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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

We do not know how it fares with
other journalists as to letters received,
but this particular scribe perhaps re-
ceives a hundred letters in a year o
corning ether peoples business in
which he has no special concern and
in nine out of ten instances no stamp is
enclosed. To furnish stationery and
postage for 100 letters, in addition to
the labor of writing, costs several dol
lars. Is it proper to thus tax other
people for your own interests?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

Chicago, February 23.-The
Of Miss Frances f. Willard. late pr-si-
dent OF the WomaHs Christian Ten-
perance Union, lay in state at Willard.
hall in the woman's temple from, noon
tlH . o'clock this evening. Thossanda
OF people viewed the remains during
that time. At $50 the casket was cd
corted to Rest Cottage" Esanstoa.
Miss Wizards home. Students at
Northwestern University acted as a
guard OF honor n as pail bearers.
at 9 O'Clock prsvata ser
vices viii he held te Rest Cottage"
me body Will. be taken TO the First NJ.
r. church. Of Evanston, where the last
tribute VIII be paid TO the dead tenn
perance leadeT. The increment viii
take place at Rose Hill cemetery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
is the only remedy.

est fear any attempt OF the kline could
h successful. There has been much
talk about what Spain might do with
our big Atlantic coast cities, but the
navy has no fears.
Wariike rumors were flying thick to-
day. One of the principal reasons for
this was due. doubtless. 10 its being a
holiday and the congregation OF great
crowds in ain public places. There can
be no question whatever. for the evil
dences are too apparent to be ignored,
that this government is making prep
arations for all possible contingencies.
although, as insisted upon IN ofhcial
circles. il may be only as a ~precaution
and not because there is any actual
apprehension. But the tension Is be-
coming more and more painful. for.
under the circumstances, the people or
the country cannot be expected to set
tie down until there Is some SatiSfac-
tory and authoritative announcement.
THE SUSPENSE rs INTODERABLE.
1t is not denied ii Is best for the
navy department, the officers OF the
Maine and the members of the board
of inquiry to preserve absolute reticence
until the findings and conclusions are
ready, but it would be perfectly
dreadful If, as was semi-oficially suS-
geSted today, ii may take a week or
two longer to form a fair opinion. 1t
is one week tonight since the Maine
was destroyed, and whatever Informal
ton, IL any the navy has, neither con-
gress nor the people know anything
more of that which il is so important
to learn thar the first news which was
received.
the sooner we know 1t the better: II
the sooner wee know It the better: If
it is what we all hope, so much the
better. 1t will be very unfortunate II
those who deliberately manufacture
and retail sensations to set the heart
of the country on fire are to have
another week for their wicked work.
Public confidence must be maintained.
however, in the department and n
board Of inquiry that the report will
be made at the earliest time practi-
cable.
The members OF the Spanish legation
have all been keeping rather quiet
since the departure OF de LONE. who,
as will be recalled. left here the morn
ing Of the night the Maine was blown
up. This Is recognized as in good
taste. The Spanish legation at Wash
ington Is much the more numerous OF
any Of the European countries. Great
Britain, including the ambassador, has
only six. Russia, France and Ger
many nave five each, while Spain has
nine. Not much has heretofore been
thought Of this, but naturally
has now been provoked. and the in
t~errogatory is passed from mouth to
mouth. What does Spain want with
so many men here, all possessing THE
extraordinary immunities of diplc-
mats?"
WAS SOBRAL 4 SPY?
Sobral, the naval attachee or ex-na-
val attachee. as the case may he, ac-
cording to his own statements was
really playing the part OF a spy. and
what was true OF him may also he
true of other members of the legation.
Our legation at Madrid only includes
four persons. less Than half what
Spain maintains here. In her i'm
pOverished condition, she would not.
it is alleged be likely tn have 50 many
men here unless they were employed
on important work OF some kind.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

North Carolina newspaper men have
been censured by some folks for re-
ceiving railroad passes. such things
are not ordinarily free gifts and by a
great deal. The newspapers give a
good deal in return in the way of free
notices and advertising. In the mat
times more gratuitous advertising
than it ever receives favors. If the
newspapers were paid at fair rates
for all the local notices of entertain
ments, meetings, &c, they could af-
ford Ito pay as they went and would
make big money" by it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
HOME FOLKS.
imminent

that North Carolina stands second
among the tobacco growing states.
Kentucky leads with S 400, 900 pounds,
fetching Sc, O32. POP, and North Carolina
follows with IS, 900, 600 pounds fetching
s.. $500 1874. We have not calculated the
average price in the two states, but
probably there is but little difference in
it. And yet North Carolina has made
much tobacco much finer than any
Kentucky has ever grSwn or a
grow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

Mad dogs still roam and bite people
in Observation-Disclosures i'm dead of Win
rabies was a summer disease, more pc
culiar to the hot dog days than win
ter. The mad stone is nue. in de-
mand. If the bitten will go to Per-
son county and try the old Poynter
stone in use for perhaps a century
they will find help in time of trou-
BILE" There is no humbug in thai ia
nous stone.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

Greensboro Telegr1m: President Nc
INer leaves tonight for Chattanooga
Tenn, where he will read a pauer To-
morrow before the department OF school
supervisors Of the national association
which meets. there. The title of the doc
tors paper is A Better System of SUI
perv!sion Of Public Schools In the SOUTH
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25

cniicreh and adults tortured sy
burns. scalds, injuries, eczema or ..rin
diseases may secure instant reli4g a.,
using DeWitt's Witch Hazel SalvN I.
Is the great Pile remedy. Raht r.
Bethany.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

THE DAILY MESSENGER. by mail,
one year, 800; six months, $3.50; three
months, SIZE; one month, 60 cents.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER
.Stvo 8 page papers). by mail, one var,
q 60. six months. so cents. in advance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
iZola Convicted

Paris. February I'm. Zo,a ms o,,y
found guilty by the jury and sentenr.I
10 one Years Imprisonment and 10 nav
a hne Of s,eSe francs. "' " pay
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-25
Those Dreadful Sores
They Continued to Spread in Spite
, Of Treatment but Now They are
Eea!ed-A Wonderful Work.

"For many years l have been a great
sufferer with v~aricose veins on one of my
limbs. My foot and limb became dread
fully swollen. When I stood up l could
feel the blood rushing down the veins OF
this limb. One day l accidentally hit my
foot against some object and a sore broke
out which continued to spread and was
exceedingly painful. 1 concluded /
needed a blood purifier and l began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla. In q short time
those dreadful sores which had caused
me so much suffering, began to heal. 1
kept on faithfully with Hoods Sarsapa-
ril!a, and in a short time my limb was
completely healed and the sores gave me
no more pain. l cannot be too thankful
for the wonderful work Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, has done for me-" MRS. A. E.
gibson, Hartland, Vermont.
Hoods s1 psf;;'a
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hoods pills cure all liver ills, 25 cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09
Lowes nowie and His Knife.

Martha McCuuoch Williams in Harper s
Magazine.
AS a hunter James Bowie did more than
credit TO his blood and training. Off-hand
with rife he could bring down wild
goose flying high overhead and put his
bullet in the neck five times our of seven.
sui craftsmanship bordering on the mar
Vicious was a common attribute there
about. What gave the young sawyer dis
trction was another story.
Several sorts of another story, in fact
He could not mere shoot deer running,
but Iasso them in fair chase over the prai-
rie. give them a fall, and, il il pleased
him to do So fetch them IN alive and I'M
harmed lie could likewise lasso horse
from the Wild herds, mount him without
anybody's help and stay upon his back,
no matter what was done, until the terri
fed beast had run himse tame. BY way
of variety sometimes the lasso was cast
over a big bun alligator waddhng from
swamp TO swamp. When il had been drawn
taut holding tail and jaws in leash young
Bowie mounted the scaiy back and rode
there laughing and shouting, while the
astonished saurian went believing with
rage toward his swampy haunts.
Upon a fine summer day James Bowie
found himself unarmed. Yet attacked, shot
upon the surface political quarrel. Bowie
was not ambitious for himself, but had an
invoterate habit of backing and defending
friends Of his own party. Nost~hIely
some tone of personal affrout or grievance
gave edge and acriduess to the clash of
opinions There are human Compartments
that mind a blow less than the memory of
a contemptuous laugh. Bowie had perhaps
laughed once too often, and came near TO
paying for il with his life.
Three months OF wrestling with fever.
delrium, weakness as of a child, and ne
was up, riding hard, betting high. swear
ing great oaths altogether himself again.
But with a difference. lie began to spec
ulate in land with fair success; farther.
he was never unarmed. 1t was before the
time of bulldogs, sWamp-angols and the
Nike hip-pocket friends Either the horse
pistol or the hair-trigger dueling pistol
was H. to carry about ones daily concerns.
Bowie found a way out of that For his
hunting he had made a local blacksmith
forge him a sharp keen knife from what
had been originally the blacksmiths own
rasp. II mad two-edged blade, nine inches
long. of a family curved outline. and
thick enough at the back where IL joined
the handle 70 serve for sturdy hammerine.
For this he caused a neat spring-sheath
60 be made attached II to a belt, and
wore it constantly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09

There is distinctly peculiar halo that
invests the being Of an old soldier in the
eyes of the present generation. The sight
of him arouses afeeling Of admiration for his
brave deeds and heroic achievements.
Among those who bravely fought was
DR.. L. J. Clark, who, when bat beardless
boy, heard the tocsin of war sounded.
1t fired his patriotic spirit to fcrvency
that found relaxation only in his realization
of fighting in ne battles.
To the call c President Lincoln for troops
In the latter part Of 81, young Clark
promptly responded.
There was need of men in the navy, and
he joined that service in the mortar fleet
Of ASmiral Porter, which soon after began
operations on the mississippi River.
AT the terrific bombardment Of the
VickSourg forts, the hero OF this story fell
on the deck Of the JuGette with a shattered
arm from a charge of schrapneL.
He lay In the hospital for months, and
whsn he had recovered Sufficiently TO be
moved, was sent to his home at Warren,O o.
Though partly incapacitated for active
service, his patriotic zeal got the better of
him, and when the cali for more troops
came, young Clark enlisted in a company
formed by Capt. Joel |. Asper, at Warren.
1t became c. H. of the 9TH Ohio Volun-
tetrs and was sent to the Army of the Poto-
mac under General Grant then campaigning
10 Virginia against General Robert E. Lee.
In skirmish near Richmond, he was
wounded again and was sent to the hos
pital. He remained there for some time,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09

a flag officer the pay is increased s. a
month.
There are a great many other petty Off
GERS in a ship besides those above mem
toned; most of them however, belong to
a different branch than those already tod
about
There are three branches of petty off,
GERS enlisted men, etc, on board shiD-the
seaman branch the arhlicer branch and
the special branch The first includes The
men who fight the ship, The sailors of com
mon parance; the second includes the me-
chanics and engineer force, such as iaa-
Chinists, carpenters, plumbers, blacksmiths
fremen and the like, for pretty nearly
every kind of skilled workman is found on
board a big ship. In the special branch are
the yeomen, who have charge of the stores
in the ship. and who keep the books end
are held responsible for the ships equip
meut; the apothecaries the nurses, called
baymen on board ship, and the musicians.
A fourth branch is The messmen branch.
To il belongs the stewards cooks and
mess attendants. This is a large branch,
for the commander-in-chlefh has his own
steward. cook and a couple of mess at
tendants; the captain has his own; so,
too. have the wardroom, steerage, war
rant officers and the ships company. The
pay of some of these men is high. An
admiraTs steward draws $40 a month his
cook $40, his servants $40 each. Ihe cap
tains steward receives $37, his cook $32
and the wardroom steward and cook the
same.
These men of the messroom branch are
always stationed in time of action in the
powder division, as il is called They
man the whips, hoist up the shot, she'll,
powder and fixed ammunition, and see
that It gets 'up on deck TO the guns for
which it is intended. On the CELEBRITY and
iutelligence of these domestics depends
the quickness of fire of the guns; hence
the senior watch officer is the officer in
charge of the powder division, it being
considered place of the utmost import
ance requiring a cool head and much ex-
perience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09
JAPANESE SCHOOLS.
Sunrise Kingdom Has Adopted West
ern Ways In Training Children.


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49, ..,.., 49,.
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their master on the soft mating, CLEANSING
together their Troha or reading. in concert
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nave Uee" the ii'e"'"l loou Oh countess
generations of their race. A change has
come. and now they sit on benches bafora
49,. =, .,,..,.,.,, e.-t,i.u 60
''sNS Al II 7.'i'''' ''ouS" 'heS 90
not think th's method OF sitting very COM
Portable, and are glad, on returning nome
To indulge in the usual souat Rnt tba,,
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09

but finally recovered, and went home.
Shortly after, he began the Study of vetef.
mary surgery, and, when completed, went
10 Chicago, where he has resided for thirty
years, and is now one Of the leading sur
geons Of that profession in the city.
His old wounds began to trouble him
several years ago. He grew weak, ena-
ciated and thoroughly debilitated. Hia
friends began to despair Of his life.
Fie was bat a shadow of his former self
weighing only 20 pounds, loss of nearly
SO pounds. He had the best medical atten-
ton, but it did not benefit him.
Finally friend gave me box of Dr..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People," said
DR.. Clark. "After taking the pills was
so mach benefited that purchased a half
dozen boxes and took them.
hey were of more benefit than the
ablest physicians treatment. BY their aid
alone, soon regained ny strength.
Il weigh $50 pounds now, and except
for injuries that can never be remedied, |
am as we'll as ever.
Il consider DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People the best remedy know of to
build Up a rundown system"
To-day DR.. Clark Is picture of health.
He is 50 years old, an active member Of
Hatch Post, G. A. R., and resides at 1895
Ashland Ave, Chicago.
Many veterans have found DR.. Viii
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People of inestirn-
able value IN counter acting the unhealthfuT
effects of army life. All druggists sell
these pills and highly recommend them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09
TALE OF THE SEA.
Wrecked PnOthOuse Performs n Re-
markabIe Voyage.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
On May 8th last the tug Thomas G
Smith, owned by r. A. Won Boyneburgk
Can ex-dlrector of the Maritime EXCHANGED
was wrecked in Chesapeake bay in a big
storm, the captain and crew being rescued
with difficulty. Mr.. Won Boyneburgk has
a summer residence at Cape May, where
he went recently with his family. and
where a strange sequel to the wreck les
transpired, which he tells as follows:
Three days ago, while at my cottage
at Stone Harbor Seven-Mil Beach. near
Cape May an object was observed float
ing In the breakers and making frantic
efforts to effect landing right in front
of my house. George Cressy a resident
of SeVen-Mile Beach, like myself became
very much interested, and started ont to
help the object, which looked like a
square boat TO land A few minutes later
it was safely on the beach. and turned
out to be the pilot house of a small steam
er. Mr.. Greasy entered che house and
now comes the curious part of the story.
When he emerged he brought with him
two Water-sOaked documents, which he
found attached 10 the woodwork
with out saying a word he handed me
the documents to peruse, and need / saw
that when ] glanced at hem / was so
startled that they almost fell from my
hand They were the inspection paper4
of my tug, the Thomas G. Smith. and the
object before me was her pHothouse For
a moment l was TOO dumfounded to utter
a word. Here this faithful pilothouse had
detached itself from the wreck. floating
out the Chesapeake bay and 200 miles up
the Jersey coast right to my door.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09

man of one of our crack colleges were tied
into a kaiak and told TO shift for himself
even in smooth water, he would have
hard time of 1t.
The kaiak'' has been evolved through
hundreds of years of necessity. Without
It the Greenland Eskimos, at least, would
not be able 10 provide their daily bread.
or, more properly speaking, their daily
blubber.
1t is singular that all the materials used
in the construction of the kaiak come from
the sea; driftwood for the frame, seal
skin for the covering, thongs and bone for
bow, stern ana keel, and for the various
implements. The women prepare me
skin covering and stretch it over the frame
ill it is as tight and firm as the head OF
a drum; on such occasion there is Sreas
excitement in the community; regular
''kaiak bee" is held; even refreshments
are not lacking, for the owner of the
"kaiak" treats 20 coffee all around when
the work is satisfactory done
The completed boat is a triumph OF IN
genuty and skill. Il is about eighteen
feet long, sharply pointed at each end. llS
greatest depth is six inches and its widta
about eighteen II is entirely covered
save for the little round hole into WhiiA
the owner slips, pushing his feet UNDER
meath the skin deck in front.
This hole is fitted TO the person for whom
the boat is designed. and his thighs com
pletcly fill 1t up. When he is seated Ia 10
and his waterproof jacket is tied secure
round the edge, he is able to defy ih'
waves which dash over him or the ra"
which beats upon him The six long ioop5
arranged on the deck in front and the tnre9
of four behind hold his nipple ments-bId
darts, lances, knives and most important
Of all. his harpoon. A little stand IS arr
ranged directly in front Of him, upon Wui-l
is coiled the harpoon line and behind MN
on the "kaiak" is the harpoon bladder
which is attached inflated ready for use
to the line
The most expert are apt sometimes 70 o9
overturned; it may be by the attack or
walrus or even a seal, by careless move.
mcnt or an Unexpectedly large wave IL
he does not right himself at once he is lneN-
itably drowned unless q comrade comes 10
his assistance. The usual method of turn
ing the "kaiak" upright again is by usius
the paddle as a lever. holding 1t along lh5
side of the boat, pointing IL toward ~
bow, then sweeping il through the wate.
but those who are thoroughly prohclent
are able to do 1t by means of their throw
ing stick, their arm or even their hand
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09
THE E0uR-INCm NAVY Gun.
Most Popular Weapon for Offensive
and Defensive Purposes.


From the New York Tribune.
The main batteries Of an the gunboats in
The navy are made up to 4-inch rapid-fre
rifles, which are altogether the most. popu.
lar weapons in the service for offensive and
defensive purposes on the lighter vessels
The Castine. the Helena, the Machias, the
Nashville and the Wilmington are each
equipped with eight of these guns. while
the Annapolis, the Marietta, the Newport.
the Princeton, the Vicksburg and the
Wheeling each mount six Of them. The
Bancroft relies upon four. and the Dol
phin upon two as their chief fighting pow
ers. Even the formidable Iowa has six
OF them upon her superstructure to deter
the approach of torpedo boats, and the
armored cruiser New York mounts twelve
in her secondary battery. The fastest two
vessels In the navy, the Columbia and the
Minneapolis, have eight apiece and the
doube-turret monitor Puritan is provid-
ed with six 10 support her four 12-inch
monsters. The CHIEF advantage of these
guns lies in their extreme rapidity of fire
and ease of manipulation. while their pen
etrating power at al ranges enables their
pro1eciiles easily to pierce all unarmored
cruisers and lightly protected gun posi-
tons.
This gun OF four inches caliber weighs.
without its mount, one and one-half tons,
or exactly 9400 pounds. Its length is 1871
feet ana ats greatest outside diameter is
IL Inches. its total length of bore being ISL )
inches, and the length or rife bore 12S12
ihchee. The twist of its rihing begins at
zero and increases to / in %, there being
thirty grooves. 1t fires a 33-pound shell
with fourteen pounds of smokeiess powder,
which develops a muzzle velocity of 1900
feet second and a muzzle energy of 9l5
foot tons. Such a shot will perforate a Z
inch plate near the muzzlc, and wiz go
clear through 5-inch plate at 500 yards
distance. Ordinary crews on all the gun
boats get a rapdity of fire of six a min
ute out of these 4-nch rifles four men
handling the ammunition while two sight
the piece and fire 1t. This speed enables a
4-inch gun to throw much weight in a
given time as the 5-inch rifle which is
practically twice its size, the latter weigh
| ing three tons and firing under the best
conditions four 50-pound shells in a min
ute. The best penetration of the j-inch rife
is barely an inch more than that of the 4
inch at all ranges. but in ten minutes the
4-inch gun win throw sixty well-aimed
shots, while the 5-inch capnot be relied
upon to throw more than thirty.