
by any means. If it had yeen, the
poor preacher would have ~undoubted-
ay left his flock to administer spiritual
consolation to suit themselves. But,as
it happened only once a year he was
forced to endure it. This one day
which was attended by such renarka-
BILE license came the Sunday before
MichaeEmas day and was called crack
nut Sunday Nobody, no matter how
pious he might be, hesitated to avail
himself of the peculiar privilege grant
ed him, and men, women and children
came t. church with their pockets
stuffed with nuts, which they compla-
Gently cracked and munehed during
the sermon.
at was that kind of a sermon that
so impressed me with its oddfty. It
can be easily imagined that when for
ty or fifty people get to cracking nuts
with all their might the noise is apt to
be something terrific, and many times
the minister was hard put to it to
hear himself think That custom,
from being regarded with high favor
for many years. finally came to be
looked upon as a nuisance, and the
habit was suppressed, except in a few
remote localities, although the act Of
suppression was attended with consid-
cradle difficulty, SO firmly had the nut
cracking fever taken hold of the fancy
of the people."-New York Press.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
of Cafes.

The cafes and hotels of New York
are rivaling each other in the almost
oriental splendor with which they have
fitted up small rooms for dinner and
after theater parties. At one cafe near
Broadway the sides Of one of these
rooms are composed entirely Of mir
rors, after the French fashion, while
the ceiling is covered with green leaves
and grapes, punches of pink and purple
grapes of glass, within which are cleo
trio lights. The effect is that of a beau
tiful arbor. Another cafe has mirrors
rejecting small red lights throughout
the room. while the ceiling, also OF
mirrors, Is an exquisite imitation OF
moonlight, the effect Of which is OBJ
tanned by electrics inclosed In globes
OF The color and sheen Of moonlight
seer through a delicate tracery of faint
green leaves.-Exchange.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
H U

Ancient Ceremony of the Mutual
Promise Of Marriage.
The first part Of the matrimonial Of
fee was a%nciently termed the espousal,
which took place some time prior to
the actual celebration Of marriage.
These espousals consisted in a mutual
promise of marriage, which was made
by the man and woman before the
bishop or presbyter and several wit
neSSeS.
After them the articles of agreement
Of marriage, called tabuloe matrimO-
males, which are mentioned by Angus
tine, were signed by both persons. Aft
er his the man delivered to the WON
an the ring and other gifts, an action
which was termed s~ubarrhation. In
the latter ages the espousals have al
ways been performed at the same time
as the office Of matrimony in all the
churches abroad, and it has long been
customary for the ring to be delivered
to the woman after the contract has
been made, which has always been in
the actual Office of matrimony.
The ring is q special token of spous-
age. In some of the old manuals for
the. use Of foreign cathedrals before
the minister proceeds to b marriage
he is directed to ask the woman's
dowry-viz, the tokens Of spousage-
and by these tokens of spousage are
to be understood rings or money or
some other things to be given to the
by the man, which giving is
called wedding II covenanting, espe-
cially when it is lone by the giving of
a ring.-New York Tribune.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
Mirrors.

Mirrors are usually silvered by coat
ing the glass with amalgam. Tor this
purpose a large, perfectly fat stone is
provided, and upon it is evenly spread
a sheet of tin foil without crack or
flaw. This is covered to the depth Of
one-eighth of an inch with clean mer-
curry. The plate Of glass, perfectly
cleaned from all grease and impur1ty,
is doated on to the mercury by sliding,
so as to exclude all air bubbles. It is
then pressed down by loading it with
weights in order to press out all the
mercury which remains fluid. This is
received in a gutter around the stone.
After about twenty-four hours it is
gently raised upon its edge, and In q
few weeks it is ready to frame.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
"Checkmate."

"Checkmate!" represents "shah mat"
-"the shah is dead" 'Shah," in fact,
entered language long ago VIA Ara
bic and old French, arriving in the
form of CHECK" Chess is really
Cheeks" kings, and the cry OF
Check! ear your king is In danger,
hence the verb and substantive
''check" in all their English meanings
"check," which was originally the
counterfeit of a bill that served to
''check" fraud; 'checkered," from the
aspect of the ~chessboard, and sex
chequer," from the checkered pattern
Of the tablecloth on which the kings
accounts were kept with counters. All
these we owe to the Persian sover-
eign's title.-London Chronicle.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
The Bosnian Roasting Jack.

A curious variety Of the old fash
toned roasting jack Is used by the
peasants of Bosnia and Herzegovina
when roasting sheep whole, as on the
occasion of a wedding ceremony. One
often sees near a running stream a
long pole having one end revolving
freely in a socketed peg. while the
other, o~verhanging the water, is equip
ped with miniature paddles. This is
the Bosnian roasting jack. The sheep
to be cooked is impaled on the log,
a fire is lit underneath, and while
the current spins the paddles and the
pole merrily round the big Joint is
cooked literally to a turn.-Wide World
Magazine.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
His

Henry Arthur Jones, the noted Eng
lish playwright, was giving the stu
dents OF Yale an address on the drama.
your American vernacular is pictur-
esque," he said, land 1t should help
YOU playwrights to build strong, racy
plays. But neither vernacular nor my
thing else is Of moment IL p~ersever-
ance is lacking. No playwright can
succeed who is like a man I know. I
said to this man New Years day,
Do 0 keep a diary, Philip Yes
he answered I've kept one for the
first two weeks In January for the
last seven years."
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
H BOMBMAKER.
-. Makes an Apparently Harmless
Letter a Deadly Machine.


So expert are bombmakers nowadays
that an apparently harmless letter may
kill any person who tries to open it. A
piece of cardboard is cut to 4 size
which, when folded over, will fit into
an ordinary envelope. The four COR
ners Of this are slit into narrow strips.
illuminate of mercury is spread over
three of the Sits, and the sheet Is folded
and fastened together. Projecting from
each side Of the folded sheet is a little
metal strip, or detonator, glued to the
cardboard in such a that the
envelope cannot be opened without
striking one of them. Upon meeting
this slight resistance the hand moving
the paper cutter instinctively pushes
harder, and the result is an explosion
that either kills or mains.
The easiest bomb to construct Is set
in operation by simply turning it up
side down. It is usually a good sized
cracker box, lined with paper and half
filled with a mixture of chlorate Of
potassium and ordinary sugar. Into
this a bottle Of a powerful acid is in
troduced. The remainder of the space
in the box is filed with scraps of metal.
Then the lid is soldered on.
All that is hen necessary is to place
the box upside down at the spot in
which it is to explode. The acid eats
quickly through the cork Of the bottle
and comes in contact with the chlorate
of potassium. AS a result Of the chem
zeal combination which takes place
there is a terrific explosion.-Chicage
News.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
A Sad Case.

a Chicago physician was one day
called to attend a sick child In a
shabby genteer' quarter OF the Windy
City.
MADAM" said the doctor to the
mother, you should send this child
into the country for several weeks
each summer"
90 am sorry to say, DOCTOR respond
ed the woman, ''that we are not rich
enough to do that" u
"Then," suggested the physician,
'have her sent by the fresh air fund"
ooh, DOCTOR" exclaimed the woman,
1--WE are not poor enoughT"-Harper's
Weekly.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
To Extract Essence From Flowers.

To Extract Essence From Flowers.
Procure a quantity of the petals Of
any flowers that smell sweet and fra
grant. Take thin pieces of muslin or
fine linen aud after having dipped
them in good Lucca oil II Florence oil
place them as layers between the pet
ais. Sprinkle a small quantity Of fine
salt on the flowers and put a layer Of
linen and a layer Of flowers alternately
until an earthen vessel or wide mouth
ed glass bottle is full. Tie the top
over with oil silk or parchment, then
lay the vessel in a south aspect in the
heat of the sur, and in fifteen days,
when uncovered, a fragrant oil may be
squeezed away from the whole mass.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
STAGE ~Dressmakinq.

Our plays are for the most part over-
dressed, with extravaganza, vulgarity
and Appropriateness obtaining in
place of artistic fitness. The new cos
tunes have to some extent frequently
undone the results of undress rehears-
ais, the actresses no longer represent
ing the drama as they did before the
dressmaker SEM home their gowns,
while the variety Of their impersona-
tons is swamped by the uniformity Of
their fashions.-A. w. Piner0 in Cos
tune.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
His Good News.

81 have" said a lawyer as he entered
his condemned clients cell, "good news
at last"
ga reprieveT" eagerly exclaimed the
prisoner.
mo, not a reprieve, but your uncle
has left you $500, and now you can
meet your fate with the satisfying
feeling that the noble efforts Of your
lawyer In your behalf will not go unre-
warded."-London Tit-Bits.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
Too Selfish.

Cftiman-What's the matter with all
you S~wamphurst fellows? You don't
seem to like my friend Backlotz. Sub
bubs-No; he's selfish. Gilman Oh,
come nowi Subbubs-Thats what he
is. A barn. near him caught fire the
other night, and be put it out without
waiting for the rest Of us members Of
the Swamphurst Hose to reach the
scene.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21

Boarder ION leaving Madam, you
are one of the most honest persons I
have yer met. Landlady-I am glad
to hear you say that, sir. Boarde-
Yes; your honesty is conspicuous on
the very front Of your establishment.
Your sign says, @Boarders taken IMP
London Telegraph
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
The Comfortable Fortune.

what is your idea of a comfortable
fortune p asked the ambitious youth.
"One," answered the man of expert
ence, that is big enough to buy you
everything you want and not big
enough to attract the attention Of the
grand jury."-Washington Star.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
Why She Was Pleased.

Tess-Did Mr.. Borem ever call on
you? Jess-Yes; he called last even
ing. I was quite delighted when the
girl brought up his card. Tess-Oh,
come now. You weren't really delight.
ed? Jess-Certainly. You see, IL she
hadn't brought up his card I might
have gone down to him, thinking II
was some one else.-Philadelphia Press.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
inconsistency.

"What is Inconsistency? asked the
curious one.
WELL" responded the wise one, sit
is that spirit which moves a woman
whose sleeves stop at the elbow to
scold her husband because he hasn't
any cuffs on."-Chicago News.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
A NoxeItx.

GuestI hear you are going to give
up housekeeping. Host Sh! Not SO
loudi My wife wants to have the salts
faction OF discharging the cook.-Puck
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21
Suited For Something

"Your little boy may become presf
dent some day."
81 hardly think SO. Archibald Is toe
modest and retiring"
ooh, well, he may get to be vice
president'-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21

If we fail to conquer smaller difficult
ties what will become Of us when as
saulted by greateraThomas a KEN
pts.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21

The largest grasshoppers r found
In South America, where some speci-
mems reach a length OF Eve inches,
with a spread OF wings OF ten inches.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-02-21

Fortune gives many too much, but
no one enough.-Laberins.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-15

also denied knowing G W Brokaw
Ia Butte. and never boarded In
August Of 1909 with Mrs Williams
az 3oi Watson ay. Butte.
He said he vas last In Butte In
1898.
G W ByRum 81 Denver. sworc
that be saw Witness Moran IN Den.
yer In June. 1894 Al that time or.
chard Hwore be had sent him there
"a get money from Pcitlbone. but
Moran denied this on the stand.
The rebuttal for the state mainly
directed against the witnesses pro
duccd BY the defense TO diEcredit
Orchard AZ the end of tho first
day 81 rebuttal a warrant was Is
sued for Or T. l.. MCGEE. who swore
that be saw Orchard IN North Idaho
a. time when Orchard swore he
was iu Denver MCGEE Ia prom
inont In the northern part 81 the
state Counsel for the defense. as
soon as they heard Of the warrant
having been issued. sent a telegram
10 Niece. In which. according to
Clarence barrow. enc Of Haywood q
counsel they urged him to come
10 Boise az once.
DR. McGcc was arrested last
night "a Spokane tie waived cx-
tradition and is expected 10 arrive
IN Boise some time today
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-15
Court Declines to Rule Out Testimony Of John B. e.
lott in the Haywood TriaI-OrChard May be Charg-
ed With InSanily-DefenSe Witness Arrested.

lawyers was on. but q ended by
the court excluding the evidence
g. a Lampson, an expert gas
man, gave evidence that the brad.
ley explosion was not caused by
gas.
During the time Intervening be.
tween adjournment Saturday and
court resumption this morning two
material facts have been brought
ont First, the defense will prob.
ably attempt 10 prove that Harry
Orchard rs Insane Evidence along
this line has been collected and
may be sprung suddenly
T. H. Sabine. lawyer Of Idaho
Springs. Colo. swore that Lyte
Gregory had gathered evidence
against the members Of the West
ern Federation for the trlnl of
members for conspiracy 10 blow 40
the Sun and Moon mine This was
Intended 20 show auimus against
Gregory by the federation
Recess was then taken.
Orchard Recalled.
Harry Orchard was then recalled
lie denied that he ever had known
shorty In Cheyenne On cross.
examination he said hie maternal
grandfnther'a name VIA Mckinney
and no lived In Ontario. but didn't
know If he was Insane on not re
said he know nothing about The
cause OF his death lie did NOT
know Uncle Peter Mckinney. but
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-15
10y United Prsss)

BOISE. Idaho. July i5-When
the Haywood trial roconvened
Judge Wood announced decidedly
that be will not permit the intro.
ductlon Of che report Of the pro.
bate court. showing that John -.
Elliott. one OF the defenae's strong.
est witnesses. had been an inmate
Of on insane asylum he said
Elliott admitted the fact on the
stand. aud n the state wanted TO
lmueach him. ct should then have
done So. but. as Il did not. then
Elliotrs evidence must be weighed
by the jury.
Willis Dewey was recalled aud
positively identified big Bill'
Davis aa 81 mombor of the general
union. and he said he led the at
tack on the Bunker i'm mill
Lawrence GulbinlHl. Of San Fran
cisco. contradlcted several material
facts in the San FrauciHco-l Bradley
dispositions.
q r.. Wayne. Of caldwell who
found gteunonbcrg after the oXplO-
sion. was recalled 20 testify that
the body was blown through the
gates from the outside. This 10 IN.
tended 10 prove that when the
Bradley explosion took place, he
he could have been blown outwaro
The effect OF the giant powder
explosion theory absolutely lndi-
Aatss that a lively test between
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-15
BRING RIPLlNCER BACK

II is said that City Treasurer George Russell IS TO rec
omend that the city council appropriate $4,000 Tor the
pose OF pursuing and bringing back 10 Seattle Former City
comptroller John Riplnger.
1t M. Russell makes such recommendation It should
be acted If he doesn't the council should act
It's own initiative
John Riplnger Is responsible for the theft Of $4,000
q money Belonging the city Of Seattle held IN trust by
the city
Il IS not believed that he got all Of this sum- Others
are supposed 70 have participated in the graft
John Rplnger tell who helped him to steal this
money He won't tell long he stays in Honduras or
Mexico or wherever he is
But he might tell he we're brought back
There influences work in Seattle today 70 pre-
vent KplnRer's return TO the city.
The men who don't Rplnger back fear what Rip
nger feared when he away They fear public disgrace
and possibly imprisonment
It is due the public Of Seattle that it knows who these
men are.
American detectives have traced and captured ceverer
nnals than John Rpnger lie be found and brought
Oack II Seattle will pay the bills
And Il Seattle will pay the bills there will arise
sspeon that perhaps OF councen or other city
home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-07-15

With the 1907 Christian Endeav-
or convention drawing 10 a close
and the hosts OF delegates begin
ming 10 turn their eyes homeward.
the sentiment Is becoming strongly
pronounced that this. the twenty
third annual convention Of tho so
ciety. has been one OF the most
successful ever held The high Of.
ficera Of the association and the
separate members state that the
biz gathering has met with success
az every turn. and that Seattle IS
10 be congratulated for the splendid
showing made
William Shaw. general secretary
Of the society. has come out strong.
~ Tor the splendid reception &C
corded 10 the EndeayOrerH IN this
city. He has asked for and re
ceiYed permission % introduce 30
the big audience AZ Tent Williston
tonight the local committee that
has been Ia charge 81 entertaining
the convention. lie wishes 90 cX.
press publicly his opinion Of the
work done by the Seattle Endeav-