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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18

Irritating stings, bites, scratches,
wounds and cuts soothed and healed
by DeWitt's Witch Hasel Salve,-a sure
and safe application for tortured flesh.
Beware of counterfeits. Robt. r. Bel
iamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18

Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey. Ca
says he suffered with itching piles
twenty years before trying Dewftf'.
Witch Hazel Salve. two boxes Of which
compietely cured him. Beware OF
worthless and dangerous countcrfe,t.
r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18

Lenoir Topic: Tuesday George Mar
tin, son Of E. J. Martin, was drowned
in Wilson's pond about two miles east
Of town.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14
Reward Of a willing Mother.

A young student at one of the large
art institutions decided this winter to
try for prize He was under ~
and his competitors were all older than
he. He wrote his mother about it,
begging her to come and pose for him,
saying that he knew he could win II
she only were his subject. She had a
large family at home to look after, and
a small boy hardly two months Old
Moreover the spring had come, never
an easy time for a mother to break
away, pick up a small baby, and es-
tablish herself alone in distant town.
merely to sit as model for her son.
Most women would 1have hesftated, as
shoped-for prizes being uncertain guam
titles, particularly for boys still in
their teens, and present home duties
being, according to all rules of logic.
paramount But the mother did not
hesitate Her son had asked her to
come. and so proved. a rare loyalty.
That was enough for her. At great
Inconvenience to herself she went,
cheerfully, ard the picture was painted.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14
A Moslem Episode.

CA party of Bedouin Arabs recently at
tackled convoy of Egyptians with the
Holy Carpet of Mahomet between Mecca
and Medina.-London Mail)
The bold bad Bedouin set out with sim
lister intent
And bounced upon the pilgrims who in
grave procession went,
to convey
'Twixt Mecca and Medina in the custo-
mary way.
The leader of the robbers to his tent the
carpet took.
His spouse, when she beheld it, gave a
long, estate look.
We'll have to get a home" she said,
land spread it on the floor"
And so he bought house and lot all
mortgaged DER and DER.
She made him beat the carpet till his
good right arm was tired:
He pelted and he pummeled it, he puffed
and he perspired.
The pilgrims who were lurking near were
frenzied in their fright.
They nearly had spasm at the sacrile-
giouS sight.
She made him tack it down. Of course,
the sequel had to come.
The hammer lost its bearings and landed
on his thumb.
The pilgrims saw him kneeling as he
rallied and paved the air.
They felt nightly encouraged, for they
thought he was at prayer.
In confidence they sought him, since such
piety he showed.
He folded up that carpet, saying: Take
it and be bowed
And now in all the mosques the eager
penitents are taught
OF the marvellous conversion which Ma
hornets carpet wrought.
Washington Star.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14

The Cars Daily Life.

Nicholas II. has his days work stern
ly regulated He rises at s o'clock, anc
at 3 drinks tea with the Empress. Al
$50 he retires to his cabinet, where he
spends an hour reading the Russian
and foreign newspapers. The two for
eign papers which he never fails to ex-
anime are the Paris Figaro" and the
London Times At 1920 he takes a
sharp walk in the park or garden OF
the palace in which he is residing. Al
II begins the serious business of the
day. State affairs are SO arranged thai
the chiefs of two departments are re-
ceived every day. To-day the Minister
for Foreign Affairs and the Minister
of Justice tomorrow the Minister oil
War and the Minister of the Interior.
After attending to their reports the
hour for receptions has arrived. Even
for the highest personages it is a diff
cult matter to have an interview with
the Gar. Every minute of his time
is carefully calculated and even
Grand Dukes who are admitted to his
presence are told before they enter the
length of time which they are not to
exceed One day in every week is de-
voted to military reports.
At 1:3O the Car has luncheon with
the Empress, a meal to which it is
usual to invite any distinguished stran-
gers visiting ST. Petersburg. If the
weather allows, the Emperor and EN-
press drive out after luncheon and
make a call at one of the foreign En-
bassies or visit one of the Grand
Dukes. After their drive the Empress
receives limited number of ladies to
tea: the Gar retires to his room and
works alone. He is alone with his Pri-
vate Secretary from till 8, reading
the private reports of Ministers and the
confidential reports of the sixty-flve
provincial Governors, each of whom Is
obliged to send weekly report to the
Car of the weightiest matters which
concern his district. This is the time
during which Nicholas II. considers the
new laws and regulations sent up to
him from the Imperial Council and
from the Ministers. At $50 the i'm
perial family dimes Sometimes, when
tired and worried, the Car dimes alone
with his consort, but usually he dimes
in the large hall of the Winter Palace,
where covers are laid for forty persons.
After dinner the Car retires to his
own apartments and passes the even
ing with the Empress until IL. From
II to - he works in his cabinet His
Adjutant awaits him here with the
latest reports from the Project of st.
Petersburg and from the various Min :
Hours.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14
Horseshoe Craftsmanship.

| The man who hangs a horseshoe over
his doorway to prevent misfortune from
stepping in unexpectedly, with her bum
| die of disappointmentS and failures un-
| der her arm, should be sure of the nail,
| lest when he slam the door the iron
! shoe fall on his head and well-nigh
scalp him. Indeed, it requires not only
great faith, but a deal of clever pre-
caution, to insure the perfect working
of a charm. We all blame Providence
| when an old sign fails us, and there is
more genuine daring in a mad charge
against settled intrenchments of SUI
perstition or long-accepted error than
in storming battery of rapid-fire guns.
A pretty victory coinciding with an
side of human nature than a cataclysm
of conquest wrought by practically
foreordered means
The horseshoe may actually fall upon
the head of him who hangs it up, but
no horseshoe ever daunted the demon
of i'll luck. The man with club fought
for his fortune and his hut in the an
cient days. The implement of defense
is a more complicated machine now,
and the man himself is not the simple
FACTOR ne was Wnou WIFI LeTCe eyes
under tangled hair he peered forth from
his gloomy cave in the rocks. Tides
of highly organized humanity are mum
dating every headland, plain and
flight of birds, the aspect of stars, the
lamentations of a witch or the spell OF
a horseshoe could influence destiny has
seen it's sun go down to rise no more;
and now what?
Facing things as they are, and
for the moment not considering
what we wish, shall we overlook the in
exorable law of work? What is work !?
Originally, it was tilling patches of coil
and hunting wild beasts and birds.
There were immeasurable waste regions
of good land then, and all the woods
air and water abounded in edible
things, To take was to deprive no per-
son. But now, or in the comparatively
near future, what? Practically the in
crease of population means the decrease
of the productive area. We must be
optimists, but not to- the extent of de-
nying the imperfous demand of truth.
The horseshoe will bump our head at
our most hopeful moment if we trust
it. But shall we snatch the bread from
our brothers Mouth in order to feel
inwardly comfortable ourselves? In
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14

word, does work already begin to take
on the grim air of robbery?
1t is said that the first law of nature
is self-defense; but to take your neigh
boris loaf and cut of bacon when no
other earthly means can keep you from
starving-is that not self defense? To
strike down your starving neighbOr to
keep him from taking by force your
hard-earned crust-is that not self
defense also? The horseshoe policy will
/ not prevent this clash of self-defense
against elf-defense. You will pray for
rain to save your languishing corn,
knowing that in the next field your
neighbours hay is down and but half
cured. Nor does this admission carry
with it proof of your selfishness in the
| worst sense of the word, unless we ac-
cept the theory that it is better for us
all to perish than that one succumb to
! inevitable conditions.
The currents of contemporary his
tory are setting toward a universal
recognition of the limit Of coincidence
between the earth's habitable area and
the volume of humanity. There is soon
to be mighty shifting of human con-
ditions. The nations feel it. A We
mendous problem of economy, not
financial, not commercial, not political,
but of existence, is coming into the
worlds mind. To that mind the CEN
turtles are as years; the calamities it
must plan to evade are stupendous; the
horseshoe that some statesmen would
hang above the nations door will not
avail. Each people must look out for
itself against the day off yonder when
the strongest will survive. A mere
question of greed must not be consid-
ered but the question of final survival
is imperative.
Craftsmanship must not be content
with to-day, tomorrow, or next year;
even next century is but breath s
distance away. We must fix our feet
dalton gives no security against great
| shocks, and the shocks are certain
when nothing else is; force is natures
| law of offense and defense, of destruc-
ton and conservation. We shall not
| escape the impacts of that laws inevi-
| table currents as we go up the future
on our way to destiny. Let other ma
tions hang up horseshoes and depend
upon charms; we must build our navies,
strengthen our world base, store up vi
tally, take on Drawn. hold fast our
self Prospect, and when the time comes
for Armageddon-as come it surely
must-we shall be able to use the first
law of nature with irresistible and
righteous effect.-Maurice Thompson in
Philadelphia Saturday Post.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14
A Point Scored.

4 There ought to have been a woman
jury in that canned beef inquiry
why, Maud?''
Because men are so used to finding
fault with beef that they couldn't view
the evidence, without prejudice.-De-
troit Free Press
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14

The exceedingly rich collection in the
British Museum of books, pamphlets
and documents of every description re-
lating to the French Revolution having
been found to contain no fewer than
thirty thousand duplicates, the Museum
authorities have had the happy idea of
offering them to the French National
Library. Needless to say, this offer
has been keenly appreciated. The Ma
tional Library will only take such OF
the duplicates as are not already in its
possession. The remainder will be
handed over to the Library of the City
of Paris, which now forms separate
portion of the Carnavalet Museum.
Paris Correspondence of the London
Post.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14

Now the papers announce that the
young boy-painter had won the prize.
This will send him for a two years
course of study to Paris. It is like
some old story of the masters, and cer-
tainly few sweeter stories of painters
and their mothers have ever been told.
-Harper's Bazaar.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14
Willing to Tell.

The Best Prescription for Malaria
and Fever is bottle of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic 1t is simply iron and quinine
in tasteless form. No cure-no pay.
Price, soc.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14

The largest vegetables are found in
the garden seed catalogues,
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-14

The bronze harp attached to the tomb
of Shelley at Rome has been stolen
possibly by some admirer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
CHAPTER TX.
In the Dungeons.

The next morning Nora and her pupil were
taking walk after lessons when an elderly
man, who had been leaning on a stile in the
lane through which they were walking, came
up to them, and said, addressing Nora
Il beg your pardon, but can you tell me
whether l am far from Tudor House?"
The mans dress seemed to mark him as
belonging to the laboring class; but there
was something Of culture and refinement in
his speech.
Evidently he had seen better days
Nora fancied he was a sailor, or at any
rate, that he had been connected with the
sea.
His eyes were deep-set, and had that far
seeing look in them which seafaring mems so
often have. and his skin was tanned as brown
as a nut with exposure to wind and SUM-
His hair and beard were grey, and a long
zigZag scar, which stretched from the corner
of his eye to his upper lip, gave him Gu
rious and almost sinister appearance.
THAT is Tudor House, which you can see
from here said Nora, pointing the hand
some grey building out to him.
81 am greatly obliged to you miss Perhaps
you wouldn't mind telling me whether Sir
Robert Tudor is at home.''
Sir Robert Tudor is dead" exclaimed
Nora. He died eighteen months ago"
The man looked as though he had received
a heavy blow.
"Dead' he muttered Dead Sir Robert,
Why, he was younger man than me by q
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26

Cousin Isobel should suspect his attachment
to her governess.
He walked with her to the belt of trees
she wanted him to view, and afterwards &C
cepted her earnestlygiven invitation that he
would remain to luncheon.
However, he saw 10 more of Nora Drum
mond that day
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27

The Northern Pacific will make test
of the revenue law requiring the afiix-
ing of Decent stamps on all export bills
of lading. On all export freight this
1O-cent stamp is required and the busi-
ness handled on the coast each month
piles up a large expense in this item
alone. An order has been issued re-
quiring agents to disregard the pro-
visions of the law.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27
AMONG RAILROAD MEN
The Union Pacific Office Will
Have to Be Moved.
SNAKE RIVER CUTOFF
1t Will Be Ready for Use the First of
the Month-It Avoids Steep
Grade-Increase in N.
P. Earnings.

The execution of a five years lease
to the Aetna Savings & Trust company
on the Union Pacific corner at Main
street and Broadway by John Noyes,
the owner of the building, means that
The Union Pacific will be required to
vacate the property upon the expra-
tion of its lease on the 1st of next July.
The first notice the railroad had that
1t could not have renewal of the lease
was when the fact that the Aetna COM
pany had secured the building was pub
lshed a few days ago. The Union Pa
cific has occupied its present offices
over Il years, and in that time has paid
about $65, 900 in rent. The Aetna COM
pany will pay $5S,O00 for five years ut
the rate of $3.50 a month for the entire
building The Union Pacific is al pres
ent paying $3.50 a month for the ground
floor alone.
The Snake River cutoff of the Ore
gon Railway & Navigation will be
ready for use on the first of the
month.
The Snake River cutoff leaves the
Spokane line Just beyond Starbuck and
follows the Snake River valley in
southwesterly direction until reaching
last is miles Of the cutoff running into
Wallula runs across the country in
straight line and does not follow the
river valley.
These stations and towns will, there
fore, be no longer on the main line of
the Spokane branch; Walla Walla.
Starbuck Alto, Bol]es, Prescott, Valley
Grove, Raymo and Touchet.
1t is positively stated that the new
arrangement for the running of trains
on the Spokane branch will send all the
through trains over the cutoff from the
point of departure, just beyond Star
buck, to Wallula, and that some other
provision will he made for the towns
which are thus left off the main line of
the Spokane branch.
This provision may be made by the
running of a train between Pome-
roy or Dayton and Wallula via Pendle-
ton.
None of the trains now running into
Pendleton will be taken off, as all
that place and Huntington are to be
maintained as heretofore.
To utilize the Snake River cutoff
means to avoid the steep Alto hill,
which has always been a source of an
noyance to the operating department of
the road. 1t has always been neces-
sary to have helper engines to assist
trains up this hill, and accidents have
been numerous. By the route to be
followed over the cutoff the grade
will be down hill all the way, with the
exception of one or two inconsequen-
tial grades where an ordinary engine
can haul all trains alone and without
difficulty.
The Northern Pacifics net earnings
for September reached S4,390,S77. For
the same month last year they amount
or n he, ca n q
the heavy business of the road during
this year over that of 1898. The gross
earnings for September. 1899, were
sS,071, ,015, while gross earnings for the
same period last year were S6,902, ,053
The October gross earnings statement
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27
TRAINING sEAMEN FOR THE NAVY.
Four Thousand of Them Needed for Ships
Soon to BE in Commission.

The navy is short 1000 men and ap-
prentices in it's enlisted force, with a
discouraging prospect of securing the
necessary increase. This is due to the
condition of the merchant marine
which gives employment practically to
all the able and ordinary seamen along
the coast. This is the class of men the
navy wants and cannot obtain as fast
as the requirements of the service de-
mand. Coal passers and landsmen can
be found in abundance, but neither
class is fit for deck duty until a year
or more of training. Six months ago
the navy had nearly 10000 men. or
about 1900 short of the quota, and 200
of the $500 apprentices allowed. Now
the total strength of both is less than
$4,000 Consequently there are now
scarcely enough men for the vessels in
commission, and none available that
will be in condition for service within
the next three months. The depart
ment's plan is to instruct it's own sea-
men. 1t takes the green landsmen from
the lake region or central west, whose
experience on water has been limited
to river steamers and ferryboats, and
in eight months turns them out full
fiedged able seamen. This policy was
adopted several months ago, and is now
being successfully carried out, so that
within eight months there will be at
least 1000 men available from this
source for sea duty.
The Hartford, rebuilt and equipped
with modern engines and ordnance,
sails from San Francisco this month
on it's way to Hampton Roads with 400
of these landsmen, enlisted on the Pa
cific slope. The cruise of this ship will
be one of the longest taken by any ves-
sci except the Oregon in many years.
First the Hartford will proceed to Hon
olulu for a stop of two weeks, thence
down to Valparaiso, through the straits
to Falkland islands and up to the West
Indies, stopping at most of the impor-
tant ports, and reaching Old Point
about April Is. The vessel will then be
permanently stationed on this station
as a training ship for landsmen.
In the West Indies the old Lancaster
is now cruising about with 800 lands
men on board, and fitting out at Phil
adelphia is the Dixie, which will be
used for training work also. With
those ships constantly employed in the
instruction and training of men for the
navy the department hopes to main
tain the quota to it's full limit within
year or two. The reason for the de-
ficiency in the apprentice strength is
lack of quarters for them at the sta
tions at Newport and Yueba island.
San Francisco. At both places bar
racks are building with accommoda-
tionS for $500 boys.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27
Cook l1edical Company
SECURING YOUR SCALP
Will Remove the Loose Dandruff Scales
But 1t Won't Cure Dandruff.
I673 Curtis Street, Den yer

If your hair is brittle and thinning,
you have dandruff. The merely scour-
ing of the scalp of the loose scales,
won't cure dandruff; because dandruff
is nothing but scales of scalp being
thrown up by a pestiferous little germ
in burrowing its way to the root of the
hair where it saps the vitality. causing
falling hair and, in time, badness.
Now you can't stop dandruff, nor fall
ing hair, nor prevent badness unless
you destroy that germ; and the only
prepare ton that can do it Is the new
scientific discovery. Newbro's Herpi-
eide. In fact no other hair prepara
ton claims to kill the dandruff germ
ali of them will clean the scalp; soap
and water will do that, but only New
bros Herpicide gets at the root Of
the trouble and kills the dandruh
germ.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27

Another cut in time via the Short
Line-Ogden route to all California
points.
Thirty hours, the quickest route to
Los Angeles; % hours, the quickest
route to San Francisco.
Only one change of cars Butte to San
Francisco.
Call or write us for excursion rates
and particulars.
City ticket office, No. 10 East Broad
way, Butte, Mont.
H. O. WILSON,
General Agent
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27

Portland, Ore, Nov. 26.-The east
bound passenger train on the Oregon
Railway & Navigation was wrecked at
1890 o'clock tonight one mile from
Rooster Rock, 80 miles east of this city
by landslide. The engine and tender
went over an embankment is feet high
and the mail and baggage cars were
overturned. Fireman Miller was
thrown under the wreck and killed.
Engineer Robert Hunter was caught
under the cab, but was rescued though
severely injured. No other persons were
injured
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27
Protection From Earthquake Shocks.

In Japan there are pagodas of con-
siderable height which have withstood
the effects of frequent earthauake
shocks for centuries. The secret of
their stability is that they are fitted
inside with a heavy timber beam con-
struction which hangs from the roof
like a clapper of bell, On the occur
renee of a shock the effects of the vi
bration are wholly counteracted by
this comparatively simple device.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27


to cure syphilis In from 20 to 40 days to
stay cured forever, any physician send
Ing him case of syphilis dn any STACEY,
that he does not cure to the patients en-
tire satisfaction. will cost him nothing,
His treatment does not contain Injurious
medicines, but leaves the patient In as
healthful condition as before contract
ing the disease.
LOST MANHOOD-Night Emissions,
Impotency, the dreaded effect Of early
vice, which brings organic weakness on
examining the urinary deposits a ropy
sediment will often be found, and some
times small particles of albumen will ap-
pear, or the color will be of mtikish
hue, again changing to a dark and tur-
bid appearance. There are many men
who die Of this difficulty, ignorant Of tho
cause, which is the second stage of sem
inal weakness. The doctor will guarantees
a permanent cure in all cases. Write for
symptom blank. You can be cured at
home.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27
Receiver Appoiuted,

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Nov. 26.-Judge
Garland Of the United States court has
appointed M. Taylor Of Huron receiver
of the building and loan association of
Dakota, located at Aberdeen. An in
junction has already been granted re-
straining the officers from disposing Of
any Of the assets of the association.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27

Speaking of the business on the Great
Northern, an official of that road said:
I'VE have had the most prosperous sea-
son in our history. Our earnings for
the first four months of the fiscal year
have amounted to 3 64-100 per cent on
our preferred "A stock, assuring 2ta
per cent dividend in January. Our larg
est dividend previously has been per
cent for six months.
The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-27
Explosion of Ammonia.

New York. Nov. ga fire resulting
from an explosion of ammonia de-
stroyed the plant of the Passaic Beef
company to-day. Loss $4,000. Covered
by insurance. The plant was owned
by the Hammond Beef company of
Hammond, Ind.