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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
The Wlessen9er,
ASTRONOMICAL.

The Messenger did not enter into a
report Of the foretold meteors that thus
far Thursday have failed to put in
their appearance. Astronomers and
publications more or less given to hat
very interesting science, are full upon
the subject Of meteors and their re-
currence every thirty-three years. We
might, like other newspapers, give a
column or more of what is said. We
content ourselves with a few state
ments:
/. 1t is not positively known what
meteors are and their origin. The
supposed most probable theory is h a
they are the remains of celestial bodies
that exploded or collided.
2. The understood interval between
the return of meteors in great force
is thirty-three years.
3. The greatest known display was
in 1893. We remember to have heard
many marvellous reports when a child
of the down-pour on the night of 18th
November in that year. According to
what we heard the sky "rained stars"
Dis IGNORANCE Cdll6d IIlSIA. JIG a Sc
boy told us that they came so thick.
it looked like snow, which of course
was very exaggerated. The Baltimore
Herald tells that according to the re-
cords, the shower of 1888 was excep-
tionally grand. Meteors fell like snow
flakes, estimates placing the number
seen during the night OF November 13,
in the course of nine hours, at 240, 900.
In 1866 London astronomers noted 1854
in sixty-six minutes, and after that
their number increased so that count
ing became impossible"
4. The meteors follow comets con-
shutting something Of a all. Those
expected to appear at this time are
following in the wake of what is known
as Temples comet. They pursue an
eliptical course of vast extent estimat-
ed at 1880, 600, 900 miles, if you can take
that in, which we cannot. The Temple
comet makes it's circuit in 334 years,
as is estimated. In former years a col
lision between this body and our little
ball of earth thrown out into space
was feared, and with result terrific
and destructive to the latter. To
quote again from the Herald, "assum-
ing comets to be balls Of luminous
gasses, the danger of a~sphyXiation or
of sudden incarceration presented itself.
But when the earth remained intact
and unframed after apparently pass
ing through the tails of several celes-
tial tramps, apprehension yielded to
curiosity"
Now the coming is not feared, and
if the consequent display of falling me-
teors do not occur there are regret and
disappointment. The same ape
which has been evidently reading up
on the subject says handily of meteors
hat they wary greatly in size; some
weigh only a few ounces, while others
are of prodigious size. Invisible when
flying through space, they begin to
glow on entering the earth's atmos-
phere, as a consequence of the friction
encountered. So intense is the heat
engendered, even in the attenuated all
forty and fifty miles above the earth
that the small meteOrs are
the residue coming down in the shape
of almost impalpable lust, while the
large ones sometimes burst with a ter
rife crash, the pieces being scattered
over a wide era"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

Senator Caffery, Of Louisiana, is as
nue. of a gold bug as Mckinley or
Hanna, but he is opposed to imperial
ism. This leads a certain alleged
northern democratic wal paper to re-
gard him as rational imperialist.'
His financial idea restores sanity to
this senator who is not now perhaps
has never been, in harmony with the
views of the people of the south on the
money question. Caffery, we think, is
also a high tariff advocate. What sort
of a democrat is he any way? This
"~rational' being is down on Organism
as he calls it. and thinks it a worse
disease than Imperialism. 1t is very
bad hen and is to be avoided. But is
the senator a competent judge when he
brands men who are bimetallists as
corrupt and bad all through.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
Rheumatism Catarrh, Are Blood Dis
aaSaS-Cnro Fpan


1t is the ~deep-seated, obstinate cases
Of Catarrh aud rheumatism that
3. B. B. (Bota 1ic Blood Balm) cures.
1t matters not what other treatments
doctors, sprays, liniments, medicated
air, blood purifiers, have failed to do,
B. B. B. always promptly reaches the
real cause and roots out and drives
from the bones. joints, mucous mem
brane and entire system the specific
poison in the blood that causes Rheu-
matism and Catarrh. B.. B. B. is the
only remedy strong enough to 10 this
and cure, so there can be a re-
turn of the symptoms. Don't give up
hope, but ask your druggist for B. B. B.
Botanic Blood Balm or 3 B's-Large
bottles 81, six bottles fu.i treatmen)
S.. B. B. B. is an honest remedy that
makes real cures Of all Blood Diseases
Efter everything else fails. W. have
absolute confidence in Botanic Blood
Balm; henO., so you may test 1t, we
will send a Trial Bottle Free on re-
quest. Personal medical advice free.
Address Blood Balm Co., 38 Mitchell
Atlanta. Ga
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
The National Municipal League.

Columbus. Ohio, November 5.-The
fifth annual meeting OF the National
Municipal League and the seventh ma
tional conference for o city gov-
eminent, opened in this city today.
over zoo delegates are present. the
gathering being a most representative
one. being composed, as IT. is, Of city
officials and municipal authorities from
all over the country.
II is called for the purpos OF dis.
cussing questions of importance to mu-
inequalities. The dominant feature Of
h discussion will be the Municipal
Programme" the report on which, how
ever. will not be formally presented UNI
til Friday afternoon. The report Of the
treasurer, George Burnham, Jr., Of
Philadelphia. showed receipts for the
year OF 81, asa
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

Germany, can preserve the peace Of the
world, save when they are engaged in
wiping out some weak people who
have possessions they covet. The
Philadelphia Record views these
speeches in this wise:
1.-THE speeches of men are invo1unta-
rily colored by what they know, and it
would seem from Mr.. Choate's remarks
that he knows that the understanding
between the two nations is not a mere
unofficial sentiment"
Now for empire and a S conquests.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

Taken to Goldsboro for Safe Keeping.
Raleigh. n. c., November 17.-Thos.
Smith, h negro who was tried and
convicted Of numbering Charles Cav
thorne near Selma last Christmas, was
taken TO Goldsboro this evening by
Sheriff Ellington, of Johnson county.
for safe keeping. The supreme ouu
gave Smith a new trial and his case
has been moved TO Wayne county for
trial. Threats Of lynching were made
against him in johnson county.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
AHuouDcemeus.

To accommodate those who are par
tial to the use OF atomizers in apply
ing liquids into the nasal passages for
catarrhal troubles, the proprietors pre-
pare Cream Balm in LIQUID form, which
will be known as Ely's Liquid Cream
Balm. Price, including the spraying
tube, Is 70 cents. Druggists or by mail.
The liquid form embodies the medicinal
properties OF the solid preparation.
Cream Balm Is quickly absorbed. by the
membrane and does not dry up the Sc
cretions but changes them to a natural
and healthy character. Ely Brothers,
Sc Warren Street, New York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
Charleston,s Mayor Renomfnated.

Charleston, S. c. November 15.-J.
Adger Smyth was nominated for mayor
of Charleston today in the democratic
primary and this a election.
His opponent, James NJ. Seigniotis,
had some strong supporters, but the
majority of 1000, which was given by
the voters strongly endorsed Mayor
Smyth's four years administration.
Mary Of the old aldermen were return
ed To the board.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
A Bark Loaded with Dynamite.

Havana, November 14-The bark
New Venice from Key West, which
was captured of Porto under condi-
Itions that excited suspicion, was found
Ito have several hundred pounds of dy-
Inamite on board. II Is supposed that
she intended to poach fish in Cuban
waters. The captain and officers have
been placed under arrest and the dy-
Mantle has been confiscated. Coiiec-
tor Bliss has not decided what further
steps win be taken
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
Another Iron Company for Alabama

Another Iron Company for Alabama.
Chattanooga, Tern-,. November rs
E. r Geasseller. oE Cleveland, Ohio,
and John B.. Lagarde. Of Admission. Ala.
today purchased 1900 acres OF ore land
at GLADDEN., Ala. near this city. They
paad sZs.50o for the property. A COM
pany known an the Admission Brown
Ore Company has been organized with
a capital of $50. 600. To develop the prop
erty.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
That Troubling Headache.

Would quickly leave yor. IL you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills Thou~ands
of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
health. Easy to take. Try them. Only
Is cents. Money back IL not cured
Sold by R. R. Bellamy. druggist
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
Nc Cigarettes to be Ole I'm Ten lessee

NO cigarettes 10 De sofa III len 1eSsee.
Nashville, Tenn, November 15.-The
supreme our of his state, mas decid-
ed against the American Tobacco Com
pany in the test case brought to ascer-
tain If cigarettes could be sold in Ten
nessee under the Rogers anti-cigarette
law of 1897. The court held that he
law providing for a revenue tax on the
sale of cigarettes could not stand and
was contrary TO h criminal law pro-
hibiting such sale
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

Atlanta, Ca. November i5.-word
was received here today Of uhe dea<h
In New York city Of Mr.. Thaddeus Il.
horton, Of The New York Times. Nj.
Horton was Wen known in Atlanta and
was at different times managing editor
or The Atlanta Journal and c~orrespon-
Dent for the Associated Press. He was
Q nattve Of South Carolina
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21
HOME FOLKS

There is another movement afoot in
Mobile to send Hen. HanniS Taylor,
LID, a native North Carolinian,t to the
federal house from that district in AL
ALBANIA. He should 60.
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Lord Salisbury is the greatest living
statesman probably. He made a speech
recently. that was remarkable for its
d%irectness of statement and it's open
admission. He said I'VE want no gold
fields; we want no territory" What
he meant is in dispute among English
papers. The New York Evening Post,
in sympathy, says of his speech that
he "said that the government could
derive no advantage from the posses
sion of the gold mines or diamond
ings of good government on the men
who own and work them. He added
that Great Britain asked nothing but
the equal rights of all men of all races
and security for British subjects in
South Africa" This is not in accord
with the popular view. 1t will be hard
to convince people who have kept up
with British m~anoeuvring in Africa
for the last twenty years, that gold
and diamonds and territory are not at
the bottom of the present "a Of Great
Britain upon the Beers. At first Sails
bury belittled the war, but he knows
better now. 1t is quite a serious affair.
The Beers are fully justified now in
their movement n the British pre-
mier did not censure them in his
speech.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

Father. He describes it as the text
book of the Holy Spirit and it car
never be earned out of His school.
DIR. Pell has a style in which there is
life, animation, illustration and much
power. He has made a capital book
tina will be itself enjoyed, and will help
US TO enjoy the Word"
DR.. Pell is a son of the late highly
esteemed and well known editor, Rev
William E. Pell. Like his father he is
a Methodist, but has an able brother
president of a female college in South
Carolina, who is a Presbyterian. and
both are natives, as vas his honered
father, Of North Carolina DR.. Pell has
published -four small works in 1899, and
a fifth one will appear soon.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-21

Rey. Paul Darlington MorIton,of this
city, a Presbyterian clergyman held in
high esteem by those who know him
is holding successful religious meet
ings. He has just closed one a. OK
ford, and is now at Roanoke church
at Geneva and Grassy Creek. the Char
lotte Standard says:
The attendance throughout the ser.
vices was good. The earnest, faithful
preaching of Brother Morton was
greatly enjoyed by all who were pres
ent, and God owned and blessed the
work. Christians were strengthened
and some others We're led to see the
truth as it is in Christ n came to
confess Him as their Saviour"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02
II, Wa. Rewarded for HI. Honesty.

In n small village just outside Not
tingham a farm laborer went to the
general store, which was kept by an
old woman not overstocked with
brains, and asked for "a pahnd o ba-
con"
The old lady produced the bacon and
cut n piece Off, but could not find the
pound weight.
"Oh, never mind t pahnd weight"
said he: me fist just weighs pahnd,
so put ther bacon In L scales"
The woman confidently placed the
bacon into one side Of the scales. while
the man put his fist into the other
side, and Of course. took good care to
have good weight.
While the woman was wrapping the
bacon up the pound weight was found,
aud on seeing 1t the man said:
'.Nah. you see If me fist don't just
weigh pahnd.'
The pound weight was accordingly
put into one esalc and the mans fist
into the other, this time just to bal
ance.
The old woman on seeing this said:
"wha, never seed aught so near
afore! Here's Il red herrin' for thee
honesty, me lad."-London Spare Mo-
mpQts,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Actresses Arc Not Available. So skirtcd
Mon Play Parts.

Mon Plpy Parts.
Actresses are scarce in the Philip
pines, and the theatrical manager who
will take a cargo OF them down there,
will probably make pile of money
and earn everlasting gratitude of the
Filipinos. The continuous" show
seems to be the popular entertainment
in Manila. judging from programme,
dated November IS, of the Philippine
theater. The cast of The Baron's
Victim" which is the title Of highly
sensational meiodrama, calls for two
women, one Miss Emily Fitztempleton,
the other Polly, the maid OF all work.
Both these characters were played by
men. The speciality turns between the
five acts of the comedy were supplied
by Hurton and Foley, Jack Zaisser,
Harry Gray and parsonage by the
name of Tod Sloan, who is announced
on the bill as the famous vocalist.
Tod Sloan is evidently much respect
ed parsonage in Manila. and likely the
adopted name of some clever individ-
ual who trades upon the cognomen of
the great American jockey. This Ma
nila Tod Sloan is also the business
manager of the Philippine theater, and
a sketch artist besides. He has not
only announced himself on the pro-
gramme with the catch line Guess
Who's Coming" but he refuses to
cheaper himself by appearing in the
drama, vocallsm probably being his
only forte. There is something pecu
liar about Philippine drama. The
acts are numbered l, 2, 8 and 5. with
a note that there is no fourth act"
The bill does not state what is done
with this fourth act. 1t does state
that the olio is sandwiched in between
acts one and two. between two and
three and between three and five. Per-
haps this is new way theatrical man
ayers in our Spanish possessions have
to indicate to their patrons that it is
time to go out and take drink
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02
NlOnls.

Emerson: Our moods do not believe
in each other. To-day l am full of
thoughts and can write what l please.
| see no reason why ] should not have
the same thought, the same power of
expression, tomorrow What l write,
whilst l write. seems the most natural
thing in the world; but yesterday l saw
dreary vacuity in this direction in
which / now see so much; and month
hence, l doubt not, shall wonder who
he was that wrote so many continuous
pages. Alas for this inform faith, this
will not strenuous. this vast faith, this
vast ebb of vast flow! I am God in
nature; am weed by the wall.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02
ClvILIZINC MANILA.
Drinking and Vice Play prom,nsn. Far,

DRINKING ana Stco pIAy fromthont fhrt
To Illustrate the vast amount of
drinking that is done, mention the
statement made to me by the agent Of
an American company, who told me
that he had sold 5000 barrels of beer
in one day to the various saloons. The
business done in one reSimcntal can
teen, In drinks alone. was Sl,7OO McXi-
can, In single day. and In another
regiment 1t was S1,1OO. 1t certainly Is
n humilintlns thing to see beautiful
street like the Escoltn changed in two
months from great retail show street
into n line of saloons, and 1t makes an
American feel that his country is not
cutting much Ice as Il grand civilizing
influence.
Manila is also becoming the mecca"
for dozens of adventuresses, who see
golden prospects here. A number of
women have drlfted In from nearly all
the big cities of the orient, and in one
or two instances, where their character
was discovered before they landed,
they were ordered by General Otis
away from the island. A saloon has
just been opened with japanese bar
maids, and there are other evidences
that m era Of piety and moral refor-
nation Is not dawning in the Philip
pines. At the present rate of moral
decline, Manila will in n few years
have Doodle aldermen and n political
machine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02
STRANGE HoNEYMooNs.
Unusual, Trips Made by Adventurous
Newly Married Couples.

Newly Married Couples.
The wedding tour in a balloon, SO
graphically described by Nine. Camille
Flammarion In the current number Of
the Strand, Is by no means the only
curious honeymoon on record. A short
while since an adventurous couple
spent their first days of welded life
on the summit of Mont Blanc. The
ascent. extremely hazardous by reason
Of terrific snowstorms. being success
fully accomplished, and the summit
reached. the bridegroom. in the pres
ence Of the guides. embraced his young
wife. to whom he swore eternal fidel-
ity, and received from her lips an
equally fervent assurance. Then the
descent was commenced, and the
couple. after nearly three days ab-
sence, arrived at Chamounix, where
they were accorded an enthusiastic re-
ception. In the neighborhood Of Dobs-
chau, a small Hungarian town. there
is an extraordinary ice cave. The roof.
the walls. the floor are thickly coated
with ice, which in places assumes most
fantastic shapes. In this cave, some
sixteen years ago, couple named
Kolcsey elected to pass the week i'm
mediately following their marriage.
They took with them plentiful sup
ply of rugs. blankets and warm cloth
ing, but Notwithstanding all precau-
tions. their experience was not of n
sufficiently pleasant nature to tempt
imitators. A walking tour may be made
an endurable honeymoon. but to con-
vert the latter into a walking match
seems sadly incongruous with the rites
of Hymen. Such, however, was not
the opinion of one James Muir and his
young bride. who were united In we'd
lock last autumn. While courting they
had taken many long walk togeth-
er. during which a contention had
arisen respecting their pedestrian abil-
ity. So high did this pickering run
that they resolved. as soon as they
were married. to put their respective
claims to the test by walking from
London to Exeter. the bride being al
lowed to go by train to Basingstoke.
a distance OF 47ai miles. No sooner
had the knot been tied than the new
Unmarried wife took cab to the sta
ton. while the husband started OFF
westward at good pace. In the re-
suit the latter was ungallant enough
to win by over two miles, though the
lady kept the lead until Hcniton, 16k
miles from the goal, was passed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02
coNv,crs FIND A WELCOME.
"Iopo Hall" u vsriiabis Haven Of Hes.
for KnIeMstd prlsOncrs.

for Kslens-d Prison-rs.
zone can gather no idea of the diff
culties which bcset the paths of prls-
oners after they have been released,
or the constant rebuffs, disappolnt-
ments ana suspicious that meet and
thwart them in their efforts to do
right" writes Mrs. Bnlllngton Booth In
the February Ladies' Home Journal.
Happy the man who has loving
mother to whose home he can turn Tor
shelter. or wife who has stood by
him with devoted loyalty. But what
Of the many boys who are homeless
and mothcrlcss? Their money is soon
spent. Employment is well-nigh I'M
possible to find. and in the strangeness
OF the rush and turmoil of n world that
pauses not to give them Il thought or
n word, they drift aimlcssly and de-
spairingly until hope deserts them. To
such Hope Hall has proved indeed n
haven of rest. We have made the
place rs homelikc Ms possible, robbing
1t of any likeness to an institution. No
one Is allowed to visit 1t. No pryinS
eyes can wound the sensitive, no pub
licity makes them feel the memory of
the stripes and lockstcp. Situated In
n countrytied part Of New York city,
1t has n garden to be cultivated, cows
and horses to be cared for, and house
hold duties enough to keep every one
busy. The building of the barn, the
painting of the house. the cooking for
the big family. laundry work and nll
else Is done by the men themselves.
We can accommodate forty-eight men
Mt u time, and already several hundred
have passed through its doors, grad
unting again into n new life, and to
positions either found for them by us
or procured in their own search after
work."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02
She Rope,i u Wolf.

Miss Eliza Walker. who owns a stock
ranch few miles north OF this city, to-
day brought in the scalp of a large gray
timber wolf and the. story. Of its capture
by a lady is interesting. All the fall she
has been troubled with this wolf. 1t ap-
peared to make It's headquarters in a
small ravine, filed with timber, about q
quarter of a mile from her house, and
from this point II sailed forth in quest
of food. a short time ago 1t killed n
young steer belonging to Miss Walker.
and several neighbors have lately suf-
fered similar losses. Miss Walker states
that along toward evening, as she went
out on horseback rounding up her cattle
for the night she discovered the wolf in
the very act of making an onslaught upon
young calf in her bunch. Her only
weapon of offense was a rope attached
to her saddle. and she concluded to make
an attempt at roping the animal. This
she succeeded in doing at the first at
tempt. She then started her horse on a
run, and after. she had exhausted and
subdued the animal in this way she per-
mitted the dogs to finish the job.
Wolves are especially numerous In this
section of the state this season and they
have never before been known to be so
bold.-Chamberlain Is. d. Correspond
ence Minneapolis Times.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-02

You think it's about time you told us
which of the Misses Jenkins you are
going to marry?" .s
Perhaps It Is" I answered. taking
Mays picture out of my vest pocket
and showing 1t to the three. who
looked at 1t open-eyed and very much
amazed.
May and are married now. but Jack
has never ceased to regret that en-
gasement at the club.-Edna g. Bailex
in Boston Post.