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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-24
the Grave

A startling incident. Of whirh Nr.
John Oliver OF Philadelphia, was the
subject. is narrated by him as follows:
II was in a most dreadful condition.
Ny kin vas almost yellow. eyes SUNK
en-. tongue coated. pain continually In
back and sides, no appetite-graduaily
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians a given me up. Forum
ately. a frind advised trying Electric
Bitters: and TO my great JOY n sur
prise. the first bottle made a decided
Improvement. I continued their use for
three weeks. and am now a well men.
l know they saved my life. and robbed
the grave OF another victim" No one
should fail 10 try them. Only SO cts.
q bottle, at r. II. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-24
The Proposed Pacific Cable (,

Washington, February 20.-Senat6r,
Frye today reported from the commit
tee on foreign relations the amend
ment to the sundry civil appropriation
bill for the construction OF a subma-
rine cable in the Pacific ocean, as
amended by the committee. The
are numerous and radi-
cal. The most important of them in
creases the subsidy to be paid every
year for twenty years to $175, 600. and
extends the time in which the con-
tracing company is TO be given to
complete the line to the Philippine is
lands to the first Of Januarp, 1902.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-24

curry and potash seemed to add fuel to the
advised by friends who had seen wonderful
cures made by it, to try Swift's SPECIFIC. We
got two bottles. and / felt hope again revive In
my b~reast-hope for health and happiness
again. improved from the start. anda com.
plete and perfect cure was the result. 8. s. S.
Is the only blood remedy which reaches des-
perate cases. MRs. T. W. LEE.
Montgomery. Ala.
OF the many blood remedies, s. S. s.
is the only one which can reach deep
seated, violent cases. 1t never fails to
cure perfectly and permanently the
most desperate cases which are beyond
the reach of other remedies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-24

Il have just recovered from the sec
and Fever is a bottle OF Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic. The formula is plain
ly printed on each bottle, showing that
1t is simply Iron and Quinine in a taste
less form. Imitators do not advertise
their formula because IL they did they
know that you would not buy their
medicine. Be sure then that you get
Groves as the formula shows what you
are taking.
NO CURE NO PAY. Price so cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-24
Sacrificed to
Blood Poison.

Those who have never had Blood Poi
son can not know what a desperate con-
dition it can produce This terrible
disease which the doctors are totally
unable to cure, is communicated from
one generation to another, inflicting its
faint upon countless innocent ones.
Some years ago I was %inoculated with poison
BY q nurse who infected my babe with blooc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-24
A RriohIful Rlunder

Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Ar
MICA Sa1ve, the best in the world, will
kill the pain and promptly heal it.
Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup-
lions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
rs cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by r. R.. Bellamy. druggist.
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S.S.S.fffsfsB Blood

is PURELY VEGETABLE. and is the only
blood remedy guaranteed to contain no
mercury, potash, or other mineral.
valuable books mailed free by Swift
Specific Company. Atlan,s, Georgia.
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faint. The little one was
unequal to the struggle.
and its life was yielded
up to the fearful poison.
For six long years I suf-
fered untold misery. /
was covered with sores
and ulcers from head TO
foot, and no language
can express my feelings
of woe during those long
years. / had the best
medical treatment. Sew
eral physicians success
stvely treated NE. but all
tn M nnrn0cn Tho mar
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

same results can be produced &c in the
case of battles. I believe, however, tina
with liquid gases, whereby in a small
area moisture of the air could be con-
densed to rain by following their dis
charge with sharp conclusions caused
by explosions of other gases and other
explosives preferably at the proper dis
lance above the earth, a rain could be
started that would spread over a large
area of country.
These conclusions are sometimes felt
many miles from the scene of opera
ton, where the condition. Of the atmos-
phere are such as to start rain a long
distance from the field of action. Water
is composed of myriads of particles, all
in globular form, which retain this form
when evaporated from the ocean or 9TH
err sources and carried through space
along with the air. AS all atmospheric
phenomena move from west to east, a
vast body of water is continually ris-
ing from the Pacific and passing over
the continent and while on its way
around the globe is occasionally inter-
| cepted by cold strata of atmosphere and
condensed, producing either snow or
rain.
E III lSC AIT ~ la AA<N
! carried in the atmosphere passes en-
| tirely over our continent to the Allan
tic ocean before it is precipitated in
| the FORM Of rain and snow On the Pa
! cific coast the air is suently SO
| heavily laden with moisture that ex-
| tensive fogs are produced, and while
near the point of precipitation the
| winds are SO light nd the air SO little
1.-4.-l-z ~. 4 f+11.r - G G olapor until
they are ev~aporated into the upper air
and move on to the east in a current
which is continually moving in chat di-
rection."
Professor loves plan for arresting
the eastern bound lou and making
them stand and deliver their moisture
on the Pacific coast, where it is needed,
instead of carrying 1t to the Atlantic
coast, where it is a nuisance, is rfdicul-
ed by other western scientists, but new
ertheless he is preparing to carry out
his experiments, and Pasadena stands
ready to pay cash for any transforms
which he may deliver.
Although this is Professor loves first
appearance as a rainmaker, he has been
active and prominent in other lines Of
Escience. During the civil war he con-
Quoted the a-eronautieal experiments for
the Union army. After the war he re-
moved to Pasadena and bought the
property now known as Mount Lowe
On top Of this he constructed an OBJ
s~ervatory and built a remarkable ca
Bile railroad to the summit. a spring
he offered to build for the government
a submarine boat which would wipe out
the Spanish navy in short order, but
his offer was not accepted, probably
because the navy department wished to
distribute the glorvs
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
E.sg Eorgfng.

A curious account is given by a Paris
correspondent OF the discovery of an egg
forger, whose false productions are pur-
chased for scientific collections and by
amateurs. Tho man was very clever. A
visitor saw him make u penguin egg that
could not be distinguished from the real
one that served him for o model. He
made the shell of plaster of paris, burned
and glazed. The egg was intended for a
man who furnished eggs for a foreign sci
entific collection. These limitations are
not difficult, for among the real eggs OF
most species there are so many varieties
that even the most practieed expert could
not distinguish all of them. The eggs OF
the common fycatcher are very cheap.
BY chemical treatment they acquire a
blush green shining color and are then
,old at a very high price as the eggs OF the
,ilktail. From IA duck eggs are
fabricated the eggs OF a falcon for which
70 or so francs are paid. The duck eggs
Tor this purpose are given a silver green
,oIor. Pigeon and wood pigeon eggs are
tlso transformed into rarer products OF
middle sized birds. Nightingales' eggs
ire difficult to procure and are therefore
7ery dear. They are initiated by colorlng
arks' eggs brown. The egg forger was
or d long time an assistant in a natural
listcry museum i'll the provinces.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

FIGHT BETWEEN KAF FIR M OSTRICH.
Ing, writes Miss Rowles. sIf you have
never heard the tramp of an Infatuated
ostrich, no words will describe it. The
nearest approach to it is the sound of the
regular thud, thud of soldiers on the
march.
ssThere was nc mistake. Wewere being
pursued by a furious cock ostrich, a for
midable foe indeed The pony's feet
seemed scarcely to touch the ground, and
I bent forward, urging him on as / had
never lone before. Nearer and nearer
came the beating, the distance between us
and our strange pursuer growing less ey-
cry second.
There was a shout, and I was conscious
that a short, heavy kerrie whizzed past
me. Presently another ksrrie came whiz-
ftg past, and this time it must have in
terfered with the progress of the great
bird, for l could tell it had stopped short,
and / ventured to look back.
1.-THE Infatuated ostrich was charging
at a Kaffir who was coming up from the
camp in pursuit. The man saw his dan
ger and threw kerrie after kerrie, which
passed wide of the mark. Vague ideas
flashed through my mind of going to his
help, but the pony had become thoroughly
frightened ard was boiling as hard as he
could go.
"There was more shouting now, and I
hoped that others had come to the rescue,
but, glancing back again, I saw it was
too late. Ostrich and man had met! The
Kaffir made a spring at the neck OF the
bird, but he was too slow, and an awful
kick sent the poor wretch into the air and
dropped him with a thud upon the earth.
Before he had time to recover, if in
Iced he ever could, the bird was dancing
upon him, and / shut my eyes to hide the
sight. By this time several Kaffirs and a
Dutchman had come up, and, with a long
lasso, they caught the birds neck and
strangled it, dragging it off the PROSTATE
Kaffir at the same time.
Il never knew how I reached home.
For days and nights that CHASTITY fight
haunted me, and / was troubled by the
thought that the man had given his life
for mine, while / had lone nothing even
to attempt to save him. His master was
more filed with annoyance at the loss of
the ostrich than with pity for the man
who had met with SO cruel q death.
II heard aftcrwarfl hat the unfortunate
Kaffir had only lived till he reached the
farm, and then he ~succulnbed to his terri
bic injuries. Some little time previously
he had become a Christian, and we brought
away his body and had it buried in u
W garden"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

eioned, but all insulting words are made
civilly actionable. In South Carolina it is
not a crime, but may be used as a basis OF
civil action for defamation of character.
The West Virginia statute declares that
"all words which, from their usual con-
struction and eommon acceptation, are
construed as insults and tend to>violence
and breach of the peace shall be action
able"
1t is not a crime TO use the liar IN
Alabama, but il a man assaults you IN
consequence of YOU application OF the
epithet to HIM no may give evidence in
justification of any abusive or opprobrious
language yon have used to him. The "
erage jury in that state holds that the lie
is equivalent to the first blow.
In North Carolina the user Of the epithet
and the man to whom it was applied are
held equally guilty in cases Of assault and
battery.
IN Virginia to call a man q Liar is a
crime, punishable by a fine OF not less
than 81 nor more than $40.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

director of the bureau, of American repub-
ports, the length of the voyages in miles
and days and the cost of a first class
passage to almost any port.
These reports sometimes contain ad-
vertisements and are sometimes sold,
the going to defray the ex-
penses of the bureau. OF course the bu-
reau is not self supporting, however.
The United States pays the larger part
of the expense, but the other republics
bear their share according to popula-
ton. 1t is part of the agreement that
the headquarters of the bureau shall be
in Washington and that the director
shall be a citizen of the United States.
The director is paid a salary of 5000
a year, and his term lasts until he is
turned out, which commonly happens
at each change of administration. The
affairs of the bureau are conducted by
an executive committee composed of
the ministers representing the various
repub cs, with the United States sec
rotary of state as chairman. This com
mittee elects the director, having three
names submitted by the chairman to
select from.
General Russell Hastings, the new d.
rector, has just taken charge. Since
the death Of Joseph p. Smith, who was
President McKinley's first appointee,
the place has been efficiently filled by
Mr.. Frederic Emory, but as Mr.. Emory
has never ~relinquished his other place
as chief of the bureau of foreign COM
merce in the slate department and as
there seemed to be sufficient reason
why he should hold two places while SO
many suffering patriots were denied
even one it has been surmised that he
was merely keeping one of the chairs
warm for some n else.
General Hastings vas a distinguished
soldier of the civil war. He and Presi-
lent Mckinley served together on the
staff of General Rutherford B. Hayes,
and General Hastings was colonel OF
the regiment in which the president
saw his longest service. AS may readl-
ly be believed, they are close friends
Very soon after President McKinley's
Inauguration General Hastings came to
visit him at the White House. Not
long after his arrival he met with a Sc
we're accident on the street from a street
car, / believe, and In consequence lay a
long time in a critical condition at q
hospital, where the president visited
him almost daily. Probably that ACCT
dent prevented his receiving an APP
pointment earliersin the administration.
But aside from his personal friend
ship with the president General Has
tings is peculiarly well fitted for the
position. He has for some years been
Interested in matters of trade with
South America and the West Indies and
was heartily Endorsed for the place by
business men of Ohio and Massachu-
| sets. Under his sway It is expected that
| barter and trade between the big re-
public of the new world and the little
ones will thrive as never before, to the
mutual adsantage-f al concerned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
LONG DISTANCE HYPNoTiSM
An Oregon wosaan Controls "a Lover
In Kansas.

A remarkable casethas been brought TO
the attention of th6S3shcers and medical
profession at Wichita, Kan. William
Mack, q harness maker, was arrested This
week on a charge OF insanity because ne
insisted that he was under the influence
of a woman at Portland, Or. He gave her
name as Gertie Andrews and describes
her as being a woman VINO makes her
living by telling fortunes. he says she *
ercised a hypnotic influence over him, and
he is completely under her control. Mack
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
LAW AND Il LIE.
All Sorts of Statutes Against Calling
People Liars.

People Liars.
The introduction of a bill in the Texas
legislature making the proof that a man
had been called a liar a justifiable defense
in cases of assault and battery has led the
New York World to gather the laws that
control the use of the offensive epithet in
other southern states.
The Kentucky law makes the offensive
use of the word a misdemeanor, punish
able by a $40 fine.
About a year ago R. FL. Thompson, po-
lice judge of Louisville, declared from his
bench that the lie in Kentucky meant a
blow, and honorably discharged the man
before him who had knocked down an
other man who had called him q liar.
To call a man a liar in Georgia is SLAM
der, for which one may be given 81, 900
fine or a year in the penitentiary, or both.
He has the right, however, to prove his
charge and go clear. On the criminal side
of the courts the law holds that the lie
constitutes the first blow and j~ustifies vio-
lent response.
In Arkansas the use of the epithet is a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine. In Mis-
sissippi law liar" is not specifically men
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
RAINMAKING AGAIN.
PROFESSOR LOVES SCHEME TO WET
4 DOWN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Pasadena Has Onered Him $4,000 For
a storm, md He VIII Ia
C1ouds-An Explanation of His At
m~ospherfc Theories.

DnOhpACIAC AAGOEAGDs
Rainmaking is to be tried in southern
California. The long drought of the
present spring has driven he farmers
and orchardists to desperation. They
have tried all known means to break
the dry spell. First came the local ed
itors. They wrote witty, pleading and
sarcastic paragraphs which voiced the
sentiments Of the community. But J..
Pluvius paid no heed. Their the church.
es pAayed for rain. Not even q cloud p
peared. Finally the Pasadena common
council passed an ordinance authorize
ing immediate showers, but nothing
came of it.
Then appeared on the scene Professor
Thaddeus S. G. Lowe, the wizard of
Mount Lowe. He has a wide reputation
throughout the west as a scientist and
inventor. He offered to make the much
needed rain, bvt he said it would cost
money. The Pasadena citw govern
ment has agreed to pay Professor Lowe
at the rate of 5000 a storm, with a
smaller remuneration for showers.
Professor loves scheme for rain
making is by no means novel, being a
variation of the attempts which w
been made before. By means of bal
looms he will touch off explosives in the
sky, and in addition he will burn large
quantities of gunpowder on the ground.
This imitation of a battle he thinks will
have the desired effect, for he bases his
theory on the alleged fact that great
battles have always been followed by
severe transforms. He says in support
of his idea:
Historical notes show that this was
the case With nearly all of the battles
during the Mexican war of 1847. ] know
from personal observation that such
was the case in nearly all of the battles
of the army of the Potomac during our
civil war. These facts started a line OF
study which l have ollowed from that
day to the present. l have thought OF
many methods of accomplishing the
same object with less expense and be-
lieve the same results can be produced
at comparatively trifling cost when the
best methods are settled upon
II am thoroughly convinced that by
burning powder over a considerable
| area. with conclusions to follow, the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
UNITED FOR BARTER.
BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS
WORKS COMMERCIAL HARMONY.
How 1t Promotes Our Trade With
the Other Nations of the Western
Hemisphcre-The New Directors and
His Career.

HOW 1t PROMOTES our lEAuS WIN
h Other Nations of the Western
Hemisphcre-The New Director and
His Career.
The bureau of American republics,
which has now been in existence for
nearly nine years, has recently been re-
organized and established on a perma-
nent basis, with General Russell Has
tings as director. This bureau has been
an important factor in promoting the
harmony of commercial relations be-
tween the United States and the other
republics of Central and South Amer
lea.
All the independent governments OF
the American continent are now con-
tributing to the support and sharing In
the benefits of the bureau of the Amerl-
can republics, Chile, which had always
hitherto held aloof, having lately given
in it's adhesion.
The bureau collects and publishes all
possible information concerning Ameri-
can countries which is likely to be Of
commercial value. 1t has lately so ex-
tended its sphere as to publish more or
less material about Hawaii and the
Philippines. Much of this material is
printed in all the official languages OF
the countries overwhelmingly, Span
ish, Portuguese and French.
The bureau issues a large monthly
magazine and numerous handbooks and
bulletins. 1t has also issued two very
large and costly works, giving in adj
jacent columns the text in English.
Spanish and Portuguese. One is a COM
mercial directory Of the American
tries and the other a dictionary of COM
mercial nomenclature.
To merchants doing an export bust
ness with any of the American republics
these bulletins are of great value. The
Handbook of American Republics" for
instance, published in 1898 and revised
since then, gives comprehensive sketch
es of each of the republics, with starf5-
tics of population, area, finances and
You may learn from 1T the
size of Chile's standing army, the num-
Der and kind of churches in Paraguay,
the number of schools in Venezuela, the
products of Bolivia, the names OF the
various steamship lines running from
the United States to South American
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
NotThnt Mind.

The "Argonaut' tells Of two fresh air
fund children in the country, looking in
wonder at some live chickens
.Didn't you ever see any before?' a
lady asked them.
s.oh. yes, mum" the eldest child am!
swered. knowingly, we've always seen.
en-lots-only generally It was after they
was pcclea.:'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

A cat has just died at<San Francisco
who had travelled very nearly a million
miles. He belonged to the chief engineer
~ the ROYAL Mail steamer Aladema, and
for thirteen years was his companion on
hoard ship in all his voyages between
sydney and San FRANCISCO, With the pas
senrers This remarkable cat was a great
yavorita. and on completing 100000 miles
he .,as presented with a silver collar
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
naturally.

This story relating to a young pork
packer in Kansas City, is circulated quiet
" among his acquaintances+
A new baby had arrived in his family.
and he was very proud Of IT. While sew,
eral friends were congratulating him in
his office, and. smoked cigars at his ex-
pense. one of them asked him
BY the way, -s how much did the
cherub weighT,
.sTen pounds. dressedP' exclaimed the
delighted father
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
FURY OF THb OSTRICH.
How a Maddcned Bird Fought a
Heroic Kaffir.
OExTERITY AGAINST STRENGTH.

story as Told by a Woman Traveller
In south Africa = Death In the
ostrich's wicked Beak and Ugly
Spurs.
Miss NJ. NJ. Rowles, an English girl,
riding on the veldt, in South Africa, came
upon an ostrich pen of wire fencing, with
in which a hen ostrich was sitting, while
her mate kept guard. Miss Rowles turned
her pony to fee, but the male ostrich, in
furiated at the disturbance, dashed at the
fence.
"There was a crash behind us, followed
by a measured beating which almost made
the ground vibrate and set my heart thump
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
$l7OO For q Fax skin.

"A silver fox skin which was offered for
sale BY public auction by Messrs- G. M.
Lampson 4 Co., of Queen street, London,
r.. c., the other day, was knocked down,
after very spirited competition, to the
highest bidder for the sum Of GAO, This
is believed to be a record price realized
at public auction for this class of skin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

Tbe inllabitants Of the Adaman Islands
ora said to be the smallest race Of peo1
y +, tl,e world. The average height of
ply III y erourn Andaman is less than four
feef and the antirropological experts
asen rrcpnfly visited them found but few
that weighed over 70 pounds
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

No man is absolutely worthless. a good
skeleton will bring $50 cash.--Someryille
Journal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08

city Clerks OFFICE. Jersey City. April
8, 1888.