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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
A MODELW WIFE
And the Curious Discovery Made by
an lnqufsitive Bachelor

"She was my model wife until ysSter-
day-that u.s." remarked the cynical
who lives in an apartment
house on the east side, 'she was nv
model for wives. She and her husband
lived in the fiat just over mine, and I
used to rear him come home at hours
that made even a hardened old sinner
like m~eashamed for all mems sake. It
would be 2 or 8 and sometimes 4 o'clock
in he morning when he would come
humping up stairs, and I knew-the
privacy Of al apartment house is not
all that it might be, don't you know, that
she was waiting for him, and that the
door flew open to greet him, and hat
for an hour or two afterward there
would be the sound Of talking. Not
scolding, but merry conversation and
laughter. I used to hear the rattle of
dishes, n often On summer nights
would catch Savory OdOrS floating down
the light shaft-that blessed agent for
the transmission Of everything but air
and sunshine. Then after a time there
would be silence. 1t used to go on
that sort of thing-night after night,
and I wondered what sort of a m
she could be to put up with a man of
such irregular habits as her husband
apparently was. One day I met her in
the corridor-a little woman with a
face that beamed over with smiles and
a whole world Of love in her eyes, and
I cursed that man in every picturesque
phrase I could think of as a brute who
didn't deserve such luck. Yesterday I
made a discovery. He is a morning
newspaper man, she is a bride, and
with theories Of ner own to work out,
she has upset every law of domestic
management to conform to the hours Of
his work, turning night into day, and
having the evening dinner at 4 o'clock
in the morning instead OF 6 o'clock at
night. She 81 still my model for a
paper mans wife, but I've ceased to
think of her as the modern Griselda.
She may be patient, but she's got a
heap of wisdom tucked away under
that shining brown head of hers."-Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
A ~Sh Opper's Ready Wit

A clerk in one of Baltimore's we'll
known shops, not a thousand miles
from Howard street, is telling a very
good joke on himself. says The Balti-
more American. The other day a
young woman bought a yard of India
SILK from him. She was pretty and a
stranger, both of which appealed to
the young nan in question, and he was
very anxious to please her. He rolled
the silk into a bundle no larger than
n of her small fingers, and, as he
reached to the cash box for the change.
he said:
"ShalI I send your bundle?"
The young woman looked at the
bundle" then at the change-four sill
yer dollars and some dimes-and lastly
at her small gold-linked purse; and
then she smiled sweetly On this kind
young man and said:
No; but please send the change"
It seems needless to add that he sent
back to the desk and got bills for her.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
Burglar With a Dark Lantern Iufed
by a Much scared Man
r. Krum, 96 West Adams S

A. r. Krum, Sc West Adams street,
a travelling salesman for the Chicago
Chemical Manufacturing Company,
had a seance with a burglar early Mon
day morning which causes cold chills
to play tag up and down his back when
he thinks of it.
About 8 o'clock a. M. a vivid flash of
light awakened Krum. His bed is near
the front window, and he gaZed out at
a Starlit sky.
Must have been heat lightning"
said Mr.. Krum, and he turned over for
another nap. A strong light suddenly
lighted up the room. krum sprung up
and faced the ray, which fell upon him
from a far corner Of the room. 1t came
from a dark lantern with a burglar be-
hind it. Krum rolled out of bed into the
floor and yelled Move and I'll kill
you!"
AS Krum had no weapon with which
to carry out his threat the situation
was acute, and the cold p~erspiration
stood out on the householder in big
drops. He though of his fate when the
burglar discovered that he was not
armed. But the burglar, evidently in
the same state Of mind, did not move,
and each man could hear the others
labored breathing. The burglar, after
a moment of heartbreaking suspense,
tiptoed softly across h room behind
some chairs. Mr.. Krum promptly
started to crawl under the bed. The in
truder suddenly turned his light upon
Krum from his vantage point behind
the chairs.
"Aw, You amt got no gum" he said.
Police! Help! Police!" shouted
Krum.
The burglar plunged headforemost
through h front window, carrying
the screen with him. Krum heard him
alight on the grass under the window
and then the swift patter of feet as
the man sped down the street. Occu-
pants of the house invaded his apart
ments, carrying pokers n other hast
lily caught up weapons, but the intruder
had gone, empty handed. The attempt
ed burglary was reported TO the War
rem avenue police.-Chicago Record.
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Another SEEMING proof Of the con-
~tagiousness Of tuberculosis has been aft
forded by the statements made. upheld
by statistics, hat consumption is great
1y on the increase lin prisons in the
south. DR.. Blake, physician inspector
at the Alabama penitentiary, speaking
at the Prison Congress recently held in
New Orleans, declared that dn Alabama
in sixteen years the percentage of con-
victs to die from consumption has risen
from II per cent. to nearly 81 per cent,
while during one year-that Of 1886
above 50 per cent. Of the deaths in the
penitentiary had been from the disease.
DR.. Blake also showed that in the pris-
n of Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, Vir-
ginia and other states the mortality
from tuberculosis has increased steadi-
ly. In Texas in 1896 two-thirds Of the
total number of deaths Of convicts were
caused by consumption. DR.. Blake is
of the opinion that the reason for this
high death rate is the fact that tuber-
culosis and non-tuberculous %convicts
are herded together. This crowding is
especially marked in winter, when for
the sake Of economizing fuel and blan-
kets the convicts are packed into the
smallest possible space.-Medical Rec
ord.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
He Wanted n COmprOmtse

If General Joseph Wheeler does as
active fighting in the Philippines where
he has recently been ordered, as he did
in the south during the civil war, he is
apt to make his presence felt, says
The Philadelphia Post. General Horace
Porter tells the following story, which
is both true and timely: It was about
the middle Of the civil wal when a
freshly appointed colonel with a newly
enlisted regiment Joined the union
forces in the far south. They were
beautifully new, both in experience and
in uniforms, and they were very anx-
o to fight. The routine Of camp life
drove them almost to mutiny. One
bright October morning word was re-
celVed that a small detachment of
Genera Wheeler's cavalrymen were on
the other side of the hill, n a force
started out in pursuit. The next day
the co%nfederates were reported miles
distant in the opposite direction. The
third Gay the new colonel and a vet
eran brigadier started out for a pleas
ure ride. A mile from camp they rode
into the fugitive confederates, who had
been circling the camp for a week. 1t
was a narrow escape, but they got
away unframed. After it was over the
general said to the colonel:
well, what do you think of war
now?"
rs Wheeler in his ~neighborhood
much of the timer" replied the colonel
evasively.
"Al the time. He is here, there and
everywhere. What do you think of the
prospect"
well, answered the colonel refec-
lively, 81 wonder whether there isn't
some way this Internal thing can be
compromised"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
THEIR NEEDS SUPPLIED
Storm sufferers Furnished with
Necessaries-Negro Taken to smith.
field for Trial for Murder
excitement.

Especial to The MeSSenger.)
Raleigh, n. c., August ga special
to your correspondent tonight from
The New Bern Journal says that papers
representative has just returned from
Ocracoke and Portsmouth and says
supplies sufficient for the storm suffer
ers' wants have been sem TO New
Bern, and other places, and that no
further outside help is now needed.
This afternoon Sheriff Ellington, Of
Johnston county, took from Jail here,
for trial at Smithield, Tom Smith, col
ored, who since last spring had been
here for safe keeping. Smith killed
n young white man in his yard, and
wounded another. He would have been
lynched but for Sheriff Ellington's per-
sonal efforts, but there is revulsion Of
feeling, and he will probably be entire
ly acquitted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
Saya0ry in Russia

An awful story of savage cruelty
comes from st. Petersburg. Ten boys
in an iron works in the Caucasus were
accused Of stealing a sum of money
thai had been missed from the safe.
The owners made no complaint to the
police, but took the matter in their
own hands.
They first imprisoned the boys for
three days, without food, in the hope
of extorting a confession from them.
This plan having failed, a half dozen
burly foremen stripped them and whip
ped them with sticks. Next they pierre
ed their eye with needles, alternately
beating their victims as they fell insen-
sible.
AS the boys still refused TO admit
their guilt, even under these diaboli-
cal ~tortures, some of their teeth were
pulled out, their mouths were filled
with large stones, the jaws being
bound together by leather straps. The
agony of the boys was so great that
they finally confessed.
1t is inceivable hat intelligent hr-
man beings would infiict such barbar-
Gus punishment on their fellow .crea-
lures. They have been reported to the
authorities, and If they receive their
deserts 10 sentence that may be in
ficted can be too severe.-New York
Journal.
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Returns rms DuAsc>ps
JOSEPH n. Hartman Makes Resusu>
uon-Dfsgorge.i I'm PenfsenfiaTy-Mys.
terry n To C~onceaImeut
b Dispatch.)

thlcnm0nd Dispafch-D
After having concealed four stolen
diamonds about his person, or cell, for
nearly a year, during which time ne
was frequently searched, Joseph II.
Hartmann, the white man who early
last spring robbed the store of Mr.. D.
Buchanan, d~isgorged at the peniten-
tiary yesterday, and the stolen gems
were returned 10 Mr.. Buchanan. much
10 that gentleman's surprise and de-
light.
The case IS one OF surprising strange
ness. Hartmann entered the store OF
Mr.. Buchanan April 21st last, and said
he wanted TO purchase some diamonds.
He was shown a tray full Of the stones.
and deliberately picking out four OF
them, valued at 1925, he passed out of
the store and disappeared. He was
traced TO the Chesapeake and Ohio de-
pot, where he boarded a train for New
port News. A son of Mr.. buchanan
also boarded the same train, and when
near Williamsburg accused the man OF
the crime. Hartmann Indignantly de-
MED the accusation, and passed into
the toilet--oom of the coach. He was
subsequently arrested in Newport News
and returned to Richmond. At both
places he was searched, but the dia-
monds were not found, and ii was
thought that he had disposed OF them
when he entered the toilet-room on
the train.
Hartmann was tried in the Hastings
court and convicted and sentenced to
the ~peitentiary. At this prison he was
stripped and searched in a most thor
ough maner. He was then deprived Of
his clothing and given prison garb. 1t
was thought to be impossible that he
should still have possession Of the gems
but that he did he proved yesterday.
DR.. Benjamin Harrison, the surgeon
at the prison, was going his rounds
yesterday, when he reached Hartmann,
the prisoner expressed a desire to see
Mr.. White, the assistant superinten-
dent. That official was sent for, and
when he approached Hartmann, the
prisoner told him that he still had the
diamonds in his possession, and desired
to make restitution to Mr.. Buchanan.
To the great surprise of the assistant
superintendent, the prisoner fished the
stones from his clothing and handed
them yer.
No explanation of where Hartmann
had concealed the stones during the
many times he had been searched could
be secured. The stones, were, however,
returned to MT. Buchanan, and that
gentleman was perfectly willing to ask
no further questions. He merely placed
the gems back in stock and to a gen.
tleman who was in the store late yes
terday afternoon, he said they were the
stolen gems.
Hartmann has been a model prisoner
since his Incarceration. He only has a
few months longer to serve, and it is
believed by those interested in his case
that he has repented and decided to
lead an honest and a better life.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
Miss Grants Titled Lovers

Miss Julia Dent Grant, daughter Of
General Frederick Grant, is said to
have had the refusal Of two princes.
No. 2 is her fiance. the prince of Can
tacuzene; No. 1 was the count of. Tu-
rim, heir presumptive to the throne of
Italy, distant by only four lives-those
of King Humbert, the prince Of Naples,
the duke Of Aosta and Aosta's son.
Prince Amedo.
The count, it is said, would have
made the American partner in his
chances Of presiding at the Quirinal
had that only been possible, but if he
had been successful in his wooing he
would have had either to add another
to the long list Of morganatic marriages
or to his expectations of ris-
ing to the throne Of Italy. The prince
followed Miss Grant to her home in
New York and formally proposed to
General Grant for his daughter. When
General Grant discovered what the un-
ion would mean it was impossible for
him to give anything but an emphatic
refusal.-Chicago Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
Not an Angel

Old Jerry Billings a been a post
master at the crossroads but a day or
two when a letter came addressed TO
Job Haskins, and with please for
ward" in a corner of it.
"Well, I'll be switched" exclaimed
old Jerry; IT'D like to know if the gov
eminent things this office is bein' run
by angels?"
why, pap" asked Mrs. Billings, who
was assisting in the office.
Because here is a letter addressed
to Job Haskins, an it says if he amt
here to forward it to him."
"Well, what O. that?"
what o. that? You know we'll as I
do that old Job Haskins has been dead
three months. and how in tarnation
does the gov'ment expect me to git the
letter to him? Do they think I'm an
angel?"-Detriot Free Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
His Victim Waylaid ana
Shot Down..
A PROMINENT CITIZEN
OF wilson. nr. Calvin Barncs, hcs
From Ambush While Returning
From HIS Farm Near the Town-The
Wound Considered Mortal-A Tenant
OF Wounded Nan Arrested n. the
observation-disclosures 60 DC Put TO
Work.
Especial TO The Messenger. J

(Special TO u Messenger.
Wilson. y. c.. August 2S.-The town
is very much wrought up over the at
tempted murder OF Mr.. Calvin Barnes.
one OF Wilson's most popular citizens.
Mr.. Barnes owns a farm near VIII
son. and while returning from a trip
to the farm tonight was yaylaid and
m~ortally wounded. The shooting &C
Cured in Holly swamp about one mile
from the town.
When the hold-up occurred there
were in the buggy two little boys,
grandchildren OF Mr.. Barnes.
The children gave an alarm which
was answered by a negro man who
brought the wounded man home.
DR.. Herring was at once called. He
found the wound. which was under the
left shoulder. was made by a smooth
bore musket loaded with slugs.
Mr.. J.. r. Kenly was wired for a spe-
cial train TO bring bloodhounds from
Weldon. He promptly ordered the
train to be made up and run as an ex-
ira to bring from Weldon Mr.. Emery
with the state hounds. The train Is
scheduled to arrive in Wilson at 1890
o'clock tonight, when a thorough
| search for the would-be murderer will
be made.
At this time suspicion rests upon Mr..
Barnes tenant. Early this morning
| the tenant and landlord had some
| words over the farm affairs. "A war
| rant has been issued for his arrest and
| a posse with Sheriff Sharp has just
| left town for his home.
DR.. Herring at IL o'clock gave out
| a statement that Mr.. Barnes was rest
ing easy. His pulse has become almost
| normal and his breathing was done
| with less pain.
Midnight-Sherin Sharp has returned
| with Jefferies, the suspected murderer.
In an interview with your correspond
ent he stoutly maintains his limo
| cence.
When found he was at his home
| asleep. He willingly got up and dress
| ed. His actions were cool and did o
| appear to be the result Of suppressed
| excitement.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01

MIRA. Pnstcr's Crime Follows Close on
Grand Jury's Lenfeney Toward Mrs

Grand Jury's Lenfency Mrs
Ryan
The refusal OF the grand jury to in
dict Mrs. Annie Ryan, who caused the
death OF Mrs. Sarah Mccarthy recent
~ by throwing carbolic acid upon her,
aroused considerable adverse comment
at the time from persons who asserted
that women would thereby be encour-
aged to take the law into their own
hands when seeking revenge upon
those who had wronged them. These
predictions were speedily verified when
Mrs. Mary Pfister threw vitriol en-
Roundsman Patrick Meehan on Wed
nesday. This prompt sequence of
perpetrators, calls attention TO the fact
that not long ago in Paris a similar
laxity in enforcing the law against fe-
male yitriol throwers resulted in an
alarming increase in the frequency of
that form of evenge, and the cutlery
became so great against a weak ad-
min%istration of the law in this respect
that a halt had to be called in self
defence. Many persons yesterday ex-
pressed hope that the grand jury which
refused to indict Mrs. Ryan would lay
the lesson of Mrs. Pfster's close follow
ing crime to heart.
Meehan may die, IND Mrs. Pfster IS
in Bellevue hospital suffering from Sc
we're burns inflicted by the vitriol which
splashed back upon herself.-New York
World.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
Punished His ROYAL Father

A pretty incident is told of the child
hood of the new czarowitz of Russia.
One summer day his father had taken
him to visit his uncle, the Grand
Duke Serge, at his country home, near
Moscow. Alexander III refused to &C.
cupy the large and reg apartment
set aside for him, preferring a much
smaller, more modest room, overlooking
the park. Finding the heat insupporta-
BILE, he went TO the window for fresh
air, and, while looking out, beheld his
young son playing in the sunlight be-
low. He called to him to play in the
shade. but the little grand duke would
not near him and continued to p-ance
gayly about in the glare Of the sun.
The car, becoming vexed, seized a
pitcher of water and emptied the con
tents on the child.
The boy, soaking with the unexpect-
ed shower, planted himself before his
father and said severely: Thou hast
done very wrongly. Thou myself has
told me that 1 must never abuse my
power"
We'll" responded the emperor, a lit
tie surprised at the reproof, then thou
believest that I have don wrong?"
Certainly, papa I must say SO, be-
cause h hast told me never to lie."
Very well; then thou canst punish
me in the same manner" The emperor
lifted the child upon a chair and gave
him the pitcher, filled again with
water.
Bend down a little, big papa, thou
are too tall" said the imperial urchin.
who did not wish to resign his chance
of Furnishing his father simply because
he could not reach up to him. Very
conscientiously the great emperor bent
- 41TA--n
deluge him with the contents of the
pitcher and then laughed uproaringly
at his own merited punishment.-Chica-
go News.
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Especial to The Messenegr.)
Raleigh, n. C., August 2S.-In a ha-
beas corpus case here today before
Judge Montgomery, two white men of
Vance county, who were in Wake Jail
for safe keeping and who claimed their
detention here was Illegal, were order
ed e back TO Vance Jail II they
had been released here they would have
been instantly arrested by the United
States marshal on charge Of robbing
a ~postofice. 1t is said they desired 20
get in Jail at Henderson so az TO give
their friends opportunity TO release
them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
4 Threatened Lynchins

Raleigh, N. c., August ga special
to The News and Observer from Dur
ham, N. C, says: Chief of Police
Foushee brought Andy McAdams, COL
ored, here this afternoon from Graham
for safe keeping, fearing lynching to-
night. McAdams raped the f~our-year-
old daughter Of Tom Faucette Tuesday
near Haw river.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01
Where is Your Noah4

Henry" she said to her troubled
husband, "you know I have Joined that
new Progressive Club, and + NEAR to
take some intelligent part in its dis
cussions. What do you think would be
the quickest and surest way of purify
ing politics in Michigan and the entire
country?"
my dear, / should most certainly
urge the propriety of a second deluge."
Detroit Free Press.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01

l have insisted at all times and in all
places that the money question viii be
before country until bimetallism is
restored.
l have repeated over and over again
that this nation must act alone. without
waiting for n aid or consent OF any
other nation. and that 1s 10 1 is the only
ratio at which the minis car be opened.
nave never for one moment thought
a compromise desirable or possible.-W.
j. BRYAN.
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Volcanic

Are grand. but Skin Eruptions rob
life Of JOY. Bucklen's Arnica Salye
cures them, also Old, Running and Fee
yer Sores, Ulcers. Boils, Felons, Corns
Warts, Cuts. Bruises. Burns, Scalds
Chapped Hands. C~hiIblaIns. Best Pile
cure on earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only % cents a box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by r. r. Bellamy, drug
gist.
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Coming Her Way

Mamma" said the sweet young
girl, ST think Mr.. Meadows loves me
and is beginning to have serious in
tentions."
"What?" the fond mother asked, t'has
brought you to this opinions"
"He laughed heartily at one of papa'S
Jokes last night."-Chicago Times
Herald.
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London, August PA dispatch from
johannesburg says word has been re-
ceived from Pretoria that President
Kruger and General Joubert favor
sending a special peace mission to Eng
land composed of members of the
volksraad, headed by F. w. Reitz.
state secretary
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01

The receipts Of cotton here yester-
day were 1877 new bales against Is bales
the corresponding day last eason
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-01

The North Carolina Dealers Associa-
ton has organized by electing w. II.
Overman, of Salisbury, as president
and Joseph Lindsay secretary and
treasurer. All dealers viii be asked TO
join.