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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-11
BREVITlES

The Charleston News and Courier
| notes that New York, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and New Jer-
| sey are the only states that have bien-
NAL elections and annual sessions Of
the legislature.
Higher wages for mill operatives in
New England are announced. About
120 corporations and 100000 or more
hands will be benefited.
BARNES de Hirsch is dead. She was
a woman of great sympathy and wide
generosity. She was the widow Of the
great Jewish benefactor who died a few
years ago, one Of the noblest men Of
his race in the latter times. She de-
serves to be honored in memory by the
Christian world.
Chicago university needs just now
SO, 600, 900 more. 1t is immensely for
tunate and rich now. Rockefeller, We
think it is, has given it some $70s100,-
900 already.
Ruyara Kipling on 3rd sat UP for the
first time. He addresses a touching
letter of thanks for 1.-The wonderful
sympathy, affection, and kindness
show toward me during my recent ILL
ness, as we'll as the unfailing courtesy
that controlled it's expression?" He is
still physically very weak.
The fall in prices is such that the
Philadelphia Record announces that
the money voted to pay for six new
protected cruisers of $500 tons, will
really build vessels Of 5000 tons.
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Copyright. 1898. by a. E. Rood)

uslly as the agent had done. 1t worked to
a charm L found that 1 could make it go
faster or more slowly by exerting a little
pressure. and that il would swerve to the
right or left with ease. Once put on the
biake hard and reversed the motor 70 see
how quickly the carriage could be stopped
in case of sudden emergency. And it stop
ped SO suddenly that l was almost hurled
over the dashboard The experiment was
satisfactory, and none other was tried
When | reached home safely and guided
the new purchase up the little driveway
and into the barn. thought that Theodore
might be right after all. There it was, safe
and sound, needing embarrassing or rub
bling down OF water and fodder. If | want
ed to go away and leave it for week, we'll
and good. There it would be, needing no
attention, no care. l locked the barn and
went into the house, and during supper We
planned a picnic for the next day.
''We'll start early said Theodore radi-
antly happy. Il can sit beside you with
Dorothy between us on that big, wide seat
and Jack can curl IN at my feet on the
bottom. We can STOW away the baskets
somewhere. and off we'll GO
"Hooray,' shouted Jack. Good" cried
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he business man. Entirely honorable
that decision is well worth applauding.
Well Worth applaudng too, is the pilgrim
age to Palestine. Jerusalem has seen many
strange things, but none so commercially
pious as that. In days less unitarian the
veil of the temple would have rent at the
spectacle presented by this sceptered drum
mer who entered there. a New Testament
in one hand. bag Of samples in the other
and who al the first whisper of a furry
dropped them both and scampered back to
protect his interests at home. That is well
worth applaUding also 1t showed not
merely the true business spirit, but the ma
tured wisdom of the fOrtieth year.
Hence the request for fresh bayone.s.
That is all right Were We the reichstag
we would hand them over as a birthday
gift As we are not, We can but say to
him. Hoch: to his prosperity. Prosit. and
express the hope that sooner or later and
the sooner the better. to his fifty-four
titles he will add, by way of fifty-fifth a
title to his country's respect.
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About Caligula was magnificence that
enthralled. The tastes of Caesar Germani-
Gus are absolutely spartan. Caligua some
times frightened. The kaiser has indeed
done that. But Caligula always dazzIed.
The kaiser smokes three-cent cigars. Ca
ligula was a poet in love with the moon.
caesar GernlanicuS is a pOSeur in love with
himself. The private life of Caligula can
not be told except in Latin. In the private
life of the kaiser Dr. Parkhurst would find
nothing to condemn. One of Caligula's
many diversions was killing his people.
Let me be hated" he said, but let me
be feared The kaiser's one recreation is
work Such slaughter as he has effected
consists in 26,30i head of game including
The career of Cahgula was horrible yet
analyze the horrible and you find the sub
lime. The career of the kaiser has been
theatrical, and analyze the theatrical and
you find the absurd. The only parallel be-
tween the two lies in the fact that all young
emperors are hoisted on a peak lofty
that do they look below, vertigo rises, while
from above delirium comes. There is moth
ing astonishing in that That on his peak
the kaiser has maintained an equilibrium
of any kind is, in view of his belief in the
divine right and absolute power of kings,
more astonishing still. 1t shows him off
not merely as an actor, but as an acrobat
also.
his credit Added up, the sum total is in
teresting. But the things which he has not
done are more interesting still. Is that not
natural enough? The things We omit to do
are so much more captivating than the
things we don't
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Most Of the neighbors say they are IN
able to understand why Theodore pur-
chased a horseless carriage in the first
place But. of course. ones neighbors are
not supposed to know all of ones domestic
affairs o. ugh l am free to confess that
in a rural community, such as that where
in we reside. there is very, very little to
escape the neighbors' knowledge. How
ever. that is neither here nor there. The
reason Theodore bought horseless car
rage is because a grandunCle of Theo 5
died and was considerable enough to be-
queath unto her the sum of 81 400. If the
old gentleman had left her 81 1900 or 81 800
have no doubt but that the money would
now be drawing per cent on mortgage.
But Theodore saw an advertisement of
horseless carriage costing 81 400 delivered
free: and she decided at once to invest in it.
Just think" she exclaimed. Now. we
won't have TO worry and bother ourselves
about a safe investment for dear Uncle
Johns money. If We let it remain in bank
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lord of fifteen provinces, count of eleven
earldoms, fifty-four times bettled and sole
possessor of the Mailed Fist, attains, on
the 18th of this month, his fortieth year.
Forty may be conveniently summarized
as the hour at which a man, who is a man,
comes of age. The kaiser is very far from
being woman. AS a tow-headed child of
eight he gave ten days arrest to sentinel
who had neglected to salute him. AS a
schoolboy at Cassel, where he was taught
everything which is easiest to forget, he
learned TO play on the drum. As a student
at Bonn he had the skin of a baby, waist
that would fit in a garter, mustache that
elongated into two blonde threads and
perfect knowledge of kriegspiel. AS a
bridegroom, at half-past on the morning
succeeding his marriage to the miIkmaid
princess of Schleswig- Holstein, he treated
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face was very red from physical exertion,
| that his breath evidently came in short
gasps. and that his wheel wobbled I'M
steadily, indicating that he was fatgued.
OF course there was only one thing to do,
and that was to pass him, leaving good
margin between his vehicle and Theodore S
and that should be easily accomp, ished. I
reasoned, for the road was unusually wide
at that place. So l steered toward the eX-
treme right side, but for some unaccounta-
BILE reason the horseless carriage gently
| swerved toward the left. l steered harder
and harded, but the malicious thing per-
severed in its evil way, heading straight
for our beloved spiritual adviser, who was
bending low over his handle bar. and had
not observed u.s. Theodore sat perfectly
still until we were within hundred yards
of each other, when she emitted a shrill
cry:
Look out,' she screamed
And the Reverend Mr.. Winfield did look
out. / could see him making frantic efforts
to steer to his right side, but his wheel re-
fused to obey. and changed its direction
gradually, finally making straight for us.
OF course this all happened in a very few
moments. Our rector saved himself by
purposely falling off his bicycle which
promptly fell on top of him. For an in
slant we had a view of the unfortunate
gentleman sitting fiat in the dust, which
made him cough fearfully. His glasses
| were awry on his nose. his mouth was
partly open, his eyes had wild, indignant
expression. Theodora's carriage ran over
his soft felt hat, and we soon left our
worthy rector out of sight. Just before
l was ready to collapse from the nervous
strain we reached the spot near which we
We're to picnic, and without realizing what
L was doing l shut off the motor, steered
toward an open space by the side of the
road and put on the brake Theodore g
carriage stopped gracefully and without
a jolt-as if it Were the most docle Great
ure one could wish for. When we had re-
covered from this shock of surprise we all
stepped down upon the ground.
Well said Theodore. with a self-con-
gratulatory tone I'VE didn't kill anybody?
No remarked Jack, but by gee! we
come mighty near it once r twice"
/ was too much fatigued to reprove him,
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PRESERVING MILK,
The Use of Boracic Acid i'm This Ne
cessary Matter.
From the baltimore Morning Herald.

From the Baltimore Morning Herald
A scientific journal states that boracic
acid is an excellent and harmless preserva-
tive of milk, and that in the quantities
necessary to preservation d. e, according
to the length of time for which il is de-
sired to preserve the milk its presence can
not be detected either by the sense of
taste or smell. Five grains to the gallon
Will preserve the milk from one to three
days. according to the care exercised in the
cleansing of the containing vessels and the
temperature. 1t is somewhat surprising
that this innocuous substance should have
acquired an evil reputation in the public
mind. 1t is stated on good authority that
although vague statements about il of an
injurious nature have from time to time
been spread by its opponents, not single
instance of injury TO heath by boracic
acid has been substantiated.
Within the last three months Dr. c.
Liebreich, director of the Royal Pharma-
ceUtical Institute in Berlin, said, at the
instigation of Prof. Nirchow, he had car
red on a long series of experiments with
boracic acid and had convinced himself
that it was admirably adapted as a food
preserVatiVe, and in the quantities neces-
sary for that purpose ii was quite harm
less. He added that neither in actual prac-
tice nor according to authoritative litera-
ture has a case been known, so far as he
was aware, in which food prepared or pre-
served with boraX boracic acid had ex-
ercised a deleterious effect on the health
of any individual.
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vide By way of compensation he has add
ed TO the humor of the press, to the gayety
of nations and made himself the most talk
ed of man in the world. Just at present
he is coming of age. In the circumstances
1t is mere duty to run over his budget
To his credit, or, IL may be, to his debit,
unless indeed the item belongs to both,
is an activity 80 remorseless that imme-
diately after his accession he made. I'M
invited, a state call on the tsar. Then fol-
lowed series of junkets to this court and
to that, from one of which, rather than
meet him, the Prince of Wales turned tail
and ran. Later occurred the visit to Leo
XIII. during which, in the uniform of a
cuirassier and the voice of drill sergeant.
ne set about to dispel the pope's Illusions.
He succeeded, too. But the Illusions con-
cerned his manners. Returning to Pots
dam. he harangued the scullions; command
ed that the royal bill Of fare should no
longer be a menu, but speisekarte: is
sued sovereign orders regarding the stock
ings of his gentlemen and appointed his
grandmother colonel of the dragons.
Makes Himself Ridiculous
For the love of God" said Louis XVIII
u his ministers, don't make me ridicu-
lous." Said William to his editors: III you
value your liberty, don't try" No effort
on their part was necessary. He was do
ing it beautifully himself After harangu-
ing scuilions. he lectured provinces one
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Humbert to promenade with him through
Strasburg. and the telegram to President
Kruger of the Transvaal-with these eXcep-
tions he has exhibited a regard for inter
national etiquette which has been abso-
I lutely immaculate and wholly unreturned.
In recompense for overtures to France NE
has been snubbed. In recompense for others
to Russia he has been ignored Neither
Austria nor Italy love him in the least He
has weakened the triple alliance, alienated
England and lost his place. When in his
FURNISHED helmet and burning red cloak he
leaped erect on a throne and proclaimed
himself a. monarch specially ordained by
God, Germany's position on the continent
was preponderant. That position is Rus
sia's today.
The bayonets meanwhile have not grown
rusty, though perhaps the emetics have
turned stale. Last month he expressed his
sympathy for what he termed the magnani-
nous proposal of his dear friend the tsar.
That proposal was to disarm.
Feeling for the Tsar.
In the next breath he asked the reichstag
for more bayonets. That in itself is deli
T cious, yet less so perhaps than his de-
scription of the tsar. A man is not friend
simply because he does not knock you
down. Were it otherwise, friendship would
be more burdensome than it is. Besides,
the tsar is not the kaiser's friend AS tsar-
ovitch he passed twice through Berlin for
no other purpose apparently than to kick
his heels at the station, and in any event
without affecting to remember that there
was such person as Hohenzolern on
whom he might leave a card. In describ-
ing him, therefore, as a dear friend the
kaiser showed himself quite forgiving-to
his superiors. That is very commendabIe
1t proves. too, what we never suspected
that what he lacks in brains he makes up
in tact.
Meanwhile, having shown himself also a
disciple of Aaron, who was in love with
peace. what does he want with more bav-
Diets? What, indeed?
Now a Business Man.
Caesar Germanicus is now forty years
old. At that age man may. and usually
does, and without looking for it, either. find
beneath his mattress the key to another
life. That We assume William has done
Had he had the power-which he always
denicd-to return the title deeds of Alsace-
Lorraine. and had he had the ability
which others have denied for him-to CO.
alesce with France and Russia against
England, he would have realized the dream
of the first NAPOLEON and become war lord
in fact AS 1t is, failing in an effort to ir:-
tate Frederick the Great, he has decided to
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after the other at that, and so spaciousIy
too, that a Petersburg paper congratulated
Prussia on the fact that of her thirteen
provinces already he had exhausted eleven.
No wonder the poor chap thought-and said
that editors should he muZZled
1t was at this time that the distempers,
mentioned above began to be discussed.
To the purulent otorrhoid-a recurrent dis
ease of the ear-was attributed his inability
to sit still. To the imperialists was
ascribed certain vagaries which recalled
those of the young emperors of old Rome
With that for cue a journalist wrote
pamphlet In it he compared the kaiser to
Caliguia. For his pains he was sent to
Jail He might better have been sent to
school
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From Pearsons Weekly.
Il don't know that there is much use in
my keeping my school open more than a
month or two each year" said the German
pedagogue.
why is that?'
Our emperor has simplified matters to
such an extent, that when you ask the
name of the worlds greatest poet painter.
musician, general traveller or monarch.
there Is only one answer to all the ques-
tions.
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is MAJESTY I'M
perial and royal, Will
liam IL, German En-
peror, King of Prus-
STA, Margrave of
Brandenburg and of
the two LausitZes,
Landgrave of Hesse
and of Thuringia.
Burgrave of Nurem-
berg, Grand Duke of
l. o W er Rhineland
and of Posen, Prince
of Orange, duke of
eighteen d uch | e S ,
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A Friendly Pointer.

From the New York Weekly.
Jinks-"What, You don't mean to say
you are engaged TO the beautiful Miss De
Pink"
Blnks-"Yes. I do. Got engaged to her
last night. This afternoon | am to bring
her downtown. She wants to 90 to an op-
tician's, / believe. New pair of Eyeglasses,
or something. She is nearsighted you
know"
Jinks-'I say, old fell Just slip around to
that opticians and bride him not to give
her any better glasses than she has
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How much do you want for that horse?"
:fi giss soa siR Rf r SSisas.
All right" he Fejoinkd. Then we went to
meal. %
The following sandaP,Rev. Mr.. winfields
discourse was based Upon the text found
in Proverbs. 2oth chapter, Goth verse: "A
wise king scattersth the wicked, and bring
eth the wheel OVER thsm'
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What He Might Have Done.

The kaiser, for instance, might have eff
faced France from the map. beckoned
Austria back into the diet, generally de-
molished geography and set it up anew.
That would be worth reading about. In
stead of which, with the exception of two
bowling asininities-the invitation to King
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A Dive to Death. The

woman who would
risk a leap from the
masthead of a ship
would be considered
foolhardy in the ex-
= treme. What, then,
of the thousands of
women who take the
dive to certain death
by neglecting TIL cir
health in a womanly
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NO LONGER YOUNG
William Must Forego the Title of
the Boy Emperor.
WHAT The War LORD has DONE
What He Has Not Done is of Even
More interest.
IS OFTEN RIDICULoUs

Copyright, 1899. by John Brisben walker)
Written for The Evening Star by Edgar Saltus.
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not indeed a simple king, the bagatellas of
the door then exhibited were not perhaps
sufficiently observed. Be that as it may
thereupon throughout the circumadjacant
territories it was taken for granted that
future dosing would be administered by
the Mailed Fist
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A False Alarm.

1t was years ago that this occurred
Since then the bayonets have glistened
the emetics have been ready, but the scare
has convoluted into a false alarm.
1.-THE empire means peace said Napo-
leon III, who was unable to live up to the
promise.
Those who oppose me / will smash"
said the kaiser, who thus far has failed to
live down to the threat
This is regrettable We are not partisans
of war, but seen through the newspapers
a fight over there is a tolerably emotional
sight. That William has neglected to pro-
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the regiment which he commanded to drill
As lord he Ieaped erect on a throne,
and there, in a burning red cloak and a he'll
met that Illuminated hall, announced, to
a mob of soyereigns, that he was a mon
arch specially conceived, specially created,
specially ordained by the Almighty
Has Two Diseases.
1t is worth noting that his grandmother
Augusta, a lad whose charms, as Byron
courteously said of Nine. de Stael, were not
those of a person, descended from a
maniac. The late shah when he passed
through Berlin looked her up and down,
and casually, to the old kaiser, remarked,
why don't you hang her?' But that is
beside the issue. The point is that the
kaiser is afflicted with two diStempers. of
which one, known as imperialisis, is old as
the hills. and the other, catalogued as puru-
lent otorrhOed, is quite new. In addition
there came to him from the HohenZollerns
instincts wholly martial, from the GuelphS
tendencies really thrifty, the result being
a hybrid in whom invariably there is the
martinez, frequently the crank, occasionally
the theologian, always the actor, and, re-
Gently. the business man..
A trifie over ten years ago when he Sc
cured the titles already recited, his first
step of any Importance was to get in front
of half million of bayonetS. Coincidental-
ly he declared that those bayonets and he
or rather he and those bayonetS-were
born for one another, to have and to hold
until death ulu lIltm part. i ne step ana
the speech were tantamOunt to call to
quarters. 1t would be dramatic to say that
the circumadjacent territories trembled, but
it is exact to assert that there was a war
scare at once.
Wanted TO BE First.
That scare by no means diminished when,
n little later he showed Bismarck the door,
1t was very fine door, all of forged metal,
the largest in Europe and well worth being
shown. The circumadjacent territories,
however did not look at it in that way.
Nor parenthetically, did Bismarck.
Though the door was fine, behind it was
something finer-a New Yorker, Mary Lee
who. after marrying and burying a Sleis-
Wig Holstein prince, had become the wife of
Count Waldersee The latter was the en-
peror's aid-de-Camp The Lady herself was
by reason of her marriage, an aunt of the
empress. The emperor and the count
were chums. The empress and the countess
We're connections. AS a result close COM
munion. At the time, the foremost man
in Germany was Bismarck. Said the coun-
tess to the kaiser why not be foremost
YOURSELF In view of the fact that had it
not been for the doses of blood and iron
which the old chan ceIlor handed around
the kaiser would have been plain though
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When woman finds that she almost con-
ttantly suffers from headaches, weak back,
pains in the sides, nervousness, irritability
and dependency, she may be certain that
all is not well with her special womauly