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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
A QUEER OLD GUN.
The Way the Ancient Matchbox Wa
Loaded and Fired.

Loaded and Fired.
Among the arms now obsolete which
formed a large part of the infantry
equipment in the days when the army
was started was the pike, which was
In the form of a spear, with a fiat and
pointed head, mounted on a staff from
thirteen to eighteen feet long. The fire.
arm in general use at the time was the
matchbox.
What would a sergeant major Of the
present day, with his men armed with
the magazine rifle, think Of such a
weapon as this: ATTACHED to the lock
Of his muSket was a PAM; also a COCK,
the hammer of which was somewhat In
the form of a birds, serpent's or dogs
head. This head was split, and a screw
compressed on eased the Sits. The
piece being loaded first with powder
and then with ball, some powder was
poured into the pan. The a was then
shut to keep this printing from drop
ping out and to keep it dry. When the
soldier wished to fire, he fastened his
burning match into the slit of the cock,
opened the pan, looked to his printing,
presented and pulled the trigger. The
match, falling into the powder in the
pan, fired it.
Between the pan and breech Of the
barrel communication was established
by means Of a small hole. When the
piece was being loaded the grains OF
powder were naturally rammed and
shaken down close to this hole, and
when printing the soldier took care te
perfect the communication Of the pow
der in the pan with that in the barrel
Thus the explosion in the pan caused
the ignition of the charge."-Londor
Graphic.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
LEGAL NOON.
A Time That Seems to Vary In the
Different States.

- limo inat SeemS TO vary IN Lac
Different States.
The courts of several states have
dealt with an odd question, none Of
them agreeing upon a similar answer
When is it legally noon? Fire insur-
ance policies expire at noon, and the
word is admitted to mean exactly IL
O'Clock midday. But standard time
has not been adopted in all communi-
ties. Many small towns cling to SUI
time, which may be from a few min
utes to nearly an hour earlier than
standard. In one state a fire occurred
at two minutes past noon, SUN time,
and the insurance company held that
the policy had expired before the fire.
Sun time is used in that town, but the
insured sued the company, holding that
local customs did not rule the policy
and that he was entitled to his insur-
ance The state courts sustained him.
In another state a similar contention
was taken to the courts and just the
opposite decision given. Several on
flicting ~precedents have been estab-
lished in state courts, and it Is said
the question can only be decided for
good and all when q S has been
carried into the United States courts
and passed upon by the supreme court.
New York Press.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
PuzzIinu

Wheat is sold in Great Britain in
twenty different ways-by the quarter,
comb, load, boil, bushel, barrel, hun
dredweight, GENITAL, windle and bobbet.
Further confusion is also caused by
the fact that the bushel Of wheat va
ries from sixty-two pounds at Birming-
ham, Gloucester and Taunton, to eighty
pounds at Monmouth and Abergaven-
ny, while at Aberystwyth it is sixty
five pounds. Similarly. the boil weighs
three imperial bushels at Newcastle,
four throughout Scotland, six at Ber-
wick, 264 pounds at Glasgow and 24O
ures 496 pounds in country districts
and 5O4 pounds in London.-London
Milling.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
Influenza.

Influenza derives it's name from an
Italian word meaning influence. :.
was thus entitled by the Italians in
the seventeenth century because they
attributed the disease to the influence
Of the stars. A very common belief is
that influenza is a comparatively mod
ern disease, d~isassociated from a gen.
eral class by latter day medical men.
but this is far from being the case.
for the illness has been mentioned by
ancient writer's as far back as the
fourteenth century, there being rec
ords Of its appearance in France in
1911 and 14O3.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
ST. PATRIcK's DRUM.
The Sunken Rock and the Legend OF
the Banished Snakes.

The Sunken Rock and the Legend OF
the Banished Snakes.
There is an old legend to the effect
that st. Patrick banished all reptiles
from Ireland by beating a drum. but
no one probably seriously believes the
story. According to the myth, he took
his drum out for the purpose mention
ed and commenced pounding it so Wig
orously that he knocked a hole in the
d~rumhead, thus seriously endangering
the success of the miracle. While pom
dering what to do st. Patrick was as
tonished by the appearance Of an an
gel, who Immediately set to work to
mend the broken musical instrument.
After the hole had been mended the
angel vanished, and ST. Patick con-
tinued the work of serpent ~hanishing.
being successful in Kidding he island
Of every representative of the snake
tribe except one old slayer who had
lived so long that his tusks protruded
from his mouth like horns. This mon
ster refused to leave the "land Of his
fathers" and the good saint resolved to
practice a little piece of strategy. He
removed the patch which the angel had
put on the drumhead and then per-
suaded the serpent to creep into the
drum for the night. When the reptile
had lone as requested, st. Patrick
glued down the magic patch and then
threw drum, serpent and all into the
sea. A sunken bowlder off the west
coast of Ireland is called st. Patrfck'a
drum
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
HAPPINESS.
The Difference Between the Sexes In
This Important State.

I'm SS~S0 III
This Important State.
Cne source Of women's happiness is
to be found, we think, in their love of
detail. They enjoy every detail Of so
cia1 life. They love the minutiae Of
their work. They do not love it as a
man loves his, for the sake Of an end.
They look close at what they are do
ing, and they do not look forward.
They take pleasure in their children
as they are A defect, ever though it
be a serious one, destroys their pleas
ure in them far less than it destroys
that of a man. They are not constant
ly oppressed by the thought Of what
that defect will mean in the future.
If d woman is by nature apprehensive
her fears apply for the most part to
little things. If a nan is apprehensive
be fears when the fit is upon him the
debacle Of heaven and earth. For wo-
men time e a little slower. They
take pleasure in each jewel Of that
mosaic which makes up happiness and
are not fretted because the pattern is
not complete. OF this quality they
have, no doubt, the inevitable defects
much brilliance, little grasp and a
tendency to f~rivolity. They are apt to
fritter away their lives and minds on
little things. They become engrossed
with the details of play as well as the
details of work. Men no doubt have
more opportunities of keen pleasure
! than women have, but these opportuni-
ties are short lived. The happiness Of
the moment they are less fitted to take.
The difference between the exc in
this particular might, we believe, be
thus summed up: A man is happy
whenever he has anything to make him
happy, but a woman is happy when
ever she has nothing to make her IN
happy.-London Spectator.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
lmnerafixe.

An infantry soldier named Scheiber
died on the last day Of his leave in his
home in a little village in upper Aus
tria. The village burgomaster, himself
an old soldier, remembered hat the
commanding officer of Scheiber's regi-
ment should be notified Of the death,
and he proceeded to do so in the fol-
lowing letter:
"The undersigned village burgomas-
ter requests on behalf of the soldier
Scheiber two days more leave, as 9TH
erwise his interment cannot take
place."-Vienna Press.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
Opening His Hand.

William Penn was once urging a
man he knew to stop drinking to ex-
cess when the man suddenly asked.
I"Can you tell me Of an easy way to do
tt?" eyes," Penn replied readily; cit
is just as easy as to open thy hand,
friend" Convince me Of that" the
man explained, "and I viii promise up
on my honor to do as you tell me-"
"Wefl, my friend" Penn answered,
whenever thee finds a glass Of liquor
in thy hand open that hand before the
glass touches thy lips, and thee will
never drink to excess again.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
A Hint For Amateur Jugg1ers,

The amateur conjurer should, as far
as possible, endeavor to juggle only
with the ordinary commonplace articles
that are invariably at hand. Cards are
to be found in almost every house,
hats, handkerchiefs, glasses, coins and
paper are always handy, and the man
who c%onjures with these with no ap-
parent preparation will both please and
mystify his audience much more than
he who brings along a bagful Of pre-
pared tricks and spends half an hour
behind a screen.-Strand Magazine.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
Unique Advertisina.

A tale Is told of Robert Bonner and
of bis belief in advertising. One day
he engaged a whole page Of a newspa-
per and repeated a two line advertise
ment upon it over and yer again. It
must have been repeated 5000 times
upon the page in the smallest type.
"Why do you waste your money,
Robert?' asked a friend. 81 noticed
that same line so often. Would not
half a page have answered your pur-
poser"
"Half a page would never have
caused you to ask the question:" re-
piled Mr.. Bonner. cat least five peo-
pie will ask hat to every line vas the
way I figured it."
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
Remarkable Vision,

An old woma who had been in the
infrmary with sore eyes told a neigh
Dor that the doctor took out her eyes
and scraped them with lances. "Non-
sense, woman" replied the other. Eye
shouldn't believe all We hear. The doc
tors would only be stuf1ng ye.n "Oh,
but ye know it's no use saying that,
for I awakened up out Of the chloro-
form and saw both of my eyes lying
on the table!'
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
Absentminded.

Benson-I have a literary friend who
is so absentminded that when he went
to London recently he t~elegraphed
himself ahead to wait for himself at a
certain place. Smith-Dfd the tele-
gram have the desired result? Ben
son-No; he got it all right, but he had
forgotten to sign his name, and, not
knowing who it was from, he paid no
attention to it.-Pearson's Weekly.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
His Clever Son.

The Dad-My SOL, I want to tell you
that the secret of my success, as it
must be of any mans, is hard work.
T. The Son-Sh! Dad, I don't care to
hear other peoples secrets, and I am
too much of a gentleman to take adj
vantage Of information gained that
way. Say no more.-Cleveland Leader.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
At tha Matrimonial AGENCY.

Madam, I have picked out b charm
ing husband for you. Only I warn you
he is a thorough sportsman; fond Of
automobiling, mountain climbing, bicy-
cling and ballooning."
Applicant (thoughtfullyeCan't you
give me something that lasts longer?-
Fliegende Batter.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
Only

A reviewer said to a friend, 81 get
through, on an average, fifty books a
week"
"Good gracious!" said the friend.
do you manage it? Why, it
takes me at least a day to read one
book.
81 don't read them," he said. 81 re
view them"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
Relief.

Lenders-By the way, that five dol
Lar bill I loaned you Borroughs-I
haven't forgotten, old man. Don't
worry I still have 1t in mind. Lend
ers-Yes, but don't you think It's about
time you relieved your mind?-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
No urpIu WeaIth

"What are you going to do with
your surplus Wealth."
my friend" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax, surplus wealth is a myth, a SUI
perstition. There Is no such thing in
the personal experience Of any individ-
ual."-Washington Star.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07
An Insinuation Feared.

Clergyman Madam, you must be
consoled with the thought that your
husband is at rest. Widow-Do you
mean that he didn't have any before
he diedRNew York Press.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07

Good manners are a short cut to
ones goal. They lubricate the wheels
OF life instead Of obstructing them
Wharton.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07

It Is only because each nan Is so diff
ferent from his fellows that we are
able to endure one anothers company.
FLORIDA Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-07

An must respect those who respect
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-29

Van Camps best
grade, 6lb, solid
tomatoes for
IS cents.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-29
COFFEE

i hree specials
Ak coffee I2H
Kingsbury nc
3oc white star 25
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-29
~ zs5gz5 =! LOOM END SALE

of o. d lie h h season store
| hf kt Bought for h land d ha agd dpftd Spih p
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-29

| ollet soap, best
grade, Jergen's S,
Ioc soap, per
bar sc.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-29

For Men all solid satin calf shoes
A good 200 value.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-18
Council Made a Good Deal by
Waiting One Week Before
Letting the Issue
FOUR BIDDERS IN THE FIELD
Best Proposition Week Ago Was For
a Bonus of 5000, Now City Gets
Nearly That Sum in Premium, Aside
From Being at No Expense for the
issue---Harrs Of Chicago Buys Them.

The city council made a good bus-
ness deal when 1t put off the letting of
the bond issue set for a week ago I'M
til Monday night A week ago there
bonus OF $500 to take them. Now the
city gets a premium of SITS, aside
from being at no expense In making
the issue, which 1t Is claimed involves
about $500. The Harris Trust and
Savings bank. Chicago, buys the bonds
at Az per cent, paying s16,17o and ac-
crued interest for the $4,000 issue upon
the delivery Of the bonds and cert-
fled copy OF the resolution authorizing
their sale.
A week ago Monday night George NJ
Bechtel & Co, of Davenport, thru +.
the bonds at ~ and $500 bonus
which would have been about per
cent for five years, and Az for the re-
naming fifteen. Chairman Devine, of
the ways and means committee.
thought the bonds should be placed at
Az straight. and moved the postpone
ment of action until more bidders could
be secured. Mayor Ingledue got busy
with Some we'll known concerns who
were anxious to invest money on city
bonds, and as result there were three
other bidders who wanted the issue.
One company sent a representative
here, and was within $41 of the Harris
bid. 1t would have been only too will
ing to snap up the issue at the Harris
figure If the bids had not been made in
writing.
The George NJ. Bechtel Company
made a 4 " straight offer in its Monday
night bid. and W. j. Hayes SC Son,
Cleveland. o.. offered SGT premium.
The Compton Bond and Mortgage
Company, Macon, Mo-, was the nearest
to the Harris figures. s16.134.
The $4,000 refunding bonds are is
sued to take up outstanding warrants
of the city, including $4,000 in the sew
er fund, in order that new sewer work
can be done. Under the new law the
city can not contract for sewer work
without having the money in sight to
pay for the work The bonds will run
for twenty years, and will be due July
1. 1927. They are made optional.
however, at $1,000 per year after five
years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-18
REBEkAHS IN REUNION.
Electric Staff That Was Before Sow
ereiun Lodoe Eniovs Ga&herinn

Electric Staff That Was Before Sow
ereisn Lodge Enjoys Gathering.
The staff of Electric Rebekah lodge,
No. SS1. which did work before the l.
Q. o. +. sovereign grand lodge, at
Springfield, ILL.,, Oct. 20, 1897, being the
first staff to do work before that body,
held reunion Monday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Ferguson, five
miles north of the city. The staff had
as a candidate in 1897, G. w. Ritch, of
Engle, N. NJ, who remained a member
of the lodge until his death, about
two years ago. The staff gained a
worldwide reputation at Springfield,
as representatives were there from ali
over the world, from whom it's mem
bers received many compliments and
tokens of esteem.
OF the original staff, twenty-three in
number all are living but two Mrs.
Anna Johnson and Mrs. Rose Grant.
Thirteen were at the reunion Monday,
held at that time in honor of Mrs. Isa
Long Jackson, from Livingston, Mont,
who was chaplain Of the staff The
members went from here to the Fer
guson home in the morning, returning
about 9 o'clock in the evening. A
sumptuous dinner and equally fine sup
per were served, and all heartily en-
joyed the occasion. Printed souvenirs
Of pink and green ribbon were pre-
scented by Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs.
Jackson, who are sisters.
An organization was perfected to be
known as Electric Staff at Springfield.
1897. which will meet annually. Guests
of the day were Mr.. J. L. Jackson Of
Toledo; Mr.. T. J. Jackson, of Living
ston, Mont; and Mr.. I. N. Long, of
this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-18

over a single line Of road. What the
Marshalltown shippers and the ship
pers Of every town in the state really
need is joint freight rate based on
the present distance tariffs without re-
gard to the number of roads traversed.
A shipment forty miles via Pickering
and the Iowa Central and Milwaukee
roads would then cost no more than
the same shipment for forty miles
straight away on the Great Western
The officers elected Monday evening
for the first year are w. w. Doolittle.
OF the Marshall Vinegar Company,
president. W. j. Heald, of the Lennox
Furnace Co. vice president; Geo. r..
Estabrook Of the Fisher Governor Co,
secretary: f. Il. Gates of the Marshall
town Buggy Co, treasurer. G. III. Ruth
of the Marshall Oil Co. A. G. Click of
the Britain Packing Co., G. r. Speers
OF the Shorthill Co. and Il. S. ketchum
Of Ketchum & CASTOR Co., constitute
the executive committee, the president
being made an ex-officio member. Reg
ular meetings viii be held on the third
Monday evening of each month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-18
POLICE GETS RAISES
Council Votes to Increase Salaries Of
All Police Officers SIS Per Month, on
Ordinance Presented by Herman -
Devine Objects for Lack Of Funds,

Councilman Herman introduced an
ordinance before city council Monday
night, authorizing an increase in the
salaries of all police officers Of the
city S. per month with the exception
OF the city marshal and deputy mar
shal whose increases he fixed at $40
per month. Mr.. Mcdonald offered to
amend by making the increases So
straight. and the amendment carried,
Devine dissenting. The final adoption
was by like vote.
Hefmans plea for his ordinance was
on the ground that the police officers
We're poorly paid considering the
amount of work they did, and the cost
OF living justified the Increases De-
vine did not discredit the remark of
the poor pay, and said that he believed
that every officer was entitled to a
raise His only objection was IN
making the increases at this time, in
view of the councils knowledge of the
citys finances. The estimates for the
year have all been made, and the city
knows just how much is coming in.
10 go ahead and spend more than is
known to be forthcoming Devine de-
ciared to be poor business policy. and
said that the city would never get out
of debt at that rate. Devine thought
that the increases for the policemen
meant Increases for f1remen, and other
branches of city labor, which would be
made on the council as soon as the
precedent might be established. In
his opinion it would be better to wait
six months, at the beginning of an
other fiscal year, and then provide for
the increases. Devine explained his
vote on the adoption to be solely be-,
cause he felt that the city could not
afford to pay the increased sum at the
present time.
The ordinance gives the city mar
shall an annual salary of 5000, that of
the deputy marshal sS4O, the patrolmen
and desk sergeant $3.50, and the assis-
tant desk sergeant $40 per month The
entire increase means $40 more an
nually.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-18
ORGANIZATION PERMANENT.
Manufacturers and Jobbers Meet and
Perfect Preliminary Plans.

Manufacturers and Jobbers Meet and
Perfect Preliminary Plans.
The manufacturers and jobbers Of
Marshalltown have formed an associa-
ton for the promotion of interests
beneficial to their lines of business
which will he known as the Manufact-
urers and Jobbers Association of Mar
shalltown. The first organized effort
will be to wait upon the state railroad
commission with a request for joint
rates out of Marshalltown SO that ship
ments can be made over several lines
of railroad on the distance tariff basis
of one road. The last legislature en-
powered the commission to establish
such a rate if it deemed it advisable
and the shippers of MarshalltoWn are
a unit in requesting it.
Under present freight tariffs ship
ments to points on railroads which do
not pass thru Marshalltown are handi
capped to. our local jobbers and manu-
facturers because two short distance
local rates must be paid, one for each
road trarersed, while competitor in
Des Moines, for instance, can use one
road and get a much more favorable
rate for one longer and continuous haul
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-18

Burlington won the opening game
yesterday by narrow margin of one
score, 2 to 1 being the final count.
Aided by a questionable decision OF
Fuller in the first inning Burlington
anassed two runs, enough to win,
against the locals single tally. Aside
from the incident of the first inning
Burlington outhit, but did not outplay
Kennedy's men. Neither team played
an errorless game, altho the fielding on
both sides was snappy and fast. Green
was in the box for the visitors, and
had the locals more or less baffled. He
would have shut them out had he not
let go of wild pitch, which counted
Burg from third base.
Giffen pitched for the locals, and af-
ter the first inning had Burlington In
hand all Of the time, and held them to
four hits, only two of which came to-
gether in the fifth inning. In the OPP
ening inning Burlington touched him
for three singles, but these hits would
have awaited nothing had not Fuller's
decision broken up the triple play
which Giffen, Foster and Misse pulled
off.
Daley, in opening the first inning, hit
to Kent in right, who misjudged the
fly. Donovan followed with another
hit. House hunted to Giffen, who
caught the ball at his ankles, and
threw the Indian out at first. In the
meantime Daley had gone to third and
Donovan to second. The ball was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-18
MRS. INCOMES VERY Low
Patient Who Underwent Operation
in Critical Condition.

Patient Who Underwent Operation Is
in Critical Condition.
Mrs. Harry McCombs who UNDER
went surgical operation at st. Thorn
as hospital Monday morning. is in a
very critical condition today Upon
the examination after the. ineision was
made a far more serious and extensive
trouble was discovered. and no remov-
al of the infected organs was made. The
patient is holding her own fairly well.
and altho there is not much change to-
day over her condition of Monday night
her doctors haven't given up hope by
any means. Mrs. William Young, Mrs.
McCombs' mother and her brother.
Thomas X. Young, also the latter's
wife, will arrive from Minneapolis this
evening. Mr., Young, the father is ex-
pected tomorrow.