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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-15
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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-15

COAL AND LUMBER.
Best coal and lumber in the
city at Heidt-Nelson Coal and
Lumber company, Avenue A
and Twenty first street. Phone
,043. 'ei y 7Is''N esIo-6-tf
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-15
ASTORIA.
Tho FAC n
siruile ~ 10 o.
as'Ssis'' &32zzA@ I ~
CHEAP COAL.

Good lump, burns freely,
leaves little ash. Delivered in
city at $2.25 per ton.
GEO. L. THOMAS,
Phone ll5 Agent.
Jo.Io-Jn,a
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-15

No. 1 carries Pullman Sleeping Car Bir-
mingham to New Orleans. and Pull
man Union Sleeping Car Birmingham
to Shreveport.
No. 8 carries Pullman Sleeping Cars Bir-
mingham to New Orleans.
DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO GIN
CINNATI, LOUISVILLE AND
LEXINGTON.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-15

West bound-Read down. East bound
Read up.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
FUN

Another Way.-"Mr. Davis wants to
borrow the lawn mower" mo, tell him
we won't lend it; but if he needs exer-
else he a come over n cut u
grass."-Detroit Free Press.
Isaacstein-"Dot was a quveer ting
vot happenedt to R~osenbaum's shtore.
Dere vas a burglary undt a shmall fire
in de same nighd."-Cohenstein-"Yes;
Rosenbaum toldt me dot he came oudt
schoonst even."-Puck.
The Pleasing Part-"What do you re-
gard as the most important event Of
the century," asked the philosopher.
WELL" answered the wheelman, "the
finish is about as satisfactory as any
part of the run."-Truth.
One, at Least-She-"You are just
like all the men; you would not admit
that you yer made a mistake, to save
your life" He-"As If I hadn't told you
time and time again that the mistake
of my life was in marrying you."-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
He gives twice that gives quickly"
urged the collector, earnestly.
True" responded Snagge, calmly,
but I've often noticed that he that
gives slowly very frequently doesn't
have to give at all."-Harper's Bazaar.
Mistress-"What in the world are you
putting ashes on the floor for, Bridget?'
Bridget-"Sure Ma'am, an didn't yez
say to doost the parlor?"-Brooklyn
Life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
The Wearing-Apparel Tax

Doubtless the treasury department
will in good time prepare appropriate
rules and regulations" under which
custom officers can work in collecting
duties on personal effects exceeding
500 in value purchased abroad" At
present to judge from expressions Of
custom officers in New York, the law
is very far from clear, and they do not
know how to act. one is quoted as
saying that, literally interpreted,
Clothing or other effects which have
been received as gifts might come in
free of duty irrespective Of value" If
this suggestion is we'll founded, made
advisedly on the part of foreign trades
men, along which may be seen the
European tailor, milliner, jeweller, and
dressmaker pressing upon Americans
rich gifts. Of course all s~elf-respecting
Americans wOul refuse to remain in
debt to foreigners or to be exceeded in
the race Of altruism. It would be a
point of honor, a patriotic duty, to re-
ciprocate with gifts of equal value.
which merely for convenience would
take the form Of drafts on London,
Paris, Berlin, or Vienna. Thus inter-
national ties would be strengthened
and the brotherhood Of man greatly
promoted. A free-wiI gift abroad
would become doubly grateful if pay
ment were postponed until the recip-
lent got home.-Boston Transcript
(Rep).
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17

1t is undoubtedly true that North
Carolina sorely needs common school
education, but would it be fair to say
that she certainly Ices not need any
lower education without Christi" If SO,
why? If the higher education of the
state is to be turned over to the twen-
ty Christian or UNCONVENTIONAL colleges
in the state why should not the lower
education of the state be entrusted to
the same influences? Why not commit
the common schools of the state to the
denominations? 1t has been said that
Presbyterians are born SO, and the
same may be said Of Baptists and
Methodists and ~Episcopalians and Ro-
man Catholics; and it stands to reason
that if North Carolina does not need
any higher education without Christ,
she does not need any lower education
without Christ. Turn over h common
schools to the denominations and teach
the children of the state the lives of
the saints instead of the lives of states
men, the catechism instead of history,
theological formulas instead Of the
spelling book, and North Carolina will
become the most intolerant as it is now
one of the most illiterate common
wealths of the union.-Charleston News
and Courier.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17

Washington. August 12-Moses p.
Handy. special commissioner for the
United States to the Paris exposition
has arrived In Warrington Ind spent
some time today in receiving his in
structions at the state department. Mr..
Handy expects to sail from New York
for Pans IN the 18th. taking with him
as an aid. Lieutenant Baker. who was
n OF the nava aides at the worlds
fair. Mr.. Handy will spend two
months in Paris and then. returning
to the United States, will open Offices
in New York and Chicago. where appli-
cations for space will be received from
would-be-exhibitors. Already many
OF these applications have come in, and
a large correspondence has begun. It
is said that the indications are that
the space at the Paris exposition will
be very limited.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
The Cotton Seed Oil Industry

The growth of the cotton seed oil
industry during the past few years has
been phenomenal. Less than a decade
g his rich product Of our southern
cotton seed was wholly unknown to
commerce, and yet today it not only
enjoys a rapidly increasing popularity
in the worlds market, but even bids
fair within the next few years to chal-
lenge the once acknowledged suprema-
cy Of hog lard.
In support Of this contention it is
only necessary to cite the immense
quantity of cotton seed consumed by
the industry during the past twelve
months. It is estimated hat since
July 1, 1896, something over 1900, 600
ons of cotton seed have found their
way into the various mills of the cOun-
try to be converted into cotton seed
oil and other resultant products.
On account Of it's purely vegetable
origin there are many who contend
that for domestic purposes cotton
seed oil will largely supersede lard.
1t certainly possesses many advant-
ages over lard for cooking purposes.
To his immediate section of the
country the growing Importance of
the cotton seed industry is specially
gratifying. Besides adding materially
to the present industrial prestige of
the south it also lends additional en-
chantment to the possibilities Of the
future.-Atlanta Constitution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
Autonomy al q Farce

A secheme of government more prepos-
terously unavoidable than that imposed
by the powers ON their Cretan victims it
would perhaps be impossible to conceive.
A representative body is provided for, in
which two-thirds of the Inhabitants, en-
bracing all of the intelligence, all of the
industry, and four-fifths of the property
of the island, Is to have one-half of the
representation, exactly balanced by the
equal representation Of the stands igno.
rance, brigandage n barbarity. Having
thus laid a foundation hat guarantees
disturbance later on, the powers provide
that Turkish soldiers, assassins by in
stinct and bound by religion to obey the
hint of the permanent assassin at Con-
stantinople, shall remain, until it shall
suit the private ends of the powers to re-
move them. There is no guarantee that
that day would come even. other than the
guarantee of disturbance already provided
for, which will serve as a pretext for re-
peating the performance of Egypt. The
presence of the Turkish soldiers does no
more than clinch the nail, and is calcu-
lated to advance the day when a second
bombardment from the safe refuge OF
English ironclads shall repeat the war
like glory of Alexandria. To parallel the
feat we must imagine the fistic champion
Of America strutting and swelling after
breaking the jaw of a n~ewsboy.-New
York SUN.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17

Two men were standing on Sixth and
Pine streets yesterday afternoon In the
was moping his brow and watching the
people who passed. Suddenly h touched
his companion on the arm.
"See that girl In the sailor hat-the
pretty one over there? She's going into
How do I know? 1 don't know exactly:
it's a kind Of instinct"
h girl looked cautiously about. gaxed
at the array in the window Of the shop
She'll be back in a minute" said the
man n had spoken before. She will
look around again, and. When she thinks
ing back"
The girl had turned on the corner and
was retracing her steps. Sure enough.
h paused before the open door. looked
up down the street and went in. Five
minutes later she came out and walked
rapidly away
Il don't know how I can tell them. but
l can invariably pick them out. Never
fellow coming up the street.-the in the
light suit? He just came from the pool
rooms, probably is broke and is going in
to hook his watch. Yes, he's coming UP
this way. There. what did 1 tell you? /
knew he'd go in"
His friend nodded. That is pretty
good, but I'll make a bet 1 can do the
same thing. Bet you a fiver."
Well, that elderly gentleman who Just
got off the car will go in there. The one
with the diamonds, 1 mean"
Never! I'd like to double that bet"
II a you. See, he's going right up to
the door. There, he's going in. Ha! ha!
what did 1 tell you? Ten dollars, please"
and the younge man held out his hand.
The first observer drew out a roll and
gave him two s. bills.
You are right" he remarked Have
a drink? Yes. don't mind if 1 do. But do
you mind telling me how you knew he'd
go in there?"
Not at all. You see, he owns the
place."-St. Louis Globe-Oemocrat.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
Wanted His Baby's Name Changed.

A man who was bald with the exception
of a small red fringe which reached
around the back of his head from ear to
ear was waiting for the lawyer when the
latter came into his Office, says the Wash
ington Star.
usual case,' he said after greetings had
been exchanged. What I came to find
out is this-can a PERSONS name be
changed?'
Certainly. All he has to do is to show
some good and sufficient reason for
adopting another NAME, and it can be very
easily arranged
Il know that. But can it be done with
out the knowledge or consent of the
party most interested?"
why of course not
81 was afraid you would say that. But
maybe when you hear all the circum-
stances"
But there are no circumstances which
will permit you to change a mans name
without his knowledge. There are lots OF
mean things you can do behind a friends
back, but I am glad to say this is not
one of Them"
But this person isn't a man."
THE same thing applies to a woman?"
But it's not a woman either. It's my
1O-months old baby. The trouble is that
we're having too much education in our
neighborhood. 1 honestly believe that
what I am trying to do is for the baby's
w good. My wife and I were anxious to
give him a name that would have a sub.
stantial sound and at the same time be as.
ISOLATED with classical tradition. So we
hit upon Cicero"
That's a very good name"
your remark shows now easy 1t is tt
be deceived. We liked it first rate unit
our eldest girl got into the high school
One day she came home and informed III
that we were mispronouncing the baby:
name. 1t isn't 'Sissero,' she tells us; it:
'Kickero.'"
That's the pronunciation usually
taught now"
$50 I learned upon inquiry. And Il
you'll take the case I am willing to go tt
any expense to change his name tt
Thomas or John or jeremiah or most any
thing that won't sound as if we had takeI
an Indian papoose to raise"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
JOTTINGS.

The Dominion of Canada has sent
$500. 900 to the sufferers by famine and
plague in India.
Governor Atkinson, of West Virginia,
says that "the right Of free speech
and public assembly should in no wise
be abridged" A little judge up in his
state has abridged it, however, through
the ever handy injunction. '-Houston
Post.
The Charleston IS. c. News collects
an extended list Of federal appointees
in the south who, it says, are either
negroes or carpet-baggers, and declares
that this is a course which is sure to
preserve the "solid south" for the DEM
ecrats. q.
No better proof of the south's fine
condition could be found than the fact
that there has recently been a strong
demand for southern securities. The
southerners are themselves buying
largely of these bonds and stocks be-
cause they begin to realize the future
u the neutrality-suspicious. American.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
STATE PRESS.

The city of Wilmington. the metropoli-
tan city Of the state. is a conspicuous ex-
ample Of the blight of fusion rule in North
Carolina. The Messenger openly cnaages
Of New Hanover county, which adjourned
last week, was a travesty upon justice
and decorum. The race issue controlled
the verdict of the juries, and the court
was remarkable for the number Of cases
in which justice miscarried. The grand
jury was composed Of eleven negroes and
seven whites, and the petit jury was "a
mixture of the ignorance Of both colors.'
-Wadesboro Messenger.
The Jury system Of these days Is falling
into disrepute. It has become SO that
few lawyers care to have respectable IN.
telligent men sit as Jurors. The times
wanted. They can generally pc a
Such corruption and perversion OF justice
Is the father Of l~ynchings. Honest people
no longer look to courts for justice.
Courts have been tried and found want
ings. Hence the willingness OF the best
people to take the law into their own
hands, but they too often make the mis-
take Of Iynching the culprit and letting
his co-conspirators, sometime lawyers or
other officials go.-Greenville Weekly.
Even as early as the county democratic
convention. held here on July 81, we de-
nOunced fusion with any party on any
terms whatever. We claimed that it
would be better to suffer an honorable
defeat rather than to purchase victory at
lnc COSC OIL lO5S VI HOIlOI dIu pIl1ClpIc.
1t is true that fusion was not effected
as far as the state ticket was concerned,
but it is true nevertheless that the demo-
Gratis sought fusion with the populists
and that they experienced the humiliation
of a rejection. In November the party
emerged from the conflict overwhelmingly
defeated, and with it's once fair banner
basmirched by the faint Of that unsuccess-
full attempt to fust with another party
Smithfield Herald.
The series of articles being published
in the Charlotte Observer and the Will
mington Messenger, compiled by Colonel
Fred A. Olds, under the above title, are
not merely entertaining, but are full Of
historical value, and reveal in their con-
tents the greatness Of North Cardinals
Vance. To every reader Of these articles,
there must be various emotions excited,
and now after a generation has passed,
and with 1t the great soldier, patriot,
statesman and citizen, who was SO much
to every citizen of the commonwealth of
North Carolina, the calm reading of the
history of the days when this state was
in war, when every deed and action stood
the greatness Of Zebulon B. Vance. To
those of this later day, to whom the war
Is OF small consequence, and only of inter-
est as history, there has been in their
time the states great statesman, Vance,
and while his part in the war may be
nothing to them, yet his part in North
Cardinals history since the war is of i'm
p%ortance to hem.-Winst Journal.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
DR.. Herz's Claim for Damages Agaius
France

Franco
Washington, August 12.-Dr. Corne-
Illus Herr, Of Panama canal fame, has
filed a claim with the state department
for damages against the government
of France for illegal arrest and deten-
ton in England. The case presents
some curious and unusul features. DR..
Herr, it was alleged, fed to England
to escape arrest and prosecution by the
French government as of the lead
ers in h Panama affair. The French
government asked his e~xtradition and
he was arrested at a resort called
BOurnemouth by the British officers.
He vas very i'll and it was not possible
for him to be brought into court to an
swer the extradition proceedings. For
three years, it is said, he lay in this
state, technically under arrest and I'M
der constant surveillance. Meantime,
for his special benefit, a law was passed
by parliament to enable examinations
to be had at the bedside of a prisoner
in such cases as his. The proceedings
resulted in the declination Of the Brit
1sh authorities to grant the extradi-
ton of DR.. Herr, n he now brings
a claim against France, without stat
ing the amount of the indemnity he
asks. After a careful examination Of
the papers in the case, however, the
state department has been obliged to
decline to undertake to prosecute the
claim and has so informed DR.. Herz's
counsel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
NEW JOB FOR DIR. ANDREWS.


He Will Head John Brisben Walkers Uni
versity Scheme.
(New York SUM-
President e. Benjamin Andrews. of
Brown university. who will sever his
connection with that institution in the
fall, say he has received two offers Of
places since the announcement Of his
resignation from the presidency of
Brown. n that he has accepted one.
He announced this afternoon that he
was to be the head Of a sort of Cha
tauqua educational scheme, to be run
by John Brisben Walker as an adjunct
to his magazine. He added that his
duties would not take him away from
Providence, and it is also understood
that his new employment is contin-
gent upon the acceptance Of his regis
nation by the Brown corporation.
The prospectus of the new univer-
sity" contains this announcement:
1.-The course Of studies will be worked
out with reference to the real needs of
men n women in the various walks
Of life, and will be designed not only
to produce broader minds, more culti-
waited intellectS and give greater fit
ness for special lines Of work, but to
make better citizens, better neighbors
and give a happier, higher type Of man
and w~Omanhood.
"All instruction blanks, examination
papers, official circulars, etc., will be
furnished free. There will be no charge
Of any kind made to the student, all
expenses being borne for the present
by the college. No conditions except the
pledge Of a given number Of hours of
study will attach to the entrance of
students on the rolls of the university.
The university work will be formally
opened on September LIST. Meanwhile
students desiring to enter upon a
course will forward to the university
the following information: Name and
address,, previous course of study, occu-
patton in life. purpose for which edu-
cation is sought, studies which the ap-
plicant desires to pursue"
Under President Andrews there will
be an advisory board of ten men,
chosen from the brightest and rarest
minds in the whole country"
The greater purpose of the new uni
versity, it is announced, will be to
reach the masses who have not yet
the means to secure entrance to the
now existing universities Of the coun-
try. It is understood that Mr.. Walker
will stand expenses for the present, but
he hopes to be able to get outside
financial assistance later.
1.-The new college, laid President
Andrews, will be = pig affair, with
the view to the widespread dissemina-
ton Of education. It will be a popular
institution, designed upon new ideas,
and the plan will be to meet the prob
lens that come constantly before the
people, and which are t. be solved I'M
der the prevailing conditions of the
times as such questions arise.
1.-The work of the college is expected
to resemble in some ways the work
of university extension, and is intend
ed to reach, through the medium of a
correspondence school, those who are
unable to devote the time to a college
course"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17

MI. H.. Kuhn, of Marion, Kansas;
writes:
"About three years ago my grand
daughter Bertha WILDWOOD, was
thrown from a horse, receiving a
wound of the scalp. Under the treat
ment of physicians the wound seemed
obstinate, and for several months re-
NAMED about the same, until it finally
became very angry looking, and broke
out into a running sore. This soon
spread to other parts of the scalp, and
ran down the side of the neck, in.
creasing in severity, and fearfully
disfguring her.
"After being constantly under a
physician for a year, and her. condi-
ton a great deal worse than at first,
we placed her under the are OF the
faculty of a well-known hospital, but
even the treatment she received there
failed to arrest the terrible sore.
"Reading of the many cures of
blood troubles effected by S. S. S., We
decided to try it, and it relieved her
promptly. At first this remedy seemed
to increase the discharge, forcing out
the poison; this o ceased altogether,
and the place began to heal. In a
few months she was entirely cured,
and scarcely a mark now remains
where the disease held full sway"
s. s. S. is the right remedy for all
blood diseases, and il the only cure
for Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula,
Eczema, Cancer, Rheumatism, Ca
tarrh, etc., no matter how d~eep-seated
the case s. S. S. is guaranteed
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
Bucklen's Arnica Salve

The best Salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
C~hilblains. Corns. and all kin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refund
sd. Price % cents per bottle. For sale
by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
Savannah, Ca, April 26. 1896

Savannah. Ca, April 26, 1896.
Having used three bottles OF P. p. p.
Tor impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefit from
the same, having gained II pounds in
weight in foul we ks, I take great
pleasure in recommending 1t to all un-
o%frtunate like
, Yours truly,
JOHN MORRIS.
Office of J. N. McElroy, Druggist,
Orlando, Fla, April 20, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I sold three bottles Of P.
2. P. large size yesterday, and One bot
tie small size today.
The P. P. P. cured my wife Of rheu-
matism winter before last. I came
back on her the past winter and a half
bottle. 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
I sold a bottle of P. P. P. to a friend
of mine, one Of the turkies,a small
one, took sick and his wife gave it a
~teaspoonful, that was in the evening,
he was dead, but next morning was up
following and we'll.
Yours respectfully,
j. N. McELROY.
Savannah, Ca, March II, 1891.
Messrs, Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for a long time and L
not find a cure until I found P. P. P,
which completely cured me.
Yours truly,
ELIZA F. JONES,
IL o--rge St. S~av"rnah. Ga
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-17
Pure1y Vegetable

and contains not a particle of mer.
curry, potash, or other mineral, which
means so much to all who know the
disastrous effects of these drugs.
Valuable books can be had free BY
addressing SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,
Atlanta, Georgia.