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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-10
SHARPS AND A

There are successful farmers in this
and other states. In York county S.
c., lives Mr.. w. j. Gordon. He took
Ian regarded as worthless, for Others
had failed to find a living by cultiva-
ting it. He succeeded where others
had failed completely. He did it by
industry, wise cultivation. The Char
lesion News and Courier gives the fol-
lowing concerning his cropping:
1.-The first year he made a good crop,
the second year a better one, and this
year he made with four, and occa-
sionally five, horses, 60 bales of cotton,
averaging $50 pounds, $50 bushels of
corn. $50 bushels Of wheat, so bushels
OF peas. 10 tons Of peavine hay, 5000
bundles OF fodder and at least 1000
pounds Of pork. The value of the crop,
estimating the cotton at 5k cents a
pound, was $3.50, 81 which amount
the cotton crop represented 81. 4S5, and
the remaining products $1,025."
He diversified, as you see, by re-
suits, which was a sound plan and re-
suited We'll. He did not build his
chance upon one crop. He was too
wise for that.
Now and then we see something D
led from The Galveston News we can
endorse. Ordinarily IT'S opinions are
not wise Or we'll adapted to the south.
The following, regarding pensions. is
in good time, and if there was enough
of honesty in the congress the sugges-
ton might be needed. 1t says:
why amend the laws so as to pro-
vide for h alarming increase of pen
sions? Why not take the pension rolls
n purge them of the names of the
dead pensioners for whom pensions are
still being paid? Why not strike from
the rolls the name Of every pensfoner
who is not absolutely dependent upon
government bounty for ~sustenance!
Why strike from the rolls the name
OF every widow who married after the
close OF h war? Then instead OF ar
alarming Increase Of pensions. there
would be an honest pension ron re.
curing an expenditure Of not more
than $40. O00. 900 agar. Il % much"
] But this VIA not please the McK1n;
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FROM FOOT TO KNEE

Ohio Woman Suffered Great Agony
From a Terrible Sore-Her Story Of
the Case, and Her Cure.
"For many years I was afflicted with a
milk leg, and a few years ago it broke out
in a sore and spread from my foot to my
knee. I suffered great agony. It would
burn and itch all the time and discharge
q great deal. My health was good with
the exception of this sore. Tried a great
many kinds Of salve, but some would
irritate the sore SO that I could hardly
stand the pain. I could not go near the
fire without suffering intensely. Some
sent mi papers containing testimonials OF
cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and l told
my husband I would like to try this med
icine. He got me q bottle and = found it
helped me. kept on taking it until my
limb was completely healed. I cannot
praise Hoods Sarsaparilla enough for the
great benefit it has been to me. It
cleanses the blood Of all impurities and
leaves it rich and pure" MRS. ANNA E.
EAKEN, Whittlesey, Ohio.
You can buy Hoods Sarsaparilla Of all
druggists. Be sure to get only Hoods. /
49,. are the fayorite family
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In Georgia they have another object
lesson of the folly and stupidity Of al
lowing a one man power in that state.
The legislature by a great majority
passes a measure stamping u foot
ball. The governor, clothed with much
authority, ~intervenes and thwarts the
Of the legislature. The whole
one-man power should be wiped out
for it is unworthy Of any pretended or
genuine enlightened commonwealth.
We would like to Sc the asst vestage of
such an anomaly stricken out forever
in North Carolina
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equal the foremost. She has written
three or our novels that have q
greater human interest. more OF In
horsepower, greater imaginative splen-
dor than those authors who have
surpassed e in popularity. We
put her first among all southern
writer's in creative power. She has but
very few rivals in description. andoone
surpass her in character drawing
among contemporary Americans.
A professor, T. w. Hunt, in The New
York Forum, holds that the greatest
er poets wrote for their generation and
country. OF the former. he rightly
says hat shakespeare. Milton, Burns
and Tennyson wrote for all men and
for an time" The great, masterful
poets were not self-conscious and insu-
lar even. They produced for h world
and for all the unborn generations.
We read Aeschylus after 200 years as
il he were one Of the current writers.
And SO with Homer and Virgil and
Theocitus. Literature in its reaches
builds for all time and all peoples.
Hence the masterpieces of genius are
the legacies Of an mankind. Grea.
literature ~propagates greatest ideas,
and OF those who best illustrate and
express great literature are the many
sided builders OF rse-Ho Aes-
chylus, S~ophocles, Dante, Shakes
peare, Milton, Tennyson and a few
others. Professor Hunt finds in prose,
among the great contributors to great
literature, Bacon's advancement of
Learning and 1.-The great essays Of
DeQuincey, of Burke, and Of Thomas
Carlyle" He ought to have included
the richest of all prose essays, Millions,
and particularly his immortal "Areo-
pagftica."
Mr.. Arthur Symonds, a well-known
literary writer, says Mr.. Meredith is a
"Decadent," in the sense that he cor
rupts the English language.
A volume of sermons by the late
Dean Vaughan, a capital preacher of
the Church of England, is to be pub
lished. Years ago his ap-
peared in The Sunday Magazine as by
the Master of the Temple"
Leslie Stephen, the very eminent and
able British critic, reviews the life of
Tennyson in The National Review.
George Elliott was recently pointed
out as being a woman of excellent busi-
ness talents and managed her property
with skill. She lived with George Hen
ry Lewes, a distinguished author of
his time, as wife, but was never mar
ried to him, Lewes having a wife liv-
ing. The London Literature" says that
"LeWes was himself a 1rst-rate man of
business in all literary concerns, and
HE took the management of George
Eliot's matters entirely into his own
hands from the first, nor had she any
desire to be consulted on such ques-
tiOns, much less to interfere in them.
That LeWes was a most efficient lite
rary manager is proved by the large
fortune which George Eliot left behind
her, every shilling she possessed hay
ing been made by her pen during a
period of about t~wenty-one years"
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OF Shreveport. La. says: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is the only thing that
cured my cough. and It is the best sell
er ] have" j. F. Campbell, merchant
OF Sanford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery Is all that Is claimed
Tor 1t; it never falls, and is a sure cure
Tor Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
1 cannot say enough for it's merits"
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. Coughs and Solids ia not an
experiment. It has been tried tor a
quarter OF . century. and today stands
Free trial bottles at r. r. neIt.mvs.
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Hark! Hear! The pension bill for
the next fiscal year will take from the
people Sal, 218, $3.50. It is'a measure Of
positive iniquity. That alone is more
than President Buchanan in 1860, re-
quired for all expenditures Of the gov
eminent for two years. Now, after
thirty-two years and more Of peace
tax payers are robbed OF h a tremen-
dous some to pay thousands who never
fired a gun or saw a gray coat.
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ley crowd. Since the new adminlstra-
ton came In some 0.000 ame have
been added to the already tremendous
roll. Instead Of cutting down the ras-
calioies they add to them and thereby
increase the great burdens OF h tax
payers. The Washington Post II not
SO much A suspected OF being a demo-
GRAFT. but It indorses The Galveston
paper and says:
As the pension payments now aggre-
gate $40. 600 900 a year, this scheme, If
carried out, would affect a saving OF at
least $100. 900. 900. That would put the
treasury in fine condition, put an end
to anxiety abou revenues. defray all
expenses. and furnish a surplus to be
applied TO the REDEMPTION OF bonds"
While some medical men favor cigar
cite smoking, il not to excess. II is a
fact that it kills its thousands every
year. We see, that The London Lam
Get, a high medical authority in Great
Britain. tells of some Investigations
made by DR.. Mendelssohn as to the
smoking habit and its effects among
young men. The Investigations were
made in Russia among students. He
had 1,071 replies to a circular sent out.
Quite half were habitual smokers. We
give a summary OF results from h
Lancet:
The average number Of cigarettes
smoked daily by a medical student was
1854, and by a chronological student
22.28 (Russian cigarettes are more
than half paper mouthpiece. and there
fore much smaller than English cigar
ettes). But the most interesting fig
ures are those which deal with the eff
feet of smoking on the health. OF the
smokers 1903 per cent. were found to
have some affection of the respiratory
tract. while only 1863 per CEN of the
non-smokers were so affected. In re-
gard to diseases of the alimentary
tract the figures we're respectively 11.88
and 9.92 per cent, and Of both tracts
combined SIT and 3.22 per cent. In
every case the smokers gave the high
err percentage. Turning to the effect
OF the age at which the habit was be-
gun, it was found that those who had
acquired the habit before the age Of
sixteen years gave higher percentages
Of illness Q9.05, 1909, and 1859 in the
above three groups) than those who
began at or after that age GAIT, 11.34,
and sc respectively. Another table
shows the deleterious effect Of inhaling
the smoke when smoking; inhalers
gave percentages of Illness of 1914,
1872, and 9.25 respectively, as COM
pared with 1888, 1863, and 2.56 among
those who did not inhale.'
The Lancet says DR.. Mendelssohn
urges the need of instruction of youth
as Ito the harmfulness of smoking"
The Lancet says that of cigarette smok-
ing it has been a long since admitted
fact THAI it 'is to a certain extent
a harmful habit, especially in the
young" Nicotine is a poison and when
constantly inhaled leads to disease
and often to death.
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The member of the Methodist Episco-
pal society in Agawam. Mass, were
somewhat surprised OF Sunday morning
to see conducting services in place Of
the regular pastor, Rev. Charles j.
Hatch. the latter's 16-year-old daughter,
Mabel. The same day she also filled the
pulpit at the Central church near Ware
ham Centre. Miss Hatch's father was
taken suddenly ill, which prevented his
o%ccupying the pulpit.
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Boston should do better. 1t turns
loose a ninteen year III embezzler who
only helped himself to a trifing 5000 0
If some poor fellow, ragged and hun
cry, were to steal a pair Of pants or a
chicken he would be sent to the peni-
tertiary. Justice is blind and lame up
there"
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Instead Of bothering himself about
reciprocity the president would be wise
of remembrance to try to raise the
wind to fill the sales of the ship Of
state. The Dingley dragnet is a fraud
and failure.
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SNAPS.

Can it be true? What? Tha there
was a lynching last week in Nevada?
A fellow was hanged by a mob for a
murder.
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Yours truly,
JOHN MORRIS.

Yours truly,
JOHN NORRIS.
Office Of J. N. McElroy, Druggist,
Orlando, Fla, April 20, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I sold three bottles Of p.
P. p. large size yesterday, and one bot
tie small size today.
The p. P. p. cured my wife Of rheu-
matism winter before last. It came
back on her the past winter and a half
bottle, 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
l sold a bottle Of p. p. p. to a friend
Of mine, one of the turkies, a small one,
took sick n his wife gave it 9 tea
spoonful, that was in the evenir and
the little fellow turned yer like h was
dead. but next morning he was hollow
ing and we'll.
Yours respectfully.
J. N. McELROY.
Savannah, Ga, March II, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for q long time and did
not n a cure until found p. p. p,
which completely cured me.
Yours truly,
ELIZA JONES,
16 Orange ST.. Savannah. Ga.
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Having used three bottles Of p. p. P.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefit from
the same, having gained IA pounds in
weight in four weeks. I take great
pleasure in recommending it to all un-
fortunate like
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
Night Session Of Senate.

The senate met Friday night to co.,
slider the railroad committees freight
rate bill, but the secretary was unable
to find it. The senate took a recess,
and an hour was spent in searching for
the bill. It was found to have been
sent to the house instead of to the SEN
ate, after being printed, and action
went over, as it was impossible to get
it before morning.
The following bills passed: By the
committee on penal institutions, Civ
ing credits of time to convicts in the
penitentiary, for good behavior, Of two
months in each of first two years, four
months in each of next two years, and
five months in each of the remaining
years of his term; Miller, allowing con-
victs to be employed on county roads,
the county to furnish transportation,
pay for guards and maintenance. A
new bill was introduced by T. J. Miller
in the senate, and two minutes and ten
seconds later it had gone through the
committee of the whole, been read
three times, passed and ordered sent to
the house. It appropriated $40, 900
for the final expenses of the members
Of the legislature.
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now," she said, II want to oivs Va.
little advice. 1 have been almo. ).
deaths door with liver trouble. An.
the doctor had done all that he oa'u
for me l told him not to come ,.,;, -.
I showed him bottle of Paine, osl..
compound and told him was pon, !.
give that a fair trial. As a result ~
strong and we'll.
II sent right over to the drua an,
and got a bottle of Paine's celery con
pound, and when I had taken two M
ties the soreness had left my stourl
and my side felt much better. AA,i
had taken four bottles my side vr
much stronger, and l was in bettr
spirits and felt as though might lju
and not be in such misery. Worli,
people nowadays work the vitality N
out every week, and all ! ask 10 70 h
able to earn the money l have to ever
week. {
"Paine's celery compound has en-.
bled me to do this, and has done N,
more good than all the doctors put "
gether.
why, my nervous system is He.
tirely strengthened that l feel like,
new being, and what is more, look
the good the medicine has done me-
right in my face and eyes. Just tell
all the poor women for me that for,
medicine to build one up, give Painsi
celery compound a fair trial, and it'll
does not do it, then they might as we'll
die. I have recommended it to sevsrl
and it has helped in every case have
a great deal to worry me, and dose d
the compound gives me quiet sleep and
then I can work. If any one wishes h
write me they can do So"
Why should sick person do any
thing else but try bottle Of Psins'
celery compound?
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18

There never was a remedy so emil
nently successful, so far above and be-
yond all competition, as Paine's celery
compound.
Paine's celery compound effects mar
velous cures.
Where other remedies miserably fail,
and where doctors do not succeed, there
Paine's celery compound is found curing
disease, making people we'll and happy.
Here is the case Of Mrs. Half, who
lives at 40 Summer ave-, Newark, N.
j., and whose portrait is printed here.
K "My DOCTOR" she says. "called my
disease liver complaint, stomach trouble,
nervous dyspepsia, and almost every
other name you could think of. When
was in Portland, Ore, had enlarge
ment of the liver, and the doctor
thought all the troubles came from that
severe spell Of illness. That was twelve
years ago, and have done nothing but
doctor ever since. I have had the best
physicians examine me, and see if they
could do anything for me. For months
at time my stomach and liver have
been so sore that could only lie in bed
in misery, and with such severe pain in
my back, and 80 weak that I could
hardly talk.
after had bad night I would
send for the doctor, and he would leave
me small box of powders and one or
two other medicines, and it would cost
me 81 every time I had one of these
spells. believe I have taken more
medicine than any other living woman.
Last March had call from lady
friend of mine, who asked me, "What
is the matter with you?" I replied by
saying, 'How we'll you lookr' eyes,"
she said, II never felt SO well in my
life" She is a woman of IS. "And
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
A Second Experience.
There Will Be No Doubt ~ to What
Physicians will BE Called in Future
By Mrs. Hurlburt.

There Will Be No Doubt ~ to What
Physicians will Be Called in Future
By Mrs. Hurlburt.
From the Republican, Fresno, Cal.
An interesting case comes from
Kingsburg, in Fresno county, Califor-
mia. Mrs. Matte Hurlburt tells her
own story, and as she is lady who is
we'll and favorably known and we'll
worthy Of credence, it will be found in
teresting:
"While was living in Fresno City
in $685." Mrs. Hurlburt said, "short-
~ after the birth Of what was then my
youngest child, began to lose all
strength and vitality, and was in very
serious condition. DIR. Hayden of
Fresno, had been attending me, but his
efforts to help me proved unavailing,
and was gradually growing worse,
though I tried all the doctors and
remedies within reach. One day I
heard Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and also read an adver-
tisement about these pills in newspa-
per, and made up my mind to give
them trial as a dernier resort. I at
once procured supply, and took them
according to rule until had used four
boxes. BY that time was so much
improved in every way that / could do
my own homework and was in exu-
berant spirits at my returned health. I
felt splendidly until one year and
half ago when another baby was born,
and I was taken just as before, and
brought very low again. The attend
ing physician feared that my illness
this time would result seriously, but
he was not able to help me, 30 again
turned to DR.. Williams remedy,
and after taking two boxes was up
and about my work again. I shall
always keep Pink Pills in my house
from this time on, and shall turn to
to them alone for medical comfort in
the time of illness. (Signed)
MATTE HURLBURT."
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
q condensed form, all the elements nee
essary to give new life and richness to
the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are also specific for troubles
peculiar to females, such as suppress
sions, Irregularities and all forms of
weakness. They build up the blood,
and restore the glow of health to pale
and sallow cheeks. In men they effect
q radical cure in all cases arising from
mental worry, overwork or excuses of
whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold
in boxes (never in loose bulky at 80
cents box or six boxes for 81. 80, and
may be had of all druggists, or direct
by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-03-18
saltwater Soup.

In an article on fish food, the London
Spectator gives many interesting facts
about the wonderful and invisible sup
ply furnished by nature for the feeding
of the millions Of fishes that make up
her great oceanic population.
The most careful examination OF shall
low waters near the shore will not SET
tie the question of what the fish reed
on when out in the wide seas, because
the conditions in the two case diner so
widely.
The sea, in the heart Of its own do
main, far from the shallow water-fr1nge
along the shore, is devoid OF vegetable
life. It contains no growth Of weeds
or plants to harbor swarms OF possible
food-creatures, except in limited spaces,
as in the floating weeds Of the Sargosso
Sea.
A bucket of water drawn from the
Atlantic is to the eye simply so much
transparent brine, unfouled with weed.
void of fish, and in most cases not v1s1-
bly, infested with any form OF floating
marine organism.
Yet at any moment shoals OF hsh,
numbering millions Of individuals, may
elect to enter this apparently foodless
waste, and do so with impunity. The
herring shoals disappear into the deep
Atlantic and return In good condition,
oily and exuberant.
What have they lived on In the mean
time? Not on smaller fish caught In the
chase, for even If these were present IN
sufficient quantities, the behring's travel
in a serried shoal a mile square and
perhaps thirty feet deep, crowding one
another too closely to admit OF free
chase after food.
The explanation lies In the universal
presence Of those microscopic creatures
that in some parts Of the Atlantic are SO
thickly massed in the water as to dis
color it's surface and afford abundant
food for the whale. These are now
known to pervade every drop Of surface
water in numbers comparable to the
notes in the air.
For the purposes OF the herring, the
pilchard, and countless other vertebrate
fish, shell-fish and zoophytes, the upper
waters of the sea are in fact nutri-
tive soup, a food exactly suited to their
needs.
These microscopic creatures are the
basis of all the life Of the ocean. Some
are water-deas, others occupy shells
like miniature bivalves, others again
are in the form of the one-eyed micro
scopic monsters Of the pools-the cy-
clops. They multiply at an amazing
rate, increasing from one to more than
four hundred thousand a year.
Their existence is one Of the greatest
economic triumphs of nature. They dis
pose Of the refuse of the sea, and keep
its waters sweet. Dead animal and
vegetable matter feeds them, and they,
without further machinery, are con-
verted into the food-fishes of the world.
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Revenue Bill Passed.

When the senate met Friday, the
revenue bill was taken up again. and
the delinquency section was further
discussed, ON Weddings motion to
charge per cent interest on delinquent
taxes from date Of delinquency until
paid.
Plummer offered an amendment that
all delinquent taxes paid before No
vember 80, 1897, with interest at 10
per cent thereon, from April, 1897, all
old penalties, interest and costs, should
be RENTED.
Dorr rose as champion against remit
lance, and made strong appeal.
Deckabach, Warburton, Lesh and
Hill spoke in favor of Plummer's mo-
ton. On call for the previous Ques-
ton, the substitute prevailed-25 ayes,
z noes.
General consideration of the bill was
resumed, and Chairman Taylor, Of the
senate committee on revenue and taxa
ton, offered a number Of corrective
amendments to different sections, all
of which were adopted. The bill was
then placed on it's general passage, on
motion of Taylor.
During the general debate on the
passage of the bill, Dorr read from the
governors message, urging that delin-
quencies be enforced. and said two
years from now the party in power
would be accused of running the state
in debt, and would be held responsible
by the people. The bill passed with
an emergency clause.
On motion of Crow, the vote by
which the referendum bill was lost
Wednesday, was reconsidered, and the
bill placed on the calendar.
Highs bill to reduce salaries of the
state officers failed to pass-18 ayes,
Is noes.