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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
UNIQUE PUNISHMENT FOR PR1s-

UNIQUE PUNISHMENT FOR PRIS-
A new and unique mode Of punish
ing prisoners al the city jail who break
the rules Of h institution was an
nounced last night at q meeting OF the
board Of visitors at the jail. The pris-
oner is compelled to stand erect on q
barrel IL the jail yard. in sight OF the
other prisoners. for one hour for the
violation OF any rule. The time Is
heightened for the second offence. The
board considers 1t a more humane and
at the same time more effective man
ner OF Furnishing offenders h keep
ing them In their cells with ball and
chain to their feet. with simply bread
and water for nourishment. The plan
SO far has worked satisfactorily. and
has been the means OF improving the
discipline at the place.-Baltimore
American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

1t reminds one of that ScripturaI decla-
ration as Pride goeth before de-
struction. and a naughty spirit before
a fall" Wherefore let him that think
eth ne standeth take heed lest he fall"
and another passage. We cannot give
accurately. warning the man not to
boast who putteth on the armor but let
him boast who taketh it or"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
Mount Olive Jottings
Correspondence Of The Messenger.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Mount Olive, N. c., October IA.
Mr.. w. r. Grow and Miss Bessie Har-
reH were married at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. M. E. Harrell, last
night at 8 o'clock in the presence of a
circle Of invited friends and relatives.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
M. M. Mcfarland. May they live a
long and Happy life.
The entertainment hat is to be given
by Mrs. H. L. Cohen in Martins hall
comes off tonight at 8 o'clock. The
proceeds will go to the churches of the
town and as the price is popular there
is expected to be a large crowd
present.
1t seems if he dry spell lasts much
longer people will have to haul drink
ing water from those who have deep
wells as many shallow wells have al
ready dried up and every gin in this
section is hauling water to work with.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

To remove h constipated habit. the
only safe treatment is a course Of Ay-
Most other caihartics do more harm
than good, therefore leading physicians
recommend Ayers Pills, especially as a
family physic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

youth, with mock seriousness. Z was
Jus going to tell you where you could
get tn largest quart In tn city for
s-sixty cents"
This is my street" said the mar
with the package. And he left the car.
"S-some people are % s-sensitive."
said the youth. I don't bIieve that
was his street at ALL"
And h conductor smiled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

Confusion as to the choice of a blood
purifier is unnecessary. There is out
one best S~aTsaparilla, and that is Ay-
er's. This important fact was recog-
nized at the Worlds Fair, Chicago,
1893, being the only blood-purifer ad-
united to be placed on exhibition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

There is a great, misleading state
ment no doubt in the assertion that yell
low fever does not live in any place
500 feet or more above the ocean. Will
mingtOn by the river is only IA feet
above the Atlantic at Southport. We
think these are the figures given us
many years ago by our friend, Pro-
fesSOr w. G.. Kerr, state geOlogist then.
Atlanta is 1,131 feet above; Augusta
1876; Charleston but So; Cairo 1868; Chat
tanooga TIA; Chicago 657; Cincinnati
$40; Jacksonville 20; Key West 80; Lit
tie Rock 337; Louisville $50; Memphis
32O; Mobile 80; Montgomery PIG; Nash
vile SOC; Galveston 40; New Orleans
SIS; Savannah Sc; Vicksburg 243; St.
Louis 543; Houston, we suppose, is far
above 500 feet, and yet four cases Of
yellow fever are reported there. The
above 500 feet exemption is probably
as deceptive as the so degree line. SAM
tation and personal and lot cleanliness
are better protection than theories.
1t is altogether in keeping with the
paternal and despotic form Of govern
ment in Russia that compulsory educa-
ton should prevail. Compulsory SOL
diering prevails and why not schooling?
The young tsar has lately given orders
for the drafting of a decree providing
compulsory education, free of cost. for
all classes of the population. This
move on his part is encountering an
immense amount of opposition, espe-
cially in government circles This in
tended course precisely fits a despotism.
The tsar would not hesitate if he so
elected, that all people should go to
bed at 9 O'Clock at night or that the
should not grow wheat or wear coats
of a certain color if it suited his pater-
nal idea or plan. We need none of these
things in this "land of the free."Pater-
nalism is gradually stealing upon us,
but let not the people be a party to it's
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

Heigho! And so the old New York
Independent has not yet shed its negro
skin. Before the war it was an aboli-
ton sheet Of extreme color, n it still
wears the same skin, dirt and all. It
is out ~denouncing the Alton, Illinois,
whites who do not deserve, but avoid
mixing of the two races in the same
public schools. We are not surprised at
the furious bowling of this n%egrophilist
sheet Hear it,:
1t is a miserable recrudescence of a
dying injustice which has been allowed
to go so far in Alton as to build a sep
arate school Tor children just because
their skin is burned by the sun. In the
south we still see the colors separated
in the schools and churches, but the
north has had enough of this political
and ecclesiastical nonsense. Let Alton
annex itself to Mississippi as an out
lying province"
And yet right under it's own tip-tilted
nose there is a college that will not
take negroes, and not far from it at
Poughkeepsie there is another college
that declines a three-fourths mixed
scholar-educated colored girl from
South Carolina. Then in Illinois Quin-
cy, a large town, has begun the work
of separating the races. In churches.
in hotels. in social life all over the
north this separating occurs. How
many negroes are on the staff of the
Independent? Do it's editors have full
fellowship with New York negroes, and
invite them to their homes? Do the
families of the editors visit socially
and hob-nOb generally with Sambo and
Susannah? If not, why not?
The politics Of New York city are
about as rotten as a decaying musk
melon. They have never been clean,
pure, ound. The politics Of New York
in the last century and in the first de-
cades of this century were as vicious
and polluted as at a later time when
the stencil filled the country at large.
New York politicians, in and out Of the
great city, are generally venal and
mean. Harper's Weekly is an enemy Of
the south and has been for forty years.
1t is not 20 be trusted when it writes
of this section, but perhaps it can be
relied upon when writing OF it's own
home affairs. It gave this recently to
show how Platt's political machine
worked in that city:
"A man whose word stands for prob
ity and high character through the
United States has said that he knows
that this conversation took place with
in a year in the office of one of the
best known corporations in New York:
Caller, to he president of the COM
pany-I have come from Mr.. Plat to
ask you for a contribution to the cam
paign. Mr.. Platt needs considerable
money just now, n he is sure he can
count on our generosity.
President of the company-Certainly;
we shall be glad to contribute. (Retires
to a desk, n Don returns, bringing a
check for $5.OOO.) Here is a check which
we think is what might reasonably be
expected of us.
Caller Cooking at the check)|
won't take that. I want a check for
twice thai sum.
And in this case the messenger got
it."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

When the hair begins to fall out or
turn gray, the scalp needs doctoring,
and we know of no better specific than
Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

Increase Of power. Voc worth the day
hen a fatherly government takes
possession n governs the people in
all things.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

Success has attended an effort at ba-
mana growing in Fitzgerald, Ga, where
a plant reached the height of twelve
feet n put forth satisfactory fruit.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

The umpire who renders a decision
against h home team knows what 1t
is to be without friendA.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
BASEBALL NOTES.
An Interesting Game Between
Horse Owners and Jockeys.

At Agricultural Park yesterday af-
ternoon a very interesting game of
baseball was played between the horse
owners and jockeys now quartered at
the track
Although much lighter than their OPP
ponents, the jockeys were the best field
ers and base runners, and to that fact
was due their winning by a score of IL
to .. The batteries We're NaraVez and
Brock for the jockeys and Boyle, Smith
and Mcdonald for the owners. The
game was for $50 a side
The feature of the affair was a triple
play in the last inning by Estabrook,
Wiley and Brock.
PRINTERS GET THE FEVER.
It seems that baseball fever which
has been raging in Sacramento for
some time past has infected the print
ers, and the disciples of the art pre-
sentative" will have a game at Agri
cultural Park on Sunday morning.
The opposing teams will consist of
mines from the offices of Darlington &
Anderson and the Sunday Leader"
The battery for the former will be Joe
Anderson and Charley Alvord, and for
the latter Jerry Griffin and Jack Easta-
brook
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
Weather Report.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 81 and 20 de-
grees, with gentle southerly winds and
hazy weather prevailing. There were
a few clouds in the air all day, and the
wind for short time blew from the
northwest.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 80 and
IS degrees, and one year ago to-day 81
and sc degrees.
The average temperature was 6S and
the normal "A degrees. showing yester-
day to have been 6 degrees cooler than
usual for the 4th day of August.
The lowest temperature yesterday
morning at , a. m. was . degrees
cooler than San Francisco at that hour,
and II degrees cooler than Portland
Or. and S degrees cooler than Red
Bluff.
The wet thermometer at , p. m. yes
terday read 66 degrees, being Is
degrees cooler than the dry thermome-
ter at the same hour. The percentage
Of moisture in the air at , p. m. was 3S
per cent, as against 4S per cent at the
same hour on Tuesday.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
PRESENTED A FLAG.
A Gift to Dartmouth College by
It's Pacific Coast Alumni.

The following from the Enfield "Ad-
vocate" Of Enfield, n. H, shows that
Californians. though satisfied that they
live in the finest country on earth, still
retain a warm affection for their form
er homes and the institutions and as
sociations connected with them:
The Pacific Coast Alumni of Dart
mouth College at their annual re
union in San Francisco last spring. hay
ing learned that their Alma Mater did
not have a flag. directed Secretary Per
kins of the class of 1897 to procure and
forward one that it might be flung to
the breeze during commencement week.
Accordingly on Tuesday afternoon Of
that week. on the front steps Of the old
Dartmouth Hall, President Tucker,
after reading the letter of presentation
from Secretary Perkins introduced S
H Jackman of the class of 1860, just
from Sacramento. Cal, to visit his
Alma Mater. who spoke a few words of
hearty greeting from those on the Pa
cific Slope to Dartmouth and her boys
here in the East.
&C. F. Mathewson of the class of
1882. a member of the Board of Trus-
tees. in we'll timed remarks, accepted
the flag in behalf of the trustees and
the college. then it was unfurled TO the
breeze the college boys gave three
cheers in a way they we'll know how
to give, the band played the Star
Spangled Banner and Old Glory float
ed gracefully over Dartmouth Hall, the
oldest of the college buildings.
Mr.. Jackman was a native of George
Hill in this town. and worked his way
through college by his own exertions. "
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
Articles of Incorporation.

Articles of incorporation were yes
terday filed in the office of the Secretary
of State as follows:
The Marshall, Field Company Form
ed to deal in oils, acids, etc. Principal
place Of business, Los Angeles Direc-
tors-Rush P. Marshall, Mary H. Mar
shall, Ontario; Charles Field, Sr., Chas
Field, Jr., and Kate 1. Field. Los An
geles. Capital stock, $4,000. Sub
scrfbed stock $4,000.
Pinas Altos Gold Mining Company.
Principal place of business, San Fran
cisco. Directors-Joseph Clark. Fred
Clark, Richard A. Clark, A H. VIM,
E. j. McCutchen, H. A. Whitley, A NJ
Jordan, all of San Francisco. Capital
stock, S1,000,000. Subscribed stock,
800.
Western Chinese Merchants Associa-
ton. Formed to promote social intar-
course. Principal place of business,
San Francisco. Directors-Ah Quong,
zee Long, All Toy, All Jack and All
Sing, all of San Francisco. No capital
stock
The Dorothy Lamp Company. Formed
to manufacture and deal in lamps for
house, bicycle and carriage use. Princi-
pal place of. business. San Francisco.
Directors-Daniel r. Williams. Jas. H.
Jennings, Charles s. Burrell, Joseph B.
Kennedy and Frank ]. Burke, all of
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05

The following real estate transfers
have been recorded since the last
report:
Permelia and D. II. Gullion to George
Schroth-East half of lot s, and X,
Twentieth and Twenty-first streets
$500.
Herman Lagos ct al. to Christopher
LagesvNorth 421a feet and north 2114
feet of south 4215 feet of west 10 feet of
lot Z, o and P, First and Second streets;
$1,000
George H. Stephenson to George A.
Greenwalt-Lot 8, block 80, Oak Park
7. B. Hall ct TX, C. A. Luhrs ct ux
c. A. york ct ux. and L. B. Mohr ct TX
to George A. Greenwalt-Lot 9, block
30, Oak Park
Thomas Schad to Isidor Schad-South
IL feet of north half of south half of
lot 4, NJ and N, Fifth and Sixth streets
Mrs. L. E. Little to Ada Herman
Lot II, block H. of Highland Park
E. K. Alsip and r. T. Devlin to Her
bert de Loss-West half-acre of north
20 acres of lot CT, Oak Park.
John Attama ct Tx. to Patrick Haley
East half of lot =, K and l., Twenty
third and Twenty fourth streets.
Walter Elmer Brown eft Tx. to Robert
Lee Hays-East quarter of lot 6, 1 and
j, Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
BASE INGRATITUDE.
Broderick Gave Walsh a Bed and
the Latter Took the Sheets.

John Broderick of Slater's Addition is
the victim of misplaced confidence and
Thomas Walsh, who came to this city
from Vacaville, was guilty of base in
gratitude, and as a consequence Ian
guishes in a cell at the City Prison, on
a charge of petty larceny.
John met Walsh on Tuesday night
and the latter said he had no place to
sleep, but asked John to take a drink
with him and the invitation was ac-
cepted In the end Broderick invited
Walsh to sleep in his sons bed, rather
than to lie under the blue vault of
heaven with the cold rays of the stars
cleaning down on him. Walsh ac-
copied and not only slept there, but
came back yesterday, apparent!
drunk, and occupied his quarters again.
Broderick left him, apparently asleep
but when he returned shortly after
wards, Walsh had disappeared, and 50
had some of BrOderiCk's shirts, sheets
and pillow cases, and Officer Pennish
arrested him later While disposing of
them at a secondhand store. He also
had in his possession an S-day clock,
which was probably the result of some
other raid, as several other houses are
reported as being robbed. If the owner
is found, a charge of burglary will
probably be placed against Walsh.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05

lie following real estate transfers
2 been recorded since the last
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
THE SUPERVISORS.
New Gross Road to be Opened
Routine Business

Yesterday was a dull one. with the
Board of Supervisors, the chief business
of the day consisting of examining and
passing on demands for services rem
dered the county.
The petition of John Meister and 9TH
ers for q short cross-road from the NJ
street to the J-street road a short dis
lance east of the city, was taken up
for action at the request of Mrs. Seller.
The viewers, T. c. Perkins, S. j.
Rooney and j. C. Boyd, had recon-
mended that the road be opened, and
that Mrs. Seller be allowed $500 dam
ages for land that would be required.
The viewers state that the road would
be a great convenience to the people of
the neighborhood if not necessity.
The length of the road would be four
city blocks.
Mrs. Seller was examined on the sub
ject. She said she desired the road
opened, although a non consenting
owner for the reason that it would
enhance the value of her property. OF
the $500 asked. 81 was for fencing.
Land in that locality, said Mrs. Seller,
is quite valuable
On motion of Supervisor Curtis the
report of the viewers was adopted eX-
cepting that the ST. for fencing was
eliminated, and $429 allowed for Mrs.
Sellers land.
County Auditor Cohn appeared be-
fore the board and asked that $50 be
allowed for clerical assistance in pre-
pairing the data on which the next tax
levy is to be made. The board made
an order to that effect.
Leave of absence was granted to
County Clerk Hamilton and County
Veterinary Fox.
The board will meet again at 10 a. m.
to-day.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
RETAIL CLERKS.
They Will Hold an Important
Meeting Friday Night.

The Retail Clerks expect to have a
very important business meeting on
Friday evening at $50 o'clock. They
have moved to their new headquarters
at Red Mems Hall, on Tenth street, be-
tween and K, where they have much
better Accommodations than formerly.
The Federated Trades Council last
week passed a resolution indorsing the
early closing movement, from Septem-
Der 1st, and the several unions are ex-
pected to pass separate resolutions dur
ing the coming week.
With two or three exceptions, the
merchants have Endorsed the movement
and promised their aid. The Friday
night meeting is expected to be an i'm
pOrtant one.
During the next few meetings before
September 1st there is much to be ac-
complished, so it is desired that all re-
tail clerks will be present on Friday
evening and lend their aid in the mat
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
BACK FROM OLD MISSOURI.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER
LEAKE is HERE.
He Hopes to Soon Have the Dredg-
ing at Newtown Shoals
Under Way.

Hon. z. f. Leake, Commissioner of
Public works, has returned from visit
to his parents at his old home near
Hannibal. Mo, and was seen at his Of
fee in the State Capitol yesterday.
Commissioner Leake says that While
times are hard in California, they are
mot a patch to those experienced IN
Missouri. Kansas and Illinois. where
many of the growing crops were being
badly damaged when he left there by
the hot weather. During his trip the
Commissioner visited St. Louis, Kan
sas City and a number of interior towns.
It was Commissioner Leake's inten-
ton when he went East to observe the
workings of some Of the large dredgens
in the Missouri River, with view to
turning the knowledge gained to prac-
teal account in connection with the
proposed dredging of the Sacramento
River In this respect he was disap-
pointed, as litigation between one of
the dredger companies and the Federal
Government had called a halt on all
dredging operations.
Mr.. Leake states, however, that as
soon as work is again begun he intends
to return to the valley of the great
river ana receive ocular QeIlOilS II
ton of the working capacity and pro-
gress made by the immense dredgers.
In speaking of the recent bOrings
made on the Newtown Shoals, under the
supervision of Engineers Nurse and
Randall, Commissioner Leake ex-
pressed himself as being more than
satisfied. He viii now be able he said,
to go before the Public Works Audit
ing Board with proof positive that the
shoals can be easily removed by means
of the dredger, for the purchase and use
of which the last Legislature appro-
priated $500 600.
Mr. Leake further stated that he
would urge the Auditing Board TO per
nit him TO take the necessary steps to-
ward removing the shoals at the ear
Hest possible moment. and that he
hoped to be able to convince the mem
beers. by displaying the two hundred
specimens of the behring's brought back
by the engineers that the plan of sue
cessful dredging is feasible beyond the
possibility of doubt.
Engineers Nurse and Randall have
over two hundred bottles of sand taken
from three several cross sections of the
shoals. each being tabulated in such
manner that the composition of every
strata may be seen and understood at
a glance.
Engineer Randall says the deepest
boring made was thirty-seven feet, and
showed sand to the bottom. The sew
eral stratas of sand, he says, show quite
a difference in their composition. That
deposited since the hydraulic mines
Were opened shows much more sediment
than the original shoal, proving that
the lower strata may be dredged as
easily, if not easier, than the upper
one
Engineer Randall explained that once
q certain amount Of dredging had been
done jetties may be erected at noml-
nal cost. which viii confine the water
to the dredged channel, increase its
securing capacity, and not only keep The
opened channel clear from debris, but
also assist in deepening the same.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
GOOD SHOOTING.
Private Match Between Nicolaus
and RuhstaI1er.

E A Nicolaus and Frank Ruhstal-
Ter, Jr., members of the Pelican Gun
Club, went over to the shooting grounds
at the American River bridge yester-
day and shot a private match at
twelve birds each.
They had good strong birds to con-
tend with, but were equal to the occa-
sion. Nicolaus made a clean score,
landing his twelve birds, and Ruhstal-
Ter was close up with eleven kills.
This might be called gilt edge shoot
ino
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05

left here last November and went to
Scotland, and was on his way back to
California when he met his death. He
was 43 years old
Deceased had on deposit here 81 900
and also owned an interest in some real
estate. He had lived in Sacramento
about twenty years. His relatives here
have not Yet learned the circumstances
attending the accident which cost him
his life.
The mother of the deceased and an
uncle, John Kennedy, reside in this city,
and he has brother (Stephen Eagan)
IN Australia. The body viii be en-
balmed and brought here for burial
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-05
DAMON'S SLAYERS.
The Governor Asked to Pardon
Dick and Manuel Strybe.

About three-score citizens of Craw-
ford County, O., have petitioned Gov
ernor Budd for the pardon of Dick and
Manuel Strybe, who are serving terms
in Folsom prison for completely in the
murder of an old man named Damon
in this city in 1888. The petitioners are
friends of the Strybes, who lived in
Crawford County before coming to Cal
ifOrnia.
The killing of old man Damon was
a dastardly crime, the particulars of
which are familiar to Sacramentans.
The petition win be referred to District
Attorney Ryan, but it is not likely to
enlist his sympathy.