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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
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G. p. Miller Rumford of this city has
returned from Cambridge, Mass, where
he graduated from Harvard College
with the degree of A. b. His mother,
Mrs. II. p. Rumford, attended the COM
mencement exercises.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
Took a specinI oourse.

Miss Sarah N. Gawthrop, daughter
OF Alfred C,awthrop, and Miss Mary B.
Lee, daughter of W. II. Lee, have re-
turned from Chicago, where they took
a course at the Froebel Institute.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
vls,tinr Grand Army Men.

The members OF Sumner Post. G. A.
IL, were the guests of du Pont Post
Thursday evening, and were delighted
with du Points method of mastering in
candidate by means of the stereopti-
con,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
.rndcment for Rirnie.

In the case of j. +. BiInie vs., A. G.
Wivel, suit on claim of SIT for
an awning, which was heard in Magis
trate Kelley's court, the referees
FRIDAY awarded Mr.. Birnie SO.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
pischarged from a aospital.

Oliver Anderson of this city has been
discharged from the marine hospital in
New York and has gone to Atlantic
City. Mr.. Anderson shipped from this
city on the steamship Tallahassee.
which received repairs at the shipyard
of the Harlan & Hollingswurtb Co.,
during April. and on tho trip from
Savannah to New Yurk was taken i'll
with fever and was taken to the hos
pital, where he remained for several
weeks,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
Gone to New England.

Harry &. Moore of this city has &C.
cepted position On the N. ", N. II.
& II. railroad as telegraph operator, and
is stationed at Worcester, Mass.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
nobbins-MctlafTerty ,teddinc,

James Robbins anil Miss Kate Nc.
Clatferiy were quietly married at st.
AIMS Catholic Church on Wednesday
evening by the Rev. Father Donaghy.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
Law sohooI Grndunte.

Frank L. Speakmau of this city
graduated from the Yale Law School
this week. He is law student under
William I. Lyman.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08

II is stated that Richard Croker will
return to New York in time to manage
the Tammany campaign for next
autumn's election.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08

a large white owl which makes its
abode in the Left of Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church has attracted consid-
erable attention lately, as have also two
doves which hover about Grace Church
steeple.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08

Several people saw fight in mid-air
between a fish hawk and large carp
which the bird had captured in the
Brandywine near Kirwkood Park.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
TO HAVE CHECKERED CAREER
Prophecy Regarding Bill Tax
ing Bonds and Mortgages.
ASSESSMENT NOT YET BEGUN
No Formal Action Taken by
the Levy Court.

The Constitutionaiity of the Act Probably
to be Questioned Before the Courts when
an Attempt to Collect the Taxes is Made
Five Objections CITED.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08
Want Remnnrrniinn.

Joseph f. Combs, President.
Frank J. McCafferty, Secretary.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-08

Temperance is the moderate use of all
things helpful and total abstinence from all
things harmful"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
Schedule in Effect May 80. 1897.

Train 41.-Leaves Wilmington 1920 p. m.
arrives Lumberton SIG p. m, Pembroke
5:46 p. m, MaXton 6:12 p. M, Laurinburg
6:23 p. m, Hamlet 6:53 p. n. Connects at
Atlanta. and with train 4O2 for Ports
mouth, Richmond, Washington and points
North.
Train 41.-Leaves Portsmouth s:2o a. m.
arrives Weldon 11:41 a. m, Raleigh $3.50 p.
M, Sanford 500 p. M, Hamlet 6:53 p. m,
Rockingham 7:39 p. m, Wadesboro Sill p.
m, Monroe S:12 p. m. Charlotte 1925 p.
m, Athens 3:45 a. m. and Atlanta $40 a.
m. Connection at Weldon with train from
Richmond and all Northern points. Pull
man sleeper, Portsmouth to Nashville.
Tenn.
Train 403.-Leaves Washington 4:1o d. M,
Richmond 1856 p. m, Portsmouth S:45 p.
m. Arrives Weldon 11:10 p. m, Raleigh
2:07 a. m, Sanford 1875 a. m. Hamlet $40
a. m, Rockingham 5:23 a. m. Wadesboro
5:54 a. m, Monroe SAB a. m. Charlotte 1850
a. m, Lincolnton 1920 q. m, Shelby HIS
a. m, Rutherfordton 1890 noon. Athens
lis p; M, Atlanta $3.50 p. m. Connections
at Atlanta for all points South and West.
Pullman Sleeper, Washington to Atlanta,
and Portsmouth to Chester.
Train SS.-Leaves Hamlet 500 a. m. Ar
rives L~aurinburg S:46 a. m. Maxton 9:05
1853 a. m, Wilmington 12:05 noon. Con-
meets at Hamlet with trains from WASH
ington, Portsmouth, Charlotte and At
lanta.
law Ps IA. :.
rives Athens 3:16 p. m, Monroe $3.50 p. m.
Leaves Rutherfordton 4:35 p. m, arrives
Shelby 5:55 p. m, Lincolnton 6:56 p. m,
Charlotte S:lS p. m, Monroe $40 2. m.
Wadesboro 1881 p. m, Rockingham Los
p. m, Hamlet u:20 p. m. Sanford LOO a.
m, Raleigh 2:16 a. m, Weldon 4:55 a. m,
Portsmouth TBS a. m, Richmond Sis q.
M, Washington 12:31 noon. Pullman
Sleepers, Atlanta to Washington and
Chester to Portsmouth.
Train 18.-Leaves Hamlet 7:15 D. m, ar
rives Gibson $40 p. IA. Returning, leaves
Gibson 200 a. m, arrives Hamlet 1850 q. m.
Train 17.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a. m, ar
rives Cheraw 1000 q. n. Returning, leaves
Cheraw 500 p. M, arrives Hamlet $40
p. m.
All trains daily except Nos. II and Is.
Trains mak immediate connections at
Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Or
leans. Texas, California, Mexico, Chatta-
nooga, Nashville, Memphis, Macon,
Florida.
For Tickets, Sleepers, ETC., apply to
THOS. ID. MEARES,
Gen1 Agent, Wilmington, N. G.
e. ST. JOHN,
vice President and Gen'l Manager.
III. w. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
| v. E. McBEE, Gen'l Superintendent.
I. j. ANDERSON. Genl Pass. Agent.
| General Offices, POrtsmcNth. Va
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09

Taken altogether. yesterdays cleo
tons are full Of hope and encourage
n,ent for u party.-Rachmond DIS
patch.
Now that Maj. Handy has started for
home, the Barnum & Bailey circus will
have a clear field on the other side
Washington Post.
The Atchison Globe says: so far.
the general prosperity seems to have
blessed every one except those who owe
bills at this office"
The funeral Of Henry George was a
striking demonstration OF the popular
attachment that has grown UP In this
community towards a man Of high pur-
pose. single-mindedness, and devotion
to what he conceived to be his duty
New York Evening Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
SWift'S
Specific

is a vegetable remedy that drives the
destroying demons of disease out of the
blood. 1t is SO powerful in this direc-
ton that it cures Cancer. 1t is the only
medicine and the only agency that heals
up cancerous sores, and permanently
destroys the cause. It's use means to
escape the surgeons knife. 1t means
new life and bright prospects. It means
the turning of suspense and misery into
days and nights of happiness and
health.
Swift's Specific (S.S.S.)i is good only
for the blood. and for every disease that
has Judgment there. 1t is for Cancer,
S~crofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh. It cures
them all.
Send to the SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., At
lanta, Ga, for free books about all dis
eases of the Blood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
Another Victim of the New York Central
Disaster

Cold Springs, n. Y, November A.
There is little doubt that Felix Balta,
of Montreal, whose body vas found in
the river here. was a passenger on the
New York Central train wrecked at
Garryson's October oath. His watch
was stopped at $50 o'clock. which was
precisely the time the disaster oc-
CURED. The total number of victims
was t~wenty-one.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09

Charlottesville, Va, November A.
George Frederick Holmes, for forty
years a professor in the University Of
Virginia. died there today at the age
of "a years. Born in Demarara, Brit
ish Guiana, he was educated in Eng
land n at the age OF Is came to
America.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09

8OSOtoo ~ NV HOTx
New York, November A.-C3m7leto
returns from all counties In the state
except C~attaragus. Greene. Sseua,cn aud
Yates show q plurality for Allen b.
Parker. democratic candidate for chief
Judge OF the court OF appeals. OF 56.05S.
The final returns win reduce his plural
fly. Judge Parker's plurality In Great
err New York is 13S .9SS.
TIE assembly stands: republicans -.
democrats s.. citizens union ?. doubt
fni 6
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
FROM THE SOUTH.

DAILY No. +passenger-Leave Ta.,T
PM. pa 500 n. H., Sanford 1850 y. m.
Jacksonville 6:35 p. m, AVIAN.
nah 1850 night Charleston $50
n. m, Columbia $50 n. m. At
lanta $50 a. m, Macon $3.50 a.
m.. Augusta 1905 p. m, Dem
mark Ass p. m, Sumter Gas n.
m. Florence S:55 a. m, Macon
9:34 a.. m, Chadbourn 1875 n.
m. Lake Maccamaw II .0G a. m.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
PROOF.

A lady friend of mine has for several
years been troubled with bumps and
pimples on her face and neck, for
which she used various cosmetics in
order to remove them and beautify and
improve her complexion; but these
local applications were only temporary,
and left her skin in worse condition.
1 recommended an internal. prepara-
tion-known as Botanic Blood Balm,
(B. B.. b which I nave been using and
selling about two years: she used three
bottles and all pimples have disappear
ed; her skin is soft and smooth and her
general health much improved. She ex-
presses herself much gratified, and can
recommend it to all who are thus af-
fected. Mrs. S. II. Wilson, ri Noun
tain, Texas.
For sale by Druggists.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09

s. S. Oneida does not carry passengers.
Through bills Of lading and lowest
through rates guaranteed to and from
points in North and South Carolina.
For Freight or Passage apply to
III. G. SMALLBONES.
Superintendent.
THEO. G.. Eyer, Traffic Manager,
s Bowling Green, n. Z.
w. y. CLYDE Z CO.. General AgenNA
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL

To be beautiful, you must have pure
blood and good health. To do so, purify
the blood and build up the health with
the best Tonic and Blood Purifier of
the age, Botanic Blood Balm C"B. B.
B.") 1t is the dc standard and relia-
BILE remedy. 1t never fails to cure all
manner of Blood and Skin diseases,
where eminent physicians, and all 9TH
err known remedies have failed. Send
stamps for book of particulars, to the
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga. Price
81. 90 per large bottle.
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c. F. & 7. Y.
C0De FeaT 0ld Y0dkil v0ley RlllTgJ

VuPV sVub WV iuUuiu sussVJ ssess"SJ
Schedule in Effect October 10th. 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON.
DAILY. Arrives Fayetteville 1l:lo n. m.
500 a. m Sanford l2;y p: m. Greensboro
Mt. Airy Gas pm. Connects with
Southern Railway. at Green's
boro. Arriving Salisbury $50 p.
m, Asheville l2:l. q. M. Knox
Vile 400 a. m. Chattanooga
7:4O a. m. Nashville 1856 p: M.
Charlotte 1000 p. m. Atlanta
6:lo a. m. Danville 1900 night.
Lynchburg l:5s a. m; Char
lottesville S:S a m, Washing
ton $40 a. m. Baltimore s:00 a.
m, ~Philade.pniS lo:l5 q M. New
York 1919 p. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE WILMINGTON.
DAILY. From New York. Philadelphia.
7:2O p. m. Baltimore. Washington. Char
lottesville. ~Lynchbu-.. Oanville.
Mt: Airy: Walnut Cove; Greens Greens
Knoxville, Asheville. Salisbury.
Atlanta, Charlotte and all points
North. South and West.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN NC. 8.
Leave Wilmington 2:55 p. m. arrives
Fayetteville 9:15 p. m. Passenger Coach
attached to this train.
Connections at Fayetteville with At
lantic Coast Line. at Maxton with the
Carolina Central Railroad. at Red Springs
with the Red Springs and Bowmore Rail-
road, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air
Line, at Gulf with the Durham and Char
lotte Railroad, at Greensboro with the
Southern Railway Company. at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk and Western
Railway.
]. w. FRY, W. E. KYLE.
Gen1 Manager. Gent Pass. Agent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
LIES EXPERIENCE.

The first time | crossed the Atlantic
ocean it was as sm0othe as a mill pond,
and / thought the sea captains and the
had ~slandered the ocean, and
81 wrote home an essay for a magazine
on The Smile of the Sea-" but I never
aftreward could have written that thing
for before we got home we got a terri
BILE shake up. The first yag of life
may be very smooth; the last may be
a euroclydon. Many who start life in
great prosperity do not end it in pros
perity.
The great pressure of temptation
comes sometimes in that direction: AT
about 45 years of age a mans nervous
system changes, and some one tells
him he must take stimulants to keep
himself up until the timulan keep
4 him down, on a man has been going
along for 80 or 40 years in unsuccessful
business and here is an opening where
by one d~ishonorable action he can lift
himself and lift his family from all fin
ancial embarrassment. He attempts to
leap the chasm, and he falls into it.
Then it is in after life that the great
temptation of success comes. If a man
makes a fortune before 30 years of age,
ne generally loses it before 40. The
solid and the permanent fortunes for
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
The Clyde steamsh.p Co.
NEW YORK. WILMINGTON. N. C.
AND GEORGETOWN. s. c., LINES.
A NEW YORK.

s. s. ONEIDA--.........Saturday. Nov. 6.
S. S. CROATAN..-.--.-Saturday. Nov. IL.
FROM WILMINGTON.
s. S. Saturday. Nov. 6.
s. S. Saturday. Nov. Is.
FOR GEORGETOWN.
S. S. Tuesday, Nov. 2.
S. S. ONEIDA..-... Tuesday, Nov. 8.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29
Harder Than a Diamond.

Within few days the Patent Office will
grant title in a discovery which may
fairly be considered as being the most re-
markable since the X-ray. 1t is for sub
stance that is harder than the diamond,
and the inventor is Moissan, the French
savant, whose experiments in the line of
diamond making by artifce have obtained
such wide publicity.
The utmost secrecy has been maintained
in regard 10 the matter, but investigatio
reveals the fact that the substance in
question is a carbide of tiianium-that is
to say, compound of carbon with the
metal tltanium. There can be no doubt
that its production in quantities will revo-
lutionize many industries where abrasives
are employed, and it may even be used
for the cutting of diamonds.
Titanium is one of the most interes estine
of the rare metals. 1t is about half as
heavy as iron, and, like the latter. it is
white when perfectly pure. Chemically
it resem bles tin, while in it's physical
properties it is like iron. The familiar
mineral "rutile" is an oxide of titanium.
and is used to give the proper color to
artificial teeth A small quantity of the
mineral put into the mixture Of tooth
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29
ALWAYS READY
TO SAVE LIFE
The Brave Crew Who Keep
Watch at the Point Reyes
Station

If it had not been for the guard who
paced back and forth along the crest OF
the hill and tall mast-like pole that
arose straight up ont of the dark-gray
sands l should never have known it was
a life-saving station at all, but would
have'mistaken it for the chosen home of
one who loved the sea. For 1t was such a
cozy little house, and from side window
a baby's face set in a wreath of golden
curls peered wonderingIy out at us.
The Point Reyes Life-saving Station was
four miles farther up the coast than the
lighthouse, they told us, but going around
by the road l am positive it was sixteen,
for the way is not travelled much and is
rough and the wind that came from the
ocean as damp and chill and a heavy fog
hid the face of the sun. The ca plain, a
CHEEKY little man with military cap and
a kind diy, hospitable smile on lace as
weather-tanned as one can imagine, came
down the steps to meet US, and auehed
when we spoke OF the cold.
1--WE haven't seen the sun for month, "
he said. eve hardly ever see it here ex-
cept ing in the spring. And he held open
the door for us to pass into the cozy little
sitting room.
''There isn't much here" he went on,
seatin himself, while the baby climbed
On his knee and watched US from behind
the safe shelter of his arm. There's not
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29

discriminating people from Ella
Wheeler Wilcox and E. P. Roe, for every
reader of whatsoever caliber has an inner
consciousness of his own critical fitness,
to which he will cleave after he has left
his father and his mother and divorced
two wives
A few weeks ago there appeared in a
ceri ain weekly journal paper on Eugene
Field, in which the writer discussed Fields
standing as poet. Alter admitting his
INABILITY as man, and his excellence as
a newspaper writer, the critic, by the use
of the 'deadlv parallel" utterly disposed
of Fields pretensiohs as poet ana as a
translator of Horace. He was, forthwith,
assailed by two men VINO had known Field
personally, and had loved hm-as most
people appeared to have done who came
into contact with him. One of these de-
tenders of Field might be described as
"The Man Who Knew Better" and the
other as THE Man Who Must Be Ex-
cused" The former, in the heat of his
wrath, argued illogically that the writer
Of the article was not in position TO ap-
praise Field, because he was not deeply
read in American literature. AS though
one could not pronounce on the flavor of
blubber unless one had swallowed a
whale Besides, there is no difference be-
tween American and English literature,
and there can be none as long as Ameri-
cans and Englishmen speak the same
language.
''The Man Who Must Be Excused" re-
sorted to the "who are your" style of ar
gument, which is extremely effective when
the bystanders are also unreasoning and
urge their champion to "eave 'arf brick
at the bloker'
Herewith follows the fable of the "Twa
Dogs" There can be no excuse for not
understanding the Scotch dialect en-
ployed, every word of which can be found
in the monumental dictionaries now in
use and In the glossaries appended to the
books OF the various Scotch authors, who
are enjoying such vogue that they can
make money even from the biographies of
their sisters and their cousins and their
aunts." L should feel sorry indeed for any
one who could not read Mr.. Barrie and
Ian Maclaren in the original. /, of course
can do so myself as the following poem
will prove; but then there are other mat
ters with more urgent claims to be at
tended to, such as he determination. for
instance, of the vexed question long since
suggested to me, and which still occupies
my leisure hours, whether gentleman in
a frock coat and Scotch cap is greater
cad than gentleman in jacket and a
stovepipe hat
The lifting of the dog by its own tail, as
related in the poem, is not original. There
are but eighteen original Jokes, am told,
of which all the rest are more or less iIle-
gitimate descendants.
TWA DOGS
Ance-nae langsy ne-twa doggies yelpit
Aooon dunghiil where was whelpit
Fu' mony a tyke; some crept, some skelpit,
WI spunky tail:
These twa were gangin' to the hellpit
Withouten fail
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29

much excepting fog and water and mud
and pebbly beach. We never see any
one excepting ourselves. 1t has been a
year since any strangers visited us. !
don't mind it so much, but the men find
it slow trying to amuse themselves"
'And what do they do?" l asked, trying
! to com prehend what it would mean not
to see new face for a whole year.
WELL" he laughed, "there are eight OF
them and we have drill here, and go over
to brakes Bay and drill. They take their
turn on guard duty and have some few
amusements among themselves. Some OF
them have picked up collections of peb-
bles. You see, the beach is not fine sand,
and some beautiful stones have been
found here" He got up and brought me
large glass bottle from the other side oil
the room.
That is one collection" he said. There
were little bits of slippery hardness
sire aked and colored as richly as fancy
could paint.
'And you found these heref asked.
"Those aren't anything" he replied
eve have found some beautiful opals. l
! will get the men to show you their colIec-
tions after drill" And he arose and went
out and called the men together.
The little boathouse where the life.say-
ing apparatus is Kept was so marvelously
clean that I lost myself in amazement.
There wasn't a grain of sand on the floor
nor brass locker that didn't reflect it's
own brightness, nor an inch of the walls
or ceiling that wasn't shining. and every
tool lay at the correct angle in it's correct
place.
The captain stood at the head of the
two-wheeled vehicle that held the ap-
paratus used for assisting distressed ves-
sells at close range. There was little
brass cannon and rope and a strange
ooking buoy with an attachment that
looked like a pair of diminutlve trousers.
The men in their white duck suits ranged
themselves in line on either side of the
cart and recited, as they were asked, the
duties they were to perform. 1 don't
Enow what they said and I'm not sure
that they did either. but it didn't m after;
that which followed was quite intelIi-
gible.
When the last man had finished the last
word the doors were flung open. the wagon
rolled toward them, and at that moment
a great white horse, as imm aculate as all
the rest, appeared from somewhere and
was hitched to the shafts.
Then away they went, running through
the deep sand as for their lives.
The little cannon was lifted out of its
place by some and dropped into trench
in the sand that had been hurriedlv duo
by others, while the horse was being led
to one side. Straight over the mast.like
pole the cannon-ball was fired, CARRYING
with it light line attached 10 a heavier
rope. One of the men clim ted to the ton
OF the pole and fastened the line there.
and then began pulling It toward him
until the heavier rope and the life pre-.
server appeared. Holding on to the rope
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29
HOW TO JUDGE
LITERARY WORK
An Humble Squire in Letters
Thinks Some Idle Thoughts
J. About Criticism

nerves. like a false note in music, after
the following noble and most Quotabe
but little known poem by Henley?
Out of the night that covers me
Black as the pit from pole 10 pole
thank whatever gods may be
For my indomitable soul.
In the fell clutch of Circumstance
have not WINGED or cried aloud;
Under the bludgeonings OF Chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of a shade,
And vet the menace OF the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
For still, however strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
l am master Of my fate,
am captain OF my soul
Dare "Intry- Mintrv," or Little Boy
Blue "baby verses written in "baby
words" and as such commencing them
selves to Joaquin Miller, stand shoulder
to shoulder with the passage and poem
just quoted in the presence OF "all-judg-
ing Jove?"
The other principles enumerated are
seIf-evident and need no demonstration.
The following facts are illustrative of
the narrowness of view of those lacking
critical faculty, and prove further the
danger of interfering with mems mental
provender. With less risk shall you take
a bone from hungry bulldog than turn