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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-21

Notification and the Declaration OF
INDEPENDENCE was Secession" OF
course they were. but he Is about the
first northern historian and critic TO re-
cognize the plain truth and make a
clean breast Of 1t.
When Mark Twain was called upon
70 speak at a dinner at which literary
men alone were present. he had no cut
and dried speech and his Wit
him. The Missouri humorist arose
and with due gravity said:
peare Is dead. Milton is n more, n
II am not feeling very well mysed.
and then took his seat. OF such
a successful speech created an uproar.
Such have been n excavations at
Troy that now the carefui student can
study the plan OF h Palace Of TIT
yus' and realize fully the arrange
ment OF all the palaces described by
Homer.
An inviting new volume IS selections
from Matthew Arnold's Prose" He
was one of the most fascinating OF
essayists Of the last half century.
Professor Gates, of Harvard, edits IL,
and treats the reader to fine criticism
and analysis OF the eminent English
poet and essayist.
a new and fine edition OF is
10 be issued at once. There are already
perhaps a half dozen others before he
public.
Jerome K. Jerome is an English
writer. and it is said to be a fact that
he is one of the few authors OF his
country whose works are known at all
we'll in Germany, France, Russia and
Scandinavia.
On the 18th December 1897, n lWth
anniversary of the poet Heinrich Heine
was celebrated. He was a Jew and
was born in Germany. He died in
Paris a great sufferer for many Of his
last years. He was a superb poeticai
genius, and among men Of letters is
regarded rs the very greatest genius
of his race in 5000 years. Some Of his
songs.se of immortal flavor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-21

Many Of the southern newspapers
have represented southern farmers as
being in a prosperous and highly con-
tented condition. Such statements
have appeared in newspapers to the
south of US, and we think, we hav
seen something of it in North Carolina
papers. Recently the Messenger gave
quite another view of it from an cas-
tern exchange. In the last number of
the Monroe Enquirer, one of our best
weekly exchanges, this was given:
"a prominent business man of this
county has been figuring or the cost
of raising cotton and find that at the
nresent prices of cotton but ten cents
per day has been realized by the cot
ton grower for his labor"
There is certainly no great prosperity,
not to say wealth, in making ten cents
q day by groWingk cotton.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-21
LITERARY GOSSIP

The lately deceased Professor F. T.
P~algrave, Of Oxford University, au-
thor of the best anthology of verse ever
published, in writing of Lord Tennyson
said this, Often I thought, had he
never written a line of the poems so
would have made him the most inter-
esting companion known to me-"
Maxwell Gray" has a new novel
called "Sweethearts and Friends"
She exhausted herself in The Silence
of Dean Maitland"
William Watson, the English poet, has
written the most shocking b~lasphemy
Of any living poet. He should be kick
ed out Of all homes not given up to sin
and irreverence. He literally repudi-
the Christians worship. A writer of
this type is more dreadful and pestifer-
Gus than small pox or yellow fever.
He would kill the SOUL.
Mr.. George G. Napier has published
a volume on The Homes and Haunts
OF Sir after ScOCI.' MIS-. MaXWel
Scott has also just published The
Making of Abbottsford and Incidents
in Scottish History" Mr.. Napier's
book is pronounced by London Liter
ature' to be "a model of it's kind"
There are some five new and excellent
editions of Scott in England just put or
in course of publication. Like Shakes
peare the greatest of Scotman is i'm
mortal.
The late Rev. Solomon C. Malan, D.
d., an English divine of immense learn
ing, published many works, and among
the fifty were TRANSACTIONS from the
Chinese, Mongol,. Coptic, Armenian,
Syriac, Russian, Georgian, EthiOpic,
Persian, Arabic. Welsh, japanese,
Korean, to say nothing of Hebrew,
Greek, and other ordinay languages.
That is what might well be called
f~earnings, but how many who will real
This ever heard before of DR.. Malan?
Those who favor substituting modern
languages for the two great ancient
languages, exclusive Of Hebrew, are
not wise. Latin prose will be a greaE
help in writing English prose. Mr.. J.
L. Patton, an assistant Master of Rugby
one of the great English schools-in
| a recent essay on the reaching of .LaIan.
| as quoted in Literature" said this
1T is impossible to thoroughly under
stand English, not only literary Eng
| lish. but the English of everyday life.
without a knowledge of Latin. .
One Of the reatest masters Of English
! prose style, the late Cardinal Newman,
| attributed his command of English
| style to the practice Of traaslating
every day W. or three sentences into
Latin"
London Literature" asks, win our
grand children have any caase for sor
row if ninety-nine hundreths Of all the
| publications OF today should disappear
| like a "a dream" It is very certain
| nothing will be lost to them Il nearly
all of the fiction and very much Of tht
| theology perish with tho year Of publ
| cation. The fictive publications are
mainly feeble and false as web as bana
| and vicious. Like Gaines Christian
most foul and deceptive, the most mora
rubbish and fanatisism-
Professor Tyler>s Literary History
| of the American Revolution" is praises
in England for its fairness and genera
self-restraint. He Is a northen mar
with northen politics. but Ire says tina
J "the resistance Of the Stamp Act wa
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-21
HOME FOLKS.

Is not Commissioner Hamrick's esti-
mate of the fish product in North Car
Dina high? Can it be that it is really
worth 81, 600, 900 annually? It might be
easily that with the great advantages
and the extensive inlands waters of the
state-bays, sounds, rivers. The oyster
industry should be ten or twenty times
more than it is.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-21
FROM FOOT TO KNEE
From a Terrible Sore-Her Story of
the Case, and Her Cure.

From a Terrible Sore-Her Story of
the Case, and Her Cure.
"For many years 1 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. l suffered great agony. 1t would
burn and itch all the time and discharge
a great deal. My health was good with
the exception of this sore. 1 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. Someo n
sent me papers containing testimonials of
cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and I told
my husband l would like to try this med
icine. He got me a 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. 1t
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.
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Receipt Of Money for Cubans

Washington, January ia letter
from Consul General Lee at Havana.
cefved by the corresponding and finan-
cal secretary, yesterday, announces
h receipt of the last $500 sent by the
National Relief Association for Cuba,
and adds: The amount viii be duly
applied by an honest committee, u
h purpose for which IL has been do
mated"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-01-21

Two watch chains on a dudes vest are
about as much evidence OF a watch as
parting his hair in the middle Is Of
brains.
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15
ARTISTIC. " OMEN.
s1hsy Arc Fond of Cheerful aul1ornd.
How Go Improys Four lEonasA b


rnsy Ars roma s Chssrful aureound.
ings- How to naprovs Yoor 1Ionsss. q
Probably at no time II the worlds
history has 90 much attention been
paid "a the 81 interior decoration Of
homes a. ct present. No home. no:
matter how humble, Ii without it,.
#handiworks that helps to sbeautify the
apartments, and make the surround
I lngs more cheerful. The taste Of the
American people has kept pace with
the age, and almost every day brings
forth something new IA the way OF q
picture. draping. q piece OF furniture
or some form OF mural decorate
One OF the latest OF these has been
given to the world sby the celebrated
artist, MuYille, IN series OF four
handsome porcelain game plaques.
Not for years has anything as hand
some In. this line been seen. The sub:
jects represented By these plaques are
American VIII Ducks, American
Pheasant, American Quail and English
sn1pe. They are handsome paintings
and are especially designed for hang
Ing on dining-room walls. though
their richness and beauty entities them
to place in the par1or Of any home.
These original plaques have been pur-
chased ct 2 cost Of $50. 900 By y. G.
Aubinger Bros. Co., manufacturers Of
the celebrated Elastic Starch. and in
order to enable their numerous GUS
toners to become possessors Of these:
handsome works Of art they have had.
the11, 5epT0d uced ~ . special process.
10 I'll the r1ch coiors and beauty Ut.
n! !! g. original I They are finished on
heavy cardboard. pressed and en-
bossed 10 the shape OF plaque and
trimmed with heavy band Of gold.
They measure forty inches In circam-
Terence and contain no reading matter
or advertisement whatever. 81
Until October = Messrs. J. G. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co. propose to distribute
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15
Cout.sI ,sui sors, Eye. Anaonr u..t,,

Couta1tsnl Sore Eyes Amone Ca4tle. M
q bulletin Of the indiana experiment
station says: For the past two weeks
2aot'ces 81 have been received BY the sta.
' No ., relative to outbreaks of sore eyes
among cattle. s These reports indicate
ma. J. the disease Is new to many local
lies ' and OF unusual severity IN places
8 "1ere ~ IT has occurred before. The
losses are always stated to be large and
Inc cattle so blind and are unable to
era ace and keep out OF trouble. The per
cent nected ranges from ten to fifty
PCT. cent OF the herd. Contagious sore:
sey Eyes 2: makes its appearance by. a swell.
Ing OF OF one or both eyes, partial or
complete closing of the lids and q pro-
.1 .tl' how OF tears The eye-ball be-
comes 1nfamed, "blood- shot" and in q
lew days the central part Of the eye
over Ee'N the pupil will bulge out. The
} DIullllg1ng portion will be from the size.
#of pea to that Of a grain Of corn.
Underneath the surface there will be
9 yelloWish white color, due to pus.
IN some cases the bulged portion
81 across, The disease is quite
painful The principal changes take
place within week, but it requires
about six weeks to run the full: course.
The result is that few are blind in
Doth Doth eyes, many are blind in one eye,
and some escape blindness, but the
sight, as q rule, is impaired. It inter-
feres greatly with grazing during the
time OF the disease, and may perma-
nently. = l.
Treatment: The disease is conta-
g1ous, and therefore separation Of the
diseased from the healthy should be-
made as soon as the first symptoms ap-
pear. Whenever practical keep the cat
tie up In the stable during the day and
let them out at night. This can be done
as g rule with cows. The local treat
ment OF the eyes is to apply one per
cent solution of atropine twice a day,
and apply calomel dust once day. The
calomel can usually be applied by u.s.
Ing one Of the small insect busting
boxes. A wash of a saturated solution
OF boracic acid has been found to be
Of some service. The attendant should
be sure to wash his hands with carbol-
&c acid solution, or some other disinfec-
tant after giving the treatment. as
there is a possibility of conveying the
disease from cattle to people.
A. w. Biting, Veterinarian.
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~ n
ganfzation known as the Woman's Relief
Corps, whose aid to the soldier Of today,
fighting against the world for q living, is
no less notable than the heroism Of the
early zoos. S t s.
One OF. the most earnest members Of the
corps at Byron, ILL, is Mrs. James House
weart, but illness once put stop to her
active work. A year or SO ago, when she
when women must Be most careful Of their
strength, Mrs. Houseweartiwas taken seri-
ously Ill The family physician told her
that she had reched critical period OF her
life, and must be very careful His pre-
and other treatment proved unavailing. ~
At last DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People were brought to her notice, with In
dtsputable evidence that they were helpful
IN cases such as hers, and with renewed
hope she tried the remedy Last March she
took the first box Of the pills, which gave
much relief. She was determined to be
cured, and kept on with the medicine, un-
tile now eight boxes have been consumed,
and she feels like new woman.
Mrs.. Houseweart said: Il have taken
only eight boxes, but have been improv-
ing since took the first DOSE do not be-
Geve could have lived without the pills.
They certaily have done me more good
than any physician or any medicine have
ever tried" r.? e. <.s.zEe9
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold in boxes
(never in loose bulky at so cents box or
six boxes for $3.50, and may be had OF all
druggists, or direct by mail from Dr.. Viii
iams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
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! :. - 80 ma ~ t.. "a
PATENTS. !

List OF Patents Issued Inst Week to
! - Northwestern Invent0rs.a%.f "a
Austin M. Bedding and G. "A. Rice,
Osakis, Mimi, washing machine; Geo.
Brunette, Red Falls, Mimi, Windlass;
James f. Hennessy, ,Winona, Mimi,
bolster stool; Thomas J. Murray,
Butte, Mont, air and water-heating
apparatus for locomotives; Thomas j.
Murray, Butte, Mont, locomotive en-
gines; Merritt G.. Pond, Minneapolis,
Mimi, match safe and cigar cutter;
Rudolph G.: Winter, Minneapolis.
MIMI, separable suspension hinge.
2Merwsn. Lothrop & johnson, Patent Attor-
neys, 90 Pioneer Press Building. St. Paul
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arhssoa ~ TIE 1Esriao.

~ 1ea~k
Tho following Is q PORTION o. IN I'd
dress delivered by John s. Beechsr.
president of the Standard American
Merino Associa Hon, at It's last meeting:
The great influx Of the foreign mut-'
ton breeds was the natural result OF q 4
disp position upon the part Of our sheep
men men TO g take up something new and un-
tried as q cure for the evils Of q mis-.
taken national economic policy. The
lessons Of experience that came to the
ones ss exploiting the policy will scarce
y need repeating during this genera,
t ,tol and the men who sacrificed their
merino hocks will want some Of the
blood again, and that from now on.
Fortunate the man who has the mate.
rial with which to recoup his fortunes,
and thrice fortunate the man who stay
60 to the front through the thickest
OF the breeds struggle and maintained
the number and improved the quality.
Merino Mutton. The facts demon:
strated by the experience OF the last
rev years Is that well-fatted Merino
mutton Is as good eating as the best.
OF the so-called mutton breeds: Sec
ond, that a Merino eve, taken the year
round, keep and care considered, is the
most satisfactory Of all sheep mothers.
She will yield the heaviest and most
valuable fleece of wool, and when bred
to southdown ram, will produce an
up-to-date mutton Il lamb satisfactory
alike to both feeder and butcher. 4. 3
what type Of Merino will meet fu-
lure demands? We are living Id a
wonderful age, a period Of marvellous
development, invention and discovery,
and never before was. competition SO
sharp and persistent, making necessary
strict economy and best methods il
success is to be attained in any busi-
ness or calling, and the breeding OF
domestic animals is no exception. In
this field the expense Of care and keep,
on the one hand, and the capabilities
OF the animal or race on the other, are
elements for consideration and turn
the scale for good or otherwise.
Careless and slipshod methods in
growing and feeding crops to inferior
ana scrub stock have passed into his
tory, more especially the scrub animal.
Every industry must supply need OF
mankind somewhere. All through the
vast sheep walks Of Argentina, Austria
ia and the Transvaal are numerous
bands OF almost countless numbers Of
sneep, substantially Merino blood, kept
with wool production the paramount
OBJECT in view, and necessarily from
the very order Of things inferior in
type to the improved flocks, limited in
numbers, in the hands of the worlds
great breeders. With the upward
movement Of wool in the American
m markets, these same conditions will
prevail again in the vast plains of our
country, west and southwest. TO fur
n1sh the material for the Improvement
OF the fleece qualities Of these sheep
will, in the future, as in the past, be
the mission Of the stud focks Of Amer
lean Merinos. :..= !. s IS: =..@z
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Lamb Crop short.

.ts t
It is set forth in a bulletin on the
sheep industry Of the country, recent
~ issued by the National Live Stock
association, that while the industry,
as whole, was never in a more pros
porous condition, the lamb crop does
not show as large percentage as
usual, due mainly to the universal
cold rains during the lambing season.
All sections report forage to be the
finest in ten years, and the lambs are
larger and fatter than usual at this
time of the year Ghe only exception
being in one or two limited sections
along the Pacific coast, where droutlr
has prevailed. According to informa-
ton received direct from owners, It
appears that less sheep will be market
ed this year than last. The high price
Of western wool, IA to Is cents per
pound, and the fancy prices paid for
western alfalfafed lambs on the east
ern markets, make it much more
profitable for breeders to grow wool
and lambs than mutton. It is too early
yet to correctly estimate the wool
crop, but 1t is believed that an in
crease Of 10 per cent is a conservative
figure. ~ :>:=. ~.
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improvements In Flying MacIhfncs.s
Inventors are plenty who can make
9 machine that will rise and float in
air, but none have succeeded ID making
an apparatus that will guide 1t Through
the many currents Of air. q In this re-.
5spect Hostetter's Stomach Bitters act
as q safe guide by curing stomach.
liver and blood diseases, giving a. good
appetite and strong constitution.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15

New st. Louis Headquarters.
d The Baltimore & Ohio and Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern Railroads have Sc
cured a long lease on the magnificent
room at Broadway and Locust street in
st. Louis, for the purpose of consolidating
under one roof the freight and passenger
offices now located in that city. The new
location is the ground floor of the Ameri-
can Central Building, with Is feet on
Broadway and IS feet on Locust street.
The ticket Office will be In the center,
fronting on Broadway. the freight depart
ment on one side and the passenger de-
partment on the other, with General
Agent Orrs Office in the rear.
It'll quite probable that these offices will
be even handsomer than the B. & o. New
York headquarters, which are the finest
in that city. n,:,
j. Life IS short but it only takes two seconds to
fvht 49,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15
MRS. PINK.HAM'S ADVICE.
What Mrs. Nell Hurst has to Say
Il &* lg.*a1T About It. s-53. b + 4 :

b: DEAR MRS. P1NKHAM:-W When Iwrote
to you lhad not been well for five years;
had doctored all the time but got no.
better had womb trouble very bad.
My womb pressed backward, causing
piles. l was in such misery could
scarcely walk across the floor. Men
situation was irregular and too pro-
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FITS PermanertyCured.N ohts ornervousnes s sitss
arst days usa of DR.. Kiine's Great Nerve RestoreE
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and trestisa
O1 H. d. KLINE Ltd. s3l Arch ST.. Philsdephia, Pa
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Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy 4Cathartic cure constipation forever.
lVc, go fC 9. 9. fail. druggists Refund money.
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One learns taciturnity best among those who
have none, and loquacity among the taciturn.-
Richter.
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IN "a girl never acquires a reputation as vocal
1st until she begins to render her songs.
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New ST. Louis Headouarte,

A girl never acquires reputation as vocal
list until she begins to render her songs.
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Profit is not without honor in any country,
but 1t is often dishonorably acquired. 5zIs /
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15

Love blinds some men, and it makes lots Of
others too near-sighted for military service.
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v, Mrs. VVins1ow's Soothing Syrup. >#
For children teething softens the gums, reduces In
dammation aays pain cures wind collie. $50 abottle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15

The girl who listens to soft nothings hopes
that they may eventually mean great deal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15

Z A mans meaning is the same during court
ship and after marriage, but it is expressed in
different language. s.-e-.t =
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y shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption far and wide Mrs. Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1895.
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Call 4 man sad dog, Z said the
5Cornfed Philosop her. and he will look
knowing and feel battered but il You
call him 8 miserable pup he'll want to
d9ht indianapolis Journal.
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In q conversation between husband and wife
she does the talking and he the listening. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15

The Spaniards try to avoid engagements. but
the summer girl isn't built that way.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15

There's always something crooked about the
business of corkscrew manufacturer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-10-15

Poor Is the minister whose voice fills the
church and empties the pews.
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Beauty II Blood ueep.

; = = BeHUty II BIOO0 Ueepe :.
Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without It. Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic cleans your blood and keeps It
clean by stirring up the lazy liver and
driving all impurities from the body. Be-
gin to-day to Danish pimples, boils.
blotches. .blackheads, and that sickly, bill
ious complexion by taking Cascarets-
beauty for 10 cents. All druggists. Sat-
tsfaction guaranteed. 10c, 25c, 50c. Y
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A Different Point OF View.
8 Wealthy Patient this vermi-
form appendix which is causing all my
trouble is, as | am informed, quite use
less. G Il
Doctor Err Well, / would hardly go
so far as to say that.-DetrOit Journal