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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
Both Governor and Mayor.

Detroit, Mich. February 27.-HaZen
S. Pingree is still mayor of Detroit and
governor Of the state of Michigan, &C
cording to an opinion rendered by the
full bench of the Wayne circuit court
today. The decision was upon the man.
damus proceedings brought by the
Board of Public Works Commissioner
Moreland, to require the court Of
Wayne to declare the Office of mayor
vacant, and issue a call for an election
10 fill the vacancy. The court holds
that Mr.. Moreland, standing alone
and without the relation of the attor-
ney general, a no standing in court
and the court has no jurisdictiea.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04

and though little hope remained, she
begun it, and an Improvement was no.
ticed. The cancer commenced to heal and
when she had taken several bottles it
disappeared entirely, and although sew
eral years have elapsed, not a sign Of
the disease has ever returned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
II SECOND FIRE

BY s:3) o'clock the fire in Messrs.
POlvogt & Co.'S store was practically
out, and it was fortunately SO, for at
that time another fire broke out in
the frame warehouses and naval stores
yards o. the wharf, along South Water
street. between Ann and Nun streets.
The fire department left the fire up
town in charge Of a detachment and
went to the second fire and had it
under control in half an hour. Four
very Old warehouses, or sheds. and
some little one-room shanties on the
grounds were burned down. They were
nothing less than finder and everything
On the whari between Ann and Nun
streets. except the old shed at the foot
OF Nun Street, was totally destroyed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04

Senator Chandler is not at home in his
party, and he will not be until he learns
that principle has nothing to do with 1t
any sacrifice of principle and the expen-
diture of vast funds fried from the cor
poration and usts.-Oma World
Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
GOVERNOR TAKES WATER.
HIS PROPOSED SUB>TITUTE FOR
THE ANTI-LEASE BILL.

Antj-Dispensary People Delighted ut Tn.
favorable Report on the Ashesiiie Bill.
The Debate Today on the Railroad Lease
Bill-The New bern Charter Amendmen
to be Defeated In the Senate The Fight
Against the Winston.Salem Southbound
Railroad Charter.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
THE SANGUILLY RESOLUTION
THE SUBJECT OF A SPIRITED DE-
BATE IN THE SENATE.

The Senate Lays Aside the Appropriation
Bills Ito Discnss tho Cuban Situation.
Senator Daniels Vigorous Protest
Against Spain's Insult to Our Represen.
tative at Havana-His Tilt with senator
Ha~le-Senator Sherman Declares His De.
Termination to Protect American Citi.
Zens.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
Cancer
OF the Breast.

Mr.. A. n. Crausby, of I5S Kerr St.,
Memphis, Tenn, says that his wife
paid no attention to a small lump which
appeared in her breast, but it soon de-
veloped into a cancer of the worst type,
and notwithstanding the treatment of
the best physicians, it continued to
spread and grow rapidly, eating two
holes in her breast. The doctors
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04

S
her incurable. A
celebrated New York
specialist then treat
ed her, but she con-
tinued to n worse
and when informed
that both her aunt
and grandmother had
died from cancer he
gave the case up as
hopeless.
Someone then re-
commended S.S.S.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
PUMICE STONE.
Thirty Merchants Are Engaged In the
Trade on the Island of Lipari.

Thirty Merchants Are Engaged In the
Trade on the Island of Lipari.
Pumice, as is we'll known, is of vol
canic origin, being trachytio lava
which has been rendered light by the
escape OF gases when in molten state.
1t is found OH most of the shores of the
Tylhenian sea and elsewhere, but is at
present almost exclusively obtained
from the little island Of Lipari. Most Of
the volcanoes of Lipari have elected
pumaceous rocks, but the best stone is
all the product of one mountain, Monte
Chirica, nearly 1000 feet in height,
with its two accessory craters. The dis
trict i'll which the pumice is excavated
covers an area of three square miles. It
has been calculated that about 1000
hands are engaged in this industry, 600
of whom are employed in extricating
the mineral.
Pumice is brought to the surface in
large blocks or in baskets and is carried
thus either to the neighboring village
or to the seashore to be taken there in
boats. The supply is said to be prao-
tically inexhaustible. Pumice is used
not merely for securing and cleansing
purposes, but also for polishing in nu-
merous trades, hence the fact that the
powdered pumice exported exceeds in
weight the block pumice. Between 20
and 30 merchants are engaged in the
pumice trade on the island.
News
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
The Needle and the Pin,

A pin and a needle, being neighbors
in workbasket and both being idle
folks began to quarrel, as idle folks are
apt to do
81 should like to know" said the
pin, "what you are good for and how
you expect to get through the world
without hcad?"
"What is the use of your head,' re.
piled the needle sharply, "if you have
no eye?'
"What is the use of an eye," said the
pin, eff there is always something in
it?''
81 am more active and can 60 through
more work than you can," said the
needle.
Eyes, but you will not live long be.
cause you have always stitch in your
side," said the pin.
"You are poor, crooked creature"
said the needle.
"And you are so proud that you can
not bend without breaking your back. !"
"I'll pull your head off if you insult
me again.
"l'll pull your eye out if you touch
me. Remember, your life hangs ON a
single thread" said the pin
While they were thus conversing a
little girl entered and, undertaking TO
sew, she very soon broke off the needle
at the eye. She then tied the thread
around the neck of the pin, and, attempt
ing to sew with it, she soon pulled its
head off and threw it into the dirt by
the side of the broken needle.
"Well, here we are, said the needle.
"We have nothing to fight about
now," said the pin. 'It seems misfor.
tune has brought US to our senses.
"a pity we had not come to them
sooner" saith the needle. "How much
we resemble human beings, who quarrel
about their blessings till they lose them
and never find out they are brothers till
they lie down in the dust together, as
we don'-Household Words.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
Rhea Fiber.

The claim is put forth by the London
Times that the Gomess process for
treating the rhea fiber is completely
successful in rendering that plant a
most valuable source of textile materi-
al. This process adopts zincate of soda
for the elimination of the resins and
effects it without the slightest injury to
the fiber. After the "ribbons" or strips
of bark have been freed from dirt they
are placed in weak acid baths for
night. Next morning they are passed
through mild alkaline bath and then
boiled in weak solutions of caustic So
da to which zinc has been added. When
washed and dried by the usual me-
chanical MEANS the fibers emerge as a
long silky floss, entirely free from the
cuticle and resinous gums in which
they were imbedded, being also clean,
white and ready for the comb of the
spinner. They likewise take the most
attractive dyes and can be worked into
every variety of fabric, from the finest
quality of velvets to cheap drills and
delicate laces. The combined Hghtness
and toughness of the fiber render it Pc
culiarly suitable for tents and ship can
vas, and three -fifths more cloth of equal
strength can be produced from rhea
than from the same weight Of linen
that is, 1000 yards of rhea canvas
weighs only as much as 600 yards of
linen, its durability and resisting power
to strain being also much greater.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
THE "DEl.IGHTFUL POISON."
Peculiar Manner In Which Winemaking
In Persia Originated.

"In the Kingdom of the Shah," by DIR.
Treacher Collins, the author tells of the
origin Of winemaking in Persia. 1t was
during the reign of King Jamsheed that
the vineyards of Shiraz, as today, were
noted for the superlative quality of the
grapes they produced OH account Of the
variations of temperature-the intense
cold Of winter and extreme heat of sum-
mer-to which they were subjected.
King Jamsheed was exceedingly fond
of Shiraz grapes, and in order to enjoy
them throughout the year conceived the
idea of preserving them in jar. Fer
mentation, of course, took place, and
when the jar was opened and found to
contain quantity of acid liquid it was
looked upon as poison by the king. He
placed it in bottles and labeled it as
such. On certain occasion one of his
female favorites, who was sorely afflict-
ed with nervous headache, discovered
the bottles marked "poison" and swal-
lowed the contents of one in the hope Of
putting an end to her life. The effect,
however, was to throw her into deep
sleep, from which she awoke much be-
freshed. The result was 50 delightful
that she frequently repeated the dose un-
til all the supposed poison was con-
sumed
The king, who missed the bottles,
caused inquiry to be made, and the Sc
cret of their disappearance was revealed.
This led to the manufacture of wine
from Shiraz grapes, which to this day is
known as Zeher-e Khoosh. or "the de-
lightful poison" The laws of the Koran
against the use Of spirituous liquors are
generally very rigidly observed, pa1ticu-
larly among the poorer classes DR.. Col
lins says that he never saw an intoxicat-
ed Mohammedan, even among the cha
vadars, men who do the most laborious
work. Unlike their western prototypes,
who cannot exist without beer or spirits,
they refresh themselves only with suck
at hubble bubble pipe or a cup Of very
strong, sweet, hot tea in either the
sweltering heat Of summer or the in
tense cold of winter. Tipping in Persia
is confined exclusively to the richer
classes and INDUCED in only in the Sc
clusion of the anderan. The Persians
make two sorts of wine, q red and a
white. The latter contains an excess of
alcohol and is in greater favor with
those who indulge i'll secret drinking.
Arrack, crude, fiery spirit, is likewise
distilled. 1t is probable that when
Persia has railroads and the vineyards
Of Shiraz become accessible, the superior
quality of the grapes for winemaking
will attract the attention of western
manufacturers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
ROBERT FULTON'S FIANCEE
What BetrOthal Meant to Girl Early In
the Century.

What BetrOthal Meant to Girl Early In
the Century.
For Helen Livingston there remained
hardly one more year of happy girlhood,
free to 60 and come, dance and be mer-
ry, in the old innocent girlish fashion,
for at that time betrothal was as sacred
as marriage itself and much more re-
strictive of privileges. That is, the free
dom Of girlhood was lost and that of the
matron had not come. If the lover were
present, of course these restrictions were
not felt, but in his absence the poor girl
had little more liberty than Hindoo
widow. She must not accept even the
most ordinary attentions from any man,
must dance with no one except her ia
ther or brother, and she must always
wear, conspicuously displayed, hanging
from her neck face outward, the min
iature of her future husband.
These miniatures We're often skillful-
ly painted on ivory and were usually
oval in shape and about 80 inches by
az i'll size, without counting the gold
frames, which were sometimes quite
heavy. The broad remarks which it was
considered III order for even chance ac-
quaintances to address to the fiancee
upon sight of this badge of appropriation
were intolerable to Helen Livingston,
and rather than subject herself to them
she resolutely refrained from accepting
an invitation even to her loved "Cousin
Chancellor's" during the few months of
her engagement, which ended in a hap
py marriage i'll the spring of 1909.
On one occasion, when a large and
most interesting company of American
and foreign guests was expected at Cler-
mont, Helen vainly sought her mothers
permission to attend without wearing
the telltale portrait. Finding that this
would not be allowed and realizing that
great, "Sister Patty" only Is, but al
ready tall and stately, heroically volun-
teered to wear the obnoxious picture,
personating its rightful owner. But the
innocent fraud was not permitted, and
as Helen would not 20 if obliged to
wear the miniature, she was compelled
to relinquish the coveted pleasure Of
course the boy lover-he was barely 81
was in no way responsible for this
custom, which he subsequently often
and justly characterized as odious, and
/ think that he never liked to see the
miniature which had been the means of
depriving of ever so small a pleasure the
woman whom he idolized through a
long life. ga Group of American Girls
Early In the Century," by Helen Evert-
son Smith, in Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
Quite Another Sort of Man.

A distinguished divine of unusually
solemn and impressive appearance went
to a country town to lecture. He arrived
early i'll the afternoon, and all the town,
of course, spotted him within five min
utes as very great and very sanity
man. He went into chemist S shop and
in tones that froze the young blood Of
the shopman said:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
"Y-yes, SIR" said the trembling
clerk "I'm sorry, but learned the hab-
it young and haven't been able to leave
it Off -
"Then," said the great divine with
out the movement of muscle or the
abatement of a shade of the awful so.
lemnity of his voice, "can you tell me
where can get a good cigar?' Pear.
sons Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
TIA Hard to Get Into the Armv.

The tabulation of tho enlistments in
the United States army for July shows
Enthusiastically the care with which re-
cruits are now accepted. Captain Palm
er, in charge of the Chicago recruit
ing station, enlisted only 27 men out Of
4S5 who applied for enlistment-an ac-
ceptance of 1 i'll II. The army standard
has been raised from time to time until
it is more difficult to enter it as a pri.
vate for the small payment of $14 q
month than it is to secure admission
into amy other department of the gov
eminent. A good physique without a
good moral chal acter debars an appli-
cant. The total enlistments during the
month were 430 and the rejections were
9, 933. Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
FOOD FOR THE CATS.
English Sparrows Have to Fight For Their
Lives In London.

English Sparrows Have to Fight For Their
Lives In London.
If left to himself, the London sparrow
would probably multiply exceedingly,
for there is enough waste from every
human household to keep at least Ole
pair of sparrows. That would give some
thing like 1900, 600 sparrows to the
area of greater London. But these fig
ures do not represent actual facts The
sparrow population is vigorously kept
down, not by want of fecundity-for at
the ZOO, far instance, where food and
shelter abound, the birds seem to breed
at all seasons of the year-but by the
operation of the natural enemy, that
great fact in all wild life, which even
the progressive London sparrow cannot
avoid. The natural enemy i'll this case
is the London cat. If any one will count
up the number of houses i'll his or her
knowledge which do not possess cat,
the numbers and ubiquity of the natural
enemy will become apparent. Poor
people keep more cats than rich people,
so the small houses abound in cats.
Rich folsk' cats which have large
houses, as a rule, only catch the spar
rows on their own estate, but poor cats
have to poach at large, and their ravages
among the young sparrows are prodi-
gious. 1t has been observed that a spar
row killing Cat bags on an average two
young birds day. No amount of cor
rection seems TO prevent their indul-
gence in this form of sport. They know
it is wrong. but it is too fascinating.
One young cat of the writers acquaint-
ance went into Il fit after mild beating
for killing young sparrows, and as soon
as he recovered went off to catch an
other. A cat in the same house which
was surprised with two naked Destlings
i'll its mouth slipped them underneath a
mat on the stairs when it saw its mis-
tress approaching. Nature is too strong
for them, and the drawing room pussy
seems no more able to resist the taste
for sport than the stable cat.-London
Spectator.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
licking CHICkENSTO MUSIC
Queer Customs of the italian Poultry
Dealers of San Francisco.

Dealers of San Francisco.
The sailor has his musical shanty to
which he keeps time as he trots about
the capstan until the anchor is hoisted
to the peak, the farmer trills lay to
tighten his labors as he pitches hay into
the wagon, and these songs are familiar
to many, hut who ever heard or saw a
gang of Italian chicken pickers sing and
denude fowls to the time of the music?
Such scene can be witnessed any
Friday evening i'll season at the Clay
Street market, while the employees of
the big poultry houses that have their
sale the chickens that the housewife
buys for the Sunday dinner.
The men seat themselves in half cir
Gle and each takes "a fowl One stroke
of sharp knife across the throat puts
the unfortunate squawking broiler out
of its misery, and then the foreman of
the gang starts his song. As they catch
the air and the time the others chime
in, and in an instant the plucking be-
gins. With rhythmic motion the nimble
fingers grasp the feathers and pull them
out during all the time of the song.
Feathers fly i'll all directions, but the
song goes Oh until the last pinfeathers
are removed and the carcasses are tossed
into pile, ready for the man who puts
OH the finishing touches and prepares
them for the inspection of prospective
purchasers.
The rapidity with which a chicken is
stripped of its feathers is astonishing to
the uninitiated who have tried it but a
few times and SO adept have these men
become that they finish their fowls al
most simultaneously, and the process is
repeated in unison. Three dozen birds
are not considered "a heavy nights work
for one man, and when pressed for time
they manage to compass even more than
that.
The song they sing is remarkably live
ly and sweet and much resembles the
song of the fishermen as they row their
boats, though the time is much faster.
San Francisco Call.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
A Thirty Story Building,

A 30 story office building is to be
erected on Park row, New York city,
Oh the site of the old International ho-
tel and will be 3S6 feet high from the
curb line. There will be ~ main floors
nnd floors i'll the side towers, 80 floors
in all. The foundations consist of piles
driven into the sand, cut off below the
water line and covered with concrete
Hnd masonry bases for the columns. The
outer walls will be carried by cantale-
vers, as i'll many other tall buildings of
this character. r.-Engineering News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
Spanish Inemciency.

Spanish inef1iciency has been shown
up in ludicrous way by the recent self
floating of the new cruiser Princesa de
Asturias at Cadiz. The vessel, which it
had taken seven years to build, got stuck
in the mud when they tried to launch
best to float her without success for 80
days the Spanish engineers gave up the
job, adopting the usual Micawber policy
of Spain of waiting for something to
turn up. They We're justified by the
cruiser slipping into the water of her
own accord one afternoon when no one
was watching her.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06

In addition to the Red Cross and the
White Gross there has just been estab-
lished in Vienna a new order, to be
known as the Green Cross. Its object is
to give succor to Alpine climbers and
excursionists in mountain regions. 1t
originated in the Austrian Alpine club
The intention is to establish huts on
high mountains and to keep supplies and
relief stores or boxes containing articles
likely to be required in emergencies at
conveniently located points.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
THE IDEAL WIFE.

Without distinction of nationality
A wife whose love has vanquished doubt and
fear,
In faith and courage mans eternal mate,
OF reason and Of will commensurate,
A loveliness that time will but endear,
Whereof the flower, Unfolding year by year
A soul more beautiful, with light elate,
Steals sweetness from the winds of adverse fats
Like summer lilies fed with radiance clear;
Man s home and comrade, passionate, pu2s
and strong;
Among the merry gay with quip and Jest;
To all the sad and lonely, motherhood;
The heart of him she loves, to war with
wrong.
He is her strength, and she to him is rest,
Revealing each to each TRUTH beauty, good.
"A. NJ. in Speaker.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
EARTH, THE MOTHER OF ALL.

To earth we'll founded. of all things that live
Most ancient mother, this song will give.
She doth her nurture upon all bestow,
On land, in air and in the below.
With children and rich fruits, o thou divine.
Men thou dost gladden. Life 10 give is thine
And thine to take. Whom thou dost honor he
Blessed with great store of all good things shall
be.
Teemful the corn lands. in broad pastures roam
Large herds. and filled with wealth is every
home.
just rulers in the city there will be
And beauteoous danes and full prosperity.
Young lads wax lordly with joys waxing
powers.
The little madens on the soft field flowers
In festive dances join. Rich goddess, these
Thy gifts to whom to honor thou dost please.
All hail! o mother of the gods, hail! Thou
Spouse of the starry heaven, do thou endow,
For need of this my song, my minstrelsy
With might that shall all life make glad for me.
And so fresh song will attune i'll praise Of thee.
-Academy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
He Knew a Thing or Two.

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, a former
premier of the Australian colony of
Victoria, was once made the object of IA
peculiar embarrassment. A man on a
public occasion presented himself to Sir
Charles, who had been appointed to
some petty government office after a
campaign in which there had been ques-
tionable electoral practices,
81 suppose" said Sir Charles, "that
you are one of my supporters?'
''Three of them," answered the man,
with wink that was impossible to mis-
understand. Pearson s Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
The Decline of the Jaw.

And now it is claimed that the jaw
bones of civilized peoples are gradually
becoming attenuated, chiefly owing to
the prolonged use of knives and forks.
There need be no fear, however, that
we will lose the use of the jaws. The
habit of chewing gum will soon restore
these portions of our anatomy to their
pristine strength.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06
The Feminine Instinct.

IL admit that as yet woman is not
absolutely certain of her sphere" said
the high browed lady.
81 thought as much, - said the base
man. ''If she felt that it was really and
truly her own, she would already have
had it decorated with pink ribbons. -
indianapolis Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06

Most leaves contain some nourishing
properties-in particular, those of the
acacia tree. 1t would be quite possible
to subsist on leaves if the supply wore
not stinted, and the shipwrecked mari
uer will keep in very fair condition if
ae chew them as he would his quid of
'baccy.''
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-06

Bobbles-I hear you are in business
for yourself now?
Wlggins-I thought was, but from
the little get out of it it appears that
i am IN busipess for other people.